Chapter Twenty-Seven: Redeeming the Lower and Leaving the Higher

Dong Zhuo has three corps under the command of Zhonglang General, namely Tun'anyi and Shaanxi County, Zhonglang General Niu Fu; The section of the pond west of the Tunhan Valley Pass is simmered; and Dongyue, which guarded the Huayin area, which was closest to Chang'an.

The three corps each had a dangerous position, and there were three lines of defense to impregnate the garrison of Chang'an City.

At this time, the news of Dong Zhuo's death came out from Chang'an, and it flew like a plague on the land of Guanzhong...... Dong Zhuo was a very popular minister when he was alive, and he also left a stench for 10,000 years when he died.

Shaanxi County.

Dong Zhuo's son-in-law Niu Fu's soldiers and horses are stationed here, and the captains of Liangzhou are scattered in Chang'an, after Dong Zhuo's assassination, Niu Fu's official position is the highest, and the prestige in the army is also the thickest, so all the generals and captains are looking forward to Niu Fu's horses.

It's just that this horse is looking forward, and it can't fully explain the chaos in Guanzhong at this time.

Dong Zhuo died in one day, and the Liangzhou soldiers raised their spears to the west, and Dong Yue, who was guarding the Huayin line, was originally the rear army, but in a blink of an eye, he became the front army; Duan Xuan, who was guarding the pond, was originally the front army, but it became the rear in an instant, and the attack and defense were changed in a hurry, who could accept it?

"Dong Yue, this bastard, as soon as his father-in-law died, he should have faced the soldiers of Bingzhou and killed him in Chang'an, and he took the soldiers and horses to retreat without a fight!"

In the tent of the commander of the Chinese army, Niu Fu gritted his teeth and scolded bitterly, and the bad news in the past few days has come, so that these five big and three rough Liangzhou Zhonglang will not be able to figure out the context of the development of the world, and he will stare at him but he does not know what is the way to save the lives of these people.

First, Dong Zhuo was assassinated in Chang'an by the thief Lu Bu of Bingzhou, and then Xu Rong, who was guarding Jingzhaoyin, was surrendered by the people of Bingzhou, and raised troops to the west together with Li Su...... Immediately after, Dong Yue, who was guarding Tongguan, retreated without a fight, and led more than 10,000 Liangzhou soldiers and horses to retreat without a fight, giving way to Huashan Tongguan.

"Summons the orders, pass on the fart orders, come and write a few letters on my behalf and send them to the generals and lieutenants of the ministries." Holding the hood and getting up and walking out of the big tent, Niu Fu, who was used to being angry, only felt short of breath at this time, and said to the left and right: "Let's just say that Dong Gong was harmed by the people of Bingzhou, and Niu Mou discussed with them to execute all the people in the army and Zhou, so as not to defect in wartime...... That's all there is to it, teach them to do it themselves. ”

Quite tired to say, Niu Fu assigned his henchman Hu Chi'er to beat the drum to gather generals, and soon the captains, Sima, and Qu generals under his command hurried over, Niu Fu ordered: "Dong Yue grass dog, Niu is different, failed to enter Chang'an to avenge my father-in-law has made my Liangzhou son shameful, at this time must not retreat to the east, I want to die with the state soldiers, what do you mean?" ”

"Obey the general's orders!"

The people of Liangzhou have never lacked courage, after Dong Zhuo's death, what they lacked was the backbone, and they were generals who could carry the Liangzhou soldiers...... Dong Zhuo's dominance in the court is not accidental, and the proud and brave Liangzhou army under his command has made great contributions.

"Expedition! Hit Li Su! ”

The Liangzhou soldiers, who had lost their main general, marched west from Shaanxi County and encountered Li Su's army in Shaanxi.

When Dong Zhuo was alive, the number of Bingzhou troops was small and the combat power was strong, until Lu Bu defected to Dong Zhuo and was reused, and the Bingzhou faction recruited troops, although the number of troops was slightly larger, the combat power decreased a lot. Even if the recruitment is expanded, there are only more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, which still counts the people of Lu Bu's headquarters.

