Former Qin Fengyun

Zhang Muzhen put a plate of delicate dim sum on the table, and said softly: "Heavenly King." Fu Jian put down the book in his hand, picked up a piece of dim sum and put it into his mouth.

At this time, the reporter came in, saluted and said, "Report to Heavenly King, a secret letter from Lord Yangping."

Fu Jian immediately put down his snacks and took the secret letter.After opening it, I saw that it read: "Report to the king of heaven, the commander of the Jin army is less than a hundred miles away, and the soldiers are short of food. Please bring a heavy army to catch the thief commander." After reading it, Fu Jian laughed heartily. Said: "pass down the order, and the widow will take eight thousand Qingqi and rush to Huaishui!"

The reporter saluted and said yes to go down.

Zhang Muchai asked worriedly: "Is it not enough to bring only [-] Qingqi? How about bringing more soldiers to protect the King of Heaven?"

But Fu Jian said with a smile: "Madam, don't worry too much. The law of war says 'soldiers are precious and fast'. If you don't arrive as soon as possible, I'm afraid that Xie Shi will lead the troops and flee to another place to save his life. Moreover, Fu Rong has heavy soldiers in his hands. However, the Jin army is very small. You and Shen'er stay in the camp, and Jin will be destroyed within two days."

Zhang Muchai nodded, and Fu Jian led the people out of the Chinese army tent.

Three hours later, Fu Jian led eight thousand Qingqi to Shouyang.

Fu Rong led the crowd out of the city to meet Fu Jian, but when he saw that there were only [-] Qingqi behind Fu Jian, he said worriedly: "Heavenly King, I invite you to lead all the troops, but..." He didn't finish.

But Fu Jian waved his hand and said, "It's okay."

Fu Rong reluctantly welcomed Fu Jian into the city, but Gao Bi, who was in the crowd, kept silent for a while, and suddenly couldn't help sniggering.

After everyone entered the room and took their seats, Gao Bi got up and saluted and said, "I will report to the king of heaven, according to my opinion, I think that the state of Jin will be in chaos at this time. The bait, causing Xie Shi to lead his troops to surrender. In this way, the state of Jin can be easily conquered and wiped out without a single soldier."

Fu Jian nodded and said, "Ai Qing's words are very reasonable."

Lu Polou immediately stood up and saluted, saying, "Heavenly King, the general is willing to be an envoy."

At this time, Gao Bi glanced at Zhu Xu.The clever Zhu Xu immediately understood his intentions, got up and walked in front of Fu Jian, knelt down and saluted, and said, "If there were no Heavenly King, Zhu Xu would have passed away long ago. Therefore, I would like to persuade Xie Shi to surrender for the Heavenly King, in order to repay the Heavenly King's kindness!"

Fu Jian hurriedly got up and walked in front of him, helped him up with his own hands, and said, "I love you sincerely, and I know it in my heart. If that's the case, I'll thank you for your love."

Zhu Xu happily saluted and said yes.

Xie Shi, who was discussing tactics with Xie Xuan, suddenly saw the reporter coming in, and said with a salute, "General, the envoy of Qin State is asking to see you."

Xie Xuan said in surprise: "Do you not fight the soldiers who defeat others?"

Xie Shi said: "Ask him to pay."

The reporter saluted and said yes to go down.

After a while, Zhu Xu walked in.

Xie Xuan got up from his seat in surprise and anger, and said, "It's you?"

Zhu Xu clasped his fists in salute and said, "Can we temporarily put aside the past grievances and protect the state of Jin from this catastrophe?"

Xie Shi looked at him suspiciously.

Zhu Xu continued: "If Xiangguo didn't care about Jin's life and death, he had already proclaimed himself emperor, so why bother to regret it for the rest of his life? Zhu has followed Xiangguo for many years, and it's the same."

Xie Xuan said distrustfully: "You have rebelled against Jin, how can you believe what you say?"

Zhu Xu looked at him and said, "If you led troops to rescue Xiangyang, why should Zhu bear the name of treason?"

One sentence made Xie Xuan speechless.

Zhu Xu continued: "However, today is a good opportunity, I only hope that the merits will be paid off, and Zhu will return to the state of Jin."

Xie Shi said, "Fu Jian has always treated rebel generals preferentially, but why did he insist on returning to Jin?"

Zhu Xu replied: "Because I know Murong Chui's top secret, I dare not stay in Qin."

Xie Shi immediately said: "Speak quickly!"

