The front hall of Yanwang's Mansion was noisy, and the generals of Beiping saw that Xiao Fan fell down without warning and pretended to be dizzy, and refused to get up.

"It's too much! What does that mean? ”

"Shameless! If you're afraid of death, say it clearly, pretend to be dizzy! Poor! ”

"Lord Wang, the last general is willing to stab him, if he doesn't wake up, Lao Tzu will obey him!"

"Phew!"

“…………”

“…………”

Xiao Fan endured the humiliation, his eyes closed and he still didn't move, but the cold sweat on his forehead was getting more and more...... Zhu Di looked at the beads of sweat on Xiao Fan's forehead, and couldn't help sneering a few times, waiting for the crowd to make a fuss, and then said lightly: "Since Lord Qincha is sick, I don't have to be reluctant......

"Someone! Carry Lord Chincha back to the ......"

Xiao Fan was like hearing the sound of heaven, the whole person suddenly relaxed, feeling that the willows were bright and bright, and he saved himself from a desperate situation with a small trick of pretending to be dizzy, and he felt more and more that he was simply a genius who only came out in five hundred years...... Just when Xiao Fan was full of joy and planned to pack it like this until he returned to Xingyuan, and then packed his luggage and returned to Beijing, Zhu Di said leisurely: "...... If Lord Chincha still can't wake up, the king will ask someone to carry Lord Chincha to the battlefield, and Lord Chincha who has fainted can still boost the morale of the soldiers! ”

Xiao Fanjun's face immediately turned green, and his teeth were gritted loudly.

Do you wake up now and point at Zhu Di's nose and scold him, or do you wake up again after returning to Xingyuan?

Xiao Fan was entangled.

He didn't expect Zhu Di to be so unrelenting, he didn't know what it meant to listen to strings and songs and know elegance, this was made up of his mind to put himself to death.

Xiao Fan found that he pretended to be dizzy and pretended to be a little difficult to ride a tiger.

At this moment when Xiao Fan pretended to be dizzy, Zhu Di didn't bother to pay attention to him anymore, looked around at the generals, and said coldly: "The generals have received a batch of arrows, go their own way!" ”

The generals glared at Xiao Fan on the ground with disdain, and then clasped their fists and saluted.

Only Zhu Di, Dao Yan and Xiao Fan were left in the spacious front hall of the palace.

Dao Yan looked left and right, then walked to Xiao Fan and squatted down, regardless of whether Xiao Fan was really dizzy or not, he leaned into his ear and whispered: "Lord Xiao, all the generals are gone, you should wake up too, right?" ”

Xiao Fan: "............"

"If you really let the pro-army of the palace swagger through the city and carry you back to Xingyuan, you will lose face...... This kind of feeling, the poor monk has tasted it in Jingshi, and it is really uncomfortable......" Dao Yan was leisurely with a little pathos.

Xiao Fan's face twitched fiercely: "............"

Dao Yan is right, pretending to be dizzy is a good thing, if he is really carried back to Xingyuan by the royal army, it is like carrying a fat pig to be slaughtered, all the way to accept the attention of the officials and people in Beiping, and his face will really be lost.

Xiao Fan is a person who understands current affairs, it doesn't matter if he loses face once, he can't stand it if he loses face.

Besides, pretending to be dizzy can't change the facts, Zhu Di is determined to let him go to the battlefield, what he said just now has been so unsparing, as if as a patrol in the north, not going to the battlefield is sorry for the trust of the Son of Heaven, sorry for the high hopes of the imperial court, sorry for the millions of soldiers and civilians in Beiping.

So, under the gaze of Zhu Di and Dao Yan, Xiao Fan's eyelids trembled a few times, and finally woke up "faintly".

"Ah...... I, where am I? Just now...... What happened? Xiao Fan asked weakly and blankly.

Zhu Di kept sneering, but Dao Yan smiled casually: "It's good that Lord Qincha is awake, just now Lord Qincha may have been eager to kill the enemy and serve the country, and under the boiling blood, he couldn't help but faint......"

