Chapter 577: Lu Bu escaped
It is said that the Xiliang officers and soldiers and their families in Changsha City were killed countless times by Wang Yun; Lü Bu suggested that the Xiliang army be incorporated for the use of the imperial court, but Wang Yun refused.
Someone escaped from Changsha City, and the killing of Li Ru spread quickly, and Wang Yun's purge of the Xiliang people was also known to the Xiliang people outside the city.
The chaos is imminent, and what the people are thinking about is not the court, not the righteousness, not to seek revenge from the Xiliang people, but how to save their lives.
A large number of people in the four counties of Jingnan began to abandon their family business, support the old and the young, and quickly migrated to the Gaoshun forces.
To the northeast, Wuchang County, Yuzhang County, Luling County, Qujiang County, Lingnan County, etc. are the most convenient escape objects, and some people cross the river by small boat to reach Chuzhou.
The officials of the Gaoshun forces loved the people the most, and these people were organized into separate households to provide taxes.
Wang Yun was busy cleaning the city; The people of Xiliang are also gathering troops and thinking about countermeasures; At this time, no one cared about these people, creating favorable conditions for their escape.
The surviving generals of Xiliang are now only Li Dao and Guo Yan and others, as well as Yang Ding and Huang Zu who manage the water army.
Li Ru, Niu Fu and others were killed, and Li Dao and Guo Yan became the highest-ranking people among the survivors of Xiliang.
Li Dao has a brave and treacherous personality, is good at using soldiers, and has eloquence; Guo Yan was born as a horse thief, cunning and good at using soldiers; At that time, Liu Ai believed that Li Dao and Guo Yan's ability to fight with soldiers was above Zhu Jun and Sun Jian.
In this world, the region they are in is different from history, and they are surrounded by Gaoshun forces on all sides, so they have no intention of escaping from the beginning, but are preparing to counterattack Changsha.
Li Dao and Guo Yan quickly gathered the officers and soldiers outside the city and the Xiliang officers and soldiers who were on leave, and notified the officers and soldiers stationed in the northern part of Changsha and the other three counties to quickly return to the defense and save them for Li Ru.
At this time, the Xiliang people realized that they had no escape, and they must unite as one in order to overcome the difficulties in front of them, and only if they continued to carry the banner of the emperor, Gao Shun's forces would not attack them, otherwise, if they broke away from the emperor, they would be identified as traitors by Gao Shun and sent troops to exterminate them; Liu Bei is a lesson from the past.
They didn't have the idea of coercing the Son of Heaven to order the world at this time, but they just knew that Gao Shun did not interfere in the affairs of the imperial court, and only controlling the emperor and the imperial court was the only way for them to save their lives.
Excluding those who were killed by Wang Yun and those who did not receive news in a short period of time, Li Dao and Guo Yan quickly gathered more than 80,000 Xiliang officers and soldiers to surround Changsha City.
Originally, Wang Yun also wanted to win over some, divide some, and disintegrate the Xiliang officers and soldiers, but his killing in the city made the Xiliang people frightened, but they hated the enemy and united closely, and now the Xiliang soldiers are besieging Changsha City, this is a rebellion, and it must not be co-opted, so Wang Yun let Lu Bu's officers and soldiers defend the city.
Wang Yun's attitude changed so much before and after the event, and he didn't fulfill his promise to Lu Bu, how could Lu Bu send troops to defend the city?
Taiwei Huang Wan, Taifu Liu Yu, Taifu Zhao Qi and others jointly persuaded Wang Yun, and Dong Chenghao Fuwan and others worked together, Wang Yunfang agreed to promote Lu Bu to be the general of Wei and defend Changsha City.
Everyone was very annoyed by Wang Yun's attitude and behavior, but Wang Yun didn't know it.
Not only did Lu Bu hate Wang Yun, but even Wei Xu couldn't stand it anymore, and suggested: "My lord, why don't we wait to kill Wang Yun'er and control the court, and then negotiate peace with Li and Guo to jointly control the court." ”
Lu Bu thought of the kindness of the first emperor, and would never do such a thing, so he directly rejected Wei Xu's suggestion and said: "If this is the case, it is better to return to the state, be neighbors with Uncle Zhi, protect the border county, and be at ease." ”
"Can Duke Wei accept us?" Wei Xu was very skeptical.
