Chapter 178: The Transformation of the Dragon
Liu Bei was guaranteed by Yuan Shao's sufficient logistics supply, and after the banquet dispersed, he hurriedly returned to the camp. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info The weather is getting colder, and I don't hurry up again. If we raise troops again, it will be a matter of the coming year.
When he arrived at the camp, Liu Bei was very happy to see Yan Yan and Zhang Fei after a long absence. In particular, the two generals led the army alone, but they were able to surprise attack Yique and Otani Erguan, which shows their ability.
When the generals under his command met, it was naturally indispensable to say hello after a long absence. After a few hurried words, Liu Bei discussed with the generals, Xun Yu hung up the map high, and said to Liu Bei: "Lord, Dong Zhuo is in Hangu Pass, Huangchi, Shaanxi County and other dangerous places along the way, and he is deployed all the way. If these three places can be quickly breached, Chang'an will no longer be in danger. Otherwise, it is already winter, and the army should not move lightly. When the time comes, if you want to close the Guanzhong, you can only wait for the New Year. ”
Liu Bei thought for a moment, then put a little heavier on the map, and said: "Inform Sun Wentai that three days later, the soldiers will send a letter to Guguan!" ”
When the soldiers were about to start, they saw Sun Jian flying horses to see him, Sun Jian saw Liu Bei, smiled bitterly, and said: "Xuande, I have to report urgently from Jingzhou, Jingzhou assassinated Liu Jingsheng and sent troops to attack me in Nanyang." General Yuan was worried that Nanyang would not be protected, so he wanted to send me back to help, so he was not allowed to advance and retreat with Xuande, which was a pity. This time I came to see each other, and I hope that the soldiers will be able to do everything, and they will succeed! ”
Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, then relieved, and said, "It's a pity that I can't fight side by side with Wentai." Chengwentai Jiyan, then, don't pass it over! So he gave up his hand and the prancing horse walked.
Sun Jian looked at Liu Bei's high-spirited back, let out a long sigh, and went back to the camp. After Liu Bei left, the princes of Luoyang held a banquet, sang and danced, and Yuan Shao had already thrown the guarantee that the princes would then send out the army to prepare to respond. At present, he is leading people to repair the palace and the imperial city, so that the Empress Dowager and King Hongnong can enter the residence. Yuan Shao thought differently at this time. Since Liu Yu could not be established, he simply instigated people to persuade the queen mother to re-establish King Hongnong.
King Hongnong is the eldest son of the first emperor, the name is right, and he once ascended the throne as the emperor, if it weren't for Dong Zhuo's chaotic government, he is still sitting on the dragon chair. Thinking about it, the Queen Mother and King Hongnong were also unwilling in their hearts. If he assists King Hongnong and the Queen Mother to regain control of the world, then the Yuan family's momentum will inevitably rise again, and when he is the marquis, the Yuan family will be able to be honored for several generations. Besides, a divided court is what he wants to see. Why not? This is also worthy of dozens of uncles Yuan Kui and the Yuan family.
Cao Cao was in Yangzhou, and after raising thousands of brave warriors, he hurried all the way back to the north. Cao Cao wanted to regain his prestige, so he ordered the soldiers to march day and night, and if there was any resentment and tiredness, military law punished them.
