240. The end of the Eastern Han Dynasty [X.]
In September of the second year of Zhaoyang, Emperor Zhaoyang personally drove to Huainan.
At that time, Yuan Shu had fallen into the encirclement, and Yuan Shu was arrogant and lascivious by nature, and he became even more fierce after occupying Huainan and later becoming emperor. In addition, during this period, Yuan Shu's ambitions skyrocketed, and he wanted to expand his territory outward, taking Jiujiang County as the center to conquer the surrounding counties, but unexpectedly when he conquered Xuzhou, Xuzhou Mu Taoqian had sufficient troops after having the imperial court to sit on the mountain, and Yuan Shu was invincible; Later, he conquered a large area of Guangling and Jiangdong, but the good times did not last long, and this large area of wealth was also taken away by Zhang Liao, a rising star in Jingzhou...... In short, Yuan Shu had to live back in Huainan again, but he still did not change his extravagant and profligate style, and there were hundreds of wives and concubines in the harem, all wearing Luo Qili costumes, and exquisite food was available, while the soldiers in his army were in a state of hunger and cold, and the army's morale was scattered. In addition, under his ** rule, the people in the Jianghuai area were not able to make a living, and even the most important popular support was lost.
When the army of the Qi Dynasty pressed the border, the lower part of Yuan Shu's account was cowardly before the battle, and the army was discouraged, and the soldiers were deployed by the Qi Dynasty on all sides, so in the case of the enemy and low morale, there were no more than two choices, one was to fight first and defeat the city, and the other was to surrender without a fight and still be able to save a life.
Maybe there is a third type, that is, the elite troops fight their way out, but then what? As far as the eye can see, only Hanzhong and Yizhou have not been breached, and they can go from Huainan to Hanzhong and Yizhou, but they have to pass through Jingzhou, is Zhang Liao in Jingzhou vegetarian?
This is also the momentum of the Qi Dynasty like a rainbow breaking Jingzhou, the shock brought to them is too great, they have fought against Zhang Liao's troops before, and they have been defeated by Zhang Liao's hands one after another, but they didn't expect Zhang Liao to entrench in Jingzhou, and the armament conditions are several times better than them, and they were defeated by the Qi Dynasty's army in a short period of time! After such a layer-by-layer comparison, it is obvious to come to a conclusion: their army is not worth mentioning in front of the army of the Qi Dynasty at all, so why bother to hit the stone with an egg!
-- As I have said, Empress Zhaoyang played a big game of chess.
Yuan Shu was furious, but after being angry, he had to face the cruel truth.
As a result, a large army pressed across the Huaishui, and the Empress Zhaoyang, who was stationed at the junction of Yangzhou and Xuzhou, received a volume of ...... "Female Commandments" sent by Yuan Shu.
"Female Commandments" is the first female historian of the Eastern Han Dynasty Ban Zhao wrote, a total of seven chapters, a total of weakness, husband and wife, respect and prudence, women's behavior, concentration, Qu Cong and uncle and sister, advocating that women should have "three ways" and "four virtues", emphasizing the idea of male superiority and female inferiority and obedience, this book has gradually become the code of conduct for women in the Eastern Han Dynasty since the present world. But when it comes to the Empress Zhaoyang, who has already become a venerable throne, the irony is quite obvious.
"Is this a satire that I don't have the three obedience and four virtues that women should have nowadays?" Emperor Zhaoyang didn't see any displeasure on his face, and he quickly flipped through the book "The Female Commandment", "If you really want to use the content of this "Female Commandment" to attack me, then I am not convinced, not to mention the four virtues, that is, these three subordinates, 'not married to the father, married to the husband', I have done it completely, otherwise how could I marry the first husband and complete the will of the first husband." As for the 'husband who died and obeyed the son', I love the people like a son, and obey their wishes, so that I will complete this great cause of reunification, so that the country will prosper and the people will live and work in peace and contentment. In this way, I think I have done an extremely good job in these three aspects. ”
At first glance, this sounds reasonable, and logically makes sense, but it can really be called sophistry.
The corners of Guo Jia's mouth, the chief military advisor who served the empress, unconsciously rose, and replied with a smile: "What Your Majesty said is very true, but this one, Feng Xiao doesn't think it looks like Yuan Shu will do it." ”
"I'm afraid it's the Emperor's surrender letter that he should have sent," Emperor Zhaoyang said, while flipping through the "Female Commandments", sniffing the residual smell on it, revealing a thoughtful expression, and then abruptly changed the topic and asked Guo Jia: "Feng Xiaoke has read Ban Wenji's "Female Commandments"? ”
Guo Jia paused before saying, "I haven't read it through." ”
That's a cursory look? Emperor Zhaoyang smiled: "I read through it for the first time today, and I have benefited a lot, and I have to thank the young man who sent this book to Yuan Shu's surrender letter." ”
Guo Jia thought for a while and said: "Sun Ce under Yuan Shu's account, the son of Sun Jian and Sun Wentai?" But what is the reason for the other party's doing? Guo Jia recalled in his mind what he had learned about Sun Ce, what he had done since Sun Jian's death.
