My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 91: The beacon slowly burns Rongzhou

Green smoke curled up, and a figure walked out.

Dian Wei, who was standing guard outside the tent, looked at the swaying brazier and then glanced inside the tent. There was also a sigh of relief on his ferocious face.Then he straightened his expression and looked around seriously.

In the tent, Guan Yu pursed his lips slightly and his eyes became moist; Zhang Fei stared at his eyes, took half a step forward excitedly, and called out in a low voice: "Brother!"

The figure wearing the imperial uniform and the seal slowly turned around and looked at the two brothers in front of him. He felt as if he was in a trance from another world. Seeing the faces of the two brothers again, the sadness in his heart welled up again. Unfortunately, he could not shed tears in his eyes.

"Be prepared... to be able to see my two brothers again will eliminate one of the regrets in this life."

Liu Bei stepped forward and raised his hands, then hugged Guan Zhang directly, his voice choked with sobs: "When I heard that my second brother was defeated and died, I cried heartbrokenly for him! I vowed to fight to the death with the rats of Soochow to avenge my second brother, but my hatred for my brother has blinded my reason. ...In the end, all the efforts fell short... As a brother, I feel sorry for Yun Chang and Yide, for not being able to avenge you!"

"Third brother... how did third brother die?" Guan Yu wiped away his tears and looked at Zhang Fei.The latter cried louder: "Second brother, before I could avenge my second brother, I was killed by Xiao Xiao and had my head cut off like my second brother!"

"Third brother!"

Guan Yu hugged Zhang Fei and cried loudly again. He raised his fist and beat his chest, "Eldest brother, third brother... But I lost Jingzhou, and it took you to follow me... It's too late!!"

"Yun Chang, don't blame yourself. There are no perfect people in the world!" Liu Bei patted the two of them on the shoulders and said in a gentle voice: "Jingzhou is just a place, how can it be compared with my brothers. Now that the brothers are reunited, it is better than anything else. Don't cry. Come on, Yun Chang and Yide don’t cry anymore!”

In the tent, Su Chen watched the three brothers hugging each other and crying and laughing. He was also happy in his heart and did not bother them. He silently exited the tent and came outside.

Walking in the camp in the night breeze, Dian Wei followed behind.

"Suddenly, I feel that it is a joy to have them appear in this world, not only to show their talents and make up for their regrets, right?"

Dian Wei stood one step behind, his thick beard spread out, and he grinned. He agreed with Su Chen's words in his heart. The moment he woke up and saw Cao Cao, it seemed that all the shortcomings he had had were filled in an instant.

That feeling cannot be experienced by others.

"Okay, let's go and have a rest. We will swear an alliance tomorrow and we should go back to Rongzhou." Su Chen walked past the patrolling soldiers and turned around to go to the resting tent.

Dian Wei did not leave, but still followed behind and guarded the camp.

The bonfire burned quietly, and specks of sparks rose up in the blowing night wind and floated into the night sky. Under the same night, in the northwest of Rongzhou, in the pass connecting the grassland, every household had already turned off their lights.

In the darkness, there were still torches swaying on the city tower, illuminating the figures on horseback entering the city gate below.

Three thousand Xirong cavalry, wearing fur coats and hats, holding spears and scimitars at their waists, formed three columns and drove their horses through the city gate. They went from the houses in the gate to the east gate and exited. To the south there is the boundary of Rongzhou.

Among the troops advancing like a torrent, some people stopped their horses by the roadside and looked back at the West Tower above.

He shouted in Yan Guo dialect that was not smooth: "Thank you General Qi for letting me wait for Xirong to enter the pass. I will not let down the Qi family. Xirong will kill more of your people, haha!!"

On the city tower, the youngest son of the Qi family, Qi Youhu, was about to rush down with a weapon, shouting: "Let me go, I'm going to go down and kill him!"

Qi Xuan held his brother tightly, with an expression of indignation on his face.

"Young tiger, no, what did dad give you?"

"He only cares about his official position and his loyalty for generations!" Qi Youhu grabbed his hand, turned his head and yelled at the back of the tower: "The people can't keep it, and the loyal ones who are still loyal will never be cleansed in their lifetime. Qing! It would be strange if the ancestors of the Qi family could hear and recognize you. The loyalty of the Qi family has been completely destroyed by your hands. This bullshit court, this bullshit emperor——"

Qi Xuan hugged his third brother and shouted in the other direction: "Brother, please say something too!"

Qi Wei pursed his lips tightly. He turned to look at his father. The shoulders of the figure with his back twitched slightly, as if he was trying to suppress his emotions. He clenched his fists, faced outside the city gate, and spoke in a low voice.

"Qi Wei, Qi Xuan, take your brother down to rest."

The two sons looked at each other, sighed, and pulled the struggling Qi Youhu away from the top of the city. The latter struggled and twisted, screaming and even yelling at his father downstairs!
"Qi Baoguo, the imperial court pushed you to the front...it is the Qi family that is responsible for letting the Xirong people enter the country!"

