Chapter 106 Foot Pain
Zhang Chong has always adhered to one principle in his actions, that is, a man should act with integrity, as bright as the sun and the moon, and not like a child who acts like a fly and a dog, and does things in a coquettish way.
Zhang Chong despises this kind of person the most.
Yes, that's right, I'm talking about Sima Ju's nephew.
Originally, Zhang Chong was quite dissatisfied with the idea of Prime Minister born from the heart. Seeing this mediocre person, he felt that it was reasonable for some words to be spread for such a long time.
Since the villain asked, Zhang Chong was naturally unambiguous. He once again assured Sima Ju that the capture of military supplies would still be 50-50 as originally agreed, and Sima Ju would also be the first to select the prisoners of the Langya bandits.
Zhang Chong was good at what he did, and Sima Ju also wanted to make friends with him. He said that the Langya bandits were vicious and difficult to control, so he didn't want them. Then he ignored his nephew's barking behind him and sat down with Zhang Chong.
Zhang Chong wanted to give up the chief position to Sima Ju, but Sima Ju refused again. In the end, Zhang Chong forced Sima Ju to the first position on the grounds of respecting the elders.
Then Zhang Chong moved a maza and sat on his left side. Then the two parties took their seats in this order.
After that, the first gathering of Taishan Fang and Qi Guofang officially began.
But unfortunately, because Sima Ju's nephew was here, the celebration banquet led by Zhang Chong was not enjoyable. This person was really annoying, and he said the most inappropriate things, which directly brought the atmosphere of Taishan Fang and Qi Guofang's banquet to a freezing point.
But the only things that were tasteless were those in the big tent. Outside the big tent, the soldiers who had set up camp were sipping the wine "sent" by the powerful soldiers of Mount Tai and eating dried meat. They were so unhappy.
Hearing the heroic jubilation of the officials outside the big tent, it also affected Zhang Chong inside the big tent.
Zhang Chong held it and began to sing:
"Raise swords and soldiers, exchange for peace, teach the world to restore the Qingming Dynasty."
The generals on the Taishan side also hummed along, and the singing spread out from the tent. All the soldiers, whether they could sing or not, whether they had an accent or not, all gathered together in one song:
"Raise swords and soldiers, exchange for peace, teach the world to restore the Qingming Dynasty."
This was the first time Sima Ju heard this song. How could he not be moved by the fearlessness and ambition in Zhang Chong's song? At first, he couldn't find the right tune. After waiting for the chorus several times, he joined in the singing.
Seeing Sima Ju start to move, all the Taiping Dao believers in Qi who were also stabbed with blood began to sing along with him, and they finally let go.
In the end, only Sima Ju's nephew was unhappy in the audience.
The generals are rising in nature, and the surrendered general Guo chants. He follows the generals and performs a sword dance. Later, Duan Xiu also danced with his sword, and the atmosphere in the audience was extremely enthusiastic.
At this time, Zhang Chong's scout general Meng Ju had a head in his waist. He took the head in his hand and reported his merits:
"He, I failed my brothers despite being frustrated, and finally the leader who killed my brother came."
Saying that, Meng Ju also raised the head in his hand. The withered color and the ferocious look before death made the head in Meng Ju's hand particularly terrifying.
Some people from Taiping Road in Qi State even raised their sleeves to hide their faces. On the contrary, Zhang Chong's Taishan generals all cheered better. For a time, the two sides formed a sharp contrast.
Zhang Chong also applauded, and he got off the bed. He was so moved that he helped Meng Ju up and complained:
"Revenge must be avenged, but don't throw your life lightly next time. If I lose you, so what if I gain these two dead things."
Meng Ju's mood at this moment was already at a breaking point.
Since that day, four brothers under his command were ambushed and killed, and all he thinks about every day is revenge. When he closes his eyes, he sees his brothers lying in the blood, asking him:
"Why don't you avenge us?"
But he was responsible for the scout of Taishan Army, so how could he leave the army. But fortunately, God did not abandon him. Instead, during the battle with the Langya thieves, he discovered the dog slave who harmed his brothers.
Those two people, one was tall and fat, the other was tall and thin, he knew them even if they turned into ashes. So as soon as his army collapsed, he immediately led his flying army to pursue them with flags on their backs. Finally, his great revenge was avenged, and the blood of his brothers was not shed in vain.
Now that he was so concerned about Zhang Chong, his heart suddenly collapsed. He hugged Zhang Chong and cried loudly. Zhang Chong knows, he really understands, there is no hero who does not shed tears, but it is not the time to be sad.
The generals on one side also came forward to comfort him. They admired Meng Ju as a good man.
Zhang Chong looked aside suddenly and suddenly asked Meng Ju:
"Hey, why didn't you see Daqi? Didn't you meet him?"
Meng Ju was interrupted by this and stopped crying. He was also surprised:
"No, we came back together. I was still behind when I entered the camp."
Just when Zhang Chong was about to call Ding Sheng, a burst of cheers came from outside the account, and Ding Daqi was heard shouting outside:
"I will treat everyone to beef today."
It turned out that when Ding Sheng came back, he somehow saw three slaughtered cattle on a ravine. Judging from the quality of the meat, they had just been killed. This made him so happy that he drove the three cows back in a cart.
Hearing the joy outside, Zhang Chong smiled and said:
"What a great man. When it comes to eating beef, he has to be the one. I'm borrowing him today, haha."
The generals laughed.
Sima Ju, who was only on one side, looked enviously at Zhang Chong and his brothers and murmured:
"This is what a man should do!" But again, the happiness and pain in the world are eternal.
While Zhang Chong and others were enjoying the joy of victory, something concerning Taishan Fang was also happening in Dongping Ling a hundred miles away.
