On this day, Liu Xiu was reading at home. Li Tongxing hurried in from outside and said excitedly: "My lord, Gongsun is back!"
The Gongsun he was talking about naturally meant Feng Yi. Hearing the news that Feng Yi had returned to Chongling, Liu Xiu was overjoyed. She jumped up from her seat, put on her shoes, and ran out quickly.
When he arrived at the door of his house, he looked up and saw Feng Yi and a man in his thirties standing outside with a long bow on his back. Liu Xiu smiled and said, "Gongsun, I have waited for you to come back!"
At first, Feng Yi returned to Chongling with Liu Yan and Liu Xiu, but later Feng Yi returned to his hometown in Yingchuan.
When Feng Yi saw Liu Xiu, his face was full of excitement. He suppressed his excitement, bowed his hands respectfully and saluted, and said: "I pay my respects to my lord!"
Liu Xiu stretched out his hand to support him and looked Feng Yi up and down. He felt that he was a little stronger and a little tanned than before. He said: "Gongsun, you have worked hard all the way."
Feng Yi smiled, turned sideways, pulled the man beside him over, and introduced to Liu Xiu: "Master, this is my good friend, his name is Fu Jun, courtesy name Ziwei, from Xiangcheng, Yingchuan. He was the chief of the pavilion in Xiangcheng. He was brave and good at fighting, and had great martial arts, especially his superb archery skills. He was rarely rivaled. I have told Ziwei about what happened in Yizhou, and Ziwei also admired his lord's character very much, so I made a special trip this time. You followed me from Yingchuan to Chongling because I wanted to serve under your lord."
As he spoke, he said to the man next to him: "Ziwei, this is my lord, Uncle Liu Xiu and Liu Wen!"
When Feng Yi introduced Fu Jun, Liu Xiu was also looking at the man carefully.
Fu Jun is about thirty-five or six years old, with a medium height and a strong build. Looking at the face, he has an excellent appearance, with a Chinese character face, thick sword eyebrows, deep eyes, a high nose bridge, and a big mouth.
As the saying goes, appearance comes from the heart. One look at his appearance, Liu Xiu felt that he was a man of upright nature.
Liu Xiu was sizing up Fu Jun, and Fu Jun was also sizing up Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu was younger than he thought, looking like a young boy in his early twenties.
However, he is tall, has profound facial features, and is handsome. What is rare is that he has an air of elegance all over his body. He does not look like a farmer at all, but more like a rich boy who has read poetry and books.
As soon as Feng Yi finished speaking, Fu Jun immediately bowed his hands and saluted, saying: "My subordinate, Fu Jun, pays homage to my lord!"
Liu Xiu said hurriedly: "Ziwei doesn't need to be polite!"
Zhu You, who was standing behind Liu Xiu, said with a smile: "Gongsun said that Ziwei's archery skills are superb. I don't know how he can achieve this?"
Listening to Zhu You's slightly teasing words, everyone's eyes fell on Fu Jun.
Feng Yi knew very well that even though Liu Xiu was not well-known, none of the people around Liu Xiu were cheap. If Fu Jun wanted to integrate into it faster, he had to show his true skills and stay calm. of people.
He chuckled and nodded to Fu Jun cheerfully, indicating that he could show his hand to everyone.
After receiving Feng Yi's hint, Fu Jun didn't say anything. He shook his shoulders and the long bow he was carrying fell into his hands. He casually pulled out an arrow from the quiver behind his back and put it on the bowstring without even taking aim. , casually shot an arrow forward, and the tip of the arrow made fun of Zhu You who was laughing.
Zhu You never dreamed that Fu Jun, a newcomer who had just arrived, would dare to shoot him suddenly. He was so frightened that his smile froze and he hurriedly lowered his body. However, the distance between the two parties was too close, and he had not yet bent down. , the arrow had already flown over his head, almost grazing his bun.
He was stunned for a moment, then became furious, and was about to get angry at Fu Jun when he suddenly noticed that everyone present was looking into the yard with their eyes wide open and their mouths open. He was puzzled. When he looked back, he realized that it turned out that The arrow fired by Fu Jun had already been nailed to the beam of the main house. What was even more shocking was that the arrow also penetrated the wing of a sparrow, nailing the sparrow to the beam. The sparrow It's not dead yet, its other wing keeps flapping and struggling.
This arrow is truly extraordinary. It can be seen that the sparrow did not land on the beam, but happened to fly in front of the beam, and the arrow pierced its wings and nailed it to the beam.
Such a long distance and such a precise arrow require not only the skill of archery, but also excellent eyesight and prediction. To describe it as superb is not an exaggeration.
Fu Jun's arrow skills were astonishing. Liu Xiu was the first to come to his senses, clapped his hands and praised: "Good archery skills! Good archery skills! What a great Fu Ziwei!"
Everyone else also came to their senses, raised their thumbs to Fu Jun, and praised him from the bottom of their hearts!
Zhu You touched the top of his head and walked up to Fu Jun. He seemed to have completely forgotten that he had teased him just now, and said arm in arm: "Ziwei, your archery skills are really good, tell me. How do you practice? Can you teach me too?"
Zhu You has never had any bad intentions, but he speaks without restraint. He doesn't hold grudges, and he doesn't remember who he has offended. His temper comes and goes even faster. Let's talk about these things around Liu Xiu. Among all the strange people, the one with the simplest temperament is Zhu You and Zhu Zhongxian.
Seeing Zhu You shamelessly getting close to him and teaching him archery, Fu Jun, who was usually serious, was amused and couldn't help asking: "Brother, what's your surname?"
