A moment later, in Wang Yuan's eager eyes, Zhao Qing led a tall, dark-skinned, weather-covered man up the city wall. Wang Yuan, www.biquge.info Pen Fun Pavilion, laughed and stepped forward, and shouted, "Brother Du, it's really you." I didn't expect to meet Brother Du in this Zizhou City, which really made me overjoyed. ”

The middle-aged man who came over was Du Fu, but seeing that his face was haggard, his hair was slightly messy, and he was wearing a cotton spring shirt that had been torn in many places, he looked very decadent. However, although he was undressed and looked tired, his waist was still straight, and his eyes still flashed with unyielding flames.

Seeing Wang Yuan coming towards him, Du Fu's face also showed a gentle smile, and he stood still dressed and arched his hand: "Marshal Wang, Du Fu is polite." ”

Wang Yuan stepped forward with a smile, grabbed Du Fu's arm, looked up and down, and said: "No wonder I always feel that something is wrong today, my left eye is jumping wildly, it turns out that an old man is visiting." ”

Du Fu smiled in a deep voice and said: "Thank you Marshal Wang for remembering Du, Du came to see me rashly, and I hope to forgive me for being abrupt." ”

Wang Yuan looked at Du Fu's clothes and expression, knowing that his situation must not be very good, and he felt a lot of emotion in his heart. However, it was already a big surprise to see that Du Fu was still alive in this chaotic time.

"Don't say it first, let's talk about it as I fall back to my feet. Oh, that's a great thing, a great thing. ”

Wang Yuan smiled and held Du Fu's arm, and the two went down to the city together, all the way to the residence of the Yahoutang of Zizhou Mansion where Wang Yuan settled. Du Fu has indeed not had a full meal for a long time, and he does not shirk it, and after the wine and food are served, he chews it and eats it with relish.

Wang Yuan quietly waited for Du Fu to swallow the tiger, and drank a few glasses of wine with him, and then said with a smile: "Where has Brother Du been in the past few years?" When I returned to the capital two years ago, I went to Xicheng to visit you, but I didn't expect that you no longer live in the capital, and I asked a lot of people, and I didn't know where you had moved, which made me very sad. ”

After Du Fu drank a few glasses of wine, his dark face was slightly red, and when he heard this, he put down his chopsticks, wiped his mouth with a cloth towel, and sighed softly: "Marshal Wang doesn't know anything......

Wang Yuan waved his hand and interrupted: "Don't call me Marshal Wang, just call me Wang Yuan, you and I are friends, but you can't be called by official positions, doesn't it seem to be angry, and it also makes me feel awkward." ”

Du Fu was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "Then I will call you Brother Wang as I did back then." ”

Wang Yuan smiled: "That's the best." ”

Du Fu said: "Brother Wang, I'm ashamed to say that I have been wandering all over the world in the past few years, and I still haven't achieved anything. In the autumn of the sixth year of Tianbao, I left the capital, because I had no achievements in the capital and had to leave Chang'an. ”

Wang Yuan groaned: "The autumn of the sixth year of Tianbao? Yes, it was in that year that I arrived in Jiannan. In the autumn, it was the time when I returned to Beijing after quelling the Nanzhao rebellion. Yes, I haven't seen you since then. Where have you been? ”

Du Fu smiled and said: "I sent my wife and children back to my hometown in Chenzhou to settle down and then went all the way north, a friend of mine was an official in Fanyang, and he saw that I had nothing in the capital, so he invited me to the border town as an official. I was at the end of my rope, so I agreed to go to Fanyang. ”

Wang Yuan was shocked and said, "Fan Yang? Are you from Fanyang? ”

Du Fu nodded and said, "Yes, I stayed in Fanyangbian Town for two years, and joined the army for two years as a soldier in the local state capital. Until An Lushan rebelled at the end of last year, I took advantage of the chaos to escape from the army and fled all the way from the northeast to Luoyang. Soon after Luoyang fell, I fled to Tongguan, and when Tongguan fell again, I fled to the capital again. Who would have thought, hehe, the capital of my Datang was also captured by the rebels. It's just, it's hard to believe, it's like a nightmare. ”

Du Fu shook his head with a wry smile, reached out and drank the wine in the cup, his expression was painful.

