The happy life of the devil and the devil

"...Your Excellency just let him go?"

The young man who spoke was sitting respectfully across from Yuan Shao, his tone tried his best to maintain a respectful tone, but because of the excessive astonishment, there was still a hint of doubt.He hastily bowed his head slightly to express his apology, and seeing Yuan Shao waved his hand indifferently, he continued:

"That's Ling Yucheng!"

"I know it's Ling Yucheng." Yuan Shao took a sip from the teacup, "Otherwise, why would I come here? At that time, I hurriedly wiped out people, so what's the fun now? ——Okay, don't make noise! "

They were sitting on the "Tingyue Building" known as the first building in Yuyang at this time.Dayu used to be the overlord of the Eastern Continent, with its territory stretching from Endless River in the north to Fenglan Mountain in the south. Although it was defeated by the Yan Kingdom a hundred years ago and lost most of its territory in the north, it can only rest in Yuyang now, and it is still one of the most powerful countries in the Eastern Continent.Tingyue Building, known as the No.1 building in the capital, has been full every day since April, and this day is no exception.Climbing up the stairs, from the ground floor to the second floor, there is a lot of excitement, but when you step on the third floor, the huge floor is completely silent, only the sound of pipa and congcong, and a lingering lingering sound of clear songs:

"The sky is high and the moon is low, the water is far away and the clouds are thin, and the partridges are eager to pick branches. The clouds and blue waves are thousands of miles away, and the thousands of hectares of flowers and willow walls. Inside the mist, wash with the east wind. Wash the silver cups with plum rain, and it will be another season in the south of the Yangtze River."

Behind the light green gauze curtain, the clear singing voice of the young singer and the fragrance of tea curl up, like a ray of clear mountain spring washing the limbs and bones, making people stretch from head to toe, with [-] pores cheering and stretching.This song "The First Branch of the East Wind" is just in time for the occasion, and what's more rare is that the singer is also a famous performer who is popular nowadays. All the drinkers in the building listened quietly until the singing stopped for a while, and then they shouted loudly. .

The tea in the cup is green and green, and the young leaves are curled up and down in the water, and the white hairs on the leaves can be seen clearly.Yuan Shao picked up the teacup and took a sip. He felt that the fragrance was sweet and timeless, and a ray of fragrance went straight to his heart. He couldn't help laughing at the people at the same table: "Yuyang's scenery is really different than mine, just look at this ordinary tea. Above the restaurant, a singer performing arts is already so outstanding, no wonder first... my father was thinking about staying at Dingyang Mountain and drinking horses and jade belt rivers. When I returned from the Southern Dynasty, I also loved this Jing never forgets."

As soon as he opened his mouth, everyone at the same table held their breath and listened, all of them looked very respectful.When he heard him say "Stay in Dingyang Mountain, drink horses and jade belt river", the subordinate Lei Yong frowned slightly, opened his mouth to say something, but reluctantly held back.On the other hand, the young man in the light robe sitting across from him seemed to be indifferent, and when Yuan Shao finished speaking, he naturally picked up:

"What your lord said is true. The mountains in the Southern Dynasty are warm and the water is soft, and the scenery is prosperous. Naturally, it is a period of prosperity and romance. What's more, the 'Tingyue Tower' was the first building in Yuyang, and it is not comparable to the nearby restaurants." Speaking of There was a pause here, and the corner of his eye glanced downstairs with some ill intentions, "Besides, this year is the fiftieth birthday of their king, even if the treasury has been searched, we still have to act as if the whole world is celebrating, singing and dancing."

When he spoke, there was a slight smile on the corner of his mouth. In addition to being respectful, he was more familiar and informal.Yuan Shao couldn't help shaking his head and laughing. He was about to say something, but he heard a "pop" from behind the gauze curtain.The Qinghuang old man who put Xingmu on the stage was obviously listening to the storytelling in the Moon Tower every day. He made a round bow on the stage, and immediately there were applause from familiar guests.

"Last time, the old man said that Na Muyan, the ruler of the Northern Man, led a mighty army of [-] to invade Xiangzhou. Along the way, he saw everything robbed, burned everything, raped and plundered, and committed all kinds of crimes. This Xiangzhou is a thousand years old. In a famous city, [-] soldiers are stationed in the city. Although it is a little small, it is more than enough to stand firm and wait for reinforcements. Unexpectedly, the prefect of Xiangzhou was frightened by the barbarians. Before the barbarians arrived, he actually raised [-] elite soldiers to protect His seventeen or eighteen wives and hundreds of thousands of gold beads ran away!"

