A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 389: The law is fruitless and conceited, the dragon is trapped in the shallows and is tricked by shrimps

Let’s talk about the other side, Guanzhong, Chang’an

Since Dong Zhuo was eliminated, Wang Yun was proud of his achievements in killing Dong. Not only was he jealous of talents and ostracized courtiers, but he also changed the orders of Dong Zhuo's old troops day and night, causing the already rebellious soldiers to fall into infinite panic.

So Dong Zhuo's old generals, led by Li Jue and Guo Si, united and began to march towards Chang'an.

"Arrogant, this group of rebellious people. The imperial court did not hold them accountable for their crime of being subordinate to Dong's thieves. They were magnanimous and allowed them to retain their original positions. Not only did they not show gratitude, they instead used weapons and rebelled rashly. They are simply a bunch of ignorant white-eyed wolves!"

In the court, Wang Yun continued to insult the rebellious Dong Zhuo's old men, as if all this was because of their nature.

"Huh, what Wang Situ said is good. Yes, we are all rude people and don't want to be grateful to the court. But as for you, the orders are changed every day. You could have put them in peace with a piece of paper, but you kept delaying and changing them. Change again.

They are already frightened and will rise up at the slightest fright. Your actions not only fail to express the power of the imperial court, but also teach them that the imperial court is not sincere.

I want you to tell me that all this is because of you, Wang Situ. If you had listened to me earlier and taken out the property of the Dong thieves and rewarded them and all the civil and military officials to appease the people, the army, and the officials, how would we be here today? Things. "

General Fenwei, Marquis Wen, and Lu Bu, who also recorded Shangshu affairs, said sarcastically.

"Marquis Lu Wen, that's not what you said. This group of rebels is a capricious people. Today's actions are expected, if they really follow what Marquis Wen did.

Spend hundreds of millions of money to appease them. If it succeeds, that's fine. If it fails, wouldn't it mean teaching them to use the money given by the court to expand their troops?

I'm afraid the situation at this time is much more dangerous. I think the rebellion of Dong Zhuo's old troops is not a bad thing. They have not received food and salary from the court for many days.

Now is the time of weakness. If you take advantage of this opportunity to attack it with the troops of the imperial court, you will definitely win a great victory. At that time, the imperial court will take advantage of the victory to regain Guanzhong, pass through Hangu Pass, and return to the old capital.

When the princes of Guandong see that the military power of the imperial court is still there, they will definitely re-evaluate. Maybe they can recover the previous decline in one fell swoop and regain the Han Dynasty. "

Taichang Zhongfu has always been Wang Yun's vassal, and with Wang Yun as his party, he came out to retort.

Lu Bu was a military general, so how could he speak better than Wang Yun and other civil servants? He sarcastically said: "Oh? According to what Zhong Taichang said, the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of Li Jue and Guo Si are all withered bones in the tombs, so why should Zhong Taichang be defeated?" One word and it was destroyed.

I haven't discovered that you have such ability. It doesn't matter. Since you are so confident, I will leave it to you to solve this problem for Li Jue and others. "

After several months of ups and downs in this court, Lu Bu actually learned some official language and methods of sarcasm and sarcasm.

"Haha, Marquis Wen is joking. Who in the world doesn't know that Marquis Wen is a famous general in the world. When he was in Bingzhou, he was often called a flying general by the barbarians.

If Marquis Wen is missing, even if Li Jue, Guo Si and others are all weak soldiers and generals, it will be extremely difficult. Wen Marquis will have to rely on him to exterminate the traitors for the court.

As the pillar of the country, how could Marquis Wen just shirk the situation just because of some unpleasant things? This would not be of any help to the rebuilding of the Han Dynasty and the suppression of subsequent rebellions.

Your Majesty, according to my opinion, Li Jue and Guo Si's rebellion is now a foregone conclusion. It is useless to dwell on the reasons here. Let's discuss how to deal with the enemy, right?
Nowadays, the only people in the court who can lead troops are Marquis Wen and General Zhengxi. I believe that all the soldiers should be put under the command of these two generals to resist the invasion of Li Jue and Guo Si. "

Sikong Yang Biao came out to dissuade him at this time and put forward his own opinions.

