Luoshui Dongliu

On this day, Wei Chiyuan raised his tent in the camp.After the Xiyan army was able to go down to Luocheng, he once went to inspect it, and some generals suggested that the general should be stationed in the city.But Yu Chiyuan was afraid, so he only divided the people into two groups, one group went to the city to deal with the aftermath, and the other stayed behind in the camp, the Chinese army did not move.

Yuchi valued Luocheng very much, because it could enter the Central Plains in the east and occupy Guanzhong in the west.Such an important portal, no matter how important the Gao family is to Hebei and less to Henan, it is impossible to abandon it easily.It is one thing for the Xiyan army to take Los Angeles, but it is another matter whether they can withstand the counterattack from the east in the future.

However, Yu Chiyuan also had calculations in his mind.Guanlong is separated by Qinling Mountains from Hanzhong, Sichuan and Shu. In the past, Longxing, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, lived here, and Emperor Zhaolie of the Han Dynasty protected himself because of winning Hanzhong, and eventually became three parts of the world.But now the Southern Dynasty is in decline, and the nobles in the Western Yan Dynasty are all envious of the wealth of the Land of Abundance, and they are much more interested in going south than going east.And Gao Yuanchong wanted to manage Yecheng and Jinyang with all his heart, and he might still have his eyes on Jianghuai, and he might have his heart for Luocheng rather than his strength.This time he captured Luo City and pushed the front line against Dongyan to the other side's territory. It is already a great contribution to protecting the safety of the east of Guanlong.As for the aftermath, he didn't expect to worry too much, he just wanted to retreat safely and return to court, so he only wanted to be innocent about the aftermath.

At that time, all the generals congratulated him on his victory, but Yu Chiyuan was not hesitant in his heart.These few months of training had exhausted him physically and mentally, not to mention the loss of his brother's life.Originally he was gnashing his teeth, thinking that he wanted to take Zhao Shen's life as compensation to vent his anger, but Pei Yu was the first to obtain that order from the grand master, and announced it to the world to know.

Now three hundred cavalrymen from Luocheng were detained in the city, Zhao Shen was in the camp under his nose, but he couldn't help it.It is extremely uncomfortable to hold the breath in my chest like this.

At this time, Yu Chiyuan swept across the generals in the camp and asked, "Where is General Zhao Shen?"

Everyone was silent, and someone said for a long time: "I heard that he only stays in his tent and drinks every day."

Yu Chiyuan broke out and said: "He is presumptuous, when will someone in my account dare to do this? Besides, he is just a demoted general."

When he said this, he regarded himself as the master and general; but everyone could see that Zhao Shen was never the one who was willing to buy it.For a moment they resented that Zhao Shen was not submissive, and seeing Yu Chiyuan's face was grim in annoyance, and feared that he would be wrong if he said too much, they all bowed their heads.

But I heard Pei Yu say: "General, don't be impatient. There were many things in the past two days, but there is nothing to do today. I'll go and talk to him."

Yu Chiyuan glanced at him, and said with a half-smile, "The Supervising Army should be more concerned, after all, it is the Supervising Army who did their best to recruit and surrender."

Pei Yu smiled lightly and said, "This city of Luo is all due to the general's military exploits, why have I contributed anything?"

After the crowd dispersed, Pei Yu led Li Ji to Zhao Shen's camp.In front of the door were several guards of the Xiyan army, and when they walked inward, they saw a young soldier in front of the tent, whose expression was different from that of others.Pei Yu stopped and asked, "Are you General Zhao's guard?"

This is exactly Zhou Gan. When Pei Yu asked him, he raised his eyes to look, and only replied: "Yes." But he couldn't help but straighten his back.Pei Yu glanced lightly at his face, said nothing, just lifted the curtain and went in.

This tent is not very big, but because of the simple decoration inside, it looks spacious.Pei Yu saw several wine jars standing next to the case, and Zhao Shen sat beside him in a full-body suit, and said with a light smile, "Is the general drinking in such a dignified manner?"

Zhao Shen was silent for a while, then smiled and said, "I don't know the rules in your army, what should you do when drinking?"

