Summer is the season when all things grow and flourish.
In previous years, in May and June, Luoyang City was very lively. Even the high palace walls and the deep gardens inside the palace could not block the noise coming from outside.
When Emperor Ling was still alive, he would move to the North Palace every season because he didn't like the noise.
However, the situation has improved greatly this year. If Emperor Ling has a spirit, he will definitely be very happy. This year, the summer in Luoyang City is particularly quiet, so quiet that it makes people feel scared.
In the huge city of Luoyang, there is not even the sound of chickens flying and dogs jumping, and there are even fewer human voices. It is like a tomb, suffocating.
In fact, it is not true that there is no one left in the city. Those wealthy families with substantial family backgrounds did not escape.
Wang Yu launched the move hastily. If the panic in the city had not reached a certain level, the people might not have run away. These wealthy people have big businesses, so it is not easy to relocate. If there is a slight delay, it will be too late.
What's more, most of these aristocratic families have people who are serving as officials in the court. How can you give up an official position that is so easy to get?
Anyway, the people of Xiliang have always harmed ordinary civilians, but they still respect aristocratic families. This can be seen from Dong Zhuo's pursuit of celebrities.
Therefore, all the aristocratic families are sitting firmly on Mount Tai without any signs of panic.
If the people run away, they will run away. There is no way to survive if they run away. Sooner or later they have to come back. It doesn't matter if they don't come back. The world is so big and there are not many ordinary people, right?
Why are they called grass people? It’s because these people are just like weeds, there are many of them, their vitality is also very tenacious, and they can be manipulated at will!
The reason why the city is so quiet is mainly because of the war in the south.
The outcome of that battle is closely related and will affect the direction of the world situation. Although the Luoyang side has the upper hand, no one can guarantee whether there will be any accidents. After all, the opponent is Wang Pengju!
The Xiliang people in the city are very anxious. On the one hand, it is out of fear, and on the other hand, their leader Dong Zhuo is also in a bad mood now. No one wants to attract the attention of the Xiliang people at this time, because doing so
The consequences are very, very serious.
It's quiet outside the palace, and it's even quieter inside.
During the turmoil in the sixth year of Zhongping, most of the eunuchs in the palace had died long ago, and the remaining eunuchs were all palace maidens. Among them, the old and ugly ones were all transferred to the North Palace to serve the emperor. Most of the eunuchs who stayed in the South Palace were
Younger ones, Prime Minister Dong likes this.
He is young and not very courageous, and the ladies in the palace all know that serving Prime Minister Dong is not an easy job. This fat man has an extremely bad temper, similar to those barbarians who will go to the knife whenever they fall out, especially when he is in a bad mood.
, which is even more terrifying.
Ever since the news came that Wang Yu was raising troops in Nanyang, there has been no calm in the palace. Since that day, the number of palace maidens who have been beaten to death by Dong Zhuo or tortured to death in various ways has exceeded fifty. On average,
, almost two a day!
The palace ladies now hate the high walls around them. If it weren't for the obstruction of this thing, everyone would have left this cage long ago... No, it's purgatory! They pray day and night, hoping that the invincible Wang Pengju will once again show his power and attack Luoyang.
, rescue them too, just like the singers in Situ Mansion.
It was precisely because the whole city was dead silent. Therefore, when a violent sound of horse hoofbeats came from the direction of the west gate, almost the entire Luoyang was alarmed!
"My father-in-law, Prime Minister, something is wrong, something serious is going to happen!"
It was the voice of his son-in-law Li Ru, the news that could make him panic to this point... The wine glass fell on him and his brocade robe got wet, but Dong Zhuo, who stood up in shock, did not notice it at all.
In midsummer, the sun was blazing, but Dong Zhuo felt waves of cold wind blowing over him, blowing into his bones. Waves of coldness spread through his limbs and bones, completely killing him.
It was so frozen that he couldn't even tremble!
Everything became erratic and blurry.
Seeing his son-in-law running in in embarrassment, Dong Zhuo vaguely remembered that this most effective confidant and son-in-law paid great attention to appearance. The strategy to win over celebrities came from this son-in-law. celebrities are the most particular about appearance.
