Chapter 4 Section 26 Persecution

It was night, and Liu Bei couldn't sleep all night.

Although he said it beautifully to Tao Qian, Liu Bei knew that the siege was the battle that consumed the attacker's strength the most, and he could no longer bear the loss of soldiers.

It takes three years to train a legion, and the soldiers of the Guards Legion have been trained for five years, all of whom are veterans of war, this time, he brought out six legions, but only brought back three legions, half of the elite soldiers are buried in the tiger prison, and his current task is to bring the soldiers back to Qingzhou completely. They are there, and foreign forces will inevitably not dare to peep into Qingzhou.

It was late at night, Liu Bei was still thinking hard, and Dian Wei, who was the guard at the door, saw that the house was dim, so he took a few torches into the house and inserted them into the surrounding walls one by one.

Liu Bei looked at Dian Wei and asked absentmindedly: "Dian Wei, everyone has a table, what is your word?" ”

Dian Wei replied in a vicious voice: "Table words, those are used by you adults, and the small people don't need a font size." ”

Liu Bei was happy in his heart and said: "Do you know, in Qingzhou, everyone rushes to become a soldier because once they become a non-commissioned officer in the army, they will enter the samurai class. The so-called samurai and scribes were a class of scholars who were higher than the six peoples. If a non-commissioned officer has made meritorious service and then enters the military academy to study, he will become a lieutenant, and the lieutenant can directly obtain the rank and become a low-level knight who does not receive a salary and cannot be inherited. You're a school officer now, a school officer, you should be a middle knight. Lord Dian, are you also a small citizen? ”

Dian Wei's eyes widened, and he said in disbelief: "Really? Then I'm really going to have to pick up a good word. ”

Liu Bei shook his head secretly: In this society, people's hierarchical concepts are really strong, even a rough person like Dian Wei will lose his temper when he hears that he has become a high-ranking official. Qi people want to change their wives after collecting an extra three or five buckets, but that's it.

"It's called Le Tao, the benevolent Leshan, the wise Leshui, the brave, should make the waves, step on the wind and drink blood, thousands of miles, the so-called: hand the copper tiger talisman, lead the tiger and wolf to ride, laugh when you are old, and have beheaded 10,000 enemies."

Dian Wei lowered his head and muttered: "Dian Letao, Dian Letao." It's okay, thank you for the name. ”

Liu Bei walked to the weapon rack, picked up a halberd, and said to Dian Wei: "We are going to fight tomorrow, I don't see that you have a competent weapon yet, so I will give you this halberd." I have fought with Lu Bu with this halberd, and I hope you will not insult this sharp weapon that has defeated the number one general in the world. ”

Dian Wei took the halberd, danced a few times, and exclaimed: "Good things, good things, really good hands." ”

In the morning, Liu Bei came out of the sky and pounced on Tancheng.

The sky was gloomy, and the wind whined and roared in the wilderness. Shockingly, there was a depression.

No matter how to boast in history, Zang Ba, as a team of bandits, has no talent to govern the country after accepting Zhao'an, he only knows that he asks the people for food when he is hungry, and asks the people for money when he is poor, as for how the people survive, it is not within the scope of Zang Ba's consideration, or the rulers of previous dynasties have not considered too much. Even the Three Kingdoms, which is most advocated by Zang Ba, pointed out that Zang Ba's troops looted very seriously, and even turned into bandits and directly robbed the people. When Cao Cao entrusted him to take charge of both Qingxu and Xuzhou, the people under his rule were not able to make a living, and there were no people for thousands of miles.

Donghai County was originally covered with a dense water network, fertile land, and almost no management was required to plant food, and it would mature by itself, however, after several years of governance by Zang Ba, the people fled, and the grass in the sky and earth was barren and there was no knee.

In the hazy weather, Liu Bei's army approached Tancheng, and the 5,000 soldiers of the Guards Corps seemed to be performing a riding performance, sending a neat queue, with bright clothes and armor, and slowly galloping towards the city. Behind them, the newly formed 14th Regiment stood with its spears and followed the cavalry team menacingly.

