Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 249 Enemy Qi
Originally, Tian An thought that Zhang Ao and others captured him in order not to give him a chance to disrupt their mutiny plan to seize Zhao's military power. If you hurt yourself, you will definitely treat yourself with courtesy, and you will definitely release yourself unconditionally after the incident is completed, because killing yourself will have no effect on Zhang Ao and his group, and it will definitely attract a lot of infamy. hate.

It was only when Tian An was escorted out of the county seat of Shanxian County and into the ranks of the Young Marshals that Tian An realized that he was thinking too naively. Zhang Ao beat the rabbit and took him down, not just for the purpose of preventing himself from causing trouble. , Another purpose is to please Xiang Kang, to please the Young Marshal who is likely to dominate the world, and to use his own blood to write the alliance treaty between the Zhao army and the Young Marshal!

Why did Zhang Ao give Xiang Kang himself as a gift? The reason Tian An himself knew very well. When he was in Hangu Pass, Tian An ungrateful for his own benefit and insisted on refusing to hand over the letter voluntarily despite Xiang Kang’s voluntary release of his kindness. Guguan also pretended to negotiate to procrastinate the time to buy time for the Zhao army to reinforce Hangu Pass. Although Hangu Pass was finally recaptured by the young commander's army, the young commander still paid a lot of casualties. Based on this, Xiang It is almost impossible for Kang to spare Tian An!

Fortunately, Tian An can barely be regarded as a person who can afford to let go, and is the grandson of Tian Jian, the last king of Qi. He pays great attention to dignity and bearing. People left him and went straight back to the city. Tian An still maintained his grace and demeanor. He neither shouted angrily nor begged for mercy in a low voice. He made up his mind early on that even if he died, he would never give The Qi royal family lost a little bit of face.

To Tian An's surprise, Xiang Kang didn't bring him in front of him that day and shouted to be beaten and killed. Instead, he was sent to be locked up with a dozen wounded and captured Qi prisoners. The young commander of the team came to take him away from the prisoners of Qi. Tian An also said that his death was approaching, so he didn't panic, but just left with the young commander, but when he was escorted into a tent, the person who met him was It is Shu Suntong, an important civil official of the Young Marshal Army.

As usual, Mr. Uncle Sun flattered Tian An as soon as they met, as if Mr. Uncle Sun was about to abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side to join the Qi State Army. When Tian An asked the reason inexplicably, Mr. Uncle Sun Only then did he explain that he sent someone to invite Tian An to meet him. The reason is that Mr. Shusun heard that the Jixia Academy, which was funded by Qi State, also had a deep research on Confucianism. Xia Xuegong has been giving lectures for a long time, and Mr. Shusun, an outstanding Confucian disciple, is eager to learn. He wants to know about the research situation of Confucianism in Jixia Academy through Tian An, the grandson of King Qi.

It's a pity that what Mr. Uncle Sun did was just a waste of energy. It is true that Tian An entered Jixia Academy more than once when he was young, but he didn't know much about the Confucianism studied in Jixia Academy, so there was nothing he could do about it. Mr. Shusun, who is diligent and inquisitive, can only tell the truth, frankly admitting that he is ignorant and incompetent, and there is no way to discuss Confucianism with Mr. Shusun.Fortunately, Mr. Uncle Sun has a very good self-cultivation. Even though he was obviously a little disappointed, he still treated Tian An with courtesy. He insisted on pulling Tian An and gossiping for a long time. The captives rest together overnight.

This is just a small episode worth mentioning, and the one who should come can't escape no matter what, the next afternoon, Xiang Kang still remembered Tian An who had been with him once, and ordered someone to sneak Tian Anti in front of him, As soon as they met, he said with a bad expression: "General Tian, ​​I didn't expect that we would meet again so soon."

"What General You said is very true, and the foreign ministers really did not expect to meet again so soon." Tian An replied very calmly.

"Then what else is there to say, General?" Xiang Kang's smile was obviously ferocious, and he said with a smirk: "Now that things have happened, does the General still want to scold me for disregarding morals and attacking the anti-Qin Youjun suddenly, and implicating you innocently?" General Tian who doesn’t know the inside story?”

"At this point, of course I have nothing to say." Tian An said directly: "Since it has fallen into your hands again, kill it if you want, I accept my fate."

"Fuck!" Xiang Kang couldn't bear it any longer, he slammed his fist on the table in front of him, and roared: "Believe in words! Ingratitude! This general thought you didn't know the inside story before, so he not only respected you, but also specially sent you People send you back to Hangu Pass, you don't want to repay your kindness, but you still want to make false claims with me, and give Chen Yupifu time to reinforce Hangu Pass! Now the heavens have eyes, let you fall into my hands again, How dare you pretend to be a hero in front of me? Why don’t you kneel down quickly?!”

