In early May, Chang'an.

Duan Xuan and Huangfu Hong hurriedly reported to Chang'an, and the rebels suddenly withdrew to Tongguan.

Wang Yun and the ministers of the court were overjoyed, and everyone agreed that the Northern Xinjiang Army had finally obeyed the will of the Son of Heaven and launched an attack on the rebels from Kansai, and the rebels were about to be defeated.

Huangfu Song once again proposed to appease. Surprisingly, Wang Yun agreed.

At this time, the rebels' food and grass had been exhausted, and their morale was also extremely low, and if the northern army attacked with great force, the rebels could be crushed with one blow.

However, considering that the rebels are cornered, it is also possible that they will resist stubbornly and fight back to the death, inflicting heavy losses on the northern army.

The imperial army was limited in numbers, and if the northern army suffered heavy losses during the attack, not only would the northern army not be able to drive Yue Fei away, but it would also be possible for the northern army in Guanxi to take the opportunity to enter Guanzhong.

Once the main forces of the Northern Xinjiang Army met in Guanzhong, Guanzhong would be controlled by the Northern Xinjiang Army.

In order to preserve the strength of the northern army, Wang Yun ordered the attack to be stopped and sent a pacification envoy to Kansai.

In Wang Yun's view, as long as it is delayed for a while longer, let the Northern Xinjiang Army in Guanxi and the Northern Army in Guanzhong maintain the deterrence of the rebels, and the rebels will soon collapse when they have neither a way out nor food.

Wang Yun asked the former Liangzhou Assassin Shi Hu Jie and the former Hanyang Taishou Yang Rong to go to Guanxi to appease.

At this time, Hanyang County in Western Xinjiang rushed to the imperial court, and the guerrilla general Han Sui and the partial general Ma Teng heard that there was a mutiny in Chang'an and that Dong Zhuo was killed, so they hurriedly led the army to kill Sanfu.

The Taishou of Hanyang County said in a hurry: "Han Sui and Ma Teng did not believe in the edict of the Son of Heaven at all, they thought that the Son of Heaven was in danger, and insisted on leading the army to kill King Qin of Chang'an. ”

Wang Yun was furious and accused Huangfu Song of colluding and rebelling, ill-intentioned, and plotting in front of the Son of Heaven.

Huangfu Song sneered and didn't say a word.

Taiwei Zhou Zhong, Sikong Chun Yujia, Shangshu Lingshi Sun Rui and many Guanzhong and Xiliang ministers couldn't stand it anymore, and they all pleaded for Huangfu Song.

Without evidence, how can it be said that Han Sui and Ma Teng were called by Huangfu Song?

Taiwei Zhou Zhong immediately asked the Son of Heaven to worship Huangfu Song as the general of the expedition to the west, and immediately went west to Liangzhou to persuade Han Sui and Ma Teng to quit the army.

The Son of Heaven didn't dare to agree, and turned his head to look at Wang Yun.

Now the only person in the DPRK and China who can make Han Sui and Ma Teng quit the army with their own strength is Huangfu Song. In addition, Wang Yun didn't want to offend the ministers of Guanzhong and Xiliang at this critical moment. So, he reluctantly nodded in agreement.

In the afternoon of the same day, Huangfu Song, the general of the expedition to the west, hurriedly went west to Liangzhou with fifty iron cavalry guards.

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In early May, Tongguan.

Niu Fu, Hu Zhen, Li Dao, Guo Yan and other Xiliang generals quarreled, and Niu Fu and Li Dao almost drew their knives to each other.

The Northern Xinjiang Army was treacherous, Yue Fei rebelled, and the army was almost wiped out. Niu Fu was furious about this, and he suspected that Li Dao, Guo Yan, Zhang Ji, and Li Ru had secretly surrendered to the imperial court, and wanted to put him and tens of thousands of soldiers in the army to death.

Hu Zhen thinks that Yue Fei is not this kind of person, and there must be a reason for this. He took the initiative to ask to go to the Taolin Fortress to talk to Yue Fei again. But Niu Fu didn't trust him and thought that Hu Zhen had betrayed Dong Zhuo.

As soon as Hu Zhen walked out of Tongguan, he was besieged and killed by Niu Fu's personal guard Qu. When the head was brought to the council hall, the blood coming out of the cranial cavity was still steaming.

