Chapter 182: Out of the City
Fang Zheng's shout quickly attracted the attention of the soldiers, and seeing that Fang Zheng was wearing his own clothes and armor, and there was a person who looked like a captain and officer lying on the ground, the soldiers didn't know what was going on, and hurriedly ran over.
Fang Zheng's face was full of panic, his expression was three points frightened and seven points anxious, his eyes were full of tears, and he said with tears: "Help!" Brothers, this is Captain Wu, he is our Zhao Hu Zhao's brother-in-law, on the orders of General Zhao, went out of the city to bring General Zhao's wife into the city, just walked here, a black-clothed masked man jumped out, drew his sword and stabbed, Captain Wu didn't have time to resist, was given by the masked brute...... To give...... Stabbed to death! Woowoo...... Lord Wu, you died so unjustly! What about the important task entrusted to you by General Zhao? Who's going to do it? ”
After speaking, Fang Zheng lay on the corpse of the unlucky "Captain Wu", crying loudly, looking like he had died of his own father, which made those who heard it cry and those who saw it sad. In fact, Fang Zheng still doesn't know whether this unlucky captain is surnamed Wu or not, anyway, everyone doesn't know him, so he is talking nonsense.
If Fang Zheng's wives were present, seeing Fang Zheng crying so sadly and miserably, I really didn't know whether to applaud him for his impromptu response, or spit on him for his shameless obscenity......
A soldier patted him on the shoulder and comforted: "This brother, people can't be resurrected after death, so let's mourn and change." Did you see the Assassin's appearance? He killed...... After Captain Wu, in which direction did he run? ”
Fang Zheng, who was crying bitterly, immediately stopped, his eyes widened, his face was blank, and he said, "How do I know?" ”
Seeing the soldiers looking at him strangely, Fang Zheng suddenly realized, and immediately threw himself on Captain Wu's corpse and cried, "...... Woowoo...... Lord Wu, you died so miserably......"
A soldier rubbed his hands and said: "It's too chaotic in the city today, it must be a thief who doesn't have long eyes to do it, I heard that General Zhao is attacking Fangfu, this brother, since Captain Wu is General Zhao's...... Brother-in-law, let's send Captain Wu's body to General Zhao, and ask the general to decide......"
Fang Zheng was so frightened that he jumped up like a cat with its tail stepped on, and exclaimed, "How can you do that?" ”
"Uh...... I mean, General Zhao is commanding the soldiers to fight bloodily, if this bad news is known to him, it will definitely affect the general's mind, if the general is distracted by this incident, resulting in abnormal command, we will sacrifice the lives of many more brothers. Let's talk ...... again."
Fang Zheng's eyes looked sadly at Captain Wu's body, and his words were full of pathos and heroism: "...... Captain Wu told me before his death that he valued the honor of a soldier the most important thing in his life, and told me more than once that if he was not on a mission, then he was on his way to a mission! Even if he dies, he will die after completing his last mission! ”
Slowly glancing at the stunned soldiers around him, Fang Zheng said affectionately: "How good this is to say!" Brothers! As soldiers, we should take Captain Wu as a model! Therefore, brother, I have a reluctant request, and I hope that you will take a hand, carry the body of Captain Wu, and help him complete the last mission in his life, so as to comfort his spirit in heaven......"
The soldiers looked at each other, hesitating, and looked very embarrassed.
One soldier interjected: "What was his last mission?" ”
Fang Zheng frowned unhappily and said, "Look at your young age, why is your memory so bad?" Didn't you just say that you would bring General Zhao's wife and family from outside the city into the city? ”
"It's so chaotic outside, how could General Zhao arrange his wife outside the city?" A soldier in his right mind asked.
Fang Zheng glared: "Isn't there more chaos in the city?" How dare you throw your wife into the city in this time of chaos? ”
"But...... If you want to go out of town, this ...... Our brothers are only ordered to patrol, and we can't go out of the city......" A soldier was embarrassed.
"Brothers, everyone is in robes, can't you do each other too much? Besides, what are we going to do out of town? Pick up General Zhao's wife! This sacrificial Captain Wu is the younger brother of General Zhao's wife, if we send the body of Captain Wu to his sister, do you think about it, will the general's wife be very grateful to us when she is sad? The general's wife is grateful, will General Zhao also be grateful? Such a good opportunity to make a fool of yourself, if you don't do it, I'll find someone else to do it, you deserve to be a poor soldier for the rest of your life......"
