Chapter 33: The wind and thunder can’t cover your ears
The six people who came to discuss peace were all well-known celebrities in the country. Yin Xiu, who was killed by Yuan Shu's order, also served as the prefect of Yingchuan. He once promoted Zhang Zhong Fangzheng, Cao Zhongyao, and Xun Yu, the chief administrator.
, the chief clerk is Zhang Li, the thief Cao is Du You, the filial and honest Xun You, and the planner Guo Tu are the officials. It can be said that most of the talents of the younger generation in Yingchuan are his former ministers. But now they are facing the situation of death and disgrace.
Who could have guessed?
Chen Chong finally waved his sleeves and said: "Since we have sent our troops to Luo, we will not give up until your majesty is welcomed back. The princes then reported to Dong Zhuo: Within two months, there were 200,000 Shandong soldiers, worried and angry, and grateful to you.
Well, he will definitely face the national calamity! If he has the courage, he can bring all the troops from Shanxi to join us in hunting Han Valley!"
After saying this, Chen Chong did not wait for Yuan Shu's reaction, and ordered Han Rong and others to be sent out of the city, and he followed him personally. When he left Yuan's mansion, there were no more soldiers following him. Han Rong breathed a sigh of relief. He had a little luck, and then
Asked Chen Chong: "Ting Jian, I am so sad that I can't pay attention to the situation. Is it true that we can't have a truce now?"
Chen Chong said bluntly to his uncle, who was a close friend of his family: "Young Master Yuan, the sword is about to start, how can you give up lightly? If I really stop fighting, and the blood will flow for another hundred years, how will future generations treat us? The matter is over, and we will not die.
Endlessly."
Han Rong was greatly frustrated, so he talked to Chen Chong about the current situation in Chang'an. Dong Zhuo was on the front line, and the left general Dong Min was in charge of the Chang'an court.
The sky is rising, so the court is still stable. However, hundreds of thousands of Henan people have moved to Jingzhao. Most of them are unable to survive and can only wander around begging for work. There are refugees everywhere along the way.
When asked when he would return, Han Rong said that he still needed to go to Jujube. In addition to negotiating peace with Yuan Shu, he also shouldered the important task of negotiating peace with Yuan Shao. From this point of view, Dong Zhuo was planning to show weakness. Chen Chong was still thinking about Dong Zhuo.
During the follow-up arrangements, Han Rong was already on his horse and bid farewell to Chen Chong.
Before returning to the Yuan Mansion, Yin Xiu had been chopped up with more than a hundred cuts, revealing two dark white ribs. He was nearly fifty years old and had already seen death, but he still had to endure such suffering. Chen Chong couldn't bear to see it.
, said to the swordsman who was executing the execution: "It doesn't have to be like this, just give it a good time."
He added: "I will talk to General Hussar." The swordsman breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and stabbed Yin Xiu in the neck. Yin Xiu soon turned pale and his breath disappeared. The swordsman squatted on the ground.
Rest, after all, live beheading is very demanding on the knife hand, and he was sweating profusely from the cutting.
After letting Wei Yan and others collect the bones of Yin Xiu, Chen Chong went into the room to talk to Yuan Shu. When Yuan Shu learned the news, he asked him: "Yin Xiu is such a villain, how dare you protect him?"
Chen Chong could only dissuade him with good words: "Highway, this is not the time for revenge. The attack on Dong has not been completed, and the Han Dynasty is not at peace. After all, Yin Xiu is an important minister of the country. He has already killed him, so why not cut him into pieces? Even if he has something in mind, he can't.
We have to wait until the director is approved."
Although he knew what Chen Chong said was reasonable, Yuan Shu was still unhappy after hearing it. He first said: "If you don't kill Yin Xiu, my thoughts are not smooth!" Then he felt it was unreasonable and asked Chen Chong: "In that case, the Northern Route Army
When are you going to take action? We are about to go to Luoyang, but we cannot just attack Hangu as you said."
