The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 518: The Soldiers Are Entering Luo!

Wang Yue knelt down on the ground, clutching the silk book tightly with both hands, his body trembling uncontrollably.

Liu Xie was a little terrified, he didn't dare to ask Wang Yue, he was afraid of hearing the news of the fiasco on the front line from Wang Yue.

Jian Shuo died, in the palace, at the hands of Dong Zhong.

Dong Zhuo demoted him from emperor to King Chenliu. He didn't really feel much about it. Whether it was emperor or son of heaven, he didn't really want it that much.

The biggest reason why he wanted to be an emperor, a good emperor, was because of Liu Hong, because of his father.

Every time in the dead of night, when Liu Xie fell asleep, he always dreamed of the same scene.

The faint lights in Houde Hall were flickering, and Liu Hong's complexion was extremely pale.

The air was filled with the unpleasant smell of medicine stone, and Liu Hong, who was lying on the bed, tightly held his palm.

At this time, Liu Hong realized the mistakes he had made, and he chanted one by one, chanting the names of his courtiers one after another, and recounted his guilt towards those courtiers.

Liu Hong sat on the bed and told him to be a great man and to be a good emperor.

This is what happened before, and now it reappears in Liu Xie's mind over and over again.

Liu Xie didn't forget Jian Shuo either, he didn't forget Jian Shuo who always followed him, took care of his daily life, taught him carefully, and helped him deal with government affairs every day until late at night.

Fleeing all the way from Luoyang to Chendu, many people along the way died to protect him, and suffered all kinds of hardships to protect him.

Liu Xie always remembered Lu Zhi, the white-haired but still straight-backed old Shangshu, and those who turned their backs away and were willing to be the guards of the imperial army.

"Big victory! Big victory!"

Wang Yue's eyes were full of tears, but the man in his forties choked up like a child.

"Reporting to the country, it's a big victory, General Sun's big victory, and Taiguguan's big victory!"

Liu Xie was startled for a moment, and then an expression of disbelief appeared on his face.

"A great victory at Taigu Pass. General Sun led his armored soldiers to break through the pass. Dong Zhuo's army was defeated for thousands of miles, and the rebel general Yang Ding was defeated! Tens of thousands of enemy troops were killed, and countless banners and luggage were captured!"

Wang Yue was so excited that he even spoke incoherently.

"Yang Ding..."

Liu Xie remembered the name of this person, Dong Zhuo rewarded the generals under his command, Yang Ding seemed to be a Zhonglang general under Dong Zhuo's tent, his status was not low, it seemed that it was a great victory!
"General Sun is now leading his troops to march towards Luoyang. I'm afraid it won't be long before there will be another good news! At that time, the country can return to Luoyang."

Wang Yue stepped forward slightly, raised his hands solemnly, and presented the silk book to Liu Xie.

After conquering Taigu Pass, one of the eight passes in Luoyang, Luoyang will be within easy reach. Taigu Pass is only more than ninety miles away from Luoyang, and cavalry can reach it in a day.

Dong Zhuo's army was newly defeated, and now Luoyang is already in their pocket!
Liu Xie's hands trembled slightly, and he took the silk book from Wang Yue's hand.

The silk book is extremely light, and it feels like nothing in the hand, but it doesn't have much weight, but Liu Xie feels that it is as heavy as a thousand.

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Outside Luoyang City, there was a lot of noise, and the official road was full of panic-stricken soldiers.

Jia Xu rode a war horse and brought his personal guards past the side of the official road. He looked at the panicked soldiers around the official road, who had lost their former rationality, and his face slowly darkened.

All the way in a hurry, the huge camp slowly appeared in Jia Xu's eyes.

The guards guarding the camp didn't waste much time for Jia Xu, they just checked Jia Xu's identity and let Jia Xu enter the camp.

As a result, Jia Xu's face became even more gloomy.

You know, this is Dong Zhuo's stronghold, the investigation was very strict in the past, and it will definitely not be as perfunctory as it is now.

Walking into the camp, Jia Xu saw that the faces of the soldiers around him were also full of panic, just like the soldiers in other camps and on the official road, there was no improvement.

The soldiers in the camp were packing up all the usable items in the camp, and some items that were too bulky to carry were piled up together, and it seemed that most of those things would be burned.

This chaotic scene proved that Dong Zhuo was not planning to stick to Luoyang, but was planning to withdraw from Luoyang.

Jia Xu's heart sank gradually. If she lost Luoyang and wanted to regain it, it would be really difficult at that time.

This evacuation, once the battle is defeated, the morale of the army will be disturbed, the fighting spirit will be lost, and the opportunity to compete in the world will also be lost!

The fiasco at Taigu Pass was completely beyond Jia Xu's expectations.

Sun Jian had no more than [-] soldiers, while Dong Zhuo had assembled nearly [-] soldiers. The difference in strength between the two sides was not large, and Dong Zhuo's soldiers were even more elite.