That's what he said at the beginning...
But now, the son-in-law didn't even put on his outer robe. Under the skirt, a red corner was exposed. It was a red bellyband. Well, whose could it be? Dong Zhuo's thoughts were a little wandering.
The son-in-law rushed in front of him, his mouth opened and closed, and his expression was frightened and anxious. It seemed that he was saying something, but he didn't hear anything. What was going on? It was because he had been quiet for too long, and his ears stopped working.
?
"Knock...knock..."
Dong Zhuo opened his mouth to ask his son-in-law what was going on, but nothing came out. He only heard a crisp and rapid collision sound. He thought for a while and finally remembered that it was the sound of teeth fighting.
Usually it only appears when people are extremely frightened or feel cold.
So, are you afraid? Are you cold?
Yes, I am indeed afraid. My teeth are chattering and my whole body is shaking from fear. This is not shameful. Who can not be afraid of this kind of thing?
The situation was originally very good, but as a result, a yellow-haired boy whose name no one had heard suddenly fell from the sky, cut off his own ear, and then beat his troops to pieces, turning the good situation into a mess.
For this reason, I took the risk of appointing the disobedient Xu Gongqing, and risked being counterattacked by the stubborn old man, but also had to solve another problem first, and the result...
"Xu Gongqing has been defeated? How is the military situation? Where is he now?" After an unknown period of time, Dong Zhuo finally heard his own voice. To be honest, he could no longer recognize his own voice. It was hoarse and hoarse.
It is dry and astringent, as if it is the last airflow from the bellows when finishing work in the blacksmith shop, intermittent.
"A disastrous defeat!" Li Ru had repeated the situation several times, but he knew that his father-in-law needed time to adapt: "Xu Rong was missing from the formation, and the remaining troops were either collected on the spot by Wang Pengju or fled in all directions. Only the Yongzhou Army
Some of them returned to Yixing Pass, but their morale had completely collapsed and they no longer had fighting power."
"Hu... Where is Hu Zhen?" Dong Zhuo still had the last glimmer of hope. He was still very familiar with this old subordinate. As long as he was not defeated too badly, he should be able to run away with part of his troops. The battle at Hulao Pass
That's it.
"Missing." Li Ru shook his head, and Dong Zhuo's eyes went dark again.
"Army, what's the military situation like?"
"My son-in-law doesn't know." Li Ru asked three questions and he didn't know.
"Then how did you know that you lost?" Dong Zhuo was angry. It's okay if he lost. How could he lose in such a confused way?
"Report to the Prime Minister..." Li Ru looked at Dong Zhuo very worriedly. However, under the latter's close gaze, he could only bite the bullet and report truthfully: "It was the warning signal sent by the defenders of Gucheng..."
"Gucheng?" This answer completely met Dong Zhuo's expectations. He asked in confusion: "Gucheng is to the west of Luoyang?"
"It's Youzhou Qingqi! Youzhou Qingqi whizzed past Gucheng, heading towards Hangu Pass..."
"Pfft!" After being hit hard one after another, the final blow was even more heavy. Dong Zhuo could no longer hold on, and his face was covered with blood. Li Ru shouted: "I will die too!" Then in front of him
When it gets dark, he will fall down when he looks up to the sky, and no one knows anything about him.
"Imperial Physician, call the Imperial Physician quickly!" Li Ru's heart-rending scream resounded throughout the palace.
…
Li Ru originally planned to block the news of the fiasco in the Battle of Yang Ren, at least until Dong Zhuo woke up. However, his wishful thinking failed. Shortly after Dong Zhuo fainted, Hu Zhen led the remaining troops
Entered the city through the south gate.
As a result, the news spread instantly, and people became agitated.
However, this time, no one dared to tell each other and discuss countermeasures. Without the cover of the people, the goals of the officials were too obvious, and they were easily targeted by the people of Xiliang. The officials could only summon their close aides at their own homes.
We discussed countermeasures. Of course, there are exceptions to this.
