Chapter 131: Yuan Shu returns to the west
The land of Huainan has poor feng shui, and it is even more difficult to stand on its own. Yuan Shu remembered that Lei Bo and Chen Lan were guarding the mountain, so he wanted to defect.
When Liu Bei heard what happened to Yuan Shu, he was overjoyed and said:
"God help me, why should I get this merit."
So he ordered Zhu Ling, Lu Zhao, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei to lead 50,000 troops on the official road, and the four generals were ready, and they saw a group of people coming in front, and the first general was the pioneer Ji Ling. Ji Ling usually relies on his own bravery, but since he met Lu Bu, his heart has converged a lot. Later, when he heard that Lu Bu was dead, he became arrogant.
But it was said that Zhang Fei saw Ji Ling from afar, and his murderous spirit became great, after all, he hadn't killed anyone for a long time, and his hands were itchy, not to mention that this Ji Ling had repeated conflicts with Zhang Fei when he was crusading against Xuzhou, at that time Liu Bei was weak, and he suppressed Zhang Fei by himself, and he had a lot of scruples. How can there be many scruples this time, seeing Ji Ling is like seeing an enemy, and the two armies will not answer when they face each other, and they will take Ji Ling with a spear.
Ji Ling was afraid of Zhang Fei, and when he saw Zhang Fei running towards him with a spear, he immediately danced a pestle to greet Zhang Fei. These two, one is the reincarnation of the Earth Evil Star and the other is the master of the Buddhist sect, the Buddha, and they are both known for their strength, which is really an opponent.
But it was said that Ji Ling crossed the horse to fight Zhang Fei, and when Fang Zhi approached, he felt a bad breath rushing towards him, Ji Ling's heart was shocked, how could he have seen such a ruthless person, and he was cowardly.
This Ji Ling is also not bad, but it is far worse than Zhang Fei, he was timid at this time, and he showed his hand when he fought against Zhang Fei. Zhang Fei stabbed with a spear, Ji Lingting opened the pestle, both of them used ten percent of their strength, and the weapons in their hands were also good, this collision was like a thunderbolt, and it hit the dust all around, and the yuan force fluctuated, blowing the clothes and socks of the generals in front of the two armies.
Before the battle, Zhu Ling couldn't help but secretly praise: Liu Bei's righteous brother Zhang Fei is so high in cultivation! This man is far from being his opponent! At the moment, I couldn't help but remember Zhang Fei secretly.
But said that before the battle Ji Ling and Zhang Fei against this spear, he was already cowardly, this pestle is also soft, master duel, how to tolerate half a point of negligence, this time, almost did not break Ji Ling's arm, the gold steel pestle in his hand almost did not come out, in the past, his battle Guan Yu also fought for thirty rounds without winning or losing, who knew that Zhang Fei was angry, timid, Zhang Fei was shocked by a move and had no power to parry, the rear force did not continue, Zhang Fei's spear came again, Ji Ling hurriedly shot, only to hear a bang, Ji Ling dragged his hand when he landed on the gold steel pestle, A mouthful of blood spurted out, his face was pale when he looked up, obviously hurting his vitality, Zhang Fei let out a long laugh, and stabbed with a spear, how could Ji Ling resist, he was pierced by Zhang Fei's spear, Zhang Fei pulled out the Zhangba snake spear, a stream of blood gushed out, Ji Ling fell straight down the horse, but saw a golden light flying straight to the east, and the golden steel pestle on the ground also followed the golden light to the east.
When Ji Ling's men saw Ji Ling's fall, how could they dare to resist, and they all scattered and fled for their lives.
Yuan Shu of the Chinese army heard the report of the defeated army, and he was so angry that he smoked and said angrily:
"Junior editor, dare to despise me."
Then he took the mace and led the men and horses to fight Liu Bei, the two armies faced each other, and in the circle, Liu Bei scolded Yuan Shu with a horse whip:
"The thief of rebellion is not caught yet."
Yuan Shu was even more angry when he heard this, and said angrily:
"The people who weave mats and sell shoes, also dare to be arrogant?"
After waving his troops to come, Liu Bei's ability was not high, and he knew that it was difficult to defeat Yuan Shu, so he retreated to the back while laughing, and ordered his four generals to lead troops to rush and kill. Liu Bei's newly victorious soldiers, Yuan Shujun was already tired, and he even folded a general, how could he resist? At this time, Yuan Shu's corpses were all over the field, with countless casualties, Yuan Shu saw that he was invincible, and hurriedly led his troops to retreat to Huainan, passing by Lishan on the way.
However, it was said that someone on the mountain had already reported to Lei Bo and Chen Lan, Lei Bo and Chen Lan were busy climbing the mountain to look, and when they saw a group of people fleeing in a hurry, Lei Bo looked at it fixedly, and the leader was Yuan Shu, and immediately said angrily:
"It is very hateful for this son to ask us to come to this Central Plains to suffer, but it is a pity that the limit has not yet arrived, otherwise we will obey the will of heaven.
Chen Lan smiled when he heard this:
"Although you can't let this son be robbed, you can also scare him, grab some property and be happy, how can he be so happy?"
Lei Bo clapped his hands when he heard this.
The two of them led the men and horses out of the mountain, Yuan Shuben was like a frightened bird, how dare he resist the enemy, immediately abandoned the gold and silver, and led the army to choose a small road to escape. Yuan Shu's money, grain and other heavy objects were robbed by Lei Bo and Chen Lan.
