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Li Ru said to Guo Yan with a face full of chagrin: "Alas, I didn't expect the Yellow Turban Thief Army to have such a terrifying cavalry, which is not inferior to my Xiliang Iron Cavalry, it's really a mistake." ”

Guo Yan said: "Strategist, how long does it take to rebuild the well barrier?" ”

"It will take at least a month." Li Ru paused, and then said, "But Confucianism thinks that rebuilding the well is not the best countermeasure. ”

Guo Yan said: "How do you say this? ”

Li Ru said: "Even if the well is rebuilt, do you know that the Yellow Turban Thieves will not send this terrifying ironclad cavalry to assault again?" Our infantry was unable to resist the enemy, and the well was inevitably destroyed. ”

Guo Yan sighed: "I didn't expect that the more than 200,000 Liangzhou army would be helpless against the three or five thousand people of the Yellow Turban Thieves, shame, it's really a shame." ”

Li Ru said: "Now there is only one way left." ”

Guo Yan said: "What way? ”

Li Ru said: "The general can do his best to divide the mountain and open the road along the south bank of the river, and re-open a road to Guanzhong!" Although this is protracted, it can avoid Guo Tu's obstacle! Fortunately, the income from the capture of our army from the four counties of Gyeonggi can support the 200,000 army for two years, and the supply of grain and grass is worry-free. ”

Guo Yan said: "It seems that this is the only way." ”

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Shang County, Zuo Zhonglang will simmer in the official residence.

Duan Xuan's eyes flickered, and he said to Hua Xin: "Mr. is here, do you want to be a lobbyist?" ”

"Definitely." Hua Xin shook his head, sat down on the seat with a grin, stroked his willow beard and said slowly, "Xin is not here to lobby the general, but to save the general's life." ”

"The gentleman laughed." Duan Xuan's tone was not good, and he said in a deep voice, "General Ben is fine, why worry about his surname?" ”

"People have no foresight, but they must have near-term worries." Hua Xin said, "If the general doesn't listen to the good words of the general, sooner or later he will be harmed by Guo Yan, Li Xu, Li Ru and others." ”

"Huh?" Duan Xuan said, "What do you mean by this, sir?" ”

Hua Xin said: "The general did not follow Li Ru's wishes, and did not lead the army to Hangu Pass to join Guo Yan and Li Xuan's troops, and they must have a grudge. This time, Guo Yan and Li Xuzheng led the army to storm the Chang'an Ancient Road, although Xu Chu and Dian Wei were able to fight well, but their troops and horses were limited, and it was a matter of time before the defense line was breached. If Guo Yan, Li Xuan, Li Ru and others lead the army into the customs and seize the three auxiliary parts of the pass, can they still have a good life as a general? ”

"This~~"

Duan Xuan was speechless.

The surnames of Guo Yan, Li Xuan and others are very clear, they are all arrogant and domineering, and they must repay themselves, if these two people really occupy the third assistant in Guanzhong, it is really impossible to let Duan Xuan go easily.

Hua Xin said again: "The general has no more than 5,000 soldiers, and there are less than 10 generals, but Guo Yan, Li Xuan, Yang Feng, Fan Chou and others are sitting on hundreds of thousands of Liangzhou rebels, and it is just a gesture to destroy the general, what does the general think?" ”

Duan Xuan finally changed his face, and asked respectfully: "Simmer is stupid, I almost missed a big thing, and now that the situation is urgent, please ask Mr. to give me advice." ”

Hua Xin said: "In the past, Dong Zhuo caused chaos in the dynasty, and the generals were the tigers, and they had been isolated from the imperial court, and Xu Miao died in Jingzhou in the south at this time, and Liu Biao was the assassin of Jingzhou, but Liu Biao was the emperor of the imperial family, and it was impossible to take in the generals. Moreover, the Liangzhou Army and the Kwantung Army have been fighting for a long time, and the grudge is very deep, and it is impossible for Huainan Yuan Shu to forgive the general. Hanzhong Taishou Zhang Lu may take in the general, but it is a pity that Zhang Lu is outnumbered, even if he takes in the general, he can only keep the peace for a while, and it is not a long-term solution after all. ”

