Chapter 3 Troubled Times Descend Section 28 The Power of the Bear

At the moment when we set off to Renqiu, the distant right Beiping County was a different scene.

In the spring fields, the grass has just sprouted, the trees spit out green branches, and the mountains are verdant. On the hill shaded by giant trees, farmers can be seen from time to time, collecting pine mushrooms and herbs in the forest.

In the midst of the silence, a procession appeared on the horizon, mixed with old people, children, women, young and strong, each with a tired look on their faces, but at the same time full of longing for life. At the lead, two fat merchants lay on the open carriage, looking at the sky boredly, and a small group of guards waving military flags on both sides, these guards were in good spirits. These people are the people we migrated from Zhuo County.

A general-like person with two or three attendants quickly ran from the middle of the team to the head of the team, bowed and asked the two fat men: "Uncle Su, Uncle Zhang, is our team too long, now the team is about 10 miles long from beginning to end, I just arrived at the end of the team to find Lord Tian Choutian, and after finding our team, I followed a lot of homeless people." Are we going to straighten them out. ”

One of the two fat men got up and replied quietly: "General Zhang, have you told Lord Tian about this?" ”

General Zhang replied uncertainly: "The tail of the team is extremely chaotic, I didn't find Master Tian at the end of the team." ”

The fat man nodded, and said disappreciatively: "It's okay, we are now in Youbeiping County, and there are only four cities in the entire Youbeiping that are inhabited. ”

General Zhang bowed again and asked anxiously, "It's just that why is Lord Tian gone?" ”

The fat man turned around and stabbed the other fat man who was still lying down, and asked a little breathlessly, "Brother Zhang, what do you say?" ”

The fat man still looked at ease, and lazily spit out two words: "Fengnan".

Fengnan is next to the current Tangshan City, and the Fengnan Coal Mine in Izumo City is there, where an infantry brigade (1,500 people) in Izumo City is stationed, and these two fat men are our two major merchants of Su and Zhang, as for the General Zhang, of course, it is Zhang He, a famous gun in Hebei. Since these two merchants were Liu Bei's uncles, although the atmosphere of light merchants at that time also infected Zhang He, he could only call the two merchants "uncle" like his lord.

Hearing Zhang Shiping's short two words, Su Shuang (Su Fatzi) suddenly realized, and said to Zhang He: "General Zhang, the fork in the road we just passed leads to Fengnan, where there are our garrisons and carts and horses pulling coal. Yes, if Tian Daren hadn't collected carts and horses, now on this road, you will see an endless stream of coal carts and horses. ”

Zhang He bowed again, still a little uneasy and asked: "Two uncles, today I keep seeing people peeping around our team, now that Lord Tian is not here, should we strengthen our vigilance." ”

Su Fatzi relaxed his body, lay down on the car again, waved his hand easily, and said: "It's okay, it's okay, the Fengnan garrison is only three miles away from us, at the junction of Liaoxi County and Youbeiping County, there is one of our cantonments, called Ping'an City, which is only 20 miles away from us. Who is so bold as to rob us here. ”

Su Fatzi then moved his body and moaned comfortably: "Peace and peace, when we reach peace, we will be safe." Come, children, I'm a little cold in this spring breeze, help us add a blanket. ”

Zhang He hesitated for a moment, and was about to say something, when suddenly the ground trembled slightly, and the sound of drum-like horse hooves came from far and near! A cloud of dust rapidly approached and expanded from a distance, and then there was a trumpet, and a group of Xianbei horsemen of about four or five hundred men appeared on the horizon, and with a strange cry of minions, rushed towards our team.

The homeless people were in a panic, and the cries of children and women were immediately heard in the procession, Zhang He didn't care to greet the two merchants, tightened his gun, and turned his horse to come forward to fight.

Zhang Pang, who had not spoken for a long time, shouted to him in an unquestionable tone: "General Zhang, let the left guard come forward to negotiate first, if they can't do it, it's not too late for the general to come forward to fight." ”

When Zhang He heard this, he immediately stopped his steps, and ordered the left front to escort 20 people to pat their horses and go up, waving the military flag, to meet this Xianbei cavalry, and the leader of the guard shouted angrily: "Citizens of Izumo City, the city lord is with you, the captain Ye Tian Ye Haoyu (recommended by the reader Demon Hand Ye Tian), the pro-city lord military flag is here, who dares to attack?" ”

After speaking, Ye Tian inserted the flag into the ground fiercely, stood with one hand holding the flag, and rode with angry eyes, waiting for the other party's reaction.

