Delong

"Living in this world is not a Tenglong certification. There is always a death. Death is turned into ashes, and there is still a difference. There are those who are more important than Hongshan, such as the soldiers of Mount Li, defending their hometown, holding the mountain, and they are right. This idea; those who are lighter than a feather, such as the rebels of the Cao family, who helped Wei to abuse and trapped the dead city, also got the meaning.

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Cao Shancheng seems to have a little talent and a little personal virtue.Because of his talent, he can control a county and make Qinghe peaceful for a while, so that he can keep his virtue and be clean and honest.

Therefore, if you look at it roughly, the appearance is like a hero, the appearance is like a hero, but if you look at it carefully, it is really deplorable, even ridiculous.

It should be heard that all heroes and heroes born in the world, one is called self-cultivation, the sign of wisdom; The fifth is the one who establishes a name, and it is the ultimate in practice.

For example, Cao Shancheng lost his teacher and abandoned the land, and his life is not preserved today. How can he be called wise?How can you be called benevolent if you fall to death and still lock up thousands of county soldiers and die together?How can you be justified if you take the power of the people of Qinghe and spend money without limit, and sit back and watch the people's hard work in spring farming without any relief?How can you call yourself brave if you help a tyrant recognized by the world to abuse the innocent in the county and be complacent?As for after the war, spreading its notoriety to the world, passing it down for thousands of years, and being hated and ridiculed by others, how can it be called good?
Without wisdom, without benevolence, without righteousness, without courage, without action, he has reached the point where human beings are extremely low, yet he still doesn't realize it and looks around proudly, saying: "Today is the festival of death!" How important is it in the world?How do you look at the importance of people?How important is it to regard virtue?

... "

"I don't understand a paragraph." Inside the county government office, Han Erlang looked at it for a while while lying on the table, and then seriously spoke to the two county lords in front of him. "What is the meaning of this passage, the Talisman of Wisdom?"

"That is to say, if a person is wise, at least he must be able to cultivate himself. If a person has benevolence, the most basic manifestation is to be able to show compassion for others. Whether a person has righteousness depends on whether he can take what he takes and gives with restraint." , and if a person doesn't even know the shame, he is not qualified to be brave...and if a person behaves properly, he will eventually have a good reputation." Wang Xianjun blurted out, as if he had something to say think. "This article is too short, and it doesn't make sense in some places, but it does have some ideas."

Han Erlang lowered his head to look at the thin piece of paper on the table. He was silent for a long time, and then suddenly asked: "The meaning of the following paragraphs is that Mr. Cao is now putting thousands of people in this dead place with him. Is it really unkind to die together?"

"Probably that's what it means." Magistrate Zhao of Qi County also sighed. "I think this point is right." Han Erlang said suddenly.

Zhao Wang and the two county lords were stunned, but they neither refuted nor agreed.

After a while, the more acquainted magistrate Wang looked at magistrate Zhao and asked earnestly: "And then? So what? What is Captain Han going to do again? Aren't you loyal to the lord?" ? Don’t you want to risk your life for him?”

"It's because of your loyalty that Mr. Cao shouldn't be allowed to do such a wrong thing and bear such a stigma." Han Erlang said earnestly. "The defeat is definitely a defeat now, and it is a crushing defeat. The prince is like this, and he is bound to die. I have no hope. I just plan to return my life to him. But other people don't deserve to die. If they can live, it's better to live some ······ for benevolence."

"How to do it specifically?" County magistrate Zhao asked half a sentence.

"We should go to the enemy camp to negotiate before the other outflanking troops of the Chulong army arrive, and use Zhang Longtou's own statement to ask Zhang Longtou to "benevolently, let many of us here, and tell him that our county soldiers They are all temporarily recruited peasant children, they shouldn’t be smoked, they can just be sent home to work in farming... If this is the case, it is equivalent to saving their energy and breaking the city directly, and the people of Qinghe must also would be grateful."

Zhao and Wang obviously hesitated.

"Actually, it's the two..." Han Erlang continued. "If you can get a word, you can get out if you can't."

