Chapter 45: Camp Howling
After Niu Fu vented for a while, he said: "Brother-in-law, I will immediately pick up all the soldiers and horses and set off immediately, and go to Luoyang to make peace with Xu Rong!" ”
Li Ru shook his head and said: "By all means, Shouye is talented, both civil and military, with his ability, he will definitely be able to capture Chang'an and avenge his father, Hedong is in a critical position, even if he raises troops for revenge, he can't give up lightly, you can pick up 30,000 soldiers and horses, and leave the remaining 10,000 soldiers and horses in Anyi, so that they can't hold out, but you lead most of the men and horses, and go straight to Hangu Pass to meet Dong Yue. For his brother, he immediately left for Xu Rongjun. ”
Niu Fu groaned for a while when he heard this, and immediately did what Li Ru said.
So the two brothers divided into two ways and went their separate ways.
However, it was said that after Li Ru left Niu Fu, he flew to the Tiger Prison Pass on the east side of Luoyang.
Luoyang since the Son of Heaven moved westward, it has become an empty city, a radius of 100 miles, it is difficult to see a person, which is also in line with Li Ru's mind, the road is safe and sound, no wind and no Lang, rushed to the Tiger Prison Pass, saw Xu Rong, prepared the cause and effect, asked Xu Rong to send troops.
Xu Rongnai is a pure soldier, without the order of Dong Zhuo and Dong Shouye's father and son, he will not act without authorization, and near the Tiger Prison Pass, there are still more than 30,000 people in Tuntian, the matter is very important, if he leaves his post without permission, the hard work of the day before yesterday will be in vain.
However, he was deeply favored by Dong Zhuo and Dong Shouye's father and son, and he wanted to serve Dong Shouye loyally when he was in danger. After thinking about it again, Xu Rong made up his mind and prepared to immediately let the more than 30,000 prisoners of Tuntian under his command immediately form an army of 30,000, plus more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, a total of 40,000 soldiers and horses, and rushed to Chang'an to support Dong Shouye.
Li Ru was even more overjoyed when he heard this, and secretly said that Dong Shouye's hard work was really not in vain, and Xu Rong could be said to have given Dong Shouye the strongest support at this critical time.
Just as the two were about to order the immediate recruitment of the soldiers, a horse galloped up and delivered a handwritten letter written by Dong Shouye.
After Xu Rong read the letter, he stopped talking, but handed the letter to Li Ru.
After reading it, Li Ru felt a lot more relieved, and from the letter, he saw Dong Shouye's confidence in victory, as well as his foresight, so he no longer insisted, immediately said goodbye to Xu Rong, left Xu Rong's station, and went to Hangu Pass to fight Niu Fu.
But in the middle of the road encountered Li Meng led by the 5,000 cavalry, it turned out that Li Meng also received Dong Shouye's order, and one step earlier than Xu Rong, Xu Rong's letter was to take the road of Hanhan Guguan, while Li Meng's letter was out of Wuguan to detour Nanyang, Yuzhou around, so it was faster.
When Li Ru and Li Meng rushed to Hangu Pass with soldiers and horses, they saw that Niu Fu had already sent someone out to greet him.
It turned out that Niu Fu had already taken over the soldiers and horses under Dong Yue's command.
Seeing Li Ru, Niu Fu said: "Brother-in-law, Dong Yue, when Niu took over the soldiers, he was very reluctant, I think he has different intentions, it is better to kill him immediately." ”
Li Ru smiled when he heard this, and said: "Dong Yue's agreement to hand over the soldiers and horses is enough to show his loyalty to Shouye. If he snatches the soldiers and horses from you, most of you are unwilling, this is human nature, don't mind, besides, this person is a member of the Dong clan, but a clan uncle who keeps his business, and he has his own business on the merits, and we can't go beyond the bounds. ”
When Niu Fu heard this, he no longer insisted, and returned some soldiers and horses in order to show his attraction to Dong Yue.
Li Ru also appeased Dong Yue, and then several people led the soldiers and horses all the way west.
