My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 392 Rushing to Fuyun Mountain

The grass was lying down and stagnant with water, and the silt accumulated, revealing the swollen palms of the corpse.

The floodwaters outside Xidu City retreated to the ancient Youhe River, and the fields were filled with mud and corpses. You could still vaguely see the official roads covered by the mud and the horse posts at the roadside tea shops.

A large number of soldiers from the city walked around the wilderness, using knives and spears to push through the water, grass and mud, and endured the stench to drag out the corpses below. The cruel ones would also search the corpses. If the clothes and fur coats were still good, they would also The naked body was thrown into the truck and taken away.

In the hot June, if the corpses are not cleaned up in time, once the corpses rot, flies breed, and diseases spread, the people in the city may not have a way to survive.

Under the mountains in the southeast, large pits have been dug there, which will be the best destination for these corpses.

Another group of soldiers looked for swords and armor, and brought them back to the city to recast them. This was to better save iron and steel, and indirectly, they did not have to make the tribes sacrifice their lives to dig out copper and iron.

This search and burial of corpses has been going on for three days. There are soldiers and soldiers of Xiliang of Xia Kingdom guarding the surroundings at all times. However, there are fewer guards today. The surrender soldiers heard that the Xia Kingdom West Route Army from the north has entered the city, and there are also betrayers who have entered the city. The rebels led by Yaoshan of Daliang.

At this time, in the Western Capital City, the streets were under martial law. The strategic points of the streets leading from the north gate to the imperial city were guarded by soldiers of the Youyan Army. They were equipped with swords and guns. Archers stood on the second floor, keeping an eye on the shadows in the corners of the streets. Even if they were Every rat that comes out will take a second look.

Outside the north gate, the three armies of Qingzhou, Yizhou, and Tang from the north began to cut down trees and set up camp. The military commander arranged his armor and robes, mounted his horse, gathered with his own bodyguards, and headed to the city together. Door.

"Everyone! Everyone! Wait!"

Before Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Xia Houyuan, Xiahou Dun, Zhang He, Li Xuanba, Qin Qiong, Yuchi Gong and other generals entered the city, they heard a voice shouting at them.

On an official road on the right side of the city gate, An Lushan led several Yiluohe cavalry and rode wildly. Behind him were several tribal leaders wearing leather armor. He waved and shouted at the top of his voice, his fat body on the horse's back. It was bumpy and bumpy, and the few braids on the head were swinging back and forth, which was quite funny.

When he came to the generals of the West Route Army, An Lushan's fat face smiled brightly and he immediately offered his hands to Guan Yu one by one.

"Guan Junhou, General Xiahou, and Fourth Young Master Li. When Lushan was running in the mountains, he heard the water flooded the beams. He was so excited that he couldn't express his excitement. Only the generals can come up with such a wonderful plan. I wonder if I can follow the generals. Let’s go to the city together and soak up the aura of power.”

An Lushan was very good at flattery, and with his stature and silly smile, it was easy for people who had never heard of his deeds to develop a favorable impression of him.

Guan Yu hung the blue dragon upside down and crescent moon, his phoenix eyes were slightly slanted, he glanced at this person, without saying a word, and urged the horse to move forward, Zhou Cang followed closely behind, and Guan Ping politely raised his hand towards An Lushan. , also prompting the horse to leave.

With this, Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Dun, Zhang He, Xu Huang, and Le Jin also passed by Anlu Mountain. However, Qin Qiongle stopped his war horse and said, "Guan Junhou has always been proud of his superiors and never humiliated his subordinates. He doesn't like flatterers. What you did before You should be clear about everything, so... don’t take it personally, and everyone will naturally accept you in the future!"

"General Qin... Then you..." An Lushan was greatly surprised when Qin Qiong said this to him, and he was even a little moved.

"Me? Haha, I wish I could beat you to death."

Qin Qiong glared at him, clicked his maces, and sparks came out from the collision, and then urged his horse to move forward. However, the content of his words was fierce, but his tone was actually quite gentle.

The reason why he said those words was actually that he didn't want to make An Lushan feel cold and have cracks inside, so as to avoid making any small moves behind his back.

Seeing Qin Qiong's ferocious look but gentle tone, An Lushan, who was good at observing people's emotions, immediately laughed out loud and called his adopted sons behind him to follow him and enter the city with the generals.

In the western capital of Liang Kingdom, people from Qi State and Wei State in the Central Plains also settled. Now that the two countries were merged into Xia Kingdom, although they still did not feel a sense of belonging, they still came to the streets of the city to watch the generals of Xia Kingdom leading their troops into the city.

