After taking Luoyang, Wang Lei rested for a while, and then waved his army westward and approached Chang'an.

Nearly 100,000 troops went all the way to the west, and the momentum was unmatched for a while. Moreover, Niu Fu, Dong Yue, Duan Xuan and other generals of the Western Liang Army came forward to persuade them to surrender, which increased the momentum of the Jizhou Army and made many defenders of the Western Liang Army give up resistance. By the beginning of September, the army led by Wang Lei had captured the entire Hongnong County and arrived in Huayin County, the westernmost part of Hongnong County.

Further west, there is the Jingzhaoyin area.

Enter Jingzhaoyin, pass through Zheng County and Baling, and you can reach Chang'an.

Such a situation can be called a danger for the Xiliang Army.

Yiwu, Xiangfu.

In the hall, Dong Huang's face was full of panic. He looked at Dong Lian who was sitting in the hall and asked loudly, "Dong Lian, didn't I ask you to send troops to block the Jizhou army?" How come it doesn't work at all. Wang Lei led the army to kill from Luoyang, no one could stop him along the way, and in a short time, he had already killed Huayin County. In less than ten days, Wang Lei's army will enter Jing Zhaoyin, you say, what have you done? ”

Dong Lian got up and walked into the hall, knelt down with a plop, and said with a look of shame: "Xiangguo, the minister is guilty." Although the minister tried his best to send soldiers to resist, Wang Lei recruited Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Niu Fu, Duan Xuan, Dong Yue and other generals in the army. There were even cases where the generals sent by the ministers were killed to ask for merit...... In any case, it is the minister's disadvantage, please punish the minister. ”

"Alas......"

With a sigh, a thick helplessness rose in Dong Huang's eyes.

This time, it was really a miscalculation.

thought that he could block Wang Lei's army, but he didn't expect this result. Dong Huang took a deep breath, tried his best to regain his composure, and his tone became softer, and said, "It's about the fate of the Dong family, what can Brother Chain do to stop the Jizhou army?" ”

Dong Lian shook his head and said: "Dong Yue, Niu Fu and others surrendered, with them, there is no way to solve the problem, I really can't think of an idea to solve the problem." ”

Having said that, Dong Lian thought in his heart: If Dong Huang directly chooses to surrender, everything will be easy. However, regarding the matter of surrender, Dong Lian will not take the initiative to bring it up, otherwise it will easily cause Dong Huang's dissatisfaction.

Everything has to be done by Dong Huang on his own initiative.

Dong Huang sat down dejectedly, his face full of depression.

Dong Lian knelt in the hall and hadn't gotten up yet.

After a long time, Dong Huang suddenly raised his head, waved his hand and said, "Get up!" ”

"Thank you Sangkook!"

Dong Lian stood up and returned to his seat.

Dong Huang clenched his fists and said happily: "Brother Lian, I have thought of a way. ”

Dong Lian hurriedly asked, "What solution did Xiangguo think of?" ”

Dong Huang said: "Give up Chang'an and withdraw to Xiliang." Wang Lei entered Jing Zhaoyin, what he wanted was Chang'an, and what he wanted was the emperor. That being the case, I give it to him. In addition, Cao Cao and Wang Lei's armies are fighting, Wang Lei has taken Chang'an and the little emperor, and he is full of ambition and will definitely not send troops to chase after him. Wouldn't we be safe? ”

Dong Lian was in a hurry, if Dong Huang ran away, this battle would not be able to be completely won. With a roll of his eyes, Dong Lian said: "Xiangguo, I don't think it can be withdrawn." ”

"Why?" Dong Huang asked.

Dong Lian made a troubled expression and analyzed: "I think there are four reasons. First, Chang'an is the foundation laid by the Dong family, and it is easy to give up, but if you want to get it back in the future, it will be difficult to climb to the sky. No matter how great the difficulties are, we must do our best to defend Chang'an. ”

"Second, even if Xiangguo withdraws from Chang'an with people and gives up the little emperor, can Wang Lei let us go? As Xiang Guo said, Wang Lei's main force will be on Cao Cao, but I think Wang Lei will also send people to chase and suppress Xiang Guo. ”

"Third, Xiliang Ma Teng and Han Sui rose, although Taiwei Li sent people to encircle and suppress Ma Teng and Han Sui, but both of them were superficially obedient and secretly had their thoughts. If we retreat, we will most likely be besieged by them in order to curry favor with Wang Lei. ”

"Fourth, the city of Chang'an is strong, and if we stay in Chang'an, we may not be able to defend Chang'an. As long as you keep Chang'an, you will definitely be able to come to the bitter end. ”

Dong Lian kept coming up with various reasons to keep Dong Huang in Chang'an.

As long as Dong Huang defends to the death, when Wang Lei and his army arrive, Dong Huang will definitely not be able to escape.

Dong Huang listened to Dong Lian's analysis, nodded heavily, and said, "Brother Lian's analysis is reasonable, and I agree very much." But Brother Lian has thought about it, staying in Chang'an, that is to fight with his life. Between Wang Lei, Ma Teng, and Han Sui, I am more willing to face Han Sui and Ma Teng, and I believe that the soldiers under my command are also more willing to face Ma Teng and Han Sui. It is important to save our lives, and we must withdraw. ”

After all, Dong Huang made up his mind to evacuate.

Dong Lian couldn't stop it, and immediately asked, "Xiangguo plans to evacuate, so when will he evacuate?" ”

Dong Huang said: "The sooner the better!" ”

Dong Lian's eyes rolled slightly, and he said solemnly: "Xiangguo, if you are not sure about the time of evacuation, how will the soldiers below arrange it?" If we want to evacuate, we must leave with the soldiers under our command, otherwise we will go to Xiliang but have no strength to deter Ma Teng and Han Sui, it will be very dangerous. ”

Dong Huang nodded and said, "Brother Lian's analysis is very reasonable, but Wang Lei has conquered Hongnong County, and it won't take long to enter Chang'an." I'll give you two days to arrange, and after two days, take the remaining troops of Chang'an and leave with me. ”

"Yes!"