Your sister is full of blood! I couldn't help but faint...... Xiao Fan couldn't hold back the foul words that blurted out, and still smiled in a weak tone: "It turns out that this official ...... Killing the enemy and serving the country is so earnest......"

Dao Yan had an expression of admiration and said: "Lord Xiao is worthy of being the most trusted and closest courtier of the Son of Heaven, Wen can govern the country, and Wu can be Anbang, he is really the minister of my Ming Dynasty, and the poor monk admires it very much!" ”

Xiao Fan smiled dryly, his smile was very bitter: "............"

The two endured nausea and praised each other for a while, Zhu Di was not so thick-skinned after all, and he interrupted them with a toothache expression on his cheeks.

"Lord Xiao, are you really awake? Are you sure you won't faint again? Zhu Di stared at Xiao Fan with burning eyes, but with an unpredictable smile on his face.

Xiao Fan scolded a few words secretly, and said with a dry smile: "It shouldn't be, just now the lower official heard that he was going to kill the enemy for the country, and he was too excited, so he fainted and was rude......"

Zhu Di also smiled and said: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say." ”

With a solemn expression, Zhu Di said coldly: "Lord Xiao, the troops under the command of this king are insufficient, if the Tartars do not attack Shanhaiguan and transfer to Yanqing, there are only 30,000 elite soldiers of General Zhu Neng, I am afraid that they will not be able to resist the 50,000 elites of the Tartars, if the Tartars break through Yanqing and let them drive straight into the pass, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

Xiao Fan was secretly angry when he heard this, the lonely master lured the enemy, and the fool knew that it was the most dangerous errand, Zhu Di was really embarrassed to open this mouth, didn't this make it clear that he wanted to die without a place to be buried?

Xiao Fan held back his anger and said in a deep voice: "I don't know how many soldiers and horses the prince has allocated to his subordinates?" ”

Zhu Di said coldly: "Lord Xiao didn't hear the words of this king just now? The king said, there are not enough troops under his command, and there is not a single soldier allocated to you. ”

"Does the prince want me to throw stones at the Tartars alone and lead them to Shanhaiguan?" Xiao Fan sneered.

Dao Yan continued: "Lord Xiao, you came to Beiping this time by order, didn't you bring three thousand honor guards with your subordinates?" The poor monk heard that it was the Praetorian Guard of the Jingshi Imperial Palace and the carefully selected Jinyi Guard's army, a real elite teacher......"

Xiao Fan said angrily: "No matter how elite it is, there are only 3,000 people, how can it be worthy of the 50,000 cavalry of the Tartars?" ”

Dao Yan smiled faintly and said: "Lord Xiao, what the prince means is that you please take your pro-army to attract the attention of the enemy, lure them to Shanhaiguan, and force them to fight a decisive battle with our main army, and he didn't say that he wants you to fight the Tartars hard." ”

"The Mongols are all fools? I brought them here, and they came? ”

Zhu Di said coldly: "This king and the ghost power of the red war for many years, know that this person is reckless and unscrupulous, when the battle only knows the rampage, the Mongols are difficult to defeat the enemy is that the action is fast, a cavalry often has two or three fast horses in the war, when marching or charging constantly changing horses, in order to maintain the durability of the horses, the army launched, a hundred miles, when the battle is also known for its fast and brave world, once the charge, like the wind and clouds, the place through the ashes, the destructive power is very amazing,—— but if you talk about the battlefield strategy and ingenuity, It's not as many as my Han people, if you lead your division to slightly provoke the main force of the Tartars, this king can guarantee that the ghost power will definitely chase you to Shanhaiguan under the fury. ”

Xiao Fan's eyes straightened, he was silent for a long time, and muttered, "It turns out that they are really stupid......"

Zhu Di and Dao Yan laughed together: "Yes, you should treat them as fools!" ”

Xiao Fan also smiled, smiling happily.

If I believe you, I'm a fool!

