Chapter 145 The arrogant Fang Qifu read out the Holy Dukes military order
Chapter 145: The arrogant Fang Qifu read out the Holy Duke’s military order
Liu Yu begged: "What do you mean by leaving us here? Please ask General Yang to escort us to the enemy's camp?"
Yang Zhi smiled and said: "The order given to the general by Zhao Guan's family is to escort the three envoys to a safe distance in front of the Fang La bandit camp, so there is no need to escort them. Otherwise, it will arouse the enemy's attention and mistakenly think that the general is
Lead the cavalry to rob the camp."
"Three gentlemen, take care and go to the enemy's camp as quickly as possible to carry out the recruitment and security work according to the imperial decree of the officials!" Yang Zhi ordered again: "Lords of robes, bend your bows and prepare your arrows. If the enemy dares to move,
The three adults deserve nothing, and I will try my best to avenge you."
Zhang Bangchang, Liu Yu, and Liu Lin looked at the more than 300 cavalrymen with their bows and arrows pointing at the three of them. This was not to protect them, but to force them to walk into the camp of Fang La's army to prevent
They changed their minds midway and ran away instead of issuing the imperial edict!
The three emissaries were forced to do so by Yang Zhi. With no choice but to do so, they could only frown and fear in their hearts. Each of them held up a stack of edicts on their heads to show that they did not bring weapons or sharp blades, and slowly walked towards the front of Fang La's army camp.
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Zhang Bangchang, Liu Yu, and Liu Lin shouted while walking:
"Don't fire your bows and arrows. We have come to your military camp according to the imperial edict of Emperor Zhao Guanjia of the Song Dynasty. We want to meet with your army leader Fang La to discuss in detail the imperial edict."
The rebel soldiers who were on guard in front of the Fangla camp saw three people approaching in the bright moonlight, wearing the purple robe, red robe and green robe of the imperial officials.
After confirming that the visitors were all civil servants of the imperial court, without weapons, and holding edicts above their heads with both hands, and posing no threat to them, they took precautions and asked Zhang Bangchang, Liu Yu, and Liu Lin to come to the front of the army.
Zhang Bangchang immediately followed the orders of Zhao Guan's family and distributed the imperial edict of recruitment in his hand to the surrounding rebel soldiers...
"What is written on this piece of paper?" Many illiterate rebel soldiers asked in confusion as they took the edict of recruitment from Zhang Bangchang.
Zhang Bangchang immediately replied: "This is the edict of Zhao Guanjia, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, personally signed by Zhao An to recruit the rebel army..."
Zhang Bangchang read the contents of the imperial edict aloud...
The thousands of soldiers on guard duty in front of the rebel camp had complicated expressions after hearing this.
Many people were eager for the high-ranking official and generous salary promised by Zhao Guan's family, but he knew that Saint Gong Fangla was extremely cruel in dealing with deserters in the rebel army.
After Fang La's troops captured the deserters, they would definitely not just be beheaded; instead, in front of all the rebels, the deserters or defectors would be subjected to well-known executions such as languishing, quartering their bodies with five horses, lighting sky lanterns, and chopping them into pigeons.
It is a cruel death penalty that is scary and terrifying to watch.
This also greatly deterred the military morale of the rebels who had just started the uprising for less than half a month, and made the soldiers and generals who followed the rebels into the prefectures and counties dare not have the slightest intention of betrayal.
At this time, Liu Yu and Liu Lin, father and son, had an extra thought; they secretly thought that Zhao Guan's recruitment conditions were a bit too harsh. Although the recruitment edict stated that the soldiers and generals who had revolted would not be blamed, and even the rebels who took the initiative to abandon the dark side and turned to the bright side would be spared.
Soldiers can still be given official posts and rewarded with money, but Fang La, the leader of the rebel army, must be punished for the crime of inciting the people to rebel. This will make dogs anxious and even jump over walls and bite people.