The house in Yonghe remained as quiet as before, seemingly unaffected by the outside world. Even the positions of the two old men playing chess had not changed, only the chess game on the chessboard had changed.
"Pa!" The chess pieces fell onto the board, making a crisp collision sound.
"Yizhen, what do you think?"
"It's hard to say." Huangfusong shook his head, with a look of wonder and confusion on his face. Although his eyes were staring at the chessboard, you could tell by the look in his eyes that his mind was not on the chessboard at all.
"I know that Wang Pengju is an extraordinary person, but he actually defeated Xu Gongqing with less and more. This is really unimaginable!"
Zhu Jun didn't pay attention to the chessboard. Huangfu Song didn't respond to the move. He simply raised his head and asked: "If you were Wang Pengju, how would you respond?"
"If I had known that Luoyang was empty, Xu Gongqing's food and grass were limited, and I had the trump card of Youzhou Qingqi, I would have made a long-term plan. Starting from the front line of Yangren, I would fight and retreat, and use Youzhou Qingqi to bypass the rear and wait for Xu Gongqing.
We are short of food and fodder, so if we have another decisive battle, if we fight quickly..." Huangfu Song thought deeply, tapping his fingers on the chessboard, and his brows gradually furrowed.
Zhu Jun knew that this was the characteristic behavior of his old friend when he was concentrating on thinking. He had seen it several times in the past, once in Yingchuan and once in Xiliang. The battles in those two times were extremely unfavorable, and in the end he could only
Thanks to Huangfu Song's ingenious plan, he was able to turn defeat into victory.
This time, Huangfusong thought for far longer than those two times. Finally, he suddenly threw away the chess piece in his hand and sighed with a wry smile: "I'm old, I'm old, the waves behind push the waves ahead! If we change places,
A quick battle with Xu Gongqing will lead to defeat. It is impossible to win, let alone such a great victory! Even Hu Zhen's Hu Qi is not even alive. Such a great victory... is unbelievable!"
"Whoa!" Zhu Jun gasped. Even though his old friend knew the details of Xu Rong and knew some of the results, he still couldn't deduce the way to win. So how did Wang Pengju win?
"Is this man's strategy already..." My old friend is truly the number one general of the Han Dynasty!
"It's not possible to draw a conclusion on this," Huangfu Song waved his hand and said, "I can only say that Wang Pengju's ability to unexpectedly win is far beyond what most people can imagine. Even people like Xu Gongqing fell into his trap. In times of danger,
, the emergence of such a character, I really don’t know whether it is a blessing or a curse for the big man."
"Whether it is a blessing or a curse for the Han Dynasty, I don't know, but I know that Dong Zhongying is going to be bad this time, and it's not an ordinary bad thing, it's a big bad thing, haha." Zhu Jun is also an open-minded person. Hearing this from his old friend
As soon as he said that, he laughed.
"There should be news soon about the outcome of the Yangren War. It won't be too late to discuss it at this time. The question now is, what will Wang Pengju do next?"
"It's hard to say." Huangfu Song once again gave an ambiguous answer. For this famous general of the dynasty, it was rare for this kind of thing to happen strategically.
"In the past, I would have guessed that he sent his army northward. However, the person who defeated Xu Gongqing with Qi was definitely not someone who blindly sought danger and took risks. He would not be unable to weigh the pros and cons."
"Then..." Zhu Jun also frowned.
Huangfusong smiled in relief and said: "Gongwei, you and I are already idle, why do we think so much? From an appreciation point of view, isn't it also very pleasing to watch the younger generations display their skills?"
"What Brother Yizhen said is true, but it's my younger brother's fault. But Brother Yizhen also has his faults," Zhu Jun nodded, shook his head, and said with a smile: "It's not enough to just look at such a beautiful scenery? You should make wine."
If you want to appreciate it, why don't you bring out the old wine you have hidden in the backyard?"
"You Gongwei..." Huangfu Song raised his finger and pointed at his old friend, and also smiled happily: "Forget it, there are successors to the Han Dynasty, so you and I can put down our burdens. Come, please drink me and reward me.
Of."
The two famous generals of the day looked at each other and smiled, their eyes full of freedom and calmness.