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Volume II, Chapter 39

The reception banquet has not yet dispersed, and Zhu Lingshi has already understood that what Liu Yizhen left him was an out-and-out mess. As a soldier, what you hate most is to lose the initiative and fall into a situation of being slaughtered by others, and the current Chang'an Jin Army is precisely in such a hateful situation. The Beifu soldiers, who used to take offense as their soul, are now huddled in the shell of the turtle in Chang'an, not to mention the quick battle to destroy the enemy, even self-protection is a problem. When bidding farewell to Liu Yu, the latter once said that if Chang'an's guarantee could not be ensured, he should not be reluctant, and he could come back with Liu Yizhen. Now it seems that he, the military governor of Guanzhong, can only withdraw from Guanzhong in disgrace and end his short-lived term in shame.

Immediately after drinking, Liu Yi was full of excitement and his face was full of spring. is finally about to leave this ghost place, he is considered an unofficial and light, as for whether Chang'an can be held in the hands of the Jin army in the future, it is not for him to worry about.

Although Liu Yu said that all the generals in Guanzhong stayed behind to assist Zhu Lingshi in guarding Chang'an, and only asked Kuai En to escort Liu Yizhen south, but after Zhu Lingshi encountered the Great Xia rangers, he was no longer at ease with this arrangement, and decided to allocate 15,000 elite soldiers to escort Liu Yizhen, leaving 10,000 people for his own deployment. Now the question is who will go and who will stay.

Nominally speaking, now in Chang'an City, Zhu Lingshi is the highest governor, and Liu Yizhen is already a flat-headed common man who doesn't count his words here, but when the two official seals are placed together, you can see the door: Zhu Lingshi was appointed as the governor of the Guanzhong military, the right general, and the Yongzhou Assassin History, and although Liu Yizhen was relieved of the command of the Chang'an garrison, he was still the military governor of Yongliang and Qin. The jurisdiction enveloped Chang'an, and although the history of Yongzhou was exempted. He is still the assassin of East Qinzhou, truncating and making up for the shortcomings. The official rank is also much higher than Zhu Lingshi. What's more, he is the son of Liu Yu, the future prince, even if he doesn't have an official hat left, he is congenitally three points more valuable than the generals, he speaks, don't say that the general of Guanzhong, even Zhu Lingshi, who came as a Qincha, can't help but weigh it.

Without waiting for Zhu Lingshi to speak, Liu Yizhen directly ordered. In addition to Kuaien, Fu Hongzhi and Mao Xiuzhi also accompanied him.

Zhu Lingshi's face turned slightly pale, and he glanced at the generals who were pointed, hoping that at least one person could stay. To defend Chang'an, such a big pillar is needed too much.

But Fu Hongzhi and Mao Xiuzhi both lowered their heads, obviously avoiding Zhu Lingshi's eager gaze.

Zhu Lingshi sighed in his heart. People like Fu Hongzhi who are not afraid of heaven and earth are now eager to hurry up and grasp Liu Yizhen's life-saving straw, which shows how pessimistic they are about Chang'an. yes, the ship is capsizing. Mice know how to dive, not to mention that these people's families are rich and noble in Jiangdong, so why bother to bury a doomed lonely city? He wanted to kick over the table in front of him, so he simply picked it. We want to withdraw, and everyone withdraws together. Why did Lao Tzu collect the endgame for you! But first, he can't live up to Liu Yu, and second, the more realistic problem is that the enemy soldiers are approaching the city, if they flee for their lives. No one can leave.

suppressed his temperament, smiled and raised his hand to the silent generals:

The brethren fought and guarded. It's been almost two years in Chang'an, and you've worked hard. Song Gong knew that he wanted me to comfort him. Now that Yizhen is leaving, he needs people to follow, and General Fu and General Mao lead the army to escort him to ensure that Lord Assassin arrives in Jiangdong safely. But we are all veterans, and if no one drags Xia Bing here, I am afraid that the princes will not be able to get out of the south, if they are trapped halfway, they can't move forward, and there is no way to retreat, and the overall situation will be out of control. Zhu Lingshi was ordered to live and die with Chang'an, so who is willing to assist Zhu? ”

Without waiting for any movement below, Liu Yizhen impatiently patted the case in front of him:

"The veterans have worked hard, and it is also appropriate to go back to Jiangdong to recuperate, you younger generations, you have to take this opportunity to make some contributions, otherwise how can I go back and tell Song Gong about you?"

