On October 23, under the order of Lu Bu, the staff of Liangzhou Prefecture gathered in Lingzhou City to hold a meeting.
Nowadays, Lu Bu is the envoy of Chijieyibi Sansi Liangzhou Mu and Fenwu General, the Protector of the Western Regions. He is nominally in charge of all the land west of Longshan and has become his own country, but in fact it is not like this.
Lu Bu's inner circle is the Shangdang Xiangdang who have followed him since the merger of the prefectures, such as Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, Cao Xing and others. Their bravery is commendable, and their battlefield skills are also superb, but there are only a few who can appease one party.
Fortunately, after appointing Liangzhou Mu, Chen Chong allocated the original Northern Army to Lu Bu. His generals included Wei Jie, the commander of the enemy, Du Kai, the commander of the Weilu, Gaishun, the commander of the eagle and harrier, Jiao Jiao, the commander of the bird strike, and Rong Shao, the commander of the Qing invaders.
and others. These people were originally the confidants used by Wang Yun when he killed Dong Zhuo. After the Battle of Longshouyuan, they all came under Lu Bu's command and were highly used.
Then there are the generals of Liangzhou who defeated Lu Bu at the beginning of this year and then surrendered. After discussing with the court, they legally occupied the four most prosperous counties of Wuwei, Anding, Hanyang, and Longxi in Liangzhou. In addition to paying taxes and recruiting troops to the state every year, they
, Lu Bu did not have much influence on his department. However, after Jia Xu made peace, both parties decided to work together to achieve a great cause.
But when it comes to the core of the Liangzhou Prefecture, they are actually the officials sent by the imperial court. After all, Liangzhou is located in a remote place, and it also has the important task of appeasing the Qiang people and fighting against rebellion. Just relying on the people from Liangzhou, it is really
It was difficult to supply what was needed. Therefore, the state capital relied heavily on grain transportation from Guanzhong. Chen Chong also used this as an excuse to insert party members all over the Liangzhou state capital. He even managed to rule the middle, meritorious, classic and scholarly Cao, and book all the Cao.
, almost all of them have their hearts set on Bafu.
Therefore, if Lü Bu wanted to use force in Chang'an, he would have to get rid of these people in one fell swoop. So based on Jia Xu's suggestion, Lü Bu summoned the state staff to discuss the matter of transferring troops to Guanzhong. The bureaucrats present at the meeting were: Don't engage in Zhang Chang, govern.
Zhang Meng was in charge of the study, Wang Ling was in charge of the book cao, Li Jun was in charge of the meritorious service, Wu Qian was in charge of the classics, Zhang Xi and others were in charge of the admonition.
These people were basically officials appointed by the Central Government, and there were no military personnel attending the meeting. From the soldiers who passed the order, they had already learned about the defeat of the Kwantung Army, so they were not surprised by the troop transfer. Besides, this was their responsibility.
Internal affairs should be discussed first by them.
The meeting time was in the morning. They all got up early, put on velvet robes, and rushed to the front hall of the mansion one after another at a quarter past nine o'clock. There were only about thirty people in attendance, and the angel shooting reinforcements also arrived early.
Zhongsheyuan was acquainted with Zhang Chang and several others, and as soon as they met, they began to greet each other.
After a while, everyone arrived. However, Lu Bu had not entered the hall yet. This made them a little strange, so they asked the soldiers in front of the hall. The soldiers replied that the governor of the state has something urgent, please wait a moment.
So after waiting for another two moments, Lu Bu still disappeared. Zhang Meng was impatient and wanted to go out to the side door. Unexpectedly, when the soldier guarding the door saw this, he refused to let him go. Zhang Meng tried to break out, but the soldier actually pulled out his spear.
The knife forced him back.
When everyone in the hall saw this, they couldn't help but be shocked. Zhang Chang even saw that something was wrong, and immediately led his colleagues up and reprimanded the soldier loudly: "Where is Mr. Lu? What do you want to do!"
This sentence was like a signal, and the sound of clashing armored weapons suddenly sounded from both sides of the hall. Like a flood overflowing the embankment, hundreds of people surged up and instantly surrounded the entire hall.
Lu Bu, wearing iron armor and holding a Zhongxing sword, stepped into the door from among the soldiers and said in a cold voice: "Your Majesty's imperial decree, Chen Chong, Liu Bei deceives the emperor and harms his good, and the party is united and opposed, which is actually a danger to the country. You are specially ordered to attack him!"
Are we in the same party?"
