If Han Zhan himself was here, he would definitely be surprised to see Li Daojun who was rushing to the wolves, and Lu Bujun who was following and killing with a momentum like a rainbow in the rear. Because there was a big deviation between the history in front of him and the one he knew, Lu Bu was able to defeat the two armies of Guo Yan and Li Dao successively with the help of Zhang Liao.

Fortunately, Jia Xu was guarding the village, and when he saw Li Wei's soldiers and horses returning in defeat, he hurriedly ordered the gate of the village to be opened. As soon as Li Wei entered the village, Jia Xu decisively ordered the gate of the village to be closed and arrows were released outside the village. With an order, arrows rained down, and a large number of defeated soldiers and pursuers who rushed towards the gate of the village were shot down.

Lu Bu saw that the defenders in the village actually fired arrows at their own people in order to defend the village, and knew that it didn't mean much to rush again, so he ordered Ming Jin to withdraw his troops.

Zhang Liao, who was commanding the troops and horses to attack the mountain, heard the sound of Mingjin, hurriedly retreated, and asked Lu Bu unwillingly: "Wenhou, our army's victory is imminent, why do you want to withdraw the troops at this time?" ”

"The thief army has already taken precautions," Lu Bu looked up at the camp on the mountain and said, "We will camp at the bottom of the mountain and fight again another day." After speaking, he ordered his subordinates to retreat five miles to the village.

Zhang Liao originally wanted to take the village on the mountain in one go, but seeing that Lu Bu had ordered the troops to retreat, he could only sigh and retreat.

Jia Xu, who was standing on the watchtower in the village, was also secretly relieved when he saw Lu Bu's army slowly retreating. He knew very well in his heart that Li Dao's army had just been defeated and was in a state of low morale, and if Lu Bu desperately attacked, the stockade would not be able to hold it at all. At this moment, he took the initiative to withdraw from the army, just giving himself a chance to breathe.

It happened that at this moment, seeing Li Wei coming over on a horse, Jia Xu hurriedly got off the watchtower and stepped forward to greet him. After Li Wei saw Jia Xu, he said in shame: "I regret not listening to the words of the military advisor, so I was defeated." ”

Jia Xu hurriedly comforted him and said: "General, don't worry, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers." Don't see Lu Bu win a big victory today, but only the general is still there, and it is not difficult to defeat Lu Bu. ”

The two returned to the tent, and Jia Xu analyzed for Li Dao: "General, it seems that General Guo has not appeared for a long time, and he has been defeated by Lu Bu's troops. But I don't know when Lu Bu's subordinates came out with such a powerful role? ”

"The one who defeated me and Guo Yan today was Zhang Liao, Zhang Wenyuan, the commander of the cavalry." Li Wei smiled bitterly and said to Jia Xu: "He was originally a descendant of Nie Yi, and his family changed his surname to Zhang in order to avoid resentment. Bingzhou Assassin Shi Ding originally used his military strength to recruit him to take him and Lu Bu to Beijing together. After Lü Bu killed Ding Yuan, he followed Lü Bu to the Taishi. ”

When Jia Xu heard this, he couldn't help but ask curiously: "Since the general knows the details of this person, why is he so light on the enemy today?" ”

"The military advisor doesn't know." Li Wei hurriedly explained to Jia Xu: "Since this person joined the Taishi, he has been low-key, and he does not interact with outsiders every day except for training and studying. If it weren't for the great loss he suffered under his hands today, I wouldn't have known that he would have such a skill. ”

"Lu Bu has this person's help, like a tiger with wings." After Jia Xu learned about Zhang Liao from Li Wei's mouth, he said thoughtfully: "If we want to defeat Lu Bu, it may not be easy. ”

Li Wei originally thought that Jia Xu had something to do, but when he said this, he couldn't help but be disappointed: "Can I just sit and wait for death?" ”

"Not really." Jia Xu waved his hand and said, "Don't look at Lu Bu's big victory today, and Zhang Liao is helping him, but it is not easy for him to capture our camp. If he leads the army to challenge tomorrow, we just have to shut our doors and not get out. As long as Zhang Ji and Fan Chou arrived in Beijing, Wang Yun would definitely send someone to order Lu Bu to come back to help, and then our army would chase and kill again, and Lu Bu would definitely be defeated. ”

"It's not where Guo Yan is now." Li Dao said with some annoyance: "If he didn't contain Lu Bu outside, Lu Bu would have been able to concentrate his forces on attacking the camp, but now the soldiers are unstable and demoralized, and it may be difficult to resist Lu Bu's offensive." ”

"General, if Lu Buruo took advantage of the victory to attack the village today, it is estimated that the camp has already been breached. Tomorrow he will come to fight again, and our army will only have to hold out. Regarding Li Wei's worries, Jia Xu said confidently: "At the same time, we need to strengthen the defense in the wall, in case Lu Bu sees that our army cannot hold out and launches a strong attack, we can also let him lose his troops." ……”、

"That's very good." After listening to Jia Xu's words, Li Wei called in a partial general and instructed the other party to improve the defense of the debt in order to deal with the attack that Lu Bu was about to launch the next day.

