Pang Tong was a little disappointed. His words failed to persuade Long Fei to send troops. When he left Wancheng, he was a little embarrassed to see Yang Hong again. Instead, Yang Hong pulled Pang Tong into his carriage.
Pang Tong sighed, cupped his hands to Yang Hong and said, "Prime Minister Yang, this time I went to Haikou but failed to persuade Long Fei. How should you explain to Yuan Shu when you go back?"
Yang Hong smiled: "Sir, don't worry. My Majesty has no hope of joining forces with Long Fei. He sent me here this time just as a living horse doctor. Yuzhou's failure is reasonable. What will happen in the future? Sir, I have to ask more."
Plan!”
Pang Tong shook his head: "Yuan Shu has offended the world by becoming emperor. Although he has shown some kindness, the people still yearn for the Han Dynasty. Even the living gods can't save Yuan Shu from danger. Doesn't Prime Minister Yang not understand the key? Listen to my advice and leave.
Yuan Shu can prevent his head from being dislocated!"
The carriage moved slowly, and the two defeated people talked freely about their inner anguish in the carriage. Yang Hong was the best at observing people's emotions. He could see that Pang Tong had a big knot in his heart. Although he didn't know what it was, he understood that Pang Tong was like this.
Those who have great talents must have space to display themselves. However, the world is so big that there are very few people who do not judge their abilities based on their appearance. Even if you are very talented, if you stand in the court, you will still be short with such strange appearance.
a bit.
When they arrived at the city gate, the driver suddenly pulled the reins and the carriage came to an emergency brake. Some soldiers came over to report to Yang Hong. Long Fei saw him off at the city gate, which surprised Yang Hongda. He hurriedly packed up and got off.
We met in the car. In an open space outside Wancheng Gate, someone had already set down a table, several plates of fruits and cakes, and a large wine jar next to it.
"General Long, you are so polite! Yang Hong is grateful!" Yang Hong saluted Long Fei with his hands raised.
Long Fei didn't even look at him, but came towards Pang Tong with a smile on his face: "Brother Shi Yuan, I don't know when we will meet when we leave. I'll prepare a few glasses of water and wine to say goodbye to Brother Shi Yuan. Come on!
Bring the best wine to Brother Shiyuan!" Long Fei took Pang Tong's hand and said mysteriously: "I got these from Feng Xiao. They are all old wines. Although they can't be named, they are very good.
, I sang it!”
"Thank you, General!" Pang Tong sighed: "I boasted about Haikou in front of Prime Minister Yang, but was mercilessly rejected by the General. I feel unwilling to do so!"
"Hahaha..." Long Fei laughed loudly: "Who is Brother Shiyuan? How can he not see the major events in the world? How can a person like Yuan Shu be at peace? Today I saved him, but tomorrow he will dare to do anything to me
With swords and soldiers facing each other, why bother looking for trouble for yourself, if Cao Cao might have saved you!"
Pang Tong shook his head: "It seems that General Long is very ambitious!"
"None of the princes in the world have ambitions, but in these troubled times, what matters is not ambition but strength!" Long Fei glanced at the towering Wancheng city wall and the people in the outer city who were coming in and out of the city gate: "Although I am in Wancheng,
It’s crude, but it’s one-hearted. Even if Cao Cao wants to attack, he will have to pay a heavy price!”
Pang Tong nodded: "I have been walking around Wancheng in the past few days. It is indeed different from other places. It's a pity that the place is too small to get around. If the general owns a state, it will be unlimited!"
"I agree!" Long Fei said with a smile: "If Brother Shiyuan is willing to help, what do you think of Jingzhou?"
Pang Tong was obviously stunned. In fact, he also knew that Long Fei was interested in Jingzhou, but it was strange that Long Fei actually invited him. Pang Tong was from the Black Bing, and Long Fei was considered a traitor to the Black Bing, and now he is hanging out with the people from Wu Mu.
