Chapter 22 It's Home Day in the Four Seas
Like a fortress on the beach that could not resist the tide of the sea, under the lap of the tide of the times, this rebellion, which was pinned on by all the rebel forces, was completely shattered in just one day.
Up to now, the strength of the two sides is really disproportionate, not to mention the hard work of the new regime and the accumulation of the old enemy country, relatively speaking, the efforts of Liu Bei and Zhang Fei are particularly pathetic.
To a certain extent, perhaps it is really like the wishful thinking of Sun Xun, the grandfather of Yan who is far away in Luoyang, Liu Xuande saw that the Han family no longer had the art to return to heaven, and he himself had no possibility of wanting to dominate the industry, so he simply used his own way to cooperate with the Yan army as much as possible, and used the simplest and most straightforward ending to cut off everything, which can be regarded as repaying a little bit of the past kindness.
Of course, this kind of thing is impossible for Liu Bei to say it himself.
In the early afternoon, on the battlefield on the west bank of the river, the troops of the Yan army, which had already established the victory, were all slowly searching south in a strange state, obviously looking for the only and greatest result of the battleβLiu Xuande, the leader of the Hanzuo general.
But it's a pity that there may be too many dead and wounded generals, which led to the chaos of the Yan army's troop structure, or it may be that Li Tong, who is behind Liu Beijun's palace, staged a tragic battle to the death again, so the search from noon has always been difficult to achieve results.
And when Sima Yi rushed back with Zhang Fei's snake spear, and Li Tong's head was obtained by Jiang Yi, this situation developed to an extreme - the whole army searched everywhere as if they were crazy, from the riverside to the surrounding villages, from the reeds to the dry well, and Liu Bei was the only one left in the eyes of tens of thousands of people.
Of course, as the carpet search was always useless, gradually, combined with the information provided by the captive, the Yan army finally roughly determined that Liu Bei should have escaped with injuries, and at this time he might have fled back to Deng County, or even Xiangyang City.
This information made the whole Yan army a little irritable...... After all, Liu Xuande is a prince, and if he wants to see people alive and die, he will see corpses and not mention it, the key is to really let him escape back to a strong and famous city like Xiangyang, and the war may have to be delayed.
But not at this point.
In this way, as the sun became more and more westward, the army began to reluctantly collect and reorganize, and then clean up the battlefield, and march forward to sweep with some troops that had not yet dispersed, trying to enter Liu Beijun's original camp today, and then enter Deng County early the next morning.
When the time came to the evening, the sun was setting, and the battlefield was further downstream, with the water flowing in the light, the green reeds moving slightly, and the water birds flying, a quiet color, which formed a sharp contrast with the chaotic scene of the battlefield being cleaned up on the upstream battlefield. At this time, the 5,000 men of Han Dang's army, who had set out first and had basically no part in the war on the west bank, successfully crossed the river at the intersection of Bishui and Shuishui, and then went to the small town of Langju, a few miles to the south, according to the original plan.
According to the sentry cavalry, Liu Bei's army lacked troops, and only left garrisons in Xiangyang and Deng County, and there was no defense at all. And if Han Dang can enter this small city with 5,000 people, on the one hand, he can ensure that the main force of Liu Bei's army in the north is isolated and surrounded, and on the other hand, he can also set up a front-line base for the arrival of the army behind him, breaking through the twin cities of Dengxian and Xiangyang, which are separated by water.
In this regard, Han Yigong, who had long since had no military pursuits, naturally happily obeyed.
The gathering is not large, but it has a long history, it has existed in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, because of the old city, the Han Dynasty has been maintained as a subsidiary settlement of Deng County to maintain a certain scale. Later, with the Yellow Turban Rebellion, there began to be a military rebellion in Nanyang, and the people here gradually fled, so it was deserted. However, this place can be regarded as a rare traditional city in the key locations of Deng County and Xiangyang, so since the time of Liu Biao, this place has begun to become a routine cantonment of the Jingzhou army, the so-called existence between the city and the permanent military camp.
On the day that Sun Jian attacked Deng County, he also occupied this place first and got a chance to breathe before he started.
Back in front of him, Han Dang is an old army, with an army of 5,000, coming along the river, surrounded by sentinels and horses, and the banners and golden drums and horses are in an orderly manner.
Then his people just stood and watched from afar, and knew that there should indeed be no army in the city, just an empty city, but Han Dang was still cautious, and entered the city with a small number of cavalry to search, and used infantry to seize the outer low walls, watchtowers, and city gates, and surrounded them on three sides with a large army.
