Juyong City is not Juyong Pass, the first pass in Gyeonggi in later generations. The latter was called Xiguan at this time and was located about a hundred miles southeast of Juyong City.
This place was a temporary camp when Emperor Qin Shihuang built the Great Wall. Juyong means mediocre people who moved to live in this place. As more people lived there, it became a county over time. It has continued from the Qin Dynasty to the present, and now it is called Shanggu County.
It exists to govern the place.
The city is not big, and there is no urn. The moat is natural. The Su River, which is also known as the Sanli River in later generations, is in the west of the city, and the pillow water is in the south of the city. The city wall is only a hundred steps wide and less than two feet high. Not to mention a majestic city, it is even called a fortress.
No. The number of residents in the city exceeded 3,000. Before the war started, hundreds of people escaped one after another. Now, including the defenders, the number is less than 3,000.
However, such a small town became the last source of support for the three princes of the dynasty, the clan members of the Han Dynasty, and the shepherds of Youzhou, Liu Yu.
The cold wind blowing from the northern wasteland is raging on the Saibei Plain, and the continuous Yanshan Mountains can only tremble in the wind, let alone the small Juyong City.
There was only a ray of slanting light left in the setting sun. Liu Yu stood at the top of the city, looking towards the direction where the long wind was blowing. As far as he could see, there was only the north wind blowing, and the fields were empty. He felt sad in his heart.
The wind is strong and the lonely city is miserable.
If no miracle happened, this would probably be his burial place.
"My lord, the wind is strong at the top of the city. Gongsun's army retreated today, but their morale has not improved. There may still be fierce fighting tomorrow, and my lord must take charge of the overall situation. You still... cough cough cough cough!" A violent cough interrupted the visitor.
Fortunately, the meaning has been expressed clearly.
Liu Yu caressed his chest and nodded, but in response to the other party, he sighed with emotion: "I regret not listening to Zi Tu's loyal advice. I am in this situation today. It is my own fault. Tomorrow. Is there really a tomorrow?"
"Lord..." Wei You was speechless.
Among Liu Yu's staff and subordinates, he was the only one who always opposed antagonizing Gongsun Zan.
He persuaded Liu Yu that a small impatience would lead to chaos and a big plan. He believed that Liu Yu had a high reputation and status, but in troubled times, advisers and minions were needed to help him. He suggested that Liu Yu should not try to subdue Gongsun Zan with force, but should be driven with gentleness.
Take advantage of each other.
His point of view is quite reasonable. The founder of the Han Dynasty did not rely on the use of Han Xin and the bravery of Yingbu. After the success, the rabbit dies and the dog is cooked, and the bird is gone and the bow is hidden? Liu Yu may not be ignorant of these truths, but he is in Youyou
The state's success depends on local power. Wei You's view certainly does not receive support.
Now that the army is defeated and the situation is low, what else can be said? All we can do is look at each other sadly, speechless.
Liu Yu sighed again: "Zitu came here to protect my family, and we have fulfilled our kindness as master and slave. When the city is destroyed, we might as well endure it for the time being and submit to it. Keep it useful for the future."
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"My lord, where did you say that?" Wei You was excited, took a few steps forward, and said loudly: "The Lord is worried about the labor of his ministers. The Lord humiliated his ministers and died, and the lord is in today's embarrassment. It is because of the negligence of You and other staff, which caused the crisis.
Even if you don't have the ability to save the world, how can you be a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death? Unless the lord is willing to follow the example of Han Xin. Otherwise, you would rather die than surrender!"
"Zitu, you don't need to persuade me any more." A sneer appeared on Liu Yu's withered face: "Who am I? Who are the thieves? Although the situation is poor now, even if there is a day when chaos can be brought back to order, I will still stay.
In the history of youth, the two thieves will eventually be despised by future generations. How can I slander my reputation for the rest of my life just to survive?"
"That's what my lord said." This was not the first time that Wei You had brought up this topic, and it became more explicit each time, and Liu Yu's reaction became more and more serious each time. Sometimes Wei You also felt that it didn't make sense.