With strong soldiers and strong horses, and sitting on the natural danger of Taigu Pass, occupying such a great advantage, why did they lose!
Jia Xu passed through the panicked soldiers and walked all the way outside the tent of the Chinese army. Before entering the tent, he heard the noise inside the tent.

"quiet!"

Dong Zhuo stepped on the desk, and the loud noise made the quarreling generals in the camp finally stop their clamor.

Even though it was Taigu Pass, Dong Zhuo's prestige accumulated over the years was still there. When the generals saw Dong Zhuo getting angry, they all sat down one after another.

When Jia Xu came in, he happened to see this scene. He wisely didn't open his mouth. After paying a respectful salute to Dong Zhuo, he sat down in the vacant seat beside Li Jue.

Jia Xu sat on the table, quietly listening to Dong Zhuo's words.

Now the reason why Taiguguan was defeated is actually not important, what is important is how Dong Zhuo dealt with what happened next.

The Xiliang army had many cavalry, most of the generals under Dong Zhuo's command were cavalry generals, Luoyang city was well-defended, and Sun Jian bumped into it head-on, now it's a good opportunity to stick to it.

With the complete city defense of Luoyang City, Sun Jian's army's physical strength will be exhausted first, and then the cavalry and infantry will be driven to attack Sun Jian after their vigor disappears. Most likely, Sun Jian will be defeated in one battle.

At present, among the Kwantung Allied Forces, only Sun Jian of the South Road insisted on attacking them, and the rest of the princes such as Yuan Shao, Wang Kuang and others all had some plans.

As long as Sun Jian is defeated, Luoyang, Guanzhong, and the general situation of the world, the initiative is still in their hands.

If Luoyang is lost, the initiative will be lost, and the Xiliang army will also lose the vigor to fight for the world.

But now Dong Zhuo's move is obviously to move the capital to Luoyang. Those soldiers who are preparing to burn supplies, those soldiers who are loading and unloading luggage and packing up their weapons are obviously preparing to evacuate.

Jia Xu listened to Dong Zhuo's words, and sure enough, Dong Zhuo was ready to lead the army to retreat westward, leaving only Hua Xiong and Zhang Yang to lead the troops to guard Luoyang.

Dong Zhuo didn't intend to discuss anything at all, he made a decision and left the big tent without looking back.

Jia Xu's heart sank even more, as if he had thought of something, Jia Xu cast his eyes on Li Ru, and sure enough, he saw Li Ru's livid face.

Just as Dong Zhuo walked out of the big tent, the noise broke out again from the big tent.

Jia Xu stood up and walked towards Niu Fu quickly. At this time, Niu Fu looked helpless and was talking to Li Jue, Zhang Ji and others.

"General, can you tell me what happened?"

Niu Fu was slightly taken aback, he turned his head to look at Jia Xu, opened his mouth, but didn't say anything.

"Our army suffered a disastrous defeat at Taigu Pass. It turned out that Sanhe Fifth School and some parts of the Xiyuan Forbidden Army suddenly rebelled. I didn't realize it at all. Sun Jian had already taken this opportunity to climb the pass..."

Zhang Ji looked gloomy, and spoke for Niu Fu.

He didn't go any further. No one expected that the Forbidden Army in Xiyuan and the original Sanhe Fifth School's Forbidden Army would suddenly rebel.

Taking advantage of the chaos, more Yuzhou troops boarded the city wall.

To the rear, even Sun Jian rushed to the front line of the battlefield.

No one expected that Sun Jian would be so bold that he dared to risk Shi Shi to lead his troops up to the pass wall.

At that time, it was Zhonglang General Yang Ding who was in charge of defending that area. The defense organized by Yang Ding collapsed in an instant, and Zhang Ji was leading the army not far away.

He clearly saw that Sun Jian's fiery red flag swallowed Yang Ding's general flag, and the situation on the battlefield was completely irreversible at that moment.

Neither he nor Li Jue could stop Sun Jian's attack, but even if they broke through the pass wall, it didn't matter, because there were not many defensive materials at Taigu Pass.

What the Xiliang Army is good at is not defending the city, but fighting in the field. Both the Xiliang Army and the Bingzhou Army have a large number of cavalry.

The Bingzhou Army was originally recruited by Ding Yuan to escape from Shangdang County, as well as soldiers from Hanoi and Henan.

The knights of Sanhe actually refer to the Hanoi, Henan, Hedong, and Sanhe areas, so Ding Yuan has the financial support of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty.Naturally, a group of brave cavalry troops were harvested.

Cavalry is stronger than field combat, but weaker than siege and defense.

But when Dong Zhuo regained his strength and reorganized his army in the north of Taiguguan, they were defeated by the Yuzhou army led by Sun Jian in the field battle!

That is an upright formation!There is no fancy battle at all, they lost, or failed miserably, the defeat was a complete mess.

