Chapter 172: Mountains and rivers are broken

Infinite mountains and rivers tears, who says that the world is wide! ----------Bright. Xia Wanchun "Farewell to the Clouds"

said that Chu Feiyan and Cai Wenji were vinegar and shengbo, and Chen Long was caught in the middle and was in a dilemma; When Cai Wenji knew the true identity of "Yan Baihu", she remembered that she was already a broken flower and a willow, and she had to return to her parents to live in seclusion until she was old, so her attitude towards Chen Long changed greatly, like ice and fire.

Chu Feiyan has a brother to take care of him here, and between talking and laughing, Long Chen agreed to Chu Yan to take Feiyan with him. Within a few days, the edict of Emperor Shaodi of the Han Dynasty came, giving Chu Yan the surname Zhang, and officially appointed him as the Qilian Pavilion Hou and the state pastor, since then Chu Yan changed his name to Zhang Yan, led the state pastor, and brought hundreds of thousands of armor, and Liu Yu, Han Fu, Gongsun Zhan and other courts to fight against each other, on an equal footing.

Chen Long traveled thousands of miles and rushed thousands of miles to help, and finally ended Cai Yan's abduction, but it aggravated Cai Yan's thoughts. This beauty lives in seclusion all day long, does not smile, seems to carefully keep a distance from herself, and has no tacit understanding and intimacy. Long Chen knows what Cai Yan thinks in his heart, but how can he resolve her knot?

Zhang Yan had been following the strategy described by Chen Long to clear the walls and repair the city walls, forming a strong stronghold in Mayi County, and many of the more distant villages were looted and dilapidated by the Xiongnu and Xianbei people, and the villagers had no choice but to abandon their broken grandfather and move supplies to the city.

After this battle, the Xianbei people and the Huns were very angry, but fortunately, Zhang Yan took precautions, the Huns looted in the remote towns, and found that there were some broken houses left, and there was not much food left, so they knew that the state had been prepared. The Xiongnu were mainly cavalry, and the siege equipment was insufficient, so defending the city must be the best policy, and after a few days, the Huns found that they could not take advantage of it, and retreated to the depths of the grassland on their own.

Half a month later, Chen Long saw that Zhang Yan was properly arranged, and no longer stayed in Bingzhou, and decided to return to Chang'an immediately. Cai Yan and Chu Feiyan naturally accompanied them, and Feiyan said goodbye to her brother. In the team that returned to Chang'an, there were more Xianbei people who returned to the mud, and the giant man who fell into the country, as well as two beauties, quite the demeanor of multinational troops.

These days, Chen Long's subordinates are not idle, traveling around to collect intelligence, and Chang'an also has spy reports. Chen Long was most concerned about the latest situation in Luoyang, and when he returned to Huguan, Zhang Yan's base camp along the way, he finally learned about the relatively new developments between Luoyang and Chang'an from the spy personnel sent by Huang Gai in Chang'an and the Luoyang spy sent by Zhao Da.

In Luoyang City, there is no emperor in charge, and there is no owner of the officials. Yuan Shu never dared to announce that he had a jade seal, but his troops were invincible in the city, so he naturally became the temporary ruler of Luoyang. Yuan Shu sent troops to open up the passage in the southern suburbs of Luoyang, echoing with Zhang Xiu, who guarded Wancheng, and his own soldiers in Nanyang, and there were often soldiers coming and going to ensure that the retreat in the southern suburbs of Luoyang was unimpeded. Yuan Shu was in Luoyang, arrogant and domineering no less than Dong Zhuo, and liked to listen to slander, which caused serious dissatisfaction and backlash from royalist ministers such as Wang Yun and Shisun Rui.

There is an undercurrent surging in Luoyang City, and there is a mess outside the city. As Li Dao, Guo Yan, and Jia Xu divided their troops to meet Zhang Liao and counterattack Luoyang, Fan Chou and Zhang Jitong Pass were also lost, and the troops withdrew to the north of Chang'an. Huangfu Song's troops controlled Fenglingdu, and some troops reached Xiaopingjin along the Yellow River, and tens of thousands of troops slowly poured into the hilly areas of northern Luobei, separating Luoyang's east-west land transportation and the Yellow River's transportation.

Because the troops of Fan Chou and Zhang Ji went north, and the troops of Li Dao, Guo Yan, Jia Xu, and Zhang Liao were sandwiched in a small space north of the west of Luoyang by the troops of Huangfu Song, Yuan Shu, Shi Sun Rui, and Zhu Ling's troops, the two sides almost immediately launched a decisive battle.