Dong Lian nodded in response, but there was a burst of joy in his heart.

Two days was enough time for him to arrange.

Dong Lian discussed some things with Dong Huang again, and then turned around and left the hall. After Dong Lian left Yiwu, he hurriedly returned to his residence in a carriage, and then gathered his henchmen as quickly as possible, including Cao Dongliang, Yanyun, the captain of the city gate, and Huang Hong, the general of the army.

These people are all people who are planted in the Chang'an army.

Of course, the three people under Dong Lian's command are not famous, and there is a huge gap compared to Xu Huang, Zhang Liao, Xu Rong and others. However, the 100,000 army under Li Ru was destroyed, and the tens of thousands of troops under Xu Rong were also destroyed, making Chang'an lack of troops. In this way, some young generals in the army suddenly have a pivotal position because there is no one above.

The three people arranged by Dong Lian occupied important positions at once.

Dong Liang said: "My lord, the front line has sent back the exact news. Li Ru was killed, and the rest of the generals all surrendered. The general led the army to approach Huayin County, are we going to act? ”

Yan Yun said excitedly: "From Ye County to Chang'an, follow the adults to Chang'an, and lurk for a few years, we should make contributions." ”

Huang Hong said: "Your Excellency order!" ”

Dong Lian smiled slightly and said, "You guessed well, you are indeed going to do it." Dong Huang learned that the general's army had arrived in Huayin County and planned to withdraw to Xiliang with the army. Hmph, he thought well, but if he wanted to withdraw to Xiliang, how could there be such a good thing. After a pause, Dong Lian asked, "Dong Liang, how many soldiers can you mobilize?" ”

After thinking carefully, Dong Liang replied: "The lower official serves as the household cao of the prime minister's mansion, managing the grain, regardless of the soldiers of the army. However, the lower officials made many friends, all of whom were willing to submit to the generals, and it was roughly estimated that there were more than 1,000 soldiers who could be mobilized. ”

"That's good!"

Dong Lian nodded, a flash of appreciation flashing in his eyes.

Dong Liang didn't care about the affairs of the army, but he mobilized a thousand soldiers, so the other two must be more.

Yan Yun rubbed his hands and said, "The last general is responsible for guarding the palace gate, and the soldiers who can be mobilized are about 3,000 people. But the strength of these three thousand people is not strong, not elite. ”

"Enough!"

Dong Lian's eyes were full of joy.

Huang Hong continued: "My lord, the last general is the general in the army, and there are six troops that can be mobilized. ”

"Not bad, not bad!"

Dong Lian was even more overjoyed, and after a rough calculation, there were already 10,000 people under his command. With Dong Lian's identity, he can easily enter and exit Yiwu, and after 10,000 soldiers enter Yiwu, they will easily control Dong Huang.

This time, he's going to make a meritorious service.

Dong Lian's heart became excited, he flicked his sleeves, and ordered: "The opportunity for meritorious service is in front of you, everyone, go and prepare, mobilize the army, and go out of the city with me early tomorrow morning." ”

"No!"

The three of them were ordered, and they all bowed down and retired.

……

The moon is like a hook, and the bright moon hangs high.

Imperial City, in the palace.

Emperor Liu Xie was already fifteen years old, and in this era, or as an emperor, he was already a qualified adult. Liu Xie is young and has experienced a lot of things. Since he was a child, he encountered eunuchs who made trouble, so that he was held hostage from the palace by the official eunuch Zhang Rang, and then brought back by Dong Zhuo, and then made the emperor by Dong Zhuo.

After that, the little emperor Liu Xie was taken hostage by Dong Zhuo from Luoyang to Chang'an, but Dong Zhuo did not have a good time and was soon killed. Then, the little emperor was controlled by Li Ru again, and Li Ru's methods were more ruthless than Dong Zhuo, so that Liu Xie was careful everywhere.

At this moment, Liu Xie laughed in the harem.

The wild laughter kept echoing.

Guozhang looked at Liu Xie, who was almost crazy, with a sigh in his eyes. Among the emperors of the past dynasties, Liu Xie was relatively scheming and capable, but unfortunately he was unlucky and encountered such troubled times.

After a long time, Liu Xie stopped laughing.

Liu Xie said: "Guozhang, Li Ru is dead, the Xiliang army has collapsed, and Wang Lei will soon arrive in Chang'an." When the time comes, I will definitely be able to show my ambitions and become a great man. ”

After lying in his heart, he was not so optimistic.

However, when Liu Xie said this, it was not good to pour cold water after the ambush, and he smiled and echoed: "Your Majesty is wise, Wang Lei participated in the princes' discussion of Dong in the past, and he is a good person." Judging from his relationship with Dong Zhuo and Li Ru in the past, he was also quite loyal. ”

Liu Xie said: "I hope Wang Lei will come back as soon as possible!" ”

Fu Wan replied: "Your Majesty, it is an eventful time now, please be cautious and cautious." ”

Liu Xie's expression was bitter, and he said, "Guozhang, what you said is superfluous. There are soldiers to be served, but there are no soldiers in the imperial court; Dignitaries, there is no one in the court; If you want money, let alone no money, who cares? As long as Dong Huang ignores us, I will be safe. Besides, if Dong Huang really wants to do it, we can't stop it, so we can only let Dong Huang wreak havoc. ”

After Fu sighed softly, his eyes were full of helplessness.

In the final analysis, the strength is still insufficient, if there is enough strength, what are you afraid of?