Volume II, Chapter 33: Old Things

The next day, Sima Sun Jian of the other department, Sima Liu Wei of the other department, and Sima Chengpu of the auxiliary army each integrated the soldiers under their command, flags and honor guards, and officially marched towards Nanton.

Because the three Simas were all damaged by their respective soldiers, they all made some adjustments to Zhu Yi by the right middle lang.

Among them, Sima Sun Jian of the other department lost a lot of 1,000 people due to rushing to the aid of Zhu Yi's vanguard troops, so he replenished 600 people, making up for 1,000 people.

Sima Liu Wei of the other department, with 300 tiger troops from the headquarters, also supplemented 700 people, and gathered 1,000 people.

Sima Chengpu, the assistant army, first led 500 crossbowmen for the military marquis, and now he has 500 reinforcements, enough for 1,000 people.

As a result, the three divisions under the command of the three Sima gathered a total of 3,000 people, and each adjusted the subordinates and soldiers, all of which were not too variable, only Liu Wei appointed a team leader and a military marquis under his command, but there was nothing special about it.

Among them, Tang Zifeng is the military marquis, and Yang Gu is the team leader. Both of them were promoted for a reason, and with the favor of the prince, no one paid attention to or opposed them.

It is worth mentioning that this Yang Gu, who was the young man who claimed to be a doctor who was pulled out of the army for Liu Bian's attendants that day, was about to slash and kill the attendant on the spot because of his offensive words, but because he memorized two sentences of Luo Shenfu, he was favored by Liu Bian, and he directly changed from a nobody to a team leader, and the commander of the soldiers was still a tiger warrior who was Liu Bian's personal guard, which made people envious and sighing.

Since Tang Zifeng and Chun Yuqiong won the battle on the outskirts of Xiangcheng, in the past few days after entering Xiangcheng, Liu Wei has been discussing some common sense of marching with Huangfu Song, but it is not so much a discussion, but it is better to say that Liu Wei has taken the initiative to learn unilaterally, until Zhu Jun and Sun Jian were defeated, and the plan to attack Nanton was decided in the Chinese army's tent, Liu Wei could be regarded as having the opportunity to return to the army, so that he could get close to his subordinates.

So on the boring journey to Nanton with his army, Liu Wei naturally called Yang Gu to his side, intending to ask him in detail about the reason.

"Yang Gu?" Liu Wei rode his red rabbit pony and looked up and called out to the young team leader who was half his body taller.

"Yes."

"You're not weak yet, are you?"

"The last general is already weak."

"If you crown yourself, how can you be considered a weak crown." Liu Wei couldn't help but sneer: "I've been thinking a lot about it in the past few days, but because of the military situation, I don't have time to talk to you, so I think you've thought a lot, right?"

Yang Gu frowned, and he didn't know how to speak for a while.

Liu Wei saw it in his eyes, smiled slightly, stretched out his hand and patted the neck of the red pony under him, and said, "My horse is called Chitu."

Yang Gu raised his eyebrows and echoed: "It is indeed a divine horse."

"I don't know if it's a god colt." Liu Wei raised his head again, looked at Yang Gu in a daze and said, "Don't you think this name is excellent?"

"I have heard for a long time that His Highness is outstanding, and the name that His Highness thinks of is naturally excellent." Yang Gu is still submissive.

Liu Wei shook his head again and again, and laughed: "No matter how good it is, how good is your Luo Shenfu."

After that, he looked at Yang Gu meaningfully and said, "Okay?" Cao Zijian? ”

Yang Gu frowned slightly, pondered for a long time, and then turned his head to Liu Wei and said, "Your Highness wants to ask about the last general Luo Shenfu." ”

Liu Wei was noncommittal, just watched and said nothing.

"In the year when Your Majesty Hongdu erected the monument, he would have the honor to perform official duties and enter Luoyang, and this Luo Shenfu was asked to come out of the world that year." Yang Gu's eyebrows were gentle, and he just said slowly.

