Chapter 194, Deterring the Divine Capital
In the blink of an eye, the whole town shouted and killed, and from time to time there were bursts of terrible screams, with the bloody slaughter of Xu Feng and others, wherever they crossed, there was a river of blood, and people were panicked.
But when the screams became quieter, many people bravely showed their heads from their homes, and when they looked around, they found that the Yellow Turban soldiers had long since disappeared.
Walking on the street and seeing, the ground is full of dried blood, the purple-brown blood stains are particularly eye-catching, the pungent smell of blood is suffocating, the dead bodies in the mansions of those wealthy families are all over the place, in a mess, all the dead are people in brocade robes, as for who is it? Because they have no heads, they can't be identified at all, but these nearby neighbors still vaguely recognize the identity of the deceased by their clothes and figures, and the dead are all corrupt officials, corrupt officials, bullies, and fanatics who bully the good on weekdays, as for the maids and servants in their families, they have long since fled without a trace.
The officials in the yamen of the government and the corpses of the family members were all hung at the door of the yamen, all of them were headless dead bodies, such a bloody and amazing scene made many timid people immediately open their mouths and vomit.
Those panicked people, you look at me, I look at you, and a thought flashed in my heart at the same time, could it be that all this was done by the group of yellow turban soldiers just now?
"Mother, our family is rich."
"Dad, who threw this money bag into our house?"
"Xianggong, we have hope for the future, you see who put the rice noodles at the door of our house and left a word."
Some found copper coins at the door of the house, some found rice noodles, some found money and grain, and a literate old man held the bamboo chip in his hand and trembled and said, "Yellow scarves for the people." Gift from Xu Feng. ”
"These bad guys were killed by the Yellow Turban, and the money and food were given by General Xu." After a while, the crowd erupted in earth-shattering cheers.
"Lao Zhang. Isn't this yellow scarf a bandit and robber who kills people and robs things without blinking? How could it be so kind? Someone asked puzzled.
"The Yellow Turban behavior is indeed mixed, but I have heard of this Xu Feng, he is a first-class good person, in the past when he was in Yingchuan, General Xu took action many times and helped generously. Helped many poor people. Even Jizhou is spreading the praises of General Xu's prestige. ”
Lao Zhang was the literate old man just now, obviously with some knowledge, and his words immediately attracted the attention of the people around him. Many people gathered around and stepped forward.
"Uncle Zhang, tell everyone, what good things has General Xu done?"
"That's right, not only for us, except for the corrupt officials and bullies in the town. also distributed so much money and food to everyone. This General Xu is really a good man who makes decisions for the people. ”
"That's it, Lao Zhang, you just bother to talk to everyone."
Seeing that everyone was very enthusiastic, Lao Zhang coughed, so he had to wave his hand and signal everyone to be quiet.
"Well, since you want to hear it, I'll tell you about it......"
Although Lao Zhang is old. The stutter is not very clever, and he even coughs from time to time. But everyone listened very carefully, and erupted into roaring cheers from time to time.
"Lord, five miles ahead is Liang County, eight miles on the left is Xincheng, and three miles on the right is Pingyin..."
"How far is it from Luoyang?"
"Less than a hundred miles."
"Okay, let the soldiers let go of their hands and feet, let's make a big fuss, I'm going to meet with those big people in Luoyang soon, this meeting gift can't be underestimated."
"Feng Xiao understands that with General Sun sitting in the Tiger Prison Pass, even if we can't resist it, we can easily withdraw, even if the soldiers are in the divine capital, the lord can also be relieved."
"That's right, the three elite North Zhonglang generals of the Han Dynasty, Lu Zhi, the left Zhonglang will be Huangfu Song, and the right Zhonglang will be Zhu Jun, all of them have lost their hands, and the only one that Emperor Ling can handle is probably the Praetorian Guard of the great general He Jin, even if he hurriedly recruits all the princes to save the king, it is far from quenching the thirst of the near." Looking at the northwest of Beijing, Xu Feng was arrogant, and he couldn't wait to immediately lead the army to break through Luoyang, kicking Emperor Ling off the dragon chair, Zhang Jiao had been wearing liver and courage all his life, and he wanted to witness this moment with his own eyes in his life, but unfortunately, he died with regret.
"Fengxiao, you said that with the 20,000 horses in our hands, can we take Luoyang by surprise?"
"Yes, but this is an unwise move, even if you take it, it will not help, maybe you have made a wedding dress for others, I believe that the Lord will definitely not cheapen others." Guo Jia nodded, he had Xu Feng's crazy idea before, but it just flashed in his mind, and he immediately rejected it.
Even if 20,000 people defeat Luoyang, can they still expect a group of remnants to defend the divine capital?
If you don't fight Luoyang, Xu Feng has already become a thorn in the side of the princes and even the entire Han court, a thorn in the flesh, and Guo Jia believes that it is easy to get in and out, but it will be difficult to come out, and there may be no chance to come out at all.
On 8 February, the county seat of Pingyin was captured, the county governor's family was slaughtered, the treasures of the family disappeared overnight, the rich man Hu, the butcher Zhang, and the bully Feng Debiao in the county were all killed, and more than 100 headless dead bodies hung high above the city gate in the early morning of the second day.
At noon on February 9, in broad daylight, the Xincheng County Ya was slaughtered, and none of the three classes of the county lieutenant were killed, Dian Wei and others took advantage of the situation to loot the county lieutenant Niu De's house, and the rich bullies in the county town also suffered, and an hour later, more than 300 headless corpses were left, and Dian Wei and others walked away.
