Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 55

The news was too shocking, so not long after, a dozen or so members of the Xiang family came to Xiang Kang's dilapidated courtyard together. However, what made Xiang Kang a little frown was that the two aunts must have heard the news and followed suit. The sons of the Xiang family came to their dilapidated small courtyard, making themselves more scruples about speaking.

"Brother, Xiang Ta said that the Tyrant Qin court would recruit the fourth round of soldiers. Is it true or not? This is not a joke. My household registration is also Zuolu. If it is true that the fourth round of soldiers is recruited, I will run away." It won't fall."

"Kang'er, are you really going to recruit the fourth round of garrison soldiers? What's the news you heard? Han'er, Sheng'er, and You'er all have Zuolu household registrations."

"Brother, did Feng Zhong give you the wind? When will you be recruited? When will you leave? Where will you serve in the military?"

Waving temporarily interrupted the gossip between his brothers and two aunts, Xiang Kang first pointed to Feng Zhong who was lying in the room after being drunk, and then said: "Several brothers, first carry Brother Feng out with me. Find a place to settle down, and then we will come back and talk, it will be convenient."

The tall and powerful Xiang Guan, Xiang Han and others agreed, and quickly helped Xiang Kang to carry Feng Zhong out of the dilapidated courtyard, and carried them to the nearby Xiang Guan's home to settle temporarily, and then Xiang Kang returned to his dilapidated courtyard In the courtyard, he closed the courtyard and room doors, and told his two aunts and Xiang's children the news that Feng Zhong had leaked to him.

As a result, the two aunts and the Xiang family's children were of course taken aback when they heard it, and quickly counted, and soon found that there were five Xiang family children, Xiang Guan, Xiang Sheng, Xiang You, Xiang Yang, and Xiang Ta, who could not escape this time. Conscripted from the frontier to serve in the military service as a cow and horse for Qin II, adding bricks and stones to the construction of the Great Qin - this is thanks to the clause in Qin Law that two brothers cannot be conscripted to serve in the military at the same time, otherwise Xiang You's The younger brother Xiang Sui couldn't run away either.

"I won't go! Baoqin killed our father, the blood feud is irreconcilable, and he wants me to serve as a soldier for them, dreaming! I would rather go up the mountain to be a bandit than be a soldier!"

Of course, the Xiang family's children, all descended from famous families in the Chu state, do not have such a high level of political consciousness. They just found out that they are also going to be recruited. Xiang Sheng, the most irritable among the Xiang family's children present, immediately jumped three feet high, roaring and expressing his determination. don't go.Xiang Guan also yelled at the case: "I would rather go to Jiangdong to join my second uncle than go to the frontier as a soldier!"

"Yu'er, if you know it early, go to Xiapi to find you, Aunt." The third aunt was even more anxious, and said to Xiang You: "You must not go, it is hard and dangerous to be a soldier, and it might not work out a little." You will die, take advantage of the present and go quickly."

I have known for a long time that my brothers will never obediently become soldiers, Xiang Kang's reaction to this is of course not surprising, he just asked: "Brothers and brothers, of course it is a way to run quickly now, but you Have you ever thought about it, what will happen if you escape and get caught? Don’t you know, what is the punishment for escaping the garrison? If you are caught, you will be cut in half!”

"That's better than going to the frontier to die for nothing!" Xiang Guan said angrily: "When you go to the frontier to serve as a soldier, you have to obey the military law. The military law of the Tyrant Qin Dynasty is stricter than the civil law. Violations of the military law are usually beheaded. With our brother's temper, The army that entered Tyranny is tantamount to dying in vain!"

"Then what if Baoqin suddenly recruited the fifth round of garrison soldiers after you escaped?" Xiang Kang asked again: "Should I and other elder brothers be forced to escape from the garrison like you and escape from Shiling Pavilion first?" , who will take care of the two aunts? Who will maintain the livelihood of the family?"

Xiang Guan was at a loss for words, so he could only ask rhetorically, "According to your opinion, do we have to obey the call of the Tyrant Qin and go to the frontier as soldiers?"

"Of course you can't go!" Xiang Kang replied firmly, and said, "Baoqin and our Xiang family are at odds with each other. It's fine if we don't seek revenge from them. How can we still serve as their soldiers?"

"Then what should we do?" Xiang Guan hurriedly asked again.

Looking at the two aunts next to him with tense faces, Xiang Kang hesitated, but at this point, Xiang Kang couldn't back down just because he was concerned about the reaction of the two aunts, he gritted his teeth and said: "The government forces the people to rebel, and the people can't do it." No rebellion! In my opinion, it is better to take this opportunity to directly rebel and raise troops to avenge our father!"

Before Xiang Kang finished speaking, the room became silent. The two aunts and the Xiang family children were all dumbfounded, looking at Xiang Kang, who usually had the most docile personality, as if they didn't know each other.Xiang Kang showed no fear, and said: "Brothers, brothers, and two aunts, if you think what I said is wrong, you can pretend that I didn't say it. But I still think this is a rare opportunity. We should seize this heaven-sent opportunity to raise troops to recover our Chu country."