"So...... What if I really bring the Tartars to Shanhaiguan? What to do? ”

Zhu Di smiled very kindly, and said: "At that time, Lord Xiao was only in charge of himself, and this king was already waiting outside the Shanhaiguan at that time, just waiting for the Tartars to enter the ......."

Xiao Fanpi smiled and said, "Really? ”

Zhu Di's expression became very sincere and sincere, he looked at Xiao Fan with serious eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Lord Xiao, if you believe me, this king will definitely meet you outside Shanhaiguan!" ”

Dao Yan also nodded vigorously on the side, his eyes radiated a determined light, like a pure angel who spreads love to the world, and his expression was very cute.

Xiao Fan seemed to be moved, and couldn't help but hold Zhu Di's hand when he heard the words, and said deeply: "Lord Wang...... You're cheating, aren't you? ”

Zhu Di's face gradually turned green: "............"

As the old saying goes, if I believe you, I'm a fool!

Out of the Yanwang Mansion, the sergeants wearing gray cloth clothes and bamboo armor on their chests outside the mansion hurriedly shuttled back and forth, Zhu Di's military order had been issued, and the soldiers had begun to make various preparations for the expedition.

Cao Yi, who was waiting outside the palace gate, and a group of pro-soldiers stepped forward, Cao Yi looked him up and down, and said nervously: "Brother Xiao, I heard that you just fainted in the palace?" What's going on? ”

Xiao Fanjun's face suddenly flushed slightly, and he laughed dryly: "It's nothing, low blood pressure, easy to get dizzy......"

"Is it really okay? You're in good health, how can you get dizzy? Do you want to ask Lang Zhong to show you......

"No, it's really fine......"

"How can it be okay? Faint! What a serious thing! Brother Xiao, you are entrusted by the Son of Heaven, and you are also an important minister of the imperial court, your identity is extraordinary, you can't have anything...... I'd better find a Lang Zhong to show you. ”

Xiao Fan was moved: "Brother Cao......"

"How?"

“…… Can you not be so serious? ”

“…………”

Chin Cha Xing Nei.

Cao Yi's face was abrupt: "It turns out that you are pretending to be dizzy!" ”

Xiao Fan smiled embarrassedly: "Actually, it's not exactly pretending, maybe it really can't help it......"

Cao Yi slapped the table fiercely and said angrily: "King Yan is too deceitful!" Isn't this deliberately letting us die? ”

Xiao Fan sighed: "What can I do at that time? All the generals in Beiping are looking at me, if I don't agree, they look down on me for a trivial matter, I'm afraid they will look down on the Jingshi court even more, and the Qinchadu sent out is like a bear, what is the court afraid of them? Now that everything is not well prepared, if they look down on the court, the Yan army's rebellion may be closer, and I can only agree to it! ”

Cao Yi thought about it and was silent.

In such a situation, no one has a second choice, the big hat of "Son of Heaven's Envoy" was buttoned down, and Xiao Fan had to accept his fate.

When the Qincha is not shouting all over the world under the banner of honor, and making a fortune, he has to pay a huge price, and this price may be his life.

Xiao Fan has a sense of grief and indignation that he was forced to go to Liangshan, but this feeling can only be stuffed in his heart, and he can't say that he can't be scolded, otherwise he will become a bad seed and become the material for the Beiping generals to laugh at the court.

Cao Yi was silent for a long time, and suddenly said: "Since you are afraid that the generals of Beiping will look down on you, why do you want to pretend to be dizzy?" ”

Xiao Fan was stunned, and suddenly said in embarrassment: "This ...... I have a purpose! ”

Cao Yi asked reluctantly: "What purpose?" ”

Xiao Fan: "............"

- So, serious people hate it the most! You can't say it's a knee-jerk reaction, right?

After being silent for a while, Cao Yi's expression froze, and he said solemnly: "Could it be that this is your slow enemy's plan?" ”

Xiao Fan was suddenly overjoyed and slapped his thigh fiercely: "It's rare to have a confidant in life!" Brother Cao really knows my heart! ”

Cao Yi glanced at him with disdain, and said slowly: "...... You're taking me for a fool, aren't you? ”

Xiao Fan: "............"

