Chapter 23: The Oath

On the way to Nangun, pass by the longboard. I dismounted and stood on top of the ancient battlefield, looking around, silent.

Although more than ten years have passed, the soil here is still reddish-brown, and it seems that the blood has not completely disappeared. From time to time, broken arrows and broken armor and white bones dragged out by wild dogs can be seen on the ground.

When the wind rose, the sound of slaughter was terrible in my ears—the dull sound of the weapon slashing into the human body, the blood splashing in the air, the shouting of the strong man, the mournful cry of the women and children......

I closed my eyes. I saw a woman with a baby in her hands, lying on the ground, blood gushing from her body, but she was holding the baby tightly to her chest. She crawled helplessly, crawling. Then a blood-stained white-robed general rushed at him, and the woman gave the baby into the general's hand, and the general asked her to mount the horse, but she refused, and turned and threw herself into the well. The general fell to the ground, then tore down the earthen wall, covered the mouth of the well, tied the baby in his arms, and slaughtered it in the army of ten thousand horses......

Walking to the middle of a broken wall, I slowly knelt down, touched my head to the ground, bowed, and bowed again...... Jiang Wei and the others didn't know what I meant, but they also knelt down with me.

I got up and said: "When I was on the slope of the long board, Mi's mother carried me and mixed in with the people, seeing that it was difficult to escape, the fourth uncle Zhao Yun killed through the siege and came to save us. ”

This story is well-known, but Jiang Wei and the four of them listened to it very attentively.

However, the fourth uncle only had one horse, so he led the horse and let his mother get on the horse. Mother said: The general has no horse, if he breaks his feet, I am seriously injured, what a pity to die! This son is protected by the general! He threw himself into a well and died. My mother exchanged her own life for mine, and without her, I would just be a handful of loess on this longboard slope. After Jingzhou was recovered, the fourth uncle also brought people to look for her body, but unfortunately the killing field was hundreds of miles, everywhere, where to find it, I had to go to the road to worship and worship. The fourth uncle can save me alone, but he can't save my mother, let alone save these thousands of people, and I am buried here, not only my mother, but how many mothers are like mothers? Zhang Lu once left a message for me, asking me to treat the people well. I dare not dare or forget every day, in this troubled world, I hope to have less killing, more peace, less orphans and widows in the world, more family happiness, and the rest of my wish is enough! Then he bowed down.

But I heard Zhuge Qiao, Jiang Wei, and Wang Rui behind them say in unison: "May the young master be kind to the people, so that there will be less killing, more peace, fewer orphans and widows, and more family fun!" ”

I got up and helped them: "Get up." May the four of us share today's vow. "I bit my middle finger and drained blood on the ground, and the three of them followed my example and bleed blood as well.

More than ten years later, Changbanpo drank blood again, only this time the blood should be different from the last time!

The four of us swore that it was not a peach orchard with a bright spring, but in a gloomy and cold cemetery, not seeking the glory of the battlefield of conquest and killing, but only seeking more peace in the world, not at the beginning of the infinite light, but in the trough where the future was unclear after being hit.

So, this oath, in my opinion, is so precious, so sacred!

Mi Fang was very surprised when she heard that I was coming, and let me go to the inner room, saying: "Dou'er, it turns out that I heard that you are sick, and I have always wanted to see you. You don't recuperate in Sichuan, why are you here? ”

I said: "Dou'er passed through the events in Hanzhong, and he felt something, so he came to the longboard to worship Mi's mother and visit his uncle on the way. Has my uncle ever been well? ”

One sentence touched Mi Fang's liver and intestines, and he actually shed tears: "It's hard for you to remember your mother." Remember my poor sister, remember my unblessed sister. What's wrong with the world? My brother follows your father, takes the family's capital for the military, lifts the family's Ding for service, goes south from Xuzhou, no day without fighting, no war with no war, a battle on the longboard, I have several arrows in my face, and I am still a suicide enemy. Asking himself Mi Fang is a person, and he has no trust from the general. But the result? It's a pity that the world is hot and cold, and the people are warm and cold, as soon as your Mi mother is gone, the imperial uncle is becoming estranged from my generation. Guan Yu is the main general, and he reprimands my generation like a baby, and he is ruthless. Seeing you today is like seeing your mother, will it not be heartbreaking! After that, he hugged me and wept bitterly. When Guan Yu was on his northern expedition, he was almost killed by Guan Yu because of a fire in the camp. Hearing a man like him cry in front of my eyes, I couldn't bear it in my heart.