Chen Song and Guo Xu, who were sitting in the crowd, glanced at each other, and they both felt how awkward it sounded, as if they had been sleeping in Chang'an City for the past two years, and they did not rely on the battlefield to kill the enemy, but on the kind words of a noble son in front of his father. Whether to go back to Jiangdong or not, their minds are different. Of course, Chen Song is willing to take the newlywed Xue Mei'er back and leave this place of right and wrong; But Guo Xu can't ignore the fact that Jiangdong is Xiaoqiao's sad place, and taking her back is like returning to the tiger's den. When no one from the generals responded to Zhu Lingshi, the chivalrous spirit in their bones could no longer be suppressed, and they couldn't bear to watch this outstanding general become a light pole, hanging in this lonely city that was about to fall. Chen Song was about to get up to respond to Zhu Lingshi, and Liu Yizhen came up with this lofty remark. If he rises at this time, it is as if he has been forced by the top; If he didn't say it, he snubbed Zhu Lingshi again. was hesitating, Guo Xuteng stood up:

"Guo Xu is willing to take the hussars to stay in Chang'an and fully assist General Zhu!"

Zhu Lingshi was overjoyed, got up and left his seat, walked through the crowd to Guo Xu, held his hand with one hand, and pressed it on his shoulder with the other:

"Guo Jun is a deputy young hero, he has repeatedly performed miraculous feats, Song Gong appreciates it very much, and he has mentioned it more than once, you are willing to help me, it is no better"

Chen Song stood up slowly at this time and arched his hand at Zhu Lingshi:

"Count me in!"

Zhu Lingshi was overjoyed. The two most capable of fighting in the Beifu Soldiers and Young Zhuang faction are now willing to follow him, and they are all cavalry, which gives him a trump card in his hand, the attack can be fierce, the retreat can be fast, and the enemy can be killed to protect himself has a better chance of winning. Just as he was about to thank Chen Song, Liu Yizhen's impatient voice sounded behind him:

"It's good for you two to stay, but you can't both hussars and flyers, one of them has to follow me!"

Zhu Lingshi glanced back at Liu Yizhen, who met his gaze:

"The general guards the city, there is no need for cavalry, it is enough to be able to release arrows and throw stones, you give me the cavalry, and I will leave you a little more infantry, so that we are both good!"

Zhu Lingshi forcibly suppressed the disgust in his heart and flattened his tone:

"How can there be a truth in the world that you can defend the city just by looking at the city walls! Only by striking decisively at the right time and doing your best to kill and wound the enemy can you weaken its siege power. I can't think about this, and I just wait for the enemy to attack. Sooner or later, the cost will be lost! ”

Liu Yizhen was obviously afraid that the troops around him would be thin, and he couldn't wait to wrap the elite of Chang'an around the car. Although he also knew that it was ugly to openly rob people with Zhu Lingshi, his life was at stake. Childish seizures, without hiding at all:

"You are in Chang'an, there are still four city walls, I am on the road, in the deserted village and wild shop, if there is no one who can fight in the way, wouldn't it be a target for the Huns in vain?"

Zhu Lingshi said that Song Gong had already made a calculation about this, and he wanted you to travel south lightly and run at full speed after leaving the city. You can be more relaxed when you get out of Tongguan. As long as the last general takes the initiative to attack and drag the Xia army outside the city for one or two days, you can safely get out of Tongguan and arrive at the Hongnong land boundary, and then go further, you can meet the army sent by Luoyang to respond.

Liu Yizhen said that what you said is easy, the enemy is current, who dares to travel lightly, there is no car to ride in formation. I won't leave the city under the threat of the Hun cavalry!

