The devil is coming

Chapter 162 Break the city!
The county seat of Chu County is Chuzhou City.
A funeral team was preparing to leave the city.
Who would have known that the stakes carrying the coffin broke when they were about to pass the city gate, injuring two coffin boys and killing one coffin boy.
The funeral procession was stuck at the city gate.
Prince Fu's crown prince, who was also the filial son who was about to succeed Prince Fu, knelt beside the coffin, crying and shouting loudly, while the princess and her female relatives also cried to death.
They were not crying about the coffin boy who was smashed to death, but they were crying because Old King Fu was so uneasy when he left.
Outside the city gate, the group of people who left the city first could only wait nearby.
Lao Xiaotou, who played the suona, sat in the open space on one side of the official road, while his apprentice Xiao Mazi took the initiative to help him tinker with the hookah.
In this world, opium has not yet been born, but things like tobacco have long been spread among the people.
The cigarettes made by Zheng Fan from the Blind Bei Gang are only innovations in technology and production methods. In fact, the tobacco is also readily available.
Of course, the upper-class people in Qian Country do not smoke tobacco. Compared with Wu Shi San, the strength of tobacco is really just a drizzle.
Carefully lighting his master's cigarette with a huozhezi, Lao Xiao took two puffs, exhaled two puffs of smoke, then retched and spit out a large mouthful of thick phlegm.
The apprentice Xiao Mazi immediately patted his master's back gently.
Lao Xiaotou turned his head and glanced at the situation at the city gate, but he was not impatient at all, but said to his apprentice:
"Call your Uncle Kang here."
"Okay, Master."
Soon, an old man with a big gong hanging from his waist came over and approached Lao Xiaotou.
Old Xiaotou whispered:
"The problem at the city gate won't be fixed for a while."
"No, on the way to the funeral, the most taboo thing is for things to go wrong. This time, it was a mistake. It was just a break-up, and a person was killed and blood was seen.
Well, that gentleman said he was sent by the Imperial Court's Ministry of Etiquette to take care of the funeral. Judging from his anxious look, he probably didn't know what to do. "
"I said, Old Kangtou, don't just watch the fun, tell everyone, at this time, we will definitely be delayed, and we will definitely not be able to get on the road for a while.
Later, when we were done and we were back on the road, we asked everyone to stop and save some energy. When the superiors asked, they said that we had delayed our meal for a long time and were hungry and had no energy.
Either let the manager of the palace give us a meal, or give us a couple of extra bucks. "
"Okay, I'll just listen to you and I'll tell you to go down now."
"Tell them to be smart and say they're hungry."
"I know, I know."
Maybe, in the eyes of outsiders, this group of idle gentlemen dared to knock the prince's head on the head, which was too bold. But they grew up eating idle meals. They had seen too many dead people, so their courage was limited. Practiced it.
What about the palace?
Can the palace make people not hungry?
Lao Xiaotou picked up the hookah again and took two puffs.
At this time, the apprentice Xiao Mazi approached his master and whispered:
"Master, I heard that the prince in the coffin has no head."
Lao Xiaotou frowned, immediately grabbed his apprentice and asked:
"Who sued you?"
"Hua Cui'er told me that her mother was the nun of the palace. She said that after the prince's coffin was brought back to the palace from the north, her mother went to help contain it. Her mother didn't tell her at first, but that night she and her mother After sleeping in the same room, her mother had nightmares at night, shouting that the prince's head was gone, the prince's head was gone..."
"Snapped!"
Lao Xiao slapped Xiao Mazi on the head, lowered his voice and cursed:
"Don't tell anyone else about this, you'll lose your head!"
Xiao Mazi was startled by the master's sharp gaze, and immediately said obediently:
"Master, I only told you, not anyone else, not anyone else."
"Grandson Gui, let me rot in my stomach for this matter, Master!"
"I know the master, I know the master."
Lao Xiao lowered his head and took two more puffs of water pipe.