When the palace was discussed, the entire Beiping Mansion was boiling and noisy.

Let's go! Beat the Tartars back to the steppe!

The murderous spirit of the camp in the western suburbs of Beiping is sky-high, and the military orders are spread and echoed in the camp, the complicated footsteps of the soldiers and horses are mobilized, the sound of swords, gold and iron colliding, and the restless and restless neighing of the war horses, the sound is in the ears, and the figures are shuttling back and forth, and there is an endless stream.

The hundreds of households with iron armor on their chests, thousands of households had beads of sweat on their faces, scolding and scolding the sergeants under their command, and the impatient general raised his hand from time to time to give the slower sergeant a whip, and the whole camp was like a pot of boiling water, boiling to the sky, orderly and orderly in chaos.

After the sergeants under the command of the generals were assembled, they left the camp in batches, and with a fierce murderous aura, they drove towards Shanhaiguan Pass and Yanqing Pass of the Great Wall.

The grain and grass baggage also began to be urgently allocated, and on the second day of the army's departure, they also followed the army to the front.

All the generals led the army to set off, and the camp in the western suburbs of Beiping became empty, and now it was time for Xiao Fan to set off.

In Beiping City, Cao Yi seemed to feel the urgency of the military situation, and said to Xiao Fan: "King Yan said that he would lead a large army to meet us outside Shanhaiguan?" ”

Xiao Fan nodded.

Cao Yi's face was a little strange and said, "Do you believe it?" ”

Xiao Fan pouted: "Only fools believe it!" I don't deny that he may really want to exterminate these 50,000 Tartars, but he certainly won't let me go, and it's better to cut them all in one go, so he can achieve his goal. At that time, he sent a heroic martyrdom to the Jingshi court, and no one in the Son of Heaven and the Manchu Dynasty could do anything about him, because the Qincha was killed by the Tartars, not by the king of Yan, and the king of Yan had a meritorious role in fighting against the Tartars, and maybe the court had to pinch his nose and reward him. ”

Cao Yi said worriedly: "Then what should we do?" Is it really going to the gate to die? ”

Xiao Fan sighed and said: "There will always be a way, let's take one step at a time, maybe this time we will really sacrifice our lives for the country." ”

Cao Yi was silent for a long time and said: "Okay, if you really fall into a desperate situation, Cao Mou will fight for this life and vow to protect you!" I went and called the brothers together to prepare for their departure. ”

Xiao Fan stopped him: "Brother Cao, let's have a pledge meeting or something when the army goes out, let's have an auspicious picture." ”

Cao Yi said: "This matter is simple, the army generally has to kill people and sacrifice flags, I will go to the prefect's yamen death row to bring a death row prisoner out, and cut it with a knife." ”

"Idle is idle, I'll go with you."

…………………… Simple things are not simple.

Half an hour later, Xiao Fan and Cao Yi stood outside the death row of the Beiping Prefect's Yamen, and said with a stunned expression: "It's gone? Not a single death row inmate? ”

A middle-aged jailer said with a smile: "Two adults, there are indeed a lot of death row prisoners, but in the past two days, many thousands of adults in the western suburbs camp have led their troops to send divisions, and they have all come to death row to carry the prisoners' heads and sacrifice flags, carrying ...... The death row is empty, and there is not a single one left, and there are still a few hundred families waiting for death row prisoners, but there are only so many death row prisoners in this cell, which is really not enough......"

Xiao Fan and Cao Yi looked at each other and were silent for a long time.

This place in Peking is so evil, even death row prisoners are so popular, there is no reason!

The two of them were standing outside the death row with sad faces trying to figure out what to do, and two officials walked towards the door of the death row with a prisoner wearing wooden flail and leg irons.