The stagnant water in the city has long been drained away by the city's culverts, and the streets are still a little muddy. However, after the war and floods subsided, the shops opened one after another and started doing business. Hu merchants who were escaping from the war sprung up out of nowhere like bamboo shoots after a rain. Come out and continue to let Hu Ji dance on the street or in the store to attract customers.

Guan Yu and other generals walked through several long streets and couldn't help but take a few more glances at the scenery on the streets that was different from that of the Central Plains. After that, they entered the imperial city and headed to the palace that originally belonged to the Liang Kingdom.

In the Yongning Hall, Su Chen was wearing mountain armor and sitting on the dragon chair. While looking through the past memorials of the Liang Kingdom, he, Lu Bu, Zhao Yun, Dong Zhuo and others were waiting for Guan Yu and others to enter the court.

As soon as I saw the army reorganization approved by Tuoba Kui, an old eunuch outside quickly called into the palace: "Your Majesty, the generals are here."

"Open the palace door wide!"

Su Chen put down the memorial and sat on Emperor Liang's dragon chair. He put his hands on the armrests and leaned back. He sat upright. In his field of vision, the sound of footsteps spread in unison.

Then he saw Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others filing in, coming to the imperial steps and bowing their hands in greeting.

"Greetings to Your Majesty!"

An Lushan was among them, and his chubby figure was quite eye-catching. Dong Zhuo looked at him, then lowered his head and gestured to his waist with his hands, and then breathed a sigh of relief: "Finally, he is fatter than me."

On the right side of Ma Chao, Pang De looked at Guan Yu who was standing in front of him as he entered the palace. He pursed his lips. In an instant, a hand suddenly stretched out from beside him and patted the back of his hand. He turned his head and saw Ma Chao walking toward him. He smiled.

"It's all in the past."

Pang De didn't speak, he just looked at Guan Yu, the leader of the crowd in the middle of the hall.

At this time, the generals over there also reported the recent battle reports of the West Route Army one by one. Xia Houyuan, as the deputy commander, stepped forward and stood on Guan Yu's side.

"Your Majesty!" His voice was calm: "The Tianzhu Mountain of the Juegu Youhe River was also affected. The soldiers and horses under the command of Liang General Tuoba Zhaori were all fish and turtles in the water. Tuoba Zhaori was drowned and died. He joined the army. Ci Mi was captured by Zhou Cang in the water..."

Hearing this, Pang De in the crowd twitched his lips. "... Some Liang soldiers also took refuge in the mountains. Li Xuanba took a boat to attack the mountain and killed a wave of soldiers. The Liang soldiers were defeated and defeated. They killed the clan general Tuoba Zezhen. General Qin and General Yuchi broke through Langya Mountain and killed the commander of the Fushan Army. Xifeng Gu Burial. In this battle, the Western Route Army killed 17,000 enemies and captured more than 30,000 people. The rest were washed away by the flood and their bodies were buried at the bottom of the water. When they came to the Western Capital, they had already buried their bodies."

"Western Route Army, mighty!"

Su Chen expressed his appreciation without hesitation, "The army in the north of Liang Kingdom has also been defeated, and there is no longer an army to fight in the entire northwest. You generals have worked hard, please join us. Let's get drunk tonight at the Liang Kingdom Palace. The army The lieutenant generals should also be rewarded, and all the food and drinks are ready!"

"Haha, that's going to be delicious. Who will compete with me tonight?" When it came to drinking, Zhang Fei's laughter covered up everyone's words, and he picked Xu Chu on the side of the imperial steps. Chin: "Let's have a fight!"

"You don't have any wine, I won't drink with you!" Xu Chuweng said angrily, turning his face away slightly.

When everyone laughed, An Lushan squeezed forward from behind. He has now returned to his middle-aged appearance. He is more respectful to Su Chen than any general here.

"Your Majesty, I have brought here the chiefs of Fangdang, Feiting, and Pochao!"

Su Chen raised his hand, and the voices of the generals in the palace gradually became quieter. He looked around and saw three tribal leaders quickly stepped forward. Following tribal etiquette, they clenched their fists and pressed their shoulders and bowed to Su Chen on the imperial steps.

They greeted them in awkward Yanguo dialect. It was obvious that An Lushan had taught them on the way here.

"Everyone, get up. You will join my General An in raising troops to bring order to the chaos. It shows that you love the people of the tribe. I also invite you to attend today's banquet."

