Chapter 2 When the war began, the gun was used to defend the country

In 964 A.D., Shu Kingdom, Jiangyuan City. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

Jiangyuan City is located at the junction of Shu and Song, and belongs to the throat of the place. As early as the Northern Zhou Dynasty, it became a necessary place to invade Shu.

After Zhao Kuangyin's yellow robe was added, he began to covet the land of Shu and intended to annex it. Meng Chang, the emperor of Shu, sent the general Han Tao to support, and he was accompanied by his only son Han Xiaoyue and 30,000 elite soldiers of Shu.

Han Xiaoyue has a handsome face and fair skin, and she is a very typical Jiangmen, who has been exposed to it since she was a child, and learned the one-and-a-half moves of her father Han Tao's martial arts. Han Tao was also very satisfied with his learning ability, and his colleagues all praised him as a good material for martial arts training. Han Xiaoyue was also very competitive, and at the age of only twenty-one, she mastered all of Han's marksmanship. In order to curry favor with Han Tao, Meng Chang personally ordered the palace people to create a Yanling gun. It can be said that as soon as Han Xiaoyue's spear came out, he would inevitably see blood seal his throat. Once, when quelling Li Renhan's rebellion, he killed Li Guangji, the general under Li Renhan's account, with a single shot, and his reputation in Shu was shocked. This time, the Shu Kingdom was threatened by the Song State, and Han Xiaoyue was naturally very happy to serve on the front line to prove herself.

Jiangyuan City is a rich land in Shu, with a solid treasury and rich people. This credit is inseparable from Taishou Qi Yuanzhen. He has been in the local government for nearly ten years and can be said to be a very well-known local parent official. If he raised his arms and shouted, the people of Jiangyuan City all responded.

Hurry up and report that the emperor sent the general Han Tao and his son Han Xiaoyue to come to support, accompanied by 30,000 elite soldiers, and they will enter the city today. Qi Yuanzhen led more than ten officials of all sizes out of the city early in the morning to greet him.

It was almost noon, and a fast horse came to report: General Han Tao was still ten miles away from Jiangyuan City.

Qi Yuanzhen got off his horse, and the other officials dismounted one after another.

A man who looked like a military general stepped forward, stood behind Qi Yuanzhen, exhaled a rough breath, and said, "My lord, this Han Tao's shelf is inevitably too big! So many of us have been waiting for him here for a morning, and he has just arrived ten miles away at noon, which is simply extremely infuriating!"

Qi Yuanzhen looked back, and it turned out to be the young general Dong Yuan.

Qi Yuanzhen smiled slightly and said, "General Dong, you don't know anything. Han Tao came here this time at the emperor's behest, and we are not receiving Han Tao, but receiving His Majesty. Your Majesty will surely rely on us even more when he sees us being so respectful to the generals he has sent, do you understand?"

Dong Yuan listened, the corners of his mouth twitched, and said, "I don't think so." Your Majesty is also too petty. Not long after the founding of the Song Kingdom, Zhao Kuangyin's old man's heel was not stable, how could he come to attack? Even if the soldiers pressed the border, with the big sword in my hand, it would be easy to take down Lao Er's head!"

Qi Yuanzhen looked down on him very much in his heart, and thought to himself: "This guy blows the cowhide through the sky every day, but he has never heard of any combat exploits. If it weren't for the imminent war, I would have to read him in front of His Majesty!"

Although Qi Yuanzhen thought so in his heart, he behaved very respectfully, and said with a smile: "General Dong is heroic, and the Song army is invincible. I guess Your Majesty means that you want to be foolproof!"

While the two were chatting, dust was everywhere in the distance. Two generals in bright silver armor rode horses in the direction of Jiangyuan City.

Qi Yuanzhen squinted and saw the word "Han" written on the Daxu flag.

"All on the horse!" Qi Yuanzhen gave an order, and more than a dozen officials, big and small, got on their horses one after another, waiting for Han Tao's arrival.

Han Tao and Han Xiaoyue hurriedly stepped forward and walked in front of Qi Yuan Zhenxiang.

The three of them immediately arched their hands, turned over and dismounted, and stepped forward to hold each other's arms.

Han Tao laughed and said, "Haha! Lord Qi, don't come to be harmed? The last time I said goodbye to Chengdu, it has been three years in a hurry!"

