Chapter 198: The Sacking of Xuchang

It is said that Zhou Yu led the soldiers and horses under his command, and trapped Guan Yu's father and son firmly in the core, although Guan Yu was brave, he couldn't help but have a lot of people on the other side, plus he ran for days before, people were sleepy and tired, and he gradually felt powerless, at this moment, I saw a silver-armored and white-robed general in the distance holding a bow and arrow, and shot an arrow at Guan Yu's seat, and saw the horse screaming, lying on the ground, and throwing Guan Yu off the horse.

"Liu Qi'er, I didn't expect you to be here, shameless junior, and use cold arrows to sneak attack like this!" Guan Yu saw Liu Qi who shot down and sat down from a distance, and couldn't help but scold, and at the same time hurriedly struggled to get up, but was hugged by the Jingzhou army on the side and tied him up solidly.

Guan Ping, who was not far away, was shocked when he saw his father being captured, and hurriedly killed him desperately, intending to save his father, but unexpectedly, Lu Meng held a spear in front of him.

Guan Ping was not Lu Meng's opponent in the first place, plus the people were sleepy and lacking strength in the past few days, where could he be the enemy? After only a few rounds, he was swept off his horse by Lu Meng with a spear, and then was caught by the sergeants on the side.

The remaining more than 100 lieutenant generals of Guan Yu's army saw that the main general and deputy general were captured, but they were also loyal and committed suicide one after another.

Looking at the hundreds of loyal soldiers, Guan Yu's tiger eyes couldn't help but shed tears......

"Hehe, today we won a great victory, not only recovered the entire territory of Nanyang, but also captured the enemy general Guan Yu, this Guan Yu disregarded kindness and righteousness, betrayed Cao Gong, and now led a large army to attack Xuchang, presumably Cao Gong must be very eager to see him, Zhong Miao, you escort Guan Yu and his son, go to Guandu to see Cao Gong, and explain to him that our army will return Xuchang, pay tribute to the Son of Heaven, so that he does not have to worry, and he can fight against Yuan Shao safely."

Liu Qi rode on his horse and commanded Huo Jun on the side.

"No." Huo Jun agreed, and immediately selected hundreds of soldiers to escort Guan Yu's father and son to the Guandu battlefield.

Huo Jun received Liu Qi's order, did not dare to have the slightest delay, immediately led the army to the direction of Guandu, walked for a few days, and met Xu Huang, who had been ordered to come to support Xuchang, in Changshe County, northwest of Xuchang.

Huo Jun handed over Guan Yu's father and son to Xu Huang, and at the same time told Xu Huang what Liu Qi said to Cao Cao, and also handed over the letter written by Liu Qi to Cao Cao to Xu Huang.

Xu Huang sent someone to Xuchang to listen to the news, and sure enough, I heard that Xuchang still belongs to the rule of the Son of Heaven, Liu Qi's army has withdrawn, and I can't help but be overjoyed, due to the tight battlefield of Guandu, the lord decided to lead the army to attack Yuan Shao's grain heavy Wuchao three days later, but I heard that Guan Yu besieged Xuchang, and in desperation, he led 3,000 troops back to help, but I didn't expect that as soon as I arrived at Changshe, I saw Liu Qi's generals escorting Guan Yu's father and son to see him, although Xu Huang doubted that Liu Qi must have bad intentions for doing this, But seeing that he still had the opportunity to return to the Guandu battlefield, he was still overjoyed, and immediately escorted Guan Yu and his son to Guandu.

In fact, where does Xu Huang know? Although Liu Qi's army retreated from Xuchang, this time it almost ransacked Xuchang.

However, it was said that Huang Zhong and other generals were ordered to attack Guan Yu that day, and after defeating Guan Yu, they immediately led the army into Xuchang, came to the palace gate, and said that the generals were ordered by the right general Liu Qi to come to King Qin and drive away Guan Yu, and now they are in the palace to ask Tianzi'an.

