Chapter 308 – A Million Cups of Toasts

When Xu Fengyen led the white horse righteousness rushed to Liangzhou pass outside the refusal of the northern city, there are also some people quietly move, Xu Yanbing single-handedly to go to the north of Liangxiushu border Lazikou pass, whisking the water room big file Mi Fengjie and Fan Xiaochai escort Xu Beihao secretly out of Youzhou into the state of the river, a person that is the Zong Huyan Daguan also left his wife and children, do not know the whereabouts of the.

Xu Fengyen had a young “unknown” follower by his side, riding a horse and wearing armor, but not wearing a cool sword or a cool crossbow, not smiling, and with a heavy heart. Xu Fengyen traveled north, did not intentionally enlist this talented young man, not do not want to, but meaningless, Xu Fengyen whether to talk to him about the righteousness of the family and the country or high-ranking officials, it seems ridiculous, because his name is Xie Xijian, is Cao Changqing’s favorite disciple, is the war in the Guangling Road, one of the two outstanding Chu. Most of the five hundred western chu reading seeds are now placed in the major academies in lingzhou, far away from the place of wrongdoing, only xie xijian proposed to go to the north liang pass to have a look, of course xu fengnian will not refuse, he now somewhat understand the mentality of the late emperor of liyang zhao dun to chen zhibao, there are some characters, even if they can’t be used for their own purposes, but as long as they stay by their side, it is like a beautiful woman standing in front of their eyes, it’s just as pleasing to the eyes. And in all fairness, compared to the unruly and untamed sharp Kou Jianghuai, gentle and frugal Xie Xijian obviously more comfortable and assured, with Kou Jianghuai get along, such as drinking a big bowl of wine, pain is pain, can be worried about whether it is drunk, and Xie Xijian to get along, such as a small cup of tea, do not hurt the stomach and headache.

Along the way Xu Fengyen will only greet Xie Xijian when he receives the spy report from the water whisking room, the spy report is mostly unique to the local hierarchy of the court in Liyang, Xie Xijian reads the report, a copy of the full retention of every piece of paper in hand, often means that the loss of a front of the Western Chu, or a number of cities and towns fall, Xie Xijian is just getting more and more reticent and silent, and there is no change in the complexion that is too obvious, one by one! Familiar Western Chu generals were beheaded to become the leading generals of Liyang’s army, and one by one, familiar names chose to defect to Liyang, and the territory under Western Chu’s control became smaller and smaller. Wu Chongxuan, Lu Shengxiang, Song Kasa, and even Xu Gong and Yuan Tingshan appeared more and more often in the report, the western Chu has gone, undoubtedly is the nail in the coffin of the end. The last report is to inform the world that the son of Liyang will be marching to the West Base Wall in early summer, and at the same time, he issued an edict that as long as the rebels of West Chu give up their resistance, the imperial army will not kill anyone on the battlefield, and the people of Guangling Road will still be regarded as Liyang’s citizens.

Approaching the north city, Xu Fengyen received a brief spy report from the claws of the sea east green, this time there was no military intelligence with Xie Xijian, but the latter rode his horse, his face was gloomy, and he wanted to say something again and again.

Xu Fengyen did not wear armor, wearing a simple and elegant scribe’s green shirt, only wearing a cool sword and a dragon jade pendant, he slowed down his horse’s speed, turned his head to Xie Xijian and said: ”After Cao Changqing’s death, he dispersed all his qi into the Guangling Road, you are not a qi practitioner and even less a martial artist of heavenly phenomenon realm, you may not be clear about the deep meaning of the meaning of the words here, to put it simply, from the moment Cao Changqing’s body died, the previous Chu Jiang’s gas number has not been completely extinguished Guangling Road, only began to really belong to Liyang territory, if Liyang response is not appropriate, in the battlefield killing spree, or the next is still in the tax matter difficult Guangling, then it is very likely to provoke the Guangling Road’s backlash, Yan Chihui King Zhao Bing, although the likelihood of an immediate rebellion is unlikely, but is not completely no opportunity to enter the main Guangling, so Cao Changqing’s death is to the people of Guangzhou to stay a way back. A way back, no matter the belonging, the person who gets it should be treated well.”

