Chapter 179: Escape (I)
Fangfu has been surrounded by nearly 10,000 rebels like wolves, there are only three or four thousand forbidden soldiers in the mansion, the two sides have a huge disparity in strength, if Pan Shangshu gives an order and orders the rebels to attack, even if they defend it to the death, they will not be able to hold it for long, and the forbidden army will be annihilated by the rebels sooner or later.
The situation is dire.
The emperor's face twitched, the resentment and panic in his eyes could not be concealed, he had been on the throne for decades, this was the first time he faced death so closely, he knew that as long as the rebels annihilated his forbidden army, he would be the emperor at the end, just like the king of every dynasty and every generation, living a life of pigs and dogs, bullying, and finally dying in panic and despair, and his relatives, children, life would never be much better than him.
Gritting his teeth, the emperor faced the door and said in a deep voice: "Old Shangshu, I and your monarch and ministers have been talking nonsense to each other for decades, you tell me, what do you want?" β
What do you want? The army is pressing, the soldiers are coming to the city, this posture is put out, does he need to ask what he wants?
Pan Shangshu outside the door was silent for a while, and only after a long time did he speak, his voice was old and hoarse: "Your Majesty, what the old minister wants is just the word 'fairness'." β
The emperor raised his thick eyebrows and said in a deep voice: "Isn't I fair enough to you?" Alone in charge of the ministry, the prince and the prince, the lord to the prince, under one person, above ten thousand people, the court let you cover the sky with one hand, and let you enjoy the prestige of chasing the royal family in the people, I have given you so much, you still want to be fair to me? I have given you all the fairness in this world, aren't you enough? β
Pan Shangshu suddenly became excited when he heard this, and his voice became high-pitched: "No! It's not fair! It's just an illusion that you have made for me, an illusion for the world to see! For so many years, you have been deliberately weakening my wings, attacking my protΓ©gΓ©s, secretly arranging, controlling everything, don't you know me? One day when I lose the strength I rely on, you will cut off my head without mercy! The fairness that the old minister wants is all pulled out of your fingers little by little! Otherwise, how could the old minister survive to this day? Your Majesty, the old ministers have come to this point, and they are all forced by you! β
Fang Zheng walked to the emperor's side and said softly: "Your Majesty, don't talk nonsense with that old thing, that guy seems to be crazy, you are the Venerable of Ten Thousand Times, and it is a lot of bargains to talk to a madman!" Wechen gives you an idea, Wechen gets a bucket of dung from the thatched house, builds a ladder on the door, and then splashes the dung on him, and treats such a demon with dung, you have to splash it with dung, wahahaha......"
Seeing that the emperor was looking at him with strange eyes, Fang Zheng's smug laughter stopped abruptly, touched his nose and said, "...... When I didn't say. β
After waiting for a long time to see the emperor speak, Pan Shangshu sighed deeply outside the door: "Your Majesty, you better come out by yourself, don't let innocent people die or be injured anymore, the monarch and the minister, the old minister will protect you and the princes and princesses without worry, and you will be rich and noble for the rest ......of your life."
"Pan Shangshu, I ask you, can the prince be involved in this matter? Is he with you at the moment? For the sake of many years of monarchy and courtierhood, you tell me the truth. The emperor said suddenly, a trace of nervousness flashed in his eyes.
"The old minister didn't dare to hide it, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was not involved in this matter from beginning to end, and the old minister sent someone to search the Prince's Mansion and found no trace of His Royal Highness the Prince."
When the emperor heard this, he finally felt a little relieved in his eyes.
The crown prince was not involved in the rebellion, which is perhaps the only good news among all the bad news.
Ignoring Pan Shangshu outside the door, the emperor pressed Fang Zheng's shoulder and said in a low voice: "The situation is so critical, are you still unwilling to rush out of the city to move troops?" Are you just going to watch everyone die here? β
Fang Zheng was silent, looked back and glanced around, relatives, wives, friends, what is a person living in this world for? Power, or money? When the steel knife is added to the neck, everything outside the body seems to become ethereal. Who else can be with you besides your own relatives?
To tell the truth, Fang Zheng was very scared now, his legs couldn't stop shaking, and he rushed out of the city from the siege of thousands of troops and horses outside the door, he didn't dare to think of this crazy way to find death before, but he didn't expect that today's situation was forced to this point, but he had to do this lifeless thing,ββ for his relatives and lovers.
