In Hebei, Chun Yuqiong's drunkenness can be said to be known to everyone. But who knows that ten years ago, when Chun Yuqiong was one of the eight captains of the West Garden, the captain of the right military academy, he didn't drink at all? At that time, he was conscientious and conscientious in defending the imperial city, in order to avoid delaying his duty, even if there was a banquet to shirk it, he was still drinking fruit wine that women and children would only drink at the banquet.

For this reason, he was ridiculed by his friends. These things are still fresh in Luan's memory.

So now...... He became a partial general by Yuan Shao's side, why did he become addicted to alcohol?

As soon as the word "partial general" was mentioned, Chun Yuqiong felt distressed. A general is a general, and he has to be a partial, a deputy general.

I think that at the beginning, he and Yuan Shao were both the eighth school of the West Garden, and they were equal existences. Later, when Yuan Shao got into trouble, he thought that he was kind to himself in the Yuan family, so he threw himself into Yuan Shao's account, and he was the earliest general in Yuan Shao's array. When he led the troops under Yuan Shao, Yan Liang also used him as a pawn, leading the horse all day long, like a pug. Now it's a good thing, Yan Liang jumped on his head and became a general.

It is true that Chun Yuqiong himself has to admit that Yan Liang's martial arts are stronger than him, and his ability to lead troops is also better than him. But after all, he Chun Yuqiong was the first person to support him Yuan Benchu, and if he hadn't led 3,000 men and horses to come here, Yuan Benchu wouldn't even have a decent part.

It was with the help of Chun Yuqiong's 3,000 army that Yuan Shao grew stronger and stronger, and was able to sit on the throne of the alliance leader when the princes of the Nineteenth Route crusaded against Dong Zhuo.

Subsequently, Chun Yuqiong worked hard in Yuan Shao's attack on Jizhou, Bingzhou, and Youzhou, although there was nothing commendable, but he did not make mistakes, and there should be hard work without merit. He worked so hard, but Yuan Shao only rewarded him with some money and made him a partial general. And junior generals like Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhang He, and Gao Ran are all in front of him.

He felt a big loss of face, and when he was unhappy in his heart, he couldn't help but wonder, is it really so difficult to be crowned a general with his qualifications?

Disheartened, he began to drink alcohol to kill his sorrows, drinking day after day, and gradually became addicted, especially like to drink spirits like the fairy brew.

Whenever he mentions fairy brewing, Chun Yuqiong will praise "Luan Yi is a friend enough." "Back then, when Emperor Xianling was alive, Luan Yi, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and him all lived in Luoyang. Luan Yi didn't know where he learned that his grandfather (who is also his father-in-law) loved to drink fairy brew, so he sent two jars of fairy brew to the house for the old man to drink openly.

Two jars of fairy brew are worth a lot of money. Chun Yuqiong wanted to retreat, but Luan Yi was really enthusiastic and said: "On the bank of the Wei River back then, my brother saved my life, and he was my life-saving benefactor. The grace of dripping water should be repaid by the spring, and what is outside the body is nothing, let the old man take it back and drink it. ”

Chun Yuqiong also said that Luan Yi would send such a generous profit if he had something to ask for, but after thinking about it, he was just a warrior defending the city, and Luan Ziqi was a celebrity around the emperor, with his hands and eyes reaching the sky, so what could he do to help!

So, he brought the two jars of fairy brew home. Since then, two jars of immortal brew have been delivered to his house on a regular basis every month. This habit continued until he moved his family to Yecheng, Jizhou, and his grandfather died. To this day, the banks of the Great River have been blocked by Yuan Shao, but the two altars of immortal brew every month will still appear outside his mansion on time in the early morning of the 15th.

In this regard, Chun Yuqiong was very moved. even once wondered if he didn't come to Hebei to serve Yuan Shao, but instead went to Jinan, would he be more effective under Luan Yi.

Every time he thinks of this, he regrets that the past has become the past, and the road he has walked can no longer be walked.

This day coincided with September 17, and at dawn the day before yesterday, when the family opened the door of the house, they "picked" the fairy brew of the month on the stone steps in front of the door as promised. Subsequently, according to Chun Yuqiong's previous instructions, a special person was sent to send them to the old city.

Smelling the aroma of the wine brewed by the gods, Chun Yuqiong's index finger moved. Immediately called the deputy generals Zhao Rong and Han Yizi, who were good generals. He also asked the soldier to prepare a few side dishes to accompany the wine, and chatted while eating the dishes and sipping the wine.

As the saying goes, things gather people in groups, and the content of the chatter between the three of them is nothing more than some grumbling words, expressing dissatisfaction with Yuan Shao and the high-level executives. During this time, discontent rose again. For no other reason, Yuan Shao has not paid wages to Chun Yuqiong's brothers for a long time.

Chun Yuqiong sighed and said: "As the saying goes, 'if the army has no wealth, the soldiers will not come; There is no reward for the army, and the soldiers do not go. There will be hanging fish under the bait, and there will be brave men under the reward. 'Why are these brothers willing to carry their heads and serve as soldiers?' Isn't it just to earn some money to go home and raise children! It's good now, the reward and food from half a year ago have not been paid until now. It's strange that they are willing to die. ”

Zhao Rong nodded, "As far as I know, not only our army, but all other armies are like this, and there is a serious arrears of wages. On the contrary, it is said that Luan Ziqi's silver salary was given in a timely manner, and the amount was as much as fifty times that of the lord. Tut-tut...... Could it be that Luan Ziqi will turn stones into gold. Where did you get so much money and food. ”

Chun Yuqiong giggled, "Where did you get the money and food?" Just look at what's in the bowl. ”

"Huh?" Zhao Rong glanced at the liquor in the bowl, "The general refers to the immortal brew?"

