Chapter 108: Chaos in the Camp
Seeing that it was Ning Yue who came forward to ask, Li Ding panicked in his heart at first, but when he remembered the young master's words, he felt much better. It turned out that what the young master said www.biquge.info was, "If you meet Ning Yue, tell the truth, you must tell the truth, otherwise Ning Yue is very fine, and it is easy to hear questions." ”
Thinking of this, Li Ding took a deep breath and said, "The little one is Li Ding, the centurion of Gongyi, who suddenly broke into the camp, and his tired body was paralyzed, but he shouted in his mouth, Luoyang is in chaos, and there are people in Luoyang City who rebel." The little one was afraid that things would be really bad, so he didn't dare to delay, and rushed over overnight, hoping to report to Zhou Gong. ”
Ning Yue's hand suddenly stopped in the air, and his brows furrowed, "What about the person who reported the news, did you bring it?" ”
Sure enough, this Ning Yue was thoughtful, but fortunately he knew the words, Li Ding said without hesitation, "That person is already tired and paralyzed, and he is being treated in the small barracks, and he can't be lifted for a while." Seeing Ning Yue's deep suspicion, Li Ding hurriedly said, "But the small one here is a token on his body, and he specially brought it over, please take a look!" ”
Saying that, Li Ding handed over a waist card in his hand, which was taken from the person who really reported the news, fortunately there was a young master to remind him, otherwise it would really be unreasonable here. Ning Yue stepped forward and snatched the waist card, he couldn't see it clearly under the moonlight, so he took it to the oil lamp, and saw through the faint light that it was really the waist card of the Ming Palace guard, Ning Yue frowned, it seemed that things were really not good, and he hurriedly turned around and walked to the inner room.
Seeing that Ning Yue grabbed the waist card and left, Li Ding couldn't help but be anxious, "My lord, can you take the small one to see Zhou Gong in detail." "He has the heavy responsibility of controlling Zhou Gong, if he can't even see Zhou Gong's people, how can he do it?
Ning Yue paused slightly, waved his hand and said, "You just wait outside the house, if Duke Zhou wants to see you in a while, you can come in again." Rest assured, you can't thank you for your work. With that, he hurried back to the inner room.
Li Ding stomped his feet, and couldn't help scolding in his heart, but he had to wait outside the door first, thinking that if the person who really reported from Luoyang arrived at the barracks in a while, it would not be too late to rush in at that time.
I didn't think that soon after Ning Yue entered, there was a sudden change, only to hear an exclamation in the house, which was obviously caused by Ning Yue, and then a few eager shouts came, but I didn't hear Zhou Gong's echo. Li Ding stomped his feet fiercely, turned around in place, and finally made up his mind, made a move of his hand, and shouted, "Duke Zhou is in trouble, you go in with me to defend Duke Zhou!"
After that, he no longer cared about the Luoyang soldiers who stopped him, led his warriors, and broke in.
There are three entrances in this room, Li Ding has been rushing to the innermost, and his footsteps have stood still, it turned out that there was a pool of blood on the ground in the inner room, and Zhou Chengcheng, who was dressed in satin pajamas, fell in a pool of blood, and the previous Doctor Ning was shaking Zhou Gong's body like crazy at this time, choking and crying.
Li Ding couldn't help but be stunned, could this be another arrangement of the king, but the king's plan only said to control Zhou Gong, not to kill Zhou Gong. When he was staying, his body was pushed away by a person, and when he turned his head, he saw that it was the guard at the door who chased him in. Where would the guard think about the death of Zhou Gong, and in a big surprise, he turned around and ran out again, shouting as he ran, "Zhou Gong is dead, Zhou Gong is dead!" ”
Hearing that, Ning Yue, who was holding Zhou Gong's corpse, realized that someone had walked in, so he stopped crying, but then he frowned, and looked at Li Ding, who was still in a daze, and saw that Li Ding was numb, and the latter couldn't help but tremble and said, "I don't know, how can this be?" ”
Ning Yue is naturally not a person who is easy to fool, he stood up and walked towards Li Ding step by step, although there were more than a dozen warriors on his side, and there was only one on the other side, but Li Ding was stared at by Ning Yue and still retreated again and again.
