Chapter 020: The Successors of the Demon King (Part II)
【Battle of Li Guo】
After Fan Chou died, everyone was no longer good brothers, although Li Wei's power was still strong, but no one listened to him anymore, and no one wanted to be the next Fan Chou. Although Guo Yan used to have a very good relationship with Li Wei as a brother, although the two of them used to drink every day, Guo Yan didn't want to be the second Fan Chou, so the relationship between the two of them soon became bad, and then they began to be suspicious of each other, and then the two of them started to fight, and as a result, the conflict broke out in Chang'an City.
Because they know each other and know each other, although Li Wei has the advantage, Guo Yan is not very vegetarian, and the two of them fought continuously in Chang'an City for several months, and tens of thousands of people died. In order to fight against Guo Yan, Li Wei appointed Jia Xu as the general of Xuanyi to help him. At this time, Yang Ding, the general of Anxi of the Western Liang Army, was very afraid that Li Dao would also do something to him because of Fan Chou's affairs, so he conspired with Guo Yan to kidnap Emperor Han Xian to his camp, but the plan was leaked to Li Dao, who took the lead and sent his nephew Li Xian to kidnap Emperor Han Xian to his camp, and Guo Yan then kidnapped the minister sent by Emperor Han Xian to persuade peace, and the two continued to fight. After Li Dao took control of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, he simply named himself the Great Sima, above the three dukes, to show that his position in the Western Liang Army was still as stable as a rock, but unfortunately the other generals of the Western Liang Army did not care.
After Li Wei killed Fan Chou, many of his subordinates were also dissatisfied with him. In a battle between the two sides, Guo Wei united with Zhang Bao, a subordinate of Li Dao, to attack the camp, Li Dao's army was unfavorable, and Li Dao's ears were pierced by random arrows. Later, Yang Feng also began to be dissatisfied with Li Dao, so he and the military official Song Guo and others discussed the murder of Li Dao, but the matter was leaked, Song Guo was killed, and Yang Feng led troops to rebel against Li Dao, which weakened Li Dao's strength to a certain extent. By the time of June of the second year of Xingping (195), Zhang Ji couldn't stand it anymore, so he led his troops back to Chang'an, on the one hand, he wanted to take the Son of Heaven to Hongnong, and on the other hand, he wanted to mediate the contradiction between Li Dao and Guo Yan.
In the end, Li Dao and Guo Yan agreed to reconcile and wanted to exchange their sons as hostages, but Li Dao's wife loved her son very much and was unwilling to exchange, and the peace plan was undecided. Later, Li Wei agreed to exchange their daughters as hostages, and the two sides reconciled.
At this time, Emperor Han Xian was also fed up in Chang'an, and he didn't want to stay in Chang'an any longer, Zhang Ji hoped that Emperor Han Xian would move eastward, and Emperor Xian also wanted to return to Luoyang.
【Dedication to the Emperor's Return to the East】
In July of the same year, Emperor Han Xian returned to the east from Chang'an, Li Dao led troops out of Tunchiyang, Zhang Ji, Guo Yan and the original Dong Zhuo's subordinates Yang Ding, Yang Feng, and Dong Cheng all returned to the east with the Son of Heaven. Guo Yan was the general of the chariot cavalry, Yang Ding was the general of the post, and Yang Feng was the general of Xingyi. All of them are feudal marquises. and Dong Cheng as the general of Anji. There were many disputes between the generals along the way, and a lot of things happened, and it was a mess.
When he arrived in Xinfeng, Guo Yan suddenly repented and wanted to coerce Emperor Xian to Yicheng and control it in his hands. But Yang Feng, Yang Ding and others ignored it, and the two sides fought, and Guo Yan was defeated and fled.
