My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 102 Murderous intent surges into Xirong
The big tent was quiet, with the slight sound of unfolding paper.

"...The corpse is lying thousands of miles away; the sea is open to hundreds of rivers, and all the emperor's methods are used. When the emperor is angry, he is majestic to the whole world, making people fearful; a virtuous king, showing kindness and power at the same time, is admirable. Xiang Yu is brave and good at fighting, and there is no one like him in the world. However, Steel is extremely easy to bend, and strings are easy to break when tightened. They do not know how to bend and stretch, and they do not understand the methods of people's hearts. Killing people and slaughtering cities is shocking but not awe-inspiring. The emperor is not as good as him, but he dominates the world and wins the hearts of everyone."

The oil lamp on the desk swayed slightly. Su Chen looked down the letter, and his frown gradually relaxed.

"It is benevolent for the general to raise troops to attack the emperor for the people. The border general Qi Baoguo obeyed the imperial court and released the barbarians privately, causing the people of Yunzhen to die tragically. His death was not a pity. However, there were many people guarding the city in Yan State. If one person killed his whole family , there is no doubt about the situation with the thugs, the future of the general's troops and horses will be no one dare to surrender, they all defend the city and fight to the death, the general has hundreds of generals who can fight, and march all the way to the north and east, how many fighting soldiers can be saved? The officials above and below are wary, can they do their best? Doing something? It caused the Emperor of Yan to wake up laughing from his dream!"

"The general wants to act kingly or domineering, all in one thought. Yu can't control it. He just wants to remind the general that killing one person will prevent others from surrendering. Xirong will laugh, and Emperor Yan will laugh."

Su Chen handed the paper to the oil lamp, lit a flame and threw it on the ground to watch it burn down.

Naturally, it can be seen from the letter that Xun Yu is persuading him to accept the Qi family first and direct the matter to Xirong and the imperial court.

Follow the example of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty?
He glanced back and glanced at the spiritual tablets in the tent, which were engraved with 'Liu Ji, the Great Patriarch of the Han Dynasty', and a muffled sound was heard from the spiritual tablets.

"That's right, follow my example, first win over, and then settle the accounts. When it is time to use it, you must make the best use of it. If it is no longer needed, kill what needs to be killed."

"The Emperor of the Han Dynasty is deeply in my heart!" Zhu Yuanzhang's voice also rang out.

Su Chen did not continue to listen to their chatter and continued to ponder Xun Yu's words.

The culprit was indeed the emperor in the court, and Qi Baoguo was just a foolish and loyal pawn in the middle who followed orders. If his Qi family had an affair with Xirong and betrayed the country, and the Qi family got the benefits of betraying the country, then it would not be an exaggeration to kill his entire family.

But obviously the above conditions did not hold true, and judging from the news, the Qi family did not approve of Qi Baoguo's actions, but they were unable to stop it.

After settling his thoughts and having an idea, Su Chen stood up and called Dian Wei outside the tent.

"Pass the order to Yantang Pass and I will enter the city at noon!"

Soon, the news came from the horse racing into the pass. After receiving the news, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Ma Chao, and Lu Bu began to lead their troops to the streets and set up defenses at various street intersections. The Qi family, who had been banned for several days, also received the news. The soldiers were brutally taken out of the room and gathered in the front yard of the mansion. There were also many relatives among them, and all of them were so scared that they were about to cry.

"I've told you a long time ago that letting the Xirong people enter will cause disaster!"

"My family has fought many battles with the Qi family. Just because of Qi Baoguo, my family will be held accountable. How can this be justified!"

"...My son also died in the battle!"

"What time is it now, and you are still talking about this!" Qi Youhu turned around and growled at them: "I, Qi Youhu, live an upright life. If I do it, I do it, if I don't do it, I don't do it! The Qi family has fought countless battles here. , even if the bones are buried here, they can still be regarded as the heroes’ souls guarding the soil.”

"Young Tiger, your father..." The woman looked at her young son. Although she had guessed most of it, she was her husband after all, and she wanted to know his whereabouts.

Qi Youhu and Qi Xuan, who were asked, fell silent one after another.

"Dad...may be gone." Qi Youhu hesitated for a moment, then told the truth.

The woman hung her head and sobbed.

……

At noon, Su Chen entered the city.