It is only natural for those who do idle things to take advantage of troubles in the master's family to get more meals or ask for more rewards.
But there are some things that ordinary people like me cannot touch.
Straight bitch,
King Fu actually came back without his head!
This King of Fortune actually doesn't have a very good reputation. In Chuzhou City, when talking about King of Fortune, everyone will say "Huh" and then make gestures to figure out how fat the pigs raised next door are, so that they can be killed as New Year pigs.
But if you insist on saying how bad this King of Fortune is specifically, you really can’t tell.
Anyway, having a fat head and big ears is not a good thing in the eyes of ordinary people.
The year before last, a scholar yelled at Prince Fu at the gate of Prince Fu's mansion. He said, "All the flesh on your body is the fat of the people!"
Xiao Mazi once asked himself what Minzhiminpao meant.
Lao Xiaotou actually doesn’t understand either.
But how can a master reveal his secrets in front of his disciples?
Just tell him it’s pork rind jelly.
Later, when there was a private school teacher whose mother died, and when he was helping him with some errands, Lao Xiaotou specifically asked the teacher what "minzhimingan" meant.
The gentleman nodded and replied:
It really looks like frozen pig skin.
Lao Xiaotou handed the hookah to his apprentice, stretched out his hand, took out a dry stem from the belt around his waist, and bit into it bit by bit.
A few days ago, Prince Fu went out as an imperial envoy. Perhaps because he was fat, Prince Fu rarely went out of the house on weekdays. But that time, when Prince Fu went out, he made quite a splash.
Because that time, a group of wolf soldiers came outside Chuzhou City.
Lao Xiaotou even took his apprentice to see the wolf soldiers. They were so rare. In the early years, these soldiers were the ones who made great achievements in the southwest where we work!
However, the soldiers were the soldiers. They were dressed in strange clothes and looked like a group of uncivilized monkeys.
And none of them have ever seen the world. When they buy the same thing, it is always [-] to [-]% more expensive, but they themselves can't help but be happy.
Hehe, they are just a bunch of rubes.
On that day, Lao Xiaotou saw King Fu heading north with the Wolf Soldiers, because King Fu was so easy to recognize and so obvious.
What are you going north for?
People who do idle things do things when they have something to do, and gather together to chat when they have nothing to do. They also come in contact with dignitaries from all three religions. After all, no matter whether you are rich or not, you will always die.
Because of this, Lao Xiaotou heard some rumors, saying that Captain Yang on the third side was a little afraid of Yangou, and King Fu was ordered to rebuke him this time as the vassal king.
Isn't that right? That Captain Yang is a eunuch and there is no Luan Zi under him. Can he be hardened?
Regarding the Yan people, Lao Xiaotou had seen many Yan people's caravans. In the early years, he had also seen many Yan people's scholars coming.
The Yan people look no different from their own Gan people.
Old Xiaotou didn't know what would happen if he fought with the Yan people. It was said that he had fought with the Yan people a hundred years ago, but after all, a hundred years had passed, and those who had seen the war were long gone.
But it is said that the Yan people are quite capable of fighting.
Lao Xiaotou recognized this.
The people of Yan are poor,
His bare feet are not afraid of those who wear shoes, even those who are poor!
Whether in the city or in the countryside, these impoverished guys are masters that even rogues don't dare to mess with.
However, it is best not to fight.
This was Lao Xiaotou's simplest thought. He had never thought that people would die in the war. He might die, and many people would die, but because people from all over the country were already suffering from the pain of war.
Fortunately, Lao Xiaotou has a craft. As the saying goes, a craftsman will not die of hunger in a famine year. No matter what, he can still survive this day.
But the life of the farmers is not easy.
In the past few months, the wolf soldiers and the Western Army came one after another. The wolf soldiers were fine, just a bunch of bumpkins, but those thieves with Western accents often did things like buying and selling by force. Just beat people and destroy stalls, don't pay for meals, and just give away things.
