Chapter 135: Zhang Xiu withdraws his troops
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Shaanxi County, Xiliang Niu Auxiliary Army Battalion.
The irony is that the general Niu Fu was burned because of a fire in the back camp, and some of his subordinates took the opportunity to coax him for no reason, Niu Fu thought that everything was against him, so he wrapped himself in gold, silver, soft and other things, and fled westward with his henchman Hu Chi'er and others, and did not know what to do, and the three armies of Xiliang were all ownerless. In this situation, Jia Xu, the captain of the school, handed over the seal of the captain on his own, gave it to the general Zhang Xiu, and strongly supported Zhang Xiu, assisted Zhang Xiu to put out the fire everywhere, and took advantage of the situation to collect the Xiliang people.
Not to mention, although Niu Fu is gone, although the three armies are in chaos, they also take the opportunity to turn against many people, but the situation has not reached the point where it is out of control. In this situation, the general Zhang Xiu came forward and Jia Xu supported him, but it also had the desired effect. Speaking of which, although Zhang Xiuqi lacks fame, fortunately he is the nephew of Zhang Ji, the general of Xiliang, and he has a certain degree of persuasion when he says it, and he can generally attract the attention of others. What's more, after Zhang Xiu, there is still a Jia Xu who supports him.
Jia Xu is well-known in the Xiliang Army, and he is supported by Zhang Xiu, but he also deters many people.
The chaos, after a day and a night of cleaning up, has also been basically controlled. The fire was extinguished, and the scattered crowd was arranged, and the small groups of people who were going out were persuaded by Jia Xu to surrender or disband. However, although Jia Xu and Zhang Xiu worked together, it was not easy to talk about all the people, and many people were still in a wait-and-see state.
In this situation, the news leaked out, and the reaction was strong but also amazing.
First of all, Li Su, who has been paying attention to Xiliang's side, after he got the news, he discussed with Xu Rong a little, thinking that the opportunity could not be lost, so he came overnight, wanting to take advantage of the fire. He made arrangements nervously, no longer stayed in Caoyang Pavilion, and raised troops overnight, not to mention. On the other side, there was also a group of people from the imperial court, who also got this amazing news, and they also made quick arrangements after the news came.
The leader of the group that got the news was the general Zhang Liao.
Speaking of which, Zhang Liao received an order from Wenhou Lu Bu in an emergency, and led hundreds of wolf riders to join the state overnight, and came in a hurry all the way. Although it is said that they set off much later than Li Su and the others, but because they were mostly cavalry, they did not lose to Li Su and the others on this way, and they had already arrived the day before Li Su and the others came to Caoyang Pavilion. It's just that after they arrived here, because the situation on the side of the Xiliang Army was unknown, it was naturally difficult to make further actions, so they stayed where they were and waited for the opportunity.
At this opportunity, of course, with the escape of Niu Fu of the Xiliang Army, the news of the chaos of the three armies came, and Zhang Liao immediately seized it, and immediately made a decision.
After he got the news, he quickly gathered his men and horses and rushed all the way to the Xiliang army.
The purpose of Zhang Liao's trip was very simple, that is, to follow the orders of Wenhou Lu Bu, and prepare to take advantage of the chaos of the Xiliang army to collect the Xiliang people for his own use. He sent troops from his side, and he didn't mention it for the time being. However, the news of the chaos in the Xiliang Army also reached the ears of Zhang Baiqi of Tianwangzhai, and Zhang Baiqi also reacted.
Although speaking of which, Tianwangzhai is a group of thieves after all, such troubled waters are really not something they can wade into. However, this time, Tianwangzhai had a big grudge against Xiliang because he drove Hu Chi'er away in Zhang Bai's riding matter, and even if he didn't go to revenge, he would trouble him sooner or later; In these two cases, Zhang Baiqi did not know in advance that the death of the previous owner of the village, that is, his eldest brother, was actually related to Xiliang Army, even if he was not for anything else, he had to seek justice for his eldest brother and question Xiliang.
So, after Zhang Baiqi heard the news of the Xiliang Rebellion, he immediately convened Colonel Zuo and other leaders to discuss the matter, and decided whether to send troops and intervene. After intense deliberations, some of the leaders, mainly Colonel Zuo, unanimously supported Zhang Baiqi and persuaded Zhang Baiqi to take the opportunity to send troops.
