Chapter 358: Entering Luoyang

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Gan Ning and Dong Xi then lit torches and waved flags, and after Jin Liang saw the code, he ordered hundreds of warships hidden between Jiguan and Luoyang to launch in unison.

Jin Liangqin led 60,000 horses and landed on the south bank of the Yellow River, and after there were no beacon towers and checkpoints to block them, the central army commander drove straight in, whether it was Yan Xing's side or Dong Yue's side, no one knew.

The Central Army marched rapidly overnight, and at five o'clock in the evening of the same day, it came to the outside of Luoyang City.

Defending the north gate of Luoyang was Jin Liang's concubine Zhang Ning's uncle Wu Kuang, and Wu Kuang's son Wu Ban was now in Jin Liang's general's mansion. Wu Kuang had long seen that Dong Zhuo's forces were getting worse and worse, but Jin Liang's forces were getting stronger and stronger, so he made up his mind to serve Jin Liang.

This time, Wu Kuang followed Jin Liang's instructions. deliberately made friends with Wang Yun, Yang Zhan, Shisun Rui and other ministers of the family, and bribed Dong Zhuo's entourage, so that he was able to take charge of part of the military power. Wang Yun, Yang Zan and Yan Xing launched a coup d'Γ©tat, Wu Kuang and Jin Liang's other banner Li Su actively followed together, with the help of Li Su and Wu Kuang, Yan Xing and others got their wish and killed Dong Zhuo, but now Dong Yue's remnants have not been wiped out, Dong Zhuo's old department Li Dao, Guo Yan, Zhang Ji, Fan Chou, Yang Ding, and Duan Xuan are still in the area of Hangu Pass, Hongnong, Wuguan, and Chang'an, and it is far from the time to ask for rewards for meritorious service. Wu Kuang took the initiative to ask Ying to defend the city gate, and Li Su took the initiative to ask Ying to take charge of the security in Luoyang City on behalf of Jinwu, and the soldiers of Jincheng under Yan Xing's command and Wang Yun, Yang Zhan, Shisun Rui and other family ministers were tired from a day of fighting, so they handed over the fatigue of defense to Wu Kuang and Li Su with confidence.

After Wu Kuang and Li Su restored their military power from Dong Zhuo, with the secret support of the gold lord Jin Liang, they tried their best to buy off their subordinates, and their subordinates had followed them for many years. After being engraced and used by them, they all surrendered to each other, but Wu Kuang and Li Su never told the soldiers under their command the true situation, and it was not until tonight that they began to announce that after their soldiers learned the true situation. They all felt that whether they followed the Xiliang people or followed Wang Yun and other ministers of the family, it was not as promising as following Jin Liang, and most people agreed to take refuge in Jin Liang, and a very small number of dissenting people were also executed by Wu Kuang and Li Su, who had already prepared.

All the secret posts outside Luoyang City were cleared by the guards sent by Jin Liang, so when Jin Liang's 60,000 elite soldiers arrived at the north gate of Luoyang, Wang Yun, Yang Zhan, Shi Sun Rui, Yan Xing and others in Luoyang City were still dreaming of turning over the salted fish.

A mile away from the north gate of Luoyang, Jin Liang ordered people to light a pile of fire, the fire did not reach the sky, but spelled into a zigzag, standing at the head of the city for a long time Wu Kuang saw the fire, he ordered his cronies to open the three city gates north of Luoyang, 30,000 central army elite cavalry under the leadership of Zhao Yun, Xu Huang, Zhang Liao, quietly touched into Luoyang City, and went straight to the palace and the mansions of Yan Xing, Wang Yun, Yang Zan and Shisun Rui.

Wang Yun, Yang Zhan, Shi Sun Rui and other ministers of the family were all old people, tired from a day, they all fell asleep, and when the central army surrounded their mansions, they were awakened by the shouts of killing, but there was no way to escape.

