Bend Over [ 折腰 ] - Chapter 87

[Chapter 86]

When the Huai River flows to the northwestern bend of Xiaodi, there is a Shili called Anle, which was built decades ago.

At that time, although the Han Dynasty was in decline, the imperial power was still there, and Xiao Di Taishou mobilized the people and built it after three years. Whenever the Huai River flooded, it was by this embankment that it protected the eight counties and seventy-two villages downstream, including within Xiaodi. In honor of the Taishou, the local people named the weir after the Taishou ‘Anle’.

AnleYan has been washed by Huai Shui for decades, and now, although it is gradually getting older, it has fallen into disrepair, and if the Huai Shui surges, there are occasional small leaks, but it can still be resisted.

It is by relying on this that the people in the vicinity are safe.

But today, this called comfort is no longer the same as before.

Starting yesterday, While pretending to continue to besiege the city to confuse Yang Xin, Xue Tai, the assassin of Xuzhou, secretly sent his two generals Cao Xu and Zhang Biao to quietly detour here with a thousand soldiers and horses to expel a large number of people to dig a along the back slope.

These people were local people who were forcibly driven in. I know that if the is destroyed, the soup of foreign countries, the irrigation of Huai shui, and the fields of the downstream homes will all be destroyed. What is even more frightening is that once the required one-mile-long duel is dug up, the Huai Shui will immediately pour in, and how can these two-legged people escape the gushing flood? Since yesterday, the people have been pleading continuously. Cao Xu Zhang Biao was willing to listen, and those who refused to obey and argued according to reason were all killed and thrown into Huaishui with a knife. The remaining people swallowed their anger with hatred, did not dare to resist, and were forced to use a pickaxe to dig the embankment. Although it is cold and frozen, today, the originally intact weir has dug a long ditch along the back slope that stretches for up to a mile, and the Huai water may gush in from these weak places at any time, and the situation is precarious.

Near the dirch, many villagers who heard the news gradually gathered, and all of them burst into tears and knelt down to plead. Cao Xu Zhang Biao turned a deaf ear, and while ordering soldiers to beat up the villagers, he also whipped those who did not dare to continue digging deeper and stopped picking.

Under the Anle Causeway, the sound of scolding and shouting was mixed together, and the scene gradually became chaotic.

Xue Tai had given Cao Xu and Zhang Biao a death order, and no matter what, they would dig up the mouth before dark today, and they would take advantage of the night to ascend to the heights. Seeing that the sun was slowly tilting to the west, these people actually began to riot, and the people in the vicinity gathered more and more. Cao Xu was anxious in his heart, and seeing that a pale-haired old man nearby was slow to move, he went up and kicked him, kicked the old man to the ground, and whipped his teeth and whipped several times.

Zhang Biao saw that the nearby people had stopped one after another, and looked over with frightened eyes, thinking that killing chickens and monkeys would be the most effective. He drew his saber, and in the midst of the exclamations of the crowd, he stabbed the old man on the ground.

The arm will fall, but suddenly it will be clamped from behind.

“The general is really mighty, and he is so cruel to an unarmed old man?”

Lei Yan said.

Zhang Biao did not recognize Lei Yan. When he looked back, he saw that this man had blocked himself, and although he was wearing regular clothes, he knew at a glance that he was from the ranks, and his arm strength was not small, and when he was clamped down like this, the knife could not be stabbed, and in full view of everyone, he said in shame: “Who are you?” How dare you meddle in a serious matter for my lord?

Lei Yan sneered, “Please your head, I’ll tell you who I am!”

Zhang Biao was furious, struggling to break free of the arm that was pinned, swinging the knife and Fighting with Lei Yan in one place, the soldiers on the near side rushed to help, but the two of them fought closely, and the others could not intervene, only to cheer for Zhang Biao on the side.

After a few rounds, Zhang Biao shouted, and one of his arms was actually cut off by Sheng Sheng.

Zhang Biao fell to the ground, holding his broken arm and crying out in pain. Cao Xu, who had heard the news, was horrified and hurriedly gathered the soldiers nearby to surround and close.

