Chapter 4: Dividing the Heroes, Section 66, Killing

Tian Chou was so angry that he scolded the lieutenant and general repeatedly: "Hurry up and sort out the team, the soldiers at the head of the city are in chaos, take this opportunity to attack, the person will get twice the result with half the effort, fool, at this juncture, how can it be like this?" ”

Liu Bei smiled faintly: "Zitai, don't criticize them, the victory and defeat have been divided, and the West Gate has broken the city." ”

"What?" , Tian Chou was taken aback, and immediately, he was frightened by this sentence: "Ximen broke the city?" ”

In the direction of the West Gate, the earth-shattering roar sounded, which seemed to confirm Liu Bei's judgment, and Tian Chou hurriedly restrained the soldiers and continued to exert pressure on the city.

After a while, a horse came from the West Gate, in Tian Chou's eyes, the soldier's movements turned into slow motion, and in an instant, all the sounds in heaven and earth disappeared, leaving only the sergeant's urgent report: "Lord Yu, the West Gate has broken the city, and the left cavalry of the guards Huang Xiaowei (Huang Zhong) has led people to rush into the city, and General Dian is leading the guards infantry army to follow up." ”

"Wansheng", stood for a long time, the Qingzhou soldiers at the north gate let out a tsunami-like shout, the catapult shot all the remaining stone bullets regardless of the range, the archers shot all the arrows like crazy, and the axe soldiers of the Violent Bear Corps excitedly ran towards the city with the ladder.

Guan Hai personally put on his armor and roared all the way: "Waste, waste, the lord is here to personally preside, and he actually let the boy climb the city wall for the first time." Run faster, run faster, attack forward, I am invincible. ”

"Wansheng", "I am invincible", the Qingzhou soldiers at the north gate shouted slogans, and frantically attacked and attacked the city like a stimulant.

It's really the big picture! Tian Chou couldn't believe the news in front of him, he thought that the siege battle would last for a long time, so he could control the rhythm of the attack unhurriedly, but he didn't expect that many moves had not yet been used, and the city was broken.

"How's Simon doing? How did you break the city? Tian Chou asked.

"Our army was throwing oil bombs, but I didn't expect the oil bombs to burst suddenly, the sound was huge, and the city wall collapsed. Captain Huang rushed into the city from the gap, and is currently on his way to the governor's mansion, at that time, the nest car outside the city wall was completely destroyed, and the captain had to organize the infantry outside the city, and later followed to kill. ”

Under the action of manganese salts, coal tar is decomposed and synthesized into picric acid, and this yellow pigment is also a strong zha medicine. Izumo iron ore is manganese iron ore, and the slag contains a large amount of manganese salts, and perhaps, a certain fire pot happened to have the right ingredients to synthesize picric acid in the flames. This kind of ZHA medicine with more power than * has a fatal flaw, that is, "deflagration". When the concentration of this yellow powder in the air is too high, a slight open flame will cause violent combustion and explosion. Simon was destroyed by this deflagration.

The cheers of the soldiers at the north gate of "Wansheng" sounded, the infantry landed in the city, Yuan Shao's troops were defeated like a mountain, there was no organized resistance at the head of the city, and the Qingzhou soldiers swarmed from the ladder to the city.

Liu Bei reined in his horse and slowly turned around to exchange glances with Tian Chou, feeling relieved.

"The north gate has been blocked, and the cavalry is ordered to move to the west gate, and after entering the city, sweep the remnants of the soldiers along the streets, and maintain law and order. Kuaima informed the Qingzhou Senate and asked them to send a group of officials as soon as possible. Tell Gao Tanglong that I haven't finished 600,000 arrows yet, Yecheng has been breached, and asked him to immediately send someone to accept Yecheng's money and grain. Liu Bei ordered proudly.

Han Fu searched for a long time, and although the people in Jizhou were poor, the government was rich in storage. Yuan Shaocai entered Yecheng, and the money and grain had not yet been squandered, and the battle ended unexpectedly quickly, perhaps, the gains could compensate for the cost of the war.

"Did Yuan Tan and Gao Gan put them in the city?" , the victory came too quickly, and the subsequent moves were not properly arranged, and the adult Yuan Tan left behind as a bane.