Five hundred shield-and-halberd warriors stood guard on the left and right with shields and halberds. Their neat formation and their armor smelling of rust and blood made the people of Guanzhong nervous who were peeking secretly from the houses on both sides of the street.

Yantang Pass is not that big inside. After passing two streets, we arrived at the Qi family's mansion. Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Lu Bu, and Ma Chao had been waiting here for a long time.

The four of them got off their horses and saluted with their weapons in hand.

On horseback, Su Chen also returned the gift with his hands raised, and then dismounted and led Dian Wei into the Qi family's house. Guan Zhang and Lu Ma also strode to follow.After bypassing the Feng Shui wall, Zhang Fei shouted directly in his voice: "Quiet!"

The originally rustling voice suddenly fell silent among the dozens of people in the Qi family. When Qi Youhu and Qi Xuan saw the guarded figures, they couldn't help showing a hint of surprise on their faces.

Unexpectedly, the general looked so young. He looked not much older than them, and might even be a year or two younger.

"Qi Youhu (Qi Xuan) pays homage to the general!"

The two of them came back to their senses, quickly opened the hem of their robes, knelt on the ground, and bowed down with their hands in hand. Behind them, a group of relatives and their mother also knelt down.

A soldier came over and held up a framed letter next to Su Chen.

"The martyrs of the Qi family protect the country with their own lives, and their descendants will succeed them." Su Chen looked at the writing on it and nodded: "The martyrs of the Qi family said it well, their descendants will succeed them! I wonder if Qi Baoguo can be succeeded?"

This sentence made every kneeling Qi family member tremble.

"General!" Qi Youhu raised his head. He was not even ten years old, and his eyes were clear. He was exactly the age of Xueyong. "What my father did was a big mistake. Many people died tragically. The Qi family was ashamed and shameless. For this framed text!"

"The first thing I did when I went north was to capture Yantang Pass, capture your whole family, and take them to Yunqi County. In front of the people whose relatives were killed by the Xirong people, I chopped off their heads one by one to comfort the souls. But Qi Baoguo I went to Xirong to seek death, and your Qi family surrendered again. This calculation was too shrewd, and I had no choice but to jump into this pit."

"General, the Qi family don't dare!" Qi Youhu fell to the ground with his forehead touching the ground, "No one in the family knows that my father Qi Baoguo went to the grassland to seek death, let alone that he set up this plan before he died."

Su Chen raised his hand and waved, asking the soldiers to take the calligraphy down: "You guys can't use this calligraphy for the time being. When I think you can match this calligraphy again, I will return it to you." It was an inscription from the ancestors of the Qi family. It was of great significance. Su Chen confiscated it, and his heart felt like bleeding.

"Yes!" Qi Youhu replied in a low voice.

"Qi Baoguo is a master of the Qi family. He did something wrong, but the person is dead. It is obviously inappropriate to pursue the innocent again. But you and others are not ordinary people. They are parents of the same place. This gate guards the family members."

Su Chen walked a few steps with his hands behind his back: "If we don't punish you, it's hard to explain to the people of Yunzhen that you think I, Su Chen, am protecting you because of your family background!"

Qi Youhu glanced at his second brother and mother. He knelt and took a step forward: "The Qi family is willing to accept punishment!"

"it is good."

Su Chen looked at Qi Youhu in front of him and nodded appreciatively, then looked at Guan Zhang and others, "Generals, have you thought of any way to punish them?"

"Tie him to a stake and whip him ten times in front of the people at Chengguan!" Zhang Fei shouted instinctively. "Yide!" Then Guan Yu pulled his armor and signaled him to stop talking.

Lu Bu and Ma Chao didn't speak, they just looked at Su Chen.

"Since everyone has nothing to say, I will say it." Su Chen turned around and glanced at dozens of faces in the Qi family, including old people, children, and young adults. "Except for Qi Youhu and Qi Xuan, the rest of them moved to Yunqi, three years of hard labor, cultivating fields, planting crops, and repairing houses for the elderly who have lost their relatives. During this period, they are not allowed to leave Yunqi, and all their money is confiscated. After the three years, they will return to Yantang Pass and pretend to be ordinary people. If there is any Those who are talented and knowledgeable can be promoted and promoted."

"Make a bronze statue of your father, kneel facing Rongzhou, and atone for the suffering of the people of Rongzhou Yunqi day and night, so as to warn the officials of Yan State."

