Two hundred and three, the question of the heart
The soldiers on the tower of the city gate looked at each other, the martial artists sent out by General Song to do things, or our people from Jinzhou? But General Song's name barbarians should also know when they came to Jinzhou, could it be that the barbarians thought of such a clumsy way to deceive the door?
"Lord Wei, one of them has a voice that sounds like ours from Jinju. The sergeant beside him whispered to Wei Weiyan, "But we can't be sure, do you think it's okay to send someone to General Song to ask for clarification first, and then it's not too late to open the city gate?"
"Half-drawn bow. Wei Wei waved his hand so that the soldiers around him no longer used the full bow that was extremely damaging to their arm strength, "Hurry up and go to General Song first to ask if there is really anything about sending a martial artist to the north." ”
"My lord, please open the door quickly, if the two of us meet a barbarian outside the city, we will be in danger in an instant!"
The shouts of the two people under the city became more and more urgent, and the soldiers in the city couldn't bear it, so they said to Wei Wei that it was better to let people in first, even if they were tied up to figure out their identities, and it would not be too late to loosen the ties and apologize when the time came, so they left the two of them outside, and they might shoot the cold arrows of the barbarian rangers at some point.
It is that the garrison soldiers in the city have taken advantage of the location, and the barbarians under the city have exchanged bows and arrows and killed and injured between five and five, not to mention the huge two people and one horse on the flat ground, is it not a live target.
They were all Yao people, and the lieutenant of the city gate couldn't bear it, so he ordered his sergeants to open the city gate.
"Just opened the city gate like this, do you want to kill the people of a city?" The greasy voice beside the lieutenant was slightly panting, "Without the order of this official, you dare to open the city gate without permission?"
The lieutenant had no choice but to escape his prestige, and did the etiquette of meeting the officials to the person who spoke, although the city gate lieutenant said that he was in charge of the city gates on all sides of the city on weekdays, it could not be said that it was just an ordinary errand with a lot of oil and water, and when the war started, he still had to obey these officials who were raised by the Yamen oil and water to be fat-headed and big-eared, and the Jinzhou soldier Cao joined the army in front of him, He Qing, who could be called the top boss of their entire city gate captain.
Wei Wei's head hurt when he heard the fat man's voice, and he quietly moved two steps away, otherwise he would have to talk to this official for an unknown amount of time.
He Qing was originally a civilian official, and he joined the army in Jinzhou Bing Cao because He Jiahua bought 10,000 taels of snowflake silver from a big man in the capital military department, and the number of Jinzhou Prefecture troops is so large, only the monthly military salary is a huge expense, not to mention the election of Bing Cao's military officer, the armor instrument, the portal camp key, and the waiting for the release, which can not get a lot of oil and water subsidies. Therefore, after spending 10,000 taels of silver, it will take less than two years to get it back.
If this He Qing is just to get some oil and water, he is still a master who likes to dictate military affairs, and he is called a politician in his position, when his grandmother can make up for the March salary owed by the captain of the city gate, he will have to give his old man three pillars of high incense, how can he ask this Lord He to do something more.
"Deputy Lieutenant Jiang, what is this barbarian in the city doing?" He Qing, who was bloated, had to make a lot of effort to climb the city wall, and said without wheezing, "Why don't you order the sergeant to shoot indiscriminately with arrows?"
The lieutenant surnamed Jiang explained the reason to He Qing, and when the latter heard that it was the martial artist sent out by General Song, he was so shocked that he jumped up, "Since it is a person under General Song, why don't you welcome it in quickly!"
"Lord He, this is just a one-sided statement between the two people in the city, but..."
"But what?" He Qing straightened his color, "Since it is a one-sided statement, then you have to ask clearly before putting it in, this official is now guarding and closing the gate of the city, so naturally he must not be careless." ”
Coughing twice and clearing his throat, He Qingti lifted the jade belt around his waist to climb the city gate, he was born with a short figure, and he had to stand on tiptoe to poke his head out between the battlements:
"Under the city, it's General Song of Jinju?"
Immediately, although the two of them were anxious, they saw a person's head poking out from the city gate, and he seemed to be a big official, so he replied patiently: "More than a month ago, General Song summoned half a hundred Jianghu warriors in Jinzhou to go north, and we are the men recruited by General Song!"
The man's man's official tone in the city gave rise to some uneasy unease in their hearts.
He Qing smacked the taste from Wei Changpan's answer, since he was not a confidant of General Song's subordinates, at least he was not an official of the stream, most of them were the mud legs that General Song picked up from the muddy pond in the rivers and lakes, and he couldn't make peace with them, and he happened to show his majesty in front of the soldiers in the city.
"Under the city, where did you two get back to Jinju?"
Wei Changpan informed all the distances as soon as possible.
"It's about half a team of 100 people going north, why are you the only two returning south?"
"Frozen and starved to death, most of them died in battle with the barbarians, and when they returned, they were chased by a small group of barbarian rangers, so there are only two people left. ”
"Since you said that it was General Song who sent the Jianghu warriors to the north, do you have a certificate on you?"