After saying that, he pointed at Zhang Chang and said: "This man is really Chen Chong's lackey, how can we not kill him?" As soon as he finished speaking, several soldiers stepped forward to capture Zhang Chang, put the tip of their knife against his right chest and stabbed him in, stirring up trouble again.
Stir, Zhang Chang let out a groan of extreme pain. As the blade was withdrawn, he collapsed to the ground and immediately lost his breath.
When Zhang Meng saw the tragic death of his brother, he was very angry and jumped to his feet and cursed: "Thief, do you dare to show your loyalty? Don't you remember Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo and dare to slander the good ministers of the Zhuguo!"
Lu Bu's face darkened when he heard this, and he immediately called his soldiers up, intending to cut off his head. However, he suddenly changed his mind and said to himself: "Such a traitor, how can I establish my authority without severe punishment?" So he changed his mind and called for his head.
A large cauldron was temporarily moved, filled with water, and then boiled over firewood. When the smoke and boiling water steamed away, everyone was sweating.
Lu Bu sneered at Zhang Meng and said, "Good thief, if you beg for mercy, I will give you a good time."
Zhang Meng's face turned pale. He knew that Lu Bu was going to boil him to death in a big cauldron, and his legs could not help but tremble slightly. But in the blink of an eye, he saw his brother's body again, and his anger arose again. He still cursed: "You don't trust me, you little thief! The third surname!"
House slave! Do you regard me as yours? If a man dies, his ears will die, so why fear? I am afraid that you will not die well either!"
As soon as he said this, Lu Bu immediately picked him up, walked a few steps quickly, and threw him into the boiling water.
Everyone immediately heard Zhang Meng’s screams, which were sharp and shrill, as if they came from the Nine Netherworld. Even though the screams gradually turned into moans, and the moans turned into sighs, and finally fell into silence, everyone was still immersed in the first scream.
He screamed, not daring to say anything. It was as if his soul was still lingering here and could not go away for a long time.
Lu Bu turned around to look again at this time. Everyone saw his indifferent sneer, and their faces turned pale, and their faces trembled. Among them, the coward was so frightened that he fainted to the ground. In fear, no one dared to say anything wrong. Only then did Lu Bu feel satisfied.
, according to Jia Xu's arrangement, the soldiers were ordered to detain him in one place and release him after his work was completed.
But the farce of killing brothers Zhang Chang and Zhang Meng just now was not a plan by Jia Xu, but an impromptu idea by Lu Bu. Lu Bu thought that he had to kill one or two people to succeed, otherwise he would not need to establish his authority, so he did not inform Jia Xu.
After Xu heard this, he couldn't help but sigh.
Brothers Zhang Chang and Zhang Meng are the successors of Zhang Huan, the Sanming Dynasty of Liangzhou, and have long been famous in Liangzhou. Zhang Chang, in particular, has excellent calligraphy. He is good at official script, small regular script, and especially Zhang cursive. He is known as the "Sage of Cursive Script" in the literary world.
Now he died at the hands of Lu Bu, making Jia Xu a little more gloomy about the future.
But the matter has come to this point, and it is useless to dwell on it. The most urgent task is to send troops to Chang'an as soon as possible. So Lu Bu immediately summoned the remaining trusted cronies in the palace to discuss the matter with Jia Xu.
Liangzhou's terrain is long and narrow, with mountainous foothills. If the troops are mobilized in the usual way, it will be better than in Shuzhong, but it will not be ten days earlier. Especially Lu Bu's direct troops, there are only 30,000 infantry and cavalry guarding Lingzhou in the north. The rest of the army under his command
, about 30,000 people were scattered in Jiuquan, Dunhuang, Zhangye, Wudu and other places, and they could not be mobilized in a short time.
Fortunately, Jia Xu had a plan. During this period, Jia Xu had been secretly planning with Han Sui and other troops. After Liu Bei sent troops to Guandong, Ma Teng, Song Jian, and Han Sui secretly mobilized their troops. They only claimed to be hunting, but in fact they had
Forty thousand elite soldiers were gathered in the Shehu Valley, but they did not attack, always waiting for a good opportunity to send troops.
Sixty thousand soldiers may be insufficient to occupy Guanzhong, but they are more than enough to attack Chang'an. Therefore, Jia Xu presented to Lu Bu a strategy of Mingjia secret troops, internal and external responses, and attacking first and then attacking.
