Chapter 371 After the Break
The appearance of reinforcements surprised everyone.
Originally, the ministers in the room, including Liu Xie himself, had already given up, thinking that they would simply surrender to Li Dao. Anyway, even if he really surrendered, could Li Dao dare to kill himself with his identity? At most, life is even more bitter than when I was in Chang'an before.
Who knows that just when Liu Xie had already begun to think about who to let go out and surrender, reinforcements suddenly fell from the sky and killed those rebels.
After a while, the situation turned from dangerous to safe.
"Two generals, please get up!"
If it were a different time or place, neither Liu Xie, nor Yang Biao and others would pay too much attention to the generals in the two places, but now...
In the eyes of Liu Xie or the ministers, these two people are so cute...
After receiving the order, Zhao Yun and Xiahoudun stood up and hugged their fists at everyone.
"Is the general the world-famous General Zhao Yunzhao?" Somewhat surprised by Zhao Yun's appearance, Yang Biao asked.
When the princes of the Eighteenth Route crusaded against Dong Zhuo, Yang Biao had not yet climbed to his current position, but like the ministers of the other courts at that time, Yang Biao also sincerely hoped that the coalition army could win and the Han family could be revived. Naturally, there is still a damn Dong Zhuo who can get the end he deserves.
Unfortunately, the coalition forces did not succeed, and after a crusade, although the coalition forces captured Luoyang, Dong Zhuo held Chang'an, where the Son of Heaven retreated. Later, the coalition forces fought among themselves because of a series of problems, killing each other. At this point, how can the coalition still have the ability to crusade against Dong Zhuo? can only retreat separately, and when they return to Kanto, they are obsessed with fighting for power and territory, and they have no heart to save the Son of Heaven.
However, although the battle against Dong failed, some of the characters that appeared during the period were known to Yang Biao, including Zhao Yun, who had fought with Tai Shici and fought to a draw with Lu Bu.
How powerful Lu Bu is, he knows very well. When Lu Bu was still loyal to Dong Zhuo, these ministers did not dare to resist at all, for fear of causing death, until Wang Yun used a series of tricks to separate Lu Bu and Dong Zhuo, so that Lu Bu killed Dong Zhuo with his own hands, this fear was lifted.
After hearing Zhao Yun's name, the other ministers were also amazed, as for Xiahou Xuan?
I'm sorry, although he is the number two person in the Yanzhou Army, and even Cao Cao's colleague at the beginning, it seems that his status is not lower than Cao Cao. But the ministers here don't know who this Xiahoudun is, although Xiahoudun is also their savior, but...
Looking at Xiahoudun's somewhat aggrieved appearance, but he didn't know how to vent, Yang Biao also came back to his senses, knowing that he was somewhat rude like this, but he didn't know how to remedy it at the moment. What's more, Xiahoudun is just a subordinate general under Cao Cao's account, and he is a dignified third duke, asking him to apologize to a military general whose status is not very high, which is definitely not something he can do, so it can only be wrong.
"Speaking of which, where are the soldiers and horses of Yanzhou Mu and Meng De now?"
"yes," the ministers next to him also reacted. What about the other two? Now that the Son of Heaven is in crisis, why didn't they bring a large army to protect it? ”
Zhao Yun hurriedly explained when he heard this. "My lord is leading the army in the rear, and he will arrive soon, because the lord is worried about the safety of the Son of Heaven, so he will specially send the last general to lead the elite of the army to protect the Son of Heaven, if the Son is safe today, please leave Hangu Pass with us..."
"That's good," Xiahoudun also explained. Hangu Pass is not suitable for too many soldiers and horses to fight, even if there are too many, it is useless, it is better to invest a small number of elites, the tiger and leopard cavalry I led is the elite of the Yanzhou army, enough to be one for ten, so Meng De will send me to take the first step..."
Although the Han family doesn't have much prestige now, this is the Son of Heaven after all. And Zhao Yun doesn't have to think about it, he is definitely loyal and patriotic. Xiahou is not like Zhao Yun, but now Cao Cao is definitely a loyal minister, and he is not willing to leave a bad image in front of the ministers and the Son of Heaven.
"Although the Xiliang army has been repulsed now, there are still a large number of Xiliang troops still in Hangu Pass, eyeing the tiger, and please leave with the last general as soon as possible..."
"Yes, it is true that the Xiliang army was repulsed, but Hangu Pass is still in their hands, and it may pose a threat to us at any time, please leave with us immediately!" Xiahoudun also followed closely.