Therefore, in the view of Liu Yu and Liu Lin and his son, if they followed the orders of Zhao Guanjia like Zhang Bangchang and issued an imperial edict to recruit the soldiers of Fang La's rebel army, then when they met the leader of the rebel army Fang La, would there be any good fruits to be eaten?
Therefore, Liu Yu and Liu Lin and his son did not dare to issue a recruitment edict to the rebel generals, nor did they dare to say a word.
At this time, all the recruitment edicts in Zhang Bangchang's hand had been issued. He turned around and saw that Liu Yu and Liu Lin and his son had not issued the recruitment edicts according to Zhao Guan's order, so he asked:
"You two deputy envoys for recruiting security, why don't you obey the imperial edict of Zhao Guan's family?"
Liu Yu cursed in his heart: "Zhang Bangchang, now you are in Fang La's army, do you still dare to use the official family to oppress me?"
However, the scheming Liu Yu smiled and lied:
"Here, the generals' recruitment and security edicts are shining brightly. How will they be distributed when they come to see Fang La, the leader of the rebel army, and his generals?"
How could Zhang Bangchang not see the fear in Liu Yu and Liu Lin?
In fact, he was very afraid at this time. However, the reason why he was able to obey the orders of Zhao Guan's family was not because of his noble character or how loyal and patriotic he was, but because Zhang Bangchang's family and heirs were still in Bianliang, Tokyo.
Within the city.
"Alas!" Zhang Bangchang sighed.
He also knew that although this trip was extremely dangerous, Liu Yu and Liu Lin and his son were doing this wisely to protect themselves, but if he did not act according to the will of the Zhao Guan family, his family and descendants would definitely be severely punished by the Zhao Guan family, who had now changed their minds.
At this time, Yang Zhi, who was one mile away, saw through the moonlight that the three envoys Zhang Bangchang, Liu Yu and Liu Lin had safely approached Fang La's rebel army. He shouted:
"Take care, three adults, I'll say goodbye to you now!"
Hearing this, Zhang Bangchang immediately panicked. He turned around and looked towards Yang Zhi, only to see that Yang Zhi's cavalry team had turned their horses' heads, whipped up their whips, and galloped back towards the road...
Zhang Bangchang shouted: "General Yang, why don't you wait for us to complete the recruitment mission assigned by the government before escorting us back to Hangzhou City to face the Holy Spirit?"
Zhang Bangchang did not get an answer from Yang Zhi, who had already run away.
Zhang Bangchang was extremely panicked and confused in the night.
Liu Yu smiled bitterly and said: "Master Zhang, don't you see that the officials sent us to Fangla Military Camp to deliver the imperial edict?
We are not so much recruiting messengers as we are recruiting the dead! It is the death of the dead! Alas!"
Zhang Bangchang also let out a long sigh. He was scared to death. He still couldn't change his sour attitude that he thought he was a descendant of Confucianism and a disciple of the most holy teacher. He sighed:
"If you let your ministers die, they will have to die. Alas! What should we be afraid of if we eat the emperor's salary, do the things that are loyal to the emperor, and worry about the emperor?!"
In order to embolden himself, Zhang Bangchang deliberately pretended to be generous and awe-inspiring.
Liu Lin, who was standing next to Liu Yu, became even more frightened when he heard the conversation between his father and Zhang Bangchang while they were waiting for the rebel soldiers to report back to the camp.
Liu Lin was next to Liu Yu and asked in a low voice:
"Father, are we really going to be in danger of life and death during this trip?"
Liu Yu nodded sadly.
Liu Lin was so anxious that he whispered to Liu Yu and complained: "Father, my son doesn't want to die! My son is still young..."
Liu Yu glared at Liu Lin angrily and scolded: "Lin'er, don't panic or lose your decency. We, father and son, should take one step at a time, there will be a way to reach the mountain!"
In fact, Zhang Bangchang had also seen before that this mission to Fangla camp was a dead end for recruiting troops.
