Chapter 60: The Three Heroes of Righteousness
Zhang Fei ate Guan Yu's kick, and was even more annoyed and angry, "Whoop" screamed and rushed towards Guan Yu, Guan Yu did a warm-up action in place, kept bouncing and just waited for Zhang Fei to approach, Zhang Fei shouted and pounced on Guan Yu like a tiger down the mountain, before Zhang Fei rushed to the front Guan Yu kicked Zhang Fei with a flying leg, right in Zhang Fei's chest, Zhang Fei couldn't help but take a few steps backwards when he was kicked, at this time Guan Yu's other foot flew again, and kicked Zhang Fei to the ground at once, Guan Yu immediately stepped on Zhang Fei's body, Zhang Fei couldn't move, Struggled hard, but no amount of struggle under Guan Yu's thigh would be useless
Zhang Fei was drunk and defeated by Guan Yu, and completely understood Guan Yu's power, Zhang Fei was beaten by Guan Yu for a while until he woke up with wine, and then Liu Bei was also awakened by the fight between the two, and pulled the two apart before giving up, as the saying goes, "if you don't fight, you don't know each other" Zhang Fei really realized Guan Yu's kung fu through this drink, and he also admired Guan Yu and didn't dare to make a mistake.
Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei then prepared to marry eight worship, the three chose an auspicious day of the zodiac, this day the sun is shining, the clouds are light and the wind is light, the three of them kill cattle and sheep, came to a peach orchard on the outskirts of the plain, at this time the peach blossoms are in full bloom, competing for beauty, the three of them then put on the offerings and sacrifices, immediately swear blood, and recite the words together: "I Liu Bei, I Guan Yu, I Zhang Fei, do not seek to be born in the same year, the same month, and the same day, but to die in the same year, the same month, and the same day, as evidenced by the yellow sky, the earth, and the heaven and earth!" This day happened to be a day when the peach blossoms were in full bloom, just like the legendary "Three Knots of the Heroes of Yan Taoyuan", this good story is really such a coincidence for Guan Yu after being reborn, everything is going on as arranged by heaven.
Liu Bei was 28 years old at this time and was a royal prince of the Han family, with an extraordinary background, both in age and seniority, he deservedly became the eldest of the three, Guan Yu was 26 years old at this time, and he was the general of the imperial court, ranking second; Zhang Fei is the youngest and ranks last. The three of them became brothers, and they swore to live and die together! That night, the three of them had a big feast to celebrate this memorable day, and they drank a mess
Besides, Dong Zhuo fled to the plains to recuperate, and couldn't help but wonder: his previous defeat was defeated, his troops were lost, his morale was greatly frustrated, and his previous defeat was broken by the Yellow Turban Army, and the court must blame it, how can it be good? You can't be fired because of this battle, right? Just like the previous Huangpu Song and Lu Zhi, not absolutely not, he wants to think of a foolproof strategy, Dong Zhuo has been a member of the imperial court for many years and has made friends with many powerful people in the imperial court, this time he wants to see the energy of these magnates, he began to filter those people in his mind, he wants to think about a person who can work hardest, the one who can speak for himself the most, and the person who has the closest relationship with the emperor and the deep trust of the emperor, so it should be the talent around the emperor. With: The most important thing to speak in today's court is the ten permanent servants around the emperor, the ten permanent servants are Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong, Duan Qi, Hou Lan, these people are all eunuchs, but they are the people who are in power to the government and the opposition, the red people around Emperor Han Ling, naturally speak with the most weighty, Dong Zhuo also had a lot of contacts with these ten permanent servants before, he once gave heavy gifts to the ten permanent servants to help speak, and sure enough, he became the Taishou of Hedong as he wished, and that was a few years ago.
Now the power of the ten permanent servants in the court is unprecedentedly high, many things are in their hands, and these ten permanent servants are very greedy for money, so Dong Zhuo has to hope for these ten permanent servants this time, only they can help him get out of the predicament, Dong Zhuo decided to target the ten permanent servants after calculation, he decided to send the ten permanent servants a heavy gift to calm his own suffering, Dong Zhuo made up his mind to take out his old bottom this time: give the ten permanent servants a golden bead to calm the matter, At the same time, Dong Zhuo also specially explained in his letter to the Ten Standing Servants that he hoped that the Ten Standing Servants would help him speak and not let him receive the levy again, and that he was willing to return to Xiliang to take up his post, and Dong Zhuo hoped that the Ten Standing Servants could help. Dong Zhuo made up his mind, and soon sent a fast horse for hundreds of miles to send the gold beads and letters, while he waited for news in the plains. …,
However, the news of Dong Zhuo's defeat flew to the eastern capital Luoyang like snowflakes, and Emperor Han Ling couldn't help but be shocked when he heard it: "How is this good!" What a good thing that is! ”
Emperor Ling convened all the ministers overnight to discuss countermeasures, and all the ministers seemed helpless about the battle ahead. The top priority is still to restart the generals Huangpu Song and Lu Zhi, with Huangpu Song as the governor of the capital, Lu Zhi as the deputy general, and Zhu Jun, the right Zhonglang general sent before, to attack the Yellow Turban military to calm the situation! ”
Zuo Feng, the squire of the Yellow Gate, retorted: "Now that the Yellow Turban is powerful, how can the imperial court take the righteous army that went out to fight?" It's better to let Dong Zhuo continue to deal with the Yellow Turban Army in the local area, drag Zhang Jiao, and then wait for the imperial court to assemble an army before making a decision! ”
"Dong Zhuo has been defeated, the loss of troops will frustrate the majesty of our court, and the division is not good, so he should be held accountable and cannot be requisitioned for the post of governor of the capital, and must be removed!" He Jin continued.
Zuo Feng admonished again: "Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and it is reasonable for Dong Zhuo to suffer defeat after the thief is huge, not to mention that Dong Zhuo has always had military exploits in the imperial court and cannot be killed with a stick, and I hope that Your Majesty will be clear!" ”
Emperor Ling saw that the ministers of the court were arguing for a while, and he had no idea for a while, so he waved his hand and signaled the ministers to retreat, so the court had a few days of disputes, and there were many voices in the court for a while, and the opinions could not be unified, but at this time, He Jin was a general and an uncle, and his sister He Hou was the queen of Emperor Ling's main room, so He Jin was a relative in the court, and naturally his words had a certain weight, but now the court has another different voice, that is, the voice of the eunuchs, that is, the ten permanent attendants, These two forces are fighting openly and covertly between the DPRK and China, and they are tilting against each other, so it is difficult to unify their opinions.
However, the ten permanent attendants soon received Dong Zhuo's heavy gift and Zeng Shang's handwritten letter, this time the ten permanent attendants were happy all of a sudden, this is easy to do, Dong Zhuo asked no longer to bring troops to conscript, and also asked the ten permanent attendants to arrange a good place for him to go, of course the ten permanent attendants know how to push the boat down the river, this day the Emperor Ling of the court asked the ministers again, He Jin continued to go out to support Huangpu Song and Lu Zhi and Zhu Jun to jointly recruit the Yellow Turban, this time the ten permanent attendants did not object but unexpectedly suggested to the Emperor Ling: "Your Majesty!" The general is reasonable, if the Yellow Turban Army can't contain the endless troubles, Huangpu Song, Lu Zhi, and Zhu Jun are the important generals of the imperial court to quell the rebellion, and now the Western Qiang Army is in turmoil again, Han Sui and Ma Teng are approaching Xiliang again, the West is tight, and the West must send more generals to sit in Xiliang to keep the West safe! ”