Chapter 4 Section 63 Flogging

In the Yecheng Prefecture Pastoral Mansion, Yuan Shao tied a bandage and met with his ministers.

Huang Zhong's arrow was shooting at Yuan Shao's right shoulder, but the arrow that came from the bottom up was exhausted through Yuan Shao's armor, leaving only a small wound. However, in those days, there were no anti-inflammatory drugs, and a small wound could be fatal.

Several doctors gathered around Yuan Shao and were wiping Yuan Shao's wound with a mixture of new willow branches soaked in Qingzhou white vinegar. Yuan Shao asked his subordinates: "Has the envoy sent to Chen Liutai to guard Zhang Miao gone?" ”

Feng Ji replied, "Gone." ”

Yuan Shao nodded with satisfaction: "Gongsun Zhan has reconciled with me and quit Jizhou, as long as Han Fu is killed, I see why Liu Bei will stay here and not leave." ”

The Han Dynasty has ruled for 400 years, and the third prince of the fourth dynasty has blind confidence in the official standard system for 400 years, and the soldiers are not yet aware of the city.

Indeed, in real history, Yuan Shao called for wind and rain in the north in the name of the fourth and third dukes, based on the principle of only allowing him to bully others and not allowing others to bully him, and pulled down one of the northern heroes. Cao Cao only received the name of confrontation with the Han Emperor and dared to challenge his authority.

"Chen Lin, you write an essay to scold Liu Bei, send it to Liu Bei's army tomorrow, and ask him to withdraw from the army." Yuan Shao ordered. At this time, Yuan Shao still fantasized about relying on his official position and forcing Liu Bei to stop.

The first envoy came to Liu Bei's army and arrogantly and unreasonably asked Liu Bei to bow to the leader of the alliance letter, Liu Bei coldly sneered: "The leader of the alliance? Yuan Benchu had fought a battle with Dong Zhuo, and I was just about to ask him, why did he repeatedly remove the generals who fought with Dong Zhuo, and now he calmly accepted Dong Zhuo's orders? Oh, by the way, it was Ben Chu Gong who advocated recruiting Dong Zhuo into Beijing at the beginning, could it be that the two of them had already colluded, if so, I was about to denounce Ben Chu Gong for betraying the alliance and betraying the Kwantung Coalition Army, is he still embarrassed to use the title of alliance leader to deceive me? ”

The envoy had prepared a stomach full of words to say, hoping to persuade Liu Bei with his own arguments, but he had no chance to use it at all, so he was driven out of the camp. Depressed.

The messenger returned in embarrassment, and Chen Lin even said that it was a pity. Such a beautiful article, starting from the three generations of his ancestors, scolded him so much that he was incomplete, Liu Bei didn't even read it, and he was disappointed.

Immediately, Chen Lin volunteered to go to Liu Bei's army to deliver a letter, such a good abuse, Liu Bei didn't see it, how could it be circulated? I will definitely let Liu Bei read this beautiful article, I want to see his annoyed and angry expression - dare to despise me again?

"No," Liu Bei ordered.

Chen Lin replied proudly: "Go and pass it on, Xuande Gong is not afraid of thousands of troops, are you afraid of seeing me as a scholar?" ”

The guards at the camp gate turned around, and Chen Lin looked at the situation in Liu Bei's army, only to see that the soldiers were rushing to build siege equipment. Countless soldiers were surrounding several circular saws, dividing logs, and in a moment, the huge logs turned into boards, which were passed to the craftsmen, and then turned into siege ladders and building carts.

Circular saw, this circular saw is so sharp? Chen Lin was surprised and quietly paid attention to the work of the circular saw.

In 513 BC, around the Warring States period in China, Rome popularized the foot-operated circular saw, the use of which greatly improved the efficiency of wood processing. If you simply use a double long saw to divide the wood, a piece of wood with a diameter of one meter and a length of three meters, it takes two strong laborers for two days, and during this period, you also need more strong laborers to see the wood and keep turning the wood.

Historically, China did not begin to popularize circular saws until after the first day, when we were children, our nursery rhyme "pull the big saw, pull the big saw, saw the wood, build a house, and sing a big opera in front of the grandmother", which is said to be the * period, the carpenter divided the wood. After Liu Bei established weights and measures in Izumo, he made and perfected many tools, and this circular saw was one of them.

Originally, Yuan Shao expected that it would take a month for Liu Bei to prepare siege equipment, which was enough to send an envoy to Luoyang to run back and forth. If Liu Bei dares to do that, then he is really a blatant rebellion, and he will definitely attract the crusade of the princes of the world. Especially Liu Bei's territory is still a piece of fat, as long as there is an excuse, it can attract a heated crusade from the princes of the Quartet.

Because of this plan, Yuan Shao relied on the strength of Yecheng and did not care about Liu Bei's attack. even privately looked forward to the second alliance of the princes, and he was the leader of the alliance to crusade against Liu Bei and take the opportunity to annex his land.