The official shouted as he walked: "Freshly baked a death row inmate, who wants it?" ”

Xiao Fan was stunned, and before he could open his mouth, he only heard a bang, and several Yan soldiers rushed forward like a rush, and they pushed and shouted, "Mine!" This one is mine! ”

"I've been waiting for a few hours! What is yours? ”

"Don't fight! Death row prisoners are mine! Who dares to fight Lao Tzu will cut this death row prisoner with a knife now! It should be a lottery for the brothers! ”

“…………”

“…………”

The death row prisoner's face was gloomy, like a flat boat churning in the angry sea, rising and falling in the scramble of hundreds of households, flickering and flickering, his eyes were full of tears and he shouted in despair: "Don't fight!" Otherwise, I'll be killed right now!" Woo, I was wrong, I regret it! - You've got to let me eat before I hit the road, right? I'm still hungry! ”

Everyone: "............"

Xiao Fan and Cao Yi were dumbfounded as if they were grabbing titles from hundreds of households, and they wanted to go forward to fight for a death row prisoner, but they really couldn't let go of this face, so the two glanced at each other and found that each other's eyes were full of stupidity.

Flicking his sleeves fiercely, Xiao Fan said angrily: "Forget it!" Don't be on death row anymore! Let's go back! ”

Cao Yi hurriedly said: "Do we still want to swear a teacher?" ”

"Of course!"

"Then what do you kill to sacrifice the flag?"

"Kill the pig!"

Daying in the western suburbs of Beiping.

The Yan army all drove north, and the camp was empty, leaving only the three thousand palace guards and Jinyi lieutenants brought out by Xiao Fan from the Beijing division lined up in a neat line, standing quietly in the center of the school field.

Zhu Di still didn't dare to make things too difficult for Xiao Fan, and distributed two war horses to each of the three thousand soldiers, all the soldiers rode on the horses, holding the reins of another empty horse in their hands, motionless, and the three thousand people were like one person, calm as Mount Tai, towering.

On the school field, the yellow sand was all over the sky, the wind and dust were rolling, and the wind was mixed with sand and dust, hitting the faces of all the soldiers and soldiers, and it hurt like a knife.

Xiao Fan and Cao Yi stood on the platform with their hands in their hands, looking at the young and energetic faces of the soldiers under their command, and couldn't help but feel a lot of unbearability in their hearts.

These are all living beings! This time, follow him out of the customs and go deep into the grassland, how many people can come back alive? are all men raised by their fathers and mothers, who doesn't feel distressed?

Thinking of this, Xiao Fan himself couldn't help but tremble slightly, this is a war, a cruel and ruthless war, can he come back alive after the expedition? At home, Thrush and Jiang are waiting for him to go back, but at this moment, he is going to lead the soldiers to the unknown north, the future is unpredictable, and the luck is uncertain...... Xiao Fan bit the tip of his tongue fiercely, trying to hold back the fear in his heart that seemed to be about to erupt.

This is a national war! It is the obligation of the people to fight against the Tartars, someone must do something in front of him, if he does not go, the soldiers of Beiping will also go, there are always people who shed blood and sacrifice for this, they are all Han people, how can they escape the responsibility of defending the land and resisting the enemy?

After settling down, Xiao Fan suppressed the fear in his heart, faced the cold yellow dust and strong wind, and shouted violently: "We are going to the battlefield!" ”

The three thousand soldiers looked awe-struck and shouted, "Yes! ”

"Fighting against the Tartars is something that every Han Chinese has the responsibility to do! Because behind us are the people who feed us, folks! If we don't fight, they will be slaughtered by the Tartars! ”

"Yes!"

Xiao Fan had mixed feelings, looked at the young and resolute faces in front of him, suddenly slowed down his tone, and said with a tearful smile: "You may all die." ”

The three thousand soldiers shouted in unison: "We are not afraid! ”

Xiao Fan's expression was solemn, and he said loudly: "I will die with you!" ”

This sentence seems to ignite the blood of all the soldiers.

The lord has a high position, and Lord Qincha, who was born in a literati, is willing to die with these bitter soldiers, and his wish is enough!

