Tang Dynasty good man

Chapter [-] General~

Mr. Cheng is Mr. Cheng, and there is no sign that he will go on an expedition at the beginning of the year, and he is still arrogant and unrestrained.Confident, worthy of being a veteran on the battlefield, he can even eat mahua with force.Judging from the additional decorations, Cheng's income this year is good.The old man is a person who likes to show his wealth on the surface. He is afraid that others will not know that his family is rich. The charcoal burning in the three large copper stoves raises the temperature of the living room to an unbearable level. This is not burning charcoal for heating. , It’s obviously a steelmaking posture. I’m afraid the amount of charcoal used in this house in one day is not comparable to that in my house. It’s too extravagant. This is the one who has the real money to burn.

The old man had a delicate wine jug, which he took out from time to time to take a sip. It was indeed what Lan Ling said, he was drinking Jiuhua Yulu!In order to let the old man consume less perfume, I sent a lot of high-quality wine from the big and small altars, why do I still have to drink perfume?Is this also ostentatious?Although the thing smells like alcohol, it is brewed with various medicinal materials after all. As for the taste, I tasted it secretly once, and it is hard to describe it, but I will definitely not have the desire to take another sip.

"This..." I pointed to the jug in the old man's hand, "It's mainly for external application, and the taste is not satisfactory, Grandpa Cheng, you still..." Pointing to the white wine on the rice plate carefully, "I'm afraid Bad for your old body."

"It doesn't matter!" The old man sucked again, his old face twitched, and the taste returned: "The taste is bitter, but the aftertaste is mellow, more appetizing than fine wine, that's all."

"Wow..." I opened my mouth, and then forgot what I wanted to say later, "...you take it easy." The chopsticks holding the vegetables were not held firmly, and the vegetables fell into the wine cup, and oily flowers appeared.Forget it, I couldn't argue with the old man, so I took the wine cup and wanted to pour it out, thinking about it.Still frowned and drank it, it was all medicine wine.

Yes, go back and make some medicinal wine, how can I forget about this.Because there is no high-alcohol wine, things soaked in it are prone to sourness and spoilage. The Tang Dynasty did not have the custom of soaking medicinal wine, but this is not a problem for us. The medicinal materials at home are inexhaustible.Whatever you want to soak in, and give it to the old man later, it can relieve the pressure on Jiuhua Yulu.

The Cheng family's light meals were very rich, and the old man became more talkative after a few sips, looking forward to the battle situation next year from time to time.Turks have always been a thorn in the side of the Tang Empire, and the old man also has selfish intentions. As long as he fights well, he will show the momentum of the Cheng family.As long as the family does not have a super prodigal son who is rare in a century, they hope to rely on this credit to protect the century-old foundation of the Cheng family.In this day and age, no matter how slippery or heartless a person is, he still values ​​his family very much, as the word 'family country' means.That is, the family first and the country second, and the interests of the family are above all else.

This is what the emperor reluctantly agrees with, and the imperial court tries to accommodate the big families as much as possible.As long as you don't mind, just turn a blind eye and close one eye.If the disturbance is so serious that there is no law for the king, pick one or two and drag them out for a symbolic punishment, as long as it does not harm the interests of the big family.The helpless tacit understanding between the country and the powerful has been formed for a long time. It is indeed a malady.It's nothing more than a prosperous age. Once the country is in crisis, the first and most unreliable is the powerful and powerful family. Many great clans who have stood for a hundred years have the tradition of sloppy walls.The three families of Cui, Wang, and Xie are the classic representatives of the Qiangtou family, and the seemingly loyal Cheng family may evolve in that direction.

These families fought openly and secretly on weekdays, but once the imperial court had the intention of taking advantage of the powerful, they immediately hugged each other knowingly, turning enemies into friends, and standing together through thick and thin.These people seem to have no soldiers or power in their hands, but the local influence is astonishing, and Chang'an is under the feet of the emperor.Don't dare to do it again.Once out of Beijing, the local officials have to act according to the face of the powerful.The law of the king is not as great as the law of the family, and the government orders are like waste paper.And once there is a conflict with the government, it is commonplace to raise the flag to rebel. In the past year and a half I have been here, I have witnessed no fewer than five military reports to counter the rebellion. It is a cancer.

