Chapter 5 Towards Unification Section XXVIII
Most of the bandits' wars were fought in defeat battles and plundering battles, and Bai Boshuai Li Le, Han Xian, and Hu Cai took advantage of Li Dao and others to attack Li Dao when they were negotiating peace with Dong Cheng and Yang Feng, and the momentum was enough, but the newly recruited Bai Bo army had no intention of fighting to the death with the Xiliang soldiers, and immediately disengaged after a little temptation.
After converging Dong Cheng and Yang Feng, the Bai Bo army only cared about receiving the reward happily, but forgot that the Xiliang troops with complete combat strength were still following behind, and they did not even send a rearguard, and happily followed the emperor's chariot.
In Bai Bojun's opinion, the emperor's majesty is so admirable, they have taught the Xiliang army a lesson, presumably they dare not offend again. Unexpectedly, the Xiliang Army has always been tough in combat, and more than 100 years of border life have cultivated their habit of the law of the jungle: blood for blood, tooth for tooth. As long as people are not dead, revenge must always be avenged.
Bai Bojun did not expect that Dong Cheng and Yang Feng did not expect it, and Huangfu Song and other ministers did not expect that Li Dao and others would reorganize their troops and horses and come to fight again. Li Dao and others attacked from behind, Dong Feng and others were caught off guard and defeated, and the dead Huben and Yulin troops were even more than Dongjian - the Xiliang army was vicious, but I didn't want Zhang Jijun's soldiers to be mostly from the Central Plains, so they had scruples about the emperor.
Dong Feng and others fought and walked, retreated more than ten miles in a row, and reached the boundary of Shaanxi County, the offensive of the Xiliang Army was slowed down, and Dong Feng and others had the opportunity to set up camp and defend themselves. At this time, the camp was full of broken eyes, Tiger Ben and Yulin were less than 100 people, Xiliang soldiers shouted around the camp, and the officials were discolored, all of whom betrayed the emperor in exchange for peace in front of them.
At this time, Luoyang, Lu Zhi had received the news of the emperor's eastward journey, and he didn't have time to comb his makeup, so he came out with his hair in his hands, and shouted to Xiao Fei, the guard officer, in the courtyard: "Captain Xiao, in an emergency, go and summon Gongsun Bogui to come, light up the Luoyang City Guards, and prepare for battle." ”
Xiao Fei jumped out of the side courtyard in response: "The old man is in a hurry." Although Luoyang has few soldiers, it can still be done for a few days, as long as the lord hears the news and comes to help, he will definitely make those bold fanatics come and go. ”
Previously, Xiao Fei had been transferred to the First Army Corps as the commander of the Third Division, but Lu Zhi was stranded in Luoyang and did not return, Liu Bei successively sent several guard officers to protect Lu Zhi, but Lu Zhi drove them away, after that, Xiao Fei volunteered to go to Luoyang to serve Lu Zhi. After he came, considering that Xiao Fei had a love affair with him to spend the crisis together, and furthermore, Xiao Fei left the position of division commander to become the head of the guard, which made Lu Zhi unbearable. Therefore, Lu Zhi stopped making trouble, and the two sides settled down peacefully.
Xiao Fei was born in Izumo City, was originally an orphan adopted by Liu Bei, had the identity of Liu Bei's righteous son, and served as Liu Bei's guard after graduating from Izumo Military Academy. According to the Qingzhou military system, the division commander belongs to the senior officer. With this series of prominent statuses, it is obviously inappropriate for him to be just a guard officer. For this reason, the husband of Qingzhou in Luoyang pushed him to serve as the captain of Luoyang City, which is the origin of Lu Zhi's call him "school captain".
Lu Zhi was so anxious that he couldn't speak: "No, it's not a foreign enemy." The Son of Heaven has arrived in Caoyang and summoned me to pick it up. Gather your team and get ready to go out of the city to fight. ”
Xiao Fei was taken aback: "Old man, we only have two thousand people, if we want to go out of the city to fight, Luoyang will be empty, here is our hard work for several years." ”
In the past three years, Luoyang's vitality has not recovered, although there are large open spaces around, but there are no ordinary people to cultivate. Although the city has been repaired, and the strong combat power of the Qingzhou soldiers has ensured the good security of Luoyang, and the bandits in the four realms are extinct, but after all, Luoyang is separated from Liu Bei's sphere of influence, and the Qingzhou elders who temporarily live in Luoyang have no intention of living for a long time, and as soon as their term of office ends, they will return to Qingzhou without stopping.
