Chapter 4 Breaking the Cauldron and Sinking the Boat Section 9 Li Wei's proposal did not get a response from the generals of Xiliang, Guo Yan, Fan Chou, Zhang Ji, Wang Fang and others bowed their heads and were silent, each thinking about their own thoughts.

Li Dao was so angry that he slapped the case and shouted loudly: "Since you don't dare to fight, let's break up and everyone flee." ”

"Slow, slow ......" Jia Xu, who had been lying on the desk and looking at the map carefully, hurriedly said,

"Naively, this matter should be considered in the long run, not impatient, let alone rash action. If the battle of Chang'an is defeated, we are bound to die without a place to be buried. "It's easy to say that it's easy to go back to Chang'an, but it's very difficult to really do it.

The army suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Tongguan, currently only about 30,000 people, and the army has run out of food, and now can only survive by digging wild vegetables and slaughtering war horses in the mountains.

In addition, there is also a shortage of armaments, but the most serious thing is that the morale of the army is weak, and the soldiers cannot see the hope of survival, and they are in fear all day.

With such an army to fight Chang'an, as long as it suffers a slight setback, it will definitely collapse. These difficulties are visible, and there are many crises that cannot be seen.

The first is the Northern Frontier Army, which is attacking the Taolin Fortress. Although Xu Rong may not have broken his promise, he is now in Guanzhong, unable to take care of the war in Guanxi, and he can't help if he wants to.

If the army attacks Chang'an and is blocked, and the Northern Xinjiang Army breaks through the Taolin Fortress and Tongguan, then everyone will die, so the Taolin Fortress cannot be lost, and it must be blocked by heavy troops.

However, in this way, the army could not take care of the end of the army, and it was impossible to gather all its forces to attack Chang'an, and it was a matter of time before it was defeated.

The second is the Northern Xinjiang Army on the banks of the Weishui River. Xu Rong's purpose when he went to Guanzhong was definitely to enter Chang'an. If the army forced Wang Yun and Lu Bu to be in a hurry, and the two asked Xu Rong for help, the attack on Chang'an would still fail.

The third is Han Sui and Ma Teng, who are coming to Guanzhong. In the past two years, Han Sui and Ma Teng took advantage of the turmoil in the society and Dong Zhuo's inability to look westward, quickly occupied all the counties in the western part of Western Xinjiang, and tried every means to vigorously manage the western Xinjiang.

The pacification and stabilization of Western Xinjiang formed a de facto secession. However, Western Xinjiang is too poor, and no matter how hard Han Sui and Ma Teng try, they can't reverse the poor situation in Western Xinjiang without support, so they covet the rich Guanzhong and rack their brains to occupy Guanzhong.

With such a great opportunity today, how could they miss it? It is easy to invite Han Sui and Ma Teng into the Guanzhong, but it will be difficult to send them out of the Guanzhong.

Fourth, how to deal with the Son of Heaven and the imperial court? Holding the Son of Heaven and the imperial court hostage will become the enemy of the people of the world like Dong Zhuo.

With the current strength of 30,000 troops, it is simply impossible to compete with the Northern Xinjiang Army. Once the Northern Xinjiang Army disregards the life and death of the Son of Heaven and the imperial court, and does its best to attack Guanzhong, where will everyone go?

If you flee to the western Xinjiang, you may be eaten by Han Sui and Ma Teng. fled to Yizhou, where life is unfamiliar, and Liu Yan may be eaten in one bite.

Advancing is also death, retreating is also death, compared with the two, only by attacking Chang'an, putting it to death and then living, can there be hope of survival.

"What if the Northern Xinjiang Army enters Guanzhong?" Wang Fang asked.

"Li Hongzun is the son of today, and the eldest princess is in Jinyang, as long as we firmly control the Son of Heaven, the Northern Xinjiang Army will definitely not dare to set foot in Guanzhong." Jia Xu said with great certainty,

"If Li Hong hadn't cared about the life of the Son of Heaven, he would have been in the gate a long time ago." Jia Xu's explanation is very far-fetched, and no one believes Li Dao, Guo Yan and others.