Tian Chou smiled knowingly and replied, "Why should the lord worry. In this world, there are many people who put the icing on the cake, and there are no people who send charcoal in the snow, as long as the lord properly places Yuan Shao's old generals, so that his old family has no resentment. Yuan Tan, wait for him to be imprisoned for a year or two before coming out, at that time, the lord's foundation in Jizhou is stable, and no one is willing to help him rebel, a boy, what is there to worry about? ”

Liu Bei smiled dumbly: Okay, the real Liu Bei has never had the habit of punishing the nine clans, and after killing Li Yan, a famous general of Shu State, he still appoints Li Yan's descendants. This reputation for open-mindedness cannot be ruined. Furthermore, Qingzhou law: sin is not as good as wife and children. What about letting him live? Yuan Shao is not afraid of being alive, but after his defeat, what fame can he use?

"Okay, tell him that if you are willing to take revenge, come on."

After a while, the infantry who entered the city broke the blockage of the city gate and opened the city gate, and Liu Bei and Tian Chou entered the city together.

Inside the city, the resistance has ended. Along the street, there were surrendered Yuan soldiers everywhere, squatting in the corner with their heads in their hands, and Qingzhou soldiers patrolling back and forth, monitoring the surrendered soldiers.

"Are these people civilians, or are they soldiers?" Liu Bei muttered in his heart, there is no armor, no signs, take a sword, and become a soldier, it seems that the people in the city were driven to the city by Yuan Shao.

Liu Bei beckoned to an attendant and ordered: "You go and give an order, order the troops to surrender their weapons, and go back to their homes, and the whole city will be under martial law tonight, and it is forbidden to move around." Tomorrow dawn, let them do what they should do, and what they should do. ”

Tian Chou added on the side: "Tell the ministry: Our army does not have so much money and food to feed these idlers, and the siege battle does not take capture as merit, but takes the first climb, beheading, and occupation as merit, and dinner time is approaching, which unit does not finish these idlers, which unit manages their dinner." ”

The vitality of Yecheng lies in the number of young and strong people, and Liu Bei's subordinates are all well-trained soldiers, and accommodating the defeated troops of Yuan's army means that the expansion of the army and combat effectiveness are mixed, so it is better to take advantage of the chaos of entering the city to disband them all and let them enrich Yecheng.

In a few moments, the street captives were driven by the Qingzhou soldiers and formed a team according to the street where they lived. The single soldiers brought by Yuan Shao began to beg the residents of Yecheng to be sheltered under the watchful eyes of the surrounding Qingzhou soldiers, and with the acquiescence of the Qingzhou soldiers, the young and strong labor was divided up by the residents of Yecheng, and the unattended soldiers mixed into the team, silently praying that there was an empty house in the local area to live in.

As the process of the prisoners returning home accelerated, the Qingzhou troops who maintained order on the streets became more and more abundant, and the Qingzhou soldiers had been platoons and platoons, patrolling along the streets, killing the lone Yuan soldiers. This move forced more Yuan soldiers to integrate into Yecheng and hide in residents' homes.

In the cheers of the Qingzhou soldiers, Liu Bei urged the horse to approach the state pastor's mansion, and Dian Wei was covered in blood and happily greeted Liu Bei at the gate of the mansion.

"Where is the primordial prince?" Liu Bei turned over and dismounted and asked Dian Wei.

Dian Weihan smiled and replied, "Lord, be happy." What does Yuan Shao look like? I don't see anyone in it who looks like the fourth world and the third prince, all with one nose and two eyes. ”

Nonsense, the fourth and third dukes, can you grow an extra nose?

"Have you ever asked the captive, is Ben Chu Gong not there?" Tian Chou continued to ask, if Yuan Shao escaped, this war would be implicated, and I am afraid it would be difficult for a while.

Dian Wei touched his forehead ashamedly and said, "Prisoner, I was about to go outside to find two prisoners and ask." ”

Liu Bei was silent, and Tian Chou was shocked: "Could it be that there is no living person in it?" ”

Dian Wei replied with a smirk: "They are all uncut, I haven't enjoyed it yet, there are no people standing in it, haha." ”

Liu Bei didn't say a word, and walked into the mansion, Tian Chou Dianwei hurriedly followed, and entered this hell on earth.

