"Journey to the West"

Author: Scarlet Polyp

Chapter 6 Three-Way Pingxice

The one who knocked down Pang Hui with one punch was a middle-aged military general with a dignified appearance, dark skin and long hair, whose appearance was very similar to Pang Hui, but added the majesty of a general.

"Uncle Pang!" Liu Tan Li Xin and Zhao Guang, who was walking at the back of the team, were all taken aback, and they didn't understand this uncle who usually likes to laugh and drink, is amiable and doesn't have much arrogance, which one did they sing when they first met?

Pang De knocked down his son with a punch, as if he stepped on a few more feet with hatred, then stopped, straightened his clothes, turned around and arched his hand: "Zhongda, a certain godson has no way, so that he does not obey military orders, acts recklessly, I don't know how much trouble I will cause in the future, today I will hand over this rebel to your military law, if you want to kill or chop, you can do whatever you want!" ”

Sima Yi looked at Pang De with interest, his face full of spring breeze. When he was young, he was favored by the great Sima Li Hong, and he was in a high position at a young age, so as to avoid being tabooed by meritorious veterans, he has always been quite low-key on weekdays. With a long jade body, a slight beard, a long sword at his waist, and an ordinary Confucian cloth robe, if he didn't have a pair of sharp eyes like a goshawk, he would have a lot of morale. When everyone approached the tent and stood still, Sima Yi looked at Pang Hui lying motionless on the ground, and said with a smile: "Brother Lingming, why bother to order Lang, although there is something improper in Pang Duwei's disposal, but since ancient times, the general has been outside, and the king's order has not been affected." Now that the grain and grass have arrived safely, and this great achievement has been made, it should be rewarded, what is the crime? ”

"No!" Pang De shook his head, "The army is the most particular about orders and prohibitions, as a general, how can he use the sharp weapon of the country to be willful." If we don't punish this time, won't it breed an evil trend of disobeying orders in the army, and how can we unify the army in the future? ”

Sima Yi knew that Pang De was so unrelenting at this time in order to knock down his son's heart, but in fact, he was full of the intention of defending, so he no longer insisted: "Okay, just fine me for half a year, and punish him for a small time." ”

"The subordinate officer receives the order!" Pang Hui got up from the ground with a carp and knelt down to receive the punishment. "Cheap for you! Get out" Pang De glared at Pang Hui, so frightened that he hurriedly shrank back and stood with his subordinates.

Sima Yi looked around at everyone and said: "This time Captain Pangdu, Li Sima and all the soldiers killed the enemy with their lives, captured the rear of the Che Division, Wang Telier, and fought in the west, which was really a great achievement, and the official was very pleased, and he would be rewarded for his meritorious deeds in the near future." In the future, the Western Regions will be pacified, and this credit will also be reported to the emperor and rewarded separately. I hope that you will continue to work hard to make our Han Dynasty deter the people and pacify the Western Regions as soon as possible. Everyone bowed down and agreed, Sima Yi nodded, "You can go to the city to rest now, tonight the official will personally set up a banquet for the soldiers to celebrate the achievements and wash the dust, Pang Duwei and Li Sima stay." Everyone was ordered to go out of the tent, and when Zhao Guang turned around and was about to follow, he was stopped by Sima Yi from behind: "You are Ziyuan, right?" I haven't seen you for many years, but now I've grown so tall, and I'm glad that I have one more young general. Zhao Guang hurriedly turned around and asked Uncle Sima An, Sima Yi smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "Not bad, not bad, there is a great style of respect." When I was in Chang'an a few years ago, I also saw Ling Zun, but I didn't know that you also joined the army of the Western Expedition. The day before yesterday, when Bertone sent someone to repay the merits, I realized that you had already achieved this. Work hard, and the big men will depend on you young people in the future. ”

Zhao Guang came out of the big tent and entered Gaochang City with the other people with the officials of the Imperial Protector's Mansion to meet with the people of the baggage team. Zhao Guang quietly asked where Princess Luo An Haiya was, and Luo An shook his head and replied that since entering the city, the princess's car has been arranged by the Metropolitan Protectorate, and she thinks she has lived in the Metropolitan Mansion. Zhao Guang listened to it and knew that his happy journey was finally over, and a faint melancholy surged in his heart.