After hearing this, Wang Yun also softened his tone. Yang Biao was right. Now he still needs to rely on Lu Bu's bravery, so he quickly saluted Lu Bu and said:
"I'm too impatient. I asked Marquis Wen not to take what I just said to heart. Now Li Thief and others are not far from Chang'an. I wonder what Marquis Wen has to say?"

Lu Bu still did not accept Wang Yun's kindness and said unceremoniously: "There is nothing we can do, it's just a charge. When I lead my soldiers to charge, Li Jue and others will definitely know how powerful I am, and they will know how powerful I am." Retreat."

Everyone was still very convinced of Lu Bu's bravery, so Liu Xie ordered Lu Bu to guard the north city of Chang'an and be responsible for Guo Si's attack in the north. General Huangfu Song, the general of the Western Conquest, was to guard the south city of Chang'an and be responsible for Li Jue's attack in the south.

Now Chang'an only has more than 10,000 soldiers, while Li Jue and Guo Si have 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers.

And because Chang'an City was in disrepair for a long time, many city walls collapsed, so the defensive pressure was very high.

Different from the offensive and defensive battle in the south of the city, Lu Bu in the north did not defend on the city wall, but took the initiative to lead his troops out of the city.

Leading three thousand cavalry to confront Guo Si's more than ten thousand soldiers and horses, he went straight to Guo Si's formation and shouted to him: "Let the soldiers and horses retreat, and you and I will fight alone to determine the outcome."

Guo Bang agreed to this proposal for the sake of military morale.

So the two men started a duel in front of the two armies. At first, Lu Bu was fighting with a big halberd. Suddenly he discarded the big halberd, pulled out the short spear on the saddle, and stabbed Guo Si with the spear.

Guo Si quickly covered his wounds and ran away. Lu Bu saw that Guo Si's troops on his left and right had already come up, so he led his troops back and did not pursue them again.

After this battle, the generals under Guo Bin were a little afraid of Lu Bu. Guo Bin happened to be injured, so they formed a camp to defend themselves and stopped sending troops. They just fell into a confrontation with Lu Bu's army under the city.

After seven or eight days like this, the garrison under Lu Bu in the west of the city suddenly rebelled and welcomed Li Jue's army in the south of the city.

Lu Bu was defeated, and Chang'an also fell. Lu Bu had no choice but to flee Wuguan with hundreds of cavalry.

Fortunately, because of Lu Bu's bravery, the pursuers did not dare to pursue him too close. Lu Bu successfully escaped and prepared to follow the choices of the ministers in the court and join Yuan Shu.

After the fall of Chang'an, Taichang Zhongfu, Taipu Lu Xu, Dahonglu Zhou Huan, Chengmen Colonel Cui Lie, and Yueqi Colonel Wang Qi died in battle.

After Li Jue and Guo Si entered the city, they first executed Huang Wan, Wang Yun and other Dacheng families who resolutely resisted, then allowed his soldiers to rob the people and officials, and then recruited the remaining imperial soldiers.

The entire city of Chang'an seemed to have once again become a purgatory on earth, and Liu Xie had once again become a puppet.

In order to appease the rebels, Liu Xie followed Yang Biao's suggestion and appointed Li Jue as General Yangwu, Guo Si as General Yanglie, and Fan Chou and others as General Zhonglang.

Later, Li Jue was promoted to General of Chariots and Cavalry, Kaifu, Lingsi Li Xiaowei, Jiejie, and Marquis of Chiyang; Guo Si was promoted to General of the Rear and Hou of Meiyang; Fan Chou was promoted to General of the Right and Marquis of Wannian; Zhang Ji was granted the title of General Zhendong, the strategist behind the scenes, Jia Xu, served as Shangshu.

The entire government is now in the hands of Li Jue, Guo Si, and Fan Chou, while Li Ji is stationed in Hongnong to guard against the Guandong princes.

The first year of Xingping (the fifth year of Chuping)
New Year
Liu Xie held a coronation ceremony, which meant that he was ready to take charge, but the current situation is that he is still an emperor who is at the mercy of others.

