Chapter Ninety-One: The Feast of the Hung Gate
"That's good, that's good!" Ye Dacheng breathed a sigh of relief, but he looked at Ah Gui's calm appearance, and a thought suddenly appeared in his chest: Why can I only make a house safe?
"Brother Gui!" Ye Dacheng coughed lowly: "What if I don't just want to be safe at home?" ”
"Don't just want to be safe at home?"
"Yes, like you, brother, go further!"
"I see!" Ah Gui smiled: "Brother Ye, since you and I are my own brothers, I won't say anything about it, there is glory and wealth, but I have to exchange my life for it!" ”
"I also eat food as a soldier, of course I understand this truth!" Ye Dacheng pointed to his neck, lowered his voice and said, "This cavity of blood is sold to people who know the goods!" ”
Hearing Ye Dacheng say this, Ah Gui smiled and said, "Okay, brother, I'll wait for your words!" ”
Fort Fu'an
The square city wall has long been flattened and most of it has been destroyed, and the east side of the castle is adjacent to the Chai River, which has been hit by the river into a ten-foot-high earth cliff, and the fault several feet high above the riverbed exposes the white cornerstone, and when you look closely, you can find that it is all hard granite, and it is obvious that the builders of this castle have put a lot of thought into it. There used to be a row of elm trees the thickness of bowls on the cliff of the www.biquge.info of the pen, but they have all been cut down, and many branches and leaves have grown on the stumps of the broken stubble, and the clumps of green look quite pleasant. He pulled a few elm leaves, stuffed them into his mouth and chewed them vigorously, and the bitterness was gone, revealing a faint sweetness, but this did not ease the anxiety in his heart in the slightest. Will Gui's plan succeed?
"Lord Suppilon!" A calm voice came from behind him, and Curb Pilon turned around, but it was Acton, holding a crockpot in his hand, and handed it over: "Fresh birch sap, come on?" ”
Without saying a word, he took the crockpot and poured it down, and Acton's voice came from his ear: "How is it?" It tastes good, this birch sap is a good thing, thirst-quenching and refreshing! ”
Suppilon looked up at the man in front of him who was gushing about the benefits of birch sap. A few years ago, the other party was just a lowly Sauron, and he was a yellow banner led by the Great Khan, and the commander of the promisingly promising protector army was tantamount to heaven and earth; And now the whole thing has been turned upside down, and the people are already slaves and commanders, and they are about to beg for the charming Khan; And the two yellow flags have become captives, and in order to avenge the Great Khan, they must also attack Shengjing. It's like a dream, a horrible nightmare.
"Lord Suppilon, Lord Suppilon?"
Awakened by the other party's shouts, Kubilon came back to his senses and hurriedly asked, "I just left to meet my mind, what's the matter?" ”
"I just want to ask who built this Fu'an Fort in the first place, I see that this foundation has been around for many years, and it took a lot of effort at the beginning!"
"Oh!" Curb Bilong calmed down: "This was originally built by the people of the Ming Kingdom, the Mandate of Heaven three years old Khan went west, broke through the border wall, destroyed here and Sancha'er, Baijiachong three forts, and later the Ming army rebuilt, the next year the old Khan took Tieling, and this place was abandoned. It is said that this was once the old city of the Goryeo people, and the Ming people probably built it on the foundation of the old city in order to save labor. ”
"No wonder!" Acton: "But I don't think there's any soldiers and horses to guard here!" ”
"This Fu'an Fort is used by the Ming people to defend against our Jurchens, and the land of the Jurchens inside and outside the wall behind the founding of my Dajin is there, so why waste soldiers and horses to guard here?"
"That's right!" Acton smiled: "But this is cheaper for us, this time thanks to Lord Kupilon, after the matter is completed, Lord Jinong will definitely be rewarded generously!" ”
Snorted coldly, stood up and went back to the castle. It turned out that when the Abatai brothers led the Zhenglan Banner to burn down the city of Ningguta and retreated to the west, Ah Gui led the army to the west, first to meet with Actun, and then under the leadership of Suppilon, with the surrender of the two yellow banners as the lead, led an army of more than 3,000 horsemen composed of beggars, Cossacks and Mongols all the way south, through the sparsely populated Jurchen hometown, to the side wall of Fu'an Fort. Because he knew very well about the deployment of the Houjin army, and because this army was almost no different from the Eight Banners Army in appearance, he actually touched Fu'an Fort, but Shengjing, which was more than 100 kilometers away, knew nothing about it.