The next day, Lu Bu led his troops to the foot of the mountain to challenge. Li Wei ordered people to hang a war-free sign at the gate of the village, and hide in the village and shut up. Seeing this, Zhang Liao asked Lu Bu for battle and said: "Wenhou, please give the last general 5,000 soldiers and horses, and you must hide the camp before noon." ”

Who knew that Lu Bu looked at the camp on the hillside, but shook his head and said: "Li Dao has already taken precautions, if he attacks strongly, he will lose the sergeants in vain, it is better to surround this mountain, and when they run out of food, they will naturally collapse without a fight." ”

Zhang Liao still wanted to ask for battle, but Lu Bu waved his hand at him and said, "Wen Yuan doesn't need to say much, I know it in my heart." After speaking, he sent a team of sergeants to fight in front of the village, and no longer bothered Zhang Liao.

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Cheng Lian and Wei Xu rushed to Beijing with a team of cavalry day and night, and finally arrived in Chang'an at noon on the third day. The two of them knew their official status, and it was impossible to enter the palace, so they went directly to Situ's mansion.

Who knew that when they arrived at the door, they were stopped by the porter and said to them unceremoniously: "This is Situ's Mansion, and idle people are not allowed to trespass." ”

After Cheng Lian and Wei Xu glanced at each other, they turned over and dismounted at the same time, and arched their hands towards the gatehouse and said, "We are the messengers sent by General Fengxian, and we have urgent matters to ask to see Situ, and please report on our behalf." ”

When the porter heard that it was a messenger, he didn't dare to slack off, and said to the two: "Please wait, and the younger one will go in and report to Situ." ”

Wang Yun was in the mansion with Taichang Qing Chongfu, Tai Servant Lu Kui, Da Honglu Zhou Huan, City Gate Captain Cui Lie, Yue Cavalry Captain Wang Qi and others to discuss the matter of Li Daoxing's soldiers attacking Chang'an, and heard the porter say that there was a messenger from Lu Bu outside asking to see him, and hurriedly ordered: "Hurry up, please!" ”

Not long after, Cheng Lian and Wei Xu followed the porter into the council hall and saluted Wang Yun and the courtiers. Wang Yun looked at the two of them and asked, "I don't know where the letter you sent to the old man is here?" ”

Cheng Lian hurriedly took out the letter from his arms, held it in both hands and respectfully handed it to Wang Yun. Wang Yun unfolded the letter and read it for a while, then frowned, and Cui Lie on the side saw this situation, and hurriedly asked: "Wang Situ, I don't know what Wenhou's letter says?" ”

Wang Yun handed the letter to the next head of the Chong Fu and others to circulate, and at the same time said worriedly: "Feng Xian said in the letter that Li Dao and others had used a plan to exhaust the army, and they went down to the village in two places on the one hand, which made him tired of running; On the one hand, Zhang Ji and Fan Chou were sent to attack the Beijing Division. ”

Although Zhou Huan hadn't seen the letter yet, when he heard Wang Yun say this, he couldn't help but ask in a panic: "Situ, although there are many soldiers in Beijing, there are no generals who are good at commanding troops, if Zhang Fan and the two thieves lead the troops to attack, how should we meet the enemy?" ”

"The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth," after reading the letter, Chong Fu said disapprerovitically: "Who said that there is no general in the Beijing division to lead the army, and the old general Huangfu Song is worthy of this position." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Cui Lie, who was reading the letter, coughed violently. When Chong Fu heard his cough, he suddenly remembered that someone had suggested to Wang Yun that Huangfu Song should lead troops to garrison Shaanxi County to defend against the soldiers of Xiliang, but Wang Yun refused. At this time, the situation in Jingshi was critical, and he went to ask Huangfu Song to come out of the mountain, who knows if the other party will agree.

While everyone was reading the letter, Wang Yun asked, "I don't know if General Fengxian has fought with Li Guo's thief army since he set out on the expedition?" ”

"Back to Situ's words," although Cheng Lian had not been in Lu Bu's army for a long time, he also knew that Niu Fu was dead, and the thousands of soldiers and horses under his command had also been absorbed by Lu Bu, so he hurriedly replied: "As far as Xiao knows, General Lu Bu has killed Niu Fu, the son-in-law of Dong Thief, and has incorporated the men and horses of his department, and is confronting Li Guo's soldiers and horses. ”

Hearing Cheng Lian say this, Wang Yun's heart felt a little relieved. For him, as long as Lu Bu did not lose his troops and generals, no matter how critical the matter was, then there was room for redemption, thinking of this, he waved his hand at Cheng Lian and Wei Xu, and said: "Okay, there is nothing to do with you here, let's retreat first!" ”

Cheng Lian and Wei Xu walked out of Situ Mansion, and after turning over their horses, they thought indignantly: "I waited for the starry night to rush over to report the news, but who knew that I was sent away by you in a few words, it was really too deceitful." ”

In the evening, another dusty messenger rushed to the front of Situ's house. When he saw the plaque on the door, he went limp and fell off his horse. The concierge standing in front of the mansion hurriedly stepped forward to help the other party up, and asked nervously: "This military master, where did you come from?" ”

The messenger was half-lying on the ground, looked at the porter who was supporting him, and said breathlessly: "The little one came to deliver a letter to Wang Situ on the order of Marquis Wen. ”

Hearing that it was another messenger, the porter hurriedly called two subordinates and asked them to carry the messenger to the council hall with him.