"Your Majesty!"

The young generals next to him, Wen and Wu, shouted together, and the young generals escorting Tian An immediately kicked Tian An's knee, but Tian An insisted on standing up after bending slightly, and said loudly: "Xiang Kang, if you want to kill, kill it! It can be killed but not humiliated, if you want me, the Queen of Qi, to kneel to you, you are dreaming!"

"How courageous!" Xiang Kang was even more furious, and roared: "Come on, push this descendant of Queen Qi out, and execute him in a chariot!"

Xiang Kang's soldiers sang promises and set up Tian An to go out, but Chen Ping who was next to him jumped out immediately, cupped his hands and said, "Wait a minute, General You, this Tian An cannot be killed."

"Why not kill?" Xiang Kang asked.

"General You, as we all know, when our Chu army went north to rescue the giant deer, Qi Wang Tianshi refused to lend us the Chu army, and asked Tian An to send troops to intercept and force our Chu army to divert to go north." Chen Ping explained. Said: "However, this General Tian puts the anti-Qin general situation at the top of his mind. He not only flatly rejected Tian Shi's order, but also led his troops to join the anti-Qin coalition army and led the way for your brother to go north. Only then did the Julu crisis be successfully rescued. His righteous deeds are well-known throughout the world, if we execute him, we will inevitably bring about infamy, and your reputation, General Yu You, will also be greatly endangered."

"I let him go once in Ningqin, and I have repaid him." Xiang Kang replied angrily: "But he was ungrateful, broke his promise, and killed many of our soldiers. What do you have to say?"

"General You, the last time you released General Tian An in Ning Qin, it was because he was ignorant of the inside story and was implicated innocently by Xiang Bo's rebellious minister Liu Ji, so you can't kill innocent people indiscriminately." Chen Ping continued to persuade, saying: " Although he deserves to be executed for his crimes, he has made great contributions to the princes outside the pass. If he is executed directly without paying attention to his merits, the people of the world will still have something to say. I also ask General You to recite the great achievements of General Tian An and spare him. Not dead."

Mr. Shusun also stood up to intercede for Tian An, saying that Tian An is the grandson of Qi Communist Wang Tianjian, with noble blood, and if he is killed indiscriminately, it will definitely arouse the resentment of the army and people of Qi State, and he strongly begs Xiang Kang to let Tian An survive.

Moved by the persuasion of the accomplices and lackeys, Xiang Kang changed his mind after thinking for a while, and said, "Well, for the sake of Mr. Chen Ping and Mr. Uncle Sun, and also because of the merits of this fellow who has contributed to the great cause of the anti-Qin For the sake of this, I will let this poor man go one more time, lest people in the world say we are unrighteous and punish this poor man for not teaching us."

After finishing speaking, Xiang Kang suddenly raised his voice again, and shouted: "But death is inevitable, but life is inevitable! Come, someone, take this poor man's beard and hair, put him in a prison cart, and send him back to the army of Qi in the next day. Let the generals and soldiers of the country take a look, what will happen to those who dare to party against Xiang Bo and become our enemies!"

To shave your beard and hair means to shave your head and beard, and even the hardest sideburns to grow. This kind of punishment is nothing in modern times, but in the Qin and Han Dynasties, it was an extremely bad shame. Ordinary common people would be humiliated and shameless after receiving such a punishment, let alone Tian An, who was born as an aristocrat in Qi State?So before Xiang Kang finished speaking, Tian An was already struggling to curse, and shouted with red eyes: "Little Xiang Kang, you can't be humiliated! Kill me now if you have the ability, and torture me with a knuckle!" , you might as well just chop me up and kill me!"

"This general wants you to die, otherwise you will be sorry for our soldiers who died in Hangu Pass!" Xiang Kang sneered, and then roared: "Why are you still standing there? Push them down for execution!"

According to Xiang Kang's order, Tian An was quickly pushed and pulled down, held down by several soldiers, and all his hair and beard were forcibly shaved off. During this period, because Tian An tried his best to resist, the not very sharp razor even cut off his head and chin. A lot of blood was drawn, so when Tian An was pushed back in front of Xiang Kang for the torture test, Tian An's appearance was of course more and more embarrassed. Xiang Kang laughed when he saw it, and Tian An was almost mad with rage, He shouted: "Little Xiang Kang! I swear to kill you! I swear to kill you!"