But it is said that Zhang Hong, an old man, offered advice to Xun Nui and recruited powerful soldiers from Jinan to clean up the Taishan bandits who had expanded to Tugu County. Xun Nui summoned Gao Zong, a meritorious official, to discuss the matter.
Gao Zong heard the hidden meaning of Xun Nu's words, which was that this matter was the first thing he did in Xun Nui Lu County, and he wanted the powerful people in Jinan to give their full support. As for the empty treasury, he will not pursue it. There was no way Gao Zong would not allow it. He didn't care who he sent troops to defeat. He wasn't going to the battlefield anyway. What he cared about was that Xun Nui acquiesced to the possession of greedy money by Jinan's powerful men.
So things moved forward smoothly. One thing Zhang Hong was right about was that the powerful people in Jinan, Qi, Taishan and other places were greatly disturbed by foreign troops twenty years ago. The countryside and villages were more or less blackmailed and young crops were trampled on. Therefore, this time the Taishan bandits saw that there was a new leader and wanted to come out again, so naturally they had to nip it in the bud.
Later, Gao Zong served as the middle man, and the army chief Wang Kang and the thief Cao Changguoyong were recruited as generals. They recruited soldiers from the three major clans of Gao, Guo and Liu, as well as local soldiers from sixteen families of local tyrants in each county. They also recruited Luzuo rangers and city military officers. , with the Jin, Zhang, Yan and other tribes in Tugu County as their guide, they gathered troops in the city and prepared to survey and suppress the Taishan bandits in Tugu County in the west.
As the saying goes, once a large army comes out, it will be like thousands of heads and thousands of catkins. Naturally, it is not possible to send out troops so quickly. Naturally, the news was known to the disciples and concubines in Jinan Temple. While they were out shopping, they sent the news to Shi Gushan's friend in Dongpingling, Lu Zuo Ranger Lou Zhong.
Lou Zhong is a farmer's son outside Dongpingling. He is not engaged in production, but he is also a well-connected person. He is good at giving and often helps others. But in fact he was also a poor man, and he was hungry six times in four days. The millet earned from farming with servants is eaten by himself or distributed to nearby refugees. His impoverished temperament naturally made his brother and sister-in-law unhappy, and they kicked him out of the house to make a living on his own.
Later, Lou Zhong found a way out for himself by delivering letters to the heroes in Shigu Mountain. This job was more money-intensive and close to home, so Lou Zhong fell in love with it as soon as he started it and became a famous sentinel in Shigu Mountain.
On that day, he was pretending to be a woodcutter selling firewood in the city as usual. A familiar government official used the opportunity to buy firewood and whispered a word, asking him to deliver it to Zhuanshanhu in Shigu Mountain.
Lou Zhong was shocked by this news, and he pretended that nothing had happened and was about to close the stall and leave the city.
But just as he was leaving the city, he was stopped by a group of patrols.
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Yes, it's him Lou Zhong again, but now he is no longer a woodcutter, but an apprentice with a spear.
Just now, he was seen by the city patrol and asked to leave the Talisman Festival. Seeing that he was a landless Lu Zuo ranger, he was transferred to the military post outside the city.
Here, from time to time, Luzuo prodigals like him were taken into the military post. Lou Zhong's firewood had been confiscated. After he reported his name, he received a piece of bamboo and went to the curtain area.
At this moment, the military officials in the tent were teasing the new group of disciples and exchanging sticks with each other from time to time, causing the disciples to scream in agony.
This is a show of force in the army, a lesson to the new recruits, so that they know who in the army they should listen to.
As soon as Lou Zhong came in, a military official scolded:
"Kneel down."
Unexpectedly, Lou Zhong was also a stubborn man. With a stick in his neck, he said:
"I am the queen of Feng Chunjun, you must not insult me."
The military officer was startled and subconsciously stopped. He turned around and asked his brother:
"Brother, which nobleman from Jinan is this Mr. Fengchun?"
His brother didn't know either, but seeing that Lou Zhong was serious about what he said, he didn't dare to neglect it. He pulled his brother aside and worshiped Lou Zhong:
"I serve Dongpingling Gao Jin and take my brother Gao Yu to apologize to you. My brother has been reckless and has offended many people. May I ask who the nobleman Feng Chun is?"
That's right, the military officials in this tent are the two brothers Gao Jin and Gao Yu, the city gatekeepers. In the past, they failed to grasp Guan Cheng and lost the stage of progress, so they thought of finding a way out in the army. When he heard that the Prime Minister was recruiting troops, he hurriedly brought his younger brother to apply. I just don't know why the motivated Xue Zhou didn't go with the two brothers, and I don't know where he went.
Hearing Gao Jin ask, Lou Zhong raised his chin and said proudly:
"The ancestor's surname was Lou Tajing. Back then, our great ancestor made great contributions to Chang'an."
Gao Jin, who was still bowing, stopped bending when he heard this. He raised his hands towards his younger brother Gao Yu.
Gao Yu wondered what he was doing.
"Give me the stick."
Gao Yu didn't know what was going on and subconsciously handed over the short stick.
Then Gao Jinchuo picked up his stick and pointed it at Lou Zhong. He slapped Lou Zhong on the head and face while cursing:
"What a dog slave, how dare you entertain Naigong? You, a remnant of four hundred years ago, dare to show off in front of Naigong?"
This Lou Zhong is so tough, even when he was whipped, he still kept his back straight.
Gao Jin was furious, slapping and cursing:
"Kneel down to Naigong."
Who knows, Lou Zhong replied:
"My feet hurt and I can't kneel down."
Gao Jin laughed angrily, said hello three times, suddenly pulled out a knife and put it on Lou Zhong's neck, cursing:
"Your feet hurt! I'll make your neck hurt soon!"
After saying that, he cut it with the knife.
(End of chapter)