Chapter 36 Brothers Reunited
PS: Meeting the division is a big deal, after the hussars received the order, they deliberately had a luxury, bought good fabrics in Chang'an, everyone put on new uniforms, and customized new cloaks for the Zuo. Except for those who have no home or have a home and don't care, most people will carefully put the new robes into the baggage after this glorious ceremony, and wait for the descendants of the neighbors and bereaved after returning home, so as to prove that the father and ancestor have experienced the great moment of the great Jin Dynasty since the Yongjia Rebellion. The armor was polished enough to show the human figure, and standing in a row was like a steel wall, and the warm and sharp sunlight of the September Pass danced on this metal wall, and no one could stand in front of the wall, or else he would be blinded by these sharp flashes. The helmet is also new, and has been carefully combed like a maid's hair, not sticky, not sparse, not defaced. They are crimson rhododendrons rooted in the metal walls of the hussars, blooming proudly from the highest vantage point of the human body for the rest of their lives. The bottom article is done on horses. They were led to the Wei River, washed and brushed cleanly, their manes neatly sheared, their bells shining, their tassels bright, and even their tails were tied with dung pockets, so as to prevent these wild cattle on the battlefield from refusing to discipline themselves and damaging the majesty of the Beifu soldiers because of their indecent behavior.
Guo Xu saw the smoke and dust of the front-line cavalry galloping from a distance, and subconsciously helped his helmet and smoothed the cloak on his shoulders. Looking back, the madman was also re-knotting his cloak. He didn't know who General Shen Tianzi would send on the southern front to be the vanguard to connect with Guo Xu, the leader of the hussars sent by General Chang'an Wang Zhenxi. After the two armies met, Tai Lieutenant Liu Yu would lead the army to come, and Wang Shen and all the generals would greet him on the ba. Standing in front of everyone and looking at the smoke and dust, it is impossible for a person of Guo Xu's level.
The meeting was a big deal, after the hussars received the order. Deliberately extravagant, I bought good fabrics in Chang'an. Everyone changed into new robes, and the generals customized new cloaks. Except for those who have no home or have a home and don't care, most people will carefully put the new robes into the baggage after this glorious ceremony, and wait for the descendants of the neighbors and bereaved after returning home, so as to prove that the father and ancestor have experienced the great moment of the great Jin Dynasty since the Yongjia Rebellion. The armor was polished enough to show the human figure, and it stood in a row like a steel wall. The warm and sharp sunlight of September Pass danced on the metal wall, and no one could stand in front of the wall or they would be blinded by the sharp flashes. The helmet is also new, and has been carefully combed like a maid's hair, not sticky, not sparse, not defaced. They are crimson rhododendrons rooted in the metal walls of the hussars, blooming proudly from the highest vantage point of the human body for the rest of their lives. The bottom article is done on horses. They were led to the Wei River and washed clean. The mane was neatly cut, the bells were shiny and brightly colored, and even a dung pocket was tied under the tail. In case these wild cattle on the battlefield refuse to discipline themselves, and damage the majesty of the Beifu soldiers because of indecent behavior.
At this moment, Guo Xu, who is full of joy from the helmet to the ponytail. Gently kick the horse's belly and step forward to greet the visitor. He could see it from afar. The vanguard cavalry sent by the Southern Front Army was the same as this one, and it was also new, upright, and jubilant as a bride. Obviously, it is also enough to do the article that the Buddha relies on the gold horse and the saddle, which makes the meeting of the two armies more like a secret contest between the tailors of the two places and the horsemen of the two battalions. The other party came from the south, with his back to the sun, his face was black, Guo Xu couldn't see the facial features of the knight in front clearly, but he could vaguely feel that he was smiling all over his face. A few steps further, he was pleasantly surprised to recognize who it was. Before he could speak, the madman behind him had already screamed and rushed forward. He embraced each other on horseback, and the two shouted at each other, laughed, and pleased, and fell off the horse.
Mung bean.
Guo Xu rode on horseback, watching these two living treasures roll in dust in front of everyone, laughing wantonly without military appearance, but coughed lightly, indicating that they are no longer soldiers, they must have the dignity of officers, and they should be slightly restrained in front of their subordinates. But the latter was ecstatic and unaware, and the soldiers laughed happily, not realizing anything wrong. Guo Xu suddenly found that it was ridiculous to suppress himself against his will, so he jumped off the horse and rushed over to hug them into his arms.
As if this was a signal, the veterans on the north and south lines burst into cheers in an instant, like the water of the Yellow River that burst its embankment met the water of the Wei River that burst the dam, and quickly merged into a turbulent tide. Beifu soldiers were originally the children of the township, and the general division meant that the neighborhood met the neighbors, the uncle met the nephew, the uncle met the nephew, the brother-in-law met the brother-in-law or the brother-in-law met the brother-in-law, the elder brother met the younger brother, and even the father met the son. The small meeting is this kind of exercise for relatives and friends to gather, and the variety of encounters may be much less, but the enthusiasm is not inferior at all.