After stopping her grief for a long time, Mi Fang said: "Pity me at the border, I can't do anything for you, I'm afraid I won't be able to help you with the matter of establishing a son." I can write a letter to your uncle and ask him to help you. ”

I shook my head and said, "Uncle, my nephew is not here for the position of the son." Brother Liu Shengzhi, who is also his father's blood and blood, had a difficult life, and was in great difficulty, but he returned today and should be established as the son of the world. But I can't figure it out, even if I am young and thin, why can't my second uncle Guan Yu be so eager to support my eldest brother and abandon me like a shoe? ”

Mi Fang slapped her knees and sighed: "You honest child, you think too well of people." Guan Er embraces Liu Shengzhi, where is it because you are young and thin, it is clear that you are doing more good deeds in Jingzhou, your name is too big, everyone in the world says that the young master of Jingzhou, there is a faint meaning of overshadowing Guan Er, Guan Er is not angry in his heart. You Daoguan Er is really a loyal minister, if you are a loyal minister, he will not care about the position of a former general in front of people. Do you know what kind of words Fei Shi said when he was knighted? He said: 'The king of Hanzhong and the general are regarded as the same body, and the general is the king of Hanzhong, and the king of Hanzhong is about to be in the army. 'Guan Er actually accepted it, and his heart can be punished! He obviously wants to wait for your father to go, and become the second Cao Cao, he sees that you are not a master who can be bullied, so he embraces your brother as the son, and sees that you, a stupid brother who has been sold around, have no foundation, so he is just teasing. ”

Mi Fang analyzed it, and actually analyzed the loyal and unparalleled Guan Yu as Cao Cao, and said that he had a nose and eyes, so I really couldn't help but convince his IQ. But at this time, I showed the same hatred and hatred, and even shouted, "I can't think of it, I can't think of it", and said: "Guan Yu hurt his uncle and had bad intentions, how can I tolerate him." But at this moment, my father believes in me or not, and I wonder if my uncle can teach me? ”

Mi Fang's words were one set of words, but when he was asked to come up with an idea, he immediately lost his words, and said half-loudly: "I am not valued by your father now, so I can't say anything if I have something." ”

I saw him take the bait, and said with a smile: "What's so difficult about this, Jingzhou, according to the Han Dynasty in the north, the South China Sea, Wuhui in the east, Bashu in the west, the hometown of the four wars, the land of soldiers, my father guards Jingzhou with Guan Yu." However, Guan Yu is arrogant and untamable. Sun Zhongmou once proposed to Guan Yu for his son, Guan Yu scolded his envoy and refused to marry, so Sun Quan hated Guan Yu. At this time, Guan Yu attacked Cao Cao in the north, making enemies everywhere without knowing it. Jingzhou's safety is tied to the front line, this sincere God-given opportunity to give credit to my uncle, I don't know if my uncle intends to? "I have practiced these words countless times with Zhuge Qiao and others, and I have spoken them with emotion.

Mi Fang listened, groaned for a while, and wondered: "You let me seize the military power?" Your father will eat me alive. ”

I think I'm stupid enough, why is this uncle stupider than me, it's hard for him to think about it. At the moment, he said: "Uncle, what I said is to let my uncle reorganize the army and fight, to control Eastern Wu, if things are not harmonious, it is important to defend Jingzhou." Yu loses and his uncle wins, and his father naturally knows who he needs. ”

After Mi Fang heard this, she stood up and bowed to me deeply: "Virtuous nephew, people say that you are a young and talented man, and you are not inferior to Ganluo." I still don't believe it, but when I saw it today, I realized that people are bad, where are you Ganluo, it is clear, it is clearly ......" I thought about it for a long time, and I couldn't tell what I was, so I laughed by myself.

I said, "Uncle, it is not appropriate for me to show my face, nor for anyone to know about my situation. ”

Mi Fang smiled: "I'll take care of myself." ”

At the moment, we remain in the Mi Fang army. Although Mi Fang didn't know what to do and his skills were not good, but after I was stunned, I met Zhuge Qiao again, who had a small mouth that was a hundred times better than me, and he was obedient to his words lightly. What's more, Zhuge Qiao is the son of Kong Ming, Jiang Wei is Kong Ming's favorite general, between the words, there is a faint hint of Kong Ming's meaning in the back, Mi Fang believes in it, and makes up her mind to do a good job. And Jiang Wei carefully investigated Mi Fang's soldiers. Mi Fang's department, most of them are Xuzhou generals, and most of them are Jingzhou recruits. Mi Fang is lazy in life and is not good at soldiers, and Jiang Wei trains his troops in the way of Kong Ming's army to prepare for war.

In August, heavy rain fell from the sky, and the water on the flat ground was several feet deep, and the seven armies of Yu Ban who came to fight Guan Yu from the north were all submerged.

Under the power of heaven and earth, in the face of Guan Yunchang, who is full of legends, a generation of famous generals will no longer know where the destiny of heaven is.

He descended.

At this moment, another incredible news came, my father took Chang'an!