Chapter Eighty-Six: The End of Dong Zhuo's Army

"Ding, the host has gained Jia Xu's following." Jia Xu's Force37Intelligence97TacticsFive-Star WisdomNine-Star BrutalityTwo StarsBenevolenceOne-Star Physical StrengthThree-Star AttackFour-Star DefenseEight-Star CavalryNegative Two Star InfantryNegative Two Star Naval ArmyNegative Three-Star AmbushTwo-Star SkillsSelf-protection (Increases the vitality of surrounding soldiers, and can also save lives if seriously injured)Auxiliary Skill Insight*High (Increase the probability of discovering enemy spies)Tax*Medium (Garrison territory gains 30% increase in killing intent value every month)Will Wei Yingwei Melee Attack 11 Ranged Attack 6 Armor Defense 5 Shield Defense 0 Survivability 2 Quantity 0/ 500 recruits each need to consume 20 points of killing intent Remarks: Shadow Guard is good at melee combat and is flexible. It seems that this Jia Xu is really a natural intelligence leader, but with his ability to grasp people's hearts with precision, it is also very suitable for processing intelligence. Liu Meng threw the token back to him after seeing Jia Xu's statement. "In the future, Mr. will still be in charge of our army's intelligence, as long as you help me with your heart, I will treat him as a national soldier." Liu Meng said. "Thank you, Lord." Jia Xu said indifferently. There is no legendary gratitude, and Liu Meng doesn't care about Jia Xu's attitude, after all, Jia Xu is now saying that it is more a transaction between the two of them to be subordinate to him, each taking what he needs, it is difficult to want Jia Xu to be sincerely convinced, at least Jia Xu doesn't care about such empty promises. "Even if the enemy army doesn't receive the news to send back reinforcements, I have decided to go to Luoyang." Liu Meng told Jia Xu that Cai Yan went to ask for help. "As the lord said, this Luoyang is indeed going to go, but Han Sui and the others must not be guarded against, after all, the land of Chang'an is too important, and it is inevitable that the other party will be consumed by profits, you must know that the deterrent power of the Han family is not as good as before." "What the gentleman said is, I don't know if there is a good solution?" "Ma Teng also had some friendship with the lord when he was discussing Dong before, and it is rumored that he is the descendant of Ma Yuan, the general of Han Fubo, and his character is not as virtuous as the treacherous man, the lord can send someone to form an alliance with him, and the other party should agree to take most of Xiliang." "But what about Han Sui?" "If the lord leaves General Dian Wei and 10,000 soldiers behind, and then 2,000 elites with me, even if Han Sui leads the troops to attack, I will protect Chang'an." Jia Xu said confidently. "Well, that's what the gentleman said." Liu Meng knew that although Jia Xu asked Dian Wei to stay just in case, the main reason should be that he was afraid that he would not be at ease, and he would not refuse, Jia Xu could get nearly 6,000 more killing intent points every month if he stayed in Chang'an, so why not. After leaving a number of soldiers in Chang'an, Liu Meng converted the remaining 5,000 soldiers into 3,000 halberd battalions and 2,000 archers and then marched towards Luoyang. Besides, Li Ru led 20,000 soldiers to flee Luoyang, because he carried a large amount of grain and grass, so the marching speed was not fast, and Li Ru had not yet arrived at Hongnong when Liu Meng left Chang'an. Looking at the morale of the soldier Li Ru, he also had mixed feelings, thinking about how powerful the Xiliang Army was under the leadership of Dong Zhuo at the beginning, but now everyone is dead, and only he Li Ru led the remnants of the army to flee. "I'm afraid I won't have a chance to avenge my father-in-law." This situation made Li Ru feel powerless in his heart. Two days later, Li Ru came to Hongnong County, but saw that the city gate was closed, and the city wall was not the Xiliang banner, but the Han military flag. Li Ru was shocked: "Could it be that someone took the opportunity to attack the land of Xiliang?" Li Ru suddenly remembered Liu Meng, who had been missing. It's Liu Meng again, I'll kill him. Li Ru said hatefully. Li Ru also thought that Liu Meng was in Hongnong City, although he hated it, he did not dare to attack the city, and led the soldiers to bypass Hongnong and go towards Chang'an, he knew that Liu Meng did not have many soldiers and horses, and it was normal for Hongnong to be overconquered by him because of too few defenders, but Chang'an was still very relieved. There were no generals in Hongnong City, and Liu Meng's previous order was to hold the city, so the Hongnong garrison did not take advantage of the situation to pursue Li Ru and expose Liu Meng's absence here. One of the two armies went to the east and the other to the west, and five days later, there was a report from the Malay that Liu Mengyan had found the Xiliang army in front. Liu Meng was a little surprised how could Xiliangjun appear here, didn't Jia Xu completely dispose of the person who conveyed the news? "This old fox is really unreliable, fortunately he took Chang'an very smoothly, otherwise my life is difficult to protect under the attack of the two armies, I am afraid that now Hongnong has been lost, now take advantage of the enemy's small number of soldiers and horses or defeat it first, otherwise it will be dangerous for the other party to rush to the army." Liu Meng said secretly. Liu Meng also thought that this Xiliang army was the vanguard of the reinforcements. The encounter was a little sudden, Liu Meng broke