Chapter 20 Chapter 20 Tall Golden Crown

Xiapi is located in the mountains to the east of Xuzhou. Han Xian, the general of the enemy's Sixth Army, led his army to cut off the road leading to Xuzhou.His camp is located at Xiaosong Temple in the mountains.Everything is ready, just waiting for the general offensive. Of course, the traffic roads were all blocked, and the surrounding mountains and villages were full of troops. ——Despite this, Dr. Chen acted calmly. He holds a white sheep by the hand. Along the way, the sparse beard fluttered in the wind. "Look at that strange old man, what is he doing?" Some of the soldiers pointed at him and laughed, but they didn't mean to blame him.

What surprised the soldiers was undoubtedly Dr. Chen's overly calm demeanor.On the battlefield, he walked as if no one else was there, not aware of the hidden murderous intentions. Such a calm attitude finally made the enemy soldiers relax their vigilance against him. "It's almost there." Dr. Chen muttered to himself. He went up the mountain, occasionally sitting on the rocks for a rest.There is no clear spring on the mountain, so we can only squeeze some goat milk and drink a few sips with utensils to quench our hunger and thirst. It was midsummer. The mountains are filled with the noise of cicadas.The mountains are full of pine trees.Doctor Chen didn't walk for long before he looked up and saw the pagoda of Xiaosong Temple.

"Hey old man, where are you going?" At the gate of the Chinese army, Dr. Chen was seriously interrogated by enemy soldiers.He pointed to the lamb he was holding and said, "I'm here to present a gift to General Han." "You old man, aren't you just a villager?" "No, I'm from Xuzhou." "What, are you from Xuzhou?" "Please tell General Han that there is an old man named Chen Gui who specially brought a sheep to see him." Hearing that it was Chen Gui who came, the guards were shocked.They all knew that Chen Gui lived under Lu Bu's city and was a guest general from Xuzhou.And I also heard that not long ago, on the recommendation of Cao Cao, the imperial court specially issued an edict to allow Chen Gui to enjoy a generous salary of two thousand shi every year as a retired famous general.All in all, this old man has a great reputation.

General Han Xian was even more surprised after hearing the goalkeeper's report. "I must see him." Han Xian said as he personally welcomed Chen Gui into the camp of the Chinese army, showing hospitality to the guests with utmost hospitality. "It's just a little local product, let's talk about it." After Dr. Chen handed over the sheep to Han Siam's attendant, he and Han Siam began to chat casually about homework.But he kept silent about his purpose. During the conversation, it was late in the evening before we knew it. Dr. Chen suggested: "It seems that the moonlight is very beautiful tonight, it is a rare good night, and the room is too stuffy, why don't you sit down with General Matsushita and share your heart-songs?"

Han Siam readily agreed. It was night, the two of them avoided the crowd, and sat on a straw mat under the pine to talk secretly.The only spectator is the bright moon hanging over the treetops. "You are Lu Bu's guest general, why did you suddenly visit me, an enemy general, before the battle?" Han Xian asked first. For the first time, Dr. Chen calmly said: "The general's words are wrong. I am not Lu Bu's retainer, but the court's official. I live in Xuzhou, and everyone knows that Xuzhou is not the king's land?" Then, Dr. Chen suddenly changed the subject and eloquently eloquent. He listed heroes from various states, discussed the current situation, and pointed out the general trend of the world. Finally, he sighed: "I am really sorry for such a hero as the general."

Han Xian was at a loss when he heard this: "Old man, why are you sighing for me? Please enlighten me." "If you really mean it, I might as well tell you. I came here to visit the general just for this purpose, and I just want to express my thoughts to the general.——Think about it, the general once returned to the palace from Chang'an when the emperor At that time, you were not just a loyal, diligent, and virtuous national soldier? But now you help the false emperor Yuan Shu, and you can only end up being disloyal. The fate of the false emperor must depend on the general This generation is completely wiped out. Could it be that the general is willing to sacrifice his life for the sake of a year or two of good food and clothing, leaving behind a notorious reputation for thousands of years? If the general insists on going his own way, I am not the only old man who will sigh for the general."

