Chapter 26 The end of the world goes to the west of the river
said that I was following Chen Yun, but was caught by Wang Fu. He motioned for me to be quiet, then took me into his room, closed the door and said: Brother Nie, don't make a noise, this is a plan I made with General Ma! I was stunned for a moment, and he continued: General Ma suspected that General Chen was in charge of the rebels, and he was almost captured by the previous report that the Shengshang was captured, and then he was deliberately defeated, taking the opportunity to delay time. Now I think that I want to do it again and inform the rebels of our marching route, so General Ma deliberately told him that the plan was in the room, and asked me to see if he would move, and sure enough!
I said, "What now?"
Wang Fudao: Of course, what General Ma gave him was a fake plan, and there were his own officers and soldiers waiting for them at that time. At that time, you will clean up the rebels, and then pay attention to this inner ghost, you can rest assured! I said: Does Uncle Liang know? Wang Fudao: I don't know, General Ma said that he would inform the general! I then asked, "Brother Wang, how long have you been in the guard?" He was stunned and said: It has been almost six years since he was transferred from Bingzhou. I said, "What about General Ma?" He said: I heard that it has been more than ten years. I asked again: What about Mr. Chen? He laughed and said: It's been more than ten years! Why do you ask this? So how is the relationship between the two on weekdays? I said nervously. Naturally, it's the relationship between the old subordinates and the superiors, it's pretty good, what's wrong? He asked. I was surprised: maybe we all fell for it!
What do you mean?
Chen Yun is his old subordinate, if there is a rebellion, how can he not know? Why do you believe you, an outsider, but not your own henchman? If the information sent by Chen Yun is true, what should we do?
Wang Fudao: This ...... So what's your concern? I touched my chin and said: In my opinion, tomorrow you propose to change the route, and see how the relevant people react, and you can know a thing or two! Wang Fudao: The route was approved by the Holy Lord after the decision of the generals and the generals of the Praetorian Guard, how could it be changed without authorization? I said: Then the Holy One will repent, and you will mention it. Wang Fudao: Then what if they don't agree? I said: If there are clues in the words, it is good, if not, then say that it is the meaning of the saint, and then put forward a new route for everyone to refer to. Wang Fudao: I know that you have always been bold before driving, but now you are acting like this just for the sake of guessing, I am afraid that the gains outweigh the losses...... I arched my hand and said: Now everything is in the safety of the saints! Wang Fu nodded, so I slipped out and went back to the room.
In the middle of the night, I heard someone knocking on the door. I quickly jumped out of bed and opened the door, but Chen Yun pounced on me with blood, so I immediately helped him up, and he only said: Horse...... Horse...... Kill...... Then he tilted his head and died. I was taken aback, and at this time, Ma Hongyuan arrived with a few Imperial Forest Soldiers and said: Chief Chen! You! Good work you do! Give back my brother's life! Saying that I drew a knife to cut, I saw that the other party had clearly killed people, so I jumped back and turned to the back of the table, Ma Hongyuan pounced and stabbed, I raised my hand and said: Medium! Ma Hongyuan turned on one side and dodged two arrows, but one was hit in the shoulder socket. He clutched his shoulders and gritted his teeth and said, "You traitor! You...... As he spoke, blood gushed out of his mouth. The other soldiers came over to support him as soon as they saw it, but Ma Hongyuan suddenly spurted blood and threw himself at me, and as soon as I flashed, he fell to the ground and did not move. So I immediately looked down and tried, but I died!
At this time, those soldiers looked at each other and said: You killed two Praetorian Guard generals, and the brothers want you to pay for your life! As soon as I saw the trap, I immediately took out the ring and said: The jade medal is here, who dares to make a time! They were stunned for a moment, and I continued: I have the emperor's order, investigating the guards, and I don't want to fall for the tricks of the gangsters. When the soldiers heard this, they bowed down and said, "Obey!" So he ran out. I tried sweating, went over to look at Ma Hongyuan's shoulder, and sure enough, the arrow was poisonous. I looked at Chen Yun again and found that he had been stabbed in the front, apparently by an acquaintance. So I slapped my thigh and said in my heart, this Wang Fu is so vicious, he actually used me to fight the fog, so that Ma Hongyuan misunderstood me, so that he could kill him with my hand, or be killed by him! So...... Emperor Cheng is in danger! Just as I was thinking about it, the Imperial Guards outside were in chaos. So I immediately ran out to see.