Without waiting for Zhu Lingshi to refute, he flicked his sleeves and stood up:

"I have made up my mind, Fu Hongzhi, Mao Xiuzhi, and Kuai En will follow me south, and the hussars will follow. Guo Xu stayed behind, and the position was designated by General Zhu, and everyone went to prepare quickly. Leave early tomorrow morning! ”

Everyone was stunned.

At this time, it was already the middle of the day, and it took half a day to complete the preparations for the south. It was hasty, and it was not at all like a planned and prepared voluntary withdrawal of troops. It's like a hasty rout.

Fu Hongzhi didn't speak for a long time, and at this time, seeing that Liu Yizhen was too unorthodox, he had to get up:

"Do you want a day of grace for the assassin? Let's get ready, and we'll have to hand over the stones.

Liu Yizhen walked to the back hall, and shook his words stiffly:

"That's your business, I can't take care of it, after eating tomorrow morning, I'll get up immediately, and I can't keep up with you and see if you can do it yourself!"

By the time the last few words were spoken, the man was gone.

The generals were stunned for a moment, got up to prepare, and only Zhu Lingshi, Fu Hongzhi, Mao Xiuzhi, Chen Song, Guo Xu and Hu Luzheng were left in the room. Fu Hongzhi patted Zhu Lingshi on the back:

"Stone, this has come to this, you can do it yourself. The hussars are gone, I will leave one of my most elite infantry buildings to you, you resist for a while, almost go, that is, Han Xin is reincarnated, Cao Cao is reborn, and Chang'an is afraid that it will be difficult to come back to life. ”

Speaking of this, the corners of my eyes are a little moist:

"Heaven doesn't help me, if it weren't for the twists and turns a while ago, I, Fu Hongzhi, would never let Guan Zhongxing shì be corrupted to this point!"

Although Fu Hongzhi did not name names, Mao Xiuzhi knew: framed Wang Xiu, Zhulian Chen Song, Guo Xu, guided the fighter plane, Chang'an was trapped, and he could not escape the blame.

Zhu Lingshi stretched out his hand to hold the two of them:

"It's useless to talk about this now, you two hurry up and prepare, and I will also discuss the next move with these brothers."

Deduct the hussars, make up for the building given by Fu Hongzhi, count the flying cavalry and the old infantry of Beifu, plus the newly recruited homeless, the total number of people that Zhu Lingshi can command is about 10,000. Excluding the old and weak, there are only more than 8,000 people who can really go into battle, and when the defense of the city is severe, it is estimated that the number of people who can be dispatched is at most more than 6,000, because before that, it is possible to break one or two thousand people at a time.

Because they had to go out of the city to fight, so that the Huns could not see Liu Yizhen's golden cicada coming out of its shell.

After urgent deliberation, it was decided to leave the city tomorrow morning and go to war against the Huns without declaring war. Chen Song and Hu Luzheng led the cavalry to raid for a while and then retreated, while Zhu Lingshi and Guo Xu led the infantry to resist for a while, and then retreated to Chang'an City under cross-cover. Zhu Lingshi judged that the Huns would definitely retaliate after this surprise attack, so the more fierce their attack on Chang'an, the weaker the forces used to pursue Liu Yizhen. Since Liu Yizhen wants the golden cicada to get out of his shell, then someone has to be stiff.

Most of Liu Yizhen's assassins had to follow south, leaving a few people in charge of money and food documents for Zhu Lingshi. After Chen Song and a few people said goodbye, Zhu Lingshi recruited these people to his side. Almost everyone was depressed, only Yongzhou didn't drive Wei Hua to be casual. Zhu Lingshi said that there are no outsiders here, I don't know anything about your past, just look at what you will do with me in the future, and tell me what you think. Everyone was silent for a moment, and a middle-aged master bookkeeper sighed:

