Chapter 4 Section 22 Decoupling

Songshan Mountain, known as the middle of the "Five Mountains", is mainly composed of Mount Taimuro in the east and Mt. Shaomuro in the west. The two mountains are said to have 72 peaks combined. The mountains are beautiful, and the peaks are peculiar. The highest peak, Mt. Taimuro, is 1,440 meters above sea level. If it weren't for the fact that the ammunition was exhausted, Liu Bei might have taken a good look at the Songshan Mountain in the middle of the five mountains in the world.

At this time, there was no temple in Songshan, and there was no world-famous Songshan Academy, and the trails in the mountains were all stepped on by Orion. The mountain road is narrow and difficult to walk, and on such a narrow road, a large march of 10,000 people is carried out, although Liu Bei is anxious, he does not want the soldiers to be killed or injured on the mountain road. Therefore, this Songshan walked for two whole days, and on the evening of the second day, Liu Beijun ate the last grain of grain.

Are you starved? Liu Bei pinched the shriveled bag of dry food, looked at Xu Shu who came to report the news, and had a faint smile on his face: "The avant-garde battalion has arrived at the mountain pass, less than three miles away from us. We've got to get it tonight. Tell the soldiers that if we can't eat at Yuyuanguan tomorrow morning, we'll starve in the mountains. Ordered them not to raise fire, immediately rest on the spot, and at the third watch, sneak attack on Yuyuan Pass. ”

Looking at the generals under him, Liu Bei secretly calculated in his heart: This sneak attack must be done by a careful person, Guan Yu is too arrogant and not suitable; Zhang Fei is too irritable, and he can't do it; Gao Lan, his mind is undecided, he can't let him go, only - by the way, let Zhang Liao go, this person is an expert in sneak attacks, in history, hundreds of people have been used to sneak attack Sun Quan's camp, and more than 200,000 horses and ghosts of Sun Quan were killed crying wolves.

"Wen Yuan (Zhang Liao), attack Yuyuan Pass, you will be the main general, it will be dark all day, you will go and select some sergeants to make up for the trapped camp, tonight, Wen Yuan, show me your martial bravery."

Zhang Liao replied loudly: "No."

It was the third watch of the night, Zhang Liao led 300 soldiers of the newly formed camp to attack Yuyuan Pass, climbed the wall by building a human wall, opened and unlocked the lock, and 5000 guards roared out of the mountain and captured Yuyuan Pass in one fell swoop. Li Meng, the guard of the Guan, woke up from his sleep, had no time to escape, and was beheaded by Zhang Liao. Of the 3,000 soldiers guarding the pass, half of the casualties were on the foot of Zixiangjian, and the rest of the soldiers were slaughtered by Sergeant Zhang Liao in their sleep, with less than 200 people falling and only more than 60 casualties in the camp.

At dawn, Liu Bei's sentry reported that Taigu City was still in the hands of the Liangzhou soldiers, Liu Bei immediately stopped for a day, waiting for Sun Jian's arrival, and on the second day, Sun Jian still had no movement, Liu Bei was helpless, leading the exhausted soldiers to attack Taigu, and the Taigu guards did not dare to fight, and fled alone, not knowing what to do.

In this battle, Liu Bei captured a total of 2,000 horses, and most of the captured soldiers in the two cities were disarmed by Liu Bei and driven to the wilderness.

Another day, Sun Jian still did not arrive, the anxious Liu Bei did not wait long, saw that the soldiers had recovered from fatigue, so he ordered the soldiers to bring all the grain and grass they could bring, the soldiers carried large bags and small bags, and the captured war horses also carried huge bales of forage. The whole army evacuated Yuyuan and Taigu as quickly as possible and entered Yingchuan County, Yuzhou.

"It's a pity that we haven't emptied the grain and grass in the two cities yet, I don't know if Sun Wentai can rush in a hurry?" Liu Bei rode on his horse, muttering as he walked.