However, after the order was issued, not long after the cavalry entered the city, and the outer city walls were not yet occupied, a cavalry rode out and galloped in front of Han Dang, and gave two things...... Or rather, Han Yigong just glanced at it and recognized whose twin swords it was.
Immediately, his men left the army and hurriedly rode into the gathering together.
Crossing several partitions in the city, and then dismounted and bypassed the brick and wood structure hall in the center, and came to a gentle slope full of grass on the southernmost side of the city, where the water was located, Han Dang saw at a glance Liu Bei, who was sitting alone on a small stone barrier with his head bowed on his armor.
The water trickled continuously on his side, the grass under him was swaying in the wind, and under the sunset, Liu Xuande heard the movement and struggled to look up, but he revealed a miserable and abnormal face.
However, after seeing that it was Han Dang, he reluctantly laughed: "Is it a righteous brother?" It's great that you've got this far......"
Han Dang has so much experience on the battlefield, he can know at a glance that the other party has lost too much blood and is hopeless.
At this time, the old people met, but they met on the battlefield, and life and death were decided, Han Yigong didn't know whether to be happy or sad, so he could only hold his sword forward, go straight to the other party's side and stand still, and then responded angrily: "Why is Xuande here?" β
"Shuishui was defeated, fled alone, and wanted to return to Deng County, but he suffered too many wounds on his body, lost more blood, and when he got together, he was exhausted, so he came here to sit and wait for death...... So that's it. Liu Bei paused word by word, and replied slowly and seriously.
Han Dang looked at the ground, and sure enough, he saw that blood stains were piling up in the grass under the other party, and at the end of a hanging arm, there was still blood dripping from the fingertips of the leather gloves, but because it was late spring, the grass was flourishing and covered it, so he didn't notice it. Not only that, Han Dang turned around and crossed the grass, and clearly saw that at the end of the grass, under the back porch of the main hall in the distance, there was a brown blood line that had dried up.
In fact, this is also the reason why the scouts came up and found Liu Bei.
Coming back to his senses, Han Yigong still wanted to reprimand the other party, why should he be so strong when he is dying? But seeing that the other party is in such a posture, and even his body is supported by armor, it is difficult to get out of the slightest resentment.
But once he couldn't complain and question, Han Dang didn't know what to say.
"There are two things ......" At this time, Liu Bei took the initiative to speak.
"Come on." Han Dang, who was already powerless, hurriedly urged, almost as if he had unloaded some burden.
"I am a descendant of the Han family, and on the occasion of this funeral, I should have tried my best to support the Han family, but as for this, I feel guilty, please remind my brother for me, don't forget the promise he made in Tongquetai......"
"Got it." Han Dang became more and more irritable in his heart, but he just agreed immediately.
"And ...... Please don't leave my whole body, behead me, put it in a wooden box, add lime, and send it to my brother. β
Han Dang was completely angry: "Why is this?!" β
"This is my last request, and it is a private request, I hope that Brother Yi will not bear me!" Liu Xuande suddenly raised his head, and his speech became much smoother. "Please also ask Brother Yi to do it immediately!"
Han Dangqing knew that the other party had already returned to the light, but with a long sigh, he took off his gloves and turned around to pull out one of Liu Bei's double-strand swords from the armor behind him.
Unexpectedly, when Liu Bei saw this, he struggled to speak again: "Please use your own sword." β
Han Dang became more and more helpless, so he could only pull out his saber and stand on the opponent's side, and after removing the opponent's helmet, he held the opponent's already weak head from the neck with his left hand, and the blade of the sword was horizontal to the bottom of his other hand with his right hand.
However, when the action came to this, Han Dang only felt weak and couldn't do it at all.
"It's embarrassing for Brother Yi." Liu Bei was almost angry, if it weren't for Han Dang's arms, the latter would almost smell bad. "All my life, I've been causing trouble for you and my brother......"
Obviously, the person has even returned to the light in the past.
Hearing this, Han Dang had no way to hide, his left hand was slightly forced, but he still couldn't help gritting his teeth and asking angrily: "You kid told me the truth, have you ever regretted it?" β
Liu Bei reluctantly opened his mouth, and Han Dang also obviously felt the slight movement of the Adam's apple in the other party's neck from his left hand, and he couldn't help but be silent for a while, waiting for this to say this, and then starting.
But at this moment, without waiting for Liu Xuande to answer, Han Yigong noticed that the faint beating of the blood vessels in the other party's neck suddenly disappeared, and then his whole head drooped.
