Daming kill

Chapter 171 The Night Banquet
Although he traveled all the way in a hurry, when Li Ping entered the Yangtze River by boat and went upstream against the strong north wind, it was already dark for a while.

On the left side of the river, the black shadow of Wuchang city stretching and hazy is particularly awe-inspiring in the night.

But Hanyang County, which is facing it, is mediocre. In front of Wuchang City, which is 20 miles away from the city, it is a real little brother, not even as good as Huangpi County.

Although he had never been to the city and it was still dark when he couldn't see anything clearly, Li Ping was a little excited to be able to get close to Wuchang and Hanyang.

It was a feeling of seeing old places again.

Li Ping had studied in Wuhan in his last life. Although it was only a short time, this super metropolis across the Yangtze River and the Han River still left a good impression on him.

However, the current Wuchang Hanyang is obviously completely different from the impression in Li Ping's memory, and his excitement quickly turned into heavy depression.

The two cities were silent and dark, completely lifeless.

However, on the upper reaches of the river where the dark Wuchang city wall disappeared, there are two large sandbars that are brightly lit, especially the sandbar that is close to the river and goes deep into the south inland area of ​​Wuchang City is the most dazzling. The adjacent south of Wuchang City is even more gloomy.

Although neither of the two cities of Wuchang and Hanyang allowed Zuo Liangyu's rebels to enter, and Zuo Liangyu did not make his mind so faint that it was tantamount to treason to enter by force, but this is even more strange.

And those two brightly lit large sandbars are the famous Jinshazhou and Baishazhou.

These two sandbars are said to be places where merchants gather.

In particular, Jinshazhou is close to the east bank of the Yangtze River, close to the south of Wuchang City, and has excellent hydrological conditions. , Thousands of ships stop every day.

Although there is definitely an exaggeration, the prosperity is definitely not bad.

However, both Jinshazhou and Baishazhou have become the garrisons of Zuo Liangyu's army, and Jinshazhou has become Zuo Liangyu's commander because of the favorable terrain.

Their current status is naturally self-evident.

Although he already had sufficient psychological expectations, after the ship docked at Jinshazhou, Li Ping was dumbfounded very quickly.

This place is completely a paradise for rebellious soldiers and a territory for rebellious soldiers.

The lights are bright but there is no bustling market. Everything here has nothing to do with the important commercial place that Zhou Wen mentioned.

Every house and every former shop is full of rebellious soldiers occupying the dove's nest, drinking and talking, and accompanying women with strong faces and smiles. Nuoda Jinshazhou can't even see anyone other than women at all. Commoner merchants.

Li Zicheng has arrived in Hanchuan, but here there is no atmosphere of impending war, only joy and screams.

The place where Zuo Liangyu hosted the banquet was located in a secluded and quiet courtyard facing the river. Judging from the exquisite landscapes in the vast outer courtyard, it was probably a place where literati and wealthy merchants spent a lot of money before. .

After leaving the accompanying dozens of guards in the outer courtyard and handing over their weapons, Li Ping followed a smiling soldier into a long and elegant corridor, passing groups of soldiers guarding with knives from time to time.

This was Li Ping's first time participating in a banquet in this time and space, and he couldn't help being a little nervous, and what he saw along the way further increased his caution.

Soon, he arrived at the destination full of people and brightly lit, and the scene here made Li Ping frowned again.

I saw that in the huge room in the backwater deep in the bamboo forest, the front door and windows were open, the shed was full of guests, and the smell of wine was overflowing. Everything looks like a gathering of heroes, and it also smells like rich men's wine and meat and drunkenness.

Taking a closer look, the person sitting opposite the door behind the innermost table in the middle of the big room is the commander-in-chief Zuo Liangyu.

Zuo Menggeng, who was also sitting opposite the door behind a small table on Zuo Liangyu's right, was raising his glass with a smile on his face and accepting the toast from others.

Zuo Menggeng obviously glanced at Li Ping who was steadily approaching, but immediately turned his head to the side, pretending he didn't see anything.

