Chapter 29: Purple light descends from the sky and a jade seal

Pang Tong arrived in Luoyang as early as the day after Lu Bu entered the customs, but he knew that more than a dozen people could not work together, and if he saw him coming with the Tiger Ben army, he would definitely not listen to his explanation. It will be regarded as Lu Bu's fellow party.

He set up camp on the top of the hill hundreds of miles outside the Tiger Prison Pass, and sent people to spy on the facts outside the pass day and night. Knowing that Lu Bu abandoned the pass and left, the heroes had entered Luoyang, so they began to collect the village and enter the customs.

When Yuan Shao and the others entered the giant city of Luoyang, what they saw was a ruin, desolate as a barren land. The palace collapsed, and the royal majesty was gone. Sun Jian ordered people to repair the royal temple and cover up all the corpses of the imperial tomb. He led people around the ruins and couldn't help but lament. At night, he ordered to camp on the ruins of the palace. One night, a soldier came to report: "My lord, the sky is strange! Sun insisted on his sword and walked out of the camp, only to see a purple light pierce through the clouds and fall not far away. Sun Jian walked 500 meters to a well, only to see the light fall into the well. He threw stones into it, and when he knew that it was a dry well, he ordered it to be investigated. The soldier climbed the rope and handed out an object. Sun Jian saw that there was a dragon and tiger wrapped around the turtle's back on the green jade in the square, this was the jade seal of the Zhenguo, and he was busy ordering people to bring the treasure chest, wrap it in layers of silk and put it in the box. Huang Gai, the military general beside him, replied with a public word, and said in his ear: "It is the will of heaven for adults to get this jade seal, and it is not suitable to stay for a long time." Sun Jian understood what it meant.

At the fourth watch of the next day, it was still dark. Yuan Shao was sleeping. When a spy came to see him, Yuan Shao frowned and got up, and called him into the account without wearing a robe. The spy said: "Sun Jianjun's second watch withdrew from Luoyang, and he was in a hurry. Someone saw the purple light fall into its village. Yuan Shao was puzzled, but it was expected that Sun insisted on having treasures. His younger brother Yuan Shu hurriedly entered the account and said to him: "I sent a detailed work in Sun Jian's army to report, and he withdrew his army in the second watch, and it seems that he has dug up the jade seal of the country!" Yuan Shao was shocked, and hurriedly got up and said: "Sun Jian'er, you deceive people too much!" ”

Without telling the other princes, the Yuan brothers drove their troops out of the city to chase Sun Jian. urged the three armies to march for more than 100 miles, a whole day, from day to night, and Sun Jianjun was nowhere to be seen, so he had to give up. Yuan Shao ordered the light cavalry to carry two documents, one back to Luoyang City and one to Jiangxia. One letter was given to Huang Zu, the Taishou of Jiangxia County, asking him to intercept Sun Jian along the road and seize the jade seal; The other letter was sent to Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao in the city, after all, Jiangxia is his territory, and he needs to inform the situation in advance, so as not to suspect each other in the future.

Liu Yan was also furious after getting the letter, saying that Sun Jian was unjust, so he waved his army back to Jingzhou. Cao Cao was very sad when he saw that the allies had broken themselves. He summoned the other princes into the camp, told the truth about the collapse of the Allied army, and begged the others to chase them to Chang'an to kill Dong Thief, but no one responded. Cao Cao angrily raised his troops and left, and the others returned separately.

At this time, Lu Bu had already arrived in Chang'an, and Dong Zhuo told that the talisman was stolen, and Lu Bu pretended to be amazed. But in his heart, he knew that it was Li Ru's plan. Lu Bu was very wary of Li Ru, but on the surface he greeted him politely. He was looking for an opportunity to defeat the thieves.

Five days ago. In Youzhou, Gongsun Zhan raised 100,000 troops to Zhuo County, and then went south. The matter was reported to the house by Liu Yu's people. Liu Yu summoned Wenwu and said: "In the end, the Gongsun clan has the government in mind, and we really underestimate him." Immediately lead the troops to Luoyang. "Due to the long distance and the delay of the military situation, they had no idea that Luoyang was already in ruins. Liu Yu personally led 100,000 people out of the battle and marched to the territory of Dai County to camp and rest. At night, Liu Yu hurriedly put on his helmet and armor and went out of the camp, only to see a bush of torches and more than a dozen people coming from all directions. Because Liu Yujun was busy with the road and thought that no one could defeat the military horses of his headquarters, no antlers or deep ditches were placed outside the fence. And because someone sprinkled oil on the railing and lit a fire, at this time the surrounding area burned in a circle, and the sergeants who rushed out of the camp were busy making a mess.