"Ah!" The whole audience exclaimed, and immediately some people began to curse at each other, in the tone that they wanted to tear the body of the Xiangzhou prefect who abandoned the city and fled to pieces.The storyteller patted Xingmu twice, cleared his throat and continued:

"The prefect of Xiangzhou abandoned the city and fled, and the surrounding four towns and eight towns naturally panicked. Wherever the northern barbarian soldiers and horses went, officials and people all opened their doors to welcome the surrender. In just ten days, 21 cities, big and small, had been lost. Seeing Once Xiangzhou was lost, the barbarians were about to attack the capital, but one man rose up with a sword, led a meager army of [-], and wiped out [-] barbarians from the city!"

As if he had guessed what he was going to say next, there was no sound in the huge restaurant, even the waiter who was serving the food stopped and stood there.In the deliberately low breathing of the whole building, only the voice of the storyteller became more and more passionate:

"This person's surname is Ling, and his name is Yucheng. He is the son of Princess Jingmin and hereditary Marquis of Yunyang. He was fourteen years old at the time and was serving as a small garrison in Wucheng under the jurisdiction of Xiangzhou. Hearing the arrival of the Northern Man army , Most of the Xiangzhou defenders fled, but the young master said angrily: "Raise soldiers for a thousand days, use them for a while, whoever dares to escape and surrender, first try my sword!" The Wucheng defenders originally had only 4000 people. This little duke led his troops to intercept Xiangzhou deserters everywhere, snatched [-] people out of nowhere, and fought with Beiman with great fanfare!"

"What you say is the same as what you sing." The young man sitting opposite Yuan Shao muttered in a low voice.He has heard this story at least once a year since he was sensible, from the simplest battle report to unfolding the map to repeatedly deduce the battle situation, and put himself in the position to speculate how he would fight this battle—however, he has never heard of this story that is circulated among the people of Dayu Version.

I have never thought about what Ling Yucheng looks like in the word of mouth of the people of Dayu.

The [-] deserters with unstable morale faced the [-] northern barbarians, and they knew the result without even thinking about it.However, the situation of the battle was beyond everyone's expectations—in the old man's high-pitched and sometimes low-pitched narration, Yuan Shao couldn't help but think of Namyan's distraught and trembling report, that young general who was not well-known at the time, used troops unexpectedly Fierce.Four thousand deserters and Wucheng's young men insisted on guarding for a day and a night, and then pretended that the city gate was lost, luring the exhausted and bloody Great Liang army into the city...

During the street-by-street resistance strangulation, the soldiers of Great Liang who were dazzled by the prosperity of Wucheng began to plunder. The piles of golden treasures attracted the envy of more people, and the chaos gradually spread to all the troops entering the city. Jun's team even started to kill each other, until the death squad that had been arranged in the city earlier ignited a fire that soared into the sky. The soldiers of Daliang were terrified and fled. Ling Yucheng led his troops to cover up and kill them!

The army was defeated like a mountain.

The Great Liang Wuwei Army, which is called 87 but actually has [-] soldiers, only [-] people left when they fled back to the border.

From that day on, Great Liang looked up to the boy who was later called "General Shura" for the first time.

"At that time, a big fire burned half of the sky red. Hundreds of thousands of barbarians were trapped in the fire, struggling and crying. The [-] remnant soldiers were defeated, and the horseshoes were like thunder before they were in shock. The Marquis of Yunyang, in black armor and white robes, led the soldiers and horses of his headquarters to hide and kill them. He was majestic and majestic, like a god descending from the world, and killed all the barbarians on the spot.

"Sir, what you said is not right." The guests all over the building were fascinated and listened with bated breath, but suddenly a scholar in green robe raised his voice and asked, "This city is full of fire, and the four doors are closed. Where did he come out to hunt down the barbarians? Could it be——he wasn’t in the city from the beginning?”

"This judge doesn't know something." The old storyteller twirled his long beard contentedly, and slapped the Xingmu on the table in his hand, "This Wucheng has four gates in the east, west, south, north, and the northwest is the dry gate, and the southeast is surrounded by white water. Surrounded by rivers, the northern barbarians are not good at taking boats, so they only attacked the two roads in the northwest. The Marquis of Yunyang mobilized civilian boats to pave a pontoon bridge, and led troops and horses to fight out from the water pass of the east gate. Where could the barbarians be defended? , gathering soldiers and horses from all the towns and towns along the road, and was about to kill the northern barbarian ruler at the gate of Jianmen, but he did not know that the treacherous minister Liu Mingxia falsely issued an imperial decree, and an edict recalled him from the army, tied him with ropes, and took him into prison. Prison!"