At this time, there were torches on both sides of the strait, and it seemed that the rebels were coming, and it seemed that Wang Fu had already notified the line. The ship was also in chaos at the moment, and the Imperial Guards actually beat themselves up. I ran over and grabbed one and asked, "What's going on?" The soldier: I don't know! There was a rebellion against the Guards, and they all had white cloths on their arms! I immediately asked, "What about the Holy One?" He said: In the hall over there, the rebel soldiers have already killed it! So I grabbed a gun and ran over.
Emperor Cheng originally studied qigong with Dong Feixue in the hall, so he didn't leave many guards. Wang Fu suddenly entered the newspaper and said that Ma Hongyuan rebelled, killed Chen Zongbing, and asked Emperor Cheng to move immediately. At this time, Dong Feixue's eyes were sharp, and he found that there was a white cloth on the arm of the Imperial Forest Army he was carrying, so he pierced him, and as a result, Wang Fu fought with the Ouchi guards in the house. When I rushed over, Wang Fu had already killed seven guards, and the other rebels had killed the Imperial Forest Army, so Emperor Cheng hid in a corner and protected Dong Feixue behind him.
As soon as I entered the house, the rebels looked back, and a rebel came running and cut me, and as soon as I looked down, the guards behind me caught me, and the two sides fought again. I grabbed the medium-sized gun in my hand and threw it at Emperor Cheng and said: Catch!
Emperor Cheng took it in his hand. So Wang Fu approached with a knife and slashed it over, Emperor Cheng picked up a block, but his strength was insufficient, so he immediately got out. So Wang Fu said again: Go and die! It was split at Emperor Cheng's head, and Emperor Cheng had no choice but to close his eyes.
Oh!
Wang Fu shouted, Emperor Cheng opened his eyes and saw that Wang Fu was shot in the chest, Emperor Cheng looked back, and the thin Zhaoyi behind him twisted the gun with both hands and said: Look at you not dead! As he spoke, he kicked Wang Fu away, and the blood spurted out at the moment, splashing Emperor Cheng's body. So Dong Feixue flashed out, pinching the gun, that Wang Fuyou did not fall, gritted his teeth and shouted, waved the knife and slashed, that Dong Feixue had a little gun in his hand, hit the throat, and picked it to the side, Wang Fu turned sideways to the side, and was killed immediately. So Emperor Cheng was dumbfounded, there were mostly rebels in the house, the Imperial Forest Army was fighting hard, his own Zhaoyi shot and killed the past, and the rebels were cleared in less than half an moment, so she raised her face and said to me: Thank you for the gun! I nodded, "Thankfully, it was in time!"
Emperor Cheng sat on the ground and said: What the hell is going on? I arched my hand and said: I'm very sorry Your Majesty, I didn't do anything well in Xia, and I couldn't find out early, that Wang Fu provoked General Ma and Chen Yun, and then deceived me into believing that Chen Yun had a ghost, and after stabilizing me, he killed Chen Yun again, and led General Ma to misunderstand, and then asked me to lose both with him, so he could take the opportunity to win in the chaos and assassinate Your Majesty! As soon as he heard it, he said: So Chen Yun is dead, what about General Ma? I said: I was hit by the sleeve arrow that Wang Fu gave me earlier, and he poisoned it, and General Ma was already poisoned to death! Emperor Cheng patted the ground and said: What a thief! I said: I can't care about this now, let's go to General Liang and General Dou! Emperor Cheng nodded. So the two of us, under the protection of Dong Feixue, rushed out of the hall with a few Imperial Forest Army and Ouchi guards.
