After getting together with Guan Yu, Chen Chong was extremely happy. For the first time, he put off all chores and made time to be alone with Yunchang. While the two were resting together, they talked about the many experiences they had experienced after parting, as if they had returned to the time when they had just met when they were young.
Only then did Chen Chong realize that Yunchang’s experience after being captured was legendary.
After the Bohai War, Cao Cao had a different view of Guan Yu and tried to persuade Guan Yu to surrender several times, but to no avail. In desperation, he imprisoned him with many Han prisoners. By the beginning of October, nearly 60,000 prisoners had been captured.
Cao's army was divided into thirteen divisions, which were transferred to Fanyang, Hanchang, Lingshou, Gaoyi, Xiangguo, Xindu, Nanhe, Handan, Guantao, Ganling, Pingyuan, Leling, Dongguang, and Guan Yu
He was escorted to Handan.
During his time as a prisoner in Handan, Guan Yu and his men worked hard on the farm, cutting firewood and even carrying charcoal to make iron. It was all extremely tiring physical work. With such hard work every day, there was very little food: each person in the county government only had
The Han soldiers were given a piece of biscuit and after eating it, they felt their stomachs were empty within two hours. If they asked for it again, they would be severely beaten. Many people had to dig up ferns in the fields to survive.
In November, frost and snow fell, and the county government placed them in a deserted village. The village had thin walls and broken roofs, making it extremely difficult to live in. However, the prisoners were wearing single clothes and had nowhere to go, so they could only huddle in the village.
In the house, they hugged each other to keep warm. But there was no firewood and no fire for food. By December, hundreds died of cold and exhaustion, and even Guan Yu was suffering.
Fortunately, there was a local celebrity, Liu Shao, who admired Guan Yu a lot. The local people often remembered Guan Yu's achievements in pacifying the Yellow Turbans ten years ago, so they secretly sent food, clothing, wine and meat from time to time. After Guan Yu received them, he distributed them to his subordinates.
Especially those who were hungry and cold could barely survive the winter.
The following year, this year, spring came. The county government learned that the army had suffered a setback in Dingtao, so it treated Guan Yu and others a little better. Although they still did not receive new clothes, they at least had enough food every day and would not starve anymore.
. And Guan Yu got to know many heroes and knights in the local area, such as Feng Youjie of Julu, Zhao Zikai of Yiyang, Li Boqin of Quliang, etc. They often came to make friends, competed with Guan Yu in martial arts, discussed heroes, and the county government banned them.
But if you can't stop, you can only let it go in the end.
As soon as the time turned to May, just when Guan Yu was about to get used to the local life, the county government suddenly sent people to look for him and escorted Guan Yu into the city. At first, everyone thought that an order to be executed was issued, and the local scholars interceded for him. Feng You
Jie and others were preparing to rob the prison. Suddenly, there was a rumble in the city, and the county magistrate had no choice but to ask Guan Yu to come forward and explain. Only then did he realize that it was Cao Cao who personally ordered Guan Yu to be escorted back to Xindu, without any intention of killing anyone.
Speaking of which, at this time, the capital of the Easterners was no longer Yecheng, but was moved to Xindu by Cao Cao. He had already discussed this matter with Xun or Guo Jia: the previous government of Yecheng was not only close to Luoyang, but also close to Ba
The government is close to the Shangdang, which can be said to be a place for military use. It can be a military capital, but it cannot be used for civil governance. Moreover, the Yuan family has been working in Yecheng for nearly ten years. The trees are big and deep, and they cannot take back power without moving the capital. Therefore, after he returned to the army in April
, and began to move the capital.
As for why he moved the capital to Xindu, Cao Cao had three considerations: First, Xindu is located in Jizhou, extending in all directions, and the city is solid, and the people under his rule are prosperous. If the capital is built here, it will not be a waste of money; second,
Xindu was the accompanying capital of the ancient Zhao Kingdom. The King of Zhao once supervised the construction of a tan platform here, which was ten feet high and was the highest in Hebei. If the capital was located here, it would be in line with the prophecy that "those who succeed the Han Dynasty should be Tu Gao"; the third is to move the capital
After that, Cao Cao still had to garrison the army for a long time and could not stay in the capital for a long time. Therefore, he had to be careful of chaos. If the capital was in Xindu, even if there was a rebellion, there would be no danger to defend.
