Chapter 58: The Allies Retreat for the Next Year
When Wang Kai led his troops to the outside of Yuan Shu's camp on the south side of Luoyang, Sun Jian also led his troops back.
After seeing Sun Jian, Wang Kai immediately stepped forward and asked, "General Wentai, why are you here?" Where did the Son of Heaven go? ”
"Hey! Don't mention it, the Son of Heaven was captured by Dong Zhuo again, if he can't completely defeat Dong Zhuo's army, I'm afraid that the Son of Heaven will still not be able to save it. ”
"What, is this serious?"
"It's true, let's go to the alliance leader now to discuss countermeasures."
"That's all it can be."
Immediately, Sun Jian entered the camp and told Yuan Shu's troops about the situation on the battlefield.
When Yuan Shu's troops left on the south side of Luoyang learned that the allies had been defeated and the Son of Heaven had been captured again, they immediately decided to follow Sun Jian and Wang Kai to the east side of Luoyang to find the allies.
Wang Kai and the others walked all the way in the direction of the east side of Luoyang, and finally gathered with all the princes in Yanshi City.
Knowing that Wang Kai and Sun Jian were leading their troops to arrive, Yuan Shao, the leader of the alliance, immediately came to the city gate to greet them.
But when Yuan Shao saw that there was no Son of Heaven and the ministers of the DPRK and China beside Wang Kai and Sun Jian, Yuan Shao immediately asked: "General Wentai, where is the Son of Heaven?" Didn't you enter the palace through the secret passage to save the Son of Heaven? ”
"Back to the alliance leader, this matter is hard to say! Our department had already rescued the Son of Heaven, but out of nowhere, a third-party force that neither belonged to the Xiliang Army nor to us appeared, and due to the intervention of this third-party force, the Son of Heaven was finally intercepted by Dong Zhuo. ”
"What? Then my previous efforts will not be in vain. ”
Seeing Yuan Shao's unbelievable look, Sun Jian and Wang Kai immediately looked at each other.
After a while, Yuan Shao recovered his emotions and said, "Since the Son of Heaven has not been rescued, Na Er and others will place an army outside the city and then follow me into the city!" ”
After hearing this, Wang Kai and Sun Jian immediately found a vacant place outside the city and settled down, because the armies of the rest of the princes were basically stationed outside the city.
After the army was settled, Wang Kai and Sun Jian followed Yuan Shao into Yanshi City.
After arriving at a Yuan family's mansion in Yanshi City, Yuan Shao hurriedly summoned all the princes.
When the princes outside the city received Yuan Shao's order, everyone entered the city one after another and rushed towards the Yuan family's mansion.
After the princes gathered, Yuan Shao immediately asked everyone to sit in turn.
When Wang Kai sat down, he suddenly found Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.
Seeing this situation, Wang Kai suddenly thought: 'Why did the three brothers Liu Guan and Zhang also enter the table?' ’
Just when Wang Kai was puzzled, Yuan Shao took the lead in speaking: "Everyone, I want to inform you of a bad news, the Son of Heaven has not been able to rescue him. ”
When I first heard the news, everyone was stunned.
But soon, Yuzhou Assassin Kong Ling sent a complaint to Sun Jian: "Sun Wentai, you have a great reputation in vain, but I didn't expect it to be a wine bag and rice bag, and even such a trivial matter as rescuing the Son of Heaven can't be done, and it will cause us to lose our troops and generals." ”
Being so humiliated by Kong Ling, Sun Jian immediately drew his sword and pointed at Kong Ling and replied: "Kong Ling's child, are you really bad for my sword?" ”
"Sun Wentai, am I afraid of you? If you can't do it yourself, you're afraid of what others will say. ”
"I'm mad at me! Kong Ling'er will give me my life! ”
Seeing Sun Jian holding his sword and preparing to kill Kong Ling, Yuan Shao suddenly shouted: "Okay, if you haven't been rescued today, how can you kill each other here." ”
"Alliance leader, this Kong Ling child has humiliated me everywhere, if I don't kill him, it will be difficult to vent the hatred in my heart."
"Sun Wentai, if you are not good at doing things yourself, you are afraid that I will say it."
This time, Sun Jian finally couldn't bear it anymore, and he rushed towards Kong Ling with the ancient ingot knife.
Seeing this scene, most of the princes were in a wait-and-see state, because it was none of their business.