At this time, the timing was still a little early. It would be at least a month before the river in the east of Hedong would freeze. However, Chen Chong wanted to reassure Yuan Shu and said he could start preparations. However, there were still three things to do. The first was to bluff at Jiguan; Then involve some Dong Zhuo soldiers and horses; secondly, negotiate with Yuan Shao and others to avoid attacking the rear when they enter the customs; thirdly, contact Han Sui and Ma Teng of Xiliang to confirm the time for sending troops.
None of these three things was difficult. After joining forces with Yuan Shu, the Central Army expanded to 100,000 troops. Sun Jian led 30,000 troops to Gucheng. Yuan Shu personally led 30,000 troops in Luoyang. Chen Chong also led 20,000 troops in Luoyang. In order to coordinate, Wei You was ordered to take 20,000 troops, and he and Tian Kai were stationed in Jiguan.
In order to increase his momentum, Wei You deliberately built more barracks and ordered his troops to retreat at night and come with flags in the daytime. The Liang people in Jiguan were so frightened that they abandoned Jiguan and withdrew to Shaoting. Scouts came to report. , Shaoting's army has nearly 20,000 people, and the leading general seems to be Nan Zhonglang General Niu Fu.
When contacting Yuan Shao and others, Chen Chong went there in person. Yuan Shao and others were at a loss. Only Zang Hong welcomed his arrival. Chen Chong made an oath to Yuan Shao in public, rewriting the covenant with dog blood, hoping that the two armies would work together to defeat Dong. Power, if you only swear this, both heaven and man will kill you!
Afterwards, Chen Chong had a heart-to-heart talk with all the princes, and even Yuan Shao spent two days with him. Talking about the massacre of the Yuan family for Dong Zhuo, Chen Chong used Yuan Shu's name and invited Yuan Shao to pay homage to Luoyang. Yuan Shao reluctantly agreed. Seeing that he was telling the truth, Chen Chong simply stayed in Suanzao and communicated with Luoyang through letters every day.
After going back and forth like this, the time soon came to the end of October. Han Sui learned about the current situation in Luoyang, and quickly asked a messenger to reply: "Liu Jun went to Puban, and Liangqi went to Huaili." Huaili is sixty miles away from Chang'an. , the implication is also fully prepared.
With everything in mind, Chen Chong immediately sent an envoy to send a letter to Jinyang. There was not much in the letter, but it was a secret message that the two of them had already agreed on: "The white horse descends to Tongguan, and the west wind passes through Maoling."
After receiving the letter, Liu Bei made arrangements according to the original plan:
Fenwu General Gongsun Zan led an army of 15,000 men, assisted by Youzhou Biejia who was engaged in farming. Wuhuan Colonel Yan Gang, Zhenwei Colonel Shan Jing were the vanguard, and Yan Rou, Gongsun Yue and others were the backbone. They took the Luliang path directly. Kaban.
Bai Bo's general Guo Da led an army of 15,000 men. Xu Shu personally joined his army as an assistant. The other four commanders except Hu Cai stayed behind. Li Le, Yang Feng and Han Xian all went out with the army. They detoured to the county and came out of Diaoyin. Take Huayin directly.
Liu Bei, the general who conquered the west, led more than 20,000 troops, divided into three armies: the front, middle and rear. Dongping Colonel Zhang Fei and Helian Fanmo led the front army, and merged the prefecture and government in the center to engage in Yu Fan and Army Sima Liu Deran led the rear army, and Army Sima Tian Yu, Gongsun Fan, Meng Jian and others joined the Chinese army with them. This road is the closest to Dong Zhuo, so they have the largest number of troops. They will take Anyi first and then Dayang.
On the third day of November, the army finally launched, like thunder. Gongsun Zan started from Zhongyang first. They brought ten days of dry food. They left Zhongyang, went around the Tianshan Mountains, crossed Puzi and Beiqu, and arrived at Caisangjin on the seventh day of November. , leaving a thousand people behind, he immediately left Jiting and went straight down to Fenyin along the Fen River.
At the same time, Liu Bei and his entourage flew across the river and across the mountains, and marched down to Yong'an, Pingyang, and Linfen. On the ninth day of November, the troops arrived at Anyi City. Wang Yi, the prefect of Hedong, was in the city. Although he obeyed Dong Zhuo, he had not been on friendly terms with Chen Chong.
Well, I also heard that Bingren's army was leaving Henan, so he did not fortify Bingzhou. Only then did Liu Bei gallop across Hedong, as if he were in an uninhabited land.
Liu Bei personally rode his horse to Anyi and called Wang Yi in front of the city. Wang Yi went up to the city tower and said: "Although I have never met Liu Jun, I have a long-term friendship with Chen Jun. Now you are leading the army out of the state."
, What is the motive for invading our territory for no reason?" Liu Bei looked up at the tower, raised his head and shouted, spelling out each word clearly: "I led the army to serve the king to fight against the thieves, what motive did he have?"
The words "King Qin begged for thieves" were resounding. Wang Yi responded shamelessly, and there was a commotion all around. Liu Bei continued to promise in front of the city that as long as Wang Yi accompanied the army to attack Dong, the army would not kill anyone along the way, not take anything, and not disturb any people.
With his promise, Wang Yi considered the situation and finally decided to open the door and surrender.
After entering the city, Liu Bei left three thousand soldiers to garrison, and sent the soldiers from Anyi County back to their hometowns. Those who insisted on staying behind were asked to go north to garrison Wenxi.
Then he went non-stop, changed the flag, and under the guise of Wang Yi's name, walked through Wu Mountain and over the Dianzi Slope until he reached the foot of Dayang City. Wang Yi personally opened the gate of Dayang City and led 10,000 soldiers to settle in.
At the same time, Liu Bei rode across the river and crossed the ice to the north of Shaanxi County. The magistrate of Shaanxi County looked at the flag in the distance and mistakenly thought it was Dong Zhuo's reinforcements from Hedong. He also opened the city for Liu Bei to settle in. Liu Bei succeeded on November 12th.
Occupy Maojin and continue to seize dangerous points east and west.
At this time, Dong Zhuo was stationing troops in Mianchi, a hundred miles east. After withdrawing from Luoyang, he sent Dong Yue to guard Hangu Pass with 10,000 people, Hu Zhen to guard Xin'an with 20,000 people, and Niu Fu to guard Dongyuan with 20,000 people.
He led fifty thousand people to rest in Mianchi.
On the 14th, when he learned that Liu Bei had occupied Dayang, Shaanxi County, Dong Zhuo was furious. He scolded him at the military meeting: "I treat Wang Yi with all my heart. Is this how he repays me?" At this point, he waved his hand.
He broke the arrow and said solemnly to everyone: "I won't kill Wang Yi, but I have such a target!"
But everyone was at a loss as to how to fight the enemy. At this time, all the troops had rested for several months and most of them had regained their fighting strength. However, there was an extremely long and narrow mountain road between Mianchi and Shaanxian County. The two counties were only a hundred miles apart, but during the trek,
Difficult but no less than a thousand miles.
The Liang people had to attack from a low position again. Thinking of being invaded by others occupying a high place and raining down arrows and rocks, the Liang people would be hard-pressed to defeat them even if they were several times larger than the enemy. What's more, Chen Chong and Yuan Shu's army of more than 100,000 men were attacking Han Chong.
Gu Guandong is watching with eager eyes. The so-called dilemma, losing ground before and after, is the situation of the Liang people at this time.
At this time, Li Ru, the servant, offered a plan and said: "Liu Bei came all the way to cross a county, and the troops he used were not large. Although it is difficult for our army to go west, we still have troops in Jingzhao. Hu Qizhong, Lang General Duan Yan, has an army of 30,000
, Yulin Zhonglang general Yang Ding led an army of 20,000 people, each in Fufeng and Feng Yi. Why not order them to lead the army eastward, cross Puban, and defeat Liu Bei. Liu Bei was surrounded on all sides and could not hold out for a long time. He would break the siege on his own.
