Most things in this world are unfair. While many people are still struggling to survive, some people already have things that ordinary people cannot achieve even if they struggle for a lifetime.
But there are two things that are fair to everyone, that is, everyone has twenty-four hours every day. And the final outcome of life, no one can escape the fate of death.
Time will not forgive you because you are the most powerful person in the world, nor will it allow you to live a few hundred more years because you are as rich as the country. Aging is inevitable, and death is also inevitable.
But dying now and living for decades before dying are two different things.
No one wants to die early.
This is people's instinctive desire to survive, and it is also the counterattack of desperate prisoners in difficult situations.
When Jia Xu carefully analyzed the situation at hand for Li Jue, Guo Si and others, he found that except for a desperate fight, he could not escape the fate of being hunted no matter what.
Everyone made up their minds and united together as never before. Even Dong Zhuo was not so united.
A temporary conspiracy is also quietly brewing.
In mid-April of the third year of Chuping, a rumor appeared in the area around Chang'an that "the imperial court wanted to kill all the people of Xiliang." This rumor quickly spread among the people of Xiliang, causing endless panic.
You must know that the people of Xiliang do not refer to the Xiliang army, but all the people of Liangzhou. In the Han Dynasty, Yongliang was not divided into families. To a certain extent, the Guanzhong area of Chang'an can also be regarded as Liangzhou.
And even if we distinguish the Guanzhong area from Xiliang, there are more than 100,000 Xiliang people living in Chang'an, including nearly 200,000 troops.
This is due to the repeated Qiang and Han Sui rebellions in Xiliang in recent years, which have caused many people in Xiliang to migrate to the Sanfu area. There are more and more people in Liangzhou, mainly gathering in the Youfufeng area, especially from Yongxian to Huai
Here, there are so many people in Liangzhou.
In early May, Li Jue and Guo Si decided to lead their troops back to Xiliang to escape because the court refused to grant amnesty to the Xiliang people. The mighty army headed west, and Xiliang people continued to join along the way, and the team gradually began to grow.
Chang'an, Situ's Mansion.
Wang Yun, his retainer Chief Secretary Shi, and his staff members gathered together for a meeting between China and North Korea.
"Chen Mu submitted a letter to withdraw his troops a few days ago due to lack of food and grass!"
Holding up the memorial in his hand, Wang Yun said with a hint of anger in his tone: "There is news from the north that Li Jue, Guo Si and others are planning to flee back to Xiliang!"
Chief Situ Shi was overjoyed and said: "Situ, this is good news. Both sides have stopped their troops and returned. At least the war will not spread to Chang'an."
"But Chang'an is empty of troops, and the Kwantung Army will come in sooner or later."
Wang Yun's face looked ugly.
Once the Kwantung Army comes in, with their more than 100,000 troops, they can easily take over Chang'an. If they take the Emperor back to Luoyang and dismiss themselves as Situ in the name of the Emperor, they will have nothing, and so many years of hard work will be in vain.
flow eastward.
"The Kwantung Army has always been loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and with the Yuan family as a constraint, Liu Bei would not dare to go too far."
Master Situ knew Wang Yun's worries and hesitated: "Besides, Liu Bei is still fighting for the puppet emperor in the east of Jizhou at this time and has no time to look west. At this time, only the original Baibo Army is in Guanzhong. If Situ can win over these generals of the Baibo Army,
, to reward them in the name of the emperor's edict, they must be grateful and willing to serve Situ."
Bai Bojun?
Wang Yun narrowed his eyes and thought carefully.
The Baibo Army was just a group of rebel bandits. If they were to say how loyal they were to the imperial court and the Kwantung Army, it would obviously be a compliment to them.
But if they were wooed and rewarded in the name of the imperial court, it would obviously be more comfortable than staying under Liu Bei.
When people go to higher places, water flows to lower places. This is an eternal natural principle and there is no doubt about it.
only......
Regardless of Bai Bo's army or Liu Bei's army, the biggest problem facing Wang Yun is that Chang'an City is not strong now.
Wang Yun had considered wooing the Baibo Army before, but he was still afraid that if more than 100,000 Baibo troops poured into Chang'an City, another person would have to be in charge.
Now there are only thousands of Lü Bu's state troops in the city. Wang Yun is not worried about Lü Bu's rebellion because even if Lü Bu rebels, he does not have the strength to defend the city.
When people from all walks of life gather to attack, Lu Bu will inevitably die, so he can only stand on the same front as himself.
On the other hand, people like Xu Rong, Li Jue, and Guo Si each had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. Together with the Baibo Army, their strength should not be underestimated. There was no easy path.
Wang Yun did not dare to let these people into the city at all, even though Xu Rong had made it clear that he was willing to join the imperial court with Hu Zhen.
Who knows what they will do when they enter Chang'an City?
So thinking of this, Wang Yun could only shake his head and said: "It's okay to win over them, but we can't let them enter the city. In this way, I will go to the palace today and issue an edict in the name of the emperor, conferring the titles of Yang Feng, Han Siam, Li Le, Hu Cai and others.
General Zhonglang ordered them to pursue the Xiliang rebels."
Wang Yun is quite expert when it comes to sowing dissension. Didn't your Kwantung Army withdraw its troops? Then I will now instigate the Baibo Army to disobey the leadership of your Kwantung Army. Then we will see what capital your Kwantung Army has to continue causing trouble.
It has to be said that Wang Yun's move is still very powerful. Because Chen Mu has only more than 10,000 troops in his Qingzhou headquarters, plus Sun Jian's troops, the total is only about 20,000.