Others don't know, how can the two of them not understand that the Xiliang Army took the initiative to retreat, not them. Why did Xiliang Jun do this, they still can't figure it out for the time being, but one thing is still certain, that is, since the other party did this, there must be a conspiracy in it.
Of course, they can continue to stalemate with each other here, the problem is that they have not repelled the Xiliang army, and at least half of Hangu Pass is still in the hands of the Xiliang army. In other words, the moat of Hangu Pass is shared by both sides.
If the stalemate continues, this place will become a flesh and blood mill for both sides, constantly involving the forces of both sides, and consuming the strength of both sides, which is definitely unfavorable for both sides, which is why the Xiliang army will retreat first.
Of course, they can just stick to it, the key is that the advantage of the Xiliang Army in terms of strength is not comparable to them. Even if the first army and the tiger and leopard cavalry can fight again, can they still completely defeat the tens of thousands of Xiliang troops?
In addition, there are also the burdens of the Son of Heaven and the ministers, and in the end, no matter how it is decided, these burdens must be sent out to Hanguguan.
As long as they left Hangu Pass, Zhao Yun and Xiahoudun could also let it go.
"Yes, Hangu Pass is a dangerous place, Your Majesty, let's leave first..."
"Yes, Your Majesty, Your Majesty is a daughter, it is better to leave as soon as possible..."
Those ministers had already been frightened by the previous danger, and after hearing the words of Zhao Yun and Xiahoudun, they hurriedly dissuaded them one by one.
"As long as Your Majesty leaves, I will help Your Majesty delay some more time, so that Your Majesty can return to Luoyang safely, as for the two thieves of Guo Li and His Majesty to revive the Han family on the coming day, it will naturally not be too late to crusade again..."
"yes..."Liu Xie smiled bitterly. I'm afraid I'm just a burden here, and if I continue to stay here, I'm afraid the two generals will be very embarrassed, in this case, I won't trouble the two generals..."
"In this way, the last general will immediately arrange for soldiers and horses to escort His Majesty and your lords away, my lord has already led a large army to wait outside Hangu Pass, as long as Your Majesty arrives there, it will be safe!"
It was Zhao Yun who spoke this time, there was no way, although Xiahoudun's status was actually higher than Zhao Yun, and his qualifications and other aspects were far stronger than Zhao Yun. But in terms of resourcefulness or rhetoric, it is far inferior to Zhao Yun.
Especially on such an occasion, he was very calm, coupled with his extraordinary appearance, which made the ministers in the room look at him with admiration and glance at him.
Compared with Xiahou Dun, who is five big and three coarse, no matter who he is, he will prefer a character like Zhao Yun.
"Such a heroic man is only one of the four generals in Qingzhou, and the strength of Qingzhou can be seen..."Yang Biao was a little emotional, of course, he was also vigilant.
After all, no one wants to get out of the wolf's den first and enter the tiger's mouth.
Although Yan Shao's response this time was very timely, there were so many princes in the Kwantung region, and the last to send troops were Cao Cao and Yan Shao, even Yuan Shao, who had always regarded himself as a loyal minister of the Han family, and even once drew a sword to confront Dong Zhuo, did not send troops to meet the holy drive of the Son of Heaven this time. It can be seen from this that Yan Shao still has some loyalty.
However, knowing people and knowing faces does not know their hearts...
Didn't Dong Zhuo deceive everyone back then?
When Dong Zhuo first entered Luoyang, he deceived many people because of his kindness, and he was even regarded as a loyal minister at the beginning. It wasn't until later that people understood that Lu Zhimian's kind and ruthless evaluation was absolutely not a lie.
What's more, now they have no chance to waste.
When Wang Yun got rid of Dong Zhuo back then, it should have been the best opportunity for the Zhongxing Han family. With the residual power after getting rid of Dong Zhuo, plus the remaining Xiliang army, the Han family can completely control the Xiliang and Guanzhong regions first, and the Guandong region and several other regions cannot openly disobey the edict of the Son of Heaven.
Otherwise, wouldn't it be a rebellion on the surface, and it would definitely be besieged by the princes of the four directions.
Although it will be a lot more difficult, no matter how difficult it is, it can be more difficult than Wang Mang's usurpation of power back then, as long as you work hard, you may not have a chance for ZTE. It's a pity that Wang Yun's arrogance made everything missed.
His arrogance made him lose the opportunity to surrender the Xiliang army, and made the Xiliang army regard him as an enemy. Coupled with Jia Xu's poisonous plan, in the end, under the backlash of the Xiliang army, Wang Yun jumped from the city gate and maintained his dignity as a loyal minister.
It's a pity that what he didn't expect was that this was already the last chance for the Han family...
