Chapter 51: Out of the Ranks
But it was said that Li and Guo wanted to kill the emperor. Zhang Ji and Fan Chou admonished: "No." If you kill him today, I am afraid that everyone will not accept it, so it is better to threaten the Son of Heaven to go to Chang'an, and then kill him, and the world can get it. Li and Guo followed their words and held down their weapons. The emperor proclaimed upstairs: "Wang Yun is punished, why don't the military horses retreat?" Li Dao and Guo Yan said respectfully, "The ministers saw that Luoyang was defeated, and it was difficult to be the Beijing teacher, so I specially asked His Majesty to move Chang'an, Chang'an is rich, and he should be the Beijing teacher!" "No!" Taichang Qing Chongfu, Tai Servant Lu Kui, Da Honglu Zhou Huan, Cheng Gate Captain Cui Lie, and Yue Cavalry Captain Wang Qi all spoke out and persuaded, "Your Majesty, this is a thief's plan, Your Majesty must not follow it!" When Li Xun heard this, he was resentful in his heart, and he killed the five people, and then said, "Your Majesty! Please also move the shelves! Emperor Xian was angry and frightened, seeing that all the officials in the court were terrified, they were afraid to speak, and their hearts were painful. Li Xun and others were afraid that the Kwantung army would arrive, so they waved their troops straight into the inner palace, held the emperor and hundreds of officials hostage, and ran to Chang'an overnight. Jia Xu looked at the defeated Luoyang and said, "So Luoyang, you can't stay with the Kwantung Coalition Army anymore!" Li urged him to obey and set fire to the city, and the people fled. Luoyang, after two burnings, finally lonely, the raging fire burned for three days before slowly extinguished, and when the Kwantung coalition army arrived in Luoyang, his face changed. Looking at Luoyang again, the city is in ruins, there are countless corpses on the road, faintly there is a little smell of meat, the city is scorching, and even the wind blowing is hot! Let's say that Sun Jian flew to Luoyang, looking at the flames in the distance, black smoke covering the ground, two or three hundred miles, there were no chickens and dogs, and the princes each stationed military horses on the wasteland. Cao Cao came to see Yuan Shao and said, "Now that Dong is a thief, the rest of the sins coerce the Son of Heaven and hundreds of officials, and they can take advantage of the situation to pursue and attack; Why not move at the beginning? Yuan Shao became the master of the alliance, and he was very proud in his heart, and when he heard Cao Cao's words, his face suddenly sank, and he said, "The soldiers are tired, and it is useless to enter." Cao Cao said angrily, "The remnants of the Dong thieves burned the palace, robbed the Son of Heaven, and the sea was shaken, and I don't know where to go: when this day dies, the world will be decided in a war." Why don't you doubt? "The princes looked at Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, and they all said that they should not be moved. Cao was furious and said: "The erector is not enough and conspiracy!" Then he led more than 10,000 troops, led Xiahoudun, Xiahouyuan, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Li Dian, Le Jin, and came to catch up with Dong Zhuo in the starry night. While walking, I saw Cao Cao sigh secretly, "As Silang said, the armies in the alliance have two hearts!" ”
Before the words were spoken, shouts were shouted all around, and the ambush army suddenly came out. It turned out that Jia Xu was worried that the Kwantung Army would follow, and Naite left an ambush army. Cao Cao is worthy of being a hero, he is not afraid of danger, his command is determined, and he and his generals fight a bloody road.
After fighting to the death for an hour, Cao Cao escaped and found a place for the soldiers to rest, but Xiahou Yuan smiled and said, "I regret not listening to Silang's words!" Seeing that there were only more than a thousand of thousands of people left in a moment, Cao Cao felt very uncomfortable.
Glancing at the tired soldiers under his command painfully, Cao Cao hated those Kwantung princes deeply, and he did not go back to Luoyang and Tiger Prison, but went straight to Yangzhou. It is said that Cao Cao wanted to lead the troops back to Yangzhou, passing through Qingzhou on the way. And Qingzhou, as Guo Jia and Xi Zhong said, is full of thieves. The Yellow Turban thieves in Qingzhou, with millions of people, invaded Yanchuan, killed Zheng Sui, the prime minister of Rencheng, and transferred to Dongping. Yanzhou assassin Liu Dai wants to use soldiers to attack the yellow turban thief. Bao Xinzhi said: "At present, there are millions of thieves, and the momentum is huge, the common people are terrified and afraid, the soldiers have no fighting spirit, and the thieves are strong and invincible. When I observed the situation of the thieves, the masses were in a rabble, they followed each other in front and back, there was no organization, and there was no heavy grain and grass in the army, and they only used plunder for the purpose of the army, not a strong army. Today's plan is not as good as the strength of the cattle breeders, first stick to the city and not come out, the thieves will not fight against me, and they will not be able to attack and cannot be attacked, and the thieves will inevitably have a discrete heart, and then I will select elite soldiers, according to their vital points, and attack them, and they will be able to break the thieves. Liu Dai didn't listen, but led his troops to battle, and was killed by the Yellow Turban thief. Bao Xinnai and the state official Wan Qian, etc., went to Dongjun to welcome Cao Cao to lead the Yanzhou pastor. Cao Cao is in Yanzhou, recruiting talents. There are two uncles and nephews to vote for exercise: Nai Yingchuan Yingyin people, surnamed Xun, named Yu, the character Wenruo, the son of Xun Qi; Yuan Shao in the past, now abandon Shao and vote; Cao and Yu Dayue, said: "This is my son's room!" So he thought it was a marching horse. His nephew Xun You, the word Gongda, a famous man in the sea, once worshiped the Huangmen Shilang, and then abandoned the official and returned to his hometown, and now he and his uncle voted for Cao Cao, and thought that he was a professor of marching. Xun Yu said: "I heard that there is a wise man in Yanzhou, and now this person doesn't know where he is." Cao asked who it was, and Yu said: "Naidong County Dong'a people, surnamed Cheng, named Yu, and the word Zhongde." Cao said: "I have also been famous for a long time." So he sent people to inquire in the village. Visit him to study in the mountains, and invite him. Cheng Yu came to see him, and Cao Cao was overjoyed. In order to be engaged, Cheng Yu also recommended Huainan Chengde people, surnamed Liu, Mingye, the word recommended Guangwu Yanpai's descendants, Huainan Chengde people, surnamed Liu, Mingye, and Ziyang. that is, hire Ye to. Ye recommended two people: one is a native of Changyi, Shanyang, with a surname Man, a pet name, and a character Boning; One is a native of Wucheng, surnamed Lu, whose name is pious, and whose name is Ke. Cao Cao also knew these two reputations, so he was hired to serve in the army. Man Zhong and Lu Qian recommended a total of one person, who is Chen Liuping Qiu, surnamed Mao, named Jue, and the word filial piety. Cao Cao was also hired.