Zhu Xu said: "Murong Chui, Gao Bi and other Yan people have been plotting against Qin and Yan, and want to conspire with me for great things."

Xie Xuan said in surprise: "There is such a thing?"

Xie Shi nodded and said: "Murong Chui is the royal family of the Yan Kingdom, and was squeezed out by Wang Meng and his ilk. Even if he was reused by Fu Jian, he is not from the Great Qin Dynasty after all. If so, what is the best way?"

After a stick of incense, Zhu Xu left.Xie Xuan asked Xie Shi anxiously: "Is this person trustworthy?"

Xie Shi nodded and said: "Brother once stated in the letter that he should show weakness first, lure Fu Jian to come here, and then kill him. But now it seems that this matter has achieved twice the result with half the effort." Then he said: "Go and invite General Liu."

Xie Xuan nodded in agreement.

In the middle of the night, Liu Laozhi led [-] Beifu soldiers to raid Luojian.Because these Beifu soldiers are all young and middle-aged men who fled from the north. They are eager to return home, and they are willing to regain their hometown and get rid of the rule of Qin.In addition, Liu Laozhi led his troops well, so although the number of troops was small, they were all elites.

However, although Liang Cheng had 5000 Qin soldiers in his hands, most of them had no determination to actively fight and defeat the Jin army because of Fu Jian's successive campaigns.Therefore, when facing Beifu soldiers, they have no power to fight back.Less than an hour later, more than [-] people were killed or injured in the Qin army, including Liang Cheng.At this time, Xie Shi led the army to advance side by side by land and water, and confronted the Qin army across the Fei River.

After hearing the news, Fu Jian and Fu Rong watched the Jin army from Shouyang City, and saw that they were neat and uniform, with continuous military tents, and the Jin army patrolled from time to time.Both Fu Jian and Fu Rong were astonished.

At this time, a gust of wind blew by, causing the vegetation on Bagong Mountain to sway with the wind.Fu Jian said involuntarily: "There are countless Jin troops here!"

But Fu Rong said: "Heavenly King, although there are many Jin troops, but Qin Wanwan will surely win!"

Fu Jian looked at Jin Ying very unconfidently, and nodded.

The next day, Fu Jian, who was having breakfast, suddenly saw the informant come in, saluted and said, "Report to the Heavenly King, the envoy of the Jin Kingdom asks to see you."

Fu Jian immediately put down the bowls and chopsticks, and said, "Please meet me at the tent."

The reporter saluted and said yes to go down.

Not long after, Fu Jian sat in the middle, Fu Rong, Zhang Hao, Lu Polou, Murong Chui, Gao Bi, Zhu Xu and others stood on both sides.

At this time, the envoy of the Jin Kingdom came in, bowed his hands and said, "I have heard for a long time that the king of heaven is famous for being a sage. Since the Jin and Qin armies are facing each other across the water, they should not enter the water to fight. However, our army is very small, so I invite Qin The army retreats three miles, and then fights?"

Fu Jian said: "This is a big matter, I will reply later. Please go down first and rest for a while."

The messenger bowed down.

Then, Zhu Xu immediately went out to salute and said, "Congratulations to the Heavenly King, great things can be accomplished."

Fu Jian looked at him suspiciously.

Zhu Xu continued: "The water surface of Feishui is vast, and when the Jin army comes ashore, they must be very exhausted. But our army is waiting for work, and its number is larger than that of the Jin army. We can definitely annihilate the Jin army and avenge Luojian!" "

Gao Bi hurriedly saluted and said, "I also agree."

However, Lu Polou, who has been on the battlefield for many years, saluted and said: "Heavenly king, as far as I know, Xie Shi and his brother Xie An are both like cunning rabbits. How could they deliberately expose their weaknesses and wait for the enemy to attack them? There must be deceit in it. I hope the king of heaven will think twice." .”

Fu Jian glanced at Fu Rong and asked, "What do you think, brother?"

Fu Rong, who had no experience in leading troops and had never been on the battlefield, replied truthfully: "My brother agrees with General Zhu Xu's words."

Murong Chui got up and saluted and said: "I also agree."

Seeing that most people agreed with this method, Fu Jian nodded and said, "In that case, let the envoy know."

At this time, Murong Chui, who had just understood the plan, immediately saluted and said: "Tell the soldiers about retreating three miles, and I am willing to help you."

Without any scruples, Fu Jian nodded.

After lunch, Fu Jian personally led the army to a place three miles away from Feishui. Unexpectedly, the envoy of the Jin Kingdom came to Fu Jian again, saluted and said, "Heavenly King, the number of Jin troops is slightly larger, can you go back one mile?" ?”

