Chapter 596: Don't Believe in Evil
The life of a eunuch has always been difficult, and it is not an exaggeration to describe life in the palace as a tightrope walk.
And the eunuchs who have fallen from the stage are even more so, they are destined to have no hope in this life. Tong Guan fell with Li Xian, and he was able to magically reach the peak of eunuchs, I have to say that luck, forbearance, and ability are not lacking.
Even though there are ups and downs in his life, Tong Guan has never felt that life has been so difficult.
Carrying the emperor's order and entering the northwest alone, this resolute decisiveness alone is enough to make those border generals who are far away from the imperial capital and have no chance to be admired by the emperor.
But he didn't think of anything, he looked forward to the stars and the moon, and decided that the strongest helper in his life had just met him, so he poisoned him.
He was like an infatuated man who had been greened, with tears of despair shining in his eyes.
The faith of life is most challenged by this life.
"Li Kui!"
Tong Guan lay on the ground, and he didn't even dare to scold loudly. He was deeply afraid that being heard and reaching Li Kui's ears would bring greater revenge.
But he was not reconciled!
He wants to be a eunuch who will go down in history, and he wants to be the sharpest sword in the hands of the Son of Heaven.
But everything has become a big joke in front of Li Kui.
With a trumped-up charge, he was beaten until he couldn't take care of himself, and he trembled with fear at the thought of the whip. It hurts more than a knife, especially the trampling on his self-esteem, which makes his heart feel like ashes. Li Kui would use the dispensable military regulations in the army to attack him. The weapon is not in the bosom, which is also a sin?
Tong Guan said that he didn't believe that this was Li Kui's law enforcement, and it must be a conspiracy of civilian officials. It was Li Kui who didn't like him and deliberately gave him prestige.
"Father-in-law, it's time to take medicine!"
"You guys lighter!"
Tong Guan can't care about being an iron-blooded man anymore, and he was beaten to the point of collapse by military law, just ask, which hero in the world is so unbearable?
The heroic spirit he has cultivated all his life has been lost, just like a scholar who has lost his integrity, without the heroic righteousness in his chest, his fragile heart has opened a wound that can never heal, tearing his heart little by little.
Now, who will pretend to be a hero again?
Fear of pain is what people should behave.
"Silk—"
"It hurts our family."
Tong Guan is not ashamed, he screams like a pig when it hurts, anyway, he is already a puddle of mud, and his fragile and sensitive heart humbly feels all the disdainful eyes around him.
"Father-in-law, you bear with it first. The wound has begun to heal and will stop hurting in a few days. ”
"General Gao still has no news?"
"Father-in-law, the villain was waiting on the avenue yesterday, but he didn't see General Gao. As you know, we are too small to go deeper. After meeting with General Gao, it will be fine, and the villain thinks that he will be able to see General Gao in one day at most. Father-in-law doesn't have to worry about the war, if we are in the cavalry battle array, we may not be able to protect the father-in-law, but in the infantry formation, we can protect the father-in-law even if we fight with our lives. ”
This is reasonable, but every word seems to interpret a fact, afraid of death. People die for money, and they work hard for money, which shows that the money given by Tong Guan is not enough. Even if these people repeatedly assured, it also made Tong Guan upset. He began to dislike the talents he relied on at the beginning.
Tong Guan wondered, Li Kui could receive a fierce general like Luda if he accepted a family in Fushi City casually. But who did he pull out in the capital?
There's no way around it.
The gangsters in the capital can't compare to the martial artists who came out of the Royal Boxing Gym, they have been fighting on the streets since they were young, and if their families had a little money, they would not cause such notoriety. Of course, with rotten people like them, there is no need to think about horseback riding. There is a horse rental business in Tokyo City, but the kind of horses that are kept in captivity and can't even run, and riding on such a horse is not much different from walking the street, so it is certainly not a horse riding.
If he really goes to the battlefield, Tong Guan relies on these subordinates, I am afraid that there is a high probability of losing his life.
After changing the dressing, Tong Guan pretended to be dead.
He couldn't help it, if he stared at people, he had a kind of sadness in the crotch of his pants.
But he pretended to be asleep because he was helpless, and he couldn't sleep at all.
I don't know if that guy started and talked about Li Kui's heroic deeds.
"I'm waiting for General Gao to arrive, in case Master Li captures Lanzhou City, wouldn't it be a great credit to miss it?"
Even if they follow Tong Guan, they also want to make military achievements, what if they become officials?
For the top elites, they look down on military attaches who are not in the stream. But for the people, the official position of the Great Song Dynasty is a very coveted privilege. Moreover, Tong Guan didn't mention any face in front of Li Kui, and it was already very good not to be tossed to death by Li Kui. Not to mention taking the credit from Li Kui and distributing it to Tong Guan's subordinates.
