After Yan Li came out of the hall, Yan Shun looked around at everyone, and finally turned his gaze to Yan Xing, motioning for him to sit down at the bottom of the position, and then spoke again. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"A few days ago, I got news from the city that Uncle Fang led the soldiers of the six counties to Tun Didao, and there was a sudden night howl in the army, and Uncle Fang and Zhizhong were both martyred. Its soldiers and horses are led by the Kingdom of Bejia and the army Sima Ma Teng, and they are now in one place with the Han family in Jincheng. The news was confirmed early this morning. ”

As soon as Yan Shun's voice fell, it was like pouring a scoop of cold water on a frying pan, and the hall suddenly became noisy. Although there has been a lot of gossip these days, saying that the officers and soldiers were defeated, Fang Bo was killed, and Di Dao mutinied, but when they heard the exact news, the principals were still shocked.

In recent years, although the Jincheng families are only strong, they are attached to the Jincheng Han family, the largest separatist force in Liangzhou, but although the Han family is declining, the mandate of heaven has not changed, and most people are still at both ends of the rat, and they still maintain contacts with the forces of the imperial court in private. At the moment, I heard that the officers and soldiers were defeated, and even the history of the assassination of a state and the management of the central government were lost, and then I heard a few days ago that the Han family in Jincheng had recruited many Qiang tribes such as Tsing Yi, Sam Wolf, and Baima, and they all talked about the changes in the offensive and defensive situation of the two sides in the future.

"Even Ma Teng has joined the rebels!" When he heard Ma Teng's name, Yan Xing also instantly restrained his spirit, in recent years, in Liangzhou he heard the most heroes are Beigong Boyu, Li Wenhou, Bian Zhang, Han Sui and others, he was also surprised that people like Ma Teng and Ma Chao, who will soon dominate Liangzhou, have not made a sound now, but he didn't expect to hear their names in this way. However, although the news of Di Dao's mutiny, Geng Contempt, and Cheng Qiu's death was shocking enough, it was still a small wave for a person like Yan Xing who had a prophet, after all, the Han family would gradually collapse in the next thirty or forty years, and finally Cao Wei would complete the story of the Han Dynasty Yan Xing knew it.

Yan Shun, who was kneeling on the main seat, took in the performance of everyone in the crowd, and when he saw Yan Xing thoughtfully, he opened his mouth to ask.

"Yanming, what do you think?"

Unexpectedly, his father was the first to call himself, Yan Xing was a little surprised in his heart, but when he saw that everyone began to look at him, he hurriedly collected his emotions and replied humbly.

"The kid is shallow, and when he heard the news, he was panicked, and he was afraid that the words would not reach his meaning, and I would like to listen to your opinions!"

"It's okay, you often had a lot of opinions about the situation in the past, and I want to listen to your opinion today!" Unexpectedly, Father Yan insisted on letting Yan Xing speak as he had done at the beginning.

Seeing that his father was so persistent, Yan Xing didn't have time to think about the deep meaning, and after thinking about the wording for a while, he spoke.

"When the boy heard, 'If you overthrow the army and kill the generals, you will be in five dangers, you will die and kill, you will be captured, you will be insulted by anger, you will be humiliated by being honest, and you will be annoyed by loving the people'. Today, the generals are broken outside, the soldiers and horses are mutiny, the counties in the state are shocked three times a day, and the Qianshou Li Shu is not in danger. If Han and Wang raise troops to the east, Hanyang will be in danger! ”

"Oh, do you think Han, Wang and the others will raise troops to the east, and Hanyang will not be able to hold it?"

"Exactly. The so-called 'Heaven gives Fu to take, and he will be blamed for it, and when the time comes, he will suffer from it', Han and Wang brought the power of great victory, and the soldiers were in full swing, and it was easy to take Hanyang. How can there be eggs under the nest, the power of Hanyang County is difficult to support alone, as little as ten days, more than half a month, Jicheng will fall! ”

Although Yan Xing couldn't figure out his father's deep meaning for a while, he saw that his father was kind and seductive, and he intended to let himself behave in front of the heads of the clan, so he pushed the boat along with the river, and vowed to combine his views on the present with his understanding of the forces of Han Sui and Ma Teng in the future generations to make a bold prediction.