And every time they returned, they had to take with them a group of peasant households that had settled in Luoyang with great difficulty. These farmers either made a small contribution in the year's construction activities and obtained the status of Qingzhou civilians, or they were favored by the elders and brought into Qingzhou to be their own retainers. As soon as these farmers had the opportunity, they would rather go to Qingzhou to be retainers than work in Luoyang.
Coming and going, there is not much popularity left in Luoyang City every winter, and after a year's hard work, in addition to building a group of houses, the remaining fruits are divided by the elders. Most of the farmers who finally settled down followed the patriarchs, and the rest were lazy and gluttonous. Luoyang itself could not support many troops, and the supplies were all transported by Qingzhou across other people's territories, so even the elders who came to Luoyang did not bring escorts, they took the caravan to Luoyang, and then under the escort of the farmers, they went home with the caravan. In this way, the current Luoyang City, except for the two thousand city guards, cannot even recruit a single soldier. As soon as the two thousand city guards left the city, Luoyang was really an empty city.
Lu Zhi looked around and sighed: "Everything in the world is people-oriented. Luoyang City, which has no people, is an empty city, and there is nothing to regret. Now the emperor's family is in danger, the emperor is here, the world is there, and the people can still live in peace. If something happens to the emperor, the fortunes of the country are in danger, and the heroes rise together, then the world will be in chaos and the people will be in trouble...... Don't talk about it, you go and gather the city guards, and then call Gongsun Bogui, where is he still 200 Ding Jing who are good at riding and shooting, which can be used as cavalry, go quickly. ”
There was a burst of chickens and dogs jumping in the courtyard, Xiao Fei gathered the troops while sending people to Qingzhou to deliver the letter, and after a while, Lu Zhi wore armor and reappeared in the courtyard.
"Is the team ready?" Lu Zhi pressed his sword and asked Xiao Fei.
"The city guards have been assembled, General Gongsun has been informed, he is gathering the family, and it will be there in an instant" Xiao Fei said as he picked up a big coat and put it on for Lu Zhi: "Old man, it's cold and dewy outside, put on this feather coat." ”
Feather coat (down jacket) with Shu brocade as the face, cotton cloth as the lining, Shu brocade weaves a cyan crane, the cold wind blows and flutters its wings to fly. On the periphery of the crane, brilliant clouds are weaved, like clouds steaming.
Lu Zhi was stunned for a moment and asked, "When will this clothing be delivered?" Why haven't I seen it before? ”
Xiao Fei lowered his hand and replied: "This is sent by the caravan that came to pick up the patriarch this year, and they arrived yesterday, and they haven't had time to report to the old man." ”
Lu Zhi asked again: "How many such clothes are there?" ”
"I heard that this garment is personally supervised by the lord, and it is made of selected high-quality down, and the caravan has sent three pieces, if the old man thinks it is not enough, I will inform the lord again."
"It's cold and dewy outside, and the emperor's chariots and horses are sleeping in the wilderness, so it must be cold and unbearable. You go, bring all the things in the house to keep you warm, and then get into the carriage, and we will immediately welcome the saint to the west. ”
Before Lu Zhi's words fell, Gongsun Zhan slipped his horsewhip, crashed into it, walked one end and said, "What can 200 cavalry and 2,000 soldiers do?" The teacher brazenly sent troops, and I am afraid that there is no place to die today. ”
Lu Zhi replied indifferently: "If you are afraid, you can not go." ”
Gongsun Chan screamed: "When Yi Jingcheng City was broken, I thought I was dead." If you can fight side by side with your teacher today, if you die, you will die, so why be afraid? ”
As he was talking, Gongsun Zhan suddenly saw the big coat on Lu Zhi's body and shouted: "Teacher, this cloak is so beautiful, is it the New Year's gift sent by Xuande, why didn't I score it, I also want one." ”
When Lu Zhi heard this, he took off his coat and said, "Originally, Xuande sent three pieces, and it was nothing to give you one, but I plan to send one to the Holy Lord to keep out the cold, so that we can wear similar clothes again (not in line with the rules of the imperial court)." Bogui, life and death are unknown, why care about a few things outside the body. Come, let's go. ”
Gongsun Chan promised: "Okay! At the beginning, Xuande entered Qingzhou with only three or two thousand people, and the training level of the Luoyang City Guards was better than that of the wild people of Zhuoxian, I don't believe that there is no chance of winning this battle. ”
The snow fell again, and in the heavy snowfall, the Luoyang City Guards came out in a group and rushed westward. Gongsun Zhan sang the song of Yi Shui Sending Jing Ke all the way - "The wind is sluggish and the water is cold, and the strong man will never return." ”
In Shaanxi County, in the emperor's camp, Li Le offered a plan to ask the Son of Heaven to secretly cross the river by night, go east to Mengjin, and take refuge in the herdsmen of the eastern part of the country.
