sinovels Chapter 17: All the Golden Armor in the City
Chapter 17: All the Golden Armor in the City
More than 30 years ago, the rebel army led by Huang Chao suffered successive setbacks.In order to avoid the strong military force of the imperial court in the north, [-] rebels went south, crossed the Yangtze River, broke into Jiangxi, moved to Zhejiang and Zhejiang, opened up mountain roads along Xianxialing for [-] miles, and entered Fujian.
"Marshal, we have passed the Xianxialing Mountains, and we are in Pucheng County ahead!" Zhu Wen, the vanguard of the camp, rushed to report from the front of the march.
"Pucheng?" The imposing Huang Chao sat on the tall horse, thought for a while, and continued: "I heard that the descendants of the senior doctor Zhang Yanshi now live in Pucheng County, and he is also a learned and virtuous man. Knowing military tactics."
The military adviser next to Huang Chao couldn't help but feel a little jealous when he heard this, and with a sour smirk, he echoed: "The commander-in-chief really has a good memory! There is indeed such a Confucian scholar named Zhang in Pucheng, who seems to be called Zhang Xiu, but This person is arrogant and domineering, with no one in his eyes, and it is said that he treats official career like dirt. How about we go straight to the county town and teach this self-proclaimed guy a lesson?"
"Absolutely not!" Huang Chao waved his hand domineeringly, and then said with a smile: "Hahahaha! Now that I, Huang Chao, am powerful everywhere, it will be a matter of time before everyone fawns on me. How can anyone dare to be arrogant and domineering in front of me? , No one in the eyes! It seems that you literati are not fake at all, I don’t believe what you say, I want to visit this magi in person, and meet this magi.”
"But commander, our army of 10 troops is powerful, and Pucheng District is a small county, so there is no need to work hard. Our marching goal is to go through Fuzhou City to Lingnan within the end of the year. It is urgent to have [-] troops cross the mountains and ridges." I'm on my way." The military adviser said worriedly with a mask on.
"The military commander is too worried. The march is long, so don't rush this moment." Huang Chao glanced at the 10 horses in front and back, then thought for a while and said, "But what the military teacher said is right, we can't all stay in Pucheng with 10 horses. What's more, it might alarm the wise man in the city."
As Huang Chao said, seeing Zhu Wen, the vanguard of the camp, was still half-kneeling in front of him, as if waiting for his instructions, he suddenly had a good impression of him, so he called out:
"Zhu San'er!"
There are three brothers in Zhu Wen's family, and he is the third eldest, so Huang Chao called him Zhu San'er!
"Yes, Marshal, the last general is here!" Zhu Wen called himself the last general, although half kneeling, he seemed very confident.
"I ask you, have you heard of this magi, Zhang Xiu!"
"The commander-in-chief is so refined and refined that the general admires him so much. Please forgive the general for his ignorance. Although the general is the son of a teacher, I don't even have the slightest bit of poor cultural quality. It has been passed on to me, and the general was a local ruffian before following the commander in chief, thanks to the cultivation of the commander in these years, the general will be grateful forever."
"Hahahaha! Zhu San, Zhu San, you are really a naughty Zhu San! Just answer me directly, why do you make such a lot of nagging. I will ask you again, such a virtuous person Confucian scholar, shouldn't this commander pay a personal visit and take it for his own use?"
Zhu Wen thought for a while and said:
"Please forgive me for speaking bluntly. If this person is really willing to follow the commander-in-chief, of course he can take it for his own use. But if he is as arrogant and domineering as the military adviser said, why should the commander-in-chief visit him personally? The general thinks that the commander-in-chief is better off sending Send someone to visit and convey the general's invitation."
"That's right, let's do it! You send an order to the commander, and the whole army camps ten kilometers away from Pucheng County to rest, waiting for further marching arrangements."
"Follow the order!"
Zhu Wen got up and was about to walk away gracefully when Huang Chao's call came from behind him:
"By the way, Zhu San'er!"
"The end is here!"
"After the camp is set up, help me summon all the deputy commanders of each battalion to hold a military meeting. Your kid is also coming, and the commander has something for you to do."