Only Yan Xing was born as a military general, he has been in the army for many years, and his vigilance is very high, as soon as Jin Liang's army entered the city, he reacted, quickly got up, dressed neatly, flew on the black horse, waved the Zhangba snake spear, gathered the soldiers under his command, and prepared to deal with the enemy's surprise attack.

Yan Xing originally thought that Dong Zhuo's nephew Dong Yue secretly attacked Luoyang City with the more than 20,000 Xiliang veterans, but he didn't care, thinking that as long as he gathered the 30,000 horses in Luoyang City, he would definitely be able to drive Dong Yue's more than 20,000 Xiliang soldiers out of Luoyang City.

When Yan Xing rushed out of the mansion, the free and casual Jincheng soldiers under his command had not yet gathered, and the steel torrent of the Central Army had already surged.

Yan Xing saw the flying tiger with two wings embroidered on the enemy's fluttering banner, he felt cool in his heart, he never thought that Jin Liang, who was rumored to be busy with children at home and heroic shortness of breath, would fly to Luoyang with the Central Army.

It turned out that Jin Liang knew that Wang Yun, Yang Zhan, Shi Sun Rui, Yan Xing and others had a big concern when they got rid of Dong Zhuo, they were worried that Jin Liang, the overlord north of the Yellow River, stretched out his clutches to peep at Luoyang, worried that he would become that praying mantis, and Jin Liang became a yellow finch, Jin Liang learned about Wang Yun and others' concerns from the secret agents who were placed in Wang Yun and others' mansions, so he deliberately made a scene, and in recent months, he has entrusted military and political affairs to others, and stayed in the general's mansion all day long with his wife and children. When all the ministers of the Xiangyang court came to test Jin Liang, they always saw Jin Liang lying on the ground as a big horse, and let several sons and daughters ride on his back.

The ministers of the Xiangyang court who did not shed tears without seeing the coffin and Wang Yun and other ministers of the Luoyang court definitely had secret contacts and exchanged ideas, and the transfer of interests between them was far greater than the political differences between Dong Zhuo and Jin Liang, so Jin Liang took advantage of the connection between the two ministers of the imperial court and passed on his words and deeds in recent months to Wang Yun and others in Luoyang. Wang Yun and the others saw that Jin Liang's children were in love with each other and that they were short of breath, so they underestimated Jin Liang, thinking that he would definitely not have any dissenting intentions towards Luoyang, as long as he acted quickly and quickly mastered the Xiliang Army after quickly getting rid of Dong Zhuo, he could not be afraid of Jin Liang's attack, but they didn't know that their words and deeds were all under Jin Liang's monitoring.

When Yan Xing saw the Flying Tiger Banner, he knew that Jin Liang's most elite Guards Flying Tiger Division in the Central Army was coming, and knew that Jin Liang was coming in person, Yan Xing had been defeated by Jin Liang's men before, and his martial arts had not grown much in the past three years.

Yan Xing immediately made a decision and was about to kill out of Luoyang City, when the soldiers under his command asked, "General, which direction should you kill?" ”

Yan Xing muttered for a while: "Jin Liang's army entered from the north gate, the north side is a Jedi and cannot go, and the west gate is a gallop road to Hangu Pass, Dong Yue, Li Dao, and Guo Yan are there, and they cannot go; The east gate goes out is the Tiger Prison Pass, and the Tiger Prison Pass is guarded by Yang Ding, and it is not allowed to go; It seems that the only way to kill is to go south and go to Jingzhou to assassinate Yuan Shao. ”

"Yuan Shao once fought with the general for the leader of the Dong Alliance, and the general once led the Flying Bear Army to kill his soldiers, how could Yuan Shao accept the general?" Yan Xing's lieutenant asked.