At the moment, there is still a chaotic battle outside. Looking at Liang Jin on the side of the ship, fighting with the rebels who flew on board, Dou Yunpeng and Dong Zhentian fought on the other side, the rebels were constantly flying into the dragon boat from the shore, using ropes, but there were fewer and fewer Imperial Forest troops in the dragon boat. At this time, an arrow came from the shore, I grabbed it with the tip of my eyes, took a closer look and said: This is clearly the arrow of the Dongguang Town Army, Your Majesty, these rebels are Dongguang people, if they rebel, let alone 40,000 troops! When Emperor Cheng heard this, he said: How can this be reasonable! These thieves! Dong Feixue said: This time I know it's amazing! Let's see if you dare to harm your subordinates in the future! Emperor Cheng said: Flying snow! How have I done them a curse? I said: Of course, someone who wants to usurp the throne did it, not for the throne! At this time, seven or eight rebels rushed in front of him, clearly wearing the clothes of the government soldiers, and the arms were also covered with white cloths, Dong Feixue shot them in one round, and Emperor Cheng praised and said: I don't want my beloved wife to have such a means! I said, "She's amazing!" Give her more meat in the future! Dong Feixue kicked me and said: What do you mean!
At this time, Dong Zhentian ran over with a knife and said: Why are there only a few of you? What about Wang Fu and Chen Yun? I said, "Don't mention it!" Wang Fu is an internal ghost, and General Ma and General Chen have both sacrificed! Dong Zhentian said: How can this be true! Where is Wang Fu? Dong Feixue said: I have already been poked by me with a shot! Dong Zhentian said: No, we have to lose if we continue to fight like this, we have to break through! At this time, I saw more than a dozen black-clothed killers flying over from the opposite side, and as soon as they landed on the ship's board, they quickly killed more than a dozen Royal Forest Army. Dou Yunpeng suddenly rushed over with two whips, and the whip was entangled with them, he turned around and shouted: The surname is Dong, Your Majesty has handed it over to you! Come on! Leave it to me and the General! Dong Zhentian nodded, so he said to us: There is a small boat over there, let's go quickly!
At that moment, Emperor Cheng, Dong Zhentian brothers and sisters, I and two guards got on the boat, so the guards propped up the boat, and we went down the river. Along the way, ships large and small were attacked, and their eyes were full of fire. I hung my head and said: What about Uncle Liang and General Dou? We really failed badly this time! Dong Zhentian patted me on the shoulder and said: We still have Your Majesty, we will send a large army to come back and see which one is made! Emperor Cheng said: If the Dongguang soldiers are reversed, it will definitely not work to go south. I said, "Going north?" Emperor Cheng Dao: Going north is Shi Lian's territory, and this person is not very reliable. Dong Zhentian said: Then go west! Emperor Cheng Dao: The west will enter Hexi Road, where the fish and dragons are mixed, and it is not considered the area under the control of the imperial court, and many wealthy forces are intertwined, and I, the emperor, do not work. Dong Zhentian patted his chest and said: Then it's up to me, this kind of place is more heroic than heroism, as long as you have aura, you will definitely be safe! But if you enter Hexi, how can you meet the generals?
Emperor Cheng said: As long as I return to Beijing safely. Now that we are walking alone from them, we are actually safer. After we enter Hexi, we will go all the way to the south, we can go to Liyang, where there is a military town, if they are not rebels, you can let them protect us, if not, they will directly enter Kaifeng, and then turn to the capital.
Dong Feixue said: Now that we are in a hurry, where is there entanglement? Dong Zhentiandao: That's not simple? If you fancy a rich man, don't you have it at your fingertips? I was surprised: Uncle Tangguo, stealing people's things? Emperor Cheng said: That's no way! It's a stopgap measure! So we agreed, and after rowing out of the war zone, we went ashore and changed our clothes and went west of the river.
