Dream Broken You Pavilion

Winter nights always come so early, just as Yinshi arrives, the sun is already westward and the sky is getting dark.

Ten miles away from Xuande Mansion, the two armies of Xiao and Shang met. Shang Wuyang led 8000 troops to Xuande Mansion in a mighty manner. A hundred and ten battle flags with black background and yellow border "Pu La La" were fluttering in the wind. There was no general's surname on the flag. , only a gleaming golden dagger suddenly appeared.

The blood-red sunset slowly sank, and the Xiaofeng brought a slight chill. The afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on everyone, turning the originally gray armor into bright silver, shining brightly.Occasionally, when encountering passers-by in a hurry, they would hide from a distance, hide in a corner, and peek at these sudden teams.

The team moved forward slowly without haste, as if they were waiting for the arrival of the night.After half an hour's journey, they had to walk for an hour. When they were less than five miles away from Xuande Mansion, the twilight was getting darker, and they began to light torches.

The team didn't stop until they were three hundred steps away from the city gate.

The tall city tower of Xuande Mansion is within easy reach.The countless torches flickering on the city tower and the densely gathered figures show that the army in the city has already made preparations for defense.

There was a sneer on Shang Wuyang's lips, and the whip in his hand was slowly raised into the air. Immediately, 50 soldiers drew their horses, with cavalry in front and infantry behind, all neatly arranged in a row of [-] people.

The tall war horses were pacing on the spot, with their heads held high, making a loud snorting sound from time to time, a gust of cold wind blew by, and the sky-covering flags "slapped" sounding, which was a majestic momentum.

Looking down from the top of the city tower, in the distance there is a black army lined up neatly, majestic and thunderous, and the fully armed Jiedu envoy Situ Junnan on the city wall is surprised and puzzled, asking himself Lieutenant General:

"Whose team is this? I am getting more and more confused the more I look at it."

Lieutenant General Wei Xuan watched with all his might, but was also confused, and replied:

"General, they are far away, and it's dark, so the general can't tell. Judging by the armor they wear, they don't look like the imperial army, but judging from the lineup, they are obviously well-trained. Just look at the horses. , tall and handsome, they are obviously one of the best horse breeds in a million, it is really strange, look at their flag is a dagger, the end of the search, I can't think of where there is such a number team."

After looking around for a while, a look of confusion flashed in his eyes, and he said:

"General, I saw black things dragging behind them. Take a look, what can you see?"

Hearing this, Situ Junnan hurriedly looked down from a height and looked far away. Sure enough, behind the group of dark crowds, he could faintly see black square objects, which looked like boxes one by one.

"What the hell is this? Don't you even have your own coffin ready?"

Wei Xuan asked in confusion, "Could it be some kind of weapon? I really can't see it."

Situ Jun's Nan Yintang turned black, with a gloomy expression on his face, and muttered in a low voice: "Damn it, the Chuanyang Kingdom's operation is about to start. As long as we help them capture the capital and chop off the emperor's old man's head, in the future I am one person under tens of thousands of people, who knows why there are so many bad things at this critical moment, could it be that the emperor knew that Situ Junnan was going to rebel, so he started first? But, no, at least he has There are hundreds of thousands of soldiers, why should I send imperial soldiers and horses, but who are these people? Why do I feel a little panicked when I look at it?"

Hearing what he said, Wei Xuan's eyes dimmed, his chest heaved and heaved, and he sighed softly in his chest, silently.

Hearing the sound of footsteps behind him, Wei Xuan turned his head to look, and then hurriedly whispered to Situ Junnan:

"General, Lord Fan is here."

Situ Junnan turned his head and took a look, seeing that Fan Qirui had also climbed the city wall and was walking towards him, his complexion turned darker, he curled his lips, and muttered disdainfully:

"What is this old man doing again?" Then he turned his gaze to the army under the city, and said loudly deliberately:

"It's just the bluff of a bunch of grassroots bandits! Seeing that their troops are not half as strong as my general's, they dare to fight Situ Junnan with me, blind their dog's eyes, and see how Ben will deal with them in a while."