The Baibo Army accounts for the majority. If Wang Yun's plan succeeds, it will leave Chen Mu with no one available, causing serious damage to his subsequent plans.
However, things in this world are always so dramatic and it is unpredictable what will happen in the future.
Li Jue and Guo Si's troops fled to Zuo Fengyi in the name of fleeing.
They passed through several counties along the way, and people from Xiliang continued to join them along the way, wanting to escape with them. By the time they reached martial arts, the number of people had reached 70,000 or 80,000, all because "the imperial court wanted to kill all the people from Xiliang"
The Xiliang people fled with them after hearing this rumor.
This rumor was naturally suggested by Jia Xu to Li Jue and Guo Si and sent people to spread it. After a month of fermentation, it had already spread in various counties around Chang'an, making people in Xiliang everywhere extremely frightened and afraid of being raped.
kill.
When they arrived at Wugong County, Li Jue, Guo Si, Wang Fang and other generals gathered their soldiers and stood on a high platform, with tens of thousands of people in the audience. It was summer, the sun was shining brightly, and everyone's lips were white and their faces were ugly.
Li Jue looked at the soldiers and shouted with all his strength: "Soldiers, I believe everyone has heard that now the imperial court wants to kill all the people of Xiliang."
There was silence in the audience, and everyone raised their heads and looked at him.
"I originally wanted to disband the army and take everyone back to my hometown in Xiliang. But there are recent rumors that the imperial court has sent pursuers, and has even colluded with people like Han Sui and Ma Teng to set up an ambush on our way back to capture us.
Kill them all."
"Over the years, we have just followed the Grand Master's orders. What sin do we have against the Lord? But the court still won't let us go. Everyone says, what should we do now?"
Li Jue's voice was naturally not as loud as Zhang Fei's. If it could be heard, only a few hundred people in the audience could hear it clearly.
But after hundreds of close friends in the audience passed it on word of mouth, and kept passing the word on, it gradually spread.
After about a few minutes, someone in the audience suddenly shouted: "Since the court won't let us live, then we will fight back to Chang'an. We will kill whoever wants to kill us!"
"Fight back to Chang'an. We will kill anyone who wants to kill us!"
"Fight back to Chang'an!"
"kill!"
At first, only a few people shouted, and slowly, everyone started shouting.
Many people didn't understand what was going on at first. People in Xiliang spread the news everywhere, to the effect: "Even if Li Xiaowei and Guo Xiaowei led everyone to escape, the court still wouldn't let them go and had sent out soldiers to pursue them."
Kill, so the two decided to fight back to Chang'an."
Not only were the soldiers in the army shouting, but the message slowly spread to the Xiliang people who fled with them outside the military camp. The people on the border of Youliang and Sanzhou had tough folk customs, and everyone followed the herd.
psychology.
For a time, Li Jue and Guo Si responded to the call, and everyone was furious. After being incited, they could order them to do anything with just one order.
Seeing that the army was ready, Li Jue, Guo Si and others were overjoyed and immediately ordered: "Follow me and fight back to Chang'an!"
"Fight back to Chang'an!"
Under their instigation, everyone began to follow blindly.
Tens of thousands of soldiers, plus tens of thousands of Xiliang people who originally just wanted to escape, all took out their knives and formed a new army.
They continued to pass through prefectures and counties along the way, and by the time they arrived at Huaili County, the seat of Youfufeng, their number had exceeded 100,000, and they were heading towards Chang'an in a mighty manner.
At this moment, Wang Yun had no idea that his death was coming. It was already the second day, and he was in the palace, issuing an edict on behalf of the emperor.
Now that the emperor has lost the imperial seal, the edicts are all stamped with Liu Bian's personal seal. However, the seal is no longer under his control. It is placed in the front hall of Weiyang Palace and is represented by Wang Yun, the current person in power.
Therefore, Wang Yun can actually do whatever he wants. A few days ago, he promoted his good friend Song Yi and his brother Wang Hong to serve as Zuo Fengyi and Right Fufeng respectively to control the situation in Guanzhong.
While he was writing the edict, a small yellow doorman from outside stumbled in and shouted: "Situ, no, Situ, something big has happened, Situ!"
"what happened?"
Wang Yun frowned and said displeasedly: "What's the etiquette of shouting in Weiyang Hall?"
"Oh no."
Xiaohuangmen said with a mournful face: "There was a message from soldiers outside the palace gate, saying that Li Jue and Guo Si led more than 100,000 troops and fought back to Chang'an."
"What?"
Wang Yun was so shocked that he was almost sweating.
Unexpectedly, Li Jue and Guo Si would dare to act like this at this time. Aren't they afraid that the Kwantung Army would take action at this time?
Chen Mu!
At this moment, Wang Yun suddenly woke up and finally understood why the Kwantung Army suddenly withdrew its troops.
It turned out that they had already guessed that Li Jue and Guo Si would do this, and it was even very likely that Li Jue and Guo Si were instigated by them, in order to let them attack Chang'an, and then the Kwantung Army would come back to fight for the fishermen's profits.
At first, I wanted to incite the Kwantung Army to attack Li Jue and Guo Si's Xiliang Army, and wait until they both suffered losses before profiting from it, but I didn't expect that others had the same plan.
Thinking of this, Wang Yun gritted his teeth, the pen in his hand almost broke, and his hatred for Chen Mu increased even more.
But now is not the time to think about this, the crisis in Chang'an must be resolved.