Chapter 33: The Fall

Huangfu Song's defeat in this battle was not due to his inferior command ability to Dong Shouye, but on the contrary, he displayed extremely superb battlefield command art and combat skills in this battle, which is incomparable to Dong Shouye now.

Although there are many factors for its defeat, such as losing to the Xiliang Army in numbers, underestimating Dong Min, etc., the most important point is that the information is extremely asymmetrical.

When Dong Shouye left Chang'an, in order to avoid potential risks, he once wanted to kill, but fortunately was stopped by Li Ru. Dong Shouye retreated to the next best thing and demanded that the news of his movements in Xiliang be strictly sealed.

His true movements in Xiliang are known only to Dong Zhuo and Li Ru in Chang'an City, and they are strictly confidential. Many people thought that Dong Shouye's dispatch to Xiliang this time would be a shocking battle, and it was an opportunity for the Xiliang Army to completely solve the Xiliang problem, because Dong Shouye and Dong Min had more than 80,000 elite soldiers, and they could definitely wipe out Xiliang and destroy Han Sui and Ma Teng. No one would have imagined that Dong Shouye would choose to end hastily in Xiliang and make peace with Han Sui and Ma Teng. After the peace talks, he chose to leave Xiliang quickly and rushed to Chang'an, but after all, he was a step too slow.

Even so, many people still thought that Dong Shouye was still fighting with Han Sui and Ma Teng on the Xiliang battlefield, and many people thought that Dong Zhuo's troops were empty, which was also the reason why Wang Yun and others dared to act in advance.

The reason why Huangfu Song raised troops to attack the dock was also because he felt that the dock was empty and had an opportunity to take advantage of it. And after seeing Dong Min guarding the dock, according to his consistent understanding of Dong Min, he dared to directly order the siege of the city. But he never imagined that Dong Shouye had already arrived a few days before he sent his troops to the dock.

The dock is the base camp of the Xiliang Army, a relatively pure military fortress, so there are no residents living around, which is one of the reasons why Huangfu Song did not find any abnormal news after arriving at the dock.

Dong Shouye looked at Huangfu Song, who still chose to resist in front of him, sneered, and shouted: "General Huangfu, now that the battle situation is clear, why bother to resist stubbornly and increase the killings?" How can you bear to have the soldiers under your command to accompany you to die and be wounded, God has the virtue of a good life, as long as General Huangfu puts down the sword in his hand, he will definitely treat him as a guest. ”

Although it was said very tactfully, it was also clearly proposed that Huangfu Song surrendered.

At this time, the henchmen and soldiers around Huangfu Song also persuaded: "General, if you don't have to worry about the green mountains and no firewood, let's surrender!" ”

Huangfu Song shouted: "My Huangfu family is the emperor's favor, and he has been a general for many generations, how can he surrender to a rebel army?" ”

The general still couldn't bear to die, and continued to persuade: "General, Dong Bai is the son of the late Taishi Dong Zhuo, and now he is in charge of the Xiliang Army, I am afraid that it is very likely that he will capture Chang'an in the near future, inherit his father's will, and re-take charge of the government. Why can't the general endure the momentary anger and save his life for the time being. ”

This deputy general is also telling the truth, this person admires Huangfu Song, and feels that since Dong Shouye can defeat Huangfu Song smoothly, the probability of capturing Chang'an in the future is very large.

After the capture of Chang'an, Dong Shouye will definitely be in charge of the government, and then it will no longer be a rebel, but a minister of the humerus who will once again stabilize the government, so that no one will say that Huangfu Song is surrendering to the rebels, and Dong Shouye will definitely make a decoration for today's move in order to appease Huangfu Song and other families, and will definitely save some face for Huangfu Song at that time.

After listening to this, Huangfu Song sighed and shouted: "I can't imagine that my Emperor Fu Yizhen is famous, but today he was defeated by a small child, and he will die!" ”

Then Cang Chang pulled out the big sword in his hand, pointed to the sky, and then ordered: "Pass my general's order, and you will immediately lead your troops to surrender to Dong Bai, the general of Zhengxi, and save your life!" ”

After hearing this, the confidants immediately breathed a sigh of relief, bowed to the emperor, and said: "The general is wise!" ”

Then he was about to put down the weapons in his hand and start the surrender, but seeing that Huangfu Song did not move, the deputy general was suddenly shocked and asked loudly: "The general ordered us to surrender, I don't know what the general should do himself?" ”

Huangfu Song shouted: "Bold, the military order is like a mountain, how can you allow the others to disobey, if it is under the command of the general, it will be executed immediately according to the general's order." ”

Seeing that Huangfu Song was angry, the deputy general did not dare to disobey at the moment, and went down to arrange various matters according to his words.

But seeing Huangfu Song at this time, he turned to the east, looked at Chang'an, and then knelt on the ground with both knees and kowtowed a few times in the direction of Chang'an City, and said secretly in his heart: "Your Majesty, I can't continue to serve Your Majesty!" Today's battle veteran did his best, the prince's division, the prince's division, if you hadn't insisted on going your own way and killing Dong Zhuo in vain, there would be today's Chang'an Rebellion. Poor people were killed, the killing resumed, the Han Dynasty that had just improved a little since Dong Zhuo's death was lost, and there was no possibility of recovery, from now on the conquest continued, the dignity of the court was no longer there, and the princes of the world would never put the court in their eyes again, so that within a few years, the world would fall apart, and the princes would divide one side and go their own way, and there would be no hope for the four hundred years of the Han Dynasty. I'm running out of gas! The gas is exhausted! As a human minister, you can't share the worries of the Son of Heaven, and you can't protect the common people, so it's useless to stay, it's better to go back, and live this life! ”

He muttered for a long time, then suddenly stood up and shouted: "Dong Shouye, treat Huangfu Li well, and leave a bloodline for my Huangfu family!" The old man goes, too! ”

After finishing speaking, he put the long sword in his hand to his neck and wiped it hard, and the blood continued to flow out of his throat, and he couldn't stop it anymore, and he suddenly lost his life.

This qiē happened so suddenly that the people around him didn't have time to react at all. His lieutenant thought that Huang Fu Song would surrender with everyone and save his life, but his face was a little unbearable and he needed to slow down, and he didn't expect that Huang Fu Song would face his defeat in such an extreme way.

The lieutenant shouted, "General! Why do you abandon us and wait, if you don't want to surrender, then give an order, we will be ordered to fight to the death, we have followed the general for many years, don't the general still know our intentions? Maybe it's just death. ”

Turning to face everyone, he shouted: "Brothers, the general has already taken the first step, and I am waiting to be deployed to protect him, how can I let the general rush to Huangquan alone." We are tired of receiving the great favor of the general, and today he went to Huangquan, and we should follow. Come with me, brothers, and join the general! ”

Then the two hundred soldiers echoed in unison: "Swear to follow the general!" Then he shouted: "Please General Zhengxi to leave a bloodline for the Huangfu family and be kind to Huangfu Li!" I'll wait to go! After saying that, one by one he took out his sword, either by his neck or into his chest, and in an instant more than 200 loyal soldiers died.