Chapter 224 Senior Brother Han
Bei The military supervisor Wang Quan was having lunch in the government office in Shuozhou City. The table was full of delicacies, and the beauty in his arms was even more attractive.
The beauty was the most popular girl in Yanfangge, the largest brothel in Shuozhou City. She was redeemed by a local Han Chinese gentry at a high price and was given to the military supervisor. Wang Quan took a liking to her and kept her in the government office. Wang
Quan also knew that it was not easy to become a wealthy Han Chinese under the rule of the Liao Kingdom, but the beauty was so charming that he felt itchy at a glance, and the rest was not important. At most, we can help this discerning rich man named Wang.
The beauty in his arms smiled coquettishly and picked up a piece of roast beef and put it into Wang Quan's mouth, "Sir, this beef brisket is the most tender and fragrant. Do you want to taste it and see if it tastes good?"
Wang Quan chewed the delicious and juicy beef, smiling with juice dripping from the corners of his lips, and his eyes glowed with lust, "It's delicious, and your lips are even more delicious, beautiful lady."
"Sir, great news! There is a good news from Yingzhou City. The night before yesterday, the King of Qin and Yang Yanzhao led the shadow guards and military masters to sneak attack the south gate of Yingzhou. Yingzhou has also been taken!"
The joyful report of the victory by the staff member Fang Cangshu made Wang Quan first happy and then angry!
Qin Wang Zhao Defang and Yang Yanzhao are really abominable. When our army was supervising the battle in Yingzhou, they were lazy and afraid of fighting. They also humiliated and scolded our army and we returned to Shuozhou in disgrace. That night, they followed our clever plan and captured Yingzhou.
Are they afraid that our army will be the winner? Are they afraid that the emperor will know that my military command ability is better than theirs? They are so jealous of talents, it's really abominable!
Thinking of this, Wang Quan was so angry that he spit out the beef he was chewing on the ground. It's as if the delicious braised beef in your mouth is the meat of the jealous and envious King Qin, which makes you sick.
: "Qin Wang Zhao Defang is greedy and lustful. I heard that he even brought his silly princess to the front line. This inspector will report him severely in the memorial today!"
Fang Cangshu glanced at the delicate beauty in the inspector's arms, and said in a flattering manner: "Your Excellency is right. The Qin Wang is actually greedy for women. How could the generals who went to the Northern Expedition bring their wives or concubines?"
The eighth day of the eighth month is the coldest time of the year. Two thousand Moyun cavalry elite soldiers and thirty thousand vanguard troops are resting in Yingzhou city. The thick Laba porridge is blooming in the big iron pots in the military camp, and the fragrance of the porridge is everywhere.
The victory of capturing three cities in ten days with little loss on the side raised the morale of the Song army. The soldiers held the hot bowls of porridge, chewed the hot cakes, and talked happily. It was a pleasure to follow the Qin Wang, who was a master of military strategy and invincible, to kill the enemy!
Cheng Wuya and several of his subordinates also held the hot porridge and ate and drank quietly in the corner of the tent. His identity in this vanguard army was just a lieutenant, and the eleven masters of the Imperial City Division who were with him were all ordinary soldiers around him.
In order to reduce the target, he was placed in the vanguard army by Wang Quan so that he would not be conspicuous. He did not bring many people with him. What was hateful was that on the first day of the siege, the King of Qin Zhao Defang actually sent his 1,000-man team to serve as the first wave of suicide squads to charge the city, killing three of his men and injuring four. When Ming Jin withdrew his troops, only the four men around him were left intact.
In the fierce siege, the Liao army fought desperately, with arrows raining down, and rolling logs, thunder stones, and kerosene poured down the city walls as if they were free. Fearing that the King of Qin, who was supervising the battle from behind, would notice something, these highly skilled agents of the Imperial City Department did not dare to act too conspicuously. However, when people are avoiding danger in critical moments, their own skills will not be able to hide them.
"Tonight, some of you should stay awake when you go to bed. I have to go out in the middle of the night." Cheng Wuya ordered in a low voice. Three o'clock tonight is the time he and his senior brother Han Bei agreed to meet.
Several men were alert to the surroundings as usual and did not move, and they all obeyed in a low voice. Before the mission began, they were used as cannon fodder by the King of Qin to attack the city, and seven of their accomplices were killed or injured. The remaining four were a little panicked.
At the second watch, Cheng Wuya, wearing a black nightgown, quietly left the barracks, avoided the patrol team in the barracks, and flew over the stone wall of the barracks. His ghostly figure floated over the roofs of varying heights and headed towards the city wall.
After climbing over the city wall, he headed straight for a small hill three miles west of the city.
In front of a ruined temple on a hilltop, the silver moonlight sprinkled on the white snow. A slender black figure stood with his hands behind his back, looking up at the crescent moon in the sky, feeling indescribably lonely, alienated, cold, and aloof.
Cheng Wuya stopped thirty steps away and stood under a tree, silently looking at the figure that he had admired and envied since childhood. A gust of wind swept the snow on the branches, and the snow that had frozen into frost fell down. From the quiet valley came the howling of a lone wolf, and the atmosphere was eerie.
: "You're here? The moonlight on Penglai Island is brighter, right? I wonder if it's snowing? Is the century-old plum tree on the mountain in bloom?"
The loneliness was more obvious in the black shadow's clear and cold voice, with a hint of homesickness, as if he was telling his homesickness to the moon or talking to himself. His white hair was coated with a soft silver glow by the moonlight.
Cheng Wuya walked silently behind the man, bowed and saluted, "Hello, senior brother. Where did the fairies on Penglai Island come from? It's just a respectful honorific for the mysterious island by the ignorant people around."
Han Bei turned around, and a pair of eyes on his fair face looked even deeper in the night.
: "Wuya, are the power and wealth in this world really that good?"
: "Senior brother, learn literary and martial arts and sell them to the emperor. A man with ambition should have power and wealth, so that his life will not be in vain!
Senior brother, you are extremely talented, a martial arts genius, and the master's most proud disciple. You have practiced this extraordinary martial arts since you were young, but you hide in the mountains and forests and don't eat worldly things. What's the point of living?
Your extraordinary kung fu has already entered the ranks of grandmasters. If you are willing to enter the world and serve the emperor, you will definitely have a noble position above millions of people." Cheng Wuya advised unwillingly.
: "Needless to say, everyone has their own aspirations, and none of us can change anyone's mind.
This time I came out of the mountain because you invited me to join you in avenging my master. After killing Zhao Defang and Ghost Hand Poison Doctor, I have also repaid my master's kindness in teaching me martial arts."
As for Han Bei, the eldest senior brother who betrayed his master and loved him, Cheng Wuya saw that his idea of ​​persuading him to be his helper and backer could not be realized, so he had to give up the idea.
: "Okay! The second and third senior brothers are still imprisoned in Kunlongtan on the island. Only the two of us brothers can join forces to avenge our master. I have a chance of winning against the Ghost Hand Poison Doctor, but I can only rely on you, senior brother, to fight against Zhao Defang. I will notify you when I find a chance."
Han Bei did not say anything, but just nodded, turned around, and listened to the wind and admired the moon.
Cheng Wuya bowed to his back and turned away.