Chapter 108: The Offensive and Defensive Battle of Tongguan (10)
Xudu, that is, Xuchang. Although LΓΌ Bu was finally defeated by Cao Cao and driven out of Yanzhou, the Yanzhou scholars' dissatisfaction with Cao Cao did not disappear, but they went underground from the bright side. Yanzhou Cao Cao didn't dare to stay, so he moved the administrative office to Xuchang.
After several years of operation, Xuchang now seems to have a big city atmosphere, convenient transportation makes Xuchang prosperous, and also provides Cao Cao with a large amount of military resources needed to raise the army. Cao Cao was also very attentive to the management of Xuchang, and after losing the confrontation with the imperial court, Cao Cao ordered his most trusted general, Xiahou Dan, to be responsible for guarding Xuchang.
To put it mildly, Cao Cao's alliance with Yuan Shao this time was really worth the loss, and the hard-earned soldiers and horses were scattered, although some of them were collected back by Guo Jia, Xiahou Yuan and others afterwards, but nearly half of them still disappeared, either running to settle elsewhere or secretly running home.
And the loss of soldiers and horses is just a trivial matter, and the gains and losses of the general Guan Yu made Cao Cao feel very sad. In order to make up for the vacancy of Guan Yu's departure, Cao Cao's well-guarded Cao Ren took over the defense of Shouchun, and was responsible for guarding against Sun Ce in Jiangdong. And he took his men and horses to the Tiger Prison Pass.
However, although there were military losses, Cao Cao did not break his muscles and bones in civil affairs. A large number of good officials still served Cao Cao as in history. Man Chong, Liang Xi, Jiang Ji, Han Hao, these capable people with talents in a county are doing their best for Cao Cao's herdsmen. With the efforts of these good officials, Xuzhou, which had not long since the end of the baptism of war, had gradually regained its vitality at this time.
Since Lu Bu surrendered to Cao Cao, Xuzhou also fell into the hands of Cao Cao, which made Yuan Shao, who only won Qingzhou, very dissatisfied. Later, Yuan Shao sent an ugly appearance to the imperial court, which was also related to this matter. However, Yuan Shao didn't know that the four counties of Sizhou were originally Cao Cao's bargaining chips for himself, and until now Yuan Shao still thinks that he is out of breath.
With Yuan Shao's retreat, the four counties of Sizhou will soon return to the rule of the imperial court. Those people who were originally unwilling to abandon their homes to accept the arrangements of the imperial court and those who wanted to switch to Yuan Shao's family, if someone asked them whose rule they most wanted to accept now, the answer would definitely be the imperial court. It's not more difficult to distinguish between good and bad, compared to the court where as long as you obey the rules, Yuan Shao's people are more like bandits.
The Hedong Wei family is not considered to be an old family in Hedong, but after this experience, they are about to be unable to stay in Hedong. Up and down the east of the river, there is no one who does not hate the Wei family. When other families were still watching Yuan Shao's attitude towards them, the Wei family went to Yuan Shao on the pole, and it was precisely because the Wei family, who knew the roots, secretly informed, that the families suffered heavy losses. Now that the big backer of the Wei family has run away, the glorious tradition of settling accounts after the autumn has also appeared.
The Wei family is in danger and has the heart to leave to avoid trouble, but as the old saying goes, people leave their hometowns and are cheap, once the Wei family leaves Hedong, they will immediately become a second-rate family. But if you don't leave and are squeezed out by everyone, the Wei family's life in Hedong will not be easy.
Wei Kai, as the sweetheart who originally advocated taking refuge in Yuan Shao, has now become a dog who ignores him, outsiders hate him, his family complains about him, and the depressed Wei Kai doesn't want to live anymore.
But just when Wei Kai couldn't bear the pressure and was about to find a short meeting, Du Yi came to the door. As the official appointment of the imperial court to the county guard of Hedong, Wei Kai used to look down on this scholar from a poor family, but now it is like a person who has fallen into the water and grabbed a life-saving straw.
Du Ji did not embarrass Wei Kai, and the imperial court is gradually recovering the lost territory, and Hedong County is the first stop. And Wei Kai's task is also very simple, that is, to organize the people to capture the stragglers who were still left in Hedong by the Yuan army at this time. If Hedong County wants to resume production, the rout of the Yuan army is a scourge, and in order to reassure the people, these scourges must be solved first.
Wei Kai was born in the Wei family in Hedong and has a lot of eyeliners, and it is easier to find those stragglers than to let Du Ji personally lead people to arrest them. Moreover, Du Ji handed over this matter to the Wei family, which also meant that the Wei family would make the merits of the crime. The Wei family intends to move the family, which means that they are worried that the court will settle accounts after the autumn, and now that the court has a place to get the Wei family, the Wei family will naturally work hard.