That's it, the two county magistrates cheered up together, and county magistrate Wang even volunteered: "If this is the case, I am willing to be an envoy. Even if I die, it is enough for my family to survive."

"No need." Han Erlang said seriously. "Although I don't know any strategies, I know that the few of us have never seen enough in front of Mr. Cao, and Mr. Cao is also in front of this dragon head.
It's never enough to see anything. If we go face to face with this kind of character, some careful thought will be seen immediately; ·····」

"It makes sense." Magistrate Zhao nodded immediately.

"Then who will let it go?" County Magistrate Wang was anxious for a while.

"I have a captain under my command, called Zhang Lao Wu, a typical farmer, honest and stupid, but fortunately honest and reliable...let him go, and tell us honestly, If there are too many things and too many things, he doesn’t know how to say what he wants to say.”

Han Erlang put forward his own plan. "What do you two say?"

"I remember him, it's doable!" County magistrate Wang immediately thought of this person, and immediately nodded. "I didn't expect this person to be used here."

Hearing the words, County Magistrate Zhao could only nod his head: "I don't want Han Erlang to have such a burden."

After a while, the three of them called Zhang Lao Wu in. Sure enough, they only said the matter of intercession and nothing else. Team Zhang got the words, repeated them several times and wrote them down. Put the notice on the forehead with the document, and stand down in the city to wait.

Sure enough, in a short while, the leader of the Dragon Army from before leaped straight over. He was obviously proficient in using his true energy. In the eyes of others, a simple leap seemed like flying, but he took advantage of this opportunity to obey orders grandly. The soldiers who dared to shoot crossbows flew over their heads, first threw a few notices that had just been copied to various places in the key roads of the city, and then flew back calmly, only grabbing Zhang Laowu who was still dazed under the city by the shoulders, as if It's like catching chickens and ducks, so I grabbed them in the air and easily turned back to the camp.

"Is this Cao Shancheng's idea?" Zhang Xing first noticed the difference, and then thought about it. "Or someone else's?"

That Zhang Lao Wu stood about ten steps ahead, submissive, and didn't answer for a long time, and didn't dare to raise his head.

"Who told you to say this?" Zhang Xing woke up, knowing that this person was specially selected, and immediately changed the way of asking.

"I heard Han Erlang, County Magistrate Wang, and someone I don't know explain it. It seems to be the county magistrate of Qi County." Zhang Laowu finally spoke smoothly.

"Han Erlang is the former Vice Captain Han of Licheng?" Zhang Xing continued to ask.

"Yes."

"Which county is magistrate Wang?"

"Licheng County."

"Withdrawing together?" Chen Bin interjected in surprise.

"Yes."

"When did you withdraw?"

"Last night."

"That's right... how many people were there in Licheng, and how many people were evacuated to the city?"

"It used to be three thousand, but now it's two thousand."

"This Han Erlang has some skills!" Xie Minghe also sighed.

"Han Erlang has always been capable of withdrawing troops. When Zhang Jincheng was in front of Douzigang, he was the one who escaped from the fire with our group." Zhang Laowu answered honestly, as if to Han Erlang was convinced.

"Interesting, ten people are called Hao, hundreds of people are called Jie, thousands of people are called Jun, ten thousand people are called Ying... This Han Erlang is usually said to be serious, but I didn't expect it to be Qinghe at the critical moment. There are few people here who are capable of doing things, and they seem to be talented." Zhang Xing couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

But here, he paused for a moment, thought for a while, then smiled again: "Okay, go back and tell Han Erlang, what he said is reasonable, they are all ordinary people recruited temporarily, there is no need to worry about it, we will depose the Dragon Army It is indeed about benevolence and righteousness, and I also use my article to explain it, so it is accurate...except for Cao Shancheng, no matter who it is, as long as you put down your weapons, when you go out of the city like Captain Zhang I will not stop me from abandoning my weapons and armour, and returning directly to my hometown; even the locals in the city and county officials, as long as they keep the treasury supplies well and collect the armaments, I will give them preferential treatment... But It must be limited to before sunset today, because I will enter the city at sunset, and those who still have weapons at that time will still have to use military law.”