At the time of the lantern, a grand celebration banquet was held in the temporary capital of Gaochang City. There are several long tables of flowing water seats in the courtyard of the Metropolitan Protectorate, the wine is like a river, the meat is more than the mountain, and thousands of soldiers drink and carnival, and it is very lively. In the lobby, another banquet was also being held at the same time, where the commanders of the Western Expeditionary Army and above, the officials of the Western Regions Protectorate and above, and the main meritorious soldiers of the baggage team gathered together, pushing cups and changing lamps, and there were singing and dancing instrumental music. On the left side of the seat, there is a cadre of scribes led by Zhao Xing, the governor of the Western Regions, and Zhao Xing, the captain of the army; On the right side of the upper seat, there are a group of military generals led by Jiang Wu, the general of Anxi. The two keynote speakers of the Western Expeditionary Army sat down with the chairman and raised their glasses frequently.

Sima Yi was shallow, and did not drink much except for the opening toast; Pound made his own assertion and took the place of two people - those who came did not refuse, and the wine vessel was getting bigger and bigger, and gradually he couldn't sit still the chairman, carrying the wine jar, looking for people to fight for wine everywhere, and a group of generals present made a mess. In the upper seat of the banquet, there are two special characters that are quite eye-catching: the noble and glamorous, who is seriously appreciating the singing and dancing of the Wusun Dakunmi princess Haiya, and a fat man who immerses himself in the sea to eat and drink, and occasionally peeks at the chest of the dancing girl.

"King Trier, I respect you for this lord, and if you are slacking off along the way, please Haihan." Sima Yi picked up the wine jue and said lightly. The fat man was so shocked that he almost squirted out the food in his mouth, and hurriedly changed to a flattering smile, raised his hands and said: "How dare Xiao Wang, although Xiao Wang has lived outside Huahua for a long time, he has admired Wang Hua for a long time." Lord Sima's heroic deeds, Xiao Wang has also heard about it, and he is fascinated, and he can't wait to have wings on his back, put himself under his command as soon as possible, and serve the adults day and night. To be able to see you today is really the blessing of Xiao Wang, the blessing of all the people in the rear of the driver, Xiao Wang is grateful and it is too late, how dare he complain. As he spoke, his throat twitched, and he looked like he was about to cry with joy.

"Oh, Lord Trier is well-read." Sima Yi listened to this conch, his expression still couldn't see any fluctuations, a pair of goshawk-like eyes always looked directly at each other's eyes, and after a while, he only stared at the fat man with cold all over his body, cold sweat broke out, and his tongue was dry, and finally he couldn't even support his reluctant smile, so he bowed down on the spot, and paused again and again: "Lord Sima, but there are orders, Xiao Wang must be effective, never give up, never give up!" ”

Sima Yi put down the wine lord and held it with his hand: "The king doesn't need to be like this, Zhongda came to the west this time, all to broadcast the holy grace of my emperor, Ze was in the Western Regions, and benefited the people of the Western Regions, and he had no other intentions." But I don't know how the king and the Cheshi Kingdom will deal with themselves after the Han Dynasty recovers the Western Regions? ”

Telley's eyes rolled, and his heart was already clear: this Master Sima didn't believe that the strength he had now could affect the political situation of the Che Division—to put it bluntly, he might not even be qualified to surrender. Hurriedly stood up, climbed up to Sima Yi and said; "Although Xiao Wang has a heavenly soldier。。。。。。 lessons, but the troops still have thousands of soldiers, under the control of competent people, hidden in the foothills of the Tianshan Mountains. As long as Lord Sima sends one or two heavenly generals to lead the troops to send Xiao Wang back, with the power of the Han Dynasty, he will be able to deter the ugly. At that time, Xiao Wang Bishuai will be the commander of the whole country to surrender to the Han Dynasty and serve His Majesty the Emperor! ”

Sima Yi handed his wine lord to the fat man, smiled and said: "The king has this heart, why worry about the big thing, Zhongda will tell the emperor the heart of the king." In the future, the same palace will be a minister, and the king will take care of it more, so please drink this lord! ”

Trier was overjoyed, and immediately took the wine, drank it all, and someone next to him immediately refilled the wine, and the fat man understood, and immediately got up to toast to the other civil and military forces present, and was as diligent as the shopkeeper of a wine house. Hai Ya on the side saw that he did not have the dignity of a king, and couldn't help but cast a trace of disdain, Sima Yi caught this look, and said to Hai Ya with a smile: "I heard that the princess is the princess of the Great Han Dynasty Xiaowu Emperor after relieving worries?" ”

"Yes, after Cen married Jun Su Mi and died, Princess Xie Wu married the fat king Weng Guimi, and gave birth to the eldest boy Yuan Guimi, who was later named Wusun Da Kunmi, which is the ancestor of Haiya's branch." Haiya replied.

