Chapter 33: Poor Lu Zhi
At the same time, in Yingchuan, Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao led 200,000 Yellow Turban troops against the 80,000 Han army led by Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun. The Yellow Turban Army suffered setbacks in successive battles, and finally retreated to the Changshe and camped according to the grass.
Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun attacked Changshe by night with a fire attack, but the plan was leaked in advance, and in the end, not only failed to defeat the Yellow Turban Army as he wished, but lost a lot of people.
At this point, the armies of the two sides entered a stalemate stage at Changshe.
Our army marched all the way south, marched for a month, and before we reached the boundary of Julu Land, a not very good news reached me.
It turned out that Lu Zhi was framed for not agreeing to Huangmen Zuofeng's request for bribes. Lu Zhi escorted him to Beijing, and Dong Zhuo was sent over in place of Lu Zhi.
Dong Zhuo finally appeared! is a fat man again, I need to discuss with him to make him lose weight, after all, it is too crowded to accommodate two fat people in one place.
When Liu Bei heard this, he still didn't help his teacher in a hurry, and he couldn't help but feel sad, but his teacher was still ready to ask for guilt. Liu Bei thought to himself that he should hurry up and see the teacher, otherwise it might be the last one.
"My lord, since my teacher Lu Zhonglang has been questioned, he will be escorted back to Beijing, and I have the heart to go to see each other, and I hope that the lord will be successful." Liu Bei hurriedly gave a speech to Chu Xiong.
"Xuande, since we are here together, we will naturally go together. Anyway, I want to visit Master Lu. "Originally, I thought that Lu Zhi would not encounter this kind of thing because of my arrival, but I didn't expect that I still can't escape this fate now. It's not that I think Lu Zhi is good, but Lu Zhi is the commander of the army, and he is also a great Confucian at that time, advocating benevolence, and it is much easier for me to save the 100,000 Yellow Turban Army prisoners from him. If Lu Zhi is replaced, I don't know who he will replace, in case he is replaced by Zhu Jun, who advocates killing a hundred examples, it will be troublesome! As soon as I thought of this, I was also anxious, and I didn't say much at the moment, so that Liu Bei could concentrate on hurrying.
After chasing a few hours and finally catching up with the prisoner car, just after they were all walking, walking can't go fast, otherwise I am estimated to be tired to death, and I have been rushing for a month, but it is not something that my fat man can bear, although I am not a horseman, I don't know how to practice the iron butt of those cavalry.
I walked over and first saluted Lu Zhi in the prisoner car, and then comforted: "Lord Lu! There's no need to rush! I just listened to the brothers briefly explain what happened, but what is going on, I have to trouble the adults to tell me! ”
The soldiers didn't stop us when they saw us coming over in such a big battle, and directly asked me to talk to Lu Zhi.
"Humph!" Hearing me ask, Zuo Feng of the Yellow Gate in front of him had an angry face and snorted.
I suddenly heard someone shouting to my mother: "In the end, it's not these eunuchs who have misled the country!" ”
Lu Zhi looked at Liu Bei, who looked like a tearful man, and ignored him, and said to himself, "On that day, the old man sent troops from Luoyang, and His Majesty appointed Huangmen Zuo Feng to supervise the army, so Zuo Feng deliberately asked the old man for trouble, the purpose was to ask the old man for a bribe!" The old man is such a noble person, how could he do such a dirty thing, naturally he categorically refused! Unexpectedly, Zuo Feng held a grudge, this time the old man sent troops here, Zuo Feng turned his head and sued His Majesty, saying that the old man was here to eat, drink and have fun, regardless of the heavy expenses of the imperial court, and the good news was frequent, but the old man was stubborn and did not make any progress, it must be ill-intentioned! Hum! It's nonsense! ”
Hearing Lu Zhi's explanation, Zuo Feng also had an angry face, his face had turned jujube red, and his nostrils were constantly spewing out. I was silent, I didn't expect things to happen like this, in history, the crime that Zuo Feng weaved for Lu Zhi seems to be "high base without fighting, snubbing the morale of the army"! Now it has become "ill-intentioned"? It can be seen that there is no excuse for the sin that you want to add! Lu Zhi is destined to have this catastrophe, but I don't know if he can survive this pass without danger this time as in history. Lu Zhi continued: "Your Majesty actually listened to the eunuch's slander, and directly ordered the removal of the old man from his position as commander, and the old man should be escorted to Luoyang for interrogation!" It's a pity that the old man is dedicated to the public, and he will be treated like this! The sky has no eyes! As he spoke, Lu Zhi couldn't help but sigh.