Zhizhou Fan Qirui walked behind Situ Junnan, clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, General."

Situ Junnan turned his head, glanced at Fan Qirui, then raised his chin, drooped his eyelids, and pulled the corners of his mouth downwards, regaining his usual arrogant look, and said in a strange way:

"Hey, Master Fan is here. This general thought you, Master Fan, would be a coward and dare not come out once you heard about the bandits coming."

Fan Zhizhou didn't bother to get angry with him, so he sat down on the chair generously, calmed down, and said:

"I am a civil official, and General Situ is a military general. My civil servant, General Situ, has bothered to take care of it himself, let alone the war? Now that General Situ is guarding here, how can I be afraid of those thieves? It's very reassuring."

Situ Junnan fixed his eyes on the army outside the city, sneered in his throat, and said without looking back:

"Master Fan is really very leisurely. Since Master Fan can't get involved in this battle, why are you still sitting here? Don't you want to wait for the general to personally bring the head of the thief to you?"

Fan Zhizhou ignored Situ Junnan's arrogant arrogance and replied slowly:

"That depends on whether the general has the ability. I really don't know who gave you the courage to make you so arrogant. I'm afraid that instead of you carrying the head of the thief, your head will be hung on the flagpole. "After speaking, he got up and wanted to leave.

Fan Zhizhou's cynicism completely angered Situ Junnan. He suddenly turned around, opened his copper eyes, his hair and beard stood on end, pointed at Fan Zhizhou's nose, gritted his teeth and reprimanded:

"Old man, this general only gave you three points because he saw that you were about to die. Who knew that you were really shameless, and dared to curse this general in front of the battle, thinking that this general would be afraid of you? Ben General killing you is as easy as crushing an ant, how about it, don’t you want to try it?”

Not only was Fan Qirui not angry at Situ's arrogance, but he looked up to the sky and laughed, "Hahaha..." Then he lowered his face, looked straight at Situ Junnan's fierce eagle eyes without fear, and said:

"At any rate, this official is the third-rank magistrate handpicked by the current emperor. Your Jiedushi was originally just a false title. Generally, Jiedushi only has three to five thousand soldiers and horses to protect the city. If it weren't for the fact that Xuande Mansion is close to the capital, for the safety of the capital Thinking about it, the old man begged the emperor to provide you with [-] soldiers, but what about you Sima Junnan? After holding a heavy army, you are defiant. You have bullied the old man for many years. Now that the soldiers are approaching the city, the old man wants to see how well you, the Jiedushi What ability can resist foreign enemies, hum!"

Fan Qirui's strict words made Situ Junnan angry from embarrassment, his face turned into a pig's liver color, his clenched fists seemed to be about to greet Fan Qirui's face, Wei Xuan saw that it was not good, and hurried forward advised:

"Hey hey hey, general, Lord Zhizhou, now that the battle is imminent, you two should stop arguing, calm down, calm down, the soldiers are all watching, this is not good, ah, not good."

Wei Xuan turned to Fan Zhizhou and persuaded him with a smile on his face: "Master Zhizhou, please forgive me for making a presumptuous statement. You are a civil servant, Mr. Zhizhou. There is going to be a war here. Since you can't help much, why don't you go back to your residence and rest?" , lest the sword hurt you without eyes, then General Situ is not easy to explain, do you think this is the reason?"

Wei Xuan said so, and then winked at Fan Qirui, signaling him to leave quickly, so as not to anger Situ Junnan again.

And how did they know that Fan Zhizhou did this just to provoke Sima Junnan on purpose.The two of them had always been at odds, if he knew that someone was attacking the city, Situ Junnan would definitely be suspicious if he didn't show up. Such a quarrel annoyed Situ, Wei Xuan came to persuade him again, and he happened to find a step down.

So Fan Zhizhou's "Qi" complexion turned pale, trembling all over, pretending to be annoyed:

"Don't want me to be here. I don't even bother to stay here. You are a general. It is your duty to guard the city. I don't need to be here. General Situ, you should guard the Xuande Mansion well. I will wait for your good news, so I will leave!" After saying that, he waved his sleeves and left angrily.

