Chapter 276 Three Roads Attack Chang'an, Two Thieves Produce Civil Strife
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An army of 100,000 wants to move, but it is not as refreshing as tens or even hundreds of people. As soon as people cross 10,000, there is no edge, this mighty crowd of people and horses moves, it is really overwhelming, if you want not to be discovered by the Chang'an guards thirty miles away, it is indeed a technical job.
Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are both veteran oilmen who have been fighting for more than ten years, and they still have this ability. But even so, since the departure from the Tongguan barracks near noon, the leaders of their own troops marched to the north and south according to the military agreement, and made a detour to the west gate of Chang'an to join forces with Ma Teng Han Sui, who had already been contacted, and it took nearly two hours to get all the troops cleared. Only Qin Xu and his entourage were left according to the plan, together with the 10,000 Xiliang troops led by Xu Huang, who stopped after leaving Tongguan and rested for a while.
Cao Cao can be said to have given Xu Huang enough trust this time, although he knew Qin Xu and Xu Huang's previous "entanglement" from Cao Ang, but Cao Cao believed in his own "charm" and vision, so he not only left Xu Huang to "help" Qin Xu, but also left more than 10,000 Xiliang army troops for use, only moved Xu Huang burst into tears, and these Xiliang army soldiers looked at Cao Cao's eyes more and more respectful, which made Qin Xu pout, worthy of whipping Wei Wu, this ability to buy people's hearts is not Yuan Shao comparable.
As the sun set, the sky grew darker and the insects chirped. The scorching night breeze also has a faint coolness, which finally makes people feel more comfortable. In this era, there is still a galaxy in the sky. The starry sky and the mysterious star map are the favorite night scenes of the so-called metaphysical Confucians. Seeing that there were meteors in the northwest corner of the sky, I didn't know if any master was also stargazing at this time, and deduced what the general trend of the Heavenly Dao was.
"General Qin! Is there anything to be gained from watching the sky at night? Uh, General Qin, are we sending troops to advance twenty miles to attract some Xiliang troops to attack Chang'an for the Lord and General Yuan? When Xu Huang saw Qin Xu, he saw that Qin Xu was crossing Erlang's legs in a very upright manner. With your head resting on your arm, you look like you're looking up at the night sky. During the previous trip to Qingzhou, Xu Huang could be regarded as having heard enough of Qin Xu's various miracles, and confirmed that his lord had indeed occupied a great advantage several times. But Xu Huang, who was still defeated by the news of Qin Xu's hands, also said that Qin was really as proficient in stargazing reasoning as rumored, so he could do so many big things at a young age, and when the eldest son of the Cao family of the same age was still studying with an open mind. Qin is already known as the lord of a state. Xu Huang asked suddenly. Seeing that Qin Xu was stunned and didn't know what he was doing, Xu Huang only thought that this was Qin Xu's secret method and didn't want outsiders to know, so he hurriedly asked what he was thinking.
"No hurry!" Qin Xu stretched his waist, stood up, and said to Xu Huang: "I made a plan before waiting, I just wanted Li Guo and the two thieves to misunderstand that Ma Teng and Han Sui were rabbits and were in a hurry to bite, and they wanted to give up the advantage of cavalry to attack the city for a while, and then retreat with dignity." The two parties were originally colleagues. Coupled with the two months of fighting, they have long had a deep understanding of the current situation of Ma Teng and Han Sui. If I wait for this time to go out, the two thieves will not even notice that there is still General Cao and Yuan Benchu's army in the west gate, and they are ready to take advantage of the night to forcibly attack the city, but the sound of the east and the west, and the guide to the north, the virtual is real, and the real is virtual, these are the usual tricks in the battle array, if we wait to appear at the east gate of Chang'an at this time, it is enough to make the two thieves alert. That Li Dao and Guo Yan are all people who know the soldiers, Zhu Jun, the pillar of the Han Dynasty, and Sun Wentai, the Jiangdong Tiger, have all been defeated by him, which shows his ability! Will this time strengthen the four-door defense in order to prevent fraud? If I act rashly, I may be able to do General Cao and them a disservice! ”
"General Qin thinks about it! It was the last general who lost his word. "It's not that Xu Huang doesn't know what Qin Xu said, it's just that he cares about it. Unlike Qin Xu, Xu Huang always thought that as a general, he let the coach personally attack, but he was doing a feint here, which was a very faceless thing, but what Qin Xu said was true, and Xu Huang could only say in a muffled voice.
