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Chapter 173 The Joy of the Old Man

"Assemble!"

Katsuki was shouting at the top of his lungs.

His sight was full of fireworks, and his subordinates screamed amidst the fireworks.

A fire ox cart rushed over frantically, and Katsuo rode his horse to avoid it, and there was a series of screams from behind.

Shanhu rushed out from the fireworks, his face was gray and black, and he shouted: "Go, go!"

Katsuki was led by him and ran back together.

Shanhu's confidantes followed closely, and someone asked in a low voice, "Why did you save him?"

Shanhu glanced at Shengzhong who was galloping ahead, and said, "If he dies here, no matter how serious his fault is, who will take the responsibility for the defeat in this battle? Me!"

The confidant praised: "Good method!"

Saving you is not out of good intentions, but for someone to bear the thunder.

Sheng Zhong is the main player of this trip, and he will be responsible if he does not take the blame.

"Who is the leader of the enemy army!" Shengzhong turned around and shouted.

Someone said: "They raised the banner!"

"What word?"

"I can't read!"

Sheng Zhong was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood.

He tried to look back while galloping, and when he heard a click at the joint of his neck, he couldn't help being frightened, worried that his bones would be broken by this blow.

Then he saw a big flag.

"It's Yang Ziqi!"

"It's Yang Xuan!"

"It's Yang Gou!"

The subordinates run faster.

Quickly surpassed Shengzhong and others.

Their voices came on the wind.

"The people from Vasie's department suffered from him last time, saying that he was as cunning as a fox."

"Next time kill this vicious dog!"

Someone said confidently.

"Tang Jun is chasing you."

In an instant all dreams were left behind.

"drive!"

Yang Xuan led the troops to chase after him. At the top of the city, Du Hui was sitting there, motionless.

Xie Ru held a spear and was arranging follow-up affairs.

"Heal the wounded."

"Remove the debris blocking the city gate."

"Let the city boil water, cook additional meals, prepare some, take out the dried meat, boil the broth, and make some dried pancakes. At least we can't let the reinforcements go hungry, saying that Zhang Yu County can't be a man."

"Also, the people in the city gathered and went out of the city to clean up."

Xie Ru's order was the most popular, but he added, "Everything that was packed, except for the corpses of the enemy soldiers, was piled up outside."

Someone asked; "Not moving in?"

Xie Ru scolded: "That's the military exploits of the Taiping Army, let's take it in, what about the face? Do you want it?"

After finishing the arrangement, he dragged his lame leg to Du Hui's side, and sat down heavily and relaxed.

The two leaned against the city wall side by side, just silent.

After a long time, Du Hui said quietly, "I've thought about it a lot. I've thought about the reinforcements from Xuanzhou and the sudden appearance of the reinforcements from Lin'an. Even if it's just a fantasy, I can comfort myself anyway."

Xie Ru smiled and said, "Mingfu never thought it would be Yang Mingfu, did he?"

Du Hui nodded and shook his head, "I thought about it too, but I know it's just fantasy after all."

"When I saw that it was Yang Ming's mansion, my mind was completely empty." Du Hui didn't notice that he had changed his name to Yang Xuan, "From the time, he should have arrived on Qingqi, and he didn't stop for a moment. , and then raided the enemy's grain carts, and used fire ox carts to attack the enemy."

"Good trick!" Xie Ruzan said, "To be honest, when I first saw those ox carts, I couldn't think of a reason for doing this."

"I didn't expect that either." Du Hui smiled wryly, "He is young and full of tricks. If things go on like this, how dazzling he will be in five or ten years. But this old man..."

Xie Ru looked at him, thinking that since Yang Xuan arrived in Chenzhou, Du Hui has been targeting him constantly.

"Mingfu, in the future..."

You aimed at Yang Xuan, but Yang Xuan saved you with a backhand.How to calculate this account?
If you are ungrateful, the soldiers and civilians in the entire Chenzhou will regard Du Hui as an unkind animal.

Du Hui shook his head.

Get up and start undressing.

"Hey! Mingfu!"