Another general led hundreds of troops to vote for Cao Cao: he was a native of Taishan Juping, surnamed Yu, whose name was forbidden, and the words were written. Cao saw that his people were skilled in bows and horses, and his martial arts were outstanding, and he was ordered to be the commander of the army. One day, Xiahoudun brought a big man to see him, and asked who he was, and said: "This is Chen Liuren, with a surname, a name and a great deal of bravery." The old followed Zhang Miao, disagreed with the people under the tent, killed dozens of people, and fled to the mountains. When he went out to hunt, he saw Wei chasing the tiger across the stream, because he was in the army. Today, it is specially recommended to the public. Cao said: "I see that this person is burly and must have courage." He said: "He once killed someone to avenge his friend, and he went straight out of the downtown area, and hundreds of people did not dare to approach." Only now I made two iron halberds, weighing eighty pounds, carried on the horse, and carried the envoy like flying. "and let Wei try it. Wei took the halberd and galloped back and forth. Suddenly, the banner under the tent was blown by the wind, and it was about to fall, and the soldiers were holding it hostage; Wei dismounted, drank and retreated from the army, held the flagpole in one hand, and stood in the wind, standing still. Cao said: "This ancient evil is coming! Then he was ordered to be the captain in front of the tent, and he took off his brocade jacket and carved a saddle on his horse. One day, the troops sent by Cao Cao came back and talked about Yingchuan. Cheng Yu suddenly realized, "Yingchuan has great talents, I have forgotten it!" When Cao Cao saw it, he asked the soldier to tell that when he heard Du Chen Du Silang, Cao Cao sat up abruptly and said with great joy, "I don't want Silang to be here!" Someone should pay a visit in person! Cheng Yu saw Cao Cao's joy, and immediately wondered, "Guo Jia and Xi Zhong's names are all known, and they are all great talents, but who is Du Chen?" I don't know! Cao Cao was overjoyed in his heart and said, "Zhongde doesn't know, Du Silang is, Cai Zhonglang's son-in-law, and he has a very good relationship with a certain person, and he has the talent of Wang Zuo!" "Cai Zhonglang? But Cai sacrificial wine? Cheng Yu was dumbfounded, and then looked at the rest of the people, all of them were shocked. Correct! Cao Cao's face was delighted, he called the Xiahou brothers to whisper, and explained that Yu Ban recruited soldiers nearby, trained day by day, and took Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Cheng Yu, Dian Wei and dozens of guards, and rushed to Yingchuan in the starry night. When he arrived in Yingchuan, Cao Cao casually asked a common person about the three talents of heaven, earth and man, only to see his eyebrows fluttering and telling Cao Cao their place of residence. Cao Cao and others traveled for several miles, and suddenly heard a leisurely piano sound, which made people yearn for infinitely, and where the sound of the piano came out, there was a mansion, which was the purpose of this line. Cao Cao walked outside the door and was about to knock on the door, when he suddenly heard someone talking inside, and everyone listened quietly.
At this time, I only heard one person inside say, "Si Lang, the world is going to be chaotic, what are your plans?" ”
"Xing, the people are suffering, dying, the people are suffering, Silang hopes that the world will be unified as soon as possible." Du Chen said what he thought, he didn't have the heart to fight for hegemony in the world, but he could be a strategist, a good strategist could make the Three Kingdoms end early, save the people from misery, and make many regretful things not happen again.
When Cao Cao heard this, he pushed the door and shouted: "Good a prosperity, the people are suffering, dying, the people are suffering, in order to end the war as soon as possible, Si Lang, can you help me?" really said Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived, Du Chen stood up, bowed and said, "Hehe, Meng De, long time no see!" "Long time no see, long time no see, Si Lang said goodbye that day, which made Cao very angry!" Cao Cao led everyone into the courtyard, and the guards naturally stayed in the mansion. At this time, before Du Chen could reply, Cao Cao said again: "My brother has been having a hard time these days, and he came to help me." Cao Cao's words were very sad. Although he has a county, he is far inferior to others in terms of strength and strength.
Seeing Cao Cao's appearance, Du Chen also faintly felt a trace of unbearability in his heart, and he couldn't help it if he said goodbye that day. Thinking that a generation of heroes will also show such a sad expression, it is estimated that no one would have thought of it.
"Meng De doesn't need to be like this, I didn't say that I won't help you!" Du Chen suddenly said to Cao Cao.
Hearing this, Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, and then asked with a slightly suspicious expression, "Si Lang, what did you just say?" Obviously, Cao Cao hadn't reacted at this time, what Du Chen had just said.
"I said, I decided to go out of the mountain to help you!" Du Chen reluctantly repeated again.