Chapter 392: Lu Bu enters Luoyang
With Yang Feng's order, more than a dozen silver arcs of light crossed, and the heads of more than a dozen Luoyang soldiers kneeling on the ground were suddenly chopped off.
Streams of blood shot out, and in the sunlight, the splattered blood beads were as crystal clear and bright as clear and red agate, and more than a dozen corpses with their heads fell to the side.
The dozen or so Luoyang soldiers who cut off their heads took out snow-white linen from their arms, wiped the blood stains on the long sword, and when they returned the long sword to the sheath, they each dragged a corpse, retreated to the side of the road, and turned their heads to look at Lu Bu's army that was slowly advancing along the road.
Passing by this group of Luoyang soldiers, Lu Bu turned his head to look at the more than ten corpses on the ground that had no heads and necks and were still bleeding blood, and when he was far away from this group of people, he whispered to Wei Xu beside him: "Pass the order, in the territory of Henan Yin, no one is allowed to plunder the people, let alone cross the fields, otherwise His Highness will cut off their heads, and General Ben will not be able to protect them!" ”
"No!" Wei Xu answered, turned his horse and stood on the side of the road, and shouted to the soldiers of the Lu Bu army who were marching slowly: "The general has an order, no one is allowed to plunder the people, not to trample on the fields, and those who violate the order will be beheaded!" ”
Riding a horse beside Lu Bu, listening to Wei Xu's shout, a smile appeared on the corner of Xu Shu's mouth that was difficult for others to detect.
Luoyang City is getting closer and closer, and Lu Bu in the distance can already see the black battle flag waving in the wind on the head of the city.
Looking at the battle flags and the magnificent Luoyang city wall, Lu Bu praised from the bottom of his heart: "When we left Luoyang that day, this place has become a scorched earth, and I don't want it to be as prosperous as ever." ”
"Dong Zhuo is on fire, but His Royal Highness has been working hard for a long time!" Looking at the city wall of Luoyang, Xu Shu sighed, raised his hand and pointed to the place where the city gate was as red as a flame, and said to Lu Bu: "General Lu, Your Highness is already waiting outside the city!" ”
"The last general is going to report to His Highness now!" Following the direction of Xu Shu's finger and glancing at the city gate, Lu Bu clamped his legs on the horse's belly, and rode the horse out of the horse quickly.
Seeing Lu Bu rushing out, Xu Shu also hurriedly followed, and the generals Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and other generals in the back also rushed out, surrounded Lu Bu, and went to the city gate.
Outside the city gate, 5,000 Yu Lin guards and 500 dragoon guards under Deng Zhan all followed Liu Wei out of the city.
Yu Lin Wei formed a fan-shaped queue outside the city gate, and all the war horses under Yu Lin Wei's crotch were carefully selected Saibei horses.
The officers and soldiers who can be selected into Yulinwei are all the best in the main force of the Luoyang Army. Not only are their combat skills much higher than those of ordinary soldiers, but even their riding skills are comparable to those of ordinary officers and soldiers.
Five thousand Yulin guards lined up in a cavalry formation, and all the horses were lined up in a line, and the horses maintained an equal five-fist distance between the horses. Except for the occasional snort or two from the horses, there was not even the slightest noise in the queue of thousands of people.
In front of the formation listed by Yu Linwei, five hundred dragoon guards also lined up in a small phalanx. Same as Yulinwei, the war horses under the crotch of the dragoon guard are also good breeds of horses in Saibei.
Whoever sees this team will think that they are the elite cavalry of Gongwei Liu Wei, and they would never have thought that the way this team fights is actually like the dragoons in Europe in the gunpowder age, riding horses just to speed up mobility, and when they really fight, they will jump off their horses and engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy.
led two of the most elite teams and waited outside the gate of Luoyang City. On the left and right sides of Liu Wei, standing on the horses stood his advisers and generals. Guan Hai, Dian Wei and other generals were all fully armed, and they did not slack off at all because Lu Bu was here to surrender to Cheng.
Seeing from a distance more than a dozen fast horses leaving Lu Bu's array and galloping towards the city gate, Liu Wei did not move, but just looked at Lu Bu and the others who were getting closer and closer.
The speed of the red rabbit horse is much faster than that of ordinary healthy horses, leaving the team, Lu Bu rode the horse, and in just an instant, he left Xu Shu and the others behind.
When he arrived at a place twenty or thirty steps away from Liu Bian, Lu Bu slammed the Fang Tian painting halberd in his hand into the ground and rushed straight towards Liu Bian.
The tip of Fang Tian's halberd was deeply inserted into the soil, and even half of the small branches on the side were submerged in the loess, and the long halberd rod was still vibrating to itself, making a "buzzing" sound.
Dian Wei and Guan Hai, who were riding horses and standing beside Liu Bian, saw that Lu Bu was approaching, so they picked up their horses and blocked Liu Bian's side.
Guan Hai was holding a big knife in his hand, his eyes were staring at Lu Bu deadly, and he was already ready to cut over with a knife as long as he didn't turn over and dismount before he got close.
Dian Wei stretched out his hand and pulled out the double halberd from behind his back, and stood side by side with Guan Hai, like a god statue, blocking Liu Wei strongly.
Blocked behind by two brave generals, Liu Wei held the reins in one hand, with an indifferent smile on the corner of his mouth, and said to Guan Hai and Dian Wei who were blocking in front: "Don't panic, the two generals retreat!" ”
Hearing Liu Wei say this, Dian Wei and Guan Hai hesitated for a moment before stepping aside.
At this time, Lu Bu had already arrived at a place that was only a dozen steps away from Liu Bian, and when he saw Dian Wei and Guan Hai blocking Liu Bian, he restrained his mount and was stunned for a moment, but he didn't know whether he should get off the horse and go forward to meet Liu Bian.
