Chapter 2: Attacked
Once again, Zhang Yu naturally didn't want to give his life in vain, he wanted to persuade Zhang Yu if this trip to worship ancestors did not end here, but who knew that Zhang Yu, who was riding a horse outside, took the lead in coming to the carriage.
"I'm camping here today, the horses are a little anxious and afraid of danger, you two are okay and try not to leave the carriage, be ready to flee at any time."
Zhang Yu's decision to camp here was also forced to be helpless, although the place outside the pass is still nominally in the hands of Dayuan, but the situation here is actually very chaotic, bandits and horse thieves abound, the surrounding scattered grassland tribes have long been out of the control of Dayuan, they are also extremely vicious in order to make a living, and the Ming army from time to time to sweep. Seeing that the radius of dozens of miles is flat, if this road is really targeted by which side of the centaurs, it is impossible to escape, and the only way is to fight a way out.
The road is so dangerous, if it weren't for the suspicion of the Han people in Dayuan and their lives would be in danger at any time, Zhang Yu would not take the whole family to risk anything, this trip is not so much to return to his hometown to worship his ancestors, but to escape from Dayuan, this is also the Emperor of Dayuan who has been thinking of the friendship of kings and ministers for many years, turning a blind eye, or Zhang Yu's family is really not easy to escape. There are still a lot of fertile fields near the ancestral house of the Zhang family, and it is also a good choice to get out of Dayuan and become a rich man incognito.
Zhang Yu sighed helplessly, and tightened his inner armor wrapped in clothes.
Seeing Zhang Yu's face full of sadness, and then looking at the people around him who could fight, there were only twenty or thirty at best, Zhang Yu said with a sad face: "Uncle, isn't our entry into the mouth of a sheep entering the mouth of a tiger?" Why don't we go back? Wait for Da Ming to overturn Da Yuan, and the uncle will directly lead people to surrender, so how can he be a petty official! ”
Zhang Yu shook his head slightly, and gently stroked Zhang Yuan's head, "Zhi'er can be regarded as growing up, with a sense of distress, although this way is said to be nine deaths, but there is still the possibility of survival, if you go back to the north, not waiting for the victory of the Ming Dynasty, we Han people will be killed to sacrifice the flag, and although the uncle has not read any sage books, but the face still needs some, rather than being a minister, it is better to hide." ”
What do you mean by that? Yes, those who know the times are Junjie, at least Zhang Zhen thinks so, in the face of life and death, the face is worthless, but Zhang Zhen also understands that he can't put his three views on others after all, especially the ancients who are hundreds of years apart, the generation gap is too big. Zhang Yu thought for a moment, and now according to his idea of a cheap uncle, it must be the best choice.
He first sent four or five horsemen as scouts to guard the guard, and then instructed him to strictly prohibit the fire, and then he carried a waist knife to inspect the camp to confirm that there were no omissions and then breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhang Lu stayed quietly in the carriage to gnaw dry food, the dry food of this era is made of miscellaneous grains, the taste is not good, not to mention, the taste is quite poor, and the steamed bread of later generations is simply a world of difference, Zhang Lu took two bites of rock-solid dry food, and swallowed it with water, the feeling of squeezing his throat made him no longer have half of his appetite.
Putting down the dry food, Zhang Lu looked at Zhang Fu who was also in the carriage, and only sighed that his cheap assistant brother could really endure hardships, and he was still in the mood to read a book while eating dry food.
"It's better to forget each other in the rivers and lakes. This Han book is really difficult to understand, brother, what do you mean by this? Zhang Fu put down the "Zhuangzi" in his hand and asked.
Zhang Lu despised in his heart, in the end, he was a little brat, and he didn't even know what this meant, but he saw Zhang Lu straighten his body, coughed lightly, and pretended to be profound: "Xiang Xiang Yi Mo is to describe love, plus the latter sentence is probably the author's interpretation of love, and then the love of each other will inevitably restrict freedom, so this so-called Xiang Yi Mo is better than not falling in love and forgetting each other in the rivers and lakes to be more free!" Freedom, freedom, you know? The sages once had a poem: life is precious, love is more valuable, if it is for freedom, both can be thrown. Look at how important this freedom is! ”
Zhang Fukan's words made Zhang Fukan stunned, Zhang Fu looked incredulous, and asked: "Brother Lu is very knowledgeable, but I don't know when Brother Lu has such knowledge?" ”
At this moment, Zhang Fuwan completely didn't know that he had been completely led astray by Zhang Lu, what did Zhuangzi mean by forgetting each other in the rivers and lakes? The original meaning is that the spring water is dry, and the fish foam and moisten each other, so why not go to the big rivers and lakes more freely. The parable is to help each other with meager strength in difficult situations; Sometimes, you might as well give up your attachment and embrace the world with a new self. This has nothing to do with love, that is, it was only in later generations that the four characters of Xiangwei Yimo were associated with love.
Moreover, the life is precious and not written by a sage, this poem was written by the later Hungarian poet Pei Duofei, translated by Yin Fu, and then spread by Mr. Lu Xun and became popular.
"What is not learned, we have a lot of ink in our stomachs, and if there is anything I don't understand in the future, I can ask me at any time."
