Sui and Tang Dynasty Generals

Chapter 111 Wen Dayou proposed a bet with fifty people! A figure stood up!

Under the cover of night, in the meeting room of Yingyang Mansion.

Wen Dayou, who had received the latest news about the bandits' accomplices, was discussing matters with officials and generals such as Jiang Baoyi, Zhang Pinggao, and Xu Shixu. He was a little surprised to see Fu Zihou arriving with Liu Wenjing and Pei Ji.

After a while, when they heard the purpose of Fu Zihou's visit, not only did Wen Dayou's face change, but even Jiang Baoyi, Zhang Pinggao and others were also stunned and looked at each other in bewilderment.

Lead the troops out of the city? To rescue the reinforcements?
Is Fu Zihou confused in his sleep? In this case, we must lead the troops to rescue people.

"No! We must not leave the city! Right now, Taiyuan County is full of bandits attacking the city. If we leave the city rashly, our retreat will be cut off at any time. This is tantamount to committing suicide!"

After learning of Fu Zihou's plan, Wen Dayou came to his senses and spoke up to stop him without hesitation.

In Wen Dayou's eyes, Fu Zihou had barely escaped death in order to leave the East City of Jinyang and escape the siege of the bandits. Now he just needed to hide in the West City of Jinyang and wait for the reinforcements from the Sui Dynasty. When the bandits ran out of food, his life would no longer be in danger.

He had just arrived at the west city of Jinyang and he was already saying he wanted to lead his troops out of the city! Isn't this just nonsense? He was risking his life!
Fu Zihou also saw the looks that Jiang Baoyi, Zhang Pinggao and others gave him. He was not surprised that Uncle Wen tried to stop him. Even Fu Zihou himself knew how dangerous it was to leave the city this time.

"Uncle! Zihou also knows the danger! But facing more than 100,000 bandits and only a few hundred reinforcements, he still came to rescue Taiyuan, not afraid of the danger, regardless of his own life, and came here in danger! Now that something unexpected has happened, it is our Jinyang's turn, but we sit back and do nothing. How will the world view Jinyang? Even if the bandits leave, how will Jinyang face the world! If there are bandits again in the future, will there still be righteous people in the world to help?"

Fu Zihou looked at Wen Dayou and stated his reasons.

"Uncle! This time Fu Zihou will lead the troops to rescue alone! Firstly, it will not affect the safety of Jinyang, and secondly, it will not discourage the reinforcements!"

Fu Zihou looked at Wen Dayou and said this. It seemed that he was talking to Wen Dayou, but in fact he was telling it to other people.

"Am I worried about Jinyang? Am I worried about bandits attacking Jinyang in the future? I'm worried about you!"

Wen Dayou looked at Fu Zihou's stubborn look and said sternly, feeling extremely angry.

Just like an elder watching his junior make a mistake, Wen Dayou was anxious and angry at this moment, and his rationality had disappeared.

Ever since he met Fu Zihou, Wen Dayou, who came from a scholarly family, often got angry because of Fu Zihou. Although he originally did not compete with others, he often got into heated arguments with his colleagues because of Fu Zihou.

At this moment, seeing that Fu Zihou was willing to risk his life and wanted to lead his troops out of the city to fight against the bandit army, Wen Dayou felt dizzy with anger.

"Uncle! In life, there are things you should do and things you shouldn't do! Zihou is my uncle's nephew, and he is also the lieutenant of Jinyang. He is also the lieutenant of Fenwu bestowed by your majesty! Zihou must not be afraid of fighting!"

Fu Zihou raised his hand and bowed to Wen Dayou. It would be a lie to say that he was not touched by Wen Dayou's concern.

But this time, Fu Zihou had to leave the city.

"You...why are you so stubborn?"

Wen Dayou was almost speechless because of Fu Zihou's anger. He raised his finger and pointed at Fu Zihou with an expression of disappointment.

Wen Dayou didn't understand.

