Liu Xin was surprised to find that Yuan Shao's letter was still written on a bamboo slip. She couldn't help but laugh, and handed it to Chen Gong and said, "Gongtai, you think how to handle this matter."
Chen Gong looked it over hastily, then raised his hands and said: "Back to my lord, although there are many troops and horses in the coalition of princes, they have different intentions, and they will disperse sooner or later. Although our army is small in strength, it is better than the elite. Just go to the meeting as usual tomorrow, why be afraid?"
Is there any?"
Liu Xin nodded, told the soldiers to reply, and said that he was going to the meeting tomorrow, but asked Chen Gongdao: "Gongtai, in your opinion, what is the purpose of Yuan Shao inviting me to go to the meeting?"
These days, Liu Xin always felt that she was lacking in the use of troops. It was really unjustifiable that she could not intercept Dong Zhuo and Liu Xie with the help of "unpredictable prophets", so she began to humbly ask Chen Gong for advice. Liu Xin now wanted to appoint
A military advisor, his favorite was Xun Yu, but after entering Luoyang, he did not find out his whereabouts, so he could only place his hopes on Chen Gong for the time being.
Chen Gong picked up the bamboo slip and read it again and said: "Back to my lord, Dong Zhuo has fled to Chang'an. Now most of Luoyang City is under the control of our Jingzhou Army. Yuan Shao's request to meet with my lord now must be for the sake of Luoyang's ownership."
Liu Xin thought deeply. In history, Luoyang was completely burned by a fire, and the people in the city were also moved to Chang'an. But now, due to his own efforts, most of the houses in Luoyang City have survived, and even the palace was only burned down.
As the capital of the country, although Luoyang was severely damaged by Dong Zhuo, its general size is still there. For people like Yuan Shao, it is undoubtedly very attractive. Chen Gong's opinion is worthy of
think seriously.
In the evening, Kuai Yue finally rushed back from Yique Pass. Not only did he bring a large amount of food and grass, he also took a man into custody.
Ever since Zhang Ren gained Liu Xin's trust to stay at Yique Pass, he did not dare to relax for a moment. He would personally go to the front and back of the pass to inspect every day. In the past two days, one after another some common people passed through Yique Pass and went south.
Almost no one in Yingchuan and Nanyang went north to Luoyang to escape the war. Zhang Ren ordered that everyone who passed the customs should be carefully screened to prevent spies from mixing in.
Just yesterday afternoon, a big man suddenly came and asked to pass through the customs to go north. This abnormal behavior immediately attracted the attention of the officers guarding the customs.
Zhang Ren rushed over after hearing the news, looked at the big man and asked: "The war in Luoyang is raging now, what are you going north to do?"
The big man said without hesitation: "Hurry up and let me pass. I'm in a hurry to vote for Marquis Wen."
When Zhang Ren heard that he was brazenly saying that he wanted to defect to Lu Bu, his face suddenly changed and he shouted: "Come here, arrest him!"
The big man was caught off guard and was captured without any help, shouting arrogantly that he was wronged.
Zhang Ren sneered and said: "We are the army of Jingzhou, how can we allow you to defect to Lu Bu? Do you think we have wronged you at all?"
"What! Are you the army of Jingzhou?" The big man was startled and looked dumbfounded. It turned out that Yique Pass was no longer under Dong Zhuo's control. He couldn't help but sigh, "I never thought that I, Gao Shun, would commit suicide.
Stupid things."
It turned out that Gao Shun had learned martial arts and wanted to find a career. He failed to catch up with the battle to suppress the Yellow Turbans in the previous court. Now he heard someone said that there was a war in the Hulao Pass area, so he rushed to join the army. On the way, he heard someone say
Lu Bu was so heroic that even Guan Yu, who beheaded Hua Xiong, almost died under his halberd. Gao Bian was moved and wanted to join Lu Bu. As a result, the Kwantung Allied Forces set up camps stretching for dozens of miles, and he could not even reach Hulao Pass.
He couldn't even get close, let alone enter the pass to see Lu Bu. In desperation, he had to turn to Yique Pass. In his hurry, he didn't have time to inquire, but he didn't know that Yique Pass had fallen into the hands of the Jingzhou army.
Liu Xin couldn't help but be overjoyed when she learned that the person Kuai Yue was escorting was Gao Shun. Liu Xin knew that in the history of the Three Kingdoms, Gao Shun was definitely a famous general who had been buried. Many people knew that he trained an elite army called trap.
camp, in fact, it is just one of his personal guards, and its combat effectiveness is naturally much stronger than other troops. Gao Shun's talent is definitely not only reflected in military training. In terms of personal martial arts, he, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Zhang He and others should be in
Among brothers, when it comes to leading troops in battles, he often stood alone when he was under Lu Bu, and his ability to lead troops should be better than Zhang Liao's. Unfortunately, Lu Bu had such a talent but didn't know how to reuse it. He had always been deeply suspicious of Gao Shun.
He also collected all his soldiers and gave them to Wei Xu to lead. On the other hand, Gao Shun was always loyal to Lu Bu without any complaints.
Liu Xin would not let go of such a capable and loyal person. He even had a rare murderous intention in his heart. If Gao Shun refused to surrender, he would be killed and he would never be allowed to fail.
into the hands of others. When the murderous intention arose, even Liu Xin himself was shocked. When did he become so cold-blooded? Gao Shun just wanted to defect to Lu Bu. He had not done anything bad.
He had never even killed a person. It was too much to arrest him, but he still wanted to kill him. Liu Xin couldn't help but feel ashamed for having such thoughts.