With the withdrawal of Yuan's army, the people of the four counties who were originally arranged by the imperial court on the west side of Tongguan are now returning to their hometowns in batches. When the people returned to their hometowns and saw the destroyed homes and those neighbors who refused to leave together and were harmed by the Yuan army, they were secretly glad that they had listened to the court's persuasion.
If the home is gone, it is gone, as long as the person is okay, then there is a chance to start over, and those who lost their lives have no possibility of starting over.
Gratitude to the imperial court and hatred of Yuan Jun made the people's enthusiasm for the imperial court unprecedentedly high, and under the leadership of local officials, the people actively participated in the work of restoring production while rebuilding their homes. As for the arrest of Yuan's army, it was a matter for the official army, and the people only needed to be responsible for ventilating and reporting the news.
When Yuan's army broke out and found itself surrounded by the people, he realized that the situation was not good, and those who ran fast hid in the deep mountains and old forests, while those who ran slowly became prisoners and were gathered to guard. Of course, the imperial court has no obligation to support these people in vain, and at present, except for Henan County, which has not yet been recovered, the other three counties are being rebuilt, and it is when labor is needed.
Yuan Shao didn't care about the Yuan soldiers who were captured by the imperial court, and after resting in Gucheng for a few days, Yuan Shao decided to march the army and return to Hebei. At this time, in addition to Zhang He and Gao Ran stationed in Luoyang to guard against Cao Cao, Yuan Shao's army, which basically crossed the Yellow River with Yuan Shao and was not captured by the imperial court, was here.
With these more than 200,000 people by his side, Yuan Shao's mood was a little calmer. There are two fierce generals Yan Liangwen and Chou around to escort him, which makes Yuan Shao feel more secure. Although there were rumors that Cao Cao was planning his own life before, Yuan Shao was not afraid at all at this time. Zhang He and Gao Ran guarded Luoyang, and when Cao Cao's army moved, they would definitely make the two of them aware of it, and to the west of Luoyang, their scouts were not eating dry rice, and they did not find any trace of Cao Jun at all.
Yuan Shao was slack, and when he left Gucheng for a day, when the army marched to the field to camp, Yuan Shao, who thought of returning in vain this time, chose to borrow wine to drown his sorrows, and he was drunk with this drink. It's just that Yuan Shao didn't know that there was Chun Yuqiong who was as drunk as him tonight.
This Chun Yuqiong can also be regarded as an old man who has followed Yuan Shao for a long time, when Yuan Shao served as the eighth lieutenant of Xiyuan, Chun Yuqiong was still Yuan Shao's colleague, but after Yuan Shao led the Jizhou pastor, Chun Yuqiong became Yuan Shao's subordinate. To put it mildly, Chun Yuqiong's strength is not low, although it is not as brave as Yan Liangwen Chou, but the martial arts are compared to the high level at the end of the four court pillars, that is, between Zhong Bo.
But Chun Yuqiong has a fatal weakness, he is greedy for a cup, and he can't drink enough. Generally, people who drink and drink will not end well. In history, Dian Wei asked Hu Che'er to steal the blade because he was greedy for cups, so that Wancheng died, and there was not even a single corpse. And Chun Yuqiong's good wine compared to Dian Wei can be said to be surpassed.
Wine is Chun Yuqiong's biological father, as long as he sees wine, the king of heaven and Lao Tzu will not care when Chun Yuqiong comes. Earlier, Yuan Shao was in a bad mood, and Chun Yuqiong didn't dare to be greedy for a cup, so as not to ask Yuan Shao to punish him. But today, seeing that Yuan Shao seemed to be in a good mood during the day, Chun Yuqiong's wine worm was hooked out.
Originally, Chun Yuqiong only planned to drink a cup, but he didn't expect to stop his mouth at the beginning of drinking, one cup after another, and he drank Chun Yuqiong's wine and sang loudly, and the people around Chun Yuqiong were all used to their own masters crying wolves, otherwise they would blow up the camp.
However, Chun Yuqiong's song did not startle Yuan Jun, but startled Lu Bu, who led the troops to attack at night. In the middle of the night, someone suddenly cried wolf, and those who didn't know really thought they had encountered a ghost howling. But when the scout found out the reason, Lu Bu was really angry and funny.
"Shulong, you are in charge of the rear team, Boluan, you charge with me." Lu Bu made a simple arrangement, and immediately prepared to enter the Yuan army's camp.
As Yuan Shao's cronies, Chun Yuqiong is mainly responsible for the defense of the east side of Yuan Shao's big tent, and by coincidence, Lu Bu chose the main direction of the night attack tonight to the east.
