super apocalypse

Chapter 167 Yuxi Appears, Allied Forces Disperse

Just as Cao Cao was in ambush and was on the front line of life and death, the first batch of vanguard troops from the land of the princes finally came to Luoyang, and carried out a simple rest on the city of Luoyang and the buildings in the city to welcome the arrival of the army.

This vanguard force consists of three groups of troops, one is Wucheng Hou Sun Jian's troops, the other is Shanyang prefect Yuan Yi's troops, and the third is Yanzhou Mu Liu Dai's troops. District, in charge of the inner courtyard of the palace, is Sun Jian.

When Sun Jian stood outside the ruined walls of the Luoyang Imperial Palace, there were already dots of stars and a newborn moon in the sky.Looking at the dark sky, Sun Jian couldn't help thinking of the scene when he was victorious in the crusade against the Yellow Turban and returned to the court, and he had to accept other Sima, and looked at the palace to pay his respects. The honor of Wu Chenghou and Changsha Taishou.How high-spirited I was at that time, I just felt that there was nothing difficult in the world.

Unexpectedly, in just a few years, the formerly magnificent palace that people could only look up to turned into a pile of ruins, and now I, the former Tiger of Jiangdong, has now become a janitor who is under the fence and is looked down upon by others. dog.Thinking of the sad place, Sun Jian couldn't help but shed two lines of heroic tears in his eyes. He didn't know whether he was feeling sad for the decline of the Han Empire, or mourning for his own experience.

Just as Sun Jian was staring at the night sky in a daze, he saw Cheng Pu hurriedly walking towards him with a small team.Sun Jian quickly wiped the corners of his eyes with his sleeve, calmed down his mood, and asked Cheng Pu who had come close: "Demou, why are you in such a hurry? But what's the matter?"

Cheng Pu had an excited expression on his face, and his body seemed to be trembling slightly, and he said in a trembling voice: "My lord, follow the end of the day! We found something strange in the Royal Garden!" What Cheng Pu said did not make sense. Sun Jian was confused, but Cheng Pu didn't care whether he understood or not, so he pulled Sun Jian to a well in the imperial garden, pointed at the mouth of the well and said to Sun Jian, "My lord, please see Is there anything strange about this well water?"

Sun Jianjian glanced into the well, and he froze for a moment.The bright moonlight sprinkled the silver-white brilliance into the well without hesitation, but what was contained in the ripples of the well water was multicolored brilliance!There must be some treasure in this well!Sun Jian immediately made such a judgment, looked at Cheng Pu, and now that Cheng Pu also had a look of anticipation and excitement, he knew that he thought of it with him.

Now that he noticed something was wrong in the well, Sun Jian didn't procrastinate, and immediately ordered people to quickly salvage the things in the well.After a few soldiers who were proficient in water dived into the well and salvaged the thing, everyone couldn't help being shocked. It turned out that what was salvaged turned out to be a female corpse.Judging from the clothing of the corpse, it should be the maid who served in the palace at that time, but for unknown reasons, she died in this well.However, this palace lady is definitely not the source of the vision, so Sun Jian and others' eyes fell on a kit tied around the palace lady's neck.

Cheng Pu stepped forward and took off the bag, Sun Jian gave him a wink, Cheng Pu understood, followed Sun Jian back to the big tent, retreated from the crowd, and when he opened it, he saw a small scarlet box in the bag. Lock it with a golden lock.Opening the small box, there is a jade seal inside: four inches in diameter, with five dragons on it; one corner is missing, inlaid with gold; I have read many books, so I don't know what it is, so I asked Cheng Pu.

Cheng Pu held the small jade seal with trembling hands. He was so excited that he could hardly speak. It took him a long time to explain to Sun Jian: "My lord, this is the Jade Seal of the Chuan Kingdom." Then he suddenly knelt down in front of Sun Jian and said: "Congratulations, my lord, congratulations, my lord!" Sun Jian was stunned, and quickly supported him with both hands: "Oh, General Cheng Pu, please get up quickly. May I ask where my joy comes from?"

"My lord, this is the Jade Seal of the Kingdom, which means that my lord should be the Son of Heaven!" Hearing these words, all the people in the room knelt on the ground unanimously and congratulated Sun Jian in unison.

At that time, Sun Jian and Sun Wentai were so excited that their hearts were pounding. They looked down at Yuxi carefully, and said to themselves: Could it be possible to win the world with it?Sun Jian looked at everyone present. Except for a few close generals, there were more than a dozen people accompanying him: "You are not allowed to tell anyone about this matter, otherwise you will be executed without mercy!"

"Obey!" When all the soldiers heard the words, they hurriedly agreed to drink.

That night, Sun Jian set up a banquet in the inner tent to entertain Cheng Pu and other close generals. The rest of his entourage also received rewards.During the banquet, Cheng Pu told everyone the ins and outs of the imperial seal.

Hearing this, Huang Gai, Han Dang and others were very excited. They discussed how to leave this place as soon as possible and return to Jiangdong to assist the lord in planning great things as soon as possible.Sun Jian said: "It's better than this. Tomorrow, I will say that I won't be sick. I will find an opportunity to ask Yuan Shao for leave and return to Jiangdong to recuperate." Everyone agreed. If the matter leaks out, he will be executed in violation of orders.

But he said that one of Sun Jian's relatives was a fellow of Yuan Shao's village, who had been punished by Sun Jian for a mistake not long ago, and holding a grudge, he sneaked to Yuan Shao's camp that night and told Yuan Shao about it.