"Since the general is generous, I will tell the truth. We are all from Jiangdong, and the last time the Taiwei left Chang'an, we all thought that we could follow him to the south, but unexpectedly we were all left behind to be the staff of the Yizhen Assassin History; This time the history of the assassination is leaving, I originally thought that we could go back to our hometown, but who knows that we will still be left behind. On weekdays, we work hard to shake the pen and do errands, but we can't get the benefits, and we all make mistakes. Those who don't work are fishing for oil and water on weekdays. Now that the catastrophe is coming, they all run away with the assassin. It's still us honest people who stay behind to top the cylinder. If Chang'an can ensure that it is safe, it will stay; But now that Chang'an is in danger, and the generals are still running away, we are here, aren't we waiting for death? ”

If it were a normal day, Zhu Lingshi would definitely reprimand him sharply when he heard his subordinates being so depressed, but now what these people are saying is the truth, and the grievances and grievances in their hearts are not without reason. There is no other way but to soothe with kind words:

"Don't worry, if Chang'an is not guaranteed, Zhu Lingshi will be one person after the break, and he will also escort the princes out! However, at present, the shape is not bad to that extent, and the Duke of Song sent me to Chang'an to give an explanation to the Duke of Song. The most urgent thing at the moment is to go out of the city tomorrow morning to kill the enemy, and Yizhen Assassin Shi has to prepare to go south, and there is no one to take care of things in the city, and I have to entrust you to hurry up and prepare for the labor army, heal the wounded, remember the merits, and patrol the city. I can't be idle in the afternoon, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep tonight, this hard work, Zhu Lingshi must play the Song Dynasty. Great compliments! ”

Everyone has been serving Liu Yizhen for more than a year, and they have never heard him say such intimate words, so they all got up and hugged their fists. Say that we should work hard to repay. When everyone hulala walked out, Zhu Lingshi asked Wei Hua to stay.

"Everyone was not happy. Only you can't see that there is sadness, why? ”

Wei Hua smiled:

"The general is a happy man. I will not come with you. I could have not come when I sent troops to Guanzhong, but I took the initiative to ask for war, and I followed, and I didn't want to go back when I came. ”

Zhu Lingshi was puzzled, there were still Jiangdong people who were unwilling to return to Jiangdong these years. Wei Hua smiled:

"It's not a glorious thing to say. My ancestors were in Bingzhou, and they were not a big family, and my grandfather's generation went to Jiangdong. My father followed Liu Jingxuan to mix, Liu Jingxuan was defeated, and followed Song Gong, but he was not welcomed. When it came to me, although I mixed well in the officialdom, I didn't have the opportunity to marry the daughter of a big family. It just so happened that the Xie family was offended, and a person in their clan was willing to marry his daughter to me in order to ask for shelter. I was very proud at first, and I thought I could finally change my door. Unexpectedly, Xie Hui later became Song Gong's confidant, he was my wife's cousin, and my wife immediately showed her true colors, and she didn't take me seriously at all. After a long time, I realized that she was a domineering shrew, and if she didn't agree with her, she would speak ill of each other at least and fight at worst, if I couldn't bear it, she would go to Xie Hui to complain. At first, Xie Hui didn't take it seriously, but then he couldn't stand the fact that my sister always said bad things about me, and I ignored it when I saw it. The year before last, she got along with an officer of the forbidden army, but she simply didn't let me go to bed, and I stayed in Jiangdong and was angry, so I simply hid in Guanzhong. ”

Zhu Lingshi didn't expect him to have such an angry experience, and he was sympathetic and curious:

"For this reason, I'd rather stay in the lonely city than go back, is it really a fierce woman who is fiercer than a tiger?"

A flush suddenly rose on Wei Hua's face, and he sighed for a while:

"Don't hide it from the general, I married another local woman here. With her, I felt the goodness of being a man, and I also knew what a good woman in the world looks like. I'd rather be a civilian here than go back to Jiangdong and be an official! ”

Zhu Lingshi didn't know how to answer his words, and muttered for a long time, saying that you should do your best to keep your small home in Chang'an.

Wei Hua said that this is natural, and it is estimated that no one works harder than me. In the past, I was the other driver of the righteous and true assassin history, but now it is your other driver, and I will spare no effort if the general has any orders.

