Chapter Seventy-Eight
In the sixth year of Zhongping, Chen Fan's soldiers entered Luoyang, imprisoned Liu Bei and others, and at the same time forced the young emperor Liu Wei to abdicate, Jingzhou Liu Biao issued an edict to crusade against Chen thieves, and the world was turbulent for a while, and the princes of 19 roads gathered outside the Tiger Prison Pass, raised 800,000 troops, stormed the Tiger Prison Pass, and spent 150,000 troops to attack for ten days in a row and finally won the Tiger Prison Pass.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please! Today's capture of the Tiger Prison Pass is based on the strength of the soldiers, and I will do it first as a respect. Liu Biao finished drinking it directly after saying with a smile.
"Please!"
"Please!" Everyone said one after another.
"Lord, at this time, you should take Luoyang with all your might!" Li Ru sat next to Dong Zhuo and said in a low voice.
"Oh? Why is that? Can he still run away? Dong Zhuo didn't care.
Li Ru secretly said that it was not good, he didn't expect this matter, and hurriedly said: "Lord, just after you reminded me, that Chen Ziping is just going to escape, why did he hold on to this tiger prison for ten days, and consumed 70,000 troops, just to delay the time to move the capital to Chang'an, alas, it's too late!" ”
After Dong Zhuo heard this, the cup in his hand fell and asked, "Is that really the case?" ”
"Nine times out of ten, it is really worthy of Chen Ziping, although this battle was lost, but at this time Luoyang was empty, and the money and grain looted were enough for 100,000 troops for two years, this time it returned to Chang'an, and it was guarded by Tongguan, but it was not easy to break through!" Li Ru sighed.
After Dong Zhuo heard this, he quickly stood up and said to everyone: "Alliance leader, this pass has been broken, when you enter Luoyang in one go, I am afraid that there will be changes." ”
After hearing this, Liu Biao slowly put down the wine glass and asked, "How do you say this?" ”
After Dong Zhuo heard this, he was very happy, and said with a straight waist: "Everyone, we came with an army of about 800,000 and gathered in front of the Tiger Prison Pass, and Chen Ziping didn't expect that the Tiger Prison Pass would not be able to hold it, and I ......" Dong Zhuo was interrupted by a person before he finished speaking.
"Alliance leader, Chen Ziping gave up Luoyang and returned to Chang'an, and he fell short!" Gongsun Chan said.
Dong Zhuo saw that his limelight was strengthened by Gongsun Zhan, snorted coldly, and was about to speak, but was stopped by Li Ru, and said: "The lord can't mention the pursuit, this time the Tiger Prison Pass lost about 150,000 soldiers and horses, although the Tiger Prison Pass was broken, but the loss of the princes was not small, and Luoyang was recaptured, I think Chen Ziping did not take away the abolished emperor, he took a step back, and the 800,000 army plus hundreds of thousands of farmers will eat up a mountain a day, and the grain and grass are not enough, it is better to wait until Luoyang, we will go back to Qingzhou first, This time, the 10,000 cavalry has been destroyed, and the vitality is greatly damaged! ”
"Alas!" Dong Zhuo sat down helplessly after hearing this, there were soldiers and no food, and his 10,000 cavalry were still taken away from Xiliang, and the whole army had been wiped out at this time, and the rest were only infantry, and the war horses were not good!
After Liu Biao heard this, he said: "Who wants to be a pioneer and attack Luoyang?" ”
"I'm willing to go." I saw Liu Zhang stand up directly and speak.
"Since Brother Xian is willing, then he will lead the soldiers and horses of his headquarters to take the lead." Liu Biao said with a smile, he didn't give other princes a chance, although this Liu Zhang's qualifications were mediocre, he was a lineage.
In the Chang'an Palace, Chen Fan said slowly: "Can the people settle down?" Chen Fan asked about the people who were willing to come with him, about half of Luoyang.
"It is being settled, and in accordance with the law of the lord, it is being paid for work, and it is progressing very quickly." Jia Xu hesitated after speaking.
