Chapter 2: Destroying the Chasers
In 189 AD, Yuan Shu, the general of the Han Dynasty, dissatisfied with Dong Zhuo's dictatorship, led more than 1,000 soldiers and private troops to kill from the south gate of Luoyang and went straight to Nanyang, and the world was shocked. (Later Han Shu records). When Cao Cao heard this, he said loudly, "Highway, why are you so brave?" At this time, the ghosts who were far away in Yingchuan Academy launched a strong debate, "Yuan Shu, if you don't learn and don't know how to do it, you will be an official and you will be harmed for a hundred miles, this move is just a flash in the pan and you will destroy yourself." Xun You said. Everyone was there, only 2 people, looked at each other and smiled, left the table from the corner, got up and said, "Yuan Shu Yuan Road, dare to kill Dong Zhuo's soldiers, cut a battle to become famous, I want to go to Nanyang, investigate it, if it is Mingjun, I will use my heart to supplement it, if not, just let me be blind." ”
"Fengxiao, you two are joking," Xun You said, "Gongda's words are wrong, the world says that Yuan Highway is extravagant and oppressive, and sarcastically said that Yuan Changshui, a ghost in the road." I don't think so, Yuan Shu escaped from Luoyang, scattered all his family wealth, distributed it to the poor people, and killed the thief army. "Hmph, don't speculate for more than half a sentence, Fengxiao, the two of you will regret it sooner or later," Xun Yu said angrily. "Guo Jia and the two laughed.
At this time, in a magnificent mansion in Luoyang, a cavalry was hurrying over, "Report, tell the prime minister, Yuan Shufu people went to the empty building, and I don't know where to go." The little soldier said hurriedly. What, come someone, quickly find out," "No". The guards around him got the order and ran away in a hurry. More than a quarter of an hour later, the guard came to report with blood, "Tell you, Prime Minister, Yuan Shu led 1,000 private soldiers out of the city, but was rejected by the city guard at the south gate, Yuan Shu led the army out of the city and went straight to Nanyang." ”
"Hmph Yuan Shuxiaoer, I don't know the number of days, the old man intends to win him over, and allows him to regain his position, dare to betray me, and send a large army to exterminate him," Dong Zhuo said angrily. "The lord can't, Luoyang is complicated, it needs to be suppressed by a large army, Yuan Shu is a child, don't be afraid, you can order a general, lead 3,000 cavalry, kill it, and the lord should be angry." Li Ru said beside him. "Wen You, what you say is reasonable, come here, order Niu to assist in leading 3,000 cavalry, quickly chase and kill Yuan Shu, order officials from all over the country, reward a thousand gold for killing Yuan Shu, and reward ten thousand gold for capturing Yuan Shu alive." Dong Zhuo said, "No" herald led the order to go out.
"Come and reopen the banquet, I want you not to get drunk and not return," everyone responded, "Thank you, lord."
It is said that after Yuan Shu came out of Luoyang, he drove into Sizhou in just one day, and after a simple supply, he drove into Juelongling in the south of Sizhou and rested in place. Yuan Shu was worried, and said, "I went out of Luoyang, kill Dong Zhuo's generals, Dong thief is so careful, he will definitely send troops to chase and kill me, look at this place, the mountains are high and steep, there is a tendency of ten thousand people to open, and the valley is full of grass, the largest place only allows 3 people to pass, a good place." "Master, your favorite honey water," Seeing Xiaohong coming over with a glass of water, Yuan Shu took a sip and drank it, (thinking it was so sweet). Come and order someone to prepare boulders, things that ignite fire, and ambush them on both sides of the peak, Yang Rong ordered you to take 100 cavalry to lure the enemy. "No, the last general obeys orders", Yang Rong finished speaking and led the troops away.