Fu Rong immediately shook his head and said, "Since we have agreed, how can we change it?"

But Fu Jian waved his hand and said, "It's only one mile, it's okay."

Murong Chui on the side saluted and said, "Heavenly King, I will tell you immediately."

Fu Jian nodded.

After Murong Chui took Gao Bi away from Fu Jian, Murong Chui said in a low voice, "Lead thirty thousand soldiers and leave this place immediately." Gao Bi saluted and said yes.

When Fu Rong ordered his men to retreat, the Qin army, who was far away from the central army's tent, didn't know about it, so they didn't know why they retreated.At this moment, Zhu Xu shouted loudly in the crowd: "The Qin army has been defeated, run away!" As soon as the Qin army heard this, they immediately fled in all directions, and the scene was extremely chaotic.

As the chief general, Fu Rong didn't know the reason why the Qin army was in chaos, so he urged his horses and shouted: "All stop, and those who disobey orders will be killed!" But no one obeyed the military order, and they still ran around desperately.An exasperated Fu Rong yelled again: "Stop!" Because of the large number of Qin troops and his haste to flee for his life, Fu Rong was knocked down by the Qin army and fell to the ground, trampled and submerged in the crowd.

As soon as Fu Jian saw it, he wanted to urge his horse to rescue Fu Rong, but was stopped by Lu Polou and said, "Go, the king of heaven, the Jin army has arrived!" There was no Qin army alive, so he said tearfully, "Let's go!"

As the saying goes, the army was defeated like a mountain, and the Qin army, known as a million soldiers, collapsed in an instant, and they all ran for their lives.Zhang Muzhen, who was in the barracks, hugged Zhongshan King Fu Shen tightly, and shouted in horror: "Come on! Come on!"

At this time, Murong Yan, the subjugated Emperor of Yan, who saw such a disastrous defeat by the Qin army, couldn't help laughing, picked up a big sword watch on the ground, and walked towards the tent of the Chinese army.

When Zhang Muzhen saw the murderous Murong Cheng walking in front of him holding a knife, he hugged Fu Shen tightly and begged, "Don't kill our mother and son, the king of heaven will definitely reward you!"

Murong Yan said to himself: "Fu Jian has many heirs, what's the use of killing both mother and son? How about taking this opportunity to get close to Fu Jian?" So he saluted with a smile on his face and said: "Madam must have misunderstood, villain It is to protect the wife and the prince to return to Beijing."

Zhang Muchai looked at him suspiciously.

Murong continued: "Heavenly King treats us leniently, but there is no way to repay him. However, Madam Wang is in trouble, this villain will definitely protect her with his life!"

Only then did Zhang Muxi get up and said, "Thank you."

Feishui was defeated, half of the Qin army was killed and injured, and there were countless deserters.Under the protection of dozens of Qin soldiers and general Lu Polou, Fu Jian fled without knowing the direction.Just as they were about to get off their horses and rest for a while, they suddenly saw Xie Xuan leading thousands of Jin troops chasing them from behind. Fu Jian and others were so frightened that they whipped their horses hard and ran away desperately.

At this time, Xie Xuan picked up the bow and put on a carved feather arrow to shoot at Fu Jian.Although he missed Fu Jian, he wounded his horse.The war horse fell to the ground in unbearable pain, so Fu Jian also fell.Lu Polou hurriedly turned his horse's head and led the Qin army to protect Fu Jian.Lu Polou jumped off the horse, helped Fu Jian up, and said anxiously: "The king of heaven, get on the horse, let's go!"

Fu Jian shook his head, just about to speak.But Lu Polou said: "The Great Qin can't just perish!" Fu Jian then nodded vigorously, jumped on his horse and left.

When Xie Xuan arrived with his troops, he saw that Lu Polou and a dozen Qin soldiers had already blocked the road.

Xie Xuan said: "Fu Jian used outsiders so much, why did you risk your life to protect him? Get out of the way quickly and spare his life!"

Lu Polou smiled slightly, raised his sword and led the dozen or so Qin soldiers towards Xie Xuan.

Xie Xuan shook the weapon in his hand tightly, and said to himself: "You will seek your own death!" Then he fought with Lu Polou.

