Chapter 4 Breaking the Cauldron and Sinking the Boat Tenth Section on May, Tongguan. Under Jia Xu's persuasion, Li Dao, Guo Yan and other Xiliang generals gave up their attack on Niu Fu.

Infighting will only exacerbate the rate of collapse of the army, and what is most needed at this critical moment of life and death is unity, concerted efforts, stability of the army, and morale of the army.

Niu Fu was forced to give up command of the army, and the generals of Xiliang unanimously elected Li Dao to lead the army. Li Dao immediately convened the military officials above the military waiting level to discuss the matter, he was impassioned in the big tent, you go back and tell every soldier that Lord Dong was killed by the ** pigtail of the court, the Son of Heaven was held hostage by the ** pigtail, and the society was in danger.

We want to enter Chang'an, kill the ** pigtail to save the Son of Heaven, and avenge Lord Dong. After entering Chang'an, every soldier is a meritorious hero of the imperial court and can get a rich reward.

That night, Tongguan was bright up and down, and the soldiers of Xiliang were making careful preparations for the attack on Chang'an.

Although the morale of the soldiers is not very high, they are very much looking forward to it when they hear that they will have food and drink and money when they enter Chang'an.

Niu Fu was remorseful, shocked and frightened. In order to get the court's pardon, he made mistakes again and again, first killing Dong Yue, and later killing Hu Zhen, which angered the generals of Xiliang, and a group of his old subordinates also felt cold and abandoned themselves without hesitation.

These old subordinates, like themselves, are all Xiliang people who have followed Dong Zhuo for many years, and when these people heard that they were going to fight in Chang'an to avenge Dong Zhuo, they were all enthusiastic and their morale was high.

If it weren't for the betrayal of these old subordinates, he wouldn't have lost his command of the army. Without the army, his days are numbered.

Niu Fu thought about it and decided to escape from Tongguan and go back to Xiliang over the mountains and mountains. The situation in front of him is very cruel, the army is attacked by the Northern Xinjiang Army and the imperial army, not to mention hitting Chang'an, even holding Tongguan is a problem, and defeat is a matter of time.

Niu Fu took advantage of the darkness and quietly escaped from the camp with more than 20 personal guards. After Li Wei heard the news, he sneered disdainfully,

"Lord Dong is really blind and has found such an ungrateful jackal as his son-in-law. Go with him, even if he reaches Xiliang, he won't live for a few days. Zhang Ji was unwilling to let him go.

He ordered his nephew Zhang Xiu to search along the road with a team of iron horsemen, and be sure to kill Niu Fu. Zhang Ji and Hu Zhen are fellow villagers, and Zhang Ji followed Hu Zhen to join the army back then.

The two have been brothers for decades, how can this revenge not be avenged? Zhang Xiu and Hu Che'er chased all the way. Niu Fu was frightened, turned around and fled towards the Yellow River.

Niu Fu thought, as long as I cross the Yellow River, even if I am caught by the Northern Frontier Army, I will not die. In the Northern Xinjiang Army, there are many generals from Xiliang who are familiar to them, and with their help, there is no problem in surviving.

Unfortunately, before Niu Fu could escape to the bank of the Yellow River, he was overtaken by Zhang Xiu and Hu Che'er. The two of them rushed up with iron horses and chopped Niu Fu into meat puree.

In Tongguan, Li Dao, Guo Yan, Jia Xu and others argued endlessly about whether to abandon the Taolin Fortress. Li Dao wants to give up the Peach Forest Fortress.

After the army fought out of Tongguan, there was no way to retreat, leaving a part of the men and horses to garrison Tongguan and block the northern Xinjiang army from entering the pass, and Guanxi simply gave up completely.

Guo Yan objected. Keeping the Peach Forest Fortress would give the army one last chance to survive. Once the army is blocked from attacking Chang'an, it will definitely retreat to Tongguan, and if Li Hong agrees to our request at this time and lets us retreat to the northern frontier, then we will be saved.

Li Hong once killed the enemy side by side with us on the battlefield in Western Xinjiang, and also rescued us in the Battle of Lingwu Valley, with his person, coupled with the persuasion of Xu Rong and Liyi these Xiliang generals, he will definitely give us a way out.