Jia Xu smiled slightly and pointed to Jizhou on the map,

"Li Hong didn't dare to fight Guanzhong for several reasons." The main forces of the Northern Xinjiang Army are now in Jizhou, and there are Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan and the Black Mountain Yellow Turban Army in Jizhou, and the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army may also go north, and it will take a long time for Li Hong to occupy and stabilize Jizhou.

However, with the existing strength of northern Xinjiang, it is obviously unable to support a two-front battle. In my opinion, the Northern Xinjiang Army has aggravated the consumption of money and food because of the continuous operations in the western direction of the Kansai, and it is already at the end of its strong crossbow and cannot support it for long.

For Northern Xinjiang, the importance of Jizhou is self-evident, and Jizhou is directly related to the life and death of Northern Xinjiang, so as long as Jizhou is not stable, the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army will not leave Jizhou.

"Wenhe, there are three armies of Xu Rong, Yu Shi and Yan Liang in the west of the Guanxi, if you add the Tuntian soldiers in Hedong, their strength has already surpassed ours, if the Northern Xinjiang Army wants to fight Guanzhong......" Fan Chou was worried, shook his head and smiled bitterly,

"What else if, isn't the Northern Frontier Army attacking Guanzhong?" Jia Xu smiled calmly,

"The more the Northern Frontier Army attacks the army in Guanzhong, the more fiercely it fights, and the closer it is to the time for them to retreat, because they have no money and food to support them. And more importantly, our reinforcements will come sooner. "If Li Hong captures Guanzhong, his next target will be Western Xinjiang.

The rebellion in Western Xinjiang is uncertain, how can Guanzhong talk about stability? From the perspective of their own security, Han Sui and Ma Teng will definitely send troops to help us fight against the Northern Frontier Army.

"What if we lose?" Zhang Ji asked.

"If we are defeated, we will retreat to the west with the Son of Heaven and the ministers of the court. Who Han Sui and Ma Teng are, I believe everyone knows very well. The two of them took care of their reputation, and no matter what, they did not dare to risk the condemnation of the world and refuse the Son of Heaven to enter the western frontier. Jia Xu smiled lightly,

"At this time, the most uncomfortable person is Li Hong. If he doesn't save the Son of Heaven, how can he explain to the people of the world? Save the Son of Heaven and continue to attack the Western Xinjiang, where did he get the money and food to supply the army to fight in the Western Xinjiang? Do you want Jizhou anymore? "Guo Yan, Wang Fang and other Xiliang generals will be suspicious.

Jia Xu spared no effort to carefully analyze the situation, and in the end, the generals of Xiliang felt that as long as the army went to Chang'an, the situation would be reversed immediately, and not only could they save their lives and strength, but also have illustrious power and inexhaustible wealth.

"Kill, kill to Chang'an immediately." Guo Yan stood up excitedly, waved his hand and shouted. In May, Guanzhong, Fengyi County, and Xiatai City.

The Son of Heaven issued a holy decree one day, urging Long Xiang's general Xu Rong to immediately withdraw to Hedong. The eldest princess issued a holy decree a day, urging Long Xiang's general Xu Rong to immediately enter Chang'an.

Xu Rong couldn't advance or retreat, and he was at a loss. General, why haven't you heard from you yet? What am I going to do? While Xu Rong was anxiously waiting, Li Hong's letter was finally delivered to Daying.

The drastic changes in the situation in Guanzhong and Guanxi caught Li Hong off guard, and the temporary changes of the eldest princess and the Jinyang court made Li Hong even more dilemma.

In the case of the undecided battle situation in Jizhou, how should Northern Xinjiang choose? Did you immediately stop the fighting in Jizhou and concentrate on stabilizing Guanzhong?

In fact, by this time, the fighting in Jizhou had stopped, all the military rations had been used to relieve the displaced people, and the time for the army to attack Anping and Bohai County had been postponed until after the winter wheat harvest in May.

If the Northern Xinjiang Army stabilizes Guanzhong and secures Guanxi, in the next few months, it will have to fight fierce battles with Dong Zhuo's old department, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, and even Zhang Miao and other state and county officials, and all the money and grain in Northern Xinjiang will be supplied to the Guanzhong, Guanxi, and Kwantung battlefields in a centralized manner.

