Chapter 33: All or Nothing

The young emperor returned to the palace safely, and hundreds of officials went on a pilgrimage to see him, and the palace chaos was first encountered, and the young emperor did not dream at night, and when he sat in a high position, his face was still pale.

Dong Zhuo rescued the driver, but did not go to the palace, but for a few days, the Xiliang elite soldiers entered Beijing every day, burning and looting everywhere they went, and people with a heart soon found that every time they entered Beijing, the banner of the Xiliang Army was different, Dong Zhuo seemed to have gathered thousands of troops and horses, and for a while Kyoto was shocked, and no one dared to fight against Dong Zhuo.

On the top of the main hall, the young emperor Liu Wei was sitting in danger, and he heard that the courtiers did not say a word about things.

Situ Wang Yun went out to exhort loudly: "Your Majesty, the country is in trouble, the society is full of disasters, the ten permanent servants have just been removed, and Dong Zhuo has come again, and I also ask Your Majesty to issue an edict to order Dong Zhuo and Chen Bing to be outside and not to enter Beijing!" ”

On the order of He Jin, he recruited troops outside, and Bao Xin, a general who had just returned to the capital, came out of the column and hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty, Dong Zhuo enters Beijing every day, and the ironclad army opens the way and runs rampant in the streets, like hellish ghosts, and the people avoid it one after another, causing panic inside and outside the capital. ”

"Lu Shangshu has already said in advance, Dong Zhuo is ambitious, kind and ruthless, once he enters the capital, he will cause disaster, please make a decision as soon as possible, and the last general is willing to be a pioneer!"

"The Ten Standing Servants are excepted, the court is newly decided, it is not appropriate to act rashly at this time, please think twice about Your Majesty." Taifu Yuan Kui hurriedly spoke out to dissuade him.

"Rong Zhen thinks twice, you and the others retreat first." Young Emperor Liu Wei thought of the fierce and vicious Dong Zhuo, and felt a bad cold, Dong Zhuo was already satisfied if he didn't come to kill him, how could he dare to send someone to attack Dong Zhuo, even if the Xiliang army burned and looted all kinds of evil, but the young emperor still wanted to calm things down.

Yang Yi stood on the palace and watched coldly, before discussing everything, all the people who saved the car were rewarded, in the middle of Henan Peng Min Gong into Langzhong, Yang Yi was named the Marquis of Duting, and still served as the ruling Jinwu, it seems that the Marquis of Duting, in fact, the Marquis of Duting is just a fictitious title without land.

Yang Yi thought that he had made such a great achievement, even if he could not be ranked among the three dukes, he could also be ranked above Jiuqing, but he didn't expect that Emperor Han Shaodi just said a lot of beautiful words, and he didn't actually add a seal, and even the gold and silver rewards were not mentioned slightly.

However, Yang Yinian is only fifteen, and he is already a high-ranking official of the court with a rank of 2,000 stones, and he holds the real power of the Northern Army, but it is also unsealable, the palace has changed drastically, the rebels have suffered heavy losses, and there is no gold and silver reward, which is understandable if you think about it carefully.

It's just that the young emperor personally ordered to send officials to the northern army, obviously intending to weaken Yang Yi's power, which is really chilling.

Yang Yi was dedicated to serving the country, intending to resist Dong Zhuo and protect the precarious Han Dynasty, but he did not expect to be drawn by the young emperor, and he became more and more disappointed in the Han Dynasty under the cold.

It's just that Yang Yi can roughly guess that someone must be instigating the young emperor behind his back, but it is not clear who this suggestion comes from.

In fact, for the courtiers, although Dong Zhuo led the army to burn, kill and loot every day, it was also an external trouble, and Yang Yi controlled the northern army to deter the Beijing Division, no one dared to guarantee that Yang Yi would grow into the second He Jin, and no one would despise Yang Yi because he was not as good as a weak crown.

Many people look back on Gongsun Yi's promotion and will be surprised to find that a distant general of the border army has actually been ranked in Jiuqing in just one year to control the Northern Army and deter the Beijing Division, which is very similar to the road to the butcher general's ascension.