Speaking of which, there is naturally a reason why Zuo Colonel actively supports this matter. You must know that in the first battle of Tianwangzhai, his younger brother Zuo Leng stuck to the third pass of the Qianzhai of Tianwangzhai, and he died in order to resist Hu Chier's attack. The death of his younger brother, although he was comforted by Zhang Baiqi afterwards, but his hatred for the Xiliang army was also difficult to eliminate.
As for Zhang Baiqi, as the owner and big leader of the Tianwang Village, he naturally knows the importance of this matter. Thinking about it, his 'superior' not only struck down the Wang Gu supported by the Xiliang people, but also united with Chen Nuo and others to beat Hu Chi'er, and Hu Chi'er has also formed a mortal enmity, and he is also in the same water and fire with Xiliang, and it is difficult to negotiate anymore, which also forced him to take action. In addition, when he got the previous big boss to die under the planning of the Xiliang people, he was even more furious, and he hated to kill the Xiliang people to avenge his eldest brother.
As for the other village leaders, some of them objected on the grounds that Tianwangzhai had just experienced a turmoil and urgently needed to be appeased. However, the voice of opposition is lower than the voice of approval, and their village advocates that the white cavalry are all strong in sending troops, so naturally the voice of opposition is smaller. In this way, Tianwangzhai reached an agreement to eliminate dissent and crusade against Xiliang in unison.
After the agreement, Zhang Baiqi decided to personally lead the team, with Colonel Zuo as the 'vanguard officer', raising more than 20,000 troops, looking at the Xiliangniu auxiliary army camp to fight and go, but along the way it was also mighty and quite powerful.
Although the news that Tianwangzhai got was fast, because of the need to discuss opinions, coupled with the fact that there were many people, it was inevitable that it would take some time, and the soldiers were a little hasty, and they were naturally afraid of the Xiliang people.
As for the present, there are Li Su all the way, Zhang Liao all the way, and Zhang Bai riding the Tianwangzhai all the way, a total of three people and horses looking at the Xiliang army camp in Shaanxi County. These three people have come first, some have some diseases, and naturally they can only be slow watches.
said that Li Su was the most hesitant all the way, but because he got the news, he thought that there was oil and water to fish, so he rushed with all his might. They raised troops overnight and attacked all the way, but by the time they arrived at the outskirts of the Xiliang army.
In the Xiliang Army, the sound of disturbance is still one after another, and the scattered crowd is running around, and there is no certainty. Li Su saw it from a distance on horseback, and immediately smiled with Xu Rong beside him: "It's really heaven to help me, Xu Taishou can help me collect the thieves!" When Xu Rong saw the situation, he immediately responded, only Li Su was about to send troops, but he was stopped by Xu Rong.
"Xu Taishou, what do you mean?"
Seeing Li Su's eyes widen and question, Xu Rong didn't rush to answer him. Only he fixed his eyes on the situation twice, his eyes opened twice, but he immediately shook his head, and said to Li Su: "General Li, slow down!" General Li, you see, although this thief is still in chaos, the chaos is not as serious as imagined. Thinking that if no one stopped them in time, they should have been defeated a long time ago, but now judging from the chaos, although the situation of the thieves is chaotic, they have not dispersed, and even the situation has been faintly stabilized, I am afraid that the matter here still needs to be investigated in detail. ”
Li Su looked left and right, and couldn't wait to smile and said, "Xu Taishou, what do you mean by this?" Could it be that when you get here, Xu Taishou, you are afraid? As soon as Xu Rong was said by him, his face turned red, his sword was twisted, he raised it slightly, and said: "General Li Hugh wants to provoke me, but who am I afraid of?" At that moment, Xu Rong didn't say a word, looked at the oncoming group of people, and immediately pulled the horse and rushed forward.