He also understands that the emperor's words are reasonable, although Feng Qiudao will not rebel, but in this sensitive period, except for the emperor himself and him Fang Zheng, I am afraid that no one can mobilize his army, it is not that Feng Qiudao is not loyal to the king, but at this time of chaos, he must not dare to trust others casually, only Fang Zheng, who has a good relationship with him, will go to him with the special instructions for the transfer of troops written by the emperor himself, he will believe it, because the world knows that Fang Zheng is the emperor's cronies and the emperor's son-in-law, from a certain point of view, Fang Zheng is actually the emperor's spokesperson.
The big husband has something to do and something not to do. To put it more bluntly, there are some things that a man has to do. If you can't even protect your own family, is this man still a man? Eunuchs will look down on him, right?
Fang Zheng felt that he was quite like the Mingjiao Sect in "Yitian", he felt that everything he did was forced out by the situation or by others, from helping the fat man fight with Changping, to giving advice to the imperial court, to settling grievances with Pan Shangshu and negotiating with the Turks, everything was not done on his own initiative, or forced by the situation, or forced by favors, and now, he had to do something he didn't want to do, this thing had to be done, for the responsibility of a man.
Looking at the emperor, Fang Zheng's eyes were full of determination. Damn it! Dead is dead! Lao Tzu originally came through time, and he lived a lifetime longer than others, it's worth it! It's a big deal, Lao Tzu will travel back again.
"Your Majesty, I'll go!"
The emperor was very pleased with his answer, and his eyes were full of warmth.
"I will send the most elite three hundred forbidden troops to protect you and break out of the siege, you ,...... You'll be fine. β
Fool it! It's okay, why don't you go yourself? Fang Zheng scoffed at this unrealistic comfort, since he decided to go, it didn't matter if there was anyone to protect him, even if he was alone, he had to go.
Mencius once said a very awesome sentence, "Although there are tens of millions of people, I will go." β
Fang Zheng now suspects that if it weren't for Mencius's family being kidnapped by robbers, then he must have been drunk and bragging when he said this, anyway, Fang Zheng himself couldn't do such a righteous and awe-inspiring thing, at this time he could only keep comforting himself, I am the tragic hero Xiao Feng, I am the stupid and bold Guo Jing who defended Xiangyang City, and I am the bitter hero Yang Guo who is disabled and strong...... Damn it! How good it would be if I were Wei Xiaobao, when I saw that the situation was not good, I would run away, and it was none of my business for you to hit the brains......
In his thoughts, a pair of hands wrapped around Fang Zheng's waist and buckled tightly, as if he would disappear out of thin air if he let go of his hand.
"Mi'er, let go, I'm just ...... Just went out on a business trip and came back soon. Fang Zheng didn't need to look back, just smelling the refreshing fragrance knew that the person holding him was Changping.
"No, let's go together!" Changping buried his head on Fang Zheng's back, his voice muffled and crying.
"Don't be stupid, this is going to play with your life, do you think you're going to receive the prize?" Fang Zheng smiled bitterly.
"No, if you want to die, we'll die together!" Changping said stubbornly.
"Phew! Can you speak? What kind of death, death, I haven't shared a cave with you, how can I be willing to die? β
As he spoke, three more jade hands grabbed Fang Zheng's sleeve tightly. Yanran, Sister Feng and Xiao Lu all surrounded them.
Fang Zheng blinked: "What are you doing?" You all want to go with me? β
Yan Ran and Sister Feng shook their heads, laughing with tears: "If we go with you, it will only be a burden to you." β
Fang Zheng smiled at Changping and said, "Listen, they understand much better than you." β
Who knew that Yan Ran flipped over her slender hand, holding a small porcelain bottle in her hand, looking at Fang Zheng with tears on her face, and her tone was full of determination: "...... The concubine body has prepared a bottle of crane top red, if the husband has any three long and two short, the concubine will never live alone! β
Seeing this, Fang Zheng was in a hurry, and hurriedly said: "Yanran, don't be stupid, don't worry, I won't die!" β
After speaking, he hurriedly said to Changping: "Don't learn this from her, remember, you all have to live well!" β
Xiao Lu said on the side: "Young Master, Xiao Lu can accompany you, Xiao Lu has kung fu and can protect you." β
Fang Zheng said: "Come on, no matter how high your kung fu is, can you beat the thousands of troops outside?" Don't worry, if I fight with the thugs on the street next time, I'll call you, and forget it this time. β
"No, you're going to take me!"