Although on the top of the main hall, everyone is indignant about Dong Zhuo, but taking into account Yang Yi's meritorious rescue efforts, the birds are good and the bows are hidden, and the cunning rabbits are dead and the lackeys are cooked, if with the passage of time, the courtiers who firmly believe that the outside must first be at ease with the inside, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not treat Yang Yi like Dong Zhuo.

A butcher He Jin has made the Han Dynasty restless, no one in the court and the central ministers is unwilling, and the power once again falls on a concubine of a border general, Yang Yi, who controls the power of the Northern Army, soon became a thorn in the side of the courtiers.

Even these days, some courtiers who came to visit Gongsun Mansion quoted scriptures and euphemistically suggested that Yang Yi resign and retire, which made Yang Yi have mixed feelings for a while.

Although he was very disappointed in the Han court, Yang Yi still planned to protect the court, not to be loyal to the young emperor, nor for the sake of high-ranking officials, but Yang Yi knew very well that once Dong Zhuo occupied the capital division, the young emperor was deposed as the king of Hongnong, and when the Han Dynasty collapsed, it was the people of the world who really suffered.

Yang Yi asked himself if he was a saint hero, in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, everything was based on self-preservation, but thinking of thousands of ordinary people who were bullied like Ning'er, Yang Yi made up his mind to give it a go.

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On the field of the Northern Military Academy, Yang Yi, who was standing on the platform of the generals, was dressed in military uniform, indifferently looking at a group of soldiers of the Northern Army with guns and armor, neatly lined up, looking at the battle flag hunting, and listening to the dull drum beat, Yang Yi took a deep breath, and suddenly waved his hand and said loudly: "The whole army set off, protect the Han Ting, and take the head of Dong Thief!" ”

The army slowly came out, marching all the way towards the Xiliang military camp, a thousand elite cavalry advanced all the way, under the leadership of the general, quickly rushed towards the Xiliang army garrison, and the Xiliang light cavalry scouts encountered along the way were all shot.

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Although Dong Zhuo ordered his iron armies to rush into the capital every day, rampant and dominate the market, burning, killing and looting, it seemed that the Xiliang army entered Beijing every day, which temporarily shocked the palace forbidden army, and no one dared to compete with it.

Yang Yi knew very well that all this was just a trick, Dong Zhuo led only 3,000 soldiers, Qianghu on the Xiliang border was not stable, and often attacked the border passes, and it would take time for his cronies Niu Fu, Li Dao, and Guo Yan to bring troops to come.

On the other hand, Lu Bu did not kill his father-in-law Ding Yuan at this time and defected to Dong Zhuo, and the cavalry general He Miao led the palace forbidden army to wait and see, before Dong Zhuo annexed the Bingzhou army led by Ding Yuan and the forbidden army led by He Miao, it was the best time for Yang Yi to lead the northern army to defeat Dong Zhuo in one fell swoop.

If you want to defeat Dong Zhuo, break Xu Rong first, this powerful general who can defeat Cao Cao and Sun Jian, Yang Yi is in awe in his heart, but now that we meet on the battlefield, there is no way out for you to live or die, so Yang Yi has made a desperate bet to mobilize all the northern army and fight for the direction of Han history.

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In the barracks of the Xiliang Army, Dong Zhuo, who was full of anxiety, slapped the servants wearing battle armor around him to the ground, drew his sword and said coldly: "Give me a hurry!" ”

Not long ago, Dong Zhuo, who was full of smugness and thought that he had hidden from everyone in the capital, was complacent in front of the bronze mirror fiddling with brocade clothes, and the invitation card had been sent out, and a banquet was held to invite a group of ministers from the court and China to discuss the abolition of the old and the establishment of the new, and welcome the enthronement of King Chen Liu.

Suddenly, Li Ru came to report that nearly 10,000 northern troops were coming from the direction of the capital, and Dong Zhuo, who was panicked, shouted loudly while ordering his servants to wear armor for him: "Xu Rong! ”

"The end will be here, don't panic." Xu Rong, who was in military uniform, stepped into the military tent.

Dong Zhuo was slightly stunned, seeing that the nearly 10,000 northern army led by Sun Yi, the ruling Jinwu Gong, was about to be killed, this Xu Rong's eyes were indifferent, his bearing was calm, and he didn't feel the slightest panic.