Later, the ancestors' army came. The ancestors' army was quite good. Qiu did nothing wrong. He walked and looked orderly.
But then, the Imperial Guards who came over were really a bunch of beasts!
Old Xiaotou was puzzled. Logically speaking, the imperial army came from Shangjing, where the officials lived. According to legend, gold foil would float on the Bianhe River in front of Shangjing from time to time.
But this group of forbidden troops had done a lot of things, including robbing civilian girls and even killing people and selling goods. The Chuzhou magistrate took the initiative to go to the military leader, but was kicked back by the military leader.
Who can be an official in the Forbidden Army without some background?
After causing trouble for a while, the Forbidden Army finally moved north. The big guys could finally take a breather, but every time soldiers and horses came over, the place had to collect food.
Normally, the most difficult time for farmers is spring, but this year is good. Winter hasn't even passed yet, and it's already hard to open the pot.
But people will still die, and after they die, they will all belong to the villagers, and you still have to help with things. They kowtow to you, and there are nothing left in the house, so you can't force anything.
Lao Xiaotou spit out the grass clippings in his mouth,
I sighed in my heart,
this year,
It’s not a good time.
The funeral procession stopped for most of the day. Many people came to persuade, and several groups of monks and Taoists came.
Finally, the coffin with King Fu lying on it was lifted up again.
Lao Xiaotou stood up.
No matter whether they were blowing, knocking or shouting, everyone felt weak. This was really not an act. They were really hungry. The sun was going down the mountain right before our eyes!
The people in the palace are poorer and more particular than ordinary people, so they have been struggling for so long.
In fact, an accident in the coffin during the funeral is a very serious matter. At the same time, as the person who will inherit the king's title, the prince is just like the prince before he inherits the throne. Even if he is very happy in his heart, he must give up this grief. Spread it out and let everyone see your filial piety.
At the same time, the court's methods of dealing with the vassal king are really diverse. They will find trouble for you every now and then. If there is an accident in the coffin, and the court learns about it, they will often use it to make some fuss, such as the prince's failure in filial piety, etc.
The most important thing is that the prince and the princess actually knew that Prince Fu had no head when he came back. However, they were unable to know the reason. They were only warned by the commander of the Silver Armor Guards stationed in Chuzhou City not to ask any more questions.
Various reasons and emotions were intertwined, and they exploded directly through this incident, which is why it was delayed for so long.
Lao Xiaotou suddenly felt that his calves were shaking.
He stretched out his hand and said:
"Student."
"master?"
"Help me, I'm so hungry, my legs and stomach are starting to tremble."
"Master, I'm very hungry too, and my calves are trembling too."
"You bastard, how dare you..."
"No, master, I'm not hungry, it's the ground that's shaking!"
Lao Xiao was stunned for a moment and felt carefully. It seemed that the ground was really shaking.
then,
Lao Xiao raised his head,
In front of his sight,
A dark area appeared!
"Dong dong dong! dong dong dong! dong dong dong!"
"Disciple, stay away!"
Lao Xiaotou's reaction at this time was quite fast. He directly put his arms around his disciple and rolled to one side.
Behind him, the sound of the cavalry roared like thunder, and the dust raised almost buried the master and the disciple under a layer of dust.
Immediately afterwards, screams and screams came from around.
Lao Xiaotou didn't hear anything else clearly, he only heard one sentence:
The swallow dog is coming!
Xiao Mazi seemed to want to get up, but Lao Xiaotou held his head tightly.
Mother,
The Yan people are coming?
How could it be possible that the Yan people were here?
Are the troops on three sides finished?
Is the Western Army finished?
The Forbidden Army is finished too?
Is the Ancestor Army finished too?
Old Xiaotou was very puzzled. He had heard someone calculate that we were going to do something big, but there were millions of troops at the border!
The Zhiniang thief is just a million pigs. The Yan people have been trying to catch them for a long time. Why did they suddenly kill them in Chuzhou City?