In this way, the war in Jizhou will be delayed again and again, and the consequences are worrying. However, the news from the desert has put northern Xinjiang in an even greater predicament.

The evil rebellion and the step refused Pound's mediation, and asked for help from the central Xianbei lord Kirby Xiong. Kirby Bear and Bear Ba issued a warning to the Hu tribes.

The conflict between the evil rebellion and the rangers is an internal matter of the Xianbei people, and if other Hu people intervene in it, they will be enemies of the entire Xianbei people.

The Huns, Qiang, and Karasuma used this as an excuse to be reluctant to send troops to meet the Fengyun Iron Cavalry. At present, only the Xianbei tribes such as Arc Ding, Qi Shen, Shooting Yingtong, Shooting Tiger, Mu Tao, and Mu Li have rushed to the Mobei Metropolitan Protectorate.

Pound's mediation was ineffective, so he had to join forces with the Xianbei tribes to launch an attack on the evil and the rebellious. There have been several skirmishes between the two sides.

The evil returned and retreated, gradually approaching the sunset. The rebels apparently intended to drag out the war until the rainy season, and then use the rainy season of May or June to find reinforcements.

Pang De, Yan Wuxing, Tie Yue, and Tian Yu jointly played for this purpose, asking the imperial court to immediately allocate money and grain, and once again begged the imperial court to requisition the Ural Mountain Iron Cavalry and Hetao Tuntian soldiers to be stationed in the desert.

Without strong force, it is difficult to deter the Hu tribes. However, the imperial court had no money and no food, and without money and grain, there was no way to recruit tens of thousands of Hetao Tuntian soldiers and Ural Mountain iron cavalry to be stationed in the desert.

Xian Yufu said in his reply to Pang De and Tian Yu that he asked you to hold on for a while longer, and when the general took Jizhou, the situation would be greatly improved.

Jizhou is the life-saving straw of northern Xinjiang, and it is necessary to resolutely and quickly take Jizhou. Li Hong thought about it again and again, and immediately suggested that the imperial court respect the will of the Son of Heaven and order Xu Rong to quickly withdraw from Guanzhong, and at the same time order the Northern Xinjiang Army to immediately abandon Guandong.

Ministers such as Ma Riyan, Yuan Peng, Yang Qi, Chen Ji, and Zheng Yan had a fierce argument with Li Hong over this.

Ma Riyan and Yuan Peng suggested that the relief of the absolute displaced people be cut off, and the army immediately launched an attack, first taking Jizhou, and then concentrating on securing Guanzhong and Luoyang.

Ma Riyan warned Li Hong that the war in Kansai must not stop. Once the rebels enter Chang'an, the Son of Heaven will be in danger.

Yang Qi, Chen Ji, Zheng Yan and other ministers supported Li Hong, the displaced people wanted relief, Jizhou should also be taken, as for Guanzhong, of course we should follow the order of the Son of Heaven to withdraw.

"The war in Kansai can be fought if it can be fought, and if it can't be fought, the rebels will be contained. At present, the money and food of the Northern Xinjiang Army on the Kansai battlefield were raised by Zhu Jun from various states and counties, and it should still be able to support it. After Yang Qi said a few words, he suddenly scolded Situ Wang Yun,

"This old puppet is domineering, he thinks that he killed Dong Zhuo and made a world-class feat? What kind of thing is he? Can he save the society and revive the Han? Wang Yun did not let the Northern Xinjiang Army enter Guanzhong, in fact, he was worried that his power would be taken away by the general, and he just wanted to drive the general and us out of the court. A vile and filthy villain, I see him dying. Li Hong was very surprised.

Wang Yun is the disciple of the former Taiwei Yang Ci, and Yang Qi is Yang Ci's nephew, the two should have a good relationship, how can it be like they have a deep hatred?

Chen Ji quietly told him that Wang Yun and Yang Ci were both upright people, and the two had been rivals since they were young because of their differences in academic and political views.

The ministers have different opinions, each with their own reasons. Li Hong was worried about the safety of the Son of Heaven, and he didn't dare to make up his mind.