Acton is not a fool, and naturally knows that Curb is not in a good mood at this time. He smiled and stood up, and said to the soldiers behind him: "The order goes down, except for the sentry, everyone must stay in the forest, not expose their whereabouts, and do not light a fire to cook during the day, so as not to expose their traces." Also, those with two yellow flags should be strictly monitored, lest anyone flee to Shengjing to report the news! ”
"Yes, sir!"
Time passed quickly, and it was already evening in the blink of an eye, and Acton was laboriously gnawing on the jerky with Curb Billon, when suddenly a guard rushed in from outside and said excitedly: "Shengjing is here!" ”
"Great!" Acton excitedly threw the jerky to the ground: "Bring him here, you don't have to gnaw on this jerky at all!" ”
A few minutes later, the messenger was brought in, his face was emaciated from exhaustion, his lips were full of chapped mouths, but his eyes showed excitement, he knelt down and kowtowed to Actun: "Lord Gui asked me to bring you a message, three days later, at the second watch, the east gate of Shengjing, the fire is the number!" ”
"Three days later, at the second watch, the east gate of Shengjing, the fire is the number!" Acton repeated the messenger's words: "Does Lord Gui have any other advice?" ”
"No more!" The envoy paused slightly: "By the way, my lord said at the end, be bold, don't think too much and do bad things!" ”
"Hahaha!" Acton laughed out loud: "We beggars don't need to be told by others!" He stood up and said sharply to the soldiers behind him: "Pass the order, each team will eat immediately, and the first shift will set off!" ”
"No, it's better to march during the day!" Suppilon said in a deep voice.
"During the day, will it be discovered by the defenders in the fort along the way!" Acton looked hesitant.
"Don't worry, Dajin's main defensive forces are all south of Shenyang, mainly against the Guanning army of the Ming State, and there are some in southern Liaoning. There were very few troops north of Shenyang. Besides, this army is composed of Jurchens, beggars, and Mongols, and the defenders along the way will only think that it is a friendly transfer when they see it! ”
"Okay, I'll listen to you!" Acton thought for a moment and said with a smile: "I just said that I was bold, but now it seems that you are more daring than me!" ”
So Acton adopted the suggestion of Suppilon, boldly marched in the daytime, pretending to be a group of men and horses transferred back to Shenyang, and the pedestrians, woodcutters, and hunters encountered on the road were all detained, and the people in the houses on both sides of the road heard the sound of horses' hooves on the road, and only sighed at the chaos of the world, and then continued to do their own thing, completely unexpectedly that this army was actually coming towards Shengjing.
Shengjing, Ye Dacheng's residence.
Two tables were set up under the big locust tree in the backyard, which were full, and the aroma of wine and meat was fragrant. According to the standards of the Jiangnan gentry family, this table is just some pork, dogs, chicken, melons, fruits, poultry and eggs, and the wine is just some local roast, which is not a good feast. But in Shengjing City, which is short of materials, this is already quite good. It is not difficult to see from the faces of the guests sitting around the table of the Eight Immortals eating meat and drinking wine that they are still very satisfied.
"Brothers, brothers!" Ye Dacheng stood up, pulled Ah Gui beside him and smiled at everyone: "Please come today, I, Ye someone, am just a companion, but the owner is my brother." My brother is engaged in mountain goods trading, and I would like you to make it convenient when you get your hands on it in the future! Here, I'll thank someone Ye first! Speaking of this, Ye Dacheng drank all the wine in the cup, lit up the bottom of the cup to everyone, and sang a fat song.
"Brother Ye is polite, they are all his own brothers, He Laoduo said!" The yellow-faced man's face was full of wine, and he laughed loudly: "Others dare not say it, my ancestor leper must be fine!" ”
"That's it, Zu Lezi, you have come to Brother Ye's house every day to fight the autumn breeze these days, and your food is slippery, so you want your daughter-in-law to send it over, what else is there not to agree!" At this time, a thin man next to him responded with a smile, causing laughter from the surrounding people.