Xie Ru struggled to stand up, "There are many people in the city, so go back and take off."

Du Hui ignored him and quickly took off his coat.

Continue to take off.

In the end, he was naked with his upper body, but his lower body was left on.

He just walked down the top of the city and walked out of the city.

"Mingfu!"

"Mingfu is in good health!"

"Yes!"

A group of people are bragging.

But no matter how good the body is, it can't be half fruit, right?

Those people were cleaning up the battlefield and throwing the corpses of the enemy soldiers together.

"The cow is dead!"

"This one doesn't work either."

Cheers came and went.

until the reinforcements return.

Yang Xuanze came on horseback, saw a half-naked man bowing his head in front of him, he frowned and said, "Naked in broad daylight, don't you want to be ashamed?"

The old thief nodded, "Most likely I don't want it."

Wang Laoer said, "Maybe it's hot."

Hot ass!
Yang Xuan had a cold face, thinking that this was Du Hui's blow to him.

He dismounted.

The half-fruited man raised his head and saluted.

"This old man has offended me a lot in the past, I implore Yang Mingfu to forgive me."

Pfft!
Du Hui knelt down.

The grace of saving lives is greater than the sky!
The gold under the man's knees must also be put aside.

Yang Xuan froze for a moment.

He swore he was just stunned, but a thought flashed through his mind.

How cool!

Then he smiled and helped Du Hui up, "Why is Du Ming's mansion like this? Get up quickly."

Du Hui lowered his head, "This old man is ashamed."

Yang Xuan stretched out his hand, "Clothes."

Xie Ru handed over the clothes, and Yang Xuan put them on for Du Hui.

There are at least a few hundred people outside the city looking at this side.

Du Hui used to target Yang Xuan, but now he pleads guilty, how does Yang Xuan react?

Is it an old grudge, or what?
Yang Xuan smiled and said, "Look ahead!"

Then the two county magistrates entered the city with their arms.

"Yang Mingfu has such a broad mind." Xie Ru praised.

Entering the county hall, the two sat down facing each other.

Du Hui said calmly: "When Yang Ming's mansion came to Chenzhou, someone looked for this old man. The old man wanted to go back to Guanzhong, but he couldn't find anyone to help him. The man said that I only need to deal with Yang Ming's mansion. In the future, they will naturally unblock the old man."

"Who?" Yang Xuan knew who it was, and asked as usual.

"A family with four surnames."

Yang Xuan nodded, "It's expected."

Du Hui suddenly felt a little sad, and laughed at himself: "The old man just offended the Shangguan back then, so he was in such a mess. Yang Mingfu offended a family of four surnames, but he was so calm, this old man is ashamed."

Doing big things will offend people, Yang Xuan has long been mentally prepared for this.

Xie Ru came in, and said with a smile: "There are a lot of dead cows outside the city, and there are a lot of jerky. But I haven't eaten fresh beef for a long time. Today, thanks to Yang Mingfu, let's have a beef feast." .”

Du Hui smiled and said, "Alright."

Xie Ru turned around and ordered: "Let them cook the beef in a big pot, cut it into pieces and send it over."

A violent thing!
Yang Xuan said: "Wait a minute."

"Yang Mingfu..." Xie Ru turned around.

"This kind of practice seems natural, but it is very boring to eat."

"Does Yang Mingfu still know how to cook?"

Yang Xuan said modestly: "I understand a little bit."

He got up and went outside the county.

The cauldron is now set up.

"Get me some spices."

Yang Xuan asked for some seasonings, and immediately made a big pot of beef.

"Bring in the slices."

A jar of wine, several large plates of beef slices.

It's so delicious... Du Hui ate a slice, looked at Yang Xuan fixedly, and immediately dropped his chopsticks like flying.

Later, the three of them finished eating.

Du Hui hiccupped when he opened his mouth, and said embarrassingly, "I've been starving for the past few days."

The old man is by no means greedy.

"That's right!" Xie Ru rubbed his stomach, trying to get up, but it was difficult, "The same goes for the lower officials."

