Chapter 20 "Lower River East"
Faintly, there was the sound of war drums in the morning mist, and the shadow of a warship appeared in the water in front of the Huyan army.
The sunlight quickly dispelled the white morning mist, and I saw a dense crowd of warships rushing towards the waves, and the momentum was not small. However, just as the iron cavalry could not go into the water, the battleships could not go ashore, and two or three miles from the shore, the Liangshan fleet stopped.
A small sentinel boat rowed to the shore at a high speed, and a big voice of Liangshan shouted to Hu Yanjun's side: "The leader of the West Gate of my family, please General Hu Yanzhuo to enjoy the show!" With that, the sentinel turned around and went back again.
Hu Yanzhuo put his hand on the awning, looked at the open water in front of him, smiled coldly, and said to Hu Yanqing, Han Tao, and Peng Xi beside him: "I want to see what means that Sanqi boy has!" ”
I saw that the Liangshan fleet in the middle of the water was divided to the left and right, and two large wooden boats came out from the rear, each of which was twenty zhang long and ten zhang wide, and was covered with wide boards. The two boats sailed to the shore where the bow and arrow could not reach, then leaned together, dropped anchor, and tied them with cables on all sides, and a large wooden platform twenty feet square was formed on the water. On a crisp summer morning, the slipway is rock-steady in the blue waves.
Peng Xi said with a smile: "This platform erected by Liangshan seems to be a ring, does he want to fight with our Hujia general?" ”
As he spoke, everyone looked at Hu Yanqing and smiled. Among the four brothers, Hu Yanqing is an expert in the ring, and his wife Lu Xiuying is a heroine, who he fought back from the ring.
Hu Yanqing's face was hot for a while, and he pointed to the big platform and said, "Ring? Not necessarily! ”
When everyone stared at it again, they saw that Liangshan's minions had already pulled up the curtain on the wooden platform, covering the true face of Lushan on the stage. On the side facing Huyanjun, someone hung a couplet on the left and right shelves, and the upper couplet on the right is: Look at me not me, I look at me, I am not me; The lower link on the left is: who pretends to be whom, who pretends to be whom, who is like whom.
Han Tao sighed: "Interesting!" Interesting! Ximen Qing, the son of Sanqi, won't he really set up a stage, so he wants to invite our brothers to watch the play, right? ”
Before the words fell, there was a small minion of Liangshan erected a big sign in the middle of the big platform, with three big characters written on it - Xiahedong, the handwriting was strong and upright, but it was written by Xiao Rang, the leader of Liangshan.
"Down to the east of the river?" Hu Yanqing read softly, and suddenly became angry, "Big brother, Ximenqing is too deceitful!" I know that our brother's hometown is Taiyuan City, Hedong, so I got a Laoshzi from Hedong to humiliate our brother! Let's call the family to be famous for generations, how can we allow the erector to be tarnished?! ”
Hu Yanzhuo shook his head and said, "Second brother, don't be impatient. Ximen Qingkai, the son of the three strange sons on the rivers and lakes, is he such a frivolous person? Our brother watched coldly, if he really dared to insult the Huyan family, my Huyan family would be inseparable from him! ”
After finishing speaking, Hu Yanzhuo, Hu Yanqing, Han Tao, and Peng Xi were silent, but sneered at the big wooden platform in the water.
The place where the 3,000 Huyan soldiers lined up was a slope terrain, and the rows of iron horsemen were in a ladder shape from high to low, and everyone could see the scene on the big wooden platform in the water. They are all children of Hedong, since the Han Dynasty Huyan clan was naturalized from the Xiongnu, generations have been the generals of the Huyan family, everyone knows literature and martial arts, at this time suddenly saw the name of their hometown, and their hearts suddenly had different feelings. However, Huyanzhuo's army discipline was strict, and although the three thousand ironclad horses were touched, there was still no noise, the horses did not neigh, and they were ready for battle.
On the high platform in the water, Ximen Qing also observed Huyan's soldiers for a long time, and couldn't help but praise at this moment: "The real iron army is also!" ”
Yueniang stood beside him, full of pearls and emeralds, with a grand appearance, dressed up as a product, and said timidly: "Xianggong, my appearance, is it okay?" ”
Ximen Qing straightened the robe on his body, hung up a fake beard, and said with a smile: "That's it!" ”
Seeing that Yueniang's expression was still a little unnatural, Ximenqing shook her hand and said: "Yueniang, don't think about anything else, as long as you do it like you do on weekdays, it will be a great favor for me, and these three thousand Huyan soldiers are in my bag!" At that time, the Liangshan soldiers did not destroy the strong enemy without blood, and they did not have to maim people's lives, which was really a great merit! ”
When Yueniang heard this, her expression gradually calmed down, and she nodded lightly to Ximenqing: "Don't worry, husband!" ”
Ximen Qing smiled, snapped his fingers, Bai Xiuying in the background saw it clearly, raised his hand, and suddenly played eight notes in unison, and the little minions in the music quickly took away the big sign of "Xiahedong", and the curtain of the stage officially opened.