This group of Xiliang people scattered less than twenty or thirty, because of the chaos in the camp, they saw that they were out of control, so they simply fled together, preparing to flee back to Xiliang without knowing it. It's just that when they suddenly encountered Xu Rong's passers-by, they were immediately stunned, panicked for a while, and didn't know why. It was also when they were in a daze that Xu Rong rushed over and shouted to them all the way: "By the order of the imperial court, kill the traitor Niu Fu, and whoever descends does not care!" Those who have informed the news of the rebels, reward! Kill the traitor, meritorious! ”
Speaking of which, Niu Fu was the commander of the Xiliang Army after all, and the meaning that Wang Yun instructed them before setting off was just to let them disband the Xiliang Army first, and then kill Niu Fu. However, now because Li Su leaked the news in advance after drinking, he naturally can't do it anymore. They are now taking advantage of the chaos, and they can catch Niu Fu is one of them, and if they can be collected because of the chaos of Xiliang, it will be a great achievement.
Only Xu Rong shouted like this, and those Xiliang people who came to him heard it clearly, and they didn't react yet, but once they reacted, they turned their heads and shouted to each other: "Ah, it's the people of the court!" ”
Speaking of the 'court' people, the courage of the Xiliang people trembled for no reason. You must know that the rumor that the imperial court wants to kill the people of Xiliang has already spread throughout the three armies of Xiliang, which of them doesn't know? It is precisely because of this will of the 'imperial court' that the Xiliang people were shocked by nightmares, so that people were confused, and because of a fire, the current situation was hastily caused. Today, they still wanted to take advantage of this turmoil to take advantage of the opportunity to run away, but now it's good, they haven't run away yet, and they heard that the 'court people' are coming, how can they not be alarmed? Their faces changed, and they didn't know what to do for a while, so they had the courage to run away, but they didn't want to be slashed head-on by Xu Rong and cut him in two.
Xu Rong's murder was originally used to establish authority, however, this 'prestige' did not come to fruition, but it intensified the panic in people's hearts, and it was even more out of control. Xu Rong couldn't stop this group of people, Li Su urged behind him again, and when he came up, he simply attacked the group of people in a row, and soon killed this group of people cleanly.
rushed all the way here, gradually approaching the Xiliang Army Bentun, and along the way, it was inevitable to encounter some obstructive Xiliang people, so they had to kill on a large scale. That Xu Rong I snorted, and the knife was together, anyway, he saw one and killed the other. There is really no way, who told this group of Xiliang people to just not give face, told them not to live, and didn't bother to pay attention to it anymore, but they only killed the generals, but they also killed the Xiliang army for a while.
Speaking of 'big defeat', the Xiliang Army is also inevitable, who told them to be like a headless fly at this time, buzzing and buzzing, how can they not be defeated? In addition, they were few in number, so they couldn't respond, and although Li Su only had hundreds of people, he also killed them head-on. That Li Su killed to the end, and seeing that the situation was getting better again, he couldn't help but be overjoyed. He was harvesting human heads on horseback, but he was very proud. Come to think of it, if he continues to kill like this, no matter how many people and horses in Xiliang are, he will not be his opponent. And he only needs to harvest one head after another, which is not much more than the credit of the decree, and he will have to get great merit in the future.
It was that Xu Rong, who was also red-eyed at this time, and he couldn't contain his bloodthirsty nature at all, and led the people and horses to the Xiliang people's formation to rush and kill indiscriminately, and completely forgot that he was already in the pile of thieves.
In the Bentun of the Xiliang Army, the generals Jia Xu and Zhang Xiu led the men and horses to and from the army, cutting left and right like sharp blades, and constantly rushing to kill the remaining disobedient Xiliang soldiers and constantly dissuading them. Although most of the people were advised because of Jia Xu's reputation and led the troops to follow them, there were still a small number of people who were unwilling to let the court dispose of them, and did not dare to take the lead against Chang'an.
It's just that although there are many of these people, their minds are not aligned, so they naturally can't deal with Jia Xu's large number of soldiers and horses. Speaking of which, at the beginning of the incident, Jia Xu's direct subordinates were no more than a thousand, while Zhang Xiu's subordinates were a group of bandits, only a few hundred, and there were not many people combined. However, because they persuaded one group of men and horses after another, the number of their retinues increased from thousands, to thousands, and even more than 10,000, and they snowballed and grew bigger and bigger. And now, there are at least about 15,000 people and horses around them, and how can these scattered soldiers be compared, and soon, they were successfully broken through by Jia Xu. More than 1,000 soldiers in Natun, because of the death of the colonel, also surrendered to Jia Xu and merged into Zhang Xiujun.
