Chapter 17: Blood Flies Outside Luoyang City
After a while, I saw the north gate wide open, and Dong Zhuo led the army out. The two armies faced each other. Ding Yuan rode out on horseback and said, "Dong Zhuo, you deceive your superiors and subordinates, do all kinds of evil, and dare to abolish the emperor!" Bah! It's really a traitor and a thief, it's disgusting! At this time, Lu Bu and Pang Tong were both in the formation, Pang Tong was not a military attache after all, after other officials.
Dong Zhuo rode a black horse, came out with a knife, and said: "Ding Zhoumu, don't deceive people too much!" He personally went into battle, and Ding Yuan drew his sword and rode to meet him. The two exchanged swords for more than 20 rounds, regardless of victory or defeat. Suddenly, two people in Dong Zhuo's army rushed out, one was called Hua Xiong, who looked like a tiger with a bear's waist, round eyes spit out, and a halberd in his hand; The other person is named Li Dao, with a face like the bottom of a pot and a long knife in his hand. How could Ding Yuan resist, Pang Tong was shocked, and just as he was about to speak, Lu Bu couldn't hold it back, and suddenly came out and shouted: "How dare three people bully my father-in-law!" ”
The sound was like a lion's roar, Hua Xiong and Li Wei were shocked when they heard it, and they unconsciously stopped their horses. At this time, Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan each returned to their own positions. Hua Xiong and Li Dao saw that this life was extraordinary, and they didn't dare to act rashly. Lu Bu wears a pheasant feather purple and gold hair crown, a red brocade robe inside, a beast-faced serial armor on the outside, a delicate lion belt around his waist, and a gold-embroidered Fangtian painting halberd.
After Dong Zhuo returned to the battle, he said loudly: "The two generals should deal with it carefully!" ”
The two of them shook their heads, and Hua Xiong shouted: "How dare you be so young!" As soon as he spoke, Li Wei followed. Lu Budao: "Look at how my child fights you!" He also rode out, swept past Li Dao, a halberd stabbed him off the horse, turned around and killed the horse, Hua Xiong fought with him, during which Li Dao was rescued by other generals, but unfortunately he had already died by the heavy halberd piercing the armor. Hua Xiong saw that Lu Bu was incomparably powerful and his halberd was powerful, and he thought in his heart: "How can Ding Yuan be such a fierce general?" Dong Zhuo saw that Hua Xiong couldn't take Lu Bu, so he ordered six generals to rush to help in the battle. How could Pang Tong wait, and hurriedly pulled out his sword, but Zhang Liao in front was motionless, and Wei on one side continued: "Shiyuan, don't act rashly, this is a matter for military generals!" ”
Pang Tong was anxious. It's a matter of military generals, and he also has the background of military generals, but he can't watch those six people besiege and kill his brother. But Zhang Liao, Song Xian and other generals did not move. Pang Tong said: "Don't help yet!" Zhang Liao shook his head and said, "It's not time yet, let's talk about it." ”
The five horsemen galloped away, who expected that as soon as one person arrived, he was swept away by Lu Bu's halberd and cut off his head, and the other five people were shocked when they saw this, and Hua Xiong took the opportunity to get out and return to the battle. Seeing Hua Xiong's retreat, the five generals also hurriedly turned around, who expected Lu Bu to gallop over, Fang Tian's halberd was as fast as lightning, and three people were dismounted in a row, and only two people rushed back in embarrassment. Lu Bu yelled at Dong Zhuo: "Dog thief, don't come to death yet!" ”
This soaring sound frightened Dong Zhuo to the core. Ding Yuan was afraid that Lu Bu would lose, so he Ming Jin first, and Dong Zhuo immediately collected his soldiers and horses when he saw this, and the two sides retreated. Pang Tong's heart was relieved. returned to Dazhai, Ding Yuan and other Dahe Lu Bu's work. That night, we drank wine and ate meat, and talked about the war again tomorrow. Pang Tong held a wine bowl, and when he saw that no one had come to salute Lu Bu, he saluted him and said, "Brother is really brave." ”
Lu Bu said: "If we uphold loyalty, we will be invincible in the world." ”
Pang Tong drank it all and thought to himself: "You are invincible in the world even if it is not loyal, but now you will go further and better." ”
Seeing that everyone was immersed in joy, Pang Tong stood up and said loudly: "Everyone! Everyone stopped, and the joyous voices stopped abruptly. Pang Tong said solemnly: "Although we are victorious today, but the enemy's army is in the city, if he does not go out of the city, it is in vain, I see that tomorrow the battle will be accepted, if he does not defend the city, we will go back." ”
Ding Yuan stopped and said: "Shi Yuanxiu wants to damage the morale of the soldiers, you are not as brave as Lu Bu, but a civil official, how do you know the mystery of the battlefield, it is not a strong city for him, and 600,000 soldiers and horses can decide!" ”
Zhang Liao said: "The soldier is a plan, presumably Shiyuan should know more about this matter than us." ”
Pang Tong chuckled and said, "It's really my strength." ”
Lu Bu took the wine bowl and saluted him: "Don't worry too much about the virtuous brother, kill him again tomorrow, it will damage his spirit, and then discuss the destruction of the city." If we open his gates, we will be able to defeat them. ”
Wei Xu laughed and said: "Shiyuan is too worried, the soldiers are fine, not too many." And if the 400,000 soldiers and horses of the Imperial City see that we defeat Dong Zhuo's people, they will definitely defect. ”
Ding Yuan said with a smile: "This is very true! ”
Pang Tong sighed and drank the wine.