This is why the common people obey Wu Zetian. The emperors of all dynasties are well aware of the dangers of the powerful, but only Wu Zetian dares to uproot this cancer. I don't care at all, I have to admire this woman's courage.It can be said responsibly that without Wu Zetian's previous killings, there would be no Kaiyuan prosperity. Li Longji borrowed this shareholder style to gain a reputation, and he didn't even keep himself in the hands of a brand new Great Tang Empire The mother-in-law's prodigal son, the emperor.

When a woman becomes an emperor, she first slaps a man in the face, especially in a patriarchal society that has been passed down through the ages, no matter how good you do and how reasonable you are, it is an anomaly, a heresy, and it is difficult to be recognized.The first is to find faults, starting from small faults, which spread and become bigger and bigger, and finally become a big mistake that everyone on earth knows.The head of state is not afraid of minor problems, but afraid of making mistakes. A single mistake can stink you for thousands of years.Wu Zetian was still recognized by the people, but how stinky it was to pass on, the achievements cannot be obliterated, so everyone began to ignore the achievements, talking about prostitution in the inner palace and the killing of officials. In the end, a lecherous and poisonous female emperor The image has been preserved, a vicious woman who can't stand up in the 21st century.

The only female emperor in history has become an indelible stain in the hearts of men, a deformed product of male society.Seemingly shouting the slogan of equality between men and women, some vigorously reversed the case of the braided emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and some of the nomadic emperor of the Yuan Dynasty who massacred Han people, and even reversed the case of the national traitor Qin Zhuo, but they all opened their eyes and missed one. Women, pretend not to see.

The ridiculous thing is that I know this clearly, but I subconsciously reject the empress's power. I know that Mr. Cheng has the desire to strengthen the power of the family, but I am still a little relieved. The stupid Cheng Chu will be the head of the Cheng family in the future. Man, is my friend plus student.There are also the Cui family and the Qin family, all powerful allies who can be relied on in the future, at least for now it seems that they are harmless reinforcements.

Compiling an airtight relationship network is the last word. It is not my turn to worry about the Queen's affairs, and I am not qualified to worry about it. It is still a long time before the dictatorship of Wu sister, at least I can't find it from Lanling's words. After coming out, Li Zhi is now showing signs of illness, which is a good thing for the powerful, but for the common people, it is unpredictable.

Mr. Cheng called Cheng Chu and me to the sand table. I am Turkic, Cheng Chu is Tubo, and Mr. Cheng is still a teacher of justice in the Celestial Dynasty and played Tuyuhun as a cameo.I have never confronted this seemingly rogue old general head-on. For the first time, I have tasted the power of the old slicker.I stayed on the defensive for three months, and when Cheng Chu didn't even formally break through Tuyuhun's defense line, the old man had already dealt with me and returned to the army to hold back Tubo's main force.

"It's not fair!" Cheng Chu rarely protested directly to his grandfather. "It's impossible to coordinate so well. Grandpa is only the commander of the main attack in the north, and someone else is in command of the Tuyuhun war zone. It is impossible to grasp the whole battle so comprehensively."

"Yes!" The old man shook his head helplessly, and threw the small flag in his hand, "Impossible, I cheated."

The coordinated operations of large forces is a fantasy in this era, a product of science fiction, and the two theaters are far apart.But they are closely related, it is impossible to have such a tacit cooperation, not to mention that Tuyuhun's troops will not be handed over to General Tang to command, everything is in vain.

"Zihao missed, the Turkic side will not let the old man succeed so easily." The old man moved the troops outside the main Turkic city.Slightly change the mode of point defense, "Turks mostly use cavalry to fight, and they are flexible and mobile. The biggest threat comes from my rear. This requires me to make accurate judgments. If a group of cavalry is to defend the city, it is indeed embarrassing for them That's right. Zihao wants to take advantage of the cavalry, come on, let's play another round."

