Chapter 292 Ma Yi’s Plot
Among the soldiers outside the city gate who failed to enter the city, after Zheng Ke and the generals named Yang died, no one stepped forward to continue to lead. When he was at a loss what to do, Fei Qian hung Zheng Ke''s body on the city wall. The soldiers were all dumbfounded. After standing there for a while, they didn''t know which one of them fled first. In the blink of an eye, they all dispersed and retreated completely, leaving only corpses on the ground. and various equipment remains.
At this moment, seeing that the victory or defeat was decided, Fei Qian finally relaxed his tense nerves. He suddenly felt sore and weak all over, as if every muscle in his body was in pain. He could no longer hold on and supported the woman. Wall slowly sat down.
At this time, the sky was completely dark, and the only source of light was the fire near the city gate. The flames soaring into the sky burned everything that could be burned. The burned human body and food and grass gave off an indescribable burnt smell. , mixed with the strong smell of blood on the city wall, it was nauseating.
But Fei Qian is no longer as uncomfortable with the smell of blood as he was last time. Comparatively speaking, being able to survive is already a blessing. No matter how bad the smell is, it is at least better than those lying on the ground. Tens of thousands times.
Fei Qian couldn''t help but tilt his head. Although only an area near the city gate was bright and most other places were shrouded in darkness, Fei Qian seemed to still be able to see the pair of eyes staring at him. Eyeballs…
Fei Qian, the largest living creature in later generations, only killed a chicken once, and that time because he failed to hold it firmly, the chicken actually let go when he killed it. The chicken with its throat cut off stretched its half-broken neck and lay on the ground. The thumping belt jumped around, splattering chicken blood everywhere.
Since that time, Fei Qian has never killed any chickens or ducks. He always asked people in the vegetable market to kill them directly before taking them home. He no longer dared to kill large animals with his own hands.
But I didn’t expect that just now, I had ended a person’s life with my own hands…
Fei Qian spread out his hands. Under the dancing firelight, the blood scabs on his hands showed a strange dark brown color, like the color of dried magma.
I don’t know when Zhang Liao came over and sat down next to Fei Qian. He stretched his legs straight and leaned against the female wall, letting out a long breath.
“I heard from your bodyguard that you just killed a soldier, Ziyuan?”
“Yeah.” Fei Qian responded.
After a moment of silence, Fei Qian asked, "Brother Wenyuan, do you remember when you first killed someone?"
"Of course I remember, how could I not remember? My family was originally in Mayi, Yanmen, but later because..." At this point, Zhang Liao paused, lowered his voice, and continued, "Does Ziyuan know that Ma The plan of the city''?
"Mayi''s plot?" Fei Qian also followed Zhang Liao''s example, leaning his back against the female wall, straightening his legs, thinking for a moment, and said, "Brother Wen Yuan said it more than three hundred years ago. matter?"
Zhang Liao hummed and said: "...I am a descendant of the Nie family..."
"Nie''s family?" Fei Qian raised his eyebrows, turned to look at Zhang Liao, and asked, "But Ma Yi''s Nie family?"
"Yes, the Nie family of Mayi." Zhang Liao repeated, and then paused for a while before continuing, "Back then, my ancestor Nie Weng..."
It turns out that Zhang Liao was not originally named Zhang, but Nie. He was a descendant of Nie Yi, a super wealthy businessman in Mayi during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
?At that time, the military minister of the Xiongnu, Shanyu, asked for a peace alliance with Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. However, the government at that time was divided into two major factions, namely the moderates who advocated continuing the marriage and the radicals who felt that they wanted to teach the Xiongnu a lesson.
At that time, Zhang Liao''s ancestor Nie Yi was in favor of taking action against the Huns. He happened to be a guest at the home of Wang Hui, the king of Daxingling, so he gave him advice, saying that he could lure the military officials into the fortress in Mayi, carry out plunder, and then kill the Xiongnu in one fell swoop. . Wang Hui thought it was a good plan, so he proposed it to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty finally agreed to the plan and sent the guard general Li Guangxiao, the grand servant Sun He, general Qingche, and the general order Wang Hui to general Tun. Five generals, General Li Xicaiguan, the Taizhong doctor, and Han Anguo, the imperial censor, established a tight siege in Mayi, waiting for the Xiongnu military minister Shanyu to fall into a trap.
