Chapter 34: Palace Change (5)

Almost not long after the Xiyuan Army divided its troops to support the North Palace, an army poured out of the shadows.

The main forces of the southern army came, and the two armies of Huben and Yulin had about 20,000 troops in the capital, and most of the troops were used here except for a small part that caused chaos in various parts of Luoyang City.

The Dragon Garden is not protected by a majestic and tall palace like the North Palace, and enemies can pour in from all directions. However, Liu Wei's residence has always been very simple, and there are few family members, so he can flexibly run away at any time in case of danger. In addition, there are still more than 10,000 Xiyuan troops stationed here, I am afraid that it will be difficult to pose any threat to Liu Wei's safety under the frontal impact.

The Southern army that rushed from the shadows had almost no planning or deployment, and the queue was chaotic and disorderly, and it seemed that they had a strong confidence that as long as they rushed into the Dragon Garden, they could destroy all the enemies who stood in their way to prosperity.

It's just that before they could get close to the Dragon Garden, they saw that the Xiyuan Army had already set up a formation and was waiting for them.

Compared with the chaotic and disorderly Southern Army, the Xiyuan Army was clearly divided, quiet and slaughtering, and the neat and uniform queue gave people a silent sense of oppression.

Separated from the West Park Army, the Southern Army gradually stopped.

originally thought that the Xiyuan Army was unprepared, and a lot of soldiers and horses were divided, but at this time, it seemed that the Xiyuan Army was neat and tidy, and it was prepared at all.

The soldiers stagnated and did not know what to do.

At this moment, a crossbow arrow was fired at the foot of one of the leading soldiers of the Southern Army. The soldier was stunned for a moment, he didn't know that this was the distance at which the West Garden Army was testing the crossbow attack.

Then came the rain of arrows.

In an instant, the Southern Army was shot down a large area, screams and ** voices came one after another, some soldiers of the Southern Army who had never seen blood had begun to turn around and flee, and the Xiyuan Army took advantage of the situation to launch a charge.

The two armies collided together, and the victory or defeat was decided. The well-equipped and battle-hardened Xiyuan Army crushed the Southern Army almost instantly.

Li Fei, a lieutenant of the lower military academy who was watching the battle not far away, was both disdainful and surprised by such a poor performance of the Southern Army. They didn't even use their reserves, and the degree of vulnerability of the Yugoslav army was unbelievable.

He pursed his lips and said to Zhao Yun, the general of the West Garden: "I often hear that Yulin and Tiger Ben are all guards of the Son of Heaven, and they have repeatedly performed miraculous feats during the Han Dynasty. There have been more than 30 stories of riding over a million Huns. But at this time, how can it seem as vulnerable as a chicken? ”

Zhao Yun replied: "The army is the sword of the country, and if it is not polished, it will rust. If the army does not experience war, its combat effectiveness will naturally decline. Yulin Huben has been stationed in the palace for a long time, without war, lax training, and chaotic command, and has lost the majesty of the Han Dynasty. ”

Li Fei nodded, and said quite smugly: "Now is the era when my West Garden Army is famous. ”

Zhao Yun frowned when he heard Li Fei's words, and said unhappily: "Since the creation of my Xiyuan Army, I have indeed experienced some battles and achieved some achievements. However, if we lie on the merit book and do not want to forge ahead, the today of the Southern Army will be the tomorrow of the Xiyuan Army. ”

Zhao Yun's words were deafening, and Li Fei's back was so shocked that cold sweat broke out. Since the Xiyuan Army put down the rebellion of Li Dao and Guo Yan, a feeling of complacency and arrogance has gradually grown in the Xiyuan Army from the lower to the highest.

The mentor arranged by Liu Wei in the army discovered this bad momentum and reported it to Liu Bian, who in turn channeled and educated this emotion through the mentor. Liu Wei also talked to Zhao Yun about this kind of problem, and when Zhao Yun said this, he also had the intention of beating.

After Zhao Yun's beating, Li Fei also woke up with enlightenment, really put away his arrogance, and said to Zhao Yun after being taught: "Zhao Zhonglang has far-sightedness, and I admire him a lot!" ”

Zhao Yun patted him on the shoulder, and then said with a gentle attitude: "If there is chaos today, it is the opportunity for my generation of men to make contributions." We should continue to strive for self-improvement and make contributions to the country, and he will be able to win a chance to pay homage to the prime minister in the future. ”

LI Feidao; "We are willing to work with Zhao Zhonglang."

"Be loyal to Your Majesty, and be faithful to your duties, regardless of one another." Zhao Yundao.

As the two talked, the battle ahead was nearing its end. This is almost to the extent that the canopy is wiped out in the middle of talking and laughing.

The soldiers of the Southern Army fled in all directions and were unable to form an army. Some chose to surrender on their knees, and many more fled to all directions. Hu Ben Zhonglang broke out with a small number of men and horses, and Zhao Yun was not interested in capturing him alive for meritorious service, but continued to command the soldiers and horses to encircle and suppress the southern army.

It's just that the Southern Army has thousands of soldiers and horses after all, and even if it stands in place and lets the Xiyuan Army kill it, it will take a long time to kill. Not to mention the chaos on the battlefield and the scattering of soldiers.

On the one hand, the Xiyuan Army shouted "surrender and not kill", and on the other hand, it tried its best to control the generation of rebels, so as to prevent the rebels from fleeing in all directions and endangering the people.

However, it will take a long time to calm down the chaos.

