Chapter Thirty-ninth People Saying the Sword to the Martyrs
The summer night was full of fireworks, and under the twinkling stars, a group of wizards and witches walked out of Niu Fu's residence tremblingly and returned to their own place. Only then did they feel relieved... but they couldn't help but complain about the burning turtle.
The wizard of the shell broke the rules. Novel .
"How can you talk like this?" Another elderly fortune teller said angrily. "Although the general believes in us, where in the army can we get the chance to dance in a place like this?"
"That's what it means." A young and beautiful witch also crowded forward and complained. "Before, we all said that he was in danger in this battle. It was because he was afraid. We just said it for him, and this kind of words can always be solved.
. This time, he said it with his own mouth that he wanted to kill two thousand stones to establish his authority. Let’s just follow his wishes. But even so, you can’t specifically say that killing two thousand stones means killing one person, right?” At this point.
, the witch couldn't help lowering her voice and complaining. "Do you think it's easy to kill someone with two thousand stones? Do you want to kill me?"
"That's right!" Another man stepped forward and gritted his teeth. "Not to mention whether we can kill him or not, even if we can't kill him, when the man named Li comes to investigate, the general will turn around and point at us. Each of us will count one by one, and we will all be compensated with our lives!
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"You know nothing!" The wizard who burned the turtle shell could no longer bear it. "You don't even think about it. If we really want to summon other generals here, who will be the first to arrive? I usually have many friends with the army.
When the generals and assistants were drinking together, they asked clearly about the surrounding generals, and Dong Yue was the closest... Wouldn't it be a good thing to kill him?"
Suddenly hearing the name Dong Yue, all the witches and witches were stunned... because they themselves also knew that if Dong Yue really arrived, if a bitch like themselves didn't think of ways to kill the other party, the other party would sooner or later know what happened before.
The two sides had been feuding for a long time, and there was no room for change. In other words, these lowly soothsayers were not qualified to "change" with a lieutenant general.
In a sense, they are also protecting themselves?
"Even so, you are a little anxious." The fortune teller was silent for a long time, and then muttered something. "But the matter has reached this point, so don't complain. Dong Yue will do whatever he says.
Everyone, don’t be stingy with your wealth and favors, walk around everywhere and be sure to get rid of this person!”
Everyone had their own thoughts and shook their heads and dispersed.
Some people were exhausted and went to rest; some people cheered up and went to find familiar generals all night to use their strength; even those witches each went to find their own beauties for protection... In this case, the one who burned the turtle shell
The wizard calmly held a bag of belongings and took advantage of the chaos caused when the Youzhou Army came to frighten him before, and went out to a place in the city openly.
It is said that the city of Shaanxi County has long been turned into a large military camp. Stationed in the south of the city is a Sima from the Qianshi Branch. All his troops are soldiers from Bingzhou. The leader is called Zhang Liao, who was annexed by Dong Zhuo when he was in Luoyang.
Part 1. And this wizard, carrying a package and walking around, came to this very place to meet Zhang Liao.
"Zhang Sima." The wizard said bluntly as soon as he came in. "I have done what you asked me to do. Please let me out of the city..."
"The war is in turmoil. You are carrying such a package. Aren't you afraid of being robbed?" Zhang Liao, who had just left the city, was taking a shower in the courtyard with his arms bare, exposing his white tendons. He also felt the same when he saw his own soldiers bringing people here.
Still relaxed. "How about you hide in our army and wait until this period of time has passed before letting you go back to your hometown?"
"How dare you return to your hometown?" The wizard couldn't help but stamp his feet and smile bitterly. "Zhang Sima must not forget that I am originally from Henan. On that day, Niu Fu was ordered to fight in Hedong and took me away directly from the street. That is why he and I
Getting acquainted with Sima..."
"Yes." Zhang Liao threw down the wooden basin in his hand and sighed repeatedly. "That day in Hedong, Niu Fu looked at me from side to side. Fortunately, I met you in Luoyang, so I can survive until now... Actually, I also know that you are not saying anything.