Chen Lin secretly pondered: Now it seems that with Liu Bei's speed of preparation, if he is not stabilized, Liu Bei may have already begun to attack the city before the edict arrives.

How will Liu Bei attack the city? At that time, the tall walls were almost impassable, and catapults had only appeared for a short time, and it was almost impossible to rely on catapults to smash down the walls. Digging city walls? Digging a hole in the ground? Yecheng's wide moat and low water mark will cost a lot of casualties in these attempts. As long as the war is implicated for a long time, the war situation will develop in the direction expected by Yuan Shao. However, Liu Bei has an endless stream of strange things here, will he continue to attack the city? Chen Lin felt faintly uneasy in her heart...... Hopefully, the edict will be in time.

Liu Bei was leisurely strolling around the camp with a cup of hot tea. Since Gong Jing used ginseng tea to maintain his health, it has become fashionable to drink ginseng tea in Qingzhou. Liu Bei has many hobbies, and drinking tea is one of them. He can't drink alcohol on the battlefield, so he will try his best to get hot water for himself and make a cup of ginseng tea with a moderate shade.

If Yuan Shao saw the situation of this kid who made him uneasy about eating and drinking at this time, he would definitely be taken aback at first, and then burst into a rage. What was surprising was that at this time, in addition to the general's clothes on his body, Liu Bei looked no different from the warriors of Pu Neng in appearance, and the anger was that when he was restless, the opponent was enjoying it neatly and leisurely, and he didn't put himself in his eyes at all.

"Hello Lord!" The soldiers, accustomed to seeing him like this, were neither shocked nor angry. For them, although their lord looked as cute as the stupid bear on the military flag at this time, when someone violated the military discipline, the murderous aura that burst out of his body was enough to make people's hearts freeze immediately.

"Relax, we're on the verge of victory." Liu Bei greeted the soldiers confidently, completely ignoring Yuan Shao's army, which was on guard in the city.

The soldiers at the camp gate rushed to report what Chen Lin said, and Liu Bei groaned: What's the matter with these people? The messenger, the messenger, is nothing more than a tool for conveying letters, such as carrier pigeons, such as mobile phones, telephone lines. Okay, don't put yourself in the right position, do a good job of passing on the word, why these carrier pigeons or telephone lines, the first thing that comes to mind is to be famous, and the words are not shocking and endless, how do we educate these freaks?

"Tell him: The two armies are facing each other, and there are only two words, fight, or surrender. I don't read much, I can't read long speeches, he just needs to tell me whether Yuan Shao intends to fight or surrender, it is enough. War, there is nothing to talk about. Descend - in the past, Qingzhou Thorn Shi Jiaohe died without a problem in the original army. I hope that Yuan Shao will hand over the person who took care of Jiao He and the diet at that time, and Qingzhou needs to know the person behind it. Liu Bei waved his hand and disdainfully asked the soldiers to make an announcement.

Chen Lin received the report from the soldiers and was furious: "Liu Bei, a man who sells shoes and weaves mats, steals Qingzhou with the background of a small official, does he dare to despise the heroes of the world so much?" ”

The military judge of Yingmen suddenly turned his face, whipped Chen Lin with a whip, and said viciously: "Although I Qingzhou will not behead the envoy, I will not let the envoy insult the sovereign." ”

Chen Lin was stunned, and called out repeatedly: "Spare your life, spare your life." ”

The military judge smiled maliciously and sneered: "Don't worry, Qingzhou criminal law: no more than ten." Four or five whips can't kill you, and you don't need to shout for mercy. Someone came, pulled out his pants, and tortured."

In a moment, Chen Lin finished his execution. Two soldiers carried the bare-bottomed Chen Lin to display in the camp for a "torture test", and one soldier was still beating a gong and urging the soldiers to check. At this time, Chen Linfang saw Liu Bei.

"Chen Lin's buttocks, how did it become like this." Liu Bei asked in surprise.

"Report to the lord, his ass is originally two-petaled", replied the military judge of the camp gate solemnly.

Chen Lin was embarrassed and whimpered.

"He is the messenger, and the military judge of the camp gate only supervises the soldiers' appearance and military discipline, as well as the rules for entering and leaving the camp, why are you beating the messenger?" Liu Bei held back a smile and asked.

"This man insulted the lord at the gate of the camp, and was punished with caning. Please ask the Lord to judge the sentence. ”

Liu Bei asked: "Kong Zhang (Chen Lin's character), you are a messenger, how could you think of insulting at the gate of the camp?" ”

Chen Lin blurted out his famous prevarication: "The arrow is on the string, and I have to make a move." ”

Liu Bei said pityingly: "Alas, look at your poor little ass, it's not a good thing to scold." ”

When Chen Lin heard this meaningful remark, he was shocked: Could it be that he already knew that I scolded him in the text and deliberately didn't answer it? Who leaked the secret in Yecheng?

Liu Bei didn't reach out and pull Chen Lin's pants, but waved his hand to stop Tian Chou, who rushed to the scene after hearing the news, from making the same move.