"Haha——" Zhu You's old face turned red when he heard this, while Liu Xiu and others laughed together.
Feng Yi stepped forward and introduced: "This is Zhu You and Zhu Zhongxian! Brother Zhongxian has always been a carefree person. Ziwei, if Zhongxian was rude just now, don't take it personally!"
Zhu You nodded repeatedly, indicating that Feng Yi was right.
Fu Jun smiled and said: "If Zhong Xian is really willing to learn from me, I will definitely teach him everything I have!"
His words angered Zhu You, who slapped him in the face and said seriously: "Brother Ziwei, I, Zhu You, have made a decision!"
Looking at the two people who had obviously just met for the first time but felt like old friends at first sight, Liu Xiu couldn't help but shake his head and smile. He felt that as long as Zhu You was by his side, he would never lack happiness.
Liu Xiu has always been generous in his treatment of others, but towards Zhu You, he can definitely be called the most generous among the generous. This will become clearer in the future interactions with him.
Let Feng Yi and Fu Jun enter the hall, and everyone took their seats. Liu Xiu was in the middle, and everyone sat on both sides.
Feng Yi first spoke: "Lord, I still have some friends on the way, and they will arrive at Chongling one after another."
After a pause, he changed the subject and said: "After I arrived in Nanyang, I heard from many places along the way that there were people in Chung Ling who were planning to rebel..."
Having said this, he paused and looked at Liu Xiu. The fact that his side was planning to rebel should be kept strictly confidential. Why is it now common knowledge in Nanyang?
Liu Xiu understood Feng Yi's question. He smiled bitterly and told Feng Yi everything about Li Shou and even Wancheng. Then he said: "The reason why we started the rebellion has been exposed, so the eldest brother simply beat Zhu Tian publicly." The banner of the capital can also attract more knowledgeable people! The only thing that I still don’t understand is that the main force of Nanyang County Army has been transferred to the north. I don’t know what the intention is.”
Feng Yi rolled his eyes, pondered for a moment, and then said with a look of sudden realization, "My lord must not have heard yet that the 100,000 capital troops commanded by Wang Kuang and Lian Dan were defeated by the Red Eyebrow Army in Chengchang.
Wang Kuang was stabbed in the leg by Fan Chong and fled. Lian Dan was captured alive by Dong Xian and had his head chopped off by Dong Xian. The 100,000-strong capital army was almost completely wiped out!"
After hearing this, everyone present except Fu Jun was shocked. Liu Xiu subconsciously asked: "Gongsun, is this news accurate?"
"Of course! Chengchang is not far from Yuzhou, and the power of the Red Eyebrow Army has expanded to Yuzhou. The news of the defeat of the Capital Army and the victory of the Red Eyebrow Army has spread in Yuzhou."
Yingchuan is a county within Yuzhou, and Yingchuan is the county with the largest and densest population outside the capital area. Because of the large number of people, news spreads very quickly.
"So that's it! No wonder the main force of the Nanyang County Army has to be transferred to the north. The imperial court is afraid that the Red Eyebrow Army will take advantage of the victory to pursue it and attack Luoyang and Chang'an!"
Fu Jun smiled and said: "It will be a matter of time!"
Feng Yi nodded and said: "After the Chengchang victory, the Red Eyebrow Army became famous and its number doubled. The Red Eyebrow Army, which originally only had a few tens of thousands of people, has now expanded to more than 100,000 people. It is estimated that it will not be used anymore."
How long will it take before it becomes 200,000, 300,000, or even millions? If this momentum continues, it will only be a matter of time before the Red Eyebrow Army takes Luoyang first and then Chang'an!"
Liu Xiu said with bright eyes: "So, we have to speed up our uprising! Otherwise, won't the world in the future become the world of the red eyebrows, and the future Daxin court will become the red eyebrow court?"
"The Red Eyebrow Court!" Everyone laughed when they heard this. They had been with Liu Xiu for a long time, and they all knew his temper. In private, Liu Xiu was a very joking person, and he was also willing to give people nicknames.
Feng Yi had a title that was widely circulated by later generations - General Dashu, and this nickname was given to him by Liu Xiu.
Because every time after a battle, other generals would brag about their great achievements, but Feng Yi never participated or competed for credit. He ran to sit under a big tree to enjoy the cool air. As time went by, Liu Xiu gave him
He was nicknamed General Dashu.
Doesn't Liu Xiu like Feng Yi? Not so! His evaluation of Feng Yi is that the strong wind knows the strength of the grass. When the strong wind blows, only the toughest grass can survive and remain standing, and Feng Yi is the strength.
Grass. That's how the idiom "The Wind and the Grass" came from, coming from Liu Xiu's evaluation of Feng Yi.
After laughing for a while, Feng Yi reminded: "My lord, the strength of Nanyang County Army cannot be underestimated, and Wang Mang also attaches great importance to Nanyang. If we want to become big in Nanyang, it will not be easy!"
Liu Xiu nodded with a smile and said: "Zhonghua and Ziling also said that if we want to survive, there are only two ways, one is to move to Yizhou, and the other is to merge with the Green Forest Army."
Feng Yi first took a breath, pondered for a moment, and said: "This plan is feasible to merge with the Green Forest Army!"
"But the eldest brother disagrees, and his attitude is very firm!" Liu Xiu shook his head and said: "Right now, we can only take one step at a time. I hope that when we start an uprising, the Red Eyebrow Army can attract the attention of the court and let the court's