To be honest, I don’t want to hide here just because I’m afraid that I’ll swallow up your savings, but I really want to meet you, and you’ve always helped me to protect you.”
The wizard smiled and said nothing.
"Forget it!" Zhang Liao was too lazy to say anything when he saw this. "I won't send you off, but it's not easy to open the city gate at this time. I will ask someone to find a basket and put you down from the city wall... You are going to Nanyang.
Be careful along the way."
"Thank you Sima for your kindness." The wizard couldn't help being overjoyed when he heard this, but he backed away while carrying the package and bowed. "It's not Nanyang, it's Xiangyang. I heard that Liu Biao, who was known as the Eight Horsemen, went there to rule.
There is no chaos, maybe we can live in peace."
After saying this, he had already hurriedly exited the courtyard, leaving Zhang Liao alone, shirtless and looking at the stars above his head thoughtfully...until a man flashed out of the room behind him.
"Wenyuan, aren't you afraid of catching a cold?" Although this man was dressed normally, when he came out and spoke, his tone seemed a bit condescending.
"Brother." Zhang Liao quickly turned around after hearing this. "Although all of our troops are descendants of the Yanmen that I personally recruited, just to be on the safe side, you'd better not show up easily to avoid others seeing your flaws..."
"Why do you need to be so careful?" Zhang Liao's brother Zhang Fan said with emotion. "I have been with your army for three months, and I can see to some extent that Niu Fu is a Xiliang stick, just avoid him; and this Li Ru
They look powerful, but in fact they are slow to react and are too bookish...how can these two be Junhou's opponents?"
Zhang Liao, who was still shirtless, immediately laughed: "Actually, just because my brother came directly from Taiyuan to look for me three months ago, I felt that Niu Fu was going to be unlucky, because it has reached such an extent that it is really convincing.
Said. Only in the current situation, what if General Wei can stir up trouble in Shaanxi County? The stability of Guanzhong is there, and the same is true of Hongnong's heavy troops. If you mess around here, I'm afraid you will win.
It’s just a stalemate.”
Zhang Fan frowned slightly: "This is not something you have to worry about, Wenyuan."
Zhang Liao saw that his brother was unhappy and did not dare to say anything. He just shook his head, wiped himself immediately, put on his clothes and went to the room to rest.
The night was far away, and the Youzhou Army went to the city of Shaanxi County overnight to intimidate them for a while, then retreated to Shaanxi Road, and then set up camp at the original camp of the Guanxi Army. They quickly fell asleep due to exhaustion and the warm weather in summer.
However, as the commander of the first army, Gongsun was still discussing something with the only two senior officers in the army. Soon, Gao Shun, who had always been dull, took the lead in resigning, leaving only Xi Zhong and Gongsun sitting opposite each other.
I didn't want to leave for a long time.
"Your Majesty, I shouldn't have interfered with the military so easily, but with the current situation, my subordinates are unhappy." Xi Zhong watched Gao Shun go out of the tent, and after a long time he started to speak under the flickering candlelight.
Got it.
"Are you worried that Xu Rong and Zhang Liao will have problems, or are you worried that 20,000 troops will suddenly leave Tongguan to attack our army, or are you worried about the overall situation in Hebei?" Gongsun, who was reading something, looked up and seemed to
It had been expected, so there was not much surprise.
"I..." Xi Zhong hesitated for a moment, but still responded seriously. "To be honest with you, I am worried."
"There's nothing to worry about. It's just a matter of doing your best and obeying fate." Gongsun didn't take it seriously.
"Having said that, you have to pay a price for doing your best." Xi Zhong disagreed. "Today, there were hundreds of casualties in this plain camp..."
"But you always have to live up to others." Gongsun put down the book in his hand when he heard the words, stood up suddenly, and then started walking in the tent with his hands behind his hands. "Just take the current situation, if Xu Rong and Zhang Liao are indifferent, I have no hatred at all.