Pei Yu laughed and said: "So the general also understands that now you can't do whatever you want here like in your own army. Then, where is the general when the army is promoted in the past few days?" After saying that, he raised his hand to lift the wine jar , I don't want to start with a heavy hand, it's just that, it turns out that it is still full.Only then did Pei Yu realize that the so-called "drinking out" was just a show, and he couldn't help raising his brows slightly, saying: "This is but hate and fallacies, you should forgive drunk people?" After looking at Zhao Shen for a while, he said, "Isn't the general Such a person who is far away from harming the whole body, does that mean he deliberately shirks and refuses to come out?"

Zhao Shendao: "My lord, why you came here, please tell me directly."

Pei Yu looked at him for a while, and said, "To be able to have a face-to-face conversation with the general here today is thanks to one person."

Zhao Shen said: "Which one?"

Pei Yu said, "Min Yu."

Zhao Shen twitched his eyebrows slightly, and said, "Why do you say that?"

Pei Yu said: "He has great respect for the general; he even told me that what the general values ​​is not life and death, but the integrity of his troops."

Zhao Shen gave a short chuckle, and said: "So your honor brought such an order from Yuchi Fuji?"

Pei Yu ignored the deep anger buried in that voice, and still said: "He also said to me, I hope the general will help Xiyan build an iron cavalry in the future."

Zhao Shen turned his eyes to look aside, he felt as if he was being trampled on the ground, and the anger of being humiliated aroused his disgust.Suddenly he sneered and said, "What does Mr. Pei think of me?"

Seen from Tushan, he was silent, but at this moment there was a sharp flash in his eyes, Pei Yu nodded in his heart and said, "I'm not afraid that he will refuse for a while, but I'm afraid that he will be discouraged and have no fighting spirit. ; as long as he still has blood in his chest, there will always be a day that can be used." He couldn't help smiling, and said: "I don't know how the general sees himself; In the prime of life like a general, there is no right or wrong, good or evil among those who compete in the world, it only depends on whether it is worthy of your following."

After finishing speaking, he got up and said: "I don't want to entangle you again and again. The general understands the pros and cons. Please think about it carefully." He said again, "Today Yu Chiyuan still asked the general. When I raise the account again in the future, the general will please Don't make any more mistakes."

At Maoshi the next day, Yu Chiyuan raised his tent again to gather generals.At that time, there was no important military affairs to discuss, and everyone didn't know what it was for.Yu Chiyuan only had a gloomy expression, and after Sanmao passed, he asked, "Which one hasn't arrived?"

The seat replied: "Zhao Shen has not arrived yet."

Pei Yu blinked slightly, he was not surprised that Zhao Shen didn't come.But Yu Chiyuan was also looking at him, and asked: "What did the supervisor tell him yesterday?" He did this on purpose, Pei Yu sneered when he saw this, but he didn't know where his sneer was directed at.

I have heard Yu Chiyuan say to the left and right: "Go and invite General Zhao."

After a while, no one came back.The people in the audience also gradually realized what was the reason for today's scene, and someone couldn't help but whispered: "After waiting for so long, could it be that Zhao Shen was drunk and reckless..."

The voice was not loud, but Yu Chiyuan could already hear it, and said with a sneer in his heart: "If that's the case, it's good. I let him make trouble today, the more he made a fuss before, the easier it is for me to get mad at him."

Just as he was thinking about it, he heard noises from outside, a guard came in for a moment, and looking back, it was Zhao Shen.Everyone saw that he wasn't wearing armor, nor was he wearing a military uniform with pleats and crotch, but a crotchless gown with no belt around his waist.In the past, they all wore military uniforms before and after the battle, but it was the first time Yu Chiyuan saw this enemy general wearing ordinary uniforms, he seemed a little unrecognizable.He raised his eyebrows slightly, and said: "Is there anything wrong with General Zhao's way of raising accounts in the military camp?"

Zhao Shen looked at him and said, "General, what do you need me to say?"

Yu Chiyuan smiled and said: "If you think you have nothing to do, you don't come. Is this the rule in your previous camp?" Suddenly his expression changed, "You didn't come to raise your account for no reason, and you missed four days and twelve cents."