Without strong and fast means of communication, the experience and judgment of the coach played an irreplaceable role on the battlefield.Mr. Cheng is in an away game, and the location and people are at a disadvantage, so he must advance steadily and steadily.The Turkic cavalry is erratic, wherever there are city supplies.A radius of hundreds of miles is their attack range, and guerrilla raids are their strengths. Although the nomads' combat methods are relatively simple, they come and go all the way, but they are also quite powerful.

There is a big gap in strength between the two armies, but this time I went on a guerrilla attack, abandoning the city many times at any cost when necessary, and the Turkic people were not considered.Let the old man slaughter.Just want to save troops and supplies, and hold down the Tang army as much as possible.He tried his best to win time for the Tubo army played by Cheng Chu, and to gain control of the battlefield as soon as possible.Three months, still three months.The old man has a lot of experience in the battle of large-scale corps. In the massacre, there are fewer and fewer places where I can supply supplies. I am forced to either migrate to the west and enter Dawan to be a bereaved dog, or turn around and fight decisively, becoming the dust of history .However, Cheng Chudi's Tubo army was still unable to extricate themselves from Tuyuhun, and was disrupted by the Guannei army who was coordinating operations.The old man still returned to help calmly.

"It's not fair!" I was a little unconvinced this time, the role of the old man was constantly changing, and he even had the military power to support Tuyuhun in the pass, so there was a tacit understanding. "You are the only one who controls the three parties, so you know how to act. It is impossible for such a thing to happen in actual combat."

"That's right, but there are only three people here now, where can we get another person to replace Tuyuhun?" Mr. Cheng spread his hands lazily, "Unless, I have a neighbor who has been fighting for many years. He is a little level, but his character is extremely bad, so he can't be called."

I have reservations about saying that the character is extremely bad.How bad Su Dingfang's character is depends on how bad Mr. Cheng is. In fact, the old rascal in front of him is the one who has always played the villain.Hearing is believing, seeing is believing. I saw Grandpa Cheng go to other people's houses to fight and come back to brag about his achievements.Can a person with good character hit someone's door?

"How about..." Cheng Chu took a careful look at Old Master Cheng, but didn't dare to say the following words, so he held back abruptly.

"What else?" The old man turned around and kicked Cheng Chu, "I expect you to invite him here? You look cowardly," he said, turning his head and looking at me with a smile, "How about... Zihao, go and try ? If you say that Mr. Su still has a good impression of you, after all, he was more or less involved with you when he beat Korea, and he often praised you in front of and behind him."

When I came here today, I planned to visit this old fisherman. Since Mr. Cheng can make such a gesture, it is commendable. It seems that Mr. Cheng attaches great importance to next year's war.I pretended to be reluctant, pushed the boat along the way, complied with this, and pulled Cheng Chu, who was probing his brain, to go together.

It went very well, I came here under the name of giving New Year's goods, and added my greeting card, Mr. Su met me immediately, and was even more surprised when we met.

"Good boy, play tricks on me for half a year." When old man Su saw it was me, he didn't get angry at all.You especially saw that I took Cheng Chu, a second idiot, with me. "When I first saw you, I knew it wasn't a thing. As expected, I was on the same level as the old traitor Cheng."

"Ah..." Cheng Chu and I looked at each other in blank dismay, especially Cheng Chu, who didn't know what happened between me and Lao Sutou, and looked at me with wide eyes, inexplicable. "Uncle calm down..."

"Grandpa!" Old Su was not a loser, so he called his uncle loudly to correct me when he saw me.There is no reason to be a generation lower than Mr. Cheng. "On purpose? Even the juniors dare to step on the old man's head? Do you believe that today can make you disabled again?"

I blurted out and asked, "Why do you say again?" Then it dawned on me that the memory loss was well known in the city, and the ancients regarded this phenomenon as disability.With a smile, he said: "Grandpa, please calm down. The boy is here to visit you specially this time. You are a hero in my heart. I think of you all the time and admire you all the time. I will dream of you in my dreams... oh, Why hit someone?" Before he finished speaking, he felt a heavy impact on his buttocks, and the force was too strong, and he stopped after long-distance friction with the ground.

"Slick tongue." The old man kicked me to vent his anger, and sat on the chair with a big horse, "Since you are here, let's make a point of it. How do you say it?"

