Chapter 263: Finale
Zhang Shilang smiled, his face changed suddenly, and shouted: "Come on, take down Wei Changfeng and the other traitors!" β
The next day, the Han army set off again to the south. But this time, the formation of the march was different.
It turned out that almost none of the troops led by Wei Changfeng had weapons, and they were all concentrated in the middle lane, and the left and right sides were accompanied by the troops brought by Zhang Shilang. However, it is more appropriate to be surveillance, not so much to accompany the march.
At the front of the line, there were dozens more prisoner carts. Not only was Wei Changfeng imprisoned in the prison car, but all the generals were also locked up, and from the self-defense Changfeng to the generals.
I have to say that this time Zhu Ling's conspiracy is still a good one.
Last time, he wanted to arrest Fang Zhenhai, but all the generals wanted to rebel, Zhu Ling couldn't suppress it, so he had to give in, this lesson was extremely profound, so this time Zhu Ling could be said to have made full preparations.
First of all, he transferred Fang Zhenhai and Wei Changfeng to one heaven south and one earth to the north, so that the two could not support each other. Secondly, send the squire of the military department to carry out the mission, and in case of failure, he himself will not worry about his life. Third, he ordered Zhang Shilang to lead an army of 100,000 to come, which was a two-pronged strategy, both to rob the merit and to have enough troops to suppress the rebellion. Fourth, it is to let Zhang Shilang first remove the military power of the generals at all levels of Wei Changfeng's department, control the troops, and then gather all the senior generals together in the name of inviting guests, and come to a net.
As a result, Wei Changfeng and the others could only be arrested.
Zhang Shilang was also refreshed, as soon as Wei Changfeng and the others were arrested, he clearly told everyone: Of course, arresting everyone is arrested, but in fact, what is really to be arrested, that is, Wei Changfeng is one, but the generals are friendly with Wei Changfeng, and Wei Changfeng is the commander, just in case, he can only arrest everyone first. But when I returned to Chang'an, the review understood that everyone who was okay would naturally be let go. As for why Wei Changfeng was accused of rebellion, Zhang Shilang didn't know anything, only that Zhu Shangshu personally arranged it and asked him to arrest Wei Changfeng in this name.
The generals are constantly scolding, but the scolding is useless, Zhang Shilang said clearly: "Generals, if I don't arrest you, or let any of you go, I and my whole family's heads will be off, so you scold although scolding, but I really can't help it, I am in the court, I can't help it, please forgive me." β
In the end, the generals can only take the initiative to "forgive".
What if you don't forgive?
Fortunately, along the way, Zhang Shilang is not difficult for the generals, every time he walks a section he arranges personnel to prepare, and then takes turns to release the generals to come out for activities, although it can not be said that a good meal of wine and food, but there is no shortage of food and drink for the generals, what are the requirements, as long as they can be met, they are also trying to meet------ in addition to putting the generals.
However, he has always been very careful to avoid the generals from touching each other, not only when he walks, he will be far away from the prison workshop, but also when he goes down to the village, he will also lose the prisoner car and a tent, and the generals are strictly forbidden to talk. Because he knew in his heart that once these people could communicate with each other, when these people gave an order, the entire Han army would have to start a civil war.
But he didn't dare to embarrass the generals. He knew that Zhu Ling actually wanted to take revenge on Wei Changfeng, and if he wanted to kill all the generals, the emperor couldn't let him, so he dared to embarrass anyone, but he was afraid that as soon as these people were released, they would have to calculate their heads.
Therefore, not only did he not embarrass the generals, but also gave Wei Changfeng special preferential treatment. This is not only afraid of retaliation from Wei Changfeng's subordinates, but also many years of officialdom experience tells him that even if he is a death row prisoner, as long as the knife has not been cut off, there is a possibility of turning the tables, not to mention a prestigious general like Wei Changfeng.
Han will return all the way, and the scenery will gradually change. The endless prairie is gone, and rivers, mountains, trees, cities, and those familiar scenery appear little by little.
However, the Han soldiers did not rejoice.
The generals were loaded into prison carts, and the soldiers were watched empty-handed. Those of them who crawled out of the pile of the dead, these people who finally drove away the Xiongnu and pacified the northern frontier for the sake of bloody battles, became sinners, and became people who could be killed for the crime of rebellion at any time, and may even be accompanied by the Jiu tribe, when did they commit such a great crime?
No one can tell. Maybe they committed it in a dream after a bloody battle with the Huns, after falling asleep tired at night?
How did they rebel? No one even knows. Countless times they were born and died, countless times they escaped from death, countless times, their swords and crossbows knocked the Huns to the ground, and as a result, they actually rebelled.
I really don't know if this should make people laugh or make people cry.
When the army returned to the Central Plains, it was dismantled into several parts, scattered in several places and guarded, interrogated one by one, and a group of generals were escorted to Chang'an.
Wei Changfeng finally returned to Chang'an.
In the prison car, he returned.
The scenery of Chang'an is still the same.
Except that the city is more dilapidated and the population is denser, nothing else has changed.