At this time, there was another shout at the door, "Let so-and-so go in, so-and-so is the centurion Tu Meng, let so-and-so go in to see the lord, how is my lord?" ”
Li Ding was stunned for a moment, could it be that this was the younger brother that General Tu said at the door, so he turned his head to look, and sure enough, a man in heavy armor rushed in with a halberd in his hand, regardless of the occasion or anything, he just shouted, "You are that Li Ding, a certain order is here to help you." Hey, why did Zhou Gong die? ”
Obviously, the latter also found Zhou Gong's body and rushed in, Li Ding turned his head to look inside, but unexpectedly found that Ning Yue was gone, this guy ran really fast, and wanted to catch him for credit, Li Ding shook his head, and followed Tu Meng into the inner room.
It turned out that Ning Yuefang's mind was overwhelmed by grief for a while, thinking that there was no accident in the world, why Zhou Gong died when Li Ding came to report late at night, so he wanted to ask Li Ding, and after hearing Tu Meng's voice again, his mind cleared up a little, and then he found that he was empty-handed, and he really couldn't stay with these people who didn't know the details, so he quietly slipped away through the back door before Li Ding was in a daze and his subordinates didn't get orders.
Walking out of the back door, it was dark and starry, but the night was no longer silent, because at this time, a sudden cry in the compound was coming from the gate, and it could be clearly heard, "Luoyang is in chaos, Luoyang has been captured, and we have no home." Ning Yue's brows furrowed even harder, now it seems that this is someone consciously and systematically targeting Zhou Gong, and it is by no means an accidental assassination. Seeing that someone was woken up from time to time in the middle of the night, and asked everywhere how the situation was, Ning Yue knew that the chaos in the army was inevitable, so he accelerated his steps and hurriedly ran to General Long's residence.
Unexpectedly, I didn't take two steps, the voice gradually from far to near, and several places sounded at the same time, it seems that the camp is more powerful, in the dark night, I don't know where to hear someone swear to say, "I just saw the person who came to Luoyang to report the news, all the way to run out of breath, Luoyang is really occupied by others, Zhou Gong is not virtuous, I am afraid that Luoyang has changed, but I don't know what will happen to me, don't hurry back to see what is going on." ”
Ning Yue let out a long sigh, and simply ran up regardless of his image, ignoring whether he would fall if he couldn't see the road clearly in the moonlight. Before I ran two steps, I only heard someone shouting in the old barracks in the rear, and at this time it was really a mess in the camp, some people were already shouting to go back, some were still desperately shouting not to make noise, and some had actually pulled out their long swords and slashed indiscriminately, because a miserable cry sounded, obviously the officers who wanted to force the situation were killed by impulsive soldiers, or the officers who bullied ordinary soldiers very much on weekdays, were waiting for an opportunity to take revenge. The whole military camp is already in chaos, the shouting and killing sound is shocking, and the footsteps are miscellaneous, I am afraid that General Long is also powerless to return to the sky at this time, I didn't think about thousands of troops, just because of a news that I don't know whether it is true or false, it is on the verge of collapse in a moment, although it must be done by someone with intentions, but the quality of the overall army is really too low, thinking of this, Ning Yue couldn't help but slow down his pace.
After trotting a few steps further, I suddenly heard someone shouting in front of me, "General Long's family has also been arrested, General Long has left us and rushed back to Luoyang by himself, what are you waiting for, why don't you go back to Luoyang quickly to find your relatives and see if they have been injured." ”
Hearing this voice sounded, and immediately after no one responded or stopped, Ning Yue suddenly stopped, it seemed that General Long could no longer be counted on, Ning Yue no longer hesitated, turned around and fled to the west, and disappeared into the darkness in an instant.
And tonight in Gongyi City, after nightfall, like Li Ding and others, Zhou Bian and his royal family are naturally ready to go. With mental calculations or not, Zhou Bian naturally sat in the hall and waited for the changes in the situation. And the person from Luoyang who came to Zhou Gongbao to send a letter to Gongyi was discovered by Zhou Bian's spies, and then everything Li Ding did was noticed by people with a heart.