On this day, I just left Jiujiang County, arrived in Longkang, Yuzhou, and stayed overnight in the whirlpool. At night, there was a secret meeting of the sergeants, saying: "Cao Gong's military law is strict, and I used to live freely and happily in Yangzhou, but I didn't want to follow Cao Gong and suffer from this march." I heard that Cao Gongsu hated Dong Xiangguo, and on the battle array, he took the lead and took the lead. The Lord will be like this, what can we do with the little soldiers? How can our flesh and blood withstand the ferocity of the Western Army? I'm afraid that this time when I arrive in Luoyang, the big war will be together, and I will have no hope of returning to Yangzhou in this life! ”
Another humane: "If you take the money to settle down, don't you have to sell your life?" It is natural to be a soldier and eat food! ”
The person who spoke out before said disdainfully: "In this world, it's a mess, how can you not be a soldier and eat food?" Let me ask you, Li Shilang, you are also a soldier at home, do you want to stay at home in Danyang, or do you want to go to Luoyang to fight the thieves in Liangzhou? What is the salary given by Cao Gong compared to Yangzhou? ”
Many people reacted to this, patted their thighs, and said, "Ah, Cao Gongfa's salary is similar to that of his hometown, why take the risk to fight hard?" ”
Li Shilang muttered: "We are soldiers, go into battle to kill thieves, so that we can be promoted, otherwise when we are soldiers, we will only be a small pawn when we die." ”
The head of the picture looked at Li Shilang with idiot eyes: "Okay, Liangzhou Iron Cavalry is invincible in the world, you go with Cao Gong to send him to death." Do you know why Cao Gong came to Yangzhou to recruit troops? Because he has been defeated for a while, he met General Dong Zhuo before his department, and he folded it cleanly, so he went to Yangzhou to find me and waited, hehe, Cao Gong's army is strict, and the military salary is small, but Lao Tzu can't stand it. ”
These people were originally a small group, and most of them planned to quit after a gossip. As soon as this decision was made, the big guy wanted to take advantage of the night to escape back to Yangzhou.
Unexpectedly, the leader called everyone, and said with a smile: "Since you want to leave, you just don't do it, everyone robbed the camp of heavy money and food, and then got off the road and returned to Yangzhou." It is not in vain that we have to suffer in vain. I have a lot of people, and Cao Gong has few people, so I don't think he will embarrass me. ”
Everyone thought about it and thought so, so everything was assigned, who set fires, who went to the logistics camp to loot valuable supplies, and then how to converge and where to go...... After the people had finished their deliberations, they went their separate ways.
Cao Cao was in the tent, sleeping in armor, sleeping soundly, when suddenly Cao Ren and Dian Wei shouted outside the tent. Cao Cao got up when he heard the sound, took out his sword, and was about to ask. Suddenly, seeing fires in the camp, Cao Cao exclaimed: "What happened, can there be thieves?" ”
Cao Ren hurriedly said: "My lord, it's not a thief, it's a rebel of our sergeant!" ”
Cao Cao was shocked and angry, and asked, "My sergeant plotted rebellion?" So what's going on? ”
How did Cao Ren know what the reason was, all this was fine, and he suddenly slept and that's it. Cao Cao saw that Cao Ren was speechless, so he pushed Cao Ren away and wanted to rush out to ask what was going on. Cao Ren grabbed it and said hurriedly: "Lord, don't take risks yourself!" ”
Cao Cao was hugged by Cao Ren, and saw that the fire was blazing all around, and countless mutinous soldiers came and went to the camp, looting in all directions. Rao is determined by his determination, and he can't help but feel thunder in his heart. This is the soldier he recruited in Yangzhou with great difficulty, this is his capital, this is good, why did he rebel? If he didn't ask what was going on, how could he be willing? How can you swallow this breath?
At this time, Cao Hong and Xiahou Yuan also came. The two of them were smoky and burning, with swords in their hands, and their bodies were stained with blood, all the way here, and when they saw that Cao Cao was unharmed, Fang let out a sigh of relief.
Cao Hong said: "Lord, the soldiers mutinied, it is better for us to retreat quickly, otherwise the rebellious soldiers will come to invade the Chinese military tent, and the consequences will be unpredictable." ”
Cao Cao said angrily: "The march has come to this point, the sergeant is a traitor, I don't know why, how can I leave here?" ”
Xiahou Yuan smiled bitterly and said: "Lord, a certain party just caught a few people to ask, and he didn't want to go to Luoyang with the lord to attack Dong Zhuo, so he rebelled from the conspirators. ”
When Cao Cao heard this, his fists were clenched, his eyes were blood-red, and he roared: "Why is this? Dong thief is tyrannical and immoral, and the gods and ghosts hate it, so I obey the mandate of heaven and raise troops to fight for it. They don't want to obey? ”
Cao Cao was extremely disheartened for a while.
