Chapter 124: Conspiracy (4)

However, it was said that when Wei Xu, Song Xian, Yan Liang, and Wen Chou were engaged in a diplomatic battle more than ten miles to the southeast, Liu Dai and others led 30,000 cavalry from the east at the right time. It was at this time that I ordered the gates of the city to be opened, and I led two thousand horsemen out of the city to meet the battle.

"Less, less!" When Liu Dai and the others saw me leading the troops out of the city, they were all taken aback.

I chuckled and asked, "Why, it's surprising to see me here, isn't it?" ”

"You—you're not—" Liu Dai was about to say something, but suddenly realized that something was wrong.

I looked at him and said, "Do you want to say that I am not fighting against Yuan Shao and Cao Cao's troops on the bank of the Qin River, and how can I still be in the city at this time?" ”

They couldn't help but be stunned when they heard this. Immediately, Liu Dai's face changed, but he said, "Isn't it that the two of them have been defeated by you?" ”

I laughed and said, "Haha, you guys are stupid enough; You still want to fool me with such a little trick as "sound east and west", thinking that I am so easy to fool? ”

Liu Dai and the others looked at me in a daze, and were silent for a while.

"Hmph." Immediately, I sneered, waved my halberd and shouted, "Brothers, the brave will win when they meet on a narrow road, and I will kill these fools without leaving a piece of armor!" ”

"Kill!" Then the brothers cried out and slew with me against the enemy.

Seeing this, Liu Dai's subordinate soldiers couldn't help but be a little flustered for a while. But when he saw Bao Xin on the side, he hurriedly shouted: "Soldiers, don't be afraid, whoever can kill the young ones will be rewarded with a hundred taels of gold!" ”

However, none of the soldiers would answer his call, and all of them retreated in a hurry. This couldn't help but make Bao Xin feel a little puzzled, but said: "Hey, what are you doing here, give it to me!" ”

I immediately laughed and said, "Haha, you fools, today for your stupid behavior." Pay the bills! ”

As I spoke, I had taken the lead in rushing to the enemy formation for more than ten steps, but I saw that the sparse arrows in the enemy formation could not help me at all. As I approached, I stabbed the shield of one of the infantrymen with a halberd, and I heard a thud that pierced the shield. Due to the force of the impact, the soldier with the shield was shocked and flew out, knocking down several soldiers behind him.

"Let me show you my 'Eight Directions and Six Combinations' hammer technique!" Immediately, I swung the halberd with my shield stuck in it and unleashed the move of a sledgehammer. but he saw everywhere he went. All of them were smashed and fractured, and they were torn apart.

Liu Dai was immediately shocked when he saw this, and his frightened state was as if he had seen a ghost or god come to the world. Seeing that I was getting closer, he immediately felt a little nervous and wanted to run away. And at this moment, a herald suddenly came to him and said, "Report! Oh no, sir, the big camp has been broken by the enemy! ”

"W-what!" Liu Dai was stunned again when he heard this. Immediately, he couldn't care about everyone's previous plan, and he hurriedly ordered: "Retreat quickly!" ”

When I saw this, I immediately laughed, "Haha." Brothers, the rebel camp has been breached, and their end has come, kill me! ”

"Kill!" When the brethren heard this. Morale suddenly rose even higher. For a time, tens of thousands of enemy troops were killed and collapsed.

At this time, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao learned that Liu Dai's army was fighting with me. And it is retreating, and I can't help but be shocked immediately. So, the two didn't think twice. Hurriedly waved troops to help. However, just when the two of them led their army to the next or second mile of the city, another herald came to report: "Report! Oh no, sir, Huaicheng is being attacked by the enemy's elite at the moment! ”

"What!" When Yuan Shao heard this, he was also surprised.

At this time, Chen Wei left 500 men to defend the city, and had led the remaining 2,000 soldiers out of the city to meet the battle.

Seeing this, Cao Cao couldn't help but hurriedly said: "At the beginning, there is no room for loss in the rear, you and lead the army back to rescue, and I will lead the people and horses of the headquarters to stay behind." ”

Yuan Shao nodded and said, "Okay, I'm sorry for you." ”

At this moment, Yan Liang and the others happened to come back. Seeing the three of them dismount, Yan Liang arched his hand and said: "General Yuan, the last general is incompetent, and he returned after defeat, so I beg for punishment." ”

Yuan Shao saw that the three of them were so embarrassed, and immediately scolded: "You three stupid people, didn't you warn you to withdraw your troops quickly, how could you lose so many soldiers and horses!" ”

When the three of them heard this, they couldn't help but bow their heads in shame.

saw Cao Cao hurriedly said: "Oh, I don't have time to waste my words, hurry back to the city to rescue." ”

"I'll settle accounts with the three of you again!" Yuan Shao sighed, and quickly ordered to take the army back to the city to rescue.

