Chapter 35: Yao Xiang Borrowed the Way (3)

On the second day of Yao Xiang leading the crowd to attack Luoyang, Zhou Cheng sat in the room and listened to the soldiers guarding the Quartet of Luoyang City report the military situation. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info suddenly ran into a young general and hugged his fists and said: "My lord, there are people outside the door who ask to see!" ”

Luoyang was surrounded by Yao Xiang on all sides, from last night to the present siege of the city several times, the former Qin reinforcements did not arrive, Luoyang was in danger. Zhou Cheng was in a hurry, and when he heard this, he frowned and beckoned: "No time!" After speaking, he was about to discuss things with the generals, but seeing that the young general's face was embarrassed and did not retreat, Zhou Cheng said unhappily: "What else is the matter?" ”

The junior general replied, "General, that man...... It is the former lord of Luoyang City, Yuhai ......"

When Zhou Cheng heard this, he only felt that the name "Yuhai" was very familiar, but he couldn't remember where this was sacred. The soldiers on the side heard Zhou Cheng chanting the word "city lord", so they reminded on the side: "General, Yuhai is a minister sent by the first emperor to guard Luoyang City. ”

Zhou Cheng suddenly remembered something, so he said in a low voice: "Is it the fish sea that falsely claimed that his daughter was dead and was finally discovered?" When they heard this, they looked at each other. I only heard Zhou Cheng ask: "He has already been cut by Emperor Qin, what are you doing when you come to me at this time?" ”

The young general on the side couldn't listen to it, and reminded in a low voice: "This person was once a strategist by the side of the first emperor......"

The First Emperor? Counselors?

Thinking of this, thinking that Yuhai might have a way to help him defend Luoyang City, Zhou Cheng said to the young general who was on standby in front of the court: "Go and invite him in!" When the young general heard this, he was ordered to retreat.

Under the city tower, the sea of fish is wrapped in old robes and stands in the wind, which is no longer like the appearance of the plum bone butterfly heart back then.

Since the death of the Jiang family, Yuhai has been cut from his position and will not be allowed to enter the palace for life, and he will also let Yu Qiao enter the palace instead of Yuge, in exchange, and bring back Aunt Xiao, who has long been delirious, to raise in the mansion...... All the great changes, Yuhai already felt powerless, so he dismissed the house slaves early. In the huge Fish Mansion in Luoyang City, only the father and son of the Yu family, Aunt Xiao and a few old slaves remained.

It wasn't until he heard the news that Yao Xiang led the crowd to besiege Luoyang City, and after careful consideration, Yuhai avoided everyone and went to the city tower to see Zhou Cheng in person. The young general who guarded the city knew him and promised to do it for him, so he was relieved. It's just that about half an hour has passed since the young general entered the report to the present, and Yuhai can't help but feel a little uneasy. After all, Zhou Chengqi is treacherous and capricious, and he is indeed not a good person.

Just thinking about it, the young general who had entered the report before quickly approached and said to him: "Yugong, the general is invited!" ”

Yuhai hugged his fists to the young general and said, "It's hard work!" ”

The young general led Yuhai to the city tower quickly, only to see Zhou Cheng personally greet him with a group of people dressed as strategists, and said to Yuhai: "Yugong doesn't think Zhou is stupid, and he is willing to help Zhou defend Luoyang City, which is really the blessing of the people of Luoyang!" ”

Yuhai said to him: "The general is modest. After saying that, a group of people walked into the house and began to set up. Yuhai had fought with Yao Xiang in Fangtou, and had lived in Luoyang City for many years, after analyzing the advantages and disadvantages between the enemy and me, Zhou Cheng instantly treated Yuhai as a guest.

On the way from Chang'an to Luoyang, the army was encamped, and the lights illuminated a corner. When Liang Ping patted the little donkey and returned to the barracks, it was already dusk. After letting Xiaobing lead the donkey down, the more Liang Pinglao walked inside, the more he felt that the atmosphere was wrong. When he walked to Fu Jian's camp, Fu Jian was changing his dressing. Liang Ping Lao sat in the camp drinking tea, and after the military doctor retreated, Liang Ping Lao patted his thigh and said loudly: "I'll say something wrong!" Luoyang is in danger, and he should have rushed to Luoyang day and night, but now he is camping here......" As he spoke, his voice lowered, and he asked, "What is King Guangping thinking?" ”

Fu Jian didn't answer, sat down and asked, "Where is Gong Lu?" ”

When Liang Ping heard the question, he took a big sip of tea, and then said, "Go to Huashan to find a beauty!" Squinting at Fu Jian, he didn't believe it, so Liang Pinglao put down the teacup and said, "He asked me to tell you that he went to Huashan to ask Wang Meng to come out of the mountain." ”

"Wang Meng?" Fu Jian groaned.