Liu Wei nodded, but did not speak, just waited for Yang Gu to continue to speak.

Yang Gu didn't continue, but he actually got off the horse and stood on the spot, Liu Wei naturally followed it when he saw this, and also strangled the horse's head. When the whole army saw this, they didn't know why, but they all stopped. Fortunately, Liu Bian, Cheng Pu, and Sun Jian are divided into three parts, and Liu Biao is the rear part, but it didn't hinder the other two.

Yang Gu bowed to Liu Wei, and then said: "The last general is bold, and then the language and General He will ask His Highness to atone for his sins." ”

Liu Wei glanced at the sergeants around him, raised his horsewhip and said, "Get on the horse." ”

Yang Gu bowed his head slightly and listened to Liu Wei's instructions.

"The two of us will go first." Liu Wei said loudly to the surrounding tiger warriors: "You will follow from afar, and you can't approach without my order." ”

Several of the tiger generals led by the tiger ben showed hesitant expressions on their faces, but they did not dare to disobey Liu Weijun's order, so they had to give up their promises.

Liu Wei raised his head slightly towards Yang Gu, and the two of them rode forward, staying more than 30 steps away from the soldiers behind them before slowing down the speed of the horse, Yang Gu looked back at the soldiers behind him, and then turned his head to Liu Wei and said: "Your Highness, there will be a word of inquiry at the end." ”

Liu Wei did not respond, but nodded slightly, motioning for others to ask questions.

"In Luo Shenfu, the hair is like the moon covered by light clouds, and the fluttering is like the snow of the wind, these two sentences, but General He made it?" Yang Gu pondered for a moment, and finally frowned.

Liu Wei nodded, shook his head again, and said: "Actually, there should be four sentences, and it is not wrong for you to say that these two sentences were made by others." ”

Yang Gu sighed speechlessly.

"This Luo Shen Fu has something to do with you, right?" Seeing that he was speechless, Liu Wei asked.

"The last general will not dare to deceive His Highness." Yang Gu nodded and said slowly: "That was when His Majesty Hongdu erected a monument. That year, I didn't have time to tie my hair, and my brother and I were in the Hun Zhonglang, and Zhang Xiu and Zhang Zhonglang were under the command of the messenger. ”

"Zhang Xiu?" Liu Wei frowned and asked, "Is that Zhang Xiu, who killed the Xiongnu Shan Yu and sat in prison before the amnesty?" ”

Yang Gu smiled bitterly for a moment, nodded and said: "Yes, not long after my brother was weak, he lost half of his foot in the battle with Xianbei, Zhang Zhonglang was sympathetic to the soldier, so he transferred him from a cavalry to a messenger, and I also started to join the army that year." ”

Liu Wei nodded and asked, "What does this have to do with Luo Shenfu?" ”

Yang Gu said with a chuckle: "Zhang Zhonglang killed the Huns Shan Yu without permission, he knew his guilt, and the current border and Xianbei war, so he ordered my two brothers to enter Luo to submit a military report. ”

Liu Wei frowned, waved his hand and asked, "Since you and your brother are sending a military report, how can you meet Cai Bojiao?" ”

Yang Gu replied calmly: "My two brothers were unable to meet Cai Gong, but at that time, Cai Gong issued a notice throughout the city, and those who could fill in the Fu only needed to write articles in bamboo slips, and then send them to the outside of Hongdu. ”

Liu Wei bowed slightly: "Since this is the case, then it makes sense." ”

Fu looked at Yang Gu, who interrupted the silence on the spot, waved his hand and said, "You go on." ”

Yang Gu continued: "In those few nights, my brother tossed and turned, sighing again and again, and I said that he was just lamenting his life experience as he usually does, so he didn't have time to think about it, and he didn't ask the reason. ”

Liu Weiyu touched his eyebrows slightly, and asked softly: "Your brother often sighs about his life experience on weekdays?" ”

"Not bad." Yang Gu nodded repeatedly.

"How to sigh."

Yang Gu wanted to speak and stopped.