The more Duan Xuan listened, the more he felt that what Hua Xin said made sense, so he hurriedly said: "According to Mr.'s opinion, what should I do with the simmer?" ”

Hua Xin stroked his willow whiskers, and Shi Shiran said: "The general lives in the north!" ”

"Huh? Northern? Duan Xuan's expression moved, and he said thoughtfully, "Zhang Bao? ”

Hua Xinyao hugged his fists to the north and said: "My lord is eloquent and strategic, and he is really from the same line as the general Xiliang Army, his position is high and powerful, and his identity is extremely noble!" There are Jia Xu, Guan Ning, Xi Zhicai, Wu Gao Shun, Bocai, He Man, Xu Chu, Dian Wei three generals are 10,000 enemies, and according to Youzhou Fertile Thousands of Miles, the land of the north of the fierce land, according to the north and peeking into the Central Plains, the foundation of this king is also. ”

Duan Xuan said: "But how did General Ben hear that General Zhang Bao is only ten soldiers, no more than 70,000 or 80,000 soldiers, and similar to Dong Gong and the enemy of the world, how can such a lonely person achieve great things?" ”

Hua Xin said: "The soldiers are expensive but not too expensive, besides, there are more than 500,000 troops under the command of my lord, and they are all elite divisions of a hundred battles, which is enough to block a hundred, how can I say that there are few soldiers?" Moreover, don't you hear that when my lord guarded the northern frontier, he often used weak soldiers to fight all the Xianbei and the flowers and the armor did not flow. ”

Saying this, Hua Xin said again: "When the Yellow Turban swept through the Central Plains among the millions, the elite central officials and troops of the Han Dynasty rushed to the wolves, and Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song were known as the famous generals of the Han Dynasty, but they were still defeated and ambushed!" Since the general thinks that my lord is not enough to succeed, he wants to ask rhetorically, what other heroes in the world can achieve great things? ”

"This~~" Duan Xuan hesitated again and again, and said tentatively, "If you want General Ben to defect to Zhang~~ uh, it's not impossible to defect to General Digong, but General Ben has three conditions." ”

Hua Xin said: "But it doesn't hurt to say it. ”

Duan Xuan said: "First, the general's subordinates need to be independent of the subordinates under the command of the Digong general and have their own system. ”

"Yes."

Hua Xin agreed without thinking, but he said coldly in his heart, if you really have to wait until you surrender and become a subordinate of the lord, how to clean you up, how to deal with your subordinates, is it not a word from the lord? How can you be allowed to pick and choose, talk about conditions and reason, hum.

Duan Xuan said: "Second, the general of the land must ensure the supply of grain, grass and baggage for our department, and the weapons and equipment of the soldiers must be treated equally with the rest of the departments, and they must not deliberately make things difficult. ”

Hua Xin pretended to ask for a moment, and reluctantly replied: "It's okay." ”

Duan Xuan finally said: "The last one, this general needs to lead the northern county guard." ”

Duan Xuan's abacus can not be described as refined, he himself knows that the first two conditions are too harsh, Zhang Bao is now forced by the situation, or it is the time to employ people, he may swallow his anger and agree, but once he relaxes, he will inevitably take Duan Xuan, so Duan Xuan can't help but plan early.

Once the situation is not right, Zhang Bao has signs of moving, he can immediately lead his troops to retreat into Liangzhou, and then go to Hanzhong Taishou Zhang Lu through Liangzhou.

Hua Xin pretended to say: "This matter is very important, I don't dare to make decisions without permission, I need to ask the lord for advice." ”

Duan Xuan said indifferently: "Since this is the case, then I'm sorry, Mr. can send someone to Guanzhong to ask General Digong for instructions, but General Yu She's army can only stay in Hanoi and wait for a while!" However, if General Ben is not mistaken, if General Yu She's army can't rush to Chang'an Ancient Road in time to reinforce, I'm afraid that Mr. Gongze will not be able to parry, right? ”

"You~~" Hua Xinban said angrily, "You are taking the opportunity to blackmail." ”

Duan Xuanjian smiled and said: "Yes or not, Mr. Quan Zai, this general has no intention of coercion, hehe." ”

"Okay!" Hua Xin gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice, "I have been fair to the lord below, and I hope the general will be true to his word." ”

Duan Xuan stretched out his hand and said, "A gentleman's word." ”

Hua Xin stretched out his hand and slapped Duan Xuan's hand hard, and said loudly: "It's hard to chase the horse!" ”

At that time, this kind of gentleman's agreement was still quite effective, and once the high-fives were sworn as an oath, few people broke the oath, unlike in modern society, this kind of verbal gentleman's agreement has long become inferior to fart.