When the Xianbei cavalry forwards heard Ye Tian's words, they immediately stopped, looked up at the military flag, and a gust of wind came, and the military flag was just unfurled in the wind, and on the flag, a cute bear was smiling at them.

The design of this cute bear on the military flag came from Yin Dong's handwriting. The idea of the design came from what Olympic mascot. At that time, people used dragons, tigers, and leopards to compare people's bravery, and he wanted to use bears as metaphors, and only used bears as metaphors, after all, this was also a ferocious carnivore, but he painted bears so honestly that many people wanted to laugh when they saw the military flag. This is not the case.

When this military flag was first raised, many people opposed it, and I was even more resolutely against it.

But Yoon Dong Zhen explained to everyone eloquently: "Don't we often hear the phrase "bear power", which shows that bears are really the most powerful of carnivores, and I hope that our citygoers will show the strength of bears when defending their homes." Also, don't you think this bear is cute, that gentle smile shows our friendliness, as long as the other party does not invade our territory, we are willing to live in peace. In addition, the honest bear also disguises our great strength. Also, now people paint the tigers and leopards on the military flag very viciously, don't you think our bear is so cute? ”

Everyone listened to his words, and they were actually moved by him, and they all expressed their approval, and I had to passively accept it, so this ridiculous bear became the symbol of Izumo Castle. Later, although I proposed several times to change the military flag, everyone objected, and the funny bear was so deeply rooted in Izumo Castle that many people made it into an emblem and sewed it on their clothes. Even the old bear that haunts the mountains and forests is not harassed, and from time to time there are some people who provide food to it. Hey, it's late.

Looking at this smiling bear, these Xianbei cavalry immediately lost their smiles, they quickly sent people to report the matter to the tribal elders, the tribal elders walked to the front of the formation, saw this cute bear, their faces changed greatly, obviously realized the seriousness of the problem, it may be "chasing thousands of miles", "extermination" and other words are still deeply engraved in his mind, and then, he rolled off his horse in a panic and respectfully saluted the military flag.

Seeing this scene, the homeless people slowly calmed down, Zhang Fatzi got up to inspect, and said arrogantly: "Where did the thief come from, so bold? ”

Hearing this, Fat Su also got up, observed it, and said lightly: "Woo, it's not Liu Hun's kid, but this is not far from Ping'an City, it must be a newly surrendered tribe recruited by Liu Hun." Come, tell the left guard that we still have a lot of roads to go today, don't be too troublesome, ask their tribal names, let's hurry. ”

Zhang Pang lay back in the car with a displeased face, and spit out two words briefly: "compensation".

Su Shuang immediately nodded understandingly: "Yes, they are aggressive, scaring the people in our front team, asking them to compensate 100 horses, so that we can be shocked." After speaking, Su Shuang also pretended to lie down on the car with palpitations.

Zhang He looked at this Xianbei cavalry worriedly, and the left guard of more than 20 of us stood in front of more than 400 Xianbei people on horseback, looking so thin. Tightening his gun, he whispered to his subordinates: "Order the officers and men of the Chinese army to come to the front quickly to help." ”

Ye Tian was still standing with the flag, and Xingshi shouted loudly: "What, you elders all dismount and salute, and the rest of the people wait to see the city lord's military flag, isn't it rude?" ”

Elder Xianbei immediately waved his hand, and the rest of the Xianbei cavalry dismounted one after another and saluted the military flag.

Ye Tian continued to shout: "You belong to that tribe, dare to offend the city lord's military banner here, didn't Lord Liu Hun teach you?" ”

The tribal elder immediately stepped forward to salute, and replied in a panic: "We are a branch of the Xianbei tribe in Liaodong, Lord Liu Hun passed through our tribe this winter, went to the Great Xianbei Mountain (Daxing'an Mountains) to hunt wild foxes, and passed through our tribe when he returned, so we attached to Lord Liu Hun, who was ignorant at first, offended the banner of the city lord, and we are willing to accept the guilt." ”

Ye Tian still said unrelentingly: "Since you are Lord Liu Hun's subordinates, then you are on patrol under orders, when you come out, didn't Lord Liu Hun explain?" Whoever leads you to come out to me. ”

The clan leader immediately showed an embarrassed smile, and Ye Tian immediately suddenly said angrily: "If there is no one to guide the way, you dare to come out to patrol without permission, so bold?" If you say it's a patrol, I'm afraid it's out to loot, on the border of western Liao, you dare to loot privately, aren't you afraid of the laws of Izumo City? Come on, tie up these elders for me and hand them over to Cloud City for disposal. ”