Knowing that the matter was actually done, Zhang Laowu instinctively wanted to kneel down and kowtow, but was stopped by Jia Runshi and others who knew Zhang Xing's temper, and pushed him out.

The leaders around were also speechless. As Zhang Xing said, in the current situation, the further result of the battle must be in Liaocheng. Qinghe only needs to fight fast, there is no need to do more evil, and there is only one Cao Shancheng in front of him. .

On the other hand, Zhang Laowu returned to the city and described it in detail. The two county magistrates were amazed to see Han Erlang, and felt a little strange in their hearts—to them, a rough and honest person like Han Erlang They have never taken it seriously, but for them, the objects of fear and admiration, whether it is Cao Shancheng or Zhang Xing, who is obviously higher than Cao Shancheng, actually say that Vice Captain Han is a talent, It also made them both incomprehensible and a little apprehensive.

Enlightened at an early age, established a foundation at a young age, with a superior family background, and a hard-working officialdom, he claims to be able to enter the family one day, but unexpectedly, in troubled times, he is not as good as a countryman who can run away and plead for mercy?
Of course, the thought just flashed by, and the two of them knew that the time had come, and Zhao County Magistrate hurried away, but Wang County Magistrate bowed his hands before leaving.

However, the two wise men did not leave in a hurry, but went back to get ready and waited quietly.

Sure enough, after more than half an hour, when the sun was dazzling in the afternoon, under the auspices of Han Erlang, white-clothed county soldiers began to leave in order from the west gate and north gate of the main camp of the Dragon Army, but they were divided into groups of 50 people. Leaving, and watching the first few teams of county soldiers gradually walk away under the surveillance of the Chulong army, the two county magistrates couldn't hold back any longer, discussed with each other, and went west and north, each with their families, only carrying their families on their backs. Grab some water and food, and then walk out of the city like these county soldiers.

A few female relatives and children in fair clothes but covered in pot ashes obviously attracted the attention of the Chu Longjun, but that's all, the latter actually let these people without armor leave.

It seems that the military discipline emphasis of the Dragon Gang is actually true.

Of course, I have to say that the two county magistrates are really smart people.

If you leave too early, even if Zhang Dalongtou does not mean to break the contract, he is likely to be intercepted by the dethrone dragon army because of the lack of order; if you are a little greedy, you may be attracted if you bring more money and foot power, or hide your weapons privately. Unreasonable troubles; but if you observe for a long time and go late, you will face the risk in another direction.

Sure enough, as more and more troops abandoned their weapons and left freely, the city finally couldn't suppress it anymore. The ordnance, the officials of the county and the soldiers from the county who were born in the county yelled at them, but no one paid any attention to them. Han Erlang himself gradually lost control of the situation.

But at this time, realizing that he could no longer hide the movement, he no longer wanted order. Instead, he left his subordinates and went to Cao Shancheng's mansion alone, where he sat and waited on the threshold of the courtyard in front of the hall.

It was only a quarter of an hour before Cao Shancheng sensed something was wrong, and then he stumbled out, smelling of alcohol, with a grim look on his face, holding a crumpled notice in his hand, but he pushed it away and immediately went up to him Han Erlang, holding the notice, jumped up to the roof next to him, looked around, and came down again to ask:
"Did the two bastards, Wang and Zhao, open the city and surrender? Or did they just run away?"

Deputy Captain Han didn't hide anything, but just answered with his head upright from below: "It's not the two county lords, it's me. Xie went home, and the two county lords also wanted to go home, so I took the opportunity to let them go."

Cao Shancheng was startled, and walked a few steps on the roof with his hands on his abdomen. The glowing true energy appeared scattered around, swinging away the tiles, and then suddenly stopped on the edge of the roof. He sat down and asked coldly:
"So, you also surrendered?"

"No." Han Erlang met the other party and answered calmly. "I'm right here, paying for the Lord's life that day! But the Lord did something wrong, so I made corrections for the Lord."