Over there, An Lushan conveyed the words, and immediately said flatteringly: "Your Majesty, at the banquet tonight, I will let you dance a Hu Xuan dance for you. This is what I am best at."

Being able to dance like this in public is not only shameless, but when An Lushan said this, he was probably happy because of what Su Chen said just now, "My General An".

"You're not going to destroy my Xia Kingdom by dancing, are you?" Su Chen waved Xie En's three tribal leaders to retreat, and then joked.

An Lushan was not annoyed, he smiled and held his belly.

"Now and then, Anlu Mountain was still there, but my heart has changed."

Haha!

The hall suddenly burst into laughter, but it was not ridicule, but resonance with what An Lushan said.

Night gradually enveloped the palace. Under the guidance of the old eunuch, the palace maids replaced festive lanterns under the eaves of the main hall where the banquet was held. Wine and food had been prepared and more than a dozen tables were set up. The generals from the east and west were sitting together. The differences between the late Han, Tang and Ming dynasties.

Even Liu Sheng, the commander of the Shenji Battalion who rarely showed up, was among them. Later, Huo Qubing, Xiang Yu, and Zhang Yi also came from the military camp outside to have a banquet.

After the official banquet, several old eunuchs specially applied gouache and happily led more than 20 elegant palace maids in long skirts. They carried wine bottles and kept walking between the banquets, pouring wine for the generals, and occasionally talking to each other. Those handsome and heroic generals quietly cast their charming eyes.

In the main hall, there was a lot of noise, people were shouting, laughing and cursing, people were drinking and drinking, and the atmosphere was warm. Generals from the future generations took their acquaintances to pay homage to some famous generals in front of them, and from time to time they said "Nice to meet you!" "Long time to see you!" Greetings like that.

Zhang Fei, who was happy with the drink, rolled up his sleeves, held the jar, and went up to pull Xu Chu down to drink. After Guan Yu thanked Qin Qiong and others for the wine, stroking his beard and closing his eyes, Pang De came over and sat next to him, holding in his hand He also raised his wine glass, and the two looked at each other. Guan Yu touched him lightly, and both of them raised their heads and drank.

Ma Chao took Zhao Yun to drink while looking at Pang De and Guan Yu, and soon he happily wanted to have a drink with his brother-in-law. Ma Yunlu wanted to come over to persuade him, but his brother glared back.

In the middle, An Lushan, who had been specially dressed up, made a grand appearance. In the sight of a group of stunned Han and Tang generals, he shook the fat on his belly and spun dexterously.

Seeing that Dong Zhuo couldn't close his mouth, he touched his belly again: "Although he is fat, he is lighter than me."

Perhaps An Lushan was stirring up the atmosphere, or perhaps the three tribal leaders Fangdang, Pochao, and Feiting also wanted to show off in front of the Emperor of Xia, so they also walked to the middle of the hall and danced the tribal dance, which made the entire banquet look better. The atmosphere reached a climax.

At the table where the emperors were sitting, Li Longji looked at An Lushan dancing and couldn't help but sigh. He turned his face away and didn't want to look at it anymore. As a result, Li Shimin held his head down and turned away to let him continue watching.

The next day, Su Chen slept until almost noon and didn't get up until noon. He drank too much last night. Dianwei was also taken away to drink by Lu Bu and Li Xuanba in the middle of the night. Jia Xu also came over to join in the fun and chatted with him on the imperial steps. While drinking.

"Let Jia Xu handle the matter here. Who asked him to beat me up?"

After coming out of the dormitory, Dian Wei and Xu Chu had been waiting outside for a long time. Even Wu Zixun was also there, but he was still hungover and still staggering when walking.

"Walk."

Su Chen snapped his fingers at them and led the three of them to the front palace. An Lushan was already waiting for him. Next to him were Zhao Yun, Lu Bu, and Xiang Yu. None of them were wearing armor. They were just wearing ordinary clothes, but they had weapons. .

With so many generals following him, even if he is truly a god, he still has to vomit blood. Su Chen and the generals saw the ceremony and rode together to the Fuyun Mountain that the old eunuch said.

It is more than 300 miles away from Xidu, and there are rugged and steep mountain roads that make it difficult for soldiers and horses to travel. Therefore, Su Chen only led the generals and no troops to follow him on this trip. Of course, Pei Min's embroidery department had been lurking in the dark for a long time. He was everywhere, and dry food and water were all ready.

After leaving the city at noon, it was still fifty miles away from Fuyun Mountain. It was already dark, so the group had to temporarily camp at the foot of the mountain to rest for the night.

Early the next morning, we continued on our way.

(End of this chapter)