Tens of thousands of troops collapsed once, and they were defeated.

"Field battle lost?!"

Jia Xu's face was serious, he didn't doubt Zhang Ji's words, Zhang Ji didn't need any reason to lie to him.

Zhang Ji was telling the truth, Jia Xu looked around the noisy crowd in the tent, he saw the panic on the faces of the generals and the despair on the faces of the generals.

But Jia Xu didn't see courage from anyone's face, the Xiliang army had lost their fighting spirit...

"Dong Zhuo went against the law and acted against it, causing anger and resentment, and the prestige of the Han Dynasty was demolished. The rise of all heroes can only happen overnight, and it will not last for a long time..."

Jia Xu suddenly thought of Yan Zhong's letter to him. He knew that the last paragraph was written by Xu An, because that paragraph was completely different from Yan Zhong's writing.

At that time, Xu An seemed certain that Dong Zhuo would be defeated, but the situation at that time was that as long as Dong Zhuo didn't make any foolish moves, even if Yuan Shao and others from Kanto were all assembled, they would hardly be Dong Zhuo's opponent.

Although later Dong Zhuo made frequent tricks and was addicted to pleasure, what happened afterwards roughly confirmed Jia Xu's judgment,

However, the Kwantung Allied Forces were suspicious of each other, and they all had ulterior motives, and they didn't even have much desire to go west.

Cao Cao and Bao Xin were easily defeated by Xu Rong, and even Sun Jian was defeated by Xu Rong.

But for some unknown reason, the situation had turned in an instant. Sun Jian, who had been defeated, defeated Hu Zhen and Zhao Cen in one fell swoop after the Yang people gathered up the remnants!

Now they have broken through the Taigu Pass, drove straight in, and entered Luo with a mighty force! ! !

I was really hit by what Xu An said...

Jia Xu narrowed his eyes slightly, Dong Zhuo left Hua Xiong and Zhang Yang in Luoyang, leaving them with mostly cavalry, and the infantry were all unbeatable county soldiers.

This was obviously to allow Hua Xiong and Zhang Yang to delay the time and buy time for the army to retreat. Luoyang had already been completely given up by Dong Zhuo.

And once Luoyang is given up, Dong Zhuo will only have the control of Guan Zhong, and will lose the initiative from then on, and can only be beaten and defended.

Although Guanzhong is rich, this battle made Dong Zhuojun's generals almost lose their aggressiveness. It is afraid that after entering Guanzhong, it will be difficult to get out again.

In the current situation, entering Guanzhong is just lingering, and has since lost the qualification to compete in the world.

Dong Zhuo's trump card, the emperor, has no original purpose. Now the Kwantung Allied Forces are obeying Liu Xie, not Liu Bian.

Dong Zhuo is finished...

Today's big ship of the Xiliang Army is riddled with holes and is in danger of capsizing at any time.

Countless thoughts flew through Jia Xu's mind. He is not Niu Fu, nor Hua Xiong, or Li Jue. He is not loyal to Dong Zhuo to the extent that he is willing to die. He doesn't want to just be with the big ship of the Xiliang Army sunk.

The prestige of the Han Dynasty was shattered, and all the heroes rose together. This is a world of great contention.

If you are strong, you will be strong, if you are weak, you will perish. If you don't advance, you will retreat and you will just sit and wait for death. Following the Xiliang Army, there is only one dead end.

But he still has a choice...

"I arrived in a hurry and only brought a few personal guards with me. The soldiers of the brigade stayed at Pingjin Pass. Since I want to evacuate Luoyang now, I will return to Pingjin Pass now..."

"Wen He remembers it quickly. Sun Jian also has a cavalry army, which travels quickly and is not weaker than our army's Xiliang cavalry..."

Niu Fu didn't hesitate much, and agreed without hesitation. At this time, there was a commotion outside the tent, and Duan Yan also led people to Niu Fu, as if to discuss something.

Jia Xu lowered her head slightly, left Niu Fu's side, and walked out of the big tent.

No one noticed Jia Xu, the little captain of Pingjin. Their attention was all on the other generals, Sun Jianjun who was getting closer.

Jia Xu led his guards all the way to the east, and the dilapidated city walls of Luoyang gradually grew taller in front of their eyes.

"Captain, Pingjin Pass is in the north, we are heading east now..."

After hesitating for a moment, the captain behind Jia Xu still spoke.

Going to Pingjin Pass was going north, but now Jia Xu is going east, it seems that he is going the wrong way, so he reminded him.

"That's right, I'm going east."

Jia Xu interrupted the guard's words, and said firmly.

The sound of chaotic horseshoes filled Jia Xu's ears, and as he hurried all the way, a camp appeared in front of Jia Xu's eyes.

This camp is different from all the camps they have seen before. There is no noise at all in this camp, and there is no move to evacuate.

(End of this chapter)