Wang Yuan frowned and sighed: "Brother Du has been displaced all the way and has suffered a lot. ”

Du Fu shook his head and said, "What kind of suffering am I?" You don't know the suffering of the people. Do you know how many families have been torn apart by this rebellion? Do you know what my Tang Central Plains has become from Luoyang to Chang'an? An Lushan, a dog thief and cavalry, rebelled, plundered and killed, and the people died, do you know how many people died? Millions of people fled in all directions, and do you know how many people froze to death in the snow last year? Just thinking about that scene makes my heart ache dramatically. What is the sin of the people that they should suffer so much? ”

As Du Fu spoke, there were tears in his eyes, he reached out and gently wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said with a miserable smile: "Brother Wang, I'm sorry to say these words to you, I lost my temper." ”

Wang Yuan said in a deep voice: "Brother Du is a person who really cares about the suffering of the people, and you are the first person I have seen when he talks about the suffering of the people and sheds tears." ”

Du Fu shook his head and sighed: "What's the use of crying, although I can't wait to replace myself, but what can I do?" The imperial court made mistakes again and again, and it was a great shame to destroy the Great Wall in the Battle of Tongguan and let the rebels capture the capital. His Majesty left the whole city of soldiers and civilians to the west, but the people suffered. Whose fault is it that the situation has eroded so far? ”

Wang Yuan smiled and said, "Brother Du seems to be resentful in his heart, and he calmed down a little. There are some things that you are angry about and useless, and you are powerless to change. By the way, are you from Chang'an coming to Jiannan? Why did you arrive today? As far as I know, a large number of refugees entered my Jiannan and Longyou Dao half a month ago, and now they have basically settled down. Why didn't you come to me earlier? ”

Du Fu muttered: "Brother Wang doesn't know, when the rebels came to Chang'an, the people fled from Chang'an in large numbers, and I could have left Chang'an with a large number of people at that time." But I was always unwilling, I was unwilling to let the rebels occupy Chang'an, so I learned that Chen Zuoxiang recruited strong men and forbidden troops to defend the city together, so I went to sign up. ”

Wang Yuan raised his big finger and praised: "Brother Du is so courageous, this is a warrior's move." ”

Du Fu shook his head and said, "Where am I a warrior?" It's a pity that the pen in my hand can't kill the enemy, so I can only pick up the blade. I know I can't do anything alone, but it's better to have one more person than one less, and I'm going to do what I have to do as much as I can. But in fact, I also know that Chang'an can't be defended. People's hearts are fluctuating, the troops are scarce, and the combat effectiveness of the forbidden army is worrying, which is absolutely impossible, but I always want to kill one person, even if I die in Chang'an, I can be regarded as doing my part. ”

Wang Yuan nodded and sighed: "Everyone has the strength and courage of Brother Du, how can the situation be so erosive." However, after the city was broken, how did Brother Du get away? ”

Du Fu muttered: "The rebels attacked the city, and the forbidden army collapsed in half a day, and I had to flee with the rebels. The rebels chased and killed all the way, and I walked quickly from the mountain trail and hid in the mountains and forests all night before I escaped the pursuit of the rebels. When the situation calmed down, I fled westward. Because I know that there is a way to live only in the west. On the way, I heard the news that you led your army to greet Your Majesty Xingshu at Ma Weiyi, so I came all the way to Shu. However, because of the delay on the way, the land west of the capital was occupied by the rebels when I left, and I could only hide from the rebels' soldiers and horses during the day, and hide my whereabouts in the mountains and fields at night, so I arrived in Shu only now. In fact, I only arrived in Zizhou yesterday, but I didn't expect to see the arrival of the army today, and when I inquired, it was Brother Wang who led the army, so I dared to show up and ask to see me. Hehe, just now under the city wall, those soldiers treated me as a beggar and threw me a few copper coins to ask me to leave, hehehe. ”

Du Fu smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "They are my personal guards, they don't know your Brother Du, and they don't know your Brother Du's name." I will go back and punish them. ”

