Chapter 122: Murder Yuan Shu

The cruelty of human beings is the jackal, why hook and claw and saw teeth to eat human flesh. ------Tang Dynasty. Bai Juyi "Du Lingsu"

It is said that Chen Long decided to go north to Luoyang, intending to compete with Dong Zhuo in the capital, prevent Dong Zhuo from disrupting the government, change the situation of chaos in the world after Dong Zhuo's rebellion in the official history, and stop the rolling wheel of history. At the same time, Huang Gai, Pan Jun and other generals led the first part of the Second Army, and also marched to Luoyang along the starry night of Yingchuan under the pretense of He Jin's summons.

Chen Long led Gan Ning and 100 special forces, hired a number of carriages, disguised as a business team, and went north to Luoyang along the Nanyang line. Just past Wancheng, Nanyang County, a horse flew in front, and it was Zu Lang who reported in person.

Zu Lang didn't have time to be polite, and said shocking news in Chen Long's ear: "General Huang's troops have just entered Funiu Mountain, and suddenly a large number of archers poured out of the woods on both sides, and after several rounds of arrow attacks, General Huang's front army suffered heavy losses. Fortunately, General Huang took precautions in advance, and most of the former troops were sword and shield soldiers, and many brothers survived under the shield. But the commander of Bocai was still seriously wounded. ”

Chen Long was shocked and blurted out, "Who did it?" ”

When General Huang led the rear army to arrive, the ambush soldiers went over the mountains and mountains, and they couldn't catch up. The subordinate only took one arrow and asked the lord to look at it. With that, Zu Lang took out a long arrow from the horse's bag and handed it to Long Chen with both hands.

Chen Long took the long arrow and watched it, and handed it to Gan Ning beside him after reading it. Zu Lang continued: "The arrows are all wooden poles, and they don't seem to be the iron arrows that the Xiliang Army is used to, but it can't be ruled out that they are Dong Zhuo's old suspicions. Both General Huang and Pan Junshi suspected that Dong Zhuo Xiliang's army had done it, so they temporarily stopped advancing and sent scouts to explore the way, and now temporarily chose a safer place to garrison troops in order to protect themselves and protect the wounded. ”

Gan Ning scolded with an arrow: "Dong Zhuo, the turtle king bastard, has not even given up the plan to attack our army!" ”

Chen Long shook his head again and again, his eyebrows furrowed, but unfortunately he sent Guo Jia and Zhou Budo to Zhao Yun, and now there is no one around him who has an idea.

Seeing that everyone was waiting for him to give an order, Long Chen had no choice but to sort out his thoughts and said, "Huang Gai's troops can't stop advancing, and they must continue to move north immediately. No matter who sent the ambush soldiers, the purpose was to delay the time for our army to enter Kyoto, and it was not possible to let him get his way. ”

After that, he said to Zu Lang: "You are familiar with the location of General Huang's troops, make a hard trip, return immediately, inform General Huang not to garrison troops, and quickly go north, and when you arrive at Luoyang City, it is the safest." Be vigilant along the road, even if you encounter ambushes again, don't be afraid of sacrifice, the cavalry is in front, the infantry is in the back, break through! ”

Zu Lang agreed, got on his horse and galloped away. Gan Ning gritted his teeth and asked, "Lord, who will be the one who will do it?" See if I don't break him into pieces. ”

Chen Long shook his head and said, "I always don't feel like Dong Zhuo did it, otherwise the location of the ambush should be in Shangluo." Because Dong Zhuo originally thought that our army's goal was to go to Chang'an, how could he set up an ambush in Yingchuan? But I don't know who are the troops recruited this time? ”

Gan Ning couldn't answer, so Chen Long had to order to quickly rush to Luoyang along the official road, hoping to join Huang Gai's army as soon as possible.

On this day, he came to Yichuan County, less than 100 miles away from Luoyang, Chen Long was reluctant to enter Kyoto rashly, and wanted to know the details of the current Luoyang City, so he ordered a little repair, and stayed in Yichuan County. Send two team members to let them enter Luoyang and inform Zhao Da to come to see him overnight.