"Yes, with 1,500 veterans, plus 2,000 Zhang Zhaojiading, let a veteran of the First Legion bring two recruits, and the rearranged 14th Legion looks very imposing." Liu Bei narrowed his eyes and exclaimed.

"The first battle is a siege war, I don't know if they can withstand it." Xu Shu said worriedly.

Liu Bei raised the binoculars and looked Tancheng up and down carefully.

On the city tower, the military flag dances in the wind, and the hunting sounds. Under it, the guards looked dead and desperate.

Liu Bei put down the binoculars, turned his head to Tao Qianqian, and said, "Tao Gong, you can command." ”

Tao Qian immediately shook his head like a rattle: "Xuande, you are brave and famous in the world, or you are in command, I will not go to the army but obey orders." ”

Liu Bei nodded in agreement, and then said to Kong Rong: "Wenjugong's articles are gorgeous, and the poems are timeless, how about you start this battle?" ”

Kong Rong hesitated: What does fighting a war have to do with the timelessness of my poetry?

Immediately, Kong Rong suddenly urged the horse to come to the city, and said in a loud voice: "The tiger prison is strong, and the state is riding, Lu Bu is brave, and our army is going down in a battle." Tancheng, the city is not as strong as the tiger prison; In the East China Sea, the combat strength of the soldiers is not as good as that of the state; General, the general is not as brave as the flying general Lu Bu. Now, our army is coming to the city, and the general has no reinforcements outside, and there is no food and grass inside, how long do you think Tancheng can be defended? Whether it is surrender or war, it is decided in a word. ”

is a good Kong Rong, worthy of the article, this persuasion article is splendid, impassioned.

In the city, there was a dead silence, Liu Bei, his palms were sweating, did he really want to attack?

The gates slowly opened, and a lone figure hurried out of the gates in despair, and behind them, the gates slammed shut again.

Liu Bei raised the binoculars and carefully observed this person - the messenger? It doesn't seem like it.

This person is in his 30s, with complete armor, a majestic horse under his crotch, and a knife mark on his face, which makes his whole face look extremely vicious, but now, on that fierce face, he looks extremely disheartened.

"Disperse the front, let him in." It's Zang Ba, these years, except for the Qingzhou soldiers, there is no habit of matching armor for soldiers in various places, especially a bandit army like Zang Ba.

"It's Zang Ba's house," Tao Qian told Liu Bei in a low voice.

In the deathly silence, Zang Ba urged the horse to slowly walk in front of Liu Bei, and on the battle array, tens of thousands of people held their breath and looked at Zang Ba coldly. In the silence, only the sound of Zang Ba's horse's hooves, and even, you can hear the dust raised by the horses' hooves, with the slight sound of Sisi, floating in the dry air.

Zang Ba turned over and jumped off the horse, stood still, looked at Liu Bei who was sitting on the horse, and said slowly: "You and I have a great enmity, your house slave killed my father." Originally, I heard that your house slave was seriously injured in the battle with Lu Bu, I thought that it was difficult to say whether he would be able to recover his combat strength after the injury, I thought that I would have the opportunity to take revenge on my family in the future, but unfortunately, I didn't expect you to come forward for your house slave and come to me to eliminate hidden dangers.

Your house slave is lucky to have a master like you. It is my misfortune that your house slave has a master like you.

I can't beat you, I heard that you conquered the tiger prison, 100,000 soldiers, less than 3,000 unwounded, and my men were terrified because of this.

Your enemy is me, not mine. I present myself to you today, to forgive you of your hatred, and I hope that you will spare my men, who are old, and most of them have wives and children here, and have fallen leaves, and they have no hope of fighting. ”

Zang Ba said, took out his matching sword, presented it with both hands, and a soldier took the sword and handed it to Liu Bei, but Liu Bei did not accept it.