"Young Master, I can protect you."
"Husband, for the sake of the concubine, you must be careful......"
Listening to the chirping sound in his ears, Fang Zheng suddenly felt upset and said angrily: "Okay! What are you doing? It's like rushing to evaluate the job title one by one, is it interesting? Stay in the house honestly! Wait for me to move the rescuers, no one is allowed to go with me! β
Seeing Fang Zheng's rare tantrum, the women finally stopped talking, but just looked at him with tears in their eyes, and the resentment in their eyes made Fang Zheng feel sorry in their hearts. - Gentle Township is a hero's mound!
A coquettish figure rushed to Fang Zheng unexpectedly, and without waiting for him to react, he grabbed Fang Zheng's head, and then the cherry lips were fiercely printed on his mouth, fragrant and long.
Under the stunned gaze of the women, Sister Feng blushed and retreated, her eyes flashed around, and she wanted to cover up and said, "...... You must come back alive! This month's dividends haven't been settled with you yet......"
Changping was furious, stomped his feet fiercely, pointed at Fang Zheng and shouted, "I know!" I knew it! You are certainly not innocent! β
Fang Zheng touched his lips with a reverence, hey, this is the first time Sister Feng has taken the initiative to kiss me. Is this kiss part of the dividend? If I can live, well, I have to settle the dividends with her, divide them a few more times, and use different postures to divide the dividends......
Sister Feng somehow, this time she was not afraid of Changping, and said lightly: "Her Royal Highness the princess misunderstood, the maiden kissed him, I hope he can remember the safety of everyone in the house, and be cautious in everything after going out, after all, he is the major shareholder of my Ruyuzhai......"
Changping was so angry that he jumped to his feet: "Then do you need to kiss him?" He's my husband, and he's been in church with me, you...... Surely you have done something unseemly! β
"Your Royal Highness Princess, please be careful, the folk girl and he have always been innocent......"
"It's all like this, you're embarrassed to say that you're innocent......"
Fang Zheng held his forehead and groaned in pain, turned his head to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, hurry, prepare a horse for me, Weichen can't wait to go out and die, it's too uncomfortable to live!" β
The emperor smiled: "Do you still need anything?" β
Fang Zheng thought for a moment and said, "Wei Chen wants to put on armor, so that he may be able to take a few more stabs......
The emperor ordered the sergeant in the forbidden army to take off a pair of armor and give it to him.
In fact, the so-called armor is just an ordinary military uniform with some iron pieces inlaid on it, and then a thin layer of iron plates is added to the vital parts of the body.
Seeing that Fang Zheng was dressed, the emperor asked, "Do you need anything?" β
Fang Zheng thought about it again and said, "Weichen still has to put on a pair of armor......
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Wearing two pairs of armor at the same time, it should be a lot safer, right? Fang Zheng jumped on the spot a few times, and found that there was still some space for his load-bearing.
"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks he can wear another pair of ......"
The emperor couldn't cry or laugh, this guy was too afraid of death, and he was not afraid of being crushed to death if he wore three pairs of armor alone.
"How do you run when you're wearing so much?"
Fang Zheng smiled: "Don't worry about this, Weichen has his own way, hehe, safety first......
Master Fang stepped forward tremblingly, grabbed Fang Zheng's hand, and shed tears before he spoke, "Zheng'er...... Alas! It's your family that drags you down! β
Mrs. Fang on the side was already crying, the Fang family was such a lone seedling, but the emperor ordered him to do something extremely dangerous, in case there was a good one, who would the Fang family rely on in the future?
But the second elder of the Fang family understood that if Fang Zheng didn't rush out to move the rescue troops, the Fang Mansion would be broken by the rebels sooner or later, and everyone would still die at that time, the difference was that they would die early and die later, if Fang Zheng could rush out smoothly, maybe he would have more hope of surviving.