I mean, because I understood this truth many years ago. When it comes to people's hearts, you must not think that you are the most special one. Therefore, if things fail, I will simply withdraw my troops, leave Gao Shun in Hedong, and then all
The army is transferred back to Hebei! They are just talented people. If they don't let me down, what should I do?"
Xi Zhicai smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"If they don't let me down, how can I let them down?" Gongsun continued to say with his hands behind his back, as if he was talking to himself. "If Xu Zhang doesn't let me down, then he will have to fight the current battle and ignore it then.
To win or lose, no matter what, we have to have Shaanxi County pull away the two of them and their troops, right? You said today's casualties are a pity, but if Xu and Zhang rebel, how many more people will die if I don't save them?"
Xi Zhong pursed his lips and said nothing.
"As for the 20,000 troops gathered behind Tongguan," Gongsun continued. "We both have nothing to say. In my heart, I still have some expectations for Jia Wenhe. He is a really smart man. I always feel that he has a way to do it."
Help me watch the troops behind Lu Bu and Tongguan..."
"But what if?" Xi Zhong couldn't help but shake his head again. "What if Jia Wen and Xin fail? What if he can't stop the 20,000 soldiers behind him."
"Then there's nothing we can do." Gongsun stopped and said. "The end is the same...Flee back and go back to Hebei to deal with Yuan Shao. I didn't say hang yourself from a tree."
"I also know that Junhou has arrangements in Hebei, and I am not worried that Yuan Benchu can suddenly defeat us." Xi Zhong continued to sigh. "Actually, if what I expected is true, if Junhou is not defeated for a day, or if Junhou is not defeated for a day,
After entering Guanzhong, he may not dare to fight with open swords and guns, but just dig out territory in the surrounding areas... But I still say that Hongnong can still be done, but for the overall situation of Guanzhong, Hongnong may not be counted on, and he may not be able to
Count on Jia Wenhe."
"Are you confused?" Gongsun suddenly laughed. "It sounds like I only focus on Jia Wenhe. If that's the case, based on my understanding of him, he will be disappointed in me, right?"
Xi Zhicai also reacted suddenly and immediately fell silent.
At Tongguan, amidst the sound of the Yellow River and the chirping of insects in the valley, Jia Wenhe, who was valued by Gongsun but did not really rely on him, was also looking at the dim night and sighing, because he had just learned of a major news and fifteen thousand people gathered in Huayin behind him.
Dong, the commander-in-chief of the Qianda Army, suddenly returned to Chang'an at night with only a few thousand cavalrymen. This saved him a lot of thought, but it also made him a little distracted.
By the way, Dong returning to Chang'an was not someone's plan, nor did he ignore the overall situation. On the contrary, he went back because something happened behind him and he had to go back to Chang'an. Someone tried to assassinate Dong Zhuo. At this time, someone needed to lead the troops back to stabilize the situation.
"It's really a mess." Just as Jia Xu was standing on the gate tower of Tongguan City, looking at the night sky, at some point, Tongguan general Lu Bu suddenly appeared here, fully armored, and then boldly walked towards Jia Wen
"Jia Jun, why do you think that person suddenly wanted to assassinate the Prime Minister?"
"It's not the Prime Minister, but the Grand Master." Jia Xu's expression remained unchanged. "The decree to worship the Grand Master has been sent out, and the Prime Minister has accepted it. It is said that these people are planning to take advantage of the opportunity when the Prime Minister worships the Grand Master.
It's just that some of the people who were summoned left and went straight to report, and then they were discovered... As for why, isn't General Wei just wandering outside the pass?"
"Let's not mention this," Lu Bu walked closer and suddenly became a little cautious. "Jia Jun, you are from Liangzhou and are familiar with each other in Chang'an. Do you know what to say this time? Why did I hear that I had a relationship with Xun Sikong?
relation?"
"Yes." Jia Xu didn't cover up at all. "That's what the Xun family did... What they meant was that if they suddenly killed the Grand Master while the army was outside, there would be chaos in the front, and at the right time they would order us with the imperial decree.