Some people are worried, but some people are not panicking: "You are stupid! There are more than 10,000 soldiers in Lanzhou City, and the Feilian army is all gone, and the victory or defeat of the siege battle is unknown. I admit that Master Li is very powerful, but it is not enough that 3,000 cavalry can defeat more than 10,000 horses, right? And the soldiers are all cavalry, and my Great Song Dynasty suffers because the cavalry is not as good as others? ”
"What's the use of having a lot of people? Master Li Jin Mingzhai battled, but the Xixia iron cavalry that could be killed with infantry was full of urine, and now although there are few soldiers, the Qingtang people are not comparable to the Xixia people. ”
Hearing the words 'fart and urine', Tong Guan's ears pricked up. What he feared the most was to hear the words 'ass urine', which very neatly summed up the greatest shame in his life.
"But the cavalry is no better than the infantry, and besides, there are fewer people around Master Li, I'm afraid it's a little difficult."
"What do you know, Lord Li was originally 3,000 to 50,000, how could he be trapped by these unruly thieves in Qingtang. Maybe after we join General Gao, we will rush to Lanzhou City and have already won? ”
"Nonsense, where is 3,000 to 50,000, 800 to 100,000. Don't you know that although Master Li is a Wenqu star, he is holding a judge's pen in his hand. ”
"Silk—so powerful?"
……
The more Tong Guan listened, the more unpleasant he felt in his heart. What kind of Wenqu star, judge's pen, can it be right?
He also knows that the people of Tokyo City like to brag, saying that there is something that is not there, and that there is something in the sky. You can't just keep your eyes open and talk nonsense, can you?
Eight hundred to one hundred thousand, Emperor Taizu didn't dare to blow it like this!
Anyway, Li Kui's name in Tokyo City has a tendency to be mythologized. Of course, the battle of Jinmingzhai did bring long-lost confidence to the Great Song Dynasty.
Although Tong Guan is an insider of the whole battle, he has seen the secret folds and twists, so he naturally understands Li Kui's power. But even so, it is very different from the Li Kui who boasted on the streets of the capital.
What's more, most of these people are Tong Guan's guards, and they boast about Li Kui so much, have they ever thought about Tong Guan's feelings? Tong Guan, whose eyes were red with anger, suddenly said angrily: "Enough, our family must be clean and clean." A few of you, follow the official road to meet General Gao, if you don't meet General Gao for ten miles, then welcome a hundred miles. ”
They also know that they have angered their employers.
For a while, the birds and beasts were scattered.
Fortunately, the ears were finally cleared, and Tong Guan basked in the warm sun and fell asleep in a daze. In the dream, he incarnated as the fierce general with golden helmets and golden armor, and slaughtered all sides in the army.
Just when he wanted to kill the Quartet heartily, he suddenly felt a tingling pain in his lower abdomen.
After waking up from the dream, he secretly touched a blanket under him with his eyes closed, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Hurriedly shouted to the surroundings and helped our family up.
"Father-in-law, do you want water?"
Tong Guan had a cold face, and said angrily: "Help our family to relieve our hands." ”
It wasn't until late in the evening that it was getting dark. Only then did Tong Guan look forward to seeing someone moving on the official road. After waiting for half an hour, Gao Yu hurried over.
Seeing Tong Guan's tragic situation, Gao Yu hurriedly jumped off the horse and said in surprise: "Father-in-law, what's wrong?" ”
"Our family just broke the military rules, don't worry." Tong Guan pretended to be relaxed, but his face was not very natural.
Gao Yu said angrily: "Renjie doesn't know how to protect his father-in-law and let his father-in-law suffer this big crime, how is this good?" ”
"The army has its own rules in the army, and even if our family supervises the army, we can't ignore military law. Okay, General Gao, you don't have to dwell on this. We are in a hurry to meet you, because we want to discuss with you the question of how to take Lanzhou City. The university scholar asked me to take Lanzhou within half a month. Our family is afraid that half a month will pass in a flash, and when the time comes, we will live up to the trust of the scholars, and how will it end then. ”
Tong Guan said worriedly.
The literati and eunuchs of the Great Song Dynasty have always been in a hostile relationship with Mai Mang. Especially for an ambitious person like Tong Guan, when Li Xian left the capital, there were also many civil servants who opposed it. If Li Xian hadn't opened up the situation in the northwest quickly, he would not have been able to lead the Western Army and conquer the Western Xia. In Wenchen's eyes, Tong Guan is the second Li Xian.
Gao Yu rubbed his hands nervously, it was difficult to ask him. He also didn't know if he could defeat Lanzhou on his own. It's just that Li Kui came, and he was relieved.
The reassuring result was that Li Kui basically did not discuss the battle with him.
Thinking about it, Gao Yu even has the ability to arrange troops, how could Li Kui discuss with him how to fight? This is simply asking the question of blindness.