Why is Fu Zihou so stubborn and single-minded at such a young age?

When the East City was built...

While thinking about it, he recalled that it was because Fu Zihou was stubborn in repairing the defenses of East City that he was able to use the fortified city to resist the attack of the bandits. For a moment, Wen Dayou felt as if the anger in his heart was strangled by someone, and he felt angry and helpless.

In the main hall.

Looking at the stubborn Fu Zihou, it was not only Wen Dayou who recalled the previous canal digging and repair in Dongcheng.

Zhang Pinggao, Xu Shixu, Zhao Wenke, Liu Wenjing, Pei Ji and others were all looking at Fu Zihou at this moment, not knowing what to say. It was truly a blessing and a curse that went hand in hand. Fu Zihou's stubbornness had previously saved the lives of Fu Zihou and the entire East City people, and now, because of Fu Zihou's stubbornness, he actually wanted to lead his troops out of the city to take risks.

The atmosphere was somewhat quiet.

Looking at the angry Wen Dayou and the persistent Fu Zihou, everyone didn't know how to start.

Cui Wenjin stood beside Fu Zihou and saw Wen Dayou's appearance. Then she couldn't help but look at Fu Zihou beside her. She could see that Wen Dayou really cared about Fu Zihou. She also didn't understand why Fu Zihou valued others so much but took his own life so lightly.

"Captain Fu has good intentions! But has Captain Fu ever thought that leaving the city this time is tantamount to committing suicide? The soldiers will all be resentful, and at best they will flee in fear of the battle, or at worst they will mutiny at any opportunity!"

In the end, it was Xu Shixu who spoke up to break the silence.

When everyone heard Xu Shixu's words, they all looked at Fu Zihou. Only then did they remember that this was definitely a fatal hidden danger, and the danger was no less than that of an army of bandits.

"Tomorrow, Zihou plans to ask the soldiers. If any soldier is willing to follow Fu Zihou out of the city, they can go out together. If not, Fu Zihou will not force them!"

Fu Zihou raised his hand and explained to Xu Shixu.

Fu Zihou naturally knew that forcing his soldiers to die would certainly cause a mutiny. The soldiers were all human beings and no one wanted to die, so he had already made up his mind that those who were willing to go would go together, and Fu Zihou would not blame those who were unwilling to go.

Even if Fu Zihou was alone, he would still leave the city.

"Three or two people are willing to follow you out of the city. Do you want to go and rescue people too?"

Wen Da said with a sullen face, looking very unhappy.

However, no matter how ugly Wen Dayou's expression was, it was not difficult for everyone present to hear the concern in Wen Dayou's words, as well as the harmless accusation.

"Thirty people! Fu Zihou is sure that there are at least thirty people, and he is willing to go out of the city with Zihou to rescue people!"

Fu Zihou looked at Wen Dayou and instead of feeling any resentment, he felt a little guilty. However, at the moment, Fu Zihou could not tell his uncle Wen what Li Shimin meant to the world.

As for thirty people, that was Fu Zihou's answer after careful consideration.

Put aside the soldiers who have family members to worry about, put aside those who have just surrendered and have not seen their families, and remove the wounded. From the remaining people, think of the soldiers who are not afraid of life and death...

Fifty people!
This is Fu Zihou's feeling.

But as long as there are thirty people, Fu Zihou can lead his troops out of the city!

As for whether there were thirty people in the end, Fu Zihou was not sure. Even though Fu Zihou had helped the soldiers in Dongcheng, when he knew they would die, Fu Zihou could not guarantee how many people would be willing to leave the city with him.

It was not long since Fu Zihou had served as a captain in Dongcheng. When he first arrived in Dongcheng, he learned about the situation of the Dongcheng soldiers and met their families.

Fu Zihou also thought about it. If someone asked him to go out of the city to fight against an army of 100,000, knowing that he would die, would he be willing to abandon his grandfather, parents, and relatives who were far away, and even give up his own life?

Think about it this way.