"There is no other reason. The people of the world have been driven to nowhere by the Tyrant Qin." Xiang Kang continued: "In the first three rounds of conscription, the Tyrant Qin has forced countless people in the head of Guizhou to flee continuously. Forced to flee to the end of the world is to be forced to become a bandit, and the world has become a pot of hot soup that is about to boil. Now the Tyranny of the Qin Dynasty is acting against the law, and it is forcing ordinary people who are all law-abiding people to serve as soldiers and go to the frontier Going to wander and wandering, and dying in vain, is like pouring oil under the pot and adding a handful of firewood, so is there any reason why the pot of hot soup will be completely boiled?"

"Under such circumstances, if our Xiang family's children can stand up, advocate the banner of righteousness, and call on the people of the world to resist the tyranny of the Qin Dynasty in the name of our father, then there is no reason why the people of the world who are desperate should not respond together?" Xiang Kang slightly raised his voice. He raised his voice and said: "If this matter is successful, not only will our Xiang family members be able to avenge our eldest father with our own hands, but it will only be a matter of one sentence to restore our Chu country! At that time, our Xiang family will once again become the Chu country." Wouldn't it be better to have a famous family, princes and generals than to even have a meal now?!"

After speaking desperately and impassionedly, Xiang Kang looked around at the disciples of the Xiang family present, waiting for their reaction.The result was similar to what Xiang Kang expected. Although the children of the Xiang family were a little shaken, many of them still showed concern. Xiang You boldly said: "Brother, of course what you said is a way, but if we are like Daddy What should we do if we lose the fight? Shouldn't our Xiang family all have to be smashed to death?"

"Brother, do you think that if you go to Xiapi now, you will be able to survive?" Xiang Kang asked back, "What if you are discovered? What is the difference between being cut in half and being cracked?" Don’t you know how strict Tyranny’s management of household registration is? You guarantee that Uncle Han Liang and Uncle Han can protect you as well as Third Uncle, so that no one will be able to discover your identity?”

"Also, other brothers and sisters, what will you do when Tyranny Qin recruits the fifth round of guards?" Xiang Kang asked again: "Don't they all go to the end of the world and live a life of worthlessness? Hiding in Tibet like a mouse, always worried about being caught by the Tyrant government, why can't you stand up and fight with Typhoon, fight to the death?"

"But what role can the dozen or so of us play?" Xiang Zhuang asked, "Seeing our rebellion, the county magistrate will definitely call up people immediately and form an army to suppress us. How can we fight against us?" Got it?"

"With just a dozen of us, of course it is impossible to succeed." Xiang Kang nodded, and then said: "But elder brother, don't forget, there are still those who don't want to go to the frontier as soldiers to help us. As long as we mobilize them and let them take up arms to help us fight against Tyranny, wouldn't we have an army immediately?"

"As for the army in the county, I also have a way to deal with it." Xiang Kang said again: "I've already thought about it. I'm going to use a trick to trick the magistrate Zhou from the county town to Shiling Pavilion, and then suddenly take him down. , forcing him to rebel with us. In this way, the army in Xiaxiang County will become leaderless and will no longer be able to directly threaten us. The army of the county is used by us, so that we will have the confidence and capital to fight against the army of Sishui County, and then wait for other counties in Sishui County and other counties and counties in the world to follow our example and respond to us, and our major events will be successful. !"

Xiang Zhuang was shaken, but he didn't dare to make this decision lightly. Xiang Kang saw what he and the other Xiang family children were thinking, and said again: "Of course, if you don't have the guts to join me Fighting for this life, I can pretend that I didn’t say these words. Anyway, my household registration is Youlu, and I don’t need to be a soldier this time, and I’m going to get married soon, so there’s no reason to fight for it. Fate, take this risk."

"But I want to remind you that wealth and wealth come from danger, whether to be a heroic man who will live forever, or to be a coward who will be a coward for a lifetime is just a matter of your thoughts! Can you avenge our father? Whether you can recover our state of Chu and restore the glory of our ancestors of the Xiang family depends on whether you can seize this opportunity! Whether you will fight vigorously against the Tyrant Qin, or live your whole life in a wimpy way and continue to be the same as before Eat and drink and wait to die, and will be looked down upon by others forever, it depends on your decision!"

Xiang Kang's aggressive tactics achieved the effect he expected. In fact, Xiang Zhuang, who knew very well how outsiders saw him, gritted his teeth and yelled, "Brother, I'll do it with you! That's right, instead of messing around all your life People look down on eating and drinking, so it’s better to have a vigorous fight with Tyranny! Victory and recovery of our Chu country! Lost, a bowl-sized scar on his head! 18 years later, he will still be a man!"

"Just do it!" Xiang Guan also said: "Anyway, I'm so poor now that I only have this life and this sword. Instead of hiding in Tibet, it's better to fight the Tyrant Qin!"

