Chapter 65: The Blood of the Ancestors
"Master, what did the guy surnamed Fan say?" Li Deyi asked anxiously. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
"That Fan Guoshi said in front of the commander under the pass that the soldiers he sent to attack Mancang County had succeeded, and now the defenders in the North Gate Pass only had enough food for ten days, and they would run out of food at that time, so it was better to switch off and surrender as soon as possible. At the end, this Fan Guoshi said the most vicious words, he said: The reason why he knew that Di Dashuai's grain storage place was called Mancang, and he clearly knew its location and the arrangement of the guards, was because someone in the Pingzhou court told him that Di Dashuai's army had been betrayed by the imperial court! This is quite vicious, after Fan Guoshi finished speaking, the soldiers in Guanzhong were in an uproar, and the army's heart was about to be in chaos. Old Medical Officer Sun recalled those eventful years, and still has a palpitating expression on his face.
Li De was puzzled at first glance, just now when it came to fighting, desperately guarding the grain and grass of the 100,000 army in Mancang County, the war was extremely critical, and the master never showed such an expression, why did the master's face change greatly when he said this. I couldn't help but ask, "Master, why did your face change?" Old Medical Officer Sun waved his hand and said, "You still don't understand, you haven't participated in this kind of war, and you don't understand the strength of the morale of the army." That Fan Guoshi is really talented, and these words can defeat 100,000 elite soldiers. The situation at that time could be said to be dangerous, and if there was a slight mistake in the response, the morale of the 100,000 troops in the pass would collapse in an instant. By that time, before the war had begun, the soldiers would lose their morale, and the battle would not have to be fought. If you want to say that it has to be Di Dashuai, Di Dashuai and his old man heard this at the time, but he was not in a hurry, let the soldiers form a circle, and he stood on a high platform to see his subordinates anxiously surround him, and the soldiers who wanted to know the inside story also said something. The old man said: You have been a soldier for all these years, you don't have to do any hard work, you just train every day, the salary is full, the food is also full, you can eat a greasy meal every three days, and you wear good military uniforms. Where did all this come from? The old man pointed to the people who were levied by the peasants who cultivated the land, and the food and clothing you eat and wear are all collected from these ordinary people, and they take the money for you for nothing, and they don't want you to do anything, just hoping that in this critical time, you can stand up and stop the Tuliao people! Now that the Tuliao people are here, it is time for us to fight bravely to kill the enemy and repay the people! Take my bow! ”
Hearing what Di Dashuai said, Li Deyi also felt something, and couldn't help but say: "Yes, if those generals could be like Di Dashuai, we would not have to be slaughtered by the Tuliao people in the first place." Old Medical Officer Sun continued: "Dashuai Di took the bow and arrow handed over by his own soldiers, held a strong bow in his hand, and followed Fan Guoshi is an arrow. The bowstring rattled, and the arrow shot directly down the wolfskin hat that Fan Guoshi was wearing on his head. Di Dashuai suddenly saw that this Fan Guoshi was a member of my Pingzhou Dynasty, and shouted and scolded: You are originally a citizen of my Pingzhou Dynasty, why do you want to be a kneeling slave for the Tuliao wolf cub! I should have shot you to death with an arrow, and I am afraid that I will insult the bow made by the craftsman of the Ping Zhou Dynasty, so spare your dog's life for the time being, and go back. Hugh will play with your three-inch tongue again, or he will kill you with an arrow next time!" That Fan Guoshi thought that he would be fine if he stood outside the range of the bow and crossbow, but who expected that Di Dashuai's original qi cultivation had reached the transcendent realm. Di Dashuai used his original qi to attach to the arrows, making the range of the arrows far beyond the ordinary. It's a pity that it was windy that day, and he was going to shoot the dog thief with an arrow, but because the arrow flew too far, he was blown by the wind and had a slight deviation, so an arrow shot down his wolf skin hat, which was also the fate of Fan Guoshi. That Fan Guoshi thought he was safe, but he was shot off his hat by Di Dashuai with an arrow on the spot, and he was scared and sweating all over his body in the cold weather, so he turned around and fled back in embarrassment on the spot. When Li De heard this, he clapped his hands and said happily: "Good shooting, why don't you shoot this dog thief surnamed Fan with one arrow!" Master, weren't you fighting with the Tuliao people who came to attack in Mancang County at that time, how could you know these things in such detail? ”
