Chapter 152 Accident
Lu Guangyu could see clearly on the wall. In the distance were thieves who had abandoned their helmets and armor. A few dozen feet away were his pursuers. They were about the same number. There were thousands of them, but each one chasing them had lost their morale. completely different. General Lu knew that more than ten miles ahead was the Chaotian Pass where the thieves were guarding. If they waited for them to escape and close the gate, it would be difficult to fight... After they had traveled so far, it was not clear that it was "Yi Sheng". Is it the trend? Thinking of this, Lu Guangyu made up his mind: "My sons, listen to the order. Follow me and charge to defeat the enemy!" There was a cheer on the wall. The soldiers of Anning Fort and Yehu Fort were worried that they would miss the opportunity to make a fortune, so they rushed down the wall.
The pig boy is the flag officer of Shizi Fort, and he is running at the front of the pursuers. Pig Boy didn't know what his last name was. Anyway, people called him Pig Boy as long as he could remember. He grew up shouting at people and became a small flag officer. What's wrong with being called a pig boy? Isn't the Holy Emperor who sits in the Dragon Court also named Zhu? Maybe it was my family five hundred years ago! I think so in my heart, but I dare not say it out loud. A few days ago, Pigman took his brothers into the woods to get some game. After wandering around for a long time, they heard something moving in front of them. They thought it was a deer or something. When everyone followed the sound and surrounded them, they unexpectedly came head on. I bumped into some thieves!
I have two or three more people, but the thieves don't look like soft persimmons. If you really take action, even if you exchange one life for another, the rest of you will be injured, and you may not be able to climb out of the forest alive! His name was Pig Boy, but Pig Boy was not stupid at all, so he simply talked about it. As expected, the thieves had the same idea. Although I live a life of wearing my trouser belt over my head and licking blood from my knife, there is no need to throw all my life away in this old forest for nothing, right? Finally, in order to leave a way out for himself, Zhuwa promised a few new brothers that if he came out of seclusion to fight, he would fire a few muskets to let him know in advance that the man with the pockmarked face was called Liu by others. Brother's guy also patted his chest and said that no matter who falls into whose hands from now on, he will not make things difficult for his brothers. As soon as this statement came out, of course everyone said yes. However, both of them knew in their hearts that no one would abide by this agreement - if it really fell into the hands of the other party, each head would cost several taels of silver. Wouldn't it be crazy to leave the money alone? Of course, having said that, there is still a faint hope that the other party can keep the promise.
Now the thieves are running in front, and the pigs are chasing behind him. The promise he made a few days ago has long been thrown away in Java. Just now, he possessed the body to dig out the corpse of a thief. Unexpectedly, the guy was not dead. , begging for mercy with tears in his eyes, was stabbed by the pig boy. Not to mention the few scattered pieces of silver in his arms, the dog's head was cut off and tied to the pig boy's back!
Piggy looked back. All the guys in Guanli ran out, a huge crowd of people in darkness! Even though he was nervous and fighting hard, the pig boy was a little tired now and wanted to take a break to catch his breath... Hey, what is that shiny thing in the soil in front of you? sky! A grain of silver weighs almost a penny! The pig boy was about to rush over to pick it up, but he didn't expect Donkey Ri's dog bolt to jump over first and pick it up in a waist-long motion! Just as he was getting angry, another guy ran past him. Before he could see clearly which Lenwa it was, he saw this guy and Gou Shuan rushing forward together. They both lowered their heads and no one noticed the other. They both bumped into each other, and then... After tearing it apart, Gou Shuan got another shiny piece in his hand, which was bigger than the one just now!
Heaven, there is money on earth!
The pursuing vanguard, who were already feeling a little tired, discovered the broken silver and copper plates that had been dropped on the ground when the fugitives disarmed them, and their bodies were immediately filled with strength again. Like the pig boys, everyone shouted and rushed forward. Some even crawled on the ground on hands and feet, coughing repeatedly from the dust, and looking around with wide eyes.
The big-headed soldiers are not much better than the beggars. They only have the chance to "get rich" when they fight. The soldiers of Anning Fort and Yehu Fort, who were already dozens of feet behind, had just seen the fugitives running away from the barrier while throwing away all the burdens that hindered their escape. Now they saw the guys from the two forts to the east. They all bent over and pouted. Who didn't know that they were picking up treasures? How could they be willing to do so? I just regret that my parents gave me two fewer legs. No one will remember how to maintain formation, no one will care about the organization, and no one will consider how to conserve physical strength. There is only one thing in their mind: run faster! After picking up enough, don’t you want to rest for as long as you want? Many people even simply threw away their swords, guns and bucklers - the thieves earlier had thrown away so many, so they would just pick up another one when the time came!
