Chapter 309: The Drums Beat and the Flag Rises (II)
This old man is about seventy years, with a hard body, a red face, a long beard, white hair and a childish face, quite a fairy atmosphere, like an old fairy coming, and he looks very good.
He was Mr. Murong who was in charge of the Huo family at the beginning, and he had appeared at a glance, and was later shocked by the news that Wang Mang was suspected of being involved with the divine doctor of Tianyang Valley.
When he came to Wang Mang, he first bowed on the horse, and then said with his eyes half-closed: "General Wang, I have admired your name for a long time. Thinking back to seven or eight years ago, after you were diagnosed by the imperial doctor as incurable and about to die in Huangquan, but you appeared unharmed that night, and had a conflict with the Huo family, and you have been running around for several years because of this matter.
And then in the past few years, my Murong family has also assassinated you several times because of the Huo family, especially when you just left the imperial capital to go to Zhuzhou, my Murong family has invested a lot of money.
But I don't want those people to be intercepted by your good sister-in-law, Shangguan Ningxuan, and even the queen is secret. Sending you the assassination list will cause my Murong family to lose its troops.
The old man had always thought that there was only one way of hostility between us, but now he doesn't want to, we have to join forces against the enemy. It can be seen that the world is impermanent, the will of heaven is difficult to find, and it is unfathomable. ”
"Hahaha, who's to say it's not? After I got the list of you to assassinate me, I was still very angry that your Murong family sent more masters than other families. Wang Mang laughed: "Old Mr. Murong, let's not mention the previous grievances for the time being. At the moment our common enemy is the Hun barbarians. Once we've dealt with them, we'll count the previous ones. ”
"That's what I'm going to do, or I'd come to your aid." Mr. Murong said: "The things of you and my Murong family, although they are not too big, they are not small, especially with a Huo family in the middle. Therefore, even if I wanted to put down these grievances, the Huo family would not agree. Of course, the grievances between us are all internal affairs and cannot be related to external affairs.
Therefore, for this conquest of the frontier, General Wang has something to order, and does not care about our past grievances. I don't think you will take the opportunity to declare your personal vendetta and deliberately harm us. And although my Murong family is a martial arts family, we will not ignore the safety of Kyushu, but we are still working against you at this time. ”
"With the words of the old gentleman, the younger generation will be relieved." Wang Mang said: "Most of the martial arts families in the rivers and lakes are chivalrous. If there is no chivalry, then it will be difficult to grow into a famous family, and it will definitely be attacked by the group. Now the old gentleman has put aside his personal grudges with me and joined forces with me to fight against the Huns, which shows the old gentleman's benevolence and righteousness, which is really admired by the younger generations. ”
"Lord Wang, Liao praised!" Mr. Murong said: "I estimated that you would definitely not go on the same road with the army, and you would definitely have to travel to Gansu first, so I specially led people to wait here." It's not too early to calculate, it's time for us to go. ”
"Well, if that's the case, then you're welcome. When I arrived in Gansu, I hoped that the old gentleman would strictly order the clansmen to abide by the general's military regulations, obey the command, and guard the secret military aircraft, otherwise I would not be able to deal with it. ”
"This is natural, although Lord Wang can rest assured, if someone in my Murong family dares to act arbitrarily without obeying orders, my lord can punish him, and he doesn't need to care about anything else."
"Good!"
Wang Mang didn't say much about this, he lifted the reins, drank violently, and ran towards the front.
"Drive, drive, drive..."
The nearly 300 people led by Wang Mang took a shortcut and kicked up the dust in the sky and went away, leaving only their backs to disappear in the forest.
When Wang Mang and the others walked for about ten or twenty minutes, several figures appeared here.
These figures all wore scimitars at their waists, wore mink furs, and their faces did not look like orthodox Central Plains people, but Hu people.
They are the sentinels sent by the Xiongnu Shan Yu to spy on the military situation of the Han Emperor, and they have been hiding in the shadows to listen to the news, transmit the military information, and report the transfer of troops by various princes.
This time, the Xiongnu alone marched south in a large number of united countries, and killed the fifteen princes in the first battle, and completely annihilated the Han defenders.