On the other side, Niu Fu led the troops to chase Yang Rong to the Juelong Ridge, seeing that Yang Rong and others had entered the valley, Niu Fu wanted to break in, and the deputy general Zhang Shan hurriedly said, "General can't, this mountain is steep, and the weather is dry, the grass is rampant, once the army passes, I am afraid of being ambushed, think twice, general, don't act recklessly" Niu Fu said angrily after hearing this, "Hmph, you are a little general, dare to command the general, come and take it for me." The soldiers around Niu Fu pressed Zhang Shan to the ground, "The general spares his life, and the last general is for the good of the general." Zhang Shan begged for his life, "Hmph, shake the heart of the army, remember that you have meritorious service on weekdays, and draw 50 military whips,". 'General Xie," Zhang Shan said with a wry smile, and after a while, Zhang Shan came to Niu Fu in blood, "Zhang Shan listens to the order and takes your own soldiers and horses as the vanguard to open the way for the army," Niu Fu said disapprerovingly, "No, Zhang Shan bowed his head and said, but no one saw his angry face.
Zhang Shan endured the pain, rode to the front of the valley, and said, "Brothers, charge with me, and when the whole army enters the valley, immediately speed up and separate from the large army, and I Zhang Shan will not be a substitute for the dead." As soon as he finished speaking, he rushed into the valley. Niu Fu looked at it, hurriedly stopped the follow-up troops who were about to leave, and said, "Wait, I will leave when Zhang Shan is about to leave the valley." After saying that, he laughed.
"Lord, the last general is fortunate not to be dishonored, and he has lured the enemy general Niu Fu to the Absolute Dragon Ridge," Yang Rong knelt down and said, "Take note of the merits, and after returning to Nanyang, you will be rewarded together" Yuan Shu helped Yang Rong up and said. "Thank you," Yang Rong thanked him. "Report, lord, the enemy's 500 vanguard cavalry has entered the valley, but there is no movement of the Chinese army." Yuan Shu's own soldiers said, "Hmph, let go of the forward, hit the enemy's follow-up army, and when the enemy's advance is out of the valley, push down the boulder, cut the enemy off and volley, (when I watched TV in vain)."
On the other side, Niu Fu saw that Zhang Shan had passed through the middle of the valley safely, and was busy ordering the army to move. "Report, my lord, all the enemy troops have entered the valley and asked for instructions on the next step." Yuan Shu ordered the soldiers, "The whole army obeyed the order, the infantry stepped forward and pushed down the boulder, so that the enemy could not take care of each other, and the rest of the people, light the torches, burn them for me, and the archers shoot freely." Yuan Shu stood on the carriage and said, "The generals of Nuo received the order and prepared to go separately." Yuan Shu looked down the valley and saw that the enemy army was crowded together, without formation, shouting "kill the thief." The boulder rumbled down, blocking the enemy's front and back roads, and dividing the enemy army into 56 sections, only to see the bottom, the men and horses screamed, plus the fire, the war horses ran wildly, the smoke billowed out, and the army could not be formed. Seeing this, Yuan Shu ordered the archers to continue shooting, sent infantry, and shouted, "If you don't want to die, drop your weapons and run up the mountain." As soon as these words came out, there were more than 1,000 people who threw away their armor. (Niu Fu died under the random arrows, causing chaos in the army)
Zhang Shan saw that he had been ambushed, and said angrily, "Gather and kill back," rushed once, and then broke dozens of brothers, and then heard someone shouting, General Niu is dead. Zhang Shan thought to himself (kill out, return to Luoyang is also death, the problem is that the war horse is frightened, morale is greatly damaged,) and then heard someone on the mountain shouting, "If you don't want to die, drop your weapons and run up the mountain." "Brothers, Niu Fu is dead, back to Luoyang, the prime minister will also kill us, if you want to descend with me, run to the mountain, if you don't want to descend, run quickly." After saying that, Zhang Shan threw away his weapon and ran up the mountain with the help of his own soldiers.