Li Wei scoffed. In the past few years, the Northern Xinjiang Army has repeatedly fought with us in the Kanto and Kansai regions, and they have a deep grudge against each other.

If Li Hong is willing to let us go to northern Xinjiang to avoid trouble, why is he beating us now? The two had different opinions and quarreled, and Fan Chou, Wang Fang and others also insisted on their own words, and no one could convince anyone.

There are more and more opinions, and Jia Xu doesn't dare to make up his mind easily. At this time, Zhang Ji sent an urgent report from Taolin Fortress, and the Northern Xinjiang Army suddenly retreated ten miles and stopped fighting.

Li Dao, Guo Yan and other Xiliang generals looked at each other in shock. Does Li Hong want to give us a way out?

Jia Xu was overjoyed and jumped up,

"Quick, quick, attack Chang'an immediately, ...... quickly" Li Wei hesitated,

"Wenhe, the ...... of the Northern Xinjiang Army"

"You have to control your own destiny." Jia Xu said eagerly,

"When we arrive in northern Xinjiang, we are fish belly, and we have to be slaughtered by others, so we can't go to northern Xinjiang."

"Do you still want the Peach Forest Fortress?" Guo Yan hurriedly asked.

"Let Zhang Ji take 3,000 people to guard Tongguan, let his nephew Zhang Xiu lead 1,000 people to garrison Taolin Fortress, and the rest of the army will all be killed to Chang'an." Jia Xu said loudly,

"As long as we take Chang'an and control the Son of Heaven and the imperial court, no one in this world can defeat us."

"Good ......" Li Dao slapped the case with a palm,

"Command the army, set off immediately and attack Chang'an." On May, Kansai, Hongnong Daying. Zhu Jun held Yuan Shao's letter and wanted to cry without tears.

Luoyang fell. This letter was sent by Zhang Cheng, the former governor of Yique, who stayed in Luoyang. Zhang Cheng said that Chun Yuqiong suddenly surrounded Ping Nian in the middle of the night, and the 3,000 army was caught off guard and trapped in the camp.

Many of the 3,000 men and soldiers were originally Yuan Shao's men, and with their instigation and persuasion, the 3,000-strong army quickly surrendered.

"Yuan Shao arrived in Luoyang?" Zhang Cheng nodded, smiling helplessly,

"My lord, Yuan Shao holds the holy decree of the Son of Heaven. The Son of Heaven worshiped Yuan Shao as the general of the chariot and cavalry, and ordered him to immediately lead the army into Luoyang. I had no choice but to open the gates. ”

"How's Hangu Pass?"

"When I entered the customs, Pan Feng, Zhu Ling, Tao Sheng and others had already been closed by Chen Bing." Zhang Cheng timidly looked at Kill Jun and whispered,

"Yuan Nuan said that if the Northern Xinjiang Army did not immediately withdraw from Kansai, he would quickly launch an attack." Zhu Jun closed his eyes in pain.

The eldest princess and the Jinyang court transferred Xu Rong and let Zhu Jun command the Northern Frontier Army in Guanxi, the purpose was to defeat Dong Zhuo's old ministry as soon as possible and completely eliminate the threat of Dong Zhuo's old army to Chang'an.

Xu Rong and the generals of Xiliang are not only familiar, but also have many years of friendship, at this critical moment, he suddenly advocated appeasement, which made the Jinyang court unacceptable.

Appeasement takes time and is even more risky, and the situation in Guanzhong will undergo some unpredictable changes over time.

Once the situation in Guanzhong changes abruptly again, the best time to save and stabilize the community may be fleeting.

The four ministers Zhang Wen, Lu Zhi, Xian Yufu, and Li Wei immediately made a countermeasure and ordered Xu Rong to lead the army into Chang'an to control the situation in Chang'an.

Xu Rong left Kansai, who commanded the Kansai and Kanto battlefields best? At present, only Zhu Jun can coordinate and command the two battlefields of Kansai and Kanto.

Zhu Jun has always been in charge of the garrison of Kwantung and Luoyang, and has an army of 10,000 under Zhou Hua, Zhang Cheng and others.

