Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 68 The Capital ([-])

On the eighth day of November in the first year of Guangming, Huang Chao was trapped in Ruzhou.Seeing that the towns in Henan did not act, the princes of the imperial court finally decided to grant Huang the position of military governor of Tianping that he had obtained last year, but is it too late?

After Feng Yin went straight, he went directly to the city to buy some wine and meat, and then hurried home, let his wife rectify it, and then drank boring wine.Living in this Beijing is indeed not as happy as living in Hedong. The monthly grant of two stones, plus a little silk money, is only enough for the whole family's old snacks.Don't even think about the communication in the military, and you will be shy.

Feng Yin sometimes wonders, he is still not a child of the Feng family, why is his two concubine sisters both well-fed and prosperous, but he has to work hard in the army and live in embarrassment?They are all disciples of the Feng Clan in Hezhong, alas!
"Lang Jun, my sister-in-law is here again today, but I'm crying." After serving the appetizers, Mrs Liu sighed and said.

"What is Neimei doing? But because of that Wei Hao?" Feng Yin put down the wine glass irritably and asked.

"Wei Hao seeks officials all day long, runs around, and is about to run out of money. He still refuses to give up, so he secretly sells his aunt's dowry, so that he can run away." Liu shi comforted her husband's concubine sister all afternoon, and she naturally had an emotional inclination.

"Wei's is the ruler of Julu County, and the sister-in-law also has quite a lot of money, but she has spent all of it?" Feng Yin was a little surprised.

"That should be the case." Mrs. Liu wasn't quite sure, but looking at her sister-in-law, she should be right.

Feng Yin has a feeling of asking the heaven without words.When he was in Hedong, he exhausted his energy and was seriously injured for this, and only got a little money.Wei Wei and his sister-in-law, who came to Beijing from Julu, brought so much money with them that they were all spent. I really don't know what to say.

"Have you ever asked for an official position?"

"No. Tian Lingzi's fake sons are insatiable greed, and the official positions in his hands are rare, so how can they be granted lightly?"

"Wei's family is also a big family, so they can't go back to Xingzhou? It's okay to be a county captain!" Feng Yin said angrily, "Isn't my cousin also a Chang'an captain?"

Liu Shi sighed and was speechless.

"The official is obsessed with the mind, and the Guozijian has read it for nothing!" Feng Yin took a gulp of wine and said angrily.

Fighting desperately, fighting with a group of officers from the Shence Battalion who can't do anything except eat, drink, prostitute and gamble, it's not to support the family.As a result, these two relatives of my own family, alas.That Wei Hao, a self-proclaimed celebrity, did such a ridiculous thing. His sister-in-law's grandmother was Fanyang Lu, and his biological mother was Xingyang Zheng. Since childhood, he was sensible and sensible, and marrying this fellow was a real shame.

"Don't talk about it." Feng Yin was very irritable and poured alcohol.

"Lang Jun, the concubine heard that the Shence Camp is going to go on an expedition, is this true?" Liu shi sat down and asked worriedly.

"Really." Feng Yin raised his head, looked at the darkening night outside the hall, and said after a long time: "The saint wants to send all the troops in the pass and the soldiers of the Shence Battalion to guard Tongguan. There are rumors in the army that there were only 150,000 people in Anlu Mountain in the past. , Ge Shuhan’s 600,000 troops can’t defend it, how can they defend Huangchao’s [-] people today? I’m afraid they will all go to die.”

Hearing what Feng Yin said, Liu shi almost cried.Even though she was a woman, she also knew that the soldiers of the Shence Army were not used to fighting and were embarrassed to use them.If Huang Chao leads the army to the west, who can stop it?

"Today, the sage inspected the soldiers of the Shence Battalion. Tian Lingzi recommended Zhang Chengfan, the general of the left army and horse army, as the vanguard. He led 800 crossbowmen to Tongguan. In a few days, follow-up troops will be dispatched..."

Liu Shi was speechless.She is also from a military school family, so she naturally knows that soldiers are fierce and dangerous.The generals of the Shence Army, in her opinion, as a woman, can only scare people, and they will be exposed as soon as they go into battle.How will you live in the days to come?
On the second day, because he didn't have to go straight up, Feng Yin didn't wake up for the noisy little children at home until the third day of the sun.In desperation, I got up, ate some soup cakes, and walked around the street.

Today's Chang'an is full of disturbing messages.When he passed by the door of a house, Feng Yin heard cries and looked around, but it was an old acquaintance, Cui Quan, the right army crossbowman of the Shence Camp.Cui Quan and his son hugged each other and cried at home, as if there was no one else around, making Feng Yin even more irritable.

The father and son were both listed in the military register, but they hadn't been to the camp for a day.The beggars who paid the money to hire the beggars of the temple wards to join the army on their behalf, but all the rich rewards of the sage were withheld.In normal days, Xianyi was angry with horses, and his momentum was extraordinary, but now he was about to go into battle, and the beggar could not even stand firm. Zhang Chengfan could not be fooled. Most of them thought that he would die, and cried bitterly at home.

Feng Yin angrily kicked a broken tile in front of him.Even my wife knew that the Imperial Army was unstoppable, so what were the courtiers thinking?