And Emperor Zhaoyang blinked, as if to answer the doubts in Guo Jia's heart, and said: "It's really naughty." After such a light evaluation, he put the "Female Commandment" aside, and after a little thought, he raised his eyebrows slightly and said: "Since Yuan Shu sent a copy of "The Female Commandment", if I am not polite and still communicate, it seems that I am not so sincere in conquering Huainan. Hmm, why don't I give him a copy of "The Male Commandment" in return? ”
Guo Jia had a little clue and was interrupted by Emperor Zhaoyang's words that sounded very reasonable, but in fact, he looked up at Emperor Zhaoyang who was sitting on the upper seat, and saw that she was radiant, and the whole person was scorching, and her eyes full of starlight had a breathtaking charm, and his thoughts were broken for a while. Fortunately, the sound of Emperor Zhaoyang calling the palace people to get the blank paper brought him back to his senses, and then he thought of what Emperor Zhaoyang said before, so he said: "Your Majesty wants to compile the book "Male Commandments" by yourself? ”
"I don't have that kind of literary style, but if I call it "The Male Commandment", it is the "Male Commandment."
This sentence is also very easy to understand, who let Emperor Zhaoyang be the final victor, he refers to the deer as a horse, and when the history books are written, historians may make up a reasonable excuse for his act of "pointing to the deer as a horse".
But having said that, Emperor Zhaoyang didn't really send back a copy of "Male Commandment" with only the cover written on it, and nothing written in it #Wordless Heavenly Book# to Yuan Shu. He wrote a preface to the book "Gift to Yuan Highway", "Hearing that Yuan Shu Yuan Highway gave me the "Female Commandment", I felt that there was no way to repay it, so I could only give back the book "Male Commandment". When he recovers Huainan, looks at Jiangdong, and sighs at the picturesque rivers and mountains, I will definitely make the historian include these good stories in my original chronicle, so that they will be famous for a hundred generations. ”
Guo Jia couldn't help but laugh after reading it, "Yuan Shu, this person is arrogant and has a small amount of energy, I'm afraid that after reading this, I'm afraid I'm going to vomit blood." ”
Guo Fengxiao didn't have a crow's mouth, but after Yuan Shu figured out what happened, he thought of the records in the history books in the future, and what he Yuan Shu could be remembered by future generations would be a precedent "Male Commandment", and he immediately rolled with blood and vomited a mouthful of blood!
Of course, this vomiting of blood is not a day's anger. This has to be traced back to Yuan Shu's abandonment of Nanyang and his escape to the south of Huaishui - perhaps even earlier, for example, when he formed an alliance to crusade against Dong Zhuo in the county of Guandong Prefecture, and actually recommended Yuan Shao's concubine, but did not recommend him to the dignified Yuan family's son-in-law - he was reduced to Huainan, which was called the emperor but was despised, and the Zhaoyang Emperor was a woman who was able to win the Zen position of Liu Xie, the young emperor of the Han Dynasty, and a large number of rivers and mountains. Now when they came to attack him, his subordinates did not have the will to fight, and persuaded him to surrender in order to seek satisfaction. He had no choice but to do so, but some of his subordinates betrayed him and replaced the surrender with the "Female Commandment"!
This is clearly to cut off his Yuan Shu's way of life, and the shame that will spread, all kinds of things are #Clay people still have three points of temperament#, not to mention Yuan Shu's arrogance, the Lord who has never looked at others in his eyes, only vomits a mouthful of blood, which is still light.
The other unknown generals were still looking at each other, and the smell of rust came up in Yuan Shu's throat, he hurriedly pressed down his blood, swept over the cronies in the room with tears in his eyes, and roared: "Who is it?" Who changed my book of supplication for the Female Commandment?! ”
Everyone was stunned at the moment, but Yuan Shu himself once said that he had always looked down on the empress of the Qi Dynasty by sending the "Female Commandment" to the empress, and he usually said disparaging words. Taking a step back, most of them are in favor of surrendering, not hitting stones with eggs, if the peace book sent by Yuan Shu is replaced with the "Female Commandment", which angers the empress and her army on the other side, what good will it do them for the army to attack?
