Hongnong County, Huayin City.

Zhu Ying stood at the head of the city with a robe, a majestic appearance, watching the soldiers and horses not far from the city lined up into a long snake, cautiously passing around the city.

"As fast as the wind, Xu Rulin, Gan Ling, who led the troops, can be regarded as a person who knows the soldiers, no wonder these soldiers and horses of Niu Fu fell into his hands in the end!"

Duan Xuan looked at the soldiers and horses passing around the city outside the city for a long time, and after not finding a flaw to take advantage of, he laughed out loud and said leisurely.

After listening to Duan Xuan's words, the military officials around him didn't understand, and couldn't help but ask:

"General Zhonglang, although this Ganling is also a person who knows the soldiers, but if our army goes out of the city to attack and disturb, obstruct its journey, wait for it to fight and it is difficult to retreat, and then when its men and horses are poor, then lead the troops to assault, it is not impossible to defeat the enemy with one blow."

"Having said that, what kind of benefit can we gain by doing this kind of thing, in addition to losing our soldiers and horses?"

Asked by Duan Xuanyi, the military official who spoke out was suddenly speechless, and he hesitated for a moment before continuing:

"But if you let this Ganling lead the troops away like this, I am afraid that the court will investigate it in the future, and we will not be able to escape the responsibility. And it will also fold the prestige of General Zhonglang, so that nobodies like Gan Ling will look down on our soldiers and horses stationed in Huayin. ”

Duan Xuan smiled coldly, as if he had heard a big joke.

"Who can say clearly about the current situation and what will happen in the future. As for Ganling, I let him go today, if he has a little knowledge, he will definitely understand the deep meaning, how dare he underestimate me, if he is a stupid person, even if I let him go, with his little soldiers, entering Sanfu is a dead end. ”

Outside Huayin City

Ganling was stationed on a hill, looking at the movement of the defenders on Huayin City.

Seeing that the defenders of the city were well defended and had a clear banner, but they had no intention of going out of the city to invite battle, seeing that their own cavalry had gone through seventy or eighty percent, a big stone in Gan Ling's heart was completely put down, and it was truly confirmed that Duan Xuan in the city had no intention of sending troops to intercept his soldiers and horses.

"Pass the order, in Huayin, the sergeant must not take the people captive along the way, must pass at full speed, and must not be stranded."

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Hongnong-gun, Michi.

"Bang!"

Guo Yan, who had a black face and a thick beard, and still had the wind and dust on his body that had been hurrying for days, punched the case in front of him fiercely, and the scar on his face also trembled, he stood up, and scolded and scolded constantly.

"These Hu Chi'er and Gan Ling are really sinners of my Liangzhou soldiers and horses, and the 20,000 strong soldiers in Shaanxi County have been defeated like this!"

Guo Yan has a short temper, in front of people, it is not good to speak directly, insulting his main general Niu Fu, he can only spill his anger on Hu Chi'er, who attacked and killed Niu Fu, and Gan Ling, who took away most of the soldiers and horses, he scolded and scolded in his mouth, especially puzzled, glanced at Dong Cheng, who was defeated and stood restlessly, and said sarcastically:

"Thanks to our bloody fight in the Central Plains, we captured many counties and counties, but we couldn't resist the traitors, the backyard caught fire, and we had to give up those cities that had been captured by repeated hard battles, and took the risk of withdrawing from the eyes of those Taishou and Thorn Shi in the eastern part of the country, marching for days, and not daring to say that I was tired, but I was about to arrive in Shaanxi County, and the army of Shaanxi County was defeated and fled, I really don't know how you and other people who led the troops, how this battle was fought?"

Guo Yan sarcastically questioned Dong Cheng, Dong Cheng, who was five big and three coarse, was like a cowardly child in front of the violent and arrogant Guo Yan, who could only make promises and dare not speak up.

He really can't say it, Hu Chi'er faked the military order, he was confused by Ganling's words, causing hesitation in using troops, and finally Hu Chi'er insisted on going his own way, and was defeated by Ganling's troops, Dong Cheng was lonely and difficult to support, and hurriedly led the troops to withdraw, and then the chaos in the city was taken by Ganling first, Dong Cheng knew that he was invincible, so he could only flee east, and defected to the third lieutenant who led the troops to return to the west.

The road was bumpy, but when he arrived at Michi, he still had to be questioned and troubled by Guo Yan.

"Okay, the matter has come to this, and it won't help to pursue it any longer, so let's calm down and think about what to do next!"

Li Wei looked at the irritable Guo Yan, and finally spoke up to stop him from continuing to go crazy.

Guo Yan glared at Dong Cheng again, and then sat down again.

"Dong Sima, you can also take a seat!"

Li Wei waved his hand at Dong Cheng, Dong Cheng saluted gratefully, and then cautiously came to the last seat to take a seat.

"Taishi died, the generals of Chang'an died, those who fled, all the soldiers and horses in Liangzhou were buried, and now Niu Zhonglang will die at the hands of traitors, and the army of Shaanxi County has also fallen apart, what other way out can we have?"

