Chapter 321: The Western Expedition
Li Wei's invasion of Yingchuan was defeated by the combined forces of Jiang Sheng and Cao Cao, and when he retreated to Chang'an, he plundered and plundered, and the people of Yingchuan fled one after another, and most of them fled to Jizhou, which was unprecedentedly prosperous. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
After the news of Li Dao's defeat reached Chang'an, Guo Yan, whose strength was equal to Li Dao's, began to become restless.
Guo Yan has always been unable to look at Li Dao's persecution to offer the emperor as the great Sima, but he didn't dare to challenge Li Dao's strength, so he swallowed his anger, and now Li Dao has suffered a big defeat, and his strength has been much weaker, Guo Bi forced Emperor Xian to make him the Taifu, and his status is the same as Li Dao.
is also a Xiliang general who entered Chang'an, Fan Chou is not to be outdone, on the one hand, he denounces Guo Yan, and on the other hand, he also wants to make Emperor Xian an official.
Guo Yan was unwilling, he had 80,000 soldiers and horses under his command, while Fan Chou only had 30,000 soldiers and horses, how could he compare? So he took the opportunity of inviting Fan Chou to the banquet and sent a warrior to directly behead Fan Chou during the banquet.
After Li Wei got the news, he was worried about what else Guo Yan would do, so he didn't care about looting, and led the remnants to return to Chang'an quickly.
Zhang Ji, who was stationed in Hongnong, learned that Fan Chou was dead, and he was unceremonious, and directly asked his nephew Zhang Xiu to receive Fan Chou's soldiers and horses, and the strength of the uncle and nephew expanded rapidly.
The relationship between Li Dao and Fan Chou is not bad, especially after taking charge of the government, Fan Chou supports Li Dao, and now Guo Wei's official position has caught up with Li Dao, and he killed Fan Chou, making it clear that he is arguing with Li Dao, how can Li Dao swallow this breath? went to Guo Yan's mansion to ask the guilt.
Guo Yan's ambition was inflated, he didn't put Li Dao at all, he didn't even bother to meet, and only sent a general to meet Li Dao, Li Dao was furious, and after returning to the camp, he ordered troops and horses to besiege Guo Yan's mansion.
Guo Yan has placed his own people everywhere in the city, and Li Wei's actions have long been known to him, that is, he has dispatched troops, and when Li Wei led the army to kill, Guo Yan's army had already formed a formation.
The two armies were tense, Jia Xu hurriedly ran to persuade the fight, and the two top officials of the country were like scoundrels, scolding each other in front of the public, and were spurned by the corporal of the world.
Fortunately, Jia Xu's face was big enough, Guo Yan and Li Wei temporarily stopped, Jia Xu presided over the reconciliation, and finally under the impetus of Jia Xu, Li Wei and Guo Yan both withdrew their soldiers and horses from Chang'an City, Guo Yan was stationed in the west of the city, Li Wei was stationed in the east of the city, and agreed on three chapters, unless the enemy attacked Chang'an, no one was allowed to bring troops into the city.
Emperor Xian was very satisfied with Jia Xu's approach, so he worshiped Jia Xu as Situ, and Jia Xu recommended Li Ru to Emperor Xian, and let Li Ru serve as a servant, and Cai Yong was reappointed as a doctor, responsible for the compilation of court classics, which became an idle errand and stayed away from the disputes in the court.
A few days later, several soldiers in Li Wei's army clashed with Guo Yan's soldiers while hunting, and the two armies took the opportunity to start crusading against each other, and the two armies had a total of 120,000 soldiers and horses in the northern area of Chang'an City, all of which were defeated, at this time Zhang Ji led the army back to Chang'an, and mediated with strong force.
Guo Yan and Li Ji's soldiers and horses were killed by Zhang Jijun, and the two families had to give Zhang Ji face and stop the infighting, but at the same time, they were both angry with Zhang Ji in their hearts, and there was serious hatred and disagreement within the team.
The news Jiang Sheng received was what was written above, and the long-term strategy suggested by Xi Zhicai for Jiang Sheng before was to instigate internal strife among various departments in Xiliang, and it seems that this work has been done.
