Chapter 538: Changes in the Barracks
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Liu Xuan's surrender to the Red Mei Army was a fatal blow to the morale of the defenders of Luoyang; Liu Xiu personally led the army into Henan, and when the troops arrived in Luoyang, it became the last straw that crushed the camel.
Zhu Kun understood that the current Luoyang had been completely reduced to a lonely city, helpless, hopeless to break through, and sitting in the city, the whole army would only be trapped alive in the city.
On the fifth day of Cen Peng's entry into Luoyang, Zhu Kun finally couldn't hold on and ordered the city gate to be opened, and he was led by Cen Peng to the Han army camp and surrender to Liu Xiu.
When Liu Xiu saw Zhu Kun, the latter was shirtless and had a rope tied to his body.
Shirtless and guilty, this was the fixed form of those who surrendered at that time, even when Liu Xuan surrendered to the Red Eyebrow Army, he was also dressed like this. Fortunately, there were no female generals in the Han Dynasty, otherwise, even surrendering would have become a difficult matter.
Zhu Kun is one of the culprits who killed his eldest brother, and Liu Xiu naturally has a deep resentment towards Zhu Kun in his heart, but at the same time, he also admires Zhu Kun's adherence to the Han system.
Now seeing Zhu Kun, Liu Xiu's mood is quite complicated. He stared at Zhu Kun for a moment, stood up, walked behind Zhu Kun, untied the rope on his body with his own hands, and then held Zhu Kun's arm and helped him up from the ground.
When the two met, Liu Xiu was in a complicated mood, and Zhu Kun's mood was even more complicated, and it was mixed with a few points of ups and downs.
At this time, seeing that Liu Xiu not only untied the ropes on his body, but also helped himself up, Zhu Kun's eyes were hot, his eyes were red, his knees bent, he knelt on the ground again, kowtowed forward, and said in a choked voice: "Your Majesty, the minister is guilty!" ”
Liu Xiu said: "Changshu is willing to sacrifice Luoyang, so that hundreds of thousands of soldiers and people in the city from the suffering of war, this is the credit of Changshu, a great credit!" ”
If Zhu Kun insisted on refusing to surrender, the battle of Luoyang could not be avoided, and the defenders of Luoyang were more than 200,000, and the people in the city, 200,000 or 300,000, fought to the end, and I don't know how many people died.
Although Liu Xiu has been fighting, Liu Xiu has never been a person who loves to fight, if he can surrender without a fight, this is a good strategy for Liu Xiu.
Under the premise that the scourge of war can be avoided, his personal grievances can be put aside. Liu Xiu's magnanimity made Zhu Kun even more ashamed, and he was ashamed of himself, he knelt on the ground, with a crying voice, choked and said: "The minister wears a guilty body, and he should be guilty of ten thousand deaths, but His Majesty does not think the minister is despicable, and treats each other with sincerity, from now on."
, the minister is willing to swear allegiance to His Majesty, even if he is broken and his liver and brain are smeared, he will not give up! Speaking of this, Zhu Kun's head was on the ground, and he couldn't cry.
Zhu Kun used to be Liu Xuan's courtier, but in fact, the relationship between the two is really not a relationship between a monarch and a minister.
Liu Xuan was originally a puppet brought to power by Zhu Kun, Wang Kuang and others, and when the two were deliberating, Liu Xuan had always listened to him, when had he ever heard of Liu Xuan?
Strictly speaking, Liu Xiu can be regarded as Zhu Kun's first loyal object.
The world is so wonderful, in the past, Liu Xiu and Zhu Kun were mortal enemies who were not in the same air, but now, with Zhu Kun's loyalty to Liu Xiu, the two have become monarchs and ministers again.
Liu Xiu is indeed an honest person, he said that if he didn't kill Zhu Kun, he really didn't kill Zhu Kun, he promised to give Zhu Kun the title of marquis, and he really did it. He canonized Zhu Kun as the Marquis of Fugou and worshiped Zhu Kun as General Pingdi.