He expected that the Han ministers would quickly respond to this matter, so he specially sent many shrewd spies to various parts of Kyushu to spy on intelligence, especially the imperial capital, the political center of Kyushu.
Although the Xiongnu Shan Yu looked down on the Han people, they thought that the Han people had little combat effectiveness. However, he still pays more attention to the cleverness of the Han people.
More importantly, there are many Han people.
As the saying goes, ants bite elephants to death, and the reason why the previous Shan Yu was defeated was largely because of the lack of people. Therefore, he learned the lessons of the past dynasties and paid more attention to the intelligence investigation of the Han Dynasty.
These sentinels looked at Wang Mang's departing back, with a cold and cruel smile on their faces.
Then, one of the leaders said to a corner in the shadows: "Sun Yaozu, your great enemy has been dispatched, now you should be satisfied, right?" ”
After his words were delivered, there was no response for a long time, as if he was talking to the air.
In this way, after about five or six minutes, more than a dozen figures came out of the secret. The first two were two young men. The rest of the people were dressed as guards, their personal bodyguards.
When the two young men appeared, their faces flashed with a hint of cruelty.
"Damn Wang Mang, if it weren't for you, my Sun family would not have been destroyed so easily. This time, I will kill you on the frontier, and I will tear your body into pieces. And the damn Huo family and the Wei family. If I do not come back with blood and vengeance, how can I rest? ”
"Brother Sun is right, Wang Mang deserves to die, and the Wei family and the Huo family should also be killed."
Another young man said hatefully: "My father is the seventh prince of the Han Dynasty, and these courtiers not only do not bow down to the courtiers, but also oppose my father, and finally force my father to commit suicide, I will kill them one by one."
This time, the ministers let Wang Mang lead the army to the expedition, and we have long expected it. Now that he has gone to the frontier, as long as we humiliate him, kill him, and cut off his head to show the public, we will definitely be able to hit the hearts of the people of the Han Dynasty. Take over the world. ”
These two people both hated Wang Mang to the core. Especially Sun Yaozu, as a descendant of the Sun family, Wang Mang humiliated him in front of everyone back then, and snatched the fairy beauty Han Fei'er from him.
This matter has always been a thorn in his heart, and he can't wait to be able to pull out Wang Mang's skin alive to vent his anger.
Later, the Sun family was destroyed, the seventh prince was destroyed, and the two of them escaped by luck. Then he took refuge under the account of the Huns, became a lackey of the Huns, and sped on the military intelligence.
If it weren't for the fact that they really couldn't help Wang Mang before, I was afraid that the two of them would have ambushed Wang Mang many times.
After the great changes in the family, these two have matured a lot and began to know how to forbear. They expected that as long as they had been hiding in the shadows and not known to outsiders, then there would always be a chance to kill Wang Mang and destroy the Huo family, the Wei family and other family lineages.
After hearing the words of the two, the Hun scout frowned slightly and said: "Although we have long expected that the commander of the three armies of the Han Dynasty this time is Wang Mang, but Wang Mang does have some ability, and it is not so easy to be killed by design."
In particular, there are many guards around him, and we can't act rashly. Otherwise, the news leaks out, and it is even more troublesome. Therefore you two must continue to endure and not be hasty. ”
"Your Excellency, please rest assured, Khan is our reborn parent and our master. As long as it is beneficial to the Khan and the conquest of the Han by our army, we will do everything according to it, and we will never impulsively mess around. Liu Maodao, the son of the Seventh Prince.
"It's for the best. As long as you calm down, you will have a chance to take revenge in the future. ”
The Hun spy said: "According to their itinerary, it is estimated that it will take them about twenty days to arrive in Gansu. We have to rush back before them, report to the Khan, and ask the Khan to decide on the military plane. ”
"Shall we continue to follow him, then?"
"No need, this person is very intelligent, don't be careless. If we follow too closely, it will not be good, and it will be easy for him to find out. And he led a small number of guards to Gansu lightly, so he would pay more attention to the movements around him and not allow anyone to follow him. ”
(End of chapter)