"What if Li Dao doesn't want to? What if he retreats to Chang'an City? Guo Tu looked at the trial and asked very suspiciously, "The Xiliang Army is galloping here, and the Northern Xinjiang Army is still on the other side of the Yellow River, what do you say Li Dao will do?" Will he believe us? ”

"If he doesn't believe us, he will be trampled to death by Xiliang's iron horse!" The judge sneered, "Li Dao wants to survive, so he will not hesitate to agree to us." ”

"It's just wishful thinking on your part." Feng Ji scoffed, "Li Ji is not an idiot, he can figure out what will happen to him once he falls into our hands." He will definitely retreat into Chang'an City and defend the city. ”

"My lord, please make a decision." The judge was too lazy to argue with Feng Ji, and instead urged Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao walked back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, contemplating and thinking.

"Burn Chang'an!" Yuan Shao suddenly slapped his palm on the desk, gritted his teeth and said, "Burn Chang'an, Li Dao has nothing to do with us for help, what other way does he have to retreat?" ”

Everyone was stunned.

Burning down Chang'an City is something that I can't even think of.

"Lord, are you crazy?" The judge shouted loudly, "Dong Zhuo didn't dare to burn Luoyang City back then, how could he burn Chang'an City?" ”

"If we don't burn Chang'an, Li Wei may not believe us, if he retreats to Chang'an City, what will we do? As long as the Northern Frontier Army appears under the city of Chang'an, our operation will fail this year. Yuan Shao said very resolutely, "There are our people in Chang'an City, and we sent people to tell them that the soldiers disguised as Li Dao burned down the palace, and then blamed Li Dao and forced Li Dao to a dead end." ”

"Lord, once the palace is burned, it will inevitably implicate the people's houses in Chang'an City, and then it will not be the palace that will be burned, but the entire Chang'an City." The judge was frightened, knelt on the ground, and loudly dissuaded, "Lord, please think twice." Li Wei's strength in his hands is limited, and Xiliangjun and Guo Yan are eyeing each other again, at this time, of course he is willing to join forces with the lord. As long as he joins forces with the lord, Li Dao can not only preserve his strength to win, but also consume the lord's strength, why not do it? Why did he want to hide in Chang'an City? Is he willing to watch the lord join forces with Han Sui, Ma Teng, Guo Yan, Duan Xuan and others to fight Chang'an? Li Dao is also a battle-hardened general, he is not an idiot, he can't see such a simple truth? ”

Yuan Shao shook his head and said resolutely: "It's decided." ”

Then he walked outside the tent, pointed to Yuan Tan and said, "Go and invite Kuai Yue, Duan Xuan, Xu Xuan and others, and I will discuss with them about the army going north to Chang'an." ”

The trial had to be persuaded again, but he saw that he had his back to Yuan Shao and shook his hand at him again and again.

The judge sighed, got up from the ground, looked at Yuan Shao's back and shook his head again and again, and said with an extremely depressed expression: "Why is the lord unwilling to respect today's son until he dies?" The situation in the world has developed to the point where it is today, if you want to dominate the world and rejuvenate the society, you must correctly understand the imperial status of today's son, and you must absolutely respect today's son. ”

"Will he not understand?" Seeing Guo Tu, Feng Ji and the others walking out of the big tent one after another, he leaned into the ear of the judge and asked quietly, "The master's thoughts, haven't you seen it yet?" ”

A trace of disappointment flashed across the judge's face, and he looked up and sighed: "As soon as Chang'an is burned, Xijing is defeated, Li Dao has no way out, and the fish will die, and the jade will be burned." In order to survive, Han Sui and Ma Teng were bound to form an alliance with the lord again, and the general had to retreat to Hedong in the face of the joint attack of the Kwantung Coalition Army and the Western Liang Army. As soon as the fire is burned, although the lord can occupy Guanzhong, there is a possibility of losing the world, and the gains outweigh the losses. ”