Sima Yi twisted his beard and smiled: "Oh, if this is the case, the princess's background is really noble, please forgive Zhongda for being rude, dare to ask the princess what she wants to do when she visits the Cheshi camp this time?" ”

"Lord Sima doesn't know anything, and Haiya can't help herself." Haiya said this, with a bitter face, "My Da Kunmi is a descendant of the princess of the Great Han Dynasty, and since the return of the Great Han Dynasty, I have been treated coldly in Wusun Country. By the time of Haiya's grandfather, the clan had withered, and gradually became a puppet by Xiao Kunmi. Today's little Kun Mile is cunning and cunning, and he has always been disobedient to the Han. This time, I was coerced to go east to the Cheshi, precisely to take Haiya as a hostage and connect the rear of the Cheshi to attack the big Han. Haiya didn't want to add swords to the state of her parents, she couldn't sleep at night, and often wanted to kill herself, but fortunately she was saved by the Han soldiers and left her life. With that, two lines of clear tears rolled down and became loud.

The beauty wept, like Xizi holding her heart, I saw pity, and the effect was much better than the fat man just now. When everyone on both sides heard what happened to the princess, they all sighed, and some of the impulsive generals were even full of indignation. Even Sima Yi, whose heart was like iron stone, also showed sympathy on his face, and hurriedly persuaded: "Since the princess regards the Han Dynasty as the state of her parents, the princess's affairs, we and Hanchen can't sit idly by, now I ask the princess to rest in Gaochang with peace of mind, and Zhongda will write to the emperor and give the princess an explanation as soon as possible."

Zhao Guang was in a low rank, barely listed in the hall, but he could only sit in the corner of the wall by the door. At this time, looking at the scenes on the upper seat from afar, my heart was sour: the sometimes arrogant and lovely, sometimes brutal and willful Haiya along the way has left herself, and now the Haiya who is tall, beautiful, chaste and wise in the distance is probably her true face, right? The difference in identity may never allow him to intersect with her again. Thinking of this, I was even more depressed, so I drank one by one.

At this time, Pang Hui, Li Xin, and Liu Tan happened to come over to Zhao Guang to drink, and saw that Zhao Guang was pouring himself a drink, like drinking water, and the three of them were at a loss. Pang Shang went up and snatched the wine glass, and scolded with a smile: "Although the wine is good, it is not so bad!" If you want to drink water, go outside and drink enough in the water tank, don't waste good wine from your grandmother. ”

Zhao Guang was aggrieved in his heart, and when he saw Pang Hui coming, he hugged him, and said with a little choked up: "Brother Pang, what you said before is right, the man is alive, the most important thing is fame, fight for a wife, the younger brother is incompetent, and he can't take the head of the general in the army like his father, this day of worshipping the marquis, I don't know when to wait!" ”

Pang Hui felt funny, and said to Liu Li and the others, "Look at this kid, he has been in the army for a few days, and his mind is so anxious, he is already thinking about worshipping the general and sealing the marquis!" ”

"Ziyuan has such ambitions, this is a good thing," Li Xin squatted down, gently patted Zhao Guang's back to help him sober up, and said with a smile, "In this case, the matter we just talked about, Ziyuan should be unwanted." ”

Zhao Guang burped happily, and the wine was half awake, and when he heard this, he hurriedly asked, "Brother Li, what is the matter?" ”

"Hey, it's this wolf-like guy who came up to us to dig meat and eat it." Pang Hui pointed at Liu Tan, "Don't hide it, let it go if you have a fart." Anyway, our baggage team is a small temple that can't supply the big immortals, and you are the captain of the Changshui Battalion of the Northern Army who personally asks for people, what else do we have to say? ”

