The next day, in Langzhou City, Wuping Jiedushi's office was established.
As a result of rescuing Peng Shiyu's brother and sister back to the city, Li Yuan issued an order to summon the military generals to gather in the council hall.
Except for the personal military generals such as Lin Sichang and Wumu Teqin who were sent earlier, dozens of major military generals under Wu Ping's rule were all present. After Li Yuan waved his hand and dismissed all the maids and servants in the hall, he ordered his personal soldiers to close the door tightly.
When the generals saw that their commander was so serious and had a serious look on his face, they naturally knew in their hearts that a battle was about to begin. They all adjusted their sitting postures, straightened their waists and waited quietly.
After Li Yuan nodded in approval, Luo Erhu stood up first and reported the results of the attack and the casualties on both sides.
"Commander, generals, in the battle last night, our Wuping Army's five thousand soldiers suffered 346 casualties, including 262 killed, 84 wounded, and 142 horses lost. We annihilated 1,800 enemy troops below the enemy chief, and captured more than 1,000 barbarian bows and crossbows, and more than 600 sets of leather armor..."
The generals in the hall instantly became active. Although the number was obviously several times that of the enemy, it was still a hearty victory.
"Congratulations, Commander! Sure enough, the Commander-in-Chief personally took action and won such a great victory..." The generals stood up quickly and congratulated Li Yuan, their faces filled with pride.
Li Yuan naturally had a smile on his face, but he was not very satisfied with the result of this battle.
Since the Han army was besieging Tanzhou City, the situation was urgent and they could only order the weapons supervisor to send all the cold-forged armor and new weapons to the army first. As a result, the Wuping army could only continue to use the original standard armor, but These equipment are far superior to the Dongxi barbarians.
Even though these barbarians were poorly equipped and half of them were unarmored, even though they were outnumbered and had no fighting spirit at the time, they were still able to kill more than 300 armored and armed Tang troops. This level of combat power was obviously beyond Li Yuan's expectations.
Correspondingly, while the generals were smiling happily, the faces of the Peng Shiyu brother and sister sitting on the right were not very good-looking. Of course they were not angry, but just a little intolerable. After all, the Tang army killed all their own people, except for the damn Tian Sidao and others. , most of the barbarian soldiers were deceived by the Tian family and died in unknown circumstances.
After the generals calmed down a little, Li Yuan asked: "Brother Peng, what happened in Xizhou? Why are you and your sister being chased all the way by the tribe?"
Peng Shiyu hurriedly stood up, cupped his hands towards Li Yuan and sighed: "Commander, I'm so ashamed! Xizhou is no longer the Xizhou it was before..."
As Peng Shiyu spoke in detail with a look of sorrow and indignation, the generals finally learned what had happened in that strange land in recent days.
Since making an oath with Li Yuan, Peng Shiyu reported the matter in detail to his father, Peng Shichou, the lord of the three states after returning to Xizhou. Peng Shichou was over seventy years old and bedridden, so he always obeyed his eldest son Peng Shiyu. He only heard Peng Shiyu's general description of Li Yuan and mentioned Peng Shigao's situation in the Tang Dynasty. Peng Shichou immediately agreed to the alliance between the two places and officially gave Peng Shiyu the position of governor of Xizhou.
However, as the exchanges between the two places gradually became closer, and even began to exchange supplies, there was also some opposition among the Dongxi barbarians, such as the Tian clan headed by Peng Shiyu's father-in-law Tian Hongyou.
These native barbarians have always been extremely hostile to the Han people. In addition, Peng Shiyu lost most of his elite troops in the battle of Jiashan. The new governor of Xizhou has not yet gained a stable footing. Naturally, his ideas have been questioned. It is very difficult to issue government orders. When Peng Shichou was dying of illness, Tian Hongyou and others also secretly recruited soldiers in Jinchen Prefecture, seemingly preparing to take action.
Peng Shiyu soon learned of these anomalies, so he hurriedly sent orders to strengthen the defenses of Xizhou City to deal with emergencies at any time. However, Peng Shiyu did not expect that the trouble would be deeply rooted in his own territory.
A few days ago, he and his younger sister Peng Qingying were hunting outside the city. When they returned home, it was too late. The entire governor's mansion, from the gate to the backyard, was littered with corpses, and their eyes were full of blood. Peng Qingying, the former lord of the three states, Shichou had been brutally attacked, his face was black and purple, and he had long been cold and stiff.
Then Peng Qingying was horrified to find that her three brothers, Peng Shizuo, Peng Shijun, and Peng Shihuang, were all dead, and Peng Shiyu's wife, Tian Siyang, who was pregnant with Liujia, and their youngest son, Peng Yuntao, were also missing.
Just when Peng Shiyu was in chaos and desperate, Tian Hongyou never expected that Tian Hongyou had led his troops into his Xizhou city, and then suddenly poured into the mansion, followed by the chiefs of Dongxi tribes and generals. .