When Zhang He heard this, he immediately looked nervous, and couldn't wait to mutter: "I'm afraid that the talks will collapse, so prepare to fight." ”

Su and Zhang ignored it and continued to lie lazily in the car. Su Fatzi said indifferently: "The person who is asking for compensation has come closer, besides, Lord Tian's soldiers and horses are about to arrive, it doesn't matter." ”

At this time, a soldier who went to ask for compensation happened to come to the front of the battle and whispered to Ye Tian to revive the fat man's command, and after Ye Tian listened, he waved his hand to stop the confrontation between the soldiers and the clan elders.

He proclaimed in a loud and powerful voice: "Now that you have been placed under the command of Lord Liu Hun, we will not care about your offense, but you have frightened our troops and the outcasts, and you must hand over 100 horses as compensation, and send two elders to Ping'an City with us to hear Lord Liu Hun's verdict." ”

Hearing that we reached out for compensation, the tribesmen immediately breathed a sigh of relief and agreed repeatedly. At this time, Tian Chou with 500 Fengnancheng foot soldiers, driving a cart appeared in the distance, slowly approaching us.

Seeing that this Xianbei tribe promised compensation, Su Shuang immediately opened his mouth and asked Zhang He thoughtfully: "General Zhang, have you been frightened by these people?" ”

When Zhang He heard this, he immediately smiled contemptuously, held his head high and said: "I am not afraid of thousands of troops and horses, how can I be frightened by these people." ”

Su Shuang immediately climbed down the pole and said, "That is, I think with General Zhang's bravery, I will not be frightened by them." Hey, I'm a businessman, and I'm terrified. Someone-" Su Shuang then summoned the attendants, "Go to the head of the team and count them, starting from the head of the team, count down 140 households, and compensate one horse for every two households, so that they can be shocked." Also, according to the rules, pick 10 good horses to stay and hand them over from Yuncheng, and 20 war horses, alas, Brother Zhang and I were also frightened, and we each needed to use three war horses to comfort our wounded hearts. As for the remaining 14 horses, you will divide them between the left and right guards. ”

When the right-hand guards who were still by their side heard this, they let out a cheer, and when Zhang He heard this, he regretted it and said in a hateful voice: "The two of them have been lying in the car from beginning to end, and they have not seen the slightest movement, which is also called frightened, so unreasonable." ”

Su Shuang smiled and said: "The people of Liaoxi are fierce, for Xianbei men, a big fist is Tianli, now we are under the banner of the city lord, the city lord is Tianli, General Zhang doesn't know this time, it's okay, next time you will be enlightened." ”

Zhang He turned around and left angrily. Behind him, the spoils were divided, and there were few horses, and the attendants took out money for those who needed horses, and paid the difference for those who did not want horses. All the people who were in front of the team at that time were happy and got their wish, except for Zhang He......

After Tian Chou arrived, as the elder of Izumo City, he ordered the Xianbei cavalry to send an elder to Izumo City to apologize. Under the pressure of the 500 soldiers he brought, the Xianbei cavalry succumbed, and all the elders present agreed to accompany the team and go to Ping'an City to apologize to Liu Hun.

Tian Chou immediately arranged for the old and weak women of the front team to get into the carriage he brought, and then issued an order with great vigour: "Hurry up today, and when we arrive at Ping'an City, we will be safe." ”

Then the flow of people began to move again, and Tian Chou was still standing on the side of the road, and whenever he saw the old and weak women and children passing by, he beckoned them to get into the cart, and when a cart was full, he waved his hand and ordered the cart to leave. Most of the women and children, old and weak, got into the wagons, and the march became faster and faster.

These displaced people were originally ordinary people, but they were forced to leave their homes due to hunger, military disasters, and natural disasters, some of them had lost their families, their wives were separated, and most of them were disheartened and discouraged. However, he was already grateful for the dedication and care of the officers and soldiers of Izumo Castle along the way, and he was even more grateful to Dade when he saw that the commander personally arranged the carriage for the old, weak, sick and disabled. At the same time, through observation along the way, almost everyone is full of yearning for Izumo Castle, and hope for life has been rekindled. In fact, these displaced people do not need much, as long as they have their own land and a stable life, but these alone are not guaranteed. Once they have these again, they will definitely cherish them even more.