When he saw the two of them get out of the way, Lu Bu turned over and jumped off the horse, and walked quickly towards Liu Wei. When Liu Wei approached, he knelt on the ground with his fists folded, looked up at Liu Wei and said, "The criminal general Lu Bu has seen the king of Luoyang!" ”
"General Lu, please get up!" Lu Bu half-knelt on the ground, Liu Wei hurriedly got off the war horse, walked quickly to him, picked him up, and said to him with a smile on his face: "I heard that the general is coming to Luoyang, this king is thinking about it day and night, and today I see the general." The king has prepared a banquet in the palace, and the general is invited to enter the city with the king! ”
As he spoke, Liu Wei made a gesture of invitation to Lu Bu.
clasped his hands into fists, and bowed deeply to Liu Bian, and then Lu Bu walked to the city gate with Liu Bian.
Before he reached the city gate, a voice like a bell came from behind Lu Bu: "The generals under General Lu can enter the city with them, and several princesses will prepare a banquet to entertain the general's family, and invite General Lu's wife to enter the city!" The rest of the army, please stand outside the city and wait for the placement! ”
Hearing this shout, Lu Bu knew that when he entered the city this time, only he and more than a dozen generals such as Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, and Wei Xu, as well as Diao Chan, Cao's wife and other wives, and an army of more than 10,000 people, were blocked out of the city.
In this way, as long as he entered Luoyang, even if Liu Wei wanted to cut off his head, with the little manpower that entered the city with him, he would have no power to fight back at all.
"General Lu, please!" Lu Bu stopped at the gate of the city and hesitated for a moment, and Liu Wei on the side made a gesture of invitation to him and called him.
After Liu Bian's call, Lu Bu was stunned, and hurriedly bowed down again and made a gesture of invitation to Liu Biao and said, "Your Highness, please!" ”
"Congratulations to the King of Luoyang for winning the general!" Walking half a step behind Liu Bian's side, as soon as Lu Bu entered the city, the people who had been waiting on the side of the street to watch the excitement knelt down one after another and congratulated Liu Bian in unison.
On the same day, Lu Bu left Luoyang with Dong Zhuo, and almost all the people in the city moved to Chang'an under the forced force of the Xiliang army.
Seeing that all the kneeling people in the city were people, Lu Bu was stunned for a moment, then turned around, clasped his hands into fists, bowed deeply to Liu Bian, and said to Liu Bian: "Your Highness is benevolent, Luoyang was poisoned by Dong thieves that day, and it has been a ruined city, and I don't want to restore it to the past in a short period of time, and the sin will be greatly admired!" From this day on, Your Highness is driven to die! ”
"General Lu is serious!" Raising his hand towards Lu Buxu, Liu Wei made a gesture of invitation to him again, and said to him: "Please move the general to the palace, above the banquet, you and I will talk about the friendship of the past!" ”
Speaking of "friendship in the past", Lu Bu was stunned again, but seeing Liu Bian's full smile, the ominous feeling that had just arisen in his heart subsided again, and he made a humble concession with Liu Bian, and then followed Liu Bian towards the direction of the palace.
Accompanied Liu Wei out of the city to welcome Lu Bu's team into the city, the city gate slowly closed, and the more than 10,000 soldiers brought by Lu Bu were all locked outside the city.
Looking at the towering Luoyang City, a soldier of Lu Bu's army reached out and gently stabbed his companion beside him, muttered at the head of the city where the battle flag was flying, and asked his companion: "You say, the king of Luoyang will not order the head of the city to release arrows at us, right?" ”
"I don't know!" The city gate was closed, and the soldiers of the Lu Bu army outside the city were all a little apprehensive in their hearts, and the soldier who was stabbed by his companion with his finger looked up at the battlements, and also shook his head a little worriedly, his face was full of worry.
Soon after Liu Wei took Lu Bu and the others into the city, the city gate slowly opened again. A man who looked like a scribe led a cart full of sacks out of the city.
With this convoy of dozens of carts, the scribe-like man arrived in front of Lu Bu's military camp and shouted to Lu Bujun: "The grain, grass and salary have been distributed, and the person in charge has come!" ”
Before the scribe's words fell, an officer of Lu Bu's army hurriedly greeted him, clenched his fists and bowed to him and said: "The generals have all entered the city with His Highness, although the last general is a partial general, he can still speak now!" ”
"General Lao, please line up!" The scribe who came out of the city gave the general a salute with his fists in return, and said to him: "I am a subordinate official of the Luoyang government, and I have come to distribute grain, grass and money to the soldiers on the orders of His Royal Highness!" ”
"Thank you, Your Highness! Thank you, Excellency! As soon as the subordinate officials of the Luoyang government finished speaking, the general bowed down with his fists, bowed to him deeply, and then hurriedly shouted to the soldiers behind him: "Brothers, line up, the king of Luoyang has distributed money and food to me!" ”
Since following Lu Bu to escape from Chang'an, the soldiers under Lu Bu's command, not to mention money, even filling their stomachs is a luxury.
Hearing that the king of Luoyang sent people to distribute grain, grass and salary, in the military camp that had not yet been built, there was a burst of cheers, and countless officers and soldiers of the Lu Bu army rushed to the newly erected tooth gate, one by one stretched out their heads to look at the dozens of carts full of sacks, but they did not dare to go too far.
At the same time, Liu Wei and Lu Bu and others, surrounded by the dragon riders and Yu Linwei, were marching towards the Luoyang Palace.
Liu Wei, who gave up riding a horse and walked with Lu Bu, walked along the street and said to Lu Bu beside him: "I heard that the general is coming, this king has already ordered to go down and open a mansion for the general in the city, and after the banquet, this king will escort the general back to the house." ”