But it is said that after Dong Zhuo led the Xiliang soldiers to withdraw from Hulao Pass, the lives of the people in Bingzhou who were forced to stay became more and more miserable day by day.
At the beginning, generals Zhang Liao and Gao Shun tried to reassure people, and there was still some food and grass in the city, but they could barely hold on for a few days.
However, as food and grass were running out, the princes' offensive became increasingly intensified. Not only did they see no reinforcements in their rear, but there was a rumor that Dong Xiangguo had abandoned Luoyang and coerced the emperor, officials and people to move the capital to Chang'an.
After realizing that he had become an abandoned son, the morale of the army was irreversible. Every day, a large number of soldiers escaped from Hulao Pass and surrendered to the princes. Later, some generals also had other ideas.
Gao Shun was Lu Bu's die-hard loyalist. For Lu Bu, who was under Dong Zhuo's control after being seriously injured, he was determined to defend Hulao. This put him on the opposite side of the vast majority of people who were just looking for a way to survive.
That night, the sound of Jingtian shouting for death suddenly came from the Hulao Gate.
The allied forces of the princes received the news, and Liu Bian judged that the enemy troops in the city were causing trouble, and immediately ordered an all-out attack on the city.
Yuan Shao and others, who had been secretly holding back Liu Bian, saw that the fall of Hulao Pass was a foregone conclusion. They did not want Liu Bian to gain another achievement by conquering the city alone, so they immediately used their true family resources to attack. Hulao Pass.
With the rare concerted efforts of all the princes, Hulao Pass was defeated in one fell swoop. The Bingzhou soldiers who were fighting among themselves surrendered one after another, and were divided up by the scheming Yuan Shao and others.
Only two generals, Gao Shun and Zhang Liao, led a small number of troops to try to resist. Liu Bian, without showing any martial ethics, led several of his generals to attack and captured the two men alive.
The general was captured, and their soldiers no longer had the will to fight and surrendered one after another.
After the war, Liu Bian expressed his great righteousness to Gao Shun and Zhang Liaoxiao and persuaded them to surrender.
Zhang Liao felt that Liu Bian was virtuous and valued him, so he immediately paid homage to him.
Gao Shun originally let Liu Bian talk and just want to die. Later, a small group of people came from the direction of Luoyang, escorted a carriage to Hulao Pass, and asked to see the two generals Gao Shun and Zhang Liao.
Liu Bian ordered Zhang Liao to go out to inquire, but he saw Lu Bu's wife Yan and his daughter Lingqi in the car.
Zhang Liao was taken aback and hurriedly asked Yan the reason.
Yan cried to Zhang Liao and told Zhang Liao what had happened.
It turned out that Han Emperor Liu Xie came to visit Lu Bu that day. Afterwards, Lu Bu meditated for a long time in his room. Then he called his wife and daughter and said that he was not going to die soon. The Xiliang army was full of tigers and wolves and could not be trusted. He asked them to come to Hulao Pass and tell their generals Gao Shun and Zhang Liao and others took the initiative to surrender to Liu Bian, so that their mother and daughter could take advantage of Liu Bian's protection.
The mother and daughter refused to obey, but Lu Bu was extremely resolute and ordered the soldiers of the palace to send them to Hulao Pass.
Zhang Liao hurriedly welcomed the mother and daughter into Guanzhong and met Liu Bianbei to tell them their past situation.
Liu Bian immediately arranged for Yan's mother and daughter to meet Gao Shun, and finally Gao Shun sincerely accepted the offer.
After resting for a while at Hulao Pass, the allied forces of the princes entered Luoyang.
Today's Luoyang is filled with flames, black smoke is everywhere, and there are no chickens or dogs within a radius of two to three hundred miles.
Seeing such a tragic scene, all the princes could not help but feel sad no matter what their thoughts were.
At that time, Cao Cao proposed to pursue Dong Zhuo immediately and rescue the emperor, officials and people who were kidnapped by him.
All the princes had lost their ambition to make progress, and no one responded after hearing the words.
Cao Cao was greatly disappointed and looked at his superior Liu Bian who had never spoken.
Liu Bian smiled and said: "I have asked my adoptive father, Taoist Hu Yuan, to take action and rescue millions of people who were kidnapped. Now they should be sent to Youzhou for resettlement. As for the emperor and officials, Meng De is sure that they are willing to be rescued." Come to our side?"
Cao Cao was at a loss for words, and the officials may have wavered in their attitudes, but Liu Xie was definitely not willing to come to Liu Bian's side.
