Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1116 Princes and Emperors

After an overnight defeat, Tongguan changed hands.

It stands to reason that at this time the coalition forces of the princes should rest and reorganize, take good care of Tongguan, a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and after recuperating, they will chase and fight the Xiliang army and drive the Xiliang army to extinction.

But they didn't.

Instead of caring about prestige, they immediately started chasing and fighting, even disregarding Tongguan, captured Tongguan, and gave up Tongguan again, charging again and again, like tigers and wolves, chasing for hundreds of miles.

Their purpose is already apparent.

The Xiliang army has been defeated.

The emperor is in the court, whoever can control the emperor will be the next court minister.

But now the emperor can't believe it. He wants to get rid of the Xiliang army, but he doesn't want to be controlled by the princes of all parties. This is his best chance.

The Son of Heaven did not have to fight. If it was just before, the thousands of imperial forest troops plus Zhijinwu soldiers and horses would not be able to stop them. However, the [-] passes assigned to them by the Xiliang Army gave them the ability to protect themselves .

The emperor led a hundred officials, escorted by soldiers and horses under his command, left the pass from the west, traveled westward for more than a hundred miles, and camped on a mountain.

At this time, the coalition forces had already approached the foot of the mountain.

The Jiangdong Army, the Jizhou Army, and the left and right wings stationed troops at the foot of the mountain, but they did not directly attack.

"They are chasing and beating me so fiercely, do they really put me in their eyes?"

In the light of the rising sun, Emperor Liu Xie, standing on the mountain, looked at the army at the foot of the mountain, his expression became more and more gloomy.

"Your Majesty, in your eyes, the Grand Master is a powerful minister who manipulates the court, but they may not be good people. Does Your Majesty really think that they are here for His Majesty?"

Jia Xu stood calmly behind Liu Xie with her hands tied.

"To shut up!"

Liu Xie became more and more violent, he sneered.

Then he didn't even look at Jia Xu, but fixed his eyes on Wang Yun. Although he didn't trust people, he still relied a lot on Wang Yun. At this time, he wanted to see Wang Yun's thoughts: "Wang Situ, Should I be like this?"

"Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven!"

Wang Yun thought for a while: "Now that the Dong thief has been eliminated, Your Majesty can try the minds of the people at the bottom of the mountain, and write a letter, ordering them to go up the mountain alone to face the saint. If they come, they will be loyal ministers. If they dare not come, That must have a different heart!"

"So good!"

Liu Xie nodded, and then wrote a letter himself, asking people to put down the mountain.

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"The one on the mountain is really the Son of Heaven?"

Ju Yi's eyes flickered, he looked at the mountain, and a murderous intent suddenly gathered.

He can know the mind of his master.

As for the Emperor Xie, my lord hopes that there will be no emperor in the world. At that time, Jizhou can find any Liu family's son at will, enthroned him, seized the power of the world, and sent troops to crusade against the princes of the world.

"It should be the Son of Heaven!"

The left and right generals replied: "We still recognize the dragon flag of the imperial court!"

"Jiangdong Army and Cao Jun, how did they behave?"

"Jiangdong's army has stopped. As for Cao's army, they are still behind. It will take half a day to catch up!"

"Try to attack and see how they react!" Ju Yi said.

"promise!"

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"De Mao, do you think it will be useful if I bring the emperor back to Jiangdong?" Sun Jian asked Cheng Pu, his confidant general.

"My lord, I'm afraid it's not up to us now!"

Cheng Pu said: "The Cao army and the Jizhou army are looking down, even if we hold the emperor in our hands, we may not be able to get out of Guanzhong!"

"Having said that, but..."

Sun Jian thought for a while: "I still want to give it a try!"

"My lord, there is one more thing. Don't you feel that this battle went too smoothly?" Cheng Pu said, "We all have seen the benefits of Tongguan. , but Dong Zhuo never showed up, where did he go?"

"Could it be that in the past, Liu Bei's Youzhou Army went northward, didn't Liu Bei's Youzhou Army chase some soldiers and horses and fled northward?"

Sun Jian said: "Everyone has seen this battle for all to see. How terribly we fought. Even if the Xiliang Army had some tricks, would they still be willing to bury so many soldiers and horses with them?"

"No matter what, it's better for the lord to be on guard. Against the Xiliang Army, against the Son of Heaven, against the Cao Army, and against the Jizhou Army. After all, this battle has reached this point, and everyone will become an enemy!"

"So-and-so knows it!" Sun Jian nodded.

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Less than thirty miles away from the Son of Heaven, a group of soldiers and horses set up camp.

"My lord, why don't you continue to chase after him?"

Xiahou Dun entered the city with the coalition army at one time, followed closely behind, the emperor withdrew, and the generals pursued him, and he was the most anxious to follow. It was Cao Jun's vanguard, who was suddenly withdrawn, feeling a little puzzled, and came to ask Cao Cao.

"Feng Xiao!"

Cao Cao said lightly.

"General Xiahou, don't you feel that the battle last night was a bit too smooth?" Guo Jia bowed his hands and said in a low voice: "You have also seen this Tongguan. How could the combat power of the main force break through so easily!"

"Isn't that because of their internal turmoil!"

"maybe!"

Guo Jia said: "This is plausible, but the emperor can escape, but it is not justified. The emperor was held hostage by the Dong thief, but after the defeat of the Xiliang army, he still has the strength to rush out. It is an unreasonable doubt in itself!"

"don't know!"

Xiahou Dun shook his head.

"Go away if you don't understand!" Cao Cao couldn't help but smashed Xiahou Dun with the book: "This idiot, I don't understand myself, and I still question the military order!"

"My lord, I'm not questioning, I'm just unwilling!"

Xiahou Dun said: "If the Jiangdong Army and the Jizhou Army hold the Son of Heaven in their hands, wouldn't we be at a disadvantage!"

"It's not that simple!"

Guo Jia's eyes flickered sharply, and he said: "The most important thing is that we didn't see Dong Zhuo's head. Who can say that the Xiliang army was defeated, and it was not confirmed that Dong Zhuo died in battle. The Xiliang army was defeated. But this chess piece was thrown out, it is a bait in all likelihood!"

The original battle situation was not like this.

Attacking Tongguan and taking Tongguan, they had all the advantages, but because of the emperor, they let them let go of the hard-won Tongguan at once, and they seemed to have fought this battle for nothing, chasing the emperor one by one .

But what about Xiliang?

Yes, the Xiliang Army did lose in the Battle of Tongguan.

But who saw Dong Zhuo.

Who is sure that the main force in Xiliang has been removed.

All these doubts made Guo Jia feel uneasy.

"Order the whole army to assemble, we are going to return to Tongguan!"

Cao Cao looked at the topographic map on the desk and heard Guo Jia's words. Suddenly, he couldn't even care about the emperor, so he gave the order directly.

"promise!"

The generals took the lead.

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across the river.

Liu Bei also received the news, but he did not act rashly, but continued to wait for the news quietly.

"My lord, why don't we cross the river at once?"

Zhao Yun asked Liu Bei: "Once the emperor falls into the hands of other princes, won't they be able to hold us hostage!"

"Something is wrong!"

Liu Bei shook his head: "If Dong Zhuo had been beheaded, his head would have been hung under the pass city of Tongguan. But now, the Xiliang army lost Tongguan, but it cannot be said that the Xiliang army was defeated!"

"Before the addition, the Xiliang army suddenly lured us to go north, so there must be a conspiracy!"

"Cross the river easily, fear of being ambushed!"

Liu Bei had a lot of doubts in his heart, and he couldn't solve it at this time, so he didn't dare to use troops.

"My lord, could it be that Dong Zhuo was part of the force that went north before, he abandoned the Xiliang army, and fled back to Xiliang alone through the east of the river!"

"Impossible. Even if Dong Zhongying is an enemy, let me tell you that he is not such a person."

Liu Bei stood up, thought for a while, and said: "At this time, the troops are too small to be effective. Immediately send someone to order Guan Yu to lead the army south immediately, and there is no need to continue to hide!"

"Yes!"

Zhao Yun had received the military order, and then ordered the most elite cavalry messenger under his command to send the message northward for eight hundred miles.

(End of this chapter)