"Good!" Duan Xuan waved his hand and said sharply, "Someone." ”

Two of his own soldiers had already stepped forward and said quickly, "What does the general command?" ”

Duan Xuan said: "Immediately send an order to Li Li, open the Wuguan, and let General Yu She's army pass through!" ”

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At the end of December of the fifth year of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty.

After storming Wuguan for a month, Hua Xin took the risk of entering the pass alone, and finally persuaded Dong Zhuo's old general Duan Xuan to surrender with his incorruptible tongue, and Yu She's army was able to successfully pass through Wuguan and enter the land of Guanzhong. At this time, Zhang Bao had already requisitioned the people in the most densely populated areas within 300 miles around Chang'an, and was in full swing to requisition the people in the remote areas of Guanzhong to the north.

However, without waiting for Yu Shi to lead the army to reinforcements, Guo Tu led the army to withdraw to Guanzhong.

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In the first month of the sixth year of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, it took more than two months for Guo Yan to dig a new simple official road on the north side of the Chang'an Ancient Road and close to the south bank of the river, and finally bypassed the obstruction of Guo Tujun, and led more than 200,000 Liangzhou rebel troops to enter the Guanzhong.

However, what was left for more than 200,000 Liangzhou rebels such as Guo Yan and Li Xun was an empty Guanzhong! The originally densely populated Guanzhong area has been barren at this time, and there is neither rooster crowing nor cooking smoke within a thousand miles! The Liangzhou rebel army, full of hope to return to Guanzhong, suffered a heavy blow.

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Changan.

Guo Yan, Li Xuan, Yang Feng, Zhao Cen, Li Ru and others stood on the long street, all of them were dumbfounded, originally this was the most lively and prosperous street in Chang'an City, often full of traffic, businessmen like clouds, and pedestrians were endless, but at this time it was a depression and there was no shadow.

The whole street was so dead that not even a single mouse could be found.

"What about people?" Guo Yan cried out in disbelief, "What about the people in Chang'an City? Where have they gone? It's not going to be all the Yellow Turban thieves, right? ”

Li Xun also shouted: "This is the case in Baling, Yangling, and Pingling counties, but I didn't expect Chang'an to be like this, what is going on?" What happened in Guanzhong? If there is no control over the people, what will our 200,000 army eat? What to wear? Do you want the soldiers to grow their own food? ”

Hearing Li Xuan's words, Li Ru suddenly shuddered violently, and shouted loudly: "Poisonous plan!" This is the Yellow Turban Thief's desperate poisonous plan! ”

Hearing this, Guo Yan, Li Xun and others turned their heads one after another and asked, "What kind of poisonous plan?" ”

Li Ru sighed and said, "It's Zhang Bao's desperate plan to retreat!" ”

Guo Yan was puzzled: "What is the retreat as advance? ”

Li Ru lamented: "Although Zhang Bao withdrew from Guanzhong, he did not withdraw from Guanzhong." ”

Li Xuan frowned and said, "The military advisor shouldn't be confused, right?" How do you talk upside down? ”

Li Ru said: "It is said that the Yellow Turban Thief Army withdrew from Guanzhong, it is Zhang Bao's army that has indeed evacuated Guanzhong, and that the Yellow Turban Thief Army has not withdrawn from Guanzhong because Zhang Bao has moved the entire people of Guanzhong to the north!" ”

Guo Yan finally understood, and said in a speech: "You mean~~ Zhang Bao requisitioned all the millions of people in Guanzhong to the Northland?" Is this ~~ possible? ”

"Nine times out of ten."

