Du Yi returned home, found Du Ping who was reading, walked over angrily, and snatched the book in his hand: "Read and read, you know how to read all day long." ”

Du Ping said innocently: "Don't we always say to the outside world that we are cultivating and reading heirlooms, what are we doing if we don't study?" ”

"What about farming, if you don't do practical things, where do you get the conditions to study?" Du Yi sighed suddenly, "Forget it, our family is about to be in a catastrophe, read more while you can still read, otherwise you won't have a chance to watch." ”

"Why did my father say this, and where did this disaster come from?"

As soon as he said this, Du Yi immediately became angry again: "It's okay if you kid doesn't mention it, but I'll be angry when you mention it." As soon as I arrived at the Han army camp, as soon as I reported my origin, I was immediately tied up and escorted to Zhang Hao, saying that I would be punished for my crime.

Fortunately, your father and I were alert, and immediately lowered my posture and begged for mercy, otherwise you wouldn't have seen me now. ”

Du Ping smiled: "What is my father afraid of, this is Zhang Hao, he is scaring you, where will he really kill you." ”

Du Yi patted his son's head: "You rebel, you can still laugh, can you bet on this kind of life-threatening thing, in case he really kills me." ”

Then he said with a sad face: "If you can still bet that Zhang Hao will not kill us, now you are really dead." He set the conditions for our father and son, if we can persuade the rebels in the city to open the city and surrender, we can pay for the guilt and have a heavy reward. If not, he will be punished with death. ”

Du Ping looked incredulous: "How can it be so serious, he still scares your father." Did you tell him what I told you? ”

"How can I have a chance to say it, don't you run back quickly." Du Yi said anxiously, "Son, let me tell you, matters related to life must not be child's play, and must be treated seriously." Now our father and son, as well as dozens of lives of the Du family, are in your hands. ”

"But I can't help it, now the gang in the city must have put the responsibility for the defeat on my head, if I go, I guess I won't say a word and let them kill them to vent their anger."

Du Yi sat on the ground and said decadently: "That's over, these left and right are dead, the Du family has been passed down to me for four generations since the rise of the great-ancestor Jinshi, and today it is going to die in my hands." Anyway, since this is the case, the incense of our Du family cannot be broken, so the son should leave quickly now, and stay here for his father to give Zhang Hao an explanation. ”

When Du Ping saw his father like this, he felt very uncomfortable, but he still persuaded: "Father, you think too much, Zhang Hao won't do anything to us." Besides, where can I go? ”

Zi said: The road is not good, take the pole to float in the sea. You can follow the example of the master and go to sea, the world is so big, there is always a way to live. ”

Du Ping really couldn't stand it anymore, stood up suddenly, and said to Du Yi: "Father, don't worry about the sky, after dawn, I will enter the city to persuade everyone." Don't worry, Master's words are just words, we will never go to sea one day. ”

"The bastard dares to talk nonsense and make up the words of a saint." Du Yi's face was both smiling and worried, "Son, you have to be careful, you must not touch the anger of the public." ”

He was already angry, Du Ping thought. "The child knows."

……

The next day, as soon as the morning dawned, Du Ping set off.

When he arrived at Zengdi City, he saw that the gate of the city was closed, there was not a single pedestrian on the road, and even the tension was clearly detected in the air.

Du Ping looked like he had nothing to do, and shouted loudly to the city head outside the city: "I'm Du Ping, open the city gate and let me in!" ”

The defenders of the city had already spotted him, but they had not seen it clearly from a distance, and they knew that they had heard this familiar voice.

"Dupin? Where is this kid, I'm going to kill him! ”

It was the man who was still in the limelight, and two days had passed, but the shame of being defeated and running away that day was forever engraved in his mind.

It was the first time he had shown such an ugly and embarrassing appearance in front of everyone. He kept shouting in his heart: All this is Du Ping's fault.

The man in the limelight is named Han Feng, and his family is also from Zengdi County, so he knew Du Ping when he was a child and knew where his family was. If he hadn't been worried that the Han army would kill him in the past two days, he would have gone out of the city to settle accounts with Du Ping.

Now Du Ping actually sent him to the door, just to kill him, to relieve the hatred in his heart.

Du Ping heard Han Feng's voice, but he ignored it, and then shouted: "Brother Han, open the city gate and let me in!" ”

"Open the gates." Han Feng commanded.

As soon as Du Pin entered, the scholars immediately surrounded him. Han Feng, who was in the lead, roared angrily: "Du Ping, you still have the face to come back!" ”

Du Ping had a smile on his face and said lightly: "What Brother Han said, what did the younger brother do, he needs to hide his head and show his tail, and he doesn't dare to come back to see people." ”

"You're embarrassed to say that you don't know, if it weren't for the proposal you made the day before yesterday to go out of the city to face the battle, why would we have suffered a crushing defeat and lost more than half of it! Now, the children of all ethnic groups in the city took advantage of the fact that the Han army had not attacked the city in the past two days, and fled one after another.