Old Medical Officer Sun laughed and said: "I heard people say that these things were later taught by the teacher, and the teacher was a grain supervisor at the time, and it was indispensable to do some copywriting, so naturally he often had contacts with the clerk next to the marshal." These things are what he said and I heard later, Di Dashuai's words, but he never changed a word. After Di Dashuai's arrow was shot, because of his previous words, the morale of our Weibei battalion was suddenly greatly boosted. The soldiers stepped forward one after another to ask for battle, wanting to give the Tuliao people a good look, but Di Dashuai did not allow anything, but ordered the soldiers to step up their patrols back and forth, ordered to guard the city, and strictly forbade the soldiers to fight without authorization. Then Dashuai Di asked his soldiers to move a chair, sat on the city gate tower, and dozed off against the hundreds of thousands of Tuliao troops under the pass. Li Deyi was surprised: "What? Hundreds of thousands of troops of the Tuliao people came to the city, and Dashuai Di actually took a nap on the city gate? ! What kind of nap is his old man taking this time?! ”
Old Medical Officer Sun raised his hand and gave Li De a glance: "What do you know, Di Dashuai is deliberately making a show for the soldiers." Na Fan Guoshi said that he had sent troops to destroy the grain in Mancang County, and the reinforcements sent by the marshal had not yet sent back the news, and the soldiers must have been full of doubts in their hearts. Now that I saw that my own coach was sitting on the city gate tower and napping without care, my own coach was so calm, and the rumors of Fan Guoshi were self-defeating. After more than an hour, the good news from Mancang County came, saying that the enemy had been completely wiped out, and the food was safe and sound, Di Dashuai jumped up from the chair happily, and praised your third grandfather for being a true warrior. As soon as Li De heard this, he secretly admired Di Dashuai in his heart.
"Although your third grandfather saved the food and eliminated the elite men and horses of Tuliao who came to sneak attack. But he has been rushing to the front when he fights, in order to protect the brothers behind him, he fought hard, so he was the most seriously injured, and after the battle, he almost didn't save his old life, so he had to stay in Mancang County to recuperate. Weishi was a grain supervisor at the time, and when he didn't transport grain, he had to stay in Mancang County, and after a long time, he became acquainted with your third grandfather. Although he doesn't know a few big words, he is bold and righteous, and he has a great appetite for being a teacher. At the beginning, he saw that the division was a civilian official, so he disdained to deal with me, and later heard that it was the division that threw the team out on that day, and attacked him on both sides, and the inside and outside should be combined, and the Tuliao cavalry was defeated. Your third grandfather, Li Youshui, took the initiative to talk when he saw him as a teacher again, and deliberately asked the teacher to teach him to read and write. This came and went, and in the end, the two of us also cut off the chicken head and burned the yellow paper, and married Jinlan. "Old Medical Officer Sun told Li Deyi about his relationship with Li Youshui. Li Deyi said curiously: "Master, didn't you say that my third grandfather doesn't know a few big characters?" Did he learn to read from you? ”
Old Doctor Sun snorted in his nose: "He? Your third grandfather, Li Youshui, is a slippery ghost. Usually looks like a rough man with a tendon, but in fact, he has a lot of eyes. When he heard that Weishi was a civilian official, and he dared to lead the troops to fight the Tuliao people, he wanted to make friends with Weishi. Asking for a teacher to teach him literacy is just a pretense, and after a long time, he can't bear it, and he just pulls and talks about it for the teacher every day, changing the way to ask if the teacher can tell a story, so in the end he didn't learn a few words. Li Deyi said stupidly: "For a long time, the purpose of my third grandfather worshipping you is to listen to books, and I thought he was worshipping because he was like-minded with you, Master." ”
Old Medical Officer Sun suddenly asked Li Deyi: "Did your third grandfather tell you later that he regretted that he didn't know much back then and couldn't cultivate his original qi?" Li De pondered for a moment and replied, "My third grandfather said that he couldn't cultivate his original qi because he broke his leg. When the old doctor Sun heard this, his face was not angry, and he said: "This old guy, when he is old, he still wants to save face like this." As he spoke, he took out another wine cup, filled it first, and then filled it for himself: "Now that your third grandfather is gone, you can pull up these old things, but you think of him again." He sighed, "Hey...... You dried this cup of wine for your third grandfather. Li Deyi obediently picked up the wine cup, touched it with the master, and the old doctor Sun said: "Li Youshui, I respect you for this cup, I promised you to accompany you to have a good drink, but I never had a chance." Now, when you're gone, your grandchildren will drink instead of you. After that, he drank it all, and Li Deyi also dried it up. Li Deyi felt in his heart that the third grandfather was worthy of the cup of wine that the master respected, and he was worthy of drinking with a master like the master, so Li Deyi drank it very happily.