Five thousand cavalrymen were bound with hooves and mouths, and under the leadership of Lu Bu, they gradually passed through the camp of Yuan's army. Lu Bu knew very well that he only had one chance, and once he missed it, he would never have another chance, so he was ready to use all his strength from the beginning. Zhang Xiu from the side made a look, Zhang Xiu understood, and first stepped forward with hundreds of people, waved a knife to cut the fence of Yuan Jun, pushed it aside, and then lit a torch and rushed into the Yuan army camp to set fire everywhere.
The Yuan army was in chaos, and the sudden attack made the Yuan army, who was falling asleep, very panicked after waking up, and Lu Bu also took advantage of this time to kill him. Lu Bu's goal was very clear, after rushing into the Yuan army camp, he did not appear to be entangled with the Yuan army, but only rushed to the center of the Yuan army camp and Yuan Shao's handsome tent.
Although someone had already seen Lu Bu's intentions, Zhang Xiu and Cao Xing were each leading hundreds of people to set fire to the camp at this time to create chaos, even if Yuan Jun had the intention to stop Lu Bu, he could not gather enough manpower for a while.
Seeing that Yuan Shao's handsome tent had appeared in his sight, Lu Bu was anxious, and even urged the red rabbit under his crotch, but when he was about to rush to Yuan Shao's handsome tent, Yan Liangwen appeared in front of Lu Bu. Judging from the clothes of the two, the two came in a hurry, Yan Liang was better, at least wearing a single coat, while Wen Chou simply wore only a pair of pants.
At this moment, no words mean anything. If Lu Bu wants to kill Yuan Shao, he must first pass the level of Yan Liangwen Chou, and Yan Liangwen Chou said that he would not watch Lu Bu take the life of his father-in-law.
Without speculating for more than half a sentence, the three of them hit one place. In order to achieve the goal as soon as possible, Lu Bu can be said to have done his best, in the past, Lu Bu fought with others, often tried tricks with people first, and explored the opponent's reality, but now, how can Lu Bu have that idle time, and the shot is a killer move.
And Yan Liangwen Chou responded to the battle in a hurry, and the fight was full of dangers, and he almost killed Lu Bu several times. However, Yan Liangwen is worthy of being a general in Hebei, the two are like brothers, and a set of combined attack techniques is even more tacit and handy. Lu Bu wants to solve the two of them in a short time, and it is really not easy.
Seeing that Yuan Jun was gathering more and more, Lu Bu's heart couldn't help but become anxious. The most taboo in martial arts is impetuousness, no matter how powerful a person usually is, once he is impetuous, he has already lost half of it.
"Ahh Lu Bu screamed in pain, and asked Wen Chou to sneak attack with a shot, and the tip of the gun slashed across his cheek, although he didn't know what the injury was, the heat on his face still made Lu Bu understand that he was out of shape.
Lu Bu was furious, once a person gets angry, it is easy to lose his mind, Lu Bu gave up his conscience and ignored it, and specially greeted Wen Chou, who immediately couldn't bear it. Seeing this, Yan Liang was in a hurry and hurriedly came to help, but Lu Bu didn't care about Yan Liang's constraints at all, and put on a posture of ending up together, even if he was stabbed by Yan Liang, he would end up with Wen Chou's life.
In a hurry, Yan Liang stabbed the red rabbit horse under Lu Bu's crotch.
There are two favorites of military generals, the god soldier BMW. A BMW is equivalent to another life on the battlefield for a general. Seeing that Yan Liang wanted to hurt the horse, Lu Bu had to withdraw his pursuit of Wen Chou and return to protect the horse.
In fact, by now, Lu Bu has realized that tonight's night attack failed, and he has been delayed by Yan Liangwen for so long, that Yuan Shao may have already fled. Lu Bu, who was unwilling to continue to stay here and was cut off by Yuan Jun, could only begin to consider retreating. But just when Lu Bu had already retreated, Yuan Shao, the target this time, showed up at this time.
Perhaps because of the arrival of a large number of Yuan troops, Yuan Shao had the confidence to feel that as the commander of the first army, he could not continue to nest in the marshal tent as a shrunken bird, so he walked out of the marshal tent under the escort of his own soldiers.
As soon as he saw Yuan Shao, Lu Bu's eyes immediately turned red, and a bold plan suddenly jumped out of Lu Bu's mind. Before, Lu Buhui was resigned, because he was not sure whether Yuan Shao was still in the tent at this time, but now that Yuan Shao has appeared, how can he let it go.