Outside the military tent of the Huyan Army, Hu Yanzhuo, Hu Yanqing, Han Tao, and Peng Xi all opened their eyes wide and stared at the stage in the water.
But I saw a simple coiled dragon background, the brocade clothes were paired, the flower hats were paired, lined with Tokyo fine music, and they all appeared in the same official makeup, and then there was a person wearing a crown of cupola and an ochre dragon robe, and appeared in the embrace of a group of palace ladies and women, and opened his mouth to read white, but he claimed to be the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty Kaibaojun - Zhao Kuangyin.
Hu Yanzhuo's four generals looked at each other, it seemed that Liang Shan was really acting.
Liang Shan is indeed making a play, and the actor of this Zhao Kuangyin is none other than the iron called Zi Lehe. When Ximenqing asked him to wear a dragon robe for the first time, Le He trembled with fright, although it was just a drama robe, but Le He still said that he didn't dare to wear anything, until Ximen Qing was annoyed and forced him to put it on, Le He trembled for a long time, and slowly felt nothing, and then he really found the feeling of two points of heaven, and then he felt that what Ximen Qing said "The emperor takes turns to do, and he will come to my house next year" is very reasonable.
At this time, Lehe played the role of Zhao Kuangyin, with a calm bearing, swaying freely, and a bit of a wise man. But the next performance was not very good.
It's not that there is a problem with Lehe's acting skills, but the development of the plot, which makes this Zhao Kuangyin lose his demeanor. Liu Jun, the king of the Northern Han Dynasty, sent a battle table to the Great Song Dynasty, and Hu Yanshou Pavilion (Hu Yanzhuo's ancestor, played by Ximen Qing) held the battle table to the palace, Zhao Kuangyin read the battle table and was furious, so he ordered Hu Yanshou Pavilion to lead 100,000 troops to conquer the Northern Han Dynasty.
Hu Yanzhuo and the others couldn't imagine that Liangshan's play was actually about the founding of the country, and they all paid attention and couldn't take their eyes off it, and the three thousand Hu Yanbing soldiers held their breath and stared at the big stage.
But after seeing Hu Yanshou Pavilion hang up the handsome seal and go down to the palace, there was a traitor Ouyang Fang (played by Bai Xiuying's father Bai Yuqiao) to the palace, this Ouyang Fang was a high-level spy sent to the Song Dynasty by the Northern Han Dynasty, so he used clever words to slander Hu Yanshou Pavilion, and every word hit the itch of Zhao Kuangyin's suspicion of loyal ministers. So Zhao Kuangyin, who was soft-eared and lively, decided to drive the expedition in person, so he recalled Huyanshouting, seized the handsome seal, and reassigned Ouyang Fang to take command, and Huyanshouting was the vanguard, and he wanted to hunt in Hedong with Liu Jun.
When he saw this, Han Tao Peng Xi, who had already entered the play, couldn't help but muttered and scolded the traitorous ministers, Hu Yanzhuo and Hu Yanqing looked blank.
Although the handsome seal was taken away, Hu Yanshou Pavilion did not have the slightest resentment. Asked when the new marshal Ouyang Fang would march tomorrow, Ouyang Fang said that the time was gone, so Hu Yanshouting went home and went home with his wife Luo Shi (played by Wu Yueniang) and his son Hu Yanzan (Luan Yan'er played with ink. Although this little girl looks like the moon, but she is strong in martial arts, it just so happens that Zuihou Huyanzan wants to have a lot of martial arts to perform, and it is Luan Yan'er who counts and counts, so the little girl was unfortunately selected by Ximen Qing), daughter Huyan Jinlian (played by Pan Jinlian, Pan Jinlian likes to be lively, as long as she can join in the fun, she is also willing to be the daughter of the temporary Yueniang) to say goodbye.
Hu Yanshouting was brave and strategic, and he had already seen that Ouyang Fang had betrayal intentions, but there was no evidence, so he wanted to take the opportunity of tomorrow to try Ouyang Fang. Ouyang Fang said that he would go when he called for the time of the Chen, and he would go when he called for the longevity pavilion, if Ouyang Fang made something strange when he ordered the Mao, the people who sent troops this time must be suspicious.
Sure enough, as expected by Hu Yanshou Pavilion, Ouyang Fang said that it was the time of the hour, but in fact, he began to order troops at the time of the day. This traitor just wanted Hu Yanshou Pavilion to make a mistake, so that he could execute the military law and behead him to show the public, but he didn't expect Hu Yanshou Pavilion to arrive in advance.