"But Komeito don't be discouraged, it's good to prepare the army in advance, it's just a matter of time, just wait for the fire of the West, it's time for me to use my life!" Although he accidentally missed the opportunity to recruit Xu Huang, a general of Lu Bu's army, under his command, Qin someone, who did not escape Cao Cao and Yuan Shao's joint calculations, was indeed a lot less worried about having a general like Xu Huang by his side. Seeing Xu Huang's depressed appearance, he said with a smile: "It's just that Qin has no power to restrain the chicken, if there is really a war, he still needs to rely on Gongming's bravery." ”
"General Qin, don't worry! If the two thieves of Li Guo really dared to lead the army out of the east gate to attack Tongguan and run to Wancheng, even if Huang gave up his life, he would definitely protect General Qin! Xu Huang saw that Qin Xu was so easy to "relax", a little excitement flashed on his resolute face, and he almost patted his chest and said, as if he was afraid that Qin Xu would regret it, he hurriedly resigned, and went to rectify the military situation, knowing that Xu Huang's behavior was to worry about Cao Cao's safety, but he asked Qin someone to accept a big favor for Cao Cao, which made Qin Xu laugh or annoyed.
Qin Xu actually didn't expect it badly. Just when someone in Qin was "watching the sky at night", in the Da Sima Mansion in Chang'an City, Li Dao rarely got together again with the old brother Guo Yan, who had already developed a dislike because of the same high position, and what the two were talking about was the matter of Tongguan.
In the daytime, taking advantage of Yan Liangfu's "big gift" when he entered Tongguan, and then sent troops to suppress it, when there was chaos, there were really several die-hard people in the auxiliary soldiers of the Xiliang Army who took advantage of the chaos to escape, and rode their horses for thirty miles in one breath, and reported what happened before and after Tongguan to the nominal supreme leader of the Xiliang Army, Da Sima Li Dao. At that time, this momentary hero, who actually controlled two-thirds of the strength of the Xiliang Army, smashed the wine cup and kicked over the case.
"Ado, between our brothers, no matter what the suspicions are, they are always people on the same road, and I won't hide it from you as a brother, now Tongguan is lost in the hands of the erector, there is no barrier east of Chang'an, and the soldiers of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are already close at hand, and you and I are in danger!" After picking up Guo Yan, who was already drunk and looked impatient, came to the house. Li Wei also ignored Guo Yan's frequent white eyes, called Guo Yan's small words, and said with an anxious look.
"Tongguan has fallen? Where is Tongguan? Who are Cao Cao and Yuan Shao? How is it compared to Ma Teng Han Sui? You Li Dao, Li Zhiran, and the great Sima. Martial arts, located above the three dukes, are you still afraid of that mere ...... What the? What did you say? Tongguan has fallen? Guo Yan had not been forcibly invited by Li Dao at the banquet, and he had some complaints, plus he had indeed drunk a lot, and he didn't hear what Li Dao said clearly, so he blurted out. But after all, Guo Yan was also a middle and senior general in Dong Zhuo's army, and he knew the importance of Tongguan to Chang'an. Before he finished speaking, the strength of the whole body was suddenly shocked by Li Wei's words, and he asked in surprise: "How is it possible?" I remember that the Tong guard will be Fan Chou. With more than 10,000 troops, it is one of the Xiongguan in the world, and there are tens of thousands of Yang Fengbu as backup in the past, how to say that Tongguan has at least more than 40,000 soldiers and horses. How could it be so easily breached? Who is it? ”
"Ahem! Brother Xian may not know anything about this! "Yang Fengbu was completely annihilated by Cao Cao. As soon as Li Wei came to worry about face, and he was afraid that Guo Yan, who was already suspicious of himself because of the uneven distribution of Dong Zhuomeiwu's grain stocks, he overpowered himself in military strength after knowing the truth, and had already tightly blocked the news. Giving up to an obscure young man? ”
"Huh? You mean that Qin ...... Qin Xu? Isn't it said that Tongguan, which blocked the onslaught of Cao Mengde Yueyu, tens of thousands of troops were broken by this kid? What's the origin of this kid? How can you do that? How many people did you bring with you this time? Guo Yan took the ice water offered by Li Wei's maid. The groggy head finally cleared up a lot, but after listening to what Li Dao said, he still suspected that he was still drunk, and asked in disbelief.