On both sides of the room are densely packed rows of officials at all levels sitting facing each other. Each of them has a separate small table in front of them, and each small table is filled with various delicacies.

At this time, the whole room was full of chaotic voices, some people were whispering, some people were toasting, some people were feasting on their own, and even a few people left the table and rushed to other people's tables to chat.

At this time, the soldier leading Li Ping trotted into the room and walked around to Zuo Liangyu's side. Zuo Liangyu, who was drinking with his head down, raised his head and looked out of the room amidst the soldier's head bowed and whispered.

Li Ping, who had already noticed this situation, had no choice but to make eye contact with Zuo Liangyu, and immediately stepped up and rushed into the house.

Seeing Li Ping, Zuo Liangyu showed a smile, then he stood up abruptly and shouted loudly: "It turns out that love is coming, please come in quickly, only you are missing."

As Zuo Liangyu shouted, the room fell silent instantly, and everyone looked sideways at Li Ping.

Li Ping immediately quickened his pace after being stunned, and then knelt down on the open space in the middle of the room with a plop.

"The last general, Li Ping, is late, please forgive me, general!"

But Zuo Liangyu didn't answer immediately, but slowly came out from behind the table, and supported Li Ping and said: "Please hurry up, General Li is my favorite general, and today he has conquered Huangpi again, what is the crime?" There is."

"The last general doesn't dare." Li Ping, who was lifted up, hastily humbled.

But Zuo Liangyu took him by the hand, looked at the left and right, and said loudly: "The banquet today is all for my beloved general Li Ping. Li Ping returned with his troops three days ago, and today he will conquer Huangpi and kill the false magistrate to strengthen our army." , really congratulations."

Intense murmurs immediately erupted in the hall. Many people seemed to be unaware that Huangpi had been recovered, and Li Ping saw consternation in their eyes.

Although there were many discussions, Zuo Liangyu did not let go of Li Ping's hand because of this, but continued to say after discussing in the waiting hall for a while:

"Guerrilla Li Ping, most of the generals are well-known but not familiar, today I just take this opportunity to introduce to you.

Li Ping, 19 years old, no character yet, native of Penglai, Shandong, fellow of Qi Wuyi.

Ben served under Governor Yang Douwang (Yang Wenyue, word Douwang), and joined my son last year. Although he was young, he was very good at training soldiers, and he was also loyal and brave, and made many achievements.

Last month, his troops beat the bandit Luo Rucai's troops in Yangpitan, and then they got rid of the powerful enemy and followed our army along the land.

I am very happy for his loyalty and courage.Come, serve a good wine, let's drink hard today! "

As soon as Zuo Liangyu finished speaking, a waitress came forward with a tray filled with two glasses of wine. It seemed that everything had been prepared in advance.

Amid yelling and congratulations, Li Ping and Zuo Liangyu drank the wine, and then sat behind the first empty table in the second row on Zuo Liangyu's left under the guidance of a waiter .

This treatment goes without saying.

Before sitting down, Li Ping noticed that behind him were Zhao Jin and Shi Ming.But other than nodding his head, he didn't have time and couldn't do more with them.

Lieutenant General Chen Keli, who sat in front and had a relationship with him, warmly congratulated him and toasted him, and then more people he knew or didn't know toasted to him, a sudden celebrity.

If you don't want to drink anymore, you can't stop drinking at this time. In many cases, life is completely out of your control.

Fortunately, it's not baijiu, and his alcohol capacity is not bad.

After allowing Li Ping to be surrounded and fed for a long time, Zuo Menggeng suddenly clapped his hands a few times, and then seven or eight beautiful young women entered the open space of the house from outside and danced to the accompaniment of a pipa.

People who had left the table also returned to their tables with interest.

The classical clothing, charming figure and looming skin made the banquet quickly move to another scene, and the dozen or so waitresses walking through the banquet became more busy.

Although there were wine jugs on each table, many people just kept yelling at the waitress to pour wine, and then took the opportunity to touch and pat it, which caused bursts of laughter.