But Wei Changfeng has changed.
When he left Chang'an, he was an ordinary soldier, ignored and unknown.
When he returned to Chang'an, he was a great general, and he was a great general who had committed the crime of rebellion, so when his prisoner car entered Chang'an City, the streets were already crowded with people.
If Wei Changfeng is now riding on a tall horse, these people will come to see the general return to Beijing victoriously, and if Wei Changfeng is loaded into a prisoner car and return to Beijing, these people will come to see the traitor's conspiracy and deserve it. Anyway, they have time and enthusiasm, and since there is excitement, of course you might as well come and watch.
Wei Changfeng sat in the prisoner car, looking ahead.
He could feel countless gazes sweeping across his face and body, and he could only be indifferent.
"Traitor!" On the side, a man shouted softly.
It was a light voice, but it resonated.
"Traitor!" A voice shouted.
"Traitor!" Several voices shouted.
"Kill him!" "He should be cut with a thousand knives!" "Kill his whole family!"
There was a wild scream in all directions.
Wei Changfeng closed his eyes in pain.
Why, you condemned me like that? Don't you ask me how I betrayed my country? Don't ask me why I want to sell the country?
He suddenly realized that he was actually really ridiculous.
He was born and died for these people to stand here safely and scold "traitors and traitors", but in the end, he was directly condemned by these people as traitors and traitors.
"General Wei!" A voice suddenly shouted, and a woman lined up and pounced.
"Gerry!" Wei Changfeng screamed.
Gerry's face was full of tears, she suddenly raised her head and shouted at the ** around her: "He's not a traitor!" Why are you so stupid? β
The crowd was silent for a moment, and then a louder noise sounded: "This traitor actually has a fellow party!" "Kill her!"
Gerri wanted to say more, but a soldier had already arrived and pulled Gerri aside.
Wei Changfeng turned his head to look at Gerry again, but as soon as he turned his head, there was a snap, and a vegetable root was hitting his forehead.
This aroused the enthusiasm of the people, and for a while rotten vegetable leaves, rotten eggs were thrown one after another, and there were stones in the middle, Wei Changfeng was hit on the left cheek by a stone, and blood flowed immediately.
He didn't care about any of that. Even if he cared, he couldn't move. He tried to turn his head to look back.
He wanted to see how a child was doing. You must know that the other generals also came back in prison cars, and he was really afraid that Tong Haoran would be beaten like himself.
There was no other prisoner cart behind him.
Wei Changfeng breathed a sigh of relief.
It seems that Zhang Shilang is also experienced, and he knows that there will definitely be trouble when he enters the city like this, so he arranged the prisoner cars of other generals to other routes. Since Wei Changfeng attracted the attention of the people, the other prisoner cars would naturally be ignored, and those generals should not be besieged by the people.
Another clod of soil hit Wei Changfeng's forehead, and Wei Changfeng's eyes were full of Venus.
Behind Wei Changfeng, Zhang Shilang whispered a few words to the guards, and several guards shouted loudly and rushed to the left and right of the prisoner car, scolding the people who threw things one after another.
When the people saw that this big traitor was actually protected, they had to put down the stones and clods in their hands while scolding in a low voice for "officials protecting each other".
The prisoner cart turned around and headed for the prison.
Wei Changfeng tilted his head sideways, trying to look in the other direction.
That's the direction of his house.
He didn't know if his mother knew that he was back, if he knew that he was back like this, he could only pray that his mother didn't know, otherwise, how much of a blow would his mother suffer?
The shackles clanged, Wei Changfeng, the hero of pacifying the Huns, the general of the Han Dynasty, entered the Tianzi cell and was locked in the fourth room.
Wei Changfeng sat down slowly and looked around.
Although it was sunny outside, there was not a single window inside the cell, and he could only see through the light of the oil lamp outside the cell. The cell was made of a single piece of rough wood, and there was no bed in the cell, only a straw mat and a toilet, and the whole cell smelled of mold.
He sighed.
That's how he was treated? Well, who made him offend Zhu Shangshu? Who made his ancestor Wei Qing?
Wei Changfeng slowly closed his eyes.
On this day, all he could do was one thing: be in a daze.
The next day, he continued to be in a daze.
On the third day, I was still in a daze.
Day 4, Day 5γγγγγγ
How many days have passed, Wei Changfeng himself has forgotten. On this day, he was continuing to be in a daze, when there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside, and he saw a firelight shaking, and several jailers were the first to hold torches and lead a person over.
Getting closer, Wei Changfeng saw the face of this person.
This person is none other than Zhu Ling!
Wei Changfeng sneered and closed his eyes slightly.
He doesn't need to say anything to Zhu Shangshu, if he shouts injustice, he will shout directly to His Majesty the Emperor, as for Zhu Shangshu, he can only have fun if you shout injustice.
Zhu Ling saw that the jailer opened the cell door and still didn't let Wei Changfeng open his eyes, so he had to cough heavily.
Wei Changfeng yawned, turned around, and lay down.