Pei Yu suddenly said, "General Yuchi,"

Yu Chiyuan raised his hand abruptly and said: "The supervising army has talked about military discipline in this tent time and time again, if I don't make it clear to General Zhao early in the morning, I'm afraid I won't be able to make it clear in the future."

When he said this, everyone understood.This means that in the future, he will not be able to tell what military discipline is. I am afraid that in the future, he will never have the opportunity to punish Zhao Shen.They all find it funny, and they are happy to watch the excitement.

Hearing Wei Chiyuan's words, Pei Yu had already guessed his plan, and felt annoyed for a while.Zhao Shen is still unable to win over Zhao Shen now, could it be that Yu Chiyuan is still suppressing and humiliating to vent his personal anger.Seeing that Zhao Shen seemed to have nothing to do with him, he couldn't help but sneered and said in his heart: "What a stubborn guy." But after all he couldn't let this matter go, he whispered to Yu Chiyuan: "General, Zhao Shen's orders are ordered by the grand master. keep it."

Yu Chiyuan said: "It is indeed the order of the grand master," he said clearly with the word "grand master", but it was like reminding Pei Yu that the power of life and death will soon change hands.

Pei Yu hadn't noticed the connection between Yu Chiyuan and Yu Chihu. Hearing the meaning in his ears, he couldn't help snorting, and said, "Don't say who it is. When you want to use Zhao Shen in the future but fail, you should think of the general." .”

Yu Chiyuan's face changed slightly and he said: "He blatantly disobeyed the military order, and I won't be wronged if the lawsuit reaches His Majesty." Seeing him talking about these tasteless and useless words, Pei Yu understood how much Yu Chiyuan had already fought Today's idea must be so at this time.Just as he was about to speak, all the generals under his seat could already see clearly.Someone laughed and said, "Why does the supervising army speak for this surrendered general?"

Before he finished speaking, Pei Yu's sharp gaze swept him away, and he couldn't help but choked up again.

Seeing this, Yu Chiyuan sneered and said, "That's what I said. A general who surrendered from outside has broken military discipline at this moment. How can everyone in the camp think about it?"

Everyone looked at Yu Chiyuan, and they just wanted them to ask for help.Although they were all jealous of Pei Yu's temper, at this time the reason was high-sounding, even if it was clearly venting personal anger, they couldn't fault it, and the law does not punish the public.So they looked at each other and helped each other.Yu Chiyuan listened, turned to Pei Yu and said with a smile: "The supervisor and I should not do anything to chill everyone's hearts."

Everyone is making a gesture, and they are already putting things here.Pei Yu knew that he couldn't explain clearly with Yu Chiyuan, so he turned to look at Zhao Shen.If Zhao Shen is willing to succumb at this time, he also has a step to turn around.He thought like this, but sighed in his heart: "I'm afraid he won't." Or he knew that Zhao Shen couldn't be persuaded, but up to now he just tried his best, and said: "General Zhao, in this camp..."

Zhao Shen looked at the tent and acted like a play for a while, then saw Yu Chiyuan's eyes half filled with hatred and half proud, and then heard Pei Yu's words, he sneered in his heart, and couldn't help but said loudly: "General Yuchi just said what to do? Then please continue."

Yu Chiyuan said bitterly: "You are still so stubborn," but he laughed, "I didn't want to hurt General Zhao's life. It's just that it was in accordance with the military discipline and the law of marching. I made a mistake of one baton and ten marks of the army. General Zhao made a mistake. You have passed the number of military sticks in the army. I have never counted you drinking and getting drunk and ignoring the top. Since you have joined our army, you will subdue our army. If you indulge today, tomorrow I will The chief general has nothing to do." After a short pause, he said: "Just stick to the upper limit and charge the army with one hundred sticks."

When the words came out, there was a moment of silence in the tent.In the army, twenty or thirty strokes of the stick are enough for a person to endure. The number of one hundred is just for show, and has never been really used.Everyone turned to look at Zhao Shen, Yu Chiyuan also stared into his eyes, trying to see a little panic and fear from them.