He is often an enemy of Hei Bing. He, Pang Tong, is not Long Fei. He has a family and a wife, and has sworn allegiance to Hei Bing since he was a child. Although he also feels that many things Hei Bing does are a bit unethical, he has never thought of betraying Hei Bing.
Long Fei chuckled: "Brother Shi Yuan, there is no need to answer now. You can come at any time. As long as Brother Shi Yuan is willing to come, the gate of my Wancheng will always be open to you, and my position as Zuo Army Advisor General will always be reserved for Brother Shi Yuan."
Yang Hong on the side was a little stunned. Long Fei really didn't hesitate to spend money to recruit talents. If Pang Tong agrees and Long Fei succeeds in the future, Pang Tong will be inferior to one person and superior to tens of thousands of people. Even those who followed Long Fei the earliest are Jia Xu and Zhao Yun.
The others all instantly became Pang Tong's subordinates. This temptation is not too big, and it is difficult for ordinary people to refuse. But Pang Tong shook his head and smiled bitterly: "The general thinks so highly of me, Pang Tong, Pang Tong is grateful, but the time is not mature yet, maybe in the future I
I am living in Wancheng, please ask the general to take you in!"
Yang Hong returned to Runan. Looking at Yang Hong's face, Yuan Shu had already guessed that the matter must have failed, otherwise Yang Hong's character would never be such a bitter melon face. Yang Hong knelt down and kowtowed: "Yang Hong
Hong is incompetent and has failed your Majesty, so please forgive him."
Yuan Shu sighed: "Get up! I knew this would be the result! I originally planned to send people to attack Xuzhou and then carry Qingzhou on my back. Unexpectedly, Zang Ba's soldiers and horses were strong and his soldiers were so experienced that he blocked all the roads, so he sent Ji Ling.
I am memorializing Yuzhou, hoping to open a way to Hebei! It is reasonable for me to be trapped here now!"
"Your Majesty! Wuwuwu..." Yang Hong started to cry.
This time Yuan Shu also felt that his road was coming to an end. In the past two years, a prosperous place like Yangzhou has suffered from natural disasters year after year. Especially this year, heavy rains in the beginning of spring almost drowned all the crops. In summer, it has been raining for days.
The drought has caused many areas in Yangzhou to have no harvest. The price of rice in Shouchun City has risen three times a day. Last year, a load of rice was 20 yuan, but now it has risen to 800 yuan. Even if you have money, you may not be able to buy food. The rich
People are fleeing one after another. The poor have no way to escape and can only starve! Bark and grass roots are luxuries, while Guanyin soil and various living animals are necessities. Until the end, people change their bodies to eat, and people eat people's food.
This phenomenon is nothing new in Yangzhou.
The people were complaining, but Yuan Shu was still hiding in the palace to enjoy himself. He constantly sent troops to attack Xuzhou, Yuzhou and even Jiangdong occupied by Sun Ce. In order to raise more food and soldiers, Yuan Shu ordered all the soldiers over the age of thirteen to
All men under the age of ten must enlist in the army, and various taxes are constantly levied. This makes it even worse for the people who are already unable to survive.
At that time, Shu Zhong, the former Prime Minister of Pei, asked Yuan Shu to distribute food to the hungry people. Yuan Shu saw that Shu Zhongying was well-known and prestigious in Xuzhou, so he did something to win over people's hearts. However, Yuan Shu's big tree was already seriously ill, and such trivial skills were useless.
To no avail. There was Lei Bo again, so Chen Lan took the opportunity to lead his troops away from Yuan Shu's control, robbed the treasury, and took over the mountain as king, completely disrupting Yuan Shu's military morale.
The hearts of the people were devastated and the morale of the army was unstable. Emperor Yuan Shu of the Zhong family had completely come to an end. The wheel of history would ruthlessly roll over this once-famous emperor. After Yang Hong came back, Yuan Shu fought two more battles with Cao Jun, but both were defeated! Yuan Shu had to retreat.