But what he said now, the angry Yuan Shu couldn't listen to it, he immediately pulled out his sword, and with a gloomy face, the sword pointed at everyone in the room, and gestured casually: "Who is it?" Isn't it you? ”
The generals dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, and at this time, a soldier came to report, and the army of the Qi Dynasty pulled out of the village and came to Shouchun.
Yuan Shu was shocked at the moment, and suddenly the sword in his hand slashed his subordinates without long eyes, as soon as this move came out, everyone avoided it, Yuan Shu smelled blood, and the smell of blood in his throat couldn't be suppressed, and he vomited a mouthful of blood and fainted.
At present, Yuan Shu's subordinates seem to be in a tendency to deviate from morality. No, he vomited blood and fainted, and his subordinates were secretly discussing how to protect themselves, but they didn't want to defend Yuan Shu, the lord, anymore.
Although Sun Ce is not as old as them, he also has a lot of weight under the banner of Yuan Shu, first, his father Sun Jian is quite prestigious, although he was defeated in Luyang, but there are a few remaining soldiers. When he was under Yuan Shu's account, he was loyal, and he became a martial artist, led his subordinates to win battles, and the troops in his hands were good, plus there was Zhou Yu's family to help, and he was quite prestigious in Yuan Shu's army. Therefore, no one suspected him for a while, and because people were panicking now, they didn't notice that he rolled up the book "Male Commandments" sent by Emperor Zhaoyang and stuffed it into his sleeve.
When Sun Ce returned to his account, his friend Zhou Yu was waiting for him, and when he saw him return, he asked, "How is it?" ”
Sun Ce briefly said the situation on Yuan Shu's side, and took out the "Male Commandment" that called Yuan Shusheng vomited a mouthful of blood, Zhou Yu became more curious, and couldn't wait to take it, saw the title of the book was slightly stunned, and turned the page again, and saw the "Tell Yuan Highway Book", the preface was not long, and the two of them quickly finished reading it.
Sun Ce couldn't help but sigh: "No wonder he was so angry that he vomited blood, and the female emperor was afraid that he was not lightly angry." Sun Jian died at the hands of Xu Rong, the general under Dong Zhuo, and now it has only been two years, Sun Ce naturally remembers this debt, and he later found out that in addition to Dong Zhuo's reasons, Yuan Shu also deducted Lu Yang's military salary, and Yuan Shu also had the idea of leaving Sun Jian to fend for himself.
This changed Yuan Shu's peace book, and replaced it with "The Female Commandment", angering Yuan Shu and the empress both, and more importantly, Sun Ce wanted to replace Yuan Shu with his prestige in Huainan after Huainan was conquered by the Qi Dynasty - Emperor Zhaoyang In order to appease the people, the metropolis let the original shepherd continue to stay, such as Xuzhou Mu Taoqian, and in order to win over the local heroes, he will also let the local heroes be the shepherds, such as Zhang Liao in Jingzhou - in this way, no matter what happens in the future, he can "advance and retreat in a certain way".
The idea is beautiful, and the practice seems to have reached expectations, but Zhou Yu is not as optimistic as Sun Ce, he looked at the font of "Telling Yuan Highway Book", and at first felt that this character pen walked the dragon and snake, agitated and flying, like spring thunder in the sky, and like the moon shining on the empty mountain, majestic. Preconceived that this is written by a man, although the font of the daughter's house is pleasing to the eye, it is generally as tranquil and demure as the wind passing through the flower stream.
But in a blink of an eye, Zhou Yu thought of the world-moving "Sending the Army Song" - the piano song that sent the army to fight against Dong Zhuo's coalition army in front of the Luoyang City Tower - although there is a piano score to praise, but no one has been able to play the effect played by Zhaoyangjun at that time, Zhou Yu Aiqin is naturally studied, and I have to admit that listening to this song will feel a sense of agitation, the sound of Jin Ge Iron Horse is symphonic unconscious, reaching the depths of the scheming, but at the end there is an endless sigh. Listening to the music and watching the person, you can know that this person is extraordinary, and the fact is that the person has already ascended the throne as the emperor as a woman, and he is still sitting firmly in the country.
All kinds of things make it impossible for others to figure out her with the law of ordinary women, so it is very likely that this is really the handwriting of Emperor Zhaoyang, so looking at its handwriting and the meaning of the words, it can be seen that the person who wrote this preface is not angry at the moment, but with a light and melodious one, so there will be this "Highway Book to Yuan" with a strong sense of ridicule and teasing.
In this way, did the other party speculate that sending the humiliating "Female Commandment" to the door, was not Yuan Shu's original intention?