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I have to say that Liu Xie is indeed a burden here, first, it is useless, and secondly, Zhao Yun and Xiahoudun still have to divide their energy to take care of him, which is very troublesome.
And although Hangu Pass is a Xiongguan moat, don't forget, now Hangu Pass has been breached. At least half of this Xiongguan in the world is owned by the Xiliang Army.
Just like before the Battle of Chibi, the reason why the civil officials in Jiangdong were frightened was because the Yangtze River moat was no longer their exclusive property. Originally, the army in the north went south, even if it reached the edge of the Yangtze River, because it was useless to have enough naval troops, which is why the soldiers and horses in Jiangdong were not very afraid of Cao Cao. However, after the annexation of the Jingzhou naval army, the Yangtze River was equivalent to Jiangdong and Cao Cao's share.
Don't look at the naval army in Jingzhou is not as powerful as the Jiangdong naval army, even if the gap is big, three to fight one, can it still be defeated? And the difference between water warfare and land warfare is that there is a great demand for equipment. That is to say, whoever has better hardware strength will have more advantages, although the requirements of people are very high, but the importance of equipment is not low.
At that time, Cao Cao had already occupied most of the world, except for Xiliang and Bashu, there was only one Jiangdong left that had not yet occupied.
In other words, Cao Cao has a huge and sufficient material resources behind him, which can support him from afar, allowing him to build a huge naval army far beyond Jiangdong.
(In fact, any army is mainly people-oriented, but the water army, relatively speaking, the requirements for hardware are higher, to be precise, it is much higher, who has better equipment, who can occupy a greater advantage in the war, in fact, this point is the same everywhere, but the water army is more obvious.) If nothing else, you are driving a huge ship, and the other party is a small fishing boat, who do you say can win? If Cao Cao only has a bunch of landlubbers in his hands, it will take several years to build a naval army, even if he has sufficient manpower and material resources, and Cao Cao has the hidden danger of Xiliang behind him, which cannot be delayed, but he has a Jingzhou naval army, which is why for Zhou Yu, the biggest trouble is Cai Mao. For example, no matter how resourceful Xun Yu and Jia Xu are, they can't help Cao Cao much in this regard, and the ones who can really threaten Zhou Yu are Cai Mao's incompetent people... )
The current situation is that although Hangu Pass is a Xiongguan moat, half of it has been occupied by Li Dao and them, and the so-called precipitous Xiongguan is actually meaningless, and Li Dao and they still have an advantage in troops, for the sake of safety, Zhao Yun and others naturally want to send Liu Xie out, so that they and others can also let go of their hands and feet.
As he spoke, the door to the room opened again.
It was no one else who walked in this time, but Yang Feng, Xu Rong and others, who were also covered in blood.
It can be regarded as their luck is not bad, after a battle to the death, they really persevered until the arrival of reinforcements, and did not die at the moment before the arrival of reinforcements like the unlucky Fan Chou.
After learning the identities of Zhao Yun and Xiahoudun, although the identities of the two could only be regarded as generals, Yang Feng and the others did not dare to take it lightly at all. After all, they also saw the strength of the Dare First Army and the Tiger and Leopard Rider before, and such an elite is definitely not something they can match.
This is not to say that their soldiers and horses are incompetent to this point, but they have been starving for a long time. After another bloody battle, they were already exhausted, and this was the period when they were at their weakest. At this time, they will definitely not be the opponent of Zhao Yun and Xiahoudun.
After listening to Zhao Yun and Xiahoudun's proposal, the two also agreed.
Although they also want to control the Son of Heaven in their hands, the current situation is really not suitable for leaving the Son of Heaven in Hangu Pass.
It's just that...
"I'll wait to leave, what if Li Dao and Guo Yan catch up?" The situation was special, and Yang Feng had to ask.
"This general can rest assured..."Zhao Yun explained. The general only escorted the Son of Heaven out of Hangu Pass, and General Xiahou and I were responsible for leading the army after the break, but I also hoped that the general could divide some soldiers and horses to share some pressure. ”
After hearing that Zhao Yun was willing to break off, Yang Feng also breathed a sigh of relief, as for dividing troops or something, this is not a big problem. Soon Yang Feng discussed with Xu Rong and the others, and each of them divided more than 1,000 troops, but most of them were hungry and dizzy, and it seemed that it would not be of much use in a short time.
Zhao Yun and Xiahoudun saw it in their eyes, and they didn't say anything, after all, they also saw the situation in Hangu Pass, and at this time, it was indeed a little embarrassing for Yang Feng and them to provide one or two thousand soldiers who were jumping around.
"In this way, thank you to the two generals!"