General Lu Guangyu, who was riding on horseback, was not interested in this. Surrounded by a group of infantry and cavalry guards, he kept using whips in the rear group to drive away the guys who were just looking for treasures, for fear of delaying the pursuit and causing the thieves to escape back to Chaotian. close. General Lu has made up his mind to break the barrier today!
It's a pity that these killers were so focused on the soil that they were almost completely unaware of the whip on their backs. At most, they would only run away a few steps, and then their eyes would look towards the ground again...
After running for nearly two miles, the rear team finally caught up with the front team. The militiamen who were acting as auxiliary soldiers no longer thought about escaping. Like the soldiers, they were searching for every grain of silver in the dust with their eyes wide open. , every salt bag, every copper plate... The ones who found the treasures were all smiles, while the ones who were beaten to it by others were scolded every day. More than three thousand people were crowded on the two-foot-wide official road, which was more than a hundred feet wide. There was a lot of stubble from far and near, almost everyone’s face was pressed against the butt of the person in front of him, and his own butt was constantly being pushed by the head of the guy behind him.
General Lu Guangyu, who had the private seal of the "Phoenix Guards" hanging on his waist, was scolding and beating him with difficulty in the crowd, when he suddenly heard a burst of frightened shouts from in front of him, followed by a deafening thunderbolt. A big iron ball passed by my ears with the sound of wind, and then, there was a series of muffled bangs not far behind me. At that moment, everything seemed to be quiet for a moment, and suddenly, shrill cries resounded through the sky!
It’s broken, it’s broken!
The guys running in front found that the fugitives suddenly dispersed into the forest on both sides, revealing a gun array with a cold glow dozens of feet away. In the middle, a squatting tiger cannon raised its head, with a black muzzle. Facing yourself! Just as he screamed in terror, the torch was pressed against the fire door. With a roar, the cannon suddenly sat back, and a red light like hellfire shot out from the muzzle.
This is the big killer weapon that Fang Ge remembered and had been throwing in the Chaotian Pass arsenal!
At this time, no matter how dull the guy is, he realizes that he has been ambushed. Well, except for General Lu Guangyu - when he heard the sound of cannons ringing in his ears and the shells passing by, the brave and impassioned General Lu fainted on the spot. He passed by and fell off his horse. General Lu has no idea what happened next.
Fortunately, there were soldiers beside them, so a few people picked up General Lu and fled to the rear. Fortunately, General Lu didn't get too close to the front. A dozen soldiers took turns pulling their arms and lifting their legs, and they ran all the way through the Yangping Pass without entering, until they reached the foot of Ji (pronounced "Bo") Zhong Mountain*. Seeing that General Lu still didn't wake up, someone brought water from the stream (Jizhong Mountain, also known as Hanwang Mountain, the source of the Han River) and poured it down, and General Lu finally opened his eyes. It was only then that a strong smell of urine came out, and everyone noticed that General Lu's pants were very wet. Afterwards, General Lu plausibly explained: "The weather was too hot, so a certain person just suffered from sunstroke, so everyone poured water on their foreheads..." As for why the water on the head wet the crotch while other places were still dry, Lu The general's answer was, "I have a sunstroke and I don't know anything, but I'm sure I wasn't scared to the point of peeing!"
Earlier, General Lu would play tricks on people he met on the way. Many state and county officials wrote poems for him. Later, when word spread about this, someone wrote another poem:
The general generously crossed the pass,
It's just easy to scold Fang Qiu.
The gold and iron horses are as strong as tigers,
A splash of hot water makes a mountain of thieves!
"Pingshui Yun" was deleted* in the 15th year of Shangping Dynasty, and it became a good story for a while.
Although General Lu "suffered from heatstroke" and was unconscious for a while, he was the first to escape back to Lueyang. Master Xiu, who was strategizing by himself, had no time to lose his temper and scold him. He looked at the map for a while and then made the wisest choice: instead of escaping north the way he came, he went straight east across the Jushui River and fled to Hanzhong. Mansion. If he had fled along the way he came, Master Xiu might no longer be able to cry out in front of the Holy Emperor and accuse Lu Guangyu of how he feared the enemy like a tiger, was greedy for power and rushed forward, and was defeated thousands of miles away. If it weren't for the fact that it is a taboo for military officers to change generals before the battle, I would have long ago reported to the court that this guy is no longer useful - Eunuch An can testify, and all the adults of the Third Division of Shaanxi can testify!
As for Mr. An, he is even more innocent. An Gonggong swore that he would send every nail, every grain of rice, every copper plate that he could collect to the front line - if you don't believe it, you can ask Master Xiu! At the same time, I testified for Mr. Xiu. Mr. Lao worked hard to plan the military plan. He even went to the camp in person to tell everyone about the righteousness of loyalty to the emperor and serving the country before the army left for Yangping Pass! Eunuch Bingbi and Eunuch Siyin both took a lot of filial piety from Eunuch An, and also said a few "fair" words at the right time: The minister who led the army worked hard, and the eunuch who supervised the army had nothing to do, and he was defeated by the thieves. It can only be the responsibility of Lu Guangyu! So Eunuch An went back to Zhidian to clean the house. The only difference was that he was much richer than before he left the capital. Soon he bought a very nice house.