After sitting down, Guo Yan muttered discouragedly, but he quickly raised his eyebrows again and said eagerly:

"If you want me to say, if I wait for the remaining soldiers and horses, if I go westward again, it will definitely be a dead end. The Chang'an Imperial Court does not need to send troops to levy, as long as it guards the danger, our army will not have enough food, and it will be consumed and killed here. ”

"It's better to disband the soldiers and horses here, and everyone hides their tracks and flees back to Liangzhou. Now that Liangdi is dominated by Han Sui, Ma Teng and others, it is difficult to implement the orders of the imperial court there, I have waited until I have arrived in Liangdi, and I can still recruit troops and sell horses, occupy an area and stand on my own, it is better than waiting for death like this! ”

Guo Yan talked about his opinions, and the more he talked, the more energetic he became. Along the way, he did not simply bury his head in the road, but occasionally thought about his own back road. In his opinion, now that the Liangzhou soldiers in Chang'an and Shaanxi County have been defeated and scattered, no matter what to talk about westward expansion, counterattacking Chang'an is already a foolish thing, so everyone simply disbanded the soldiers and horses on the spot, hid their identities and names, and fled back to Liangzhou, and things still have a lot to do.

After all, even Han Sui and Ma Teng, the defeated generals of the year, were able to divide one side in Liangdi, and if he, Li Dao and others could return to Liangzhou, recruit troops and horses again, and gather strength, they would not be able to divide the county and dominate the side.

Guo Yan thought so in his heart.

After listening to Guo Yan's words, most of the people present showed a look of agreement, the Xiliang soldiers in Chang'an and Shaanxi County have been defeated, and they have become a lone army with nowhere to depend, which can be described as a bleak future.

Li Wei looked at the performance of everyone present, his face was covered with a layer of gloom, and the two nasolabial folds on the wings of his nose trembled slightly, but he did not speak immediately.

Guo Yan's escape strategy sounds reasonable, but in Li Wei's mind, he lost the soldiers and horses in his hand and fled back to Liangzhou, thousands of miles away, and there were thousands of dangers on the road.

And Han Sui and Ma Teng in Liangdi are not good for their generation, at this time and that time, when they defeated Han and Ma, it was when the elite soldiers and strong generals under Dong Zhuo's account gathered, and now they are fleeing like lost dogs, what can they rely on, they can regain their strength in Liangdi, and compete with Han Sui, Ma Teng and others?

Although he was unwilling, Li Wei also saw that what Guo Yan said was not his personal opinion, but the voice of many soldiers, and the public opinion should not be rashly disobedient, so Li Dao did not speak immediately, but turned his head to look at Jia Xu, who was sitting and listening to the side of the seat, with no sadness on his face.

"Captain Jia, I don't know what you think?"

Li Wei's tone was modest, and he asked Jia Xu in the seat gently. The others immediately turned their attention to Jia Xu, who had always been an elder, and even Guo Yan, who had always been arrogant, looked at Jia Xu with some admiration.

Jia Xu was originally the commander of Pingjin, after the fall of Luoyang, he did not follow Dong Zhuo back to Chang'an, but continued to garrison with Li Dao, Guo Yan, and Zhang Ji's soldiers and horses to resist the attack of the Kwantung soldiers and horses, and then went east to conquer the counties of the Central Plains, and Jia Xu also marched with the army all the way until now.

During this period of time under the command of the third lieutenant, he had many strange and winning schemes, such as the sound of attacking the east and the west to defeat Wang Kuangjun, which was from Jia Xu's plan, in the face of the resourceful Jia Xu, Li, Guo and others respected him a lot, and listened to his suggestions.

Jia Xu heard Li Dao's inquiry, the goatee under his chin moved, he knew that Li Dao intended to push him out to reverse the public opinion, he did not directly say his opinion, but asked:

"You think you are better than Cai Zhonglang?"

Suddenly heard Jia Xu's inquiry, and everyone present was in an uproar.

Cai Zhonglang is talking about Cai Yong, who is the official general of Zuo Zhonglang. Cai Yong was Dong Zhuo's three expeditions on both sides of the court, and his fame spread far and wide, and it was amazingly big.

The people in the audience like Li Dao, Guo Yan and others all know that Jia Xu is talking about Cai Yong, these martial artists and military men, compared with their official positions, fame and talent, naturally none of them can be compared with Cai Yong.

Guo Yan frowned slightly, patiently, and asked with some displeasure:

"What do you mean by that?"

Jia Xu raised his eyebrows slightly, but he didn't care.

"Cai Zhonglang is well-known at home and abroad, and he has the heavy responsibility of writing history, but just because he sighed for the death of the Taishi, he was imprisoned by Wang Yun for questioning, and let the court officials plead many times, but he was not pardoned, and finally died tragically in prison."