In addition, with his high prestige among the warriors, it would definitely be no problem for him to hold the eldest princess and the holy decree of the imperial court and command the three armies of Jade, Yan Liang and Zhang He who remained in Kansai.

It is especially important that Zhu Jun and the imperial court can be consistent and will not be disobedient like Xu Rong. The generals of the Northern Xinjiang Army, such as Yushi, Yan Liang, and Zhang He, had a deep grudge against each other because of repeated battles with Dong Zhuo's army in recent years.

But Xu Rong advocated appeasement, although the other generals complained, they did not dare to stand up and openly oppose it, and no one wanted to offend Xu Rong.

Zhu Jun was worried about the safety of the Son of Heaven and Chang'an, and was anxious to pacify Dong Zhuo's old department, which coincided with the thoughts of the generals of the Northern Xinjiang Army.

Zhang Wen and other ministers of the DPRK and China saw this, so they were very relieved to hand over the command of the Guanbei Frontier Army to Zhu Jun.

The generals of the Northern Xinjiang Army were very cooperative, and Zhu Jun even spared no cost, and even sent reinforcements from Luoyang to attack the Taolin Fortress.

However, at this juncture, Yuan Shao suddenly entered Luoyang and occupied the Kanto, which dealt Zhu Jun a heavy blow.

The loss of Kanto and the fall of Luoyang are not a matter of how much responsibility they have, but a matter of the inability of the Son of Heaven and the imperial court to return to Kyoto quickly, and the great cause of saving Sheji will be seriously delayed.

Yuan Shao occupied the eastern part of the country, which cut off the connection between northern Xinjiang and southern prefectures and counties, and the northern Xinjiang army and his Henan army were all cut off from food and grass.

Now whether it is to turn around and fight the Kanto region, or continue to fight Dong Zhuo's old department, it is powerless. If Yuan Shao gained a firm foothold in the eastern part of the country, and then united with Liu Biao, Yuan Tan and other armies to defeat Yuan Shu and occupy Jing, Yu, Yan, Yang and other prefectures, then Yuan Shao's power would expand violently.

Yuan Shao has always refused to recognize the current son of the day, insisting on rebuilding the imperial system, and when his power is in full swing, he will definitely rebuild the imperial system and set up another son of heaven.

The world is in chaos. The sin of misleading the country, even if you die, you can't atone for it. The more Zhu Jun thought about it, the more he regretted it, and the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became.

Yushi, Yan Liang, Zhang He, Gao Lan, Hua Xiong, Gao Shun, Zhou Hua, Tian Chou and other generals gathered in the big tent of the army for urgent consultations.

"Lord Zhu, didn't Yuan Shao's army fight fiercely with the Yellow Turban Army in Montenegro? Why did you suddenly kill Luoyang? Zhang He asked suspiciously,

"Even if Chun Yuqiong told Yuan Shao the news of Dong Zhuo's killing, but Yuan Shao entered Luoyang in such a short period of time, it is obviously ......" Zhang He didn't continue, he meant that someone under your Lord Zhu Jun must have betrayed you and made an internal response to Yuan Shao.

After Xu Rong left Guanxi, his army was led by Zhang He. Xu Rong appreciated Gao Shun very much, and when he left, he transferred him out of Yan Liang's army and made Zhang He his deputy.

Zhu Jun sighed. Yuan Valve's power is not something he can contend with.

"Many ministers in the Chang'an court had a very close relationship with Yuan Shao, such as Lord Situ Wang Yun." Zhang Cheng explained,

"The holy decree that Yuan Shao showed me is absolutely true. The only one who can give Yuan Shao this holy decree is Lord Situ, so I think Yuan Shao may know the truth about the Chang'an Mutiny and Dong Zhuo's killing earlier than us. In addition, the gate valve tycoons in various parts of the Kanto region, including the princely families in Luoyang City, are inextricably linked with Yuan Valve, and as long as Yuan Shao enters the customs, he can quickly gain a firm foothold in the Kanto. ”

"Let's not talk about that now." Tian Chou shook his hand and said,

"Are we going to fight Kanto, or are we going to continue to fight the Taolin Fortress and march into the Guanzhong? Or ......" He looked at Zhu Jun with a cold expression and said cautiously,

"Retreat to the east of the river?" The Northern Xinjiang Army had already intended to abandon Kwantung, and Li Hong told Xu Rong in a letter as early as early April that if he could not defend it, he should give up as soon as possible, and not to fall into a two-front battle for a long time, which delayed the battle in Jizhou.

