Zhang Chong has always adhered to one principle in his actions, that is, a true man should act with integrity, as bright as the sun and the moon, and not like a child who acts like a fly and a dog, and does things in a coquettish way.
Zhang Chong despises this kind of person the most.
Yes, that’s right, I’m talking about Sima Ju’s nephew.
Originally, Zhang Chong was quite dissatisfied with the idea that the prime minister was born from the heart. Seeing this mediocre person, he felt that it was reasonable for some words to be spread for so long.
Since the villain had asked, Zhang Chong was naturally unambiguous. He once again assured Sima Ju that the capture of military supplies would still be 50-50 as originally agreed, and Sima Ju would also be the first to choose the prisoners of the Langya bandits.
Zhang Chong was good at what he did, and Sima Ju also wanted to make friends with him. He said that the Langya bandits were vicious and difficult to control, so he didn't want them. Then he ignored his nephew's barking behind him and sat down with Zhang Chong.
Zhang Chong wanted to give up the chief position to Sima Ju, but Sima Ju refused again. In the end, Zhang Chong forced Sima Ju to the first position on the grounds of respecting the elders.
Then Zhang Chong moved a maza and sat on his left side. Then the two parties took their seats in this position.
After that, the first big gathering of Taishan Fang and Qi Guofang officially began.
But it's a pity that because Sima Ju's nephew was here, Zhang Chong's celebration banquet was tasteless. This man is really annoying. He said the most inappropriate things and directly compared Taishan Fang and Qi Guofang.
The atmosphere of this banquet was brought to a freezing point.
But the only things that were tasteless were those in the big tent. Outside the big tent, the soldiers who had set up camp were sipping the wine "sent" by the powerful soldiers of Mount Tai and eating dried meat. They were so unhappy.
Hearing the heroic jubilation of the officials outside the big tent, it also affected Zhang Chong inside the big tent.
Zhang Chong held it and began to sing:
"Raise swords and soldiers, exchange for peace, and teach the world to restore the Qingming Dynasty."
The generals on the Taishan side also hummed along, and the singing spread out from the big tent. All the soldiers, whether they could sing or not, whether they had an accent or not, all converged into a song:
"Raise swords and soldiers, exchange for peace, and teach the world to restore the Qingming Dynasty."
It was the first time for Sima Ju to hear this song. How could he not be moved by the fearlessness and ambition in Zhang Chong's song? At first, he couldn't find the tune correctly. After waiting for the chorus several times, he joined in the singing.
Seeing Sima Ju start to raise his head, all the Taiping Dao believers in Qi who were also excited by the stabbing began to sing along, and they finally let go.
In the end, only Sima Ju's nephew was unhappy in the audience.
All the generals got up, and the surrendered general Guo Songqi followed the crowd and started a sword dance. Then Duan Xiu also danced with his sword, and the atmosphere in the whole place was extremely excited.
At this time, Zhang Chong's scout general Meng Ju had a head in his waist. He held the head in his hand and reported his merits:
"Well, I failed to let my brothers down after being frustrated, and finally I brought the leader who killed my brother."
As he spoke, Meng Ju raised the head in his hand high. The withered color and the ferocious look before death made the head in Meng Ju's hand particularly terrifying.
Some of the Qi Taiping Dao people even raised their sleeves to hide their faces. On the contrary, Zhang Chong's Taishan generals cheered better. For a time, there was a sharp contrast between the two sides.
Zhang Chong also applauded and got off the bed. He was so moved that he helped Meng Ju up and complained:
"Revenge must be avenged, but don't throw your life lightly next time. If I lose you, so what if I gain these two dead things."
Meng Ju's mood at the moment was already at a breaking point.
Since that day, four brothers under his command were ambushed and killed, and all he thinks about every day is revenge. When he closes his eyes, he sees his brothers lying in the blood, asking him:
"Why don't you avenge us?"
But he had the responsibility of being a scout of the Taishan Army, so how could he leave the army? Fortunately, God did not abandon him. Instead, during the battle with the Langya bandits, he discovered the dog slave who harmed his brothers.
He knew those two people, one was tall and fat, the other was tall and thin. Even if they turned into ashes, he knew them. So when his army collapsed, he immediately led his flying army to chase them with flags. Finally, his great revenge was avenged, and the brothers'
The blood was not shed in vain.
At this moment, he was so concerned about Zhang Chong, and his heart suddenly broke. He hugged Zhang Chong and just howled and cried. Zhang Chong knew that he really understood that there is no such thing as a hero who doesn't shed tears, but it's just that he hasn't been sad yet.
The generals on one side also came forward to comfort him. They admired Meng Ju as a good man.
Zhang Chong looked aside suddenly and suddenly asked Meng Ju:
"Hey, why didn't you see Daqi? You didn't meet him?"
Meng Ju was interrupted by this and stopped crying. He was also surprised:
"No, we came back together. I was still behind when we entered the camp."
Just when Zhang Chong was about to call Ding Sheng, a burst of cheers came from outside the tent, and Ding Daqi was heard shouting outside:
"I will treat everyone to beef today."
It turned out that when Ding Sheng came back, he somehow saw three slaughtered cattle on a ravine. Judging from the quality of the meat, they were freshly killed. This made him very happy, and he drove the cart to kill these cattle.
Three cows came back.
Hearing the joy outside, Zhang Chong smiled and said:
"What a great guy. When it comes to eating beef, he has to be the one. I'm borrowing him today, haha."
The generals laughed.
Only Sima Ju on one side looked enviously at Zhang Chong and his brothers and murmured:
"This is what a man should do!"
But again, the happiness and pain in the world are eternal.
While Zhang Chong and others were savoring the joy of victory, something concerning Taishan Fang was also happening in the Dongping Tomb a hundred miles away.
