Chapter 19: The Streets of Xiangyang
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In the first battle of Songfengkou, the Pegasus Ranch side, under the command of Kou Zhong, used fire attack to reverse the ambush of the Jianghuai army, and miraculously annihilated the enemy with zero casualties, so that no one escaped. Kang Ming, the fierce general of the Jianghuai army, led his henchmen to break through the siege for Meng Xunzhen and Kou Zhong to intercept and kill, and Kang Ming himself crashed under Meng Xunzhen's sword and was killed by him.
Such a big event was naturally difficult to hide, and the news spread within a few days, shocking the whole world. According to the well-informed people, when it reached the ears of the two leaders of the Jianghuai Army at this time, Fu Gongyou smashed the paperwork in front of him with a blue face, but Du Fuwei shook his head and sighed after being angry, and said three times in a row: "Good boy! ”
After annihilating the ambush, the Pegasus Ranch mysteriously disappeared, and no one could find their traces. Knowledgeable people guessed that they must have broken into pieces, and after scattering, they rushed to Jingling to rescue their ally Fang Zetao, the owner of the "Dominating Mountain Villa". This is also a logical thing, after all, there are still several large and small forces between Pegasus Ranch and Jingling, and for the sake of their own safety, they will never allow the team of Pegasus Ranch to drive into their own territory.
Xiangyang is located at the confluence of the rivers next to the Han River, and if you go down the river, you can go to Hannan, another smaller city, in one day, and then arrive at Jingling in two days. Since Yang Guang was killed by Yu Wenhua and the army, the already chaotic Great Sui world has lost the last fig leaf of the emperor Lao'er, and the large and small forces in various places no longer have the slightest scruples. Today's Xiangyang City Lord Qian Duguan is one of the typical examples.
"Double Knife" Qian Duguan was originally the leader of the Han Shui faction, acting between good and evil, and was very face-saving in both black and white in the local area, doing silk business, and having a rich family background.
When the news of Emperor Yang's death came, Qian Duguan, who had silver and knives in his hand, was "expected to return" and was elected as the leader by the local rich gentry and gangs. drove out the Xiangyang Taishou, organized his own militia regiment, and took the governance in his hands.
Although Qian Duguan took advantage of the chaos in the world to take Xiangyang into his hands, he was not a self-aware and talented person. He seems to know very well that he has no strength to dominate the world, so after occupying Xiangyang, the choke point of the north and south of the traffic, he took advantage of the situation of Li Mi, Du Fuwei, Li Zitong and other major forces confronting each other, and even did a lot of business in exchange for what he needed, as if he was the king of the land.
It was dusk. Meng Xunzhen and Kou Zhong came to the outside of Xiangyang City together. Xiangyang is located in the key point, has always been the place where the soldiers must fight, the city wall that has been repaired and built by the successive dynasties is high and deep, the arrow tower above the city gate is towering, the bell tower and the drum tower are facing each other, the momentum is magnificent.
The two of them paid the gate tax to the blue-clothed men who guarded the gate and strolled into the city. Waiting to set foot on the street that runs through the north and south city gates, it has come to the moment when the lights are on, and the archway pavilion that stands across the street. Boundless, with shops on both sides, long streets and houses, lined up one after another. People and vehicles come and go on the road, a peaceful and lively scene, so that people can't help but forget the sinister smoke outside.
"I can't see that Qian Duguan still has some skills," Kou Zhongyou looked around. whispered to Meng Xunzhen beside him, "This Xiangyang is well governed by him." ”
Meng Xunzhen shook his head and chuckled: "Zhong Shao, don't be in a hurry to draw conclusions, it's not too late to wait and see." ”
As he spoke. I saw chaos ahead, and pedestrians scattered to avoid it. When the two stared at each other, they saw two groups of more than 10 people fighting each other, chasing along the street, swords and swords. Kou Zhong was dumbfounded, but Meng Xunzhen was not surprised, pulled Kou Zhong for a moment, and stood on the side of the street to watch the vicious battle of swords and swords in the center of the street, and flesh and blood.
Kou Zhong saw six or seven men standing in the crowd on the side, wearing blue suits like the tax collectors at the city gate, but they were just pointing but not looking. He was shocked in his heart, so he asked a middle-aged man who looked like a businessman beside him: "This old man, aren't those Qian Duguan's subordinates?" How come they, like us, only watch the excitement and not come out to stop it? ”
The middle-aged man glanced at Kou Zhong and didn't want to pay attention to him, but seeing that he was carrying a knife behind his back, he seemed to be a character in the rivers and lakes, so he didn't dare to offend after all, and replied in a low voice: "This is the rule set by the city lord of this city, as long as it does not harm his interests, the rivers and lakes will fight and kill each other naturally, and the city lord will adopt a neutral attitude and will not interfere." ”
Kou Zhong was speechless: "Is there still a royal law here?" What if you accidentally hurt someone who is not related? ”
The middle-aged man smiled bitterly and said, "Even the emperor is gone, how can there be any royal law?" As for accidental injury or even accidental killing, I have to hope that I am unlucky! ”
Kou Zhong's eyes flashed, and he didn't speak again.
At this time, the fierce battle in the field was in full swing, and suddenly the long knife in the hand of one person was vigorously shocked by the opponent. The dangling knife flipped in the air and flew out whizzing to the side.
"Yikes!" There was a young man standing in the direction where the long knife flew, looking more than ten years old, thinking that he was greedy for the excitement and unconsciously squeezed to the front of the crowd of spectators, but he didn't want to encounter this flying disaster. The boy was so frightened that the blood on his face had faded, and a scream came out of his mouth, but he couldn't move his feet for half a minute.
Seeing that the blade that flashed with cold light was about to touch the young man's body, many of them closed their eyes and couldn't bear to witness the tragic scene of imminent birth.
At the critical juncture of life and death, Meng Xunzhen in the crowd raised his right hand lightly, stretched out his index finger out of thin air, and the soft and mellow power of the "One Yang Finger" came out, and the invisible and phaseless finger force hit the blade in the air. The long knife let out a clang, folded and flew sideways, "clicking" into the door of a shop on the side of the street, piercing the two-inch-thick wooden board in half.
At the same time as Meng Xunzhen made a move, Kou Zhong also jumped out of the crowd with a long body, and crashed straight into the middle of the warring parties, his hands seemed to be disorderly and grabbed for a while, but there was a subtle grasping technique of "Tianshan Folding Plum Hand" taught by Meng Xunzhen, every time he shot, he must take a person's weapon, and then slammed it to the ground, and there was a real power under this slash, whether it was an iron sword or a steel knife, it was immediately torn apart like glass after falling on the ground paved with stone slabs, and none of them could remain intact. In an instant, the hands of both sides of the originally fierce battle were empty, but there were more piles of broken copper and iron on the ground.
Kou Zhong looked around with cold eyes, and said coldly: "Everyone, if you want to fight in the future, please find a place with fewer people, and it can be regarded as accumulating some yin virtue for yourself, and disperse!" ”
Although those people were unwilling, they were all suppressed by the methods shown by Kou Zhong, and they didn't dare to make a sound, and each of them packed up their own corpses and turned into the alleys on both sides of the street. The crowd of onlookers saw that the excitement was gone, and they dispersed in a hurry. Those blue-clothed men also only glanced at Kou Zhong and turned to leave, without stepping forward to interrogate, sure enough, "It's none of my business, hang high." ”
When everyone dispersed, Kou Zhong walked to the frightened young man who was still standing in place, with a bright smile on his face, and said softly: "Little brother, it's best not to watch this kind of excitement in the future, even if you do, remember to stay away, and go home quickly!" As he spoke, he reached out and gently rubbed the boy's head a few times.
"What are you going to do? Let go! A crisp voice rang out in the alleys on the side of the street. (To be continued!)