Early the next morning, Lu Bu appeared in the main hall of the government office with great grief.
When everyone saw Lu Bu's appearance, they lowered their heads and remained silent, fearing that if they raised their heads, they would be unable to control themselves from laughing.
Lu Bu said sadly: "Brothers! Comrades! Comrades! Just yesterday!
On New Year's Eve, it was supposed to be a good day for family reunion, but a heinous tragedy happened in Pengcheng!
Comrade Chen Deng and Chen Yuanlong, the number one gentleman in Pengcheng who convinced people with virtue and wanted to civilize Han slaves, gathered more than 100 Han slaves at home because they had not eaten any meat at night. died!
Such a tragedy is really our loss, Xuzhou’s loss, and the world’s loss!
I have ordered the heads of the rebellious Han slave leaders to be shown to the public, and ordered the others to be slaves forever, with no chance of recovery.
My general orders that all celebrations be cancelled. The whole city will mourn for Yuan Long for three days and bury Yuan Long and his family in a grand ceremony..."
"It is said that these Han slaves are the best at repaying kindness with hatred, and it is indeed true!"
"How can there be such a despicable nation in the world!"
"Being ungrateful and repaying kindness with evil is worse than a pig or a dog!"
"We should kill all these Han slaves before we can avenge Chen Yuanlong!"
After everyone talked for a while and expressed their indignation, Lu Bu pressed his hands and said:
"Okay, now Chen Yuanlong's death is announced to the world, so that the people can clearly understand Han Nu's ugly face. The most important thing is to prevent anyone from making the same mistake again!
From now on, I, Lu Bu, and these Japanese barbarians are at odds with each other! "
Although the method was a bit disgraceful, Lu Bu didn't think there was anything wrong with the fact that he eliminated a serious enemy in Pengcheng in one fell swoop, gained a lot of land, and placed the blame on the Koreans.
In troubled times, who will tell you about benevolence, justice, propriety, wisdom and trust?
As a result, Chen Deng's death quickly spread.
It didn't take long for the news to reach the ears of Chen Deng's father and Prime Minister Chen Gui.
Chen Gui was naturally devastated when he heard that his son died tragically.
Although he knew that Lu Bu was probably behind this, he was not strong enough. How many generals could a small Pei country have? How can he compete with Lu Bu, who has strong soldiers and horses?
If you can't do it yourself, can you find someone to support you?
In grief and anger, Chen Gui wrote a letter and sent it to Cao Cao.
Cao Cao was also shocked when he heard the news of Chen Deng's death. He expected that Chen Deng must have written to him to advise him to join forces with Yuan Shao to get rid of this scourge of Lu Bu.
At this time, Cao Cao was a little entangled again: Lu Bu would definitely be on guard against him now, and Yuan Shao couldn't trust him, so he asked him to send troops and food to fight Tian Kai. His situation was a bit double-faced...
After discussing with several advisers, Cao Cao decided to send Cheng Yu as an envoy to Lu Bu, both to show his goodwill and to test Lu Bu's true identity.
But Lu Bu first welcomed a special guest: Zhang Xiu.
Zhang Xiu, a native of Zuli County, Wuwei County, Liangzhou, was the nephew of General Zhang Ji.
Zhang Ji was once a lieutenant under Dong Zhuo. When the eighteen princes attacked Dong Zhuo, Zhang Ji and Lu Bu guarded Hulao Pass together, so they had some friendship.
But this Zhang Ji is not a good bird. When he followed Dong Zhuo, he burned, killed, and looted wherever he went.
Although they claim to be Dong Zhuo's elite, they are actually just like bandits.
In the end, he was shot to death by a stray arrow while going to Jingzhou to rob.
Then Zhang Xiu took over Zhang Ji's army. When Liu Biao heard that Zhang Ji had been shot to death by his own men, he came to appease Zhang Xiu, surrendered Zhang Xiu, and allowed him to station troops in Wancheng.
Later, when Cao Cao marched south, his troops reached Feishui. Zhang Xiu knew he was outmatched, so he led his troops to surrender.
Unexpectedly, Cao Cao fell in love with the beauty of Zhang Xiu's aunt and Zhang Ji's widow Zou, and took her in by force.
It was his uncle who couldn't bear it and his aunt couldn't bear it. Instead of being happy, Zhang Xiu got Cao Cao, a cheap uncle, for free. Instead, he became angry and wanted to kill the thief Cao.
Cao Cao did not expect that Zhang Xiu, who had just surrendered, would suddenly attack under the cover of night and was killed by surprise.