"Yes." Chun Yuqiong tapped the wine stains on the corner of her mouth with her fingertips, and then stuffed it to her lips and greedily sucked it, and said, "Now a stone of grain is only how much it is, but it's only forty wen." With one stone of grain being able to make a jar of wine, the value of grain worth forty wen was changed by Luan Yi's skillful hands, and the value immediately increased thousands of times, becoming a fine wine worth fifty silver. Do you think he can run out of money? ”

Zhao Rong was relieved, looked up to the sky and laughed, "Thousands of times! Obediently, this is more powerful than turning stones into gold! ”

"That's it!" In this regard, Chun Yuqiong has always admired Luan Yi very much, "In addition to fairy brewing, glass, and tea, which Luan Yi is not a source of wealth." He never worries about military pay! ”

Zhao Rong changed his smile and said indignantly: "It is rumored that the lord's subordinates are actually quite well-off, enough to pay military salaries. It's just that last year, he temporarily decided to build a new house in Yuyang City, Youzhou, but as a result, all the military funds were misappropriated to build the house, which caused the low-level soldiers to not be paid. ”

"I've heard about that, too." Han Yizi said worriedly: "At first, I thought it was a rumor made up by the Holy Mother Sect. It wasn't until a credible person said that he saw that half of the mansion of the lord Yuyang City had been built, and he knew that it was not groundless. Did you know? I heard that it was Guo Gong who asked the lord to build a house in Yuyang. As for the reason...... In order to prevent Luan Ziqi from conquering Jizhou, the lord lost his foundation, so he built a mansion in Youzhou for future state affairs. He rubbed his pantothenic forehead and said, "The battle is not over yet, so let's prepare for the future." What is this called? It's strange that you can win the battle. ”

At the mention of Guo Tu, Zhao Rong gritted his teeth with hatred, if it weren't for Guo Tu's exclusion, how could he have ended up in such a field now, and was sent to the rear army to do such despicable things to take care of grain and grass. "Everyone in the world knows that Guo Tu is a traitor, but the lord doesn't know it."

"Hey! The lord was blinded by the traitor, how to achieve great things. Han Yizi's face was full of melancholy.

"Big deal! Hmph......" Chun Yuqiong snorted coldly and didn't say much. Suddenly the tent became audible.

At this time, a sentry suddenly broke into the big tent and reported: "General, the granary of the Beiying Genzi position is suddenly on fire. ”

Chun Yuqiong also said that someone accidentally knocked down torches, lamps and candles, etc., which ignited the hay. This has happened before, and as long as you don't set the whole granary on fire, it's not a big deal. He waved his hand impatiently and said, "You don't have to report such a trivial matter, just organize your own people to put out the fire." ”

The sentry had just received the order to retreat, and another person broke into the tent, "General, it's not good, the ugly number, the Yin number, the Chen number, and the uncharacter number granaries are all on fire." The fire is very strong, and it is spreading to other grains and grasses by the wind. ”

"What?" Chun Yuqiong came back to her senses and showed a look of surprise. Today is a sunny day, there is neither lightning nor thunder, where is the fire? Apparently, someone was setting the fire.

The ensuing alarm bells immediately confirmed Chun Yuqiong's guess.

On this night when the southwest wind was blowing, Luan Yi quietly led 8,000 men and horses to wait quietly upwind in the northeast. Staying in the Dazhai of Chunyu Qionggu City, the flames broke out, and he suddenly understood that the "air force" he sent - "Firebirds" and "Birds" played a role. Later, while Yuan Bing was busy fighting the fire in the village, he suddenly burst out and launched a fierce attack on Dazhai.

Yuan Bing was caught off guard, and the village was cut down in an instant. Eight thousand church guards poured into the village like a tide, throwing out the Molotov cocktails and flammable materials prepared in advance, and the flames spread everywhere, and the flames soared into the sky, and the Yuan soldiers who were fighting the fire had not had time to extinguish the fire attracted by the birds on the warehouse, and the new flames came with the wind, but swallowed them into flames, and burned them to ashes together with the granary and the tent.

The whole area was filled with the smell of burnt wood, grain, and leather, which was very choking.

Luan Yi had already prepared, and ordered the soldiers to wrap the soaked silk scarves around their faces to cover their mouths and noses, so the smoke and dust in the sea of fire had little effect on them, on the other hand, a group of Yuan soldiers poured blood berries, ten fires and nine chokes, and the vast majority of people who died in the fire were actually choked first and then burned to death.

At this time, Yuan Bing was facing the dilemma of billowing smoke, coughing one after another, and poor breathing caused fatigue. Even the battle is unstable, let alone fighting.

In addition, the 6,000 Yuan soldiers who were in charge of guarding the warehouse were all old and weak in the army, but the 8,000 guards brought by Luan Yi were carefully selected soldiers. Whether it is the strength of troops or the quality of soldiers, Luan Yi has the upper hand.

More importantly, at this time, the main generals of the old city were all drinking and feasting in the big tent of Chun Yuqiong, and the soldiers who lost their generals were scattered, and they could not organize an effective resistance at all.

How could Luan Yi let go of such a good opportunity, and ordered Yu Ban to lead 2,000 men and horses to rush to the right, Xu Huang also commanded 2,000 soldiers to rush to the left, he led the Chinese army to charge 4,000 frontally, and the three-way soldiers and horses swept from north to south like ploughing. In just one stick of incense, all the granaries were set on fire.

At the same time, Luan Yi led his army to kill in front of the big tent of the army in the old city.