The power of blowing away dust.
When Guan Yu and his men arrived in Xindu, the Qinghe Palace was being renovated in the city. A large number of Han prisoners were walking on the road, carrying stones and huge trees for this purpose. Those who were tired and breathless would be scolded and whipped by the soldiers. The hardship was far worse than
Handan. Guan Yu walked all the way, crying out in pain, but there was nothing he could do. He could only watch the dying people being dragged into the holes where the bones were buried. When he entered the city, some people even recognized him and said, "Oh!"
But Guan Yu was speechless, and Guan Yu was helpless and could only turn his eyes and close his eyes. This made him extremely stubborn. When talking about this matter, even when facing Chen Chong, he was always talking and silent, unable to hide the sadness in his heart.
After entering the city, to Guan Yu's surprise, he was not imprisoned. Instead, he was guarded in Cao Ren's mansion. His daily diet was fish, meat, wine, and honey, which was almost the same as Cao Ren. However, Cao Ren did not speak to him, and Cao Cao was late.
The delay in meeting him made him particularly confused, but since he was a prisoner, there was no use in thinking about it. Guan Yu put aside his distracting thoughts and continued to practice martial arts in addition to his daily diet.
Suddenly one day, Cao Ren suddenly added a maid for Guan Yu, saying that she was a girl bought from Qingzhou. The maid was so pitiful that even Guan Yu could not help but be a little moved, but he knew that Cao Ren had bad intentions, so he treated the maid
Like a passerby, he had no intention of getting close. Just by chance, Yunchang discovered that the maid was extremely elegant. He recited "Spring and Autumn", and the maid responded with "Poetry". Only then did he learn that the maid was not a female advocate, but the daughter of the Li family in Jinan.
The lady had to take turns to come here because of the decline of her family after the Yellow Turban Rebellion. When Guan Yu heard about it, he felt even more pity for her, but he still restrained himself and kept the etiquette, but he couldn't help chatting with her.
In late September, Guan Yu was practicing martial arts in the courtyard one day, but he heard his maid crying in the room. He couldn't help but feel strange and asked, but the maid didn't answer. Guan Yu kept asking, and she answered in tears. It turned out that Cao Ren had an appointment with her, and if she
You can't say that the clouds will fall in three months, and you won't save your life. There is only half a month left, and the appointment date is coming. The appointment date is also the date of death, how can you make her not sad?
After explaining the whole story, Li cried again and said: "Guan Jun is a great man with great ambitions in the world. Who in the world does not admire him? If Guan Jun's reputation is ruined because of my concubine, I will not be able to atone for my sin even if I die!" Guan Yu was silent after hearing this. He hesitated for a long time and finally said: "How dare I accept the girl's wishes?" He also said: "Guan Yu is incompetent and cannot save the girl's life, but if I am lucky enough to survive, I am willing to preserve the girl's reputation.
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The two then secretly tied the knot and became husband and wife.
By mid-October, someone really captured Li, and then another maid was admitted to the hospital. Guan Yu couldn't bear it anymore, so he immediately started fighting. Even though he had no weapons, he had to kill several people with his bare hands. It was difficult for Cao Ren to let him go.
Capture him. To prevent accidents, he had to be transferred to the dungeon.
There were no doors in the dungeon of Xindu, and there were even very few lights. Guan Yu lived in a haze every day, and it was difficult to distinguish between day and night. When others came to ask him questions, he did not answer them. When others gave him things, he just ignored them.
After eating, he lived half-dead for more than a month, and finally waited until Cao Cao came to see him.
Cao Cao asked him: "Is Yun Chang farewell okay?"
Guan Yu looked at Cao Cao's half-dark face under the lamplight and didn't answer for a long time.
Cao Cao sighed, and couldn't help but feel admired in his heart. For several months, he had exhausted almost all means, but he still couldn't shake Guan Yu in the slightest. He was like a tough man, even with Jing Ke and Yu Rang in ancient times.