Saying that, Fang Zheng stood up, his sad expression had already disappeared without a trace, and he looked left and right, and continued to call for help.
The soldiers around Fang Zheng glanced at each other, and felt that what Fang Zheng said was very reasonable, except for the nonsense reason of fulfilling Captain Wu's last wish, if he could really send his body to the general's wife, it would still be very beneficial to their future in the army. Whether you are an official in the court or a soldier in the army, what you are most afraid of is that there is no one above, isn't this a good opportunity for a general?
Seeing that Fang Zheng was about to call someone else to help, the soldier at the head hurriedly grabbed Fang Zheng and said with a smile: "This brother, look at what you said, it is appropriate to do your part for Captain Wu, how can our brothers refuse?" The brothers didn't say a word, so they carried Captain Wu and went out of the city to find the general's wife! ”
Fang Zheng was overjoyed, took out two silver tickets and slapped them in his hands, and said with a smile: "This is my brother, I just rushed into a rich family's house, and I got it easily. ”
When the soldiers saw that they could not only pat the general's ass, but also take the silver, so a fool would not do such a good thing. So everyone energetically found some strips of cloth and wooden sticks, made a simple stretcher, and carried the body of "Captain Wu" up, and a group of more than a dozen people walked towards the north city gate.
Fang Zheng is in a very nervous mood now, the hope of going out of the city is getting bigger and bigger, and it is about to reach the last level, as long as he goes out of the north city gate, then the sky is high and the birds can fly, and the sea is wide and the fish jumps, to say small, most of his and his family's lives can be saved, and to say bigger, this rebellion will be able to attack and defend and change the general trend.
At the same time, he was still a little proud in his heart, rushing out of the Fang Mansion until now, it is estimated that it has been more than an hour, and he is about to swagger out of the city, this ability, several times up and down the Hua Dynasty, who has it? It's like a monkey fighting with a bear, you can't fight hard, you can only outwit, the monkey has little strength, but it has a trick, what trick? Stealing peaches, of course......
The group walked very fast, less than a pillar of incense time, far away to see the majestic north city gate, because the war in the city has not ended, the city gate is closed tightly, there are about four or five hundred rebel soldiers lined up in a neat queue, standing on both sides of the city gate, vigilantly watching the surrounding wind and grass.
Several houses not far from the city gate were still on fire at this time, and no one was seen to put out the fire, and the corpses were scattered all around, all of them were the corpses of ordinary people who died in the rebellion, and the death was extremely miserable. The neighborhood was so quiet that even the cries of the people disappeared, leaving only a depressing and solemn atmosphere, which looked even more gloomy and dull against the backdrop of the firelight.
The people in troubled times, their lives are as cheap as mustard, Fang Zheng can be regarded as really feeling it. In the face of powerful force, everything seems insignificant, killing, burning houses, looting, Fang Zheng recalled what he heard and saw after rushing out of Fang's mansion, and his heart was both annoyed and emotional, what is the difference between these rebels and the Turks? Even if they are allowed to gain the country, if they lose the people and the people's hearts like this, they will be ousted from power sooner or later.
Seeing more than a dozen people hurrying to the city gate with stretchers, a lieutenant-like person guarding the city gate shouted, "Who is coming?" Hold it! ”
Hundreds of rebel soldiers suddenly pointed their spears at Fang Zheng and the others, looking at them with vigilant expressions.
"Don't get me wrong! It's all their own people......" Fang Zheng hurriedly stepped forward, pointed to the rebel armor he was wearing, smiled with a frown, took out a few large silver tickets, and quietly handed them over.
The captain guarding the gate didn't even look at the silver ticket, he was not moved at all, and said coldly: "This general was ordered to block the city gate, and no one is allowed to leave the city without an order!" Get out of here! ”
Fang Zheng took back the silver ticket in a daze, and sighed in his heart, he was most afraid of this kind of cold person, one was not greedy for money, and the other was not lustful, if he wanted to corrode him, he couldn't find a breakthrough, like a dog biting a hedgehog, and there was nowhere to put his mouth.
