Chapter 22 Promotion and Fortune
The army of Huangfu Song and Dong Zhuo exterminated the Yellow Turban of Guangzong, and Zhang Jiao's head was sent to Luoyang. There was a cheer in the court, and Liu Hong laughed. Zhang Rang took the opportunity to say to Liu Hongjin: "Your Majesty, after the Yellow Turban Thieves were swept away, so many states and counties need a large number of officials, and your voice is here again!" Hey! ”
Liu Hong laughed. Taifu Ma Ridan played: "Your Majesty, the soldiers killed the enemy with their lives outside, and now they have returned triumphantly, Your Majesty should give amnesty to the world, so that the people will also be touched by Your Majesty's blessings!" ”
Yuan Feng hurriedly stopped: "Your Majesty, by all means, the minister heard that these yellow turban thieves are all traitors, if there is an amnesty, wouldn't those who are traitors in prison be released, let the dogs go like a forest, and make waves again, I hope Your Majesty will think twice." ”
Ma Ridan said: "Your Majesty, the person who committed the traitor cannot be pardoned, but Lu Zhi, loyal to the country, although he can't break the yellow scarf, but he has also made some contributions, and I hope that Your Majesty will see that he has been worried about the country for many years, and bypass Lu Zhi!" ”
Zhang Rang said a few words in Liu Hong's ear. Liu Hong Yile stopped Yuan Feng's words, and said to Ma Ridan: "Taifu is flat, I will look at Taifu's face, pardon Lu Zhi, pay 200,000 yuan tomorrow, and Lu Zhi will go home!" ”
Ma Ridan wanted to say something, but Zhang Rang immediately stopped and said: "Master Taifu, Your Majesty has already given you affection, don't get an inch!" ”
Ma Ridan was speechless and could only retreat silently. Yuan Fengdao: "Your Majesty, now that the Yellow Turban Thief has been pacified, the meritorious soldiers should be rewarded to show Your Majesty's prestige!" ”
Liu Hong said with a smile: "Yes, yes, what Yuan Aiqing said is very true, I will order you to go, according to the roster of military merits in various places, draw up a list of rewards, and I will look at it!" ”
Yuan Feng stood back to his class with a smile. Back at home, Yuan Feng found Yuan Shao and said: "You go to various places to collect and report the list of meritorious soldiers, remember, none of the former officials of my Yuan family must be missed, and everything must be remembered clearly!" "Yuan Shao went out. Yuan Feng was in the house, smiling, drinking and enjoying himself.
The people in the court were all thinking about getting a benefit for themselves in this reward, but Huangfu Song did not relax. Because Julu is too guarded by Guo Dian to report. Zhang Jiao's second brother, Zhang Bao, led tens of thousands of troops to run rampant in Julu and asked Huangfu Song to rescue. Huangfu Song took the military newspaper and let Dong Zhuo read it. Dong Zhuo just said lightly: "There is a decree from the saint, let me wait for the triumph as soon as possible, and wait for the reward!" ”
Huangfu Song immediately understood what he meant, and without saying much, he took his own people and horses and drove to Julu. While walking, he wrote a piece on horseback and sent someone to Luoyang overnight. Li Hui looked at Huangfu Song's appearance and asked in a low voice, "General, do you think it's worth it?" ”
Huangfu Song glanced at Li Hui and did not speak. After a long time, he said: "The Han Dynasty came to Your Majesty, after four hundred years, there are twelve dynasties in the east and west, Your Majesty, my Huangfu family, since Emperor Taizu has been a courtier of the Han Dynasty, for the sake of the Han, what if my Huangfu Song takes his life!" ”
Huangfu Song said again: "Xiao Lizi doesn't have a word yet!" Li Hui nodded. Huangfu Song thought for a while and said, "How about I give you a word?" Li Hui smiled and did not refuse. Huangfu Song said: "How about calling Jiang Han?" Li Hui was puzzled. Huangfu Song explained: "The Book of Poetry, Daya, often without the middle and the king of the king, such as flying like Han, such as the river such as Han, such as the bud of the mountain, such as the flow of the river, the wings of the wings, unpredictable, the conquest of Xu, this Jianghan word is the meaning of the Han River and the mountains of the Han Dynasty, isn't it very good?" ”
Li Hui arched his hand on the horse, which was considered to be acceptable. The two said this and continued on their way. From Guangzong to Julu, the distance is not very long, if the cavalry arrives in one day. Huangfu Song and the others were in a hurry to rescue Guo Dian, and they walked very quickly, and by the afternoon of the next day, they were already close to the city of Julu.