After all, in Dong Zhuo's hands, even a puppet emperor was still an emperor. Coming in front of His Highness King Yan, who was supposed to inherit the throne, even the puppet emperor might not be able to sit securely in his seat.
Seeing that Cao Cao was not insisting on pursuing Dong Zhuo, Liu Bian ordered the various princes to divide up and station in Luoyang to put out the fire.
Shan said that Sun Jian, the governor of Changsha, led his troops to put out the remaining fire in the palace.
His soldiers took matters into their own hands, working tirelessly to clear away the embers of the flames and dismantle the dilapidated palaces. They were busy all day long and had no rest until nightfall.
Sun Jian had just sat down and ate some dry food when suddenly a sergeant came to report that there was a five-colored light rising from the well in the south of the palace.
He knew something was wrong, so he immediately ordered people to go into the well to fish it out.
Not long after, the sergeant picked up the woman's body from the well, which looked as if she had been alive.
This lady is dressed as a palace servant and carries a brocade pouch under her neck.
Sun Jian took off the brocade bag with his own hands, only to see that the woman's corpse was visibly decayed and turned into a skeleton in the blink of an eye.
He was very knowledgeable and knew that there must be treasures in this brocade bag to protect the woman's body from damage. He immediately opened the bag and inspected it, and saw that inside was a red lacquer box with a small gold lock hanging on it.
Sun Jian used brute force to break the golden lock and open the box. He saw a jade seal placed inside, four inches in diameter, with five dragon buttons engraved on it. There was a missing corner on the side, which was inlaid with gold. There were eight characters in seal script on it: "I was ordered by heaven. Longevity and longevity."
Cheng Pu, a general on the side, hurriedly congratulated Sun Jian, saying that this object was the imperial seal that symbolized the supreme imperial power. It was lost during the chaos when Shi Changshi was executed, and now it has fallen into the hands of the lord. It shows that God has destined the lord to have nine lives. Five points.
Sun Jian was furious at the time and hurriedly ordered the news to be blocked and not leaked. Then he came to see Liu Bian with a sickly look, claiming that he had accidentally contracted the disease and was no longer able to fight, and wanted to lead his troops back to Jiangdong to recuperate.
Liu Bian looked at him for a long time, until he felt restless in his heart, and then he sighed softly and said calmly: "There is no war now. Since Wentai is sick, it is best to go back to Jiangdong to rest for a while."
Sun Jian quietly breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly said goodbye and returned to the camp. He hurriedly packed up his luggage and returned to Jiangdong.
Just after Sun Jian left, Yuan Shao and his generals Yan Liang and Wen Chou hurriedly came to see Liu Bian and asked him face to face, "Where is Sun Wentai?"
Liu Bendao said: "Wentai is ill and has resigned. I have allowed him to return to Jiangdong."
Yuan Shao stamped his feet and shouted: "How could Your Highness let Sun Wentai leave so easily?"
Liu Bian looked at Yuan Shao with great interest and asked: "Is this what I meant, that Wentai's illness was a fraud?"
Yuan Shao was immediately speechless.
He heard a tip from a fellow countryman in Sun Jian's army and learned that Sun Jian had hidden the imperial seal. He also heard that Sun Jian had come to see Liu Bian to bid farewell, so he hurried to stop Liu Bian, but he was still a step too late.
Because of his selfish motives, Yuan Shao naturally would not reveal the imperial seal to Liu Bian. He immediately forced a smile and said: "I mean that since Wentai is sick, His Highness should first ask a famous doctor to diagnose and treat him. He should not let him take care of him." Illness is on the way.”
Liu Bian looked as if he was stunned, put his hand on his forehead and said, "But I was negligent for a moment. How did I think I should remedy this?"
Yuan Shao said: "There is a good doctor in our army, so we immediately took him to chase Wentai to see what disease he had!"
At the end of the sentence, there was a hint of gritted teeth in his tone.
Liu Bian handed over his hand and said, "This will help us to do our best."
After Yuan Shaoru flew away, Hu Yuan came out from behind the tent and asked with a smile: "How is it?"
Liu Bian smiled bitterly: "What my adoptive father said is right. The Imperial Seal is indeed a touchstone, but I didn't expect that even Sun Wentai, who is known as the brave and loyal man..."
Hu Long said with a smile: "My son, there is no need to feel sorry for oneself. The human heart is so delicate that even if my father has lived so long, I dare not say that he can see through it. Now that we have thrown away this fat enough meat and bones, it is time to return to Youzhou." , wait and see the changes in the world."
