Chapter 13: Don't laugh
"No one has the right to kill my mother unless I am the first to die." Xue Chongxun said categorically, and then bowed to the four generals present, "Xue asks you to fight side by side with me!" ”
At this time, Tang Chaoren, the captain of the Flying Tiger Regiment, stood up and looked back at the other three people: "Xue Lang sacrificed his life for filial piety, what are we fighting for?" ”
Everyone was stunned, and Xue Chongxun was also a little puzzled, but he still maintained a sincere attitude, and did not want to use his identity to coerce, he thought about it and said: "If someone survives, worship Uncle Hou and eat Shifeng." ”
Tang Chaoren smiled: "This matter is dangerous, my life is almost gone, what do you want to be a marquis?" Suddenly, his expression was correct, and he hugged his fists and said, "However, Tang is still willing to follow Xue Lang." ”
Only then did the other three brigade commanders understand that Tang Chaoren was half-jokingly fighting for everyone's merit just now, but they didn't dare to joke, so they simply said one after another: "Xue Lang protects His Highness, and we will protect Xue Lang." ”
Tang Chaoren continued to laugh and said: "Very good, they are all brave boys, rich and dangerous...... Xue Lang is ugly, and he will die. ”
Zhang Wulang said indifferently: "People have to die sooner or later, and the eldest husband died under the palace, vigorously, and he is not a bag." ”
Xue Chongxun suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and was also a little moved, "You don't care about your lives, this friendship Xue will never forget." ”
"That's it, assemble the Flying Tiger Regiment and set off in half an hour!" Tang Chaoren shouted heartily.
The Flying Tigers did not have swords or armor, but they still had a lot of equipment, including iron horses, tents, cloth mangers, iron hammers, baskets, axes, pliers, saws, sickles, beds, horizontal knives, bows and arrows, quivers, etc., otherwise they would not be able to cook and eat, and they would not be able to cut down trees and camp. In peacetime, the march also had to carry grain and grass, so each soldier was equipped with six mules and horses.
However, Xue Chongxun said that it would only take a few days to raid the mountain bandits, and the soldiers were very fast, so he ordered to travel lightly. So the army abandoned all kinds of tools in the barracks, and did not want anything for cutting wood and cooking, not even tents, but only weapons, dry food, water bags, and bean cakes for the horses, and two war horses for each of them.
Because there are many people around Luoyang who know about the affairs of Caoyun Yamen, and even when to pay tribute to Chang'an, Xue Chongxun can't find other excuses, so he can only use excuses to go out of the city to suppress bandits.
They traveled day and night, taking the remote road, with only a small group of two or three hundred people, and there was little pressure to hide their whereabouts, and after three days they entered the Guannai Road.
When the Flying Tigers passed through a pass built by the mountains in the east of Chang'an, they could only cross through here due to the rugged terrain. Xue Chongxun thought that most of the troops deployed in Guannei Dao were government soldiers, and the government soldiers belonged to the foreign courts, and the officials of the outer dynasties were mostly private to the Taiping, and the generals of the government would not be too difficult for Princess Taiping, so he took the lead to pass the pass.
After checking Xue Chongxun's identity, the general guarding the pass saw that he was carrying two or three hundred people who were not wearing armor, so he asked, "What is Wei Guogong doing with so many people to Chang'an?" ”
There is no way for Xue Chongxun to be called a bandit anymore, because they have no right to intervene in any military affairs in the Guan. He pointed to the box behind him and said, "Send something." ”
The general was puzzled: "What to give to whom?" ”
Xue Chongxun feigned anger and said: "It's about your birds!" What's that? ! ”
The guard's face changed slightly, and he said with a red face: "Only the officials of the Eastern Capital passed through this morning, and I heard the news that Wei Guogong led his troops out of the city to suppress bandits, and he did not know a trace; But now why do you suddenly want to send something to Chang'an......"
Hearing this news, Xue Chongxun was taken aback, and looked at each other with the generals, the news of leaving the city a few days ago was so soon that someone rushed to report to the capital?
A few years ago, Li Longji laid a lot of eyeliner in Luoyang, and it must be those people who made a small report! Xue Chongxun thought about it, since they reported everything in detail, many things would not attract the attention of the superiors. Anyway, I will be in Chang'an soon, and I can start it tomorrow morning at the latest, and now the clues are revealed, so it shouldn't be a big problem.
…… Using a small group of troops to train troops into Beijing to plot big things, only he Xue Chongxun could think of it. The various forces in Beijing are intricate, and there are many big things, and I'm afraid no one will pay attention to such small things.
Just as he was thinking like this, he suddenly saw the hand of the guard unconsciously put it on his waist knife, and Xue Chongxun's heart tightened slightly. Before he could react, suddenly the knife light around him was cold, and he only heard a ......scream of "ahhhhh You ......"
Xue Chongxun was shocked, and when he turned his head to look, it turned out that it was the guards brought out of his house who did a good deed, and he couldn't help but scold: "What are you doing?!" ”
The guard's face turned pale and he stammered, "I'...... I thought he was going to be bad for Lang Jun. ”
"Boom, ......" The soldiers at the gate of the pass immediately drew their swords and faced each other. The generals around Xue Chongxun were taken aback, and they all went to the front, and the situation became inexplicably tense.
Xue Chongxun glanced at the guard who was curled up in a pool of blood with his stomach covered, he was really big-headed, but he couldn't think about it now, so he stood up with a calm breath and shouted viciously: "This person dares to make trouble unreasonably!" What do you want to do with that thing in your hand, huh? ”
The soldiers knew that it was the powerful who rioted and killed people, but they didn't know what to do, so they stood in place in a daze. At this moment, the general on the city tower shouted: "Why don't you make way for Wei Guogong?" The soldier at the door had no choice but to put away his weapons and move silently to the side of the road.
