Chapter 22: The War of Population Warfare (Part II)

"The Revolution of the Immortal World", ISBN 6939, The Story of the Mortal YY Immortals.

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On the road from Tongguan to Luoyang, the black cavalry team of Dong Zhuojun, who was slackening, suddenly stopped, Zhang Liao and Xu Huang, who led the team, were strange, and a herald hurriedly ran to Zhang Liao and Xu Huang's horse, and arched his hand on the horse: "Qi two generals, there is a group of people blocking the road on the road to Luoyang, they claim to be the imperial court Taifu Ma Ridan, the servant Zhu Xi, the general of the chariot and cavalry Dong Cheng and the two fathers-in-law of the Taishi, Lord Cai and Lord Fu, they asked to see the two generals. ”

Zhang Liao and Xu Huang glanced at each other, both had a big headache, Kang Peng just ordered to pursue Cao Cao's army, but did not mention what to do when the army passed through Luoyang, now those famous old stubborn people Zhang Liao and Xu Huang also vaguely guessed, but they couldn't see it, who called their boss someone's 'son-in-law'?

Zhang Liao and Xu Huang rode forward, walked to the front of the team, and saw several old men dressed in court clothes, holding Chaogui, standing in Nanshan Qingpine, standing in front of the army without changing their faces, but also a little majestic. Zhang Liao and Xu Huang stepped forward and arched their hands: "The last general Zhang Liao and the last general Xu Huang have seen all of you, and you can't salute with armor, please forgive me." ”

A few old stubborns replied together, and the standard of action can definitely be written into the textbooks of the Han Dynasty. Ma Ridan, who was in his seventies, replied: "The two generals don't need to be polite, the old Ma Ridan, who is stealing the position of the imperial court, dare to ask the two generals, where is this to lead the troops?" ”

Zhang Liao thought for a while, hugged his fists and replied: "Back to Ma Taifu, Chen Liucao thief has no way, raised troops to invade Hanoi, robbed the people of Hanoi and the heavenly Xiangrui, the last general and General Xu went to crusade against the Cao thief on the order of the Taishi, save the people of Hanoi, and take back the god Xiangrui." ”

Ma Ridan, Dong Cheng, Zhu Xi and others all breathed a sigh of relief, Cai Yong and Fu Wan were overjoyed, and they were secretly glad in their hearts that King Dong Yan was not here to fight Luoyang. Ma Ridan covered his mouth and coughed for a long time, and then said: "The Taishi is worried about the country and the people, we admire it, so please ask the two generals to lead the army around Luoyang and advance from Luonan, don't disturb the people of Luoyang." Ma Ridan coughed again, and the hard work and unsatisfactory state affairs of the past year have exhausted the old man, and his health has plummeted.

Zhang Liao and Xu Huang looked embarrassed, Luoyang City was built on the back of the mountain and water, the area was huge, and the road around Luonan was not good, at least half a day's delay was bound to delay the fighter plane. Xu Huang arched his hand and said: "Your Excellency, rest assured, although you are not talented, you and General Wenyuan are quite strict in governing the army, and when you pass through Luoyang, you will be strictly restrained, and you will not disturb the people, and our army will not enter the city, only pass outside the city, please see it clearly." ”

Ma Ridan and the others shook their heads together, "No, Luoyang is the residence of the Son of Heaven, if it disturbs the holy driver, who will take care of it?" ”

Xu Huang held back his anger, "My lords, the road detour will inevitably delay time, delay the warplane, let the Cao thieves flee the people, and put hundreds of thousands of people in Hanoi in a place where there is no return, so who will take care of it?" ”

Ma Ridan and the others still shook their heads, "Heaven and earth are great, the king is second, and the people are again, the two generals must not mess with their dignity and humility, please detour." ”

Zhang Liao couldn't hold back any longer, and shouted: "I don't care if he is the emperor or not, I only know that Dong Taishi's order is the most important, and we must pass through Luoyang today!" The whole army listened to the order, marched, and passed through Luoyang City! ”

"Who dare?" Ma Ridan also shouted, the five old men lined up, blocking the road of Zhang Liao and Xu Huangjun, Ma Ridan shouted: "If the general wants to pass through Luoyang, please step on the corpses of the old decay first, otherwise don't want to take a step forward!" ”

The five old men stood straight, their wrinkled faces were full of fortitude, their gray beards fluttered gently in the wind, and in the face of the 20,000 black cavalry armed to the teeth, their thin bodies did not waver, and there was no trace of fear in their eyes.