So on the way, Dong Zhentian really robbed a few rich people, and got thousands of taels of silver, so their brothers and sisters continued to have a great appetite, and when they met the village, they ate to the point that they couldn't walk, and they had to hunt some rich prey when camping in the wild, while I had no appetite at all, and I didn't know what to do in the future. But Emperor Cheng was very happy, he had never been so traveling, and he was with his beloved wife. Sure enough, my worries were not unreasonable, we walked for more than ten days before we arrived in Jizhou, but we got the news: Uncle Liang and Dou Yunpeng finally broke through successfully, they returned to Yancheng and reorganized the army, but Cangzhou faced the situation that Yu Kou was not cleared and was blocked from going south, so they were trapped in that area and could not get out in the short term. Then there was such news on the street, saying that Dongguang rebelled and killed Emperor Cheng, and the world was about to change hands! It is also said that there has been some turmoil in the area of Jingshi, and the nomads in the northwest and Mobei have also begun to move, and the country is facing a full-scale war.
When Emperor Cheng learned about it, he said: I am too playful, and I don't want to make the world so unbearable. But I don't dare to trust these state officials and soldiers easily, what should I do now? Dong Zhentian said: Let's buy a few fast horses, rush to Xingzhou in the starry night, and then go south to Handan, go to Liyang, turn to Kaifeng, and finally arrive in Beijing. If there are no accidents, we should be able to arrive within a month!
I touched my head and said: Even if I arrive in Beijing now, there is no one around, I'm afraid it won't be a problem! Emperor Chengdao: Then you say, what should I do? I said: I heard that the area west of the river is densely populated and rich, and there are pastures near the Hetao. If you can gain a foothold here in Hexi and get a group of men, it will not be a problem whether you go west to quell the rebellion or go south and return to Beijing. Otherwise, if you return to Beijing alone, once you are hunted down and killed, how can you protect yourself? I think that in our current situation, it is not appropriate to rush back to Beijing, otherwise we will not know who will die in the end.
Emperor Cheng said: The country can't be left without an owner for a day, if I don't return to Beijing, won't the world be chaotic? I said: Your Majesty has no heirs, and now in this situation, it is really forgivable that we are inconvenient to show up. But at this time, isn't it possible to see the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs clearly?
Emperor Cheng said: But it's a fact that I'm missing, what if they set up a new king? I said: That's not easy? Let's put the fog in it!
How to put it?
I used the jade medal given to me by His Majesty. With this thing in hand, I can pretend to be a messenger, and then come forward to entangle the people, and claim that His Majesty is now in Cangzhou, as long as there is a jade chapter to spread the decree everywhere, then the rumors are naturally difficult to distinguish between true and false. When the time comes, won't Your Majesty come forward again?
I wasn't there, so why don't I know about Cangzhou?
General Liang and General Dou were there, and the Imperial Forest Army was also with them, and Cangzhou probably had to be suspicious.
In that case, let's give it a try! Emperor Cheng said helplessly. I then arched my hand and said: I'm sorry, I want you to disguise yourself in the future, as my entourage, so that it is easy to act. Let's buy horses first, go to Handan, inquire about the situation all the way, and see where it is better to come forward! So we had finished our deliberations and set out on our journey.
After walking for a few days, we got an intelligence in Xingzhou that it turned out that there were four forces on Hexi Road that had been fighting for power and profit. They are the Fang family, which controls the rice and oil business, the Zhao family, who buys and sells salt and iron, the official family of the representative of the Xuanfu envoy on Hexi Road, and the Xiahou family, the water bandit on both sides of the Yellow River. Among them, the weakest force is the Xiahou family, but the 30,000 water bandits under their command firmly control the river transportation, so the other three families are respectful to them. Naturally, there is no need to elaborate on the official family, there are 100,000 standing troops on Hexi Road, distributed in several important towns. The Fang family, on the other hand, has no less than 100 militia groups, nearly 100,000 people, to protect their own commercial interests. The Zhao family also raised no less than 70,000 people, and in addition to this, they also opened a Weiyuan dart game, with more than 8,000 elite knife players. Because these three forces are deep-rooted, the Hexi Road Xuanfu envoy has not been able to solve these local forces, but only to protect themselves, this situation began in the middle of the previous dynasty, and it is still today. So we learned that the hometowns of these families were in Handan, so we galloped all the way to Handan.