Lei Yan was not afraid at all, and the wind unfolded a yellow Chengcheng Wei rune in the palm of his hand, and shouted, “I am Lei Yan under the account of The Marquis of Wei of Youzhou!” My lord, prince, and prince, today led his troops through this place, and heard that Xue Tai had no way out, and in order to fight for the land of bullets, he even disregarded the safety of thousands of fathers and elders in the eight counties and seventy-two villages downstream of the HuaiShui River, and tried to break the embankment and divert water to carry out inverted irrigation! How can we sit idly by and ignore such an anti-heavenly move? Don’t be afraid! Everything has my lord! The

crowd was astonished and turned their heads to look at each other. I saw a man standing tall on the top of a hill not far away. The man pressed his sword in one hand and his face was solemn. Behind him stood more than a dozen sabre guards. At that time, the hunting wind attacked the corners of his clothes, and the man’s body was more and more majestic, a kind of momentum like the king’s landing, and he was forced to face people.

The Wei family in Youzhou not only resisted the Xiongnu for generations, but in this generation, The Marquis of Yan Wei Shao successively swallowed JiZhou, merged the prefectures, unified the north, and flaunted its might, and in the past two years, its reputation has been known all over the world.

Half a year ago, Xue Tai allied with Chen Xiang and attacked Yanzhou. Not wanting to be interfered with by Wei Shao, not only did he break the covenant, but even the old nest of Xuzhou was almost destroyed by Yang Xin. The feud between the two families has long been settled. It’s just that there was no head-on confrontation between the north and the south before.

Cao Xu also heard the news in the past few days, saying that not long ago, Wei Shao’s army was able to win the victory in the battle of the party. I never imagined how he had appeared here in person at this moment. The other side’s prestige is known to everyone in the sea, and Lei Yan said that he would lead the troops. Cao Xu was afraid, secretly saying that he only had a thousand people, and if he really fought, I was afraid that he would not be an opponent at all. It was better to retreat first, and go back as soon as possible to hand over the news that Wei Shao had quietly led his troops south to the lord.

Cao Xu thought about it, slowly retreated, and when he withdrew to a few inches away, he suddenly turned around, turned over on the horse’s back, and galloped towards Xiao Di.

Wei Shao looked frozen and cold, raised his arm to pass a large bow handed by his entourage, drew a bow and arrow, aimed at the back of the one who was gradually drifting away, suddenly released the bow string, “Zheng” a sound, issued a bow and arrow, chasing the wind and electricity, deeply nailed into Cao Xu’s heart.

Cao Xu planted his horse on his back and fell to the ground.

“I am Youzhou Wei Shao!” This is where the army is! Xue Tai has no way, and everyone will be cursed! Er and other soldiers, undo the knife, Rao Er will not die! Wei Shao

closed his bow, raised his breath in the wind, and sent out a word.

The soldiers in Xue Tai’s army, who did not know the name of Northern Wei Shao. I was surprised to see him suddenly appear here, majestic and imposing, and no one dared to lean forward. In just a few moments, Zhang Biao Cao Xu was injured and killed. After losing the leader first, the people were scattered, plus many of these non-commissioned officers were also captured and forced to charge the army, not everyone was a fierce and vicious person, and when Wei Shaozhen was deafened and deaf, he was all frightened, the swords fell to the ground, the soldiers turned around and fled, above the embankment, in the blink of an eye, only the people were left, the more people gathered, and they did not know which belt’s head, and suddenly they knelt down to Wei Shao in pieces, shouting the emperor And Hou Da’en, and there were countless people who wept and wept everywhere.

Wei Shao descended the stone platform and asked the people to step up the burial of the excavated earth and strengthen it. So as not to take risks.

The crowd was reminded, led by the mud and water craftsmen, to join hands in unison. At this moment, several people came rushing to the front, with frightened faces, saying that the back slope in front of them suddenly gushed water, and the water flow was quite large, thinking that it was caused by being dug too deep.

Residents on both sides of the Huaishui River know that once the back slope gushes water, it means that there is a hole in the water on the shore. If the hole cannot be found in time to be buried, under the water, the hole will become larger and larger, and it is very likely to collapse to the point of breaking, which is extremely dangerous.

The people did not change their colors and rushed away. Seeing the back slope, the muddy yellow mud water continued to gush out, and soon converged, like a stream. Everyone was anxious, they climbed up the embankment to look for a breach, just the river noodle soup soup, how to find the undercurrent surging under the water for a while?

Among Wei Shao’s entourage, there was a person named Chen Shao, a Southern Chu person, who was proficient in water, and immediately took the initiative to stand up when he saw the situation: “Junhou, you can tie a rope to the waist of the last general, and let the last general go into the water to investigate.” The

water is bone-chilling, and if there is a hole in the water, the suction is huge. Letting people go down in this way, even if they are tied with ropes, in case they are sucked into the dark hole by the current, it is extremely dangerous.