The leaders of the Zahu family and tribes could be friendly with Yan Yue'er, so why couldn't they be the same with Gongsun Zan, who was also a Han official?
In his opinion, the fight between Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan was completely unnecessary from the beginning.
Gongsun Zan is not Yuan Shao. He has no extravagant expectations of becoming emperor. If Liu Yu treats each other with sincerity after he takes office, are he afraid that he will not be able to win over him? Gongsun Zan's military force and Liu Yu's reputation are what a perfect combination.
Ah? Even without Wang Yu, he can still compete with Yuan Shao in Hebei.
But Liu Yu just couldn't stand Gongsun Zan's unruliness, but he could accept Hu Lu's rudeness and disrespect, which is really puzzling.
Is it possible that the Lord was really deceived by Hu Lu's apparent roughness and could not see that the other party had no faith at all? He did not understand the principle that people who are not my race must have different hearts? Or he underestimated the other party too much and thought that he could
Is the other party playing tricks on applause?
Maybe it was a combination of both? It ended up being a big mistake. Wei You sighed silently in his heart.
As if he saw what his staff was thinking, Liu Yu suddenly explained: "Hu people have a bad temperament, but they have not been educated. After getting along for a long time, you can feel the simplicity in their hearts. Although they do not understand the sage's subtle words and righteousness, but
They still value integrity, otherwise they would not be fighting alongside me in Jixian."
"We lost the battle. We can't blame them. The main reason is that I was concerned about the safety of the people and failed to do anything. The thieves were cunning. In order to win, they even set fire to people's houses and committed great injustice. I was not aware of it for a moment and ended up doing it for them.
Taking advantage of Ziyu, Ziyu and his soldiers have not experienced many battles after all. Seeing that the Chinese army is in danger, it is reasonable for them to be timid and flee for a while."
Wei You became more and more speechless.
Are the Hu people simple? Xian Yufu, and Yan Rou’s subordinates have never experienced battles? Seeing that the Chinese army is in danger, it is reasonable for the soldiers to disperse? What kind of nonsense is this? If this is true, sows can climb trees!
If nothing else, let’s just talk about Xian Yufu. When Yan Rou and his gang fled, the army almost still maintained its intact structure. There is no doubt that they retreated as a whole army instead of breaking up and escaping!
As long as they have a trace of loyalty, they will not watch their lord waiting for death in Juyong City with hundreds of remaining soldiers!
In the battle at Ji County, more than half of the personal guards trained by Qu Yi were lost. After all the pursuit, only more than 400 people followed Juyong City. If Juyong City was not too small, Gongsun Zan did not bring siege equipment.
, Liu Yu couldn't defend it for even one day. Even if he mobilized the residents in the city to help defend, it was unlikely that he could last for three days.
You know, there are a full 20,000 troops outside!
And what Liu Yu has been counting on, the Xianbei ministries, who are simple in nature and regard their credibility as bigger than the sky, if they are as good as 1% of Liu Yu's evaluation, they should appear now.
But what’s the result?
If it hadn't been for the thought that both he and Liu Yu had only a few days to live. There was no need to be too serious. Wei You would have really wanted to yell at Liu Yu to wake him up and make him admit his mistakes. But now, there is no need to do so.
Let him comfort himself till the end.
"It's not that the leader refuses to come, it's possible that that young and careless guy Qian Man started making trouble with him again. Tadun, Mika, Su Li and the others were blocked by Xu Huang and Tian Kai. Or maybe we were blocked by Xu Huang and Tian Kai in the previous two battles.
They lost so miserably that they didn’t dare to come..."
Perhaps because he knew that he was inevitable, Liu Yu paid special attention to his reputation. He kept talking endlessly, and regarded Wei You as a historian for future generations. He must persuade the other party to record the justice and rationality of his actions in the
It is recorded in history books and admired and worshiped by future generations.
What else could Wei You say? He could only endure the double torture of the cold wind and wrong reasoning.
A night of silence.
The next day, just after dawn, Liu Yu was awakened by the sound of drums and horns.
After being in a trance for a while, he finally woke up and realized that he was not in the Luoyang City in his dream, and the noise he heard was not the drum music in the palace, but the signal for Gongsun's army to start attacking the city.
