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Chapter 250: Famous General Fei Tingsheng, it is lonely at the top! (4.2k)

Yan Zewen endured the pain in his hands and followed the crowd, taking one deep step and one shallow step. His ears were filled with scolding, the sound of whips, cries of pain and crying.

"Ah!" Someone in front fell down, pulling down several people. Yan Zewen endured the severe pain and stood firm. He raised his hands high and grabbed the person in front to avoid involving the children behind.

Yan Zewen felt severe pain in his hand and even more pain in his heart. He held back his tears and looked up at the long dragon in front of him that stretched to who knows where, and there was also a long dragon behind him that had no end in sight.

People are like animals, tied together with a long rope and driven forward.

Yan Zewen was from Yanjiabao. His family was relatively well-off and could afford to support his studies. He had been planning to take the imperial examinations in the past few years, hoping to pass the exam, cross the Dragon Gate, and escape from the large military camp in the northwest. Unexpectedly, the Xixia people came again, broke through Yanjiabao, and took his family captive.

Now, not only are my ideals completely shattered, but even living a good life has become a luxury.

Being captured and taken to Western Xia this time, his miserable fate was predictable.

Yan Zewen's heart was filled with grief. He watched helplessly as his grandparents and parents were beheaded on the spot because of their old age. His two sisters, one sixteen and the other fourteen, were dragged away by the Dangxiang people, and he didn't know whether they could survive. His brother and sister-in-law's only son, who was still an infant, was impaled on the tip of a spear. His tiny body was pierced by the spear, and his little head waved weakly in the air.

"Snapped!"

There was a sound of whip cracking, and then Yan Zewen felt a whip on his face. The pain made his brain feel like it couldn't function normally. He only heard a scolding voice: "Don't look around, leave quickly, or I'll chop off your head!"

Yan Zewen quickly raised his foot and ran, but unexpectedly he pulled down the child behind him. The child was pulled to the ground and stepped on by the people behind him. He cried loudly in pain. Then he heard the sound of whips, and the whips of the Dangxiang cavalry fell like raindrops.

Yan Zewen sighed, leaned over the child, and let his back be beaten to pieces by the cavalry.

The cavalryman felt bored when he saw Yan Zewen had no reaction. He whipped his horse a dozen times and urged it to go away.

Yan Zewen endured the severe pain in his body and helped the child up. The child was about ten years old. When he saw Yan Zewen looking at him tenderly, he immediately burst into tears and hugged Yan Zewen's thighs and cried, "Uncle, I want my mother! Uncle, I want my mother!"

Yan Zewen couldn't help but burst into tears and said, "First, stay alive. Only by staying alive can you see mother!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the surrounding crying suddenly shook the sky.

The people around them, the young ones lost their parents, the old ones lost their children, the middle-aged ones lost their wives, and almost everyone lost their brothers and sisters. Once they went to Western Xia, they would never be able to return to the Song Dynasty. Once they went to Western Xia, they would no longer be human beings.

Yan Zewen looked up at the sky, anger and sorrow surging in his chest. He cried out, "Oh God! What have the people done to me? What have the Song Dynasty done to me? What have I done to Yan Zewen? I have to endure such a tragedy! Oh God! You are playing with us like this, you might as well send down a thunder and kill me!"

"Snap!" Two cavalrymen who had come over whipped him and shouted, "If you dare to stop again, we'll chop off your head!"

Yan Zewen wanted to retort and let the Dangxiang kill him, but he felt something tighten around his waist. He looked down and saw the child hugging his waist. When he saw him looking down, he quickly shook his head and said, "Uncle, live on, live on!"

Yan Zewen's curse words suddenly got stuck in his throat.

The team, which had stopped temporarily, started moving again slowly.

Yan Zewen cried as he walked.

At this time, a knight passed by, saw his appearance, stopped, and asked: "Scholar?"

Yan Zewen looked up upon hearing this, his expression suddenly became arrogant, and he said: "He is a scholar, if you want to kill him, just kill him!"

The knight laughed and said, "My general also likes to read. He is looking for a Song scholar to compete with. If the one who loses to our general, we will chop off his head. If you are not afraid of death, come and do it."

Yan Zewen puffed out his chest and said, "If you are afraid of death, you are not a Song Dynasty person! You are better than us in swords and guns, but when it comes to reading, you are garbage!"

The knight was furious when he heard this, and was about to whip him, but he held back and said with a smile: "Poor scholar, you dare to act like a demon when you are about to die! Come, send them to the general!"

Yan Zewen was roughly untied and pushed forward, where he met a Dangxiang man who was different from the other Dangxiang people.

This is a bit difficult to understand. What does it mean? It means that the Dangxiang people look rough in appearance, but their manners are somewhat elegant, but it looks a bit awkward, similar to what? Oh, yes, the feeling of Zhang Fei embroidering.

When the Tangut general saw Yan Zewen, he smiled and said, "I am Fei Tingsheng, what is your name?"