Seeing that the situation was a little out of control, Yuan Shao immediately shouted: "Enough, Kong Ling, don't talk nonsense if you don't know what happened." ”
"And General Wentai, you can calm your anger for the time being, and wait for me to tell everyone what happened."
Seeing that Yuan Shao was angry, Sun Jian and Kong Ling had to endure it and retreat.
Immediately after, Yuan Shao told Sun Jian the news he had told him.
Knowing that there were third-party forces near Luoyang, Yuan Yi immediately came out and said, "Alliance leader, if there is a third-party force, can we take it for our own use?" ”
At this time, Wang Kai came out and said: "Of course not, can you know who this third-party force is?" ”
Seeing Wang Kai asking, Cao Cao cooperated and asked, "Does Wang Anxi know about this force?" ”
"It's not a secret, I have fought against this enemy army, they are the Yellow Turban Army of Baibo Valley in Hedong County, let them be used by us, I am afraid it is more difficult than ascending to the sky."
"Wang Anxi, when have you fought against the Yellow Turban of Baibo Valley?"
Hearing Yuan Shu's question, Wang Kai replied, "General Yuan, let me tell me carefully." ”
Immediately after, Wang Kai told the battle report on the west side of Luoyang 1510.
After Wang Kai finished narrating, the princes suddenly came to their senses.
At this time, Yuan Shao spoke: "Everyone, the situation in Luoyang is very complicated now, I don't know if you can save the Son of Heaven?" ”
When they heard this, all the princes became dumb.
Yuan Shao saw that no one offered advice, so he immediately continued: "Why don't you talk anymore?" ”
"Alliance leader, now that we have the Xiliang Army in front of us and the Baibo Army in the back, it will be difficult to rescue the Son of Heaven no matter what, I think everyone will return to the fiefdom to recuperate this year, and then raise troops after recuperating in the coming year." Yuan Shu proposed.
After hearing Yuan Shu's proposal, most of the princes agreed one after another, and even Wang Kai was among those who agreed.
Of these princes, only Sun Jian and Cao Cao insisted on continuing to attack Dong.
Sun Jian insisted because he wanted to wash away the humiliation, while Cao Cao insisted because he really wanted to save the Son of Heaven as soon as possible.
Besides, Yuan Shao saw that most of the people were in favor of withdrawing the troops, and after thinking about it, he decided to adopt this suggestion, because the army was already tired after continuous battles, and the supply of grain and grass was almost exhausted.
Cao Cao and Sun Jian saw that Yuan Shao had made up his mind to withdraw his troops, and even if the two of them insisted, it would only be in vain, after all, the rest of the princes were all in favor of withdrawing their troops.
The plan was decided, and the coalition forces of the princes immediately began to withdraw their troops.
After Wang Kai and Gai Xun put their army in order, they immediately went straight to Hangu Pass.
After turning back to Luoyang, after Mrs. Guo learned that Dong Zhuo had captured the Son of Heaven, he immediately Chen Bing watched the changes on the west side of Luoyang.
Dong Zhuo saw that Guo Tai's troops were stationed on the west side of Luoyang, and he didn't pay much attention to it, because his troops under his command were already tired after the big battle with the allies, and he wanted to recuperate for a period of time before solving Guo Tai.
At the same time, Dong Zhuo also sent spies to find out the movements of the Allied forces.
A few days later, when Dong Zhuo learned that the allies had disbanded themselves and returned to their fiefdoms, he immediately burst out laughing and summoned Li Ru.
After Li Ru came to Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo immediately said to him: "Wen You, the allies have retreated on their own, do you have a way to deal with Mrs. Guo outside the West City?" ”
"My lord, have the allies really retreated?"
"It's true, the princes of the fifteenth road have quit their troops one after another."
"Congratulations to the lord, congratulations to the lord, after the princes retreat, it will be at least the next year before they can make a comeback, during this time, the lord can go all out to attack Wang Kai and Gaixun in Chang'an, and implement the strategy of moving the capital."
"That's exactly what I mean, and by the way, I also solved Mrs. Guo outside the city."
"Lord, Mrs. Guo is just a thief, his short-sightedness, I only need to use a little trick, Mrs. Guo will no longer be able to threaten the lord."
"Oh? Wen You has a good plan, come quickly. ”
"The lord only needs to send troops to raid the Baibo Valley, so that Mrs. Guo will be like a duckweed without roots."
"That's a brilliant plan!"
After determining the method, Dong Zhuo hurriedly summoned Li Dao and Guo Yan and asked them to send troops to raid Baibo Valley.