Chapter 1317: The Catastrophe of Relocating the Capital (1)
After a while, the Northern Xinjiang cavalry quickly moved away, and only the sound of flying iron hooves still echoed inside and outside Luojing City.
The cavalry vanguard of the Xiangyang army arrived first, shaped like a long dragon winding across the earth, with iron hoofs like thunder, and a long team.
After the cavalry, there are the infantry of the Xiangyang Army and a small number of standard cavalry. The entire team cannot be seen from a high position. Due to the speed of its mobility, it stretches hundreds of miles.
If someone attacks the Xiangyang army, it will definitely cause heavy losses to the Xiangyang army.
However, the Xiangyang Army also knew that the area between Tianguan and Tiandu's Five Great Walls was now filled with coalition forces, so they dared to march like this.
As soon as the Xiangyang cavalry arrived, Wu Xin ordered the army to bypass Luojing and go straight to Tiandu without even needing to stop.
"Sir! Now that the Northern Xinjiang cavalry has withdrawn, Luo Jing is right in front of us. With the strength of our army, it will only take a few hours to break through the city defense formation and capture Luo Jing!"
After listening to Wu Xin's order, Dugu Jialuo couldn't help but remind him with doubts. It was also an indirect inquiry, asking most of the doubts and thoughts of the Xiangyang generals.
"A few hours can decide a lot of things! So what if Luojing is captured?" Wu Xin asked casually, but he frowned at the smoke and dust of the Northern Xinjiang cavalry going away.
Now, the Northern Xinjiang cavalry has gone far away, and only a black shadow in the sky can be seen, as well as the endless smoke and dust!
Dugu Jialuo thought for a while and then advised semi-tactfully: "Looking at the reaction of Marquis Wen and the Northern Xinjiang cavalry, there must be something important and they have to evacuate as soon as possible. Why do you need to talk about credibility with the enemy?"
In the minds of Dugu Jialuo and the Xiangyang generals, Wu Xin was keeping his promise.
The previous conversation between Wu Xin and Lu Bu did not deliberately hide it from others. With the cultivation strength of Dugu Jialuo and others, they naturally heard it!
In the hearts of the generals, soldiers never tire of deceit. There is really no need to take words spoken to the enemy on the battlefield too seriously. This is not post-war negotiation and coordination.
"I guess that now that the situation is over today, the only way out for the rebel army is..."
Originally, Wu Xin didn't want to explain too much, lest it would shock the world. Seeing that everyone's faces were full of confusion and rejection, which was not good for the morale of the army, he thought for a while and explained clearly, paused, and then solemnly continued:
"Move the capital!"
"Move the capital?!"
"How is that possible?"
"Tiandu has always been the capital of the Han Dynasty. No matter how crazy Dong Thief is, he still dares to risk the disapproval of the world and move the capital?!"
Everyone present was shocked and stunned, and some people even exclaimed with disbelief on their faces.
Let’s not talk about the intangible factors such as the representative meaning and symbolic spirit of Tiandu. Considering the vastness and complexity of Tiandu, moving the capital is not a trivial matter. How can we move the hundreds of millions of people?
Even if Emperor Ling was still alive, it would be extremely difficult to move the capital, and it would take countless time and effort to do it slowly. Not to mention that now that the coalition forces are approaching, there is not much time left for Dong Zhuo, and there is simply no time!
If Tiandu's population, civil and military officials, and various forces are not relocated together, is it still called relocating the capital? It is no different from Dong's thief evacuating on his own, which is meaningless!
Wu Xin shook his head without hesitation and replied: "Nothing is impossible! Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu are not people who are willing to wait for death. Don't they move the capital and wait for death?"
"..."
Including Dugu Jialuo, Huang Yueying, Diao Chan, etc., everyone was speechless.
Zhang Mancheng couldn't help but remind him: "Based on the characters of Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu, nine times out of ten, it is true as the Lord said. However, the facts do not allow it!"
"It all depends on people! With the brutality and madness of the bandit army, it is not impossible..." Wu Xin still shook his head and retorted.