The judge turned his head to look at the frustrated master, and said with a desolate wry smile: "Will the main guild rebuild the imperial system in Luoyang?" ”

"The situation in Guanzhong will change, and the lord may not be able to get his wish." Fu Zhu said in a low voice, "Li Wei and Guo Yan are not idiots, and Han Sui and Ma Teng will not face the general head-on. How powerful the Xianbei people were back then, but they were not conquered by the general. With the shrewdness of Han Sui and Ma Teng, they would not use 40,000 iron cavalry to face the general's Northern Frontier Army head-on no matter what. The lord wants to borrow a knife to kill people, but this knife is too powerful, and this person is willing to take the initiative to send him to death. ”

"Are you saying that it is possible for the Great General to take advantage of the chaotic situation in Guanzhong and successfully occupy Guanzhong?"

"Yes, I was worried about this, so I didn't dissuade the lord from burning Chang'an." Fu Zhu said in a low voice, "The general is famous, once he succeeds in occupying Guanzhong and takes advantage of the situation to join forces with Han Sui and Ma Teng in Xiliang, the world is basically the general's, so burning Chang'an now is equivalent to announcing that the general's move to occupy Guanzhong has failed halfway." ”

He patted the back of the judge, and asked with a smile: "If the general heard that Chang'an was burned by a fire, you said he would do it?" ”

"The general had no choice but to retreat to Hedong, and it would be of no benefit to Hebei to ask for a completely dilapidated Guanzhong." The judge sighed, "I hope this fire can burn away the rebellion, hit Hebei hard, and revive the Han Dynasty." ”

Frustrated Zhu looked at the judge and sighed, and said, "Zhengnan, you really haven't seen through the master's mind?" ”

The judge was shocked, his face suddenly changed, and he waved his hand and said: "Hebei is uncertain for a day, and Zhongxing Dahan can't stop for a day, otherwise, we are all sinners of the Han Dynasty through the ages." ”

………………

April of the second year of Xingping of the Han Kingdom (195 AD).

At the beginning of April, Anding County, Liangzhou, Xiaoguan.

Xun Di, the general of Xiangwu, led eight thousand iron horsemen from Bingzhou to gallop over, and the huge roar of thousands of horses galloping shook the field.

Zhao Yun, the general of the expedition to the north, stood on the tower of the pass city, looking at the overwhelming iron cavalry army in the distance, and his eyes showed excitement. Then step down the city tower and go to the city gate to meet Xun Di.

Xun Di galloped close to the pass, saw Zhao Yun striding over, and hurriedly flew off his horse to salute.

After meeting, Xun Di hurriedly asked, "But is there any news about China?" ”

"The scout came to report, Li Dao and Guo Yan have already fought." Zhao Yun said, "In addition, Han Sui and Ma Teng are leading 40,000 Xiliang troops to Chang'an. ”

Xun Di asked again: "What about Huangfu Hong?" ”

"Huang Fuhong has already led the army to Chang'an." Zhao Yun took out a book and handed it to Xun Di, "He has already urged us several times, asking us to hurry south to meet him." We'll leave tomorrow. ”

………………

In early April, Fengcheng.

Ma Teng and Che Shi led their troops to Huaili City one after another. The Taishou of Fufeng County is Guo Yan's former official, and he obeyed Guo Yan's military orders and went out of the city to greet him.

Ma Teng asked for grain and grass, but the Taishou couldn't take it out, so he hurriedly reported to Guo Yan. Guo Yan replied to Ma Teng, the grain and grass are in Chang'an City and Baling, if you want to get the grain and grass supplement, you can only fight Chang'an, or go directly to Baling.

Ma Teng said angrily: "That kid Guo Yan asked me to help, I didn't say a word, I came non-stop, but he didn't even give me food, tricking me." ”

Ma Teng led the army straight to Fengcheng, rushed to Guo Yan's camp angrily, and quarreled with Guo Yan.