After drinking this cup of wine, the old doctor Sun then pulled: "You can't ask for what shouldn't be yours, and you can't run away if it's yours." Back then, the third grandfather who was a teacher and you was also destined to participate in this big battle. When the north gate was closed, Di Dashuai saw that the people of Tuliao were booming, so he relied on the high fortress of the wall every day to defend it, and no matter how the Tuliao people provoked, he did not go out of the pass to fight with him. Although the Tuliao people are menacing, in the face of such a high-walled giant fortress as Beimen Pass, it is really a dog biting Wang Ba - there is no way to speak. The two sides were at a stalemate, and there was still no big battle after nearly two months of confrontation. Every day, the Tuliao people only attacked the city in the morning, and it was not very intense. Two months later, your third grandfather healed his injury, and then returned to the North Gate Pass to report to the marshal, by the way, he mentioned the promotion as a teacher, Di Dashuai felt that the war was about to start, it was the time to employ people, for the division such as a person who can not only fight bravely to kill the enemy, but also read and write, it is a pity to nest behind the back to escort grain and grass every day, so he transferred the division to the front line of the North Gate Pass. ”
"The battle dragged on for three months, and it was winter. The snow came early at the border pass, and there was already heavy snow outside the north gate at that time, and there was a vast sea of snow. On this day, Marshal Di suddenly called us young generals together, saying that he had already planned and would go out of the city tomorrow to fight to the death with the Tuliao people. At that time, we didn't understand why the marshal chose to fight the Tuliao people at this time. Because everyone knows that if we delay for a while, the war horses of the Tuliao people will not find enough grass to eat because the snow is too deep, so they can only feed the forage prepared in advance, and then their war horses will be hungry and lack horsepower, and that is the best time for us to fight. When the old doctor Sun said this, his mood was obviously a little unstable, and he suppressed it with a sip of wine, and then said: "At that time, the master observed that there was a sad look on the face of the handsome, so he secretly remembered it in his heart, and waited until the middle of the night to go to see his old man alone. The marshal has always been close to us young generals, and when he heard that he was asking for an audience for his teacher, he got up and put on his clothes to meet me. As soon as he saw the face of the marshal, he expressed the doubts in his heart, but unexpectedly, the commander Di said to the master that someone in the court had impeached him for being timid and fearful of the enemy. The Son of Heaven had already issued an order to reprimand him, ordering him to quickly repel the Tuliao people. After the big marshal said these words, he knew his old man's hardships as a teacher. They also knew in their hearts that it was those powerful ministers in the court who were obstructing them, and they wanted to get rid of Di Dashuai by the hands of the Tuliao people, but they didn't expect the war to drag on for a long time, and Di Dashuai not only had no defeat, but also won a few small victories. They began to be a little unable to sit still, so they looked for someone to impeach, wanting to embarrass Di Dashuai in the court. ”
"These powerful ministers are really crazy for money, and they actually impeach the generals in front of them, aren't they afraid that after the Tuliao people break the North Gate Pass, the border pass will erode for thousands of miles?" When Li De heard this, he scolded indignantly. Old Medical Officer Sun sneered, "Hmph, where will these people care about the lives and deaths of the people, they only care about their own interests." Whoever hinders their money-making is their uncommon enemy, and they can't get rid of it quickly. As for the common people, what does it matter how many deaths they have? Di Dashuai was forced to have no choice but to risk an early decisive battle with the Tuliao people. But he has been fighting horses all his life, after all, he is experienced, and he never fights unprepared battles. Although he was forced to hastily fight a decisive battle with the Tuliao people, Di Dashuai also made plans early, and now it is just coming in handy in advance. ”
"What preparations did the marshal make?" As soon as Li De heard this, he couldn't help but ask. Old Doctor Sun replied: "Do you remember how the Tuliao people bypassed the North Gate Pass to sneak attack the grain and grass of our Weibei camp? Li Deyi suddenly realized: "Master, you mean Qingyang Gorge!" But the Tuliao people have also walked this path, are they defenseless? Old Medical Officer Sun suddenly lowered his voice, and said mysteriously: "This is the reason why the marshal dragged on for three months to fight the decisive battle with the Tuliao people. When the marshal learned that the Tuliao people had bypassed Qingyang Gorge to attack the granary, he kept an eye on it. After repelling the Tuliao people, the commander immediately sent people to reconnoiter the terrain here. The Qingyang Gorge is really steep and difficult to walk, it is said to be a gorge, but it is just a gap between two mountain