The enemy's iron cavalry was the first, breaking through the fence that was about to be burned to ashes, and all the white horse cavalry were killed, and they were on a rampage. The cavalry divided the entire camp into several pieces, and then the infantry entered through the front door, smashed the wooden fence behind and broke in, and beat Liu Yu's soldiers and horses with pinching and division tactics, and trampled to death more than 100 people.

Liu Yu held a long sword to fight with the enemy, only to see a horse killing, shouting: "Liu Yu is here!" Kill! Liu Yu looked up, it was Gongsun Zhan's bodyguard, Bai Ma Yicong. Liu Yu knew that it was Gongsun Zhan's plan, and he regretted it in his heart. At this time, the military general Qi Zhou killed to protect the master, but because there was no horse by his side, he had to kill the bloody road step by step with Liu Yu. However, Liu Yu is weak in the end, walks slowly, and is not skilled in martial arts, so tired that it is difficult for Qi Zhou to walk. Seeing this, Bai Ma Yi protected the lord and threw the spear in his hand, piercing Qi Zhou's left chest. Liu Yu was shocked when he saw Qi Zhou fall to the ground, and at this time, the surrounding infantry killed, but it was a knife, and his left arm was cut off by a nobody, and his head was not protected after he fell.

More than half of Liu Yujun's dead were killed, and the rest knelt on the ground and begged to surrender. Gongsun Chan packed up his 40,000 remnants of the army, looked at the night sky and smiled. Bai Ma Yi came with an infantry, and this soldier carried Liu Yu's head. Gongsun Zhan gave a hundred taels of gold, and when he saw Liu Yu's head, he said with a smile: "Liu Yu, Liu Yu, if there was no Pang Shiyuan, you would have been my Chinese food a long time ago." He rewarded 100 cavalry under Liu Yu and gave wine and meat to suppress the shock. Two days later, the 100 rode to Jixian County at night, and the people in the city knew that it was their own people, so they opened the city gate. Unexpectedly, a hundred people took advantage of the night to sneak to the four gates, killed the gatekeepers, opened the gate, the infantry of the Gongsun army had been lying prone outside for a long time, and suddenly poured in, and a thousand guards in the city had to abandon their weapons and surrender. Seeing this, Cheng Xu, a strategist in the city, released Gongsun Xu and Han Qi and welcomed Gongsun Zhan. Gongsun Zan went to the state capital, saw that Gongsun Xu was safe and sound, his heart was wide, and he saw Cheng Xu kneeling on the ground, and said: "Even if you keep my son safe, you are a merit." Cheng Xu said: "I, Cheng Xu, only want to be a common man, and now I will release my son, hoping that the general can make no mistakes with the people in the city." Properly arrange for Mrs. Liu's family. ”

When Gongsun Zhan heard this, he dismounted, helped him up, and said, "Lord Cheng is really a loyal and righteous person, and I hope to assist me in governing Youzhou." ”

Cheng Xu excused himself: "I'm tired of political affairs, so it's better to go back to my hometown and plant a few acres of fertile land." Because of his repeated refusals, Gongsun Chan had no choice but to agree, and sighed in his heart: "This person is really a wise man. ”

Gongsun Zhan entered Liu Yu's mansion, and the civil and military forces were listed, and he rewarded him greatly. After thanking the generals, Gongsun said to his father: "Father, there is something to ask for. ”

Gongsun Chan was silent, made a gesture, and ordered him to speak.

Gongsun continued: "Zhang Shuang is really a virtuous and beautiful person, I want to marry him. ”

Gongsun Chan frowned and said, "This is Pang Tong's wife, don't talk nonsense." If it weren't for Pang Tong leaving Youzhou, it would be impossible for us to defeat Liu Yu's soldiers and horses. If you marry a wife and provoke Pang Tong, he will come for revenge. ”

Tian Kai laughed and said: "Childe is really infatuated. Don't blame Gongsun for your son, who can bear the beauty of this woman? Little Pang Tong, how can you shake my Gongsun Army. ”

Shan Jing shouted: "No! Pang Tong is still here, and the son is suspected of being an adulterous wife, and will be laughed at by the world. ”

During the dispute, Bai Mayi never reported: "The people in Pangtong Mansion are empty, according to the neighbors, the time when they left should be after our army left Yangle County." ”

Everyone was shocked, and Gongsun Zhan smiled bitterly: "This person is going to look at our situation outside the city, and he is sure that there will be a crisis for us to send troops." Awesome, awesome. ”

Tian Kai and the others were silent, their faces were very ugly. It turned out that Pang Tong knew that Liu Yu would not be able to achieve a big thing, so he ordered someone to secretly insert it outside the city, and if there was a large army out of the city, he would return to the palace and order everyone to throw themselves into the state.