"You're getting more and more confused!"

"...This court is hopeless, why are you still guarding it, helping the enemy to kill your own people, you can sleep and eat!!"

"Qi Baoguo——"

His son's last voice disappeared at the top of the city. Qi Baoguo closed his eyes and gritted his teeth. His fists were filled with powder pressed from the walls. He turned around and walked to the other side, looking at the rear group of Xirong people. He suddenly raised his hand and slapped himself. hand.

The night is sinking, and the east is gradually turning white.

On the ground below where the birds passed, the decaying grass was splashed with dust. In the gradually emerging spring day, figures on horseback, filled with the smell of blood, entered the northwest boundary of Rongzhou more than a hundred miles away overnight.

On the way here, they looted a place called Yanshan Ranch, killed the soldiers and shepherds inside, stripped off their clothes and vented their anger, and then hung them from the beams.

The bloody blade grazed his sleeve. Xie Cheya licked his lips, looked at the vast woods, fields, and rolling mountains, and took a deep breath.

"The Yan people's place is so beautiful. It has a beauty that is different from the grassland."

The Xirong cavalry gathered around him, looking at the place where the smoke was rising, and laughed out loud, this would be their hunting ground.

In front of the field of vision is the morning breeze blowing across the fields.

The farmer who had not left after receiving the warning stood in the field and saw a series of figures on horseback standing on the northwest hills looking towards this side. He quickly dropped his hoe and turned around to run towards the village.

As soon as I entered the village, I shouted: "The Xirong people are coming——"

There were only a dozen households in the village. After receiving the notice, ten households left first to seek refuge in Yunqi Dacheng.

There are not many villagers coming out of their homes right now. At first, they probably didn't believe what they heard, and they were even more reluctant to leave the crops they had just sown. At this time, when they heard the news brought back by the villagers, everyone's face turned pale. .

"Can you see clearly? Could it be the soldiers and horses of the imperial court?"

"how many people?!"

The man panted and shook his head, "It's hard to see clearly, but the dense crowds are all cavalry, and they are all wearing fur coats. They are definitely not the imperial army."

As they spoke, they noticed that the ground beneath their feet shook slightly.Faces showed panic, and someone shouted: "Run away!" More than [-] people fled in panic, rushed home to pick up their children or valuables, and rushed to the small road outside the village. Go, outside the village, the Western Rong cavalry sent out a barbaric "whoop" that spread across the fields and woods, and poured into the village like a tide. Those who had no time to run were caught up by them, slashed to death, and set fire to the houses.

When the black smoke rose, the groups of cavalry whizzing by spread out like a carpet on the field, like a sweeping torrent swallowing up villages. When encountering a small group of patrolling Rongzhou soldiers and horses, they rushed forward and started shooting on horseback, disrupting the opponent's formation. , then cut them into pieces and crushed them, killed the soldiers, cut off their heads and tied them under the horses' necks, and continued to advance.

The beacon of warning is lit.

After hearing the news, groups of soldiers came to reinforce them, but groups were routed by the Xirong cavalry midway, and were chased like rabbits on the plains.

The mighty three thousand Xirong cavalry passed through the rudimentary defense line in the northwest and rushed straight to the border of Yunqi County. At this time, most of the people outside the city had rushed to the city. Yunqihou's two sons had already begun to make preparations to defend the city. , the youngest son Wu Zixun rushed among the big houses in the city to tell each other, and asked people to bring letters, and quickly rushed to Lingzhou and Ding'an City in the south.

The Fang family, who was located in the city, originally planned to move away with their family and did not want to join the rebels.After hearing the barbarian cavalry entering and wreaking havoc, the old people at home were shocked at first, then remained silent for a moment, and called the people preparing their bags into the front hall.

"Although I don't like rebels, I can't tolerate bullying by barbarians!" Fang Wenye looked at everyone in the family gathered in the hall, separated the young and strong, and stood aside, "Organize the family's nursing servants to go to Zhuangzi outside the city immediately. , the food that cannot be moved is burned, and the barbarians cannot be given any advantage."

Although some people were afraid, no one disobeyed the old man's words. There were hundreds of direct relatives in the family, men, women, old and young, and more than 30 young and strong young people were divided into nurses and servants, pulling donkey carts, horse-drawn carriages, and carts. Taking various weapons in their hands, they clamored to leave the city.

It will take another day to gallop to Ding'an.

At this time in Qizhou, the sound of war drums on the city tower resounded throughout the wilderness.

Dong... Dong Dong.. Dong Dong Dong Dong——

Several war drums were lined up on the left and right sides of the tower. The soldiers were bare-chested and waving their arms. The drumsticks hit the big cowhide drum like raindrops, and followed the wind in further directions.

In the wilderness far away from the city tower, flags are flying.

