Chapter Thirty-Four: Drawing a Snake and Adding Strength
Night, Long Weaving City, Jiaozhou Prefecture Ya (Wanchun King Palace), Jiaozhou Thorn History (Wanchun King) Li Fozi is eating, tonight's meal is very rich, the kitchen carefully made snake soup, this is a good tonic. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Jiaozhou is mountainous, there is a big snake in the mountain called the bearded snake, more than ten zhang long, seven or eight feet waistline, let people smell the color change.
The bearded snake often hunts in the trees, and when the wild deer and other beasts pass by, it pounces on it and entangles it, and after a moment the prey dies, the bearded snake opens its mouth and swallows it slowly.
This kind of snake is huge, the lines are colorful and very beautiful, the meat is delicious and it is a rare delicacy at the banquet, but it is difficult to catch so it is extremely precious, of course, this kind of snake soup can not be eaten by outsiders.
Today, there is a mountain to the dragon weaving, offering a live snake, although the length is not more than ten zhang so exaggerated, but the weight is full, the snake soup made by Li Buddha can not be eaten by one person, so this time his family also has a mouthful, the whole family goes into battle and eats it.
The chef's skills are very good, and the snake soup is extremely delicious, and Li Fozi is still proud of eating, only to feel the fragrance between the teeth, and the aftertaste is endless.
The familiar taste reminded him of the old past, and he remembered the days when he followed coach Li Tianbao to hide in Tibet, when he was still young, and his life was not as comfortable as it is now.
Soon after the establishment of Wanchun Kingdom, the Liang army invaded on a large scale, and the Liang general Chen Ba successively inflicted heavy losses on the Wanchun army, and the king Li Ben could only flee into the mountains and forests with his people, and took refuge in the cave to avoid the pursuit of the Liang army, and finally died of illness.
After Li Ben's death, the Wanchun Kingdom was divided, and the Liang army then targeted Li Tianbao, Li Tianbao was chased to the sky and had no way to enter the ground, and fled to the mountains and forests with his subordinates, so that he could survive for a long time, and also built a "Taolang" city, which was for the king of Taolang.
As a subordinate, Li Fozi also lives in Taolang City, the mountains are not as good as the plains, the so-called relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, what there is in the mountains to eat, and the most unforgettable food for Li Fozi is bearded snake meat.
The huge bearded snake, which is enough for many people to eat, is a rare delicacy, but to obtain such a delicacy, it is necessary to exchange human life.
As a subordinate, Li Fozi of course has to share the worries of the commander, so from time to time he will be ordered to take people to catch the bearded snake, this kind of errand is very dangerous, and someone will die if he is not careful.
If the bearded snake opens its mouth and bites, if the human arm is bitten, it will be broken immediately, if it is entangled, it only takes a moment for the bones of the whole body to be strangled by it, and every time the bearded snake is caught, at least one human life will be put in.
As a subordinate, no matter how dangerous things are, even if they are unwilling, they have to do it, but now it's the other way around.
In the past, a leader in the tattered Taolang City, from time to time worried about how to catch the bearded snake, now this leader is the king of Wanchun, in the big city of dragon weaving, comfortably enjoy the bearded snake paid by others.
Li Fozi doesn't need to take any risks, he can eat delicious bearded snake soup, all thanks to power, once this taste of power is tasted, it can never be discarded.
So he had to fight hard no matter what, feeling that as long as he could defeat the attacking Zhou army, or at least consume the other party and retreat, and then repeat the old tricks, on the surface, he was subdued and soft, but in fact he was still the master of Jiaozhou.
Seriously operating for decades, slowly expanding the sphere of influence, when the time comes...
"King, King, something happened!"
The sudden emergency report interrupted Li Fozi's thoughts, looking at his subordinates who were a little panicked, he did not have a seizure but calmly asked what happened, as a king, you must have the bearing of a king.
"King! There are people outside the city...."
The subordinates who rushed to report the news told the ins and outs of the matter: at night, the city gate of Longbian City had been closed due to curfew, and the soldiers on duty at the head of the city found that someone was coming from Nanjin, and ran to the city wall to shout despite the warning.
The man said that in the afternoon Qu Yi had an accident, and some thieves attacked the city and started to kill, and some thieves rode horses to chase and kill the refugees who fled out of the city.
