Yang Dingnai was a veteran general in Xizhou, serving half his life in the army. During his reign as Emperor Ling, he also helped the country to quell the Yellow Turban bandits and resisted the rebellion in Liangzhou. Unfortunately, following Dong Zhuo, he was forced to be involved in the whirlpool of the times. In the end, he was infamous and died an untimely death.
Yang Ding was not the first person to underestimate Liu Biao and end up in such a miserable end. Although Liu Biao did not have the talent of a king or the master of chaos, he could be described as a self-defeating thief. However, if he could firmly hold on to his foundation, he was not a traitor. A skill?
In terms of fighting against foreign enemies, Liu Biao was considered to have achieved outstanding results. He followed Yuan Shu in the western border, sent tribute to Wudang, restrained Sun Jian in Hannan, pursued Yang Ding and analyzed Shang. Later, Zhang Ji, Zhang Xiu's uncle and nephew were killed and one surrendered. The ending is almost never a good one.
Even if he faced Cao Cao, Sun Ce, Sun Quan and other great figures in the future, his foundation would not be shaken even a little bit.
"What are you doing here? Why don't you retreat quickly!" Several officials wearing red turbans and holding large halberds shouted angrily at the surrounding crowd: "If you dare to approach again, you will be severely punished!"
The crowd of onlookers has affected the march of the team, and being too close can easily cause chaos. If any prisoners take the opportunity to escape, they, the officials responsible for escorting them, will all be held responsible.
The common people were still somewhat afraid of the bright swords and halberds in the hands of the officials, but they did not want to leave just now. They only retreated a little further and still followed closely.
The officials said nothing more when they saw this. It was obvious that they had become accustomed to such scenes along the way.
"Leiyang..." Liu Jing took one last look at the defeated Xiliang remnants of less than 300 people, then mounted Chi Ji and rode away.
Perhaps, they will have a chance to meet again in the future...
The premise is that they can survive until that time, Tieguan is not an easy place to be.
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Since the beginning of winter, the number of tourists in the market has dropped sharply at a speed visible to the naked eye. There are few pedestrians and the streets are deserted. It is hard to see the noisy scene in the spring and autumn where pedestrians pass each other one after another, no one cares about them, and no cars can spin around.
Cai Sheng was walking in the city, wearing a neat crown and belt, and a snow-white fox fur coat. Liu Jing knew that he was well-dressed and liked fine clothes and hats, so as soon as winter came, he gave him a fur coat to keep out the cold.
Cai Sheng accepted it readily and was not polite to Liu Jing at all. Since the two met, he has received countless favors from Liu Jing, including this one. He has full confidence in himself and Liu Jing will always need him in the future. When the time comes, he will definitely use all his strength and spare no effort, just like when he dealt with the district hero.
Cai Sheng walked all the way to Tao Guan's cake stall and saw his short body, less than five feet tall, huddled behind the cake stall. He was only wearing a rather shabby black and brown kapok clothes, shivering in the rain and snow. Cai Sheng asked Said: "Dwarf slave, why don't you close the stall? Haven't the Hu cakes been sold out yet?"
When Tao Guan saw Cai Sheng's arrival, his funny face immediately became happy. He held his hands in front of his mouth and breathed to keep warm. He replied: "It's almost time. There are still four or five Hu cakes left. We will close the stall when they are sold out."
As soon as Tao Guan exposed his hands, Cai Sheng immediately discovered that his hands were covered with frostbite and were very swollen. He walked over and grabbed his hand, frowned and said, "Dwarf slave, you have sores on your hands. "
"The baby was born last year." Tao Guan laughed and said, "It doesn't matter, we will see you well next year."
Cai Sheng was silent for a long time. Tao Guan was selling cakes. He could sell cakes for a hundred yuan a day at least, and two hundred yuan a day at most. His monthly income was thousands of yuan.
If he lived alone, he would be able to have enough food and clothing, but unfortunately his parents were unloving, his brothers were not jealous, and the whole family expected him to survive alone. As a result, he earned a lot of money, but he couldn't even afford a winter coat to keep out the cold.
When I get frostbite, I don’t want to buy medicine to treat it.
Of course, Cai Sheng believed that he was partly responsible. He had not neglected Tao Guan's borrowing money for gambling before. Although he had blocked the coveting and harassment of city rangers and evil youths, Tao Guan not only did not suffer a loss, but also took advantage.
But Cai Sheng would not have such thoughts. As a friend, he should have protected Tao Guan. How could the two things be confused?
"Who would go out to buy cakes in this weather? Don't sell them. I'll invite you to drink in Zuixiang Residence. We won't come back until we get drunk today." Cai Sheng said as he moved the cake basket down to the table.
Zuixiangju is a newly opened wine shop in the city in September. Nowadays, most wine shops only hang a wine bottle in front of the restaurant as a sign, but Zuixiangju uses wood as a sign, engraved with the three characters "Zuixiangju", and hangs it.
Yu Menliang.
At first, everyone laughed at it. Most of the people in the city were vulgar. How many people could be literate?
However, after drinking the wine of Zui Xiangju, everyone's attitude turned 180 degrees, and they all praised this move. How could such a wine that is unparalleled in the world come from an unknown place?
"Okay." Tao Guan hesitated for a moment and then agreed. It was true that the two of them hadn't had a drink together for a while.
The two put their things into the residence and immediately headed to Zuixiang Residence in the west of the city.
Nowadays, there are two most lively places in the west of the city. One is naturally Zuixiangju, and the other is Changleju. This is a place for gambling and gambling. It was created by the thieves in the city in the past. "Six Fingers" Zhu A and Changsha hero Liu Zong jointly
open.
Someone once jokingly said: "Half of the people in the city live in Zuixiang, and half live in Changle."
Cai Sheng was fond of playing games, but since his death, Zhu A has been running Changleju. He can take the winnings and don't have to pay them back if he loses. Gradually, the more he plays, the more boring he becomes. Now he has almost ten days and eight days.
He has never been to Tianjin. He is very doubtful that after a while, he will quit gambling.
"Cai Jun..." As soon as Cai Sheng and Tao Guan arrived in the countryside, their servants rushed out to greet them warmly.
Cai Sheng nodded slightly and asked with a smile: "Do you still have a place now?"
The servant smiled and said, "What do you mean by Mr. Cai? It's hard to say whether others have a place, but if Mr. Cai comes here, he will definitely have a place."
Cai Sheng laughed loudly when he heard this, and suddenly felt very proud. He stepped into the threshold and saw that the rather open hall was full of drinkers. A rough calculation showed that there were no less than thirty or forty people, and this was only the first floor.
, there are also many guests on the second floor.
Tao Guan hid behind Cai Sheng and looked around. He found that almost all the drinkers in the hall were wearing swords and knives. Although the folk customs of Jingchu were strong and swordsmanship was popular, the ratio was still too high. Nine out of ten of these people
They are all rangers.
"Cai Jun..." Tao Guan's guess was correct. Most of the drinkers were knights. As Cai Sheng arrived, they all stopped their glasses, drunk or not, and stood up to greet Cai Sheng.
Cai Sheng had enjoyed high prestige among knights and villains because of his superb swordsmanship. Later, he helped Liu Jing capture Ou Sheng and Ou Xiong, pushing his own prestige to the top.
Cai Sheng greeted the drinkers in the hall with fists in their hands, and exchanged brief greetings with those he met, and then he and Tao Guan were led up to the second floor by the servants.