At this moment, Yuan Shu's intestines far away on the mountain were about to vomit out, because the air was filled with a strong smell of meat, and he couldn't tell whose it was. At this time, Yang Rong hurriedly ran over with a happy face and said, "Lord, our army has won." "What, what's left, how much is left?" Yuan Shu asked with a bitter face (spitting), "Ah, my army won a great victory, captured more than 1,000 enemy soldiers, the enemy general Niu Fu was killed by random arrows, the enemy deputy general Zhang Shan led the troops to surrender, the enemy burned countless people, everywhere, our army captured a batch of materials, more than 300 war horses, a number of weapons and armor, and more than ten wounded in our army (cleaning the battlefield hot)", Yang Rong explained. Yuan Shu was overjoyed after hearing this, and said, "Today's big victory, all the monarchs have merit, return to Nanyang in the coming day, and reward it." (Yuan Shu thought to himself, Dong Zhuo's son-in-law died in battle, and now he will not die).
"Take Zhang Shan," Yuan Shao said while sitting in the carriage, only to see a general with thick eyebrows and big eyes and dark skin coming over, kneeling down and saying, "The general of the defeated army, Zhang Shan will see the general," Yuan Shu saw that he was injured, hurriedly jumped out of the carriage, helped Zhang Shan up and said, "I already know the cause and effect, thanks to Niu Fu didn't listen to the general's words, otherwise I, Yuan Shuke, would have died without a place to be buried." Zhang Shan's face turned pale after hearing this, and he hurriedly said, "Don't dare, I am the general of the defeated army, I dare not speak bravely, I hope that Ming Gong can treat my brother well." Yuan Shu picked up Zhang Shan and said, "Someone is coming, take General Zhang to the carriage where I am riding, General Zhang is injured, and I ordered the accompanying military doctor to treat the general's injuries as soon as possible." Zhang Shan knelt down to worship Yuan Shu with tears in his eyes and said, "Thank you for the good intentions of the lord, the mountain can't be received," and then knelt on the ground.
Yuan Shu saw that he was determined and couldn't bear to refuse (in fact, he didn't want to let it in his heart, this thing can't ride a horse), and said, "Okay, General Zhang will take care of his injuries, I will use more places for you in the future, come on, send General Zhang down." "No", the soldiers behind him took the order, helped Zhang Shan and left.
At this time in Luoyang City, the Taishi Mansion was feasting guests, and Dong Zhuo, who was sitting on the main seat, said, "I have to be summoned by the general He Jin to march to King Qin." There is Cao Mengde in the front, Yuan Benchu in the back, even Yuan Highway is against me, kill my generals, the old man sends a large army to chase and kill Yuan Shuxiao'er, I hope you will take it as a warning, otherwise you will die next. At this time, a herald ran in and said, "Oh no, Prime Minister, General Niu Fu died in battle." Dong Zhuo said, "You, you, you are talking nonsense." At this time, the ministers were busy and silent, and the banquet fell into a dead silence, "Prime Minister, the little one also wants to talk nonsense, General Niu died in the Battle of Juelong Ridge, there are dead bodies all over his body, and there is a message from Yuan Shu at the scene, and the small one doesn't dare to say it," the herald knelt and said. "The old man forgives you for your innocence, say it quickly." Dong Zhuo said urgently.
"Yuan Shu left a message, welcome to the Taishi again," Li Ru hurriedly said, "Ladies and gentlemen, it's getting late, come here, send off guests." Everyone thanked them and left the table in a hurry. After everyone left, Dong Zhuo was furious, and Yu personally led the troops to fight. Li Ru persuaded for a long time before calming Dong Zhuo's anger and said, "You can order Nanyang Taishou Zhang Shi to kill Yuan Shu and allow him to take the official position, which can be done." "Wen You, what you said is reasonable, come here, posthumously grant Niu Fu to be happy, and order someone to repair a book, and send it to Nanyang immediately," "Nuo" Dong Zhuo's personal soldiers took the order and left, leaving only Dong Zhuo and Li Ru.
On the other side, Wang Yun returned home and raised his glass to Tiandao, "The common people are lucky, the sun and the moon are restored, I underestimate the highway, and the revival of the Han Dynasty is hopeful." "I can't afford to get drunk.