Xu Shu sighed: "Lord, why don't you allow us to burn the remaining grain and grass, in case Sun Wentai can't catch up and the two cities are recaptured by Xu Rong, won't this grain and grass return to Dong Thief's hands." ”

Liu Bei shook his head and sighed: "Grain, it takes a year to mature in the field, how much effort does it take for the farmer, if I have less fire, it will be a pity." Moreover, in the Central Plains this year, young and strong laborers are all fighting, and it is difficult to say what the harvest will be at the end of the year.

Even if this grain and grass does not fall into Sun Wentai's hands, if the people near the two cities hear the news of our withdrawal and have the courage to enter the city to take the grain and grass, they can be regarded as temporarily surviving the famine. If these grains and grasses are returned to Xu Rong's hands, since he has recaptured the grain and grass, he will no longer loot from the people, and the people will have a little food left to live for a few more days.

So, don't care about whose hands this grain and grass falls into, it's falling into the hands of my Han people. ”

Kong Rong on the side heard the words and exclaimed: "I often hear Guozini (Le An Taishou Guoyuan) say: Xuande, Da Ren also." The husband is small and benevolent, and ends with the wife. The great benevolent person is kind to the four seas, and he does not care about destroying evil, but he wants to be worthy of his heart. I often hate not being able to listen to the oath of the day, and today I know the benevolence of Xuande Gong. ”

Saying that, Kong Rong shook his head and chanted: "The husband and saint are also to the people of the world, and they are still naked!" Those who are hungry are fed, and those who are cold are clothed; Raise it, nurture it; I'm afraid it won't be big. The virtue of benevolence is also hidden in sincerity and compassion, and sincerity is in the inside, and cannot be ...... in his heart."

The smoke and dust of Liu Bei's army have not yet dissipated, and another army has come outside Taigu City, Sun Jian's army finally arrived, and when he saw the intact granary, Sun Jian sighed: "When I saw Liu Bei in Luoyang, everyone thought it was crazy, but I knew that it was a real hero!" I heard that he defeated Lu Bu, the flying general who dominated Luoyang, this time, but it's a pity that I came late and couldn't see him, it's a pity. ”

Cheng Pu rubbed the grain with his hand and said regretfully: "What a coincidence, it happened that Yuan Shu saw that we had won the battle and didn't give us grain and grass, and the lord happened to ask Yuan Shu for food and was not in the camp, and Liu Bei sent a letter." After coming and going and delaying for so many days, he missed out on Xuande Gong. There is plenty of grain and grass here, if we had joined forces with him earlier, why would we have fallen out with that villain Yuan Shu for the supply of grain and grass? ”

Sun Jian sighed more than once: "According to what Demou (Cheng Pu) said, are you in favor of joining forces with Liu Bei?" ”

Cheng Pu replied: "The lord replied slowly, the general of the chariot cavalry suppressed the Duke of Xuande as the leader of the alliance, and in my opinion, the Duke of Xuande did not dare to despise the appointment of the chariot and cavalry." The lord and look, the direction of Lord Xuande's retreat is towards Lang Evil, Lang Evil is governed by his other retainer Chen Qun Chen Changwen, if Chen Changwen accepts Xuande Gong, Qingzhou will inevitably prostrate at the feet of Xuande Gong, otherwise, Xuande Gong will inevitably die everywhere. The lord waited for the Duke of Xuande to arrive at Langxie before making a statement.

As for the 500 soldiers, the lord can clearly tell them the situation in Qingzhou, and tell them that after the Duke of Xuande returns to power, you will send them to Qingzhou, so that they will have to die for us during this time."

Sun Jian was overjoyed.

On March 10, summer, the scorching sun, Liu Beijun entered Yingchuan.

Yingchuan, the place where the talented scholars of the Han Dynasty gathered, is now barren and dilapidated, and the prescient students have moved their homes away from this war-torn place in advance, and the students who have not had time to move away have been killed in the war.

During the war years, the children of rich families who read books were the first target of the army's plunder, and the yellow turbans came to rob them, and the officials and soldiers came to ask them to provide food and money. In the Han Dynasty, there was no printing technology, and books and classics were copied by hand, and no one knows how many precious books disappeared from the homes burned by the Yellow Turban.