However, what he couldn't understand was why the Zhao Guan family, who suddenly had a sudden change of heart, used this method to target his minister Zuo Cheng?
Zhang Bangchang thought to himself: It is simply impossible for him to say that he has been in the officialdom for so many years and has nothing to lose.
However, my income from corruption and bribery is far less than one thousandth of Cai Jing and Gao Qiu's, and it is not as good as one percent of Wang Fu's!
Even if the Zhao Guan family wants to pursue my illegal behavior of corruption, according to the laws of the Song Dynasty, I will only suffer the consequences of being demoted and leaving the capital...
After a long time, the little leader who returned to the Fangla army camp to report the incident came here with a team of more than a hundred strong rebel soldiers.
"Are you the dog officials of the court sent by the Dog Emperor?" The speaker was a burly man with a ferocious face.
Zhang Bangchang, Liu Yu, and Liu Lin looked up and saw that the person should be the leader of the rebel army.
The three of them did not dare to answer the big man's question.
After all, this big man scolded Zhao Guan's family as soon as he opened his mouth. How could they dare to answer?
This burly man with a ferocious face saw that the three imperial envoys did not reply to his words. He was so angry that he took out the sword from his waist, put it on the neck of the leader Zhang Bangchang, and asked angrily again:
"You are the dog officials of the court sent by the Dog Emperor. Do you want to see my [Holy Duke]?"
Zhang Bangchang immediately answered nervously and corrected:
"The three of us are all envoys sent by Emperor Zhao Guan of the Song Dynasty to recruit peace. We have a major matter of recruiting security. We would like to see Fang La, the leader of the rebel army."
The big man raised his foot and hit Zhang Bangchang's buttocks with a neither light nor heavy kick.
"Ah!" Zhang Bangchang staggered and threw himself to the ground.
"Hahaha..." The big man laughed and said: "It turns out that the dog official in the imperial court wearing a purple robe can't help but kick! Hahaha!"
Zhang Bangchang got up in embarrassment, feeling angry in his heart, but on the surface he did not dare to contradict this big rebel.
By the moonlight and the torches in the hands of some rebel soldiers, Zhang Bangchang saw this burly man with a ferocious face, wearing a green robe that seemed slightly smaller and tighter.
This green robe should have been taken off from officials such as the county magistrate after the rebel army captured some county town.
What frightens Zhang Bangchang and others is that the green robe official uniform worn by this big man has a three or four finger wide knife edge clearly visible on the left chest, and the green silk of the green robe's knife edge is torn and ripped.
, there are large blood stains that have long dried around it...
Obviously, it was the rebels or even this big man who killed a certain county magistrate and then took off the magistrate's official robe and took it for himself.
It's just that this fierce-looking man didn't wear an official hat on his head, just a red turban.
Zhang Bangchang looked at the big man who kicked him. From the red scarf tied on his head, he could tell that his status in the Fang La Rebel Army was not low.
Zhang Bangchang raised his hands and asked, "May I ask what you call this leader of the rebel army?"
The big man replied contemptuously: "I am the Seven Buddhas of Fang, that's right."
Zhang Bangchang was surprised. Before he went on the mission, he had briefly learned about the situation of Fangla's rebel army from local officials in Hangzhou City.
When Zhang Bangchang heard that the big man's name was Fang Qifu, he remembered what he had learned before. This Fang Qifu was the third brother of Fang La's family. He was very brave and would rush to the front in every battle. The rebel army could defeat several people in a row.
Prefectures and counties are inseparable from the leadership of Fang Qifu, who is so brave that one is worth a hundred.
Liu Yu and Liu Lin had also heard of the famous Fang Qi Buddha. At this moment, they realized that the person coming was the famous Fang Qi Buddha, and they couldn't help but stand in awe.
