kingnovel Chapter 678: Huang Zhong warms up the wine and captures Hua Xiong
Chapter 678: Huang Zhong warms up the wine and captures Hua Xiong
At the beginning of the first year of Chuping (190 AD), Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, and Tian Feng led cavalry and infantry troops and marched westward along the northern border of Youzhou and into Bingzhou.
At the same time, Lu Cheng personally led 3,000 cavalry, 7,000 archers and infantry, and 5,000 auxiliary troops, a total of 15,000 troops and horses, into the pass and headed straight for the meeting place, Suanzao.
On this expedition, Lu Cheng only brought Guo Jia, Huang Zhong and Xu Chu.
Civil officials such as Xi Zhicai, Lu Su, and Tian Yu were in charge of the overall situation in Liaodong, generals such as Taishi Ci, Zhou Cang, and Liao Hua were responsible for guarding Liaodong, and Dian Wei also stayed in Liaodong to train the newly formed heavy cavalry.
Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin were taking advantage of the time to train their navy.
When Lu Cheng led his troops into Youbeiping County, Beiping Prefect Gongsun Zan also led 15,000 troops to the south for a meeting.
When Youzhou Mu Liu Yu learned that Liaodong Prefect Lu Cheng was also leading troops to a meeting to fight Dong Zhuo, he specially sent someone with some food and fodder to comfort the troops, obviously wanting to improve relations with Liaodong.
Lu Cheng accepted the food and supplies, personally wrote a letter of thanks, and sent someone to deliver it to Liu Yu.
In fact, Liu Yu was quite capable. He was humble and frugal, respectful to the wise and humble, willing to share the joys and sorrows with the people, and was deeply loved and supported by the people. If he were to be a governor in another state in the Central Plains, Liu Yu might be able to govern the area and make the people live and work in peace and contentment.
Unfortunately, Liu Yu's conciliatory policy towards foreign races, coupled with his status as a relative of the Han royal family, doomed his future.
When they entered Jizhou, intelligence personnel from all over the country had already sent back battle reports. There were a total of 19 princes who joined forces to fight against Dong Zhuo at this Suanzao League. Each prince had an army of 30 or , or or . In addition, there were some small forces who spontaneously participated in the league and wanted to make themselves known, so the total force was as high as .
When Lu Cheng led his troops through Jizhou, Jizhou Governor Han Fu had just finished reorganizing his troops and was leading 10,000 troops to prepare to march south for a meeting. The two men happened to be traveling the same way.
"Lu Cheng has met Governor Han."
"You are very polite, Governor Lu. I have heard that Liaodong is a strong military power. Seeing it today, I can see that it is indeed as good as the rumors say."
Han Fu was an unlucky guy. He was a student of Yuan and served as the Chief Censor. After Dong Zhuo came to power, Han Fu was recommended as the governor of Jizhou.
Later, because the Yuan family fell out with Dong Zhuo, Han Fu, a disciple of the Yuan family, naturally responded to Yuan Shao at the first time, participated in the alliance, and raised an army to fight Dong.
However, after the defeat of Dong Zhuo, Han Fu was plotted against by Yuan Shao and was forced to give up Jizhou and flee to Chenliu Governor Zhang Miao for refuge. Yuan Shao sent an envoy to see Zhang Miao. Han Fu thought that Zhang Miao was plotting to murder him, so he hid in the toilet and committed suicide with a knife for scraping bamboo slips. His death was so miserable.
Born in troubled times, cowardly and incompetent people stealing high positions are like a child carrying gold walking in a busy city, which is a way to bring disaster.
Of course, Han Fu didn't know his fate at this time. As the governor of a state, Han Fu was in high spirits as he ruled a rich place like Jizhou with abundant food and grass.
When Lu Cheng and Han Fu led their troops to the Suanzao camp, all the princes had basically arrived.
The nineteen princes each set up their own camps, and the camps were connected together, which was vast and spectacular.
Later, Wang Kuang, governor of Henei, proposed that the princes should appoint a leader for the alliance. Everyone responded and nominated Yuan Shao, who was a minister for four generations, as the leader.
The next day, the princes swore an oath of blood and vowed to attack Dong.
Yuan Shao also appointed Yuan Shu as the grain supervisor and selected the fierce tiger of Jiangdong, Sun Jian, as the vanguard, and marched towards Sishui Pass.
Upon hearing the news, Dong Zhuo in Luoyang City immediately sent Hua Xiong, a fierce general from Xiliang, to lead 50,000 cavalry and infantry to Sishui Pass to resist the coalition forces of the princes.
Jibei Xiang Bao Xin was afraid that Sun Jian, the vanguard general, would steal the credit, so he sent his younger brother Bao Zhong to lead 3000 troops to attack Sishui Pass from a small road, demonstrating to the other princes how he could get the credit first.
