CHAPTER XXXI
Everyone in the tent looked at each other, not knowing what Wang Yuanchong was selling.
Most of the young people who came in had seen it, it was Wang Yuanchong's youngest son, called Wang Zhixing. At the beginning of this year, I was just over 12 years old, and there were people in the room who attended.
Wang Yuanchong's eldest son died early, and he didn't have this young son until he was in his forties, which is really a treasure.
"Lord Wang, there is a happy event for the young son today?" Shao Zhenxiong asked.
"Zhixing, I've seen all the elders."
Wang Yuanchong didn't answer, turned his head to his child and said, his eyes were full of love, and only when he faced his young son was Wang Yuanchong not so serious.
"Chi Heng has seen your uncles!"
Polite and tangible, the scholarly family has been elegant since childhood.
"Alright, sit there with the chair at the end of the door."
"Son, thank you father, for giving me a seat."
Every move is clear-eyed, several old masters present can't help but nod their heads, although this son is young but calm, if he concentrates on studying the future, he will definitely be successful.
Wang Zhi walked to the end and sat down, his eyes did not squint, and his expression was indifferent.
After watching his child sit down, Wang Yuanchong walked to the main seat.
Shao Zhenxiong had a premonition in his heart when he looked at this scene, or everyone present had this premonition, and most people had experienced this situation.
Sure enough, Wang Yuanchong did not sit down, but picked up the wine bottle on the table and said, "Everyone, please allow the old man to say something." ”
The arena soon became quiet, and sobs could be faintly heard from the backyard.
"What is the joy of life? Is the gold list hanging in the balance? Candles in the cave room? After a long drought, do you know your hometown? It's all for your own pleasure! The good fields are full of squares, the houses are full of jewels and jade, and the delicacies are delicious. I was originally a village in Jianzhou, my father died early, but fortunately the court funded the clan to take care of Fang De, which has survived to this day. He was also blessed by his ancestors and was lucky enough to get a jinshi, and he was an official for more than ten years to be an official in a large county. ”
"The saint has clouds, and the grace of a drop of water should be repaid by a spring, and I have three out of fifty this year, what do I do for the country and the clan? It is really ashamed to think about it day and night, so I dare not slack off as an official for fear of being humiliated by the grace of the court, dare not slow down the people and fear the grace of the people, and dare not disrespect the favor of the clan. ”
"For more than ten years, I have felt a little at ease."
"If there is no accident, the old man should write to the master in two years, and then return to the ancestral hall as a gatekeeper, and go to the township as a master."
"But the ambition of the wolf son and the army of beasts have invaded my territory and killed my people for no reason, so that the majesty of the court does not exist, the people are displaced, and the deeds are too numerous to mention.
"If you don't do anything, what face do you have, face the township, face the court, and return to the clan, how can you still have a resting place."
"In the past ten days, I have been in the heart of the city in Guqu, even if it is raining and windy, I have firmly guarded these hundred miles of rivers and mountains, and here the old man has thanked you for your righteousness."
After speaking, he bowed deeply.
Before the siege of the Jing army, he was under the great pressure of Shangguan to keep the last 2,000 soldiers of the Huizhou Wei T-shaped battalion, and during the siege of the Jing army, he took the lead in scattering all the family wealth, and sent all the elite and strong people in the palace to the city wall to assist in the defense, and ran and deployed for several days, and hundreds of thousands of people in the entire Guqu County were arranged by him only in an orderly manner, and he did not have a meal or a mouthful of water for the soldiers in the city. I slept for no more than ten hours in ten days.
The people of Guqu County can always feel at ease when they see him, and it can be said that the tired parent official in front of him is one of the biggest enemies of Jing Ren in the place where he can't see, and he is also the real parent official in the hearts of the people of Guqu County.
"The county envoy can't help it!"
The man next to him hurriedly helped him up.
Wang Yuanchong smiled and said: "The old man really knew today that he was really a scholar who was useless, but the old man couldn't go to the city to kill the enemy in person, and he couldn't fight side by side with the soldiers, so he was ashamed." ”
At this time, Shao Zhenxiong couldn't help but speak: "Why should Lord Wang be so humble, if there is no Lord Wang in the center, where can this Guqu County be able to hold for ten days." ”
"What General Shao said is very true, Lord County, don't say that again." The man next to him chimed in.
Wang Yuan also said freely: "Okay, then don't say such hypocritical words, such a childish old man is also very unskilled." ”
Seeing Wang Yuanchong's rare self-deprecation, everyone also laughed a few times.
"Zhixing, come forward."
Wang Yuanchong's right hand was on his young son's shoulder, and the little guy's unsmiling appearance was very similar to Wang Yuanchong's daily life.
And all the people fell silent.
Wang Yuanchong glanced at the audience and said: "Although the old man can't lift a gun and can't wear armor, he has a son who has already grown up now, and he can go to the city to help the old man fight." ”
As soon as this remark came out, everyone was shocked, even if they didn't react, even a few Zhuang Win who started from a poor family at the end of the year also knew it.
This is the Father sending the Son.
"Lord Wang." It was still Shao Zhenxiong who spoke: "If Ben is not mistaken, Ling Gongzi is only eleven this year." ”
"Twelve years old."
"Lord Wang's heart to serve the country is extremely admirable, but Prince Ling is Lord Wang alone, what if there is an accident? Lord Wang pondered carefully. ”
"Besides, Ben still doesn't need eleven or twelve-year-old dolls to go to war."
"If there is an accident, I will have incense in my royal ancestral hall to worship."
The sound came from the inner courtyard, full of energy, and everyone did not dare to slack off and stood up and saluted.
"I've seen my mother."
Wang Zhixing also bowed down like an adult and said, "My grandson has seen grandma." ”
"Old Madam Wang."
