I, Liu Bian, the hero

Chapter 39 The Battle of Hanyang
On that day, the two sides chatted for a full hour.

During this period, Liu Bian's speech was full of recognition of Cao Song and appreciation of Cao Cao and Xiahou Dun, which made Cao Song and Xiahou Dun very happy. The only person who had some regrets might be Cao Cao, because he originally wanted to try again, but he His father stared at him so tightly that he didn't dare to move rashly.

After chatting for more than half an hour, Cao Song politely left.

Before leaving, he said to Liu Bian with some concern: "Your Majesty has appointed Jian Shuo, a young man from the Huang family, as the Marquis of the Northern Army to supervise the recruitment of Huang Fusong and Zhang Wen. My son and Jian Shuo have some grievances. My son is at a disadvantage."

Liu Bian vaguely guessed Cao Song's purpose, and said with a smile, "If this happens, the Taiwei will tell him my name."

Cao Song was overjoyed when he achieved his goal, and asked, "Shihou, my son has been recruited by the court to hunt down thieves, where should we report it?"

Hearing this, Liu Bian subconsciously wanted Cao Cao to report to his second uncle He Miao first, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was wrong. After all, his second uncle was not responsible for the crusade against the rebels in Liangzhou. If he recommended Cao Cao Going to He Miao to report but ignoring General He Jin, the people on He Jin's side will definitely notice something is wrong.

Since Cao Song had already expressed his loyalty to him, why bother?

Thinking of this, he looked at Cao Cao and said with a smile: "The crusade against the rebels in Liangzhou is under the responsibility of three adults, Huangfusong, Zhang Wen, and Zhu Jun. Today, Zhu Jun and Zhang Wen have gone to the front line, and only Huangfu Yizheng will return to the front line." Waiting for Sanhe’s pawn in Luoyang, then you can report directly to Mr. Huangfu.”

"Obey." Under the pressure of his father's eyes, Cao Cao respectfully accepted the order.

After a while, Cao Song left Jiafang Hall with Cao Cao and Xiahou Dun under the escort of Liu Bian.

After walking several tens of feet, Cao Song said with emotion: "What a smart and wise young master this is! This time, I can win the favor of Marquis Shi, and I, the Cao family, will be the fourth generation and the third prince in the future!"

Just as Cao Cao was about to speak, his father seemed to have thought of something. He looked at him with a stern face, and scolded him sullenly, "Meng De, you are very rude today. Fortunately, Marquis Shi is not as knowledgeable as you!"

From the side, Xiahou Dun also nodded and said in agreement: "Meng De, Uncle Shi is right, you are really rude today."

Seeing his father and childhood companions blaming him, Cao Cao felt helpless, spread his hands and said, "I just want to test this young master's tolerance."

"Hmph!" Cao Song snorted heavily, and then deliberately asked, "Then what do you think?"

"It's not bad in general, but..." Cao Cao rubbed his chin and said, "It really doesn't look like a ten-year-old child... I'm curious, how did the Shi Taoist train this Shi Hou."

Cao Song snorted softly and said, "Shi Hou is my young master of the Han Dynasty, so he is naturally different from ordinary people...Of course, that Daoist Shi is also an expert. Prosperity can be expected.”

Cao Cao raised his eyebrows, but he didn't speak. After all, he was not dissatisfied with that Shi Hou except his age.

Immediately, Cao Song went to the third office in the palace, and Cao Cao took Xiahou Dun back to Cao Song's mansion.

At this time Xia Houyuan, Cao Ren, and Cao Hong were waiting in the mansion. Seeing Cao Cao and Xiahou Dun come back, they hurriedly surrounded them and asked questions in one go.

"How? That Shihou?"

"Is it as smart and wise as the rumors say?"

Cao Cao maintained his identity, sat down and poured himself a glass of water, and then said slowly: "It's okay, although he is young, he has the capacity to accommodate..."

After him, Xiahou Dun enthusiastically told the three of them how he had met the Marquis Shi when he entered the palace, especially mentioning Shihou's praise of his brave warrior, as well as the fact that he was at the same table with that Marquis Shi, as well as Cao Song and Cao Cao. Sitting, Xia Houyuan, Cao Ren, especially Cao Hong, who is nearly 17 years old, are envious.

The three of them were both envious and regretful: "If I had known earlier, I would have followed."