, Cao Cao took the opportunity to pursue Yuan Shu all the way. He caught up with Yuan Shu at the foot of Haoshan Mountain, and the two armies fought again. Cao Cao's army was surrounded on three sides, and Yuan Shu was desperate. He asked the rebel generals Lei Bo and Chen Lan for help, but they refused.
In the midsummer of June, with no food or water, Yuan Shu and his remaining thousands of soldiers led the civil and military ministers up Mount Lu. Looking at the dark army at the foot of the mountain, everyone cried bitterly. Yang Hong knelt down at Yuan Shu's feet and said: "Your Majesty
!I am willing to go to Cao Ying to be a lobbyist. Cao Cao and Your Majesty have known each other since they were young, so they should still cherish their old friendship!"
Zhang Xun also knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, I would like to lead the troops to hold Cao Cao here. Your Majesty, please come down from the back mountain quickly!"
Ji Ling waved his three-pointed two-edged sword: "I am willing to escort Your Majesty to evacuate this place!"
Yuan Shu shook his head and looked up at the scorching sun in the sky. In the past few days, he only had time to travel and didn't even have time to eat. Now he was tired, hungry and thirsty, so Yuan Shu sat down on the big stone and said, "I'm thirsty and can't bear it. Get some honey water."
Come?"
After shouting for a long time, no one responded. Only then did everyone realize that they had run too fast. All the chamberlains and maids following Yuan Shu had disappeared at some point, and all the emperor's utensils were missing. Zhang Xun hurriedly took a water bag and handed it to
Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu took a sip and vomited all of it: "I want to drink honey water!"
"Your Majesty!" Yang Hong knelt down and crawled a few steps, tears streaming down his face.
But Yuan Shu laughed loudly: "Okay! Great! I, Yuan Shu, have been running around for half my life and have ended up like this! God, you are unfair! Since I am the eldest son of the Yuan family, why do I need another concubine named Yuan Shao!" "Pfft!
"A mouthful of blood spurted out and he fell down on his back.
Everyone hurried forward and put Yuan Shu gently on the ground. Ji Ling was furious: "Cao Mengde bullied people too much! I will go down the mountain and fight to the death with Cao Mengde!"
The people on the mountain heard a cry of killing from the bottom of the mountain, and it stopped instantly. Some soldiers who followed Ji Ling down quickly came back to report that Ji Ling had been killed by Xiahou Dun! The morale of Cao's army was high. Zhang Xun glanced at Yang
Hong: "Prime Minister, take care of your Majesty! I'm going!" Ignoring Yang Hong's shouts, the horse disappeared into the woods.
The news of Zhang Xun's death came soon after. Yang Hong hugged Yuan Shao and laughed loudly: "Your Majesty! You are blessed! The two generals stained the battlefield with blood for you and the Zhong family dynasty! The veteran is not bad! Never embarrass the civil servants!
"After that, he took out the sword from his waist, put it on his neck, glanced at Yuan Shu one last time, and pulled hard with his arm. Yang Hong clearly heard the sound of the knife sliding across his skin.
When Yuan Shao woke up, he was surrounded by people. Cao Jun had already gone up the mountain. Looking at the corpses all over the mountain, they were scared. Yuan Shu looked around, found Yang Hong at his feet, and burst into tears. He regretted and blamed himself.
Unwilling to accept, all kinds of emotions flooded into his mind again. He suddenly stood up and laughed: "Cao Mengde! You win! Yangzhou and Yuzhou are all for you!" A mouthful of blood spurted out five or six feet away. Yuan Shu looked up with a smile on his face.
He fell next to Yang Hong. The master and servant were facing each other, and their blood was intertwined.
Cao Cao sighed sadly. He remembered that when he, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and others were in Luoyang, they were young and vigorous, flying eagles and horses and how happy they were. Now that they are old, they actually kill each other. Cao Cao said lightly: "Yuan Shu's body was buried in a coffin."