After walking for six days, we came across a village, and at the entrance of the village, a child was walking back with a cow. We all got off the horse and planned to go into the village to rest, but Dong Feixue was naughty, and after dismounting, she threw small pebbles around, and one of the stones hit a chicken behind him, so the chicken was frightened and flew a few times, and happened to pass in front of the cow. Then the cow was frightened and ran as hard as he could. When the boy saw that the ox had run away, he spread his legs and chased after him, so we got on horseback and followed him.
As a result, in front of the Guandi Temple in the village, the cow was chased by a child. So he jumped on the opposite side of the ox, seized the horn of the ox, and with a little effort the ox went after him. So Dong Zhentian went over and said: I'm sorry, my brother made trouble for you! He rolled his eyes and said: It's good to know the trouble! If you step on something, you will have to pay for it! With that, he turned and walked home. When I saw that he was about my age, only thirteen or fourteen years old, I walked over and said, "Brother! What do you call it? He was stunned and said: Who is your brother? Want to ask for directions? I said: I ask for directions, and I also want to know my brother's name! He laughed and said, "It's strange that you say that!" This is Shijia Village, my surname is Shi, my home is in front, if you want to stay, you can go to the front of the City God Temple, there have always been no outsiders in the village.
I arched my hand and said: In Xia Nie Chenghai, what is the name of my brother? He touched his head and said, "My name is Shi Yong." I continued, "Where can I buy food in your village?" The amount of food we have is not small, but it is not bad for silver! Shi Yong grabbed his face and said: What about this...... Now that the food in the village is concentrated, to prevent bandits, every household is supplied in limited quantities, I'm afraid you can't buy it!
Dong Zhentian said: How can this be reasonable, where are the bandits? Shi Yongdao: Twenty miles west of the village, past the woods. They threaten to rob them in the next few days! Dong Zhentiandao: How many people are there? Shi Yongdao: About seventy or eighty! Dong Zhentiandao: Thank you for informing! So he turned to us and said, "Since there is nothing to eat in the village, we have to eat those bandits!" Shi Yong was frightened when he heard this, so he grabbed him and said, "You don't want to eat people, do you?" Dong Zhentian said: No, big brother, I'll go to serve the cottage in a while, won't we have something to eat?
Shi Yong was surprised: There are seventy or eighty of them! Dong Zhentiandao: What's that! Even three or four hundred people are fine! Shi Yong said enviously: Are you heroes? Dong Feixue said: No, but it's much more powerful than the hero! Shi Yong heard it: You are a sister? Dong Feixue said: Yes! What's wrong? Shi Yong suddenly said happily: Sister is so cute, I am willing to help you lead the way! As soon as I heard it, I said, "Hey! Looks like you're going to have to keep an eye on your Zhaoyi! Emperor Cheng smiled: This child is very cute! So Shi Yong tied the oxen, took out two forks from the nearby haystack, and rode on the back of a guard to lead the way.
We walked less than twenty miles before we met the bandits on one side of the woods. The leader jumped out wearing a mask, and the nine-ring broadsword in his hand danced vigorously, and then said: Quick, leave the money! Dong Feixue said: Why! When the leader heard this, he said, "Wonderful! This girl also stays! When Shi Yong heard this, he jumped down, and danced with two forks: Bold! Dare to be unreasonable to my sister! Dong Zhentian and I were wondering, but Shi Yong went up and was a fork.
The leader blocked it with his knife, but the fork just passed through a knife ring, the leader was stunned, Shi Yong slashed hard, and the leader's knife flew out. Before he could react, the kid returned his hand with a fork, which was inserted into his chest, and with a vigorous pick, the leader flew straight forward five or six feet away, more than two feet high, and hung directly on the tree, obviously dead! Several of us were taken aback.
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