Now Yuan Shao took advantage of the favorable opportunity of the mutation in Guanzhong to occupy Luoyang without much effort, and the grain and grass of the Guanbei Frontier Army were suddenly cut off, and retreating to Hedong was the best choice.

But no one wanted to retreat to Hedong. Yushi, Yan Liang and others strongly demanded to continue the attack on Taolin Fortress and completely annihilate Dong Zhuo's old department.

"We just need to fight for a few more days, and they're finished."

"After completely annihilating Dong Zhuo's old department, we will be able to quickly enter Guanzhong and meet Lord Xu Rong."

"At present, the holy decree of the eldest princess and the imperial court is still valid, and the top priority is to immediately annihilate Dong Zhuo's old ministry and stabilize Guanzhong." Zhou Hua, Zhang Cheng and others, considering Zhu Jun and their own future, strongly requested to turn around and attack Kanto, and drove Yuan Shao out of Luoyang while Yuan Shao's foothold was not stable.

The generals of the Northern Xinjiang Army and the Henan Army argued fiercely.

"Continue to attack the Taolin Fortress and annihilate Dong Zhuo's old troops to ensure that Chang'an and the Son of Heaven are worry-free." Zhu Jun said categorically,

"I will bear the sin of losing Kanto alone." Hangu Pass was lost, and Zhu Jun hurriedly played Jinyang. Before the holy decree arrived, Xu Rong's letter arrived first.

Xu Rong hurriedly wrote to Zhu Jun, with a letter from the hussar general Li Hong. All fighting was stopped, and the Northwest Frontier Army quickly retreated to Hedong.

Li Hong's letter was addressed to Xu Rong, but this letter explained in great detail the current difficult situation in northern Xinjiang and helped the generals of the northern Xinjiang army to understand the situation.

Due to the disaster of the displaced people in Jizhou, the desert rebellion could not be quelled for a while, and the wealth of northern Xinjiang had reached its limit, Li Hong asked the army in the northeast of Hebei to obey the will of the Son of Heaven and quickly withdraw from Guanzhong.

Xu Rong said in his letter that the loss of the Kwantung region and the cutting off of food and grass for the army in the northwest of the Guandong were cut off, and there was no way out except to immediately retreat to Hedong.

Please ask Lord Zhu Jun to stop the war for the time being and wait for the imperial decree. Kanto was lost, and Jinyang was shocked. Although the imperial court also had the intention of abandoning Kanto in the past, it was in the presence of Dong Zhuo.

Now that Dong Zhuo has been killed, Dong Zhuo's power has fallen apart overnight, and there is hope for the salvation of Sheji, Kanto cannot be lost, especially not to be occupied by Yuan Shao, who refuses to respect him as the son of today.

The consequences of Yuan Shao's occupation of Luoyang were very serious, and once he gained a firm foothold, he had to rebuild the imperial system. After the emergence of two sons of heaven in the Han Dynasty, the extent of chaos in the world can be imagined.

Zhang Wen, Lu Zhi, Cai Yong and other ministers ignored the opposition of Xian Yufu and Li Wei, and immediately asked the eldest princess to issue an order, ordering Zhu Jun and Xu Rong to quickly recapture Kanto at all costs.

At the same time, he begged Li Hong to suspend the war in Jizhou, and first concentrate on stabilizing Guanzhong and keeping Guandong and Luoyang.

Xu Rong rushed to Hongnong with 100,000 troops and ordered the Northern Xinjiang Army to stand by and prepare to retreat to Hedong.

"Zilie, do you want to resist the order?" Zhu Jun asked angrily.

"As soon as the war in the Kwantung region is in the Kwantung region, Jizhou will run out of food, and thousands of displaced people in Jizhou will starve to death." Xu Ying shouted excitedly,

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