Chapter 21 The pure wolf's heart is shallow

It is said that this period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties is a short and chaotic period in Chinese history, because during this period, historical events are intertwined and complex, and it is difficult to mention the literati and writers, and the tracing is only a few hasty strokes. The troubled times are rampant, and the times have also created a series of tragic heroes. ”

"Oh! What are they?" said a group of people who raised their arms and shouted at the old man on the stage

"That's right! Tell us about it."

"That's right, old gentleman, say it quickly, don't sell it to me."

The storyteller on the stage threw the folding fan, knocked on the table and said slowly: "Since you are so enthusiastic about care, then today I will talk to you about it, some of the plots are from folklore, and it is not made up by the old man, if there are deficiencies, which hero is offended, the old man is here to make amends for everyone."

After the storyteller finished speaking, there was a burst of applause from the audience, and Er Zhuyan was mixed in the crowd, and it was no exception. Since coming to this Nanliang, Er Zhuyan seems to have arrived in a fairyland on earth, and the people in this Jiankang City are full of people, and it is even more lively. Coming here, Er Zhuyan carefully observed the humanistic customs here, and carefully studied the literati here.

She named herself Zhuge and reverted to Mu Qing. Although she didn't dare to have the ambition to take precautions like Zhuge Liang during the Three Kingdoms period, since she memorized the Er Zhurong Codex, she also learned the martial arts.

"Old gentleman, I want to ask Mr. Yu is confused," said a man in a snow-white robe looking at the storyteller and slowly shaking his fan

Er Zhuyan looked at this person, about twenty or thirty years old, giving people a feeling like a spring breeze, only felt that this person had a beautiful face, just like a small life engraved in a book, and then looked at the surrounding women, and their eyes were red, if it weren't for the two guards around the man, it is estimated that the man would have packed and brought him into his home, and the men around him saw him, not to mention how resentful he was, one was jealous that he did not have such a good skin as attention-grabbing, and the other was that he was envious of his posture, and he was eager to eat him alive.

"Oh! Childe said, "The storyteller picked up the folding fan and tapped it at the man, signaling that he could speak freely."

Er Zhuyan looked at him and muttered a few words to herself, "I have never seen such a person with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, as if he came out of a book, if Pan An is alive, he will definitely not be able to score half of it" Er Zhuyan asked the person next to him, "Who is this man, so majestic"

"You mean the one on the stage," one man replied

"yes, who is he?" asked Er Zhuyan

"This, he is from the north, it seems to be a prince, what is the king of Jikang, my king is very fond of talented people, this prince, poetry, calligraphy and painting are deeply liked by my king, so his status in the Southern Liang country is very respected, unlike the other one, the family is gone, and he still puts the score properly, and still treats himself as a lord" When mentioning Yuan Yu, Er Zhuyan can clearly feel that he is very popular with the people of the Southern Liang monarchs here, but when it comes to the other, the man next to him is full of resentment.

"There is another one, who is it?" asked Er Zhuyan

"Who else can there be, that arrogant Beihai King Yuan Haobei, a few days ago, he instigated my king to send troops to help him recapture the Northern Wei Dynasty, just a person like him, unruly, unreasonable, even our highly respected general Chen Qingzhi He can't look down on him, you say, how good can he be when he is the emperor" After the man finished speaking, he bit the melon seeds with resentment, and watched the play seriously.

Er Zhuyan didn't say much, looked at them quietly, and listened to them tell some stories about their family and country.

"That's the case, the younger generation has heard of the scenery of the northern country, and there are more famous mountains and rivers, and they want to climb it, but the northern territory is now full of wars, may I ask who can win this battle?" said Yuan Yu, looking at the storyteller, and then at the rest of the listeners in the audience.

In fact, the reason why Yuan Yu asked like this is nothing more than in the hearts of Daliang and Dawei, the people and courtiers on both sides have their own secrets, so naturally they can't explain it in a word, but the bystanders are clear, and they see this matter thoroughly.

"Childe asked, do you want to listen to the king, or do you want to listen to the generals" The storyteller looked at Yuan Yu

"Whether it's a king or a general, what's the difference" After speaking, Yuan Yu choked up, then looked up at the storyteller, gently waved the folding fan in his hand a few times, and then said, "I heard that since the uprising of the six towns in the northern country, the imperial court has no ability to subordinate the locality, and there are more than dozens of princes before and after.