At this moment, Han Dang, who was originally full of anger, incomprehension, and questions, was instantly blank in his mind, and then his nose was sour, and it was difficult to suppress it. With the meeting and acquaintance with each other, from Hebei to the Wushi bits and pieces, his people almost burst into tears, like rain.
The surrounding non-commissioned officers were all stunned and did not dare to speak.
And after an unknown amount of time, until the sunset, there was no light, and Han Yigong swung his sword hard, and took off the opponent's head in his arms.
In the eighth year of Jian'an, on the twenty-seventh day of March, Liu Bei was killed in battle, and the head of the box entered Luo.
On the twenty-eighth day, Mi Zhu committed suicide in Deng County, and Deng County surrendered.
On the twenty-ninth day, the Yan army crossed the river, and Lu Su opened the city of Xiangyang to surrender, and presented a map of the counties of Jingzhou, documents, and a list of thieves in Jingzhou written by Liu Bei.
The next day, in the name of appreciating the peach blossoms, Lu Fan gathered 20 thieves such as Cai, Kuai, Zhang, Ma, and Huang in Nanjun in Xiangyang City, first asked Cai Mao, Kuai Liang and others the story of Liu Biao in the past, and then showed Liu Bei documents, and then followed Liu Biao's old strategy, and received them in the middle of the banquet.
Cai Mao, Kuai Liang, and Zhang Yun were killed on the spot, and the rest of the leaders of dozens of large households in Nanjun were all imprisoned and sent to Yinshan, where the land and furniture in the clan were swallowed up together, as a pension and reward for the previous war.
On the third day of the fourth month, Xu Huang, Zang Ba, and Huang Zhong broke through Anlu, and the Han chariot cavalry general Jing Ze directly retreated to the mouth of the three rivers, and Jiangxia was completely unprepared as early as the news of the fall of Xiangyang down the river the day before.
On the fourth day of the fourth month of April, Liu Bei's head was personally delivered to Luoyang by Sima Yi.
may have been prepared for a long time, Gongsun Xun, who lived in the old mansion in the old city of Luoyang, did not lose his temper like Han Dang, he sat upright in the hall, took the wooden box from Sima Yi's hand, and then opened it directly.
When the others saw that Liu Bei's head in the box was lifelike, but his face was pale, and the dry lime under the head had become brown, he woke up instantly, and then actually laughed:
"My brother is okay?"
The people around him, from Sima Yi to Ma Dai, and Wang Xiangju, were speechless, but their hearts were beating wildly.
"Fetch the drinks." Gongsun Xun suddenly waved his hand. "I want to toast Xuande."
Relieved, he didn't dare to slack off, and almost immediately took the wine pot and wine bottle from the back hall, and then Ma Dai held the pot, Sima Yi served the cup, and immediately served a glass of wine to this person who would soon become the supreme person in the world.
Gongsun Xun raised his glass to the wooden box in the seat and wanted to speak, but he was speechless for a while, and then got up again to hold the cup, wanting to sprinkle the wine in the box, but suddenly stopped...... Without him, Gongsun Xun always felt that he was still missing something, and he inevitably had the first of the negative boxes.
In the end, he actually gave up the wine directly, got up with his hands, and repeatedly ordered indifferently:
"According to the human ceremony, buried in Beibi Mountain! In the north of the city, a rammed earth three-layer earthen altar is erected, and the terrain should be open! Let Jing Ze quickly break the Jiang Xia affair again! I want Sun Quan'er to come to Luoyang with his family immediately, otherwise the whole family will not come! Yao Ziheng quickly took over Jingnan, and then went north with Shi Weiyan, who stopped in Guiyang! Then you have to go down to the martial arts, and prepare to migrate! β
After that, the people shook their hands and left, leaving only Wang Xiang to hurriedly write and order.
ββββI'm not qualified yetββββ
"Yi had to fly the snake spear, return to the ancestor, the ancestor did not say anything during the day, until the night, summoned to hear the details, then smiled and stroked his back, praised and said: 'Naked and retreat Xuande, Zhan Yide, if you really will plant!' It is the restoration of the White Horse Armed Guard. β"The World Speaks New Words". Accolades
PS: Keep pushing the book.
"Han Que" - a new work in July
"Demon Presence" - Xiaolong's new work
Actually, I really don't want to push it, what are you pushing, do these two books need to be pushed? pushed and hurt his self-esteem, but he simply wanted to finish the book, and he was not afraid of losing face.
Take advantage of the opportunity to continue!