"Come here if you have the ability, just because you don't have the guts." Xiang Kang replied with a sneer, and then shouted: "Put him in a prison uniform, put him in a prison van, watch carefully, and never allow him to commit suicide!"

The young commander took Tian An away according to the order. Tian An struggled and kept yelling, but Xiang Kang didn't bother to pay attention to it. It turned out that by coincidence, when Tian An was dragged out by force, he met another soldier who was arrested by the young commander. The middle-aged man who came here looked at Tian An curiously, and then said in amazement: "General Tian, ​​why did you become like this?"

Unexpectedly, he would meet an acquaintance, and looking up in surprise, Tian An immediately recognized that the middle-aged man was Zheng Chang, the emissary sent by Xiang Yu to contact Xiang Kang, and immediately yelled: "Doctor Zheng, did you see that?" No? Did you see it? This is Xiang Kang’s method. He actually tortured me, the Queen of Qi! If you can go back, you must tell the former general, please the former general must avenge me! Avenge me! "

Zheng Chang sighed helplessly, nodded his head as an answer to Tian An, and kept drumming in his heart, fearing that Xiang Kang would treat him like Tian An, and let himself suffer such a shame and humiliation, and would no longer have the face to live in this world.

It’s okay for Zheng Chang who just came from Hangu prison, Xiang Kang hasn’t hated him to the extreme yet, after he was brought in front of Xiang Kang, although Xiang Kang also sneered at him, he didn’t What kind of humiliating punishment was imposed on him, just asking him to take Tian An and a letter back to Xiang Bo, asking Xiang Bo to rein in the precipice, disband the coalition of princes as soon as possible, and lead the Chu army back to Pengcheng to plead guilty to Xiong Xin, and let Xiong Xin come forward to solve it There is also the issue of the division of land in the world, and the unconditional return of Xiang Kang's wife and children, as well as Li Shiqi who was detained by Xiang Bo.

Of course, Zheng Chang would not refuse such a request, and immediately agreed, expressing that he would bring the words to Xiang Kang, but it was getting late at this time, and there was no way to leave immediately. Zheng Chang could only stay in the Young Marshal's Army temporarily. The guest account arranged for him planned to stay in Shan County for one night, and then set off for Sanchuan County the next morning.

It was indeed not early, and it was getting dark soon. After eating a simple dinner, Zheng Chang, who had been frightened these days, quickly lay down on the straw mat to sleep, but because he could get out the next day, Under the excitement and excitement, Zheng Chang couldn't fall asleep immediately after saying nothing, and he tossed and turned for a long time without any sleepiness.

At this time, the curtain of the guest tent was suddenly lifted, and the light shone into the pitch-black tent. Several soldiers of the young marshal came in, and one of them, who was wearing the uniform of Xiang Kang's personal soldier, said: "Why don't you even light a lamp? What if this poor man sneaks away?"

"Brother Yang, didn't you mean that he was going to be let go tomorrow morning? What are you afraid of doing?" The young commander who was guarding outside the tent before asked curiously.

"Be careful, our right general wants him to do a very important event." Brother Yang ordered: "Light on the lamp, and keep an eye on it at any time at night."

The guards had no choice but to bring an oil lamp for Zheng Chang to light. Brother Yang looked at Zheng Chang's situation casually, and said with a sneer, "I slept soundly. Watch closely, this man is very important." , we must let him go back with that Qi Guo surnamed Tian tomorrow."

"What do you mean?" Zheng Chang, who was pretending to be asleep, wondered in his heart, and said to himself: "Why do you have to let me go back with General Tian An?"

With this thought in mind, and the light in the tent again, Zheng Chang couldn't fall asleep even more. It turned out that by coincidence, Brother Yang didn't leave immediately after leaving the tent, but complained and sat outside the tent to rest. The soldiers of the young marshal were also very curious, and asked, "Brother Yang, why did you say just now that the man surnamed Zheng and the man surnamed Tian of Qi State must be sent back?"

"Of course we want him to go back and tell Uncle Xiang's gang of rebellious ministers that the surname Tian of Qi State suffered from us, and he must seek revenge from us."

Brother Yang's sinister answer made Zheng Chang prick up his ears, and he couldn't help but sit up and listen carefully, but he didn't notice at all that there was an eye secretly watching him outside a small hole in the tent wall.

"Brother Yang, what do you mean by that?" The guards became more and more curious, and asked: "Why did we do this? Also, that man named Tian doesn't mean anything. He killed so many of our brothers in Hangu Pass. Why did General You just shave off his hair and beard, and then let him go again?"

"Don't ask too much, I won't tell if you ask, if General You and Brother Xu Jixu find out, I won't be able to keep my head." Brother Yang replied casually.

