Chapter 31: Returning to the South at Sunset
?In the twilight, Jiangjin Shu, on the north bank of the Yangtze River twenty miles southeast of Jiangling City, lights lit up in the Chenjun camp.∽↗,
Chen Shuling, the king of Shixing, burping with alcohol, walked towards a large tent surrounded by his followers. When he was about to enter the large tent, he waved his hand and the rest of the people and others retreated to see this.
As the commander of the attack on Jiangling this time, Chen Shuling should have been in charge of the Chen army camp outside Jiangling City instead of going to Jiangjin every night to rest and have a drink and talk. If other generals dared to be so absurd, they would definitely be scolded by the court officials. However, this is not a problem for Chen Shuling, who is extremely favored by Emperor Chen.
He even did he do outrageous things like robbing women, killing husbands and wives, opening coffins and throwing bones countless times, but he would not care about such red tape!
All the luxury and enjoyment items in the tent were available. Chen Shuling walked into the tent, a pair of mud-stained combat boots were stepped on the top carpet in the tent. He stood still and spread his arms, allowing the servant to come forward and take off his armor one by one, and then sat on the couch and let someone take off his boots and soak his feet to relieve fatigue.
A servant stood behind him and carefully pressed his shoulders. Chen Shuling closed his eyes and enjoyed for a while and said, "Bring the beauty here, as usual tonight!"
A real man must not have power for a day or a woman for a day. This is Chen Shuling's life goal. He has no shortage of women, but his power is not enough. His half-brother Chen Shubao has been the eldest prince of Chen for many years. What makes him unhappy is that he will bow down to this cowardly despotic in the future.
"Your Majesty is sick again from the news sent by Jiankang today." The servant who helped him press his shoulders whispered.
"How long can I last?" Chen Shuling was most concerned about this issue. He heard the servant say that his condition seemed to be stable and he stopped talking. His father, who was sitting on the throne, had begun to deteriorate. Seeing that he had a good life for a few months, but he still failed to win the position of prince, he was anxious.
Chen Shuling is used to being lawless in the past ten years. I don’t know how many people he offended or how many censors have impeached him, but he is still safe and sound. It is up to his father’s protection. If his father Long Yubintian let the weak and incompetent Chen Shubao ascend the throne, then his good days for Chen Shuling will be over.
After a moment of silence, he suddenly opened his eyes and cursed: "I am much better than him. Why did you make him the crown prince!"
My father was already confused and insisted on passing the throne to the crown prince Chen Shubao, so Chen Shuling decided to cut off all the troubles. His father took the throne of his nephew but did not care about the relationship between uncle and nephew, so he decided to "follow the rules".
My cousin who was taken away from the position of emperor was a waste, so he was not qualified to sit on the throne, and my eldest brother was also a waste, so he was not qualified to sit on the throne, so he should be with him, Chen Shuling!
Therefore, Chen Shuling decided to seize this important opportunity to attack Jiangling to clear the obstacles for himself ascending the throne. Since the founding of the dynasty, Chen sent troops to attack Jiangling, the capital of Liang, several times, but returned in vain. If he could lead his army to conquer Jiangling, he would be able to make the first contribution of the dynasty.
After he got his job done, he took the army to sail eastward along the Yangtze River in the name of the army and returned to Jiankang, the capital, and suddenly launched an attack and rushed into Taicheng to seize the throne. With great military achievements and sharp steel knives in hand, who dared to make noise!
Now the Northern Dynasties are in a dark and civil strife. Even if the seizure of the throne causes political instability, they are confident that they will hold the throne firmly before the Northern Dynasties ends. After becoming the emperor, they will have to be in a state of strife. Who dares to speak out?
"When you sit alone in the hall, you have to see how you kowtow and beg for mercy!" Chen Shuling murmured to himself. When he thought about the future when he led his troops into the Taicheng Palace, he looked at the shaking appearance of the prince Chen Shubao crawling on the ground.
Just as he was in a state of resentment, he heard the voice from outside the tent saying that the person had brought it. After hearing this news, Chen Shuling sat up and was excited: "Bring it in!"
According to military law, women are not allowed to be brought in the military camp, but this is ineffective for Chen Shuling. Not only does he bring his maid but also a "warm bedding" beauty. The beauty that is about to be brought up is his new favorite.
However, it was not a woman who came in first, but a ragged man. The man was tied behind his feet and his hands with his backs. His mouth was blocked with rags, and his whole body was filled with a sour smell as if he had just been dragged out of a pigpen.
The two servants who were escorting the man in came from behind each kicked him to kneel on his legs and then took out a rope to tie him firmly to a wooden stake. After a while, the two maids walked in with a woman in silk and satin.
The woman's face was quite elegant and as simple as the mountains and rivers of Jiangnan, she was pale and her eyes were dull, and her hair was casually tied into a bun. After she floated into the tent, she first saw Chen Shuling's eyes dimmed. Then she saw the ragged man on the ground and tears rolled in her eyes.