After a burst of touching wails, Tian Hongyou walked directly past the grieving Xizhou governor, publicly ordered a search for the murderer of the prince, and even asked to inspect Peng Shiyu's own room.
After all, Peng Shiyu is the young master of Xizhou. Such rude and barbaric behavior is tantamount to committing a crime. Peng Shiyu, who was in extreme grief, naturally refuted it, but he was shocked to find that no one present raised a voice to object, and Xizhou The soldiers in the city did not arrive for some reason, and there were only a few personal guards around him, so he had to endure the stalemate with them.
Soon, Tian Hongyou's men found several bottles of snake venom from Peng Shiyu's room, and invited a medical officer to verify it in public. Tian Hongyou claimed that the evidence of the crime was conclusive, and finally determined that it was his son-in-law Peng Shiyu who committed the crime. For the heinous crime of killing his father and his brother, he demanded that he be deprived of his position as the governor of Xizhou and severely punished in front of the entire clan.
As soon as this statement came out, everyone was in an uproar. And Peng Shiyu instantly understood that this was Tian Hongyou's careful layout to seize power, but he never thought that as in-laws, they would be so insidious and vicious.
Just when he was about to argue, Tian Hongyou took out the so-called will of Peng Shichou. It clearly stated that Peng Shigao, the second son, was ordered to inherit the ancestral business. It also had Peng Shichou's seal as proof. This became overwhelming. Peng Shiyu's last straw.
Everything that originally seemed absurd and far-fetched now became reasonable in the eyes of everyone, including how Peng Shiyu got the position of governor of Xizhou, which immediately became the focus of doubt. After all, Peng Shichou had been ill before. In bed, unable to see things for a long time.
Not only the chiefs of various tribes, but also most of the military generals present had followed Peng Shichou in many campaigns, so they all demanded severe punishment for his rebellious son Peng Shiyu. How could Peng Shiyu just sit back and wait for death? When Tian Hongyou gave the order to take action, he drew his sword. Let's fight...
Fortunately, there were still loyal Qin brothers in Xizhou City. After hearing the news, they led all the family members to come to the rescue. After paying a huge price, Peng Shiyu was able to fight and escape with his younger sister Peng Qingying.
There were dangers everywhere along the way. Peng Shiyu still couldn't figure out how Tian Hongyou entered Xizhou City, which was heavily guarded, and why the heavily guarded Governor's Mansion was breached in this way. And why were the soldiers guarding the city indifferent? It wasn't until Tian Sidao appeared last night that Peng Shiyu finally realized it.
His "good brother" and brother-in-law, Shangzhu Kunida Sidao, is responsible for the dual responsibilities of guarding the city and guarding the mansion. Although he is Tian Hongyou's adopted son, Peng Shiyu has always regarded him as a confidant and sibling. If Tian Sidao hadn't appeared last night, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to figure it out until my death...
Speaking of this, Peng Shiyu did not shy away from suspicion and repeated Tian Sidao's words last night in the hall without hesitation to everyone with red eyes. Seeing that Peng Shiyu dared to expose his own scars and even told the scandal about his family frankly. This was tantamount to humiliating himself. Li Yuan had to admire this man's determination.
The righteousness between the principal, the father, the son, and the couple are all based on human ethics, but Peng Shiyu died together overnight! The young master of Xizhou, who used to be high-spirited and commanded thousands of troops, has been reduced to such a miserable state. It is really embarrassing!
At this time, Peng Shiyu stood straight in the center of the hall, with a gloomy expression all the time. The little sister Peng Qingying on the side naturally understood how heavy the sadness and humiliation he was feeling in his heart, but remembering his brother's warning to him before entering the city, he would not hesitate to take revenge. , so no matter how much I couldn't bear it, I could only grit my teeth and weep silently.
Fortunately, the generals in the hall did not look down on Peng Shiyu because of this. In addition to understanding the relationship between this man and their own commander, they had already sympathized with him, and they all looked indignant, just like the upright Luo Erhu. .
The black man was so angry that he was gnashing his teeth. He jumped up and yelled, "Damn it! I should chop this shameless thief Tian Sidao into pieces! It would be easier for him to just cut off his head!"
Li Yuan let out a long sigh, stood up, bowed to the west, and said in a deep voice: "Alas! Your Majesty is truly a great hero in this life! In the troubled times of the past, he started in the grass, gathered in the mountains and forests, and ruled the land. Even the King of Chu He was forced to cross the river to rule, and no one knew his great reputation! How could he die at the hands of a little thief? What a pity! How hateful!"
After saying that, he asked Peng Shiyu in confusion: "Brother Peng, who is Tian Hongyou, and his methods are so powerful? Not only can he keep the entire Dongxi clan in the dark, but he can also force you, the Peng family, to The heir was completely defeated and almost died?"
"The Romance of Fairy Wood"