When the storyteller heard this, he was silent at first, and then shook his head one after another. Seeing this, Yuan Yu knew that this question could be solved, and it was not difficult for strong people, so he gave up his hand to the storyteller: "Mr. Disturb, the junior will leave"

"Childe is slow, the old man was silent just now, it's not that he doesn't want to answer Childe, but this matter has been going on for a long time, if Childe doesn't dislike it, and sit down and listen to the old man talk carefully"

As he spoke, the attendant beside Yuan Yu moved a bench for him, and Yuan Yu sat down slowly. Seeing this, the storyteller put down the folding fan again, then stood up and bowed his hand to the southeast.

"There are Gongzi and others in the north, it is really lucky, but the waves are sweeping the sand, the monarchs can know the principle of survival of the fittest, some people are shining in the pace of the times, and some people are eclipsed. Since Gongzi asked me about my contemporaries, Er Zhurong and Ge Rong, then you can know that hundreds of years later, these two people, like me, are just tragic figures in this era. ”

"What do you mean, sir?" asked the man in the audience

"yes, what do you mean" When everyone heard this, there was an instant uproar

"Sir, it's good Zen, but what does this have to do with Errong I asked," Yuan Yu stood up and asked

The storyteller waved his hand and motioned for him to sit down first. "You can know where the contradictions of the uprising in the six towns are, in the towns will be discordant, in the mixed ethnic groups, in the courts, and in the temples. The Six Towns Uprising has achieved a lot of heroes in troubled times, and Ge Rong is different from Ge Rong, Er Zhurong relied on the imperial court to become an orthodox army, and Ge Rong privately proclaimed himself emperor, founded the country in Qi, and the year name was Guang'an. You know, what does this mean?"

"Ge Rong privately founded the country, this is to break with the Northern Wei Dynasty," Yuan Yu replied

"Yes, yes, no" The storyteller shook his head and continued, "Gu Zhilai is famous for his master, the royal family of the Northern Wei Dynasty is still there, besides, the Ge Rong clan is a courtier of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the existing rebel against the Northern Wei Dynasty and the establishment of the country privately, which gives the people of the world a reason to conquest him, based on this alone, it will not last long, not to mention, Liang Wei has been fighting for a long time, and naturally it is not allowed to break this balance by a third person."

After listening to this, Yuan Yu said to the storyteller: "Mr. said, the younger generation has been taught" Saying, Yuan Yu glanced at his subordinates, and his subordinates immediately took out a small bag of broken silver and walked to the storyteller.

"Childe's heart, I hope Mr. will accept it," said he handed him the silver

"The old man thanked the son"

After Yuan Yu left, the storyteller continued to tell interesting stories about the rivers and lakes and what he had heard recently, but Er Zhuyan felt that these were meaningless, so she simply left to see the rest.

"Have you heard? It's going to be a war again" After fleeing from welcoming her relatives, Er Zhuyan heard some people discussing the current situation sporadically along the way. In order to facilitate travel, Er Zhuyan still shows people in coarse cloth men's clothes.

"Yes! I have just come down from the east, and the armies of both armies have already driven to the edge of Xiangzhou" I saw that the person who said this sentence sighed with a sigh on his face.

"When is the end of a day like this? If only the world could be unified as soon as possible, the people would not have to be displaced, they could not return to their homes, and they could not plough their fields," he said, only another table was also discussing the matter.

"It is said that the one on both sides is not small, the one in the east (Hebei) established himself as the emperor and held a million lions, and the one in the west (Jinyang) is also a ruthless corner, not to mention anything else, just say that the chaos in Heyin, overnight, thousands of people, the red water of the Heyin River flowed for five days and five nights. Although he is just a general, the emperor is set up by others, and now he is the emperor's abbot, not to mention anything else, around the summer solstice, Xing Gao was pacified in less than two months. As far as the last month is concerned, in the battle of Yecheng, then Ge Rong is not a big defeat" I heard the sad expression of the merchant from afar.