Even with thirty people, Fu Zihou was not sure about the expectation he had for himself.

"If you don't have fifty men, you stay in the city! If you have fifty men, I will give you the information I just received about where the reinforcements are trapped!"

Wen Dayou thought about it, looked at Fu Zihou and said, his words could be regarded as a bet with Fu Zihou.

Jiang Baoyi, Liu Wenjing, Pei Ji and others were all watching this scene.

Zhang Pinggao, Xu Shixu, Zhao Wenke and other generals looked at each other. As generals of Yingyang Mansion, they all knew that even in a battle, after casualties reached a certain level, morale would collapse and the soldiers would choose to flee out of fear.

This time!

In the eyes of almost any normal person, Fu Zihou's actions were tantamount to committing suicide.

Not to mention the fifty people that Wen Dayou deliberately mentioned, even Fu Zihou's thirty people would be difficult to gather. After all... this is courting death!

"it is good!"

When Fu Zihou heard Wen Dayou's words, he did not expect that the information sent by the insider tonight included the location where Li Shimin was besieged. After thinking about it, he finally nodded.

Wen Dayou's expression relaxed upon seeing this.

Everyone in the meeting room was silent. Regarding this bet, they all felt that there would not really be fifty people willing to follow Fu Zihou out of the city.

Late at night.

Fu Zihou took Cui Wenjin with him, but did not rush back to where they lived. Instead, they took a carriage to continue visiting another person.

"Are you sure there will be fifty people willing to follow you out of the city?"

Cui Wenjin looked at Fu Zihou and asked, but it was hard to see clearly in the darkness.

"no!"

Fu Zihou did not hide the truth from Cui Wenjin.

"Whether there are fifty people tomorrow or not, I will leave the city!"

Fu Zihou said.

After hearing what Fu Zihou said, Cui Wenjin knew clearly that Fu Zihou had made up his mind. He was just discussing the house to appease Wen Dayou.

"Do we have to leave the city? In fact, in this situation, even if we don't save people, people will understand! Have you ever thought about it? Your parents, family, and your fiancée all hope that you will be safe..."

Cui Wenjin said softly, then lowered his head in the dim carriage and added in his heart.

And I!
"Do you still remember that Qinghe County was besieged by the bandits led by Zhang Jincheng? Now the reinforcements are in need of rescue as well! Safe and sound, even if I don't leave the city this time, can I really be safe and sound? This world is not peaceful, this chaotic time is not stable, how can there be peace and sound! This time I stayed in the city and let the bandits slaughter the heroes, one day, I will have to face the bandits alone!"

Fu Zihou explained to Cui Wenjin.

If it was really that Li Shimin was besieged by rebels, Fu Zihou would go to rescue him even at the risk of his life.

Fu Zihou believed that even if something happened to him during his trip, as long as Li Shimin was alive, he would not treat his family badly in the future.

The more he saw, the more he came into contact with, and the more he experienced, the more he realized how difficult it was to achieve peace in the world, and how difficult it was to achieve a so-called prosperous era...

Li Shimin cannot die!

The carriage fell into silence until they arrived at the mansion after a long time. After Fu Zihou got off the carriage, knocked on the door, and told the servant about his origins, Wu Shigui looked at Fu Zihou, who came to visit him late at night, and the woman beside him with a surprised look on his face.

The next day.

In the West City, when the drum sound was heard, not only the officials and clans in the city, but even the common people in the city were all confused.

Didn't the bandit army retreat after being defeated? Why did we hear the drums beating and gathering so early in the morning? Could it be that the bandits led their troops back so quickly?
With doubts, the densely packed citizens of West City all came to the place where the soldiers gathered in the city.

"what happened?"

"I do not know!"

On the training ground, the soldiers from the city who were watching the gathering from afar, as well as the common people at the entrances of the streets and under the eaves, all began to talk about it.

Not only the common people, but also the assembled soldiers were very confused at this moment.

Subsequently.