Xue Chongxun hurriedly led the Flying Tiger Regiment to pass through the pass. As soon as he came, the murderous guard hurriedly knelt down in front of the horse, kowtowed, and said, "The villain has committed a great crime by missing for a while, please give me a death." ”
Xue Chongxun raised his horsewhip and whipped it into his face: "What's so nervous about it?" For the sake of your wife, children, and mother, leave your life for the time being, and go to the battlefield to die! ”
If the big event wins, there will definitely be a compensatory for those who died in battle, and the guard hurriedly kowtowed: "Xie Langjun is very gracious!" ”
The sudden appearance of a small accident cast a shadow on everyone's hearts, and Tang Chaoren couldn't help but say: "If a general dies, they must report it, is this matter strict?" ”
"It's not the military situation of Koubian, you can only report it layer by layer, and finally go to the military department, it is impossible to have a result tonight. No matter what, I'll start early tomorrow morning, and I'll rush to Chang'an first. Xue Chongxun said confidently.
That being said, such a thing added another layer of psychological pressure to him. Tired and in a trance, he remembered that he had once done business in his previous life, borrowed money from everywhere and bought a batch of parallel goods, not only worried that he would be seized and detained by the relevant departments, but also worried that he would not be able to sell them.
Now he feels like he's about to collapse, and it's really not something that anyone can withstand any pressure.
Mother is right, the whole plan, as long as there is any difference in the middle, will lose everything. Now that Xue Chongxun understands his mother's words, before the Flying Tiger Regiment enters Chang'an, there have been all kinds of accidents...... There are too many involved, and the kind that can be counted as missing nothing should not be people, I'm afraid it's God, otherwise any premeditation is bullshit!
Everyone continued to hurry in the choking yellow dust raised by the horse's hooves, and arrived at the outskirts of Chang'an at dusk, and Xue Chongxun led the crowd to avoid a mountain to repair. He had a secret discussion with the generals: "If you enter the city too early, you may make a mistake, so we will wait here tonight, and we can enter the city in the early morning tomorrow." The guards of Tonghua Gate in the east will be our people, and there will be people from the court to Tonghua Gate tomorrow morning, and there will be no problem in entering the city. ”
Tang Chaoren took out a makeshift sketch and unfolded it, pointed to it and said, "Let's do it in Shengye Fang, are Lang Jun sure he passes by there every day?" ”
Xue Chongxun nodded and said, "Some time ago, I sent people to observe every day, and there have never been exceptions. At that time, Tang Tuanlian led the left brigade to block the east street entrance, and the rest of the second brigade followed me to attack from the west head, and after defeating the guards, they outflanked them at both ends, trying to annihilate them all! ”
Tang Chaoren frowned and said, "We don't have armor and long weapons, so hedging is very disadvantageous...... Fortunately, the place on the street is narrow, and after a hand-to-hand encounter, you can only fight hard, and the chance of victory is still there. ”
Xue Chongxun suppressed the true feelings in his heart, and showed a confident smile: "The troops in the capital are all parallel goods, well-dressed, good-looking and useless, among the guards in the East Palace, many people enter by connection, just to escape conscription." One has no fighting spirit, and the other has no ability, so you don't have to look up to them too much. ”
Tang Chaoren also smiled after hearing this: "What Lang Jun said is extremely true, our Flying Tiger Regiment is all carefully selected Hedong warriors, and they have been training every day for several months, and they are already elite warriors, and they are still warriors without armor!" ”
Zhang Wulang said: "Who said that there is no armor, bamboo armor is not armor?" Ming'er asked everyone to take out the bamboo armor and put it on early in the morning, for fear that those girl-like embroidered pillows would have no strength, and the arrows they shot couldn't even wear the bamboo armor! ”
Several people suddenly burst into laughter, and the atmosphere was much more relaxed.
These low-level generals don't know much about politics and governance, but they know that they are backed by Princess Taiping and the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs, and they don't have much to think about. Since they have eaten the food of begging for life on the knife edge, it is normal to do things with their heads, so they can laugh, unlike Xue Chongxun's smile, which is very unnatural and ugly.
I saw everyone holding dry food in one hand and a kettle in the other, sitting cross-legged on the ground eating and drinking, with the horizontal knife still on their knees, and the smiles on their faces were very clean. Xue Chongxun felt it, and couldn't help but groan: "Grape wine glow-in-the-dark cup, if you want to drink the pipa, urge immediately." Drunk and lying on the battlefield, Jun Mo smiled, and a few people came back to fight in ancient times. ”
"Good poetry!" A general on the side praised it while chewing. He is Li Kuiyong, the commander of the Right Brigade, with a big and round head and extraordinary bravery.
At this moment, Zhang Wulang "poofed" and sprayed the dry food and water in his mouth, which made Li Kuiyong's face ...... Li Kuiyong was stunned and said, "You|dry wool? ”
Zhang Wulang said angrily: "Li Kuiyong, you know a good poem of fart, you almost didn't let Lao Tzu go wrong in one go!" ”
…… Usually a regiment is the left and right second brigades, Xue Chongxun's Flying Tiger Regiment is the left, center and right third brigade, the right brigade commander is the round head Li Kuiyong, the left brigade commander Zhang Wulang, and the middle brigade commander Bao Cheng is also. G