After Chen Fan saw it, he smiled and said, "Do you think why I didn't come with the jade seal and the minister of my own court?" Chen Fan paused, and said: "This time out of Xiliang is to weaken the prestige of the Han family, plundering the population, money and grain, and most of the dead soldiers are mainly Qiang people, at this time to occupy Liangzhou, half of the division, the next step is to break through Yizhou, in order to ensure that there are no worries, then there will be a granary, soldiers in the world can be brought soon!" ”
After Jia Xu heard this, he was very shocked in his heart, he couldn't imagine that Chen Fan was taking every step of the way, and every step was calculated, and Zhengse said: "My lord, the lack of county orders in the forty-four counties under the rule of Liangzhou has reached twenty, and no one has come to vote." He glanced up at Chen Fan, and said, "After all, the Han family has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people for four hundred years, and it will not be solved in a moment and a half." ”
"Hmph, then recruit the children of the poor family, I remember that Cai Wenji seems to be in my mansion, and her father Cai Yong is here?" Chen Fan snorted coldly, and he was very annoyed by the family in his heart.
"It's good to come, build a school palace, let him teach, well, rob a few more literary masters, let them teach, cultivate talents for me, go." Chen Fan said.
"No, these are all old ministers of the Han family, but the lord is ...... I'm afraid they won't agree. Jia Xu said.
"You tell them that this Chang'an and the collection of books collected from the Luoyang Palace and the major families are here, most of them are solitary books, and they can read them at will, and if they don't agree, they say to them, it's useless for me to keep it, then burn it, and it is enough for Confucianism to keep only one Analect." Chen Fan said with a sneer.
After Jia Xu heard this, he was stunned in his heart, but he still admired his father-in-law, and those people would definitely agree, and said, "Oh! ”
After Jia Xu got out of the palace, he went directly to Cai's mansion in a carriage, and no one came to stop him, seeing Cai Yong reading a book, he said: "I've seen everyone Cai." ”
"What are you going to do, if you don't do your government affairs, I won't serve him." Cai Yong said coldly.
"My lord has built a school palace, and I invite everyone Cai to teach some students." Jia Xu said.
"Haha...... Let the old man cultivate talents for him? Dream! Don't go! Let's go. After Cai Yong laughed, he said coldly.
"Hehe, I think everyone Cai will agree, my lord moved the collection of books in the Luoyang Palace and the collections of major families, my lord said, if everyone Cai doesn't go, it will be useless for him to ask for these, and he will burn them." Jia Xu said slowly.
Cai Yong covered his chest after hearing this, and said, "He...... He...... How dare you ......, aren't you afraid of leaving a stench for 10,000 years? ”
"Oh, my lord has a sentence I don't know if everyone has heard of Cai, saying: The eldest husband is alive, he can't be remembered for a hundred years, and he should be left behind for ten thousand years, do you think my lord cares about this?" Jia Xu laughed.
"You ......" Cai Yong gasped a few times and agreed.
"There is one more thing, I need Cai's help, my family heard that Jingzhou's Shuijing Mr. Sima Wei, Pang Degong, and Huang Chengyan came to Chang'an as guests, oh, this Analect will be sent to Cai's family." After Jia Xu finished speaking, he took out a thread-bound book from his arms, put it down and left.
"Analects?" Cai Yong picked it up and flipped it over, and said in shock: "Edification is exciting!" After speaking, tears flowed from his eyes.
In October of the sixth year of Zhongping, the princes allied forces invaded Luoyang, Liu Biao persuaded the abolished emperor Liu Wei and the ministers to move to Xiangyang, Jingzhou, and give up Luoyang, in the middle of October of the same year, the princes on the way back heard the news, and the rear was attacked by the cavalry sent by Chen Ziping, plundering a lot of money, and the princes were helpless, scolded Chen Fan, and accelerated the way back.
At the end of the sixth year of Zhongping, Chen Fan re-recruited 60,000 troops, and at the same time built a large number of siege equipment, as well as Qin crossbows, and opened the granary to relieve the people, Chen Fan's name of benevolence and righteousness was widely spread in Liangzhou, Sili and other places, and ordered to post a recruitment list, build a school, collect land for state-owned, redivide the land, and stipulate that the land is not allowed to be bought and sold, but can be sold to the government.
Everything is preparing for the next year's conquest of Yizhou, but Cao Cao has returned to his hometown of Chenliu, and the princes everywhere are recuperating and secretly recovering their vitality, and at the same time, the deposed emperor Liu Wei re-ascended the throne in Xiangyang, but the Han has already died in name.