At this time, Zhao Yun was already worried about the situation on Liu Wei's side. Although he knew that the preparations were already in place, Liu Wei had already exhausted his elite in order to deal with the rebellion, and Zhang Tao, the captain of the escort company around him, and Hu Che'er, who had the highest force, were all sent out. The rear was actually quite empty, even if Liu Wei had been prepared, Zhao Yun was still worried that something unexpected would happen.

Talking to Li Fei about the thoughts in his heart, although Li Fei felt that Zhao Yun's worries were a little redundant, Li Fei was still very excited after Zhao Yun proposed that he should replace him in command of the Xiyuan Army.

Commanding and destroying the enemy has contributed a lot of money, and you can also accumulate command experience. More importantly, this move also implies Zhao Yun's trust and respect for himself. With Zhao Yun's ability, it is impossible to stay in the West Garden Army all the time, and if he can rise one step higher, it is not impossible for him to be in charge of the West Garden Army.

In the entire system of the Xiyuan Army, Li Fei's qualifications are not the same as Jiang Qi's background in Liu Wei's bodyguard, and his degree of affinity is naturally inferior to Guo Wen and Liu Yu. However, Li Fei is different from Guo Wen and others, who were born in farmers, in that his grandfather and father are both from the poor family. Although he has never been an official with filial piety, he can be regarded as a scholarly family, Li Fei also received a good education when he was young, but his family was in the middle of the road, and he gave up studying literature and martial arts and joined the army.

It is precisely because of the relatively high cultural foundation that after Li Fei joined the Xiyuan Army, he often looked at some tactics to improve himself, coupled with a little ambition, his appearance in the army was quite eye-catching, and he was naturally favored by Liu Wei and Zhao Yun.

After ordering Li Fei to command the Xiyuan Army instead of him, Zhao Zi's handsome flag was still planted in the army, and Zhao Yun himself quietly led some people to the Haolong Garden.

In the Maolong Garden, in the face of the huge chaos in Luoyang City tonight, the young son of heaven Liu Wei was still quite calm at this time.

Lu Zhi, Xun Yu, Wei Yi and others all gathered around him at this time. The deployment of manpower and filling in the gaps are almost always done by these people.

Liu Wei still listened to the military reports from all sides with his eyes closed most of the time, thinking about what to do after solving Yuan Kui.

As for quelling tonight's rebellion, Liu Wei is still confident. At this time, he was no longer a political novice on the primary throne, and he was becoming more and more politically mature, so that he no longer had the nervousness, excitement, and grandeur when he captured Dong Zhuo, and more in front of the ministers, he still showed the calmness and calmness that a king of a country should have in the face of rebellion.

Regarding the rebellion launched by Yuan Kui, Liu Wei still did not understand it at first. In his opinion, Yuan Kui is tantamount to suicide. However, after Jia Xu's analysis to him, he realized that Yuan Kui, who had always been very deep in the city, had made such an extreme move because he had no way out.

In the situation in Luoyang, Liu Wei took advantage of the right time, place and people, and this extremely asymmetrical form forced Yuan Kui to use intrigue and trickery to contend with Liu Wei.

However, even for Yuan Kui's painstaking planning of tonight's action, Liu Wei already knew everything about it and made corresponding countermeasures.

However, as far as Lu Zhi and Xun Yu are concerned, they do not agree with Liu Wei's countermeasures. In their opinion, since Liu Wei had already known about Yuan Kui's conspiracy in advance, he should take precautions. Just send officials to launch a thunderous blow, and the Yuan clan can be wiped out. And the arrangement that Liu Wei is making now is completely a kind of connivance that pretends not to know. This method of Zheng Zhuang's public punishment was not accepted by Lu Zhi and Xun Yu.

They are afraid that Liu Wei's connivance will bring great damage to the country, and both of them are upright men and gentlemen, and they pay attention to the stability and economic construction of the country. However, what Liu Wei valued was the political results of the Yuan rebellion.

The degree of rebellion and conspiracy to rebel is not the same, and the political effect is not the same. The fourth and third dukes of the Yuan family have always regarded themselves as meritorious servants of the Han Dynasty, and have gathered the hearts of many scholars, and thus become the leader of the Son of Heaven scholars.

The two brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu were able to string together in such a short period of time, and it was also by virtue of the name of the fourth and third dukes of the Yuan family. What Liu Wei wants to fight is Yuan's reputation and influence, and Yuan Kui's rebellion this time will inevitably cause some damage to Luoyang and arouse everyone's resentment, which gives Liu Wei a huge opportunity. At that time, if he makes a righteous move, he will definitely be able to hit Yuan's reputation to the bottom.

Most importantly, Liu Wei also had a plan hatched in his heart to achieve his political goals through this rebellion.

No one thought that after this rebellion, a huge political storm would blow in Luoyang, and for the entire Han Empire, this storm lasted for nearly a thousand years.

Of course, for the destruction of Luoyang by the rebellion that Lu Zhixunyu was aware of, Liu Wei did not completely ignore it. He will also try to control the impact of the rebellion within a certain range. Try not to let the show smash up.

As for the people who will die in this, Liu Wei doesn't care at all. If a few people die, huge political benefits can be gained, and Liu Wei is still very willing to do it. From the nervousness of the first killing, to the fact that human life has become a number in his eyes, Liu Wei has unconsciously completed the transformation from an ordinary person to an emperor.

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In a room to the north of the Dragon Garden, a soldier of the West Garden Army had just paid homage to his brother, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Beside him was a stack of the uniforms of the soldiers of the West Park Army.

"Big brother, little brother will avenge you today!"

On the case in front of him was a makeshift spirit tablet engraved with the name of the deceased:

Deceased brother Chen Chao.

(To be continued, stay tuned for the next chapter.) )