At this time, a soldier carrying the body of "Captain Wu" spoke: "My lord, I am ordered to send the body of this Captain Wu out of the city, hand him over to his relatives, and ask your lord to make it convenient. ”
The captain of the gate snorted coldly: "Whose order are you on?" What about the dispatch and waist cards out of the city? Take a look. The brothers in the city died so much, he was special, and he specially sent someone out of the city to hand over to his relatives, which is simply ridiculous! If you hadn't made it clear, you would have been taken down for collaborating with the enemy and handed over to General Zhao for interrogation. ”
Fang Zheng and the others were shocked, the soldiers who came with Fang Zheng were just doing him a favor, of course they wouldn't do this for him, and they all looked at Fang Zheng when they heard this.
Fang Zheng's head was sweating in a hurry, this is bad! I've got a fart order! There is one, but it is an order written by the emperor, and if you show it to the rebels, it is estimated that they will not buy it,—— not only will they not buy it, but they will also die.
Fang Zheng's mind turned while looking at the captain guarding the door, and saw that he was about thirty years old, with a dark complexion and an ordinary appearance, he was only a captain at such an age, it seemed that either he was not capable enough, or there was no one above him.
Generally speaking, the person who is sent to guard the city gate has two possibilities, either it is a close confidant of the army commander who is particularly trusted, so he is relieved to hand over the safety of the city gate. Either they are people who are excluded from the army, as we all know, after the capture of the city, defending the city is the most oily and waterless errand, and other soldiers kill people and set fire to the city, rape and plunder, and they are very happy. The soldiers defending the city could only look at it, and they couldn't get any meat at all, if it wasn't for the exclusion and suppression of his superiors, how could he be sent to do this thankless errand?
Judging from Fang Zheng's observations, most of the captains and soldiers guarding the gate belonged to the latter, and it could be seen from the resentment that they had suppressed between their eyebrows that they were definitely unwilling to guard the city gate.
After making up his mind, Fang Zheng straightened his chest, looked at the captain guarding the door with anger in his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "What is your name?" What is the position in the military? Which general is the boss? Tell me! ”
Fang Zheng has also been an official of the imperial court for more than half a year, and he has developed some official prestige, but he is used to a hippie smile and is too lazy to put on a show. Now he asked these words with a straight face, and in the tone of a superior person, he faintly asked these words with three points of authority, and for a while he actually frightened the captain guarding the door.
The captain guarding the gate was obviously stunned, and then took a closer look at Fang Zheng, and found that although this person was wearing the clothes and armor of an ordinary soldier, his demeanor was completely different from just now, and even the tone and temperament of his speech had completely changed.
After hesitating for a moment, the lieutenant finally decided not to risk offending him, in case this person was accompanied by a general on a private visit or a secret mission, he would be unlucky.
"The last general...... cough, this general is the captain of the Ruizi battalion, named Huang Degong, on the order of the deputy general of the king, guarding the city gate, and the deputy general Wang has told him not to let anyone out of the city, including the soldiers and horses of the headquarters......"
"What kind of thing is Vice Admiral Wang!" Fang Zheng interrupted him with a sneer, and when he heard that it was not Zhao Hu who personally gave him the order, Fang Zheng immediately relieved his heart.
"Conquer this capital, and the whole world will belong to General Zhao in the future, what qualifications does Vice General Wang have to block the city gate? It's okay to block the city gate, you even dare to stop me, it's not a small boldness! Captain Huang, do you know who I am? Do you know who the person lying on the stretcher is? ”
Captain Huang lowered his head again and looked at the body of "Captain Wu" on the stretcher, shook his head and said, "I don't know." ”
I don't know! If you knew, maybe Young Master Ben would have been in prison by now.
Fang Zheng suppressed the joy in his heart, and said coldly with a straight face: "It's normal that you don't know me, I am a personal soldier next to General Zhao, and I haven't been following General Zhao for a long time......"
Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and they couldn't see that this young man was actually a personal soldier next to General Zhao, in this era, the pro-soldiers around the generals in the army, the status is very transcendent, although their military positions are not high, but they are often the generals' cronies, and the probability of being appreciated and promoted is very large, from a certain point of view, the so-called pro-soldiers, in fact, are reserve officers in the army.