Yan Xing shook his head and said: "Yuan Shao's uncle Yuan Kui was killed by Dong Zhuo, I killed Dong Zhuo to avenge the Yuan family, I am the benefactor of the Yuan family, how can Yuan Shao refuse me?" ”

Yan Xing's words have been decided, he led his command of 3,000 Jincheng soldiers, to the south gate to kill, at that time Jin Liang's central army has not yet killed Yan Xing's mansion, between Yan Xing's mansion and the south gate is Wu Kuang, Li Su's men and horses, Wu Kuang, Li Su's soldiers are Yan Xing's opponents, Yan Xing effortlessly killed a bloody road, with the remnants of the two thousand Jincheng soldiers rushed out of Luoyang City, straight to Jingzhou's Nanyang County.

After Jin Liang entered the city, he ordered the gendarmes at all levels to maintain order, not to kill any innocent Luoyang citizens, not to take any items from the people, and to kill violators, because the soldiers brought by Jin Liang on this expedition were all following Jin Liang for two or three years, and there was a complete military discipline and gendarmerie system, and the officers and men at all levels of the Central Army did not commit any crimes against the people of Luoyang.

Wu Kuang and Li Su came to Jin Liangma to cry, Jin Liang first severely reprimanded Wu Kuang and Li Su, Jin Liang's 60,000 elite soldiers had entered the city, Wu Kuang and Li Su were difficult to ride a tiger, and there was no turning back so they had to mix with Jin Liang, Jin Liang reprimanded them, and they had to listen, but Jin Liang was also concerned about the more than 10,000 horses under their command, and after giving them a reprimand, he added Li Su as the left general of Sizhou and Wu Kuang as the right general of Sizhou.

Jin Liang subdued Li Su and Wu Kuang with a big stick and carrot strategy, and they agreed that Zhang Liao would be responsible for reorganizing their more than 10,000 horses after the war.

At the same time, Zhao Yun's troops captured the palace, and Xu Huang, Wu Anguo, Pan Feng, and Cao Xing's men and horses captured the mansions of Wang Yun, Yang Zhan, Shisun Rui and other family ministers, as well as the mansions of all the generals of the Western Liang Army.

Jin Liang didn't care about the mansions of those family ministers, but he attached great importance to the mansions of the generals of the Xiliang Army, and strictly ordered his subordinates to strictly protect the mansions of these generals and not leave a single person.

Jin Liang learned from the intelligence that although Dong Zhuo rebuilt Hangu Pass and placed his family members in Hangu Pass, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack, Hangu Pass was narrow and inconvenient after all, and most of the generals under Dong Zhuo's command set up their homes in the prosperous Luoyang City, and on this day, Yan Xing, Wang Yun and others still had the illusion of gathering the remnants of the Xiliang army to fight against Jin Liang, and they had not yet had time to raid the mansions of these Xiliang generals one by one, and most of the families of those Xiliang generals were still alive, so Jin Liang asked each mansion to have two domestic servants, When he went out of the city to send a letter to the team where their family master was, he said that Jin Liang intended to repair and hoped that they would surrender, as long as they surrendered, not only would their families be protected, but their glory and wealth would still be better than before.

Yang Ding, the general of Xiliang who stayed behind in the Tiger Pass, was defeated by Jin Liang in the past, and was captured alive by Xu Huangsheng at that time, and has always had a fear of Jin Liang's Central Army, this time, when Xu Huang led 4,000 men and horses to attack the Tiger Pass, Yang Ding learned that Dong Zhuo was dead and his family was all under the control of the Central Army, and Yang Ding, who had completely lost confidence in the future of the Xiliang Army, actually led 20,000 Xiliang troops to surrender to Xu Huang's 4,000 men and horses.

The Xiliang generals in all the counties and counties east of Luoyang and Chenliu County saw Yang Xiang surrender to the Jinliang Central Army, and they all asked for surrender when they were cornered.