Then Dr. Chen took out Lv Bu's letter, urged Han Xian to read it quickly, and said, "What I said above is not my humble opinion, and Lv Bu also has the same intention. Please read his letter carefully." Han Xian listened carefully to Chen Gui's words all the time, and after unfolding Lu Bu's letter, he read it again carefully, as if he had made up his mind.He finally confided in his heart: "To be honest, with the growth of Yuan Shu's power, I hate him more and more, and I often want to return to the Han Dynasty as soon as possible, but I suffer from no good connections..."

Dr. Chen saw that the fire had come and Han Siam was like a bird in his palm, so he couldn't help but secretly rejoice.He said with a smile: "I heard that General Yang Feng of the Seventh Army has a deep friendship with General Yang. Could you invite General Yang to work together on important issues?" "Together for big things?" Han Xian asked in a low voice, panting.Obviously, today's events will determine the ups and downs of his life, and there are waves of waves in his heart... Doctor Chen whispered: "Well, let's attack Xuzhou for a period of time. You and Yang Feng conspired to raise fire from the rear. At the same time, Lu Bu also led elite troops to attack from the city. The two sides took advantage of the chaos and cooperated with each other. Got the head of Yuan Shu's head."

"Okay, I swear..." Han Xian pointed to the moon as an oath.At this time, the night was dark and the stars were sparse, and white dewdrops condensed on the tops of the pine trees.On the battlefield, some people may play the sad Sheng music for entertainment.It appears that some soldiers were also unable to sleep due to the sweltering heat. The short summer night passed. Dr. Chen may have returned mysteriously long ago, and he was nowhere to be seen when the morning came.The sun is high in the sky, and today is another scorching hot day.At this time, Yuan Shu's base camp conveyed the general attack order to all directions through flying cavalry.

The seven armies marched together, the dark clouds hung low, and the rumbling thunder resounded across the sky. Xuzhou City is close at hand. The sky was dim, and blue and white lightning flashed across the dark sky from time to time, revealing a corner of the city wall flickering. flutter!flutter!Big and big raindrops fell from the sky densely, and the thunder became more and more violent.The big battle has finally begun. The seven-way enemy regiment surrounded Xuzhou City, and the soldiers uttered earth-shattering shouts.Of course, Lu Bu also personally put on his clothes and went to the city, leading his army to stand ready. ——The showers happily wash the dirty world.