Compared with the righteous men, they are not inferior. It’s a pity that I don’t have such talents under my command!
Thinking of this, he continued to look at Guan Yu, only to feel that the shortcomings in his chest became more and more profound. He wanted to persuade him a few more words, but unexpectedly the words came to his lips and he said: "Yun Chang, you can leave the day after tomorrow!"
Guan Yu was extremely confused and asked: "Where to go?"
As soon as Cao Cao spoke, he felt much more relaxed. He naturally said: "I made an appointment with Liu Xuande to let you go back this year. It's already December. If I don't let you go, I will break the agreement."
After hearing that he could be reunited with his brothers, Guan Yu finally stood up slowly. He looked up to his commander and breathed a sigh of relief. He slowly walked to Cao Cao and asked, "I still have some brothers in the army. Can I take them away?" p>
Cao Cao nodded slightly and said, "No more than six or seven people."
When Guan Yu heard this, he immediately asked for his personal followers. He first asked Du Yun and Quan Xiu about their whereabouts. These two people had followed him when he was fighting against Dong, and they were very effective. As a result, Guo Jia checked and found that these two people
He had frozen to death in winter. So Guan Yu asked Ran Kang, Mao Xian, and Huang He. They were the warriors Guan Yu conquered in Henan and were quite powerful. It turned out that they were infected with the epidemic after the war and were also infected with the disease.
He died of illness six months ago. Guan Yu asked more than a dozen people in succession, but in the end only two people managed to survive. This made Guan Yu deeply disappointed. He finally asked for five stone-carrying slaves to build the palace, and only then could he get seven people. The next day, Cao Cao and Guan Yu had a farewell banquet. At the party, there were quite a lot of Easterners. Cao Cao invited dozens of beauties to dance and play the piano in the hall. The music played was the "Bohai Breaking Formation Music." Cao Cao asked Guan Yu:
"Yun Chang thinks why Xuande was defeated by me last time?"
Guan Yu replied: "Gong Cao was a lot of deceivers, but my brother was eager for quick success and failed to respond to changes, so he was defeated."
Cao Cao laughed when he heard this and praised everyone: "Yun Chang is really straightforward." Then he said, "We will fight again next year. How do you think Yunchang will win or lose?"
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Guan Yu replied: "If we fight head-on again, our army will be seriously injured, and the chance of winning is only 40%. But if someone is in the army, he may not be able to kill Cao Gong to protect his brother."
Hearing this, Cao Cao applauded loudly and said to Guan Yu: "Today I let Yunchang go back. It can be said that I let the tiger return to the mountain. But how can a hero like Yunchang not make people happy? So today I want to say goodbye to you.
As an appointment."
Guan Yu said: "But it doesn't matter."
Cao Cao raised his glass and said: "If I defeat Yunchang again, I hope Yunchang will surrender to me and my mother will refuse!"
When Guan Yu saw this, he also raised his glass and said: "Dong Cao values it so much, so next time I meet, I will spare the Duke three arrows!"
After saying this, the surrounding generals immediately scolded him, but they soon calmed down Cao Cao. He said with great sincerity: "Yun Chang promised a thousand gold, and we have settled on this."
After that, he ordered someone to take out a young girl from the house and said to Guan Yu: "This is Ah Long who is engaged to Yide. I originally intended to let her remarry, but she refused. When Yun Chang went back this time, he also took the opportunity to
Take her with you! She is a good woman, but unfortunately, if there is a suitable person in my family, I will never let her out!"
Guan Yu heard that they were younger brothers and sisters, and he happily agreed. After eating and drinking, he did not stop any longer, and set off immediately while guarding the carriage. After Guan Yu left, Guo Jia immediately spoke to Cao Cao and said: "Ming Gong, Guan Yunchang and Chen Tingjian are both Liu Bei's arms.
, how can it be so easy? It’s still too late to send troops to rob and kill!"
When Cao Cao heard this, he just waved his hand and said bleakly: "But everyone is their own master, why should it be like this?" After saying that, he suddenly thought of something and fumbled for a Chentang sword at his waist, but found nothing, and finally just
He could say to himself sadly: "The clouds are gone forever!"