Chapter 107: Yuan Shu, the Son of Heaven, marched westward
"About two years ago, I walked alone into the mountains as I do today, and I did the same thing as I do today. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info”
After reasoning his thoughts, he slowly spoke: "There were millions of people in Montenegro that day, and there were many strong people. The leader, Zhang Yan, is even more civil and military, and he is more courageous. At that time, when my lord first arrived in the state, the people's hearts were unstable, and the owners under him were only 20,000 or 30,000 recruits. If you attack Montenegro, even if you are lucky enough to win, it will be a lose-lose situation. Grant the initiative to ask for help, go to Montenegro alone, and now think about it is also a dangerous time. Fortunately, General Zhang Yan has far-reaching vision, extraordinary insight, and took the initiative to bring millions of people in Montenegro to share the same spirit, so that there is a prosperous atmosphere of today's merger of states. ”
Zhang Xiu's heart was as clear as a mirror, and the purpose of the frustration was, but he still snorted coldly, "What does this have to do with me?" ”
Fu Zhu smiled and nodded at Xu Huang beside him.
Xu Huang stepped forward with understanding, folded his fists and arched his hands: "Hedong Xu Huang, I have seen General Zhendong." ”
"You, it's Xu Huang?"
Zhang Xiu took a deep breath and replied: "Xu Gongming stubbornly defended Anyi, and only shook the 100,000 army of Huangfu Song for several days with only a few thousand rabble, which really has the style of a famous general in ancient times!" ”
Heroes cherish each other, for those who have the ability, Zhang Xiu has always been very respectful. Huangfu Song is a well-known Han god of war, but Xu Huang can resist the strong with the weak without falling behind, and the name of good fighting has spread all over the world. Moreover, if it were not for Xu Huang's hard battle in Anyi, it would have been impossible for the Xiliang Army to attack Chang'an, and Zhang Xiu would not have been able to become the general of Zhendong of the Han Dynasty.
Xu Huang smiled modestly, "General Zhendong praised falsely, Xu Huang was ashamed. ”
Zhang Xiu waved his hand boldly and said, "You and I are both from the army, so there is no need to say these polite words." I know you must have something to say here, and I will sit down and drink it when I finish talking early! ”
Xu Huang took a deep breath and said slowly: "Since General Zhendong is straight to the point, then Xu Huang will no longer go around the corner." Xu Huang followed Mr. Gonghe here, what he did was that the general's talent was rare, and he intended to persuade the general to defect to the general's command to make contributions! ”
Zhang Xiu's face was unexpected, and he asked Xu Huang with a smile: "Could it be that only under the command of the general can he have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions?" The world is big, there are not a few male lords, even if I Zhang Xiu is not enough to divide one party and claim hegemony, but I may not necessarily defect to the enemy who killed my countless Xiliang robes, right? ”
Xu Huang said with a stiff face: "Xu Huang is also one of the people who killed your Xiliang compatriots." On the head of Chang'an City that day, if I remember correctly, I personally killed no less than twenty Xiliang rebels that day! If General Zhendong wants to avenge those lawless and evil Xiliang rebels, Xu Huang would rather be killed than resist! ”
Zhang Xiu smiled bitterly, "General Xu's words are serious, how can I, Zhang Xiu's innocent body, reverse black and white, and bastard who does not distinguish between right and wrong?" Frankly speaking, what I'm most worried about now is that the general is prejudiced against us and other Xiliang people......"
Xu Huang smiled with relief: "My lord only uses people based on their skills, and never cares about their background. Thinking of me, Xu Huang, I was just a small pawn in the Baibo Army before, but I can still get the blue eyes of the lord. General Zhendong is the famous Northland Gun King, is it possible that he is under the fame, but in fact, it is difficult to deputy? ”
Zhang Xiu smiled confidently, turned his gaze to Fu Zhi again, and asked, "Mr. Gonghe, dare to ask the general if he can use people regardless of his previous suspicions?" ”
Fu Zhu said sincerely: "If General Zhendong doesn't believe it, he can wait in Hedong and wait for the order of the lord's army." If you are not satisfied, you can lead the troops away, and you will never stop them! ”
Zhang Xiu completely relieved herself, hugged her fists and said: "Mr. Gong and Mr. are sincere and trustworthy people, and they will definitely not do anything deliberately deceiving." That being the case, Zhang Xiu is willing to surrender! ”
Zhang Xiu followed Fu Zhu and Xu Huang out of the sad land of Guanzhong, and Yin Jun went to Hedong. And Fan Chou and Wang Fang in Chang'an City are still fighting fiercely.
In the thousand-year-old city, thick smoke rises everywhere, the sound of shouting and killing has never stopped from morning to night, the blue-gray bricks of the ancient city have been dyed dark red, and many old mansions that have stood for a hundred years have also been turned into ashes little by little in the raging fire......
The thin and haggard Li Ru stood alone on the tall building of the Taiwei Mansion, watching from a distance the scenes of human tragedies happening under his nose.
"Could it be that I am wrong?"
Li Ru, whose heart was as hard as iron, rarely felt a burst of sourness, and unconsciously, a dirty tear dripped from the corner of his eye.
At the highest point of Weiyang Palace, Liu Yu, who had lost a lot of weight, also cried, and was also saying the same thing as Li Ru.