However, it was also the time when Jia Xu's army made great progress, and because of the sudden intrusion of Li Su's troops, Zhang Xiu, who was in charge, immediately woke up: "It's from the court!" I didn't expect him Li Su to come so quickly! Mr. Jia, how should we deal with it? ”
This may seem like a simple question, but it's not. After all, Li Su is here to represent the imperial court, since it was the imperial court that led the troops to kill, it was somewhat moral, even if they knew it, it was difficult to say anything. However, if Niu Fu is here, Niu Fu will personally come forward to deal with this matter. But now that Niu Fu is gone, he has lost the news, and he is currently the most important in the Xiliang Army, so this matter has to be solved by him, and he can't let Li Su and them go on and on. It's just that if you want him to deal with it, you will inevitably have to confront Li Su directly, and before he decides to turn his face with the court, it is really not good to deal with him casually. What's more, even if he knows what to do, after all, there is still a Jia Xu above him, although he is not the main general, he still has to listen to his opinion.
When Jia Xu heard it, he didn't know Zhang Xiu's thoughts, but he also wanted to know how determined Zhang Xiu was to fight against the imperial court, so he asked him without thinking: "Then General Zhang, how do you think you should deal with it?" ”
Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu's eyes met for a moment, that is, he knew what he was thinking, and immediately nodded, and said to Jia Xu: "Mr. embroidery understands!" After Zhang Xiu finished speaking, he immediately picked up the spear and shouted to the left and right: "Erlang, the doglegs sent by the imperial court are now in front, and their intention is very clear, they have to kill all my Xiliang people!" If the Son does not forgive us today, if we cannot unite together, we will only die! Let's talk about it, are you willing to let the court kill us, or do you want to resist and kill Chang'an with me, kill the traitors, and avenge Taishi Dong?! ”
"Kill Chang'an, kill the traitor, and avenge Taishi Dong!"
"Kill Chang'an, kill the traitor, and avenge Taishi Dong!" ……
The shouts were higher and higher, and there was a posture of wanting to open the Nine Heavens. Na Jia Xu saw that the emotions of the crowd were mobilized, Fang Cai nodded happily, looked at Zhang Xiu, and applauded: "In this way, the soldiers can be used!" ”
When Zhang Xiu heard it, he was also overjoyed. You must know that he used to lead thousands of troops at most, and even if he had the opportunity to speak, the scene would not be comparable now. Now in the face of tens of thousands of horses, it is really more exciting and intense than ever. And now, he doesn't know where he got the courage to say what he wants to say, and he will say it in one go, like a surging river, and its momentum is continuous, which is really out of Zhang Xiu's chest. After he finished speaking, seeing Jia Xu's affirmation, he was even more excited, and he couldn't wait to say a few more words to relieve his addiction. However, as soon as he opened his mouth, he found that the subordinates behind him had spontaneously surged, pulling their throats, shouting trumpets, raising their respective swords and halberds, and watching Li Su and others trample away in the formation.
Poor Li Su was so unfortunate because of Xu Rong's help, he killed all the way, and it was also the time of excitement, but he was suddenly blocked by a great resistance. Only he didn't expect that he had just been able to afford to kill, and he didn't want to suddenly open a hole in the middle of the Xiliang Juntun on the opposite side, and countless people poured out. There were too many of them to count, and they were all excited, as if they had a great grudge against them, and they rushed from afar with a roar, brandishing this halberd and looking at them, and rushing into their formation as if they were crazy.
"Kill Chang'an, kill the traitor, and avenge Taishi Dong!"
"Kill Chang'an, kill the traitor, and avenge Taishi Dong!" ……
The crowd fought and shouted, and the sound almost drowned out Li Su and the others. Xu Rong was suddenly counterattacked, and before he could react, several people immediately fell around him, and he himself was hit by an arrow. He raised his eyes to look at the Xiliang soldiers in front of him, his face turned pale with fright, he pulled his horse backwards, and said to Li Su at the same time: "General Li, go quickly, the Xiliang people are unstoppable!" ”