The drinkers shouted loudly with a "boom", but the old man refused to continue talking, and bowed his hands at the guests, and immediately a kid from the corner of the talent came down to receive the reward with a plate, which clearly meant "desire" Know what happens next, let's listen to the next chapter to break it down."Yuan Shao waved his hand casually, and asked Lei Yong beside him to throw a piece of broken silver into the plate, and his mind wandered for thousands of miles.

Ling Yucheng...

The [-]st battle shocked the world, and after that he won successive battles at the border and rose up step by step. During this period, he led an army to invade Daliang three times, and even once charged hundreds of miles with light cavalry. The capital of Daliang was disturbed by him.Ruoguan entered the court to suppress chaos and eradicate traitors, and was named General Longxiang for his meritorious service, until he ruled the three sides...

Ten years of legends flowed through my heart, and I was in a trance, but I heard someone slapping the table next to me, and a scholar who was obviously coming to Beijing to rush for the exam shouted in a rough voice: "Although it was framed by a traitor, that Shura It was his retribution that the general was locked up and imprisoned. ——In the first battle of Wucheng, he set fire to the city. Even the Xiangzhou soldiers and horses who blocked the barbarians and the young and strong Wucheng soldiers were all burned in the fire, but he led his troops to chase the barbarians Soldiers invite meritorious service. Under the fire, only 200 of the [-] Xiangzhou troops and Wucheng Qingzhuang who defended the city survived, but he brought his subordinates to the ranks, how can there be such a reason in the world?"

"It's not good luck to kill prisoners since ancient times, not to mention killing your own family members for your own merit!"

"If there is no selfishness, why didn't he bring his subordinates to stop those barbarians?"

Yuan Shao frowned slightly.Thousands of lone and weak brigades are fighting against [-] strong soldiers. It is not bad to win, but how many of our own people are still in the fire?As for taking his own subordinates to stop the Liang army, it is even more a joke-most of the four thousand Xiangzhou troops who barely gathered were infantry, not to mention the young and strong Wucheng. Could it be that Ling Yucheng led his cavalry to play street fighting, and let those infantry and The militiamen chased and killed the remnants of the Great Liang Army on two legs?

Scholar's opinion.

"Four thousand against one hundred thousand, it's not bad to win, what else do you want?"

"In this fire, Wucheng's young and strong were destroyed, and only he achieved his achievements. Is this fighting for the country, or is it for his own selfishness?"

"The prefect of Xiangzhou fled without knowing where he was going. After the defeat of Wucheng, the gates of the capital were opened, and more than half of the people in the city died? You don't need half a city to exchange for peace. How can you go head-to-head with thousands of remnants? Is it better if they all die in the hands of the Beiman? ——then they can’t protect the people of Wucheng either!”

"Even killing my own family in exchange for being promoted to the ranks, what kind of a pillar of the country, a generation of famous generals!"

"It's better than taking your own life and losing the battle! As long as you win, it doesn't matter how you win!"

"I rule the world with benevolence and virtue..."

A group of scholars were arguing, and their voices gradually became louder. Some argued, some ridiculed, and some tried to persuade each other but no one listened to him. The noisy debate was heard sentence by sentence across several tables.Yuan Shao listened with gusto, turned his head, and suddenly saw the young man seated opposite him whispering to Lei Yong:

"Uncle Lei, that Ling Yucheng... you saw someone the other day, is it really as beautiful as they say?"

"That's not true! At that time, I saw the way the master was staring at the other side, and thought that the master had taken a fancy to him, and I was thinking of going to get him here tomorrow night!"

"Pfft... Uncle Lei, you didn't realize that it was a man? What kind of eyes!"

"What's the matter with men..." With a low laugh, the man called "Uncle Lei" opened his mouth and turned red from his beard to the roots of his ears: "Men are men, Xiaoye, why are you laughing at me! When I grow up like that Looks like a man is just a sissy!"

"I really can't believe-"

"Xiaoye", Yuan Shao called out the nickname of the young man he had grown up with with a smile, and just about to say something, the deliberate voice of debate suddenly stopped.The person sitting across from him raised his head slightly, looking towards the direction behind Yuan Shao, his expression frozen like a stone statue.Yuan Shao turned his head following his gaze, and at the first sight he saw a group of guards coming out of the private room in the inner room, Ling Yucheng was surrounded by them, and even nodded calmly when they met his eyes. .

"Now I believe that it is true that King Lanling wears a mask to go into battle..." After a long time, all the footsteps disappeared, and Xiao Ye rested her chin on her arms and muttered weakly.