According to the Malay report, Zhang Bao led the Yellow Turban Army to attack the city, with about 50,000 people, and the situation in the city is unknown. Huangfu Song stopped his troops and said to Li Hui: "Jiang Han can lead the men and horses of the headquarters to detour to Beicheng, see my signal to march at the same time, and kill the enemy army by surprise!" Li Hui took the order, turned around and left.
Julu City is located on the plain, and there is no cover around it, so it is impossible to attack without being discovered by the enemy. As Li Hui walked, he was thinking that if he attacked at night, the chances of winning might be greater, but judging from the shouting and killing, Julu City would not be able to hold out for long, if he didn't leave the station at this time, by night, Julu might have fallen into Zhang Bao's hands.
Zhang Bao sat in the military tent, thundering, it has been five days, and he has lost countless elites, and he can't even take a small giant deer. He constantly commanded his soldiers, attacking the city wave after wave. One person said to Zhang Bao: "General, don't be anxious, I didn't come for Julu this time, I was to induce Dong Zhuo to come and avenge General Tiangong and General Rengong, there is no need to attack so eagerly, but there are heavy casualties."
After Zhang Bao sat back in the case, he said: "What Vice General Gao said also has some truth, but this giant deer is my hometown, and my parents, wife and children were all killed by Guo Dian, and this hatred is unbearable!" ”
Gao Sheng sighed: "Since the beginning of the army, my Yellow Turban Army has died a lot, who has no parents, wives and children, and I hope that the general will temporarily put aside his personal hatred, focus on the overall situation, and fulfill the last wish of General Tiangong!" Zhang Bao nodded, much calmer.
"Report!" The little soldier hurriedly ran into Zhang Bao's tent: "General, there is a team of people and horses coming to us outside the giant deer, the number is not much, about 20,000!" ”
Zhang Bao hurriedly asked: "Can you see whose team it is, is it the Dong thief?" ”
Xiao Bing said: "The banner is Huangfu and a person surnamed Li, and there is no one else!" ”
Gao Sheng waved his hand to let the soldiers go down, and said to Zhang Bao: "It should be Huangfu Song who is here, is the one surnamed Li?" I heard that there is a lieutenant named Li Hui under Huangfu Song, who has used tricks many times to defeat my Yellow Turban Army, which is not to be underestimated! ”
"Li Hui!" Zhang Bao read Li Hui's name several times: "No matter who he is, it is like thousands of people are coming to the rescue, I really don't know whether to live or die, first kill Huangfu Song and that Li Hui, and then go to clean up Dong Zhuo, come on!" ”
Zhang Bao ordered: suspend the attack, gather the troops, leave only a small number of men and horses to besiege Julu, lead the elite, and attack Huangfu Song. Huangfu Song heard the report of Tanmalai, his brows furrowed, Zhang Baolai was menacing and invincible, and ordered the troops to retreat quickly. Zhang Bao heard the news of Huangfu Song's retreat halfway, and laughed: "Senior Vice General, Huangfu Song is nothing more than that, he is already a lost dog, there is nothing to do, and I am afraid that he will do something!" ”
Huangfu Song withdrew, and Zhang Bao did not chase after him. He misheard Gao Sheng's opinion, quickly mobilized troops, and began to encircle Li Hui's 3,000 men. Li Hui felt the north gate of the giant deer and saw that only a small number of soldiers were defending under the city, and he was stunned. Zhou Cang said: "Big brother, you can take this opportunity to kill in!" ”
Li Hui waved his hand: "No, Zhang Bao's army is numerous, how can these people defend the north gate, there must be fraud among them, don't attack rashly, if we kill in, they will come from behind, then we don't even have a way out, let's see!" ”
As he was talking, the soldier reported: "Big brother, there are a large number of Yellow Turban troops coming quickly from front to back, left and right, and we are surrounded!" ”
Li Hui regretted it in his heart, why didn't he stay away and send more horses, it seems that he is still a layman when he marches and fights. Li Hui asked, "Is it weaker over there?" ”
The soldier shook his head: "There are people everywhere, it is estimated that Zhang Bao has pressed the whole army!" ”
Zhou Cang waved his big knife: "Big brother, we fought with them, and we have to pull a few pads on our backs when we die!" ”