Chapter 232: Guanzhong Military Disaster
When the Xia army conquered Hedong, the main soldiers in Guanzhong at this time were in trouble, and Li, Guo and others raised an army to march westward, like locusts crossing the border, invading the counties. The strength of the troops was greater than the expectations of the Chang'an Imperial Court, but in two days, it marched more than 200 miles westward, coercing the remnants of the Dong army to rout, and the strength of the army doubled, with 60,000 or 70,000 people.
The bad news came continuously, and the rebels marched at a really fast pace, and the scouts who rushed to the front every day were almost uninterrupted. The princes of Chang'an were also shocked three times a day, and Wang Yun, who was originally "sitting firmly in Diaoyutai", could no longer sit still at this time.
Urgently ordered Lu Bu to send an army to conquest and preside over the military affairs of Chang'an. At this time, Chang'an, counting the forbidden army, did not have more than 10,000 soldiers, and the army was uncertain. Under Wang Yun's conceit, the military morale that had been slightly stabilized was also constantly shaken, and now Li and Guo are so loud outside, and the Chang'an garrison is also ready to move when they think of Dong Zhuo.
Lu Bu thought that Chang'an had few soldiers and thieves were strong, and suggested that Wang Yun recruit soldiers, stick to Chang'an, consume its morale, and then find a way to break the enemy. Wang Yun didn't listen, and said: "The capital is heavy, how can you let the thieves and soldiers come to the city, where is the prestige of the Son of Heaven, you must defend the enemy outside the imperial capital!" ”
Regarding Wang Yun's thoughts and deeds, Lu Bu almost turned his face on the spot, and "patiently" persuaded him, but Wang Yun was provoked to go his own way. Lu Buqi, as far as he is concerned, is just a sword guard, worship the marquis, and listen to his Wang Situ's dispatch. A reckless man, where did he come from a lot of nonsense.
Lu Bu had strong resistance to Wang Yun's stubbornness, but he couldn't resist him. Personally selected Le 3,000 soldiers, all of whom were "unstable elements" in his opinion, handed over to Li Su and ordered him to lead the army eastward to crusade against the rebellious army.
Li Su is not stupid, he knows in his heart that his soldiers have many different intentions, and all the way eastward is like sitting on a fire, day and night. On the Weinan Plain east of Chang'an, tens of thousands of troops of Li and Guo were encountered. Li Su dared to lead the army eastward, and naturally had a way to deal with the rebels in his heart, so he surrendered decisively without firing an arrow or wounding a single soldier, wanting to join the rebels.
Li Su found out earlier, killed Dong Zhuo, Wang Yun was in power, it was better to be under Dong Zhuo, but now it is too late to regret it. Those big families, how could they afford to be a poor man like him, and they were Dong Zhuo's generals, and they were very excluded. Punish Dong Rebellious, his Li Su's meritorious service is not small, but he has not gained much, those children of the family who have not contributed much can be promoted and knighted with their identity, Li Su is not convinced.
Li Wei's side decisively accepted Li Su's surrender and merged all his subordinates, while those soldiers quickly integrated into the rebels like fish entering the sea and birds returning to the mountains and forests, and turned their troops to Chang'an. And Li Su, a little miserable, killed Dong Zhuo, he contributed a lot, and was ordered by Li Dao to kill the sacrificial flag, for the sake of his voluntary surrender, he didn't let him suffer too much.
Wang Yun was dissatisfied with Lu Bu's non-cooperation, and decisively took over the command of the Chang'an garrison in person. After Dong Zhuo's rebellion, Wang Yun had already understood that Dong Zhuo's strength lay in the army, so after Dong Zhuo's death, he took the army very seriously.
Don't look at trusting Lu Bu, Lu Bu commands the armies, but one is contained by Huangfu Song, and the other is that Sun Rui is in charge of the palace forbidden army, and many children of the family are installed in the army as officers. The restrictions on Lu Bu are extremely high, and at this time, what he can really control is still the "Merge State Army", which has just been expanded, but there are only more than 1,000 people.
Wang Yun personally supervised military affairs, recruiting young people into the army inside and outside Chang'an, and paying attention to the movements of the chaotic army. Earlier, Wang Yun ordered the left Fengyi County to guard the Song Wing, and the right Fufeng County to guard Wang Hong to send troops to Chang'an to support, both of whom were Wang Yun's cronies in the same county, and sent a total of 3,000 soldiers to Chang'an.