When everyone was persuading, suddenly a group of people came to the Chinese army tent to kill. Before anyone arrived, the rockets roared, and for a moment outside the tent, the fire was blazing. Dian Wei roared, raised his shield, held his halberd, and went to the door. When he was encountering the rebels, Dian Wei raised his halberd and fell, slashing several people. Everyone saw that Dian Wei was fierce, and as soon as he whistled, the circle dispersed, and he no longer fought closely, but he pulled out the big bow, and shot one arrow after another. Dian Wei guarded the door, dancing with his arms, and the rebels could not enter.
Seeing this, Cao Cao suppressed his thoughts churning, his eyes were like ice, and he said to the generals: "Gather the people of the headquarters and go out with me!" Such a traitor should not be a pity to die! ”
Everyone agreed with a bang, so they gathered their cronies, followed behind Cao Cao, and went straight to the camp gate to kill. Dian Wei and Cao Hong, one left and one right, protected Cao Cao.
Cao Cao raised his sword in his hand, and when he saw the rebels scattered in all directions, he stabbed one by one and stabbed him to the ground. The rebels saw that Cao Cao was brave and the generals were fierce, but they no longer came to force each other. Anyway, if he can grab a little, even if he can't fight to the death with Cao Cao.
A fire that burned until dawn and gradually went out. Cao Cao and others killed the rebellious army, and the number of people was counted, and there were less than 600 people left. Cao Cao was on a small hill, and when he saw that the camp was in ashes, and the grain and grass were all lost, he didn't know what to do, so he had to sigh.
Cao Ren led the people and went back to the ashes of the camp to pick up and see if there was anything usable. Cao Cao looked at the sergeants on the left and right, almost everyone on his body was injured, and couldn't help but be furious, and said Cao Hong and Xiahou Yuan: "Miaocai, Zilian, you two lead the rest of the troops to chase down the defectors along the footprints." They will not go far if they have snatched their baggage, and if they catch one, they will kill another, and they will not be spared! ”
The second general was ordered to do it, and Xiahou Yuan said worriedly: "Lord, the two of us are leading the army away, there are few soldiers here, if there are thieves coming, how is it good?" ”
Cao Cao smiled: "What other thieves are here?" Furthermore, with my evil coming and filial piety, what am I afraid of? ”
Hearing this, Dian Wei took a step forward, stood in front of Cao Cao, bowed and said: "Although the two generals go, the main public security is in danger, and Dian Wei will bear it." Unless someone dies, no one wants to hurt the lord! ”
The second general had seen the power of Dian Wei last night, and he could rest easy, so after a few words, the two hurriedly led their troops to chase the traitor. The two of them knew that Cao Cao was asking them to chase heavy money and food, and killing people to vent their anger was secondary.
By the afternoon, Cao Hong and Xiahou Yuan returned victoriously, escorting several large carts with countless human heads tied to them. The two of them came to Cao Cao and bowed: "Lord, fortunately not disgraced." ”
Cao Cao looked at it, these nearly ten carts, all of which were grain, were enough for himself to support his men and horses for a while. I have arrived in Yuzhou, so let's go all the way first, cross the border along the way, and then try to ask for military funds.
In this way, along the way, he harassed the defeated army and recruited along the way. When Cao Cao arrived at the sour date, there were more than 3,000 soldiers. However, at this time, Cao Cao's mentality is completely different.
After defeat, the sergeants mutinied. Cao Cao has already thought very clearly, if there is no piece of land to raise the army and select his own iron core, no matter how many people and horses he has in his hands, it will be a tree without roots, water without a source, and it will not last long. In this world, if you really want to make a career, you have to be like a prince, with territory, population, and a steady stream of money and food.
At this time, Cao Cao's heart to attack Dong gradually retreated, but his mind was more focused on finding a safe place to settle.