Wang Yun and the others discussed for several hours, but they didn't come up with a safe way, and at this moment, seeing the porter break in again, Wang Yun frowned, and said unhappily: "What's going on?" ”

"Back to Situ's words," the porter saw Wang Yun's dissatisfaction on his face, and hurriedly replied, "There is a messenger from General Lu Bu asking to see you." ”

Hearing that another messenger had arrived, Wang Yun hurriedly asked, "Where is the messenger?" ”

"Wait outside the door!"

"Let him in!"

When the porter heard Wang Yun's order, he hurriedly came to the door, beckoned two subordinates, and carried the messenger in.

The messenger knelt in front of Wang Yun and kowtowed, then took out Lu Bu's letter and handed it over. Wang Yun took the letter and opened it, and quickly skimmed through the contents on it. After reading it, he couldn't help but laugh.

Chong Fu looked at Wang Yun and asked puzzledly, "I don't know why Situ is laughing?" ”

"Master Chong," Wang Yun handed the letter in his hand to Chong Fu again, and said a little proudly: "In this letter from Feng Xian, it is said that he and Zhang Liao divided their troops to attack Li Guo and the others. Guo Yan was defeated and escaped with only more than ten people, and the army under his command was absorbed by Fengxian; And the battle with Li Dao was also a complete victory, capturing Li Dao's nephew Li Bei alive and capturing 7,000 soldiers and horses. Now the remnants of Li Dao have been trapped in the mountains, and they can be wiped out when they run out of food. ”

The courtiers who were originally sad because of the letter sent by Cheng Lian and Wei Xu immediately became smiling. Wang Qi, the captain of the Yue cavalry, also said happily: "General Fengxian is really the champion of the three armies, and as soon as he got out of the horse, he defeated Li Guo and the two thieves. Situ, it is estimated that in a few days, he will be able to annihilate the thieves and return to the dynasty victoriously. ”

"That's right, that's right." As soon as Wang Qi's words were finished, Cui Lie continued: "Since General Fengxian has broken the thieves' soldiers, then even if Zhang Fan's soldiers and horses reach the outside of the Jingshi City, there is no need to worry. As soon as General Fengxian's army arrives, we will join forces with the outside and wipe out this group of thieves. ”

Cui Lie's words immediately aroused the echo of several other courtiers. Seeing the good news that Lu Bu had just sent to him, everyone's worries suddenly disappeared, and they even began to discuss what to do with the four generals Li Guo and Zhang Fan after the rebels were eliminated under the Jingshi City.

Lu Bu's good news made everyone take it lightly, and the several countermeasures that they had studied at the beginning were all shelved, and in their minds, even if Zhang Fan's soldiers and horses arrived under the capital city, it would be impossible to break through the capital for a while. As long as they stay outside the city and don't leave, waiting for Lu Bu's army, these thieves will die without a place to be buried.

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One day later, there was a report from Tanma, saying that the soldiers and horses of the second general Zhang Fan appeared thirty miles away. Upon hearing the news, Wang Yun immediately ordered all the city gates to be closed, and ordered his trusted generals to lead men to meet the enemy immediately.

After more than an hour, the soldiers and horses led by Zhang Fan and the others finally arrived outside the capital city. Looking at the long spears on the city wall and the flags like clouds, Zhang Ji said to Fan Chou: "Send five hundred soldiers and horses to fight outside the city, and we will set up camp here." ”

When Fan Chou heard Zhang Ji say this, he asked with some anxiety: "There are many soldiers and horses in the city, and only 500 people are sent to fight, isn't that a sheep in the tiger's mouth?" ”

Zhang Ji laughed when he heard this, and he comforted Fan Chou and said, "Don't worry, the people in the city are all scared by us, and no one dares to fight." The purpose of sending people to fight the battle is to ask them to send someone to inform Lu Bu and ask him to rush back to the capital as soon as possible to rescue, so that Li Guo and the others can lead the army to cover up and defeat Lu Bu. ”

I have to say that Zhang Ji's judgment of the people in the city is very accurate. Gao Shun, the guard of the West Gate, saw that there were only 500 people fighting outside the city, and shouted "It is too much to deceive people", so he gathered a thousand foot soldiers and prepared to go out of the city to kill them without leaving a single piece of armor. Unexpectedly, when the troops were being assembled, Wang Yun, who learned the news, sent someone to give an order: "No one is allowed to leave the city, otherwise he will be killed." After Gao Shun received this order, he did not dare to disobey the order, so he could only disband the men and horses and return to the city to defend the city.