Zhu Lingshi was about to say a few words to him, when Liu Yizhen walked in with a personal soldier and said that Yizhen wanted Wei to drive over. Wei Hua was stunned, bowed his hand to Zhu Lingshi, and left in a hurry.

Zhu Lingshi walked around the remaining armies, and discussed the details of the troops to be sent tomorrow morning with General Chen Song, and when he returned to the Assassin's Mansion, the mansion was already in a mess, and the soldiers were busy carrying large and small boxes into the car, and the cars were lined up from the courtyard to the gate. He frowned, he didn't know what Liu Yizhen thought, at this time, he still had the heart to bring so many things!

Walking inside, it is even more shocking!

The outer hall was full of girls, some giggling, but more crying. When I asked the soldiers, I learned that Liu Yizhen had ordered that the scholars, craftsmen and beautiful girls in Chang'an City could not be left with the Huns, and they should all be taken away. The men all went to Mao Xiu's camp, and the girls all gathered in the Thorn Mansion.

Zhu Lingshi walked in angrily, wanting to warn Liu Yizhen that dragging bottles and cans like this can only be a dead end, and was about to enter the inner hall, when he almost collided with a scolding person, and after a closer look, it was Wei Hua. The latter's face was full of anger and there was a slap mark on his face. Apparently a slap in the face.

Liu Yizhen called Wei Hua to ask him to take someone to pick up a batch of treasures buried under the walls of Yao Qin's palace. Such a treasure location is only known to Liu Yizhen and Wei Hua in the mansion. Wei Hua supervised the soldiers to unleash the treasure. escorted back to the house, someone cried and called his name at the door, and found that his woman was actually taken to the Assassin's Mansion and wanted to follow Liu Yizhen to Jiangdong. Wei Hua was shocked and angry, and broke into the back hall to plead with Liu Yizhen. Liu Yizhen was in a state of mind at the moment, and listened to Wei Hua absentmindedly, and suddenly said:

"Why didn't I know you still had women in Chang'an?"

Wei Hua wanted to say in his heart, can it be that you have countless women and I masturbate every night? But at this time, you can't be a little hard, you can only be careful with words:

"Xiaguan is lonely, and he has found a confidant in Chang'an."

Liu Yizhen said bring it in and I'll take a look.

Boss Wei Hua reluctantly brought his lover in. Girls pear blossoms bring rain. Chu Chu was pitiful, Liu Yizhen looked up and down for a long time, and said that such a good girl, staying in Chang'an, can only be ruined by the Huns, why don't I take it back to Jiangdong and let her wait there for you to come back for reunion.

Wei Hua had already seen that something was wrong in Liu Yizhen's eyes, and suppressed his anger and acted carefully:

"Thorn Shi knows the situation of my family, she went to the one where she has no foothold."

Liu Yizhen remembered that Wei Hua was notoriously afraid of his wife. It's a punching bag at home, and I can't help but smile evilly on my face:

"Then hide it in my house."

Wei Hua almost jumped up, but finally suppressed his anger:

"Don't laugh at Thorn History, let's let her go home."

When Liu Yizhen was in Jiangdong. was managed by Liu Yu to death, and he has been in Guanzhong for more than a year, and he has to be windy. If you want to rain and rain, it is like an emperor. No one had ever rejected him, and at this time he had already made up his mind to dominate this girl. Nai took out the chief's shelf and ordered Wei Hua proudly:

"Whether she leaves or stays, don't bother you, don't drive or hurry to the office."

Wei Hua gritted his teeth:

"Wei Hua risked his life to beg Shi to let this woman go, otherwise Wei Hua would be restless in his sleep, and life would be better than death!"

The girl sobbed lowly.

Liu Yizhen walked up to Wei Hua with a gloomy face:

"Are you saying that if I don't promise you, you will rebel?"

Although he was shorter than Wei Hua, the latter felt that Mount Tai was overpowered, and his heart was weak for a moment, but when he thought that if he compromised, he would be separated from his sweetheart from now on, and maybe he would not see him until death, and he couldn't help but harden:

"The lower officials don't dare, but please also stab Shi with self-respect!"