"It's okay, Brother Yang, what is our relationship? Are you still afraid that we will leak information about you? Tell me quickly, what's going on?"

Xiang Kang's personal soldier surnamed Yang was an unsure person. When Zheng Chang quietly eavesdropped in front of the tent door, he couldn't resist his companion's entreaties. That brother Yang still told the truth, saying: "Don't Let others know that the man surnamed Tian is just acting for others today. In fact, when our General You secretly summoned him last night, he had already agreed to surrender us, and he would go back and bring the army of Qi State as our internal response to help us deal with Xiang. The main force of the Boni Party."

"That's why our right general tortured him deliberately for the sake of Xiang Bo's gang of rebels believing in Tian, ​​and we must let this man surnamed Zheng take General Tian back. Only in this way, Xiang Bo's rebellious party will believe Tian. The general is really helping them deal with us, and will use him even more."

Zheng Chang opened his mouth wide, but the guards were extremely surprised, and said, "The man surnamed Tian surrendered to us last night? Then he pretended too much, right? When I saw him today, I thought he was really a victim." punished."

"Don't pretend, how could he have fooled Uncle Xiang and those rebellious ministers?" Brother Yang said with a sneer, "Let's not talk about you, if I hadn't seen him surrender to our right general last night, I would have believed it was true .”

Zheng Chang quietly clenched his fists, but the guards outside the tent were also very careful, and hurriedly asked again: "But brother Yang, that man surnamed Tian didn't believe what he said last time at Hangu Pass, and he already lied to us once. The general is not afraid that he will lie to us again, and his words will not count?"

"He won't dare to lend him ten courage this time." Brother Yang sneered more and more, and said, "Last night in front of our Right General, he had written a document with his own hand, swearing to the sky to be loyal to our Right General. If he doesn't keep his promises, he will be punished by heaven and earth, and there will be no place to bury him. The ancestors and ancestors of the Qi country will not tolerate him. In addition, our right general also promised that after the matter is completed, we will first make him the king of Linjiang , Let him build a country in Nanjun and Nanyang, and if there is a chance in the future, he will be named King of Qi, let him return to his hometown to build a country, give him such a good condition, do you think he will lie to us again?"

"Great, now we don't have to worry anymore, even if Xiang Bo's gang of rebels bring the allied forces of the princes to attack Hangu Pass, we will surely win."

When the guards and soldiers cheered in a low voice, Zheng Chang also quickly returned to the mat and lay down again, and quietly clenched the corner of the mat, thinking to himself: "Well, you Tian An, I was almost fooled by you! Shameless, you Wait for me!"

Under the strict guard of the young marshal and soldiers, the night passed quickly, and the next morning, Xiang Kang really fulfilled his promise, taking Zheng Chang's entourage who had been imprisoned before, Tian An and a dozen people who had already been loaded into the prison car. Two wounded and captured Qi soldiers were handed over to Zheng Chang, and Zheng Chang took them back to Sanchuan County to join the coalition forces of the princes. Of course, Zheng Chang would not be so stupid as to expose Xiang Kang's sinister intentions face to face, but thank you respectfully. , and then left Shan County under the escort of a team of young marshals.

By the way, at the time of parting, Xiang Kang, who came to see Zheng Chang and others off in person, deliberately said to Tian An: "General Tian, ​​when we meet next time, I hope to be able to stand upright with you on the battlefield. Swords and soldiers meet, you must not look like a prisoner again."

"Don't worry!" Glaring at Xiang Kang, Tian An's eyes almost burst into flames, and said word by word: "Next time we meet, this general will take your head with my own hands!"

Not to mention, Xiang Kang's aggressive generals really played a role. After Zheng Chang and his party crossed the Xiashi Pavilion, the officers and soldiers of the Young Marshal who escorted them eastward handed them over to the Zhao soldiers who stayed behind in Mianchi, and they were humiliated. After Tian Ande was freed, he neither snatched the sword and killed himself, nor committed suicide by hitting a rock, but grabbed Zheng Chang and yelled: "Doctor Zheng, take me to see the former general right away! Take me to see him right away! I want revenge , I must take revenge! If I don’t take this revenge, I, Tian An, will not be a human being!”

"General Tian, ​​calm down, don't be impulsive, we can talk about anything after meeting the former general."

Zheng Chang agreed, but snorted coldly in his heart, and said to himself: "Pretending to be the truth, I have already quietly asked your Qi soldiers on the road to find out clearly. That night, you were indeed taken to see Xiang Kang'er!"

(End of this chapter)