However, it was said that Zhang Hong, an old man, offered Xun Nui a plan to recruit powerful soldiers from the Jinan Kingdom to clear out the Taishan bandits who had expanded to Tugu County. Xun Nui summoned Gao Zong, a meritorious officer, to discuss the matter.
Gao Zong understood the underlying meaning of Xun Nu's words, which was that this matter was the first thing he did in Xun Nui Lu County, and he hoped that the powerful people in Jinan could fully support it. As for the empty treasury, he would not pursue it.
There was no way Gao Zong would not allow it. He didn't care who he sent troops to attack. He wasn't going to the battlefield anyway. What he cared about was that Xun Nui acquiesced to the possession of money by Jinan's tycoons.
So things went forward smoothly. One thing Zhang Hong was right about was that the powerful people in Jinan, Qi, Mount Tai and other places were greatly disturbed by foreign troops twenty years ago, and the countryside and walls were more or less destroyed.
Blackmail, young crops were trampled on. Therefore, this time, the Taishan thieves saw that there was a new boss and wanted to come out again, so naturally they had to nip them in the bud.
Later, Gao Zong served as the middle man, and the army chief Wang Kang and the thief Cao Changguoyong were recruited as generals. Soldiers from the three major clans of Gao, Guo and Liu were recruited, as well as local soldiers from sixteen families of local tyrants in each county. They also recruited rangers from Luzuo and Wu Bian in the city.
, with the Jin, Zhang, Yan and other tribes of Tugu County as their guide, they gathered troops in the city and prepared to survey and suppress the Taishan bandits from Tugu County in the west.
As the saying goes, as soon as the army comes out, it will not be able to send out troops so quickly. Naturally, the news was known to the disciples and concubines in Jinan Temple. They took advantage of the break of going out to buy and sent the news to
I met Shigushan’s friend in Dongpingling, Lou Zhong, a ranger from Luzuo.
Lou Zhong was a farmer's son outside Dongpingling. He was not engaged in production, but he was also a well-connected person. He was always willing to help others. But in fact, he was also a poor man. He had six meals in four days. He worked with servants in exchange for farming.
In addition to eating the millet himself, he scattered it to the nearby refugees. His poor temperament naturally made his brother and sister-in-law unhappy, so they kicked him out of the house to make a living on his own.
Later, Lou Zhong found a way out for himself by delivering letters to the heroes in Shigu Mountain. This job was more money-intensive and close to home, so Lou Zhong fell in love with it as soon as he started it and became a famous sentinel in Shigu Mountain.
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On that day, he was pretending to be a woodcutter selling firewood in the city as usual. A familiar official servant asked him to buy firewood in a low voice and asked him to deliver it to Zhuanshanhu in Shigu Mountain.
Lou Zhong was shocked by the news and pretended that nothing had happened before closing the stall and leaving the city.
But just as he was leaving the city, he was stopped by a group of patrols.
Yes, it's Lou Zhong again, but now he is no longer a woodcutter, but a soldier with a spear.
Just now, he was seen by the city patrol and asked to leave the Talisman Festival. Seeing that he was a landless Lu Zuo ranger, they turned him away to the military post outside the city.
Here, from time to time, Lu Zuo libertines like him were taken into the military post. Lou Zhong's firewood had been confiscated. After giving his name, he received a piece of bamboo with a talisman and came to the curtain area.
At this moment, the military officials in the tent were teasing the new group of slave soldiers, and were exchanging sticks from time to time, while the slave soldiers screamed repeatedly.
This is a show of force in the army, a warning to the new recruits, so that they know who in the army you should listen to.
As soon as Lou Zhong came in, an army official yelled:
"Kneel down."
Unexpectedly, Lou Zhong was also a stubborn man. With a stick in his neck, he said:
"I am the queen of Chunjun. You must not insult me."
The military officer was startled and subconsciously stopped. He turned around and asked his brother:
"Brother, which nobleman from Jinan is this Mr. Fengchun?"
His brother didn't know either, but seeing that Lou Zhong was serious about what he said, he didn't dare to neglect him. He pulled his brother aside and paid homage to Lou Zhong:
"I serve Gao Jin from Dongpingling, along with my brother Gao Yu, to apologize to you. My brother has offended many people because of his recklessness. May I ask who the noble Lord Fengchun is?"
That's right, the military officials in this tent are the two brothers Gao Jin and Gao Yu, the city gatekeepers. Previously, they failed to seize control of Guan Cheng and lost the stage of progress, so they thought of finding a way out in the army. After hearing that the Prime Minister ordered a large number of troops,
, hurriedly brought his younger brother to apply. But I don’t know why the motivated Xue Zhou didn’t go with the two brothers, and I don’t know where he went.
Hearing Gao Jin ask, Lou Zhong raised his chin and said proudly:
"My ancestor's surname was Lou Tajing. When the great ancestor settled Chang'an, he had great merit."
Gao Jin, who was still bowing, stopped bending when he heard this. He raised his hands towards his younger brother Gao Yu.
Gao Yu wondered what this was for.
"Give me the stick."
Gao Yu didn't know what was going on, so he subconsciously handed over the short stick.
Then Gao Jinchuo picked up his stick and pointed it at Lou Zhong, slapping him on the head and face while cursing:
"What a dog slave, how dare you entertain Naigong? How dare you, a dead remnant from four hundred years ago, show off in front of Naigong?"
This Lou Zhong is really tough. Even when he was whipped, he still kept his back straight.
Gao Jin was furious, slapping and cursing:
"Kneel down for Mr. Nai."
Unexpectedly, Lou Zhong replied:
"My feet hurt and I can't kneel down."
Gao Jin laughed angrily, said hello three times, suddenly pulled out a knife and put it on Lou Zhong's neck, cursing: