Chapter 551, Li Ru is in action
Tiance was right, and it didn't take long for the good news to come. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Niu Fu didn't have much talent in the first place, and the reason why he held an important position in the Xiliang Army and guarded Dong Zhuo's rear was only because he was Dong Zhuo's son-in-law and obeyed Dong Zhuo's words.
It is said that they are both Dong Zhuo's sons-in-law, Li Ru and Niu Fu are also relatives and should support each other, but this is not the case. As the saying goes, peers are enemies, and the two will unconsciously compete for favor in front of Dong Zhuo, which is not subject to their will. With Li Ru's talent, of course, he can't look down on Niu Fu, and the corresponding Niu Fu is dissatisfied with Li Ru. With Dong Zhuo pressing on it before, it was naturally no problem, but after the Dong Zhuo clan was wiped out, there was no going back to the past between the two.
The two people who were supposed to die in Zhu Dong survived because of some changes. Obviously, Niu Fu's fate is better than Li Ru's, at least he has a large army in his hands, and nominally Li Dao and others are his subordinates. It's just that these people have always been dissatisfied with Niu Fu, and after Dong Zhuo's death, there was no restraint, and with a large army in hand, they naturally fought against Niu Fu. And Li Ru can only continue to hide until the day of recovery. After his health improved, Li Ru's first move was to secretly instigate and drive Niu Fu away from Chang'an City.
Niu Fu's subordinates, there is no great talent, as I said before, he believes in divination, so talented people are naturally reluctant to be under him, and Hua Xiong only takes care of the old feelings and stays. After retreating to Zuo Fengyi, because everything was not going well, Niu Fu's temper became more and more irritable, and he flogged his troops at every turn, so that his troops kept fleeing, which further aggravated his bad temper and became a vicious circle.
Niu Fu can hold on, but those under him can't. Niu Fu was defeated and retreated, although Li Dao and others did not rush to kill, but they had heavy troops to guard against, so Niu Fu only occupied a county town, and the logistics lost its support, and it was impossible to feed the only remaining 200,000 soldiers and horses under his command. Even so, Niu Fu will only get angry all day long, not thinking of a way out, and in order to raise soldiers, he will become more and more harsh on the people on his territory. Especially the lords who are here have almost all been blackmailed, and they can be described as heavy losses.
But even so, it has become more and more unsupportable, and the soldiers under his command have even begun to go hungry. After Niu Fu knew about this situation, he still didn't dare to take a step into Liangzhou, and he didn't want to give in to Li Dao and the others, and he struggled to support him.
Finally, one day, the soldiers could not take it anymore and fled en masse at night, because the movement was too loud and caused civil unrest. Niu Fu was awakened in the middle of the night, thinking that Li Dao and others were attacking at night and wanted to kill him completely, and he was terrified, so he took his belongings and quietly slipped out of the city with more than ten people including his cronies Hu Chi'er, wanting to leave alone.
As for why he didn't look for Hua Xiong, the general under his command, because Niu Fu couldn't trust Hua Xiong. Hua Xiong is not Niu Fu's cronies, but because he has been under Niu Fu's command, he has not left, Li Dao and others have also wooed Hua Xiong many times, although Hua Xiong has always helped him not to leave, but in the most dangerous time, Niu Fu still didn't dare to fully believe him.
But it's a pity that these people he believes in the most have become his talismans.
Niu Fu didn't know the way, and his more than ten personal guards, headed by Hu Chi'er, directly brought Niu Fu into the ambush circle, waiting for him was surrounded by tens of thousands of troops.
Hu Chi'er and other Niu Fu's personal guards had long been unexpectedly bought, and the chaos caused by the flight of the soldiers at night was also thought to have caused it, and it was Li Ru who was the mastermind.
Niu Fu was very unwilling, and he didn't expect Li Ru to be alive. But it was too late, and Hu Chi'er killed Niu Fu with his own hands in order to show his loyalty in front of Li Ru.