"If you go north and go deep into the hinterland of the barbarians, you can't take it with you. ”
"Be bold, dare to lie in front of this official! If it weren't for the fact that both of you are Yao, you would have ordered someone to shoot you with arrows!" He Qing thought that Wei Changpan and the others were full of loopholes, and he raised his voice and shouted, "Not to mention that General Song once gave an order to order people to go north, and fifty people went but two of them came back, is it really easy to be an official?"
The soldiers in the city didn't know why, only the lieutenant of the city gate vaguely understood what this soldier Cao was referring to when he joined the army....
Wei Wei was born in the army, and he relied on bloody battles with barbarians to do the errand of the captain of the city gate of Yuancheng, but he still has the ability and courage, and his temper has not gone down much compared to back then, and he heard the meaning of He Qing's words, it is not a taste, and the anger is gradually rising, but because of He Qingbing's identity as a member of the army, he did not attack immediately, but his complexion was quite bad.
Where can He Qing care to look at the faces of the people around him, and his whole body and mind are brewing the next words, "Right now, the barbarians north of Yuancheng are rampant, and the two of you also said that they were chased by barbarian rangers along the way, and most of the half of the hundred people died, why did you two escape back?"
Even Wei Changpan understood the tone of yin and yang, and the fat-headed and big-eared official in the city almost asked him directly, why did the two of them not die in the north, but came back alive.
"No matter what pickling methods you two use to get away, and whether you are now a subordinate of General Song or a spy of the barbarians, this official knows one thing, and letting you two in is categorically not conducive to the defense of the city, this official is merciful, and he is unwilling to face each other with swords against the Yao people, so he quickly retreats and finds a remote place to live to atone for the sins of this life...."
"Lao Tzu fights your mother!"
Liu Ziyi couldn't help it anymore, he took out a small knife and threw it at the city gate, and the city was more than three feet six feet high, and Liu Ziyi threw the knife in anger It was surprisingly accurate, and it was obliquely inserted on the bricks and stones of the battlements, and it was only a few inches away from the head of He Qing, who joined the army.
He Qing, who has been a military attache in the Taiping for most of his life, is just a literati who is proficient in calculations, and he doesn't know anything about martial arts, but he has read a few military books, plus he has some boastful skills, and he is also proficient in human contacts.
The lieutenant surnamed Jiang was only a stone's throw away, and the flying knife went straight up three feet and six feet high, and it was already weak on the way, and it could be knocked down at the head of the city, but He Qing's previous words made each of them feel that they had suffered a great humiliation, and they came back after a lot of hard work, and they were easily said by you to be a spy of the barbarians.
He Qing, who was born with a five-short figure, had to stand on tiptoe to poke his head out on the battlements to speak, he was born obese, and his legs were trembling after standing for a long time, so he almost didn't take a bench to cushion, and he fell backwards by this flying knife, and fell on his back, plus He Qing's body was bloated, and he couldn't get up for a while.
The laughter of the sergeant beside him was heard by He Qing, and he hated in his heart, laughing, laughing, if you don't pay for another month, this officer will see how you can laugh.
"The attempted assassination of Dayao officials in public, you are so bold, if it weren't for the great fortune of this official, wouldn't you have been succeeded by you two traitors?" He Qing struggled, his face was blue and red for a while, "Release the arrow!"
If this arrow is shot out, there will be no room for maneuver, Wei Wei admires the courage of the two people in the city from the bottom of his heart, and he has believed most of what Wei Changpan and the two said, such a character died under He Qing's random arrows, uncle can't bear it, and aunt can't bear it!
"Lord He, these two people are disrespectful to the officials of Da Yao, coupled with the crime of collaborating with the enemy and treason, if they are killed by random arrows like this, it will inevitably be a little cheaper for them, why don't the captains of this school take people down and capture them alive, and the adults will punish them to relieve the evil anger in the hearts of the adults?"
If He Qing is persuaded to let go of these two people, according to Wei Wei's understanding of He Qing's temperament, it is absolutely impossible, and only by capturing the two gentlemen can he first ensure his safety for a while before making plans.
"The best, the best. He Qingyin smiled ruefully, "Please Captain Wei don't let these two people come back with missing arms and legs, it won't be interesting to play like that." ”
Although He Qing was forcibly pressed by the government, the tragic situation when the servant was carried out of He Mansion could not be faked in any case, and if the two really fell into He Qing's hands, it was really not as happy as shooting arrows to death.
When Wei Wei drove down the city wall, he said to the confidants around him, "Go to General Song to explain the reason, please give the order, and save the lives of these two people first." ”
Then and the north city wall of the city gate opened only for one person and one horse to pass through the gap, Wei Wei took the lead, and then more than 20 horses rushed out.
did not die under the arrows of the barbarians, but died in the hands of his own people, Wei Changpan and the two of them were like ashes, and they did not want to turn the horse's head and run away, the world is so big that it can accommodate a few lost dogs. So the two of them were easily captured and brought into the city.