Zhang Ji and others also turned against General Wei to welcome General Wei. Without Grand Master Dong behind us, we would have no other choice but to turn against General Wei and the imperial court."
"How cruel!" Lu Bu shook his head repeatedly. "How can Xun Sikong be such a cheerful person on weekdays? Moreover, the grand master has repeatedly promoted him, allowing him to transform from a white-clothed man into a Sikong for a few months. Why doesn't he know how to be grateful? What a traitor.
people!"
"Marquis Wen, stop scolding." Jia Xu sighed again. "As far as I know, Xun Sikong committed suicide immediately after hearing about the defeat... He was an old friend of the Grand Master who he had met in Yingchuan when he was a boy.
If their lives are balanced, the Grand Master might be able to forget about the old relationship and forget about it, and the other participants might also be able to save their lives."
Lu Bu suddenly nodded, but he also held his saber and stared at the eastern night sky with Jia Xu in trance.
"If Marquis Wen has something to say, you might as well speak up." Jia Wenhe only glanced at the other party and roughly saw something. "There is no need to waste time here with me, an old man."
"I was thinking." Lu Bu also chuckled when he heard this. "It's a pity this time. If something like this hadn't happened behind him, General Zuo (Dong) led his troops out of the pass and went straight to Hu County. General Wei would have no choice but to cross the river in a hurry
Is there no other way out?"
"There are no what ifs in the world?" Jia Xu said with emotion, expressionless. "Everything happens by accident, and everything has a cause and effect. When things happen, they happen... Again, if Marquis Wen has something to say, you might as well say it directly.
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"What I mean is." Lu Bu finally came to his senses. "Since Huayin is heavily guarded behind us, there is no need for us to think about guarding the pass. You and I might as well kill first and then show off, and then march out tomorrow and lead the way."
Five thousand soldiers marched eastward to achieve this great feat alone!"
Jia Xu finally turned around and looked at Lu Bu seriously, but did not speak for a while.
"Did I say anything wrong?" Lu Bu became more and more anxious when he saw it. "Jia Jun, you are an elder and a wise man. Ever since the battle of Xiaopingjin that day, I have always respected you very much. If
If there is something wrong, you must teach me!"
"First," Jia Xu turned around and still looked at the night sky in the east and sighed. "General Wei's troops and horses are extraordinary. You only have five thousand soldiers, so you may not be able to break through Hu County in a hurry to achieve great success; second, Xun Sikong is a
This matter will not end so easily... You are originally from Bingzhou, not from the old Kansai region of the Xiangguo State. If you send troops without authorization, the Xiangguo and General Zuo will doubt you, and if you fail, they will even doubt your intentions.
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Lu Bu was horrified and quickly handed over his hand: "Thank you Jia Jun for reminding me, otherwise I would have made a big mistake."
"You don't need to be polite, Marquis Wen. We are just grasshoppers on a rope." Jia Wenhe didn't take it seriously. "Take off your armor and go back to rest. I want to watch the stars..."
Lu Bu said goodbye relievedly.
However, after walking only a few steps, Lu Fengxian suddenly turned around and asked curiously: "Is Jia Jun looking at the stars?"
"nature."
"I heard that great people all follow the astrology. Can we clearly see the general trend of the world and the fortunes of people like Grand Master and General Wei from the astrology?"
"I've heard this for a long time, but I don't have the ability myself. It's just that it's hot in summer and the city is cool, so I just take a look."
"That's it." Lu Bu shook his head in disappointment. "Actually, I have no other intention, I'm just curious. In terms of luck, if Xun Sikong fails to assassinate the Grand Master this time, will it be considered to be beneficial to the Grand Master or to General Wei?"
The man went downstairs while talking. At the end of the sentence, the voice came from downstairs... But Jia Xu, who was alone, was temporarily absent-minded. It was rare that he showed confusion amidst the sound of insects and the sound of the Yellow River.
demeanor.