"You can't say that!" Ah Gui said with a smile: "This ancestor can come to eat the wine, that is, he can afford to see it." It's a pity that there is business to run in the future, otherwise it would be good to drink with all of you every day! ”
"Brother Gui, what you said is a little untrue!" The yellow-faced man said with a smile: "You have a house and land in Datong, a wife and a concubine, you can eat whatever you want, drink whatever you want, and live like a fairy." Where can we catch up with the precariousness in this Shengjing City? If I had it, I wouldn't drink that water because of this good wine! ”
"Master Zu, I don't know if you believe it or not, maybe it's because I have been a soldier and eaten food, although I ate good wine with local merchants in Datong, it is not as happy as eating bad wine with you here! This should be 'a thousand glasses of wine for a confidant, and more than half a sentence for speculation'! ”
Ah Gui's last sentence caused a chorus of approval from everyone, and at this time, there were suddenly a few knocks on the door outside, Ye Dacheng got up and said with a smile: "It must be Lao Ke, he is late again this time, and he will be punished for drinking!" ”
"Yes, there will be a penalty for drinking!" There was a burst of laughter from everyone, Ye Dacheng walked to the door, opened the door and said with a smile: "Lao Ke, you are the last to arrive, old rules!" Come in and get a fine glass of wine first! ”
"I can't blame you this time!" The long-faced man smiled and said, "I was going to come over on duty, and General Zu Shen heard that you have wine here, and you have to come late because you have to come!" As soon as the words fell, a young man of twenty-seven or eighteen came out from behind the long-faced man and smiled at Ye Dacheng: "Uninvited, abrupt!" ”
Ye Dacheng was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Where, you are a distinguished guest who can't be invited, come in and take a seat!" ”
Zu Kefa said with a smile: "No need, no matter how big or small the official position is to drink today, just how old or young you are, you should sit on this seat!" With that, he walked over to the table and sat down at random for an empty seat. Ye Dacheng said a few funny jokes, walked to Ah Gui's side, and lowered his voice: "What should I do?" ”
"It's okay!" Ah Gui smiled: "According to the original plan, it doesn't matter if there is more or less, anyway, when I enter this yard, even if it is a tiger, I have to lie down, and the dragon has to coil for me!" ”
Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was already three o'clock, and everyone was already six or seven minutes drunk, and many people untied their coats and put down their weapons by the way. Ah Gui glanced at Ye Dacheng, and several servants came in and secretly took away all the weapons. Ah Gui suddenly stood up and said with a smile: "Everyone, in fact, I went back to Shengjing this time for a big deal, if it is done, not only will I be able to rise to the top, but I will also enjoy endless wealth and glory." Even you can be added to the rank of knight and be crowned a wife and a son! ”
Everyone on the table had already drunk about it, and they didn't hear anything unusual. A round-faced man said with a smile: "This brother's words are ridiculous, you will not mention your wealth and glory." How can we add officials to knighthood and seal our wives and sons? You are not the emperor Laozi, can you have this ability? ”
"Of course I can't do it! But someone can do it! ”
"Someone? Who? ”
"Daming Wu'anhou, Mongolian Liu Jinong Liu, he has this ability, right?"
Ah Gui's words were like a spoonful of cold water poured into a pot of boiling oil, and there was a big mess, and the man who had just spoken shouted, and rushed towards Ah Gui, just ran two steps but was punched in the face, and his face was covered with blood, and he fell to the ground, but it was the ancestor who did it. Seeing that the situation was not good, he ran outside the yard, but from the outside, more than ten men dressed in black with knives rushed in, and they were slashed twice in front of him, and the blood flowed all over his face and he saw that he was not alive, and the timid shouted to Ye Dacheng in a trembling voice: "Ye Dacheng, what are you doing here?" It's not about righteousness! ”
Ye Dacheng was carrying a Yanling knife, with a sinister face: "Shut up, listen to my brother, if you don't eat a toast, invite him to eat bandao noodles, those few will be the end!" ”
Everyone was taken away from their weapons, unarmed, drank a lot of wine, and their hands and feet were soft, and they were surrounded by more than a dozen men with knives, knowing that once they moved, there was only one way to die. Although he hated and feared, he had to bow his head and give in. Ye Dacheng looked at no one to protest, walked behind Ah Gui with a knife, and said in a low voice: "Brother, you can speak!" ”
"There's Brother Lao Ye!" Ah Gui nodded, stepped forward and said to everyone: "Everyone eats mixed rice on the knife edge, so I won't talk nonsense." I am the deputy commander of the guard army under the command of Lord Jinong, Lord Jinong's army has crossed the side wall, and the vanguard will arrive outside Shengjing City tonight, whether it is good or bad, you can see for yourself! ”
Everyone exchanged glances with each other, their eyes were full of suspicion, and the long-faced man said in a deep voice: "My lord, it's not that I don't believe it, as far as I know, the nearest Ming army is also hundreds of miles away, and your Lord Jinong is at least thousands of miles away, unless he has wings, otherwise how can he come to Shengjing?" ”