On 10 February, Henan County was baptized in blood, with more than 500 dead and wounded, led by a man with a leopard's head and ringed eyes.
On 11 February, Pingcheng was heavily damaged by a group of Yellow Turban soldiers, killing and wounding more than 300 people.
…… Within a few days, the name of Xu Sanguang of the Yellow Turban spread far and wide in the land of Sili, slaughtering more than 2,000 people, all of whom were without exception figures with heads and faces in various places, including officials, county lieutenants, government officials, and many landlords and gentry who had always been rampant in the township.
"Newspaper, General, Pingcheng, Pingyin, Henan, Xincheng... All of them were baptized in blood by the yellow turban Xu Feng. ”
The detective flew to Luoyang like snowflakes, and He Jin and the others who got the news were all taken aback.
"Slap..."He Jin, who was furious, kicked the bookcase in front of him to the ground, and the few followers beside him were all frightened and bloodless, and everyone did not dare to come out, for fear of suffering from the pond fish.
"Quickly find Situ Sikong Taiwei and others to discuss the matter." Seeing that Xu Feng was doing evil everywhere near Jingshi, He Jin was really unable to calm down, and hurriedly convened the ministers to discuss countermeasures.
Yuan Shao held his sword under his side, his face was full of anger, and he got up and asked for his life, "General, Xu Feng is not a small person, and he clearly wants to deter Shendu and take the opportunity to attack Luoyang, please allow Ben Chu to bring a sentry to the thief." ”
"Hehe..." A sharp sneer came from the corner of the wall next to him, which immediately attracted Yuan Shao's attention.
"Mengde, why are you laughing?"
"At the beginning, listen to my kind words and persuasion, Xu Feng is a scheming person, acting unreasonably, he has always commanded the army in a good way, and he has many elite soldiers and fierce generals, don't be careless." It was Cao Cao who spoke and returned from the defeat of Zizhulin.
"Hmph, even if you were incompetent in the beginning, you wouldn't be as embarrassed as you, like a lost family... Hmph, General, please allow the last general to go out of the city and kill the thieves. ”
Thinking of Cao Cao's embarrassment when he fled back from defeat, Yuan Shao wanted to ridicule him, but after thinking about it, after all, the two were good childhood playmates, and they couldn't hurt their harmony too much.
"Okay, give you 5,000 elite soldiers, don't be careless." He Jin pondered for a long time and nodded at Yuan Shao and commanded.
"Don't worry, the general, the last general will go back when he goes." Yuan Shao agreed very arrogantly, turned around and glanced at Cao Cao, and walked out.
"Report, Yuan Shao was defeated and returned, and only more than 300 people fled back with 5,000 men." Two days later, Yuan Shao fled back to Luoyang in disgrace.
"Report, Xu Feng's 20,000 elite soldiers are coming to Luoyang, and the distance is less than fifty miles."
"Report, Xu Feng's pioneer general Zhang Fei led a thousand iron cavalry less than twenty miles away from the east gate of Luoyang."
…… The whole Luoyang has long been panicked, chaotic, Emperor Ling directly frightened and fell ill on the couch, He Jin was in charge of the three armies, but Yuan Shao was defeated, the loss of soldiers was about to die thousands, the Beijing Praetorian Guard was less than 20,000, and the three elites of the Han Dynasty were all wiped out by Xu Feng, He Jin really didn't dare to risk the battle again, so he had to send troops to defend it.
Symbolizing the supreme imperial power of the Han Dynasty, the divine capital was completely shrouded in a thick breath of death, hearing the news that Xu Feng led the troops to kill, everyone in Luoyang City was in danger, the civil officials were frightened, and the generals were sad, sighing and sighing, and even the young Emperor Ling became more and more sick, coughing up black blood several times.
The only one who is still calm is Cao Cao Cao Mengde, but since the defeat and return to Beijing, everyone is cold to Cao Cao, after all, Cao Cao was too embarrassed to lose, Zizhulin battle, injured more than 20,000 people, Wancheng did not hold, Nanyang did not survive, and some people even rumored that Cao Cao escaped from Nanyang by luck with a dung truck.
"General, don't panic, I watched Xu Feng advance lightly, seemingly threatening the gods, putting on a menacing posture, but it was just a bluff, and within half a month, he naturally led the army to retreat." Seeing that He Jin and the others were anxious like ants on a hot pot, Cao Cao couldn't help but speak out to convince them.
"Hmph... The left and right north armies were all wiped out by Xu Feng, and now Luoyang's troops are empty, this is a heaven-sent opportunity to capture the divine capital, and Xu Feng is not a fool, how can he retreat by himself. He Jin glanced at Cao Cao and sneered dissatisfiedly.
Yuan Shaodao: "General, for today's plan, on the one hand, we will work together to lead the army to defend to the death, and on the other hand, let His Majesty issue an edict to quickly summon people from all walks of life to enter Beijing and Qinwangfang is the best policy." ”
"What I said at the beginning, and what the general and the hero saw are slightly the same, this time to eliminate the Yellow Turban rebellion, the Xiliang Assassin Shi Dong Zhuo's achievements are very great, here is close to the Xiliang Road, and Dong Zhuo will lead the Xiliang Iron Cavalry to come soon, and at that time Xu Feng's account is not a matter of worry."
"What the general said is very true." Yuan Shao nodded again and again.
"I'll go into the palace to face the saint and ask Your Majesty to make a move."
After He Jin finished speaking, he was about to go out, Cao Cao hurriedly dissuaded, "General, by all means, Dong Zhuo is ambitious, and he is even more insidious and cunning, greedy and arrogant. (To be continued......)
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