Chapter 168: The Sinner
Dahan, Jingshi.
This majestic ancient city, which has been famous for thousands of years, has always been the pride of all Han people, and her existence is like a bright and brilliant pearl of the night, representing the Han nation that has been inherited for thousands of years and derived from an incomparably splendid civilization.
Since Han Gaozu founded the country and set the capital of Jingshi, for hundreds of years, her gate has never been closed due to foreign invasions.
Today, however, history has been rewritten.
On top of the tall city walls, countless city guards stood, their eyes blank mixed with a trace of fear that could not be concealed.
Jingshi, even forty-five years ago, when the Huns poured the country over, they never came to the city. As a result, all Han Chinese developed a blind confidence that the city would never be attacked.
Therefore, when they heard that the Huns had broken through the northwest defense line and aimed directly at the Beijing Division, they thought that their ears had heard poorly.
However, when the golden wolf army iron cavalry riding on a tall horse and wearing golden armor began to swim outside the city, everyone had a kind of panic at the end of the road.
The whole Jingshi suddenly became boiling, and all the men who were able to take up weapons were drafted, and they were driven up to the city in new or shabby clothes.
Even though their legs trembled, even though their faces were pale. However, because of their existence, the head of the Jingshi City, which lacked 50,000 elite warriors of the Yellow Dragon Legion, could not see any flaws.
Fang Lingtian took over the heavy responsibility of defending the city, he watched the sound at the top of the city, and decisively ordered an attack.
Three thousand soldiers of the Yellow Dragon Legion swarmed out, giving the Huns who traveled all the way, unimpeded and arrogant.
When the Huns first arrived, they were the vanguard of only 3,000 men. After defeating the Han Ting's northwest camp with the army, they went all the way south, and for the first time encountered strong resistance from formed troops.
After a fierce battle for half an hour, Liu Zhengzhong, the commander of the Yellow Dragon Legion, personally put on his armor and got on his horse, shouting: "The man protects his family and defends the country, and this is the time." ”
He took the lead, rushed into the enemy line without hesitation, and for a while, his morale was greatly increased.
With three thousand against three thousand, the Yellow Dragon Army actually repelled the Xiongnu army from afar when its combat effectiveness was slightly inferior.
It is precisely because of this that the first battle is like a reassuring pill that gives great courage to the officers and soldiers and people in the city.
It's just that when the Huns' army drove over in a steady stream, even Fang Lingtian could only order the city gate to be closed and not to fight.
The city is strong, the walls are thick, and there are a large number of arrows, earth and stones, and the grain and grass in the city are enough to support the needs of March.
At war with the Huns, the most important thing is to keep a word, and Fang Lingtian has three flavors in this regard. All kinds of defending materials were transported to the head of the city, and when the Huns attacked the city, they were given a head-on blow.
However, to his surprise, he did not wait for the news of the Hun attack, but waited for his son and son-in-law.
Although the Huns planned to completely blockade the Jingshi, it was not easy for such a behemoth to besiege it in groups, and for the Huns, who only had 150,000 light horsemen, this requirement was obviously beyond their ability.
Therefore, Xu Haifeng and others can take advantage of the night to find time to sneak into Beijing.
In the inner courtyard of Fangfu, Fang Lingtian looked at his eldest son, who had not seen him for many years, with mixed feelings in his heart, holding his hand and shaking it heavily, the father and son had a heart-to-heart connection, and there was no need to say anything.
"Daddy, since we're back, I'll be responsible for guarding the city." Xiang Ming held his father's hands, those big hands that were covered with calluses because of years of training and fighting.
If you talk about the generals of the younger generation of the Han Dynasty, there are no more than three people who are qualified and strong to say this. And Xiang Ming is undoubtedly one of the three people who are qualified to say this.
In the northern camp, he made outstanding achievements, and when he went to the west, he was even more alone and performed many miraculous feats.
The next head of the Fang family, he is already the only candidate. Not only that, but his influence also radiated to all the children of the family, and Xu Haifeng, who was born as a civilian, was listed as a moment of brightness in the Han army.
With this special identity as the eldest grandson of the Fang family, he can take many detours less than anyone else and reach the peak.
Fang Lingtian smiled with relief, this was the first time he had shown a heartfelt smile in recent days.
"Feng'er, what do you say?" Fang Lingtian didn't answer him, but asked Xu Haifeng instead.
Xu Haifeng smiled and said, "Father-in-law, you didn't answer the eldest brother, but you came to ask me, didn't you make me embarrassed?" ”
Fang Lingtian laughed loudly, and then sighed: "To be able to see you at this time, the old man has nothing to ask for." ”
Hearing his words, a hint of foreboding appeared in the hearts of Xu Haifeng and Xiang Ming at the same time.
Xiang Ming took the old man's hand and tightened it for three points, and said: "Daddy, the child is here, and I see that although the Huns are powerful, they are all light cavalry, and they do not carry baggage. With these people, if they want to capture the Jingshi, they are undoubtedly foolish dreams. Moreover, since they were light horsemen, they must not have much grain and grass with them, and even if they scraped the ground, they could not hope to find supplies on the outskirts of the city that could provide 150,000 horses. It is judged by children, as little as ten days, more than February, and the danger of the besieged city will be solved. ”
Fang Lingtian let go of the hand holding his son, returned to his seat, closed his eyes, and his brows, which had been relaxed, tightened again: "If there are only these fleas outside the city, how can my father be so worried." ”
Xiang Ming didn't understand what he meant, and turned his head to look at Xu Haifeng, only to see that he sighed with deep sympathy. Immediately knew that this old man and young man must have something to hide from him, and it was still a matter of great importance.
