Chapter 014: A Flash in the Pan
[The clumsy Wang Yun]
After Dong Zhuo's death, the entire Chang'an City was celebrating, and everyone shouted long live to celebrate the execution of the national thief. At that time, people thought that the darkness was about to pass, and that light and peace had come, but they did not know that it was just a flash in the pan.
Because of the great merit of planning to destroy Dong Zhuo, Wang Yun was able to record Shangshu and take charge of the government. Subsequently, Wang Yun appointed Lü Bu as the general of Fenwu, and entered the title of Marquis of Wen, and dealt with the affairs of the DPRK and China with him. At the same time, Wang Yun sent Zhang Chong as an envoy to appease the princes of Kwantung, on the other hand, for the Western Liang Army, he accepted the surrender of several important subordinates of Dong Zhuo, Xu Rong, Duan Xuan, and Hu Zhen, and then mobilized troops and horses to crusade against Dong Zhuo's son-in-law Niu Fu and Dong Zhuo's relative Dong Yue, who refused to surrender.
After Wang Yun got rid of Dong Zhuo and took charge of the government, his behavior has undergone tremendous changes. In the past, Wang Yun always put his heart in mind with everyone and discussed big things together, but now he is proud of his achievements, he always puts on a straight face, does not have a dummy color, and begins to do things gradually and arbitrarily, and can't listen to other people's advice.
Dong Zhuo has the grace to promote Cai Yong, when Dong Zhuo died, Wang Yun happened to be with Cai Yong, Cai Yong couldn't help but sigh, so he sighed for Dong Zhuo, Wang Yun was furious when he saw it! The reproach said: "Dong Zhuo is a sinner of the country, the crime of harming the country and the people is unforgivable, as a subject of the Son of Heaven, you should consider the overall situation, start from the country, and jointly denounce the national thief, I don't want you to think of his little personal favor to you, and actually feel sorry for him, isn't this the same nostril as Dong Zhuo?" So Cai Yong was sent to prison, and later many people pleaded for Cai Yong, but Wang Yun did not allow it, and finally Cai Yong died in prison. It is said that Cai Yong dissuaded Dong Zhuo from killing Lu Zhi and called Shang's father, but he did not do anything evil, just because Dong Zhuo sighed for his kindness, he lost his life, Wang Yun is too upright and ruthless.
No matter how to deal with the Xiliang army, Wang Yun made a major directional mistake, he killed those Xiliang remnants and left no hope for the other party. Wang Yun was ready to pardon all of Dong Zhuo's subordinates, but he repented soon after.
For those Western Liang army troops who surrendered, Wang Yun was ready to remove all the generals from their posts, and then disband the Western Liang army, and even planned to send the Kwantung Army to control them, these measures made those Western Liang troops and the people of Xiliang very panicked, thinking that the imperial court was ready to do something against them. Someone once proposed to Wang Yun to let Huangfu Song lead those Xiliang troops, but unfortunately he didn't listen and insisted on going his own way. Wang Yun thought that only the Eastern Army was reliable, and the Western Liang Army could not be trusted, and later, Niu Fu died, and Wang Yun did not go to appease the generals under Niu Fu's command, which eventually led them to attack Chang'an.
【The Western Liang Army's Jedi Counterattack】
In Dong Zhuo's Xiliang Army system, Dong Zhuo is the unyielding boss, followed by those Zhonglang generals, such as: Lu Bu, Niu Fu, Dong Yue, Duan Xuan, Hu Zhen, Xu Rong and others, and then there are some captains, there are more of these people, including Li Dao, Guo Yan, Fan Chou, Zhang Ji, Hua Xiong, Jia Xu, Li Meng, Wang Fang and others. Before Dong Zhuo died, Lu Bu was taken by him to protect himself, and Niu Fu, Dong Yue, Duan Xuan and others led troops to garrison Anyi, Shaanxi County, and Huayin to block the western advance of the Kanto heroes into Chang'an.