Zhang Liao and Xu Huang were in a hurry, if someone else blocked the way, they would definitely not hesitate to trample those people into pulp, but among the five people in front of them, two were their boss's legitimate father-in-law, and the other three were also elders whom their boss and the two of them admired very much, the pillars of the court respected by all the people, once they hurt them, the consequences would be unimaginable.

When the two sides were at a stalemate, another herald hurriedly ran to Zhang Liao and Xu Huang, holding a letter in his hand, "Qi Qi two generals, General Xu of Tongguan quickly transferred the order of the Taishi." ”

Zhang Liao hurriedly took over and watched, it was okay not to look at it, but after seeing it, he suddenly hung his head and looked up, looked up and smiled bitterly at Ma Ridan and others: "Ladies and gentlemen, please go back, we are only Luoyang." ”

Ma Ridan and the others were pleasantly surprised, and at the same time there was a hint of happiness, although they were not afraid of death, they also came with the determination to die this time, but being able to go back alive also made them feel that they would have the rest of their lives after the catastrophe. Xu Huang was taken aback, and hurriedly asked Zhang Liao, "Wenyuan, what's wrong?" What order did the Grand Master give? ”

Zhang Liao handed the letter to Xu Huang dejectedly, "See for yourself, the Taishi ordered us to be stationed on the spot and stand by." Xu Huang took the letter and looked at it carefully, it turned out that Kang Peng asked Xu Rong to tell them that this time the army was just a feint, the purpose was to induce Yuan Shao to go to war with Cao Cao, because he was afraid that Yuan Shaojun would be suspicious, so he didn't tell them in advance, and their performance did confuse Yuan Shaojun, and now that the goal has been achieved, they don't have to continue to move forward, and they are stationed on the spot. Xu Rong also told them that although they did not go to the battlefield with real swords and guns this time, they also had great merit, and the two of them were each promoted to the next level, and the other soldiers also had their own rewards.

Ma Ridan asked curiously: "Two generals, what did Master Dong say in his letter, can you tell the old man?" ”

Xu Huang was full of depression, and finally had a chance to relax, which turned out to be fake, and replied angrily: "The military aircraft is a secret, Xu Huang is difficult to obey, the weather is cold and windy, please go back." The armies listened to the order, camped on the spot, and rewarded the three armies tonight. ”

"Yes."

The news that Dong Zhuojun's troops did not move when he advanced to a place fifty miles away from Luoyang City was soon sent to the hands of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, who were fighting a tug-of-war in Xingyang and Zhongmu. Hearing the news, Yuan Shao patted his chest and boasted, "Did you see it?" If it weren't for the caution of my duke and didn't listen to your words about entering Luoyang, otherwise we would have been attacked by Dong thieves and thieves from both sides, and our army would be in danger. ”

"The Lord is a god and a second, and we are convinced." Yuan Shao's strategists replied against their will, but they were scolding in their hearts, if it weren't for you, the pig's head Dong thief, who feintmed to attack, how could we fight with Cao Cao to lose both? Vain consumption of troops, food and grass? If you had seized the time to chase Cao Cao or raid Luoyang, we would have grabbed the god seed Xiangrui a long time ago, and we could still get a group of people.

On Cao Cao's side, Cao Cao sneered: "The Dong thief is really treacherous, the army just ran for a while, and it didn't cost a single soldier to let Yuan Shao, a stupid pig, consume many of my soldiers' baggage." ”

Guo Jia admonished: "Lord, it's time to stop fighting with Yuan Shao, otherwise it will be a cheap Dong thief." ”

Cao Cao nodded, "Yes, let the messenger bring half of the auspicious god seed to Yuan Shao, and tell this stupid pig that if he is not strong enough to swallow the elephant, I will ally with Dong Thief and attack him on both sides." ”

Guo Jia said with a smile: "Do you want to add another condition to let that stupid pig return the land of Xingyang south of the Yellow River of the Lord Gong?" ”

Cao Cao laughed, "Fengxiao, I know him best, Xingyang is just an empty city, and there is the Yellow River to block it, that stupid pig must give up and withdraw to the north of the Yellow River, no need for me to waste my tongue." ”

Guo Jia smiled and nodded, "Xiaosheng, let's do it." ”

"Wait." Cao Cao stopped Guo Jia and said with a sneer: "Those divine seeds have been steamed first, and then they will be given to that stupid pig." ”

Guo Jia smiled more yin than Cao Cao, "Xiao Sheng understands that God doesn't want to see Xiangrui fall into the hands of that stupid pig." ”

Three days later, Yuan Shao's army and Cao Cao's army ceased fighting, Yuan Shao took Wang Kuang's half of the god Xiangrui, and a few Hanoi people were satisfied with the north across the Yellow River, returned to Yecheng, as Cao Cao expected, Yuan Shao felt that Xingyang and Yecheng were separated by the surging Yellow River, and Xingyang, which had an army to guard the empty city, was easy to be surrounded, too dangerous, and easily gave up the strategic place of Xingyang, but Yuan Shao never thought that from then on, he would never have the opportunity to set foot on the land of Xingyang......