Li Ru sighed, his heart was like ashes.

At the beginning, Li Ru proposed a plan to Dong Zhuo to requisition and send two million people from the four counties of Luoyang and Gyeonggi to Guanzhong, but he tried to use the same desperate poisonous plan to disintegrate the 14th Kwantung Coalition Army, but unfortunately Dong Zhuo died suddenly, and this poisonous plan finally fell short. Unexpectedly, Zhang Bao successfully carried out this desperate poison plan against the Liangzhou army, and requisitioned millions of people in Guanzhong to the north.

This is really the old adage of retribution.

"So what now?" Zhao Cen said, "Chang'an Sanfu has become a dead land, wouldn't the army stay here and just sit and eat empty?" ”

Guo Yan said: "What should I do? Of course, it was to go north to attack the Northland County and take back the people. ”

"No." Guo Yan's voice fell, and Li Xuan objected, "Since Zhang Bao dares to requisition the people of Guanzhong to the north, he must have all the precautions, and although Zhang Bao has just conquered the north, but he has been operating in Youzhou for many years, and his power is deep-rooted, if our army rashly attacks, once his army goes south, our army will inevitably be calculated by him!" I thought that it was time to move south into Hanzhong, which was rich and could collect enough military rations to support the army. ”

"What Hanzhong are you going to?" Guo Yan obviously didn't expect Li Xuan to dare to openly shout at him, and said angrily, "Our army has 200,000 troops, and the Northland Bandit Army has a maximum of 20,000 or 30,000 troops, ten times the enemy's strength advantage, are you still afraid that you won't be able to win?" ”

When he was in Hangu Pass, because there were 300,000 Kwantung Army who threatened the survival of the Liangzhou Army at all times, Li Qi could only swallow his anger and obey Guo Yan's command in order to take care of the overall situation, but now that the army has entered Guanzhong, the 300,000 Kwantung Army has been far away from Hangu Pass, and the danger is gone, Li Qi is no longer willing to obey Guo Yan's command.

Guo Yan's voice fell, and Li Xuan said hungrily: "It's better for you to go, anyway, General Ben won't go." ”

"Li urged you to be too presumptuous." Guo Yan said angrily, "Don't forget that General Ben is the chief general of the Liangzhou Army!" Do you dare to disobey? ”

"The Lord?" Li Xuan said coldly, "Guo Yan, what kind of thing are you, and you are also worthy of being the commander of the Liangzhou Army!?" ”

"Look for death."

Guo Yan was furious and drew his sword to slash.

"I'm afraid you won't make it." Li Xuan didn't give in, drew his sword to greet him, and shouted loudly, "Don't think that when you killed General Fan Chou, others didn't know your intentions, and now you want to attack General Ben again, hum!" Don't think that General Ben will be like Fan Chou, waiting to be killed and dreaming! ”

Seeing that the two were facing each other, Yang Feng and Zhao Cen on the side hurriedly came up to persuade each other.

Only Li Ru shook his head and sighed on the side, thinking that the current situation was the real poison of the Yellow Turban Thief Army's desperate scheme! This move is to retreat, not only to move the entire Guanzhong to the north, but also to make the more than 200,000 Liangzhou army fall apart and disappear in a blink of an eye.

A soldier who surrenders without a fight is the highest state of using soldiers!

Without the threat of a powerful foreign enemy, and without the worry of lack of military food for the time being, the contradictions between Dong Zhuo's old troops will soon intensify, and the self-reliance and mutual scuffle of Guo Yan, Li Xuan, Yang Feng, Zhao Cen and others are inevitable, but I am afraid that in less than a year and a half, the mighty Liangzhou army of more than 200,000 in front of him will be wiped out.

Originally, Li Ru could also bring out Gongzi Huang to suppress the ambitions of Guo Yan, Li Xun and others, but unfortunately, at the moment when the Liangzhou army had just stepped into the land of Guanzhong, Zhang Bao sent someone to send a "big gift", which was a bloody human head, Gongzi Huang's human head!

From the moment he received the head of Gongzi Huang, Li Ru knew that the collapse of the 200,000 Liangzhou army was inevitable.