Chapter 053 – King Flag Fish Dragon Drum

Xu primrose generally perennial with ordinary soldiers together Beiliang border on the wind, seems to be to stare at the North Mang in the number of not less than the North Liang iron cavalry of the barbarians to feel at ease. After the death of the princess, the children gradually grow up, first of all, the eldest princess Xu Lihu married Jiangnan, followed by the second daughter Xu Weixiong thousands of miles to study on the Yin Palace, four years ago, His Royal Highness went out to travel, at least there is a yellow barbarians in the royal family, now it is completely gone clean.

Just these emperors and generals, blind old Xu can not care, so many years about the news of the Great Pillar State, are to go to the brewery to buy wine lees when the hearsay, listen to it even if it is, or how else can it be? Followed the great pillar of the country for many years of war, only when I was young as a cavalryman saw a distant, that time to carry the mothers of the army or the number one vanguard Wang Jian Wang Juling, Yikue bloodbath, not yet blind old Xu is with the great pillar of the country with the gates of the city, and looked at the General Wang kneeled down and hands to hold up the gate of the city of ten thousand pounds, and let the robes of the Liaodong rushed out of the city, when the General Xu has not been sealed with a different name of the king, has not yet received the title of the great pillar of the country, but just turned back to see the city gate. He just glanced back at the city gate.

All the soldiers of the Northern Liang Army firmly believe that the Great Pillar State is the world’s first hero, the four great generals of the Spring and Autumn Period, just look at the record, the Great Pillar State is certainly not as good as that by the Shangyin Palace of Learning reputed to be five hundred years of the only one of the Ye Baikui, in the Guanlan City, before the battle, Ye Baikui claimed that the life of a hundred battles without a single defeat. Not to mention that this only belonged to a national war lost the West Chu Ye Wu Sheng, even the former East Vietnam extra horse harnessed by the side of a team of the emperor’s side Wang Sui, but also than Xu Snapdragon more dashing and relaxed, where there will be only a few hundred riders left in the miserable defeat of the escape of the woeful. But the last standing, in addition to the same dynasty of the general, only Xu Snap, not to mention the Spring and Autumn nine countries, the iron hooves under the banner of the king of the Xu character destroyed six countries, the fame than Xu Snap twenty years later Confucian general, but two insignificant small countries, how can be with the king of Beiliang side by side?

This is the ability of the Great Pillar State!

This is the middle of the month, the blind old Xu did not bother to spend the copper to buy wine lees, can only smack the mouth, to quench their appetites.

Personally sounded the war drums, the drums sounded like thunder, not breaking the drums of Xichu, the whole army who is not moved?

The old Xu tilted his head, by the war sand and wind sharpened like the old bark of the cheeks close to the smooth wooden cane, the old pawns are mostly so, used to the sword and crossbow, and lucky to live out of the army, always feel that there is less of something at hand, after the leg is broken, this cane is a big help.

Over the years, always listen to a group of readers talking about the yin and yang speech, said what followed the big pillar country to fight for the old pawns died half, no one has a good end, in the end, only Xu Snapdragon made the king of the different surnames, old Xu if the legs continue to be, will be jumping to the feet of cursing the mother, this group of brains into the water of the readers know what a egg! Really on the battlefield, will know that the sword has no eyes say, big pillar country body that all the wounds are fake? They were all wiped with knives, bows and arrows, and spears! If even the Great Pillar State did not become the King of Beiliang, so many old soldiers who risked their last breath would not have died in vain, and who remembers the 600 iron armor of Liaodong back then, and now there is no one in the world to compete with the 300,000 iron cavalry of Beiliang?

Blind old Xu spat a mouthful of spittle and cursed, “The dog days of the readers are the most boring, old Xu was younger a slap can slap off their mouth full of teeth!”

Now even a few more steps have to gasp for breath Lao Xu head came a familiar voice: “Xu old brother, body bones are still healthy?”

Old Xu scrambled to get up, talking about this is when the home to send silver Yamen officials, and on the spot will be instructed to several retainers to repair the hut, and as expected, this after the hut will no longer leakage of wind and rain over the monthly one or two silver is on time to send people to the hand. The old Xu is killed in battle countless old pawns, vaguely guess that the Yamen when the police have been in the military to climb and fight, there is a gas, don’t think it is really fooling people, not much guts of the old Xu eat pigs to kill pigs indeed are not much, this is not true, but at least most of his life in the military life, those who kill dozens of soldiers, that is, when eating are looking at more than the normal people ferocious.

The man gently to help the cane to stand up blind old Xu pressed, out of laughter, “Xu old brother sit and talk, how comfortable how to come, with me polite what.”

Old Xu also does not insist, on the age, not with the hairy boy so strong, side head “look” that person, moody and comfortable, “okay okay, eat and sleep, waiting for the end of the month to buy some meat and wine to treat themselves. These days, the world is peaceful, do not worry about food and clothing, very good na, this is the conscience. Lao Xu is blind, and can’t say anything with his eyes open, Your Honor, isn’t that the truth?”

The visiting figure smiled and said, “Lao Xu, you are not blind at all, your heart is alive. It’s much better than a lot of officials and generals.”