Seeing this, Cao Cao said with a smile: "Why should you feel sorry? Wait until we defeat the rebels in Liangzhou and make meritorious service. Why don't you worry about seeing that Marquis Shi?"

Hearing this, Xia Houyuan, Cao Ren, and Cao Hong were immediately moved, and hurriedly urged Cao Cao to report to Huangfusong immediately.

Naturally, Cao Cao did not delay, after all he also knew that Zhu Jun had already taken the Beijun cavalry battalion to Hanyang County at this moment, and Sun Jian and Liu Bei who were at the same time conquering the Yellow Turban with him, so they were drinking After half a bowl of water, Cao Cao immediately took a group of friends to report to Huangfusong outside the city.

Huangfusong met Cao Cao when he was begging for the yellow scarf, so he naturally knew that he was a capable person, so he appointed Cao Cao to help him recruit soldiers, and when the troops from Hedong and Hanoi arrived, they went to Sanfu together.

Two days later, the troops from Hedong arrived at Luoyang first, led by Dong Zhuo, governor of Hedong.

Liu Bian was stunned when he learned of this, but he had nothing to do with Dong Zhuo for the time being. After all, Dong Zhuo had already secretly expressed his loyalty to General He Jin at this time. Thanks to the credit, Liu Bian couldn't remove him from his official position, so he could only see if he could find an opportunity to transfer Dong Zhuo away from Sanhe, even if Dong Zhuo returned to his hometown of Longxi to serve as the prefect.

Three days later, the Hanoi soldiers and horses also arrived in Luoyang, so Huangfu Song entered the palace to bid farewell to Emperor Ling, and led the troops from Hedong and Hanoi to Chang'an slowly.

At the same time, in Hanyang County, Liangzhou rebels had invaded the county, and cities such as Langan and Pingxiang fell one after another.

Fu Xie, whose original character was born when he was young, was changed to Nanrong. During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he served as an army commander, and accompanied Zuo Zhonglang General Huang Fusong to fight against the bandits. The three of them, Liang Zhongning and Liang Zhongning, ranked first.

Later, he was transferred to be the prefect of Hanyang. Fu Xie was sympathetic to the people and appeased the Qiang people. He opened up farmland outside the city and settled the local Han people, Qiang people, Di people, and Huns. He enjoyed a high reputation among the local Qiang, Di and Huns.

However, the former governor of Liangzhou, Geng Bi, not only reused the greedy and treacherous people in Chengqiu, but also acted headstrong and self-willed in countering the rebellion.

On this day, Wang Guo led the rebels to surround Ji County, but did not immediately attack the city.

Because many of the kingdom's subordinates at this time were Qiangdi and Xiongnu recruited from the local area after he led his army into Hanyang County. These Qiangdi and Xiongnu had little sense of belonging to the Han Dynasty, but they felt that Fu Xie had For their kindness, I don't want to harm the latter's life, so I hope the kingdom will send someone to persuade Fu Xie to surrender.

There were even thousands of Xiongnu cavalry kowtowing outside the city, begging Fu Xie to leave the city and surrender, expressing their willingness to ensure that Fu Xie returned to his hometown of Beidi County safely.

Wang Guo himself also knew Fu Xie's reputation in Hanyang, and wanted to lure him into the gang, so he sent Huang Yan, the former governor of Jiuquan, into the city to persuade him.

When Huang Yan saw Fu Xie, before he could open his mouth, he heard Fu Xie angrily scolded: "It's a pity that you were once an official of the imperial court, but now you are a lobbyist for the rebels!"

After all, he sent someone to drive Huang Yan out.

When the kingdom learned about it, it was both respectful and angry, and ordered the whole army to attack the city.

After several days of continuous attack, Fu Xie visited the city in person every day to direct the battle.

Seeing that there were fewer and fewer guards in the city, Fu Qian, the 13-year-old son of Fu Xie at the time, persuaded his father: "The country is in chaos, and my father will not tolerate it. Now Liangzhou has rebelled, and the soldiers in Hanyang are not enough to defend themselves. Father's kindness in the past, as long as father leaves, they will let each other go, it is better to accept their suggestion, return to the hometown for the time being, recruit warriors, and then help the world when the court is clear."