In the mansion, the corpses are everywhere, the blood is pooling, many corpses are axes in the back, with a frightened expression on their faces, it is conceivable that Dian Wei must have chased them all the way - I didn't expect this to be the end, Dian Wei's knife is too sharp, and it needs to be used with caution in the future. Liu Bei silently reminded himself.

Seeing Liu Bei inspecting the state pastor and being silent, Dian Wei was uneasy, and Tian Chou muttered to himself: "It's too miserable, it's too much." ”

Soon, the Qingzhou people will come to the state pastoral office one after another to report. Huang Zhong offered the captives Guo Tu, Xun Chen, Xu You, and Chen Lin, and when Dian Wei pursued and killed, they went out of the state to surrender to Huang Zhong who was passing by, saving their lives. Seeing that the momentum was not good, the Xin Ping and Xin Bi brothers and Jiao Touch, Zhang Nan, Lü Kuang, and Lü Xiang would open the south gate and surrender to Gaoshun. Jiang Qi, Ma Yan, and Tao Sheng were beheaded by Zhang Fei. The former Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuang, after being annexed by Yuan Shao, has been staying in his own home as an idler, hearing that the city is broken, and opening the door to surrender to Guan Hai.

The body of the governor was immediately identified. Feng Ji was killed in order to protect Yuan Shao, and after the trial surrendered, Dian Wei was annoyed that he had seen through the plan to earn the city, so that his subordinates were killed, and he was chased and beheaded. Yuan Shao borrowed the cover of his subordinates, fled through the back door, and was beheaded by patrol soldiers on the street.

"In addition to Yuan Gongzi Tan, what other descendants does Ben Chu Gong have?" , Liu Bei asked.

Guo Tu replied cautiously: "There is still a son named Xi, and the words are obvious." ”

Yuan Xi? In this way, Yuan Shang has not yet been born. Well, before the battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao had no intention of starting a war with Cao Cao because of the illness of his youngest son, and missed the opportunity, Yuan Shang should have been born not long before the battle of Guandu, and now Yuan Xi should not be very old.

"Return the body of Ben Chugong to Yuan Xi and let him bury his father, among you, who wants to go to mourn, just go, I don't blame." Liu Bei said slowly.

Xin Ping stepped forward and bowed his hand and said: "Xuande Gong is noble, so that Ben Chu Gong can be buried, but unfortunately Xi Gongzi is still young, why don't you release Tan Gongzi to preside over the funeral ceremony of Ben Chu Gonggong." ”

Liu Bei glanced at Tian Chou, Tian Chou shook his head and said: "The law is not merciful, Tan Gongzi brutalized Pingyuan County and coerced the residents of Pingyuan, he must be tried according to the law, and he must not be released until he is dealt with." ”

Guo Tu said unhappily: "For those who are sons of men, they are filial to their fathers, is the law of Qingzhou not allowed?" ”

Tian Chou Zhengse said: "There are only two things in this world worthy of fear: one is the god above the head of man, and the other is the law of the world. The law is merciless, and once it is broken, there can be no favoritism. ”

Yuan Shao's old ministers were indignant, Liu Bei waved his hand to rebuke them, and Tian Chou began to take stock of the Yecheng treasury.

After Guo Tu retreated, he was still unwilling, and reprimanded those colleagues: "Gong Yuan treated you well that day, why didn't you help in the hall today?" ”

The subordinate lowered his head and was silent, and Du Xu Yu replied with a sneer: "Today in the hall, if it weren't for Brother Guo's persecution one after another, Liu Bei would have allowed Yuan Tan to be released." ”

Xin Ping asked: "How do you say this?" ”

Xu You replied: "Although Liu Bei captured Yecheng, he will call Yuan Shao 'Ben Chu Gong', which shows that he still has respect in his heart, and it is also an example to allow us to mourn, if Brother Guo asks softly, Xuande Gong will be the master to release Tan Gongzi." But Brother Guo should not question the laws of Qingzhou, since Tian Zitai said those words, in order to maintain the laws of Qingzhou founded by Liu Bei himself, he will not let Yuan Gongzi go again. Who is Liu Bei? How could he care about the world? Question him with this, fallacious! ”

Liu Bei conquered Yecheng, and the world was shocked.

