"Keep these people under strict guard and no one is allowed to come into contact with them," Guan Yu ordered sternly.

Although the hundreds of officials are not as important as the emperor, their role is still very great. It is good to capture the hundreds of officials without discovering the emperor. Just in case, Guan Yu directly stationed himself in the barracks left by Li Jue and Guo Si in the city, and captured the hundreds of officials.

The officials surrounded him tightly. On the other side, he quickly sent out scouts to inform Liu Bei of the situation in the city.

Xia Houyuan saw that after Guan Yu entered the city, there was nothing unusual in the city. After a slight hesitation, Xia Houyuan led his army into Chang'an City.

At this time, Chang'an City was already an empty city. If the city walls and houses were not still intact, Xia Houyuan would have thought that he had returned to Luoyang. Soon, Xia Houyuan learned about Guan Yu's actions after entering the city through the spies under Xi Zhicai.

"General, what should we do? Why don't we confront the opponent directly and snatch all the officials back?" the deputy general said to Xia Houyuan, who was filled with regret.

Taking a deep breath to calm down, Xia Houyuan's face returned to calmness again. He was just upset for a moment after getting the bad news. His previous choice was not wrong. Guan Yu's recklessness made it worse. This really made

He was helpless.

"Don't act rashly! Although the officials are important, we and Liu Bei are in alliance after all. We should report this matter to the lord first before making a decision. In addition, we have sent people to keep an eye on Guan Yu's army, and we must always control the positions of the officials." Xia Houyuan

He said calmly.

To put it bluntly, he was really no match for Guan Yu in a head-on battle. Starting a fight in anger would only make the situation worse. In this case, Xia Houyuan didn't know what to do, so he had to inform Cao Cao and let him make a decision.

"promise!"

"Is there anyone else in the city?" Xia Houyuan asked.

"There are also some family members of officials and aristocratic families in the city, totaling about three to four thousand."

"Where's the food, grass and money?"

"There was not a grain of food and grass, and what could not be taken away was burned by Li Jue's people. As for the money, it was all taken away by Li Jue or distributed to the people of Chang'an who took it away."

"Li Jue and Guo Si searched really cleanly!" Xia Houyuan said bitterly: "Nothing was left for us."

"General, didn't Li Jue leave hundreds of officials behind? And the emperor seems to have escaped. They are more important than a little money and food, right?" the deputy general said in confusion.

"What do you know? The emperor and the officials are just bait for our two families to compete for food, just like the imperial seal of the past. If not, the alliance between our two families will break up. This is their plan.

." Xia Houyuan said.

The deputy general looked like he suddenly realized: "That's it! The general is indeed wise. The other party has such sinister intentions. We must not fall into their scheme."

Xia Houyuan smiled bitterly: "If you don't fall into the trap, how easy is it? That's the emperor and all the officials! Who doesn't want it? Who can give it up?"

"Then what should we do? Should we just retreat?"

Xia Houyuan looked in the direction of Tongguan, his eyes stagnant, and murmured: "Now it depends on whether the Lord and Xuande can bear it. If they can bear it for the time being, we may continue to invade Xiliang

, otherwise this battle might have ended so hastily."

How similar is the current situation to the situation after the Hulao Pass was breached when the princes were fighting against Dong? Li Jue fled like Dong Zhuo, leaving an empty Chang'an city and hundreds of officials. If Cao and Liu were like the original alliance of princes, they were separated due to uneven distribution of spoils.

If you leave, this war will only end here.

...

Xia Houyuan and Guan Yu's messengers arrived at Cao Liu's place almost at the same time. Faced with the situation in Chang'an City, both of them were silent. At the same time, the news about Liu Xie in Cao Cao's army did not know where and when Liu Bei's army began to report.

It was spread in the media, and the story was clear and clear. Even how Liu Xie's nearly one hundred people entered Cao Cao's army and approached Cao Cao was clearly described. The two pieces of news were detonated at the same time, and Cao Liu's army was in turmoil.

"Zhicai, Yuan Shu is so ruthless with this move!" Cao Cao's joy at having the new emperor dissipated instantly.

Xi Zhicai was also shocked, and felt incredible at Yuan Shu's decisiveness: "Abandon Chang'an directly, the emperor and all officials! Is Yuan Jiujiu crazy?"

"He's not crazy!" Cao Cao said with a wry smile: "He is too confident. He is confident that he does not need Chang'an, officials, and the emperor. A certain person knows Yuan Gongli's character best, and this person's strategic layout only requires

He is a man of stability and has always pursued the pursuit of overwhelming others with his power and conquering the world with his kingly way. This time he does not want to give me, Cao Mengde, a chance to gamble!"

Cao Cao felt extremely bitter in his heart, and even had a hint of despair. He was not afraid of Yuan Shu's army coming to fight with him, nor was he afraid that Yuan Shu would annex Li Jue's troops and confront him when he had the upper hand. Even if Yuan Shu defended Chang'an, he would dare to fight.

He gave it a try, but Yuan Shu directly chose to avoid him. How could this not make him despair?

Just like the Battle of Guandu in history, Cao Cao was actually very happy about Yuan Shao's decisive battle with him, because only in this way could he have a chance to fight. Otherwise, the Central Plains, which was thousands of miles away, would have to compete with Yuan Shao's four states in Hebei.

Development is simply impossible to compare with. It is simply courting death.

If Yuan Shao had followed Tian Feng's advice and not chosen to attack the border with a large army, but instead boiled frogs in warm water and relied on his absolute superiority in logistics and military strength to continue to consume Cao Cao on the local battlefield, Cao Cao would definitely die. Of course,

This was indeed a bit wretched and disgraceful, and was not in line with Yuan Benzhu's bright and majestic style, so Yuan Shao did not adopt it. He gave up the slow and sure-win strategy and chose a more rapid and direct strategy with a winning rate of more than 90%. This is understandable.

But the boat capsized just by chance, who is to blame?

The late Han Dynasty was such a magical period. There were endless battles in which the weak defeated the strong, and most of them were big battles. The side with a large advantage seemed to have lost its mind every time. Yuan Shao punished Xu You before the battle, which led to his rebellion.

After receiving the news, he did not strengthen his own guard, and appointed Chun Yuqiong, a drunkard, to guard the food and grass. Cao Cao was confident in his domineering spirit, so he credulously believed in the surrender of Huang Gai, a veteran of the third generation of Soochow, and even played with the iron rope and the boat. Liu Bei

What's even more embarrassing is that he, who has been leading troops for many years, underestimated the enemy and even lost his military knowledge. He really thought that Lu Xun was a little kid playing in the mud, but he was fooled by the opponent.

Yuan Shu believed in evil and gave in. Why did he gamble with Cao Cao, a barefooted man, when he clearly had a sure way to win?

I admit that I am not as good as you in leading troops in battle, so why not fight a decisive battle with you? Anyway, I have many soldiers, a large territory, a lot of money and food, so I will slowly spend my time with you, what will you do?

It is true that you need the courage to make a desperate move when facing difficulties, and fighting for the world also requires indomitable courage, but this does not mean that you need to fight with others head-on. Yuan Shu now has such a huge advantage, he is qualified not to gamble, and he is qualified to slowly
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