"Phew!" A few of the principals present gasped, the situation was already chaotic enough, but according to this later life, would Liangzhou fall again like in the first year of Zhongping, and the counties would not be able to fight each other?

Seeing that the foreplay was almost foreshadowed, Father Yan smiled slightly, and finally threw out the second news.

"The Han family also sent people to come last night to invite all families in Jincheng to gather soldiers and horses, and they will hunt Jicheng!"

This news is even more shocking, in the past, the Jincheng Han family often treated other powerful clans with a large number of people, promising the benefits of mountains and rivers, salt and iron, in exchange for the support of other families and the payment of money and grain on time for military needs. But this time, the Han family's intention is clearly to gather the soldiers and horses of each family and integrate the forces of their own side, but the soldiers have reached the point of sweeping Liangzhou, and they are no longer afraid of being counterattacked by other families.

Seeing that the main affairs in the hall were boiling again, Father Yan appropriately added:

And Song, Koji, Tian, Zhao and other families have agreed, and sent people to meet with the Yan family to send troops together to Jicheng. On the Qiang side, the major tribes such as burning, frying, and burning also have soldiers and horses to accompany them. ”

Hearing such a large array of soldiers and horses, everyone present secretly smacked their tongues, there were a few principals who wanted to dissuade the patriarch from sending troops, and even the Song, Koji families and the Qiang tribe sent troops and horses, and now sending troops is the general trend, and it is not something that they or even the entire Yan family can put their beaks aside.

"So today's gathering of people is to discuss the candidates and number of troops to be sent." Father Yan looked at Yan Xing and continued.

When Yan Xing saw his father's gaze, he chuckled in his heart, remembering his father's intentional or unintentional inquiry just now, and thought to himself, could it be that he wanted me to take this opportunity to master the soldiers and horses of the clan and go out with the army?

Yan Xing was speculating about his father's plans, while the others discussed the matter of candidates and numbers. According to the usual practice, this kind of major event of going out with the army generally has to draw the children of each house in the clan, as well as the supporting subordinates and guests, plus the recruited righteous servants and the young men selected from the slaves, and organize them into a team of people, and select the chief of the clan to lead the soldiers.

However, the atmosphere of today's meeting in the clan was quite strange, and the number of people was quickly determined to be three hundred, and they were organized into left, middle, and right three tuns to form a small song. It's just that the candidates for leading the troops have not been determined for a long time, and the directors have selected several candidates, but they have all been rejected by Father Yan for various reasons.

Soon, the chief executive saw that the patriarch's intention was to let his eldest son lead the army, and after tentatively promoting Yan Xing, sure enough, Father Yan did not immediately object, but once again let everyone discuss and decide.

At this time, the meaning of the patriarch was already very clear, so the main people who stood on the front line of Yan Xing's first room on weekdays came out one after another to elect Yan Xing to take charge of the troops and lead the soldiers and horses of the clan, while the opposing side was missing the backbone of Yan Li, and Yan Xing himself was indeed the leader of the new generation of the Yan family, with both civil and military resources, and excellent strength, what he lacked was just the identity of a principal. In the end, Yan Xing was appointed as the head of the expedition by an overwhelming margin, and five days later he led his soldiers and horses to Yunwu City to join up with other families and horses, and obeyed the orders of the Han family to accompany the army to the east.

After finalizing the candidates and the number of people, the principals discussed the materials and baggage that needed to be prepared, and it was not until noon that the meeting of the chiefs of the clan ended, and the chiefs left one after another, and each went back to prepare for the corresponding things.

Yan Xing had been running on the road for several days, and he felt a little tired, and he originally wanted to retire with the principals, but he didn't expect his father to leave him in advance.

Sensing that his father might have something important to discuss with him, Yan Xing sat down again and kept paying attention. Sure enough, after Yan's father explained that Yan Xing would take the opportunity to make friends with other young leaders from various families in Jincheng this time, re-evaluate the general trend of the world, and sharpen his own heart, the highlight finally came.