Dong Zhuo waved his hand to drive away the servant and said suspiciously: "General Xu has a way to deal with it!" ”

Xu Rong and Li Ru, who was chuckling, glanced at each other, and then looked at Dong Zhuo confidently and said: "Rong Mo will sell Guan Zi, rest assured, the last general will let him have no return!" ”

Dong Zhuo stroked his palms and laughed, pulled Xu Rong and said happily: "Then everything will be handed over to General Xu." ”

"Don't worry, please retreat as soon as possible, and the last general can start a battle formation to meet the northern army." Xu Rong hugged his fists and saluted, urging the lord Dong Zhuo to leave as soon as possible.

The battle flag hunting, the war drums shook the sky, the soldiers of the two armies lined up on both sides, Yang Yi stepped forward in military uniform, standing between the ten thousand armies, and his heart was undulating for a while.

Xu Rong also stepped forward, and immediately said: "Who is coming, I will not kill the nameless ghost!" ”

"It's not too late to talk when I capture you, come and order the whole army to assault!"

With a wave of the battle flag, a thousand cavalrymen with short guns rode forward on horseback, the infantry followed, and nearly 10,000 northern troops rushed forward, and the sound of killing shook the sky for a while.

Although he didn't understand whether Xu Rong dared to resist the northern army in front with only more than 2,000 people, whether it was stupid or heroic, but Yang Yi knew very well that there were no ambushes in this place, and Dong Zhuo only brought 3,000 soldiers, so naturally there would be no ambushes on the side.

Two fists are difficult to defeat four hands, even if Xu Rong's ability is strong, and Xiliang's elite soldiers are brave and good at fighting, they are by no means the opponents of the Northern Army who are superior in numbers, well-equipped, and vigorous.

The cavalry of the northern army rushed forward, and suddenly the tripping rope rose, and the more than ten cavalrymen who rushed to the front couldn't dodge, and suddenly the horses lost their front hooves and were thrown out, and before they could get up, they were all trampled by the war horses behind, and before they could scream, they were all turned into a pile of meat paste.

The fist-sized iron balls were full of sharp iron thorns, which were sprinkled on the battlefield by the Xiliang army earlier, and the spikes pierced into the horse's palm, and the manic war horse was uncontrollable for a while, making the cavalry charging in front miserable.

When the cavalry charging in front entered the firing range, suddenly arrows rained down, and many cavalry companies fell to the ground with arrows from their horses, the horses neighed, the blood plasma cracked, and the whole battlefield echoed with terrible screams.

Yang Yi followed the large army and stepped forward, seeing the cavalry fall one by one, his heart was dripping blood, the cavalry was the most valuable type of troops in the Eastern Han Dynasty, but it was extremely difficult to train excellent cavalry, and feeding the horses was a huge expense, Gongsun Zan had been on the border all the year round, and there were only three thousand white horses for many years.

During the Warring States Period, in the Battle of Changping in the Qin State, he used his family funds to pull out 5,000 cavalry, and the two countries of Qin and Zhao, which had the strongest cavalry, had less than 20,000 cavalry.

Although the number of cavalry in the Han Dynasty increased, because the Han Dynasty and Qianghu had been fighting for many years, many war horses were traded with Qianghu, and the number was not much for a while.

Yang Yi smashed the pot and sold iron to make up a thousand cavalry, and every loss was painful, but in order to defeat Xu Rong, Yang Yi was also desperate and mobilized all the cavalry to fight to the death.

Although dozens of people were killed and wounded under the attack of traps and iron bone spurs, these cavalry of the Northern Army were extremely skilled, and quickly outflanked both sides, not only avoiding the traps, but also difficult to shoot arrows.

Seeing that the cavalry of the Northern Army rushed to the front, Xu Rong was not in a hurry, and ordered the armor soldiers on both sides to raise their spears to form a formation, the sharp tips of the spears flashed with cold light, and waited for the cavalry to attack.

Many of the Pak sword soldiers with round shields stood behind the spearmen, and in addition to killing the lone cavalry, they also had to protect the safety of the spearmen as much as possible.

Nearly a thousand war horses marched together, the earth trembled slightly, and the knees of the Xiliang elite soldiers sank slightly, and their arms were wrapped around the spears, so as not to dislocate their arms in an instant due to the powerful impact of the war horses.