Jia Xu believed that although Chen Chong did not have enough informants in Liangzhou, he had many loyal ministers among Fufeng and Feng Yi. No matter how cautious he was on the road day and night, it would be difficult to cover up his traces. Once the news was leaked, all previous efforts would be in vain.
Therefore, it is better to send more than 10,000 people as the vanguard, pretending to be horse merchants, and march to Chang'an with great fanfare. Even if there are occasional flaws, the aid is in Lu Bu's hands. You can borrow his seal and forge documents, and officials along the way will not dare to
Intercept, wait ten miles after the vanguard has marched out of a place, the follow-up sergeants can take the opportunity to press the border and eliminate the soldiers along the way, while the vanguard blocks the road to prevent the news from leaking out. In this way, the army can disappear and arrive in Chang'an quietly.
Below the city.
However, there are still Northern troops, Huben troops, palace guards and other troops in Chang'an City. According to Dong Zhao's information, there are more than 30,000 soldiers under contract. Xu Huang will lead more than 20,000 Northern troops to attack Dong Cheng, so there will be about 10,000 soldiers left in Chang'an City.
If they are commanded properly and the people assist in defense, they may not be able to defend the city gate and wait for reinforcements to return to defend. After all, important places such as Jiguan, Puban, Tianjingguan, etc. are still in the hands of the Han army. If the Bafu really ignores Guandong,
If you just return to Guanzhong to defend yourself, you will be fine.
Therefore, Jia Xu placed the core of the attack in Chang'an City. After Liu Bei's defeat, Chen Chong was the leader of the entire Kansai government. No one except him could stabilize the situation. Therefore, Jia Xu thought that he should
Before entering the city, order the emperor's party in the city to assassinate Chen Chong. If successful, Chang'an will naturally fall. If not, they should take the opportunity to cause chaos, so that the imperial army will not be outside the city, and the Liang army will take advantage of the opportunity to seal the city in one fell swoop.
After everyone heard this, they all thought that this plan was very appropriate, and then discussed the personnel arrangements.
This troop dispatch was actually divided into two groups, one in the north, led by Lu Bu personally, from Nishui to the south. Under his command were Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, Cao Xing, Wei Xu, Hou Cheng, Cheng Lian, Hao Meng, Zhang Qin, and Zhao Shu.
, Li Zou and others, almost all their cronies came out of the country.
The other route is in Hanyang County in the south, led by Han Sui, Ma Teng, and Song Jian, and under the jurisdiction of Ma Chao, Cheng Gongying, Yang Qiu, Liu Xiongming, Zhang Heng, Cheng Yi, Li Kan and other tribes. It crosses Fanxudao from Lueyang
, proceeding along the Lianshui River, the two armies will meet in Anling. However, for the south road, they have no caravan cover, so they can only move as hard as they can after sending out troops, so they will send out troops a little later.
As for the generals who stayed in the prefecture, Jia Xu made the following arrangements: Gaishun guarded Lingzhou and transferred supplies to Liangzhou; Du Kai guarded Yiju, and if the attack was unfavorable, he would always be ready to support the army's return; Jiao Jiao went to Didao to meet with the Hereditary Three
The garrison troops communicate with each other; Rong Shao sits in Wudu, appeases the Baima Qiang, and participates in the Langqiang and other Qiang.
When discussing the matter, Jia Xu believed that the vanguard had the heaviest task and the most meticulous thoughts and deeds. If anything went wrong, all previous efforts would be wasted. Therefore, he volunteered to select more than 3,000 people from the remaining 10,000 Liang people.
He pretended to be a horse dealer and scouted the way for the army. Lu Bu knew that he was cautious and allowed him to do so.
The arrangements were made, and the state government immediately adjourned the meeting to prepare. However, when everyone left, Gao Shun called Jia Xu and asked privately: "I admire your master's plan, but I suddenly thought of a flaw. I wonder if your master has any arrangements?"
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Jia Xu asked: "What's the problem?"
Gao Shun frowned and said: "Sir, I hope that the capital will respond to the chaos, but Chen Chong has been running the business for six years. Even if there are people who are dissatisfied, there are only a few hundred people at most. How can chaos arise in the city?"
Jia Xu smiled when he heard this and said in a low voice: "Don't worry, Mr. Gao. I have been in Wudu for many years, but I know the changes in the capital very well. Naturally, I have an internal response! In the past few months, I have discussed with him and secretly received thousands of people."
Entering the city, this is the day you have been waiting for!"
Gao Shun was horrified and couldn't help but look at Jia Xu's indifferent eyes. There seemed to be many terrible secrets hidden in his deep eye sockets.