A heavy slap fell on Wei Hua's face, and then Liu Yizhen burst out with a roar:

"The daring lowly embryo of the dog, you dare to speak disrespectfully about the history of this assassin, you are a don't drive, you refuse to be loyal, during the expedition, you privately raise animals to advocate excellence, leak the military affairs, and don't treat you for a capital crime, it is already a great kindness, and you even dare to fight against Shangguan! For the sake of your face with a little credit, I won't kill you today, you get out of here quickly! ”

Wei Hua covered his face, stalked his neck, and looked at the girl who was crying in a heap. He had never been so brave in his life, but he had never been so humiliated. The soldiers who came in after hearing the sound all knew him, and seeing that it was really not good to stand up like this, they dragged him out with all their hands and feet, and when he was about to go out, he clearly heard Liu Yizhen say to his subordinates:

"Go, take this girl to bathe and change clothes, she will be the one who sleeps tonight."

In an instant he knew what he was going to do.

Nodding at the oncoming Zhu Lingshi, he walked out without hesitation.

Zhu Lingshi was stopped in front of the door of the back hall, and the soldiers said that Master Assassin Shi had something to say, and no one was allowed to enter!

A life-and-death withdrawal was like child's play! On the eve of the withdrawal, the former commander's mind turned out to be treasure and beauty!

And he, helpless against it!

The turbidity diffused in this mansion made him nauseous, and he walked out quickly, and took his own soldiers to Guo Xu's camp, where he wanted to sleep for a while, and accumulate some energy for tomorrow morning's battle.

When passing through Chang'an Market, I found that Chang'an City seemed to have fallen.

The soldiers went in and out of the houses, the ones who went in empty-handed, and the big bags that came out. The common people followed, the old men and women hugged the legs of the soldiers and cried and cursed, and the strong men and the soldiers tore and wrestled. The road was full of soldiers, driving wagons and ox carts, and there were all kinds of things on the carts.

At first he stopped a few of the soldiers and told them to return their things to the weeping people, and the soldiers looked at his attire and obediently complied. But he soon realized that there was no point in doing so, as it was clearly a deliberate loot ordered by his superiors. When he drew his sword and asked the soldiers to return to the camp, a captain seemed respectful, but in fact he said arrogantly that we were ordered by the Assassin Shifu to clear the wilderness on the strong wall of Chang'an, and we could not leave things behind to support the enemy! Zhu Lingshi said that I am the new assassin, and I am stationed in Chang'an under the order of the Duke of Song, and I order you to stop the plunder immediately, and the whole team will return to the camp!

These soldiers didn't even move!

Zhu Lingshi's personal commander shouted angrily: "The general has an order, return to the camp quickly, are you deaf?" ”

At the same time as the swords of the pro-soldiers were unsheathed, these soldiers threw down their burdens one after another and raised their lances and swords in unison. The captain looked at Zhu Lingshi coldly:

"General, don't embarrass us, if you don't personally cancel the mission, we will forgive us! The general wants to guard, we have to go, and the well water does not interfere with the river water! Your official family has a great cause, and Yizhen Assassin Shi alone will take away more than 100 carts of treasures and silk silks, and we brothers will follow with our heads pinned to our waists, so we can't go home empty-handed! ”

Zhu Lingshi looked up to the sky and sighed, signaling his soldiers to give way. The soldiers shouted thank you, the general, and left in a swarm.

Zhu Lingshi's heart was like ashes, the horse's hooves were heavy, and when he arrived at Guo Xu's camp, he simply asked about tomorrow's arrangements, took off his armor, and lay in the tent vacated by Guo Xu, thinking back to what he had heard and seen today, and suddenly had a thought:

Song Gong pushed me into the fire pit!

This was the first time he had slandered Liu Yu since he was in the army, and he was frightened by his own disrespect. But look at today, think about tomorrow, and see the army that has always been good at fighting and loving the people degenerate to this point, and the reverence for Song Gong is still shattered inch by inch. (To be continued......)