When the three of them heard this, they couldn't help but sigh in mourning, and they also hurriedly got on their horses and marched back with the army.

At this time, Cao Cao had 5,000 soldiers under him, and in addition to the previous 1,000 recruits who had not been trained much, Yuan Shao allocated another 4,000 soldiers and horses to him. However, compared with the two thousand brave soldiers under Chen Wei, these soldiers are still not on the same level. After only a few kills, it was defeated. Then, Cao Cao had to hurriedly lead the rest of the men and horses to retreat elsewhere.

When Chen Wei saw Cao Cao fleeing, he ignored him and continued to pursue Yuan Shao's army behind. At that time, Yuan Shao was leading the army to cross the river, but he was immediately caught off guard by Chen Wei from the rear. After that, after several battles, they were killed and suffered a lot of losses.

Yuan Shao finally led most of his men and horses to cross the Qin River, and then encountered the news that the city had been breached. This immediately made him distraught, and he almost fell off his horse for a while.

After Qin Yi led the brothers to attack Huaicheng, he kept rushing and killing while looking for the place where the other party's grain and grass were. When they found the grain and grass, they didn't say a word about it, and all the fires were burned. After that, he quickly retreated, followed the original route, and successfully crossed the Qin River back to the north bank.

At that time, Liu Dai's sergeants were pursued by me all the way, and thousands of people were killed in one go, and thousands of soldiers surrendered. Liu Dai originally brought a total of nearly 40,000 foot horses, but now those who died in battle, those who were captured were captured, and only more than 10,000 horses could escape back alive.

In the days that followed, the two armies died down for the time being. From the west, however, people continued to flee to the east. After some inquiry, it turned out that Yuan Shao's troops began to forcibly levy rations from nearby people due to lack of food, causing many displaced people to flee to the east because of famine.

I sighed in my heart, no matter what, this kind of thing is also indirectly caused by me, and I have to make up for it. Therefore, I ordered my sergeants to open warehouses and release grain to help the victims. Due to the large number of refugees, the food in the warehouse was almost out of distribution in a short time, so I had to plan to lead the army and take the prisoners back to Chenggao. But before leaving, the people said they wanted to go with me, so I took them with me and left.

The number of the people was very large, probably more than a hundred thousand. The huge procession marched southward, and it took several days to cross the Yellow River.

During this period, Cao Cao suggested that Yuan Shao lead his army to attack, but Yuan Shao did not have the courage to launch a surprise attack on our army.

Since the surroundings of Luoyang were already dilapidated at this time, I arranged for the people to migrate to the land of Sanfu, and by the way, I sent Zhang Xiao to escort the captives to Dong Zhuo for integration. However, what I didn't expect was that Dong Zhuo did not collect the captives, but ordered them to be wrapped in coarse cloth coarse with lard, and then tied to a pillar, and ordered someone to light a fire from their feet and burn them all to death.

What is even more surprising, however, is that behind this brutality was only to please a woman, and even the previous burning of most of the palace and the houses within a radius of two hundred miles was the same reason. This is just like what the original king of Shang did in order to please Daji.

As for why Dong Zhuo did this? It's all because he bragged to the woman next to him, saying that now the world is under his control, and he is as supreme as the Son of Heaven, and no one dares to stop him no matter what he wants to do.

The woman, however, was incredulous. He also said that if it was as he said, he would set fire to the palace and the surrounding houses to see if it was as he said, and no one would dare to stop him.

So, in order to prove his authority, Dong Zhuo really did that.

However, the woman did not care afterwards. It is not uncommon to say that the house is a dead thing and can be rebuilt if it is gone, so no one dares to obstruct it.

Dong Zhuo saw that she didn't believe it, and said that even if he burned people alive, no one could stop him.

So, when I asked Zhang Xiao to send these captives to Dong Zhuo for collection, he once again burned all these people alive as he said before.

For Dong Zhuo's unreasonable behavior, I feel extremely angry. So, after I handed over the matter of migration to Huangfu Song, I immediately went to Bi Qiyuan, where Dong Zhuo was. I want to see what kind of woman can make a man so unreasonable. (To be continued......)