- Actually, it's not all, Zhou Lang, Emperor Zhaoyang has deduced that it was a naughty young man who dropped Yuan Shu's surrender book.
Let's not talk about the "Female Commandment" and "Male Commandment" for the time being, back to the war, Yuan Shu vomited blood and fainted, naturally someone has to stand up and preside over the overall situation, but everyone's morale is low, and they all want to kowtow and surrender, Sun Ce said at the moment: "Now that we are forced to meet, we will definitely not be reused by Emperor Zhaoyang, it is better to go out of the city to resist first, and then pay tribute to her, so that Emperor Zhaoyang will definitely be highly regarded." "As for the candidate to resist out of the city, Sun Ce is the best of the best, and this move made the original Yuan Shu's subordinates all look forward to Sun Ce. Obviously, Yuan Shu vomited blood and went crazy before, and cut Lei Bo, but now he has become a shrinking turtle and has played a great role in promoting.
So Sun Ce led his troops out of Shouchun City and fought against the Qi army that was not as good as a mile outside the garrison tower. The war drums sounded, and one from each side immediately clashed, Sun Ce's side was naturally Sun Ce, who was holding an ancient ingot knife, and Lu Bu, who was holding the Fang Tian Painting Halberd, was on the Qi army's side.
Sun Ce and Lu Bu immediately clashed, when they were fighting, there was a sudden commotion on the city tower, it turned out that Yuan Shu, who had fainted from vomiting blood, woke up, and when he woke up, he heard the sound of war drums outside, naturally he thought that the Qi army was overwhelmed, and he didn't know whether he was dizzy at the moment, or how did he think that Yuan Shu would fall to this point, and he felt that there was no way out this time, and in the end, he was afraid that he would end up with a bad death. Yuan Shu was unwilling to die like this, so he immediately put on the dragon robe he originally wore when he was called emperor, put on the crown, and went straight to the altar built by the emperor after he became the emperor to worship the emperor, and he was still holding a torch in his hand, this is to #play with fire**#?
Emperor Zhaoyang rode a horse and stood in the army, holding a self-made telescope to see this scene, and immediately said to Guo Jia: "I haven't asked him how he feels after watching "The Male Commandment", he can't just die in vain, if he wants to die, I have to ask him if he feels like dying again." ”
Guo Jia had a bad instinct, so he watched Emperor Zhaoyang urge the horse out of the battle, and went straight to the city tower, and after calming down, he asked the drummer to change the drum music so that the three of them would immediately fight, and let them send Zhang Xiu, who had already reacted, to the battle, and his heart was pounding, and he was afraid that Emperor Zhaoyang would miss a little.
Lu Bu was dissatisfied when he heard the sound of changing formations, and when he turned his head, he saw Emperor Zhaoyang wearing armor riding a horse, and he was immediately so frightened that Fang Tian's halberd was about to fall, and in a panic, he actually called out the small characters of Emperor Zhaoyang: "Diao Chan!" ”
Emperor Zhaoyang is also #Art Master Bold#, he didn't know when he had an extra bow and arrow in his hand, and immediately shot three arrows in a row, one arrow was on the wrist of Yuan Shu holding a torch on the altar of the city tower; The second arrow was shot at the torch that Yuan Shu threw down as soon as his hand was relieved, and the torch was actually shot out of the altar by him and fell outside the tower, falling into the earth and quickly extinguished; The third arrow hit the bun that Yuan Shu used to tie the crown, and it nailed Yuan Shu's hair bun with a crown to the pillar.
Others either haven't had time to see it clearly, or they can't see it from the wrong angle, but Yuan Shu, as a party, is scared to death, okay?
Because Emperor Zhaoyang acted so recklessly and almost scared his soul away, after witnessing this scene, he was finally able to put his heart back in the middle of the way that was about to jump out of his throat, but he was still thumping - Emperor Zhaoyang rode a horse and shot arrows, this scene is handsome and cracks the sky, okay?
Later, the Qi army reacted, and the tsunami-like cheers mixed with the sound of war drums were about to engulf Shouchun City. Because of the wrong angle, Sun Ce's side couldn't see what was happening, although he was also told by the people in the city later, but it is an indisputable fact that the morale has weakened, and it cannot be said that it is not # not afraid of god-like opponents, but afraid of pig-like teammates #.
Zhaoyang Emperor Lema stopped in front of Sun Zema, raised his tone and said, "Little Overlord, is "The Female Commandment" really as good as you say? ”
Sun Ce: "......?!" ”
-- "The Female Commandment" should be popular, no, "The Male Commandment" will be even more popular.