In the front hall of the courtyard, a few dim oil lamps were lit, Zhou Bian knelt and sat on the top, and the young master, Zichang, Pang Xing and others were around, and while they were waiting boringly, they only heard Pang Xing ask with some doubts, "King, why do you want Li Ding, who doesn't know the roots, to go to control Zhou Gong, can't we falsely claim to have received a messenger from Luoyang?" ”
"That's not going to work." Before Zhou Bian could speak, the one behind him spoke first, and when everyone saw it, it was Fan Yu.
Unexpectedly, his father, the young master, suddenly became a little angry, "Adults talk, what are you talking about a child?" ”
As soon as the young master finished speaking, he felt that something was wrong, and he smiled apologetically at Zhou Bian. Zhou Bian naturally didn't mind, and nodded his head to signal Fan Yu to continue.
Seeing that his father didn't stop him anymore, Fan Yu continued, "If we go, naturally we won't make the people around Zhou Gong believe it, especially that Ning Yue, who is very good in his heart, will definitely suspect that he won't let our people see Zhou Gong." And Li Ding is a new person, and he is stationed in the barracks west of Gongyi City, and the person who reported the news did not know where Zhou Gong was in a hurry, and there was a chance that he would go straight to Li Ding's military camp, so there was no flaw for Li Ding to approach Zhou Gong. And the king sent someone to monitor Li Ding, if Li Ding temporarily changed his hexagram and refused to act according to the plan, the king had another trick, but at this time it was useless. ”
Zhou Bian couldn't help but nod his head again and again, these were not what he told him, it seems that Fan Yu has grown with him.
However, Pang Xing continued, "To tell the truth, the king's plan is really too thrilling, and if one link is not handled well, it will affect the following things, not to mention that there are changes in Luoyang City, which is scary to think about." ”
It seems that Pang Xing's temperament is still a little weak and not suitable for doing big things, Zhou Bian couldn't help but shake his head in his heart. Sure enough, someone was angry again, only to hear the young master shouting, "The matter has come to this point, we have to continue, if you say such negative words again, I am afraid that in front of Wang Jia, you will also be punished." ”
The young master's majesty was still there, and Pang Xing hurriedly bowed his head and admitted his mistake. But after a while, in the silence, Pang Xing couldn't help but ask, "But how could the 3,000 army under the command of Duke Zhou collapse overnight, is it so powerful to report the news that Luoyang has been trapped, and there are very few records like this in the history books." It's not a question, but a hard time, and I just want to ask for advice. ”
After listening to Pang Xing's words, the young master's face, which was already half red, was restored. This time it was Zhou Bian who smiled, "This matter is not difficult to understand, in the dark night, the soldiers suddenly woke up from their deep sleep, it was when they were confused, and they couldn't see the surrounding environment clearly, and suddenly heard that their homes were captured, and they naturally panicked, plus the people arranged by the king were shouting all kinds of statements everywhere, which made people even more indisputable, and the soldiers did everything in a panic. It even caused the battalion roar, which is the panicked soldiers in the dark night who cut down the people around them without their control, which is extremely terrifying, and can reduce more than half of the barracks in one night, if this is the case, then this army will suffer a heavy loss. ”
This is also the reason why Zhou Bian ordered Sima Tu to stop Luoyang's letter to Zhou Gong before dark, so that Zhou Gong would not know before dark.
In fact, the battalion roar is that the soldiers are under the pressure of military regulations, the spirit is highly tense for a long time, on the verge of collapse, and the contradictions in the army are accumulating day by day, and finally at a specific time, or before the big battle, or after the big victory, generally in the middle of the night, by a small incident, such as a soldier's dream talk, caused by the panic like an infectious disease, so that the entire barracks people fell into a state of hysteria, and even killed each other. The earliest recorded camp in history occurred in the Eastern Han Dynasty, but I don't know if this kind of thing happened at this time. But Zhou Bian still hopes that it will not happen to his side, after all, Luoyang is also the nominal land of Wangji, and most of these soldiers will also be his own people.
But obviously everyone hadn't heard of it, Pang Xing showed a confused expression, obviously still unable to understand, the young master nodded thoughtfully, Zi Chang frowned, only Fan Yu listened happily, and couldn't help but smile.