The man who was dying also caught a glimpse of the woman. His cloudy and dull eyes instantly widened and made a "Hohe" sound as if he was about to say something but couldn't say it. He struggled desperately but couldn't move, so he had to watch Chen Shuling walk to the woman and put it in his arms.
"Your Majesty, don't want it!" The woman begged to avoid her face, but was kissed by Chen Shuling wildly. Seeing this, the man struggled in pain but could not get up.
"Take it off yourself! Otherwise, I will let your husband eat the knife!" Chen Shuling said with a smile on his hand, his smile and a righteous look. His face looked gentle but he looked very ferocious at this moment. It seemed that the woman and the man on the ground were husband and wife.
The woman glanced at the man tied up on the ground and smiled bitterly, removing her dress like a puppet. Just as the clothes left were left, Chen Shuling threw herself down in front of the man.
The man wanted to turn his head around but was forced to press his head to "watch". He wanted to close his eyes, but someone forced his eyelids to force him to open his eyes with his hands to witness the dirty things in front of him. He watched his wife's clothes be torn to pieces by Chen Shuling, and watched Chen Shuling lying on him and twitching. He watched Chen Shuling tremble and stopped to breathe.
"I am very satisfied with your woman, good, good!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the woman was already in tears. The man's forehead was bulging when he heard this. He thought the torture had ended, but there was a second time. Then Chen Shuling lay flat on the carpet and asked the maid to support the woman and do it: "Move it yourself!"
"King, please let the king let the husband of the people, and the people are willing to be a cow and a horse." The woman cried in tears.
"Sit up and move yourself!"
The man witnessed all this in front of him hard, and watched his wife being held hostage and sitting on Chen Shuling in humiliation, moving his head in pain, breaking away from the hostage and constantly hitting the ground with his forehead. The banging sound of his forehead, which had already scabbed, was then skinny and bloody again.
This scene is not the first time he has to look at Chen Shuling’s wife helplessly in front of him. He thought about death but Chen Shuling used his wife’s fate to threaten: “If you dare to commit suicide, let her go to the camp”!
The man was in pain and heard Chen Shuling snorting comfortably in front of him. His wife sat on him and trembled slightly and softened and was supported by the maid. Chen Shuling kept staring at him and showed a sarcastic look. Seeing another round, he smiled coldly: "If you don't want toast, you will be punished for your offense!"
"Continue, hahahaha!"
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In the wilderness outside the Chen army camp in Jiangjin, several Chen army patrol sentries were sitting under the tree and napping. The sound of horse hooves came from a distance. They looked up and saw dozens of people riding horses slowly coming towards them. They were about to go forward to check but saw that there was a person standing horizontally on each horse and struggling constantly.
The long hair was covered with women's clothing, and it looked like a woman. The sentry probably knew what was going on when they saw this situation: they were comrades who went out to catch people in the surrounding villages today. The men who went to catch them a few days ago were all men who took them to do coolies. The ones they caught today were naturally women.
Even if it’s leftovers tonight, brothers can finally get a good meal!
The Chen**** system inherited the old system of the Song, Qi and Liang dynasties. Ordinary soldiers have had low military status for generations and their families are poor and their families cannot be taken away. The already pitiful military pay and food are deducted from each month, which is good, so don't say that even women are ignorant.
However, the female generals who were robbed with the army now eat meat and chew bones. How could they say that their big-headed soldiers have a bowl of soup at least, so they subconsciously relaxed their vigilance against these comrades who brought the women back to the camp.
A little leader wanted to say hello to these people who were approaching, but found that he didn't seem to recognize any of them, not very much like his comrades who went out to fight Qiufeng today.
"Is it because it's too far away and the sky is dark and can't see clearly?" The leader muttered but didn't think much about it. For Jiangjin's army to attack Jiangling's Jiangbei Port, the camp gathered troops from various troops in and out every day, which was normal for him to remember the number of troops coming and going in and out every day.
The Liang State was able to survive until today, and it was only by the Jiangling General Manager of Zhou State that he was protected. Jiangling City was now besieged by its own army, and those Zhou troops who could fight were trapped in the city for a few days, so although the defenders of Jiangjinshi had the responsibility of defense, few people would think that there would be reinforcements to rescue Jiangling.
The leader was thinking about it, but he heard a man dressed in a cavalry near him pointing at him and shouting: "What are you doing here!"
The tone was very arrogant and he heard it with a northern accent, but the leader didn't do it. He thought that because of this tone, he was too familiar with it: those bastards who were officials were so domineering!
There were more or less generals from the north in the Chen army, so the leader didn't intend to tease Hu Xu. Now, when he heard the other party's words, he quickly squeezed out a smile and said that they were sentrymen who were patrolling outside the camp. Seeing that the other party was approaching, he was becoming more and more respectful.
"Brothers, thank you for your hard work, everyone will have a share tonight!" Yuwen Wen smiled slightly, and he sat down and looked down at the Chen army soldiers in front of him.
Chapter completed!