Old Xiaotou had countless doubts in his heart, but he could only continue to press his disciple to lie on the ground, not daring to raise his head to look around or get up.
He only felt that the sound of horse hooves on the road behind him seemed to be endless, and large groups of cavalry kept passing behind him.
Lao Xiaotou felt despair in his heart. He didn't know where his despair came from. It might just be his instinct. He even found it a bit funny.
This despair is:
Mom, Prince Fu’s coffin is still blocked at the city gate!
Even now, I am still worried about this. Is this something you should be concerned about?
I don’t know how long I lay on the ground eating sand. It was so long that Lao Xiaotou felt a little dazed and dizzy.
He didn't even notice that the sound of horse hooves behind him had become sparse for a long time.
until,
A pair of boots appeared in front of him,
And the boot stepped on his shoulder.
Lao Xiaotou really wanted to continue pretending to be dead, but he didn't dare...
He raised his head and saw a young general wearing black armor standing in front of him. Behind him, stood a giant iron-like man, and there was also a man in armor with his eyes closed.
"Hey, get up."
Zheng Fan urged.
Lao Xiaotou immediately got up, and Xiao Mazi also got up.
The master and apprentice were just about to stand up.
At the same time, his feet softened and he fell to the ground with a thud.
This scene looks very funny and funny.
Zheng Fan smiled,
But Zheng Fan was not smiling at the two people in front of him.
But in front of me, Chuzhou City, which is many times larger than Mianzhou City and the capital of Chu County in the Qian Kingdom, actually rushed in just like when I first attacked Mianzhou City!
The only difference is that last time I was in Mianzhou City because there were too few soldiers, I only had time to cut off part of the head and left immediately.
This time, although half of the troops and horses in Li Fusheng's town were left in Beifeng County, plus the cavalry from Cuiliu Fort, there were nearly [-] cavalry in total!
Thirty thousand cavalry pressed down the formation and entered the city directly. This city could no longer make any waste.
Yes,
Zheng Fan appeared at the foot of Chuzhou City,
The Dayan cavalry ignored the important towns on the three sides of the Qian Kingdom, ignored the terrifying military stronghold defense line built by the Western Army, and ignored the third line of defense of the Qian Kingdom.
All the way south, south, south again,
Now, they have jumped over the three lines of defense deployed by the 70-strong army of Qian Kingdom, and have passed through the three northern counties of Qian Kingdom and arrived at the hinterland of Chu County adjacent to the three counties.
It actually took a lot of time, although there was basically no fighting along the way, it was just a rush.
Maybe people of later generations can't empathize with the speed and travel of cavalry. They always feel that cavalry can gallop very quickly.
In fact, the cavalry marched one hundred kilometers a day and night, which was already a very intense march. If the Yan cavalry were not mostly equipped with two horses, it would be difficult to even achieve this speed.
The kind of speed that can be gained by changing horses from one station to another. If the cavalry troops run and march like that, most of the horses will be destroyed before the war begins, and the Great Yan cavalry will become Great Yan. infantry.
As for the kind of general that often appears in novels and plays, leading an army to march eight hundred miles a day, it is not impossible. Of course, the prerequisite is that all the cavalry are not horses, but the Marquis of Zhenbei, Jingnanhou Kua. A high-blooded beast.
When they approached the border of Chujun, the Yan army began to divide its troops, forming a fan shape, and pounced on all parts of Chujun like a hungry tiger pouncing on food.
Li Fusheng's troops marched directly into the hinterland of Chu County and took advantage of this.
"Blind man, do you think the soldiers and horses on the border of Qian Kingdom will return to help?" Zheng Fan asked.
The original Zhenbei Marquis was able to break through 50 cavalry with [-], but that was a special case. Whether Xu Pangpang was better than the first Zhenbei Marquis or the tens of thousands of miscellaneous troops were truly elite compared to the [-] Yan troops a hundred years ago. Comparability.