The situation is at a stalemate, and the whole Hongnong is in chaos. Everyone is in the situation, and naturally they have different ideas. But only two things, time and the Yellow River, are moving eastward and it is difficult to stop for a moment.
On the second day, the weather in late April suddenly became hot and hot. Under such circumstances, Niu Fu formally sent a letter to Mianchi Dong Yue, Xin'an Li Meng and Xin'an behind him in the name of the general who held the festival in the east.
Guguan Hu Zhen issued a call for troops, asking the three generals to leave only a few garrison troops, and then the entire army would converge on Shaanxian County, which meant moving closer to him.
There was no problem with the military order. After being summoned by Kuai Ma, the three generals responded to the order one after another. Then they mobilized their troops and came to Shaanxi County. Among them, the first to arrive was the Mianchi Dong Yue Department... After all, once they arrived,
Mianchi is the closest to Shaanxi County; secondly, although Dong Yue has a bad temper, he was promoted not long ago and takes military orders very seriously. Unlike other generals, he has been leading troops independently for a long time and has become the leader of the army.
, except Dong Zhuo, no one dared to go back.
Therefore, after receiving the military order during the day, he immediately broke out of camp without hesitation and reached the city at night.
However, although General Dong Zhonglang was very upright, he was still used to it, otherwise he would not have whipped the wizards and witches that Niu Fu valued. So when he came to the city, he immediately shouted and cursed, asking for the door to be opened.
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The soldiers on the city wall did not dare to neglect and immediately went to report to Niu Fu, who had the power in the city.
However, Niu Zhonglang was not angry even though he was frightened. Instead, he drove away his concubine and sat on the couch to summon his wizards and think tanks again to gauge good or bad luck.
The wizards and witches looked panic-stricken, but in the end they came to a very unanimous conclusion that something terrible was coming!
"Why is it just a big murder?" Niu Fu frowned slightly. "Didn't the man who burned the turtle shell yesterday directly say that he would kill the first two thousand stones to enter the city? Where are the others?"
"Report to the general." An older diviner knelt down and whispered. "Maybe the secret cannot be leaked easily. After Wang Zhong of Luoyang calculated the incident for the general last night, he had a high fever for a whole day, as if he had suffered a serious illness.
God’s damnation.”
Niu Fu suddenly realized it, but waved his hand to repel them. After these people fled in panic, the honorable Zhonglang General was neatly dressed, and called the leader of the bodyguard Hu Chi'er to explain a few words, and then directly lit up.
The generals and generals in the army marched towards the east gate holding the banner.
Half an hour later, the east gate of Shaanxi County opened wide. Dong Yue had been waiting hard. When he saw the door open, he dismounted his horse, then stepped forward and entered the city gate, cursing, and even whipped the sergeant who opened the door under the firelight.
However, the lieutenant drew out his whip, and following Niu Fu's order, his bodyguard leader Hu Chi'er led dozens of soldiers to swarm up and push the man down in the city gate.
Dong Yue was shocked and was about to speak, but unexpectedly, Hu Chi'er not only received Niu Fu's military order, but also received various bribes from the witches and witches. So the latter almost immediately drew his sword and pinned the man down.
The man with two thousand stones on the ground will be decapitated with a knife!
Seeing the death of this person, Niu Fu felt that his body relaxed a lot almost instantly, as if the disaster was really gone; Dong Yue, who was hacked to death, was confused until his death, not knowing why he was killed... As for some things around him
The confused sergeant was a little timid and speechless.
However, the reaction of these sergeants fell into the eyes of General Niu Zhonglang, and he was even more satisfied. So he felt complacent and ordered his subordinate officers to gather Dong Yue's subordinates outside the city, while he went back to the city to rest.
But it was not until a quarter of an hour later that Li Ru got the news. He came to the city gate in panic, only to see a corpse and a chaos outside the city. Then his heart suddenly dropped as cold as water... He had the intention to reprimand Niu Fu.
After a while, I told the other party that such a show of authority would only be counterproductive, but I didn't dare to go.
