Chapter Twenty-Six: Killing Two Birds with One Stone

Discussion must be, Dong Chong rarely and decisively collected the defeated army, rummaging through everyone to collect money, fortunately, although Dong Erjun is not good at fighting, but stealing chickens and dogs to save money is all good hands, and he actually got a considerable amount of cash, Dong Chong sent people to follow the footsteps of the Karasuma people, and sent Ai Jin's henchman servant Long Er to escort ten Langzhong to Taiyuan, where the population is most concentrated in Bingzhou, to prepare, just in case, Dong Chong himself personally led Ai, Ma and Mo Zhu, With a group of soldiers with horses, they hurried to Shangjun to find the Huns.

The situation is urgent, Dong Chong and a group of gentlemen and bad men are rare to put away the sex of play, day and night desperately hurrying, less than two days, they rushed from Hexi to the Yellow River in the east of Shangjun, Dong Chong and others are about to cross the river, but found that the Yellow River crossing has been controlled by the Huns, and the Huns are still wantonly plundering the Han people in the past, see the property to rob, see the women are also robbing, the slightest resistance, the Huns will raise their knives to the Han people, corpses are all over the field, everywhere are children crying women screaming wails, the entire Yellow River crossing, It becomes a living hell.

Seeing this scene, although Dong Chong and others were afraid, they were also full of righteous indignation, and secretly hated the brutal methods of the Huns.

Dong Chong and his entourage were sighing, the Huns found this team of one or two hundred people, the commander headed by the commander whistled, the Huns let go of the Han people who were being bullied, got on the horse together, surrounded Dong Chong and others, the thousand men were covered with animal skins, covered with a robbed Han people's cloth clothes, dressed nondescript and shouted: "Those Han dogs, what are you doing at the Yellow River ferry in groups?" Say it quickly, or cut off your dog's head. ”

Ai Jin, Ma Zhuang and the others were all trembling and didn't dare to answer, Dong Chong stepped out and shouted: "I am Dong Chong, the younger brother of the Great Han Dynasty Dong Taishi, and on the order of my eldest brother, I came to give gifts to King Zuo Xian and discuss the truce. Hurry up and let me wait to cross the river, delaying the big matter of King Zuoxian, and all the consequences will be borne by you. ”

Dong Chong's most serious and courageous words since he was born in his mother's womb won Dong Erjun's applause, but the Hun commander looked at Dong Chong suspiciously, "You said to give me a gift to the king?" What about gifts? If there is no gift, it is fake. ”

"The gift was stolen by the Karasuma people on the way." Dong Chong said straightforwardly, and took out the letter written by Kang Peng to King Zuoxian of the Huns from his arms, as well as his own general charm, "This is my proof, hurry up and lead me to see King Zuoxian, maybe you can snatch our gift back." ”

The commander of the Xiongnu knew a few Chinese characters, and when he saw that it was a letter from the Taishi of the Han Dynasty, he cheered: "Warriors of the grassland, the Han dog has surrendered, we don't have to be blown by the wind and rain on the grassland anymore, we can go and hug the beautiful Central Plains woman!" The rude Hun knights cheered, but the Han people who heard it were all dejected, and some even burst into tears.

"My eldest brother is not surrendering!" Dong Chongzhuang had the courage to defend: "It's a peace talk, the two families will strike the army, so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment, and the soldiers don't have to throw their heads and spill blood." ”

The Hun commander said disdainfully: "You Han dogs are the most cowardly and incompetent, only worthy of surrender, not worthy of peace talks, not worthy of the rich land of the Central Plains, if you do not surrender, our holy King Zuo Xian will take us to Chang'an, kill to Luoyang, kill all your men, rob all your women, and use your capital for horse grazing." After that, the Hun cavalry let out a burst of wild laughter, and looked at the old and weak soldiers led by Dong Chong with disdain.