Xie Xijian muttered, “Seek benevolence and get benevolence, seek righteousness and get righteousness ……”

The word “gain righteousness” harmonized with the word “pleased. Speaking here, Xie Xijian lowered his head, his lips trembling.

Xu Fengyen could only comfort slightly lamely, “General Xie, I don’t dare to expect you to enter the Northern Liang Border Army, after all, nominally we are fighting against the Northern Mang, or we are still guarding the country’s gates for the Liyang Zhao Family. But regardless of the direction of victory or defeat in the Liang-Mang war in the future, I will ensure that the five hundred of you in Xichu are safe and sound, the world is no longer peaceful, I, Xu Fengyen, want to make the five hundred of you peaceful, I can still do it.”

Xie Xijian ignored, full of sadness, muttering to himself: “When I was young and studying, every time I turned the pages of the book, read the poetry of Taibai, read that kind of magnificent magnificent chapter of the world, always infinite heart and soul yearning, what ‘will have to drink three hundred cups’, what ‘immortals for me a What ‘will have to drink three hundred cups’, what ‘immortal for me a wave of hand, such as listening to the Emei ten thousand ravine pine’, really feel straight to stretch their necks and yell out loud, is still not enough to be hearty and enjoyable, but at that time Mr. always said that Taibai’s poetic talent is too high, too much immortal, 30,000 feet above the earth in general, but may not necessarily be the best poems on earth, the older the readers, the more they have been through the events, on the contrary, the more the old Du’s rustic poetry ‘sympathetic’, ‘sympathetic’. The more the reader grows older, the more experienced he is, the more he will be on the old Du’s simple poetry, ‘sympathetic’, ‘I don’t know when I close my eyes, I have recruited the souls of several people’, ‘the night is deep through the battlefield, the moon shines on the white bones’, it’s really a mess of plain and straightforward, where is the vast talent to speak of? But now read, really, really …….”

Xie Xijian has been sobbing uncontrollably, raised his arm and rubbed his cheeks vigorously.

I’m afraid this is Xie Xijian and Kou Jianghuai very different places, the latter face life and death is far less profound than the face of honor and disgrace, Xie Xijian will be depressed, Kou Jianghuai will be depressed and vigorous.

Xu Fengyen looked towards the dusty Reject North City and said, “General Xie, from Reject North City to Qinghe, then to the line of the two towns of Willow Bud Poria at Huaiyang Pass, you can go, I will arrange for someone to accompany you, if you want to see the left and right cavalry forces outside of the Liangzhou Pass, it will not be a hindrance either.”

Xie Xijian had already regained his composure, nodding his head, “Thank you, Your Majesty.”

Xu Fengnian smiled and dismissed it. Suddenly thinking about the situation in Liyang Dynasty, Xu Fengyen’s mood was a bit gloomy, West Chu no longer has the capital to revive, so the “inner court matter” planned by Zhang Julu Yuan Benxi will come to an end, Song Dongming and Bai Yu both believed that the Liyang Dynasty will not only allow Wu Chongxuan to return to Tai’an City, but also that Song Kasa, who was in charge of the eastern front, will work together with Wu Chongxuan’s generals and a certain general under his command. Song Kasa and one of Wu Chongxuan’s generals will become the two new leaders of the military in Guangling Road. Yuan Tingshan, the general of Jizhou, may not be able to return to the border, but will stay on the north bank of the Guangling River near Jing’an Road, where his 10,000 private cavalrymen from Yanbao will be used to deter Yanzhi King Zhao Bing’s southern border army. Xu Gong’s official title is a bit more interesting: will he continue to patrol the borders as Minister of War, or will he be the Deputy Minister of Defense and General of Jizhou? But the real movement that deserves the attention of Northern Liang is still the stay or go of Lu Shengxiang, the commander in chief of the Southern Expedition, on which there is a difference of opinion between Qingliang Mountain and the Northern Liang Capital Office, the former firmly believes that Lu Shengxiang will be quiet for a period of time in the court of Liyang, and the latter thinks that Lu Shengxiang will take control of all of the court’s current field strength, push northward, and eventually stationed in the area between Jizhou and the two Liaozhous, and the strength of the troops will reach eighty-nine thousand, forming a triple force with Cai Nan, Xu Gong and Gu Jiantang and Zhao Sui. Gu Jiantang Zhao Suo to form a three-point line of defense in the north, thus forcing North Mang to make up its mind to fight the second Liang-Mang war. As long as the formation of this delicate situation, Xu Gong Lu Shengxiang two generals jointly stationed in the northern border, not to mention Gu Jiantang’s planning, the role of Jizhou vice general Han Fang that dark chess, will be greatly reduced.