"Father, uncle, they're fighting again," Er Zhuyan couldn't help but panic and worry in her heart.

Thinking of the sword and soldier meeting each other, there would be countless casualties at that time, and listening to what the man said just now, Er Zhuyan simply rushed between them and interrupted them, "Uncle, I heard you say that there is another war just now, what's going on." Er Zhuyan was very worried about the situation and asked the two businessmen who came from Hebei.

Looking at these two businessmen, he said with a sad face, "Young man, you don't know, in this world, the courtiers have the heart of the boundary, the strong ministers have the position of seeking the king, and the government is sluggish, why not just this world, the people are not living."

"Then, who is going to fight whom, does the uncle know?"

"Who else, in this world, except for the Qihu who seeks power and is not loyal to the emperor (Er Zhuyan thought about it, isn't this Qihu talking about my father Er Zhurong) over there is Ge Rong, a peasant doll in a chaotic town" While saying, I saw that these two people were very ashamed of the two of them who were "chaotic in the world".

"Oh, really?" Er Zhuyan deliberately pretended not to know and continued to ask, "I know this pillar general, but what is the origin of this Ge Rong?"

"This Ge Rong," the old man took a sip of water and said very calmly

"Ge Rong, originally a general of Huaishuo Town, but in the last years of the Northern Wei Dynasty, it was really stormy, the people were not happy, the court was thousands of miles away, and this officialdom was unprofitable. The earliest contradiction in the six towns was the drought, the court was not sympathetic to the people, and when the people were desperate, the officials had to force the people to rebel. Another old man who knew about it continued

"The earliest contradiction in these six towns was because the court did not sympathize with the people, treated the people as unsuitable people, and the government imposed taxes and sundries, and in the end, the people had to revolt and resist because they could not bear it. If you want to talk about it, the earliest can be traced back to the fourth year of Zhengguang.

That year, there was a serious drought not only in Huaihuang Town, even in the fertile field, Huaishuo all kinds of disasters, three towns down, almost no grain, Huaihuang Town will be reluctant to distribute disaster food, time passed day after day, more and more people starved to death, and finally the people really had no way out, so they did not raise their hoes to resist.

Those officials still ignored it, so a few people rushed in and killed Zhen Yujing. Huaihuang Town took the lead in an uprising, and then the people of Woye Town broke through the Liuba Tomb and killed the generals defending the town and captured Woye. After Woye was captured, he immediately followed south to conquer Wuchuan and Huaishuo. He also captured the powerful He Badu of the Northern Wei Dynasty at that time, and his three sons Yun, Sheng, and Yue"

"He's talking about Brother Heba" Er Zhuyan thought silently in her heart, she had probably heard about Hebayue's affairs, as if there was indeed such a thing, "Then, didn't the Northern Wei Dynasty send troops to quell the chaos" Er Zhuyan immediately couldn't sit down and asked the two businessmen.

"Sent, the Northern Wei Dynasty lost three towns in a row, how could it not matter, in March of the fifth year of Zhengguang, the Northern Wei Dynasty sent Yuan Yu Yuanwen, the son of Jinan Kang King Yuanchang, to suppress Baling Wei Kegu with Li Chong. Don't look at this Yuan Yu, the son of the king of Jinan, is a scholar, but his courage is comparable to a generation of military generals. Later, the imperial court successively sent Cui Xian and Yuan Yuan to suppress the peasant uprising, and later, there were more and more rebel militias, Li Chongjie was defeated and retreated, and the imperial court dismissed him from office.

"Ah, how can this be," Er Zhuyan muttered to herself

In the first year of Xiaochang, Rouran complied with the call of the Northern Wei Dynasty to set off from Wuchuan, and from there, he went west to capture the fertile field and launched a series of rescues. In June, Baling made a comeback and fought with the Northern Wei army in Wuyuan, as a result, who would have thought that Yuan Yuan was defeated, the general of Baling broke the six Han peacocks and died under the command of the Rouran lord Ana, after the six Han peacocks were killed, Baling had no backbone, so he had to be forced to go south, under the attack of Yuan Yuan and Anapa, he broke the 200,000 army of Baling. ”

"The imperial court has been defeated all the way, and has it not thought about quelling the rebellion?" Er Zhuyan said

"I thought about it, why didn't I want to," the passerby replied

"The first peasant uprising in the Northern Wei Dynasty ended in the defeat of Baling, but Baling was defeated. It was only a short time to give the court time to recuperate. After a short victory, the court not only did not feel sad, but the aristocratic Wang Jia lived a hedonistic life of singing every night. Later, the imperial court only dismissed the displaced people on the issue of relocating these 200,000 displaced people. The people have no land to cultivate and no houses to live in. The compromise of the imperial court was only a temporary pause, and did not meet the requirements of curing the root cause.

