However, it is said that Chang'an City is surrounded by water on the east, west and north, and it is relatively advantageous in terms of topography. If the rebels did not have strong siege equipment, it would be difficult to break through even if they were outnumbered.

Li Dao, Guo Yan, and Zhang Jibing were divided into three routes, and led their troops to be stationed in the east, north and west of the city, respectively, with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses on each road.

Feng Xian only took a thousand brothers out of the city, intending to challenge Guo Yan first. At that time, Guo Yan led his army to garrison in the north of the city, and when he learned that a group of soldiers and horses had come out of the city, he hurriedly led thousands of soldiers to surround it.

Immediately, when the rebels came to meet him, he ordered all the brothers behind him to stop. Then, Guo Yan and the others quickly drove to the front, but said: "Lu Bu, you just brought such a few men and horses to fight, are you here to send them to death?" ”

Feng Xian said: "Guo Yan, I heard that your martial arts are among the best in the Liangzhou army; If you have the courage and let the soldiers retreat, you and I will decide the winner alone; If you win, I will immediately open the city and surrender; If I prevail, you will be immediately captured. I don't know if you dare to accept Lu's challenge? ”

Guo Yan did not hesitate, nodded and said: "Okay, I often hear people say that Lu Buqi is as strong as a tiger; I'm going to take a challenge with you today to see if you're as brave as others say. ”

So, the soldiers behind the two men retreated, leaving enough space for the two to duel. This time, Feng Xian went all out, showing no mercy to his subordinates, and only used a few moves to defeat Guo Yan and stabbed him in the right shoulder.

The cavalry behind Guo Yan was immediately shocked when he saw this: "It's not good, hurry up and rescue Captain Guo!" He hurried forward. But he saw Guo Yan wave his hand and say, "Don't move, everyone!" But the cavalry stopped behind him again.

Feng Xian looked at him and said, "Since you have been defeated, you must be captured." ”

Guo Yan said: "I only promised to compete with you, and if I didn't promise to lose, I would be caught." ”

Feng Xian frowned, but said, "You want to say but not believe? ”

Guo Yan said: "The so-called soldiers are not tired of deceit; On the battlefield, you can't believe the enemy's lies, such a simple truth, is it possible that you don't understand? ”

Feng Xian groaned, and then said, "Okay, just let what I say be invalid; Who else would dare to come forward and fight? ”

The soldiers behind Guo Yan couldn't help but look at each other, but no one dared to step forward to fight.

Feng Xian said, "Why, are you people all cowards? ”

Guo Yan couldn't help but say: "Joke; Knowing that you are invincible, but you still have to fight to the death, are you a fool when everyone else? ”

Feng Xian said: "Since no one dares to come up to fight, then we will be captured as soon as possible, and we will not say anything else." ”

Guo Yan groaned, but said: "If you want me to be caught with my hands tied, it is impossible; Don't be delusional. ”

Feng Xian said, "In that case, let's kill it happily." ”

So, Feng Xian waved his spear and fought with Guo Yan again, and the soldiers on both sides also rushed to kill each other. Not long after, Guo Yan was defeated and retreated, and hurriedly led his subordinates to retreat to the camp. Bongsian did not lead the crowd to chase after him, but returned to the city with his brothers. His victorious return had a positive effect on the morale of the city.

Xun You couldn't help but say: "If this continues, the morale of the rebels will soon collapse; If you want to break it, it's already a matter of hand. ”

Feng Xian said: "The combat power of the Liangzhou Army is not as good as that of the Kwantung Army, and it is not so easy to break it; It is a safe plan to figure it out slowly. ”

I nodded with a deep groan, and then said, "I can see that the Liangzhou army has launched a rebellion with the determination to die this time; Because there is no way out, they will definitely fight us to the death, so this battle is either they die or we die; I began to worry a little that if the time dragged on, the situation in our army would become unfavorable. ”

Feng Xian couldn't help but groan when he heard this, but asked again: "According to the opinion of the virtuous brother, do you want to immediately send someone out of the city to move the rescue soldiers?" ”

Xun You couldn't help but say suspiciously: "I'm afraid no one is willing to send troops here now, right?" ”

I couldn't help but chuckle and said, "Gongda said yes, who is willing to send troops to the rescue?" ”

Feng Xian couldn't help but say: "I heard that earlier Taifu Liu Yu planned to join Yuan Shu, Sun Jian and others to welcome the Son of Heaven back to Luoyang; If you go south out of Wuguan to move to Yuan Shu to rescue the soldiers, you can still come, right? ”

Xun You couldn't help but say: "Now that Sun Jian is dead, and Yuan Shu and Liu Biao are attacking each other, I'm afraid that he won't be able to send reinforcements." ”

I shook my head and said, "Even if Yuan Shu can send reinforcements in time, he may not be able to rescue in time." ”

Feng Xian was puzzled: "What do you mean by what the virtuous brother said? ”

I replied, "There is now an internal response of the rebels in the city, and they are discussing the possibility of letting the rebels outside the city enter the city at night. ”