Yan Shun paused, and when he spoke again, his voice trembled slightly, and he looked at Yan Xing and continued:

"There is a proverb that 'those who represent the Han Dynasty, when Tu Gao also', the name of the head of the Han family in Jincheng is complete, and the person who follows the path is also in response to this prophecy. Now that the Quartet is in turmoil, the soldiers are not stopping, can we follow the family? ”

This is a major event related to the rise and fall of the family, looking at his father's eager eyes, Yan Xing's heart trembled, he didn't expect it to be such a thing.

In the last years of the new year, prophecy prevailed. Wancheng's surnames Li Tong, Li Zhi, and Li Song's family are because of the proverb "Liu's revival, Li is supplemented", and the whole family followed the Liu family in Chungling. In this dynasty, the study of Wei Wei has been advocated and respected by emperors of all generations, coupled with the annexation and integration of Confucianism, but it is said to be prevalent at the present and has become an official ruling thought, not only the superstition of the Liangzhou region where witch blessings and divination are prevalent, but even the scholars and doctors in the Central Plains have many people who believe in it. For example, in history, it was in this year that Wang Fen, the assassin of Jizhou, listened to the prophecy made by Fang Shi Xiangkai of the Plains according to "astronomy is not good for eunuchs, and the Yellow Gate and Chang Shi Zhen are wiped out", and plotted to start an incident, but as a result, the news leaked and he was forced to commit suicide.

Now it is obviously because of the prestige of the Jincheng Han family with a great victory, the limelight is unmatched for a while, so that the Jincheng families at both ends of the original rat head have the idea of climbing the dragon and attaching the phoenix, and even his father has begun to have the idea of attaching to the "true dragon son". However, Yan Xing, who has a prophet, of course knows that although Han Sui can dominate Xiliang for a while, at most he is a character like Kui Huan and Dou Rong, and he is by no means a true son of heaven, and if the Yan family follows each other, it will not be a wise choice in the long run. So Yan Xing pondered for a moment before he said slowly.

"The child thought that this matter was inappropriate, and there was a proverb in the former Han Dynasty that 'Liu Xiu should be the Son of Heaven', although the national teacher Liu Xin changed his name to Liu Xiu, but he did not respond to the prophecy. Today, the head of the Han family was originally called the covenant, and he was afraid that he was not the person who should be prophesy, and the matter of the family obeying each other was related to the rise and fall of the whole family, so it was advisable to postpone it. ”

It was impossible for Yan Xing to directly say that Han Sui was only a separatist and not a true dragon son of heaven, so he could only invoke the proverb of the former Han dynasty 'Liu Xiu should be the son of heaven' to dissuade Yan's father. At the time of the new mang, there was a proverb that 'Liu Xiu should be the son of heaven', the national teacher Liu Xin at that time changed his name to Liu Xiu, many people thought that he was high and powerful, and he would be replaced by Wang Mang, but Liu Xin caused Wang Mang's jealousy, but was killed by Wang Mang, and by the way, a large number of people who wanted to climb the dragon and attach the phoenix were implicated.

Sure enough, after listening to Yan Xing's words, Father Yan's face changed and he fell into deep thought, and the lobby suddenly became extremely silent.

Yan Xing thought that he still wanted his father to meditate alone for a while, so he confessed his guilt and got up to leave.

"Okay!"

Just as Yan Xing turned around, Father Yan's calm voice sounded behind him again. Yan Xing's heart was excited, and he hurriedly turned to face Father Yan.

"I know that you have ambitions beyond ordinary people, but the things in the world are possible and undoable. The momentum of the trapped enemy is not to fight, the loss of rigidity and softness, this time with the army to the east, defend all the top, remember to remember! ”

Father Yan's eyes were blazing, and he said this earnestly. Yan Xing's eyes were hot, looking at his father, although he was sitting upright, he inevitably showed his old state, his temples were gray, and there were a few more wrinkles between the corners of his eyebrows that could not be erased.

"Remember, child!"

In the end, Yan Xing held back his tears, turned around and walked out. Father Yan watched Yan Xing's burly figure gradually drift away, and finally disappeared around the corner outside the hall, he reached out and rubbed his already numb legs, looked up at the wide room, his lips moved slightly, as if he was talking to himself, as if he was asking a question.

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