A few months later, another peasant uprising broke out in Hebei. Rouxuan town soldiers Du Luo Zhou in the upper valley once again gathered the displaced people, led the division to the west, Xiaochang two years Huaishuo town soldiers Xian Yu Xiuli with Yan, Ding two states combined with Du Luo Zhou to attack the Northern Wei Dynasty. Xian Yu Xiuli was defeated by Yuan Shen, after the failure of the Six Towns Uprising, Xian Yu Xiuli's general Yuan Hongye killed Xian Yu Xiuli, and then Ge Rong killed Yuan Hongye, overnight, Ge Rong successfully replaced Xian Yu Xiuli, and Yuan Hongye became the leader of the Hebei Righteous Army.

In the later period, in the first battle of Boye Bainiuluo, Ge Rong killed Yuanrong, King of Zhangwu, and captured and killed Yuanshen, the famous general of Guangyang, a famous general of the Northern Wei Dynasty. In the following three years, even in Xindu, Dingzhou, Yingzhou and other cities in Hebei, the team grew to hundreds of thousands. At this point, the two passers-by shook their heads one after another

"In that case, why didn't the imperial court invite Er Zhurong out of the mountain to put down the rebellion for them," Er Zhuyan said

"Alas, it's hard to put into words! Little brother, you don't know, the imperial court also wants to use Er Zhurong, but they don't have a score in their hearts, the Northern Wei royal family has been defeated one after another, and the Northern Wei Dynasty can't stand the toss, not to mention that at that time, the emperor was young, and all the government was in the hands of the demon queen Hu family."

"Yes! Emperor Ming died violently, Er Zhurong launched the Heyin Revolution in the name of the Qing monarch and the name of the minister, coercing the Son of Heaven and one person above, above ten thousand people. At this time, Er Zhurong took advantage of the honor given by the imperial court and walked step by step to the most reliable general of the imperial court. These two people, one is known as the king of Taiyuan, and the other is known as the king of Qi, and the two are equal in power and manpower, which can be said to be trembling in the world. ”

"Abba is not such a person," Er Zhuyan also wanted to defend Er Zhurong a few words

"What did the little boy just say?" Passers-by asked him

"I mean, Taiyuan Wang Er Zhurong is not like the eyes of the world, he is dedicated to the country, everything he does, there must be hardships"

Another passer-by heard Er Zhuyan defend Er Zhurong, and immediately became unhappy. "Bitter, the water in Heyin has been red for five days and five nights, the princes of the Yuan clan who have done evil deserve to die, but what is wrong with those courtiers, Er Zhurong has to kill them all"

Within the rivers and rivers of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the tragic fighting of Errong went south, and the Xiao Liang Dynasty went south, and the invincible general Chen Qingzhi and the king of Beihai Yuanhao in the Liang Dynasty planned to attack the Wei court.

"How many people do they have?" asked Erzhuyan

"Two thousand elite soldiers" After speaking, the passerby shook his head

If these two thousand elite soldiers go north, it will be a fatal blow to the Northern Wei Dynasty, always attacking the Northern Wei Dynasty in the wind and rain.

After Ge Rong entered Hebei, there were soon three people outside the city to greet him, only to see that the three people were dressed very gorgeously, at that time, people who could wear silk clothes were either powerful or rich, and these three people were among the richest people in the local area. They are Hebei Haoqiang Fan Yang, Shandong rich Gao Qian, and Gao Gao two brothers.

"This morning, I heard that the sky is auspicious, the light of purple gas came from the east, and the people in the city are rumored to be the arrival of the king of Qi.

