Chapter Seventy-One: Tears of the Sleepless Night
Huainan Yangzhou, north of the Yangtze River and south of the Huai River, is now Anhui, Jiangsu.
The main city of Shouchun has been abused by Yuan Shu, Li Xun and others, and the people have almost become an empty city. When Sun Ce was fighting the battle of Guandu in Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, he sent Cheng Pu Huang Gai to Shouchun, wanting to seize the rich land of Huainan and raid Xuchang in order to fill the army.
The Jiangdong army attacked several times, Li Xun Lei Bo collapsed, and then Cheng Pu Huanggai entered Shouchun City, looking at the empty city, the cold bluestone slab ground, and the grass houses did not know which way to fall.
Wrinkles appeared on Cheng Puhuang's brow, not to mention supplementing the army, this city must be upside down. Cheng Pu Huang Gai left 5,000 soldiers and horses and a large amount of grain and grass in Shouchun, and returned to Jiangdong. When Sun Ce was killed, the Jiangdong family was ready to move, the Shanyue rebellion was heavy one after another, most of the Jiangdong soldiers in Shouchun were withdrawn, Li Xunlei made a comeback, the bandit rebels rose up, and the soldiers and horses of Xuzhou also came to join in the fun. From the main city of Shouchun to the counties and villages of all sizes, Huainan fell into a scuffle, the war raged, the people were displaced, and the mourning was everywhere.
Until Liu Bei led a large army from Runan to fight Shouchun.
Liu Bei knew that land was the foundation of the cause of the emperors and princes, and the people were the pillars. When Liu Bei went to Huainan, he did not directly fight Shouchun City, where the warlords of all parties were fighting, but slowly fought one county after another. How many guards did the county hold, Liu Bei easily took every county seat, and then spent a lot of time publicizing, publicizing that Liu Bei Liu Xuande was the uncle of the Han Emperor, and benevolence was all over the world, and he came to the world to save the situation of the collapse of the Han dynasty and save the people in the world; The army he led is a benevolent and righteous army, even if it is an unforgivable enemy of social evil, he will not be completely annihilated, and he attacked this county town specifically to protect your people.
Liu Bei then raised the tax in the midst of the people's love and cheers for him.
Liu Bei fought steadily in Huainan, capturing money, food and equipment every time he captured a city, and new soldiers were constantly added in, and the soldiers fought more and more.
On this day, Liu Bei was giving a speech and promoting, "If you farm honestly at home, you will be oppressed by all kinds of cannibalistic bandits and princes." Therefore, the most surviving way out is to follow me, follow me in the army, or live under the protection of my patron Han Tianzi. ”
Suddenly, the intelligence soldier appeared, looking nervous and hesitant, and shouted softly beside him:
"Lord, lord."
Liu Bei looked bored when he heard it, I was giving a speech, in front of so many people, I am very shameless if you disturb me, Liu Bei pretended not to hear.
"Lord, lord." The intelligence officer shouted again, his voice getting louder.
"Alright, that's all for today, let's go back." Liu Bei shouted to everyone, the people were almost gone, Liu Bei approached the intelligence soldiers, "Say, what's the matter?" ”
At this time, Guan Xing, Zhang Bao and other generals also gathered, Liu Bei didn't know what information there was, and they didn't know either.
The intelligence soldier said cautiously: "Lord, General Guan Yu died in battle. This is Jiang Wan's revised book. ”
"Hey, isn't there a dead general, the lieutenant general of our army is like this, what do you say? Who do you say died in battle? Liu Bei glared at the intelligence soldier, his two big ears turned red, and he fanned involuntarily.
"Guan Yu, general, died in battle." The intelligence soldier looked at Liu Bei and said word by word.
Liu Bei watched him intently After speaking, he immediately burst into tears, and the crying did not stop for a long time, "Whoa, whoa, whoa, oh." In the meantime, he shouted, "My second brother! "Why did you die so miserably!" "I don't want to be born on the same day, the same month, but I want to die on the same day, the same month, the same year." It's vague and doesn't seem to want others to hear it clearly.
But Liu Bei has cried so many times, and his ability to cry is absolutely amazing. Listening to this cry makes people feel inexplicably sad, and it makes people think of the sorrow all over the wilderness, the world is full of vegetarianism, the landslides and the ground is cracked, there is no grass, there is no life, and the lives are displaced, and these disasters seem to be caused by themselves!
Hearing that Guan Yu was not too sad, the generals gradually cried with Liu Bei.
Liu Bei cried and cried, and even tears were left.
"Lord Princess, your body is important." Someone advised Liu Bei, and the generals listened to someone's advice, and they all stopped crying and said to Liu Bei.
Liu Bei was waiting for them to persuade him not to cry, crying even harder, and howling:
"Second brother! Why don't I follow you today! As he spoke, he was about to hit the curtain behind the stage. Under the stage, a cold-eyed bystander who stayed to watch the excitement estimated that Liu Bei couldn't die if he bumped into it like this, and looking at him like this, he would probably fall almost as much.
When the generals heard Liu Bei say this, they panicked, and hurriedly stepped forward to pull Liu Bei, and all kinds of persuasions continued.
The people left in the audience to watch the excitement, seeing Liu Bei crying so hard, immediately felt that this lord was very humane and trustworthy. Although he didn't know what he was crying about, he nodded yes.
After crying for a while, Liu Bei returned to the City Lord's Mansion in the company of the generals.
In the evening, Liu Bei and the generals wore white scarves on their heads, drank heartily, and calmly Liu Bei said:
"Everyone, although the second brother is dead, I can't keep the oath of the three of us, because I want to avenge the second brother!" As he spoke, he began to cry again, "Everyone, we are now at the time of life and death, and I have to rely on you even more!" Come, everyone, after we have drunk this glass of wine, we will go east and destroy Jiangdong! Everyone had a toast with Liu Bei.
A funeral banquet is as lively as a wedding wine.
"Lord Princess." An intelligence officer appears in the doorway.
"Say, what's the matter?" Liu Bei took advantage of the wine and shouted.
"General Zhang Fei died in battle."
"Ahh Who died in battle? Who is it! Liu Bei reacted, and suddenly he was completely drunk, and it was another big cry, howling, tears were crying, and the generals also cried with him, like a mourner, which was better than during the day. Someone thought of the afternoon, and immediately persuaded Liu Bei, "Lord, your body is important, we have to take revenge on General Guan Yu and Zhang Fei!" Liu Bei cried harder, and the generals also cried harder.
In the middle of the night, all the generals left.
Liu Bei was completely sleepy, walked to the railing outside the house, and scanned the empty streets in the city, the vast plains outside the city, the leisurely moonlight in the sky, the heavy clouds, and loneliness, which gradually permeated Liu Bei's heart.
Liu Bei thought of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's bits and pieces, remembered the black face and red face, remembered the roar and simplicity of the black face, remembered the self-cultivation of the red face, and never saw them again.
The sadness of depression is inexplicably used in my heart, and my breath seems to be blocked by a sticky substance, so I think I want to cry.