"Be careful!" Hearing Lu Zhi's words, I hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him. At the moment, this is still the Yellow Turban Rebellion, this sky and yellow sky are big forbidden words, plus those around him are all people from Luoyang, if Lu Zhi's words reach the ears of people in Luoyang, I am afraid that Lu Zhi is really going to be in trouble!
I saw that Zuo Feng was so angry that I hurried over and gave up my position to Liu Bei to nag. Walked to Zuo Feng and took out two big gold ingots and secretly stuffed them to him, "In Xiazhuo County, I am too protective of Chuxiong, this point, please smile, please smile, please trouble Lord Zuo Don't embarrass Lord Lu along the way, next time I go to Luoyang, I will be grateful in the next place." ”
I secretly told Zuo Feng, but I couldn't let Lu Zhi hear it, the old man was arrested because he didn't bribe. Zuo Feng was worried about the gold in his hand, and said, "Don't worry, Lord Chu, I will definitely let Lord Lu go to Luoyang comfortably." "I was still thinking about how much gold Chu Xiong would give next time.
I also ordered to take out some gold and silver from the left and right, and rewarded the officers and soldiers who escorted Lu Zhi, so that they could treat Lu Zhi well. He left ten cavalrymen behind and ordered them to take care of Lu Zhi along the way until Lu Zhi was fine, and then returned to Zhuo County to resume his life. Liu Bei is also a decisive person, comforting and crying a few words, and then came back to stand behind me, and he knew who the master was.
I thought to myself: This is Uncle Liu Huang, who is full of benevolence and righteousness? Why just say a few empty words, don't say anything, express! Just came back, the consciousness is so high, it seems that I have to settle it?
I shook my head and put aside my opinion of Liu Bei for the time being, leaving it to think about it later when I have time. At that moment, I said to Lu Zhi: "Lu Gong, I originally came thousands of miles to help you break the thief because of your disciple Liu Bei, but now, Lu Gong has suffered, and I feel guilty." Otherwise, I will kill these people immediately, take you back to Luoyang to plead guilty, and clear your name.
When Zuo Feng and the others heard this, their faces turned white, and they immediately wanted to draw their knives, thinking, why is this person going to kill people with a smile.
After listening to me, Lu Zhi replied without thinking: "No! I am now guilty of the Son of Heaven, and I am strengthened by the Dharma, so how can I escape without permission! In this way, will it not ruin my faithfulness for the rest of my life? And the military situation is urgent, a good opportunity to break the enemy, fleeting, although I am in a cage, but there is still that Zhonglang general Dong Zhuo in office, since you are here to break Guangzong, how can you harm the major affairs of the military state for me? If Lord Chu is unhappy about my affairs, after the victory of this battle, he will tell me what happened to me in detail and learn about it to the Holy Lord, and exonerate me. Clear Your Majesty's eyes and ears, and return my innocence! ”
I saw that the old man Lu Zhi was very resolute, so I nodded and agreed. Turned around and walked towards Guangzong.
Lu Zhi looked at the fat man and Liu Bei who were far away, and his heart was warm for a while, he was in trouble, or this named disciple would miss the old man, his lord was also a benevolent and righteous person, and he actually came with him to save the old man in person. I couldn't help but tears rolling in my eyes.