"I am in Jizhou today, and there are people to greet me, it can be seen that God has mercy on me Ge Rong to dominate the world" I heard these three people shoot loudly, Ge Rong, who was originally a slave owner, heard the scene there, only to see these three people, random whiskers and horses, Ge Rong has been happy not to know the east and west, north and south, so he named Fan Yang Lu Yong as the king of Yan, Shandong noble and noble cadres, and the noble brothers also received a certain official position.

In order to prevent Er Zhurong from carrying out sinicization, Ge Rong of Hebei managed to get rid of Du Luozhou and annexed his team, the Hebei area was almost relatively stable, except for Er Zhurong's hundreds of thousands of troops in the west, the rest of the forces involved could not pose a threat to him.

It is said that "gentle township, heroic short-tempered, children's love is long" Ge Rong, who is called the emperor, only greedy for pleasure every day, he was born from the grassroots, he has no ambitions in his life, only cares about the short-term glory in front of him, his life, conformism, but there is no ambition to chase the Central Plains, only thinking about living a comfortable overlord life after the war.

After becoming the emperor, Ge Rong sang songs in the court every day, but his army, most of them were homeless bandits, and they were accustomed to the life of robbery and looting.

Although the Northern Wei Dynasty in the west at this moment has been drifting in the wind and rain, Er Zhurong's existence, although the wolf has ambitions, is also to a certain extent, absorbing blood and nourishment for this dynasty that is about to collapse. The Xiaoliang Dynasty in the south, under the slogan of Yuan Hao Chen Qingzhi going north to restore the clan, hit the last drop of blood of the Northern Wei royal family step by step. They are advancing the pulse of this era step by step.

"Right now, our army is confronting Ge Rong, I don't know what the generals have to do" In front of the army, Er Zhurong and Er Zhu Tianguang, Er Zhu Zhao, Murong Shaozong, He Batyue, He Batsheng, He Batwen's three brothers, and He Batyue's favorite little brother Yuwentai and others were discussing in front of the tent.

"King Taiyuan, I have a way" The former general was a little uncertain, and saw a little boy about fifteen or sixteen suddenly stand up and said.

Originally, the kid was going to say something, but he was stopped by a middle-aged man, "Don't make trouble, it's not easy for all the generals to handle, so don't make a mess."

"I didn't make a mess," Yu Wentai angrily pushed away He Bayue's hand covering his mouth.

"Oh! The little general said that it didn't matter, anyway, you are a child, you are wrong, and the adults who sit down again will not blame you" Seeing Yuwentai so bold, he couldn't help but arouse the favor of the bold hussar general Er Zhuzhao.

"Yes, thank you, general, the villain is still young, if the point of view is not in place, please don't dislike the villain's stupid mouth" Yu Wentai was so modest and boastful, but it caused the adults who sat down again to laugh.

"Don't sell it, just say it," Er Zhuzhao urged impatiently.

"Yes," Yu Wentai respectfully bowed, and asked everyone sitting with a slight rhetorical question. "You generals, can you know what the original identity of this Ge Rong was."

Originally, I thought that Yu Wentai was going to offer some big plan, but I didn't expect him to ask everyone to answer the problem for him.

"I originally thought that your doll could offer any useful strategies, but it turned out that we came here and why we came here, I don't know, the doll is really a doll, and the milk smell has not dried."

Seeing this person coax together, everyone laughed, only Er Zhurong, his face was as deep as a thousand-year-old ice cube. This point, Yu Wentai observed very profoundly.

Although his question caused laughter, the goal he wanted had already been achieved.

"You still need to ask, this Ge Rong was the earliest, he was born in Huaishuo Town, and later surrendered to Xian Yu Xiuli, Xian Yu Xiuli's subordinate Yuan Hongye killed Xian Yu Xiuli, and this Ge Rong killed Yuan Hongye to get to today's position." Seeing that Yuwentai didn't even know the most obvious truth, He Bayue replied to him angrily.

"In that case, what is Ge Rong afraid of" Yu Wentai said with a constant look down on Ge Rong.

"Alas, I said are you really stupid or fake stupid" Faced with Yuwentai's series of non-nutritious things, He Bayue was almost about to explode. "There is nothing to be afraid of this Ge Rong, what is terrible is that he still has 300,000 troops under his command, 300,000, do you understand?"