"No," I quickly got up, and suddenly found that my body has become more flexible recently, and there is no sequelae after kicking it.This matter is indeed my fault. The old man is angry partly because I concealed it, and partly because of the cricket matter, because I saw several high-end large copper stoves at Cheng's house today. won back. "Come here because of the name. There is a misunderstanding, and Grandpa listened to the boy to clarify."

"Tell me, dare to talk nonsense, don't blame the old man for bullying the younger generation." For a double-faced person like me, Mr. Su is not polite at all. The old man's eyes are big and his eyes are in danger of falling out at any time.

"That's right, I dare not. I dare not." She said obediently and stood aside with her head bowed.The admiration between Cheng Chu and me is so much hype, and being able to make friends with a world-class fighting hero like Mr. Su is the most honored thing in this life. "The fishing rod you gave me as a gift, my boy, is enshrined like a Bodhisattva. I ask for instructions early and report later. I have three sticks of incense a day, and I have never been delayed. Last time, I gave you bait specially, but I just didn't meet you." Stealing a glance at old man Su, when he talked about fishing, the old man's complexion improved a lot, and then he took out an exquisite combination small wooden box from his arms, and put it on the table to demonstrate, "Look, it's a multi-functional box specially made for you. The detachable fishing tackle box is "opened like a layer of drawers." The first layer for the fishhooks has many specially carved dark grooves and cork wedges. It is convenient to hang the fishhooks on it and is not easy to lose. The size is clear at a glance , easy to replace. The second layer is dedicated to replace ground pendants and goose feather floats. They are all carefully cast small copper pendants. They are available for both static and drift fishing. Various weights can meet your different fishing methods, which is unique. The third layer It's specially..."

Mr. Su was moved by the small fishing tackle I offered, grabbed it, and began to disassemble and assemble it, "Well, yes, the third layer is for bait, and it's made finely, which shows that you still put a lot of thought into it." Stop, "But it's not easy to calm the old man's anger with just a small box..."

"That's right, when you get angry, you old Lei Ting, the kid is so angry, how dare you hope to calm down? It's not worthwhile to be angry with a brat like me. You are an old hero, a pillar of the court, and a meritorious service. A member of the dandy...is not at the same level at all," he said, taking out a small paper bag, which contained my carefully crafted fishhook, made according to the appearance and model of later generations, small and exquisite, unique, "Look, The boy knows that he made the basket, so I’m afraid you will blame me for not closing my eyes and staying up late to build the fishhooks,” he said, hanging the fishhooks one by one on the wooden wedges in the small box. nice. "If Grandpa Su thinks it's not enough, just tell me. The boy is not capable elsewhere. Fishing, playing birds, running dogs and crickets is his strong point."

"Oh?" Mr. Su gave me a meaningful look, "Damn, it's not easy." He took the small box in his hand and looked at it, and said slowly: "Fishing, playing with birds, running dogs, fighting crickets, hehe... yes It takes a lot of energy, so how about the time to make a sand table, make a plan, publish a book and write a biography?"

"This..." His mind didn't turn the corner for a while, and he said nonsense: "Hobbies are all hobbies." Pointing to Cheng Chu who had been daring to speak next to him, "It's the same as his love of martial arts, a natural hobby, nothing else. If there are too many hobbies, people will become stupid, you always know that he is a simple and honest person just by his appearance." Cheng Chu hurriedly nodded and pretended to be simple and honest.

"Simple and honest? Cheng Chu is trustworthy," Mr. Su raised his hand, "If you talk about simple and honest, I will smoke. This is the first time I have seen such a glib and honest person like you." He waved his hand, "Go, no time." Arguing with you, put down the gift, and the person can go away."

"Old man, it's good if you don't get angry, I'm here today to apologize for your mistakes," seeing that old man Su finally lost his anger, "Look, there are as many famous generals in this world as crucian carp crossing the river, but you are the only one I admire , I admire your commanding art from the bottom of my heart, the kid is lucky to see the demeanor of a famous general, Sansheng is lucky. If I don’t listen to your teachings, I won’t be able to sleep this time.”

"Hahaha..." Old Master Su laughed out loud with his beard twisted, "Little baby, this is a good idea. It seems that the old man has to learn from it."