Dugu Jialuo said as if he suddenly understood: "I understand! The young master came at full speed before, but he was not in a hurry to enter the city. It turned out that he didn't care about Luo Jing at all, and his main goal was Tiandu. In other words, in the young master's heart, Luo Jing has not yet
General Gao and the bandits behind him are important!"
"Um!"
Wu Xin responded readily and then quickly added:
"The cavalry has high mobility and can temporarily stop Luo Jing and persuade him to surrender! However, the follow-up infantry does not need to stop and directly bypass Luo Jing and continue to Tiandu. Of course, they can encircle Luo Jing and force Luo Jing to surrender.
…”
"Understood!" Dugu Jialuo and others responded thoughtfully and suddenly realized.
However, the premise is that Wu Xin correctly guesses the movement of the traitor army, otherwise it will be a huge blow to the reputation of the Xiangyang Army!
In fact, with the withdrawal of the Northern Xinjiang cavalry, they also took away the Dong army that originally retreated to Luojing. Now there are only the most basic minimum standard city defense troops of 200,000 to 300,000 in Luojing city, and most of them are reserve troops. The original regular army has been
Dong Zhuo requisitioned!
With the strength and prestige of the Xiangyang army, the chances of being persuaded to surrender are still very high, so there is no need to add more casualties to attack the city!
Therefore, no matter whether Lihuang Wuxin’s guess was accurate or not, none of the Xiangyang generals raised their voices to object!
…
Looking back in time, just when the Xiangyang army had just arrived in Luojing and was about to launch an attack on Dong Jun at the rear, Dong Zhuo, who had just withdrawn to Tiandu at full speed, was having a fierce argument with his confidants.
Before the Tianguan defeat, Dong Zhuo had no idea of moving the capital.
However, as Wu Xin said, Tianguan was defeated and the coalition forces were strong. Dong Jun had basically no possibility of arriving. He had to either flee back to Xiliang in despair, or stay in Tiandu and wait to die.
"Lord! This coalition is so powerful that we must not underestimate it. In terms of soldiers and horses, we have almost no chance of winning; in terms of logic, we have no right reason; in terms of people's hearts..."
Dong Zhuo, who had an ugly face and was worried as he fled back to Tiandu, was sighing when his aide Li Ru suggested, and then quickly added:
"The five great cities alone cannot stop the powerful coalition forces. There is no city defense formation in Tiandu, and there are no natural barriers to defend. For safety reasons, we might as well move the capital..."
"What?!"
"Nonsense! How can we move the capital lightly?!"
"Presumptuous! What are Wenyou's (Li Ru's nicknames) intentions?!"
…
When Li Ru said this, not only Dong Zhuo was shocked, but also Dong Zhuo's close confidants such as Li Que, Guo Bang, Niu Fu, etc. were also horrified, and many people even shouted harshly.
Dong Zhuo did not expect that Li Ru would suddenly propose such a "ridiculous" suggestion, so he shook his head and rejected it:
"The matter of moving the capital is extraordinary! If it is just because the enemy army is strong and Tiandu has no formations and no danger, then there is no need! With the strength of our army, we can defend the city to the death, and with the assistance of many people and forces in the city
, it will be difficult for the coalition forces to capture it. Once the casualties are heavy, there will be internal strife and the evacuation will occur in all likelihood!"
The shortcomings of the coalition forces are very clear to anyone with some wisdom. Dong Zhuo is also a famous general of the generation, so he naturally knows it well.
Under normal circumstances, with the vastness and prosperity of Tiandu, especially the numerous forces in the city, hidden dragons and crouching tigers. Even if Dong Zhuo cannot activate the ancient city protection immortal formation, build an ordinary city protection formation, organize it, and call on the people, he is still confident that he will not be defeated.
Easily captured.
Of course, the most important thing is that Dong Zhuo is very optimistic. He thinks that as long as his side defends for a period of time, the coalition forces will suffer heavy casualties and they will collapse without defeat!