In order to protect Cao Cao, the eldest son Cao Ang, nephew Cao Anmin and personal bodyguard Dian Wei all died in the battle.
The Zou family... is indeed a disaster for beauty!
When the nephew of an old friend comes to visit, Lu Bu naturally wants to receive him in person.
After seeing the ceremony, Lu Bu asked directly: "How are your uncle and aunt?"
Zhang Xiu didn't know that Lu Bu had ulterior motives for asking about his aunt, so he replied: "Thanks to Marquis Wen, everything is fine. My uncle also asked me to say hello to Marquis Wen on his behalf."
After chatting for a while, Lu Bu said: "I heard that Zhang Ji stationed troops and Hongnong (west of Luoyang, east of Chang'an, and north of Nanyang in Jingzhou).
There must be something wrong with you coming all the way from Hongnong to Xuzhou. Your uncle and I are old acquaintances. If you have anything to say, you don’t have to hide it, just say it. "
Zhang Xiu responded, first briefly describing Zhang Ji's experiences during this period.
Ever since Lu Bu killed Dong Zhuo and was "squeezed" out of Chang'an by Wang Yun, the remaining members of Dong Zhuo's party were all in panic.
Because Dong Zhuo's son-in-law Niu Fu died, Guo Si, Li Jue and others had no one to rely on, so they originally wanted to disband their troops and flee back to their hometowns.
So he sent people to Chang'an to see Wang Yun and ask for amnesty.
Wang Yun believed that Dong Zhuo had already been pardoned after his execution and could not be pardoned again this year, so he refused. Li Jue and others were scared and didn't know what to do.
Jia Xu, a counselor under Niu Fu, said to Li Jue: "I heard that someone in Chang'an plans to drive out all the people in Liangzhou. If you abandon the army and go alone, a small pavilion chief can catch you." It would be better to lead the army westward, attack Chang'an, and avenge Dong Gong. If the thing succeeds, it will serve the country to rectify the world; if it does not succeed, it will not be too late to leave. "
Li Jue and others thought that surrendering would lead to death, and resisting would lead to death. Why not give it a try? What if the bicycle turned into a motorcycle?
So Dong Zhuo's old troops were summoned along the way, and many refugees were gathered along the way. By the time they reached Chang'an, there were already 100,000 people.
Wang Yun had no military talent, and he had few generals who were good at fighting. Chang'an City was breached in less than half a month.
Wang Yun became a prisoner and died in a free fall.
Liu Xie, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, twisted his butt and worshiped Li Jue as the Cavalry General, Kaifu, Sili Xiaowei, Jiajie, and the Marquis of Chiyang County; Guo Si was made the Hou General and the Marquis of Meiyang County; Fan Chou was the Marquis of Meiyang County. The right general was granted the title of Marquis of Wannian County; Zhang Ji was appointed as the general of Zhendong.
Li Jue, Guo Si, and Fan Chou controlled the government, but Zhang Ji was sent to Hongnong County because he was too weak, with the intention of guarding the east gate of Chang'an.
Li Jue, Guo Si and others all came from a reckless background. How could they know how to govern the government?
I just want to get more real benefits for myself while the little emperor is in my hands.
At this time, Chang'an had already been devastated by Dong Zhuo. Li Jue, Guo Si, and Fan Chou could not stop it, and allowed the army to plunder the people, causing a more serious famine.
More than one million people in Guanzhong starved to death and fled south, one after another to the territories of Liu Biao, Liu Yan, Zhang Lu and others.
Ma Teng, the general who conquered the west, asked Li Jue for personal matters, but failed to get a response, so he turned against Li Jue. Ma Teng regarded Yizhou Mu Liu Yan as a clan minister and conspired with him to kill Li Jue.
At that time, Zuo Zhonglang general Liu Fan, the son of Ma Yu and Liu Yan, was in Chang'an. Therefore, Zhong Shao, the governor of Liangzhou, had a grudge against Li Jue for killing his father. Du Chun, the general of the Zhonglang general, was at odds with Jia Xu, so they all joined forces with Ma Teng to conspire. Attack Chang'an.
Ma Yu and others conspired to order Ma Teng to attack Chang'an, and he acted as an internal agent.
Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty sent an envoy to persuade him to make peace, but Ma Teng refused. Later, Han Sui, who was stationed in Jincheng, led his troops to persuade him, and then joined forces with Ma Teng to attack Li Jue.
Zhang Xiu briefly described the situation in Chang'an. Lu Bu nodded and asked, "What does Zhang Ji mean...for me to help Li Jue?"