That night, Tian Chou's rear team also arrived in Ping'an City, where Liu Hun was guarded, and his mission was to block all undesirable people here. And from Ping'an City onwards, all belong to the western Liaoning boundary, in order to develop commerce, all the roads have been renovated, there is a post station every 20 miles, guarded by the civilians who serve labor in turn, in the western Liaoning boundary, even if you walk at night, it is very safe.

Under the guidance of the soldiers of Ping'an City, Tian Chou arrived at the City Lord's Mansion. Su and Zhang were lying on the couch in the hall, waiting for him to arrive sleepily, and Zhang He sat on the chair very uncomfortably, twisting and fidgeting. Tian Chou drooped his head, struggled to find a chair to sit down, and asked, "Junyi, where is Lord Liu Hun?" ”

As he was talking, Liu Hun jumped in, and when he saw Tian Chou, he immediately said respectfully: "Uncle Tian, you are here, is my father okay?" ”

Tian Chou nodded, didn't speak for a long time, and only collapsed on the chair for a long time and hummed: "Do you have food, come on, I will eat two meals today." ”

Su Pang stretched his waist and stretched his muscles, sat up, sighed, and said, "I really miss the wine in Izumo City now?" Well, although there is no good wine from Izumo City here, the mare's milk wine here is not bad, Hun'er, you can serve some mare's milk wine. ”

Liu Hun immediately turned around, saluted Su and Zhang, and said with a smile: "Grandpa Su, Grandpa Zhang, you wait a minute, I will urge them to serve wine." ”

Tian Chou sat up straight, and said to Liu Hun with a face full of displeasure: "Hun'er, we encountered an interception from a new tribe on the way, what's going on?" Why did they patrol without you leading the way, and who would allow that? ”

Liu Hun replied with a smile on his face: "Uncle Tian, don't worry, I just asked those elders who came to apologize, it was their fault, these people are the tribe I recruited in the spring of this year." I know, since they came here, plus this time, they have patrolled four times privately, hehe, since they offended their father's military flag this time, it's time to clean them up, Ultai, you go and gather the elders to come to me, and I will give Uncle Tian an explanation. ”

After receiving Liu Hun's order, an attendant in the hall turned around and walked out, Liu Hun jumped to Zhang He's side again, and asked with concern: "Are you your father's new general?" I'm not used to sitting in this chair, do you want me to ask someone to bring a few cases? ”

Zhang He hurriedly got up, saluted Liu Hun, and said respectfully: "The son is polite, the young general is still used to sitting in this ......" Zhang He scratched his head and couldn't say this new word.

Liu Hun jumped to the side, stood sideways, took Zhang He's words, and said: "Chair" Immediately, he added: "The general doesn't need to be polite, you are the general under my father, it is me who should salute, I am not an adult now, you can just call me 'Hun'er' like Uncle Tian." ”

After a while, the four elders walked into the hall with the guard Urtai, Liu Hun looked at the anxious elders, and immediately asked sharply: "Third Elder, I asked you to warn the newcomer tribe not to patrol privately, have you done this?" ”

The third elder who asked immediately bowed and replied cautiously: "Patriarch, I warned them, but you ordered them to patrol several times, but you did not send guides to them, and this private patrol is not entirely their fault. ”

Liu Hun immediately became furious: "Third Elder, why do you say that, you and I are from the same clan, I am the patriarch, you have to think about it, besides, I forgot to send a guide at that time, can't they wait, wait for me to send a guide, and then start patrolling?" ”

The third elder rolled his eyes angrily, and said in a slur manner, "Patriarch, you have given orders to patrol three times, but you have not sent a guide once so far." ”

Liu Hun said quickly: "I have a lot of things, can't I forget them all three times?" Did I forget it was my fault? ”

Seeing Liu Hun's domineering appearance, the second elder pulled the placket of the third elder's clothes, and the third elder swallowed this breath with difficulty, and asked reluctantly: "According to the patriarch's meaning, how should this matter be handled?" ”

Liu Hun sighed, his little face wrinkled with sorrow, and lamented: "This time it's troublesome, they actually collided with the city lord, my father's military flag, how can I bend the law and show favoritism, alas, their tribe is up and down, there are about 1,500 men and women, and we send 2,000 soldiers, so we can probably solve them." The four elders, each with 500 warriors, surrounded them, and those who resisted were killed, and the elders of their tribe were all beheaded and sent out of Cloud City. ”

The four elders raised their heads, looked at Tian Chou in a trance, and said, "Elder Tian, is this what you mean?" ”

Tian Chou nodded weakly, the Great Elder stretched out his hand, and said gloomily to Tian Chou: "Lord Tian, according to the rules, please show the Elder Order." ”