Zang Ba began to untie his armor, take off his helmet, throw away his bracers, and at the same time, with a heavy heart, said, "You can take their food, but please leave them a little ration to let their family survive this winter;

You can take their clothes, but leave them with them so that they can hide from the cold.

You can treat them as slaves, but please don't break them up so that they can be reunited.

You can take away their weapons, you can enslave them, you can trample on them, but please let them live, even if it is humiliating, like dogs and horses......"

After Zang Ba finished speaking, the five-body prostrate on the ground, his face against the soil, and said lightly: "It's good to be alive." ”

Liu Bei stretched out his hand and pressed Tao Qian, who wanted to speak, and replied briefly: "They can live." ”

Several soldiers rushed forward, pressed Zang Ba, and tied him up. Liu Bei looked at Tao Qian and said word by word: "Qingzhou soldiers are not bandits, and there are no slaves in Qingzhou." ”

Tao Qian understood and nodded in agreement.

Liu Bei let go of Tao Qian's shoulders and lightly threw down a sentence: "According to our agreement, now, he belongs to you." ”

The military flag was lowered, the city gates were opened, and Tancheng fell.

Zang Ba was then beheaded by Tao Qian, and 200,000 soldiers, women and children were reorganized......

Later, Liu Bei refused Tao Qian's retention, crossed the city, crossed Cangshan, and went straight to Langxi Kaiyang City.

In Pingyin City, Lejin Le Wenqian was pondering a letter from Yuan Shao, the leader of the alliance.

At this time, it was the end of March, hundreds of thousands of troops spent countless money and grain, lingering in the sour dates, sitting on the empty mountain, eating all the grain and grass, thanks to the hard work of the Qingzhou soldiers, conquered the tiger prison, however, with Liu Bei's forced to go, the war became a stalemate.

The grain and grass were exhausted, and the princes' poetry party had to end, and the princes from all walks of life led their troops back to their territories. Tiger prison, only Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, Hebei Taishou Wang Kuang's team, Wang Kuang's new defeat has not been long ago, and the army has been annexed by Yuan Shao.

There was Xu Rong in front of the coalition army, and in view of what happened to Liu Bei, Cao Cao was no longer willing to fight. The battle situation is like this, Xu Rong is unwilling to decide the victory or defeat of the war with Yuan Shao based on the quality of poetry and writing, and Yuan Shao has no choice. The strategist Feng Ji immediately suggested: Since the army cannot advance, it is better to retreat.

This retreat is to retreat to Qingzhou, in the midst of the war, only the grain and grass of Qingzhou can support Yuan Shao to continue to hold banquets and talk about poetry, so as to defeat Xu Rong.

It's a pity that Yuan Shao "retreated" into Qingzhou, and even retreated to the plains, he had to go through Pingyin. In Pingyin City, the four legions led by Le Jin are a roadblock. In the past, Liu Bei fought under his own command, and his army could swagger back and forth between the Bohai Sea and the sour date. Now that it is clear that Yuan Shao wants to invade Liu Bei's territory, will Le Jin let his army join Yuan Tan's army?

The most important thing is that I used to have the righteous support of Dong. Now, Dong Zhuo has sealed Liu Bei Qingzhou Mu, Liehou, and General, if Liu Bei attacks him halfway through Dong Zhuo's banner, then he will die an ugly death.

At this moment, Lejin's attitude is the most important, if Lejin still recognizes himself as the leader of the alliance, then Liu Bei is not afraid. After annexing Lejin's four legions, Yuan Shao could completely enter Jinan County, and when Liu Bei did not return, he took the power of the alliance leader to attack Liu Bei's base camp - Qi County.

Thinking of this, Yuan Shao immediately wrote a very sealed letter as the leader of the alliance, appointing Le Jin as the general of Zhendong, and leading the soldiers and horses of Qingxu and Xuzhou, and entered Qiguo County as a forward trend, took over the local government, and welcomed his arrival, "If so, the great cause can be accomplished, and the Han family can be prosperous." The name of the general will be transmitted to women and children. Yuan Shao wrote at the end of the letter.

