Chapter 275: The Battle of Chang'an (1)
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Jia Xu said: "Lu Bu is brave and unscrupulous, and will never let tens of thousands of soldiers and horses hide their whereabouts without being detected by our army, it seems that there are also masters in Lu Bu's army!" β
"Yes, I regret that I underestimated the enemy's rash advance, if I had listened to what the military advisor had said and advanced together, I would not have been defeated today."
Li Wei asked, "Lao Guo, how much have you lost?" β
"A total of 6,000 soldiers and horses were lost in the two battles today, which is a heavy loss!"
Zhang Jidao: "It seems that the closer you get to Chang'an, the more prepared the officers and soldiers will be!" β
Jia Xu said: "In this way, we must be cautious, from today onwards, you must go hand in hand, not alone." β
"Just as the military advisor said!" The three generals said in unison.
Jia Xu explained the plan for marching into Chang'an, Guo Yan and Zhang Ji each said goodbye and left, and Jia Xu chased him out and stopped Guo Yan.
"What else do you have to say?"
"Please send someone to take me to today's battlefield to have a look."
"Huh? This, okay. Guo Yan's face flushed, knowing that Jia Xu didn't believe the tens of thousands of officers and soldiers he said, but for the sake of long-term consideration, he had to let Jia Xu check it out in person.
In order to prevent accidents, Guo Yan asked the whole army to go out to protect Jia Xu to check, but Jia Xu refused, Jia Xu and the soldiers who led the way changed into civilian clothes and went to the battlefield to check.
Jia Xu carefully checked the hoof prints and the traces in the trees and grasses, and knew it in his heart, so he went back to summon Li Dao, Guo Yan and Zhang Ji to report the situation.
"Judging from the traces at the scene, the strength of the officer army is up to six thousand."
Li Dao and Zhang Ji both looked at Guo Yan, and Guo Yan said: "Lu Bu's Chinese army did not participate in the war, and the number is unknown. β
Jia Xu said: "With Lu Bu's personality, if the troops are sufficient, he will never be a turtle with a shrunken head, and only send his generals to fight, in my opinion, Lu Bu's banner is just a suspicious strategy." Our goal is to break through Chang'an, and we don't have to hold back for the sake of these 6,000 officers and soldiers. General Li could send 3,000 cavalry to bluff, while the main force of the army went out day and night, detoured to Juxian in the southwest of Chang'an, and took Chang'an directly. β
"The emperor is still in Chang'an, and Chang'an's defense must be tight!" Zhang Jidao.
"It's a big deal! After the military administration of Chang'an was cleaned up by Wang Yun, the various ministries collapsed on their own, and when the only remaining Niu Fu attacked Chang'an, Niu Fu was assassinated, and most of them were dispersed. Except for these horses brought out by Lu Bu, Chang'an City must be empty. β
"Strategist, don't forget Jiang Sheng! No one knows the number of soldiers and horses under his command! β
"Jiang Sheng is assassinating Xiangguo, not attacking with swords, judging from various circumstances, Jiang Sheng did not bring many soldiers and horses to Chang'an, but Chang'an has been in Chang'an for a few days, Jiang Sheng must have sent Jizhou soldiers and horses west into Chang'an. Therefore, we must speed up the march and take Chang'an before the arrival of Jizhou soldiers and horses. β
The earliest source of the famous "coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes" in history turned out to be Jia Xu! The three generals all felt that Jia Xu's strategy was very good, so they went back to arrange.
Let's say that Jiang Sheng, as Jia Xu's analysis, Xun Yu immediately mobilized 30,000 troops to support Chang'an after receiving Jiang Sheng's warrant, Zhao Yun led 5,000 Xuanjia cavalry as the vanguard, and was rushing to Chang'an from the starry night of Jizhou, Xu Huang led a mixed army of 25,000 lunge cavalry to follow.
After all, Jizhou is a long way from Chang'an, in comparison, Xiliang is as far away as Chang'an, and in terms of time, Zhao Yun can't compare to Xiliang's army no matter how fast he is.