"300,000, what are you afraid of" Ordinary people were very shocked when they heard the number of 300,000, but for some reason, Yuwentai didn't feel scared at all.

"You, you! No wonder people say that you are a hairy boy, and newborn calves are not afraid of tigers. If it was before, Ge Rong really didn't have anything to fear, what was terrible was that he also annexed the 100,000 troops of the coalition army Du Luo Zhou, "No matter what he asked, He Bayue explained it to him 1510.

"In this case, Ge Rong is not afraid, the villain invites him, and Ge Rong is killed" After listening to what He Bayue said, Yuwentai immediately stood there respectfully like a general, holding ten hands and asking Er Zhurong to give a mission.

"What's the matter, you said that you were fat and you were still panting, you didn't want to die, at a young age, you actually spoke wildly." Seeing that Yuwentai was becoming more and more arrogant, He Bayue was very worried and grabbed him, and said to Er Zhurong, "King Taiyuan, the child is full of nonsense, and please don't take it seriously."

"I didn't, Ge Rong elbowed violently, and the world rose up to attack it" He Bayue saw that Yuwentai was talking more and more vigorously, and he was very worried and wanted to pull him out of the account, only to see Yuwentai said particularly loudly, "Disloyal to friends, unrighteous to subordinates, rude to the people, and our army is sharp, the people's will, if you make a move at this time, you will be able to settle the situation in a battle" Although Yuwentai has been dragged out, he still said very loudly, hoping that a certain general who sits down again can agree with his words.

"Wait" I saw that Er Zhurong suddenly spoke, and said to He Bayue, who was pulling Yuwentai, "Let him go, let him speak"

The generals of the "King of Taiyuan" saw that Er Zhurong paused, and they were afraid that they would really mention Er Zhurong.

"It's okay, child, Tong Yan is unscrupulous, it's not an exaggeration to say something wrong," said Er Zhurong with a smile on his face and walked from the chair to Yuwentai.

"You go on"

Unexpectedly, Er Zhurong actually listened to his opinion, which made Yuwentai a little excited.

"Okay," he paused for a minute to buffer, and then continued, "Ge Rong was originally a general of Huaishuo, so most of his cronies and generals are from Huaishuo. Huaishuo is thousands of miles away from Hebei, and has been away from his hometown for a long time, most of the soldiers have nostalgia, if we can use this, move it with emotion and reason, then the army's heart will be chaotic, second, Ge Rong recovered the old department of Du Luo Zhou, the old general changed hands, there must be loyal people in the army, if we perceive the real cause of death of Du Luo Zhou, you say, what will be the consequences. Third, Ge Rong is just suspicious, if there is disagreement within the army, then we will have less than one-third of the real enemies. ”

After Yuwentai finished speaking, he saw Er Zhurong suddenly laughing. "Good boy, it's not big, it's enough to count," he said, and patted Yuwentai's shoulder appreciatively.

"Yes! Boy, I didn't expect that my brother's brain is really bright" He Bayue was very happy and squatted down and looked carefully at the child Yu Wentai, who was only fifteen or sixteen.

"What do you know, Sun Tzu said, "Soldiers, the major affairs of the country, the place of death and life, the way of survival, you must not ignore it" The slightest mistake is afraid that it will never be recovered" Yu Wentai said what He Bayue didn't understand very well.

"What are you talking about, why don't I understand" He Bayue, who was used to martial arts, heard Yuwentai chew the words, but he was not used to it, he was fighting. Generally, it is suitable for different terrain analysis roads. And Yuwentai is strategizing and winning thousands of miles away.

After listening to Yuwentai's suggestion, Huer Zhurong sent Gao Huan in Ge Rong's army to quietly submit to him, and let Gao Huan take the lead and lobby those soldiers who came from Huai Shuo in Ge Rong's army.

In that battle, the Xianbei warriors of the old Duluo Zhou who still existed returned to power, saving Gao Huan a lot of tongue, and the anti-intermittent plan was also implemented very smoothly. In the battle with Ge Rong, about 10,000 of the seven kings under Ge Rong surrendered.