"Hurry up and carry Kong Zhang back to Yecheng and explain clearly to Ben Chugong that Liu Bei did not mean to insult the envoy, but the envoy insulted the envoy and violated the military discipline of Qingzhou. Please take a good look at it, Chen Lin's buttocks turned out to be two petals, and now they are still two petals, not much, not less. Tell Ben Chu Gong that next time you send an envoy, it's best not to send someone who likes to scold. Liu Bei solemnly admonished the soldiers.

Since then, two new words have been added to the Chinese language: "the arrow is on the string, and it has to be sent"; and "Chen Lin's buttocks". The originator of the abusive faction has not only been passed down through the ages with abuse, but also passed down through the generations with his buttocks.

On the west side of Luoyang, in the morning light, Zhou Yu led five hundred strong men to gallop on horseback, and from Gucheng to Luoyang had already become a wilderness, uninhabited. Previously, in order to transport ordnance to Gucheng, Qingzhou hastily renovated the road, and at present, the artemisia grass on both sides of the road has grown half a person tall. Taking advantage of the cover of grass and trees, Zhou Yu made a few counterattacks, and the pursuers suddenly slowed down, and by the time the sun completely rose, Zhou Yu had completely gotten rid of the pursuers and marched towards Luoyang easily.

As soon as the sun comes out, the dew on the grass and trees slowly evaporates, and the mist gradually rises. After walking for a short time, I turned an intersection, and the neighing of horses was faintly heard in the fog ahead. Zhou Yu waved his hand, and all the people hid in the grass on the side of the road.

The summer morning fog lasted for a short time, and in a few moments, the fog gradually thinned, and a large group of people appeared not far away.

It was the Liangzhou soldiers, about 4,000 Liangzhou soldiers with scattered armor, kicking and tapping, walking tiredly, riding horses, some walking, all sweating profusely.

Zhou Yu was shocked, the Liangzhou soldiers who attacked had returned? Are we still too late?

The Liangzhou cavalry on the opposite side neighed, and in the horse herd under Zhou Yu's department, a horse also raised his voice in response.

Unable to hide, a Qingzhou non-commissioned officer jumped out of the grass and shouted: "When we meet on a narrow road, the brave wins." Immediately, brandishing his sword, he rushed towards the Liangzhou soldiers.

There was no time to form a team, and there was no time to greet their companions, so the Qingzhou soldiers rushed out of the grass and fought hard to kill each other.

"Reckless, reckless", Zhou Yu sighed secretly, looked at his side, there were only two entourages left, and looked at him eagerly: "These Qingzhou soldiers, how can they seem to talk about 'meeting on a narrow road', and after encountering the enemy, they jumped out and shouted out that sentence smugly." Tactics such as detecting the enemy and confusing the enemy's group attack are not used, and they are really reckless. ”

It cannot be denied that this group of reckless men has good personal combat effectiveness, and in a blink of an eye, the Qingzhou soldiers have deeply entered the opponent's camp. "Wan Sheng", a deafening shout sounded immediately.

"Who? Who did you kill? Zhou Yu knew the rules of the Qingzhou soldiers, and he must have killed the enemy general before he shouted this slogan.

"Wansheng", without holding it, the two attendants beside Zhou Yu shouted slogans, happily brandished knives and guns, and jumped onto the road, leaving only a cloud of smoke and dust in the blink of an eye.

"Ha, I thought this was a calm person, and I was ready to recommend it to Xuande Gong in the future, but I didn't expect it to be so fast." Zhou Yu lazily walked out of the grass, standing on the road with his feet in order, squinting at the hustle and bustle of the battle.

The battle came and ended quickly. These Liangzhou soldiers seemed to be extremely tired, and even in the middle of a fight, they would stumble and fall to the ground, and as soon as they were knocked to the ground, they would snore. After a while, only the dead and sleeping Liangzhou soldiers were left on the battlefield. The 500 Qingzhou soldiers stood in a snoring voice, dumbfounded.

"Fierce battle all night! It must have been lying in ambush for days without peace, and then fighting fiercely all night, to be so tired. But who wins and who loses? Zhou Yu wondered, after trying a few Liangzhou soldiers, he couldn't wake them up from their sleep. Who is so powerful? Being able to fight with the Liangzhou soldiers all night and make them tired to this point, whether they win or lose, this person is proud enough. ”

In the distance, there was a faint sound of horses' hooves again, and with a whistle, the Qingzhou soldiers lined up in a battle formation, ready to attack.

It is a small group of rangers, look at the formation, like the marching military system of the Qingzhou army - four people in a row, several stragglers wandering on both sides of the opposite column, the forward is a number of probes, after the probe horses, is the guide military flag (small identification of the military flag, no mark), not far from the guide military flag, several flag guards surrounded a large flag, too far apart, the handwriting on the flag is not clear.

Could it be the escort of the Qingzhou veterans?

The banner is getting bigger and bigger, and you can already distinguish the handwriting on the flag: "General Fenwu other department Sima Xiahou."

It's Xiahou Yuan, how is it Xiahou Yuan?