Once there is a problem in Guanzhong, and the Son of Heaven is held hostage by ** again, the situation will be even more critical. Cui Lie hurriedly returned from Anpingguo.

He brought great news that Zhang Qi, the prime minister of Anping, was persuaded by Cui Lie to surrender the city. Peng Lie led his army into Xindu City, and Lu Yi led his army to Bohai County, preparing to meet Zhang Yan and attack Gongsun Zhan.

Zhao Yun led his army north to besiege Hejian County and Zhilecheng. Everyone was overjoyed and high-fived each other. Li Hong humbly asked Cui Lie for advice, how to deal with the matter in Guanzhong?

Yang Qi teased: "Master Cui has only one trick in his life, and all problems that cannot be solved will be abandoned." Cui Lie threw the document in his hand on the case, and said very angrily: "Since Wang Yun thinks that he can determine the situation and revitalize the society, then what else do we mix?" Do we have to compete with him for power? Abandoned, withdrew from Kanchu and Kanto. Ma Riyan was shocked and hurriedly stopped.

Cui Lie said loudly,

"Uncle Weng, if the Northern Xinjiang Army repeatedly resists the order at this time, what good will it do to the general and the Northern Xinjiang? You open your eyes and look at the displaced people in Jizhou, at this moment, whether it is the general, we should also, what we have to do is to stabilize Jizhou, stabilize northern Xinjiang, so that the people of Jizhou and northern Xinjiang are well fed and clothed, and can live, this is really for the sake of the society and the Han. Then he pointed at Ma Riyan and shouted,

"If you want to go back to Guanzhong and want to compete with Wang Yun for authority, then you go back and ask the general to send you back with a fast ride of eight hundred miles." Ma Riyan's face froze, and he was speechless.

Cui Lie roared hoarsely, obviously very dissatisfied with Wang Yun and the Chang'an court. As soon as Dong Zhuo died, the first thing Wang Yun did was to revoke the Jinyang Imperial Court, which was called to weaken the power of the general, but in fact he monopolized the authority.

The Han Dynasty has reached such a point that the scholars are still suspicious of each other and fall against each other. The scholars themselves can't unite and unite as one, so what else can we talk about saving the community?

For the sake of power and selfish interests, Wang Yun even ignored the country and the society that were about to be overthrown, openly split the scholars, persecuted Li Hong, and refused to appease Dong Zhuo's old department.

The views of the ministers were unified. Li Hong and the ministers jointly played the eldest princess and the imperial court, respected the will of the Son of Heaven, and retreated to Hedong.

After reading Li Hong's letter, the more Xu Rong thought about it, the more sad he became, and he suddenly covered his face and burst into tears. Zhang Baiqi stretched out his hand to put his arm around Xu Rong's shoulder, speechless.

"Zilie, let's go. What can we do if the generals can't solve it? ”

"The Son of Heaven is in trouble, the society is in danger, why is no one to save it, why?" Xu Rong shook his head again and again, his heart was like a knife,

"Niu Fu and Li Dao are in Tongguan, and the soldiers of the whole army have been forced to a dead end, so they can only fight back to the death. Xiliang Han Sui and Ma Teng have already entered Hanyang, and they are coming. Why did the general ignore it? Why did Lord Szeto turn a blind eye? Why? Zhang Baiqi raised his head and sighed.

The Northern Xinjiang Army withdrew from Guanzhong. When Lu Bu heard the news, Pegasus came to say goodbye. Xu Rong stood by the Weishui River, looking at the sky in the direction of Chang'an, speechless for a long time.

Suddenly, he fell to his knees, knelt three times and bowed nine times, and when he looked up at the sky, he was already in tears.

"Your Majesty, the minister has withdrawn his troops by order, Your Majesty, cherish it......" Xu Rong wiped his tears and flew on his horse.

Lu Bu felt sour in his heart, looked at Xu Rong's tall back, and couldn't help shouting,

"My lord......" Xu Rong slowly turned around, raised the horsewhip in his hand, pointed at Lu Bu and said sharply: "Protect Your Majesty, otherwise, I will kill you with my own hands." "Jump to