Dong Chong was furious, but he didn't dare to attack, he just said fiercely in his heart: "Hu Gou, when Lao Tzu infects you with smallpox, I will see if you can laugh or not!" After cursing in his heart, Dong Chong changed his smiling face, "This general, you better take us to see your Zuo Xian King, let the Karasuma people run away, my eldest brother gave you Zuo Xian Wang's gold, jewelry, silk and beauties are cheap Karasuma people." ”

The Hun commander thought about it, turned around arrogantly and ordered: "Warriors of the grassland, take your property and women, and take these cowardly Han dogs across the river to meet our holy King Zuoxian." ”

The commander of the thousand commanders gave an order, the Hun cavalry agreed suddenly, and the cries of the Han people sounded in front of the crossing of the Yellow River, and it turned out that those brutal Huns actually slaughtered Han men on the spot and forced Han women to cross the river with them. Dong Chong couldn't bear to see his compatriots being slaughtered and abused, so he had an idea, approached the Hun commander and said in a low voice: "This general, these people are my eldest brother's people, for our sake, let them go." ”

The Hun commander glanced at Dong Chong and said disdainfully: "Why? Our Divine Zuo Xian King said, there are too many of you Han dogs, so it's better to kill more. ”

Dong Chongqiang held back his anger, handed the package containing all the collected money to the Hun commander, and said with a smile: "General, please accept this little meaning and let them go." ”

The commander of the Huns opened it and looked at it, and was immediately overjoyed, and ordered: "For the sake of the Han dogs coming to surrender, let them go today." "Those Han people had to get out of the big trouble, but the money and other things looted by the Huns naturally will not be returned to the people of the Han Dynasty.

Dong Chong and others were happy to save the next group of Han people at first, but after crossing the Yellow River and entering the Shangjun area ravaged by the Huns, Dong Chong and others really saw the hell on earth. If Kang Peng saw it, he would have regretted taking Yizhou first and not first determining the strategy of the Xiongnu, and later Kang Peng listened to Dong Chong's narration of the tragic situation in Shangjun, and also wept and regretted: "It's all my fault, I despise the threat of the Huns too much." ”

Blood is thicker than water, seeing such a scene, although Dong Chong and the others are all gentlemen and bad people, they are almost spitting fire in their eyes, if it is not for the fact that they are not enough to have a large number of Huns stuffed between their teeth, these gentlemen will definitely fight with three-foot swords and fight for the people. And the Hun commander was still talking shamelessly, "You Han dogs, if you don't surrender, you will all end up like this......"

After a period of bone-riddled road, Dong Chong and others came to Shangjun City, and now the Han people in Shangjun City were almost slaughtered by the Huns, leaving only a few young women for the Xiongnu people to have sexual pleasure, and Liu Bao, the Xiongnu Zuoxian King, swaggered to move his palace to Shangjun City, killing Han people every day, ** Han girls for fun, and the crime was outrageous.

After entering the city, Dong Chong and the others were first taken away from their weapons and tied up all over their bodies before they were escorted to kneel in front of King Zuoxian of the Huns. The Xiongnu Zuoxian King Han name Liu Bao, is the son of the old Xiongnu King Yu Fuluo, after the death of the old Xiongnu King Yu Fuluo, his younger brother Hu Chuquan succeeded to the Xiongnu King, and named Liu Bao as the Zuoxian King. As in history, this Liu Bao is the most bullying the soft and afraid of the hard, first taking the opportunity of the civil strife in the Central Plains, repeatedly invaded Luoyang, Chang'an and other places, rape and plunder, and did all kinds of evil, in history Cai Wenji was taken by him as a concubine, and later Cao Cao unified the north, the power was better than the Huns, and after eating a few defeats, Liu Bao returned his wife Cai Wenji, who had given birth to two children, to Cao Cao, which shows that he is mean and has no ** stubble.

Like other Huns, Liu Bao is most fond of Han clothes, food, wine and beauties, when Dong Chong saw him, he was still holding two Han girls drinking and having fun, and there were many Hun warriors standing next to him, holding swords and swords, murderous. Seeing Dong Chong coming in, Liu Bao split his head and asked, "You are Dong Zhuo's younger brother?" Did the surrender bring? I heard that you also brought gifts to the king, where is it? ”

Before coming, Dong Chong had prepared what he was going to say, so although he was afraid, he was not so nervous that he couldn't answer. Dong Chongxin boasted blindly: "Back to King Zuoxian, Ben Jiang has indeed brought you many gifts, including a lot of gold, countless pearls the size of pigeon eggs, coral trees taller than people, jade with a grinding plate, silk that can be covered even by the prairie, countless beautiful and warm clothes, and thirty beauties who are sunk in fish and geese, shy flowers and closed the moon, and their skin is whiter than goat's milk and smoother than silk. ”

That Liu Bao was originally a lustful and greedy person, but when he heard Dong Chong's nonsense, his eyes suddenly lit up with green light, and he asked repeatedly: "Where is it?" Over there? Bring it up and show it to the king. ”