Blind Lao Xu blushed and said, “Sir, this is too much, I don’t dare to take it as a compliment. Our old Xu is a not dead into the Northern Liang old pawn, before listening to a kid surnamed Xu recited what the horse leather wrapped corpse, do not quite understand, anyway, better to die than live, this moment is not afraid to die, live to this age how to calculate are not bad. Is worried about one thing, one day after a sleep to not wake up, dead on the dead, but there is no pallbearer na, this worry, that Xu kid laughs and laughs and said really can’t find him, but this kid is not good is a whole year to see not see, I see hanging.”

Yamen as an official of that speech calmly said: “that Xu kid promised to give you a coffin?”

Blind old Xu the whole person a moment of radiant up, “is not, this Xu kid person is a good person, blind old Xu recognize people have not been wrong, is that this kid a lot of things are dangling a little, and is climbing the wall and is stealing ducks, I am worried about his future can not find a good daughter-in-law. This is not two days ago Xu kid also brought a pot of good wine to my chat here, but he said he was going out again, but unfortunately I was waking up at night by the smell of wine craving, that the remaining half a pot of wine to accidentally drank up, otherwise today can be entertained a little bit of adults. Haha, my lord, pulling this nonsense with you, don’t suspect that old Xu this broken mouth can’t handle it.”

The man laughed, “No, I won’t. Nowadays, it’s hard for me to find someone to talk to… Do you want to drink, old brother Xu? I forgot when I came here, after I got older, I usually don’t drink except at home, make an exception today, if old brother Xu can afford to wait, I’ll let someone buy it.”

Blind old Xu quickly waved his hand and said, “No, no, your honor is busy with business, where can you let your honor waste time here, and also break the silver.”

The man laughed, and blind old Xu together leisurely enjoy the afternoon sunshine, spread on the body warm, than what brocade clothes are comfortable.

The old Xu side hands on crutches, look trance: “this life’s biggest regret is not close to take a look at the big pillars of the country, passed away last year, an old brother on the luck much better, Jingyang battle, pit kill hundreds of thousands of pawns, he will be away from the big pillars of the country is only one hundred paces away, the old brother closed the eyes and still read about it, look at him proud, all to be out of gas but also to compete with us. ”

The side of that has been blind old Xu as a government official, whispered: “Xu Snapdragon is nothing more than a hunchback old pawn, what to see.”

For a split second.

Blind Old Xu’s mind went blank.

Since he was able to walk down the sands of tired white bones breaking millions alive, can he be a dumbass?

In Northern Liang, who dared to say this sentence that Xu Snap was nothing more than a hunchbacked old pawn?

In addition to the Great Pillar State, who else?

Blind Old Xu’s dried up body that needed a cane to walk trembled violently.

In the end, this old pawn that Northern Liang relied on to stay alive actually burst into tears, turned his head, his lips trembled, and choked out, “Great Pillar State?”

The man did not recognize or deny, but just called out to the blind old Xu: “Old Brother Xu.”

Only to see the blind old Xu as crazy, struggling to get up, ignoring the big pillar state’s stop, throwing away the crutches, kneeling on the ground, using all the strength of the body, using up the thirty years of the bravery of the six wars, using up the ten years of the spirit of the lingering, dead suppress the passionate cries of a soldier, kowtowed and said, “One of the eighteen old word battalion of jinzhou, the fish drum battalion of the last grade of the cavalry pawns, Xu chongguan, see General Xu!”

Jinzhou eighteen battalions, today all have been gone, such as the mighty reputation of the fading six hundred iron armor, some of the younger Northern Liang cavalry, at most, only heard of some of the deeds of the hot blood.

Fish Drum Battalion.

It is known as the number one deadliest battle under the banner of the word Xu.

The last battle is that the western base wall, Wangfei onyx white clothes like snow, hands knocking fish drum battalion and other people high fish dragon drum, a drum to take the Liyang dynasty of the tripod battle. Nearly 1,000 people fish drum battalion die fighting not to retreat, and ultimately only survived sixteen people, the cavalry Xu Yongguan, is in that battle lost an eye, even the arrow with the eye with the plucking, plucking and fighting again until fainted in the pile of dead people.

In fact, in the heart of the old pawns, the great pillar state or not, the king of Beiliang also, that are outsiders to call, the heart is still willing to shout a General Xu!

Xu Snapdragon was assisted to sit on the wooden pier blind old Xu, full of tears, but said with a smile: “This life, live enough. General Xu, pawn dare to ask, that Xu kid is not?”

Xu Snap said softly, “It is my son Xu Fengnian.”

The old pawn’s face was stuck to the walking stick that was taken back by the big pillar country himself, and repeated murmured, “Live enough, live enough ……”

The last person in the Fish Drum Battalion, the old pawn Xu Chungguan slowly closed his eyes.

General Xu, Wangfei, has a good son ah.

I, old Xu, have to go down to find old brothers to drink, and say to them, the sound of the hooves of 300,000 Northern Liang iron horsemen will only get more and more chilling to the enemy, small not to go, not to be weak.

Under the flag of King Xu, the drums of the fish dragon sounded.

Old pawn Xu Chung Guan, died peacefully.