Gentlemen, listen to the sword chant

Chapter 110 The death of Xi Shen, chaos in Jiangdong

On July 24, the 11th year of Tai'an, with the support of the Dongying people, Xi Shen held a coronation ceremony in Guangling and proclaimed himself king, showing the nine counties.

The coronation ceremony was held with great vigor and vitality.

I don't know whether to join in the fun or what, hundreds of thousands of people spontaneously came and gathered in the square in front of the palace. Of course, the most talked about was still angrily denouncing Xi Shen's evil deeds.Compared with King Wu's non-resisting withdrawal of troops, Xi Shen was even more disgusting. He blatantly defected to the enemy, turned his finger on his well-intentioned allies to support his compatriots, and painted his official robe red with the blood of countless people. Most of the people came, just Let's see what Xi Shen looks like, what a traitor looks like, whether he is superhuman or vicious. It is not yet noon, the grand ceremony is still early, and more and more people are watching the excitement.Outside the square, Honma Qianhezi arranged a large number of soldiers to maintain law and order, or disguised himself to hide in the crowd. This was the first step in Qianhezi's rule of Wuzhou, which was very important.

at this time.

The drums are beating, the drums are loud, solemn and melodious.

Came from the depths of the palace.

Putting on the python robe, Xi Shen took out a box with him, took out a pipe, and began to roll tobacco. He went to the burning bronze table and lit it at any time. He took a deep breath. Only when the nicotine stimulated the secretion of dopamine could he barely restrain himself. Emotions.With his eardrums hoarse, he couldn't hear clearly, and he couldn't hear anything clearly. The solemn bell sounded like a prayer in an auditorium. Xi Shen looked at the sky, gloomy, like a torrential rain accumulated, and wanted to vent it all at once clean.

Honma Qianhezi came slowly, with a slight left wing, and said in a cool tone with a strong nasal voice: "My lord, the time is coming, the grand ceremony is about to start, it's time to go on the road."

Xi Shen exhaled a smoke ring, looked at Qian Hezi, and suddenly smiled, "I have heard that Dongying people are brave and good at fighting, and they admire the spirit of warriors. How can a woman be in command of the army?"

These words are full of provocation.

Qian Hezi narrowed his eyes, murderous intent flashed past him, still lowered his head humbly, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty was joking, women are lonely and brave, and have never been inferior to men."

"Marshal, do you know? In fact, you are quite pathetic."

"Ok?"

Qian Hezi was puzzled.

With his hands behind his back and a pipe in his mouth, Xi Shen looked at the ancient palace covered with mist, and he smiled, "Qi Uesugi is smart, Yi Matsui is brave, and you, I only see pathetic, pitiful, handsome, When a person is about to die, his words are good, but your fate will not be much better, oh yes, I will wait for you on Huangquan Road."

Qian Hezi was stunned, what the hell?

With the bell ringing.

Xi Shen strolled up to the palace tower, he walked very slowly, his eyes were deep, and he seemed to want to recall his life through this short half a quarter of an hour.

In a trance, he seemed to have returned to more than ten years ago.

I was young at that time.

That year, he was sitting on an empty grass field. At that time, he was angry. His father would not let him lead soldiers to fight, but let him study essays. All his father expected of him was that he could learn something and help his elder brother.How can a youthful mind take so much care?He secretly supported his party members, planned civil strife, created the appearance that his father was accidentally attacked on the way of inspection, and took the position of governor with thunderous momentum.To this day, the death of his father and the death of his elder brother have been tormenting him over and over again. Now that he has achieved success and fame, Xi Shen suddenly realizes that he was really wrong, it was too outrageous.

Power is like floating clouds.

Xi Shen smiled, he asked if he was old, only old people would suffer from nostalgia and be so sentimental.

suddenly.

Xi Shen seemed to hear a sound breaking through the sky.

It doesn't matter anymore, it doesn't matter anymore.

There was a chill on his back, an arrow coming from nowhere hit his back, blood gushing down, Xi Shen closed his eyes, instead of healing his wounds, he rolled down the stone steps calmly.

In an instant.

The palace was in chaos, he heard the screams of the soldiers, the rioting crowd, Qian Hezi with a fierce and angry face rushed over, as if shouting something.

Not important anymore.

Xi Shen calmly closed his eyes, he had exhausted his life, his heart was shattered, and there was no sign of life anymore.At that last moment, Xi Shen was relieved and relaxed. He let go of all the enthusiasm in this life. He felt that he no longer had to be so tired. ...

……

On the same day, Yan Yue, governor of Xuzhou City, poisoned the generals of Dongying and ordered all the ministries to attack Japanese pirates at night. Blood flowed into rivers overnight and eight thousand enemies were wiped out.

The Wubei generals from the four counties of Xiaxiang, Huaiyin, Haizhou, and Piaocheng also immediately attacked the Japanese soldiers who were assisting in the defense.Scholars who studied the history of this era in later generations pointed out that in this battle, more than [-] people were killed or injured in Dongying at least overnight.