At this time, 55,000 men had gathered under his command, including 30,000 people from Niu Fu, 20,000 from Dong Yue, and 5,000 from Li Meng.
Now it is Niu Fu as the commander and Li Ru as the military advisor, after the army left Hangu Pass, it went all the way through Xin'an County and Mianchi to Shaanxi County, and then set up a camp and rested a little.
On this night, the moon was dark and the wind was high, and it should have been a night without incident, but unexpectedly, there were many changes, and there was a camp roar.
It turned out to be a few newly enlisted soldiers, did not set up the tent firmly, in the middle of the night, the tent collapsed, hit a few people, these people have just enlisted, the rules are not strict, I don't know what was hit, frightened, so they shouted.
It doesn't matter what this call is, but it alarmed the whole army, and suddenly there was chaos in the camp, everyone thought that someone was attacking at night, and hurriedly picked up weapons to fight everywhere and cut down every person, and because there was no one to command, it turned out to be an increasingly fierce trend, if no one could deal with it in time, maybe the 50,000 horses would be directly destroyed.
Niu Fu heard the roar of the camp in the tent, and thought that Dong Yue led the soldiers and horses to mutiny, sneak attack himself, and even the whole army mutinied, so he felt that the general trend had gone, and in a panic, he recruited his henchman Hu Chi'er, who wanted to roll up gold and silver with him and flee from the barracks.
Just as Niu Fu and Hu Chi'er were about to walk out of the Chinese army's tent, they heard a familiar voice shouting: "Where is Niu Fu, don't quickly get out of the Chinese army's tent and meet me." ”
When Niu Fu heard it, it was the voice of his eldest brother-in-law Niu Fu, and he suddenly felt that his heart had settled, so he put down the gold and silver and walked out of the Chinese army's tent with Hu Chi'er.
When Li Ru saw Niu Fu appearing, he said loudly: "Immediately organize personal soldiers to guard the Chinese army's big tent, light the existing torches in the army, and at the same time order everyone to move closer to the Chinese army's big tent and not fight without permission." Let all the generals and colonels pacify their soldiers, prohibit loud noises, prohibit noisy noises, prohibit random attacks, and confiscate all weapons at the opportunity, and those who act without authorization or violate the order will be killed immediately! ”
Niu Fu saw that Li Ru was calmly giving orders there, as if he had a backbone in his heart, so he did not hesitate to follow what Li Ru said, and issued one order after another step by step.
As Niu Fu, the commander, returned to his calmness, all the soldiers under his command were also settled, and they began to move closer to Niu Fu's Chinese army tent, and then more and more people gathered, and there were fewer and fewer chaotic people.
At this time, he saw Dong Yue leading some soldiers and horses and approaching Niu Fu.
When Niu Fu saw this, he ordered an immediate attack and killed all of them.
Li Ru said: "The current situation has basically been charged, and it's not too late to see how he behaves and then make a decision!" If they have different intentions, they will attack us, and if they have no different intentions, they will definitely lay down their arms and come to the big tent of the Chinese army. ”
When Niu Fu heard this, he gave up killing Dong Yue immediately.
I saw Dong Yue approaching the big tent of the Chinese army not far away, and shouted loudly: "General Niu, what happened in the barracks, is it the camp roar?" ”
When Niu Fu heard this, he said: "Yes, General Dong, you immediately ordered the soldiers under your command to put down the weapons in their hands to avoid the expansion of chaos, and at the same time come to the big tent of the Chinese army to discuss important matters." ”
Dong Yue saw that many people near the big tent of the Chinese army were not carrying weapons, so he did not suspect him, and immediately put down his weapons with the soldiers under his command, and then settled them, and then took a few followers to the vicinity of the big tent of the Chinese army in Niu Fu.
Niu Fu saw that Dong Yue really did what he said, and it seemed that he had no dissent, and finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and then several people discussed how to arrange the aftermath of the camp in the big tent of the Chinese army.
ps: There is something going on today, the update is late. Excuse me