Li Wei, Guo Yan, Fan Chou, Zhang Ji, and Wang Fang were furious, and the five of them rushed out of Tongguan, gathered troops, and surrounded Niu Fu's large army.

Li Ru tried every means to dissuade him, but unfortunately to no avail. Just when the two sides were about to break out, the court's appeasement envoy arrived.

"Wencai (Hu Jie), renovation (Yang Rong), if it is persuaded to surrender, you will immediately give me a return to Chang'an." Li Dao said angrily, "Everyone has been friends for many years, and I don't want to kill you." ”

Hu Jie arched his hand and said: "Childish, we are not here to persuade you to surrender, but to help you kill back Chang'an." ”

Li Dao Yangtian smiled bitterly: "Forget it, don't die with us, it's not worth it." Go back. I know that Wang Yun and Xu Rong hate the Xiliang people to the core, and they have almost killed the Xiliang officials in the Guanzhong, but now we can't protect ourselves and can't take revenge. ”

"Childish, Han Sui and Ma Teng are about to hit Chang'an." Yang Rong said, "Yue Fei's army is in Xiaqi, only two hundred miles away from Chang'an, but Wang Yun and Xu Rong resolutely demanded that the Northern Xinjiang Army withdraw from Guanzhong. Yue Fei was very angry, and the two sides were currently waiting on both sides of the Weishui River. ”

"Really?" Li Wei couldn't believe his ears, "Mr. Wenyue and Shou Cheng killed Sanfu? Yue Fei is in Xiadi? ”

"Absolutely." Hu Rong said, "As soon as Dong Zhuo died, Han Sui and Ma Teng became rebels again, and Xiliang saw that there was about to start another war, how could the two of them endure it?" So as soon as we sent the letter, they sent troops. Childish, kill back, and immediately kill Chang'an. ”

"Fight." Li Dao waved his hand and shouted, "Whether it's dead or alive, it's the same thing." Let's kill ...... back."

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 ......" Li Ru, who had been lying on the desk and looking at the map carefully, hurriedly said, "Childish, this matter must 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 kill back to Chang'an, but it's very difficult to really do it.

The army suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Tongguan, coupled with a series of subsequent civil strife, there are 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 Yue Fei 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. Yue flew to Guanzhong, and the purpose must have been to enter Chang'an. If the army forced Wang Yun and Xu Rong to be anxious, and the two asked Yue Fei 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 be like Dong Zhuo, becoming the enemy of the people of the world. 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 Yi respects the son of today, and the eldest princess is in Quanzhou, as long as we firmly control the Son of Heaven, the Northern Xinjiang Army will definitely not dare to set foot in Guanzhong." Li Ru said with great certainty, "If Li Yi hadn't cared about the life of the Son of Heaven, he would have entered the gate a long time ago." ”

Li Ru's explanation is very far-fetched, and no one in Li Dao, Guo Yan and others believe it.

Li Ru smiled slightly, pointed to Jizhou on the map, and said: "Li Yi didn't dare to fight Guanzhong for several reasons. ”

"The main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army is now in Jizhou, and Jizhou has Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan and the Black Mountain Yellow Turban Army, and the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army may also go north, and it will take a long time for Li Yi 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."

"Wen You, there are three armies of Yue Fei, Huang Zhong and Zhang Fei in the west of Guanxi, if you add Xun Di in Shangjun, Yu Ban in Hedong and Wei Yan in Hangu Pass, their strength has already surpassed us, 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 Xinjiang Army attacking Guanzhong?" ”

Li Ru smiled calmly and said: "The more the Northern Xinjiang Army attacks the army in Guanzhong, the more fierce the fight, the closer it is to the time for them to retreat, because they have no money and food to support. And more importantly, our reinforcements will come sooner. ”

"If Li Yi captures Guanzhong, the 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. Li Ru smiled lightly, "At this time, the most uncomfortable person is Li Yi." 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 generals of Xiliang will be suspicious.

Li Ru 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 prominent power and inexhaustible wealth.

Guo Yan stood up excitedly, waved his hand and shouted: "Kill, kill Chang'an immediately." (To be continued.) )