Zhang Liao and Xu Huang were not as happy as Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, that night, the two of them were in the tent with sad faces and big eyes to small eyes, Zhang Liao still had a letter in his hand that had just been delivered, Dong Taishi asked them to continue to be stationed in the suburbs of Luoyang, and told them that Chang'an had sent a batch of grain, wine and meat, escorted by Lu Su and Zhao Yun, and a group of Chang'an scholars, rich businessmen, and magnates, let them wait for Lu Su and others to arrive.

Although the official was promoted by one level, Zhang Liao's face was still longer than a bitter gourd, "Gongming, what do you say we should do?" Beat and don't let you fight, withdraw and don't let you withdraw, how long does the Taishi want us to nest here? ”

Xu Huang's face was not much shorter than him, and he was holding a piece of cloth in his hand and wiping the big axe fiercely, "You ask me, who am I going to ask?" My mountain axe has never been stained with blood since the September Civil and Military Conference in September of the previous year, I am almost crazy, I really envy Zilong and Wenhou them, I participated in the battle of Xiliang last year, and I was addicted! ”

"Ugh." Zhang Liao let out a long sigh and lay down, looking at the top of the tent in a daze, while Xu Huang continued to rub the big axe, although the big axe was already visible. At this time, a small colonel broke into the big tent, "Qiqi two generals, Luoyang is on fire, and there are shouts of killing in the city!" ”

Zhang Liao jumped up, Xu Huang's big axe was no longer wiped, and green light was shining out of his eyes, "What's wrong with Luoyang?" Did anyone attack Luoyang? Or is it civil strife in Luoyang City? ”

"General, it's not clear."

"Stupid!" Xu Huang shouted, "Why don't you go and investigate?" Send more people! ”

The firelight of Luoyang City has reflected the eastern sky red, which is still a scene seen from fifty miles away, so you can imagine the magnitude of the fire in Luoyang City. At this moment, Zhang Liao and Xu Huang were nervous and excited, they were too eager to go to the battlefield.

After waiting anxiously for more than an hour, Tanma came back with a disheveled person, Zhang Liao and Xu Huang took a closer look, and it turned out to be the servant Zhu Xian, who was drenched all over his body, and he didn't even wear shoes, and he was extremely embarrassed. As soon as Zhu Xian saw Zhang Liao and Xu Huang, he shouted with a crying voice before he got off the horse, "General Zhang, General Xu, go and save Luoyang, go and save the saint!" ”

Zhang Liao and Xu Huang personally helped him off the horse, "Slow down, what happened to Luoyang?" ”

"Luoyang is in danger! Holy in danger! It turned out that after Wang Kuang's army was broken by Cao Cao's army, Wang Kuang's cousin Wang Qi led more than 3,000 defeated troops to escape, Wang Ji wanted to go to Chang'an to seek refuge in Kang Peng, but when he passed through Luoyang, he couldn't withstand the temptation of Taifu Yuan Kui's official wish, and led his troops to take refuge in Yuan Kui, and the defeated army turned into the defenders of Luoyang, and Wang Qi also became a partial general and the marquis of Guan. At the beginning, Wang Ji's troops were fine, but this evening, without the slightest clue, Wang Ji's troops suddenly made a rebellion, first defeated Yuan Zhen's Luoyang army composed of hooligans and ruffians, killed people and set fire to Luoyang City, looted people's property, raped women, and attacked the palace, threatening to capture Emperor Xian alive, now only the Imperial Forest Army led by Dong Cheng is guarding the palace, but the situation is also very critical, Zhu Xiang was entrusted by Ma Ridan and others, escaped from the city to Dong Zhuojun for help.

"Two generals, go and save the saint, it's too late." Zhu pleaded pitifully.

Zhang Liao frowned and said, "It's difficult, we were ordered to be stationed, and the Taishi didn't let us use troops." Xu Huang added: "Besides, the Taishi has said first, and he is not allowed to enter Luoyang in front." ”

Just when Zhu Xian was about to despair, Zhang Liao and Xu Huang shouted in unison: "But the general is outside, and the monarch's order is not subject to it!" Brothers, guys, go to Luoyang! ”