The two couldn't help but look at each other when they heard this, and they looked very surprised. Xun You couldn't help asking, "How did General Wei know that there were rebels in the city?" ”

At this time, Feng Xian said: "The virtuous brother has the ability to perceive the world and the unpredictable prophet, so he can know. ”

"Oh?" Xun You was a little surprised when he heard this, and then said: "In this case, then hurry up and arrest Neiying, right?" ”

I shook my head and said, "It's useless; There should be more than one or two people in the country, and arresting people without having tangible evidence can easily cause the morale of the military to fluctuate; For the sake of today's plan, it is best to quietly evacuate Chang'an with the Son of Heaven, and no matter how late it is, there will inevitably be a change. ”

Feng Xian couldn't help but say: "In this case, I will immediately enter the palace to meet the Son of Heaven and ask Your Majesty to evacuate Chang'an as soon as possible." ”

Subsequently, Feng Xian hurried to the palace to meet Liu Xie.

Liu Xie couldn't help asking: "Lu Aiqing, you entered the palace in such a hurry to meet me, but what is the important matter?" ”

Feng Xian replied: "Back to Your Majesty, the situation has changed at this time, and the minister implores Your Majesty to evacuate Chang'an as soon as possible." ”

When Liu Xie heard this, he was a little surprised and said: "The situation has changed? Could it be that Chang'an City can't be defended? ”

Feng Xian replied: "Back to Your Majesty, just because there are rebels in the city, and there are not a few; If Your Majesty does not evacuate quickly, it will be too late. ”

Liu Xie groaned with some hesitation, but asked, "Can this matter be discussed with Wang Situ?" ”

Feng Xian said: "The situation is urgent, and I haven't had time to discuss it with Wang Situ yet." ”

Liu Xie said: "In this case, then I will summon Wang Situ and the minister to discuss it together, and then make a decision." ”

Immediately, Liu Xie sent someone to summon the ministers of the DPRK and China to come and discuss the evacuation.

Liu Xie said: "Zhongqing's family, Lu Aiqing proposed to me to evacuate Chang'an as soon as possible, I don't know what you want?" ”

"Evacuate Chang'an?" When the ministers heard this, they couldn't help but feel a little surprised and confused.

But seeing Wang Yun arching his hand and asking, "Your Majesty, I don't understand why I want to evacuate at this time?" ”

Liu Xie said: "Lu Aiqing said that there is a rebel army in the city, and if you don't evacuate at this time, you may have a change later." ”

"Rebel internal response?" Wang Yun couldn't help but sneer when he heard this, but said: "It's not that Wen Hou can't catch it, and he can't fight the rebels." ”

Feng Xian snorted lightly and said, "Wang Situ really doesn't have a backache when he stands and talks; There are more than 100,000 rebels outside the city, and Liang Lu has great ability, how can he kill them? Even if it is more than 100,000 pigs and sheep for me to slaughter, I am afraid that I will not be able to kill them cleanly, right? ”

Wang Yun said: "In that case, why did General Wei propose to defend the city before, isn't it a superfluous move? ”

At this time, Xun You said: "General Qianwei said that, just because there was no rebel army in the city at that time. ”

Wang Yun suddenly said funny: "Heh, this is weird; I couldn't find out that there were rebels in the city before, but now I suddenly found that there were rebels in the city; There is no such coincidence in this world. ”

The ministers couldn't help but talk about it, and felt that this matter seemed to be a little strange.

I can't help but say: "Whether things are coincidental or not depends on who has the final say, but depends on the current situation; At present, the rebels are approaching the city, and the soldiers in the city are not stubborn, and it is inevitable that a few people who are not determined will will defect; If Wang Situ doesn't believe it, he can wait and try it. ”

Wang Yun snorted lightly and said, "Since General Wei is so sure, why don't you find out the inner response?" ”

I said, "Without real evidence, even if I can be sure who is the internal response, how can I guarantee that others will necessarily believe that the person is the internal response?" If this leads to the misconception that we are excluding dissidents, and causes them to defect, who will bear the consequences? ”

Wang Yun immediately sneered: "Ridiculous; I think you were scared and you wanted to run away, right? ”

When Feng Xian heard this, he immediately said angrily: "Wang Situ Xiu wants to speak slander!" ”

Liu Xie hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, don't argue anymore; In my opinion, the evacuation at this time was too hasty, and it was necessary to think about it in the long run. ”

Wang Yun said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the evacuation is not necessary at all; Although the rebels were numerous, they were only a rabble of makeshift gatherings; The minister also fought against the Yellow Turban Thieves back then, and it was not that he did not know how to deploy the army; As Lu Bu and Shao Ran said, they are simply alarmist; Please don't worry about it, your majesty has his own way to retreat from the enemy. ”

Liu Xie nodded and said, "Since this is the case, then according to what Qing said." ”

Speaking of which, if it weren't for the fact that there were rebels hiding in the city, with the advantage of the city wall, it might not be impossible to compete with the rebels. However, now that there is an internal response, it is not wishful thinking that can solve the problem. (To be continued.) )