Text Chapter 80, Enter the City
King Fu and a few eunuchs slowly walked to the vicinity of the temple. King Fu and the three eunuchs stayed in the nearby woods first, and let the three guards go up to explore first. When the three guards arrived at the gate of the temple, they saw that the door was wide open, but there was no one in sight. The three guards looked at each other, and one of them called softly to the door, "Is there anyone?" ”
There was no sound inside, only the mountain breeze blowing leisurely through the courtyard, gently shaking the branches of the large trees in the courtyard. A guard slowly pulled out an embroidered spring knife from his waist, stood on tiptoe, and stepped gently into the temple. When you enter the temple, the front one is the Tennojeon Hall as usual. The statues of the Four Heavenly Kings are towering on both sides, and on the front are the smiling Maitreya Buddha. It's just that maybe no one took care of it, and there was no incense on the incense burner in front of these Buddha statues, and one of the incense burners fell from the desk and shattered on the ground.
A few people continued to go inside, and inside was the Daxiong Treasure Hall. It's just as empty. The prayer flags that had been hung were gone, and there were no oil lamps or incense in front of the Buddha. Not a single person was to be seen in the entire hall. After passing through the dark and gloomy Daxiong Treasure Hall, you will arrive at the backyard where the monks originally lived. It was as empty as expected. Not only is there no one, but all kinds of daily necessities are gone. But fortunately, there is a cistern in the backyard, and there is half a pool of clear water in the pool. The three guards walked in all directions, and when they were sure that there was no one in the temple anymore, they turned and came out, and when they went outside the temple, they saw King Fu hiding in the woods.
"Your Highness, there is no one in this temple anymore, probably they have all fled to the desert. There was nothing to eat in the temple, only a pool and some water. ”
King Fu was hungry and thirsty at this time, and when he first escaped, he was in a panic, and he did not bring anything to eat or drink, but now when he heard that there was water, he said, "It is okay for you to carry the widow in, drink some water, and rest for a while." ”
A few people entered the temple. A eunuch who had fallen behind closed the door carefully.
He Zhangqi led a group of cavalry past the temple. They had just passed by this place not long ago, and had searched the temple carefully. Knowing that there is nothing left in this temple. At this point, they were ready to go in the other direction. He Zhangqi glanced over there by the way, the temple was still there, the same as just now, with green tiles and red walls, and there were a few big characters on the wall - "Solemn land, Tetra Pak has love". Then the gate ...... Wait! Why is the door closed?
"Was the door open when we passed by here just now?" He Zhangqi asked.
"Nope! An empty temple, who is bored enough to close the door? One of the horsemen replied.
"Quick, go up and search the temple again, someone has entered!" He Zhangqi said excitedly, "Zhang Yu, you lead a team of people to surround the temple first." The others followed me in and searched! ”
"Order!" The rider replied, and then said to his group: "Follow me, fence the temple, and don't let them run out!" ”
More than a hundred cavalry rushed after him, quickly controlling the front and back doors of the temple and some easy places around it. Then He Zhangqi dismounted in front of the gate with more than a hundred other cavalrymen, and everyone drew their swords, pushed open the gate, and walked in.
At this time, the movement outside had been heard by King Fu and those guards and eunuchs inside. One of the guards first escaped over the courtyard wall. King Fu lowered his voice and shouted, "Quickly bring the widow!" The other two guards looked at the high wall, and then at King Fu, who had more than two hundred catties, and heard the voice from front getting closer and closer. They looked at each other, and then, ignoring King Fu, they rushed towards the courtyard wall, and with the force of the momentum, their feet stepped on the wall, and with their hands reached up, they jumped over the courtyard wall.
At this time, the backyard door was suddenly opened. A group of "rogues" dressed in armor and armed with weapons broke in. King Fu wanted to hide behind, but as soon as his legs became weak, he fell to the ground.
A tall "thief general" walked over, turned over the Fu King who fell to the ground with his feet, and then asked condescendingly: "You are the Fu King?" ”
The person who asked was naturally He Zhangqi. In fact, when he saw this big fat man of more than two hundred pounds, he had already determined that this must be King Fu. In this era when there is no fat house happy water, in this era of famine everywhere, it is not common for a fat person like this to happen. And in the description of King Fu's appearance that He Zhangqi heard before, the first sentence was: "King Fu is a big fat man." ”
"Oligo...... I'm not, I'm just passing by...... I'm not ......" Fu Wang, who was caught in fear, tried to deny his identity.
"Hahahaha!" He Zhangqi laughed, to say that although he was a rebellious "rogue", the prestige of the imperial court for many years still made him a little faintly afraid of those nobles. Now seeing King Fu's wretched appearance, this fear suddenly disappeared.