Only Yang Xuan was as usual.

He uses soldiers like a god, and even his cooking skills are so extraordinary.

Du Hui coughed dryly, "Guigeng from Yang Ming's Mansion?"

Why did Lao Du ask this?Yang Xuan said, "Sixteen."

"Youth is promising!"

Du Hui looked at him strangely.

What is this old thing for?

Yang Xuan felt like he was a commodity, and Du Hui was commenting.

"Has Yang Mingfu ever married a wife?"

"Never."

"Young Yingjie is alone, what a pity!"

Du Hui said seriously: "There is a woman in the old man's family. She is thirteen years old. She is beautiful and virtuous. This old man sees Yang Ming's mansion as a good match. Who is the master in Yang Ming's family? Find a matchmaker."

The woman offered to propose marriage.

This is so special!
How shameless!

The old thief outside twitched his cheeks.

Mingfu, let's show some face!Xie Ru looked at his immediate boss blankly.

Yang Xuan coughed dryly: "It's about it, but I don't think about it for the time being."

He really wants to say that I have a soulmate.Although this kind of private life-long matter is not a big problem at the moment, it can't stand Zhou Ning's family background. If she is being gossiped about, how can she deal with herself?

When you love someone, you will consciously or unconsciously consider her from all aspects.

Every wrinkle on Du Hui's face was filled with the happiness of his father-in-law, "I think this marriage is quite suitable. Is there a woman in Yang Ming's mansion? I can send someone to come and see."

This is called looking at each other.

Otherwise, who wants to marry blindly and dumbly.

Yang Xuan felt like sitting on pins and needles, "This matter..."

He glanced at the old thief outside the door.

The old thief understood and said: "Your Majesty, there are still important things to do in Taiping."

"Hey! Look at me, I actually forgot and drank." Yang Xuan got up and cupped his hands, "There is still something to do in Taiping, so I will go back first, and we will meet again next time."

"Hey! Don't leave Yang Ming's mansion! How many people have come to beg for my daughter, but I just don't like it, this is not old man... Yang Ming's mansion, Yang Ming's mansion?"

Yang Xuan ran away with his command.

"Yang Ming's mansion comes and goes like the wind!"

A sergeant at the top of the wall admired Yang Xuan's speed.

Another person said: "Yang Ming's mansion rescued me from all over Zhang Yu County, but he just had a quick meal and left. What a noble character this is."

For a time, Yang Xuan's reputation in Zhang Yu County was unprecedentedly good.

……

"Look what you did, redo it!"

After starting from the reinforcements, Liu Qing roared more.

The people outside the door left contentedly.

"I don't know what to do."

Lu Qiang was also a little restless, "Mingfu, send someone to report to Tao County."

"Don't worry." Liu Qing sat down and said wearily, "It's just a few days over there, so let's report when we get the news."

Lu Qiang smiled wryly, "Once Zhang Yu is lost, my deployment in Chenzhou will be disrupted."

"What's terrible is that from now on, the three major departments will think that I, Chenzhou, are a soft persimmon, and everyone wants to squeeze it." Liu Qing said with a cold face, "then there will be many impeachments of the old man. The old man is not in love, but Worried that no one will clean up this mess."

The two were silent for a long time, then Lu Qiang got up, "I'm going to check the city defense."

Liu Qing nodded, "It should be so, be careful of the enemy's surprise attack."

Lu Qiang went to the top of the city and told the guards to be vigilant.

"There are cavalry coming."

Lu Qiang was startled and raised his eyes to look.

More than ten riders came at a gallop.

It was amazingly fast.

"It's one of us."

The reinforcement scouts are back.

These scouts set off with the reinforcements. From the time of departure to the present, it was not enough for them to go back and forth. In other words, they got the news on the way.

Lu Qiang walked down to the top of the wall, suppressing the bewilderment in his heart, and waited for the scouts to approach and asked: "How is Zhang Yu?"

The scout grinned, and Lu Qiang's heart beat suddenly accelerated.

Is it...

"We met the envoy of Zhang Yu County on the way."