"Could it be that I am wrong?"
The struggle for power is always a game between a few people who stand at the top of the pyramid. But in the end, it was almost all innocent civilians and those hateful and pitiful low-level soldiers who suffered. Hatefully, they are as ruthless as beasts in front of the defenseless people. Sadly, who would want to be a beast unless they had to?
After two days and two nights of scuffle, the huge Chang'an City seemed to have become a dead city, with stumps and broken arms all over the streets, but there was no figure.
The sleepless fighting made both warring sides feel deeply tired. The unanimous truce stopped, and each rested.
And at this time, in Lushi County, Hongnong County, which is less than 100 miles away from Chang'an, an extremely tragic war also broke out.
The two sides of the battle were Cao Cao, the great Han Yanzhou Mu, and the later general Yuan Shu.
Cao Cao's base camp is in Yanzhou, hundreds of miles away from Hongnong. Yuan Shu's nest is in Nanyang, and the distance from Hongnong is also not close.
The two of them had the same idea, which can be said to coincide, but they also met unexpectedly.
In Yuzhou before, there was a tug-of-war between Cao Yuan. The new hatred and the old hatred made Yuan Shu, who had greatly increased his strength after swallowing the old department of Huangfu Song, without hesitation, commanded the soldiers and horses to attack the Cao army.
Cao Cao was a sane person, and before welcoming the Son of Heaven, he didn't want to cause more trouble, but he had no choice but to ride the tiger and make it difficult to get down, so he could only bite the bullet and end the attack of the Yuan army with weak troops.
Although Cao Cao has more than doubled the Yuan Shu in all aspects, he has no choice but to have few soldiers, and he soon fell behind on the frontal battlefield that could not be tricked.
On the spot, Cao Cao decisively gave the order to withdraw the army. There has never been an undefeated god of war in this world, and Cao Cao will never be discouraged by a single defeat.
Effortlessly, he drove away Cao Cao, who had given him a headache before, and Yuan Shu was full of spirit for a while, arrogantly commanding an army of more than 100,000 people, and marching in the direction of Chang'an.
The Yuan family, the fourth and third dukes, will soon become the fifth and third dukes.
Lazily leaning on the richly decorated carriage, Yuan Shu's heart was surging for a while, and the beautiful vision of once having power in his hands made him almost fly.
"My lord, the sentry has come to report that the army in front has passed Lantian and is close to Chang'an. The last general petitioned to be a pioneer, clear the obstacles for the army, and cut through the thorns and thorns for the lord! ”
A horse galloped over, and the one who rode immediately was a handsome young general, with a radiant and extraordinary appearance, and his eyes were full of expectation, looking at Yuan Shu with a face full of expectation.
"Birf, I'm glad you are so faithful. But now I have hundreds of thousands of male troops, mighty and mighty, with flags for hundreds of miles, and there is no need for Bofu to go out, it is such an earth-shattering momentum, it is enough to make those small people in Chang'an City scared to pee their pants! ”
Yuan Shu slowly opened his eyes and waved his hand lazily, his face full of pride.
Sun Ce and Sun Bofu, who were weak in his age, after three years of filial piety, entrusted his young brother and orphan mother to his uncle Wu Jing at the beginning of the year, and led the old generals Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and other generals left by Sun Jian and hundreds of villagers to cross the river to the north and defect to his father's old superior, Yuan Shu.
How could the son of the Jiangdu Tiger, who once made Dong Zhuodu frightened, be a mediocre person? Sun Ce quickly stood out under Yuan Shu's account, and with his cheerful and straightforward temperament, as well as his courage and fearlessness in the battle array, he soon became the leader of Yuan's army, and he was in the limelight for a while.
Full of pride and ambition, he dreamed of stepping on the city of Chang'an, but was disheartened by Yuan Shu's basin of cold water, Sun Ce sighed slightly, and left Yuan Shu's car.
Cheng Pucong Sun Ce's frustrated expression had already guessed the prob, and rushed over and whispered in Sun Ce's ear: "Bo Fu, the old lord said when he was alive that Yuan Shu is capricious, untrustworthy but arrogant, he is by no means a wise lord, and he should have made plans early!" ”
Sun Ce sighed with a wry smile, "After my father died in battle, except for you and a few other loyal and brave people, most of the rest were scattered. I don't want money now, I don't have food, what can I do about it? ”
Cheng Pu's eyes flickered, as if he was about to speak, but after hesitating for a long time, he finally sighed and shook his head.
After being driven out of Yuzhou by Cao Cao, the territory controlled by Yuan Shu was actually only one Nanyang County.
However, Nanyang is not only the birthplace of Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu, but also the largest and most populous county in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Before the Golden Rebellion, in its heyday, the population of Nanyang County was even as high as millions, far exceeding the total population of the whole state in the bitter cold and secluded states.
Nanyang County, with its fertile land and lush population, also provided Yuan Shu with sufficient food and grass and military supplies, so he was able to continuously expand his troops and horses like Xiaoqiang, who could not be killed.
Although, at this time, Nanyang County was already starving everywhere and thousands of miles of barrenness.
Yuan Shu often boasts that those who achieve great things are not informal. However, he did not know that water can carry a boat and can also capsize a boat. The poor Nanyang people have paid too much for his good deeds again and again, and they can no longer endure it.