Now that he has insight into Ouyang Fang, Hu Yanshou Pavilion pays attention everywhere. When he arrived in Hedong, Ouyang Fang had a secret meeting with Liu Jun, the king of the Northern Han Dynasty, and was discovered by Hu Yanshouting, who was secretly tracking. After returning to the camp, Hu Yanshouting exposed Ouyang Fang's conspiracy in front of Zhao Kuangyin, but Ouyang Fang instead beat a rake, saying that Hu Yanshouting was a personal grudge because of the handsome seal being taken away, and blood was sprayed here, but when he saw the marshal out of the camp to watch the enemy and meet Liu Jun by chance, he framed himself to communicate with the Northern Han Dynasty.
Zhao Kuangyin listened to the biased belief, shouted and drank the Imperial Forest Army in front of the tent, pulled Hu Yanshou Pavilion down, and heavily blamed the forty military sticks, thinking that the latecomers would quit. Ouyang Shouting was wronged and retreated, Ouyang Fang saw that there was an opportunity, so he sent a secret letter to Liu Jun, and asked the Northern Han to come to steal the camp and rob the village that night.
Liu Jun was overjoyed, and he hurried to the Song camp. Ouyang Fang had already secretly transferred his men and horses, and the Northern Han soldiers drove straight in, unimpeded, and killed directly under the dragon shed where Zhao Kuangyin was, and fought fiercely with the Imperial Forest Army.
At the critical moment, Hu Yanshouting ignored the torture injuries that had not healed, and led his family to fight bravely to rescue the driver. The Hu family general was brave and invincible, cut the general and held the flag, killed the Northern Han people, and was terrified, so he had to retreat in defeat. When he retreated, Liu Jun followed Ouyang Fang's plan, and the whole camp shouted "Hu Yanshou Pavilion rebelled", and even Zhao Kuangyin heard it.
After the Northern Han soldiers retreated, Zhao Kuangyin raised the tent, and Ouyang Fang and Hu Yanshouting all came to listen to the order. But I heard Zhao Kuangyin sing: "The soldiers traveled to the east of the river quickly, and secretly led Fenshui to irrigate Liu Jun." Why did the enemy soldiers come so fiercely that they secretly camped into the dragon shed? ”
Ouyang Fang reversed black and white again, saying that Hu Yanshouting hated Zhao Kuangyin for beating him forty military sticks, so he secretly colluded with Liu Jun, and when the Northern Han Dynasty stole the camp and robbed the village that night, he made an appointment with Neiying. Fortunately, he was on guard and swore to protect the dragon shed to the death, so the traitor's plan did not succeed. Zuihou said that if Hu Yanshou Pavilion is not removed, how can Hedong be flat?
When Zhao Kuangyin heard this, he was furious, and shouted: "Push Huyanshou Pavilion out of the dragon shed and behead it at three o'clock in the afternoon!" ”
At this critical moment, the curtain on the stage was slowly closed.
Although the curtain has been pulled a few times when the background has been changed on the stage in the past few times, there has never been such a time to make people so anxious. The 3,000 disciplined Huyan soldiers waited for a long time, and when they saw that the curtain on the ship was not moving, they actually made a faint commotion.
Hu Yanzhuo condescended to see clearly, so he summoned the flag officer to give an order: "The three armies have reckless movers to behead!" ”
The flag official has been the general of the Huyan family for generations, and he has always been loyal and follows his orders, but today he listened to Huyanzhuo's order, and suddenly knelt on the ground and said in a lamented voice: "General, the old lord is wrong......ed, and he has burst into tears.
Hu Yanqing endured his sadness and reluctantly shouted: "Hu Yantong! You have followed my brother for many years, and you should know that crying in the army is for the sake of forbidden-is it necessary to know the law and break the law today, and try the blade by yourself? ”
grabbed the ground with his head and called for a passage: "The villain doesn't dare." It's just that these 3,000 brothers are all our Huyan disciples, how can they be silent when they see that the old lord is wronged? If the general is held accountable by military law, there will be many people who die in vain - if the enemy is not beheaded, he will break his hands and siblings first, how can there be such a reason in the world? The villain has the courage to beg the general to take back his fate! ”
Han Tao said: "Big brother, Hu Yantong is reasonable, please take back your life!" ”
Hu Yanzhuo shouted: "The soldiers have no rules, they don't form a square circle, how can they mess up the army because of personal feelings?" ”
Hu Yanqing thought for a while and said, "Big brother, of course the military regulations are chaotic. But today, after half a day of array, the brothers are wearing heavy armor and are tired of coming, so why don't you give them an order to rest for a while? In the plains, if the Liangshan thieves have soldiers, they must not hide from the sentries on the lookout, and our army will have enough strength and horsepower to fight the enemy in one go! ”
Hu Yanzhuo glanced at his brother and snorted coldly: "You are really a talker!" That's it! Hu Yantong, the order goes down, the three armies rest on the spot, but no one can unarm, horses cannot unsaddle, ready for battle at any time! ”
Hu Yantong was overjoyed and shouted: "Get the order!" "Exit the military tent, fly on the horse, and raise the flag to gallop and carry the message. Not long after, the drum noise in the army was loud, and the three thousand Huyan disciples shouted in unison: "Open!" Opening! "The sound was like thunder.