After Xi Shen's death, the counties in northern Wu fell into a melee.

First, the Wubei army fought without declaration and began to attack the Dongpu garrison. Then, the allied troops who were hiding in various places and had no time to withdraw also began to take advantage of the fire and rushed into the city to start killing.

The dark day of Wuzhou came quietly.

……

Outside the city of Xuzhou.

The sloppy Lin Gusheng was tied up and hung on the ground, and three or five reckless people squatted on the ground to divide up Lin Gusheng's satchel, cursing, "Poor dog, look at your sword is so delicate, why is the inside of the bag similar to my crotch? It’s black, nothing but a few hairs, but you’re still from Zhongzhou.”

A bandit was playing with Lin Gusheng's sword. The gems inlaid in it had long since disappeared. It was pitted, and even the blade was curled up. Except that it was barely a sharp weapon, it was not even as good as a kitchen knife.No wonder bandits look down on them, Lin Gusheng really suffered a lot on this journey. After leaving Chuzhou City, he had just walked for three days and was about to reach the border area. He passed by a wine shop. Greeting the proprietress for a pot of wine, but she was paralyzed by the sweat medicine. When she woke up, her belongings had disappeared. Lin Gusheng cursed secretly, knowing that she had encountered a black shop, so she had to admit it. The cannibal proprietress He didn't talk about martial arts, took gold and silver, and poked off the gems inlaid on his sword.

Without money, it's really hard.

Lin Gusheng walked hard on this journey, going up the mountain to steal dogs and go into the water to fish for fish. When he was at his worst, he didn't care. Three times, five divisions, two, eat first and then talk, but was chased by an old farmer for more than ten miles.It's hard to say that he has arrived in Xuzhou, Lin Gusheng thought to himself, no matter whether Xi Shen became the king or not, whether he is a traitor or not, he will definitely be afraid of his identity, and then he will not have to worry about eating and drinking. This journey, really It's all regrettable, the heroic spirit of life, and any heroic dreams, are all fucking nonsense. The ancients said it well, full of warmth and lust, this is not true at all.As a result, before he entered Xuzhou City, he was squatted by a group of bandits who blocked the road and robbed him. When he came up, he tied him up and hung him on a tree. When he opened his bag, he found that this boy was poorer and worse than them. If you don't hit one place, you will go up with a stick, relieve your hatred, and cursed: "You white-faced guy, young, from Zhongzhou, why are you so poor? Poor dog still imitating others to travel south? I'm hurting you!" Let's have a good time, you guys, today you hit our brothers with knife wounds, if you don't teach you a lesson, I'm sorry for your parents, his mother is really angry, you guys, you are so tender Meat, it looks like a rich family, why is it so shabby?"

Lin Gusheng stared at hunger, he was weak, he didn't make a sound when he was beaten, he opened his eyes sullenly: "You guys, give me a bite, I haven't eaten for a few days."

"Eat? I still want to eat, it's so damn bad luck." The big man spat thick phlegm on Lin Gusheng's face, feeling unsatisfied, kicked him hard again, and said angrily: "You **** It's a money-losing product, which wastes my time and mood, fetching water from a bamboo basket, what do you say, I don't care today, if you can't get the money, I will sell you to a kiln, or... huh, just Send you to the army."

Exile?

Lin Gusheng was stunned, "Brother, what kind of army will you serve as? Isn't Wuyue all fallen, and you still recruit soldiers? Could it be that you are a traitor and puppet army?"

"Bah!" The big man curled his lips and said triumphantly, "You little boy, what do you know? Now Wuzhou is messed up, and you are a puppet army? Do you want to die? You don't know yet, the master of the state government pretended to join the enemy, but ended up holding back a lot Yes, he deliberately let the Japanese pirates into the city, and then annihilated them together. A few days ago, the master of the state capital was killed by the Japanese pirates. The officers and soldiers of all counties fought and killed tens of thousands of Japanese pirates. Now each city stands on its own If you are a king, you are recruiting soldiers and buying horses, you boy, if you don’t have money, I will send you to serve as a soldier.”

Lin Gusheng was startled.

Such a big change happened in Wuzhou?

Is Xi Shen pretending to join the enemy?
what's the situation?
When Lin Gusheng couldn't figure it out, the big man laughed: "Let me just say, why can't Mr. Fu think about surrendering to the enemy? He is retreating to advance. On the surface, he is surrendering to the enemy, but in fact he is letting down the vigilance of the Japanese pirates. You see, It’s all right now, the people of Dongying have suffered heavy losses, and the Lord Fu Jun has given his own life as the price to inspire the determination of the people with lofty ideals in Wuzhou to fight against the Japanese.”

Lin Gusheng was silent.

When the big man was boasting endlessly, Lin Gusheng dryly said: "Then you send me to be a soldier, I want to kill the Japanese pirates."

As soon as this remark came out, the big man was stunned.

The bandits were also stunned.

Serve as a soldier?