Seeing that the Xiliang soldiers could not move eastward, they turned to attack Zhu Ling's troops, but they were pursued by Huangfu Song, Yuan Shu opened the city gate halfway to rob and kill, and the Xiliang soldiers were defeated, Li Dao and Guo Yan led the remnants of the army into the valley by the Yellow River to escape, Zhang Liao led an army to the south to break through successfully, Jia Xu escaped with the army, knowing that the general trend of the Xiliang army had gone, so he persuaded Zhang Liao to enter Wancheng and took refuge in Zhang Xiu, the gun king of the north, and ended his career as the mastermind of the Xiliang soldiers.

Lu Bu and Xu Rong welcomed Li Meng's troops into the city, but the Luoyang base camp had been lost, and the supply of materials at the Little Tiger Prison Pass was immediately tight. Since the arrival of Huangfu Song's army, Lu Bu has been in fear of being attacked on his back, unable to advance or retreat, and can only try to contact the outer heroes to find a way out.

It just so happened that the Zhang Miao brothers in the Dong coalition army were at odds with Yuan Shao, and they admired Lu Bu's martial arts very much, and the two sides hit it off, so they took Lu Bu and Xu Rongjun to Chen Liu, and worshiped Lu Bu as Chen Liu's guard. Since then, the coalition of Dong has fallen apart, Gongsun Zhan still returned to Youzhou, Yuan Shao and Han Fu returned to Jizhou, Cao Cao was forced to withdraw from Chenliu, and established his power between Qingzhou and Yanzhou, and other warlords also returned to their nests. For a time, the major cities in the Central Plains, East China, and North China were carved up by these warlords, and each established a strong stronghold, all of which supported the army and respected themselves, and the entire Han Dynasty fell apart, the mountains and rivers were broken, and the wind and rain were shaky.

Yuan Shao thought very highly of himself, and tried every means to squeeze out Han Fu, Han Fu was timid and afraid, afraid of the expansion of Yuan Shao's power, and even committed suicide and gave up the entire Jizhou to Yuan Shao. The three brothers Liu Guan and Zhang lost their support again and went to Youzhou to take refuge with the white horse general Gongsun Zhan.

Since then, the entire Central Plains, after the chaos, there has been a temporary calm, and there are few generals who are loyal to the Han family. The only few remaining Han emperors' descendant armies, including Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun, as well as ministers Wang Yun and Lu Zhi who had no troops, the Han family declined irreversibly.

At this time, Chen Long had successfully returned to Chang'an, and the troops were resting. Chen Long originally wanted to establish a system of separation of imperial power and government decrees, dispose of the current emperor's power, temporarily claustrophobic Han Xiandi, wait to hand over the imperial power, and then release the taboo. Unexpectedly, Zhong Xuan just got the information, and said that Liu Biao had raised a three-way army, attacking Hengyang and Lingling respectively, of which Wei Yan and Huang Zhong attacked Hengyang, with a total strength of 20,000 people, and Wuling Jinxuan First Army, with Liu Pan and Cai Mao's army, with a total strength of 30,000 people, attacked Lingling.

Although Chen Long had been mentally prepared, once it was confirmed that Liu Biao had indeed sent troops to attack Lingling, it was still difficult for people to sleep. After all, Lingling's current strength is weak, although there is a plan for drama and talent, and the courage of opening the jaw, but it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, not to mention Zhang Ning, Peach Blossom, Tong Feifei, etc., as well as the families of many generals, are all in the base camp of Lingling, and there must be no loss.

Chen Long naturally didn't worry about Huang Zhong and Wei Yan all the way, but Liu Pan and Cai Mao were also famous generals, and if there was a strategist like Kuai Yue to assist, I was afraid that the situation would be quite tight.

The military generals and ministers who were about to complete their three-month training at the time of the Lingling Imperial Examination should be able to come in handy in time, but although Li Ru escaped, Hu Zhen, Lu Su, Bu Fei and the like, I don't know if Zhang Ning has clarified his identity, and I don't know if he can be of final use. If it's really a spy, maybe it's a big harm.

Now, only by believing in the ability of Xi Zhicai, Jiang Wan, etc., he quickly led the First Army to help. Chen Long immediately ordered Zhou Cang to invite the four major military divisions of Zhou Budo, Guo Jia, Xun You, and Xu Shu, as well as Zhao Yun, Huang Gai, and Gan Ning, to discuss the matter of returning to the army and rescuing them.