Standing on the empty street, listening to the whimper sound of the wind blowing through the ruins in his ears, Liu Bei wanted to cry without tears: "Light and graceful, Yuedan Lu Commentary, Zizhi Meiyu, Zhang Xu style." Lu Sheng is beautiful, Wei Zi is clear, bedridden and young, and he is promoted to Yanming. Twisted into a phoenix tail, laughing at the dragon's eyes, happy also, so that the future viewers have feelings.

Here, is it the Yingchuan Academy that is a scholarly atmosphere and comments on the characters of the country? Where is the Yuedan review? Where are the celebrities who judge the characters? I've been here, and it shouldn't be like this, and it shouldn't be like that in this history.

Why? Why do our changes start with riots, massacres, and burning, and end with the restoration of the old order, and why do we have to wait every 200 years to be conquered, enslaved, slaughtered, and destroyed".

Kong Rong was silent, and Xu Shu wept.

Feeling nostalgic for a long time, Liu Bei waved his hand and ordered the troops to set off. Two days later, the whole army crossed Huaiyang and entered the southern part of Chenliu County.

Stepping into Chenliu County, Liu Bei wanted to stop and stop, and after a long time on the horse, Fang muttered unwillingly: "If I don't enter through the door, will I have a chance in the future?" ”

Beside him, Xu Shu Kongrong was puzzled, and Liu Bei did not explain, so he ordered: "The whole army will go north, and we will rest in Ningling for two days." ”

Ningling is located about 120 kilometers southeast of Sujube. Although he approached the place where Yuan Shao had originally stationed his army, however, after the incident, Liu Bei traveled in a hurry for seven or eight days, and Qingzhou, where he could not get the news, must be very anxious, and at the same time, Liu Bei also urgently needed to know the information from the outside world.

In addition, it is said that Chen Liutai guarded Zhang Miao's subordinate pawns, Chen Liuji's and his own Dian Wei were at odds with the people under his tent (let the super fierce general be a pawn, of course he would not be reconciled with the pawns in the tent), and finally Dian Wei killed dozens of people and fled south to Ningling to hide. Here, he became acquainted with Mao Jue, a native of Chen Liupingqiu, and was recommended to Cao Cao.

Counting the time, it has been three months since the princes formed a coalition army, and it is time to break up the stalls after eating up the grain and grass. Dian Wei should also kill and flee for his life. Thinking of this one of the best generals, even in the process of escaping, Liu Bei did not want to miss it, so the army specially turned, and after opening the gate of Ningling City in the name of the coalition army, Liu Bei cautiously commanded the army to take over Ningling City, and arrested Ningling officials, blocked the news of entering the city (too close to the old camp of the coalition army, and had to be defended), Tanma went around to inquire about the surrounding news, and at the same time conveyed the news of his escape to Qingzhou.

After doing this, in the name of supplementing the soldiers, Liu Bei sent a recruiting team and took to the streets to start recruiting soldiers. Secretly, he also sent people around to inquire about the outstanding figures in Ningling.

Xu Shu saw Liu Bei's actions, and asked puzzledly: "Lord, Ningling has never heard of any martial arts masters, and the people are not good at learning martial arts to make a living. ”

Liu Bei thought for a while: That's right, recruit a group of sheep and mix into the tiger's team, don't take the tiger badly and get infected with the habit of sheep.

beckoned, Liu Bei summoned Zhang Fei and ordered: "Yide, you are in charge of recruitment, what are the standards for recruitment, if someone can stop you Sanhe, he is our soldier." ”

When Gao Ran heard this, he muttered: "Can you block the Yide Sanhe?" Are you recruiting soldiers, or are you recruiting generals? ”

Liu Bei groaned and replied: "When our army fought with Lu Bu, my biggest gain was: to deal with the cavalry of the regular army, in addition to having a strict battle formation, soldiers are also required to prepare personal fighting skills. In the past, our army dealt with farmers who put down their hoes and picked up their swords and guns, and our army could defeat the enemy army with a strict formation.