Under everyone's gaze, Wen Dayou, Zhang Pinggao, and Fu Zihou all walked up to the stage.

"Tell me, is there anyone who is willing to accompany Fu Zihou to his death?"

Zhao Wen Ke stood at the edge of the training ground, looking at the densely packed soldiers, then at Wen Dayou, Zhang Pinggao, and Fu Zihou on the high platform, and spoke softly.

When Xu Shixu heard Zhao Wenke's question, he thought about it and didn't say anything.

the other side.

The sons of prominent families in the city, as well as the women of the clans, seemed to have heard some rumors and could not help but come to watch the fun.

On the second floor of a restaurant, the window faces the training ground.

"If there's no one around, you'll be embarrassed, idiot..."

Listening to Cui Wenjin's resentful tone, Di couldn't help but laugh, feeling a little envious. It was obvious that the young man cared about Cui Wenjin very much. He was worried before leaving and specifically asked her to take care of Cui Wenjin.

Looking at her brother's eyes, Di was really moved. Her brother had really changed a lot during this period of time. As an elder sister, it was the first time she saw it.

"Di Xing, do you think anyone will follow him? I seem to have heard that Wen Dayou secretly sent people to spread the news to the soldiers in East City in the second half of the night, and to inform the families of those soldiers door to door!"

Di asked curiously, her beautiful eyes looking out the window at the elevated platform in the distance.

"What? Go out of town to rescue? Are you crazy?"

"You're leaving town at this time?"

"Now Taiyuan County is full of bandit troops!"

All around the training ground, as all the people heard Wen Dayou's words, they all started talking, and noisy voices echoed everywhere.

Even the descendants of the Taiyuan clan were stunned at this moment. They had never expected that Fu Zihou would actually want to lead his troops out of the city to rescue a trapped army.

Not only did the common people think that Fu Zihou was crazy, even the clan members suspected that Fu Zihou had a mental problem. Going out of the city to save people at this time was tantamount to committing suicide.

"Out of town?"

"There are bandits outside this city!"

In the training ground, all the soldiers of West City did not expect that the cavalry captain Wen Dayou would read out this news.

Fortunately, the soldiers later heard Wen Dayou tell everyone in front of everyone that whether or not to follow Fu Zihou out of the city was based on their own wishes and was not a forced order.

Upon hearing this, the cavalry soldiers in West City all breathed a sigh of relief.

When all the people around heard Wen Dayou's words, they all started talking to each other with a tone of relief. As people of Jinyang, they were also afraid that if the troops of West City left the city, something might go wrong. If that happened, the bandit army would come and West City would be in danger.

"Tsk! What a joke! Who wants to leave the city?"

"That's right. What's the difference between this and committing suicide? Who would want to commit suicide?"

"Volunteering! We are just waiting to see Fu Zihou make a fool of himself..."

Guo Qijing, Guo Shaozong, Guo Qizon and others were gathered in a restaurant with the children of the Sun, Zhang and Tang families, looking at the training ground.

However, just when the seventeen-year-old Tang Xishi said that he was waiting to see Fu Zihou make a fool of himself, before he could finish his words, he saw that everyone else suddenly stopped talking and their expressions seemed to change.

Seeing this, Tang Xishi was very confused and turned to look.

The next moment, Tang Xishi looked at the training ground from afar with a look of astonishment on his face.

In Tang Xishi's eyes.

In the playground.

One by one, the soldiers in armor stood up and walked forward without hesitation under the gaze of all the people, officials and generals.

Ten, thirty, fifty, one hundred, three hundred, five hundred, seven hundred...

When I saw the number of soldiers standing up and walking forward.

Not to mention that all the people around were silent, even Wen Dayou and Zhang Pinggao on the platform were horrified and shocked, looking at this scene in disbelief.

This……

Why did so many people come forward?