Su Chen's voice paused, "Is it acceptable?"

"The Qi family accepts the punishment from the general!" Qi Youhu thanked him again. After he straightened up, he said hesitantly: "My eldest brother is seriously injured. Can you let him recover and start working hard again?"

"Go to Yunqi to recuperate, and allow him to serve after he recovers!"

As for keeping Qi Youhu, Su Chen still needs him to take over all the Qi family's property in Yantang Pass, and also send a signal to the soldiers guarding the city in Yanzhou.

A sentence in Xun Yu's letter made him listen. No matter how many generals there are, there are no soldiers to use. What's the point.

The massacre was carried out, and I don’t know what year or month it would take before we could gather our troops again.

"Send the news of the Qi family's punishment and Qi Baoguo's death to Rongzhou and tell the people to listen!" Su Chen asked the soldiers to send the Qi family home to pack their things. He walked into the front hall of the Qi family and began to gradually take over Yantang Pass. , all the original more than [-] soldiers were dispersed and incorporated into the Xiliang and Bingzhou armies, and another [-] people were mobilized to fill in the defense of the pass.

As for the five hundred cavalry, they were left to Qi Youhu.

But what makes Su Chen most excited is the tax at Yantang Pass. There are countless business travelers traveling to and from the grassland every year. The tax in one year is more than the annual income of two Ding'an cities.

Any time tariffs are imposed, it will be a huge profit.

When Su Chen was sitting at Qi's house, looking through the annual tariffs, Guan Zhang, Lu Bu, and Ma Chao were also drinking tea and chatting in the hall, or looking at the calligraphy, paintings, and flower porcelain that belonged to this world.At this time, soldiers from outside hurriedly came over: "Report to the general, a merchant brigade outside the pass passed by and told the soldiers that Qi Baoguo's body was hung in the Yelang tribe."

Qi Youhu, who was accompanying Su Chen and talking about the pass affairs, started shaking his hands. He didn't dare to show it, he just sat there quietly with his fists clenched tightly.

The faces of Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Lu Bu and Ma Chao all around them showed murderous intent.

"As soon as I entered the customs and was busy doing this and that, I almost forgot that there was one more thing I had to do." Su Chen glanced at Qi Youhu beside him and threw the account book on the table next to him, "Did you not throw away the three thousand heads before?"

"Thrown it away, but picked it up again." Ma Chao joked.

"Back to camp, it's time to teach that Yelang tribe a lesson!" Su Chen stood up and strode away, his voice reaching: "Qi Youhu, you should follow too!"

Soon, the horn to return to camp sounded in the city.

The cavalry were like streams gathering from every street corner in the city, turning into a torrent to follow Su Chen, and Lu Bu, Ma Chao, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei behind him as they rushed out of the city.

The cavalry was entrenched in the field, and the four generals followed Su Chen into the Chinese army's tent. He took off his cloak and threw it to his follower Wu Zixun. Dong Zhuo, Li Jue, Zhang Liao, and Niu Gai stood up in the tent.

Guan Yu and other generals who followed in also stood on the left and right. Zhang Liao glanced at Guan Yu, who also had a smile on his face, but at the moment both of them remained silent in tacit understanding, and then looked forward.

"Generals, please take a seat!" When Su Chen sat down with his golden sword, all the generals in the tent also took their seats, followed by Qi Youhu who came in and stood at the end. Even if he is strong-blooded, he has never seen such an array. When he saw the tent full of generals, he didn't dare to breathe, so he sat down on a chair at the entrance of the tent.

"Xirong Grassland has tough folk customs, but there are abundant water and grass there, and there are many cattle and sheep."

On the seats on both sides, the generals grinned.

"The Northern Expedition to Yanzhou is urgent, but we cannot be attacked from both sides." Su Chen's hawk-like eyes swept over the generals in the tent, and the ferocious aura he developed was gathering.

"...Since they came to Rongzhou to kill people, I think it would be inappropriate to come and not return... Everyone, I want to eat roasted whole lamb in their tent."

The faint voice contained murderous intent, and the swaying brazier in the tent reflected the faces of Dian Wei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Lu Bu, Gao Shun, Ma Chao, Dong Zhuo, Li Jue, Niu Gai and others, with ferocious sneers.

Qi Youhu swallowed his saliva, and then he understood what the essence of smoke was.

(End of this chapter)