You know, at this juncture, soldiers don’t get much salary, they are all cannon fodder, they obey orders, take care of their food, and just kill the enemy, but they don’t get much money.

"Are you going to join the army?"

"Yes, I'm going. I came from Zhongzhou to fight against the Japanese." Lin Gusheng said seriously.

Now, the three thieves stared wide-eyed, and began to wonder if they heard it wrong.

……

South of Huaiyin, Panjiazhai.

The Wubei military conflict broke out for several days. Lu Qian had been waiting for a long time, and now he couldn't wait any longer. The dormant armies all over the country were in a commotion. It was too late to drink the soup, but it was a risky move after all, and Lu Qian lacked it. Counselors make plans, but they are always vacillating and unable to make up their minds.Lu Qian felt restless, lit a cigarette, and took a deep breath. At this time, a sergeant hurried in and knelt down to salute: "I will report to the general, and I sent a secret message to inquire about the military. It is said that an unknown army attacked Huaiyin last night. The number is huge, no less than [-]."

Lu Qian stubbed out the cigarette butt, dumbfounded: "What, how many people? Fifty thousand?"

"Yes."

The city was already in civil strife, the Wubei army attacked the Dongying army, and the powerful people from all over the country also secretly supported it. Now there is a 5-man army, how can Lu Qian not be surprised?
"Damn it, no matter who is attacking Huaiyin, we must also help out, otherwise Huaiyin will be recovered by then, and we will not get any benefit..." Lu Qian muttered, and shouted: "Pass my military order, order 10 flags up, 10 flags in the middle, prepare, go out with me, respond to the call of the Allies, and recover Huaiyin."

……

Purple Bamboo Forest.

The assassination operation was unexpectedly smooth.

Xi Shen died, with his "dreamed-of" power, in the hall held by the Dongying people.After his death, Jiang Dong was shocked, and only then did he understand his intentions.

Xi Shen has washed away his reputation as a traitor.

He will be famous in history.

It is true that if it hadn't been for Xi Shen to defect to the enemy and betray the country, he secretly colluded with the Dongying people, which caused the collapse of the Allied Forces and allowed the Dongying people to occupy the entire territory of Jiangdong as a matter of course.But what happened now made everyone slapped in the face.

Some people think that Xi Jinping is pretending to betray the country, but in fact he is looking for opportunities and waiting for opportunities.First, when Lin Guming was defeated in Guangling, the allied army had no leader, its discipline was disordered, and it was impossible for the allied army to retreat. Big casualties.He knew that after Uesugi left Guangling, the Dongying cabinet and military government would parachute a general to Guangling to command the war. Xi Shen didn't want to see the scene of hitting a stone with an egg, so he retreated to the next best thing.Xi Shen became the puppet Wu Wang of the Dongying people, which made the Japanese pirates relax their vigilance. The Honma Qianhezi faction mobilized various legions to station in Wubei County and the Wubei Army to help defend. , not only preserved the background of the Wubei Army, but did not completely reduce it to a puppet army, and also allowed the Dongying Allied Forces to disperse their forces and defeat them one by one.According to incomplete statistics, at this moment, more than [-] Dongying troops are stranded in Wubei, trapped in the quagmire of war and unable to escape. The only result waiting for them is a dead end.

There are also people who believe that Xi Shen’s traitorousness is true, and it is true that he has surrendered to the enemy. He knows that he will not be a puppet king for long, and the final result is that Chizuru Honma squeezed out his interests and gave him to death.Instead of sitting and waiting to die, and finally bear the eternal infamy, it is better to take the initiative and gain a good reputation.

Anyway.

Whether Xi Shen had planned it for a long time or had no way out, he did it. He made a move at the cost of his own life, which eased the situation, disintegrated the ambition of the Dongying people to occupy Wuzhou, and inspired the ambition of Wuzhou. The determination of the scholars to fight against the Japanese.

Some are happy and some are sad.

However, Yuan Ji and Jiang Ziqi became unhappy. Originally, they were deeply involved in order to increase the influence of missionaries in Wuzhou and arouse the people's determination to fight against the Japanese. Hezi, portraying Chizuko Honma as a suspicious, tyrannical, and moody villain, and describing Xi Shen as a good official who is generous and righteous, serving the country and the people, if a missionary comes out to clarify at this time*** If it is them who are deep, they will be squeezed out by the people, or even spit on.

Since ancient times, those who have won the hearts of the people have won the world.

The plan came to nothing, which made the incident go in another direction. Yuan Ji sighed all day long, exclaiming that it is a pity.

When Chen Ci saw this result, he couldn't help laughing. This is a typical case of stealing chickens without losing money. Originally, the purpose of the Baijia family was to think deeply, so that the people of Wuzhou could understand the feats of the missionaries, and then deepen the hearts of the people. Now Well, the war has intensified instead, and all the allied forces have risen to take advantage of it. It is conceivable that they will be in a state of war for quite a long time in the future.

(End of this chapter)