10. Dangerous city
The little red horse was a jujube red pony that Yan Xing gave her on her last little sister's birthday, and the little girl liked it very much when she saw it. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Looking at his cute little sister, Yan Xing laughed, bent down and pinched her puffy face, but deliberately tensed his face, pretending to be displeased and said:
"The eldest brother has just come back from business, and his hands and feet are sore, and Wan'er won't help to beat it. There is also a sachet that lost to the eldest brother last time, Wan'er has not embroidered it yet, let the eldest brother take you to ride the little red horse. ”
"Humph!" The girl frowned after hearing this, turned her back and ignored Yan Xing, but her little hand was still tightly gripping Yan Xing's sleeve and refused to relax.
Yan Xing saw the little girl's bulging cheeks from the side, smiled knowingly, bent over and leaned his face over, the little girl turned away and didn't look at him.
Seeing this, Yan Xing was a little helpless, so he had to coax and say in a flattering tone:
"Wan'er is really angry, okay, okay, the eldest brother deliberately lied to you, don't be angry!"
"Humph!" The little girl turned her head away from Yan Xing, and said angrily:
"A few days ago, my father also told Wan'er that the eldest brother has something to do, don't pester your brother all day long, you all just don't want Wan'er to do business! Father is bad, big brother is also bad, no! Big brother is even worse! ”
Saying this, the little girl secretly turned around and glanced at Yan Xing again, and just happened to meet Yan Xing's eyes, her little face turned red, and she hurriedly turned around again.
"Eh" Yan Xing didn't expect his father to say such a thing to his little sister, although his father held this only daughter in his hand like a pearl in his hand on weekdays, he really didn't like her and himself very much, but he didn't care too much.
But now I still have to coax my little sister, so Yan Xing pinched her little face again and said:
"It's good, it's the big brother who is bad. Come, fight the bad guys, fight the bad guys! ”
After speaking, he grabbed the little girl's pink fist and hit him in the chest, and the little girl's anger disappeared after a few punches, giggling and breaking away from her hand and grabbing Yan Xing's sleeve.
"Don't be angry, then the eldest brother will take Wan'er to ride the little red horse!" Yan Xing smiled and picked up her little sister and spun around her head a few times, making her let out a crisp laugh again.
After putting her down, the little girl asked tentatively while arranging the few strands of hair that had just been scattered when she was flying in the air:
"Big brother still has something to do, are you really willing to accompany Wan'er to ride the little red horse?"
"Where is there anything serious or important, in the eyes of the eldest brother, Wan'er's matter is the most important thing! Let's ride the little red horse! ”
"Okay, the eldest brother is going to take Wan'er to ride the little red horse!"
Yan Xing pulled his most doted little sister, laughed and ran out of the yard.
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Jiseong, Hanyang County
Fu Xie, the Taishou of Hanyang, was wearing his armor at this moment, holding on to a wall battlement on the head of the city, and watched with a sad face as a group of rebel cavalry outside the city walked around the city and disappeared.
Since ten days ago, there have been soldiers who have fled back from Didao one after another, and they have brought back one after another terrifying news: the soldiers and horses of the six counties gathered at the expense of the state have rebelled in Didao, Fang Bo and Zhizhong were both martyred, and the kingdom, Ma Teng and Han Sui's soldiers and horses came straight to Jicheng······
Fu Xie grew up in the north since he was a child, and served in the army to quell the Yellow Turban Rebellion, which can be said to be a long-term battle, although he was also frightened by this bad news at first, but he quickly calmed down, and sent many groups of scouts to the west to listen to the news, and began to step up the repair of the city defense and rectify the soldiers and horses. Because Geng Wei and Cheng Qiu took away almost all the soldiers and horses in Jicheng, Fu Xie couldn't gather enough soldiers in all his eagerness, so he could only temporarily transfer strong men from the big clans in the city and the heads of Qianshou to help defend the city.
Unexpectedly, on the night of two days ago, there was a riot in the city, and there were powerful clans and rebels secretly communicating with each other, gathering people and horses to secretly try to seize the city, although the riot was quickly suppressed by Fu Xie with an iron and bloody wrist, and the leading Haoqiang had also been awarded. However, after this turmoil in the city, coupled with the fact that Fang Bo, who had been secretly circulating in the streets and alleys these days, was dead, and the rebels were soon going to come to the city, the people of the entire Jicheng city had fallen into a state of panic and panic, and even some subordinates in the county government were privately discussing how to protect their lives and property after the rebels broke the city.
In the face of this dangerous situation, Fu Xie became more and more angry. He studied under the great Confucian Liu Kuan at a young age, received the influence of traditional scriptures, and envied the allusion of Confucius's disciple Nanrong Sanfu Baigui, and changed his character "Youqi" to "Nanrong", so as to inspire himself to follow the sages and sharpen his reputation.
He joined the army in his prime, did not avoid the edge, and made many meritorious contributions in the pacification of the Yellow Turban Rebellion. Living in the temple, in the face of the proposal of Situ Cui Lie to abandon the land of Liangzhou, he scolded loudly, bluntly said, "Kill Situ, the world is safe", when the arrogant Zhongchang Zhao Zhong stretched out an olive branch to him, and made a promise of "Nanrong Shao answer me Chang Shi, ten thousand households are not enough", he refused and resolutely did not bow to the eunuchs. Decades of studying, serving in the army, and sticking to the morale of the soldiers not only forged Fu Xie's resolute appearance, but also forged a heart of blue blood that would rather die than give in.
Fu Xie, who had already co-existed with Jicheng, took advantage of the rebel army to send the last batch of distress messengers to Sanfu before the rebel army was encircled, and then summoned the only remaining Ding Zhuang in the city to go to the city and prepare to defend the city wall.