At night, the situation of the battle is still unclear.During this period, for some reason, the enemy's formation suddenly became chaotic.Then, rumors spread everywhere, killing each other, retreating to avoid danger, supervising and chaotic frequent battles, and soon reached the point of no control. "Finally something happened." At dawn, Lv Bu just knew the inside story of the enemy army: Yang Feng of the Seventh Army and Han Xian of the Sixth Army set fire behind Zhang Xun of the First Army and launched an attack on the First Army. "Let's attack immediately!" Lv Bu yelled, and led his elite soldiers out of the city to meet the battle. In one go, they broke through the positions of Ji Ling, Lei Bo, Chen Ji and other defenders in the enemy's center. With the cooperation of the two armies of Yang Feng and Han Siam, Lu Bu won a complete victory.Yuan Shu's 200,000 troops fell apart in an instant like the autumn wind sweeping fallen leaves.Lv Bu led his army to pursue Yuan Shu as if entering no one's land, searching everywhere for Yuan Shu's whereabouts.On the way, a group of men and horses suddenly appeared from the mountain gorge in front of them, and they immediately divided into two teams, blocking Lu Bu's way.Lü Bu was caught off guard, and just when he was in doubt, he heard an angry shout from the mountain: "Private Lv Bu, are you from the place where you want to die?" "Ah!?" Lu Bu looked up in surprise, and saw the sun and moon flags, dragon and phoenix flags, and a yellow umbrella standing on the mountain.The self-proclaimed emperor Yuan Shu sat under the umbrella of Huang Luo, surrounded by guards holding gourds and silver axes.Yuan Shu was wearing a golden armor, proudly looking down at the mountain. Just like a tiger on the ground roaring at a dragon in the clouds, Lu Bu looked up at the mountain where Yuan Shu was and cursed loudly: "Yuan Shu, you old man, don't move. I'll come and ask for an explanation. Wait for me!" Lu Bu urged his horse to go fast, broke through the front position of the enemy's central army in one breath, and came straight to the top of the mountain. "Lu Buxiu is so rude!" "Don't get close to the emperor!" Yuan Shu's two generals, Liang Ji and Le, slid down the sandy mountain like a glide, attacking Lu Bu from both sides. "Whoever gets in the way dies!" Lu Bu swung his halberd straight away, and the men and horses who were waiting for Lejiu rushed past him, then raised Fang Tian's painted halberd high and stabbed at his head, Lejiu immediately fell back to the ground with blood gushing out. "coward!" Lu Bu yelled, and followed closely after Liang Ji who was fleeing.When he was about to approach Liang Ji's back, he heard a voice from the side: "Lv Bu, I'm coming!" As soon as the words fell, the enemy's general Li Feng rushed forward with his gun. At the same time, Yuan Shu's many guards and generals swarmed down like a landslide, and shouts of "Lu Bu go away!" were heard from all around. "Trap the tiger to catch it alive!" Yuan Shu shouted and went down the mountain, standing behind and desperately supervising the battle. "Lu Bu, you have today too! Your head has become a plaything in my hands!" Yuan Shu screamed triumphantly, and continued to direct the soldiers to step up the siege of Lu Bu. At this moment, Han Xian and Yang Feng's troops, who turned against the water from the inside and disrupted the frontline army last night, suddenly took a shortcut and appeared on the side of the valley, attacking Yuan Shu's central army from the side. ——It fell short!Yuan Shu's dream came to naught in an instant. The situation where Lu Bu was still besieged and killed just now had a fundamental reversal in an instant.After Lu Bu and the anti-shui army fought together, Yuan Shu and his gang were chased and fled in all directions.Yuan Shu crossed the top of the mountain and ran along the mountain path for more than two miles, barely escaping his life. Disasters followed. Yuan Shu was running on the mountain road, and saw a cloud of mist on the opposite side from a distance.But when he got closer, the cloud and mist instantly turned into a crowd.Just when he was having difficulty distinguishing between friend and foe, he saw a general appearing from the army, riding a glamorous black horse and carrying a Qinglong Yanyue Saber weighing eighty-two catties.The general immediately slashed his sword in front of Yuan Shu, blocking his way. "I am Guan Yu, the brother-in-law of Liu Xuande, the prefect of Yuzhou. My name is Yunchang. This time, I was ordered by my brother Xuande to help Lv Bu for the sake of justice. Guan is very clear that the one who is begging me to let me go is Yuan Shu, the lawless thief who recently pretended to be the emperor. .We met on a narrow road today, so it’s not too soon to be imprisoned by a certain knife!" When Yuan Shu heard this, he couldn't help being shocked, and under the protection of his followers who were rushing to escape, he hurriedly rode his horse and fled. Guan Yu followed closely behind, and Yuan Shu's guards who stood in the way were cut off one after another.When he got behind Yuan Shu, he waved his knife and shouted, "Bring the head!" Guan Yu cut down the side of Yuan Shu's mount with a horizontal knife, cutting off a few strands of mane on Yuan Shu's mount. Because Yuan Shu held his head tightly, Guan Yu's blade only touched his helmet. Thus, the tall golden crown worn by the arrogated emperor left Yuan Shu's head, and flew into the air like a chic little rice bucket. Yuan Shu was defeated and returned home in embarrassment.He stayed in Ji Ling as the army, and had to retreat to