Even Yang Ji, the old bastard, is packing up his treasures and preparing to flee back to North Korea. Now only we local scholars are left, and we have no place to flee for our lives but to stay alone in the city, and this is all thanks to you!"

Du Ping breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, fortunately Yang Ji's old guy hadn't left yet. He laughed: "Hahaha, I said that the city is a lot deserted now, only a few of you, it turns out that you have all fled for your lives." ”

Han Feng roared angrily: "You can still laugh, do you think I don't dare to kill you!" As he spoke, he drew his saber and put it against Du Pin's neck.

"Brother Han is calm and don't be impatient, and listen to the little brother."

"What other words do you have to say?"

Du Ping said with a smile: "It is a fact that the little brother said the day before yesterday that Zhang Hao led the army from afar, was exhausted, and his foothold was not stable, which was recognized by everyone present at that time, including Yang Taishou." ”

Everyone looked at each other with a somewhat unnatural expression. He continued: "The reason for the crushing defeat is simply that your tactics are wrong. I heard at home that the person who led the army actually attacked the elite and the weak brigade together, which made Zhang Hao find the weakness and attack the weak brigade with all his strength to defeat it, which led to the collapse of the army's spirit and the defeat. ”

Everyone turned their eyes to Han Feng again, and they saw that he was a little embarrassed. Han Feng still stubbornly shouted: "That's also because of the reason why you proposed to fight, if we stick to it, we will definitely not be defeated!" ”

Du Ping laughed, laughing so hard that Han Feng's face turned red. "What are you laughing at?"

"I'm laughing at Brother Han, what I think is still too simple." Du Ping said, "We can't hold on, and we really won't lose, but our family's relatives and property are outside the city." If Zhang Hao didn't attack the city, but went to fight their attention, what if he forced us to go out of the city to fight? When the Han army was repaired, the momentum was like a rainbow, and we were not opponents. ”

Han Feng was speechless, he still wanted to defend himself, but he didn't read much on weekdays, so he was not Du Ping's opponent.

Seeing that everyone no longer had the attitude of killing and killing just now, Du Ping struck while the iron was hot and said: "Actually, I also heard that this battle was defeated, and after the original elite Lelang garrison was wiped out, the army composed of family soldiers would definitely not be able to stop the Han army, so I thought about coming back to give you the idea of life." ”

Han Feng looked directly at Du Ping, with some surprise in his eyes. Rebellion is a capital crime, and of course it's good to be alive.

"What's the idea?" he asked. Everyone else looked at Du Ping.

Du Ping looked directly at Han Feng and said, "Give someone to Zhang Hao." ”

Han Feng saw that Du Ping had been looking at him, and asked with some humility, "Who?" ”

"Yang Ji."

After Du Ping finished speaking, he heard the sound of exhalation, and Han Feng in front of him seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, which made him very strange. But he still continued: "Isn't Yang Ji still gone? As long as he is captured alive or his head is given to Zhang Hao, then we can all atone for our sins. ”

He didn't say Kaesong surrendered, but that meant more or less the point.

After finishing speaking, seeing that everyone was a little hesitant, Du Ping hated the iron and continued: "You have to think about it, if it wasn't for his bewitchment, would we have gotten on this thief ship?" Now it's okay, everyone else has run away, including this old guy is also ready to run, leaving us here to die desperately with the Han army.

So I mean if they are unkind, then we are unjust. As long as Yang Ji is offered, he will be able to live, but maybe he will be rewarded for his merits and deeds in the future, and he will be able to preserve his current wealth. ”

Du Ping's last sentence pressed their psychological defense line and made them let go of their last concerns. People like Han Feng are actually afraid that although they can offset their merits, they will not be able to continue to be rich and prosperous, and they will spend all their time drinking.

Everyone let go of their usual arrogance, and they all bowed their hands to Du Ping and said, "We all obey Brother Du's arrangement." ”

……

Yang Ji's temporary mansion was originally full of all kinds of treasures sent by various powerful people. Grain, cloth, and other goods.

But now it was empty, and in the past two days Yang Ji ordered the servants to bring everything back to Korea.

After those Haoqiang children fled, it was no longer suitable to stay here, and he planned to return to North Korea to reorganize his troops and horses, and then fight Zhang Hao.

After the servants loaded the last box of belongings into the carriage, Yang Ji breathed a sigh of relief. In this case, there is nothing worth nostalgia for this place.

As he was about to leave with the guards, a group of men stopped in front of him and surrounded him and the guards.

Du Ping stood up and looked at Yang Ji and mocked: "Lord Yang said goodbye without saying goodbye, where are you going?" ”

Yang Ji, who was protected by the guards in the middle, saw Du Ping and was immediately furious: "Good you Du Ping, we fled without a trace after the fiasco, and now you dare to come back, you still don't arrest him!" ”