Zhao Shen just listened quietly, listening to Yu Chiyuan pronouncing the number "one hundred" deliberately very seriously, as if to intimidate him; just now he tried to reason, as if it was really for the sake of strict military discipline.He was already depressed and irritable in his heart, and he became more and more tired of chattering like this, so he couldn't help sneering: "General, if you want to correct military discipline, you should kill me as a warning to others."

Seeing his sarcasm in his words, Yu Chiyuan frowned slightly with his bushy eyebrows, not concealing his contempt and impatience at all.Naturally, he couldn't really kill Zhao Shen, being robbed like this, and seeing Zhao Shen's unruly expression, his anger and hatred became even stronger, and he only uttered a sentence: "Fight!"

He had made preparations early on, and for a while there were guards on both sides coming up to press Zhao Shen's shoulders, but he didn't know that he pressed twice but his body didn't move at all.At this time, the sergeant with the baton had already come up, and when he saw this, he wanted to swing his stick to hit Zhao Shen's hip, but Zhao Shen shouted in a low voice: "You are not needed."

Pei Yu just watched coldly, and saw that those soldiers actually withdrew their hands for a moment, and Zhao Shen on the other side had already bent down.When he watched the soldiers lift Zhao Shen's robe, Zhao Shen lowered his head and lowered his eyebrows, seemingly unmoved, but Pei Yu saw a vein on his neck suddenly bulge.

Two executioners came up, and one raised his baton.Pei Yu rolled his eyes. He had fought many times in the army, and he never blinked softly.Today he didn't because he couldn't bear Zhao Shen, but he didn't want to see this scene suddenly for some reason.

With this blow, half of Zhao Shen's body was shocked.He only felt half of his body as if he was thrown violently and fell on a solid rock, even the bones of his sacrum and hip seemed to be shattered.Under the shock of pain, he could only grit his teeth tightly.But a thought suddenly flashed in his mind, the punishment he received under his father in the past, compared to the cruelty in front of him, it seems like a joke.But now he is here to listen to Yu Chiyuan preaching military discipline to him, it is really a great irony in his life.

Yu Chiyuan saw that he lowered his eyes, but his expression was serious, and the corners of his lips were tightly pursed, as if biting a sneer.That was really the vigorous posture of galloping horses all year round, and the muscles of the whole body were as tight as a single piece of iron.Yu Chiyuan sneered in his heart and said, "I used to celebrate festivals with you. It's nothing more than being an enemy face to face, and it's even a personal grievance that hurt my brother. It doesn't matter how stubborn you are, today can be a good time to pass."

Not long after that, Zhao Shen felt that the tortured area seemed to be scorched by flames, and there were red-hot sharp knives stirring in the flesh.He gritted his teeth hard, layers of cold sweat broke out on his back, arousing bursts of chill in this weather.This body seems to be tossing and turning between ice and carbon, just like his heart at the moment.The entanglement of unwillingness and depression in his chest, like Yu Chiyuan's farce, made him bored and contemptuous, and he just wanted to wave his arms to push it away, but the pain in his heart was as dense as a net and he couldn't break free.

The executioners were all ordered by Yu Chiyuan in advance, so they exerted all their energy in front of him.The person who can be blamed, but let him beat Chu, just keeps silent.Some of the generals couldn't help but be amazed, and thought: "Could it be that you are so stupid after eating wine, how come it seems that you don't even know the pain?"

Yu Chiyuan suddenly opened his mouth, with a deep smile, and said to Pei Yu: "I wonder if Zhao Shen would have thought of today's scene? If he is so indifferent, he has not defended Luocheng, nor has he lost his reputation." After a pause, he said, "One time The scene is busy, and the turn around is empty."

These words seemed to be ridiculing Zhao Shen at first, but the last sentence had a pun and was meant for Pei Yu.Speaking of Yu Chiyuan's original personality, he didn't see how mean and entangled, probably in the past few months, he was pushed too hard inside and outside, and accumulated so much resentment, he couldn't remember his usual cautiousness in his behavior at this time.

After hearing this, Pei Yu only said indifferently: "No matter what, this step is self-chosen, and the general doesn't need to worry about others."