Yan Zewen sneered and said, "I am Yan Zewen, the seventh-generation grandson of Yan Yingfang of the Tang Dynasty!"

After hearing this, the Dangxiang general Fei Tingsheng, who was wearing a crown but was wearing a monkey's clothing, was suddenly confused and asked, "Who is Lord Yan Yingfang?"

Yan Zewen laughed and said, "My ancestor Yan Yingfang, whose name was Zhenqing and style name was Qingchen, was a famous official and calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty. He was the fifth-generation great-grandson of Yan Shigu, the Secretary General, and the younger brother of Yan Gaoqing, the Minister of the Interior!

He became a Jinshi in the 22nd year of Kaiyuan reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, and served as Supervisory Censor and Palace Attendant Censor.

During the Anshi Rebellion, my ancestor led the Hebei volunteer army to fight against the rebels, was elected as the leader of the alliance, and temporarily recovered Hebei.

Later, he went to Fengxiang and was appointed as the Minister of Constitution. During the reign of Emperor Daizong of Tang, he served as the Minister of Personnel and the Grand Tutor of the Crown Prince, and was granted the title of Duke of Lu County, known as "Duke Yan Lu"!
You claim to be a scholar, but how come you don't even know your ancestors?"

Yan Zewen attacked with a lot of sarcasm. Fei Tingsheng was angry at first, but then he started to laugh and said, "So you are from a famous family. Great, I like dealing with people from famous families the most. I am also from a famous family. I was born in the Fei Ting clan, a great Tangut clan, which is also a thousand-year-old family. My status is no lower than yours."

Yan Zewen burst into laughter upon hearing this, and said, "You are a barbarian country, yet you dare to call yourself a famous family? This is really hilarious. You are a thousand-year-old family, but if you go back two hundred years, you are still barbarians who eat raw meat and drink blood!"

Fei Tingsheng was not angry when he heard this. He laughed and said, "If you are so powerful, why did you become a prisoner?"

Yan Zewen sneered, "Barbarians are only good at swords and guns. Do you think we are afraid of you just because of this?" Fei Tingsheng said seriously, "You Song people are still so arrogant. This is not the Tang Dynasty or the Han Dynasty. You have the Liao Dynasty in the north, Daxia in the northwest, Tubo and Dali in the west, and Jiaozhi in the south. You are surrounded by enemies and are just struggling to survive. It is no longer the time for all nations to come to you. How can you still be so confident?"

Yan Zewen raised his head and said: "We Han people have always been indomitable. Emperor Gaozu of Han was besieged on Mount Baideng, and Emperor Gaozu of Tang took temporary refuge from the Turks. But where are the Xiongnu and the Turks now? And we Han people are still standing at the top of the world!
You Western Xia, Liao, etc., rose rapidly and fell suddenly. When my Song Dynasty produces a peerless general, you will be gone by then."

Fei Tingsheng laughed loudly upon hearing this and said, "A peerless general... Given the precautions that your Song Dynasty takes against military generals, even if you have a peerless general, you will still be restricted and unable to accomplish anything. I heard that you had a man named Di Qing, who also died of worry. Unless your Song Dynasty changes dynasties, it will be possible."

Yan Zewen was silent for a while after hearing this, and then he said: "I always believe that there will be a person who can lead the Han people forward, and that will be your doom!"

Fei Tingsheng smiled and shook his head when he heard this, then changed the subject and said, "I think you are also a wonderful person, so you should stay under my command."

Yan Zewen raised his head and said, "How could I, a descendant of the Yan family, follow a thief? You can either kill me or let me go."

Fei Tingsheng advised: "If you follow me back to Xia, you will feel much more comfortable along the way. If you follow those captives all the way, you may not live to see the day when you arrive."

Yan Zewen laughed: "What's the harm in dying?"

He walked out with his head held high. Fei Tingsheng's personal soldiers drew their swords to attack him, but were stopped by Fei Tingsheng. Fei Tingsheng said, "He is a man of integrity. Let him go back with the other prisoners. When he is desperate, his mind will naturally change."

Zuo Jiang laughed and said, "These corrupt scholars of the Song Dynasty are only stubborn with their mouths..."

He paused and said, "...General, are we going back like this? This time, our Fei Ting family didn't gain any benefits, and you haven't fought in many battles, but you were sent to escort prisoners. This Liang family is too bullying!"

When Fei Tingsheng heard this, his face suddenly darkened and he snorted, "The Liang brothers and sisters are going too far! I, Fei Tingsheng, have made great military achievements, but not only did they not let me be the commander, they didn't even let me be a vanguard. They also made me a logistics officer who escorted prisoners and transported spoils. I'm really angry!
But it doesn't matter. Although this fighting style seems to be effective, it is actually difficult to shake the Song Dynasty. Let them fight. We can save our strength and wait until they can no longer fight. Then it will be up to us."

The assistant general sighed and said, "The Song people are too disappointing. They are so meaningless. They just hide their heads like turtles. They asked Daxia to remove hundreds of fortresses, but they dare not come out to fight openly. It seems that they will not even have the courage to fight in Yongle City."