Qi Yuanzhen kept patting Han Tao's shoulder and said with a smile: "Yes, General Han." The reason why Qi was able to serve as a taishou in Jiangyuan City for ten years is thanks to the general's kind words for me in front of His Majesty!"

"Haha! Lord Qi loves the people like a son, and His Majesty is very relieved. As he spoke, Han Tao pointed at Han Xiaoyue and said, "Dog Han Xiaoyue." Xiaoyue, hurry up and meet Master Qi!"

"The last general, Han Xiaoyue, meets Master Qi!" As she spoke, Han Xiaoyue clenched her fists with both hands and bowed to the ground.

Qi Yuanzhen hurriedly stepped forward to help him and said, "Where, where." I am an old friend of your father, so I don't need to be so polite. Just call me Uncle Qi!"

When Han Tao heard this, he hurriedly dissuaded: "Hey, how can there be no distinction between public and private before the army?

"Hmph!" Dong Yuan sneered and said, "Song Jun, where did Song Jun come from?"

Qi Yuanzhen glared back at him and motioned for him not to speak.

After hearing this, Han Tao looked at Dong Yuan. This young general is seven or eight years older than Han Xiaoyue, even so, he is still a junior in front of himself and Qi Yuanzhen. is so rampant, it seems that there is a lot of resentment in his heart, so he can't help but ask: "This young general, why did you say this?"

Dong Yuan glanced at Qi Yuanzhen's eyes and understood that he didn't want to let himself say one more word. But when Han Tao asked, he no longer concealed his thoughts, arched his hand and said: "General Han, please listen to the words of the last general! The emperor of the Song Kingdom, Lao'er, has recently ascended the throne, and his regime is not stable. The old party forces in the country have not yet been wiped out, so where is it possible to divide troops to take Jiangyuan City? With all due respect, His Majesty sent a general to come, which is really a superfluous move!"

"Bastard!" Qi Yuanzhen heard this, and shouted loudly, "The yellow-mouthed child who has not dried up has not dried up, dare to discuss military affairs in vain, and don't retreat quickly!"

Dong Yuan's face suddenly turned red when he was scolded by this, and he took a few steps back and stopped making a sound.

Han Tao hurriedly stepped forward to explain: "Lord Qi, what the little general said is not unreasonable. Since you have an idea, you should express it. After speaking, he looked at Dong Yuan again and said, "It's just that you and I are both military generals, and we only need to think about how to win if we obey orders for generals." For the rest, it is better not to criticize yourself, so as not to provoke death. My emperor is wise, and he has his own reason for this strategy. ”

"Yes! The last general understands!" Dong Yuan agreed, and couldn't help but scold in his heart, "Lord Qi is so partial, if the Song army doesn't come for a long time, won't this Han Tao have to stay here permanently?

Seeing Dong Yuan admit his mistake so humbly, Han Tao stopped caring and entered Jiangyuan City with Qi Yuanzhen.

There were suddenly 30,000 more soldiers in the city, making Jiangyuan City, which was not very large, even more crowded. The soldiers from other places felt that they had come all the way to the rescue and that they should be warmly received by the local people, but the local people believed that these soldiers from other places did not obey the local order at all, relying on their large numbers. Gradually, the 30,000 soldiers from other places and the local people accumulated resentment.

When the water is full, it overflows. Only a month later, the conflict intensified.

On this day, a butcher surnamed Zhang in Jiangyuan City was selling meat. I saw two soldiers swaggering from a distance.

Zhang Butcher thought to himself: "These two people should go away quickly, don't come to me." ”

However, his wish was not granted. After a while, the two soldiers stopped in front of Zhang Butcher's stall.

"The food in the army is really poor, it's not that the army pressed the border, so we were sent here. I've come all the way here, and I don't even have a meat every day!" complained the little soldier.

A slightly tall soldier responded, "yes, how can you be a starving ghost with your head pinned to your trouser belt?"

The little man waved his hand and said, "Don't talk about it, come out to be a soldier, of course that's it." ”

Seeing this, Butcher Zhang hurriedly said with a smile on his face: "Two military masters, it is better to buy some pork and go back and fight for tooth sacrifices." ”

In this way, Butcher Zhang wanted to remind them not to linger in front of the stall for too long, so as not to affect their business. Unexpectedly, the tall soldier looked up and down at the oil-stained Zhang butcher, showed displeasure, and said, "The two of us have come so far to come here, do you still want to make our money?