Fortunately, there was a horse to walk, ran relatively fast and escaped a catastrophe, but the entourage on foot was gone, I was afraid that it was over, he returned to the dragon weaving was already night, and ventured across the river to the north bank, not daring to spend the night outside the city, so he called the door.
The soldiers on duty at night recognized this person as a small official of the state government, although they did not let the arrows drive away, but they were afraid that he should come to earn the city as a thief, but what this person said was very important, and after a moment of entanglement, he lowered the basket with a rope and let him sit in the hanging basket and enter the city.
Several generals patrolling the city inquired carefully about the situation and felt that the matter was very important, and after discussing for a while, they felt that Qu Yi was afraid that something was really wrong, so they didn't dare to delay and reported to Li Fozi.
"Qu Yi has an accident?" Li Fozi muttered to himself, although his face was calm, but his heart was beating violently, Qu Yi was only fifty or sixty miles away from Long Weaving, if the cavalry attacked, I am afraid....
I'm afraid it's Zhou Jun coming!
It's impossible!
Li Fozi pondered about this sudden incident, he pretended to be sick to meet the envoy sent by the king of Xiyang of Zhou, and then the other party left for Anzhou to resume his life, it has only been a few days now, why did the Zhou army kill in front of him?
He thought that maybe the king of Xiyang had already arranged soldiers and horses when he sent his envoys, and once he learned that he was unwilling to go to Anzhou, he immediately let these soldiers and horses cross the sea and land in Longbian Port to take Longbian directly.
It's not impossible, but Li Fozi still feels that the odds are very small, Zhou Jun has just entered the Lingbiao for a few months, and the people's hearts are undecided, where can so many sea ships carry their soldiers and horses across the sea to the west, unless there is Gao Liang Feng Xian's or Anzhou Ning's help.
But unless the family members of these two wealthy families took the wrong medicine, how could they sincerely vote for Zhou Guo in a short period of time, even if they were not so enthusiastic about Chen Guo's official mansion in the past.
Li Fozi felt that he must have thought too much, there are a lot of ships moored in Longbian Port, and the news from all over the world is gathered here, and the situation of the ridge table in the past few months, such as the Zhou army crossed the Dayu Ridge, the Chen army suffered a big defeat, and Panyu fell, and he learned the relevant news through the crews of Longbian Port.
He also knew that Yuwen Wen led people to take Feng's fleet from Panyu to the sea, all the way to the west, and when he first arrived in Anzhou, he sent an envoy to Longbian, but he had never heard anyone mention it, saying that there were other Zhou troops divided into other places.
Not to mention that he sent the general Li Puding to lead the army to Longbian Port yesterday to do business, and it should be in Longbian Port today, if something is really going to happen, why is there no one who reports the news?
Thinking of this, Li Fozi opened his mouth and asked, "That little official, did you say what kind of banner the thief who attacked Qu Yi had?" ”
"King, this person did not enter the city, but he turned around and ran away when he saw something bad from a distance, but according to his knowledge, the other party seems to be mostly riding horses and has not made a banner."
"Horseback riding? In the opinion of Nayier and others, these thieves are Zhou Jun, or are they bold thieves who took advantage of the unpreparedness of the government to attack Quyi? ”
"The king, the ministers think it's all possible..."
Seeing that Li Fozi's face was pale, the general hurriedly added: "King, the enemy situation is unknown, you must not deal with it in a hurry, the ministers and others think that the city defense should be strengthened tonight, and the troops should be sent to Quyi tomorrow, and you can find out." ”
This suggestion is good, Li Fozi thought so, at this moment, another general hurried over and presented a silk book: "King, there are several horsemen outside the city who came at night, and they shot a few silk books into the city and disappeared..."
Unfolded the silk book, but saw a few big characters written crookedly on it: The Tianzhou official army is here, and Li Fozi is about to surrender.
The twelve characters are written like ghost symbols, there is no grammar at all, and six words are written incorrectly, and there are also problems with the wording: Tianzhou? What you want to write about is Da Zhou, right?
Ying Li Fozi threw the silk book and laughed: "Just a thief, you want to pretend to be Zhou Jun, so scared that the officials and soldiers dare not move?" It's just a snake to add to it! ”