Shang Shu Ling Xun Yu knew that Liu Qi's army was coming violently, if they were not allowed to see the Son of Heaven, they would definitely not give up, and if they were allowed to find an excuse to attack the palace, the trouble would probably be even greater, so in desperation, he had to order the palace gate to be opened and let them in.

But seeing that Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Zhang Xiu, Huang Gai and other generals, under the leadership of the main general Wei Yan, led an army of 5,000 into the palace and met with the Son of Heaven.

After Wei Yan saw the Son of Heaven, he bowed and said loudly: "Weichen is the right general, Jingzhou Mu, Xiangyang Hou Liu Qi's general, and the rebellious general Wei Yan, on the order of my general, the general Huang Zhong, the general of Jianwei, Huang Gai, the general of Jianzhong, Zhang Xiu, and the partial general Hu Che'er came to King Xu Duqin, repelled Guan Yu, the general who wanted to kidnap the king, and came to ask His Majesty for peace on behalf of my family. ”

"It turned out to be Brother Liu Qixian's team, hehe, Brother Liu Qixian is my Han clan relative, and I am not an outsider, and the generals are exempt from courtesy." Although the Son of Heaven was dissatisfied with Liu Qi leading the army to help Cao Cao, he still treated him with courtesy, after all, the powerful Han clan relatives are Liu Bei, Liu Zhang and Liu Qi, the three princes, and Liu Qi is the most powerful of the three princes, and his generation is also the same as himself, plus the age difference is not big, and he has already given birth to a heart to win over.

Wei Yan and the others were naturally happy when they saw that the Son of Heaven was so easy-going, and they hurriedly thanked them, and then stood at the bottom of the steps.

At this moment, I heard Guangluxun Pei Mao come forward and say: "The right general led the army to repel the invading enemy, and the defense of the society is meritorious, and His Majesty deserves a heavy reward." ”

The Son of Heaven originally wanted to win over Liu Qi, but now after listening to Pei Mao's words, he couldn't help but agree with it, so he asked Pei Mao: "Then what position should we give Liu Qi?" ”

But Pei Mao continued: "Liu Qi served the barbarians outside, and the princes of the interior, so that the lands of Jingzhou, Jiaozhou, and Yangzhou were all returned to the Han family, and he was the escort of the Son of Heaven, and the great credit was not much different from Cao Cheng, so Weichen thought that he should be worshiped as a captain." ”

The Son of Heaven nodded, although the Taiwei was in a high position, he was a fictitious position, and in terms of his current powerless emperor, it was the most suitable position to reward Liu Qi. The Son of Heaven glanced at Shang Shuling Xun Yu again, and saw that Xun Yu did not hold any objections, so he ordered to draft an edict to move Liu Qi to the rank of lieutenant, the general of the guard, and the appointment of Wei Yan and others as the marquis.

Wei Yan and the other generals hurriedly thanked him, and then asked the Son of Heaven to take Pei Mao and his family back to Jingzhou to reunite with Pei Qian, the assassin of Jiaozhou.

Seeing this, the Son of Heaven hurriedly consulted Pei Mao's opinion.

Pei Mao knew that one day in the court, his son Pei Qian would be held hostage by Cao Cao at any time, and immediately applied for Zhishi, and after the approval of the Son of Heaven, he decided to lead his sons Pei Jun, Pei Hui, Pei Ji, Pei Juan and their families to move to Xiangyang, completely relieving the concerns of the eldest son Pei Qian.

In fact, the Son of Heaven was very reluctant to let Pei Mao leave, because he knew that Pei Mao was loyal and upright, and he was an old minister of the third generation, and he had experienced the three dynasties of Emperor Ling, Emperor Shao and Emperor Xian, and before that, he led Duan Xuan to quell the rebellion of Li Dao and Guo Yan, and made great contributions to the imperial court, and was deeply respected by Cao Cao, but he was loyal to the Han family, and many times he did not buy Cao Cao's account, and he was a minister he relied on very much.