General Lu was imprisoned. However, there is no need to worry about him - the Lu family, which is a hereditary general, has a lot of money, and having money means having friends. Not to mention Jiang Yuanbiao, the censor who recommended him, Gao Shiyang and other officials who gave him low power in the matter. Dare to provoke. As the saying goes, when beating a dog, it depends on the owner. After staying in prison for more than a year, he later returned to Ningxia Guard to serve as his commander...
Zhang Hu met the battalion that supported him in Jianzhou in Zhaohua, and he felt somewhat safe. However, even with this battalion, he estimated that there was no way he could withstand Sun Jie's attack, and finally made a decision that surprised everyone: abandon the army.
Zhang Hu asked the Jianzhou Army and his defeated troops to set up a defense line in Zhaohua, and put on a posture of fighting Sun Jie to the death. Then that night, he took only his confidants and personal guards and sneaked to Guangyuan! Ning Along and his younger brother Ning Ahu escaped from Baoning with great difficulty. At this time, Niu Youtian ran away with Zhang Hu and could no longer care about their brothers. If not for an accident, the two brothers and everyone else would , all had to be destroyed by the Sun Jie Group.
At this time, Sun Jie didn't know the news that Lu Guangyu was defeated by Fang Ge on the North Road, but it didn't matter, because he didn't think about that team at all! The young military commander is confident in himself and his troops, and is also confident in the victory that will come soon - as long as he can press forward according to the established plan, it is best to have someone in front to block the thieves. Even if there is no one, it is better to pursue them more. Just a few hundred miles. Knowing the strength of the thieves from the prisoners, Sun Jie looked at the map in the boat and thought to himself: The thieves are unlikely to escape to Hanzhong Mansion, which is heavily guarded by soldiers. They should escape to Gongchang Mansion by familiar routes, and go as far as the Weishui River. That's where he was buried!
However, accidents inevitably happen. When the army was a short distance away from Zhaohua, it received an urgent order from Chongqing Prefecture: Go to Chengdu Prefecture immediately and report to Sichuan Dusi Prefecture without delay for any reason!
*Four unlike, there are several versions of elk, moose, etc. This refers to the serow, which lives in southern Gansu and Sichuan.
*In the Ming Dynasty, there were two places called Jizhong Mountain. One was south of Qinzhou (now Tianshui, Gansu), the hometown of General Lu. The other place mentioned here was in Ningqiang Prefecture (now Ningqiang County), Hanzhong Prefecture. From here The Da'an River that originates and flows eastward is the famous Han River.
*Old style metrical poems should focus on rhyme. "Pingshui Yun" is based on the rhyme used in Tang poetry, and divides Chinese characters into 106 rhyme parts. Each rhyme part contains a number of characters. The rhyme words must come from the same rhyme part. They cannot be out of rhyme or misused, otherwise they will be used incorrectly. Everyone laughs. Sometimes when we read ancient poems, we will find that there is no rhyme. That is because the pronunciation of the word is different in ancient and modern times.
The metrical poetry of the old days was very particular about it. Even if the words that rhyme with each other according to today's four tones, they may not be in the same rhyme section according to the ancient classification of flat and oblique. For example, for the six characters "East", "Zhong", "Kong", "Dong", "Tong", and "Feng", the first three are "Shangping Yidong", and the last three are counted as "Shangping two winters" , are not in the same rhyme section and cannot rhyme with each other. Suppose you wrote two lines of poetry: "The setting sun shines in the sky, the sunset reflects the strange peaks." You think it's good, but you see everyone covering their mouths in joy... Don't blame others, it's you who shows your timidity: you used the wrong rhyme. You should write "the setting sun shines in the sky, the sunset reflects the sky", or "the setting sun hears the temple bell, the sunset reflects the strange peaks" - "dome" and "empty" are in the same rhyme part, and "bell" and "peak" are in another rhyme Ministry of.
BTW, look at another poem.
The birds that fly towards the dawn will be like me,
The Emperor Taiping can do everything.
The body is illuminated by the golden bird, and all disasters disappear;
Generals Long and Tiger are assisting!
That doesn’t make any sense, right? This is Hong Xiuquan's "Poetry on the Golden Bird" - it would be more appropriate if the word "gold" was removed.
Just this thing, is it unfair that you can’t pass the examination as a scholar? It would be unreasonable to pass the exam!
[Easter eggs are here. 】