Mrs. Wang walked to the center and looked around.
Finally, his eyes stayed on Shao Zhenxiong.
"General Shao, the old body can still say a few words."
Shao Zhenxiong hurriedly said, "Old lady, please speak." ”
"Then the old body thanked General Shao."
"Don't dare, don't dare."
"These days, the Jingren have been attacking the city with countless casualties every day, and the old body knows that most of the people in my Wang family are in the wounded barracks or in the porridge Peng. Although the old body is a woman, she also knows the righteousness of her family and country, and she also knows the common way of humanity. ”
"General Shao, if the old man is not mistaken, there are less than 3,000 people in the entire T-shaped battalion stationed in Guqu County, right?"
Shao Zhenxiong nodded.
"And now? More than 2,000 people have been killed in battle, and there are 200 people who are seriously injured and unable to go into battle. ”
Shao Zhenxiong's face became very difficult to look at.
"Ben will still be alive, and he will still carry the knife, and the remaining six hundred sons of the T-shaped camp will also carry the knife."
Hiss~~~
The sound of the back molars was heard, and it was clear that the casualties of the T-battalion were beyond everyone's imagination.
Wang Lao Taijun said: "What about the city defense camp? The old body remembers that there are about 3,100 people left, how many are left now? ”
"What do you want to say, old lady?"
"General Shao doesn't have to be nervous, today, you know what the situation is in this Guqu County, but the old body is not necessarily worse than you."
"Of the more than 3,100 people in the city defense battalion, more than 2,600 were transported down, only more than 300 survived, and only more than 100 were able to return to the city."
"So now there are about a thousand armored soldiers in the entire city of Guqu County, and they have to be scattered everywhere?" The question was asked by the head of the Xi family, Xi Sinian.
"But in the afternoon, when I was waiting for the grain to be transported, I clearly saw that there were more than 1,000 people wearing armor, and there were also rotating soldiers in the cave under the city, and there were also many armor."
Wang Lao Taijun Taijun said: "Most of them are just people's husbands. ”
"Ahh This! Can this Guqu County still hold on? ”
When everyone heard this, they were shocked, and the fear in their hearts began to magnify.
"Wang County Order, are you waiting for this to confuse the army?" Shao Zhenxiong was already very angry.
"General Shao was angry, and the old man said, that's not what he meant."
"So what is this going to do? Besides, how do you know these numbers? Shao Zhenxiong asked sharply.
"Alas, General Shao, I know everything about the miscellaneous things in the city these days, although he has never told the old body, but even the old body is bandaging the wounded soldiers every day and washing the medicine cloth, how do you think the old body knows."
"And isn't General Shao's form just sitting down?"
Shao Zhenxiong's heart tightened, and sure enough, most of the people in the audience looked abnormal, but they could still hold on to it.
"Old lady, you shouldn't!"
Mrs. Wang walked up to her grandson, touched her head lovingly, and the two smiled at each other.
"General Shao, the old man believes that General Shao and his sons will stand in front of hundreds of thousands of Guqu people even at the last moment, and they will not retreat, but protecting the family and defending the country is not only your T-shaped battalion's business, nor is it your General Shao's business."
"Bring it on."
Two men walked in carrying a stretcher and walked into the middle of the field under the puzzled eyes of everyone.
Shao Zhenxiong rushed over in three steps and two steps, holding the hand on the stretcher nervously and silently.
Mrs. Wang walked to the side and said: "Our Liu Taishou said that General Shao sent his family to Qingcheng County, but come and see, the young man on the stretcher is called Gu Zhizheng, or Shao Zhizheng, the third son of General Shao that Liu Taishou said, is sixteen years old this year, and he will be sixteen years old forever. ”
Shao Zhenxiong's hands trembled and touched his stiff hands, stroking the knife marks on his body, and his eyes were full of tears.
"General Shao, the old body said, the safety of this Guqu County is not your business alone, you have done enough, the old man's son is the commander of Guqu County, how can I do something for my Wang family."
"Ladies and gentlemen." Wang Lao Taijun walked to the field and said: "You all know that I am such a grandson in the old body, my son is blessed, and I don't have the lives of so many sons and grandchildren, but the Jing people came, burned, killed and looted, and took my Zheng people as two-legged sheep, and every battle will sacrifice the flag with the head of my Zheng people, and the corpses outside the city are all over the field, and the four fields are barren, destroying my homeland, and the Zheng people are all in the same sky with them." ”
"So I invite you all tonight to attend my grandson's coronation!"
"Huh? Crown ceremony? ”
"But Mrs. Wang, it's only twelve years old and twenty weak crowns, isn't this too early?"
"General Shao's son sixteen has died for protecting my Guqu safety, why can't my grandson twelve be crowned?"
"Chi Xing come here."
"Grandma!"
"Grandma asked you if you knew what the crown was?"
Wang Zhixing replied word by word: "The champion is not an adult, and he cultivates virtue to defend himself, so he examines his evil heart and keeps his righteous intentions." The gentleman begins to crown, will be blessed with a gift, crowned with his heart, so the gentleman is an adult, must be crowned with action, abandon the young and young frolicking and lazy heart, and in the ambition of entering the moral cultivation. It is the old obedience is not the same, and the heart is unchanged, the inner cultivation of virtue, and the outer rites, so it becomes the name of the order. It is not easy for a hundred kings to accumulate skin, both to cultivate virtue and to be upright. ”
Wang Lao Taijun nodded with satisfaction: "Very good, since the crown is an adult gentleman, there should be your blood in the city." ”
Wang Zhixing said solemnly: "I don't dare to think of greed for life." ”
"Good. My son. ”
Wang Yuanchong hurriedly responded: "My son is here." ”
Mrs. Wang wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and said in a deep voice, "Let's start!" ”