At this moment, Zhang Lu is still modest, but the sense of superiority from later generations makes it very inflated, don't look at us when we went to school, we didn't study hard, there is no culture, but we just take out some reserve knowledge in our brains are ahead of this era, we don't believe that there is a second person in this era of the ninety-nine multiplication table can memorize it!
The two people in the carriage were talking, but the sky had changed outside the carriage, and a "enemy attack" resounded throughout the camp.
Only one of the sentries that had been sent out came back, and he was seriously wounded, and he dismounted and fainted after saying only one word "enemy attack".
To be able to become the Privy Council Governor in Dayuan, Zhang Yu naturally has two brushes, he looked around at the moment and shouted: "Be on guard!" ”
As soon as the words fell, bursts of dust surged in all directions as far as his eyes could see, Zhang Yu's sharp eyes revealed a trace of uneasiness, he was not afraid of death, but he was afraid that his family would die under the sword soldiers, just looking at the dust that was raised, he was afraid that there would be no less than thousands, and with dozens of combatable soldiers against thousands, a fool could also think of the result.
It only took a moment for the visitors to surround the camp, and there was a brief silence at the scene.
Zhang Lu was also curious, opened the curtain and secretly looked out of the carriage, only to see that there were cavalry with armor all around, not to mention, this armor looked quite windy, and then looked at a "Ming" word banner not far away, Zhang Rong felt a burst of grass and mud horses running through his heart, afraid of what, how did this really meet with the Ming army?
Zhang Yu also saw the banner of the word "Ming", but at this moment his heart is a lot more stable, if it is a horse bandit or a grassland tribe, I am afraid that he and his family are more auspicious today, compared to today's Ming army has strict military discipline, but it is quite reasonable, as long as you don't reveal your identity, you can turn the danger into a disaster today.
Zhang Yu got on the mount and rode his horse to a person who looked like a general, Zhang Yu smiled at the moment, and arched his hand towards the general and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, we are all businessmen, and what we do is to make a living, and what we earn is just some hard money, I wonder if you can make it convenient?" ”
Zhang Yu said, took out a gold bar from his bosom and handed it to the general.
Zhang Zhen in the car looked at this scene and praised it from the bottom of his heart. I have to say that Zhang Yu's acting skills are still quite good, even if he is not as good as the actor, at least he is comparable to a professional actor, and most people will really regard him as an ordinary businessman. If it weren't for the danger period, Zhang Zhen really wanted to send a string of 666.
However, the general in front of him was not an ordinary person, I saw that the corners of the general's mouth were slightly upturned, and he said with disdain: "Tsk, Lan has been in ambush here for three days, and I am afraid that only one gold bar will not be able to offset the hard work of these brothers under his command." Good means, really good means, if it weren't for the informant, just based on your words and deeds, Lan Mou might really treat you as a vendor, you said yes? Dayuan Privy Council Governor, Zhang Yuzhang Adult. ”
This general is in his thirties, his sword eyebrows and starry eyes are quite handsome, and he is even more heroic with his bright silver armor, and the corners of his mouth have been smiling, but this smile makes people feel cold to the bone.
Zhang Lu sighed on the carriage, it fell short, the secrecy work in this era seems to be very inadequate, it is likely that someone in his own guard has already defected to the enemy and leaked his whereabouts, or it may be that someone in the Dayuan court deliberately eradicated his cheap uncle.
Zhang Yu seemed much calmer, although he was exposed, he still had a smile on his face, and he said, "What did the general say?" I don't understand, but if the adults don't think it's enough, we can discuss it again. ”
Zhang Yu was about to reach into his arms as he spoke, but his hand did not reach into his arms in the end, but missed the lining of his clothes, and directly grabbed the handle of the knife on his waist, and then looked at his face, where was there any smile at this moment except for fierceness.
What he said just now was just to paralyze the enemy, what Zhang Yu could do at the moment was to strike first, he knocked the horse's belly with his heel, pulled out the long knife at his waist and slashed towards the general.
The battle array is fast, accurate and ruthless, often the simpler the move, the more able to defeat the enemy, but this Ming army general is not a mediocre person, he does not retreat but advances, and also pulls out the long knife and Zhang Yu's long knife in one place.
The two of them staggered their horses, and the steel knives were also separated with a single touch, leaving only a few sparks to splash to the ground.
Naturally, the rest of the centaurs would not be idle, and the two sides soon fought.
Life and death fight, but in a moment there will be countless blood splashes, seeing this, where does Zhang Lu dare to look, directly sat in the carriage, in the troubled times, the most worthless is life, although Zhang Lu has died once, but at this moment in the face of the blooming blood flowers will still experience a deep fear of the soul, he saw a Ming soldier raise a steel knife, and then the old housekeeper Cheng Bo fell headlong.
Although Zhang Lu and the old housekeeper Cheng Boman have only known each other for three days, this is also a living human life, and it is gone in a blink of an eye, and the steel knife in the soldier's hand is no longer shiny, it is stained with Cheng Bo's blood, and the blood slides down the blade, dripping on the ground, and the blood splashed on the ground is still warm and gorgeous, but it is full of fear and sadness.
For many years to come, this scene would become a scene that Zhang Lu often dreamed of, and every time he would wake up from this nightmare, and every time he heard the sound of water droplets, it would also make him afraid.