Seeing Fan Zhizhou leaving in a hurry, Situ Junnan gritted his teeth in hatred:

"Old man, if it weren't for your mortal thing blocking the way of this general, this general would have been promoted a long time ago, why bother to guard the city for you old man. After this general has dealt with these thieves, go Get rid of the old emperor, whoever dares to stand in the way of this general will be killed!"

Then he asked Wei Xuan, the lieutenant beside him, "How is the situation at the South Gate?"

Wei Xuan clasped his fists and replied: "General, everything is normal at the south gate, there is no movement."

Hearing this, Situ Junnan raised his proud head and said dismissively:

"It seems that the general is right. This group of stragglers don't know how to fight at all. They are so focused on their heads and don't care about their backs. There is no war. They are playing house with this general. You just keep your eyes open and wait to see this general." Why don't you beat them to the ground in a while."

Wei Xuan said with a smile on his face: "What the general said is that with your ability, isn't it easy to beat these mobs? Seeing that they are only 2 people, we have more than [-] soldiers and horses in our city. At the end of the day, they are simply To strike a stone with an egg is beyond one's own strength."

Having said that, Wei Xuan's gloomy expression was far less relaxed than his tone.

Wei Xuan's words hit Situ Jun's heart in the south, and he couldn't help but be filled with joy when he thought of his future prosperity. It seemed that the imperial power, wealth, and real gold and silver were waving to him. The more he thought about it, the happier he became, and he couldn't help laughing...

But what they didn't know was that Fan Zhizhou, who was leaving in a hurry, was secretly happy in his heart, and cursed secretly: Situ thief is really a frog at the bottom of a well, what kind of "grass bandit"?Little do you know that what you are facing is Xiao Jiajun, who has made Chuanyang country fearful. The end of the day is coming, let me let you go crazy for a while, I have to do something important for the major general right now, so I don’t have time to talk to you like this .

He was in a hurry to go back, speeding up his pace all the way to the mansion.

……

When he returned to the mansion, his nephew Shen Guyi had already been waiting here, and at the same time waiting for him were several guards from the Xiao family.

Seeing Fan Zhizhou turn around, everyone stood up and clasped their fists in salute.

Shen Guyi said: "Uncle, what happened to Situ Junnan? He didn't make things difficult for you, did he?"

Fan Qirui smiled "haha" and said: "That arrogant guy was talking about his 'rhetoric words' on the city wall, but he was reprimanded by the officer, and his nostrils were so angry that smoke was coming out of his nostrils, and his fist almost killed him." It fell on my head, if I don’t run away, won’t I be waiting to be beaten? You haven’t seen his frantic look, I am really happy to see him, hahaha..."

"Has the city wall been deployed?" Shen Guyi asked.

Fan Qirui nodded and said: "That's natural. Although Situ Junnan is rough by nature, he is a military commander after all. It's not like he hasn't fought this battle before. Now the archers in the city are already ready to go. However, I don't know. He was furious after talking about him indiscriminately, it can be seen that he is still a little nervous and flustered."

Shen Guyi smiled and said: "The Major General said, as soon as there is a fight at the north gate, their people will come from the tunnel outside the south gate, and these brothers will meet here. At that time, the second elder will stay in the room , don't go out again."

Fan Qirui stroked his beard and nodded, and for a moment, with a look of worry on his face, he warned: "Yi'er, no matter what, please don't hurt the people of Xuande."

"Don't worry, Uncle, who is the Major General? Even if you don't tell me, the Major General will not harm the people of our Xiang country."

"Yi'er, Uncle, I understand. Since that's the case, I'll stay here and guard. When the Major General's men arrive, maybe I can help you a little bit?"

"Okay, but Uncle, please don't go out, swords have no eyes, your bones..."

Fan Qirui straightened his back and stared, "What's wrong with my body?" He raised his hand and slapped himself on the chest, which immediately made him cough twice, "Ahem...you're always getting stronger!"

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