Thinking of this, Liu Xin no longer hesitated, walked forward quickly, personally untied the rope tied to Gao Shun, then took off his brocade robe and put it on Gao Shun. In Liu Xin's impression, many princes during the Three Kingdoms period
, people like Cao Cao, Sun Ce, and even Zhang Fei used this method to bribe many people, and now he is following suit.
Unexpectedly, Gao Shun did not agree with him, but was confused by Liu Xin's behavior. Although Gao Shun didn't understand the reason, he still had an angry look on his face.
When Liu Xin saw this, he didn't care. He grabbed Gao Shun's hand and said, "A strong man has traveled thousands of miles to come to Lu Bu alone. His courage is commendable. But Lu Bu is just a villain who is unscrupulous. Although he has martial arts, he is
It is really not a wise move for a strong man to seek refuge with such a person who helps Dong Zhuo tyrannize power, cause trouble to the court, and harms the people."
Gao Shun was not moved by Liu Xin's words and asked instead: "What is the purpose of the coalition of more than ten princes to attack Dong Zhuo? Isn't it just to fight for power and profit? Isn't it also for these rights and benefits that Master Liu raised the army?"
Zhang Liao interjected from the side: "My lord, you have misunderstood. My lord raised his troops to save the people of Luoyang from the fire and water. How could it be for his own selfish interests? After my lord entered Luoyang, he was busy putting out the fire and settling the people.
The grains that were escorted here with you are all to be distributed to the people of Luoyang, and my lord has never taken even a cent from this city of Luoyang."
Gao Shun said without looking back: "You are his subordinate, so naturally you have to help him speak!"
Zhang Liao's cheeks felt a little hot, and he forced himself to raise his hands and said: "To be honest, Zhang used to be under Lu Bu's command, and he always thought that Lu Bu was the best hero in the world. Now he realizes that he was totally wrong! A real hero is not
A brave man should have a mind for all people. I would like to ask a strong man to think twice about what he says from the bottom of his heart!"
Liu Xin didn't expect Zhang Liao to say such words, but she was very moved. She reached out and patted Zhang Liao's shoulder, and said to Gao Shun: "Gao Zhuangzi, Liu really hopes that you can help me! However, you
There is no need to make a decision in a hurry, my men are relieving refugees in the city, if you are interested, you can go with them and think carefully about what we just said."
Gao Shun couldn't help but be stunned and asked doubtfully: "Aren't you afraid that I will escape?"
Liu Xin smiled and said: "You are neither my prisoner nor a criminal. It's just that the people below mistakenly arrested you as a spy. The feet are on your body. If you want to leave, what can I do?"
Can you keep it by force?"
Kuai Yue brought a large amount of food from Yique Pass. Although Xu Huang and the others rescued 300,000 people, it was enough to last them for more than a month. In order to ensure that all the people could receive food as soon as possible, it was necessary to
In order to prevent looting, Liu Xin left 10,000 soldiers to guard against Yuan Shao's coalition forces. He sent out all the other soldiers. Xu Huang and others also went to various food distribution points to take command.
Through Zhang Liao's words just now, Liu Xin knew that Zhang Liao was now completely convinced of him, so he also sent him to lead a group of soldiers to distribute food. Gao Shun had just argued with Zhang Liao and was still doubtful about his words.
He proposed to go with him to have a look, and Liu Xin agreed wholeheartedly. He knew that if anyone wanted to ask who had the deepest feelings about the atrocities committed by Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu, it would be Zhang Liao.
Along the way, Zhang Liao was still a little worried about Gao Shun, worried that he would take the opportunity to escape, so he secretly ordered the soldiers to keep an eye on him. Gao Shun was also an upright man, knowing that Zhang Liao was sending people to keep an eye on him, but he was not upset.
Annoyed, he just followed him and watched with an indifferent expression.
Gradually, Gao Shun's face became more and more ugly. Everywhere he passed, there were ruins and ruins, and the mutilated people died in horrible and horrifying ways, which was shocking. The people cursed Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu,
The gratitude towards Liu Xin continued to reach Gao Shun's ears. Unknowingly, Gao Shun also began to help the soldiers distribute food.
Gao Shun was a war general. He knew the importance of food to an army. When he first heard that Liu Xin was going to help the people, he thought he was just putting on a show. However, after he personally participated in it, he realized that Liu Xin was going to help the people.
We are really helping the people. The food distributed this time is enough to feed an army of 100,000 people for three months.
At noon the next day, Liu Xin ordered all the generals to go to Yuan Shao's appointment. Gao Shun took the initiative to greet him, raised his hands and said: "Master Liu, I want to go with you, and I hope you will agree."
Liu Xin knew that his mentality had changed, so he couldn't help but smile, waved his hand to the soldiers and asked the soldiers to lead a horse, and said: "Okay, then get on the horse quickly."
The current situation in Luoyang City is relatively delicate. There are not many troops stationed in the city. Most of the princes are stationed outside the east gate, with a camp of more than fifty miles. As a precaution, Liu Xin left Xu Huang, Xu Chu, and Wei Yan behind, thinking that
Later, he took the remaining generals and three thousand cavalry to meet Yuan Shao.
Since Sun Jian's troops were all around the east gate, some unpleasant things happened between the two sides. Liu Xin did not want to tangle with him anymore, so he led his troops to take a detour from the south gate. After not going far, Liu Xin ran into a team head-on.
Xin Zai saw clearly on the horse that it was Sun Jian who was coming towards him. He couldn't help but frown secretly. The road between enemies was really narrow and he couldn't avoid it even if he wanted to.