In the end, there are still too many people available in Liyang, and even more soldiers available.

Can affect or even change the situation in the Central Plains, in fact, only two people, Shu King Chen Zhi Bao, Yan Zhi Wang Zhao Bing, now depends on these two people are willing to honestly return to the feudal lord jurisdiction, or how fast to leave the Guangling Road, as long as one of them dawdle, then Lu Shengxiang can not be extracted from the Guangling Road, after all, a Wu Chongxuan generals under the command of the generals plus a Song Rasa, stabilization of the post-war After all, a big general under Wu Chongxuan plus a Song Kasa, stabilizing Guangling after the war is already quite a struggle, and there is absolutely no conflict of interest between the two sides, without Lu Shengxiang, the high enough rank of the Spring and Autumn Generals in the middle of the scheduling, once the situation changes, the court can not rest assured.

If these are the distant worries of Beiliang, then the near worries of Beiliang is the stabilization of Beimang temple, Dong Zhuo surprisingly retained the position of the king of the southern courtyard, although Xu Fengyen is like strangling Dong Zhuo in the Beimang one hand to cover the sky of the seedling, but this is the same as letting Dong Zhuo who has no way back, really let go of his hand in the next Liangmang war at the choice of the dog jumping over the wall, if the first war Dong Zhuo still have all kinds of small mind small hand, then the next time you meet on the battlefield, Dong Zhuo will be the first time you meet on the battlefield. Then the next battlefield encounter, Dong Zhuo will most likely go out of his way, if necessary, even his private army of the Dong family can die out.

Xie Xijian has gone far away, Xu Fengyen did not enter the city to inspect, even the white horse righteousness did not accompany, walking alone at the river side of the water level is gradually rising, boots stepped on the green lush soft grass, the sound of fine. Xu Fengyen sat on the bank, looking towards the river, lost in thought.

Outside the Liangzhou Pass, there is Chu Lushan’s Beiliang Capital Guard, there is a large number of new city supervisors led by Li Gongde, everyone knows what to do, and all are doing well, which makes Xu Fengyen, the nominal co-owner of the Beiliang Iron Cavalry, slightly cumbersome, especially when the battle has not yet begun, in fact, Xu Fengyen’s existence is more like a flag, standing in the northwestern border passes, proclaiming to the Liyang imperial court and the North Mang army that the Beiliang four-state territory cannot be The four states of Northern Liang were not to be insulted lightly.

Xu Fengyen subconsciously pulled up a weed beside him, dusted off the soil, and put it in his mouth to chew, and after the earthy odor, there were wisps of sweetness. After Huang Longshi’s silent death somewhere in the southeast, Oh girl returned to Beilang said a lot of strange words heard from the side of the Spring and Autumn Three A. Some Xu Fengyen heard half-understood, some heard in the clouds, some people yearn for it, and some people are disappointed. Oh girl said a long time from now in the Central Plains, merchants and opera singers in the eyes of the people, will be more attention than the yellow and purple ministers in the court. She said that after sitting in the world does not look at the origin, the emperor takes turns to do this year to my home, as long as the world is not peaceful, as long as the hands of the military power, can be self-appointed king, and even really may do the founding of the emperor. She also said that the future of the readers, the importance of profit and light name, so it is difficult to have a real sense of the emperor.