Before he finished speaking, Fu Xie sighed and said, "Bie Cheng (Fu Gan's small characters), in the past, during the tyranny of Yin and Zhou, there was Boyi who died without eating Zhou millet, and Zhongni called him a virtuous man. Today, Your Majesty is far from being as cruel as King Zhou." , and I am the prefect of Hanyang, and I hold the court's salary, how can I not share the worries of the court? The matter has come to this point, and the only way to serve the country is to die."

In fact, Fu Xie also knew that Ji County could no longer be defended, so he summoned Yang Hui, the director, and asked the latter to take his son Fu Gan away on the day the city was destroyed.

Yang Hui knew that Fu Xie had the will to die, and he refused to listen to his persuasive persuasion, so he could only agree with a sob.

On this day, Wang Guo once again led his rebels to attack Ji County.

Seeing that the city was about to be breached, Fu Xie summoned the master secretary Yang Huidao: "The city is about to be breached. I want to lead the remaining soldiers to raid the kingdom. Please take my son away while I am in the chaos. If I succeed by chance, there will be relatives in the future." See you soon, otherwise, you can take him to Beidi County."

Yang Hui reluctantly agreed.

Seeing this, Fu Xie took advantage of the interval when the rebels attacked the city, led the only remaining soldiers in the city, and went out of the city to launch a suicidal surprise attack on the kingdom.

However, there were at least [-] to [-] rebels under the Kingdom's command. Fu Xie and the hundreds of soldiers in that area were surrounded by the rebels before they could reach the Kingdom.

Seeing this, Yang Hui was very sad in the city. Just as he was about to bid farewell to Fu Xie with tears and flee with Fu Gan, Fu Xie's son, he suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes.

After a while, some militiamen who were helping the battle on the city exclaimed happily: "Reinforcement! Reinforcement!"

"really?!"

Yang Hui was very pleasantly surprised. He rushed to a corner of the city wall and looked to the north. Sure enough, he saw a cavalry army approaching quickly.

"It's the Luoyang Forbidden Army?!" Yang Hui was both happy and worried. He was happy that the reinforcements from the imperial court arrived in time, but worried that there were only a few thousand cavalry in this reinforcement.

"If I had known this, I shouldn't have let the prefect go out of the city to fight to the death!" He secretly annoyed.

While speaking, the team of cavalry had already circled to the northwest corner of Jicheng, and the leading cavalry general with a red face and long beard reined in his horse and frowned, glanced at the rebels who seemed to be fighting in the distance, and shouted towards the city: "On the city is Fu Xie. , Fu Taishou?"

When Yang Hui heard this, he shouted anxiously: "Prefect Fu led the remaining hundred soldiers to attack and kill the kingdom of the leader of the rebels, please general..."

He was a little hesitant, wondering if he should ask the general for help, after all, the general only had a few thousand riders under his command.

"Oh?"

It was Guan Yu who shouted to Yang Hui. He glanced at the commotion in the distance and praised: "This kind of loyal and righteous man must not be killed in battle.... Yide, Governor Fu is fighting to the death with the rebels. , I will wait to help him!"

"okay!"

Zhang Fei groaned strangely and said, "After traveling for so long, I'm sore all over, and it's just time for these rebels to stretch my muscles and bones."

After all, the two led the [-] Henan cavalry that Liu Bei had handed over to them, and killed the [-] to [-] rebels in the distance.

Afterwards, Zhao Fang, Lieutenant of the Tuen Cavalry School, also led more than [-] Tuen Cavalry under his command to arrive. Seeing that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei had led [-] Henan cavalry to kill tens of thousands of rebels, they cursed angrily.

But scolding is scolding, he can only order assistance.

After all, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are sworn brothers of Henan Wei Liu Bei, and Liu Bei is Lu Zhi's protégé and Shi Hou's senior brother.

"Attack! Attack!"

Under Zhao Fang's order, a total of about [-] knights, led by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, killed [-] to [-] rebels.

I saw Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, the one arrogantly stroking his beard, with a calm expression, holding the Yanyue Dao with one hand, killing the rebels like chickens and dogs; territory.

Under the encouragement of the two of them, the [-] knights killed several times their rebel army retreated steadily, and the kingdom was startled and called for withdrawal.

This change also attracted the attention of the Hanyang prefect Fu Xie, who looked up at this scene in disbelief.

(End of this chapter)