After Captain Huang heard Fang Zheng's identity, he was even more panicked, he was not very happy in the army, and he was suppressed by his superiors everywhere, if he offended General Zhao's personal soldiers today, he would definitely have a worse time in the future.
Fang Zheng was very satisfied with everyone's reaction and continued: "...... It doesn't matter if you don't know me, this Captain Wu who has already died, you should always know me, right? ”
Seeing that Captain Huang was still shaking his head, Fang Zheng's eyes widened in surprise, and he exclaimed, "What? You don't even know him? How did you get mixed up in this army? ”
Saying that, Fang Zheng looked at Captain Huang strangely, with an expression of "you have no future", and said in a slurped voice: "I really convinced you!" I don't even know Captain Wu, I guess you must be a miserable mess in this army, to tell you the truth, Captain Wu is General Zhao's brother-in-law, who was attacked by assassins in the city just now and died. General Zhao was very sad when he heard the bad news, and ordered me to take his body out of the city and hand it over to the general's wife, that is, Captain Wu's own sister, I didn't expect that you, the general, had a big shelf, and dared to stop us, hehe, very good, I won't leave the city, throw Captain Wu's body here, you can do it, Lao Tzu doesn't care! ”
After speaking, Fang Zheng waved his hand: "Brothers, put down the body of Captain Wu, this General Huang said to help us keep it, let's go back, find a restaurant to eat, and then find the two girls to have fun......"
The soldiers who came with Fang Zheng looked at each other, how could what this pro-soldier said not be the same as what they said? However, they were soon relieved, they were just ordinary soldiers who came to help, and they took the silver, and they had the hope of being promoted to the official's ass, so what would they say about this pro-soldier?
Captain Huang was shocked when he heard this, how dare he take this hot potato? Isn't that killing him? If what this kid said was true, General Zhao would definitely kill himself alive.
Captain Huang hurriedly grabbed Fang Zheng's hand, and squeezed out an ugly smile on his stiff black face: "This brother, everything is easy to discuss, but you don't have the order to go out of the city issued by the general, and it is indeed difficult for the general to do it......"
Fang Zheng glared and said, "General Zhao's brother-in-law is dead, and he is sad in the handsome tent, and he wants to be transferred?" Okay, you send someone to ask for it yourself, if he doesn't cut off your head, Lao Tzu has your surname! We only have a dozen people here plus a corpse, do you think we are not afraid of this point of people running out? If you don't open the door, Lao Tzu will push the responsibility on you, this general, you should take more responsibility. Brothers, go! Get back! ”
Captain Huang hurriedly said: "Don't you, I'll open the door, can't I open the door now......"
After saying that, Captain Huang waved his hand, and the soldiers under his command immediately pushed the gallows, lowered the drawbridge, and the thick and heavy north gate slowly opened half of the gate in an unpleasant "creaking" sound.
Outside the city gate, the autumn stars are dotted, the night is deep, and the evening breeze is mixed with the fragrance of earth, which blows to the nose and makes people feel refreshed.
Fang Zheng endured the excitement and happiness in his heart, still looked at the outside of the city expressionlessly, and then said to Captain Huang with a sad face: "So, we still have to go out?" Alas! It's so dark outside, it's so messy, there are only a dozen of us, what should we do if someone kills us? Didn't you say you wouldn't open the door? How can you talk without words? ”
Captain Huang secretly rejoiced in his heart when he heard this, it was so dangerous! I was almost yin by this kid, and you want me to carry the black pot? No way!
Thinking of this, Captain Huang smiled and said, "How dare the last general delay the military order issued by General Zhao?" You please, you please, when you come back from the task, you just need to call outside the door, and the door will be opened for you again......"
"Why don't you think about it again? Maybe we're spies who go out of the city to ventilate and report the news, you can arrest us all and hand them over to General Zhao, and the general will definitely reward you greatly......"
Captain Huang broke out in a cold sweat: "This ...... Soldiers, don't be joking, the city gate is inconvenient to open for a long time, please leave the city as soon as possible......"
Saying that, Captain Huang waved his hand, and the soldiers under his command sent Fang Zheng's dozen people out of the city gate with half push and half invitation.