"Now I and other people here, are regarded as Dong against the Yu party, the previous begging for pardon on the letter, the court should not be, this way, I have never heard of the Chang'an court, there has been an edict to pardon the people of Liangzhou, recently there are rumors that the princes of the court and the central government are discussing to punish the people of Liangzhou, in the name of Cai Zhonglang, it is still difficult to escape death, if the monarchs here know themselves, when the Ming Dynasty has no intention of pardoning the Liangzhou people."

"There is no intention of pardoning the people in the court, and the monarchs abandon the people and go alone, so they will be arrested and arrested along the way, and the first pavilion chief and the second and third pavilion guards can restrain the monarch."

"Therefore, instead of abandoning the crowd and returning home, it is better to lead the crowd to the west, collect troops there, attack Chang'an, avenge Dong Gong, fortunately, and serve the country to conquer the world, if things are not good, go ahead."

Jia Xu talked eloquently, first taking Cai Yong's imprisonment and death as an example, and then comparing the situation of the people in the seat, and came to the conclusion that the Chang'an court did not pardon them Dong rebel Yu Party, and then told everyone that abandoning the crowd and fleeing at this time is tantamount to giving the head to others, it is better to continue to lead the army westward, and if they win, they will be able to obtain great fame and wealth, and if they are defeated, it will not be too late for them to scatter and flee again.

Jia Xu's words were reasonable, and he clearly analyzed the current situation and everyone's interests, and pointed out that there is only one way to go in everyone's current situation, that is, to continue to move westward and counterattack Chang'an.

Most of the people in the seat are soldiers who lick blood with knives and spend their lives after a hundred battles, and the reason why they had the intention of fleeing was purely because they felt that they had no way to survive when they marched into Chang'an, and now they were slapped by Jia Xu and cruelly told them that even if they no longer went west, there was no other way to survive, and everyone suddenly had the heart to fight to the death.

Li Wei had just been listening to Jia Xu's analysis at the same time, he had been silently paying attention to the faces of the other people present, he noticed that everyone's minds began to change, and his heart was also active, but he knew that if he wanted to completely gather people's hearts and move westward, he still needed a suitable opportunity, so he looked at everyone and said:

"Jia Duwei's wisdom on weekdays, all the gentlemen are clear, and I agree with his words, but the westward expansion is very important, and everyone needs to work together to make it happen, Captain Zhang has not returned from his patrol for a long time, I will wait for a while, and when he returns, listen to his opinions, and then make a decision!"

"But you don't have to wait, I also want to lead the army to the west, and the traitors in the DPRK and China rebel against the party, and fight to the death, not only for the revenge of the Taishi, but also for our livelihood, send troops to Chang'an, just today!"

As soon as Li Ji's words were finished, Zhang Ji's words had already come from outside the tent. Immediately afterwards, Zhang Ji, who was draped all over, strode into the tent, followed by a scribe in a black robe.

"The reason why I returned to the camp late is because I saw a line of carriages and horses on the road.

When Zhang Ji turned around and let everyone in the tent see the people behind him, the people in the seat suddenly had an uproar, it turned out that the person who came behind Zhang Ji turned out to be Li Ru, Dong Zhuo's think tank in the past!

"Gentlemen, Confucianism escaped from Chang'an, and he knows the inside story of Sanfu best. After Wang Yun, Lu Bu and others assassinated Taishi, they fought for power and profit in the court, resulting in disorder in government decrees, and the people became more and more centrifuged. The garrison of Sanfu is empty, if you take the opportunity to lead the army westward, you will be able to take Chang'an by surprise! ”

Li Ru, who had lost a lot of weight on both cheeks, stood in the tent and loudly encouraged the Liangzhou soldiers present to lead the troops to Chang'an.

After he escaped from Chang'an, he originally wanted to go to Niu Fu in Shaanxi County, but he took his family with him, and he had to hide his whereabouts and avoid pursuit along the way, so he naturally did not go fast, and when he arrived in Shaanxi County, Niu Fu had died, and he did not dare to go to the little-known Ganling, so he continued to come east, and went to the third lieutenant who rushed back, and finally met Zhang Ji's soldiers and horses today.

"Master Li, what you said is true?"

Guo Yan listened to Li Ru's words, and in a hurry, he asked directly, regardless of the fact that Li Ru no longer had his former position.

"What Confucianism said is naturally true, Wang Yun and Lu Bu are not in harmony, and the people's hearts are scattered, otherwise how can the king and others easily lead the troops back to the west, the government decree in the DPRK and China is disorderly, whether the soldiers and horses of the three auxiliaries are disbanded or pardoned, and there is no edict to express it, the generals are suspicious, and they each have troops in order to protect themselves, how can the garrison of this Guanzhong land not be empty?"

Li Ru replied confidently, and his words were conclusive, which made people not suspicious, and he was a first-hand witness of the incident that escaped from Chang'an, and what he saw and heard was far clearer than those of them who rushed back from the Kwantung region, and this attack on Chang'an was a clear way, which was even more convincing.

In this situation, combined with Jia Xu's previous analysis, the raging flame in the hearts of the people in the audience was quickly ignited again.