The civil strife in the city quickly subsided under the suppression of Hua Xiong, but in the last count, there were less than 150,000 people left, you know, the 100,000 soldiers and horses under Hua Xiong were not chaotic, and it can be said that most of the soldiers under Niu Fu were scattered.
After dawn, the Xiliang army, which had not been the leader for a long time, almost became chaotic again, but fortunately, Huaxiong's prestige was still there, and he was able to deter these people and did not cause chaos again. Soon after, someone secretly met Hua Xiong, and then the closed city gate was opened again, and Hua Xiong left the city directly with the army.
Yes, Hua Xiong directly took refuge in Tiance Mansion, with an army of 150,000.
The strength of Tiance Mansion suddenly soared, you must know that this is the battle-hardened Xiliang Army, which is not comparable to ordinary armies.
The Xiliang army was some distance from Niu Fu's previous garrison, and when they reacted, it had become an established fact, and the Huaxiong army quickly left Zuo Fengyi, day and night, until they arrived at Maoling County, where Tiance City was located.
The benefits of Tiance Mansion are not limited to this, because Tiance has been promoted.
Niu Fu's head was taken by Li Ru and used as Tiance's promotion capital.
For Li Dao and others, Niu Fu is a big problem, but they don't want to do it themselves, because it is not good for their reputation. Although they didn't care about their reputation among the scholars, they still needed it in the Xiliang Army. It can't be that Dong Zhuo cultivated them, and then as soon as Dong Zhuo died, he would kill his son-in-law.
According to Li Ru's plan, Tiance boasted of himself, and while sending the head, he also said in the report that in order to solve the troubles of the adults, he specially planned the camp Xiao, so as not to bear the infamy of the adults.
Seeing this, Li Dao and the others felt that Tiance had done a good job, and it was rare that Li Dao and Guo Yan had an opinion, one proposed to promote the Maoling Order, and the other proposed to seal the Neihou, which means that the two major factions in Chang'an City have no opinion, and the others will naturally not say anything.
Another reason why Li Dao Guo Ci is so generous is to win over Huaxiong. Although more than 100,000 people are not many for them, Hua Xiong is a rare fierce general. So when he promoted Tiance, he also gave Huaxiong an order to enter the court.
Hua Xiong followed Li Ru wholeheartedly, so naturally he would not respond to the order, only saying that he had no shame to see them, and he would no longer ask about the affairs of the Xiliang Army in the future, and would spend the rest of his life in Tiance City.
For this, Li Dao Guo Yan naturally wouldn't believe it, Huaxiong was in his prime, and he was not a sentimental person, so how could he be depressed because of this. But even if they didn't believe it, they didn't use it, they were afraid that Hua Xiong would be forced to throw himself at the other party. As for joining forces to kill Hua Xiong in Tiance City, it was not that they didn't think about it, but then they gave up because they were not sure. It's not that there is no confidence in victory, but there is no certainty that Huaxiong will be left. With Hua Xiong's ability, if they want to leave, they really can't leave Hua Xiong, so once Hua Xiong finds another prince to take refuge, he will definitely be their great enemy.
Although Hua Xiong was no longer forcibly recruited, they also paid more attention to Tiance City and Maoling County, and would not give them a chance to sit big.
It is also Li Ru's existence that is a top-secret existence in the entire force of Tiance Mansion, otherwise, Li Dao Guo Yan will definitely destroy Tiance City as soon as possible. Liu Feng also knew that Tiance Mansion had taken away Li Ru at the beginning, and combined with the current situation in Yongzhou, he speculated on the existence of Li Ru.
Li Dao Guo Yan did not use strength against Tiance Mansion, but Li Ru would not be polite, since he has now taken refuge in Tiance, then he will definitely help Tiance Mansion gradually rise like he helped Dong Zhuo before.
Therefore, not long after Niu Fucai died, under Li Ru's secret planning, the contradiction between Li Dao and Guo Yan escalated again, starting a big war to fight for control of the Chang'an court.