Zhu Ling chuckled lightly and said: "General Wei, congratulations, the Holy Lord has a clear understanding and knows that General Wei has no objection at all, but is a pillar of the country, so he specially sent this official to ask General Wei to be released from prison." β
Wei Changfeng sneered, but did not answer, nor did he move.
Zhu Ling knew why Wei Changfeng didn't move, and continued: "The other generals were only detained for a day or two and then released, General Wei can rest assured. β
Wei Changfeng got up at this time and said coldly: "In that case, I'm going out, Zhu Shangshu, you won't say that I'm escaping from prison and absconding, right?" β
Zhu Ling's face was neither red nor white, and he replied with a smile: "Of course not, General Wei was specially approved by the Holy Lord to be released from prison, how can it be a prison escape?" It's just General Wei, you're just afraid that you can't go like this. β
Wei Changfeng sat back on the bed.
Since there are still tricks, then he will watch and see how many tricks Zhu Ling can come up with.
Zhu Ling took out an official document from his bosom and said: "Many countries in the Western Regions have rebelled, the rebels have won consecutive victories, and they have reached the outside of Yumen Pass. β
Wei Changfeng was furious and said coldly: "Zhu Shangshu, my guilty body has not had time to get out of prison, and I am going to run to the battlefield in the Western Regions?" Could it be that I got on the horse as soon as I got out of the prison door, and then rushed all the way to the Western Regions? β
Zhu Ling actually nodded and replied, "That's right." The saint said that he had been wrong with General Wei before, and asked General Wei to forgive me, the military situation was as anxious as a spark, and asked General Wei to go to the Western Regions immediately after leaving the prison gate, and not to stay for a moment. β
Wei Changfeng really felt a little crying and laughing.
He went back to Chang'an, he didn't even see the door of his house, he stayed on death row, and he was about to let himself go, but he wanted to run to the Western Regions immediately, what kind of "holy" is this?
He sat there, not saying a word.
Zhu Ling saw that Wei Changfeng was silent, but he took two steps back and waved his hand to the door.
Outside the door, an old man slowly walked in. The old man was very slow to move, and he seemed to be in very poor health.
Zhu Ling said with a smile: "General Wei, this is Master Yuntong, the former secretary of the military department, you can talk to Lord Tong about it." As he spoke, he handed the official document to Tong Yun, exited the door by himself, and closed the door very carefully.
Wei Changfeng stood up.
It was the first time he saw Tong Yun, and when he saw Tong Yun almost dying, he felt sad in his heart, and hurriedly saluted: "See Master Tong." β
Tong Yun smiled and replied, "Why, only see Master Tong, not your father-in-law?" β
Wei Changfeng was overjoyed in his heart, it seemed that Tong Yun had promised himself and Tong Haoran about it, he hurriedly re-saluted and said, "Son-in-law see father-in-law." β
Tong Yun nodded and said, "Haoran, this child has always been pampered, General Wei, you will have to take care of her more in the future." β
Wei Changfeng hurriedly replied: "I don't dare to do this, Tong Tong is really a hero among women, and it is really a great blessing for my son-in-law to have such a good wife." β
Tong Yun smiled and repeated: "Tong Tong, haha, this is a good name." β
Wei Changfeng realized that he had called Tong Haoran's nickname casually, and couldn't help blushing a little.
Tong Yun didn't repeat it, but said: "Haoran has already rushed to the Western Regions with Ge Li a few days ago, General Wei, according to my wishes, you better go as soon as possible, the defenders there are really not able to last long." β
Wei Changfeng hesitated.
He couldn't understand why Tong Yun would come to persuade him in person, so he couldn't help but glance at the prison door.
Tong Yun knew the meaning of Wei Changfeng's glance, and said with a smile: "That Zhu Ling, I can't wait to kill him." It's just, General Wei, are we officials, is it to report to Jun En and save the people, or is it for him Zhu Ling? If you don't go, Zhu Ling will be embarrassed, but countless people and soldiers will suffer. What's more," he lowered his voice, "do you know that General Fang is fighting hard in the Jade Gate?" β
Wei Changfeng's heart was stunned.
It turned out that General Fang was transferred to the Western Regions to fight after quelling the rebellion, and now he is in urgent need of help!
Wei Changfeng let out a long sigh and finally asked, "Where is my horse?" β
Tong Yun smiled happily, and he gave a thumbs up: "Virtuous son-in-law, you are a real hero!" β
Wei Changfeng smiled and replied slowly: "Uncle Yue, the real hero has either died in battle, or, is fighting hard. β
As he spoke, he couldn't help but think of the war spirit dance that those soldiers danced when he was the commander, and the sound of the snapping and neat swords seemed to sound in his ears again.
"Soul ~~~~ Return!" The mournful voice echoed in his head again.
He lifted his eyes and looked at the cell door. His eyes seemed to have passed through the prison gate, through the streets and alleys of Chang'an, and saw the jade gate, and he seemed to see that Fang Zhenhai was directing the battle in the Han army, and the soldiers were fighting desperatelyγγγγγ
"Uncle Yue", Wei Changfeng said, "I beg your pardon."