Duan Xuan, who stayed in Chang'an, is the nephew of Dong Zhuo's mentor Duan Ying, Duan Xuan has always been trusted by Dong Zhuo, and is one of the five major generals under Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo handed over his rear Chang'an to Duan Zhuo to guard, Duan Xuan previously placed the family in Luoyang City in order to show his loyalty to Dong Zhuo, and now Luoyang has fallen, and the family has been captured by Jin Liang, Duan Xuan is anxious.

What made Duan Xuan feel even more imminent was that Huangfu Song, the general of Liangzhou Muzuo Che Cavalry, led Wuwei Taishou Ma Teng and Jincheng Taishou Han Sui to form a 100,000-strong coalition army to besiege Chang'an City, and Jin Liang also sent his general Zhu Ling to lead 10,000 horses to participate in the attack on Chang'an.

Originally, there were 40,000 horses in Chang'an City, and it was more than enough to defend a fortified city like Chang'an, not to mention that Huangfu Song dispatched 100,000 horses, that is, 200,000 300,000 horses, and he didn't want to easily capture Chang'an City, but the current situation is different from the past.

Although Duan Xuan repeatedly blocked the news, it was only a day after Jia Xu's secret agents planted in Chang'an City spread the news everywhere. The 40,000 Xiliang soldiers in Chang'an City all knew the news that Dong Zhuo was assassinated by Yan Xing, Wang Yun and others, and that Luoyang City was captured by Jin Liang. Duan Xuan was at a loss, how could he resist the siege of the 100,000-strong army of the famous general Huangfu Song in the case of a great collapse of the army's morale.

But Duan Xuan's deputy, Jingzhao Yin Sima Fang, had a grudge against Jin Liang for destroying his family, and he resolutely disagreed with Duan Xuan's surrender to Jin Liang. Because Sima Fang also controlled a part of the army, if Sima Fang resolutely disagreed, Duan Xuan would not be able to surrender to Jin Liang willingly.

couldn't fight, and the surrender was also blocked by the deputy, and just when Duan Xuan didn't know what to do, one of his old people sneaked into Chang'an City.

Jia Xu Jia Wen and Xiang Duan Xuan analyzed the stakes, after Luoyang was captured, the Luoyang court, which was originally composed of Dong Zhuo, Wang Yun and others, collapsed instantly. Now the only Zhengshuo court in the world is only Liu Wei supported by Xiangyang Jin Liang, guaranteed by Jin Liang's powerful and incomparable central army, the Xiangyang court will be able to wipe out all the anti-thieves in the world sooner or later, so that the Han Dynasty will be prosperous, and if Duan Xuan is obsessed now, he will be a traitor, and a lonely city will be the hundreds of thousands of heroes of the central army. is like a mantis arm as a car, sooner or later he will end up like Zhang Jiao and Dong Zhuo, not only will he die on the battlefield, but the Duan family will also be connected, which is definitely not what Duan Gong Duan Ying is willing to see under Jiuquan; Duan Xuan is willing to serve the Xiangyang court. Not only will the family be protected, but the official position will be increased by one level, and the people of the headquarters will still be under the command of Duan Xuan himself after accepting the reorganization of the Central Army.

Jia Xu and Duan Xuan talked about a set, it is completely Jin Liang's philosophy of struggle, "those who oppose me will die and those who obey me will prosper", if it is placed in normal times, Duan Xuan will scoff at eight or nine times out of ten, but now Dong Zhuo is dead, the Xiliang army has no leader, Duan Xuan praised himself as a famous general, and Li Wei, Guo Yan, Zhang Ji, Fan Chou and other reckless Xiliang generals have never been on good terms, Duan Xuan is difficult to support alone, and Jin Liang will also kill the lord Dong Zhuo Yan Xing expelled from Luoyang, Wang Yun, Yang Zhan, and Shisun Rui escorted to Xiangyang to hand over to Liu Wei, Jin Liang's conditions are also very generous, Duan Xuan thought for a while, and then agreed.