the enemy's heart again, and he didn't want to have any strategy, anyway, the enemy army didn't have too many soldiers and horses, and he attacked directly. So Liu Meng led the army to quickly approach the Xiliang army. Liu Meng and Li Ru both thought that they would not encounter the enemy, so neither of them hid their whereabouts along the way, so Liu Meng's whereabouts were not hidden from Li Ru. Li Ru was even more surprised than Liu Meng, he couldn't figure out how Liu Meng, who should be in Hongnong, ran in front of him, and he was even more surprised to hear that there were 10,000 soldiers and horses led by Liu Meng. "Will this Liu Meng be able to sprinkle beans into a soldier? Why are there thousands of soldiers and horses all of a sudden, and it should be in Hongnong, why is it here. Li Ru was shocked. Although Li Ru was wise, like Liu Meng, he was a little caught off guard by the appearance of the enemy army, and he couldn't think of any strategy for a while. Li Ru thought hard for a long time and still couldn't think of any good way, and at this moment, Tanma reported that Liu Meng led the army straight to his own army. Li Ru had no choice but to order the whole army to line up to meet the enemy. "Now that the situation is that our army will be defeated, we will take advantage of the chaos to flee back to Chang'an first." Li Ru said secretly. Before Liu Meng led the army to Xiliang, he found that the situation was a little different from what he thought. "What's the situation, the mood of the army is fluctuating?" Liu Meng was a little puzzled. "Chang'an has been broken by me, and you have no way to retreat, why don't you come down early?" Liu Meng shouted. These words are not said casually, the enemy army with no way out will have two extreme choices, one is to break the cauldron and sink the boat, and the other is to surrender without a fight, Liu Meng also decided to say this after seeing the state of the enemy army, he wants to retain his strength to deal with the enemy's backup. Sure enough, the morale of the Xiliang soldiers who were already low after hearing Liu Meng's words was even more hit, yes, if it wasn't for the fact that Chang'an had broken the enemy's army, why did he dare to appear here, and for a while, the morale of the Xiliang army fell to the point of fear. Li Ru, who was in the military formation, had his eyes wide when he heard this, he didn't believe that Chang'an had more than 10,000 soldiers stationed there, and Liu Meng only had 4,000 soldiers and horses left after defeating Guo Yan, how could he capture Chang'an. "No, 4,000 soldiers and horses have now become 10,000, plus the Hongnong garrison, could it be that Chang'an has really been lost?" Li Ru felt a little incredible. "Where is the enemy? Come out and answer. Liu Meng drank. Liu Meng was even more puzzled when he didn't see the enemy generals appear, he didn't know that the generals of Xiliang had all died. Li Ru was a little disheartened, but he didn't see with his own eyes whether Chang'an was conquered, and he still had a hope in his heart. "Don't listen to the enemy's rumors to confuse the people, as long as we defeat them, we can return to Chang'an and return to our hometown." Li Ru saw that his army had no desire to fight, so he hurriedly spoke. "How could it be that Li Ru led the army as the vanguard, Guo Yan and others?" Liu Meng was even more puzzled. However, Liu Meng would not let Li Ru boost morale there, he let Xu Huang out of the battle. "Xu Huang is here, Chang'an has indeed been captured by the Marquis of Anping, Hu Zhen is dead, the Marquis of Anping is benevolent and righteous, and those who descend can be spared death, I advise you not to mistake yourself." Xu Huang shouted. "It's General Xu, he's surrendered." "It seems that Chang'an has really been conquered." "I'm homeless, so let's go down." For a while, there was a lot of noise in the Xiliang army, and most of the soldiers were shaken. Li Ru knew that it was not good when he saw Xu Huang's appearance, Guo Yan was in a hurry to escape before, and afterwards he thought that Xu Huang was dead, but he didn't expect it to be surrendered to Liu Meng, it seems that Chang'an was really lost. "I'm really unwilling." Li Ru seemed to be drained of his spirit in an instant, and then a mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth, and he fell under the horse and died. Li Ru has been under a lot of pressure these days, and now he knows that the situation is irreparable, and he can't stand this blow at all. Li Ru was dead, and the remaining hesitant Xiliang soldiers also chose to surrender, and Liu Meng asked the soldiers and learned that Guo Yan and others had died, and they were all the people. This battle not only collected 20,000 soldiers, but also obtained a large amount of grain and grass, which Liu Meng once did not care about but is now in urgent need, because Liu Meng now plans to collect the vagrants, and this batch of resources is considered a timely rain. "Dong Zhuo's forces have finally been wiped out, and now it is time to cultivate and recuperate for a period of time to digest the results obtained during this time." Liu Meng said secretly. The repeated battles also made Liu Meng a little tired, and he planned to go to Luoyang to pick up Cai Yong and then return to Hedong to fulfill his promise to Cai Yan. So Liu Meng divided his soldiers into two teams, and escorted 10,000 soldiers to Chang'an and Hedong with grain and grass and baggage.

And he took Xu Huang and Ren Xiu'er to lead their respective generals to Luoyang.

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