The three thousand soldiers were so moved that the blood in their chests was rippling, and they raised their arms and shouted.

"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

In just a few words, Xiao Fan ignited the blazing fire in the hearts of all the soldiers.

"Sacrifice the flag!" Xiao Fan shouted loudly.

A pro-soldier led a screaming black pig into the sight of the soldiers.

The enthusiastic crowd was dumbfounded: "............"

Xiao Fan and Cao Yi's faces flashed a rare flush, which was fleeting, and they quickly regained their composure.

Tie the black pig to the flagpole in front of the point general platform, and then temporarily act as the executioner of the pro-army in the hand of the ghost head broadsword raised high, under the gaze of the three thousand soldiers in the school field full of black lines, the pro-army broadsword was raised several times, and finally still did not know how to start.

He had killed people, but he had never killed pigs, and he knew that killing people was not the same as killing pigs.

After raising the big knife for a long time, the pro-army asked for help and looked at Xiao Fan helplessly.

Xiao Fan was so angry that he stepped forward and kicked the pro-army's ass fiercely, and then snatched the big knife with his hand, and said angrily: "Waste! Isn't it just killing pigs? I got it! ”

The three thousand soldiers suddenly lifted their spirits, swept away the decadent atmosphere just now, and the commander personally sacrificed the flag with a knife, which is rare,—— of course, it is even rarer to kill the pig and sacrifice the flag.

Xiao Fan squinted, stretched out his hand and gestured a few times at the position of the knife at the pig's head, and then calmed down, under the expectant gaze of the three thousand soldiers, Xiao Fan shouted violently, and then raised the knife in his hand...... "Wow-" A tragic and terrible pig cry echoed in the school yard.

Xiao Fan was so frightened that he took a few steps back, and in horror he saw the ghost head knife slashing at the pig's neck, and the blade was seven points into the flesh, but the vitality of the black pig was obviously very tenacious, and he didn't die, and he broke free from the rope tied to the flagpole in pain, and ran down the platform with a scream, and ran to the middle of the school yard without a life.

The soldiers were dumbfounded again: "............"

Xiao Fan is also flustered, how to deal with this situation?

Cao Yi was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, and whispered in Xiao Fan's ear: "The thing that sacrifices the flag is not dead, it is very unlucky......

Xiao Fan was full of excitement, and pointed to the black pig with a ghost-headed knife on his neck and scurrying all over the school yard and said loudly: "Quick! Kill it! ”

The soldiers woke up like a dream, hurriedly dismounted, and then the black pigs all over the school field began to chase and intercept, and the originally murderous school field was suddenly chaotic and noisy, chaotic and chaotic like rushing to the market.

In the yellow dust, the soldiers made a lot of effort to block the black pig in a dead corner of the school yard, and then ...... The soldiers looked at each other, looking very embarrassed, and didn't know what to do with it.

Xiao Fan stood on the point platform and stomped his feet in a hurry, shouting, "Beat it!" ”

When the soldiers heard the military order, their spirits perked up, and then they carried out a brutal ...... on the black pig Siege.

On the hustle and bustle of the loess, only a bang and bang punches and kicks were heard, and finally the black pig let out a long hiss of grief and indignation, and finally fell to the ground, gradually losing its breath.

Xiao Fan breathed a sigh of relief, and after the team changed from chaos to neatness, Xiao Fan pointed to the black pig that had been dead for a long time in the corner, and cheered for the soldiers: "Have you seen it?" ”

"See!"

Xiao Fan shouted: "If the enemy dares to stop us, their fate will be like this pig!" ”

"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

"The army is out!"

…………………… Xiao Fan turned his head sideways and whispered to Cao Yi: "The pork will be distributed to the soldiers for dinner at night, and if you tell it, don't waste the pig's blood, after coagulation, cut it into slices and cook it into pig blood soup, drizzle it with sesame oil, sprinkle it with chopped green onions, it's fragrant and beautiful...... Hurry up, go back quickly! ”

“…… Be! ”

(To be continued)