Fang Zheng danced with his hands and kept struggling: "Hey! Don't push, don't push! I'm not kidding......"
“…… I'm really a spy, I lied that you weren't human! ”
"Hey, you'll regret it if you don't catch me......"
"Bang!" After driving Fang Zheng and the others out of the city, the heavy city gate couldn't wait to close. Captain Huang stood inside the city gate, constantly wiping a cold sweat of rejoicing......
Fang Zheng outside the city was also wiping the sweat from his head......
Smelling the fresh air outside the city and looking up at the sparse autumn stars, Fang Zheng had the urge to shout.
It's out! Lao Tzu fought bravely and wits in the city, and finally was mixed out of the city by Lao Tzu within two hours! To say that Lao Tzu is a talent is to belittle me, Lao Tzu is a fucking genius! Ha ha!
The more than ten rebel soldiers who followed Fang Zheng saw Fang Zheng standing still outside the city gate, his face twitching, his expression like crying and laughing, he didn't know what he was thinking.
"This ...... Uh, Soldier-sama, where are we going next? "Since knowing that Fang Zheng was General Zhao's personal soldier, the soldiers treated him with a much more respectful attitude.
Fang Zheng said: "How do I know where to go?" This one...... Where do you want to go? ”
When the soldier's face changed greatly when he heard this, didn't he go out of the city to find the general's wife? Why did you ask us instead?
"Soldier-sama, you...... Not kidding, right? Don't you know where to go? The soldier asked, trembling.
Ever since he left the city, the soldiers had a faint feeling that they had been deceived......
Fang Zheng patted his forehead and said apologetically: "Look at me, I almost forgot, you carried the body of Captain Wu in front, I will tell you how to go, today you are so righteous, when I go back, I will say a few good words for you in front of General Zhao......"
Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this, and they lifted the body of "Captain Wu" with great enthusiasm and walked forward excitedly, while Fang Zheng followed behind them unhurriedly.
"Lord Qinbing, has General Zhao arranged his wife in a certain village?"
"Yes, Lord Soldier, you name a place, and the brothers will go directly to the path......"
"I don't know if the general's wife will praise us, hehe, it would be better if we were rewarded with another bite of hot food......"
"Why don't you speak?"
"Pro-Soldier, Pro-Soldier......"
"Why is the pro-soldier missing?"
"What then? That's bad, brothers, let's go back and find him......"
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Throwing off the dozen or so burdens, Fang Zheng raised his head to identify the direction, pulled his legs and ran towards the north.
"Most of those stupid birds are still looking for me, hehe, I believe the nonsense of the general's wife and the like, I deserve to be deceived by Lao Tzu!" Fang Zheng smiled proudly.
In the middle of the night, in the wilderness, a group of stupid soldiers who were at a loss and carrying a corpse were thrown behind, and Fang Zheng didn't feel any guilt in his heart. - If you dare to rebel, you will have to pay the price, so you can carry the corpse and walk around the city slowly.
Time is urgent, it is only a matter of time before the Fang Mansion is broken by the rebels, Fang Zheng must rush to Feng Qiudao's Longwu military camp before the Fang Mansion is breached, move the rescue soldiers, and then lead the army into the city to save his family and save the emperor by the way.
"It would be great if there was a horse, just relying on my two legs, I'm afraid I won't be able to run that far......" Fang Zheng pondered while running, the military camp of the Long Wu Army was sixty miles away from the capital, and Fang Zheng, who had only run a few miles and began to gasp, gradually felt that his physical strength was already a little exhausted.
Suddenly, Fang Zheng heard a commotion, and when he listened to it, it was the sound of soldiers and horses restless, who had just rushed out of the heavy encirclement in the city, and Fang Zheng was more sensitive to this kind of sound.
Fang Zheng was so frightened that he quickly shrank his head, and without thinking about it, he rolled into the grass on the side of the country road, and then covered his mouth to prevent others from hearing his heavy gasps.
At this sensitive time, there was a soldier and horse a few miles away from the capital, Fang Zheng beat a drum in his heart, I don't know if this army of soldiers and horses had good intentions or bad intentions......
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Happy leftover eggs, I'm more traditional, I don't like the festival very much, well, go out for a dumpling to celebrate......