Du Fu hurriedly said: "Don't punish them, they are also duty." Anyway, they threw a few copper plates to send me away, and when I was in the capital, I was whipped by the forbidden army because of my ragged clothes. If it was the rebels' soldiers and horses, it would be even more amazing, and they would be cut down without saying a word. ”

Wang Yuan sighed: "Brother Du has really suffered a lot. ”

Du Fu said: "God opened my eyes and let me see Brother Wang, I regret that I shouldn't have been embarrassed by not agreeing to Brother Wang's invitation to work for someone together." Over the years, every time I hear the news that Brother Wang led the army to fight and made meritorious contributions to the Tang Dynasty, I am overjoyed. ”

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "Brother Du is an arrogant person, how can I compare." I worked for Yang Guozhong, and I have long been infamous all over the world, but I don't care. ”

Du Fu said with a straight face: "Brother Wang's words are wrong, I don't know until now that as long as there is a way to serve the country, it is nothing to be wronged. Like Brother Wang, who can now lead a large army to quell the rebellion and kill the enemy, this is the real service for the country. And I can only feel sorry for myself, and it will not help. I thought about it, Brother Wang actually walked a curved road, and this is the path I should have taken in the first place. ”

Wang Yuan smiled and said, "Thank you for saying such things, I have one more confidant in this world." ”

Du Fu smiled and said: "Brother Wang is an immortal, and I, Du Fu, am too incompetent compared to you." ”

Wang Yuan waved his hand and said a few words humbly, the two drank a few glasses of wine, Wang Yuan asked: "Brother Du entered Shu but came to Zizhou first, which shows that Brother Du came from the Shu Road below, I have something I want to ask Brother Du." ”

Du Fu said: "Brother Wang, but asked." ”

Wang Yuan frowned and said, "Brother Du came all the way, I don't know if you noticed anything unusual on the road?" I mean, have you seen any traces of the rebels in An Lushan along the way? ”

Du Fu raised his head and pondered for a moment and said: "There are soldiers and horses, and the state capitals in the Qinling Mountains east of Bashan are all occupied by the rebels, so I often encounter the rebels' soldiers and horses along the way. But the large number of soldiers and horses was not seen. Brother Wang meant to ask about the enemy on the other side of the mountain, right? ”

Wang Yuan nodded and said, "Exactly." ”

Du Fu thought for a while and said: "As far as I know, the rebels have greatly expanded their troops and horses, and during the journey of more than a month, I have seen the rebels entering the army in a big way. That day, I complained at night about the stone trench village on the eastern side of the mountain, and in the middle of the night, rebels entered the village to take people. I hid in the cellar all night, and by daybreak the old woman and the young son of the family where I had stayed had been taken away and joined the army. Tianming listened to what the disabled surviving old man said, and they were all arrested to build a plank road. I didn't dare to walk from the plank road when I came, and I came here over the mountain, I wonder if this news is useful? ”

Wang Yuan was stunned and said, "Do you want to repair the plank road?" Where is that stone trench village you are talking about? ”

"It's right here to go to the mountain pass in the northeast direction, the Jinzhou boundary in the south of the capital."

Wang Yuan nodded slightly, and said softly: "That's it, isn't it the plank road to Shu?" What did the rebels do in building the Shu Road? Aren't you going to attack it in a big way? With this information alone, I know that my judgment is correct. Very good, Brother Du, you have brought me the news I wanted, thank you. ”

Du Fu also laughed, he didn't expect this news to be really useful, Du Fu was very happy. Wang Yuan was even happier, he was already worried about why there was no news at all, but now the news brought by Du Fu showed that the rebels' intention was to directly attack Jiannan Dao and approach Chengdu. What did Lamin do to build the plank road? Isn't it for the purpose of transporting heavy supplies for the entry of the brigade of soldiers and horses?

The two talked and drank a lot of wine. Both of them are literati, and the topic inevitably involves poetry. Du Fu took a few long and short poems he wrote on the way to the east to show Wang Yuan, and when Wang Yuan saw the sentence 'Zhumen wine and meat stinky road has frozen bones', he couldn't help but sigh. Seeing these poems again, thinking of his experience in the past few months, Du Fu was also depressed and sighed.