But Li Ping finally had time to turn around and communicate with Zhao Jin and Shi Ming.

"I thought you were going to fly solo! But you didn't come to see me after three days, you bastard." Zhao Jin complained softly with a sullen face on purpose.

"I'm really sorry, brother. I have no choice but to tell you the details when it's convenient for me." Li Ping quickly explained.

There are some things that cannot be said on this occasion.

Seeing Li Ping's anxious expression, Zhao Jin laughed and said, "I'm just joking with you! I'm sorry. I can trust you, as long as we brothers can be together."

"It's good to see you, brother!" Shi Ming stretched out his right fist to speak.

Li Ping was taken aback for a moment, but he understood immediately, so he hastily stretched out his right fist to lightly hit Shi Ming's fist, and said "brother" at the same time.

"Brother Shi is also a guerrilla now." Zhao Jin added from the side.

"Oh?"

Li Ping was taken aback for another moment, but when he looked at Shi Ming, he saw him nodding with a smile, so Li Ping stretched out his thumb and said, "Congratulations."

At this time, laughter broke out in the room.

The three of them looked sideways, but they didn't know who started it. Someone immediately started hugging the waitresses who were pouring wine everywhere, and then more people followed suit.

As a result, in an instant, more than half of the waitresses were unable to pour wine and became objects in someone's arms during the banquet. There were even two daring ones who directly dragged away the two dancers who had just changed in and continued dancing, making obscene words The soft screams with the woman soon filled the whole room.

Seeing this scene, Li Ping didn't know what expression to make.

The upper ranks of the Zuo Army are so unruly, it is no wonder that the lower ranks will be more chaotic and uncontrolled.

Suddenly, the sound of the pipa stopped, and the dancers also stopped dancing and retreated as if fleeing.

When everyone was confused and calmed down, several obvious coughs came from Zuo Liangyu.

The lobby quickly became quiet, and everyone looked at Zuo Liangyu again.

"Everyone who loves you knows that the intruder has conquered Hanchuan and will arrive in Hanyang in a few days. I intend to stick to it and be loyal, but the army is short of food and pay. Today I asked the king of Chu for payment, but was strictly rejected. There is no food and no payment. This battle is hard to fight!" Zuo Liangyu became more distressed as he spoke.

"If we don't pay them, we won't work for them. The Zhu family is not in a hurry, so what are we in a hurry for?" A drunken voice sounded in the hall.

"That is, don't give your life to them."

"Let's just go."

"There is no master here, there is a place for master."

……

Several sounds followed by the firing of cannons quickly led to a chaotic cry, completely covering up anyone looking for the first caller, and it didn't gradually subside until Zuo Menggeng clapped his hands several times in a row.

"The generals are right. I have decided that on the [-]th, the whole division will continue to go eastward along the river. In the next two days, the troublesome generals must empty the ships on both sides of the Han River and the Yangtze River to prevent them from being used by thieves. The gentry and the common people are doing their last bit." Zuo Liangyu said sadly.

"Follow the old general's order, or the old general will wait for me."

"The commander-in-chief's order is too good, so we should do it."

……

A large group of roaring applause sounded again.

But Li Ping, who was a little drunk, had his eyes straightened.

"Still running!"

Li Ping instantly understood why Zuo Liangyu made his troops in the East Lake retreat to the north of the Weishui River but to the south of the Hanshui River.

This old guy had long since embraced the heart to run.

"Generals, since I'm going east in a few days, I won't return tonight unless I'm drunk." Zuo Menggeng shouted suddenly.

And following Zuo Menggeng's voice, a large group of dancers ran into the hall again, the music sounded again, and the atmosphere in the hall also exploded.

When Li Ping was stunned, suddenly a soldier leaned against Li Ping and bowed his head and said in his ear: "The commander-in-chief welcomes you."

Li Ping hurriedly turned his head, but saw Zuo Liangyu's figure just disappearing from the screen behind Zuo Menggeng...

(End of this chapter)