As for Li Su, after Dong Zhuo's death, he was only a second-rate general under Lu Bu, and there were only more than 3,000 people under his command, and he didn't even experience a few decent battles. Tongguan, Hongnong, and successive city guards will surrender without a fight, so that Li Su is not careful enough to fall into the pocket under Niu Fubu.

Li Su's performance in the war was even worse than Dong Yue, who retreated without a fight...... The 3,000 soldiers spread out the front but were surrounded by Niu Fu, Li Su saw that there was no chance to win, so he ordered a retreat, but how could the army retreat when it was trapped in the battle array?

Of the 3,000 soldiers and horses, only 600 escaped alive to Hongnong.

Lu Bu, who led the army to cross Tongguan and sent troops to Hongnong, was furious about this, and immediately ordered Li Su, the general of the defeated army, to be executed, and ordered Xu Rongbu to follow Hongnong and defend Tongguan.

Li Su defeated more than 2,000 soldiers and horses, but the Niu auxiliary army had thousands of troops, plus Dong Yue's troops who didn't know where to retreat, no matter how arrogant Lu Bu was, he didn't think he could face more than 20,000 Liangzhou troops. It can only abandon the vast Hongnong County, and defend the Tongguan Pass to take the opportunity to fight.

Winning the first battle, Niu Fu led the army into Hongnong. Here, let him meet an old acquaintance, Zhonglang General Dong Yue.

When Lu Bu, Li Su and others attacked Tongguan, Dong Yue did not dare to resist, led his troops to retreat, and then gave way to Hongnong. It's not that he thinks he can't beat Lu Bu, it's entirely because he hasn't figured out how to treat the court. Just as Niu Fu led his troops to defeat Li Su and scared Lu Bu away, Dong Yue hurriedly stationed his soldiers and horses in the south of Hongnong and led a group of personal soldiers to find Niu Fu.

"Niu Zhonglang, this Xiangguo is dead, what should we do?" Dong Yue walked into Niu Fu's tent with a bitter face, his demeanor and posture were very casual, and he didn't care what Niu Fu thought, so he sat down opposite Niu Fu and said, "What's the matter, you and I have to come up with a way, right?" ”

Niu Fu glanced at Dong Yue quietly, this bastard who lost Tongguan used to be respectful to himself. What's the matter, listening to the meaning of the words now, is it intended to be on an equal footing with yourself?

"Take any way, there is only one way, and you can beat Tongguan...... If it weren't for Dong Zhonglang losing Tongguan, now we have at least 60,000 soldiers and horses under our hands, and we would have overturned Chang'an City to avenge Xiangguo! ”

It's really different now, otherwise Niu Fu would want to kill Dong Yue now!

"Eh, Niu Zhonglang, you can't say that, Dong's soldiers and horses are in front, if I ask Lu Bu first, what if you Niu Zhonglang is rebelled by the court from behind?" Dong Yue didn't like to hear this, and said strongly: "Isn't Xu Rong standing in front!" ”

"Don't talk about those useless ones, the matter has come to this point, I will ask you if you can fight Tongguan or Chang'an!"

Dong Yue saw that Niu Fu was aggressive, and frowned: "This matter should be discussed in the long run, at this time, fighting Chang'an is an enemy of the imperial court...... Why don't you go to the court first, please surrender? ”

What the fuck please drop!

Niu Fu's eyes almost wanted to erupt with fire, and he raised his hand to hammer the case hard, wanting to say a few cruel words, but found that he really had no restraint on Dong Yue now, and finally could only grit his teeth from his mouth in discouragement: "Hu Chi'er! Witch hunting! ”

For the sake of today's plan, it is still necessary to use the means that the people of Liangzhou have always used to solve the outstanding problems...... Divination!

After a while, the only military witch Zhu came over and lowered his head, squinted his eyes with a sheep's skull scepter and asked, "The general summons the witch, what is the matter?" ”

Dong Yue has always been unable to see Wu Zhu's appearance, raised his leg and kicked Wu Zhu to the ground, the copper coins in the turtle shell were scattered all over the ground, and said: "Niu Zhonglang is looking for this thing to pretend to be a ghost, what is the major event of the two armies fighting, how can a witch be allowed to talk nonsense?" ”

"What are you doing!" Niu Fu slapped the case a few times angrily: "You sit down for me, the sky is always lucky, and the people of Liangzhou want to believe in the sky!" ”

Dong Yue sat on the ground angrily, he didn't believe in heaven, he just didn't want to be an enemy of the imperial court. How long has it been since the good days, what's the matter, Dong Zhuo is your Niu Fu's father-in-law, but he is not my Dong Yue's father-in-law, so I'm going to follow you to fight Chang'an?

