Liu Song Hanque

Chapter 483 Guantao
At this moment, Liu Duan finally spoke up.

When he opened his mouth, he couldn't hear the tone of a barbarian at all, but he had a pure Hebei accent, and he was full of righteousness, just like the ancient sages——

"Cui Wei! Cui Hao, a member of the Qinghe Cui Clan, is the one who really helps the evil! As a nobleman of the Xia Dynasty, you go to assist the Sovereign Lord! Wouldn't such actions bring shame to your ancestors of the Cui Clan?"

"Even if we don't care about Cui Hao's whereabouts, we only talk about you Qinghe Cui clan! Today's holy emperor not only does not pursue Qinghe Cui clan's faults, nor implicates you because of Cui Hao's incident, but also accepts many Qinghe Cui clan members to serve as officials in various places... But You guys are fine! Not only did you not thank the emperor for your kindness, but you gathered people to rebel, is this the way of a monarch and ministers that you have learned from the book?"

Liu Duan is too aware of the sore feet of the Hebei family.

ancestors.

And loyalty.

The former is the reverse scale of the clan and aristocratic family.

The latter is the foundation of Confucian morality.

Grabbing both ends and scolding, even the best-tempered person will jump, just like Cui Wei now.

"A barbarian...how dare to insult me ​​like that!"

People like Cui Wei are actually very contradictory.

On the one hand, they regard themselves as pure-blooded Han people, and despise the many Hu people wandering in the land of Hebei.

On the other hand, they are actively welcoming the arrival of the Hu people's monarchs, because only the Hu people who are not good at ruling become their masters, and they will have more chips to negotiate with the rulers and maintain their family's dignity. Benefit.

This caused Cui Wei to be very humble in front of Hu tribes with huge military power like Tuoba Xianbei, but arrogant in front of Murong Xianbei or Huns like Liu Duan.

Now seeing "inferior people" like Liu Duan standing on a high place with a big stick of propriety, righteousness and shame waving carelessly, Cui Wei's anger has reached its limit!
"Prepare to attack the city!"

Cui Wei's order is majestic, but other people around are looking at Cui Wei in bewilderment.

"I said siege!"

After giving the order again, someone from the left and right replied, "No!"

"Guantao itself is a big city, with high walls and thick walls, it's not a good idea to attack rashly!"

Guantao has been an important town in Hebei since the Western Han Dynasty, and it is simply wishful thinking that no one with more than [-] troops wants to attack Guantao.

Not to mention looking at Liu Duan's arrangement, he is obviously a man who knows the art of war.

With such people sitting in Guantao, let alone 3000 people, even if 3 people came, they might not be able to win Guantao within three days.

Besides...

Everyone followed Cui Weilai, originally with the intention of "persuading" each other, and only wanted to outwit, not fight.

Some people simply suggested: "It's better to ignore Liu Duan. We retreat to Yecheng directly. With the advantage of the city wall, we can hold on for a year or so. By then, Hebei may not have the surname Liu long ago."

Cui Wei glared viciously at the proposer, but the anger in his heart did gradually cool down.

Guantao is indeed a fortified city. If the defenders are determined to defend it, it will be difficult to capture it with Cui Wei's ability.

After taking a few deep breaths to suppress the anger in his heart, he looked at Guantao again.

"Han soldiers in the city, listen up! Master Wang will rush to this place soon. If you continue to believe that this Hun is stubborn here, be careful not to harm your family!"

Seeing that Liu Duan could not be persuaded, Cui Wei set his sights on the soldiers in the city, hoping that a certain "righteous man" would stand up and help him take down Guantao.

"Swipe!"

But this time, what responded to Cui Wei was no longer a single arrow, but a dense rain of arrows.

Cui Wei had no choice but to lead the horse back in embarrassment. While retreating, he could still hear bursts of laughter on the city wall.

"The brains of the Cui family are all broken!"

"Exactly! Our last county magistrate was from his Cui family. We remember exactly how he treated us!"

"If Zhuangyuan Lang and Mr. Kang Le hadn't happened to come to Guantao and hand over the evidence of the county magistrate's corruption and bribery to King Hejian, we would still be oppressed by the Cui family!"

"Although the current county magistrate is a Hun, he treats us very well! Sometimes it is really hard to tell who is Han and who is Hu!"

"..."

Cui Wei's mind was buzzing, obviously he didn't understand why Guantao's soldiers mentioned Chao Shangzhi and Xie Lingyun.

But obviously, the people of Guantao told Cui Wei with actions——

They don't believe Cui Wei!

Cui Wei tugged on the reins to keep himself away from Guantao before falling into deep thought.

After a while, Cui Wei shook his head.

"Withdraw! Go back and stick to Ye City! This Liu Duan, and the people of Guantao, have others to teach them a lesson!"

The others were also relieved to hear that Cui Wei didn't mean to let them smash Guantao.

But when they thought of what Liu Duan said on the city wall, they felt sullen in their chests.

Confusion appeared in the eyes of some young private soldiers from aristocratic families, and they quietly asked the older elders around them: "Why do I think...then what Liu Duan said makes sense?"

"That's right, the people of Guantao mentioned Zhuangyuanlang just now. I remember that the only academy in our county was Zhuangyuanlang who asked the local county magistrate to supervise it, but what did the Cui family do for us?"

"Could it be that we...are born to be Cui's private soldiers?"

"..."

This somewhat inexplicable atmosphere continued to permeate among the three thousand soldiers, and soon even Cui Wei noticed something was wrong.

"what are you guys saying?"

Cui Wei turned around and scolded the private soldiers who were whispering.

"No, nothing."

Even though they were dissatisfied, under the long-term enslavement of the family, these private soldiers still dare not refute Cui Wei face to face.

But Cui Wei didn't think so.

He came up to several private soldiers on horseback, raised his whip and whipped it at the soldiers' heads!
"hiss!"

Even with the protection of the helmet, the piercing pain still caused the soldier to scream and fall to the ground staggeringly.

After the lash, Cui Wei's anger surged again just now, no matter who was around, he lashed left and right indiscriminately again.

"Remember! I, Mrs. Cui, are your masters! Where is your etiquette, righteousness and shame?"

If these words were put in normal times, everyone would still be overwhelmed by this moral stick.

But if now...

"Then Liu Duan is just a barbarian who doesn't know the general idea! Qu Gai! How can he understand what righteousness is? What is great loyalty?"

"As long as His Majesty returns from the north, you will naturally see the end of that kind of person! Now, go back to Yecheng!"

Cui Wei, who had reprimanded his private soldiers, had finally vented his anger. When he was about to go west and return to Yecheng, he saw flying sand and rocks in the woods not far away.

"what is that?"

Cui Wei widened his eyes and looked carefully, but the more he looked, the more fear in his eyes.

【Liu】!
"Liu Yilong? How did he come so fast!"

(End of this chapter)