"Oops! It's the Magi we talked about before! Liang Ping patted his thigh and explained, "Huan Wen has already established troops south of the Yellow River and intends to advance north, so he can't let him invite Wang Meng first, right?" ”

Fu Jian naturally knew in his heart that what Liang Ping said was true, but was Wang Meng as powerful as the rumors said? He didn't know. Moreover, now that Emperor Qin is tyrannical, coupled with the high scholars, Wang Meng may not be willing to go out of the mountain with Lu Polou.

Seeing that Fu Jian was silent, Liang Ping knew that Fu Jian had his own thoughts, so he got up and said goodbye.

The thatched house on Huashan is hidden in a burst of pine waves, the small courtyard is close to the cliff, the wind is gusting on the cliff, and there is a clear audible sound of the zhengzheng qin in the wind. Lu Polou led the horse and looked up, only to see that on the boulder near the cliff, there was a man with a fairy wind who was playing the qin. Lu Polou knew that this was the person he was looking for, so he led the horse and climbed the trail all the way up.

"Sir!" A young man dressed as a scholar walked up to Wang Meng and respectfully handed Wang Meng a bag of tips. The king breathed the sound of the piano, untied the bag, and remembered in a trance who it was, but he was not sure, so he bowed his head and said, "Go and invite him in." ”

The scholar understood, and went out to invite Lu Polou into the small house. When Wang Meng saw the visitor, he suddenly remembered that many years ago, he was still a young man selling dustpans in the market, but because of his poor craftsmanship, he walked the streets and markets for several days and found nothing. And at home, it is his mother who is waiting for him to grab medicine and go back to treat his illness. The mother is seriously ill day by day, and the mother will be seriously ill and die if she does not change it again......

As a teenager, he walked past the pharmacy and the medical hall several times, and his heart was full of evil intentions, saying that he could no longer exchange money for medicine, and he would break into the pharmacy to coerce the doctor to go home to see his mother.

And he knew in his heart that this was wrong, he struggled for a long time, wandered for a long time, and could only persuade himself over and over again to wait, wait a little longer, and he would definitely be able to exchange money for his mother's treatment...... But it was always unsatisfactory, and finally I was so uncomfortable that I squatted by the small door in the back street of a mansion and cried.

When he stopped breathing and looked up, he saw a little doll of four or five years old squatting to the side and watching him.

The two looked at each other, and the little doll asked, "Why are you crying?" ”

He didn't say anything, he stood up and picked up the dustpan and left. Before he walked out of the alley, he saw an old man with crane hair sitting on the side of the street picking his feet, raising his head and asking him, "Young man, how do you sell the dustpan on your body?" ”

When he had gone out, when he heard this, he turned to look at the old man, and stammered, "Are you......?" Want to buy my dustpan? ”

The old man said, "Of course you buy it, how can you sell the dustpan on your body?" How about I give you ten times the price and sell it all to me? ”

He put down the dustpan on his shoulder, knowing that he was a little puzzled, why would this old man be willing to buy his own things, could it be fraud? But this was the only chance he had to exchange what he had on his shoulders for money, so he gritted his teeth and said, "Good! ”

When the old man saw that he was happy, he stood up, clapped his hands and said, "Happy! It's just that I don't have any money with me, so you need to go back with me to get it!" ”

He replied, "I'll go back with you to get it." So he carried the dustpan and walked out with the old man.

And he didn't know that not long after he left, the little doll looked at his back, raised his head and said to the middle-aged man by the door, "Mr. Lu, why is that person crying?" ”

Mr. Lu replied, "Xu has encountered some difficulties. ”

The little doll said, "Didn't he stop crying after helping him solve his problems?" ”

Mr. Lu replied, "Maybe." ”

The little doll took Mr. Lu's little finger and walked all the way to the direction where the boy left, and said as she walked: "Sister Yun can't see her father and cry all day long, mother said that not being able to see her father is Sister Yun's difficulty, as long as the difficulty is solved, Sister Yun won't cry, but I don't know where to go to find my uncle's ......"

The little doll and Mr. Lu did not find the boy who left with the dustpan, but only inquired about the boy's residence all the way. When Mr. Lu learned about it, he hired a doctor for his seriously ill mother, and gave him a lot of money before leaving.