"Snatched by the Karasuma people." Dong Chong changed his expression, and said with a sad face: "On the way we came, we met the Karasuma people, and all the gifts that my eldest brother gave to the king were snatched away. ”

"Karasuma dog!" Liu Bao, the king of the Xiongnu Zuoxian, said angrily: "Wild dogs, even the king's things dare to rob, this king will peel your skin to cover the drum, and dismantle your bones to beat the drum!" ”

"The King." Dong Chong saw that the fish was hooked, and took the opportunity to fan the flames and said: "Those karsuma dogs not only robbed my eldest brother of the gifts and beauties given to the king, but also scolded the king that you are a mad dog in the grassland, you only dare to bite cattle and sheep, and dare not provoke wild wolves." He robbed you of the gifts and beauties that were supposed to be given to you, and you didn't dare to have an opinion. ”

At this time, Ai Jin, Ma Zhuang and others fought again, and they all echoed Dong Chong, and Ma Zhuang gave full play to his family's skills: "King, that Karasuma Badun dog not only scolded you for being a wild dog on the grassland, but also scolded you for being a stallion in the horse herd, only worthy of mating with donkeys and horses, not worthy of enjoying beautiful women." ”

Ai Jin played his family's true character as a businessman, "King, the treasure we gave you is worth a fortune, but that Karasuma dog scolded you and said that you are only suitable to be a poor ghost in this life, not a rich man, and only a poor ghost for a lifetime." ”

Mo Zhu was the most insidious in the bad Lang, and deliberately persuaded Liu Bao to say: "King, although those gifts are precious, the Karasuma people say that the Huns are far from their opponents, if this is the case, although the Karasuma people did not run far, the villain persuaded the king not to chase him, so as not to let the king's subordinates die in vain." ”

"Momfuck!" The brutal and simple-minded Xiongnu Zuoxian King Liu Bao was so angry that he kicked the case in front of him far away, and shouted: "Come on, light up the soldiers and horses, go and hunt down the dog for this king, kill it when you see it, and you must get the king's things back." ”

Dong Chong and the others looked at each other and snickered, Dong Chong added, "King, Ben General has already sent someone to follow those Karasuma dogs, they are returning to Karasuma via Yanmen, if it is fast, it may be too late." ”

The Huns were all soldiers, almost every day on horseback and arrows, every day weapons and horses were not left and right, the speed of gathering troops was far better than that of other nationalities, in an instant, six teams of 1,000 people were assembled, and they went to chase after the Karasuma Bandun team.

After the soldiers were all sent out, Liu Bao was furious and asked Dong Chongdao: "In addition to giving gifts to this king, can you bring Dong Zhuo's surrender?" Dong Zhuo did not dedicate Hexi to the north to the king, and the king would be killed in Chang'an and cut off his head as a wine cup. ”

Dong Chong was furious, what he hated most was that others insulted his eldest brother, and he held back his anger and said: "King, what my eldest brother means is that the Han Dynasty is as expensive as a thousand gold, don't say that such a large piece of land, even if it is an inch of land, it must not be ceded, so my eldest brother asks the king to return to the north of the Great Wall, and the two families live in peace, and my eldest brother is willing to thank each other with a thousand gold." Dong Chong, who was bound all over, said again: "I have my eldest brother's letter to the king in my arms, please take it out and watch it." ”

Although Dong Chong did not lose his national integrity when he spoke, he forgot the same, in Kang Peng's plan, even if he said so, the Huns would drive him back to the Central Plains at most for the sake of generous gifts, and would not hurt him. But now that the gift is gone, Dong Chong said so, can the Huns still let him go? At that moment, Liu Bao was so angry that he didn't even read Kang Peng's letter, and shouted angrily: "Come on, drag these Han dogs down and whip them thirty horsewhips, and then let them raise horses as a horse farm, and wait for Dong Zhuo to exchange the land for them." ”

Dong Chong and the others were frightened, but the Huns ignored them, first stripped them of their fine clothes and put them on themselves, whipped these gentlemen and bad men to cry and cry for their mothers, and threw them to wear maybe rough felt, and then drove them to the horse farm to feed the horses. If it weren't for the bad Langzhong who used silver needles to relieve the pain, I was afraid that Ai Jin and other pampered gentlemen would die of pain.