"What did I do wrong?" Probably because of the drink, something was obviously wrong with Cao Shancheng. Not only did he look ferocious, his eyes bloodshot, but as he waved the notice in his hand, there was some physical disharmony. "When a thief writes an article, you will believe it."

"Returning to Fujun, I don't know anything else, but what the 'ren' said in the notice is absolutely correct. From the beginning, I felt that the county soldier

They are all temporarily recruited people, and they should be allowed to go home. "Han Erlang spoke seriously. "It wasn't the notice that said it, that's why I came up with this idea."

"You also think I'm inhumane?" Cao Shancheng was visibly anxious. "You want to teach me how to do things?"

"I don't want Mr. Fu to end up notorious at this time..." Han Erlang was still serious. "Up to now, both of us are already dead. I am an ordinary person from the countryside, and I will die when I die, but what about the Fujun, do you really want to die without repenting?"

"What do I repent of?" Cao Shancheng, who was sitting on the edge of the roof, was full of surprise. He didn't know whether he was really puzzled or was acting deliberately.

"Then let me tell the truth." Han Erlang stood in the yard, raised his head, and still kept his straight and dull tone. "I don't really understand the notice in the hand of the Fujun. Even the two county lords said that the notice is not very well written, but the three of us understand in our hearts that there are some things in the notice. ·····Because we all know that the ruler of the government is too strict in his work. He is too strict with his superiors and subordinates, with others and with himself, with thieves and officials and with the people. I already hate Fujun! It’s just that I’m afraid of Fujun and dare not speak in front of Fujun! It’s like during the three campaigns, the whole world hated the saint, and no one dared to speak! But now, I Receiving the great kindness and virtue of the Fujun, I must say this, and try my best to make things right for the Fujun! It is one thing to be able to solve one thing, instead of following the Fujun's wishes to praise the Fujun as a loyal minister! To be a loyal minister to that saint would only be a joke!"

When Cao Shancheng heard half of it, he didn't know what he thought of, and he was struck by lightning. At the end, he lost his composure and slipped directly from the roof. It was Han Erlang who stepped forward to catch him.

But after landing, the Prince of Qinghe County didn't have the demeanor of a county lord at all, and he didn't have the behavior ability that a master of condensing alchemy should have. Instead, he fell down and sat there.

"That's right, what you are to me is what I am to a saint, but I'm really not as good as you."

When Han Erlang heard this, his nose was sour, and he tried his best to persuade him: "Why is the Junjun still thinking about some saints at this time? Is he worth half of it? It is the Fujun who can be so honest, and he will be implicated in the end. If your reputation is ruined, you will still write articles scolding you, so that everyone in the world will say that you are the minion of a tyrant.”

Cao Shancheng looked at the other party, but did not reply. Instead, after thinking for a while, he suddenly held the notice in his hand and smiled: "Han Erlang, do you have a loyal confidant? Just like you treat me, the saint and the court? If you have, Are you out of town yet?"

Han Erlang was puzzled for a moment.

"Call them here. My family members are in Qinghe City. I need to entrust them with some matters. I must find them before they leave the city and bring them here." Cao Shancheng said seriously. "There must be enough staff, and they must be trustworthy."

Han Erlang woke up, got up and left quickly, and hurried to find someone.

When Cao Shancheng saw people leaving, he looked around the old house where there were no more people, held his belly, exhaled his true energy, and stumbled back into the hall.On the table in the main room, there was a jug of spirits and an empty paper packet of medicine powder.

Mr. Cao Fu ignored these, he sat back in his seat, smoothed the notice in his hand beside the flagon, read it again, and then raised his head and sighed.

Besides, according to Cao Shancheng's previous temperament, how could he go to death so easily?Especially when Xie Minghe entered the city for the second time before, he had already read Zhang Xing's article, so that he felt resentful.

As for this pack of medicine, it is not a suicide medicine, but a medicine that forcibly stimulates and destroys the dantian.

