Chapter 22 General Tong Er's siege of the city was successful
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 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 serve as temporary marshal. You may not know what kind of person the marshal is. He is the adopted son of the Queen Mother, and the same person as the current emperor.
As brothers, I was given the title of prince before I left the mountain. Now I have to take a step in advance 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 commander does not return at noon tomorrow, all the generals will follow me and lead the army to besiege the city and rest early tonight. I will give orders to the three armies that they are not allowed to drink alcohol, leave the camp, walk in the camp, spread bad information, and offenders will be killed immediately."
After entering the city tomorrow, we will reward all the officers and soldiers with a three-day holiday. Each person will receive twenty taels of silver tattoos, half a piece of cloth, a jar of wine, and ten pounds of meat for generals and commanders. There are also other benefits."
The generals cheered and left after receiving the order
The two generals of 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 old. 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 farmer. His father, Tong Zhenshan, was originally from Jiangnan and learned martial arts well. When he was eighteen years old, he went to Beijing to take the martial arts championship. The family was short of money, but he had no choice but to take three days of dry food with him on the road.
To get dry food, he would find work along the way and work while walking. 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 did not ask why the plowed land had to be plowed again.
Then he plowed, and since someone was paying him, he started working. Halfway through the 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, this was
Tong Zhenshan, who wanted to pay compensation, pulled up the plowshare and saw that it was intact. Then he put down his heart. He was afraid that he would encounter this stone next time he came over, so he decided to dig out the stone. When he peeled away the soil, he found that
He found a jar sealed with purple clay. Tong Zhenshan carefully opened the mud seal and was shocked: the jar was filled with a jar of silver. He stretched out his waist, picked up the jar, led the cow, and carried the plow.
Then he went home and returned to his employer's house. He tied up the oxen, put down the plow, and entered the upper room of his employer with the jar in his arms. The steward of the employer saw him coming in with a jar, so he joked: "Zhenshan, what are you doing with a broken jar?"
?Want to drink?" Tong Zhenshan said: "This was dug out of your land. It should be your family's property. It will return to the original owner." After saying that, he put the jar underground and the owner's housekeeper opened it and took a casual look.
, and said: "A gentleman loves his money in a wise way. Since you dug it out, why did you give it to me? Why don't you use it for yourself? Besides, I just bought this piece of land, and the landowner has disappeared. What should I do with it?"
Tong Zhenshan said: "If you don't accept it, I will bury it again in the same place?" "What does it have to do with me whether to bury it or not?" One of them decided to return the property to its original owner, while the other refused to accept it. The two were arguing.
Suddenly, a person came in and it was An Ren (wife) of the boss. An Ren said: "That's wrong." They both asked in unison: "What's wrong?" An Ren said: "You think there will be money growing in the fields?"
"That was buried by my lady." "Why did the lady bury the money in the ground?" The two asked the man, "You two don't know. My lady made a fortune telling. Her whole life will be in this fortune teller."
Let her bury a favorite item in the field, and then hire people to plow it. Whoever digs out the item will be her husband. No matter he is old or young, handsome or ugly, she must accept it unconditionally. If the man does not want it,
She may have already married a wife at home, so she has no choice but to stay at home and never marry again." The housekeeper smiled and said, "I'll let you get a bargain." Tong Zhenshan said, "How do you know it's a bargain? What if it's a fire pit?" "You also have to get a fire pit."
Jump, who told you to be blind and meddle in other people's business? As far as I know, this land has been turned over eight times, and no one has turned it out, but you are asked to turn it out. Didn't you ask for it?" Several people were talking.
, 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. You will set off immediately tomorrow. Take this pot of silver with you.
In addition, after I give you a good horse for the competition, no matter whether you win or not, even if you come to my house to marry me, don’t ask about her appearance, whether she is virtuous, or not. Since it is destined, how can a man defeat nature?" Tong Zhenshan won consecutively in the martial arts competition at the school.
Seven games, the number one scholar in high school, he was officially worshiped as a border guard. He originally thought that if he didn't win, he would return the money to others, or if he couldn't collect enough money, he would work again to pay the debt. Now that he had won, it was hard to speak.
After he regretted his words, he secretly thought: The young lady must be extremely ugly, or have a disability somewhere, blind, deaf, lame, otherwise, how could she spend such a high price to recruit a husband? Tong Zhenshan is an upright and kind man, and he does not want to offend other people's good intentions.
He went to that house to get married with a lot of worries. On the wedding night, he took off the bride's red hijab and took a look: Oh, the lady is a fairy!
The family tradition has been passed down from generation to generation. Tong Zhenshan’s three children are all righteous people.
It was past noon the next day, and there was no word from the little eunuch Tong Shixian. Tong Shilu knew that the situation was not good. For the sake of his father and little sister, and for the sake of the kind and righteous little eunuch, he would go all out and break the law once.
Once the rule of heaven was violated, the two generals of the Tong family decided to send troops to besiege the city. The other generals had agreed in advance. No further instructions 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 comes out of the city to supervise the troops, otherwise we will attack the city!"
The day before, Wang Shugui drank a few more glasses of wine at the celebration banquet, 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, and all soldiers were on holiday. The generals were waiting for orders at home. Suddenly, their servants came to report 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. Mom
Ah, 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 go out in a dragon chariot to see the excitement. On the way, he met someone sent by the prime minister. The little emperor was watching from the tower.
The two uncles who came to the lead 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 not distinguish between jade and stone, and they would rush into his prime minister's house. When a scholar encounters soldiers, he can't explain why, and everything will be over for him.
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!"