He was about to ask, when he suddenly heard a commotion outside the door, Fang Lingde ignored the etiquette, pushed the door in, and shouted loudly: "Big brother, that kid from Li Bohu has escaped back." ”
Fang Lingtian jumped up from his seat, his movements were extremely agile, and he couldn't tell that he was an old man in his sixties at all: "What? He's back. ”
Jingshi, Imperial City, Imperial Study.
Emperor Han Xian, the crown prince Liu Zhengqi, the heads of the three major families, as well as Xiang Ming and Xu Haifeng, gathered together.
Compared with the last secret discussion, the only thing missing was Gu Dao Beard, because this old man had already volunteered to go to the northern camp with the army.
Although Fang Lingtian was very scruptuous, he thought that he was only going as a staff member without any real power, so he no longer objected, and only told Fang Lingchen to be careful and vigilant through a letter from home.
Xu Haifeng and the others went to Beijing without permission, and it turned out that they would never see the light, but the Hun army invaded the territory, and the momentum was like a bamboo, and they had already hit the capital. They can't care about that much when they are in the right place.
Although Emperor Han Xian was secretly annoyed by the two of them, after all, he knew that at this time, the soldiers were in danger, and it was the time to employ people, so he could not destroy the Great Wall, so he turned a blind eye to their actions of leaving the defense line without permission, but instead comforted them with a pleasant face.
After a while, a burly general, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a little bit of fifties, led by the eunuchs in the palace, came to the imperial study.
As soon as he entered the door, he turned over and bowed down, buckled his head three times, and choked up: "The criminal minister Li Bohu has failed the emperor's grace, and the crime deserves death." ”
Emperor Han Xian saw that his face was full of dust, and he obviously came in a hurry, and then remembered the difficulty of today, all because of this person, his heart was full of anger, and he scolded: "Okay, you Li Bohu, I named you the commander of the Blue Wolf Legion, you don't stick to the frontier for me, but you escape, you ...... Do you still have the face to see me? ”
Li Bohu suddenly raised his head and said in a loud voice: "The minister knows that he is guilty of capital crimes, and he does not dare to defend himself, so he has come to Beijing today just to explain one thing to the emperor." ”
Emperor Han Xian stared at him deadly, and a word slowly burst out of his lips: "Say ......"
"Han has internal thieves." Li Bohu turned a blind eye to the murderous eye, and just shouted loudly.
"What......" Emperor Han Xian was shocked and blurted out.
Li Bohu knelt on the ground, looked up and glanced around, his eyes stayed on Xu Haifeng.
Fang Lingtian knew that he had scruples, and when he saw this, he immediately said: "Bohu, he is my brother's son-in-law, Xu Haifeng." ”
"Xu Haifeng." Li Bohu's expression moved, and he asked, "Black Flag Army? ”
"It's the last general." Although Li Bohu escaped from the battle, Xu Haifeng did not have the slightest intention of underestimating him, but bowed respectfully.
"Okay, since it's General Xu, then the guilty minister can rest assured."
"Bohu, how did the Northwest Battalion lose, you can tell me in detail." Fang Lingtian took a step forward and asked.
Li Bohu laughed miserably and said sadly: "Big brother, I regret not listening to what you said, so that there is an accident today." ”
Fang Lingtian raised his eyebrows, and suddenly knew in his heart, and said angrily: "Is it really the Cheng family?" ”
"Ten days ago, the Hun Golden Wolf Army suddenly fell from the sky, raided the northwest camp, we were caught off guard, although desperately resisted, but outnumbered, had to take the remnants of the remnants to kill the bloody road, rushed to the Beijing Division. It's just that he was intercepted and killed many times on the way, and it was difficult to walk, and he didn't return until now. ”
"Of the 50,000 good sons, only a thousand can return with the guilty ministers, and the rest are ...... The rest ...... "Li Bohu's extremely pale face is already full of old tears, who said that men don't shed tears, only because it is not time to be sad."
"Spies...... What about spies? Emperor Han Xian was furious and asked, "How did the Huns come, are all the spies dead?" ”
"I'm in charge of northern intelligence this month, but Cheng Yinghao is on duty?" Fang Lingtian already understood the reason at this time, and sneered: "What a Cheng family, what a plan to attack the west, you ...... It's amazing. ”
"The Cheng family?" Emperor Han Xian exclaimed in surprise and asked, "Fang Aiqing, what did you say?" ”
"The Cheng family, the Naihan family is also a thief." Fang Lingtian gritted his teeth and shouted angrily.
Emperor Han Xian raised his eyes and looked, except for the crown prince Liu Zhengqi's face that suddenly came to light, the rest of the people were silent, but there was no surprise on their faces, he pondered for a moment and suddenly woke up.
He slumped back on the dragon chair, and his face seemed to age much in an instant.
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