."
This strategy was widely praised by everyone, but when Dong Zhuo's envoy walked to Huayin on a small road, he saw a white flag with a black background and red edges floating abruptly on the city wall. He also saw many soldiers dressed in yellow scarves coming and going. After observing and asking, they learned that
The Baibo army in Xihe has captured the city.
When they arrived in Jin Dynasty, the envoys encountered fleeing refugees and heard that the Puban area had also been captured, and the banners they flew were none other than the great Sima Liu Yu.
To the west of Puban, there are only three hundred miles of fertile fields from Chang'an. It can be reached in just one day with a galloping horse. Rumors spread all over Guanzhong, and people's hearts were floating. Many ministers in the court secretly sent envoys to Puban to provide Gongsun Zan with information and encourage him.
Go straight to Chang'an.
The refugees who were led by Dong Zhuo to Guanzhong and had no place to settle down all told each other that the great Sima warmed the common people and lived in peace in Youyan. He transformed thieves into chaos with virtue, and everyone in the world wanted to return. We had nowhere to survive, so why not gather people to surrender?
?Therefore, around Chang'an, the refugees gathered together and supported each other, heading eastward into clouds.
Duan Xuan and Yang Ding received the order from the Prime Minister and did not dare to neglect, leaving only 10,000 soldiers to continue stationed in Chang'an. The remaining 40,000 soldiers went straight to Pu Ban, but they had to stop before Jin Dynasty. To the west of Luoshui River, there are as many refugees as ant colonies under the city. There are many frozen corpses on both sides of the road. The wind is as cold as a knife and crows are flying around. The epidemic is breeding rapidly. The Liang army has suffered from strokes and symptoms of cough and high fever one after another. Duan Xuan and
After discussing it, Yang Ding decided to take a break here first.
But at the same time, on November 26, Han Sui led 40,000 troops out of Longxi and successively captured Qianxian and Yumi. On the 30th, he surrounded Chencang. Chencang ordered Liang Shuang to lead 500 troops to defend, but the strength of the troops was not enough.
The disparity is so great that it may fall soon.
Continuous bad news reached Mianchi, and Dong Zhuo's army was in a state of confusion. Many people lamented: In the spring and summer, we crossed the river and swept away thousands of troops. How come we are in such a situation after half a year? Is it God's will to kill me?
For example, Wu Kuang and others who defected to Dong Zhuo during the Luoyang coup also secretly communicated letters to Luoyang at this time, but Dong Zhuo captured the messenger. The prime minister was not polite and dragged these people to the front of the army and quartered them on five horses.
The army had just stabilized for a while, but how to break the situation? Dong Zhuo couldn't make up his mind, and he was unwilling to fight to the death with Chen Chong. He rubbed Xiang Yu's sword day and night, thinking that if he was defeated like a mountain, he would kill himself like an overlord. On the fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, Li Ru made up his mind and admonished Dong Zhuo: "Prime Minister, our army is now in a desperate situation. We have reached a situation where we are struggling to survive in death and in chaos. Han Fei once said: Safety lies in right and wrong, not in force."
Weak. Survival or failure depends on reality, not the numbers. We don’t have the ability to distinguish between right and wrong, and that’s why we’re in this situation."
Dong Zhuo said "Oh", dusted off his armor, and asked Li Ru expressionlessly: "Wen You, in this case, did someone recommend you to me?"
Li Ru knelt down and kowtowed three times, and then solemnly said: "To the Prime Minister, I recommend Huangfu Song, the captain of the city gate school, to be the captain of the Sili school and the general of chariots and cavalry. He will record the secretarial affairs with General Zuo and oversee the general military affairs of Guanzhong!"