After listening to the report, the conference hall instantly exploded, and Chen Long waved his hand to let Zhou Budo speak first.

Zhou Budo said: "For today's plan, return to help quickly." Roughly speaking, the First Army is the most neat and has good combat effectiveness, and it can immediately go to Shangluo, cross the Han River, and attack Wuling. If he can take Wuling, he can threaten the supply lines of Liu Pan and Cai Mao's army at any time, so that he cannot transport strategic materials such as grain and grass, so that he can only retreat and relieve the siege of Lingling. ”

Guo Jia also said: "It's a good plan to be unsuspicious. There must be heavy troops in Xiangyang and Jiangling, and Wuling will definitely not think that we will use strange soldiers to take them. If you can defend Wuling and resist the counterattack of the Jingzhou army, maybe Wuling will no longer be surnamed Liu in the future, which is called stealing chickens and rice. ”

Chen Long said with a smile: "Wei Yan's problem has to be handed over to Huang Zhong to solve. If he can persuade Wei Yan to surrender, he will be ordered to return to the army and take Changsha. In this matter, there must be a mastermind to operate. ”

As he spoke, he gestured to Xu Shu and Xu Yuanzhi with his eyes, and Yuanzhi understood, and hurriedly said: "My subordinates are willing to go to Hengyang and help Huang Zhong take Changsha." Chen Long was overjoyed and said: "In this case, I asked Hu Ji to bring fifty special team members to protect Mr. ”

Xun You finally said: "Even so, Chang'an must not relax, a certain self-invited to stay in Chang'an, contact Ma Teng, guard the royal family, please leave 10,000 people, and ask a general to help." ”

Chen Long looked at Huang Gai, although he was not the first in martial arts, he was stable and loyal, and he was most suitable for staying in Chang'an, Zhao Yun and Gan Ning must take it away. A cavalry general and a naval army general are both indispensable war talents.

Although Huang Gai was reluctant, he understood that Chang'an was very important, and nodded and agreed to stay in Chang'an. Chen Long also ordered Li Tong to lead 50 special combat personnel to protect Xun You and Huang Gai. After the meeting, Zhao Yun called up the three armies of the First Army and bid farewell to the First Army of the Second Army defending the city. Xu Shuzi and the special combat team members immediately set off for the Hengyang battlefield.

Since Lingling was on the verge of war, Chen Long wanted to leave Feiyan and Cai Yan behind, but he didn't expect Chu Feiyan to follow him even if he died, Cai Yan just wanted to go back to Luoyang to visit his parents. Chen Long had no choice but to let Feiyan put on the armor of a male soldier and take it with him, and ordered Xun You to secretly send Cai Yan back to Luoyang.

Cai Yan only hid in the boudoir and didn't even say goodbye to Long Chen. Chen Long thought to himself, this wound could only allow her to heal slowly, so he didn't say much, and hurriedly led the troops out of the city with Zhao Yun, and since then he and Cai Yan have not mentioned it again.

At this time, Lingling was already full of war clouds, and the naval armies of Yang Huai and Gao Lan were cruising in the Hunan River every day to strictly prevent the entry and exit of spy ships. Guarding the city was most of the Second Army, which was temporarily commanded by Zhang Jaw, and Xi Zhicai was the military advisor, and the information on Liu Biaojun's movements was sent from Zhang Ning like snowflakes every day.

For the time being, let's press the Lingling Guard Battle, let's talk about Huang Zhong and Wei Yan all the way, and they will concentrate in the suburbs of Hengyang by water. Huang Zhong didn't have time to ask Chen Long, knowing that it was impossible for the lord to have no arrangements, but it was difficult to deliver it to him quickly, and he was only delaying time along the way. On this day, to meet Wei Yan, Huang Zhong specially set up a banquet in the military tent and invited Wei Yan to drink in the military tent.

Wei Yan knew that Huang Zhong had always managed the army well, and when he heard that Huang Zhong had been invited, he was slightly surprised, and rushed to the banquet. Huang Zhong and Wei Yan drank three glasses of water and wine, Huang Zhong suddenly retreated left and right, pushed the cup and stood up, took off his longbow and rubbed it to admire. Wei Yan smiled and asked, "Brother Huang, you have the stunt of piercing Yang in 100 steps with one hand, but you want to show it to your junior brother?" ”

Huang Zhong smiled, pulled out a feather arrow from the quiver, recognized the arrow as wound, opened the bow for the full moon, and the bright steel arrow was aimed between Wei Yan's eyes.