Just because of his status as emperor, Li Jue, Guo Si and others did not dare to bully him at will.

March
Xiliang's powerful commander Ma Teng, Zhong Shao, Liu Fan, Du Xun and others jointly attacked Li Jue. Liu Xie sent people to persuade him, but Ma Teng and others refused to comply.

Then Li Jue ordered Guo Si, Fan Chou, and Li Li to send troops to defeat Ma Teng's army at Changpingguan and kill Zhong Shao and others. The Xiliang army was defeated.

June
There was a severe drought in the Sanfu area, grain prices soared, and there was a famine in Chang'an. Liu Xie issued an order to sell more than a hundred stable horses. The money received was given to the officials and poor people in Chang'an. However, he was forcibly taken to his camp by Li Jue.

Helpless, Liu Xie had no choice but to order his censor Shihou Wen to move rice and beans out of Taicang to cook porridge to help the people. However, many people still starved to death because of insufficient food.

However, Liu Xie suspected that Hou Wen did not use all the grain to help the victims, but took the opportunity to appropriate the public grain, so he sent his servant Liu Ai to take five liters of rice and five liters of beans to make porridge in front of him. Finally, he found that he could cook two Pot, it was confirmed that Hou Wen cheated.

So he ordered Hou Wen to be beaten with fifty sticks. After that, the hungry people in Chang'an City received relief.

May
Li Jue and Guo Si began to disagree, and each side gathered troops to attack each other in Chang'an City. Anxi general Yang Ding conspired with Guo Si to kidnap Liu Xie to threaten Li Jue.

However, the matter was leaked, and Li Jue took the lead in sending troops to surround the palace, and used three vehicles to welcome the emperor Liu Xie and all the palace officials out of the palace.

Liu Xie rode in one car, the noble Fu Shou rode in another car, Jia Xu and Zuo Ling rode in another car, and the rest followed on foot.

After hearing about it, the ministers from other dynasties all left their mansions and followed Liu Xie.

After Che Yu left, Li Jue's soldiers began to enter the palace and plunder the palace people and royal objects.

On the same day, Liu Xie arrived at Li Jue's military camp outside Chang'an City. Later, Li Jue ordered the palaces, government offices, and residences to be set on fire.

In order to prevent himself and others from falling into the chaos between Li Jue and Guo Si, Liu Xie sent Taiwei Yang Biao, Sikong Zhang Xi, Shangshu Wang Long and other ministers to Guo Si's camp to persuade them to make peace, but they were defeated by Guo Si. They withheld them all.

June
Li Jue's lieutenant generals Zhang Bao and Zhang Long rebelled and conspired with Guo Si to kill Li Jue.

Guo Si sent out troops at night and ordered his troops to fire their crossbows. The arrow penetrated Li Jue's left ear and hit Liu Xie's curtain. Later, fortunately, Li Jue's general Yang Feng came to rescue, and Guo Si's army retreated.

In order to prevent the important chips in his hand from being lost, Li Jue took Liu Xie and others to Beiwu to isolate them from the inside and outside.

At the right time, the courtiers were hungry, so Liu Xie asked Li Jue to give him five husks of rice and five ox bones to relieve his hunger, but Li Jue only ordered a few smelly ox bones.

Liu Xie was furious and wanted to scold Li Jue, but stopped when Yang Qi, his attendant, advised him.

end of june

Liu Xie also ordered Huangfu Li, the second son of Huangfu Song, to persuade Li Jue and Guo Si to make peace.

The final result was that Guo Si agreed, but Li Jue disagreed, and the peace talks were abandoned.

July
Li Jue's general Yang Feng and his attendants Yang Qi, Huangmen's attendants Ding Chong and Zhong Yao, Shangshu Zuocheng Lu Chong, Shangshu Lang Han Bin, and military officer Yang Bo jointly conspired to kill Li Jue. It happened that Li Jue killed Yang Bo for other reasons. , Yang Feng led his troops to attack Guo Si.

In the same month, Zhang Ji, the Zhendong general stationed in Hongnong County, came to Chang'an from Shaanxi County to persuade peace. Li Jue and Guo Si agreed to reconcile and promised to use their beloved sons as hostages.