"Brother Xian, don't underestimate this guy, this Qin Xu, I heard that he is Lu Fengxian's son-in-law!" Often a lie is to be told to be complete, and more lies and half-truths and half-truths are needed to make people not suspicious, after listening to Guo Yan's words full of doubts, Li Dao, who still didn't want to lose face, could only grit his teeth and said: "Have you ever heard that Cao Mengde's 40,000 elites wanted to attack Na Lu Fengxian in three ways before, and almost forced him to death, but this Qin Xu, with only 400 newly surrendered soldiers, was stunned and didn't know how to use to defeat Cao Cao's army, with nearly half of the dead and wounded!" After that, he clashed with Cao Mengde several times, and won consecutive battles, forcing Cao Cao to send his eldest son to Linzi as a hostage, so he reluctantly stopped fighting with Qingzhou! After that, he helped Lu Fengxian to surrender millions of yellow turbans in Qingzhou in just one year, making the whole territory of Qingzhou ask for surrender! Then he led the army to help Xuzhou retreat Cao Cao and break Yuan's technique, and finally was given the anointed land of Xuzhou by the old man Tao Qian, and under the impetus of that Lu Bu, he led the history of Xuzhou thorn at an age that was not as old as a weak crown! According to the Tongguan soldiers who fled back this time, Qin Xu only brought more than ten guards, and broke through Tongguan with one horse! ”
"What? Lu Bu's son-in-law? A horse breaks through the pass? Big brother, are you sure you're talking about a kid who hasn't reached the weak crown yet? And not which legendary immortal? Although I don't know what Li Dao said about Qin Xu before, what broke the 40,000 elites of the Cao army and forced the surrender of one million yellow turbans in Qingzhou is true or false, but Tongguan fell, Guo Yan still trusts that Li Dao will not joke about this important matter of life and death. For things that are not humanly possible, even if Guo Yan is a murderous Xiliang fierce general, he was also shocked into a cold sweat, in contrast, it made Guo Yan say to Li Wei that Qin Xu is Lu Bu's son-in-law, which is no longer so conspicuous.
"Immortals are not immortals, I don't know much about my brother, even if they are immortals, they are difficult to defeat me, and these more than 100,000 Xiliang Iron Riders! But now that the door to the east of Chang'an has been opened, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and Qin Xu have more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and it is already an imminent matter for soldiers to come to Chang'an City. Li Wei saw that in order to cover the previous Yang Feng's troops were completely annihilated by Cao Cao, and Fan Chou, who was "trusted" by himself, threw himself into the enemy again, blowing a little too much, which obviously made Guo Yan have some sense of gain and loss, and hurriedly cheered Guo Yan up and said: "In fact, the virtuous brother is not too worried, although Tongguan is trapped, the three families are also menacing, but I thought that my brother expected, this time the Central Plains Han, its inevitable military food is insufficient, as long as our brothers work together in this difficulty, presumably with the benefit of Chang'an City's soldiers and sufficient food." We can resist enough, as long as they hold out until they are close to the general military rations of Simon Na Ma Teng Han Sui and others, we can take advantage of the situation to kill. In one fell swoop, when the time comes, it will be for the brother to give up the position of the great Sima to you, what does it matter! ”
"What the eldest brother said! How can the younger brother take advantage of people's danger! Guo Yan is also a person who knows the soldiers, and after listening to Li Dao's plan, it is very feasible, and when he heard the "tempting" conditions set by Li Dao, his eyes are full of joy, but he still looks like he is righteous. said grinningly: "As the eldest brother said before, you and my brother had disagreements because of some misunderstandings before. It's just a dispute between brothers, this time the big enemy is now, the younger brother and the soldiers and horses led by him are at the disposal of the eldest brother! ”
"Good! The virtuous brother is really righteous! That's a brother, it's ......" Li Daozheng was happy to take advantage of the situation to once again put the command of the soldiers and horses in Guo Yan's hands. Before he had time to say some polite words to appease Guo Yan. Suddenly, I heard the sound of swords and soldiers screaming faintly outside the west gate of Chang'an, and just as I was about to be surprised, I suddenly saw Li Meng, a cronie entrusted with the defense of the west gate, suddenly broke into the mansion, and he looked embarrassed, which surprised Li and Guo Yan.