Lu Bu didn't look down on Guo Jia at first, but after eating Li Mengbu, Lu Bu realized the importance of strategists, and he was also impressed by Guo Jia, and changed his name to Guo Jia when he was alone.
Guo Jia saw Lu Bu's transformation in his eyes, but he was still wary of Lu Bu in his heart, and asked Jiang Erchai to pay attention to the people who visited Lu Bu.
Guo Jia's plan is to attack day and night, if the Xiliang army is too annoying to fight, it will be eaten away, if it is not fighting, then frequent harassment, so that they will not be able to live in peace.
Now Lu Bu treats Guo Jia like a god, and the implementation of Guo Jia's strategy of day and night attacks and encroachment is not discounted, which disturbs the Xiliang army.
In the face of the frequent attacks and harassments of the Lu Bu army, the physically and mentally exhausted Xiliang army had to set up camp to rest and suspend the march.
For many days in a row, the Xiliang army did not take a step forward, and Lu Bu felt that it would not be a problem to drag on for a month, so Guo Jia advised Lu Bu not to take it lightly and to send someone to keep an eye on the Xiliang army.
After Lu Bu arranged it, he ate, drank and slept with peace of mind, and did not pay enough attention to it, the Xiliang army had no signs of entering the army for many days, and the people sent by Lu Bu to be in charge of monitoring also slowly relaxed their vigilance, and began to sleep lazily at night.
After Jia Xu made careful arrangements, he ordered the army to go out day and night, and then turn to the southeast and then turn to the northeast to march rapidly, and Guo Jia did not know all this.
Guo Jia also asked about the movements of the Xiliang Army many times, and the reply he got was that the Xiliang Army had not moved, so he repeatedly instructed to keep an eye on the Xiliang Army, and went to rest.
It is said that Li Dao, Guo Yan, and Zhang Ji's troops marched quickly, and soon arrived at the periphery of Juxian County, and when the scouts went to inquire about the situation, they happened to meet Fan Chou and Wang Fang of Dong Zhuo's old department, so they led Fan Chou and Li Ji to meet, and after some discussion, Jia Xu proposed that Fan Chou form an alliance with Li Dao, Guo Yan, and Zhang Ji to conspire with Chang'an, which was approved by the four.
The envoy sent by Jiang Sheng had rushed to the LΓΌ Bu army camp on the east side of the Xiliang military camp, and under Lu Bu's arrangement, the envoy went to the Xiliang army camp, and Li Meng, who stayed in the camp, not only did not receive him, but also expelled him away, otherwise he would be killed.
The envoy read out the edict of the emperor outside the camp, and the edict rewarded the Xiliang generals very heavily, but Li Meng was not interested, and resolutely did not allow the envoy to enter the camp, and the envoy had to return to the camp of Lu Bu to report.
Guo Jia exclaimed: "Ah, no! β
Lu Buqi said: "Why did Mr. say this? β
"The golden cicada of the Xiliang Army is out of its shell! I said why there has been no sign of marching for several days, general, the Xiliang camp must be an empty camp, you can go to rob the camp tonight, and return to Chang'an immediately after clearing the Xiliang army camp. β
General Lu Bu was skeptical, but he still decided to listen to Guo Jia's words, so he gathered all the soldiers and horses, a total of more than 4,000 people, buried the pot to cook, and after eating and drinking, he launched an attack on the camp of the Xiliang army.
The defense of the Xiliang camp was sparse, and sure enough, as Guo Jia said, Lu Bu rushed into the Xiliang army camp first, and Li Meng, who was full of wounds, hurriedly organized the evacuation, but he was surrounded by Lu Bu's army, and after a while, the whole army was annihilated, and Li Meng was pierced by Lu Bu's halberd, but he died.
After exterminating Li Meng's department, Lu Bujun set fire to the camp, and then returned to Chang'an overnight, but the rescue was too late after all, and when Zhen Yan reported the military situation to Jiang Sheng, Jiang Sheng was also surprised.
The Xiliang army suddenly approached the city, and it was too late to retreat, so Jiang Sheng had to organize to defend the city!