Hu Zhen hurriedly persuaded him, hoping that Ma Teng would take care of the overall situation, and persuade Guo Yan and Li Dao to make peace while Yuan Shao's army had not yet arrived in Chang'an.

As soon as Guo Yan heard this, he became angry, and he was about to cut Hu Zhen when he drew his knife, and scolded: "What do you mean? At this time, you have to make peace with Li Dao, you want me to die. ”

Hu Zhen pointed to the neck and said, "You cut it." Now that there are a few of us Xiliang people who kill each other, is it interesting for me to live? It's better to die and go to Jiuquan to accompany Xiangguo. ”

Ma Teng heard that Yuan Shao's army had reached Guanzhong, and the situation in Guanzhong was far more serious than imagined, so he immediately urgently told Han Sui and asked him to speed up and quickly rush to Fengcheng to rendezvous.

Two days later, Han Sui arrived in Fengcheng with his guards day and night, when his army was still two hundred miles away.

Han Sui saw Ma Teng and immediately asked, "Where is Yuan Shao's army?" ”

"Lantian is more than two hundred miles away from Chang'an." "There's also bad news. ”

Han Sui was stunned: "Bad news? ”

"The Qiang people went to Baling to take refuge in Li Dao." Ma Teng laughed and said, "Che Zhi is so shameless, Li Dao gave him an official, gave him a few carts of money, and he was like a dog, running to Li Dao's place." ”

Han Sui smiled slightly and said, "In the past few years, I have been calling for wind and rain in Chang'an, and I am no longer shrewd. Last time he was sorry for me, and this time it's my turn to be sorry for him. Is there any news for the Northern Frontier Army? ”

Ma Teng said: "I heard Guo Yan say that the Northern Xinjiang Army has not yet crossed the river. ”

"Is this accurate?" Han Sui asked suspiciously, "The Northern Frontier Army has not crossed the river yet?" ”

Ma Teng approached Han Sui and said in a low voice: "This is the news that Fan Chou's old general, Zhang Bao, gave to Guo Yan, there will be no mistake." ”

"Okay, okay, everything is in our calculations, and this time we finally got ahead of the Northern Frontier Army." Han Sui said with a smile, "Tell Guo Yan to immediately rectify the military horses and kill the Baling overnight." ”

Ma Teng hesitated for a moment and asked in a low voice, "Brother Wen Yue, let's take Chang'an first, what do you see?" ”

"Shoucheng, as long as he defeats Li Dao, it is equivalent to taking Chang'an and occupying Guanzhong, and in the future, he can even pacify the world and rejuvenate Sheji." Han Sui patted Ma Teng's shoulder and persuaded in a low voice, "There are our people in Baling, don't worry." ”

"But......" Ma Teng pointed to the guide, "Yuan Shao is only more than two hundred miles away from Chang'an, if he kills ...... quickly"

"Yuan Shao's goal is Chang'an, Guanzhong, so he can't wait for us to fight with Li Dao. After he arrives in Lantian, the army will definitely have to stop in order to wait and see the situation, waiting for the opportunity to kill us and Li Dao, Guo Yan and others, so we will have enough to kill Li Dao and occupy Guanzhong. Han Sui said with a smile, "Once we defeat Li Wei, we will immediately kill Guo Yan and join forces with Huang Fuhong, Wang Fang, Zhang Ji and others to attack Chang'an, and the Northern Xinjiang Army should arrive at this time." As soon as the Northern Xinjiang Army arrives, Yuan Shao still has a chance to capture Guanzhong? Yuan Shao is too calculating, how can he achieve great things without the determination to break the boat? This time we won. ”

Ma Teng was skeptical, and his heart was uneasy. Dong Zhuo was defeated three years ago, and all parties were plotting against Chang'an and the Son of Heaven, didn't they think that Chang'an and the Son of Heaven were in the bag, but as a result, Chang'an fell into the hands of Li Yi, and the Son of Heaven was also brought to Youzhou. (To be continued.) )