"Follow the order!"
The military adviser on the side hesitated to speak, but seeing that Huang Chao's military order had been issued, he had to obediently obey the order.
In Huang Chao's tent, a simple military meeting began.At the meeting, Huang Chao decided to divide the [-] soldiers into three routes and go south to Fuzhou.The left wing, led by the deputy commander, turned [-] to the southeast, and advanced along the coast of Changxi and Lianjiang.On the right wing, the deputy commander led [-] troops to strike south along the eastern foot of the Wuyi Mountains, turning from Shaowu to Yanping, and down the Minjiang River.The main force led by Huang Chao led [-] people to attack Pucheng first, then went straight to Jianzhou, and approached Fuzhou from the ancient field road.The Third Route Army is expected to join forces outside Fuzhou in December.
"The military division is in a hurry to march, so why not follow the deputy commander to march to Fuzhou first. The meeting is over, everyone go back to the camp to rest. After half an hour, the deputy commanders on the two wings will lead the soldiers and horses to continue marching." Huang Chao said.
"Yes, handsome." Everyone said in unison.
The soldiers who participated in the meeting left one after another, and the military adviser resigned dejectedly, but Zhu Wen remained motionless.
Of course Huang Chao noticed that Zhu Wen was not moving at all, because he said that he had something to do before, so he also guessed why Zhu Wen didn't leave, but Huang Chao always pretended not to see it.
When everyone dispersed one by one, Zhu Wen said:
"Master."
"Oh, it's Zhu San'er, you're still here!"
"The commander-in-chief really forgets things so much. Before the commander-in-chief asked the future to attend the meeting, saying that he had something to do for the general."
"Oh! This handsome almost forgot, hahahaha!" Seeing Zhu Wen's honest look, Huang Chao suddenly became amused, and continued:
"The commander-in-chief has two things to entrust you to do."
"Don't say two, a thousand or ten thousand are fine."
"What a rascal, Zhu San'er! Listen carefully, before the rebels attack Pucheng, the commander wants you to disguise yourself as a civilian and sneak into the county. The first thing you need to do is to inform the officers and soldiers guarding the city that there are 15 rebels They have already stationed outside the city and are about to attack Pucheng."
"The commander-in-chief is wise and wants to falsely report 15 rebels, so that the defenders in Pucheng will be confused first. It's just that the general is worried that if the news is spread in advance, it will give them time to ask for reinforcements."
"Don't be afraid! Pucheng is located in a mountain depression, and it is really an isolated city. It is too late for everyone to abandon the defense, and there will be no reinforcements at all."
"What the commander-in-chief said is very true. The last general is thrown to the ground. What's the second thing?"
"The second thing is to visit the sage Zhang Xiu. You came up with the idea of sending someone to visit, so I will naturally give you the credit for this." Huang Chao rolled his eyes and said, "I'm afraid in case Not only did Yi Zhangxiu not obey you, but instead exposed your identity, he might hand you over to the officers and soldiers, and the consequences would be disastrous."
"Up to the mountain of swords and down to the sea of fire, I will go through fire and water at the end." Zhu Wen gritted his teeth and said.
"Good boy! This commander-in-chief did not misunderstand the person! From now on, follow him!"
"Thank you, Marshal, for cultivating it!"
The next day, when the rebel soldiers approached the city of Pucheng, Huang Chao swaggered into the county seat without giving up any soldiers.It turned out that the imperial officers and soldiers stationed in Pucheng heard that 15 rebels were ten kilometers away.
"Hahahaha, look at these useless bastards raised by the imperial court! It seems that it's not that I, Huang Chao, want to kill Li Tang, but that Li Tang is exhausted, and the heavens are going to kill him, Li Tang."
The majestic Huang Chao rode on a military horse, walking in front of the army with his head held high.There were no people in the streets and alleys of Pucheng. When the people in the city heard that the murderer Huang Chao was coming, they all hid in their houses and closed their doors.Suddenly, a familiar figure appeared in front of Huang Chao, who was smelly and dirty, half kneeling in front of Huang Chao, and said:
"Welcome to the commander-in-chief!"