When he returned home with him, he saw his mother, who told him the news of the benefactor he had heard, and only thought that Mr. Lu, who was working in the Xiping County Mansion, had helped them.

After many years, it wasn't until I was ordered by my teacher to send things to my senior brother that I met a benefactor who came to invite my senior brother to teach for the Duke of Xiping County. When he said goodbye, he gave the jade pendant he carried with him to his benefactor, and made a promise: "In his lifetime, if Mr. has a place that my Wang Meng can help, he will definitely do his best and not give up!" ”

Wang Meng looked at the person in front of him, and he looked very similar to the benefactor he saw at his senior brother back then. I remembered that my mother said that the benefactor had a child with her, and called the child "Lord Lang", and the child called "Lord Lang" was his real benefactor, and the person in front of him may have been sent by him. Thinking of this, Wang Meng invited Lu Polou into the house.

The two sat opposite each other, and Lu Polou made his intentions clear: "Lord Qin cares about the people's livelihood and has been resentful for a long time. ”

Wang Meng stroked his beard and said: "Duke Lu is in front of Qin, and the Lord of Qin is tyrannical and harms the people, even if Wang goes out of the mountain, he may not be able to make a difference under such ****." ”

The two were relatively speechless, and Wang Meng suddenly asked: "Since ancient times, good birds have chosen good trees to perch on, I don't know who Lu Gong is working by?" "First, I came to find out who I was working for, and second, I wanted to find out who was the person who saved my mother's life.

Lu Polou muttered: "I don't know if Mr. has heard of 'Caofu should be the king'?" ”

Wang Meng said softly: "Fu Jian? ”

While he was talking, the scholar walked in and said to Wang Meng, "Sir, there is someone outside the door who asks to see you." ”

Wang Meng's small house, 365 days a year, there may not be anyone coming, but today there are two people visiting at once, Wang Meng asked: "Who comes...... Who? ”

The scholar said: "That person claimed to be Huan Wen's personal soldier, and asked to see Mr. ”

When Lu Polou heard Huan Wen's name, the words "Huan Wen's Northern Expedition" jumped into his mind, and his heart exploded with a burst of uneasiness. Moreover, Wang Meng had invested in the Huanwen camp that year, but it was only because Huan Wen retreated south that Wang Meng returned to Huashan. Now that Huan Wen has sent someone here, I don't know how Wang Meng will decide.

Lu Polou looked at Wang Meng, only to see Wang Meng casually pick up the bag on the table, and said to Lu Polou: "Let's go!" As he spoke, he led Lu Polou out of the side door and dived all the way into the mountains.

After about half a cup of tea, Wang Meng and Lu Polou stood on a high place, and Lu Polou saw that Wang Meng's scholar was talking to the soldiers sent by Huan Wen outside the courtyard, and after a closer look, he was surprised to find that the person who came was Huan Wen himself! So he turned his head to look at Wang Meng. Wang Meng naturally knew that it was Wang Meng who came in person in a cloth dress, but he had already made up his mind.

After all, Fu Jian saved his mother's life back then.

Wang Meng looked at Huan Wen from a distance and said to Lu Polou: "Please also ask Lu Gong to take me back to Beijing." ”

When Lu Polou heard this, he put his heart at ease and bowed his hand to Wang Meng and said, "Lu Polou has thanked Mr. for the people of Qianqin!" The two walked out of Huashan one after the other.

And Huan Wen didn't believe that Wang Meng was not at home, and Liu Xuande still found nothing after visiting the thatched house, so he broke into the house and saw that it was indeed empty, and he was furious in his heart. Seeing the horse tied in the courtyard, the more he looked at it, the more wrong it became, so Huan Wen asked the scholar: "This horse belongs to your husband?" ”

The scholar was silent, and the soldiers beside Huan Wen put the knife on the scholar's neck, and said sharply: "My general asks you, whose horse is this!" ”

Huan Wen saw that this was clearly a horse in the army, and perhaps someone took Wang Meng away first. It's just Jing Luo, Jing Luo, why don't you believe me?

Fu Huangmei garrisoned for several days, only raiding Yao Xiang's troops outside, and did not lead the army to rescue Luoyang. Yao Xiang was attacked on both sides, and he was furious in his heart: "The Qin army is coming, and leading the army to garrison outside the city is only a small fight and does not really send troops. They thought it would scare me? I didn't take Luoyang quickly, Fu Qin thought I was afraid of them! So he ordered a quick siege!