Lu Bu said confidently: "Yes, Duke Wei will definitely accept us, even Zhang Ji, Zhang Xiu, and Cheng Lian, why don't you Ghana us?" ”
Wei Xu asked excitedly, "Cheng Lian?" He's alive? "The concern is palpable.
Lu Bu smiled: "Hahaha, he is not only alive, but also alive and well, he has surrendered to the Duke of Wei, and he has secretly sent someone to deliver the letter before, and the messenger is his old guard, it can't be wrong." ”
Wei Xu was overjoyed, if they surrendered to Gao Shun, the Duke of Wei, they would be able to live a stable life, so he suggested again: "My lord, since we have the idea of surrendering the Duke of Wei, why don't we kidnap the emperor and the ministers and present them to the Duke of Wei together as a gift for our audience." ”
These words made Lu Bu laugh, and pointed at Wei Xu: "When will you grow up, first of all, can Li and Guo let the emperor go?" If so, they will lay down their lives against us, and we will be their opponents with our families and those who are unable to move? Secondly, if the Duke of Wei wants the emperor and the ministers, he can take it himself, such as digging for things, why bother with us? ”
"The lord is wise!"
Lu Bu ordered again: "While defending the city, inform the families of the army to prepare for relocation." ”
"Yes, my lord!" Wei Xu responded happily.
Subsequently, Lü Bu wrote a letter and secretly sent people out of the city to Li and Guo, expressing his willingness to lead the army and their families out of Changsha and to get involved in the affairs between them and the imperial court.
After Li Dao and Guo Yan received the letter, they were shocked at first, and then the two had a disagreement.
Li Dao thought that Lu Bu was afraid, so he wanted to escape, since this was the case, it was better to kill him to avenge Li Ru.
Guo Yan believed that they themselves did not have a close relationship with Li Ru, and that Lu Bu was gone, so they could control the court, and they must quickly control the court and the emperor before Gao Shun declared them thieves, otherwise their lives would be in danger.
Li Wei thought about it, and had to agree with Guo Yan's opinion, he could let Lu Bu and his family leave, but he couldn't take away the property in Li Ru and Niu Fu's mansion, and those things should be inherited by the Xiliang people.
As a result, after several rounds of negotiations, the two sides finally reached a consensus.
Lü Bu went out of the city to fight, failed several times in a row, made a state of inability to defend the city, and then led the army and family members to the south of Changsha, through Yichun County to Yuzhang County.
Pretending to fail was a bit unacceptable to Lu Bu, but in order to achieve the prestige of Li Dao and Guo Yan, in order to ensure the safety of his family and successfully reach Yuzhou County, he had to follow the advice of Li Dao and Guo Yan.
Wei Xu comforted: "My lord, this is also good for us, we chose to leave because we were incapable of the enemy, not because we intend to abandon the court." ”
Lu Bu thought for a while, and could only accept this reality.
For a period of time, the two sides fought non-stop, but they were all acting, and there were almost no losses on both sides, and everyone was happy.
Lü Bu's successive defeats made the court and Wang Yun anxious, so they forbade Lü Bu to go out of the city to fight again, and only needed to hold on to the city.
In order to encourage Lü Bu, the emperor and his ministers put aside Wang Yun and canonized Lü Bu as the Marquis of Hanshou.
This made Lu Bu feel a little guilty about His Majesty because of his selfishness, so he sent a letter to Li Dao and Guo Yan to ensure the safety of His Majesty the Emperor.
This is not a difficult task for Li Dao and Guo Yan, the emperor is their talisman; So he promised to absolutely guarantee the safety of the emperor.
At the appointed time, Li Dao and Guo Yan attacked the city in a big way, and Lu Bu was defeated, opened the city gate, and led the officers and soldiers and their families to leave.
Before leaving, Lü Bu invited several courtiers to leave, but they resolutely refused.
The emperor and the ministers stood at the head of the city, silently watching Lü Bu's army leave, while the armies of Li Dao and Guo Yan automatically made way out of the way, allowing Lü Bu to break through smoothly.
They had lost hope for the future, and with Lu Bu gone, they returned to their previous situation.
Without much effort, Li Dao and Guo Yan entered Changsha City, and took control of the imperial court, the emperor, and the ministers.