The intelligence from the Military Intelligence Department has already reached Chen Mu.
At this moment, Xu Rong and Hu Zhen withdrew their troops directly from the Baqiao area and headed for Chang'an City.
According to intelligence, Wang Yun did not let Xu Rong and Hu Zhen enter Chang'an City to defend, but ordered them to go to Jing Zhaoyin.
Jing Zhaoyin is located to the west of Chang'an and serves as a western barrier. This is obviously to prevent the Xiliang army from spreading to Chang'an.
Chen Mu sat high on the throne, Guan Yu sat next to him, Sun Jian was the first, Zang Bawang, Lang Guanhai, Yang Feng, Xu Huang and other generals were all present.
"Fourth brother, Li Jue and Guo Si turned against each other."
Guan Yu narrowed his eyes, stroked his beard and said: "Taking this opportunity, why don't we enter Chang'an on behalf of the emperor now to protect the emperor."
Until now, except for Yan Zhong, Chen Mu has not revealed his intentions.
Everyone thought that he withdrew his troops this time just because he did not want to confront the Xiliang Army head-on. When the Xiliang Army ran out of food and grass, he would be defeated on his own and then enter Chang'an City.
Who would have thought that the Xiliang army would take the opportunity to attack Chang'an at this time.
Therefore, Guan Yu believed that Li Jue and Guo Si should not be allowed to disturb the emperor, and he should go to the rescue at this time to capture Chang'an.
Chen Mu sneered and said: "After getting rid of Dong Zhuo, all the princes in the imperial court are afraid of us like tigers. They think that after we enter Chang'an City, we will control the government like Dong Zhuo and bring trouble to the world. It is really a big mistake."
"You can't say that either."
Sun Jian said: "Wang Situ still loves the country, but he is afraid of being provoked by traitors. I came to the capital this time for the sake of the imperial court, for the emperor, and to support the Han Dynasty. I took this opportunity to defeat Li Jue and Guo Si and welcome him.
When the emperor returns to Luoyang, I believe that the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty will also understand our thoughts."
"It's natural."
Chen Mu muttered: "Although Wang Yun is unkind, we cannot be unjust. The purpose of calling you all here is to discuss the dispatch of troops. If Chang'an is in danger, the troops should be deployed quickly. I will lead the Xuanjia heavy cavalry as the vanguard and march into Ba.
Qiao is watching the situation, and his second brother and brother Wentai are following closely behind with their troops. We must reach Chang'an City as soon as possible to prevent anything from happening to the emperor."
"promise!"
The two stood up and held hands.
After giving the military order, Chen Mu immediately prepared to leave.
Xuanjia's heavy cavalry has already arrived outside the city with one man and three horses. One horse carries people, one horse carries soldiers' armor, and one horse carries horse armor. It is equivalent to one thousand light cavalry plus two thousand horses. They are rushing forward in a mighty manner.
Go west.
It was a hot summer day, the sun was shining high, and on the distant horizon, billowing dust and smoke rolled up. Ziying ran at the front of the team, Chen Mu's robe was fluttering, and he couldn't suppress his excitement.
No one would have thought that the intelligence from the Military Intelligence Department had actually arrived two days ago, but he kept it secret and did not tell everyone. It was not until the scouts near Baqiao came back to report Xu Rongjun's movements that he summoned the generals.
Explain the situation.
Two days.
It is enough to cause a lot of things to happen in Chang'an, not to mention that it will take three days to dispatch troops and generals from Xiagui County and Zheng County to Chang'an, which is close to 200 miles away.
There is almost a five-day time difference in the middle. This five-day time difference is enough to change the critical situation of the battle.
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Jing Zhaoyin, below the city, Xu Rong looked at the Xiliang Army that was slightly emerging on the horizon in the distance.
There was a hint of sadness between his brows.
Others may think that he has more than 30,000 troops under his command, and as Jingzhaoyin is a county seat with high walls and thick walls, it should be able to withstand the army from outside.
Only Xu Rong looked at Hu Zhen, Yang Ding, Fan Chou and other generals in the distance with fear in his eyes.
The more than 30,000 troops in the city are also from Xiliang.