When Wei Shao hesitated, an old voice behind him suddenly said, “Old decay has a way!” The prince doesn’t have to let people go down and wade into danger! Wei Shao looked

back and saw that it was an old man dressed in a sackcloth dress who was a wanderer. Shoulder bag, crane hairBoyish, white beard fluttering, striding towards Wei Shao, to his near front, saw Wei Shao looking, but nodded slightly, and then ordered people to quickly take the cloth curtain sheet, tie it with a rope, drop a heavy object on the lower edge, and then sink into the water along the slope of the embankment, cling to the slope, and move slowly.

The crowd did so, and as they moved slowly, they suddenly felt a lot of effort, and the water flow at the outlet of the back slope became smaller. Cheering in unison, knowing that the loophole had been found.

The loopholes were found, and there were already mud and water craftsmen who led people to fill in, and when the loopholes were repaired, the back slope water surge gradually disappeared, and the rest of the people continued to go back to the earth. Before being forced to dig the soil, everyone was forced to be helpless. At this moment, they are scrambling to be slow.

……

The danger is removed. Wei Shao turned his head to look in the direction of the Nine Mile Mountain, and when he hesitated, he saw the old man in mai striding towards him.

The strong wind swept the old man’s white whiskers, fluttering, with a bit of fairy wind Dao bone.

“Old and decaying, I have seen a prince.”

The old man stopped in front of Wei Shao and said.

Wei Shao saw that this old man was not bad, and he had the attitude of a high person in the world, and he did not dare to entrust him. Then he performed a greeting ceremony to the old man and said, “I don’t know where the old man came from or where he was going.” It is all up to the old man, which is in addition to the disaster of the embankment, which I admire. The

old man in Mai looked at Wei Shao with his eyes, Jiong Jiong shone brightly, and smiled: “The old decay is slightly yellow, and he wants the world to suffer a lot, so he travels in all directions, and he can also be regarded as following the fate of the world.” A few days ago, when I looked at the stars at night, I saw four elephants and three walls lined up above this place. The Ziwei Emperor is centered, too micro, the heavenly city arch guard, the stars are brilliant. The old man thought that the vision was coming from a search, and happened to hear that there was a difference in the Anle Diyan, so he looked for it, and unexpectedly met the prince here. As I saw with my own eyes, the prince really had martial wisdom and benevolence in his heart. The people of the world are hopeful from now on. As the

two of them spoke, a crowd slowly approached and listened intently. Listening to the old man’s words, he seemed to understand non-understanding, but when he heard the “Ziwei Emperor”, he seemed to understand it, and they all looked at Wei Shao, with a look of reverence on their faces, and whispered their heads to each other.

Wei Shaoqi was a fierce man by nature, and there was less compassion in his nature, and even his eyes would repay. Otherwise, when you are a teenager, you will not have the title of little bully.

Qin lost his deer, and the whole world chased them away.

Wei Shao was no exception. Since he is in this position, he has always had such ambitions.

Hegemony, and even the use of force to seize the world’s rivers and mountains, this is his grand wish that he has always been intoxicated.

However, over the years, he was also constantly mentioned by Lady Xu, and there were Gongsun Yang on the side to advise, as he grew older, he ran around, saw many people’s livelihood difficulties, was in a high position, and suffered from the people, just like the responsibility imposed by the day after tomorrow, and gradually put some attention to his heart.

The reason for the temporary diversion today is, first, the intention of giving grace to Yang Xin, and second, it is indeed touched by the miserable situation of the villagers encountered on the road.

Unexpectedly here, I met such an old man.

Naturally, he understood the meaning of the old man’s words. I couldn’t help but wince.

When the old man had finished speaking, he gave him a bow salute, turned around, and strode away as he had done when he had done so.

Wei Shao looked at his back and couldn’t help but ask, “Dare to ask the old man, the honorific surname and big name, can you say goodbye?” “The

old decay had a half-disciple for one or three months, and now he is under the command of the prince.” If he has a chance, he should say goodbye. If you hope that the prince will live up to what the old man has seen today, and that he will benefit the people of Li in the future, the world will be very fortunate! The old man did not look back, the voice drifted in the wind, the sackcloth sleeves fluttered, and the figure quickly disappeared into a field on the bank of Huaishui.

[End of This Chapter]