Yecheng is extremely strong and is regarded as an insurmountable heroic city in the north. Because it is the capital of Wei County, Yecheng is built according to the specifications of the national capital, and the height of the city is incomparable in the north. However, Liu Bei captured Yecheng in just a few days, which made the princes greatly overestimate the siege ability of the Qingzhou soldiers.

"The world has changed", Cao Cao looked at the urgent report sent by Luoyang in Gucheng, and was worried in his heart.

The capture of Yecheng means that there is no longer an opponent worth fighting in the north of Qingzhou. Qingzhou is surrounded by the sea to the east, to the south is the ally Tao Qian, and on the back is Gongsun Zhan, and the only enemy to guard against in the future is the west.

To the west, Qingzhou can completely shrink its forces and go all out to the west.

Xi Zhicai narrowed his eyes and sighed again and again: "Liu Bei is also the leader of Qingji, the northeast of the Central Plains, there is no place to stand, we must go all out to the west." It's a pity that after Dong Zhuo moved the capital, the division was broken, and entering and occupying the division would add a burden to our army. ”

Xun You immediately suggested: "In order to prevent Liu Bei from oppressing us in the west, I have two plans, one is to eat the two tigers, and the other is to drive the tiger and devour the wolf." The lord can implement this plan while buying us time while storming Chang'an. As long as our army captures Chang'an and recaptures the Han Emperor, we can coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and at that time, Liu Bei has to obey our orders. ”

Xi Zhicai echoed: "If Liu Bei wants to attack Chang'an, he must cross the territory of our army, as long as we recapture the Han Emperor first, we can take the lead and order Liu Bei." ”

Cao Cao was overjoyed and asked, "Will the plan be released?" ”

Xun You replied: "Liu Bei's entry into Hebei is in response to Gongsun Zhan's troops, and now Gongsun Zhan has withdrawn from the army, Liu Bei has won Jizhou alone, Gongsun Bogui must be unwilling, no matter how stable the friendship between the two of them is, when it comes to interest disputes, there will also be cracks." The lord Ke secretly moved people to contact Gongsun Zhan, and instigated him to ask for Jizhou to be divided with Liu Bei, so that the two tigers could fight, which was a plan for the two tigers to eat.

Liu Bei never forgot to find Zhang Wen's daughter Zhang Yan'er, as far as I know, most of the soldiers who plundered in Luoyang at that time, in addition to most of them retreating to Chang'an with Dong Zhuo, there was also a group of Hun soldiers attached to the party Taishou Zhangyang. Liu Bei occupied Jizhou, Shangdang County, where the garrison was promoted, and Hanoi County was the most threatened. Wang Kuang descended Liu Bei again, and Zhang Yang must be vigilant. The lord can send a letter to Liu Bei, saying that he has found conclusive evidence: the Huns have plundered Zhang Yan'er. sent a letter to Zhang Yang again, saying that Liu Bei wanted to make a move on him. At the same time, it can be rumored in Zhang Yang's army that Liu Bei wants to attack Bingzhou, capture and torture the Huns. The Huns were fierce and would inevitably cross the border to provoke. As soon as the war between the two sides started, Liu Bei fought for many years, and his soldiers were weak and weak, so he was bound to be exhausted. This is a plan to drive the tiger and the wolf.

If the two strategies are parallel, Yanzhou will be able to get a chance to breathe, enter Chang'an, and welcome the Han Emperor in the west. ”

Xi Zhicai immediately added: "Lu Zhi is pedantic, as long as our army says that it will attack Chang'an in the west, I think he will collect the remaining weapons in Chang'an and fund our army." In addition, Zhou Cang, the defender of Gucheng City, was stubborn, and Zhou Yu was smart when he joined the army, and our army repeatedly ordered the Gucheng army to respect our military orders in the name of General Fenwu, but they all refused. Gucheng City is small but strong, if it is under the control of our army, as a transit point for attacking Hangu Pass, it will be of great benefit to our army, Ming Gong can pretend to care about the defense of Luoyang, and ask Lu Zhi to transfer back to Zhoucang Zhou Yu and let our army take over Gucheng, so that there is no need to worry about the future. ”

Cao Cao thought about it for a long time and replied, "The first plan is still feasible. The second plan is to condone the Huns to plunder Jizhou, the Huns are brutal and hated by the people of the Central Plains. We will send a messenger to the party to announce whether he wants to send troops or not, let him go. He must be warned that the Huns must not be given the opportunity to plunder. ”

In Youzhou, after Gongsun Zan returned to the army, he immediately deprived the Great Sima and Liu Yu of the military power of the commander of Youzhou. Liu Yu was sad and hateful, and repeatedly invited Gongsun Zan to Jixian County, Youzhou. Gongsun Chan was not fooled and refused to go. Liu Yu then secretly recruited troops, intending to crusade against Gongsun Zhan.