Luoyang was besieged for several days, and the Qin army did not come to help, Zhou Cheng said angrily: "The former Qin treacherously disregarded the life and death of the people of Luoyang!" It was I who was blind to turn my back on Jin and join Qin! Come on, quickly cross the Yellow River to invite Huan Wen to come! ”

Yuhai stopped Zhou Cheng and said, "I hope the general will think twice!" ”

Zhou Cheng glanced at the sea of fish and said sharply: "Think twice? Did you see that? The former Qin army has arrived, but it is unwilling to send troops to relieve Luoyang's predicament from a distance, if Yao Xiang sends people to attack Chang'an, the Qin army will dare to ignore it like this? The high-ranking officials of Chang'an are people, aren't the people of Luoyang people? Seeing that Yuhai was speechless, Zhou Cheng waved his hand and said: "The people of Luoyang City, the former Qin don't want it, let the Eastern Jin Dynasty take care of it!" Come on, go and ask the Huan Wen army to rescue Luoyang! ”

Long before the arrival of the Qin army, Zhou Chengcheng received a letter sent by Huan Wen, in which Huan Wen said: I am willing to let the Jin army relieve the difficulty of Luoyang. It's just that Zhou Cheng originally judged the Eastern Jin Dynasty to defect to Qianqin, afraid that if he agreed to Huan Wen, Huan Wen would take himself after relieving Luoyang's predicament. It's just that now it seems that it is better to die than to die to tens of millions of people in Luoyang City!

In the former Qin military camp, Fu Jian ordered someone to invite Deng Qiang, Fu Jian personally poured wine for Deng Qiang, Deng Qiang sat down, did not drink, and said: "I don't know what the king of the East China Sea asked Deng to explain?" ”

Fu Jian raised a glass to Deng Qiang, Deng Qiang didn't respond, Fu Jian smiled, didn't think it was angry, drank the wine in the cup, stood up and knelt down on one knee to Deng Qiang, hugged his fists and said: "Fu Jian asks for the life of the people of Luoyang, and I hope that Deng Gong can help Luoyang?" ”

Deng Qiang frowned and said: "As a heavy general, the King of the East China Sea only needs to pay tribute to the commander of the three armies, King Guangping, if he wants to solve the predicament of Luoyang, why do you want to invite me, a reckless horseman?" ”

Fu Jian was not angry, but said: "Deng Gong once fought with the first emperor in the south and the north, and has the reputation of 'invincible', and Deng Gong knows more about the affairs of the army than me." ”

Seeing that Deng Qiang was unmoved, Fu Jian continued: "In the army, whether to go on the expedition or not is decided by the commander of the three armies, and the general only listens to His Majesty's decision. Your Majesty wants to take back my military power, and I have no objection. Regardless of whether Yao Xiang's head is beheaded or not, I will return the military power in my hands after returning to Beijing. The people of Luoyang City are innocent, and I hope that Duke Deng can greet His Majesty, and King Xu Guangping will send troops to rescue Luoyang! ”

Deng Qiang saw that Fu Jian said sincerely, and his heart was touched, he helped Fu Jian up, and said: "The king of the East China Sea cares about the people, which is really the blessing of the people of my Great Qin. Even if Your Majesty doesn't allow it, even if I am alone, I will try my best to save the people of Luoyang from fire and water! ”

That night, a black shadow crossed the tower of Luoyang City, and the black shadow went straight to Zhou Cheng's side. Zhou Cheng had been working hard for many days, was napping, and woke up and saw a man in black standing beside him, looking at him with his hands folded. Zhou Cheng thought that this person could quietly avoid the guards and appear in front of him, his scalp was numb, he pulled out his sword, the tip of the sword pointed directly at the man in black, and asked tremblingly: "Who are you?" ”

The man in black replied: "You don't need to know who I am, you just need to know that you can solve Luoyang's predicament according to my methods." ”

Zhou Cheng couldn't believe it, and said, "You, can you solve Luoyang's predicament?" ”

The man in black didn't say a word, threw down a bunch of things, heard a noise outside the house, turned over and went through the window, and left Luoyang City soon after. Zhou Cheng stepped forward to pick up the pile of things, spread them out, and was overjoyed in his heart, summoning everyone to redeploy the few remaining guards in Luoyang City. Seeing the soldiers defending the city in place one by one, Zhou Cheng was overjoyed in his heart, and couldn't help but wonder who the man in black was.