However, the Liangzhou and Zhou cavalry are warriors who have been fighting in the border areas for a long time, and their individual fighting skills are very high, and it is never enough to rely on the formation alone. We must secretly visit the martial arts masters in the world and create a set of fighting techniques suitable for our battle formation, so as to ensure that we will win every hundred battles in the future.

In addition, after I return to Qingzhou this time, I will also reform the military again and organize a new corps system to suit future battles.

Yun Chang (Guan Yu) and Wen Yuan (Zhang Liao), you two are proficient in infantry combat skills, and you will be responsible for training and organizing the Qingzhou infantry in the future; Yide (Zhang Fei), Shengjing (Gao Lan), you two will be responsible for cavalry training in the future. The specific matters will be discussed when I return to Qingzhou. ”

At the same time, in Taigu, Hu Zhen's army attacked Sun Jian, trying to recapture Taigu's grain and grass, when Hu Zhen's cavalry raided to Taigu, Sun Jian's soldiers were carrying grain and grass, and the sergeants were panicked when they saw the enemy. After the soldiers had sorted out their ranks, Sun Jian stood up to meet Hu Zhen.

Hu Zhen saw that Sun Jian's army was tight and invincible, so he led the army to retreat.

Dong Zhuo's report, furious, personally led the child Lu Bu, led the army into Yique, and prepared to fight Sun resolutely.

On the eastern front of Luoyang, under the suppression of Xu Rong, Yuan Shao did not dare to save, Liu Bei learned from the past, and Cao Cao did not dare to fight hard, for fear of arousing Yuan Shao's jealousy, on March 10, the army ran out of grain and grass, and part of the coalition troops began to withdraw. In order to maintain the coalition army, Yuan Shao hurriedly entered Yuan Tan in Qingzhou to collect grain and grass.

At this time, Liu Bei had not yet been rewarded by Tanma, and Liu Bei, who did not know the outside situation, was leading his attendants to wander around the streets and alleys of Ningling.

A small Ningling City, digging three feet into the ground, did not find Dian Wei for two days, which made Liu Bei depressed. In two days, Liu Bei traveled through all the streets and alleys of Ningling, and it can be said that Liu Bei is more familiar with Ningling now than his own back garden.

Sullenly returning to the conscription office, Zhang Fei was dozing off boredly, Liu Bei sighed: "There is no one in the Ningling Tomb of Nuoda, there is no one worth visiting. Let's go. Our army has been staying for two days, and after the report from all sides this evening, we will pack up and leave early tomorrow morning. Liu Bei groaned helplessly.

"You dare to underestimate the heroes of the world?" A loud shout woke Zhang Fei up.

"Yide, let him see what a hero is in the world?" Liu Bei shook Zhang Fei's shoulders and pointed at the ugly-looking man.

ZHANG FEI GOT UP DIMLY, RAISED HIS ARMS, AND POSED A POSS, SHOWING HIS BICEPS FEMORIES.

Liu Bei felt a chill, raised the kettle on the case, and poured the water inside on Zhang Fei's head.

Zhang Fei roared, and pounced on the ugly man with Liu Bei's gesture, the two sides fists and feet fought, and for a moment, only a series of flesh sounds were heard.

Zhang Fei woke up and yelled like thunder: "Ugly ghost, you annoy me, look at the boxing." ”

After fighting with fists and feet for a long time, Zhang Fei had the upper hand slightly, and Liu Bei suddenly interjected and asked, "Who are you?" How to call it? ”

In the fierce fight, the ugly man gasped and replied: "I am ......"

Before he could say anything, the ugly man punched Zhang Fei in the middle of the morning on his neck, and swallowed half a sentence back into his stomach.

The ugly man was furious, and was about to fight back, Liu Bei asked again: "Have you had breakfast today, are you full of breakfast, why are your fists and feet so weak?" ”

The ugly man struggled to answer: "Who said I ...... punches and kicks"

Another punch in the stomach interrupted the ugly man's words.

In this way, Zhang Fei did not spare his hand, Liu Bei kept interjecting and asking, the ugly man couldn't be distracted, and his answer was always interrupted in half a sentence, and in a moment, the ugly man was scarred and crumbling.