Gongsun Chan was the captain of Youzhou, commanding the soldiers and horses of Youzhou, and the Han soldiers were all under the control of Gongsun Zhan. In order to prevent the news from leaking, Gongsun Chan took precautions, and Liu Yu used his prestige among the Xianbei tribe to negotiate with the Xianbei tribe to send troops to crusade against Gongsun Zhan. Among them, the Wuheng tribe was repeatedly suppressed by Gongsun Chan and Liu Bei, and moved westward continuously, and did not plunder for several years.

However, although Liu Yu lured foreign soldiers into the Great Wall, he knew that foreign soldiers had a habit of looting, and he was afraid that if things got bigger, it would be bad for his reputation, so he specially ordered five times: not to burn down people's houses, not to plunder in the slightest, and repeatedly confessed: "Don't hurt the people, but punish a Bo Jue (Gongsun Zhan)!" ”

It is ridiculous that Cao Cao, known as the traitor of the world, resolutely refused to attract foreign soldiers, while Liu Yu, who was known as the great Confucian of the world, had no scruples about this. In the history of the Han Dynasty, it is recorded that Cao Cao crossed the Hanhai to expel the Wuheng soldiers, but he did not dare to say that Liu Yu recruited the Xianbei soldiers into the customs, and after a faint hint, he turned to praise Liu Yu for being benevolent.

History is so full of injustices.

Because they couldn't loot, the soldiers of the Wuheng tribe who participated in the war were all disappointed, and they were not interested, and when they went to the city of Yijing, they saw that the city was strong, and they felt even more lazy, and they had their own aspirations.

At that time, Gongsun Zhan did not expect Liu Yu's soldiers to arrive suddenly, he planned to abandon the city and flee, and then gather his subordinates to counterattack in Yuyang County, and wait until he climbed the city wall to see, and saw that Liu Yu's soldiers were not in order, and the banner was disordered, and he knew that Liu Yu was incompetent, so he commanded 300 guards to attack at night, and because of the wind arson, Liu Yu's army collapsed without a fight. Liu Yu was celebrating the siege of Gongsun Chan in the tent, but he didn't want to, but the Zan army was caught off guard, and together with a group of relatives, he became a prisoner.

Gongsun Zhan collected the troops and returned the thistle, remembered the agreement with Liu Bei, and confined Liu Yu to a room, and made him take charge of the documents and sign the seal. However, an edict from the imperial court made Gongsun Chan murderous. As a means of dismantling the Kwantung coalition army, Dong Zhuo sent an edict to Zhao Xun to summon and crown Liu Yu to supervise Qingyouji and Yanyu Liuzhou. And worship Zan as a former general, Jin Feng Yihou.

There are a total of thirteen states in the territory of the Han Dynasty, and letting Liu Yu supervise six states is equivalent to entrusting half of the imperial court to Liu Yu, which is unprecedented respect since the founding of the Han Dynasty. Since Gongsun Zhan had turned against Liu Yu and was worried about Liu Yu's power in the future, he withheld the edict, dug out the previous letters, accused Liu Yu of conspiring with Yuan Shao, wanted to establish himself as the emperor, and forced the edict to make Zhao Xun Jiaozhao kill Liu Yu. He also killed Yu's wife, and sent someone to Chang'an with Yu's head.

After that, Gongsun Zhan left an edict to make Zhao Xun the assassin of Youzhou, but in fact, he asked him to come forward as a puppet; All Youzhou measures are presided over by themselves.

When the news reached Yecheng, Liu Bei had just entered the city, and he was stunned for a long time, and Fang said slowly: "My brother's personality is too strong, Liu Yu, a Confucian scholar, and there is no great harm, so why bother to be so ruthless." ”

Tian Chou's vision was far-reaching: "After Bogui (Gongsun Zhan) stabilizes the rear, will he come to Jizhou again?" ”