Wang Yun then sent Xu Rong, a general of Anbei who returned to Chang'an, to lead an army of 10,000 to fight, and Hu Zhen of Lantian was ordered to lead 3,000 troops under his command. Wang Yun admired Xu Rong quite a lot, knowing that he had the talent to be a commander, and regardless of his previous crime of "rebellion", he boldly activated it, looking forward to Xu Rong being able to repel the chaotic army that was approaching Chang'an more and more, and keep the enemy out of the country.
Xu Rong led the army, and it was only more than fifty miles east before it stopped. He doesn't have to go to the thief, for the thief has come. Li Dao, Guo Yan, Fan Chou, and Li Meng, the remnants of the Dong army, each led their subordinates to sweep over.
The momentum caused by tens of thousands of cavalry, even Xu Rong, felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart, just with the more than 10,000 "rabble" under his command, how to repel the enemy army in front of him. He Xu Rong knew Shi Dawu, but he really didn't know where Wang Yun got such confidence in him, and looked at the murderous rebels with a solemn expression. Hu Zhen was on the side, his eyes flickering, and there was no trace of nervousness on his face.
"General Xu, you are the general under the Taishi, and now we are waiting for the revenge of the Taishi, you want to lead the army to block the road, but why? The last general has always respected the general, and hopes that the general will disperse the soldiers and horses, otherwise we will be overwhelmed by tens of thousands of strong troops, even if the general's command is unparalleled, it is inevitable that he will die on the battlefield! Li Dao urged him to step forward and said loudly, full of confidence. On the other side is Xu Rong, who used to only bend down and bow his hand, but now he has the opportunity to talk eloquently, which feels really good.
"How does General Xu plan to deal with it!" The corners of Hu Zhen's mouth twitched, and he asked in a low voice.
Without looking at Hu Zhen, Xu Rong gave a decisive order, and his tone was blunt: "Order, keep the position to retreat, and defend to Hongmen!" ”
Xu Rong retreated, and Li Dao and others took advantage of the situation to follow up slowly, and they were not impatient. "Wenhe, we can directly attack Xu Rong, why should we let him defend the village, wouldn't it be an obstacle?"
Jia Xu is now a rebel think tank, and when he heard this, he said lightly: "Xu Rong is a person who commands the material." Fight against it, even if it is defeated and our soldiers are damaged, it will not benefit much. ”
"Wen He, let's talk straight, what we do, it's up to you!" Guo Yan next to him said with a loud voice.
"The general can send someone to contact Hu Zhen, and there will be gains!" Jia Xu was still light and light, looking at the fence that had been erected in the distance, and sighed lightly: "Hongmen, when Xiang Yu set up a banquet here, he made an allusion, which has been passed down to this day......"
"Haha, now that we are going west along the old road of the overlord, we will definitely be able to break Chang'an!" Li Dao shouted arrogantly.
That night, some rebels infiltrated Hu Zhen's army to contact, Hu Zhen of course did not have a good impression of Chang'an, and originally used its "momentum" to pretend to be effective, but now it is ...... I barely thought about it, and hit it off.
Hu Zhen decisively rebelled and turned to attack Xu Rong, and Xu Rong was not wary of Hu Zhen at all. The sudden attack on it reacted quickly, and quickly mobilized troops and horses, intending to kill it. But Li Dao and Guo Yan will not give him much time to react, and a group of warlords will rush up, even if Xu Rong has the ability, it will be irreparable in the face of this crisis.
Under the battle, he was defeated, and Xu Rong was captured alive. Li Dao rode his horse and looked at this "famous general" condescendingly, very arrogant: "How do you feel that the general is now a prisoner of my rank?" ”
Xu Rong didn't speak, raised his eyes and glanced at Li Dao, but didn't speak. Angered by Xu Rong's attitude, Li Wei swung down a whip and hit Xu Rong's face, a deep whip mark extended from the bridge of his nose to the side of his face, bloody and bruised, Xu Rong was disfigured.
"Hahaha!" Li Wei laughed a few times, ordered Xu Rong to be escorted down, looked to the west and said coldly: "Order, the army is going west, and the troops will be sent to Chang'an!" ”
Hongmen, Xu Rong was defeated, Li and Guo rebelled that there was no obstacle to the front, plus the annexation and surrender of the army, when they arrived in Chang'an, there were more than 80,000 foot horses.
As for Wang Yun, in the face of the overwhelming and oppressive rebels, he woke up from the "sweet dream" as if he had been hit hard, and he was completely in wax.