Liu Wei smiled slightly: "There are only you and me here, since I forgave you before, how can there be other blame, you can say it bluntly." ”

Yang Gu then said: "My brother often said that he is also a son of destiny and a person of creation, why can a general be so honored in the temple and be valuable in the world, but like my brother, he can only be a pawn on the side, and he doesn't know when he will live or die." ”

"Why do you talk about General He?" Liu Wei had doubts, but after thinking for a while, he also understood: "But it's because of those four sentences of Luo Shen Fu?" ”

Yang Gu nodded and sighed: "Brother Naiyan, he wrote Luo Shenfu and signed it with Cao Zhi not to cling to the false name of that Wenzong, but to warn General He and respect the sages in his heart." ”

When Liu Wei heard this, his heart was extremely moved, he looked at the sky and sighed again and again, and it took a long time before he looked at Yang Gu and asked, "Do you know why your brother said this." ”

Yang Gu shook his head again and again, claiming that he didn't know.

"Well, you don't know, and I don't need to share it with you." Liu Wei didn't ask, just nodded again and again: "What about after this?" ”

"A few days later, my brother and I got the court documents, and we were going to return to Gaoping County to resume our lives that day, and my brother didn't sleep all night, and as for the next morning, he took me to Hongdumen."

"At that time, you naturally didn't know why." Liu Wei sighed again.

Yang Gu nodded and continued: "At that time, I only knew that my brother put a bamboo scroll in front of the Hongdu Gate, and it was not until I returned to Gaoping County that I knew that the bamboo scroll was written on the Luo Shenfu on the main monument of Hongdu, Your Highness, my brother is Wenzong." ”

Liu Wei was already excited to hear it, only to feel that there was something in his chest, and he was depressed and couldn't speak, until he took a few breaths of relief before he asked: "Later, Your Majesty issued an order to find Cao Zhi throughout the country, why can't your brother admit himself?" ”

Yang Gu sighed and said with a wry smile: "Not to mention Gaoping's contempt, it is difficult to issue imperial court decrees, it was only later that I came to the army of Emperor Fu Zhonglang, and I learned that those people who spoke falsely about Cao Zhi were just some relatives and friends who were pretending to receive rewards. ”

"What's your brother's name?"

"Yang Chuan." Yang Gu replied.

"Since the crown is weak, there should be a table." Liu Wei continued.

Yang Gu nodded and said with a wry smile: "My parents died early, my relatives and friends were separated, and my brother also crowned himself and took the word Hangzhou." ”

"Hangzhou?" Liu Wei was immediately stunned, his eyes were full of sourness, he was surprised and silent for a long time, and then he shook his head again and again, and said with a wry smile: "The mountains and rivers and valleys are the most memorable for Hangzhou." ”

Yang Gu was silent.

"Where is your brother now, I want to see him." After a long time, Liu Wei asked Yang Gu urgently.

"My brother is dead."

"Dead?" Liu Wei was surprised and inexplicable.

Yang Gu looked sad, nodded slowly and said: "Zhang Zhonglang killed Shan Yu without permission, His Majesty issued a decree to remove the official, and then the car entered Luo, and he was imprisoned, and the imperial court no longer set up a Hun Zhonglang general in Gaoping County, and my two brothers and many soldiers lost their lives, so they had to trek through mountains and rivers to the former Northland Taishou Huangfu to beg for food. ”

"Why don't you go back to your hometown and engage in farming?" Liu Wei turned his head and asked.

"Years of war in the border areas, the destruction of fertile land, and the destruction of homes, it is really impossible to make a living from farming." Yang Gu seemed to recall the past, and his heart was also troubled: "If you want to survive in that kind of place, you can only join the army, but fortunately, I learned that the emperor was recruiting soldiers, so my brothers and sisters decided to go to Beidi County." ”

"Where did Yang Chuan die?" Liu Wei interrupted and asked.

"Died on the way."

"How did you die?"

"Died of the pandemic." Yang Gu replied.