Chapter 20 Recovering the Old Capital

Zhu Shuo's laughter here did not fall, suddenly heard a cannon sound, shouting on all sides, many Shu troops suddenly poured out of the mountain, waving flags and shouting, and the valley mouth was also cut off by Shu soldiers. I saw an army suddenly turned out of the hillside, the leader was Wei Yan, Guo Huai and Wang Ping were on the left and right, and there were one or two four-wheeled vehicles in the middle.

Zhu Shuo was shocked, why are there two Zhuge Liang here? Just as he was puzzled, Wei Yan shouted on the slope: "You have fallen for my family's prime minister's plan!" The previous Zhuge birthday was a fraudulent surrender, and it is expected that you will not keep your word, and you will take the opportunity to attack me when you meet in the city. Today, the general will plan and send a sergeant to pretend to be the prime minister, lead you out of the city, and lure you to the valley to set up an ambush and annihilate them. Now that the army has been defeated and besieged, Luoyang City has also been taken by me, and if you don't abandon your armor and surrender quickly, you can avoid death! As soon as the Wei army heard that Luoyang had been lost, the army's heart was shaken.

Zhu Shuo was at a loss, and saw General Pang Hui come forward and scolded: "Phew, what does it mean to surrender!" My father was Pang De, the general of the Great Wei, who sacrificed his life for the country and did not surrender until death. I have inherited my father's will, and I have long regarded death as home. Now there is only death, so why say more! Speaking of that, he came to fight Wei Yan with a gun, and Wei Yan was also furious and slapped his horse to meet the battle. The two fought on horseback, Wei Yan sold a flaw, Pang Hui stabbed with a shot, Wei Yan flashed, and cut Pang Hui off the horse with a backhand. Zhu Shuo was shocked when he saw this, turned around and wanted to leave, Wei Yan took the horse, took the bow and arrow, and hit him in the back with an arrow. Wei Yan dismounted and beheaded the two of them, and passed on the generals of the Wei army. When the people saw that the Lord was about to die, and were surrounded on all sides, they abandoned their armor and turned to themselves.

Zhuge Liang ordered Wei Yan to wear the clothes and armor of the Wei soldiers and 5,000 Shu soldiers, pretending to be the Wei army, and returning to Luoyang at night to report the victory. The defenders were overjoyed to open the city, Wei Yan led the army to rush in, quickly controlled the city tower, and Zhuge Liang pressed the army and then rushed to Luoyang. The Wei army was leaderless, so they fled in all directions, and the rest of the people surrendered, Zhuge Liang captured Luoyang almost bloodlessly, and with the same plan, the faction will quickly capture the Tiger Prison Pass and Mengjin Ferry, and guard the entrance to prevent Cao Wei from attacking.

On the day of the city break, Zhuge Liang sent people to find Jiang Ji, and reported that Jiang Ji heard that the city was broken and cried, vomiting blood three liters and dying. Zhuge Liang wept when he heard this, and ordered a thick burial. On the one hand, Zhuge Liang made a list of the people, strictly ordered the three armies to be on guard not to harass the people, and on the other hand, he asked people to quickly enter Shu to report the victory, and asked Liu Chan to discuss the matter of returning to the capital.

In the early morning after the war, Zhuge Liang stood on the city tower, looking at Luoyang, which had recovered its prosperity, and looked at the capital of the Han Dynasty, which had fallen for decades, and said in his heart: "The first emperor, the minister has lived up to his trust, has recovered the old capital, and vowed to destroy Wei and kill Rui, and return all peace to my Han Dynasty!" ”

Zhuge Liang looked resolutely to the east.

A rising sun rises behind him.