Chapter 22 General Tong Er sent troops to besiege the city and remonstrate with him
Although the two generals of the Tong family were not very capable, they grew up with their father in the military camp and were very good at leading troops and controlling the troops. After the young eunuch left, the two men immediately summoned the other generals and said fiercely:
"The marshal went to see the emperor first. Before leaving, he left his military talisman and commander's seal here, and asked me to take over the temporary duties of marshal. You may not know what kind of person the marshal is. He is the adopted son of the Queen Mother, and the current emperor.
We treat each other as brothers, and we are given the title of prince before leaving the mountain. Now if there is any situation, please take a step ahead and order us to act expediently before leaving. If there are those who don't follow, we will engage in military law, what advice do you have?"
The generals saw that the military seals and letters were complete, and both of them were brothers of the Empress Dowager. Who dared to have any doubts, so they all stepped forward to pray:
"We are willing to listen to the command of the second commander. If anyone disobeys it, we are willing to be killed!"
The second general said: "If the general does not return at noon tomorrow, all the generals will follow me and lead an army to besiege the city. Tonight, we will rest early and have an order to the three armies. They are not allowed to drink alcohol, leave the camp, walk in the camp, spread bad information, and any violation will be immediately punished."
Behead. After entering the city tomorrow, we will reward all the officers and soldiers. The army will have a three-day holiday. Each person will have twenty taels of silver tattoos, half a piece of cloth, a jar of wine, and ten catties of meat. Those above the rank of general and colonel will have other benefits."
The generals cheered and left after receiving the order.
There are two generals in the Tong family, the eldest is called Tong Shixian, the second is called Tong Shilu, there are three brothers and sisters, one is three years older than the other. Tong Biyu is thirty-eight years old, her eldest brother is forty-four, and her second brother is forty-one.
The Tong family traces its origins to a poor peasant family. His father, Tong Zhenshan, was originally from Jiangnan and learned martial arts well. When he was eighteen years old, in order to go to Beijing to take the martial arts championship, his family was short of money, so he had no choice but to take three days of dry food with him on the road.
After eating the dry food, he would find work along the way. He worked as he walked, and worked as he walked. Once he worked as a day laborer for a wealthy family, and his task was to help his boss plow a piece of land that had just been plowed. He didn't ask who had plowed it.
Why did the land need to be plowed again? He would work anyway if someone paid him. When he was halfway through plowing, he suddenly heard a loud "click" from the plowshare. When he heard that the sound was broken, he must have broken his employer's plow.
According to the agreement, he had to pay compensation. Tong Zhenshan pulled up the plowshare and saw that it was intact, and then he let go of his heart. He was afraid that he would encounter this stone next time he came over, so he decided to dig out this stone.
When he opened the soil, he found a jar sealed with purple mud. Tong Zhenshan carefully opened the mud seal and was shocked: the jar was filled with a jar of silver. He stretched out his arms and hugged the jar.
He picked up the jar, led the ox, and carried the plow and went home. When he got back to his employer, he tied the ox, put down the plow, and carried the jar into his owner's upper house. When his employer's housekeeper saw him coming in with the jar, he
He joked: "Zhenshan, what are you doing with a broken jar? Do you want to drink?" Tong Zhenshan said: "This was dug out of your family's land. It should be your family's property, and it will return to the original owner."
After that, he put the jar on the ground. The steward of the house opened it and took a casual look at it, and said: "A gentleman loves money and gets it in a good way. Since you dug it out, why did you give it to me? You should use it for yourself. Besides, I will use this piece of land."
Not long after I bought it, the landowner has disappeared. What should I do with it?" Tong Zhenshan said, "If you don't accept it, just bury it back in the same place?" "What does it have to do with me whether to bury it or not?" A decision-making object
Returning to the original owner, one of them refused to accept his words. The two were arguing, and suddenly someone came in. The person who came was the owner's An Ren (wife), An Ren said: "Wrong, wrong." The two asked in unison: "
What's wrong?" Anren said, "You think there will be silver in the ground? That was buried by my lady." "Why did the lady bury the silver in the ground?" they asked. Anren said, "You two have something to say.