After all, the broken dantian is changed violently for a while. It is easy to say, but it is actually very rare. It is said that the sea of ​​zhenqi should be empty, and then the zhenqi should be forcibly used to drive the dantian to self-destruct, and this process is very painful.

Therefore, he chose to use a specific drug mixed with strong alcohol to stimulate.

Unexpectedly, the original plan to kill Zhang Xing with all his heart full of anger, smash the notice on the opponent's face, and die in the enemy camp as a loyal minister and hero, was not too much on a normal day. The serious Han Erlang lost his footing in front of him
The way the other party expressed his loyalty to himself was indeed better than the way he expressed his loyalty to the saint and the court—this alone was enough to make him feel ashamed, and it also allowed him to find a little extra value in death.

"Life is born in this world. If you don't have the status of Tenglong, you will always die. Death is turned into ashes, and there is still a difference. There are those who are more important than Hongshan, and those who are lighter than a feather, such as Cao's rebels, helping Wei to abuse , Trapped to death in a dead city, also gain the other's meaning... Cao Shancheng seems to have quite a small talent, and also has a little personal virtue. Because of his talent, he can control a county and make Qinghe peaceful for a while, and his virtue You can keep yourself clean, clean and not bribery.

Therefore, if you look at it roughly, it looks like a hero, and it looks like a hero. If you look at it carefully, it is really lamentable and even ridiculous. "

When Cao Shancheng read this, he actually laughed out loud on the spot regardless of the severe pain in his pubic region, then raised the pot and drank wantonly, and laughed wantonly again.

"You can't be inferior to that saint!"

After laughing, Cao Shancheng leaned over and took a long-prepared straight knife from the foot of the table with great difficulty, turned around and stabbed vigorously at the dantian, stirring again and again, his true energy burst, blood gushed like a spring, and he died in the on the spot.

He was 41 years old.

Moments after the death, Han Erlang rushed here with Zhang Laowu, who might have been friends with him when he fled from Sanzheng, and then he was stunned, and then lost his mind, and even wanted to touch the knife.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Laowu and the others saw the situation, they rushed up and hugged each other forcibly, then Captain Zhang got away first, and then commanded the people trembling next to him, but ordered everyone to strip off Han Erlang's armor, and the big guy raised his hand. Then drag out of the city and go back to the hometown together.

Han Erlang's body was stiff, neither speaking nor resisting, just fixed his eyes on the corpse lying on the table,
Team General Zhang looked at him and didn't understand, and almost cried out in a hurry: "What's wrong with Erlang? The world is in chaos. If you die because of him, what will you do to us? Who will we stupid people run away with in the future? "

Han Erlang didn't say a word, just stared at the corpse until he was dragged out by more than a dozen people, and then he almost carried him out of the yard and fled in a hurry.

At this time, the entire city was almost empty. Seeing that the opportunity was not lost, the Longjun army had already sent troops into the city from the south and east, while Han Erlang and his party fought their way out of the west gate until they reached the outside of the city gate. The inspectors of the Dragon Army glanced curiously, and after a pause, the deputy captain, who was being held high, let out a burst of tears just now.

In other words, why didn't Han Erlang know that Cao Shancheng, who had been the tyrant of Qinghe for two years, had picked up his courage and benevolence before he died. He called his brother over and committed suicide in time. own life.

As for now, Han Erlang just wanted to live honestly until the moment when the saint died, and then asked the people present, did the saint have any repentance when he died?
If not, can it be said that Lord Cao is stronger than that saint?The next day, at dawn, the two county magistrates fled to Qingping at the same time. Why did they rely on their feet so much?So whether it's the family members or the family itself, they can't move anymore.In desperation, the two could only reveal their identities and seek help from the Qingping County Government.

The county magistrate of Qingping heard that the two colleagues had arrived, and was also frightened by the situation ahead, so he hurriedly entertained them and made inquiries.

But just after saying a few words here, Wang Shuyong, the leader of the dethroning dragon army, has already approached the city, entered the city with almost no damage, and captured the three county magistrates together, ready to be handed over to the rear for disposal.