After a long time, Gao Yucai was embarrassed and said, "Renjie hasn't discussed it with me." ”
He then felt that he was suspected of betraying Li Kui, and hurriedly explained: "However, Gao believes in Renjie, and dealing with Qingtang people is just a small test." Sooner or later, Lanzhou will be recovered in our hands. ”
Tong Guan rolled his eyes and snorted coldly: "He didn't even give you a consultation?" Are you the commander? ”
Asking this question, Gao Yu was even more embarrassed, although Li Kui was a Wenchen, but the question was that Wenchen dared to take a thousand people to rush to the main formation of tens of thousands of people?
The peerless generals are nothing more than that.
Gao Yu said: "It doesn't matter if the master is the master or not, the relationship between brothers lies in trust." I believe that Renjie will be able to succeed immediately, break Lanzhou City, and be ashamed. ”
"I believe you're a ghost!"
Encountering such a soft persimmon Gao Yu, Tong Guan had no interest in continuing to talk to Gao Yu.
Following.
Tong Guan finally followed the infantry on the road.
In addition to lying on the grain cart in a posture that made the eunuchs feel very ashamed, he has been thinking about how to take Lanzhou City in his mind.
Tong Guan couldn't wait to fly to the city of Lanzhou to help Li Kui come up with ideas. Fulfill his duties as a supervisor of the army, and at the same time let Li Kui see that he is not in vain.
Discrete meter?
Draw a salary from the bottom of the kettle?
Deliberately showing weakness?
Even...... Beauty Trick!
When Tong Guan thought of this beauty trick, he also blushed a little. A eunuch, who has no chance with women in this life, would even think of beauty schemes, is it a bit too inferior?
Two days on the road, just like that.
Seeing Lanzhou City in sight. Gao Yu immediately ordered Lu Qian to prepare to set up camp, but what puzzled him was, where did Li Kui go?
According to the speed of the march, Li Kui arrived in Lanzhou City two days earlier than him, but outside Lanzhou City, in addition to his Song army, where were there other Song army camps. There is no camp, it is likely that Li Kui is not in Lanzhou, where did he go?
Won't it be?
Gao Yu's brain suddenly twitched, and he thought of a very bad result. Li Kui commanded the cavalry, and the siege was definitely unrealistic, what should he do if Li Kui left Lanzhou and went to the hinterland of Qingtang instead?
Although Gao Yu had 6,000 people around him, he had already panicked in his heart.
Looking into the distance, it seems that Lanzhou City is crowded, as if he has been discovered. Please report that Lanzhou City is still the elite of Qingtang, and the ghost pupils of the Fan general have the courage of ten thousand people. Wouldn't it be the end of your own match?
Without Li Kui by his side, Gao Yu's courage has never been great. He had only done a few missions to defend the city in Qinfeng Road, let alone field battles.
He thought about it, and there was only one way to retreat.
But when he just wanted to shout: "Retire." ”
only to find that a team of cavalry ran out from the direction of Lanzhou City, and people were in fear and would exaggerate everything in front of them. In the eyes of Gao Yu, the cavalry of hundreds of people actually had the momentum of thousands of troops. In fear, Gao Yu decisively gave a fairly reliable order: "Formation!" ”
"General, what kind of formation?"
In the face of Ruda's inquiry, Gao Yu's face darkened, and he would form a circle formation and a phalanx, the circle array was the main defense, and the phalanx was the main attack. At this time, you can't use infantry to attack cavalry, right?
"Circle Formation!"
"There aren't many people!"
Luda's temperament is similar to Li Kui, a type of person who does not hit the south wall and does not die. He pondered that there were only about 100 people, and he retreated without fighting, and he had no face.
Just as the Song army was unloading the truck, the antlers were being clothed, and the galloping cavalry was much closer, and it was much clearer. Lu Qian looked at it fixedly, and immediately said happily: "General, it seems to be our people." ”
Gao Yu said anxiously: "Don't talk nonsense, Renjie is two days earlier than us at most, and it is unrealistic for cavalry to attack the city." ”
"My lord, look, it's Zhang Chuan!"
If it was far away, Lu Qian would have believed it, but the problem was that the cavalry from Lanzhou had already arrived in front of him, so he couldn't believe it, so he shouted when he pointed at people.
Gao Yu looked up at the galloping cavalry, and it was really Zhang Chuan. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief, and said in his heart: "Renjie is really a blessed general, but I didn't expect the Qingtang people to retreat." Gao Yu immediately looked solemn, and ordered Lu Qian: "What are you doing stupidly, prepare to enter the city." ”
At this time, Zhang Chuan had already arrived, got off the saddle, and shouted in front of Gao Yu: "General, Master Li has already conquered Lanzhou City, and he has set up a banquet in the city to catch the wind for the general." ”
"Knocked down, how did you get down?" Tong Guan lay on the grain cart and screamed. He said that he didn't believe anything, Li Kui could use cavalry to defeat Lanzhou City, isn't this nonsense?
No, he wants to check the head, and he must not let Li Kui wantonly report his military exploits in front of him. He Tong Guan is also an upright person, and he will definitely not allow Xiaoxiao to make trouble for the Song Dynasty.