When Zhang Butcher heard this, he felt that something was wrong, and he was afraid that these two were going to rob him of his property by force.

Just as he hesitated, the little soldier shook the spear in his hand on the ground and scolded: "Fuck, do you really not understand or are you pretending to be stupid with me? We buy meat and go back, who will make it for us? You sell all fucking raw meat!"

Zhang Butcher hurriedly apologized: "Oh, you see, I was wrong! Blame me, blame me! I didn't think about it!"

The two soldiers winked at each other. The two of them had already made a plan to take his meat and money by force.

"Hmph, you shouldn't be a spy, come to spy on intelligence!" After speaking, the little soldier shouted: "This butcher is a spy sent by the Song army, and we have found out!" After speaking, the little soldier reached out and grabbed Zhang Butcher's arm, turned to the big soldier and said, "Quick, load his meat and money, these are all reverse births!"

Butcher Zhang was frightened by this sudden change and shouted: "Two military masters, what does this mean? I am not a spy!"

As soon as there was a lot of noise, the people in the market slowly gathered around.

In the distance of the crowd, Han Xiaoyue was slowly walking on a white Lu horse. On the horse, two soldiers were seen fighting a butcher, and they watched on the horse to see what was happening.

Seeing that more and more people were gathered, the little soldier was about to lose control of Zhang Butcher. So, he dropped his long hair, drew his short knife, and tried to execute him on the spot.

"This is going to die!" Han Xiaoyue thought to herself, urging the horse to step forward.

"Stop!" Han Xiaoyue shouted, "Get out of the way!"

As he spoke, the crowd slowly made way for him. Han Xiaoyue turned over and dismounted, and walked in front of the three of them.

"General!" the two soldiers knelt on one knee and saluted Han Xiaoyue.

"General, wronged!" Zhang Butcher hurriedly knelt on his knees, crying and shouting.

Han Xiaoyue waved her hand and said, "Get up, why are the three of you fighting?"

"General Rong. This butcher is a spy of the Song army, who spies on intelligence here by selling meat, and the two of us have found out through it, and we are about to arrest him. The little soldier preemptively spoke, trying to find a reasonable excuse for his crime.

"General, I have been wronged!" Zhang Butcher knelt on the ground and cried: "These two complained about the poor food in the army, and I kindly persuaded them to buy some meat to go back." Unexpectedly, these two suddenly said that I was a spy. The general can ask these fellows, and they can testify for me. I've lived here for generations!"

Han Xiaoyue nodded, bowed her hand to the surrounding crowd, and said, "Folks, do you recognize this person?

There was an uproar in the crowd. After a while, a bold man shouted, "That's right, he's a butcher, and I can testify for him." ”

With this shout, everyone else explained that Zhang Butcher was a butcher here, and that he made a living by selling pork, not a spy as the soldiers said.

Seeing this, the two soldiers fell to their knees and shouted: "General, don't be fooled by them! These people are colluding, they are all the internal response of the Song army!"

After hearing this, Han Xiaoyue couldn't help but feel amused in her heart, and said: "What? These people are all the internal response of the Song army? According to your meaning, has this Jiangyuan City been bought by the Song State? It's ridiculous! Why do you want to embarrass the butchers and kill people!"

At this question, the two soldiers collapsed to the ground, speechless, and completely lost their previous arrogance.

Seeing this, this was a good opportunity for him to save his life, so he hurriedly added: "General." I think these two must be trying to rob me of my flesh and my money. They must still have my money on them!"

Han Xiaoyue listened, stepped forward and grabbed the little soldier. Several copper coins were found from his body, put them on his nose and sniffed them, and there was a great smell of raw meat.

He immediately understood that as Zhang Butcher said, these two soldiers really wanted to snatch money and food, and he couldn't help but be very angry in his heart, and shouted: "What a big courage! The great war is imminent, but they are doing mischief here and breaking military discipline! What a crime!"

After hearing this, the two soldiers hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "General, we don't dare, we don't dare anymore!"

"Hmph!" Han Xiaoyue pulled out the short knife she carried with her and said, "Since my army entered the city, there have been a lot of bullying of the people. If I don't kill you today, I really can't convince the people!" Blood spurted from their necks and spurted to the ground.

The onlookers dispersed at once, leaving only Han Xiaoyue and Zhang Tuhu standing in the middle.