Everyone didn't dare to drink more, for fear that he Dong Zhuo would attack at night. After returning to the camp early, Lu Bu and Pang Tong were just about to fall asleep, but the guard said at the door: "Two adults, someone is visiting, calling himself Li Su. ”
Pang Tong frowned, and thought, "If this kid is really under Dong Zhuo's command, he will definitely talk about his brother here." Lu Bu listened to the guard's words and said angrily: "It's Li Chengqian!" He greeted him excitedly, and Pang unified his face with reluctance. When I arrived outside the village, I saw Li Su smiling and hurriedly bowing: "Two brothers, I haven't seen you for a long time!" ”
Lu Bu hurriedly stepped forward to hold his hand and said, "How can Brother Chengqian come at night?" I saw Li Su say: "Bring it here!" "Behind him was a big horse. Under the lights, I saw a neatly haired, red as a coal-like horse, with a long head to tail and a foot and a foot high, from the hooves to the neck high, which was really extraordinary, and even the guards on the side couldn't help but be amazed. Pang Tong could see it and thought: "The red rabbit horse is really strange. If the horses are so big, they will have it. ”
Lu Bu circled around the horse and said, "Good horse, good horse." I have never seen such a majestic horse, Brother Li has not seen him for many days, how can he be such a strange thing? ”
He invited Li Su into the camp, and Pang Tong followed. The three of them sat around the table, and the soldiers brought food and drink. Lu Bu picked up the wine bottle and said: "There is not much wine bottle in the barracks, but when I saw Brother Li arrive today, I asked someone to take it out and enjoy it." ”
The three of them were drinking, and Pang Tong just pretended to be polite, but he actually knew what this person was doing. Lu Bu smiled: "Where does Cheng Qian make a living now? ”
Li Su said in a low voice: "I am now a person under Taishi Dong, and now I live in Lieutenant Cheng, seeing that the two of you are still suffering in Ding Yuan, I really can't stand it." Taishi admires Brother Lu very much, if you can go, you can be a marquis. The horse number is the red rabbit, which travels thousands of miles a day, which is rare in the world, and is sent to Fengxian today. I also recommended Brother Shi Yuan, a few cars full of gold and silver are still pushing outside the camp, if you don't believe it, you can go and take a look. ”
Pang Tong said in his heart: "The fox's tail is still exposed, I really want my brother, I must be held up, and I am just an accessory." ”
Lu Bu said angrily when he heard this: "Ding Yuan is my father-in-law, how could I be where I am today without him." If you come to catch up, I'll treat you with wine. If you talk nonsense, the sword has no eyes. Li Su saw him glaring angrily, sweating with fright, and hurriedly said to Pang Tong: "Shiyuan can persuade Feng Xian, I am really good, isn't it?" ”
Pang Tongzheng said: "We are not treacherous people, Brother Li dispelled his thoughts, and he will still be friends in the future." ”
Li Su didn't dare to mention this matter anymore, so he had to say goodbye after a few drinks. Lu Bu and Pang Tong were sent out of the village, and after returning to the tent, the two sat down at the table again. Lu Bu sighed: "After many years of absence, things are not people. After speaking, he picked up the wine bottle and was held down by Pang Tongyi. Pang Tong smiled: "Everyone has their own ambitions, brother doesn't need to sigh." However, I felt that I could not stay longer. Dong Zhuo has many strategists around him, and he is no worse than me, and the 200,000 soldiers and horses in his headquarters are all male soldiers in Liangzhou, which is difficult to shake. As time goes by, we don't have enough food and grass, which is also a problem. Why don't you persuade Master Ding from my brother, maybe he will listen to you. ”
Lu Bu pondered for a moment when he heard this, and then said, "What Shi Yuan said is reasonable, so let me go to my father-in-law." Pang Tong nodded and saw him out of the bill. I followed out, after all, it was stuffy in the tent, and I enjoyed the cold wind outside, so I could be alert.
When Lu Bu arrived at Ding Yuan's tent, he took a deep breath, reviewed what he was going to say, and then opened the curtain, and suddenly a gust of fishy wind blew in his face. Under the light, the military general Song Xianzheng cut off Ding Yuan's head. Seeing this, Lu Bu was horrified, suddenly became furious, and rushed over with his bare hands. Song Xian turned around and saw Lu Bu, panicked, and had no choice but to throw his head at him. Lu Bu took the head, tears broke down, how could he put it down. Song Xian took advantage of the situation and slashed over with a knife, but was kicked out by Lu Bu violently, and even the camp tent fell down. Pang Tong frowned when he heard the sound and walked away quickly. I saw that the guards also hurriedly surrounded and dragged Song Xian out. I saw Song Xian holding his abdomen with his hands, spitting blood in his mouth.
Lu Bu stepped out of the half-collapsed tent, knelt on the ground holding Ding Yuan's head, and cried: "My father-in-law is above, Lu Bu is not filial, and he failed to discover the thief's behavior, causing you to leave the prime minister." I have received your favor, and I have not been able to repay it, I am ashamed of heaven and earth, and I am very unfilial! Pang Tong was dumbfounded, his fists clenched tightly, and he thought: "The original history should have been my brother who did this, I don't think it should happen again, there is still such a catastrophe, what does God want?" Filled with resentment, he rushed to one of the soldiers and drew his sword. I saw Lu Bu get up, walk to Song Xian, and slam on his heart, Song Xian's eyes stared out and died. Pang Tong was furious, and cut off Song Xian's head with a sword. This was the first time he had cut someone, but he had cut a dead man.
Everyone was shocked when they saw Lu Bu holding Ding Yuan's head, and they didn't know what the situation was, so Zhang Liao and others also rushed over. Lu Budao: "My father-in-law was killed!" ”
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Notes: The two armies are facing each other, a formation that often occurs in ancient times. The armies of the two sides face each other in a fan or semicircle, and the distant view seems to form a circle, so it is called a circle. A way of matching, usually after forming a circle, each will send a general to duel in the circle.