Hua Xiong was also very decisive. He beheaded Bao Zhong with one sword and then sent Bao Zhong's head back.
Later, Yuan Shu was afraid that Sun Jian would make great achievements, so he deliberately delayed the supply of food and grass, resulting in Sun Jian's defeat and the death of his old brother Zu Mao.
Lu Cheng was not in a hurry to participate in the actions of the coalition of princes, but was content to sit on the sidelines and watch the show first.
When so many people are fighting in a team battle, and you perform so fiercely, your teammates will just think that your opponent is too weak, and will not think how great you are.
Moreover, even after winning, you will still be plotted against and won't gain any benefits. So why should you be the first to take action?
Speaking of which, the process of the princes' attack on Dong Zhuo verified a saying: Genius is just the threshold for you to see me.
There is a joke on the Internet in later generations: You have been gifted since childhood and have been invincible among your fellow villagers. Later, you joined the army and wanted to make great achievements, but you found that there were many hidden talents in the army. So you worked hard and finally became Pan Feng's deputy general. Even Pan Feng patted you on the shoulder and said that as long as you work hard, you will definitely surpass him in the future.
However, the real battlefield poured cold water on you. Your big brother Pan Feng, whom you admired so much, was killed by Hua Xiong in less than three rounds on the battlefield. Later, the arrogant Hua Xiong was killed by a red-faced man with a single sword.
Later, the red-faced man and his two brothers joined forces to fight against Lu Bu. They fought for hundreds of rounds but no one was victorious.
It is not until then that you realize that there are so many heroes in the world and your own talent is not worth mentioning at all.
Next, the Sishui Pass in front and the Hulao Pass behind will be the places where heroes become famous, and will also be the battlefields where geniuses from all places fall.
In the coalition tent, the princes sat in two rows on the left and right, and Lu Cheng also sat among the princes.
Upon hearing that Sun Jian had been defeated, the leader of the alliance Yuan Shao was very angry: "Everyone, last time Bao Xin's brother Bao Zhong did not listen to the advice and sent troops without authorization, resulting in the loss of soldiers and generals. This time, the vanguard general Sun Jian was defeated by Hua Xiong in the battle, causing our army's morale to be low. What should we do? Everyone, why are you keeping silent?"
At this moment, a messenger came to report: "Report, Hua Xiong led his troops out of the pass and challenged them in front of the battle line."
Yuan Shao looked around and asked, "Who is willing to go and fight?"
One of the generals stepped forward and said: "General Yu She is willing to kill Hua Xiong."
The result is self-evident, Yu She was soon beheaded.
Han Fu stood up again and said: "I have General Pan Feng, who can kill Hua Xiong."
Immediately afterwards, Pan Feng also did not last more than three moves before he was killed by Hua Xiong.
Yuan Shao stood up angrily and said: "It's a pity that Yan Liang and Wen Chou are not here. If one of them were here, he would definitely be able to kill Hua Xiong."
At this moment, Guan Yu, who was standing behind Liu Bei, was about to speak up to fight, but Lu Cheng spoke loudly: "Leader, I have General Huang Zhong, who can kill Hua Xiong."
Yuan Shao looked at Lu Cheng and said, "So you are the governor of Liaodong. I have heard that Liaodong has strong soldiers and horses. I want to see them today. Come on, give me some wine."
Huang Zhong held the big knife in his hand and clasped his fists in a salute: "Thank you for the wine, leader. Put the wine aside, I will be back soon!"
After saying that, Huang Zhong was about to leave with a big knife in his hand. Lu Cheng made a gesture to him, and Huang Zhong understood. He then jumped on his horse and rode out.
Xu Chu put down his weapon and walked to the war drum: "I will beat the drum to cheer for Han Sheng!"
As the drums sounded, Huang Zhong rode his horse to the front of the two armies and headed straight for Hua Xiong: "Nanyang Huang Hansheng is here!"
When Hua Xiong saw Huang Zhong galloping towards him with great momentum, he did not dare to be careless and hurriedly responded to the enemy.
However, with just one move, Hua Xiong's weapon was knocked off his chest by Huang Zhong, who then knocked him unconscious with a single blow of his sword. Huang Zhong then picked him up in his hand and returned to the formation.
"Report, Hua Xiong has been captured alive by General Huang Zhong!"
Afterwards, Huang Zhong left Hua Xiong to his own troops and returned to the camp: "Huang Zhong has fulfilled his mission!"
Seeing Huang Zhong so brave, Cao Cao took the initiative to offer Huang Zhong the wine. When his hand touched the wine glass, he couldn't help but sighed, "This wine is still warm!"