Xu Fengyin can not imagine that world, he remembered that at that time, his master Li Yishan used only three words to convince Xu Snapdragon not to rebel, not to go with Liyang to divide the river and rule, “name, words, things”, the implication is very simple, the name is not correct, then the words, then the things do not work, in the end of spring and autumn where Xu Snapdragon is, the most important thing is to look at a person’s root and foot, the emperor and the general would rather The emperor and the general would rather have a seed? The answer is naturally yes. But the interesting thing is that before the Qin, in the hundred schools of thought in the era of the scholar, the answer is no, regardless of the saint or the general, regardless of the origin, the sage generation of the bright era, it seems that everyone is like a dragon, and so on, until the scholar into the clan and then grow into the gate, especially after the Dafeng dynasty chose to respect Confucianism, and then the rules of the world are set up in the dead, princes and feudal lords and ministers of the children and grandchildren are dressed in yellow and purple, the clay legged man is with the Zhuangzi all his life, the emperor is a man with the emperor’s son. Mud legs all their lives are with the crop field crawling and rolling mud legs, all this until Zhang Julu ruling Liyang dynasty only after some change, the big promotion of the imperial examinations, for the rules of the word tilted for hundreds of years of the poor finally took the opportunity to rise, many poor readers, carp jump dragon door, towards the field of Lang Dusk to the hall of the son of heaven, the Dafeng dynasty end of the system of entry into the curtains along with the clans and towns, the two are similar but very different, because the latter can only speak for the masterminds, the latter can only speak for the masterminds, the latter can only speak for the masterminds. Because the latter can only speak for the mastermind, but the former can speak for the world. So Xu Fengyen remembers very clearly, master Li Yishan not to say how he was cognizant of the first half of his life, anyway, the second half of his life in listening to the tide pavilion, is not willing to compare themselves to Zhao Changling Yuan Benxi and others, but has been very concerned about the Bieye children of the Liyang reform initiatives ……

Xu Fengnian unconsciously chewed up the weed, spit out the residue, stood up and let out a long breath, anyway, he does not need to be on the refusal of the North City’s camping to go to how to dictate, might as well be completely idle trip. Xu Fengyen suddenly disappeared in the river, all the way north swept, during the period far saw the right cavalry in accordance with the deployment of a change of residence of a main force, saw the outline of the Huaiyang pass, finally Xu Fengyen appeared in the dilapidated Huitou city, this former Liyang border first city, in the Dong Zhuo large-scale attack on the city for several months and after the success of the city was destroyed by the huge destruction, before retreating and burned down the city’s buildings in the seven or eight, like a barren mound of rubble, repair progress is extremely slow. The progress of repairing the city was extremely slow, coupled with the occasional looting by the North Mang’s elite cavalry, even Chu Lushan, who had a unique attachment to Hu Tou City, had to give up his energy. In the night, Xu Fengyen sat cross-legged on the battlements of the city, looking out of the city of the dragon’s eye child plains, close your eyes, vaguely have a thousand stone throwers at the same time after the opening of the strings of the general boulder whistling, vaguely have the city of the cavalry took the initiative to attack the sound of hooves of the generous to die, vaguely have their own first time into the city early to see a large group of captains within the Liu Shunu drinking and laughing.

The city is full of war deaths, the robe died in the same hole.

Legend has it that after Dong Zhuo broke the city, he didn’t do anything similar to whipping the dead soldiers in the city, and didn’t build a capital, but just walked up to the city, and pushed off the Xu flag with his hand, which was already faltering. Later, when the female emperor of Northern Mang ordered Dong Zhuo to exchange Liu Yunu’s corpse for Yang Yuanzan’s corpse, Xu Fengyen did not hesitate for a second, not only agreeing to put Yang Yuanzan’s head and corpse into a coffin, but also handing over five or six more heads of Northern Mang generals. At first, in the Youzhou council hall in Xiaguang city, there was a temperamental military general who jumped on the spot and cursed, I believe that if it was not for Xu Fengyen’s secret message into the city, but the young feudal king stood there, I am afraid that those military generals would have cursed even at the risk of losing their official hats, and the Yan Wenluan’s face did not look good either, apparently they all thought that the king of Beiliang was showing his weakness to the barbarians of North Mang, under the sun where is the woman who won the battle and still showed her goodwill to a defeated general? The behavior of the king of Beiliang? At that time, the entire Youzhou border army was about to explode, after Chu Lushan a sternly worded secret letter was quickly passed to Xiaguang City, the storm only calmed down.

Xu Feng Nian opened his eyes and whispered, “Liu Yunu, and Ma Tribulus, Chu Hanqing, all of you in Tiger Head City, I’m sorry, I forgot to bring wine this time I came, but I think the blood of 300,000 people in Northern Mang is the best wine.”

Xu Feng Nian clenched his hands into fists and propped them on his knees, leaning his body forward to look at the distant north, laughing: “I, Xu Feng Nian, am here to assure you all that such a wine, next, Beimang will toast a million more cups for you!”