Fang Zheng grinned at his father and said, "Dad, don't say that, everyone is self-motivated, the child has been a bastard for half his life, so you won't allow the child to be noble?" You and your mother should take care, if so...... If you can't do anything, please forgive the child for not being able to do your filial piety. - Don't worry, the child will only do this once, and next time even if the emperor puts a knife on my neck, I won't do it. β
After speaking, Fang Zheng glanced at the emperor meaningfully, and the emperor coughed twice and turned his gaze away.
The elite of the three hundred forbidden army who were ordered to protect Fang Zheng had gathered, and everyone vacated three hundred horses from the horse house in Fang's mansion, these horses were temporarily transferred from the carriage or entourage of the guests, knowing that the young master of Fangfu went out of the city alone to ask for help in order to save everyone, everyone was grateful, but they didn't say a word, they asked people to give people, things to give things, and after a while, the secret sac on Fang Zheng's chest swelled a lot, and it was a little "careful" that the guests secretly stuffed.
Fang Zheng smiled bitterly, putting aside his previous words, he made such a big fortune, he would probably be crazy, and now he ...... Alas, if you rush out later, if you die under the indiscriminate swords and arrows, what is the use of the silver?
After pulling the killer brother and asking him to protect the safety of the family, Fang Zheng arched his hand towards everyone in high spirits, and said loudly: "Everyone, go to Quantai to recruit the old department, and take a banner of 100,000 to kill Yama Luo......"
Old Man Fang said angrily: "Bastard thing! Can't you say something auspicious? β
Fang Zheng immediately lowered his eyebrows and looked at him: "Yes, I was wrong......
Fang Zheng, who was wearing three pairs of armor, walked to a black horse with difficulty, raised his legs with great difficulty, and found that he couldn't complete the action of getting on the horse alone, so he glared at Xiao Wu who was constantly wiping tears beside him, "What are you crying about!" Don't know how to come up and take a hand? I don't have the eyesight to see it! β
Xiao Wu hurriedly stretched out his hand, and the two of them worked together, and Fang Zheng finally got on the horse smoothly.
Straddled the horse, supported the heavy helmet, and looked at the eyes of everyone who were sad or expectant, Fang Zheng told himself that this was an era that needed heroes, and he was the hero who came and went freely among thousands of troops, carrying the hopes of countless people, wearing golden armor, stepping on auspicious clouds, and riding away......
At this moment, how can you not chant a poem to make a magnificent deed? Clearing his throat, Fang Zheng chanted loudly: "The wind is sluggish and the water is cold......
Everyone was shocked: "Change the sentence and change the sentence!" It's so unlucky! β
"The country is broken by mountains and rivers, and the spring grass and trees in the city are ......"
"Sentence for sentence!"
"Draw the knife into a fast, live up to the ...... of the youth"
"Sentence for sentence!"
"I smiled at the sky with a knife......"
"Change ...... Sentence"
"Shut up!" Fang Zheng, who was disturbed by Shixing, was angry, his face was gloomy, and he glared at the guests angrily: "Are you here to go on a blind date or fight poetry?" When did you still pick and choose and be unreasonable? Get out of the way! β
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The location of the breakout was chosen at the west back gate of the inner courtyard of the Fang Mansion, and the defense here was slightly weaker than the heavy encirclement of the front door.
The three hundred forbidden soldiers rode on their horses early, clenched the steel knives and spears in their hands without saying a word, and their eyes showed a kind of determination, they already knew that the chances of survival were very slim, but they were the emperor's pro-army, and they must have the consciousness of sacrificing their lives for the emperor at any time at any time.
Licking his dry lips, Fang Zheng took a few deep breaths, forced himself to suppress the fear and tension in his heart, and at the gate, Pan Shangshu's gloomy voice came: "Prepare to attack!" β
The general of the forbidden army guarding the door immediately shouted: "The forbidden army is on alert! Hearing the order, thousands of soldiers raised their weapons in their hands, pointed obliquely at the gate, and stared at the front with nervous or indifferent expressions.
The trumpets of the rebels have sounded, and the footsteps of the soldiers and horses are like the death knell of death, striking on the hearts of all at once. Pan Shangshu has already given the order to attack, and there is no time to wait, and there can be no longer delay.
At the back door of Fangfu, Fang Zheng, who was riding on a horse, took out the saber on his waist, pointed forward in vain, and shouted: "Rush!" β
Then the back door was opened, and more than 100 forbidden soldiers rushed out first, Fang Zheng slammed the horse's belly and rushed in the middle, and there were more than 100 forbidden soldiers behind him for his palace.