Later, Liu Xie missed the old capital of Luoyang and sent envoys to Li Jue and Guo Si to request him to return eastward. Only ten times did he get permission.

August
Liu Xie left Chang'an and returned east, and drove to Baling at night. Zhang Ji brought food and supplies to the officials, and Li Jue led his troops out of Chiyang.

For his own safety, Liu Xie appointed Zhang Ji as the general of the cavalry all night, and granted him the title of Marquis of Pingyang. He appointed Zhang Ji as the general of the cavalry, and made him the Marquis of Xingyi. General, Dong Cheng was General Anji.

Zhang Ji then returned to Shaanxian County, and Guo Si and others followed Liu Xie back east.

On the way, Guo Si suggested that Liu Xie go to Gaoling County, because Gaoling County was Guo Si's territory. The officials thought that they should go to Hongnong, but the meeting could not decide.

Finally, Liu Xie was threatened with a hunger strike, and Guo Bang agreed that he could go to the nearest county first and discuss it later.

August

When the carriage arrived in Xinfeng County, Guo Si, together with his party members Xia Yu and Gao Shuo, started a rebellion and ordered his general Wu Xi to burn down the school building at night to force Cheng Yu to agree to his proposal.

In the chaos, Liu Ai, the servant, suggested to escape the fire in a military camp, so Yang Ding and Dong Cheng led troops to move Liu Xie to Yang Feng camp.

Xia Yu and others wanted to stop Chengyu, but Yang Feng and Yang Ding led their troops to fight. They defeated him and fled. After that, Guo Si was defeated and fled to Nanshan.

August 23
When the car arrived at Huayin, Ningji General Duan Yan came to meet him with supplies and asked Liu Xie to enter his camp.

However, Duan Xuan had a dispute with Yang Ding, and Yang Ding refused to allow it. After that, the two parties began to take action. At this time, Li Jue and Guo Si regretted letting Liu Xie return to the east, so they led troops to pursue Liu Xie on the pretext of rescuing Duan Xuan, but they actually wanted to rob Liu Xie back.

October
After two months of hard marching, Li Jue, Guo Si, Yang Feng, Duan Xuan, Yang Ding, Dong Cheng and more than a dozen generals fought hundreds of battles around Liu Xie.

In the end, Liu Xie and others, under the protection of Yang Feng, crossed the Yellow River with difficulty and arrived north at Hedong County. The only ones accompanying them were Empress Fu, Song Guiren, Guo Zhao, and Yang Biao and Dong Cheng. Waiting for dozens of people.

The rest of the officials, attendants, palace people, and Yulin guards were all caught in the rebellion.

Compared with the complicated situation in Hongnong County, the situation in Hedong is relatively stable.

However, when there was a locust plague, there was a drought and no crops, so the girls in the harem had no choice but to eat dates. And Liu Xie could only live in a thorny fence, and even the door could not be closed.

Whenever Liu Xie held a meeting with his ministers, the soldiers would lie on the fence to watch and laugh at each other in annoyance. Moreover, the generals who escorted him had exclusive power, and some even tortured the minister to death without authorization.

When Lieutenant Sili came in and out, some soldiers threw things at him. The nine ministers of the imperial court were ordered around by them, just like servants in the house, but if they were not satisfied, they would beat and scold them at every turn.

Some of the generals asked their maids to go to the provincial pavilion to deliver messages, and some brought wine and food to invite Liu Xie to drink. If the waiter refused, he would yell at him, but he could not stop him.

Not only that, some people also asked Liu Xie to issue an edict to worship the soldiers and common people in each camp as officials and ask for gifts.

As a result, doctors and soldiers were all awarded the title of captain, and the censor was unable to engrave all the seals of the captain, so the generals used awls to engrave their own seals, making some of the words under the seals and ribbons crooked, like insects crawling.

But even so, some people still did not get the seal of school captain, so they became officials first and were awarded the seal later, which was extremely chaotic.

In order to continue to move forward and search for food and grass, Yang Feng, Dong Cheng, Han Xian and others planned to escort the Chengyu and cross the Yellow River to Luoyang via Hanoi County south.

(End of this chapter)