However, he saw that Pei Mao insisted on leaving, so he had no choice but to agree, in order to express his nostalgia for Pei Mao, he specially ordered someone to take out a hundred brocade horses from the treasury and reward Pei Mao.

After Pei Mao thanked him, he left the palace, and then returned to the palace, packed his bags, and prepared to leave Xuchang and go to Xiangyang at the same time as Wei Yan and others.

After Wei Yan thanked the emperor, he left the imperial city and came to Xuchang City, but he would not leave like this, and immediately led his troops to loot Cao Cao's treasury in Xuchang, and obtained more than 200,000 pieces of grain, countless armor and equipment, five or six thousand horses, more than 100,000 pieces of various brocade silk silks, and countless jewels and treasures.

Seeing that he couldn't stop it, he was inevitably convicted of Cao Cao in the future, so he decided to surrender to Liu Qi and led his family and clan to move to Xiangyang with Wei Yan and others.

At this time, Chen Chao, the son of Chen Gong, led his family to vote, asking to go to Xiangyang with Wei Yan, and the family members of Wei Xu, Song Xian, Hou Cheng and others came to vote, and Wei Xu's son also made a special trip to his aunt, Lu Bu's wife Wei's house, and persuaded Wei to go along, this Wei is Wei Xu's sister, because the brother surrendered to Liu Qi, suffered all the white eyes and ridicule, and was full of resentment against Cao Cao in his heart.

At that time, Cao Cao's concubine, Mrs. Du, that is, Qin Yilu's nominal wife Diao Chan, was taking her son Qin Lang to visit the Wei family, and was also forcibly taken to Wei Yan's army by the Wei family.

In the nearly two years after Lu Bu's death, Diao Chan visited Wei many times, took care of her, and communicated with her many times, Wei already knew that Qin Lang was actually Lu Bu's son, and she didn't want her husband's son to recognize the thief as her father, so she ignored Diao Chan's plea and took Qin Lang to Wei Yan's army together, and even in order to let Qin Lang have someone to take care of, even Diao Chan was forcibly taken away.

Wei Yan and the others naturally would not refuse this. After filling dozens of carts with these things, they left Xuchang City with these families and returned to Xiangyang.

Xun Yu didn't get the news until a long time after Wei Yan and others left Xuchang, he heard that Wei Yan left Xuchang with dozens of carts and tens of thousands of people, and suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart, because he knew very well that Wei Yan's army did not carry much material, and the troops led by him were at most seven or eight thousand people, and now there are dozens of vehicles, one or two thousand people, which must have been newly obtained in Xuchang. So in a panic, he immediately ordered someone to count the losses.

After a while, I heard the little official say that the materials of the entire Xuchang Mansion Treasury were almost looted, and Xi Cao Peng Chen Qun directly took refuge in Wei Yan because of fear of crime, and led his family members to leave Xuchang with Wei Yan, in addition, Lu Bu, Chen Gong, Wei Xu, Song Xian, Hou Cheng and other family members were all missing, and even his wife Du Shi was robbed together.

Xun Yu heard this, he was frightened at that time, Cao Cao went to fight Guandu this time, and there were not many materials in the army, and now he was looted by Liu Qi like this, and it was very difficult to even maintain normal expenses in the future, even if he defeated Yuan Shao this time, it may not be so easy to further conquer.

Chen Qun is a fellow villager with him, and he can be regarded as a great talent, so it is a pity that he left like this.

In addition, what worries Xun Yu the most is the disappearance of Mrs. Du, everyone knows that Cao Cao loves Mrs. Du the most, and now Mrs. Du has been robbed, which not only makes Cao Cao lose his favorite woman, but also loses face among the heroes: as a dignified prime minister, he can't even keep his own woman, how can he be called a prince?

Xun Yu didn't dare to slack off, and immediately wrote a letter to Cao Cao, reported the details to Cao Cao, and ordered someone to send it to Guandu as soon as possible.