His canonization of Zhu Kun is really not a casual fool, the Marquis of Fugou is different from those who only have false names such as the Marquis of Gonggong and the Marquis of Zhongyi.
Fugou is the name of the place, and the title of Zhu Kun Fugou Marquis shows that Zhu Kun can lead the food of Fugou County, and he is a serious county marquis. Of course, Fugou belongs to Huaiyang, Huaiyang belongs to Yanzhou, and Yanzhou is not under Liu Xiu's control at present, but under the control of the Red Mei Army, so for now, Zhu Kun's Fugou Marquis is just a false name, but even if it is a false name,
But the county marquis is the county marquis, and the status should be above the township marquis, the pavilion marquis, and the guannei marquis.
Liu Xiu's generous treatment of Zhu Kun moved Zhu Kun's heart, and he was also grateful to Liu Xiu.
Zhu Kun is a very interesting person, it can also be said that he is a dead brain, and he has recognized it, and ten cows can't pull it back. He said that he would not accept the title of king, no matter how others persuaded him, it was useless, and he resolutely refused to do anything that conflicted with his own ideas; He wants to kill Liu Xuan, that is really wholeheartedly, wholeheartedly and wholeheartedly rectifying Liu Xuan to death; Now he takes the oath
Loyal to Liu Xiu, he has never changed since then.
There are so many people who first took refuge in Liu Xiu for various reasons, and later turned against Liu Xiu, but Zhu Kun no matter what others think and do, he is always the same.
A person can always hold a heart of heart, and at this point, there is indeed something admirable about Zhu Kun.
The next day, Liu Xiu, accompanied by Zhu Kun and others, entered Luoyang City.
Liu Xiu is no stranger to Luoyang, when he was a lieutenant in the past, he built a palace for Liu Xuan here.
Luoyang, as the capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty, has its imperial palace called the North and South Palace. As the name suggests, the North and South Palaces are not a single imperial palace, but are composed of two imperial palaces, the North and the South.
The South Palace is located in the South City of Luoyang, the North Palace is located in the North City of Luoyang, the South Palace is large, the North Palace is small, the two palaces are in the shape of 'Lu', and there is a royal compound road in the middle.
Luoyang Nangong has been there a long time ago, and in the Qin Dynasty, Yingzheng gave it to Lü Buwei.
The palace built by Liu Xiu in Luoyang was built in the South Palace, one of which was renovated, and the other was expanded. At this time, Luoyang North Palace did not exist.
Accompanied by Zhu Kun and others, Liu Xiu first went to the Luoyang Barracks to receive Zhu Kun's subordinates.
Zhu Kun's subordinates, consisting of more than 200,000 soldiers and horses, were divided into four large camps in Dongcheng, Nancheng, Xicheng, and Beicheng. Liu Xiu and the others were the first to arrive at the Dongcheng camp.
The commander-in-chief of the whole army, Zhu Kun, has surrendered to Liu Xiu, and the soldiers below naturally bow down to Liu Xiu. Zhu Kun asked people to take the roster and give it to Liu Xiu for inspection.
The roster records generals above the rank of military candidate, and even so, the bamboo slips of the roster have to be packed in boxes.
Liu Xiu casually picked up a roll of bamboo slips and unfolded them, which were recorded in great detail, including names, official positions, places of origin, etc., all of which were recorded one by one.
After looking at it roughly, Liu Xiu nodded with satisfaction and put the bamboo slips back into the box. Later, Zhu Kun invited Liu Xiu to the military field of the school to check the military appearance of his own soldiers.
Zhu Kun is not an incompetent person, he is strict in administering the army, and all military regulations and discipline are strictly enforced by the whole army. In the military field of the school, seeing the neatly arranged and solemn Luoyang Army, Liu Xiu's eyes flashed with crystal brilliance.
The elite of the Luoyang Army, the main elite soldiers are in the prime of life, young and vigorous, standing there, all of them exude a solemn and murderous atmosphere, majestic, not spectacular.
Liu Xiu rode on a horse and first walked slowly around the periphery. Zhu Kun rode a horse and followed him, and at the same time kept explaining to Liu Xiu, which song and which part of the phalanx in front of him belonged to, who the main general was, who was the school captain, and so on.
