Chapter 51: Cleaning the Portal
On the second day they marched with the army.
Lu Zhibai was the general of Beizhong Lang, and the general of Wuhuan Zhonglang served as his deputy, leading the five battalions of the Northern Army's Tun Cavalry, Yue Cavalry, Infantry, Changshui, and Shooting Sound, and went to Jizhou to pacify the Yellow Turban Army. The army marched, the chariots and horses sparkled, and all the way saw thousands of miles of wilderness, white bones, and starvation.
Lu Zhi did not encounter a large force of troops along the way, rarely encountered resistance, won consecutive battles, and marched rapidly. Liu Kuan did not participate in the war, and led the Liu family to guard with Han Dang, and closely guarded everyone in the Liu Mansion. The Liu family did not dare to leave the large army and go to Ganling alone, and they walked very slowly all the way, often staying in one place for ten days and half a month.
Liu Kuan has always accompanied his family, and Liu Tong often secretly goes to the barracks to play. Liu Yu often consulted with Lu Zhi in military affairs. Liu Tong and Lu Zhi are also familiar with each other, and in their busy schedules, they often take pleasure in teasing Liu Tong, marvel at Liu Tong's "talent", and shout that when Liu Tong is older, he will accept Liu Tong as an apprentice.
Zhang Jiao led the army to retreat to Guangzong County, and after defending the city, Lu Zhi surrounded Guangzong, set up camp, dug trenches, made siege equipment, and prepared to be trapped for a long time, and then attacked on a large scale when its grain and grass were cut off.
Guangzong County is next to Qinghe County, the seat of Ganling State Administration, and is in Xingtai City, Hebei Province, in later generations. Not far from the office, Liu Yu took the whole family to say goodbye to Lu Zhi and went to work.
Lu Zhi is tall, with a voice like a bell, a resolute and bold personality, and is said to be particularly capable of drinking. When he was a teenager, he worshiped the great Confucian Ma Rong as his teacher, and introduced the later Confucian Zheng Xuan as the same family, Ma Rong is a wealthy family, and there are often singers and girls performing at home, and Lu Zhi studied in Ma Rong's house, never glanced at it, Ma Rong admired Lu Zhi very much.
After Lu Zhi completed his studies, he returned to his hometown Zhuo County to teach, and his disciples were Liu Bei, Liu Deran, Gongsun Zan and others. Lu Zhi is not only good at learning, but also has outstanding political achievements as an official, and he is a famous general at that time.
Liu Kuan admired Lu Zhi very much, and before parting, he hesitated whether to remind Lu Zhi to guard against Huangmen Zuofeng falsely accusing him. But thinking that although Lu Zhi was falsely accused and imprisoned, there was no danger, and Liu Kuan didn't want to change history, so he gave up.
Historically, Emperor Liu Hong sent Xiaohuangmen Zuo Feng to Lu Zhi's army to inspect the work, Zuo Feng asked for a bribe, but Lu Zhi refused. After Zuo Feng returned to Luoyang, he slandered Liu Hongjin and said: "The minister sees that Guangzong County is easy to attack, but Lu Zhi does not move, does he want to wait for God to kill Zhang Jiao?" ”
Liu Hong was furious, so he dismissed Lu Zhi from his post and put him in prison, and the imperial court later sent Dong Zhuo as a lieutenant general to replace Lu Zhi.
In August of the same year, Zuo Zhonglang led the army to Jizhou to pacify the Yellow Turban Army after Huangfu Song pacified Yanzhou, and Huangfu Song gave the credit to Lu Zhi, who was reinstated as an official and still served as Shangshu. That's an afterword.
After Liu Yu's family arrived in Ganling Kingdom, Liu Yu quickly put into work, he first appointed officials, resettled displaced people, organized production, and recruited village warriors, led by Han Dang to maintain law and order, and consolidate the city defense. He dressed frugally, practiced frugality, and practiced everything himself, and was soon loved by the local scholars and officials and supported by the people.
Liu Yu actively organized grain and grass, manufactured and repaired soldiers and arrows, and continuously provided them to Guangzong's officers and troops, providing good logistical support for the army's operations, and also had a lot of prestige in the army.
The situation in Ganling Kingdom is very good, and Liu's Mansion has added another happy event. Soon after arriving in Ganling Kingdom, he gave birth to a second son named Liu Shen.
Liu Kuan saw that everything was going well in Ganling, so he persuaded Hua Jun and others to go north.
Hua Jun, Zhang Li and others came from Luoyang, and what they saw and heard along the way made their hearts heavy.
"Zhang Jiao acts against the sky, erodes the country, the rebels do not get rid of it, and the sins of the Five Elements Gate are monstrous!" Zhang Li said ruthlessly. In fact, he and Hua Jun, Wang Bing and others have been discussing this matter for a long time.
Hua Jun continued: "The third junior sister and the fourth junior brother, you two want to send Zihua to Guangzong, remove Zhang Jiao, do good for the world, and accumulate virtue for my Five Elements Gate!" Liu Kuan knew that this matter was imperative and could not be shirked, so he agreed.