I don’t know, my lady had a fortune telling, and her whole life will be decided here. The fortune teller asked her to bury a favorite item in this field, and then hired people to plow it. Whoever digs out this item will be hers.
She must accept her husband unconditionally, no matter whether he is old or young, handsome or ugly. If the man does not want her or is already married, she will have no choice but to stay at home and never marry again." The housekeeper smiled and said, "Let you
Get a bargain." Tong Zhenshan said: "How do you know it's a bargain? What if it's a fire pit?" "You have to jump into the fire pit. Who told you not to have eyes and mind your own business. As far as I know, this land has been turned over eight times.
No one found out, but you were asked to find out, didn't you ask for it?" A few people were talking, and the master came. As soon as the master heard the whole story, without saying a word, he designated Tong Zhenshan and said: "Boy, it's you.
!I heard that the date of the competition mentioned in the imperial list is approaching, and you will set off immediately tomorrow. Take this pot of money with you, and I will give you a good horse. After the competition, regardless of whether you win or not, come to my house to marry the lady.
"You don't want to ask about the young lady's appearance or whether she is virtuous or not. Since it is destined, how can one defeat heaven?" Tong Zhenshan won seven consecutive games in the school martial arts competition. He became the number one scholar in the high school and was appointed as the Border Guard Envoy. He originally thought, if
If he didn't win, he would pay the money back to the family, or he would have to work hard to pay the debt if he didn't get enough. Now that he had won, it would be hard to say anything about regrets. He secretly speculated: The lady must be extremely ugly, or somewhere.
He was disabled, blind, deaf and lame, otherwise why would he have spent such a high price to recruit a husband? Tong Zhenshan was an upright and kind-hearted man and did not want to offend other people's good intentions. He went to that house to get married with a lot of worries. On the night of the bridal chamber, he unveiled the bride
He took a look at the red hijab: Ah, the lady is a fairy!
The family tradition has been passed down from generation to generation, and Tong Zhenshan's three children are all righteous people.
It was past noon the next day, and there was no news from the little eunuch. Tong Shixian and Tong Shilu knew that the situation was not good. For the sake of their father and little sister, and for the sake of the little eunuch, they risked their lives anyway. Once they violated the rules of heaven, they violated the rules of heaven.
The second general of the Tong family decided to send troops to besiege the city. The other generals had made an agreement in advance. No further orders were needed. Five thousand men and horses formed a team and divided into four groups to surround the four city gates. They waved flags and shouted, "Marshal Pan is out of the city to supervise the troops."
, otherwise we will attack the city!"
Wang Shugui drank a few more glasses of wine at the celebration banquet the day before, and took advantage of the drunkenness to do some non-embarrassing things at night. He just got up from bed and was about to fool the emperor into issuing an order to kill people outside the city.
Soldiers and horses were recruited into the city, all soldiers were on leave, and generals were waiting at home. Suddenly, they heard from servants that countless rebels had gathered outside the city, threatening to break the city. Wang Shugui hurriedly climbed to the parapet at the top of the city and looked down.
, Oh my god, it was so dark, how many people were there? Wang Shugui was good at writing, but not at martial arts. He was confused and panicked, so he had to send someone to ask the emperor to intervene.
The little emperor was playing hide-and-seek with some eunuchs and maids. He heard that there were soldiers and horses besieging the city. He felt strange. He was about to drive out in a dragon chariot to see the excitement. On the way, he met someone sent by the prime minister. The little emperor was on the tower.
Seeing that the leaders were his two uncles, he shouted:
"Uncle Guo, come in quickly! You didn't make it to the celebration banquet held yesterday. I feel so uncomfortable!"
Tong Shixian shouted: "Your Majesty, Pan You'an is the commander-in-chief. If he doesn't show up, these soldiers and horses will not be able to control them. Once they enter the city, it will be terrible!"
The little emperor turned back to look at Prime Minister Wang. Wang Shugui was like an ant on a hot pot at this time. He was afraid that once the rebel soldiers entered the city, they would rush into his prime minister's house without distinguishing between jade and stone. If the scholar encountered the soldiers, he could not explain why, and everything would be over. He
I didn't have any better suggestions, so I had no choice but to nod and say:
"Your Majesty, please pass on the imperial edict and send Marshal Pan out of the city to supervise the army!"