And the man in black left Luoyang and returned to the Qin garrison not far away, and in the dark night, a man dressed in a crane and exuding a casual atmosphere stood by the edge of the woods waiting for him. The man in black approached and pulled off the veil, it was Liang Pinglao, Liang Pinglao said: "What did you give me, Zhou Cheng was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth when he got something!" ”

The man turned around and said with a smile: "The secret of heaven must not be revealed!" ”

Liang Ping made a fuss: "You rotten Confucian! If you don't say it, you don't say it! But I said, "You're all here, why don't you go and see the King of the East Sea?" ”

Lu Polou said: "No need, let's go back to Chang'an and wait for your good news." ”

When Liang Ping heard this, he said, "We? The beauty you invited to Huashan has arrived? You're capable! ”

Lu Polou said: "Keep it for later, you go back quickly, otherwise the army should be suspicious." With that, he turned and walked deeper into the woods.

When Liang Ping saw him turn around and leave, he couldn't help shouting behind him: "I said, you rotten Confucian, what about my horse?" Lu Polou did not answer, and disappeared into the depths of the woods.

Within three months, Huan Wen led his troops to cross the Yellow River to the north, Yao Xiang besieged Luoyang for a long time, and saw that Huan Wen led the army to come, so he gave up attacking Luoyang and led his troops westward. Huan Wen led his troops to come, and when Yao Xiang saw this, he designed to ambush the elite soldiers in the woods of Yishui Shuibei, trying to induce Huan Wen to lead his troops to retreat, and send ambush troops to attack when he retreated.

However, Huan Wen refused Yao Xiang's request to retreat, Yao Xiang intended to fight according to Yishui, and Huan Wen formed a formation to attack forward, and personally put on armor to supervise the battle, Yao Xiang was defeated, fled to Luoyang Beishan, and then led the remnants of the army to the west and merged the state, Huan Wen failed to catch up.

Subsequently, Zhou Cheng surrendered to Huan Wen with Luoyang.

In the following year, Yao Xiang moved to Beiqu, intending to seek Guanzhong. In April of the same year, Yao Xiang set out from Beiqu to enter Xingcheng, and sent his cousin Yao Lan, an auxiliary general, to capture Duncheng, and asked his brother General Yaowu and General Zuo Wang Qinlu to recruit Hu and Han people from the north, with more than 50,000 followers.

The Qin lord Fu Sheng sent his subordinates to resist the battle, and Yao Lan was defeated and captured by Fu Fei. In May, Yao Xiang led the crowd to retreat westward, and Fu Sheng sent Fu Jian, Deng Qiang and others to intercept Yao Xiang.

Yao Xiang led his troops to Huangluo, and Fu Sheng sent Deng Qiang and General Wei, Guangping Wang Fu Huangmei, Beiping General Fu Dao, Long Xiang General, and East China Sea King Fu Jian to lead 15,000 infantry and cavalry to resist.

Yao Xiang has a deep ditch and a high base, and he does not fight. Deng Qiang said to Fu Huangmei: "Yao Xiang has been defeated by Huan Wen and Zhang Ping again and again, and he is like a bird with a frightened bow, and his sharpness has been lost. Now that he is using the strategy of 'holding the fort without fighting', we can only find a way to lure him out of the city in order to capture him in one fell swoop!" ”

Fu Huangmei asked, "How to lead him into battle?" ”

Deng Qiang replied: "Yao Xiang is fierce and fierce, if he drives straight into his camp with great fanfare, Yao Xiang will definitely fight angrily, so that he can be captured in a battle." “

Fu Jian said on the side: "I think this plan is feasible. When Fu Huangmei heard this, he adopted Deng Qiang's strategy and ordered Deng Qiang to lead 3,000 cavalry to Yao Xiang's camp and set up a battle formation to provoke Yao Xiang.

Yao Xiang was furious and mobilized all the elite soldiers to come out to meet the battle. Deng Qiang pretended to be defeated and led the cavalry to retreat, Yao Xiang pursued to Sanyuan, and Deng Qiang returned to meet the battle. Fu Huangmei and Fu Jian led the army to arrive, Yao Xiang's army was defeated, Yao Xiang was defeated and fled, Fu Jian rode a horse and led the crowd to chase, but Yao Xiang's horse fell down and was captured by Fu Jian's subordinates, Fu Jian looked at Yao Xiang, the corner of his mouth provoked a smile, and said: "The revenge of Fang Tou can be avenged today!" After speaking, he stabbed Yao Xiang to death.

Yao Xiang was killed, and Yao Xiang's younger brother Yao Chang led his troops to surrender. Fu Jian stood on top of the three plains, looked at the Yao family army kneeling together, and watched the Qin army surround the Yao family's subordinates, suddenly his eyes were hot, he looked up at the sky, and said in his heart: Grandfather, the great revenge has been avenged, and your spirit in the sky can rest in peace.