Walking aimlessly on the street, what he saw and heard made Feng Yin's heart sink to the bottom.Some soldiers of the Forbidden Army were recruiting poor people to go on the expedition.

Unknowingly, I walked near the barracks, and my comrades were startled when they saw them, but they didn't say much, just nodded and left.There was chaos in the military camp, because it was rumored that the sage could not give out the reward, many people looted the property of the army and scattered.There were even people who stripped off their armor and exchanged their bows and knives for money and fled for their lives. I don't know what the people who bought these utensils wanted to do. Most of them were not to defend against the nesters, but to loot the market.

Returning home with a long sigh, Feng Yin sat for a long time before instructing: "Madam, clean up these few days and take the children to the river."

"Hezhong Mansion?" Liu Shi was surprised: "Wang Chongrong just made a mess, I'm afraid it's not very calm."

Feng Yin stretched out his hand to lightly rest on his forehead, and said, "Someone thinks something is wrong."

"Lang Jun also thinks Chang'an can't stay?" Liu Shi asked.Weng and Po are all in the river, which was originally a good place to go, but Wang Chongrong made a rebellion a while ago, and even the military commander and Li were unable to control it.

"If Chao Zhong comes, Chang'an will be destroyed. We can't stay here." Feng Yin said decisively: "Let's find a Ji County to avoid it first, the sooner the better. Uncle and aunt also tell me, if you can go. Go, don't hesitate. Sergeant Shence Camp, Madam, you know it too, it's good to have one out of ten who can fight, and it's impossible to count on them."

"I heard that Huang Chao has great ambitions, maybe he will not commit any crimes in the autumn?" Liu Shi was still a little hesitant.Her family has been in the army for generations, her father and brother are both the Shence Army dental school, and they have always lived in this city of Chang'an. Where can they go now?
"Confused!" Feng Yin reprimanded: "The more restrained the Chao army is in Henan, the more arrogant it will be after entering Chang'an. Don't think about Qiu Wu's crime, it is very possible to loot goods and snatch women. There is no need for this matter. Duoyan, you will go home tomorrow, you don’t need to bring much, pack it up softly, take your bow, armor, and knife with you, go to Ji County to avoid it. Just go to the north.”

For some reason, Feng Yin subconsciously wanted to run to the north, maybe in his subconscious, that place was safer.

After saying this, Feng Yin put down a worry.In a chaotic world, it is a fluke to be able to save the lives of the young and old.In this world, what does it matter who is the emperor?Today I only wish for the safety of my family and nothing else.

In the afternoon, the father and son of the Cui family passed by the door in a hurry, but they also packed up and ran away.Feng Yin smiled wryly, wondering if General Zhang could gather enough sergeants to guard Yutong Pass.Relying on the citizens of Zhengfafang is mostly impossible. These people in Chang'an have already collapsed, and they are not as reliable as the citizens of Jinyangfang.At least people can unite to kill the looting Zhaoyi army. What can the citizens of Chang'anfang do?
After drinking a little more wine, he slept groggyly for half a day, and in the evening, there was crying again in the outer hall.If you listen carefully, it is her own sister.Feng Yin was helpless, put on his clothes and came out, saying: "I advised you to wait for Julu to return, but what's the use of crying again today? This city of Chang'an will be destroyed sooner or later, so stay here, I'm afraid it will not be taken away by the Chao Army. Thief."

"Langjun don't want to scare my aunt." Liu Shi glared at her husband, but her heart trembled.Lang Jun, this concubine, is of noble birth, has a beautiful appearance, and is proficient in writing. Although it is not as good as another concubine married to the Jinshi family, she can point out the articles and poems of the scholar, but it is also very good.If the nest army comes, the two sisters are very likely to be taken away. Alas, in this world, women are just things, no different from cattle and sheep, and they are taken captive by people.What about the noble and noble daughters, I am afraid that the concubines and concubines of the saints and the imperial clan won't be able to keep them.

"What did Wei Hao do again?" Feng Yin sat down and asked.

From my sister but crying and not answering.Liu Shi was helpless, sighed, and said, "My uncle has heard the news from somewhere, saying that Tian Lingzi, the envoy of military appearance, said that the three Sichuan officials are all his confidants, and persuaded the sage to be lucky. Money, there is no way out, Tian Lingzi fake son Xue, seeing the color of his sister-in-law, wants to lure her to offer his wife."

"Nonsense!" Feng Yin said angrily: "Tomorrow, I will pack up my utensils and go back to Xingzhou."

"The Chao Army has 600,000 people, and they are plundering all over the Kanto. Where can they go now? Why don't we let my sister-in-law follow us to Ji County to escape." Liu said.

"That's the only way to go." Feng Yin waved his hand, not wanting to get involved in these nonsense anymore, and said again: "Tomorrow I will see Dr. Li. Since I came back from Jinyang, I have been depressed all day long, and now things are urgent, maybe There is also a chance to be reactivated. If you can go out of the town to take charge of the army, it will be the best. The eight towns in the northwest of Beijing, with nearly 200,000 soldiers and horses, are better than the Shence Battalion."

"This matter is very important, and Lang Jun should take it as the top priority." Mrs. Liu, who came from a family of warriors, was quite sensitive to such matters, so he said immediately.

(End of this chapter)