Guo Xu, Mung Bean and the madman took off their helmets, touched each other's faces, clamped their heads, pulled their ears, rushed to ask, rushed to answer, a hammer in the east and a stick in the west, laughed for a while, cried for a while, laughed for a while, laughed because everyone was still chattering, there was no missing arm or leg, and there was no loss of head, and I knew that Xu Zhihao had recovered from his injury, and he would enter Chang'an with the main force of the Taiwei in two days. Around them, various dialects were mixed, cries were mixed with laughter and scolding, and daimyos, milk names and nicknames were mixed together. The Battle of Luoyang, the Battle of Tongguan, the Battle of the Moon Array, the Battle of Yaoguan, and the Battle of Weiqiao, although the Northern Expeditionary Army was like a bamboo, picking the fruits of victory at a price far less than the casualties of the Qin army, but it also buried thousands of comrades along the way. At this moment, people get together, and after a few words, some people learn that one of their relatives has disappeared on a certain battlefield, that a certain child who has lost news is still there and is a petty official, and that a certain fellow has received a reward enough to buy a new house. If there are bystanders at this moment, they will definitely think that this is a group of crazy people gathering.
Among this group of madmen, Guo Xuguan is the largest and the first to detach. He vaguely felt that he couldn't go on like this, after all, he was the host of the guests, and he had to have a rule. I was about to order everyone to form a team, but I heard someone behind me laughing and saying Team Master Guo, have you made enough trouble.
Turning his head, he saw that it was five steps away. Chen Song and Hu Luzheng stood side by side, looking at him with smiles.
He was about to pounce and drag Chen Song off the horse. The latter had already seen his thoughts, and waved his hand with a smile:
"Wait! Don't tear up a handful of snot. Stained my new jersey! Tell the bottom of your heart, and talk about it tonight when you drink. ”
The soldiers laughed, and at the same time, without waiting for the two team leaders to give orders, they consciously dispersed and returned to the team.
Rao is like this, Guo Xu still walked over with a stupid smile, and smashed Chen Song and Hu Luzheng the thighs of Chen Song and Hu Luzheng through the armor piece, and then got on the horse. At this time, he noticed that Hu Luzheng was dressed not like an officer, but completely like a soldier. But he is neck and neck with the team owner Chen Song. Just wanted to ask, but when he saw the expression on Chen Song's face, "Brother, you are patient", he swallowed back his curiosity.
The two groups of people lined up on both sides of the road, and Chen Song took a closer look at the people brought by Guo Xu, and was very satisfied with their military appearance and banner armor. I vaguely felt that something was missing, and I couldn't remember it for a while, and the moment I turned the horse's head to look into the distance, I suddenly understood: I didn't see anyone playing music.
After thinking about it carefully, I felt that Wang Zhen's evil plan was fine. It is impossible to preach and forget pie. He must have kept the propaganda and used it when Liu Yu came. In this case, it is not possible to use this specification on the generals of the southern front before Liu Yu.
But when dealing with Shen Tianzi for a while, he has already found that the latter seems to be very arrogant. In fact, there are a lot of taboos. For example, Tan Daoji and Shen Tianzi are both military masters, and Tan often eats with Chen Song, the team leader, but Shen Tianzi will definitely not. In fact, his food was simply a small stove, and it had to be sent to his tent. Tan Dao Ji patrol camp. Will sit side by side with any first-level general.,Talk and laugh.。 Shen Tianzi will definitely not, he will always face south and back to north, and others will face him face to face, at least three steps away. Even during the march, he never walked side by side with Tan Daoji and Chen Song, or let them walk in front, as if to open the way for him; Or just follow behind, like two guards. The only one who can walk side by side with him is his younger brother Shen Linzi.
I hadn't heard of Shen Tianzi pin Zao Wang Zhenwei before, but after Wang Zhenwei defeated Chang'an, this kind of evaluation came to the end. A few days ago, I went out hunting, and on the way back, Chen Song vaguely heard Shen Tianzi complaining to Shen Linzi behind the horse, saying that if you hadn't stopped me, the first credit for winning Chang'an would have been mine, how could it be Wang Zhenxi's turn to be a miser. Besides, if we hadn't defeated Yao Hong's main force of Yulin Cavalry in Yaoguan and emptied Chang'an's belly, how could he have picked peaches so easily! Shen Linzi said that I still said the same thing, don't be red! This so-called head work, I'm afraid it's only the work of cutting off the head. I heard Shen Tianzi muttering and saying I didn't think Wang Zhenevil would be unlucky, originally everyone was in the same dynasty as a general, no one had more buckets of rice beams than others, now he entered Chang'an first, I heard that the local people had already read his grandfather's good, and now he obeyed him, even if the Taiwei is for the sake of Guanzhong stability, he will definitely put him above us and give orders to us, this teaches me how to endure? Shen Linzi said that if you can't bear it, you have to endure it, otherwise how can you call it a husband? Chang'an is a hot pot, few ants stay in peace, you just watch the excitement quietly, don't do anything, if you don't do well, you will be the first to be scalded to death.