Taiwei Yang Biao retorted: "How can there be no boats in the night crossing, now there is a war on the south bank, all the boats are avoiding the north bank, the river is cold and there are few people, even if there are boats, how many can there be?" There are many people in our camp, and how can we cross them one by one? ”
Li Le said angrily: "It's winter, the river has not yet frozen, you can still swim over, wait for me to lead people to find a boat, if there is a boat to cross, when the fire is raised, please wait for the emperor to come with you." ”
Yang Biao promised.
Soon after Li Le left, a fire flashed on the riverside, informing the camp that the boats were ready. Emperor Yang Biao was overjoyed and hurriedly embraced the emperor out of the camp. In the dark night, it was difficult for carriages and horses to walk, so the emperor had to walk on foot and in the dark. Queen Fu's cloud temples are fluffy, and her flowers are bleak, and she follows the emperor and walks hesitantly.
Dong Cheng ran before and after urging everyone to go quickly, at this time, Fu De, the brother of Queen Fu, helped the queen to hurry with one hand, and still carried ten silk horses with the other.
Life is still difficult to protect, still cherish wealth, Dong Cheng saw this ugly state of dying to get wealth, and it was difficult to calm down. deliberately a few steps behind, secretly instigating Fu Jie to order Sun Hui to step forward to fight for the silk cloth, Yulin Jun stepped forward to support, Sun Hui killed one person with his sword, blood splashed, and even the queen's clothes were stained with blood.
Empress Fu trembled with fright, grabbed the emperor's clothes, wept for help, the emperor stopped, and the dispute was settled. Volde saved his life.
As for the riverside, there is only one small boat parked in the river, the weather is cold and the water is dry, the bank is several feet high, the emperor is pampered, where to lie down the steep slope. Thanks to the remnants of the silk in Fude's hand, he wrapped the silk around the emperor's body, dragged the silk end with two people, and gently put it down. Vodeshang had the courage to carry the queen on his back and jumped off the ship.
Yang Biao below, in turn, at this time, there were dozens of people in the boat, and the draft was very deep. Dong Cheng and Li Le immediately jumped off the bow of the boat and ordered to untie the cable and want to sail. The entourage was not allowed to cross, fighting for the boat cable, Dong Cheng and Yang Feng used Ge to hit indiscriminately, chopping off their fingers, and they were invincible.
The sky gradually brightened, the quarrel by the river alarmed the Xiliang soldiers, the reconnaissance cavalry reported to Li Dao, Li Dao and others sent troops to chase, at this time, Dong Cheng had already sailed, and the emperor had already crossed east and could not intercept it. Li Wei had no choice but to sweep away the uncrossed soldiers on the shore and the unwitting lower-level soldiers in the battalion.
It's funny that these soldiers who fought all the way and escorted the emperor to Shaanxi County paid huge casualties, in exchange for the emperor's abandonment. Fortunately, Li Dao and others concentrated on plundering, and could not find a boat by the river, so they chased eastward, and the emperor and queen had to cross to the other side, staggered and landed, and walked several miles before arriving at Dayang, and the sky was already bright.
Dong Chengyang sent people to the people to search for carts and horses, but found nothing, and only found an ox cart in a farmer's house for half a day. At that time, all the cattle in the family were wealthy households, and I don't know how many years he worked hard to buy a farming cow. But the emperor wanted to use it, and the peasant households dared to defend it, and they had to tearfully put on the ox cart to serve the labor.
The ox cart carried the emperor and queen slowly, and the rest of the people had lost their horses when they crossed the river, so they could only follow them on foot. The wind is cold to the bone, and it is difficult to walk. It was noon, and more than 20 people were hungry and cold, and they staggered forward.
Originally, after everyone crossed the river, in order to avoid Li Dao, they all hoped to get as far away from the river as possible. Dong Cheng, Yang Feng and others couldn't resist it, and they also vaguely guessed Huangfu Song's intentions, so they obeyed his wishes. Not long after, Huangfu Song suddenly changed color and shouted: "Turn back, the car will return to the place where it landed." ”
Dong Cheng hurriedly went to persuade him, and Huangfu Song pointed to the north shore and said, "Listen, what is that?" ”
In the wind, there was a faint sound of a military trumpet, which was a brass trumpet. Dong Feng was overjoyed: "It's the Qingzhou soldiers, only the Qingzhou soldiers in the world take the bronze number as the order in the army, and the Qingzhou soldiers are here." ”
The crowd cheered. Advocating that I am invincible, and the Qingzhou soldiers who only know how to move forward bravely come to help, now, hope is coming.
Li Le, Han Xian, and Hu Cai glanced at each other, their faces pale.
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