On the second day, Liu Kuan drove Wang Bing and Zhang Li in a carriage to Guangzong. Outside the city of Guangzong, seeing that Huangfu Song's army had besieged Guangzong layer by layer, Huangfu Song continued to build soil on the mound that Lu Zhi had built around Guangzong before, and the earth mountain was already a stone's throw away from the city wall, and the height was equal.
The three of them hid the carriage far away in the woods and came to the outside of the city at night to investigate. How to get into town is a difficult problem. Zhang Li and Wang Bing are disabled and should not enter the city, so they can only enter the city with Liu Kuan. The three of them couldn't fly in the air, the city wall was too high, the earth mountain was too far, and Liu Kuanti could only reach more than half the distance.
The three of them wandered around the city for a long time, and they couldn't think of a way, if it was on weekdays, it was still easy for the common people to enter the city, but now that the army is pressing, the city walls are towering, and the four gates are closed, how can they enter the city?
After returning to the woods, Liu Kuan rested on the trunk of the tree, meditated and thought hard, got the way, was bored in his heart, waved his hand to the trunk, the big tree shook, the leaves fell one after another, Liu Kuan looked up at the tree, only to see that the trunk was straight, straight into the sky.
Liu Kuan was suddenly overjoyed, and happily said to Zhang Li and Wang Bing: "Uncle, let's take down the trunk, and the two uncles will hold the trunk and place it in the soil mountain and the city wall. ”
After hearing this, the two felt that it was feasible, and they couldn't think of any other way. Immediately cut down the long logs, remove the branches, because there were no knives, all by brute force, tossing for an hour to get it done.
The three of them carried the trunk of the tree to a secluded place in the city, and chose a better position. The distance is short, and the second is that there are not many torches in the city. Liu Kuan ran from the dirt mountain, volleyed away, stepped on the end of the tree, with the help of Zhang Li, Wang Bing raised high tree trunk to send the force, and then jumped to the city wall, Liu Kuan exhausted his strength, still half a meter away from the city wall, Liu Kuan probed to grab the arrow buttress, stuck to the wall, stabilized the figure and quietly climbed up.
The soldiers on the city wall fought for days, and the city was in shambles, and the Yellow Turban Army was scattered and leaning on the wall, all sleeping soundly with weapons in their arms.
In the darkness, Liu Kuan gently dropped the arrow stack, accidentally stepped on the foot of a soldier, the soldier woke up, Liu Kuan luckily knocked him unconscious, quickly got off the wall, and went to the city from the house. Outside the soldiers who came out to patrol the city, it was extremely quiet, and the city of Gwangjong had already been curfew.
At about two o'clock, Liu Kuan came to the county office.
There are Yellow Turban troops patrolling inside and outside the county office, and General Liu Kuan's mansion is the largest building in Guangzong, and there are many people standing guard and patrolling, so they are sure that this is Zhang Jiao's residence, so they lurk on the roof of the inner hall.
As soon as they arrived at the roof, they climbed to the eaves, only to see a bright light outside the house, and the two of them sneaked to the door with their swords, and were discovered by Zhang Jiao's guards, who shouted loudly, attracting dozens of Yellow Turban troops inside and outside the house to come and besiege. Liu Kuan thought to himself, he was the first to board.
Liu Kuan saw a lean man in his fifties and a woman of eighteen or nineteen years old fighting with everyone with a sharp sword. The two of them had exquisite swordsmanship, killed decisively, and stabbed several people to death in an instant. Soon, there were more and more Yellow Turban troops, and there were many of them, and the whereabouts of the two were exposed, and they were outnumbered, and they retreated outward while fighting.
Liu Kuan is secretly happy, what a good helper, transfer the tiger away from the mountain for me!
Liu Kuan lifted the tiles and saw a man in his forties in the house, Ge Fa Wei'an, getting up and dressing. Liu Kuan had heard Zhang Li describe Zhang Jiao's appearance before, this kind of peculiar appearance, it was difficult to admit his mistakes, so he plunged down.
The sound of fighting outside came and went, and all the guards were attracted, and the corners were single!
Liu Kuan glared at Zhang Jiao, only to see him, with yellow hair, long eyebrows and big eyes, and a sickly face, very vicissitudes.
When Zhang Jiao saw Liu Kuan, he was very calm, "Dare to ask where the hero is coming?" Zhang Jiao saw that Liu Kuan's bearing was extraordinary, not Xiaoxiao, so he asked.
Liu Kuan also admired Zhang Jiao, but the master's order was difficult to disobey, and he didn't want him to die unclear, so he said solemnly: "You don't respect the Dao Law, corrupt the country, and poison the living beings, Liu Kuan, the first disciple of the Five Elements, is ordered by the master to clean up the portal!" ”
After Zhang Jiao heard this, he knew that it was his master Zhang Li who wanted to take his life, so he clasped his fists and saluted Liu Kuan, then reached out and took out a cloth bag from the head of the bed, and held the nine-section staff leaning on the head of the bed together, and handed it to Liu Kuan with both hands, saying: "It's insulting to the master!" Then he closed his eyes and stood for death.