It is not a secret that the commanders and generals in the army are jealous of each other, but hearing Shen Tianzi say it with his own ears still shocked Chen Song. At this moment, seeing that Wang Zhenwei just sent Guo Xu and a team of people to come up to greet him, there was neither a father nor an old man to toast, nor a band to play Kai, I was afraid that Shen Tianzi would not be happy. Looking at Guo Xu's face again, there was no melancholy at all, knowing that this blacksmith brother would never move this aspect of his mind in his life, he couldn't help but sigh secretly, and asked casually:
"Why didn't General Wang Zhen come?"
"General Wang and the elders greeted General Shen outside the Suzaku Gate in Chang'an, and they will come here together to greet the captain the day after tomorrow."
Chen Song had figured out when he set off, Shen Tianzi actually hoped that Wang Zhen would go out of Chang'an to greet him in person, and now the latter actually missed the welcome, and Shen's disappointment can be imagined. He would not understand Wang Zhenxi's need to make proper arrangements between Liu Yu and him, so as not to lose the courtesy of dignity and humility. He would only complain that this was Wang Zhen's arrogance, and he regarded himself as the conqueror of Chang'an, and was arrogant and rude in front of the guest army.
Thinking of this, he turned his head to look at Guo Xu:
"Guo Xu, you send an order to the hussars, and after a while, when you see General Shen and them coming, you should dismount early, and all of them kneel on the side of the road, and shout the slogan: Welcome to the invincible General Shen and General Tan, congratulations to General Shen and General Tan on their victory on the southern front!"
Although Guo Xu has been the same team leader as Chen Song for a period of time, he has been Chen Song's subordinate for many years and is still habitually obedient to him. It's just that if he wants to shout these two sentences from his subordinates in a very short time, he himself can't straighten his tongue first. It's good that crazy people are better at this. Without waiting for Guo Xu to speak, he jumped out and commanded everyone to practice quickly. At the same time, make an appointment, and everyone listens to Chen Song's signal. As soon as Chen Song put the sword on the ground, everyone shouted in unison.
The soldiers had never performed such a task before, and at this time they could not hold back their laughter and practice several times, which was considered to be a smooth shout. Shortly after the final pass was completed, a banner array emerged from the horizon, and the familiar sound of a large army marching sounded in my ears. The sound of neat footsteps and horses' hooves combined into a huge reverberation that sounded like a giant beating a giant drum with a mallet, which was skinned by the earth. The aftermath lingered in the sky for three days.
As Chen Song observed, Shen Tianzi did not walk side by side with anyone. The army was divided into three phalanxes of four-way columns, with Shen Tianzi, Tan Daoji and Shen Linzi each leading one, and Shen walking in the front. In front of him was a banner array of hunting fluttering and colorful stretching. There are four flags in the first row, one is the eagle falcon flag for the army, and the picture is used as the attack of the bird; One is the tiger flag of the general, and the picture is a white tiger leaping up; On one side is a swallowtail. The picture shows Kuiba breathing fire, to represent the Southern Army; A flag is a flag representing rewards and punishments, and the picture is a pigg, to show justice. This is followed by flags of different colors, sizes, flagpoles, and tassels. They hold the moon with all the stars, and together they arch two large flags, one of which has "Jin" on it. On one side is written "Shen", although it is smaller than Liu Yu's Taiwei Shuai Qi. But in the flag array, it is already standing out from the crowd and dazzling. Shen Tianzi avoided the military rule that the military master was not allowed to set up a guard of honor. Gather the military flags that should be scattered, and all these flags actually form a guard of honor for themselves.
After the flag array, Shen Tianzi was in a white robe and golden armor, with a white helmet on his head, riding on a group of black horses with a piece of white hair in front of his forehead. Behind him were all ironclad knights, all of whom were the owners of the main team, and each row of horses had the same color, but in fact it was another honor guard. Under the escort of the two honor guards of the front banner and the back horse, Shen Tianzi was like a god of war.
In the past of the flag array, the moment the black horse appeared, Chen Song took the lead, and the officers and soldiers who were waiting for the hussars and flying cavalry fell to their knees. Chen Song slapped the saber that had already been untied to the ground, and Huang Chen remembered the rough and enthusiastic voices of the soldiers:
Congratulations to the invincible General Shen and General Tan in a hundred battles, and congratulations to General Shen and General Tan on their victory on the southern front!