Finally, when the Huns relaxed their vigilance, Dong Chong, who had seen the world, comforted Ai Jin and the others, who were crying bitterly: "Ai Gongzi, Ma Gongzi, don't be afraid, just in case, I sent someone to inform Zhang Liao of our actions, as long as we don't go back after a while, Zhang Liao will send a large army to save us." ”

"The second master is reasonable." Mo Zhu also comforted: "As long as the Huns snatch those things back, they will help us avenge the great revenge, and we have also made great contributions, and it is worth the hardship." ”

Dong Chong and others spent three days in the Xiongnu horse farm, Liu Bao sent out to intercept Karasuma's cavalry returned, their two thousand teams blocked Karasuma's team near the Great Wall, a fight, the Huns recaptured about seventy percent of the carriage goods, Karasuma people lost most of them, with a few carriages to escape the white horse, into the area under the jurisdiction of Yuan Shao, but the Karasuma and the Huns since then formed a great enmity, the relationship was completely broken to the point of hostility. Dong Chong was able to know the news, because the Huns did not find those beautiful jades with grinding plates, pearls with pigeon eggs and beauties with shy flowers and closed moons, and were taken by Liu Bao to torture, although Dong Chong insisted that the beautiful jade of the grinding plate and the pearls with pigeon eggs were taken away by the Karasuma people, and the beauties of the shy flowers and closed the moon were killed after being spoiled by the Karasuma people, but they were still whipped fifty horsewhips by the thunderous Hun Zuoxian King, and fainted in pain.

When Dong Chong woke up from the coma and found Ai Jin, Ma Zhuang and Mo Zhu crying beside him, Dong Chongqiang endured the physical pain and smiled: "Don't be sad, the hardships we have endured are worth it, I saw with my own eyes that three of the five carriages were snatched back and opened." ”

"Really?" Ai Jin, Ma Zhuang and the others asked with great joy.

"Of course it is." Dong Chong nodded, but Dong Chong was still a little strange, and asked Mo Stop, "Old Mo, there are only some clothes and sheets in those carriages, and there is no root cause?" ”

"Second master, that's right." Mo stopped tearfully and said: "Second master, those clothes and sheets are stained with smallpox patients' pulp, as long as people who have not been planted with cowpox touch and smell it, they will suffer from smallpox, and one person is infected ten, which is getting worse and worse." Second master, we succeeded and avenged the Han people in Shangjun. ”

"Haha, revenge." Dong Chonggan laughed twice, and then rolled his eyes and fainted again.

Dong Chong woke up again, and found that he was no longer lying in a dirty and smelly porch, but in a clean and tidy room, and what appeared in front of him was not only Ai Jin's little white face, Ma Zhuang's meaty face, and Mo Zhu's mouse face, but also Zhang Liao's serious and upright face.

Seeing Dong Chong wake up, Zhang Liao and the others were so excited that they burst into tears, and Ai Jin even crawled on Dong Chong's body and cried, "My second master, you have been in a coma with a high fever for half a month, and we are all worried that you won't wake up." ”

Dong Chong's mouth moved slightly, and he wanted to speak but found that he could only utter some meaningless monosyllables, so Mo stopped and hurriedly said: "Second master, you are a wound burst, the wind evil has entered your body, and you are so weak that you can't speak, but don't worry, you will be fine after a few days." ”

At this time, Zhang Liao Zhao Dong Chong was upright, solemnly saluted and said: "Report to the second master, the Taishi's plan to attack the Xiongnu through smallpox was successful, in just more than ten days, most of the Huns in Shangjun were infected with smallpox, and seven or eight of them died, including Liu Bao, the king of the Huns, who died of illness in the army, our army took advantage of the false attack to break the Huns with a small number of troops, and drove the Huns across the Great Wall, if it were not for the Huns to bring smallpox back to the grassland, the Huns had been annihilated in the Central Plains. ”

Dong Chong laughed silently, his eyes were shining, and Zhang Liao smiled again: "Second master, this time not only the Huns are unlucky, but those Karasuma people are also unlucky. According to the detailed report, the Karasuma people stole two wagons with smallpox roots, and smallpox also broke out in the Karasuma army, and Yuan Shao was afraid that smallpox would be introduced to the Central Plains, so he tore up the alliance with the Karasuma people and drove the Karasuma people back to their hometown. Second master, you killed two birds with one stone this time, and you have made a great contribution again. ”

PS: The incubation period of the smallpox virus is five to seven days, and it is transmitted through air and contact.