At this time, it was a good opportunity to send troops to crusade against the Xiliang forces, Jiang Sheng issued a letter in the name of Taiwei, calling on the world's heroes to crusade against Li Dao and others, which was responded to by Yuan Shu of Yangzhou, Ma Teng of Liangzhou, Tao Qian of Xuzhou, and Liu Yan of Yizhou.
Jiang Sheng asked Xu You to do Cao Cao's work, wanting to take advantage of the road to the west, Xu You and Cao Cao have known each other for many years, plus an impassioned speech, Cao Cao agreed to borrow the way.
Jiang Sheng sent an order to Liu Bei, Xianpei, and Xun Yu, asking them to send troops to form a Western Expeditionary Army and march to Chang'an.
In the past few years, the trial has been very impressive in Le'an, and all kinds of materials are very rich, and 20,000 soldiers and horses have been sent to supply the western expeditionary army.
Xun Yu sent Xu Huang and Yu Ban to lead 50,000 troops to participate in the battle and assembled in Huai County, Hanoi County.
Liu Beike made a difficulty, he had long heard that the Xiliang Army was extraordinary, and now Jiang Sheng asked him to send troops to deal with the Xiliang Army, what was his intention?
When Xu Yu sent Cao Cao and did not return, Liu Bei gathered his small circle to discuss countermeasures, discussed and discussed, and felt that this time he must not go to war, once the army was sent out, it was normal for Jiang Sheng to annex the plain.
In fact, Jiang Sheng didn't mean this at all, it was indeed a lack of troops, but it was no wonder that Liu Bei had the heart of a villain.
It happened that Cao Cao and Tao Qian had been attacking for many years, Tao Qian sent Zhang Min to intercept and kill Cao Cao's father Cao Song, Cao Cao in order to avenge his father, raised troops to attack Xuzhou, Tao Qian failed one after another, because he knew Liu Bei, so he asked Liu Bei for help, Liu Bei took this opportunity to reply to Jiang Sheng, saying that Tao Qian was his best friend, and now Tao Qian was in trouble to ask for help, Liu Bei had to send troops to rescue Tao Qian.
It stands to reason that Liu Bei, as the county guard under Jiang Sheng's rule, should obey the arrangement of the state pastor when sending troops, but now it has become a common practice, and each county has its own armed forces.
Zhao Yun was originally wandering around Yingchuan, and this expedition to the west was also recruited as the vanguard army to fight the front station.
When Jiang Sheng dispatched troops, Xun Yu wrote a letter to Jiang Sheng and sent someone to Linzi.
In the letter, Xun Yu advised Jiang Sheng to take the opportunity of this western expedition to welcome Emperor Xian back to Kanto, and it was best to let Emperor Xian take advantage of Jiang Sheng's sphere of influence, protect Emperor Xian, and command the world in the name of Emperor Xian.
"Hold the Son of Heaven hostage to order the princes?" Jiang Sheng was stunned, yes, the original meaning of this sentence recorded in history was from Xun Yu.
"Hold the Son of Heaven hostage to order the princes? What a solution! Xi Zhicai and Xun You both applauded.
Jiang Sheng nodded and said, "It seems that if Wen Ruo has found the key, he will implement his advice." In order to show sincerity, this time I decided to personally serve as the commander of the Western Expeditionary Army! The affairs of Qingzhou will be handed over to Gongda. ā
Xun You bowed and said, "Lord, please rest assured!" ā
Jiang Sheng briefly explained the affairs of Qingzhou to Xun You, led the Yue Women's Battalion and the Qingzhou Battalion out of Qingzhou, and entered the territory of Chenliu County through Yanzhou Taishan, Jibei, Dongping, Jiyin and other counties.
Because the county defenders under Cao Cao Cao received Cao Cao's order to let Jiang Sheng's army pass, there were no accidents along the way.
Jiang Sheng kept an eye on it, and every time he went to a county, he had to rest for a day, and learn about the customs and customs of various places along the way under the guise of wandering, so as to prepare for the future.
After arriving in Chenliu County, because the materials sent by the trial had not yet arrived, Jiang Sheng sent a letter to Zhao Yun, asking Zhao Yun to lead the Xuancai Battalion to set off first, stepping on points along the way to open the way, and Jiang Sheng's 30,000 main forces stayed in Chenliu County.
In order to prevent Cao Cao from becoming suspicious, Jiang Sheng personally went to visit Chen Liutaishou Zhang Miao, and explained in detail the reason for the detention of the army.