When Yuan Shu retreated to Jiangting, there were only more than 1,000 horses left.
Yuan Shu went against the sky, the way of heaven was lost, the general trend has gone, and there is no ability to go against the sky, but he is suffering in the Central Plains. Now that Yuan Shu's life is approaching, he should be like a plague god possessed. Jiang Ting was already in a famine, the people were not burning, and Yuan Shu's grain and grass were soft and robbed by Lei Bo Chen Lan, and Liu Bei was eyeing him in front of him, and there were only old and weak soldiers around him who were supporting on the side, so pitiful.
But it was said that Yuan Shu suddenly got a serious illness, which came very quickly and violently, and within a few days, Yuan Shu couldn't get out of bed, and Yuan Shu also knew that his fate was near. It's a pity that the house leak happened to rain overnight, and the grain and grass brought by Yuan Shu were exhausted, and there were many soldiers without grain and grass, only 30 wheat, which was immediately distributed, and Yuan Shu's family had no food, and many starved to death.
This Yuan Shu brocade clothes and jade food, where is he used to eating such coarse grains, he is already sick and unbearable, and he can't eat, and he is getting thinner and thinner.
It was the height of summer, Jiangting was located in the south, the weather was unbearable, Yuan Shu's mouth was dry, and he was humane:
"Will you quench my thirst with a bowl of honey?"
At this time, Yuan Shu has long lost his former arrogance, no one can protect himself, and no one takes him as anything, his attitude is becoming more and more lonely, and his tone has long lost his past humility, and Yuan Shu's tone naturally reveals the taste of begging.
Unexpectedly, when people heard the words, they lost their temper:
"Honey? Where does the honey come from? Do you drink only blood water? ”
Yuan Shu sat on the bed at this time, didn't feel the sadness coming from it, nodded, and suddenly shouted with angry eyes:
"Why is this how my Yuan Shu is!"
Congren was startled, and then looked at Yuan Shu, vomiting blood in his mouth, and fell to the ground, dying of despair. It turned out that Yuan Shu was unbearable and died by cutting off his meridians.
As soon as Yuan Shu died, his nephew Yuan Yin carried Yuan Shu's coffin to the Lujiang River, but he didn't want to be killed by Xu Xuan. Xu Xuan won the jade seal and went to Xu to dedicate it to Cao Cao.
Cao Cao was overjoyed, and immediately named Xu Xuan as the Taishou of Gaoling. Since then, the jade seal has returned to Cao Cao, and soon after Cao Cao will sacrifice the jade seal to the emperor, this dedication to the emperor has been through many hardships, and his life is not long, and Cao Cao has been able to breathe and save his life.
The remnants of Yuan Shu's family were finally obtained by Sun Ce, who remembered that he had taken him in, so he treated his family well.
But don't talk about Cao Cao, just talk about Liu Bei, I heard that Yuan Shu was dead, and he was busy writing a book to play the court, and the book was presented to Cao Gong, so that Zhu Ling and Lu Zhao returned to Xudu, Lu Zhao didn't think much about this move, but Zhu Ling had an extra heart, and knew that Liu Bei's move was extraordinary.
At present, seeing that Liu Bei left all the troops in his army, but wanted to punish Cao Cao's original soldiers and horses to return to the court, he was already suspicious in his heart, so he stayed in Xuzhou for two days on the grounds of fatigue of the soldiers. Sure enough, Liu Bei sent troops to garrison Xuzhou on the one hand, and went out to recruit the displaced people on the other hand, obviously with great ambitions.
When Zhu Ling was in Xudu, he heard that people in the court often said: Liu Bei, Hongyi is generous, knows people and treats people, covers the style of high ancestors, and is a hero's weapon. I was already on guard in my heart, and when I saw Liu Bei's change, I discussed this matter with Lu Zhao, how could Lu Zhao see anything, listening to Zhu Ling say this, I had to say:
"You and I are just partial generals, how can we control him? Why don't you go back to the court and see the prime minister. ”
When Zhu Ling heard this, he thought for a while:
"It's not that there is no way, in my opinion, Xuzhou Thorn Shi Che stomach is not Liu Bei's lineage, Cao Gong left this person to garrison Xuzhou, on the one hand, because this person is a close confidant of the prime minister, but also because of this person's ancestral home in Xuzhou, the foundation is quite deep, if he can make it for internal aid, he can capture Liu Bei."
Lu Zhao nodded again and again when he heard this, and the two of them took advantage of the color to go to Xuzhou's assassination mansion. Che Zhou heard that it was Zhu Ling and Lu Zhao who asked to see him, and knew that he was Cao Cao's confidant, and he must have something important, so he was busy summoning him into the house.
Zhu Ling and the others saw the car, and after the two sides finished the preface, they immediately took out Liu Bei's matter with the car, and the car was shocked when he heard this:
"How is this for good. There are less than 30,000 soldiers and horses in Xuzhou City, that Liu Bei was in charge of Xuzhou, and his foundation is deep. ”
When Zhu Ling heard this, he was reluctant to move forward, so he had to say in a deep voice:
"Liu Bei is originally a hero, if you don't get rid of him, he will also regard you as a gangrene on his back, and he wants to get rid of it first and then quickly."
When Che Xuan heard this, he knew that Zhu Ling was right, and nodded:
"What the general said is right, it is better to summon Yuanlong to discuss together. When Cao Gong was leaving, he said that if there was a big event, he could ask Ji Yuanlong. ”
Zhu Ling was amazed when he heard this:
"Cao Gong's plan is really far-reaching."