After Dong Zhuo's death, Lu Bu became Wang Yun's confidant, Duan Xuan, Hu Zhen, and Xu Rong also surrendered to the imperial court successively, and Niu Fu and Dong Yue refused to surrender because their relationship with Dong Zhuo was too deep. In order to fight against Wang Yun and Lu Bu, Dong Yue, who was stationed in Huayin, hurried to Shaanxi County to discuss countermeasures with Niu Fu, but he didn't want to be killed by the suspicious Niu Fu, and now Dong Zhuo's son-in-law Niu Fu actually became the new boss of the Xiliang Army. At that time, Li Dao, Guo Yan, Zhang Ji, Jia Xu, Dong Cheng and several others were under Niu Fu's command, and Li Dao, Guo Yan, Zhang Ji and others were under Niu Fu's order to lead the army to attack Zhu Jun in Zhongmu.
After learning that Niu Fu became the boss of the Xiliang army, Lu Bu immediately sent his fellow countryman Li Su to attack Shaanxi County, but Li Su was not strong and was defeated by Niu Fu, and Lu Bu killed Li Su who fled back in a fit of rage. But without waiting for Lu Bu to make any more moves, Niu Fu fled in the middle of the night because some soldiers in the camp betrayed, thinking that everyone had betrayed him, so he escaped with a few cronies and some gold, silver and jewelry, but was killed by his own cronies, and his head was also given to Wang Yun.
After Li Dao and Guo Yan defeated Zhu Jun and came back after sacking Chen Liu and Yingchuan, everyone had a meeting and found that the head of their boss Niu Fu was already in Chang'an. Those Zhonglang appointed by Dong Zhuo will all die and surrender, and they don't even know who to turn to.
Maybe they also waited for a few days, hoping that the court could pardon them, but then they found that Wang Yun didn't mean it, so they thought about it and just broke up and everyone went back to their respective homes. But at this time, Jia Xu stood up and said: "I heard the people of Chang'an talk that they want to punish all the people of Liangzhou, if you abandon the army and go alone, a small pavilion chief will be able to catch you." It is better to lead the army westward, attack Chang'an, and avenge our boss Dong Taishi. If the matter is successful, then the country will be righteous; If it doesn't work, it's never too late to go. Li Dao, Guo Yan, Zhang Ji and others were finally persuaded by Jia Xu, so they reorganized their army, contacted the generals, and began to march to Chang'an.
After Wang Yun found out, he immediately sent Dong Zhuo's old generals Hu Zhen and Xu Rong to attack, didn't he think they were some school captains? Watch me crush you with two lieutenants. But it's a pity that the war can't be calculated so simply, because Wang Yun's series of measures in Chang'an City have changed the minds of the Xiliang army, and the result of the battle between the two sides in Xinfeng is that Hu Zhen, a native of Xiliang, led his troops to surrender, and Xu Rong, a native of Liaodong, died in battle! After the victory in this battle, the momentum of the coalition forces of Li Dao, Guo Yan, Zhang Ji and others was greatly improved, and then they will also fight with Fan Chou, Li Meng, Wang Fang and others, and the total strength has reached more than 100,000!
In May of the third year of Chuping (192), more than 100,000 allied troops led by Li Dao and Guo Yan surrounded Chang'an, and Lü Bu led his army to defend the city. During this period, it was very rare for Lu Bu and Guo Yan to go down at the city gate to decide the winner once, but the final result was that Guo Yan's subordinates ran fast and rescued in time. If they were one step late, it was very likely that Guo Yan's body would be hung on Chang'an City by Lu Bu the next day. I believe that after this incident, Guo Yan will not be doing such a stupid thing as heads-up, especially looking for a fierce general like Lu Bu to go head-to-head.
Lu Bu's personal force is indeed unparalleled in the world, but this does not mean that he can defend the city, only about ten days, Chang'an City was broken by the coalition army, Lu Bu even started a street battle with Li Dao, but due to the large number of enemy troops, and he had no reinforcements, Lu Bu was finally forced to flee Chang'an, Chang'an inevitably fell, Wang Yun was killed, and those who participated in the anti-Dong were also punished.
Just a month after Dong Zhuo's death, his old ministry avenged him.