Hu Yanzhuo and the other four people in the Chinese military tent glanced at each other, why didn't they look forward to the curtain opening? It's just that as the commander-in-chief, it's inconvenient to shout with the brothers.
Listening to the shouting sound of the flood peak, Ximenqing smiled slightly, waved his hand, and the curtain finally opened slowly.
As soon as the music on the stage began, the noise of the 3,000 people subsided, and there was silence for an instant. But listening to the sound of the drum, its sound was solemn, but it opened the court.
Huyanshouting played by Ximenqing had his hands cut off backwards, and the executioner behind him was swordsman, but he stood up and unyielding, and sang loudly: "Xia Hedong was wronged, and his heart was like a knife, and he hated my heavenly spirit to be angry." I am like a phoenix falling off the shelf and a chicken shrouded, and like a roc spreading its wings and missing feathers. Entering the tiger's den is just to protect the community, who wants to be imprisoned by the faint king. The flash made it difficult for me to draw the knife in my left hand and return to the sheath, this is the misfortune that does not invite everyone to bring it on themselves. Xia Hedong was framed and his head is not guaranteed, who can drive away the traitorous sword? ”
As soon as the singing stopped, on the other side of the stage, Ouyang Fang asked Zhao Kuangyin: "Holy Lord, three o'clock in the afternoon is coming, what else does the Holy Lord command?" ”
Zhao Kuangyin said: "It was supervised by Aiqing, and Hu Yanshouting was beheaded, thinking that he was a disloyal minister!" ”
Ouyang Fang agreed: "The minister's decree!" Out of the dragon shed asked Huyan Shouting, "Lord Huyan, at this moment, what else do you say?" ”
Hu Yanshouting sang: "Even if you serve the country and are wronged, you will bury your loyal soul on the battlefield since ancient times." It is difficult to distinguish right from wrong for a while, and someone will judge it a hundred years later. ”
Ouyang Fang sighed repeatedly, and ordered someone to escort Hu Yanshou Pavilion down, and after a drum sounded, he returned to the dragon shed and told Zhao Kuangyin: "The minister has been imprisoned, and Hu Yanshou Pavilion has been beheaded!" ”
After Zhao Kuangyin sent Ouyang Fang to retreat, he said to himself with a smile: "Hu Yanshou Pavilion Gong Gao Zhen Lord, today I used the topic to behead him, and also eliminated a confidant trouble for my Zhao family's descendants and grandchildren, hahahaha——"
Ouyang Fang came out of the dragon shed, and sighed again: "Although the old man is against Lord Huyan, but it is a war between two countries, each of which is its master, so it has to be so, in fact, the old man also respects him in his heart. Someone's coming! Will bury Lord Huyan thickly, and don't insult! The Guards agreed.
Crying three times, and daxiao three times, Ouyang Fang sang: "The life of the pioneer has been written off, and the faint monarch has broken his arm." Now put aside Zhao Song and help the Northern Han Dynasty to sit in the Dragon Dynasty. After singing, Ouyang Fang hung the seal and sealed the gold, and the horse went to the Northern Han camp.
Seeing Liu Jun, Ouyang Fang said: "The king is overjoyed!" ”
Liu Jun asked: "Where does the joy come from?" ”
Ouyang Fang said: "The faint monarch has destroyed the Great Wall by himself, and he has already beheaded Lord Huyanshou Pavilion!" ”
For a time, the two hahadaxiao.
Among the Huyan soldiers watching the play, someone suddenly cried: "Faint king! Dog thief! "Pegasus galloped to the water's edge, bent his bow and arrows, and shot at the stage. It's a pity that the stage is far beyond the range of bows and arrows, and the people who release the arrows have more than enough heart but not enough strength.
Although it is useless, but as soon as you ride, a hundred horses follow, and the bowstring sound by the water rings like beads, and the arrows are like rain.
Hu Yanzhuo heard his soldiers scolding the "faint king", and his face turned white in shock. Hu Yanqing comforted: "Big brother is panicking, the word 'faint king' of the brothers is scolding that Liu Jun!" ”
Although he was reassured by his brothers, Hu Yanzhuo still gave an urgent order, ordering all the sergeants to collect the team and not to mess around. A group of soldiers threw their bows and arrows, and suddenly someone fell under the horse and cried loudly.