There are not many rebels guarding the back door, about three or four thousand people, but none of them seem to have expected that under the heavy surroundment, there are still people who dare to rush out, seeing hundreds of people wearing brown forbidden army armor inside the door galloping at a very fast speed, rushing towards their encirclement, the rebels can't help but froze, the city has been controlled by the rebels, even if they break out of this encirclement, there is nowhere to go, these people are looking for death?
After a brief pause, one of the rebel generals was the first to come to his senses, when the forbidden army was riding less than ten feet away from them, and their eyes were bloodshot, containing more and more murderous intentions. Anyway, there is no hope of survival, it is better to kill a few more traitors and earn enough money, the forbidden army urged the horses, the steel knife in their hands was already raised, and they made a posture of preparing to chop, and at the same time they did not forget their mission, more than 100 forbidden soldiers guarded Fang Zheng tightly in the middle, they all knew that only if he rushed out, everyone had hope of survival.
The rebel generals were shocked when they saw this, and shouted: "Quick! Step Formation! β
The rebel soldiers were also well-trained regular soldiers, and after a short panic, they found that it was too late to release their arrows, so they immediately assembled in formation, their spears propped up on the ground, the tips of the spears pointed obliquely at the galloping horses, the handle of the spears was trampled on with their feet, and the soldiers behind them pressed the formation with steel swords, and after withstanding the first wave of cavalry momentum, the knife array would be launched to strangle the enemy.
Damn it! It's too scary, Fang Zheng was protected in the middle, and he couldn't stop breaking out in a cold sweat, he was really playing with his life, looking at the cold spear tip exuding cold glow in the rebel array, damn! If this thing is stabbed anywhere on your body, it probably doesn't taste very comfortable, right?
There were still a few feet away from the enemy, Fang Zheng suddenly seemed to remember something, his face changed, and he hurriedly shouted: "Slow!" Live Horse! β
After hearing Fang Zheng's order, although they knew that if they stopped, the horses would lose their momentum, and the advantage of the cavalry would disappear in an instant, but the forbidden army still did not hesitate to pull the reins and stop the horses.
The rebel soldiers, who were a few feet away from them, froze, and they did not understand why the gang had stopped when they rushed out in such a loud voice. The rebel generals are also a little at a loss, which one are these people playing?
Fang Zheng smiled apologetically at the rebel general, and said loudly: "I'm sorry, we went to the wrong door, we should rush out through the back door in the south, you are busy, we won't bother......"
Rebel General: "............"
Fang Zheng didn't care about his reaction, he waved his hand and ordered loudly: "Go back!" The brothers all went back and went to the wrong door! Hurry up, hurry up! β
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The forbidden soldiers turned their horses' heads with black lines and ran back with Fang Zheng.
The rebel general came back to his senses at this time, and after feeling that he had been played, he couldn't help but be furious: "Fuck! It's too much of a deception! Stop them for Lao Tzu! β
It was too late, the runners could never catch up with the horsemen, and the rebels guarding the back door were not equipped with cavalry at all, so the rebels had to watch Fang Zheng and the three hundred forbidden troops shrink back quickly.
Inside the back door of the Fang Mansion, the emperor glared at Fang Zheng with an angry face and scolded, "Why are you running back again?" β
Fang Zheng got off the horse, wiped the cold sweat on his face, and said with a bitter face: "Your Majesty, you can't blame me for this, I can't come back......"
"Why?"
"You haven't given me the special purpose of transferring troops yet, Your Majesty, have you forgotten?"
Everyone was speechless: "............"
With a little anger and a little bit of slander, the emperor quickly wrote the special instructions for the transfer of troops, stamped it with a big seal, threw it to Fang Zheng with a flick of his hand, and said coldly: "Take it!" Don't mess around this time! β
Fang Zheng carefully put it in his arms, thinking, you forgot to write it yourself, can you blame me? He also said that I was messing around, this person was old and very unreasonable......
Striding on the horse with difficulty, Fang Zheng, who was covered in clothes, hugged his fists and said loudly: "The wind is Xiao Xiaoxi......
"Shut up! Come on! The crowd shouted in unison.