"My lord! General Guo! The two thieves outside the West Gate, Ma Teng Han Sui, for some reason, suddenly took up the elite under their command, and they actually abandoned their horses and used knives as foot soldiers. Crazy general assault on the West Gate, the offensive is very fierce! The brothers have worked hard! I also hope that the lord will deploy troops to support as soon as possible! Li Meng knelt on the ground and said again and again.
"Big brother. Do you think you should send someone to help? Guo Yan listened to what Li Meng said, and his brows were also furrowed, to this day, the defenders of the West Gate of Chang'an have been in a stalemate with Ma Teng Han Sui for two months, and Guo Yan knows this. Not only Li Dao Guo Yan, Ma Teng Han Sui's lack of food has long been an open secret, and most of them think that most of these two people are still for the sake of face, that is, after holding on for two months, the Ximen defenders have dealt with the scolding of the army led by the two people every day, and they also have the appearance of dealing with official affairs. It's just that I didn't expect that tonight, I didn't know what medicine Ma Teng and Han Sui had taken wrong, so they put on a posture of breaking the kettle and sinking the boat, and they actually gave up their own advantages and forcibly attacked the city.
"Hmm! It's okay, just send ...... Wait a minute! Li Dao pondered for a moment, and was about to transfer troops to reduce some pressure on the West Gate defenders who were caught off guard by Ma Teng Han Sui's sudden force, but as if he suddenly thought of something, he stopped talking and suddenly shouted: "Come on, go and see if there is any movement at the East Gate?" ”
"No!" Li Wei's personal guard, who was on duty outside the door, was about to take the order, but it seemed to be expected by Li Wei, the guard general of the east gate, Yang Ding, who was originally the general of Anxi under Guo Yan, actually walked in in a hurry with the voice of the guard's promise, and ignored that this was Li Wei's mansion, bowed his head to Guo Yan, and said anxiously: "Lord, the big thing is not good, countless fires suddenly lit up outside the east gate of Chang'an, there are tens of thousands of people, and they are galloping towards Chang'an!" How to deal with it, please also announce it! ”
"As I expected!" Guo Yan had already had the intention of joining forces with Li Dao before, Yan Lu looked at Li Dao anxiously, but heard that Li Dao did not have the slightest intention of panicking, but seemed to be a bamboo in his chest, and said with a sneer: "Such a clumsy 'sound from the west to the east' strategy, is it too embarrassing to take it out to show ugliness?" Isn't it to deceive us and wait for the soldiers? Yang Ding, have you ever heard clearly who is outside the East Gate? ”
"This ......" obviously didn't understand why his own lord Guo Yan obviously didn't have a dislike with Li Wei, why did he still look like "glue like paint" at the beginning, but Yang Ding still glanced at Guo Yan inquiringly, and after getting Guo Yan to nod with a satisfied look, he said: "Because I heard that the West Gate of Chang'an was on fire, the last general was afraid that the coming of the East Gate would not be for the West Gate to confuse us, so he hurriedly came to report the news, only to hear that the other party's banner included the Han Yanzhou Mu Cao, the Han Jizhou Mu Yuan, Banners with the words "Xuzhou Thorn Shi Qin" of the Han Dynasty, as well as ...... and ......"
"And what?" Li Wei originally listened to Yang Ding's concerns, and there was a trace of hesitation in his heart, and he was really afraid that what the enemy would come to the enemy was not the strategy of "striking the west and attacking the east" that he had just said, but the sound of the eight classics attacking the west. You must know that although there are many Western Liang troops in Chang'an City, they are still weak in Li Dao's eyes when they are scattered to the four gates, and when they are not sure of their minds, they see this Yang Ding's hesitant appearance, and he asked in a deep voice.