Liu Yu cupped his hands and said: "It turns out that he is General Fang of the rebel army. He has long admired his name. We are here under the imperial decree of Zhao Guanjia. We want to see Fang La, the leader of the rebel army. We also ask General Fang to lead the way!"
Fang Qifu glared at Liu Yu and cursed:
"You're a dog official in a red robe, you're quite polite.
However, the man in the purple robe who has a higher official position than you has received a kick from me, so you also want to have a taste of my power."
"Bang!" Fang Qifu raised his leg and kicked Liu Yu in the rear.
"Ouch!" Liu Yu screamed in pain and was kicked to the ground by Fang Qifu.
Liu Lin said angrily: "Fang Qifu, I am an official of the imperial court and an envoy sent by the emperor. When the two armies are fighting, we will not kill the envoy. Now, why do you humiliate our envoys?"
"Ha!" Fang Qifo smiled playfully, looked at Liu Lin, who was in his twenties, curled his lips and cursed: "You kid, wearing a green robe and official uniform, how dare you accuse me, your grandpa Fang?! Really?
Tired of living!
Did you see that the green robe official uniform I am wearing was taken from the body of the dog official of Qingxi County after I personally killed him!"
Liu Lin couldn't help but be shocked, but the main reason why he could come forward to reprimand Fang Qifu was that Fang Qifu beat his biological father Liu Yu.
Fang Qifu walked up to Liu Lin, raised his hand to shine on Liu Lin's face, then opened his bow from left to right, and slapped Liu Lin eight times in the face without stopping.
"Pah, pah, pah, pah..."
The beating caused Liu Lin's face to swell up instantly, and blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.
Liu Yu saw that his only son Liu Lin who was still alive was being slapped wildly by the rebel general Fang Qifu. After he got up from the ground, he ran to Fang Qifu and stopped him:
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Please, General Fang, spare my son! My son is young and doesn't understand the rules.
Furthermore, we are the messengers who want to come to see your holy lord.
If your Holy Duke agrees to the imperial court's recruitment conditions, you and I will be officials in the same imperial court in the future, so don't hurt your harmony at this time!"
Zhang Bangchang, who heard Liu Yu's words from the side, frowned. The reason was that Liu Yu, the deputy envoy to the left, had already committed a big taboo.
Liu Yu begged Fang Qifu to spare his son, which was understandable. However, Zhang Bangchang heard the forbidden name from Liu Yu's words.
First of all, Liu Yu called Fang Qifu, the leader of the rebel army, a general, which was inappropriate.
Then, Liu Yu called the rebel leader Fang La the Holy Duke, which was a taboo among officials in the Song Dynasty.
There are no two days in the sky, and there are no two masters in the country.
Although the rebel leader Fang La has not proclaimed himself emperor now, but only calls himself "Holy Duke", it is obvious that he has the ambition to seize the country.
Liu Yu called Fang La the Holy Duke. If Zhao Guan's family knew about it, he could be punished for his serious crime.
However, at this time, Zhang Bangchang considered himself a grasshopper tied to the same rope as Liu Yu, Liu Lin and his son, and did not dare to correct Liu Yu's slip of the tongue.
When Liu Yu saw that Fang Qifu was still beating his son Liu Lin, he begged again and said:
"Please, General Fang, please spare my son! My son is young and doesn't understand the rules. Furthermore, we are the messengers who want to visit your Holy Duke. If your Holy Duke agrees to the court's recruitment conditions,
You and I will be officials in the same court in the future, so don’t hurt our harmony at this time!"
"Hahaha..." Fang Qifu laughed and said: "The recruitment is just wishful thinking of your dog emperor!
I am under the command of the Holy Duke! I hereby declare..."
As soon as the rebel soldiers present heard that Fang Qifu was here and had received the military orders from Holy Duke Fangla, they immediately bowed and clasped their fists, assuming a respectful attitude.
Fang Qifu announced loudly: "According to the military order of the Holy Duke, our rebel army will never accept the scam of the Dog Emperor to recruit peace..."