"Bring me my armor." He propped himself up on the couch with his arms and was about to get up and rush to the city.
Although he knew that the defeat was certain, birds and beasts were still greedy for life, let alone him? He still expected to hold on for a few more days until reinforcements arrived from all walks of life and turn defeat into victory. He was confident that as long as he climbed to the top of the city to supervise the battle, it would be enough to make the enemy win.
The morale of the soldiers and the people was greatly boosted, and they rushed to die. For no other reason than because of his famous name Liu Yu!
But when he opened his mouth, he was shocked to realize that his throat hurt, his words were hoarse and unpleasant, his whole body was soft and he had no strength at all. This symptom was very similar to... catching a cold?
At the critical moment of life and death, the wind and cold can't be taken into account. As long as there is still breath, you have to go to the city to supervise the battle. If you get the wind and cold, you will not die immediately. If the city is breached, it will be a matter of life and death.
Letting his attendants support him, Liu Yuqiang climbed up the city wall, which shocked Wei You.
"Lord, what are you..."
"Forget it, the bandit army hasn't taken action yet. Could it be that Tianliang discovered it?" Liu Yu weakly waved his hand and made a joke that wasn't very clever.
Wei You didn't bother to agree, and pointed to the distance with a serious expression: "The enemy has built some siege equipment and is about to transport it. I am afraid that the siege will begin soon."
"...I see." Liu Yu was bored and said something perfunctory. When he looked up, he saw the siege equipment Wei You mentioned at a glance. In fact, it was just some ladders and a crudely made ram. However,
, but it is enough to constitute the heaviest blow to the current Juyong City.
"An envoy has come here to persuade you to surrender?" At the same time as Wei You shouted, Liu Yu also saw the small group of people approaching the city wall. They held up their shields and walked very slowly, not like they were coming to attack the city.
Yes, I think it’s for negotiation.
For a moment, Liu Yu was a little shaken. This was the other party's initiative to persuade him. If the words were appropriate, should he endure the temporary humiliation?
However, before this idea could germinate and ferment, Liu Yu was shocked, as if he had fallen naked into an ice cave. He saw two large shields opened, revealing a disheveled prisoner who was tied up.
The escorting soldier kicked the man on the buttocks, causing him to gnaw on the ground. Another soldier quickly rushed forward, stepped on the unlucky man's waist, grabbed his hair with one hand, and pulled him away.
He pulled it up, revealing a face covered in blood.
"Liu Shijun, do you recognize this person?"
"...It's General Wang!" Liu Yu distinguished it carefully and quickly gasped.
It’s Wangmen!
"My general has an order, and now you have no way to escape. If you are willing to surrender early, kowtow to my general and admit your mistake, it is not impossible to spare your life. If you want to go all the way to the dark side, that's okay, as long as
Just don’t regret it..."
As he spoke, the caller waved his hand, and the two escorting soldiers each took out a boning knife from their arms and leaned down. Immediately, heart-rending screams rang through the wild, shocking the city.
The defenders could hardly hold their swords.
In full view of everyone, those people actually chopped the Wang family alive!
No one thought that Gongsun Zan was cruel or anything like that. This was an era that valued loyalty, and traitors like the Wang family could not be dealt with no matter how hard it was. It was just that this scene was so terrifying that the defenders at the top of the city felt a chill to their bones.
"Gongsun is a common man, Gongsun is a common man, how dare you do this? Aren't you afraid of the words of the people in the world? Aren't you afraid..." Liu Yu was angry and frightened, pointing at Gongsun Zan's flag and yelling. But the cold wind deprived him of most of his strength.
The defenders were so timid that no one dared to act as a mouthpiece for him. How could Gongsun Zan hear his curses?
Anyway, Gongsun Zan did not expect Liu Yu to surrender, otherwise he would not have imposed such harsh conditions as kowtow and admit his mistake. Seeing Liu Yu's angry but helpless look from a distance, Gongsun Zan felt generous, waved his hand and ordered:
"The enemy has lost courage, send the order to attack the city!"