After hesitating for a long time, Li Wenyou had no choice but to return to his home and write a letter of complaint to his father-in-law!
Of course, no matter how bookish Li Wenyou is, his intelligence is there, and his basic judgment is still correct. When Dong Yue's general was killed, most of them were successfully recruited, but a small group of people were panicking.
He immediately turned back and fled back to Mianchi, where he spread the news.
Therefore, on the second day, Li Meng led his troops to Mianchi, but after hearing the news, they stopped there and had no intention of going to Shaanxian County; and on the morning of the third day, Hu Zhen arrived at Xin'an, but he also stopped there... This
Of course it is the right choice. Who dares to go to Shaanxi County at this time? Hold on to the troops and horses in your hands and wait for Grand Master Dong to deal with it!
However, just when the two two thousand stone men were hesitating, one afternoon, specifically the evening of April 24th, a Zhonglang general led his five thousand men and worked tirelessly to appear in Shaanxi.
On the road fifteen miles south of the county seat.
It was Xu Rong and Xu Bojin.
In other words, Xu Rong ordered the entire army to go south that day. In fact, they were heading southwest along the Luoshui River. However, after walking only a few dozen miles, they suddenly made a big turn near Kinmen, which was later known as Luoning County.
Take the small road to Shaanxi County in the north... In other words, he was going to Shaanxi County in the first place. The reason why he made a big circle was simply to avoid Dong Yue in Mianchi and the man in Dong Yue's hand.
It’s just a narrow road in Xiaoshan Mountain.
Shaanxi County was in front. Xu Bojin ordered the entire army to rest on the spot, eat, draw water, drink horses and marshal the troops. However, after a short rest, he didn't know if he remembered Dong Zhuo's great love for him. The lieutenant general hesitated again.
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But at this moment, a fire suddenly broke out a few miles away in the mountains behind him. It was summer, and the branches and leaves in the valley were lush. In an instant, the fire burned the mountains and was unstoppable... It turned out that Xu Xing, a younger brother of the Xu Rong tribe, saw that his brother had committed a political crime again.
Because of his childish old habits, he took the initiative to take this tactic and forced his brother to march quickly!
In the twilight, Xu Rong looked at the fire behind him that was getting bigger and bigger and closer, and looked at the clan brothers holding their swords to urge the army. He could only sigh and ordered the entire army to march to Shaanxi County quickly!
Now that the fire has started and the light reaches more than twenty miles in the dusk, Zhang Liao of Shaanxi County immediately dressed up and led his troops to the city wall. Gongsun in the Shaanmo camp did not hesitate, and immediately beat the drums to gather the generals and ordered the entire army
Move out!
I am the dividing line that orders the entire army to dispatch
"After entering Hongnong, the strong pass is in front and the thick troops are behind. It is said that he is trapped in the heavy troops and is restrained between the east and the west. He may be advised to go to the east of the river. He raises his voice and says to him: "It takes half a mile to travel a hundred miles.
, As the saying goes, in difficult times, people become more and more popular, and they try their best to support them. Victory or defeat is uncertain.' However, I also heard that Yuan Shao had proposed that the Kwantung Army was going to Ping Yanzhou and was about to go to Hebei. He persuaded the left and right to return to Hebei. It was decided.
The people's hearts also sighed and said: 'If you don't let me down, I won't let you down. Millions of people in Guanzhong are looking forward to it, how can I abandon it? It's like Yuan Benchu empty talk about righteousness and abandon the country, how shameful I am!'" "The Late Han Dynasty"
"Heroes".Wang Can
ps: Yesterday there were many more alliance leaders and Piao Hong, Zhu Zhu, Wordless Flag, Human Fireworks, A Yue, Huan Yu Boss, Jun Yixing, Niutou Mountain Sheep Boy, that touch of nosebleed, long and thick tubes can be bent
...Thank you all for your love, but here I would especially like to wish Ayue...his wife is six months pregnant. I wish his baby will be born healthy and grow up happily!