A military stick could be shot down, and the skin was covered with blood, and at this moment, a pool of blood suddenly bloomed.Zhao Shen's fingertips pierced his palm suddenly, the severe pain of skin tearing still exploded a white light in front of his eyes, and the answer of the two people seated also flashed in his mind.He didn't have time to delve into the deep meaning of Pei Yu's words, but he just listened to his ears and made his heart move.He suddenly remembered what Du Rong had said to him, or that everyone in the world knows how to live easily, but there are many things in this world that can't just be easy.Every time he crossed a fork in the past, the choices he made at that time, even if he had to do it all over again, there would be no difference.

At this moment, he asked himself "Do you have any regrets?", and he felt that the aggrieved entanglement in his chest had dissipated like floating clouds.This thoroughness seemed too sudden, Zhao Shen felt in a daze for a moment, until the army stick behind him was stacked on the wound again, the pain pulled him back to his senses again.

He didn't know it himself, but everyone in the tent was watching.The number of sticks is less than half, and the situation is already shocking.However, everyone could also see in astonishment that the body hit by the stick seemed to be injected with a force, the muscles that were already slightly convulsed and trembling were slowly tightened again, and the shoulders and back were straightened again.

Zhao Shen stared at the ground in front of him, and saw water drops falling in front of him.It was the sweat from his temples, which flowed into a stream along the corners of his jaw, and the water droplets accumulated under his chin fell with the wooden stick, and were shaken off drop by drop, like Mount Tai; even though his persistence seemed so meager, Little by little, but eventually can wear stone.

Yu Chiyuan seemed to feel something strange, he heard the number reported to sixty, raised his hand and said: "Stay here."

Hearing the general's call to stop, the executing soldiers dragged their batons aside, panting uncontrollably.Yu Chiyuan said: "Zhao Shen, do you know yourself now?"

Zhao Shen raised his head slightly, and looked at Yu Chiyuan's stern face indifferently.Both Pei Yu and Yu Chiyuan could see clearly in front of them, their expressions were still silent, but the restless and dull air just now was replaced by calmness.Yu Chiyuan frowned slightly, but Pei Yu's heart skipped a beat.

Seeing that Zhao Shen didn't answer, Yu Chiyuan couldn't help but said angrily: "He is in such a situation that he doesn't know how to restrain himself and repent, if today's military law can't control him, I will be the commander of the army for nothing." Then he couldn't help sneering, thinking, " This beating is only getting to the point at this time, he is willing to be patient and let him go." He wanted to vent the hatred in his heart, but he still didn't believe that Zhao Shen was a human being after all, and his current desperation was not possible. What a will to sustain the torture of the body without yielding.Thinking this way, he said, "Zhao Shen, don't think that today can be ambiguous. If you don't plead guilty, today's matter will not be settled."

This was already a clear threat, Zhao Shen took a heavy breath for a while, and sneered "Oh".

At this time, the rising and falling wooden army sticks were like sharp knives for gouging out flesh, and the pain was clear and sharp in the bloody mess.Zhao Shen slightly closed his eyes.This seemed to be trekking in the desert, the body seemed to be dry without a trace of moisture, and the blood evaporated away with the scorching air.Or climb the peak with bare hands——his whole body was scratched by sharp rocks, and the higher he climbed, the more breathless he would be.Suddenly he stepped into the air, and was caught when he fell into the abyss.It turned out that several thin silk threads were entangled with his hands and feet.He looked up in amazement, but saw someone sneering above his head, he couldn't see the face of that person clearly, he could only see that his hands and feet seemed to be moving with the shaking of the silk thread.He suddenly understood that the silk thread was the thread for operating the puppet.The silk thread became tighter and tighter on his wrist, piercing the skin and growing into the flesh.Zhao Shensong was startled, so he will only be at the mercy of others.

However, if this is not the case, there will be a cliff under his feet, and he will be smashed to pieces if he falls.

Zhao Shen suddenly smiled, a sword hung from his ribs at some point.He drew his sword and swung it resolutely. When the blade cut through the thin and tough silk thread, it made a sound like a lute.He felt relieved for a while, and the mountain wind whistled in his ears, and then he didn't know anything.