Because Lu Polou was nearly [-] years old, and he was tired from traveling all the way, so how could he be the opponent of Xie Xuan, who is just full of vitality.Within a dozen rounds, Lu Polou was seriously injured and fell to the ground.Just as Xie Xuan was about to leave and mount his horse to chase after Fu Jian, Lu Polou, whose hands were bloody, grabbed his boots tightly.

Xie Xuan looked down at Lu Polou and said with admiration: "Fu Jian is so stupid, but you are loyal. It's really rare." After saying that he stabbed Lu Polou's chest with the knife, Lu Polou knew his life like this .

Then, Xie Xuan got on his horse and shouted: "Whoever captures Fu Jian will be rewarded with a reward of ten million taels!"

The Jin army shouted excitedly: "Yes!" and ran towards the direction where Fu Jian was escaping.But the cold wind hit Lu Polou and the corpses of the dozens of Qin soldiers lying on the ground, but no one cared.

The lieutenant, who escaped alone, ran to the north of Huai River.Fu Jian, who was physically and mentally exhausted, only felt that his eyes were black and his head was heavy. When the war horse flew over a cave, he accidentally fell into the cave.

The pain was so painful that Fu Jian couldn't help screaming, and then looked up to see that the cave was as tall as a person, and he couldn't escape, so tears flowed down involuntarily, and he blamed himself regretfully: "If I had listened to Fu Rong's words back then, If An Xinzheng does not attack Jin, how can he end up today?"

Then, Fu Jian raised his head and shouted loudly to the sky: "Brother Yu, brother Yu is wrong!"

At this moment, the war horse unexpectedly came to the cave, knelt down and let down the reins of the horse.Fu Jian said excitedly: "General Lu is desperate to protect the widow, and you are his beloved horse, so will you follow?"

The war horse seemed to understand what he said, and snorted softly.Fu Jian grabbed the rein gratefully, and the horse pulled him up.Fu Jian touched the horse with his hand, and said: "If the widow is safe and sound, I will treat him kindly until the end of my life."

Fu Jian continued to run for two or three hours, because the speed of the horse was so fast that Fu Jian mistook the sound of the wind and the cry of cranes as the sound of the Jin army chasing up.This is the origin of the idiom "the sound of the wind and the cranes are jittering".

Because of the unbearable hunger and thirst, Fu Jian got off his horse and came to a farmer's door, knocked on the door with one hand and said, "Is anyone at home?"

There was an old man inside, opened the door and came out.

Fu Jian bowed his hands and said: "Widow..., I am tired from the journey, can I rest here for a while?"

The old man looked at Fu Jian and said, "Please."

Fu Jian came to the hall and sat down under the guidance of the old man.The old man first poured a glass of water, then brought out a bowl of rice porridge and two sweet potatoes, and placed them in front of Fu Jian.Fu Jian, who didn't care about his image, immediately started to eat in big mouthfuls, but the old man sat quietly aside.After Fu Jian finished eating, he looked around and realized that the old man's house was completely bare, and he regretted that he had eaten the old man's ration.

At this time, the old man said, "Less than half a mile to the east is the place where Murong Chui and his heavy troops are."

Fu Jian asked in surprise: "Do you know the widow?"

The old man nodded slightly, pointed at the golden dragon armor on Fu Jian's body and said, "If it is not the king of heaven, who would dare to use this thing?"

Fu Jian immediately said: "For the kindness of a meal, the widow will definitely reward me a lot!"

The old man smiled bitterly, and then said: "There is only one old man in the family, so there is no need for a big reward."

Fu Jian asked, "No heirs?"

The old man shook his head and said, "The three sons all died in battle."

After Fu Jian listened, he regretted and was speechless.

The old man looked at Fu Jian and said, "As a citizen of Qin, you are the son of the king of heaven. Let's go." After speaking, the old man turned around.

Fu Jian got up, saluted the old man solemnly, then left and ran northward.

Jin Guo Jiankang, Xie Mansion.Zhang Xuan, who was playing chess with Xie An, suddenly saw his servants walking up to Xie An in a hurry, held up a letter in his hand and saluted, and said, "My lord, the battle report ahead." Xie An took the letter and read it, then put the letter aside , continue playing chess.

Henry Zhang asked curiously: "My lord, how is the battle going?"

Xie An said casually: "Your son has defeated the bandit soldiers."

Henry Zhang got up from his seat with great joy, and cheered happily: "This is a great happy event, and everyone should be told!" After finishing speaking, he left excitedly.

After Xie An saw Henry Zhang leaving, he looked up to the sky and laughed, and then danced into the room like a child.Because of being too excited, the teeth of the clogs on his feet were broken.