"No! The last general did not dare to conceal it, so that the lord and General Li would know that the Tanma sent by the last general was originally a soldier under the command of General Han Xian, born in Baibo, according to his knowledge, under the two banners of the Han Yanzhou Mu Cao and the Han Xuzhou Assassin Shi Qin, there were two generals who were recognized by the Tanma, but they were ......" Yang Ding lowered his head and looked sideways at Li Wei's face, as if it took a lot of effort to speak, and said: "Among the Cao army, there is a general who is on the side of the person who is very similar to the commander of the Cao army, It was General Li and your general Yang Feng's subordinate general Xu Huang, and ...... And under the big anvil of Xuzhou Thorn Shi Qin, the same general was also recognized by the last general Tanma, who was the previous Tongguan guard, General Fan Chou! ”
"What!?" Li Wei had been mentally prepared before, but he was not too surprised, and after listening to Yang Ding's words, he fell into contemplation, but Guo Yan was because Li Dao blocked the news, I don't know the clue in this, at this moment, I heard that after the white wave thief handsome Han Xian voted for himself, the general under the command of Yang Feng, another white wave thief sect marshal who was accepted by Li Dao, actually surrendered to Cao Cao, and what's more, he was also in the robe of the Xiliang army, second only to himself and Li Wei, and Fan Chou, the general of Xiliang who was sent to guard the gate of Chang'an, was also lowered? Wait, Xuzhou Thorn Shi Qin? Could it be the divine Qin Xu that Li Dao said just now? Guo Yan's eyes when he looked at Li Dao were about to condense into needles!
"Not good! Virtuous brother! The matter in this is too complicated, after Rong Chang'an's danger is resolved, I will explain to you in detail for my brother! At the moment, no matter how tight the attack at the West Gate is, it is a feint, so quickly dispatch all available troops in the city to defend the East Gate with all their might! Li Dao also knew that after Guo Yan knew these things, he was afraid that he would not feel very comfortable, but the news sent by Yang Ding at the moment made Li Dao firm that what Li Meng said this time that the Ximen encountered the onslaught of Ma Teng and Han Sui's two armies, it must be to create an opportunity for the Dongmen army. In Li Wei's mind, the tighter the attack on the West Gate, the more strange the plot to attract the Xiliang army in Chang'an City in the city is. What's more, using the Xiliang army as the vanguard to attack Chang'an City is enough to prove that the east gate is the main attack, and the west gate is just a feint. Because as long as it is a person who knows the soldiers, no one will let go of more than 10,000 troops like this, it must be to drive the troops in front and the main army in the back, otherwise the attack on the old master by the troops who surrendered at the beginning will be a major reason for the great drop in morale, then Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and even Qin Xu, according to intelligence, are all masters of using soldiers, and they will never make such mistakes. Therefore, although Guo Yan's eyes were very sharp, in order to prevent Chang'an from changing hands after only one year of occupation, Li Dao could only forcibly order.
"Let's go! Cease! Cease! Li Dasima, after the danger of Chang'an is lifted, I hope you don't forget what you said before! Seeing the urgency of what Li Dao said, Guo Yan even complained that Li Dao fooled himself again, obviously because he was not knowing how to use people, which led to a great reduction in the number of troops under him, and he actually had the intention of weakening his own family at the same time, and he said it so high-soundingly, and he had to admit that Li Dao's analysis did seem to be the most realistic plan, and said coldly at the moment.
"I also hope that this battle will be more laborious, and Guo Cheqi will work together with someone! As long as Chang'an is guaranteed, what a certain said before, after this matter, Li will definitely cash it out! Li Wei asked Guo Yan again, seeing that most of the things were exposed, and he was provoked by Guo Yan's cold words, and under the shame and anger in his heart, he didn't have the good words before, and said coldly: "Li Meng, according to what a certain person said, transfer our troops and horses, and do our best to defend the east gate!" Not! At the same time, send the elite to the palace for twelve hours to take turns to guard, so that the Son of Heaven will not be frightened by these chaotic armies and lose his prestige! Remember! Without a warrant, no one, no one is allowed to see the Son of Heaven, if someone wants to break into the palace! Hum! Lawfully kill on sight! ”
"You...... Yang Ding, ordered the defenders of the north gate and the south gate not to take it lightly, and at the same time sent people to strictly 'protect' the minister's mansion in the city, and some people in the province took advantage of the chaos to collaborate with the enemy! If anyone dares to fornicate with others without authorization, they will destroy the three clans! The rest of the people, all guard the east gate, and make sure that the east gate is not lost! Guo Yan saw that Li Wei was annoyed and ashamed, and there were faint signs of tearing his face, although he admitted that he had just said that he would hand over the position of Da Sima to himself, but he had the intention of being the sole son of heaven. With the Son of Heaven in hand, even if he Guo Yan is the big Sima again, then Li Wei still suppressed himself steadily, Guo Yan was angry, and immediately stopped giving face to the former big brother, glanced at Li Wei provocatively, and said loudly.
"Humph......"
"Hum ......" (To be continued......