At this moment, in Luoyang City, Jin Liang asked with some doubts: "Lord, why are you so sure that Jia Wenhe can persuade Duan Xuan to come down?" ”

Jin Liang said with a smile: "Jia Wenhe and Duan Xuan are friends in the same county, and they have a good relationship, Jia Wenhe explained the benefits to Duan Xuan, Duan Xuan is not a fool, he must know the current affairs, and he will come down to the city." ”

The reason why Jin Liang sent Jia Xu to persuade Duan Xuan was because he had seen a record of Jia Xu when he was reading the history of the Three Kingdoms. Historically, Li Dao and Guo Yan began to fight, and Jia Xu went to Duan Xuan because he was a friend of Duan Xuan in the same county. Jia Xu's wisdom is the best in Liangzhou, and he persuaded Li Wei and Guo Yan to capture Chang'an and destroy Wang Yun to add supreme fame to him, and he was in awe of the generals and soldiers of Duan Xuan's army, Duan Xuan was afraid that Jia Xu would seize his military power, but he was very polite to Jia Xu on the surface. After Jia Xu saw it, he felt uncomfortable. Nanyang Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu secretly had a relationship, and Zhang Xiu sent someone to meet Jia Xu. When Jia Xu was leaving, someone asked Jia Xu: "Duan Xuan treats you so well, why do you want to leave?" Jia Xu said: "Duan Xuan is suspicious by nature, he is suspicious of me, although the treatment is good, but he can't be relied on, he will definitely be harmed by him if he stays for a long time, and I must be very happy to leave him, and I am counting on me to connect with foreign aid and treat my family well." And Zhang Xiu lacks strategists, and he is also very willing to get me, so that I and my family can be preserved. Jia Xu arrived at Zhang Xiu's place, Zhang Xiu was really overjoyed, and led his children and grandchildren to greet him. And Duan Xuan knew that Jia Xu was leaving, and he really treated his family well.

Jia Xu had the wisdom to know people, and Jin Liang even thought that even if there was no Huangfu Song's 100,000 army outside the city to deter, Jia Xu only went to Chang'an with the news that Dong Zhuo was dead, and he could say that Duan Xuan would surrender the city.

In Chang'an City, on Duan Xuan's mansion, Duan Xuan was persuaded by Jia Xu and was about to surrender to Jin Liang, so he prepared to open the city gate and let Huang Fu Song, Ma Teng, and Han Sui's men and horses enter the city, but they were stopped by Jia Xu.

Jia Xu pointed to the mansion of Jingzhao Yin Sima Fang, and said with a cold smile: "General Duan, my lord has a request, I hope that the general can send troops to cut down Sima Fang's family and destroy the reactionary family in Chang'an City. ”

Duan Xuan was a little hesitant, after all, Jingzhao Yin Sima Fang had been flattering in the past three years, and he had cooperated well with him, and he had a bit of a colleague.

Jia Xu saw Duan Xuan's hesitation, and sneered: "A few days ago, Sima Fang secretly had an affair with Wang Yun, Yang Zhan, and Shisun Rui in Luoyang City, wanting to murder the general and seize the military power of Chang'an. ”

Duan Xuan's eyes showed a fierce light and said: "Wenhe, do you have a certificate?" ”

Jia Xu told Duan Xuan in detail the information detected by the agents of the Military Intelligence Bureau who were planted in Chang'an City, and handed over the captured dead soldiers of the Sima family to Duan Xuan, and Duan Xuan believed that Sima Fang, who had been slapping his beard and horses, had always been malicious to him.

Jia Xu sneered again: "General Duan, Sima Fang's son Sima Yi is a wolf, and a character with such a good appearance and his family will attack the master sooner or later, and they can't stay by their side." ”

Duan Xuan suddenly remembered the rumor, Dong Zhuo had seen Sima Fang's son Sima Yi wolf Gu Zhixiang, and he had repeatedly killed Sima Yi, how could Sima Fang beg Wang Yun to say many good words in front of Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo's ears were soft, he listened to Wang Yun's words, and let Sima Yi go.