"Yuan Shao! Come on! Lu Bu suddenly shouted violently, and slammed the horse's belly hard. The Red Rabbit Horse has followed Lu Bu to the east and west over the years, and he has already understood Lu Bu's intentions. At this time, as soon as Lu Bu exerted his strength, the red rabbit horse immediately realized and suddenly sped up.
To say that BMW is BMW, the sudden acceleration of the red rabbit horse caught Yan Liangwen off guard, and when the two reacted, they saw a red shadow flashing in front of them, and after a look, Lu Bu had already crossed the two and went straight to Yuan Shao.
"Lord, hide!" Yan Liang couldn't help but shout in a hurry, and chased after Wen Chou with Wen Chou.
Almost in the blink of an eye, Lu Bu had already rushed to Yuan Shao's approach, so close that Lu Bu could even see the frightened expression on Yuan Shao's face. But just when Lu Bu was about to end Yuan Shao's life, the intuition of the martial artist made Lu Bu suddenly raise the halberd and block backwards, and when he heard the sound of "ding", the halberd blocked a cold arrow.
Lu Bu turned his head to look, and saw that in the shadows about twenty steps away from Yuan Shao, there was a big man holding a crossbow silently aiming at Lu Bu. Just after drawing the halberd to shoot down the cold arrow, Lu Bu had already realized the power of that arrow. And looking at the meaning of that big man, it is obvious that as long as he dares to harm Yuan Shao, then he will not want to leave alive.
Lu Bu didn't want to die, and he didn't want to put his life on the line for Cao Cao. And because of this, things have come to an impasse, and Yan Liangwen and Chou don't dare to act rashly at this time.
Seeing that Lu Bu was slow to act, he also understood Lu Bu's concerns, and ordered: "Everyone get out of the way, and take people away first." β
ββ¦β¦ He also asked Yuan Yuanjun to personally send the cloth for a ride. Lu Bu thought about it and said to Yuan Shao.
ββ¦β¦ OK. Yuan Shao had no choice but to agree.
Lu Bu joined Cao Xing and Zhang Xiu, and slowly withdrew from the Yuan army camp with people, and the big man who had saved Yuan Shao before also had to walk out of the hiding place with a crossbow. When he saw the appearance of the big man clearly through the torch, Yan Liangwen's eyes widened at the same time.
It turned out to be Kojiyi! Didn't he already have the lord order him to be put to death? How can they still live in the world?
But now is not the time to ask this question, Yan Liangwen is patient and accompanies Yuan Shao to prevent Lu Bu from suddenly attacking.
"Feng Xian, but Meng De ordered you to come and kill me?" Before Lu Bu left, Yuan Shao suddenly asked Lu Budao.
ββ¦β¦ No. β
ββ¦β¦ Who's at the behest? Yuan Shao asked. It's a pity that Lu Bu didn't answer Yuan Shao's obligation, and slowly retreated until he disappeared from Yuan Shao's sight.
"The last general is incompetent, and the lord is frightened." When Yuan Shao returned to the tent, Yan Liangwen immediately knelt down and pleaded guilty.
"If it weren't for the two of you who stopped Lu Bu desperately today, I'm afraid I would have been dead at this time. Yuan Tu, who is in charge of the defense of the east side of the camp today? Yuan Shao picked up Yan Liangwen Chou, turned his head and asked Guo Tudao.
"Lord Yu, it's General Chun Yuqiong." Guo Tu replied in a low voice.
"This bastard thing! Where is he now? β
"Uh...... General Chunyu is now sobering up......"
"Hmph, this bastard thing!" Yuan Shao was furious when he heard this, and ordered angrily: "There is no need to sober up for him, since he is addicted to alcohol, then drown him in the wine jar for me." β
Before the words fell, a miserable cry came from outside the tent, and then a figure flew in, hugged Yuan Shao's thigh skillfully, and cried: "Don't~ Lord, the last general knows that he is wrong, you give the last general another chance." β
Chun Yuqiong's performance at this time made Yan Liangwen pout, it was really hard to imagine that Chun Yuqiong, who was the eighth captain of the West Garden with the lord in the past, was so virtuous today.
"Fuck off! If he commits it again, he will be cut off and dragged down, with eighty canes to set an example. Yuan Shao kicked Chun Yuqiong aside and shouted angrily.
"Thank you, my lord, the last general will definitely quit drinking, quit drinking." Chun Yuqiong picked up a life and hurriedly assured Yuan Shao.
When Chun Yuqiong was dragged out for torture, Yan Liang had the courage to ask Yuan Shao: "Lord, there will be something unknown in the end......
ββ¦β¦ Do you want to ask Koji about Yoshi? β
"Please also ask the lord to solve the doubts of the last general."