Yuan Shao was furious when he heard the report, and thought to himself: I am the leader of the [-]th Route Princes Alliance, your Sun Jian should give it to me first after you get the Jade Seal of Chuanguo, and then I will give it to the emperor.Do you want to rebel and become the emperor if you keep the jade seal privately!
That night, Yuan Shao left this junior officer to live in his camp. Early the next morning, he was promoted to the tent of the Chinese army, and he made arrangements in advance, ordering his trusted general with sword to accompany him around, waiting for Sun Jian's arrival.

Sure enough, not long after, Sun Jian rushed to Yuan Shao's camp with Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, and Han Dang.Yuan Shao pretended to be nonchalant, greeted each other very politely, and then sat down among the guests and hosts.

Sun Jian first said: "Leader, now Luoyang is broken, and there is no war for the time being; and I am not in good health recently, and I need to return to Jiangdong to rest for a while, so I am here to bid farewell to the leader."

Yuan Shao said coldly: "Wentai, if you want people not to know, you have to do nothing; if you don't speak secretly in front of people, I think what you have is the jade seal disease!"

When Sun Jian saw his feet were exposed, he groaned inwardly. He didn't know who the problem was, but he could only deny it flatly: "The leader thinks he listened to the villain's slander, and there are no court ladies at all. Where did the Jade Seal come from?" ?”

Yuan Shao shook his head gently: "Wentai, you and I have been dating for many years, I know you are an honest person, don't lie in front of me. The jade seal is a national treasure, and my army of princes gathered here to work together to destroy Dong Zhuo. Eliminate the evil thieves; now Dong thief is far away, you have obtained the jade seal, you should submit it to the leader of the alliance, and let the princes from all walks of life discuss and deal with it. How can you take it back to Jiangdong privately? Do you have a bad idea? "

In fact, Yuan Shao himself had the intention of stealing the jade seal. Sun Jian understood Yuan Shao's tricks, how could he hand over the jade seal? He immediately insisted: "The lord has clearly checked, there is absolutely no such thing. You have wronged me!"

Yuan Shao immediately summoned the little schoolboy to confront Sun Jian. Sun Jian recognized the little schoolboy, and at the time he was so angry that he drew out his sword and slashed at the little schoolboy. ! Don’t tell me you want to kill someone to silence your words!” Yuan Shao’s confidant generals held swords at the same time and glared at each other.Almost at the same time, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and the other three behind Sun Jian also glared, and drew their swords out of their sheaths.Suddenly, the sword in the tent of the Chinese army came out of the box, and the cold light flashed, and the sword's light and sword shadow were full of murderous aura!
After hearing the news, princes from all walks of life rushed to persuade them to leave.Yuan Shao and Sun Jian each talked about their own reasons and refused to give in to each other.Sun Jian gritted his teeth and refused to admit it, and swore to the princes from all walks of life that if he kept the jade seal privately, he would die under swords and arrows in the future, and he would not end well.Everyone had no choice but to persuade Sun Jian to return to his camp.

Sun Jian returned to Daying and immediately summoned Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and others to discuss. Since the matter had been revealed, staying here would inevitably lead to nights and dreams.After Sun Jian left, Yuan Shao became even more convinced that the jade seal fell into Sun Jian's hands, and immediately wrote to his classmate and friend Liu Biao, the governor of Jingzhou, and sent someone to take a shortcut to Jingzhou on a fast horse, asking Liu Biao to intercept Sun Jian on the way and take back the seal. Imperial jade seal.

Not long after Sun Jian left, Cao Cao finally returned in embarrassment with hundreds of defeated soldiers. Thanks to the brothers Xiahou who tried their best to block Xu Rong, otherwise, Cao Cao would have completely wiped out his army this time. However, as far as the current situation is concerned , but it didn't get any better.

Seeing that he was defeated, Yuan Shao quickly set up a banquet to appease Cao Cao.He had good intentions at first, but Cao Cao was a suspicious person, and his face was dull because of the defeat, but now seeing Yuan Shao call all the princes to drink with him, he felt even more upset.

Cao Cao might not think too much if someone else put the wine on the table for Cao Cao, but Yuan Shao is different.At that time, when Cao Cao requested to pursue Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao stopped him in the name of "fear of an ambush on the road. It is not suitable to pursue". Now Yuan Shao's prediction has come true, and he has indeed returned from defeat. At this juncture, Yuan Shao still defends himself with great fanfare. In Cao Cao's eyes, it's Yuan Shao showing off his exhaustive strategies, and mocking Cao Cao's bravery and intrepidity by the way!

After drinking for three rounds, Cao Cao suddenly sighed and said: "Cao Mou started to be righteous and aimed at eliminating thieves for the country. Fortunately, all the gentlemen are righteous and generous to go to the country's disaster. Mengjin and Suanzao; all the generals defended Chenggao, occupied Aocang, blocked the Yuanyuan and Taigu, and controlled its dangerous points; Gaolu led the army in Nanyang, stationed in Dan and Xi, entered Wuguan, and used the earthquake to assist the three. All of them were deep trenches and high fortifications. , Do not fight, think of suspicious soldiers, and show the situation of the world. By obeying and punishing rebellion, it can be established. Now that you have hesitated at the beginning, and the road is weak, this is really a big loss to the expectations of the scholars in the world. Shame on Cao!" After finishing speaking, he drank the wine in his hand, threw the cup on the ground, walked out proudly, and led the troops away from Luoyang.
(End of this chapter)