Therefore, once the gangsters become aggressive, they should not mobilize the troops and horses of the three lines of defense at the same time. Instead, just dispatch the troops and horses of the three sides of Wei Zhen, Liang Town, and Chen Zhen, or the Western Army, push away Xu Pangpang and other miscellaneous troops, and go straight into Yan. It is not difficult to conquer the country, or even directly attack Yanjing.
The blind man said:
"My lord, it's not a question of whether it will happen, but it will definitely happen." The blind man smiled, "To be honest, my subordinates really didn't think of this kind of strategy of changing families before, but now they take it seriously. Zhuge Liang felt it was very reasonable.
The emperors on both sides are different, and the generals on both sides are also different. The two princes dare to leave His Majesty the Emperor of Yanjing alone. The Emperor of Yan must have known the strategic arrangements in advance, but he also dared to risk his own life at the same time. Put your capital in such a situation.
But the Emperor of Qian State, the court of Qian State, the hundreds of officials of Qian State, and the army of Qian State, which had been suppressed and tamed by civilian officials for so many years, did not dare to really bet on who would change families faster. They would definitely come back to support, Support must also come back. "
Zheng Fan closed his eyes,
I began to recall that on the way south, there were mostly plains, and most of them were actually extremely open plains.
The border defense army of the Qian Kingdom will leave their fortified city, leave their stable military stronghold, and rush back for reinforcements. Then, what awaits them will be...
"Blind man, have you noticed that the way to break the situation that we have been thinking about day and night is actually so simple?"
Blind Bei sighed: "My lord, our current height is still not enough."
"Yeah, it's not high enough."
Zheng Fan shook his head and looked in the direction of the city. The sound of fighting inside had gradually faded away.
In fact, after the cavalry successfully stormed the gate, the city's remaining resistance was really just a formality;
Moreover, this form seems to go well without being too careless.
At this moment, Lao Xiaotou and Xiao Mazi had stood firm, looking at Zheng Fan and others with trepidation, looking at these... Yangou.
Zheng Fan pointed at the suonas in the hands of master and apprentice.
Road:
"Play a tune and listen."
"Hey, okay, okay! Being able to play suona for noble people is a blessing that a villain and his disciples have cultivated for eight lifetimes."
As he said that, Lao Xiao slapped Little Mazi on the head, who was still in a dazed state.
The two masters and apprentices puffed up their cheeks and started to blow.
At first it was a cheerful and lively tune,
But after blowing for a while, both the master and the apprentice had tears on their faces. It wasn't that they were worried about the future of the country, it was just that they were afraid of revealing their true feelings.
The music of the suona naturally began to become desolate.
Zheng Fan was not angry at all, but said to the blind man next to him:
"This piece of music is a bit interesting. It brings out both the functions of the suona."
Blind Bei nodded.
Fan Li didn't understand and continued to stand there.
Zheng Fan took a deep breath and let it out slowly.
"Puff! Puff!"
Lao Xiaotou didn't dare to blow any more, and immediately knelt down and kowtowed:
"My dear, please spare my life, my dear, please spare your life, old man, I didn't do it on purpose, I didn't do it on purpose."
When Xiao Mazi saw his master kneeling, he immediately knelt down and started crying.
The nobles naturally wanted to listen to festive music, but the master and the apprentice actually played a funeral tune at the same time.
It's over, it's over, I'm going to die, I'm going to die...
"Get up, you played really well, I'm very satisfied."
Zheng Fan said,
I looked at the sun that was approaching dusk,
With emotion:
“You don’t understand the meaning of suona when you first hear it, but when you listen to it again, you’re already in a coffin.”
Zheng Fan was very satisfied with this artistic conception and tone.
but,
Liang Cheng, who was riding a horse from afar, broke all Zheng Fan's artistic conception with one sentence:
"My lord, Li Fusheng wants to massacre the city!"
"Fuck!"
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Go to bed, good night everyone.
(End of this chapter)