Tian Chou took out the patriarch's order from his arms, stamped a seal on the paper, handed it to Liu Hun and said, "Take it, add it and write it clearly, and give it to them." ”

The four elders took the documents filled out by Liu Hun and took the order. When they arrived at the door, Liu Hun opened his mouth and called out to them, and said bitterly: "Hey, that's it, they are the tribe I recruited, I can't ignore them, Urtai, you also go with the elders." ”

Urtai asked suspiciously, "The order has been issued, and I heard that the patriarch meant to let them go, which is not in accordance with the laws of Izumo City." ”

Liu Hun rolled his eyes and replied angrily: "Who said that I should let them go, I just said that I can't ignore them, well, you don't have to lead troops when you go, just stand by and watch the four elders do things, and when the four elders finish their work, you select 400 men and women to merge into my subordinates, and I will personally discipline them in the future, as for the rest of the troops, the four elders will divide it equally." ”

The faces of the four elders were ugly, although each of them could be divided into 250 people in this battle, Liu Hun, who did not contribute to the effort, easily took 400 people. Stunned for a moment, they took the order unhappily and left.

Looking at Liu Hun's innocent little face, Zhang He only felt a chill in his spine, and when he looked around, everyone seemed to be unaware, and he felt even more gloomy.

Liu Hun looked at the door for a while and said, "Why hasn't the meal come yet, uncles and grandfathers, I'll go and urge it." With that, he jumped out of the lobby.

Zhang He couldn't help but shudder again, and asked Tian Chou: "Lord Tian, is this the eldest son of the lord?" I don't think he's small. ”

Tian Chou looked at Zhang He's puzzled expression, and replied with a smile: "This is the righteous son of the lord, who was originally the child of the chief of a small Xianbei tribe, after his father was killed, the lord avenged him, and he will be accepted as a righteous son in the future." Well, you know that, don't ask about the rest. ”

Zhang He hesitated for a moment, and then asked: "Tian Gong, can I ask if the lord has several righteous sons, and whether they are all like this child." ”

Tian Chou replied with relish: "The lord has seven righteous sons, the eldest son Liu Xuan (originally Liu Xuan, later changed to Liu Xuan in order to avoid Liu Xuande's obscenity), the second son Liu Huang by the side of Lord Yin Dong Yin Zhiping, the third son Liu Yu by the side of Lord Zhou Yi and Zhou Botong, the fourth son Liu Zhou who was the garrison in Luanyang City, the fifth son Liu Hong, who served as a school officer under General Gao Shun Gao in Izumo City, and the sixth son Liu Kai, who was the most beloved son of the lord, served under Lord Gongsun Zhan, but unfortunately, he has passed away. This Liu Hun is the seventh righteous son of the lord. ”

After speaking, Tian Chou looked at Zhang He's appearance of wanting to speak and stopped, and then asked: "Do you think that this Liu Hun has a knife hidden in his smile, which is very insidious and vicious?" ”

Zhang He hesitated for a moment, nodded lightly and said, "Yes, I am so scheming at a young age, what should I do when I grow up?" ”

Tian Chou smiled and nodded: "Hehe, among the father-in-law's several righteous sons, count which of the deceased Liu Kai is brave, count this Liu Hun person is a big ghost, the lord has also taught him a lesson for this, and now he is much better, and he is still very good to his own people." Besides, he now regards his lord as a god, and the entire clan is bound by the laws of Izumo Castle. For the aliens, they are the example of a happy life after belonging to us, and he himself is a weapon of the lord against the aliens. General Zhang must remember that the affairs of these children are all family affairs of the lord, and I, as my subordinates, should not talk about it privately."

Zhang He shuddered and nodded in agreement. At this time, the meal came, the attendants set up the tables and chairs, Tian Chou got up and beckoned the two fat men and Zhang He to sit down, and ate directly.

Zhang He held chopsticks in his hand and said hesitantly: "Aren't we waiting for Liu Hun Gongzi?"

Tian Chou sneered and said, "Do you really think that kid is going to greet ********?" In my opinion, he went to see the Xianbei elders who came to make amends. ”

Zhang He was stunned for a moment, and immediately suddenly groaned, he still asked in confusion: "Aren't you going to hand it over to Izumo City for interrogation, they are all killed, how to interrogate?" ”

Zhang Shiping opened his mouth and said: "I won't kill them all, just kill one or two key ones." ”

Zhang He thought about it for a while, and immediately felt that his backbone was cold, so yin.