??But when the military minister Shanyu was marching, he found that there were only livestock and no one in the city and fields, so he became suspicious. He sent troops to capture a bunker and captured a lieutenant. The lieutenant Shi failed to survive the punishment, but he told the truth that more than 300,000 Han troops were ambushing near Mayi. Shanyu, who saw through the conspiracy, was frightened and retreated, and the "Mayi plot" ended in failure.
Later general Wang Hui failed to make any plans and was imprisoned. He took the blame. Other generals who fought together also lost military power one after another. They were replaced by a new generation of generals who were more friendly to Confucianism... The Yi Nie family was not immune to disaster just because someone took the blame. Because they offended the Xiongnu Chanyu but did not contribute much to the Han Dynasty, and the military minister Chanyu at that time made many invasions to retaliate against the Han Dynasty, many people were very hostile to the Nie family, so the Nie family could not stay in Mayi. He continued to live there, fled to Jiuyuan with his family, and changed his surname from Nie to Zhang. The family fortune also declined because of this incident...
Zhang Liao said: "...When I was fourteen years old, I was taken outside Yanmen by my elders, captured a Hu man, and killed him with my own hands... I still remember the blood splattered when I chopped down the Hu man with a knife. The heat on my body... That was the first person I killed. After killing me, I burst into tears. Haha... This is also a tradition that my family has adhered to for three hundred years. When every male reaches the age of fourteen, , a ritual that must be performed in order not to forget the family..."
?Zhang Liao didn''t finish speaking, and his tone seemed very calm, but Fei Qian could hear the sadness hidden in it, and for a moment he didn''t know what to say.
It could have been a stable and powerful family. Of course, Nie Yi wanted to take the next step. But after all, the starting point was good. Besides, no one can guarantee how things like war will turn out, and they had to wait until the plan failed. Not only do I have to bear the blame, but I also have to be hostile by people who are also Han people...
The reason why Zhang Liao told Fei Qian this matter was that, on the one hand, he felt that Fei Qian was a good person and had fought side by side, so he accepted Huang Cheng''s request to enlighten him; on the other hand, Zheng Ke''s last words before his death also stimulated him...
Because Zheng Ke thinks he is right, so I, Zhang Liao, must obediently let you kill me?
?If I resist, I am helping the tyrants to perpetrate their crimes, and I will not die a good death?
??Our ancestor Nie Weng was involved in a dispute between the old and new generations of generals. He avoided trouble for more than three hundred years. Unexpectedly, I, Zhang Liao, am now involved in the dispute between Shandong and Shanxi...
well!
??Fei Qian felt Zhang Liao''s kindness. Unless a fourteen-year-old person is cruel by nature, killing someone for the first time will definitely not be a very pleasant experience, but Zhang Liao is willing to share it and use it to comfort himself...
“Brother Wenyuan, I haven’t thanked you for teaching me marksmanship. Well, thank you!”
"You''re welcome," Zhang Liao turned to look at Fei Qian and said, "Haha, it seems like you have been practicing the Zhongping Spear I taught you!"
This still surprises Zhang Liao. After all, it is not easy for a scholar who has never been exposed to martial arts to persist in practicing. What''s more, the simpler the facts, the harder it is to persist. Zhang Liao himself understands this very well. .
Zhang Liao said: "It''s a pity that my marksmanship is not suitable for Ziyuan. However, before I took up the post of Jiuyuan, I also traveled to the north a lot. I met a man in Zhending. His marksmanship was very good. It can be said that he is the general." The flexibility of the marksmanship has been brought to the extreme. If Ziyuan is interested, he can find this person to learn that kind of flexible marksmanship..."
Fei Qian silently noted that this troubled world is about to begin, and having more skills means having more hope of survival.
?The long night of blood and fire has finally passed. The long wooden piles under the West City Gate burned all night and were gradually extinguished as the morning approached.
It’s another new day, but I don’t know if there will be any dirty shadows under this new sun...
Around the time when the Mayi Conspiracy occurred, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty vigorously supported Confucianism...
Many generals at that time also withdrew from the stage at that time. Wang Hui, Han Anguo...
Han Anguo originally studied Han Feizi and was born...
As for whether there are any other factors, there are no records in the history books...
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