Le Jin looked at the messenger, recalled the past, and recounted in a dreamlike tone: "In the past, when I returned to the lord at the beginning of the year, I didn't make an inch, and the lord beat a wild goose in the wild, and shared the food with his teacher Lu Gong and his subordinates. On the same day, the lord tore off the fattest goose meat for Le to eat, and he was willing to gnaw the head of the goose and the neck of the goose, and wept and cried on the same day, eating the goose meat with tears. You say, this kind of treatment of the lord of his subordinates, ancient and modern? ”

Without waiting for the envoy to answer, Le Jin stood up, approached the envoy, and continued: "When I first entered Qingzhou, the lord entrusted me with a heavy task and ordered me to defend one side.

Yuan Shao ordered me to turn my back on the Lord and vote for him, how can he be virtuous? My lord is fighting on the front line, and he is fighting for the country; Private, avenging Yuan Shao's family, but how does Yuan Shao treat my lord?

Excuse me, with Yuan Shao's heart, with Yuan Shao's bearing, and with Yuan Shao's treatment of others, he wants me to leave the lord who treats me so kindly, Yuan Shao, doesn't he know how shameless is written? ”

The envoy argued forcefully: "General Le, my lord of the fourth dynasty and the third duke of my family, and the leader of the current coalition army, how can you directly call my lord the name and surname." Besides, as the leader of the alliance, the lord of my family issued an edict on behalf of the imperial court, giving you a high-ranking official position, and letting you contribute to the imperial court. If you are only willing to be a subordinate minister, will you not be wronged by this martial art? ”

Le Jin smiled coldly: "Le Jin, a rough person, I don't know what righteousness is, what is a subordinate minister." My lord entrusted me to guard this place, if there is no warrant from the lord, let alone Yuan Shao's chaotic life, it is a real court order, if there is no lord's permission, I am also a god to kill God, and a Buddha to kill Buddha. ”

The messenger shouted: "Le Wenqian, why did you come up with such a rebellious remark, aren't you afraid of punishing your nine clans?" ”

Le Jin flipped the table and shouted, "Punish you nine clans? I'm afraid that Yuan Shao won't come! Someone came, beheaded the demonstration, and ordered the deputy envoy to convey to Yuan Shao: Yuan Tan does not withdraw from the plain, and he does not want to return to Bohai in this life. If he dares to leave the Tiger Prison, I will take advantage of the situation and strike at him. An army of 200,000 is not enough for me to kill. ”

The torrential rain poured down, and the messenger returned with his head in his hands. Since then, Yuan Shao and Liu Bei have officially broken up.

Under the pouring rain, Liu Bei marched with difficulty, and the heavy rain made the sky dark, and the torrential rain extinguished the torches at the same time. In the rattling rain curtain, from time to time soldiers slipped and fell, and war horses overturned.

"Soldiers, connect each other with spears, don't worry, walk slowly, we are going home." In the rain, Liu Bei shouted at the top of his voice.

When they went home, these words warmed the soldiers, and those who fell struggled to get up, the road was slippery and could not be ridden, and the soldiers attached the reins of their horses together, pulled each other, and struggled forward.

In the rainy night, a little bit of firelight lit up little by little, and the sparkling firelight formed a two-line long road similar to an airstrip, and at the end of the firelight, it was Kaiyang City.

"Welcome home?" Approaching the first point of fire, under the torch, a farmer jumped with joy with a smile on his face. Behind them, several farmers held umbrellas high to protect their torches from being extinguished by the rain, and although they could not jump, they nodded vigorously with smiles on their faces.

"Welcome the lord back to Qingzhou", under Kaiyang City, Chen Qun burst into tears and whimpered.

"What are you crying about", Liu Bei picked up Chen Qun and said with high spirits, "Since God won't let me die, I'm back, Qingzhou is still ours, tell me quickly, what is the situation now?" ”