Huang Chao saw that it was Zhu San'er!asked:
"Popi Zhusan, what happened to you, you are smelly and dirty, did you fall into the cesspit?"
"Report to the commander-in-chief, that Zhang Xiu really doesn't know how to flatter him, and even let the general sleep in the pigsty for a night!"
"Oh, hahahaha! Tell me quickly, what's going on?"
It turned out that Zhu Wen, who entered the city in disguise last night, spread rumors about 15 rebels, and then found the house of the wise man Zhang Xiu.
On a dark and windy night, Zhu Wen slyly knocked on the door of Zhang Xiu's house.
"Who is knocking on the door?" A boy's voice answered from inside the door.
"My servant, Zhu Wen, was ordered by Marshal Huang Chao to visit Mr. Zhang Xiu." Zhu Wen said softly outside the door.
"Please wait a moment, I will inform my father right away." It turned out that this boy was Zhang Xiu's son, Zhang Zijun, ten years old.
Zhang Xiu heard about Zhu Wen's background, guessed the reason for his visit, and didn't even let him in, rejecting Huang Chao's invitation.
Zhu Wen didn't expect that Zhang Xiu, a self-proclaimed sage, wouldn't even let him in, and his nose was ashamed.When he walked back to the county gate, he found that the city gate had been locked, and the officers and soldiers guarding the city had disappeared without a trace.
"These bastards are running quite fast. It seems that I will be trapped in this city all night." Zhu Wen spat and said angrily.
Zhu Wen walked into the county again, and unknowingly came to Zhang Xiu's house.On a dark and windy night with nowhere to go, Zhu Wen walked around the door of Zhang Xiu's house a few times, then sat down despondently, and leaned against the door of the house.
The moonlight is bright.
The witty little boy Zhang Zijun had already noticed the figure walking back and forth outside the door. The little boy walked quietly to the door, saw the figure's face through the crack of the door, and told Zhang Xiu, saying:
"Daddy, that man named Zhu Wen hasn't left yet, he's outside the house."
"Outside the house? How long has it been? What are you doing?"
"It doesn't seem to go all the time, walking back and forth outside the door, it's like sitting down and dozing off."
When Zhang Xiu heard this, he was moved with compassion, and felt that although this person was born as a hooligan, he still had firm beliefs and sincere sincerity.So he asked the little boy to open the door, ready to meet this man named Zhu Wen.
The little boy opened the door, and Zhu Wen, who was dozing against the door, rolled in and screamed in fright:
"Don't catch me, don't catch me! I'm not a rebel, I'm an ordinary citizen!"
The little boy Zhang Zijun couldn't help laughing out loud.Zhang Xiu signaled Zijun to help Zhu Wen up, and then said:
"Please don't worry, someone in my chapter is not the kind of person who will frame others."
"I made you laugh, I..."
"You don't need to tell me, I also know why you are here. It's just that I, Zhang, have a loose disposition. I have no intention of being an official and have lived in seclusion in the countryside for many years. I didn't even agree to the invitation of the governor of Jianzhou, let alone your rebel army now. So, please come back!"
"I want to go back too, but the city gate has been locked, and I can't get out even if I want to!" Zhu Wen told the truth, but he didn't know that this sentence made Zhang Xiu unhappy.
"What about the officers and soldiers guarding the city?"
"There's not a single one of them, I guess they've all lost their helmets and hide in the house!"
"It's unreasonable! So you never left, just because you have nowhere to go?" Zhang Xiu's face changed drastically, not only because of the incompetence of the officers and soldiers, but also because he had moved his heart to Zhu Wen by mistake before.
"Yes, otherwise!" Zhu Wen was casual, perhaps because the sky was too dark, he didn't notice the color on Zhang Xiu's face at all, and instead he begged: "Mr. Last night, occasionally a few officers and soldiers fleeing for their lives passed by on the street, which was quite scary."
"Zijun, take him to the pigsty." The arrogant Zhang Xiu seemed to feel insulted, and after finishing speaking, he walked into the inner room angrily.
"Yes, Daddy."
After the little boy brought Zhu Wen to the pigsty, he also went back to the inner room and closed the inner door tightly.