Chen Song suddenly felt that these words were gone too quickly, and he was afraid that Shen Tianzi would not hear clearly and would not be able to enjoy himself, so he slapped the saber again. The veterans who had been mixing with him for many years understood it and immediately shouted again. After three times, Chen Song stood up and gave Guo Xu a look. The latter immediately stepped forward and stood still in front of Shen Tianzi's horse, wanting to say the words that had been silently recited many times in advance, but he had never been good at words, and it was the first time for him to perform such a crepe emcee task, and what the people present heard was a series of words that popped out of the mouth, like beans squeezing out pods one by one:
"Hussars, well, team leader, well, team leader Guo Xu, under the orders of the Great Jin Dynasty Longxiang General Wang, Wang Zhen evil order, led the team to meet the Great Jin Dynasty, the Great Jin Dynasty Zhenwu General Shen Tianzi, Guan, Champion General Tan Daoji, Jianwu General Shen Shen Linzi. General Wang Zhenevil, led the elders of Chang'an, Qi, well, Qi eats pot pulp, waiting for the generals. Guo Xuwei, clear the way for the generals! ”
Chen Song's heart hung in his throat, fearing that Guo Xu would forget which words or someone. The madman and mung bean lowered their heads and snickered, eager to rush up to the bamboo tube and pour beans for him.
Shen Tianzi frowned at first, but then he thought it was funny, so he simply crossed one leg on the saddle and waited patiently for this teapot to pour out all the pinky gnocchi:
"Guo Xu, I heard that you led people to ride into Chang'an, and you are very majestic! If you talk like this to Yao Hong's eunuchs, won't you lose the face of our Beifu soldiers in front of Qianggou? ”
Laugh.
Guo Xu honestly replied that it was very good that day.
He burst into laughter.
Shen Tianzi was obviously very satisfied with the group of people kneeling down just now and being invincible in a hundred battles, and beckoned Tan Daoji and Shen Linzi to come over. Shen Linzi dealt with Yao Shao with Guo Xu before, and he liked him very much, but now that he is reunited, he doesn't care about the difference in rank, he first smashes two punches in his chest, and then hugs him solidly and slaps him on the back.
Tan Daoji's eyes were also full of love, he grabbed Guo Xu's hand and pinched it, feeling like pinching iron, patted his shoulder that was also like iron, turned his head and said to Chen Song:
"Bringing out such a good rising star, Chen Song, you have a lot of credit!"
Chen Song hurriedly bowed:
"The elders have taught by word and deed, and Guo Xu and I have benefited a lot."
Guo Xu thought that Tan Daoji's greetings would be over, but he walked up to the hussar officers and soldiers and glanced at everyone:
"Which of you is the warrior who followed Guo Xu into Chang'an?"
The madman didn't expect the famous Tan Daoji to ask him, and raised his hand a little flattered:
"General Hui, it's me, my name is Feng Zizhang!"
Tan Daoji said that you are good, but your name sounds like "crazy Zhang", and people think that your surname is Zhang and you are a madman.
Everyone present was shocked. Chen Song hurriedly came over and said that in fact, we never remembered his name, and we all called him crazy.
Ershen and Yitan both looked up to the sky and laughed.
The madman tugged at the corner of Guo Xu's robe excitedly, he remembered that day Guo Xu said that only the names of the generals would be left in history, and now the generals know that there is a man named Feng Zizhang, whose name means Dongliang Jiamu, and the officer nicknamed the madman entered Chang'an before the army that day, does it mean that history has remembered him?
After Tan Daoji finished laughing, his expression turned solemn, and he hugged his fist to the soldiers present:
"In this Northern Expedition, several of us fought side by side with you, and the real heroes are you! You knelt down to welcome us just now, and we should actually thank you! Brothers, have done a great job! I and the two generals Shen salute you! ”
The audience was silent, and a moment later suddenly erupted in cheers.
Chen Song noticed that Shen Tianzi's face gradually became gloomy. He sighed inwardly. Shen Tianzi put on this marching formation today, just to lead alone and bring the greatest glory to himself. But in the end, Tan Daoji stole all the limelight with a few words.
He knew that Tan Daoji didn't mean to overwhelm Shen Tianzi, but Shen Tianzi would never think like this.
After victory, the question of life and death is less imminent, and the dregs that have settled under the affection of their comrades have also floated.
Sure enough, the cheers of the soldiers fell silent slightly, and Shen Tianzi was not interested, and said lazily that it was not too early, let's go, and I would have to bother the heroes to lead the way.
Chen Song was just about to pull Guo Xu on the horse, when he heard Shen Tianzi say to Shen Linzi:
"Let's go, brother, the show is in Chang'an, go and see what kind of pomp and circumstance General Wang, the first hero of the Northern Expedition, will put on!"
Chen Song's heart tightened. (To be continued......)