"In addition to King Fu, can there be a second big fat man like you in this world?" He Zhangqi laughed and said, "Let me ask again, are you the Fu King?" ”
"I ...... I'm not...... It's really not ......" Because of fear, King Fu's face was distorted.
"Very well, you are not the Fu King." He Zhangqi's heart didn't know what was going on, so some joking thoughts popped up, "If it's not King Fu, you're useless, aren't you?" It's useless to see you're so fat. Brothers. Do you say that this body of big fat is braised or grilled? ”
A cavalryman next to him also showed Bai Sensen's teeth and said, "I think it's still delicious to roast." ”
"Tie him there, use a knife, cut from his leg, the fat piece, and the thin one, salt, and then thread it with bamboo skewers at intervals, and put it on a charcoal fire to roast, and roast it until the fat drops on the fire, and that fragrant ......," said the other cavalryman, and while staring at King Fu with greedy eyes, he stretched out his blood-red tongue and licked his lips.
"I ...... Widow ...... The widow is the blessed king, spare your life, the good man spare your life! King Fu burst into tears.
"Hahahaha......" He Zhangqi laughed.
However, He Zhangqi soon remembered another question: "What about your son?" What about your mother-in-law? Where are they? ”
"Ran away, ran away at night." King Fu wept bitterly.
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Huang Zide also entered the city after dawn. A long time ago, when attacking a city, Huang Zide often led his own soldiers and generals, waving his horse sword in the shouting of killing, and rushed into the city gate with his siege troops; Later, when he broke through Songxian and Ruzhou, he entered the city later, but it was more casual, and after he entered the city, many civilians in the city did not know about it. Today is the first time since his rebellion that he has changed his way of entering the city, in order to let the people of Luoyang see the military might and spirit of the "revolutionary army" that "hangs the people and fights the crime."
After the next big city, a grand entrance ceremony was held, and this suggestion was also put forward by the Xuanyi Taoist people a long time ago. According to him, it is to change the impression of the people of the world about him through such a ceremony. Before that, although he dominated the world, everyone only regarded him as a "rogue", and did not think that he was a person who could compete for the world and make the world change his surname. If he can't change this common perception, it will be difficult for him to attract more talent in the future.
This suggestion has been taken seriously by Huang Zide, so this time the ceremony of entering the city should naturally be arranged to be extraordinarily grand and solemn. For this reason, a group of troops who followed Huang Zide's side began to train in this area even before they began to plan an attack on Luoyang. Later, after conquering Ruzhou, among the displaced people, Xuan Yi specially selected 400 burly people to train how to walk with weapons. Up to now, these people have been practicing walking with weapons for almost a month, and although they may not be able to fight now, at least they can walk a little. Although according to Huang Tian's opinion, the level of these people is still far behind. But at least in Xuan Yi's opinion, just looking at their appearance, this group of people is already much better looking than the vast majority of court officials and soldiers. At least, they can barely make a single footstep sound when they walk now.
The people in Luoyang City were lured by the revolutionary army to the south gate with a pound of rice per person, and they were brought to the south gate to welcome the "revolutionary army" and "Marshal Huang" into the city. Xuan Yi asked people to draw the area in advance, and asked the people to stay there and wait for Huang Zide to enter the city.
At four o'clock in the morning, Huang Zide's team appeared outside the south gate. The first to enter the city was the red banner of the revolutionary army. A standard-bearer came out of the gate with a large flag diagonally forward, and as soon as he walked out of the gate, he put the flag up high. Almost at the same time, Xuan Yi, who was on the city tower, pinched a magic decision, and a gust of wind came out in front of him, and the red flag was violently unfolded, revealing the golden star pattern in the middle of the red flag.
The standard-bearers were followed by a row of drummers, dressed in bright red jackets and with snare drums hanging from their chests, and marched in a neat stride through the city gate. Then the four hundred pikemen followed. They walked diagonally through the doorway into the street, and then, with a sound of a trumpet, all of them straightened their spears, and the straight spears were like a dense forest. Then the drums sounded, and to the rhythmic sound of the drums, all the pikemen marched forward at the same time, and the feet of the four hundred men were raised and lowered at the same time, making a neat footstep as if they were a man.
The pikemen were followed by three hundred horsemen, all of them tall horses, neatly armoured, and each of them had a spear with an ash rod and red tassel in addition to a sword and a bow and arrow. The soldiers held the reins in their left hand and their guns in their right, the tail of which was inserted into the iron ring mounted on the right side of the saddle, and the barrel of the gun stood upright, so that it looked like a very neat column of guns in the sun.
The common people in Luoyang City have usually seen the appearance of the official army of the imperial court, but now they compare it with this "thief army", but they only feel that this thief army is mighty and majestic, but it is much more like the official army than the official army, but those officials and soldiers look more like the thief army.