It's a pity that the kingdom and Han Sui did not rush to attack Jicheng, they took advantage of the victory to march east along the north bank of Weishui after Di Dao joined forces, and sent forward men and horses to attack Jicheng. The men and horses of the vanguard saw that the only remaining defenders on the head of the city were dead and silent, and planned to defend the city wall, and they were concerned about Fu Xie's prestige in the north, so they wisely chose to stand still. And Fu Xie in the city because of the scarcity of soldiers and horses, in the face of the rebels' division of troops and plundering, he could only watch from the city wall, but there was no way to stop the rebels' actions.
Suddenly, there was a burst of noise at the northwest corner of the city wall, and Fu Xie was startled when he heard it, worried that the rebels would take advantage of the weakness to attack the city, so he hurried to the place.
When Fu Xie rushed closer, he found that it was not the rebels who wanted to attack the city. Instead, about 2,000 horsemen were kneeling across the moat, shouting loudly at the walls. Fu Xie was suspicious in his heart, and when he heard it, it turned out that Hu Qi was shouting for him to go out of the city, and they escorted him back to his hometown in the north.
Fu Xie is good at soothing Qianghu, and has been recruiting rebels since he arrived in Hanyang. Fu Xie also comforted them with a pleasant face and settled down, and opened up the tuntian, and put the people and horses who returned to Shun into more than 40 battalions. Although the rebels were approaching the city, the original Shun men and horses soon rejoined the rebels or fled to various places, but there were still some people who were grateful for Fu Xie's kindness in the past and decided to escort Fu Xie home.
Although the people of Qianghu rebelled repeatedly, Fu Xie, who grew up in the north, knew that they also had their own opinions and adherence to glory, tradition, and faith. For example, in the first year of Zhongping, when Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou raised troops, Liangzhou was full of wolf smoke, Gai Xun was the chief history of Hanyang, and the rebel Qiang was besieged by the animal officer to protect the Qiang captain Xia Yu, Gai Xun and the state and county joined forces to go to the rescue, and was ambushed by most of the rebels on the way, Gai Xun charged ahead, and was wounded by several wounds, but he was outnumbered and defeated, and the army was defeated after all, but the tribal lord Dian Wu admired Gai Xun's bravery and loyalty, and thought that "Gai Changshi is a sage, and the one who is killed by Ru Cao is the negative sky", and after the war, Gai Xun was seriously injured and escorted back to Hanyang. Now these Hu Qiqi also want to escort Fu Xie's hometown because they admire Fu Xie's loyalty and bravery.
Looking at the Qiang and Hu people in different clothes outside the city kneeling on the ground, and loudly begging him to abandon the city and return home, Fu Xie was also sad in his heart for a while. And at this time, there was a sound of footsteps behind him, Fu Xie did not look back, at this time, there was no one else who could stand on the head of the city at this time, except for a few of his cronies and family members.
It was the chief bookkeeper Yang Hui and his thirteen-year-old son Fu Gan who came, and when they saw the momentum of thousands of people outside the city, Fu Gan's immature face couldn't help but change color. After he reacted, he hurriedly glanced at Yang Hui, and found that Yang Hui's eyes had turned to him from outside the city, Fu Gan's cheeks flushed, and he hurriedly turned to his father at the head of the city, looking at his father's straight waist, thinking of his father's strong and unyielding temperament, he sighed, and walked a few steps forward to his father's side alone.
"The country is in turmoil, so the adults do not tolerate the court. Today, the next has rebelled, and the soldiers are not enough to defend themselves, and the township Qiang Hu was first kind, and he wants to abandon the county and return, and he will be allowed. Xu went to the township, led the righteous disciples, and saw that there was a way to supplement it, so as to help the world——"
These days, Fu Gan and Yang Hui have been worried that with their father's always upright temperament, they will definitely live and die with Jicheng. Today, taking advantage of the opportunity of Hu Qi outside the city to support Fu Xie's return to his hometown, Fu Gan couldn't hold back the words he had been holding back in his heart anymore, and wanted to say it all in one go to persuade his father, since the Qiang Rebellion, there are countless officials who have abandoned the county, and his father has made great achievements but is not allowed to be a marquis, Geng and Cheng Qiu are greedy for merit and take trouble for themselves, and everyone really has no need to defend this dangerous city for this court.
It's a pity that he was interrupted by Fu Xie's stern words in the middle of his words.
"Don't do it, you know that I will die?"
Fu Xie turned around and faced Fu Gan and Yang Hui, his eyes were blazing, righteous and awe-inspiring, and his majestic voice was raised a few points.
"Cover the 'Feast of Saints, the Feast of the Second Observance.'" And Yin Xuan's violence, Bo Yi did not eat Zhou Su and died, Zhong Ni called him virtuous. Now the court is not very good, and my virtue is also unstoppable? The chaos of the world can't raise Haoran's ambition, and Shilu wants to avoid it? Whatever I do, so will I die! ”
These words were righteous and strict, and Fu Xie already had the intention of repaying the country with death, even the chief secretary Yang Hui had no way to refute and persuade, and the city fell into a speechless silence for a while. Fu Xie looked at Fu Gan's immature face again, sighed, looked at his own child who had not yet reached the crown, and said earnestly:
"Thou hast thou wilt be wise, and thou shalt be reluctant. The main book Yang Hui, my Cheng Ying also. ”
According to legend, Cheng Ying and Gongsun Pestle are both righteous men of the Jin Kingdom who saved the orphans of the Zhao family, and compared their main books to Cheng Ying, which is to officially entrust the orphans in private.
Fu Xie stretched out his big hand, gently rubbed Fu Gan's hair, with tears in his eyes, and sighed softly:
"Idiot, idiot!"
Fu Gan and Yang Huibai fell to the ground, sobbing sideways, crying silently.