Liu Tan laughed, sat down beside Zhao Guang, held his shoulders and said, "Ziyuan, I want your team to go into the Changshui camp to work with me, and you will lead my vanguard, what do you think?" In addition, don't listen to your huge brother's nonsense, this guy is about to lead a battalion by himself, and he will be in charge alone, and he will pretend to be pitiful. ”

When Zhao Guang heard this, he was shocked, and the wine almost woke up, and he hurriedly asked: "Brother Zhao, I am just a hundred generals, how can I lead a team in the world's sharp Changshui camp?" ”

When Liu Tan and the three of them heard this, they laughed, and Pang Hui patted Zhao Guang and smiled; "You kid is really confused or fake, this time you have made such a big contribution, how can you still be a hundred generals, a few of us have inquired for you in private, Lord Sima admires you very much, and listed your military merits as first-class, and directly promoted you to the military Sima, and promoted you to two levels in a row, how about it, can you deal with this matter?"

Zhao Guang was also overjoyed when he heard this, generally a new hundred generals like Zhao Guang, if they want to accumulate merit and be promoted to military Sima, they are afraid that it will take two years at the earliest, and now that they have made such a meritorious achievement, they can be directly promoted to one of the middle-level officers of the Han Dynasty, and they are really overjoyed. He was afraid that Pang would tease him with jokes, so he hurriedly looked at Li Xin with an inquiring eye, saw Li Xin smiling and nodded, and hurriedly bowed to the three of them: "Zhao Guang thanks the three brothers for their promotion." ”

"Get up, what can we promote you, it's all because Lord Sima has a good eye for you." Liu Tan pulled Zhao Guang up. "What do you think of that thing?"

Zhao Guang hurriedly said: "As long as you can fight side by side with the three brothers, Zhao Guang will listen to the orders of the three brothers in everything." ”

"This 。。。。。。 I'm afraid it won't work. Liu, Pang, and Li looked embarrassed, exchanged glances with each other, and finally Li Xin said in a deep voice: "This matter is a matter of confidentiality, but you are about to take up an important position, so it doesn't hurt to tell you." But you have to remember that this must not be publicized! Seeing that Zhao Guang nodded, Li Xin continued, "Lord Sima and the generals such as the huge man weighed the intelligence of all parties, and finally settled on a three-way plan. The first way, led by a large number of people, including the Changshui Battalion, a total of 12,000 men and horses, successively attacked Yanqi (now Yanqi * Autonomous County, Xinjiang) and Qiuci (now Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang) to the west; The Second Route Army, led by Master Sima himself, including the Yue Cavalry Battalion, totaled 10,000 horses, and attacked Shanshan (present-day Shanshan County, Turpan Prefecture, Xinjiang), Khotan (near present-day Hotan County, Xinjiang), and Shache (present-day Shache County, Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang) to the southwest. The above two armies eventually converged at the foot of Shule City (now Shule County, Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang). The third way is that Lao Pang and I led the newly built Pingyu battalion, about 4,000 men and horses, to attack the Che Division to the north and press the Wusun border. Lord Zhao Xing led 4,000 men and horses to stay in Gaochang City, and ensured several supplies in the center. ”

Pang Hui looked at Zhao Guang who was surprised, and smiled, "Master Sima's game, the cloth is huge, and each is ingenious, I really can't understand it for a while." Ziyuan, you don't have to worry much about this matter, just do what you think! ”

Zhao Guang nodded when he heard this, poured a full wine glass for Liu Tan, bowed his head and said, "The lower officials are not talented, and they are willing to serve under Lord Liu's account!" ”

A few days later, Sima Yi personally came to the place where the baggage team stayed to raise the tent, and passed on the rewards for the attack on the camp of the car division and others:

Pang Hui was relocated to the rank of Captain of Pingyu, Li Xin was moved to the Captain of Xingqiukou, and Huang Sheng was moved to the rank of Sima of the other department。。。。。。 Zhao Guangqian was relocated to the military Sima, Luo An, Tuoba Fengqian was relocated to the Yamen general, and Zhao Neng was moved to the hundred generals。。。。。。 And each has money and rewards, and the baggage team has been cancelled since the same day, and it has been incorporated into the new group of Pingyu Battalion, with Pang Hui as the main one, Li Xin as the deputy, and Zhao Guang as the first division of the Changshui Battalion.