He has only a few hundred Youzhou guards around him, so how can he control so many Xiliang troops?
After thinking for a long time, Xu Rong said to his close associates: "Give me the order and go out of the city to fight."
The confidant said in astonishment: "Go out of the city to fight?"
"Um."
Xu Rong frowned deeply and just nodded without explaining.
However, the confidant still advised: "General, Jingzhao Yin City has high walls and thick walls. It is best to occupy the city and defend it. Why does the general need to go out of the city to fight with them?"
Xu Rong didn't want to answer at first, but his confidants also had good intentions, so he sighed and said: "Now that Hu Zhen, Yang Ding, Fan Chou and others have accepted the imperial edict and surrendered to the imperial court, they won't think so much for the time being. Once we take the city and defend it,
As time went on, the Xiliang Army outside the city sent people to contact them, and we were in danger, so we had to order them out of the city to fight decisively to have a chance of survival."
"So that's it, it's my subordinate Meng Lang."
It is easy to understand this truth. The cronies immediately find messengers to deliver orders to various ministries.
Hu Zhen, Yang Ding, Fan Chou and the others really didn’t think that much.
Because they have just been promoted.
In order to win over them to fight against Li Jue and Guo Si, Wang Yun gave them all the titles of Zhonglang General, while Xu Rong became the Chariot and Cavalry General, commanding the three armies.
Everyone was still in the joy of being promoted. Even if their former colleagues who were also from Xiliang came to kill them, they really did not consider rebelling on the battlefield.
After all, the imperial court seems to be an empty shell now, but there are still more than 100,000 Kwantung Army troops outside. If they follow Li Jue and Guo Si and rebel on the battlefield, they have to consider whether they will be suppressed by the Kwantung Army summoned by the imperial court.
Therefore, in the face of promotion and wealth and the threat of the Kwantung Army, the old friendships with fellow countrymen and comrades-in-arms can basically be forgotten and embraced into the arms of the imperial court.
Therefore, after Xu Rong issued the order, there was almost no obstruction. Everyone rushed out of the city and formed an emergency formation before the enemy arrived.
Xu Rong led an army of 10,000 as the front army, Yang Ding and Fan Chou were the left army and the right army, and Hu Zhen was the rear army, forming four square formations.
After forming an array outside the city, billows of dust and smoke filled the horizon on the distant horizon.
I don't know when a dense black line appeared. The first thing that came into view was a row of horses running wildly. Dust was flying all over the sky, and then the whole earth seemed to be shaking.
The flags were held high and the horses soared. Under the setting sun, the endless figures seemed to fill the entire horizon.
Li Jue and Guo Si's rebels finally came.
When they approached Jingzhao Yin City, Hu Zhen, Yang Ding, Fan Chou and the others discovered to their horror that the enemy was not the thirty to fifty thousand people in the intelligence at all.
You know, Li Jue, Guo Si, Zhang Ji, Wang Fang and others only accepted Niu Fu's inheritance, which was a huge amount of thirty to fifty thousand.
But although the army in front of them didn't have any organized formation, it was coming like an ocean, endless. On the entire plain, it was like a plague of locusts, with people constantly appearing without end.
"How could this happen? How could this happen?"
"Isn't it said that there are only thirty or forty thousand people?"
"Too much, too much, keep rushing forward."
Compared with soldiers standing on the ground, generals on horseback can see higher and farther.
Hu Zhen, Yang Ding and Fan Chou were shocked to find that the number of enemies was not as few as they thought.
It was like a huge crowd, rushing toward them.
At this moment, all the generals under Xu Rong began to tremble, and a feeling of being deceived arose spontaneously.
However, they had no time to think about these issues anymore, Xu Rong would not give them time to react.
Almost at the moment when the rebels of Li Jue and Guo Si rushed forward, they were less than two miles away.
Xu Rong took a deep breath and said loudly: "Attack!"
"woo woo woo woo!"
The mournful horns sounded long, and the gongs, drums and coppers sounded loudly.
The first row of soldiers armed with spears and halberds, urged by officers at all levels, brazenly launched a fierce attack on the enemy!