"you……"

Fu Zihou's eyes instantly turned red as he looked at this scene. Tears welled up in his eyes as he looked at the soldiers including Hu Jingyuan and Yin Tianzong, Cao Yong, Xiong Ruixiang, Xia Jia, as well as Yue Ming, Xue Hong, and Xing Ming who were walking forward one by one.

Not to mention others, even Fu Zihou was deeply moved. Two lines of tears flowed down his dazed face.

"This……"

"Why are they..."

Not only Zhao Wenke, who had a dazed and puzzled look on his face, but also Xu Shixu, the cavalrymen of West City, and the thousands of soldiers recruited by West City were stunned. They all looked at each other in astonishment at the figures who walked forward without hesitation.

Did they hear it wrong? The cavalry captain clearly said that he was willing to leave the city!
Did they remember it wrongly? They clearly remembered that at this moment, Taiyuan County was full of bandits and soldiers!
But why are there so many people standing up and willing to follow the young man on the platform out of the city?

"You guessed right, but it seems not right!"

In the private room of the restaurant, Di's beautiful eyes flickered as she spoke softly.

Brother Di Xing guessed that someone would stand up, but Di Xing did not expect that there would be so many people!
It should even be said that even the young man on the platform did not expect that so many people would be willing to follow him.

Thinking of this, Di looked at her brother who was in a trance, and then at Cui Wenjin who was already stunned.

Knowing that the girl had an ordinary background and the more outstanding the boy was, the girl would fall deeper into his trap. The barrier of an aristocratic family was not so easy to break.

On the high platform.

Fu Zihou silently raised his hand, wiped his eyes, and then came to Wen Dayou.

Wen Dayou was still looking at the scene below the platform in a daze. He had clearly sent people overnight to persuade the East City soldiers, telling them that leaving the city would mean death. He had clearly sent people to tell the families of the East City soldiers door to door.

At this moment, with deep confusion, Wen Dayou looked at the soldiers who walked forward without hesitation. When he saw Fu Zihou coming in front of him, he looked at Fu Zihou's red eyes and his face that still had some traces of tears.

Wen Dayou, who had been in Jinyang for many years, finally realized that he could not understand this young man. He was different from others.

"Be careful when you leave the city this time!"

Wen Dayou did not stop Fu Zihou at this moment. With so many soldiers following him risking their lives, even if the bandits had an army of 100,000, Wen Dayou believed that Fu Zihou could return safely.

"Uncle, don't worry!"

Fu Zihou said softly, and then took over the position where Li Shimin's support troops were besieged from Wen Dayou.

Under Wen Dayou's gaze, Fu Zihou turned around, walked to the front of the platform, and under the watchful eyes of everyone, he drew the sword at his waist and pointed it at the sky.

"I, Fu Zihou, swear! This time when I leave the city, if I encounter bandits, I will be the first to fight! If they want to flee, I will be the last to flee! Today, I am lucky that my fellow soldiers did not abandon me. In the future, I will share all my wealth and glory with you! I swear to heaven and the world as my witness!"

In front of everyone, Fu Zihou swore his oath to the soldiers who stood up.

Looking at these people who are willing to die with him, Fu Zihou will never have any regrets in his life. And if he is lucky enough to obtain wealth and glory in the future, how could Fu Zihou be unwilling to share it with these people.

"I am willing to die with the captain!"

Yin Tianzong, who was still wounded, looked at Fu Zihou. As the commander of Yingyang Mansion, he drew his sword without hesitation, knelt on one knee, and swore an oath to Fu Zihou.

"I am willing to die with the captain!"

"I am willing to die with the captain!"

Not only Yin Tianzong, but also Hu Jingyuan, Cao Yong, Xue Hong, Xing Ming, and all the soldiers in armor behind them, at this moment, in front of Fu Zihou, in the eyes of all the people, officials, and generals, they knelt on one knee and declared that they were willing to follow Fu Zihou.

The oaths of nearly a thousand people rang out on the training ground, echoed between heaven and earth, and passed into everyone's ears with the breeze.

(End of this chapter)