Zhao Da has not yet arrived, but Zu Lang has found him. It turned out that Zu Lang returned to Huang Gai's army that day and conveyed Chen Long's order to quickly advance. Huang Gai understood Chen Long's intentions, and hurriedly ordered the whole army to rush forward, with the Ma army in front and the infantry behind, and marched through Yichuan County overnight to Longmen Tunzha in the south of Luoyang. There were no ambushes along the road, Huang Gaijun finished tying up the horses, ordered people to arrange the antler fence, played the banner of deposing the eunuchs, and the whole army was silent, and from then on, the soldiers did not move, waiting for the arrival of the lord. Zu Lang turned back again and greeted the lord along the road.

Long Chen breathed a sigh of relief, the Huang Gai army was ahead, and no one here should blatantly attack other troops who also belonged to the Han Dynasty. Asked Zu Lang: "How many centaurs are left in Huang Gai?" ”

Zu Lang said: "The dead and wounded are only a few hundred, and they have all been properly settled. I'm afraid that the enemy didn't expect that the Blue Dragon Army was still rushing forward after being attacked, so there were no other arrangements along the way. ”

Chen Long nodded and asked, "What are the troops who got He Jin's order this time and rushed to Luoyang to force the palace?" ”

Zu Lang thought for a while and said, "Counting us, there are ten military horses. ”

said like a number of treasures: "The first way, Hanoi is too observant of Wang Kuang's prince's day, five thousand military horses. ”

"The second road, Jibei Xiang, cavalry captain Bao Xin Bao Yuncheng, five thousand military horses."

"The third road, and the state assassin history, Wu Meng, Du Lieutenant Ding Yuan, Ding Jianyang, five thousand military horses."

"The fourth road, the marshal of the Western Expedition, the Zhonglang general Dong Zhuo Dong Zhongying, 20,000 military horses."

"The fifth road, Youzhou Thorn History Liu Yu Liu Bo'an, 10,000 military horses."

"The sixth road, Jizhou Thorn History Han Fu Han Wen Festival, 10,000 military horses."

"The seventh road, the tiger Ben Zhonglang will Yuan Shu Yuan Highway, 10,000 military horses."

"The eighth road, Yanzhou Thorn History, Liu Dai, Liu Gongshan, five thousand military horses."

"On the ninth road, Chen Liutai guards Zhang Miao and Zhang Mengzhuo, three thousand military horses."

"The tenth road is our Green Dragon Army, which can be regarded as uninvited."

Long Chen nodded and said, "It's also unprecedented." Which roads have reached the city? ”

"Dong Zhuo, Zhang Miao, Bao Xin, Ding Yuan, Yuan Shu, and Han Fu's troops have all arrived, and they are stationed in the open space outside the city. The other roads are far away, and it is estimated that the time it will be about the same as our arrival. ”

Chen Long asked Zu Lang to go down to rest, and waited for Zhao Da to come. Thinking about it in his mind, he took a roll of empty bamboo slips in his hand, and wrote down the names of Dong Zhuo, Ding Yuan, Yuan Shu, and Han Fu with a pen.

With his eyes sweeping over the names of several people one by one, Long Chen nervously thought about the suspects in the attack on Huang Gaijun.

Dong Zhuo has the most ruthless means, the most military horses, and he was about to ambush Chen Long in Shangluo, so he is the most suspicious. However, the location of the ambush and the arrows used seemed to prove that it was not Dong Zhuo;

Ding Yuan, among the world-famous generals under his command, Lu Bu is ambitious, and his strength is not under Dong Zhuojun. This time he entered Beijing and Dong Zhuo also had the same purpose, but the Bingzhou army came from the north to the south, why did they go to the south to ambush the Qinglong army? The suspicion is minimal.