Yang Ding was at odds with Ning Ji's general Duan Xuan, and when the emperor's car drove into Huayin County, Hongnong County, he united with the party and Zuo Ling to slander Duan Xuan for rebellion, so he led his troops to attack Duan Xuan's camp, and he couldn't overcome it for a long time. Li Ji and Guo Yan also regretted letting Emperor Han Xian go at this time, and the two used the excuse of rescuing Duan Xuan to lead troops to recapture Emperor Han Xian, Zhang Ji and Yang Feng, Dong Cheng and others were at odds, so they led the army back to unite with Li Dao and Guo Yan, and defeated Yang Ding and others. Guo Yan even ordered his subordinate Wu Xi to burn down the school house to intimidate Emperor Xian of Han. The hundreds of officials and soldiers who died in this battle were innumerable, the ladies were heavy, and all kinds of utensils and classics of the royal family were discarded. Yang Ding originally wanted to return to Lantian, but was blocked by Guo Yanjun's army, and fled to Jingzhou, and his whereabouts have been unknown since then.
After the defeat of Wang Shi, Yang Feng and Dong Cheng pretended to sue for peace with Li Dao and others in order to delay time, and secretly sent envoys to Hedong County to recruit the generals of the Baibo Army, Li Le, Han Xian, Hu Cai, and the Southern Xiongnu Youxian King to go to Bei, and obtained thousands of cavalry, which greatly destroyed Li Dao and other troops. Emperor Xian's car was able to continue to advance eastward, Dong Cheng and Li Le guarded the left and right, and Yang Feng and Hu Cai, Han Xian, and went to protect Emperor Xian's car after being cut off.
But Li Dao, Guo Yan, Zhang Ji and others did not eat dry food, they began to lose just because of carelessness and paralysis, several people reorganized the army and caught up again in December, and the two sides fought in Hongnong Dongjian. Wang Shi was defeated again, and Baiguan was once again slaughtered on a large scale. But fortunately, Zhang Yang, the Taishou of Hanoi County, later joined the ranks of the escort chariots, and he brought a lot of supplies, and the Taishou Wangyi of Hedong also donated money, grain, and cloth, so that Emperor Han Xian could continue to return eastward. Traveling to Anyi County, Emperor Xian sent his servant Han Rong to Hongnong County to sue for peace with Li Dao, Guo Yan and others. Although Li Dao, Guo Yan, Zhang Ji and others still did not want to give up, Emperor Han Xian's heart to return to the east was very firm, and they had to return the hundred officials and return a number of imperial utensils, and later did not pursue Emperor Han Xian.
Li Dao and Guo Yan gave up but it didn't mean that there was nothing to do on the road, and the generals who escorted the emperor began to have contradictions again, fighting for power and profit with each other, Han Xian led the troops to attack Dong Cheng, Dong Cheng took refuge in Zhang Yang, and Zhang Yang asked Dong Cheng to repair the palace in Luoyang. In July of the first year of Jian'an (196), Emperor Xian of Han was finally able to return to Luoyang safely. Yang Feng and Zhang Yang went out of the tun to guard Luoyang, Dong Chengze and Han Xian stayed in Beijing to guard the palace, and was promoted to General Wei for his merits, Yang Feng was worshiped by Emperor Han Xian as a general of the chariot cavalry, and was able to fake the festival, Zhang Yang returned to the wild king, and was worshiped as the Great Sima. But the contradictions between the generals did not weaken, and soon Dong Cheng colluded with the princes outside in order to deal with Han Xianam, and secretly summoned the Yanzhou pastor Cao Cao Qinwang, and Cao Cao then entered the court to pay tribute, of course, this is another story.
Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty left Chang'an and returned to Luoyang, marking the further weakening of the influence of the Xiliang Army Group, which was founded by Dong Zhuo, and the Xiliang Army Group founded by Dong Zhuo had come to an end.
【Li Guo's Death】
In the second year of Jian'an (197), Guo Yan was killed by his own general Wu Xi, and the rest was annexed by Li Dao. In October of the same year, Cao Cao sent Pei Mao, a servant, to lead the Guanxi generals Duan Xuan and others to crusade against Li Dao.
In April of the third year of Jian'an (198), Li Dao retreated to Huangbaicheng and was defeated and beheaded by Zhang Heng and Liang Xing, and Cao Cao ordered the extermination of the three clans. After the head was dedicated to Cao Cao, Emperor Xian of Han ordered it to be hung in Xudu to express his strong hatred for Li Dao.
After the death of Li Guo and the others, although there were other generals of the Xiliang Army alive, the Xiliang Army as a whole no longer existed. The Liangzhou warlords, led by Ma Teng and Han Sui, then took over the power and territory of the Western Liang army.