Huainan in order to save his life. On the contrary, Lu Bu took this opportunity to completely wipe out the remnants of the enemy, led his army back to Xuzhou triumphantly, and held a grand celebration banquet.Lu Bu immediately praised: "It is not easy to win this battle. Chen Gui and his son are the most successful. Han Xian and Yang Feng also have the merits of internal support. Moreover, Duke Xuande of Yuzhou did not forget the old friendship, put aside the past, and saw After I asked for help, I quickly sent his beloved general Guan Yu to lead the army to help. In addition, our soldiers fought bloody battles and made great achievements, for which I am deeply grateful.” After listening to Lu Bu's emotional congratulatory speech, the banquet was full of cheers, and everyone cheered and drank with joy. After the celebration banquet, Lu Bu rewarded the meritorious persons as a matter of course. Guan Yu led his army back to Yuzhou the next day. From then on, Lu Bu fully trusted Dr. Chen, and discussed closely with him on all major military matters. Today, Lu Bu called Dr. Chen again and asked, "I want to choose one of Han Xian and Yang Feng to stay by my side. What do you think?" Chen Gui answered eloquently: "Now the general is full of talented people. If a rooster that has not been domesticated is allowed to enter the field rashly, the chickens in the whole chicken coop will become restless and fight with each other. Such cases abound in the past. The general must carefully consider this. I would rather send these two men to Shandong to garrison. Once the Shandong territory is stabilized, there will be greater results in the next two years." "What you said is the truth." Lu Bu nodded in conviction. So Lu Bu sent Han Xian to Yidu and Yang Feng to Langya.The two were ordered to take office. Chen Deng, the son of Dr. Chen, was very dissatisfied after hearing this.One day, he secretly suggested to his father: "Maybe my words are too arrogant, but I think my father's idea is a little different from my plan. According to my idea, these two people should be kept, and they can be used as helpers in an emergency. Help us play an important role." Before everyone noticed, Dr. Chen hastily persuaded his son to give up such thoughts.He whispered to his son: "The use of helpers lies in ingenuity. The two of them are difficult to teach. The reason is that the two of them have inferiority complex. It is not so much that they will join our father and son party. As time goes by, they will definitely please Lu Bu and become Lu Bu's lackeys. If the two of them are left behind, it will make Lu Bu even more powerful and become the biggest obstacle for us to kill Lu Bu..." Since then, Dr. Chen has stayed behind closed doors again, trapping himself in the ward.Even if Lu Bu sent someone to invite him, as long as it was not a major event, Dr. Chen generally seldom left the house. The leaves of the sycamore trees begin to wither, the hot summer is about to pass, and the cool autumn is approaching. The Huai River in Huainan is clear in autumn and has infinite scenery.Flocks of red dragonflies are flying happily in the clear sky. Emperor Yuan Shu has been sullen and sullen all this autumn. "Damn Lu Bu! Damn traitor!" In any case, as long as I think of the shame and humiliation I have suffered before, even sitting on the majestic throne of the emperor will always feel pain in my heart. At this time, he suddenly remembered Sun Ce who was once his subordinate. That Sun Ce unknowingly occupied a large area of ​​fertile land across the Yangtze River to establish the Soochow regime. He is known as the little overlord of Jiangdong, and now he has become a powerful force that cannot be underestimated.Yuan Shu once carefully raised Sun Ce when he was a teenager. He felt that Sun Ce was always docile to him. As long as it was what he said, Sun Ce never dared to say "no".So he decided to send envoys to Soochow to persuade Sun Ce to attack Lu Bu together.Before leaving, he specially handed the envoy a personal letter addressed to Sun Ce.The letter wrote: "It is very gratifying to hear that you have achieved great success in protecting your ancestors. How can you forget the friendship between you and me? I have recently learned that your Eastern Wu is becoming more and more prosperous, and many civil and military generals have gathered under its command. Take advantage of this good opportunity and do your best with me. Crusade Lu Bu and share the territory of the Lu thief. The prestige of Wu's country will increase day by day. I don't know what you think? Besides, it was planned by you, and this is a long-term plan." Yuan Shu's messenger took a boat across the river and entered the capital of Eastern Wu, formally met with Sun Ce, and handed over Yuan Shu's personal letter. Sun Ce wrote a reply immediately after seeing the letter, and said to the messenger: "The details are written in the reply." With that said, he easily dismissed Yuan Shu's messenger. After Yuan Shu opened the reply letter and looked carefully, he saw only a few lines written in the letter: "You rely on my jade seal, arrogate to the title of emperor, betray the Han Dynasty, and rebel against the law. If we want to increase our troops to question the crime, why are we willing to help the rebels? " "Sun Ce, that bastard, dared to humiliate me like this. I'm really angry." Yuan Shu tore up the reply letter, angrily preparing to send troops to Soochow immediately.Under the bitter remonstrance of the officials, he finally suppressed his anger for the time being, and waited for the opportunity to make further calculations.