Fei Tingsheng looked depressed and said, "I, Fei Tingsheng, am a hero of my lifetime. In the fourth year of Zhiping, I fought against Zhong Yan. In the fourth year of Xining, Han Jiang, the prime minister of Song Dynasty, led his troops to build Funing and Luowu cities in order to control Hengshan. I served as the vanguard and successively broke through the two cities.

In the fourth year of Yuanfeng, the Song Dynasty brazenly invaded Daxia, and the five armies came in a menacing manner. Liu Changzuo's troops in Jingyuan Road fought bravely and took advantage of the victory to attack Lingzhou City. I was the one guarding Lingzhou at that time.

Haha, I defended Lingzhou for 18 days without success after being besieged by tens of thousands of people. After that, I dug a canal in the Yellow River to flood the Song army camp and cut off their food and money supply. Many Song soldiers died of freezing, drowning, and hunger!

In the Battle of Yongle City, I led my troops to cross the Wuding River east of the city and fought fiercely with the Song army in the wilderness below the city. My Fei Ting troops galloped and fought unstoppably, and the Song army was completely defeated. This laid the foundation for the great victory of Yongle City!

How despicable that the Liang brothers and sisters, who monopolized power, actually excluded the Fei Ting family from the group. How despicable! "

Zuo Jiang was also annoyed and said: "Since they don't need us, let's go and return to the tribe!"

Fei Tingsheng sighed and said, "It's okay to go back and live a simple life, I won't starve to death anyway.

It’s just that I, Fei Tingsheng, am a hero of my time, well-versed in military books. I could have become a famous general recorded in history, but these Song people are so cowardly that there is not even one capable fighter among them!
How can a general become a famous general if he doesn't have a decent opponent? "

Fei Tingsheng lamented repeatedly.

The assistant general consoled him, "Don't be too sad. There will always be opportunities. The Song Dynasty is a bit weak, but the Liao Dynasty has famous generals. There will always be opportunities for you to show your abilities."

Fei Tingsheng sneered upon hearing this and said, "The Liang brothers and sisters have seized all the power, and now they have excluded me, who can fight, from the group. It would be a wonder if this bunch of rubbish could defeat the Song Dynasty.

Since the Song Dynasty could not be defeated, how could they possibly offend the Liao Kingdom? Therefore, the possibility of a conflict between Liao and Xia was not great.

I am already over 40, and now is the prime of my health and experience. If I am not allowed to fight now, I will be old in a few years!"

Fei Tingsheng was filled with depression.

But he soon became excited.

The assistant general came over to report, "General, the scouts reported that there are scouts from the Song army nearby."

Fei Tingsheng was a little surprised when he heard this and said, "This is already our rear, Yinzhou is within reach. Given the cowardly nature of the Song army, how could the Song army appear in this position?"

Upon hearing this, the assistant general shook his head and said, "I'm not sure about that, but the scouts reported that they had indeed discovered the Song army's scouts, and they said that the scouts were quite elite. Our scouts fought with them and suffered a lot of losses."

Fei Tingsheng rolled his eyes and suddenly remembered something. He said, "I heard a few days ago that Ye Ci Chi Shan was furious because something happened to his son Ye Ci Shan Gui, right? And Fang Dang said that a part of the army was missing. Do you think it has something to do with this?"

The assistant general was somewhat surprised when he heard this, and said with a smile: "That Yeci Mountain Ghost only has 300 soldiers and horses, maybe he was ambushed by the Song people. The one Fang Dang said was a unit of soldiers and horses, but in fact it was only more than a hundred cavalrymen, just acting as scouts. Both of them went deep into the Song army's fortresses, so it is normal for them to be ambushed.

We are behind the army, and behind us is the Yinzhou base camp. We have four to five thousand soldiers and horses, and there are thousands of cavalry alone. With a famous general like you in charge, even if that kind of person is not dead, he would not dare to come here and fight us in the field!"

Fei Tingsheng's spirits suddenly deflated when he heard this. Based on his understanding of the Song army, he knew that the Song army was really a bunch of cowards. Hundreds of fortresses had been destroyed, but they were able to hold back. How could anyone dare to do this?

Alas, it is lonely at the top. Fighting against an opponent like the Song Army is really boring to the extreme!
If only I were born in the Han Dynasty or the Tang Dynasty, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing of the Han Dynasty, Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty and a group of famous generals would be my rivals!

And what are these generals of the Song Dynasty?
What about the generals of the Song Dynasty, the Yang family, the Zhong family, and the Zhe family? None of them can fight!
Fei Tingsheng waved his hand and said, "Keep watching. Although the possibility is not high, we must act with caution and expand the scouts' reconnaissance range. It's better to be careful!"

Fei Tingsheng made some arrangements and then stopped worrying about it. He thought that some bold scouts of the Song army had run to the rear. This was a common occurrence and not worth taking too seriously.

(End of this chapter)