"What are the names of you three? What are your current positions in the army?"
The sound of arrogance and contempt came faintly, and Liu Bei trembled in his heart. Not knowing why, he cautiously replied: "Liu Bei, who lives in Xia Zhuo County, is a clan member of the Han Dynasty." Then he introduced Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, "These are my two sworn brothers.
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are now both white."
"I didn't expect that I would meet a clan member of the Han Dynasty here, haha! It has been hundreds of years since I, Emperor Taizu, founded the Han Dynasty. There are more than tens of millions of clan members? Clan members of the Han Dynasty, haha!" After hearing this, Dong Zhuo felt even more disdainful.
He stood up and muttered softly, but the three people in front of him heard him.
"Three of you have saved a certain family's life. Naturally, I won't treat you badly. We will send you food, wine, gold, and silver later." Then he waved his hand and said, "Oh, then you go down."
"Thank you, General. I'll wait for my brother to say goodbye."
Liu Bei responded with a normal expression, while Guan Yu narrowed his eyes and looked at Dong Zhuo coldly. However, Zhang Fei saw an angry look on his face, but was secretly pulled by Liu Bei.
The three brothers returned to the station. Zhang Fei, who had been holding it in for a long time, finally burst out and shouted: "I was waiting for a bloody battle to rescue that fellow bird general. I didn't expect to be so rude. Why didn't the eldest brother let me kill him just now!"
The sword smashed a small flag aside.
Liu Bei said with a gloomy face: "He is an official of the imperial court. How can a brother kill without permission? Do you want to be buried with him?"
"If you don't kill this guy, why don't you stay in his tent? If you want to follow him, I will go somewhere else." Zhang Fei was about to leave.
"Third brother, don't be impulsive, listen to elder brother." Guan Yu quickly stopped Zhang Fei who was about to leave.
"Hmph!" Liu Bei snorted coldly and said, "Dong Zhuo can't be a general for a few more days. The imperial court will definitely punish him for this great defeat. Now the army is headed by Huangfu Zhonglang and Zhu Zhonglang, so there is still room for action."
Liu Bei had made some inquiries before visiting Dong Zhuo. After his persuasion, Zhang Fei finally calmed down, and the three brothers began to discuss how to stand out in front of Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun.
Dong Zhuo's great defeat wiped out the previous advantages of the officers and soldiers. He colluded with the ten regular servants in the palace to blame Lu Zhi. The cause of the great defeat was that ants and thieves ambushed the formation with strong crossbows. The battle formation was fierce and not Lu Zhi's fault.
His words led to exile. In the end, after a compromise between the party members and the ten permanent ministers, Dong Zhuo was removed from the post of Zhonglang General and demoted back to his hometown.
Dong Zhuozhi was defeated by Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun for reasonable reasons. He wrote to Emperor Ling Liu Hong, saying that Lu Zhi's strategy of "holding strong forts and resting the army in anticipation of self-destruction" was correct. He requested that Lu Zhi be pardoned and allowed to continue Xu.
Tu Guangzong.
After getting the consent of Ling Emperor Liu Hong, Huangfu Song and others once again built earth walls and guarded four gates. They beat drums and shot arrows every day to prevent Zhang Jiao from calming down in the city. Because the city was repaying Zhang Jiao's actions, Zhang Jiao fell ill.
If Zhang Jiao dies, the Yellow Turban Army's spiritual support will be gone, and Guangzong will be able to attack easily. For a while, the two sides resumed a slow confrontation.
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Wancheng, after Zhu Kui pacified Nanyang, he did not rush north like Sun Jian to abandon the mess and go north on his own. Instead, while waiting for the court's order, he assisted the prefect Qin Jie to stabilize the entire situation in Nanyang. For more than half a month, he dispatched his troops and expelled them.
All major bandits should know that since the Taiping Road began, many bandits in the mountains are causing trouble at the foot of the mountain.
Not only Nanyang, but also Runan and Yingchuan were full of bandits. The number of these bandits was small, about a thousand people per group. Zhu Kuiling ordered his subordinates to spread out their troops and horses in order to suppress the bandits and kill them all together. Countless bandits were killed together.
The bandit strongholds were wiped out.
If these bandits were twisted into one force, they would be fine. They would just fight on their own, just like grass and grass.
Those who disturb people's hearts are also swords; those who calm people's hearts are also swords!
Qin Jie sent a message to the imperial court, saying that it was Zhu Weilu's contribution to Nanyang.
Later, officials in Yingchuan and Runan wrote letters to express their merit.
Seven days later, an imperial edict came from the imperial court, ordering all the generals under General Weilu to enter Luoyang to confront the emperor. The troops and horses they commanded were temporarily controlled by Qin Jie, and were later assigned to the three counties of Nanyang, Yingchuan, and Runan in the Yellow Turban disaster-stricken areas for the purpose of
County soldiers were used to supplement the imperial court’s lack of local troops….
"I accept the decree, thank you!"
Zhu Kui knelt down and stood up. Qin Jie on the side quickly came over to congratulate him. Both of them saw that the eunuch who announced the decree was winking at him, and they both knew what he meant and asked for benefits.