Yiqi came forward from behind, looking extremely tired, and even had scars on his face.

"Farewell. Five days ago, the enemy attacked the city violently. When Zhang Yu saw the city collapsed, Taiping Yang Mingfu led [-] horses to help. The enemy army was defeated in the first battle, and Zhang Yu saved the day."

"Five hundred riders..."

Lu Qiang thought that no matter how crazy five hundred riders are, they can't defeat more than ten thousand enemy troops, right?

But this is not the place to talk.

"Go, go to the state!"

Everyone hurried into the state house.

Liu Qing had gotten the news a long time ago, but now he was sitting peacefully in the hall.

Lu Qiang came in with a messenger.

"My lord, good news!"

"Calm down!" Liu Qing frowned.

Shijun was really calm and unhurried, and everyone couldn't help praising him secretly.

The messenger told the story.

When he heard the fire ox carts raiding the enemy, Liu Qing was not calm anymore, and accidentally plucked off a few long beards, causing his eyelids to twitch in pain.

"Then the Taiping army chased and killed them all the way, and the enemy soldiers were killed and wounded everywhere!"

The emissary said with joy.

Lu Qiang praised: "What a Yang Zitai! What a Yang Xuan!"

Liu Qing said with a stern face: "At the beginning, the old man valued him, how many people were jealous of it? Said the old man was partial. This time Zhangyu County was in crisis, and more than ten thousand enemy troops gathered. He resolutely went to the rescue with only five hundred cavalry , put all the past quarrels behind, such a Yang Zitai, how can I not favor you!"

The magistrates of the five counties are in trouble... Lu Qiang smiled and said, "Yes!"

Liu Qing's heart relaxed, and he inevitably showed signs of fatigue.

Liu Qing hasn't slept well in the past few days... Lu Qiang cupped his hands, "Your Majesty has worked hard these past few days, let's rest."

Liu Qing shook his head, "At this moment, the old man's mind is full of other things, and he can't sleep even if he goes back to lie down. By the way, send a messenger to Tao County to report the matter immediately."

"Yes!"

"In addition, Zhang Yu County suffered heavy casualties this time. Please ask Master Huang of Tao County to recruit warriors to supplement Zhang Yu County."

"Yes."

Han Li went out.

Liu Qing relaxed, and said with a smile: "Yang Xuan has a big heart this time, but we can't let him run away in vain, otherwise he will definitely come to fight the autumn wind next time."

Lu Qiang asked: "Does the envoy want to give generously?"

"This old man is poor!" Liu Qing laughed and said, "Give him three thousand catties of dried meat, and give him a hundred crossbows."

"The handwriting is not small."

"He suffered a loss." Liu Qing said flatly: "But if you want to make progress, you have to suffer a loss, and you have to be able to suffer a loss. Otherwise, how will I recommend him in the future?"

Lu Qiang understood, "It's too young."

Liu Qing sneered, "Look at those people with five surnames in a family, look at those rich and powerful children, they are already high-ranking officials and well-paid at a young age."

"They will be reincarnated." Lu Qiang smiled wryly.

"They will reincarnate, we can only go up step by step."

Liu Qing looked at him, and said slowly: "Old Lu, the Tang Dynasty has been clamoring for a prosperous age in the past few years, but there are blood and tears under the prosperous age, and there are countless refugees.

The people are wailing, the emperor is singing and dancing, the old man always feels that something is wrong, and he is afraid that one day this so-called prosperous age will be destroyed, and the higher he stands, the worse he will fall. "

Lu Qiang was silent for a long time, "Yes! Anyone with insight can see the current problems of Datang. But the emperor is on the top, and there are five surnames in a family. Who will listen to our cries?"

"If they don't listen, we will make our voices louder and louder!"

"The meaning of the envoy..."

"Let more outstanding young people stand higher and higher. When we grow old, they will take care of this Tang Dynasty instead of us, and take care of our homeland."

Liu Qing said softly: "Their voices are loud, let them shout for this Great Tang!"

(End of this chapter)