It's a pity that even if the two brothers Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Guan are on Xiang Kang's side, the other members of the Xiang family are still worried and hesitate to go along with it.As a result, at this moment, the wife of the second aunt, Xiang Liang, who had been silently listening to Xiang Kang's speech, suddenly spoke, and the first sentence surprised Xiang Kang-the second aunt actually said: "Children, you Is he a real man? Kanger doesn’t need to be a soldier, and he’s about to get married. For you, for our Xiang family, he dared to stand up and fight Baoqin to the end. Why don’t you dare to speak up? Could it be that your aunt is so For many years, Bai has raised and taken care of you for your parents?!"

Xiang Kang and the members of the Xiang family went to see the second aunt in surprise, but the second aunt pushed away the third aunt who was trying to stop her from speaking, straightened her thin body, and said, "Children, what did Kanger say just now?" At that time, you know who I think of? I think of Changping Lord of Chu State, Xiong Qi, who is followed by your elder father Wu Xinjun!"

"Do you still remember who is Lord Changping of our state of Chu?"

The second aunt raised her voice and said, "Mr. Changping is a son of Chu State who grew up in Qin State. I can't finish enjoying it! But he still remembers his identity as a Chu person. As soon as he returned to Chu, he immediately called on the Chu people to rise up against Tyranny. Your great father, Wu Xinjun, and our Xiang family are also because of their admiration for him. Forgetting the homeland, I would rather give up the glory and wealth and my wife and children to fight the tyrant Qin to the end, so I vowed to follow Lord Changping to the death! Your father followed him and died in battle. Our Xiang family has fallen to the point where it is today, and we still have no complaints or regrets , it is because Mr. Changping is an indomitable hero! Our Xiang family is worth following him! Follow him gloriously!"

Speaking of this, the second aunt wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes because of excitement, and said in a choked voice: "Children, what kind of life has our Xiang family lived in these years? Your third aunt and I have suffered a lot in order to take care of you." You have seen with your own eyes how much grievances and hardships you have suffered! But I have never regretted it, let alone resentment, because I am the daughter-in-law of Wu Xinjun of the Chu State, and a woman of the Xiang family. How much I have done for you, I should pay as much as I want! It is also because I have preserved the roots of the Xiang family and left hope for our Xiang family!"

"But you guys let me down so much." The second aunt finally shed tears and said, "Kang'er doesn't have to serve in the military and is about to marry a wife. Return to the glory of our ancestors of the Xiang family! As for you, except for Zhuang'er and Guan'er, each of you is greedy for life and afraid of death, and each of you is more cautious than the other. You are not worthy of the surname Xiang! You are not worthy of being the descendants of Lord Wu Xin of Chu!"

Before the second aunt finished crying and reprimanding, the Xiang family's children present were already kneeling on the ground, kowtowing their heads repeatedly to plead guilty, but the second aunt ignored them at all, and just cried to Xiang Kang, Xiang Zhuang, and Xiang Guan: "Kang'er, Zhuang'er, Guan'er, you didn't disappoint my aunt, I didn't raise you for nothing, you go ahead and do it! Don't worry about my aunt, I have scissors and a knife in my room, if it really gets to that point, Aunt, I can take care of myself! I will meet your elder father with you! When I see your elder father, I can also tell him with a straight chest that my daughter-in-law is not in vain. I have raised three Xiang families for him. A real man! An upright man!"

Xiang Kang, Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Guan knelt down together and kowtowed to thank the second aunt who was only in her 40s and already had gray hair all over her head. Auntie, we are not human, we are useless, we have failed you, we are willing to fight with Brother, we are willing to join forces with Brother, and fight Tyranny to the end!"

"Stand up!" Second Aunt cried and ordered, "Go and get the spirit cards of your ancestors, and swear in front of your elder father and our Xiang family ancestors! Swear to work together, Overthrow Tyranny and win back the glory of our Xiang family ancestors!"

The members of the Xiang family got up in a hurry, and when they got up, they rushed to their ancestral house to get their ancestral spirit tablet to swear an oath. My two uncles are not here, and Zhuang'er and Guan'er have impulsive tempers, and they are far less meticulous than you. This family will be up to you in the future. Go ahead and do it, don't embarrass your eldest father."

Xiang Kang agreed with tears, saying that he never thought that an ordinary housewife like Second Aunt would be so reasonable, understand righteousness, and hide such ambitions in her thin and thin body.And comparing the historical actions of the second aunt's husband Xiang Liang and the third aunt's man Xiang Bo, Xiang Kang couldn't help but come to the conclusion that if there is a husband, there must be a wife!
The spirit tablets of the ancestors of the Xiang family were quickly retrieved. In front of Xiang Yan and other ancestors of the Xiang family, a dozen or so descendants of the Xiang family swore a poisonous oath, determined to overthrow the Tyrant Qin, restore the state of Chu, and revive the famous Xiang family.Then naturally, Xiang Kang, who was the first to initiate a righteous act and became the backbone of the Xiang family's children, was also unanimously elected as the leader by the Xiang family's children to lead the Xiang family's children to fight against Qin.And when the members of the Xiang family asked what to do next, Xiang Kang replied: "First spread the news that Tyranny is going to recruit the fourth round of guards, and then add another paragraph. Typhoon may soon be recruiting the fifth round." Garrison soldiers!"

(End of this chapter)