It's just that Qin Jie and Zhu Kui were both foreign generals, and they were in the same party as the party members. If they handed over money so blatantly, if the truth was known by the court officials, they would be indispensable for their reputation as friends with eunuchs.
It is reviled by scholars all over the world.
Perhaps they were both military generals, but Qin Jie was unwilling to participate in the struggle between the eunuchs and party members. The two chatted with each other for many days and could be called friends.
Zhu Kui signaled to the guard Du Hong behind him, who nodded knowingly and stepped forward to interject: "My father-in-law, you have worked hard these past few days. The meals have been prepared in the other hall. Please rest first before returning to Beijing."
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The little Huangmen of the middle palace was very dissatisfied when he saw that Zhu Kui and Qin Jie were so disdainful to talk to him and only sent a few people to greet him. He snorted coldly and followed Du Hong out.
In the other hall, there was indeed a large table of wine and food placed there, but there were no boxes, wooden boxes or the like.
"All the wine and food are here? Are there no other dishes?" The sharp voice was very disappointed.
"Yes, sir." Du Hong replied with a smile.
"Tell your general, I am in a hurry to go back and restore the emperor's life, so there is no need for this meal!" He angrily left without looking back.
Du Hong saw the man leaving and quickly followed him to see him leave.
After leaving the city gate, Du Hong stopped the carriage that was about to leave. He came to the eunuch's carriage, took a bead from his sleeve and stuffed it into the eunuch's hand: "I forgot that there was still a dish of tea that was not served. Here it is, sir."
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The beads were warm and moist, and they looked like big pearls overnight. The eunuch smiled and said in a feminine voice: "Tell your general, this tea is very soothing to your throat. If you go to the capital, our family will invite him back."
In the government office, Qin Jie asked: "My dear brother, this time the emperor summoned Luo unexpectedly. It seems that the future is promising. Please be careful. The party members and eunuchs are fighting endlessly. If you can let him go, you should refuse the other appointments."
"People from our province will pay attention. Brother Chuqi, you should be careful yourself. Although only one county in Jingzhou, Nanyang, is affected by the Yellow Turbans, they are all caused by ringworm. The gentry and wealthy families are the most serious ones, especially Jiangxia. Watch.
There is something wrong with it, so be cautious about it and be careful about it.”
Although Zhu Kui did not remember who killed Qin Jie, he vaguely remembered that Jingzhou revolted and was killed by his own men. Unfortunately, he could not tell the exact story, so he could only watch and remind him.
When the emperor summoned him, he naturally could not be slow. After the handover of military power, Zhu Kui planned to leave with only Gao Ying, Liao Hua, the Qin brothers, Wang Qian, Du Hong and others, while Wang Cheng, Zhou Tai and Gan Ning were waiting for the Yellow Turban surrender.
They are all officers at the rank of captain, but they cannot give up at will. As long as they are here, it is possible to control the troops under their command in the future. Otherwise, the hard work of many days will be over, which is not what he wants to see.
Luoyang! Occupies the Central Plains, borders Mang Mountain to the north, Luoshui to the south, presses the Yangtze River and Huaihe River to the east, and holds Guanlong to the west. It is also surrounded by mountains, with Hulao Pass in the east, Hangu Pass in the west, Youyan in the north, and Youyan in the south.
As for Yique, people say that "mountains and rivers support it, and its situation is the best in the world."
It is also said that Luoyang is the gathering place of the dragon veins of the land of China, so it has been a battleground for the emperors of the Central Plains in all dynasties, and it has become the most important political, economic and cultural center in history.
There are twelve city gates in Luoyang. The four southern gates from east to west are Kaiyang Gate, Pingcheng Gate, Xiaoyuan Gate and Jinmen.
Zhu Kui and others spent eight days on horseback and finally arrived at the giant city in the world.
"Brother Kui, this is Luoyang City. It's really big. It's bigger than Wancheng." Gao Ying spent his early years walking in Jiangdong and had never seen any big cities. The last time he saw Wancheng, he was amazed enough. He didn't want to see this city.
The scale of Yang is far beyond his imagination.
Although the Yellow Turban Rebellion caused turmoil in the world, the prosperity of Luoyang City has not diminished at all, with tens of thousands of people coming and going every day.
After showing the pass to the gate, the gatekeepers were still slow, checking on the left and interrogating on the right. It was not until a drop of money was presented that a group of people successfully entered through the Kaiyang Gate.
This mighty general might have some prestige in other places. The guards had seen various ministers, great generals, superior generals and the like all year round, so naturally they had to act accordingly.
"Hey, I don't want the imperial government to be so rotten!" Zhu Kui sighed, "What do you think, sir?"
Just now, Xi Zhicai looked like a poor scholar, so he was the focus of inspection.
"With the decline of imperial power and the absence of the emperor's majesty, these guards relied on the city gate captains. Such a false pretense can only be stopped if the laws are clearly defined and the law is enforced strictly, regardless of whether they are close or distant."