Pang Tong led his troops to Luoyang City, which was no longer populated, in ruins, and the princes of all parties had dispersed. He ordered his soldiers to camp in the city. Under the night sky, he looked into the sky and said lightly: "My every move is like a butterfly effect, changing the situation of the Three Kingdoms. Anything that follows cannot be judged by those history books, everything must be cautious, the tide of the times has been rolled, and it is impossible to predict when and where the tide will fall. ”

On the one hand, he wrote a book and ordered people to send it to Bingzhou. Only two days later, Zhang Liao, who had just withdrawn to Pingyang County, the administrative office, wrote: "The affairs of the world, the people of the world do not plan, and we must not do it." I, Pang Tong, discussed with my brother about the extermination of Dong thieves. Now I am leading an army of 30,000 in Luoyang, and I ask Wenyuan to provide as much food and grass as possible, without soldiers and horses." Zhang Liao thought to himself: "The Book of Shiyuan is equivalent to the Book of Fengxian, and I will do it." But what can 30,000 people do? More than 600,000 of our coalition forces have collapsed, how can he break Dong Zhuo's hundreds of thousands of troops? ”

While he was puzzled, he still hurried to prepare grain and grass.

Pang Tong inspected the giant city during the day and ordered people to repair the gates. He walked through the burned houses and desolate squares, and his heart was also a helpless water, unable to turn up the waves, only by quietly watching all this, looking at the truth of history, can he know how small the power of a person is in the tide of this era. When he walked for a while, he saw a man sitting on the ruins lamenting, and he stepped forward and asked, "Why do you want to stay in the ruins when so many people are gone?" ”

Although the man was dressed in an ordinary vegan, he was magnificent, but under this dilapidated scene, his face was calm, not an ordinary person. He sighed: "You and other people who lead troops to fight only know how to make meritorious deeds, but can you know the suffering of the people? ”

Hearing this, Pang Tong hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Who dare to ask Your Excellency?" ”

The man got up and said, "I am Jing Zhaoyi Jiang Wan, after the Dong thief entered the city, Sizhou is no longer under my control." I am a deposed official, and I have nothing to do until now. Seeing Luoyang ruined, his heart was painful. ”

Pang Tong exclaimed: "Master Jiang is really a high-spirited person, where will he become an official in the future?" I thought: "Isn't Jiang Wan one of the four famous ministers of Shu Han?" If it was the past history, he would finally go to Xuande. But I will use such political talents. ”

Jiang Wan said indifferently: "Repair a broken house here, plant one or two acres of land, and spend your old age." ”

Pang Tong frowned and said: "Master Jiang should only be in his thirties, why is he so decadent, don't you know that the Han Dynasty is dying?" ”

Jiang Wan said coldly: "The country does not know that there are people, and the people do not know that there is a country." If the people are rich, what if there is no country? ”

Pang Tong was amazed and said, "Master Jiang is really a wise man. I beg Lord Chiang to be by my side and seek the blessings of the people in the future. My surname is Pang, my name is Tong, and the word Shiyuan ......"

Jiang Wan said coldly: "Dong Zhuo's people, I don't obey!" You and Na Lu Bu killed the Lord for glory, and everyone laughed at it. ”

Pang Tong was not angry when he heard this, but laughed and said: "Who is my Pang Tong, then Dong Zhuo is just my object of revenge." Please watch, my brother, Lu Bu, will definitely kill this thief. ”

Jiang Wan was shocked: "Why are you so bold at a young age. He looked Pang Tong up and down and said, "I see that you are oriented to goodness, but you are not vulgar. It's a pity that you are also kings and hegemons, and what is the difference between you and other princes? That Dong Zhuo is just a careerist. ”

Pang Tong said: "Dong Zhuo is a usurper, not a careerist. The real careerist is not the ambition of a wolf, let alone the heart of a femme fatale. I want to dominate the world, only for the prosperity of the people, not for personal affairs. Jiang Wan saw that he was serious and said, "What do you mean only for the people?" ”

Pang Tong explained: "Weaken the royal power and return the power to the people. ”

Eight words shocked Jiang Wan, and he thought to himself: "This person is still young and has such words, and he will not be able to do it in the future, so I should follow it." He agreed to Pang Tong and became his engagement. Pang Tong guarded Luoyang City, and people often returned to the city, and people from the nearby countryside came to build houses and live here. Pang Tong ordered Jiang Wan to do a good job of settling the people, and set up military camps, mansions, and bazaars at the same time. Almost all political affairs were handed over to Jiang Wan with confidence. Zhang Liao also said that he had done it and did a good job in transporting grain and grass.

In terms of military affairs, Zang Ba handled it in an orderly manner. Since most of the troops were used for infrastructure construction in the city, he led 3,000 men to pay attention to the situation at Simen, stationed archers, and sent spies to investigate the situation in Luoyang.