Eight military formations of 5000 people were lined up one after another, and tens of thousands of figures stretched around the high platform in front. On that high platform, the voice of Marquis Chang Ling rang out for a while.

"...In today's world, treacherous ministers are in power and cowardly kings are running the country. The drought has just passed and everything is in ruins. At this time, the cowardly kings are assassinating the loyal and good. Just last night, they sent assassins to kill the princes in the streets."

As the steps went up, Chang Ling Hou Duan Jin stood in armor, his voice gradually changed from low to angry.

"...Who does he mean as an emperor?! With all his dirty tricks, our ancestors fought to kill the country of Yan with swords and guns! The emperor of a country is despicable and shameless. Since he ascended the throne, has he done anything for the people? It’s a good thing to buy a winter coat for the soldiers of Dayan——”

His voice stopped for a moment, and he stood on a high platform. The wind was blowing, and his impassioned voice spread further.

"...Today we, the loyal men of the eight states, have gathered here to prosper our country and bring peace to the common people. We have sacrificed three animals and sworn an oath to fight for the sake of the people. We have rebelled against the thieves in the court. We are foolish and unethical." Your Majesty!"

"kill!"

"kill!"

The voice echoed passionately across the sky and the earth. Flags were waving all over the sky. The soldiers slapped their swords and shields and roared. In an instant, the sound of killing was like overwhelming waves sweeping across the earth, and the sound waves reached the sky.

After that, Duan Jin read out the duties of the eight states' soldiers and horses on the high platform. The wind blew through his helmet and tassels and swayed. He held the command arrow in his hand and looked at the smoke and swords below.

Then, throw the command arrow into the sky.

"The soldiers and horses from various states have returned, and we will choose a day for the Northern Expedition!"

His voice echoed above everyone's heads.

……

In the Ding'an military formation, Su Chen looked silently at the shouts from the high platform in the distance, and then sent Li Jue to pick up the order arrows. Generals from the other formations also went over.

Behind him, Guan Yu looked around, stroking his beard and raising his head, slightly lost in thought.

"Such a scene reminds Guan of the time when he attacked Dong..."

Zhang Fei, who was next to him, did not answer him, but stared at the plump figure not far away. The latter became impatient with being stared at, turned his face, and waved his hand, "Look what Dong did. You were asking for me back then, and I'm doing it again." I can’t see that scene.”

Ahead, Su Chen turned the horse's head back and issued an order.

"Collect the camp and prepare to break up and return to Ding'an!"

The news of breaking up the camp began to spread, and the desolate horns sounded in the sky. Battalions of soldiers and horses walked out of the military camp, gathering and reorganizing. Dong Zhuo and Li Jue rode in front of the formation.

Guan Yu stroked his beard and closed his eyes, reminding in a low voice. Zhang Fei, who was still looking at Dong Zhuo, said in a low voice: "Third brother, don't look at it. The world in this world is different from before. Dong Zhuo also died once, and so will you and me." After one time, it has already passed away.”

Then he placed his brother's memorial tablet on the lapel of his clothes, flicked the reins, touched the horse's belly, and followed Su Chen in front. Zhang Fei looked at Dong Zhuo and snorted, and also urged the horse to run wildly.

On April [-], the oath of battle was completed, and the army left Guqiu, turned westward, and returned to Rongzhou.

At this time, on the way, fast horses were coming through the mountains and forests, and in their hands was the news of Xirong's entry.

The first person to get the news was Wu Huizhi, Marquis of Yunzhen. When he saw the news, it was already the next day. When he saw that it said that Xirong was entering the country and wreaking havoc, he thought someone was playing tricks on him. However, he learned from the messenger who summoned him that a group of 3000 Xirong people entered Yunqi and were now rushing south to attack Ding'an. He hurriedly handed the news to other commanders and sent it to the Xiliang army behind as quickly as possible.

His Majesty's Cavalry galloped through the mountain road in front, running from one side of the team lined with flags to the guarded figure in the middle. Su Chen was talking to Fang Xuejun when he received the message from Yun Ai's Ling's Cavalry. The look on his face Her expression quickly faded, and the woman beside her seemed to feel that the man's emotions were disappearing in an instant.

"What's wrong?" she asked softly.

Su Chen casually threw the note onto the horse's back, "No, I just have some minor troubles." Then he sent someone to find Dong Zhuo and asked, "Do you have enough food for a long-distance raid?"

"Where to fight?" Dong Zhuo also said simply, "If you don't have enough, just borrow it from the army in front."

"Yantang Pass."

Su Chen stroked the mane of the war horse and said softly: "Such an important place cannot be left to others, otherwise we will be attacked from the back and belly in the future. Since they are all out, we might as well fight."

He turned around and looked at the two figures approaching on horseback, holding knives and spears.

"Generals Guan and Zhang, do you want to try to fight with soldiers and horses of this world?"

(End of this chapter)