Thinking of this, Dong Yue was even more annoyed, pointed at the witch Zhu and said angrily: "You count it for Lao Tzu, count it!" ”

Wu Zhu is very important in the lives of the people of Liangzhou, but their status is not high, especially compared with a Zhonglang general like Dong Yue, who has a heavy army, it is even lower than the dust. Facing the arrogant Dong Yue, Wu Zhu still squinted his eyes and didn't dare to speak, knelt on the ground and slowly put the copper coin into the turtle shell and asked, "What does the general want to be?" ”

"Wu, come and ask Taiyi, how should I lead the soldiers and horses in the future?"

Niu Fu's face was extremely serious when he said this, he was really confused about the future, as soon as Dong Zhuo died, the huge Liangzhou army fell apart in an instant...... Even Dong Yue didn't accept him, let alone others, how could he lead this army to avenge his father-in-law?

Wu Zhu nodded and said softly, "General, wait a minute." ”

As he spoke, the tortoise shell kept shaking in his hand, and after a moment it fell to the ground, and the scattered copper coins were arranged in different directions and positions, and the plain coins seemed to have great power at this time...... That is the power to communicate heaven and earth.

"The general, the One God, gave a response."

Niu Fu stared at the copper coins until his eyes were in one place, and he still couldn't understand what Taiyi God meant, so he had to raise his eyes and cast a puzzled look at Wu, and then he heard Wu whisper in his ear: "Redeeming the lower and leaving the upper is a hexagram from the outside and seeking the inside...... Next to the general, someone rebelled! ”

Wu Yin's slow voice of compassion blew up goosebumps all over Niu Fu's words, and at this moment, Dong Yue poked his head over and asked, "What does this Wu say about the things that go up and down, Niu Zhonglang, what do you mean?" ”

Next to the general, someone rebelled!

Isn't it Dong Yue next to him now?

Suddenly, the knife flashed and cut through Dong Yue's neck, and Niu Fu shouted violently: "Hu Chi'er! ”

Hu Chi'er, a henchman outside the tent, hurriedly entered the account, but saw Niu Fu staring at his somewhat nervous eyes and clenching the ring knife, while on the ground in the tent, Dong Yue covered his throat with his hand, inhaled but couldn't speak, blood continued to gush out from between his fingers, and it flowed all over the carpet in an instant.

"General, General?"

"Go, take someone to execute all Dong Yue's relatives, and those people from the state, execute, all execute!" The cold hair on Niu Fu's back was chilling, even if he killed Dong Yue, he still couldn't alleviate the fear in his heart, and raised his sword and roared: "Gather the remnants of Dong Yue's army, attack, attack Tongguan!" ”

Niu Fu's sensitivity seemed to doom the end of this army, and at a very fast speed, the men and horses of the headquarters executed hundreds of people in the army, accepted more than 10,000 soldiers and horses of Dong Yue's troops stationed in the county, and marched towards Tongguan with a total of 20,000 troops.

Duan Xuan, who was stationed in the pond, did not obey Niu Fu's orders, and watched Niu Fu's deployment in Guanzhong without moving.

Niu Fu's army attacked Tongguan, but Lu Bu did not dare to resist and led the army to retreat to Chang'an...... However, Niu Fu's luck was not very good, Duan Xuan's immobility made him believe in Wu Zhu's words more and more, and it was the first night of the capture of Tongguan, Hu Chi'er came to report that the troops and horses bombed the camp, and some people rebelled.

For a while, there were shouts of killing everywhere outside the Chinese army's tent, Niu Fu didn't know the truth, and led Hu Chi'er and five or six henchmen to flee from the camp with wrapped gold beads, and embarked on a road of no return.