cliffs, the narrowest place only allows one person to pass, and can not ride a horse, can only lead the horse to move slowly. And there are many forks in the valley, and if you are not careful, you will get lost and die in them. It was the old hunter in this vicinity, once he accidentally chased the prey into this Qingyang Canyon, he had to lament and give up, and he would never dare to go in and chase it easily. The Tuliao people once came from this canyon to attack us, and naturally they were on guard at the other side of the grassland. But this canyon is an oblique road, from this valley to the grassland, after going out, it is hundreds of miles away from the north gate. Second, the war has been going on for a month, and Di Dashuai blindly defended and never went out of the pass to respond to the battle, so that the Tuliao people thought that our Weibei Battalion was cowardly and cowering, so they gave up the garrison at the exit of the valley and grassland, and instead made every effort to reconnoiter within dozens of miles of the North Gate Pass. Coincidentally, as soon as the garrison of the Tuliao people was withdrawn, Di Dashuai decided to go out of the customs and fight to the death with the Tuliao people. ”
Li Deyi refilled the master's wine, and the old doctor Sun waved his hand and said, "The last cup." He took a sip of the wine, and then said: "That night, the teacher asked to see the marshal and asked the reason, and after the marshal and I talked for a while, your third grandfather also entered the marshal's tent. At that moment, Di Dashuai pointed to your third grandfather and said to the teacher, this is the person he chose to lead the team to secretly go north to Qingyang Gorge tomorrow and attack the rear of the Tuliao people in the decisive battle in the future. The marshal said at the time: I have watched the Weibei Camp Army, and you Li Youshui is the most courageous, but there are also a lot of eccentric eyes, and you don't want to die in battle, but you are also brave. This sortie is full of dangers, and the slightest carelessness will kill the whole army, this commander has been thinking for a long time, such a heavy task must be yours. As soon as your third grandfather heard that Di Dashuai actually remembered his name, he fell to the ground excitedly and said that he would die to serve his life. ”
When Old Doctor Sun said this, he suddenly sighed and said, "The fate between people is sometimes really difficult to say. Li Deyizheng wondered why the master suddenly said this, and the old doctor Sun returned to the topic: "Your third grandfather fell to the ground, Di Dashuai was just about to help, but your third grandfather said coldly: There is a condition for the end to go, if the big boss agrees, the last general dares to live up to the heavy responsibility of the big handsome." Di Dashuai asked him if he had any requests, and he asked. Your third grandfather pointed his hand at the teacher and said: "Dashuai, it is dangerous to go here at the end, and if you are not careful, you will leak your deeds, and at the end of the day, you will be defeated and die in battle, but you will miss the big thing of Dashuai." As long as the commander can let this person lead the team with the last general, he can be sure that nothing will go wrong. Da Shuai thought that he was going to entrust the future, but he didn't expect that he just wanted a deputy, so he nodded and agreed on the spot, and promised: If you return from success, Ben Shuai will transfer you to be a personal guard, and he will personally enlighten you and teach you the cultivation of original qi. ”
"Haha, my third grandfather must be disgusted with this road to travel in concealment, afraid of loneliness on the road, so he will pull you to talk to him." Li Deyi said with a smile. Old Medical Officer Sun glanced at the little apprentice and said, "If your third grandfather still wants to listen to books and have fun at this time, he will never be able to get into the blue eyes of Di Dashuai." Di Dashuai asked your third grandfather at that time, there are many talents in the Weibei Battalion, why do you want your master and me to be your deputy. Your third grandfather said in a rough voice: "Dashuai, I was originally a farmer's family, but because the harvest in the fields was not good in those years, the family couldn't support my youngest son. Later, I caught up with the imperial court to recruit soldiers, and I gritted my teeth and ate this ration in order to survive. This raid is very important, and Meng Dashuai took a fancy to it and let me take on the heavy responsibility. But I feel that I am still almost two pounds, I am afraid that I will not be able to keep up with the trip at a critical time, and I will miss a major event, and I must have a person who is more capable than me, and can hold the at a critical moment. I don't understand many big truths, I see that he reads a lot of books, and cultivates the original qi, the key is that he can still get along with me, so he chooses him. ”
"That's it, for the division and your third grandfather, I lit up two thousand elite infantry overnight, and rushed to Qingyang Gorge at night. Before leaving, he agreed with Di Dashuai that when he saw Di Dashuai riding the fiery red fire-eyed fox around the north gate three times, that would be the time of the decisive battle. As for when to go out and raid the rear team of the Turriots, we have to make our own decisions. ”