Han Fu, although his subordinates are full of famous generals, he is as timid as a mouse, and he also came from north to south, why did he come to pick up Chen Long's tiger whiskers? Minimal suspicion.

Finally, Long Chen's gaze fell on a name, and his big hand pressed the two words Yuan Shu heavily. Yuan Shu was born in the Runan Yuan clan of the fourth and third dukes, and was the second son of Sikong Yuan Feng; Yuan Shao was the adopted son of his uncle Yuan Cheng, and Yuan Shao's mother was only a maidservant, so Yuan Shao's status in the family in his early years was quite low, and Yuan Shu looked down on Yuan Shao and Yuan Benchu's brother at all.

Yuan Shu was famous for his chivalry when he was young, and often played with his son's buddy Tian Hunting, and was later recommended as filial piety, and was transferred many times to Henan Yin and Huben Zhonglang General. At the time of the great chaos in the world, Yuan Shu was one of the first court officials to convene righteous servants outside Luoyang City and set up an army system, training heavy soldiers to be stationed on the front line of Nanyang, and his subordinates included Yang Hong, Shu Shao, Yuan Yin, Chen Xiang, Yuan Si, Li Feng, Yan Xiang, Yuan Lian, etc., Wu Youjiling, Zhang Xun, Qiao Rui, Wu Jing, Liang Gang, Le Zhuo, Lei Bo, Chen Lan, etc., can be described as strong generals, strategists like rain, faintly threatening Liu Biao in Jingzhou. His troops were stationed at the junction of Nanyang and Runan, and it was most convenient to grasp the movements of Huang Gai's army, so Yuan Shu was the most suspicious.

Chen Long stared at Yuan Shu's name, thinking of Bo Cai's serious injury and the hundreds of brothers of the Second Legion of the Blue Dragon Army who had died, his eyes were like spitting fire. didn't expect that he wouldn't provoke Yuan Shu, but Yuan Shu calculated himself instead, if he let himself find out the truth, he would inevitably screw off the head of this despicable villain and pay tribute to his dead brother.

In the dark night, Zhao Da hurried to the scene, and when he saw the lord bowing and saluting, he was smiling all over his face, and he felt very close. Chen Long got straight to the point and asked, "What is the current situation in Luoyang City?" ”

Zhao Da hesitated for a moment, not knowing which person Chen Long cared about the most, and said first: "Empress Dowager He is temporarily unharmed, put the coffin of Emperor Han Ling in the court, and listen to the government in the court." ”

Seeing that Chen Long's face remained unchanged, he continued: "Although Liu Wei is on the throne, I heard that the eunuchs are not * divided, and they are plotting to let Liu Xie take his place. In Kyoto, there were various versions circulating for a while, all of which were chasing after the wind and shadows, and rumors spread that Liu Xie would inevitably replace Liu as emperor. ”

Seeing that Long Chen still looked as usual, Zhao Da continued: "He Jin has long had the heart to kill the eunuchs, but he was helplessly dissuaded by his mother, Empress Dowager He of Wuyangjun, and he has not been able to do it. He Jin then followed the advice of Yuan Shao and Wang Yun, and ordered the heroes from all over the country to bring troops into Beijing to threaten the Empress Dowager He to agree to kill all the eunuchs. Tonight, He Jin ordered the state to assassinate Shi Ding Yuan to burn the Yellow River Mengjin, and the fire penetrated directly into Luoyang City, causing a panic in the palace. The eyeliner of the palace gate heard that the Empress Dowager He summoned He Jin to the Jiade Hall of Changle Palace to discuss matters, and the general should have entered the palace at this time. ”

Chen Long's heart trembled when he heard this, he didn't expect He Jin's death to be tonight, so he suddenly stood up and said loudly: "He Jin is resting!" ”

Zhao Da looked at Long Chen, who stood up, in a daze, and didn't know where to start. Chen Long didn't have time to explain, and said to Lu Chang at the door: "Quick, order everyone, and go to meet Huang Gaijun quickly." ”