When Zhu Kun told the story, he didn't even think about it, like a few treasures, which shows his familiarity with the soldiers under his command. Liu Xiu nodded again and again as she listened. As they walked, they entered the military formation.
Just as Liu Xiu was listening to Zhu Kun's narration and patrolling slowly, suddenly, an arrow flew out from the crowd of the military array, and the edge of the crossbow arrow came straight to Liu Xiu's head.
Zhu Kun, who was next to Liu Xiu, caught a glimpse of a cold light shooting towards Liu Xiu out of the corner of his eye, he didn't have time to take a closer look, he didn't have time to think about it, he instinctively shouted: "Your Majesty be careful......"
While speaking, he sat on his horse and threw himself sideways towards Liu Xiu.
Zhu Kun pounced on Liu Xiu fiercely, knocking Liu Xiu directly off the war horse, and at the same time, with a pop, a crossbow arrow pierced Zhu Kun's shoulder.
The two fell off their horses together and rolled on the ground. This sudden change stunned everyone present. Long Yuan, Long Zhun, and Long Xiao, who were following Liu Xiu, shouted in unison: "There are assassins—"
The three of them rushed to Liu Xiu's approach as soon as possible and protected him to death. Wu Han and the others who were traveling with him all raised their eyebrows and shouted in unison: "Arrest the assassin!" ”
The guards, led by Zhao Gui, rushed straight in the direction where the crossbow arrows were flying.
The soldier who shot the crossbow arrow, his companions around him had already retreated, and a large clearing appeared on the scene, and he was the only one standing there with the crossbow machine.
Zhao Gui took the lead and stabbed the other party in the chest with his sword. He was fast, the soldier's body was faster, his body flickered, flashing Zhao Gui's sword edge, and then, he took out a dagger from the placket of his clothes and slashed at Zhao Gui's neck.
Don't look at Zhao Gui before, he was just a villager, but he was a good hunter in the village, good at archery, and proficient in martial arts.
He drew his sword to block, and with a loud thud, the dagger was flicked away. The soldier stopped attacking and was about to run into the crowd, but the rest of the guards had already chased after him and surrounded him.
Let's talk about Liu Xiu, he got up from the ground and checked Zhu Kun's injury for the first time.
Zhu Kun was hit by an arrow in the shoulder, and it did not hurt the vital point, but at this time, Zhu Kun's face was extremely ugly, his lips were purple, Liu Xiu saw this, and secretly said that it was not good, he blurted out: "The crossbow arrow is poisonous!" ”
The surrounding people were shocked when they heard this, Long Yuan and others protected Liu Xiu, lifted the Zhu Kun, quickly withdrew from the school military field, and hurried to the Zhongjun tent.
As soon as they arrived at the Chinese military tent, the medical officers also rushed to hear the news, and all the medical officers came to Liu Xiu together, wanting to check his body, Liu Xiu waved his hand and said: "I'm fine, save General Zhu first, no matter what, I have to save General Zhu's life!" ”
The medical officers gathered around Zhu Kun to check the arrow wound on his shoulder.
The wound had turned black all around, and the blood that flowed out was not red, but a shocking black-brown. Zhu Kun's eyes were closed, his body kept trembling, and he didn't know if it was pain or curare poison in his body.
Looking at such an arrow wound, the medical officers present were helpless and did not dare to help Zhu Kun pull out the arrow.
Pick up the arrow, the curare will spread faster, and they have to find the antidote before they can do it. But the problem is, there are so many poisons in the world, who knows what kind of poison is in the tuna?
Seeing that the medical officers were reluctant to treat Zhu Kun's arrow wounds, Liu Xiu frowned and asked, "Why don't you save it?" ”
A medical officer trembled and said, "Your Majesty, I'll wait...... We don't know what poison is on the arrow, and we can't prescribe the right medicine, so we ...... So don't dare to heal rashly! Liu Xiu frowned, and said sideways: "Long Yuan, if you want to keep the assassin alive, you must force him to hand over the antidote!" ”