The Three Kingdoms of the Lu family

In Chang'an, several people dragged their families and led their mouths. Driven by Cao Jun, they started crying all the way to the outside of the city. As long as someone was a little slower, Cao Bing in charge of escort would rush up and beat them up.

What's more, while a large number of people were driven out of the city, many Cao soldiers began to embezzle the people's property wantonly, which caused countless disputes.

But under the threat of swords, ordinary people dared not speak out, and they all held on tightly to their softness, carrying their burdens, supporting the old and the young, and started slowly on the road.

In the city, from time to time, one can still see luxurious carriages, leading servants and carts, going out of the city, but the faces of these big families do not have the usual pride. Everyone had a look of unhappiness, and some even turned their heads frequently, looking in the direction of Chang'an City, shaking their heads and sighing.

But this is not to say that all the big families can go on the road honestly, and some powerful families still stay in the city and have no plans to leave the city.

General Cao Jun didn't dare to use force on these people, so he rushed to report the matter to Zhong Yao, Captain Sili.

"Kill! Go and warn them again. At noon, whoever dares to stay in the city and does not follow the army to migrate will be charged with treason, ransacking their homes and exterminating their families!",

Hearing that there were still aristocratic families who were unwilling to relocate, Sili Xiaowei Zhong Yao's elegant face immediately became more murderous.He is a celebrity in the world, it is true that Shihlin looks up to him, but it does not mean that he will not kill people

The staff members standing nearby all felt the deep coldness in Zhong Yao's words at this moment, glanced at each other, and shivered unconsciously. [

As for the soldiers who came to report, they were too frightened to vent their anger, so they hurriedly agreed, that is, they ran down, and began to issue an ultimatum to the wealthy families that remained in the city.

As soon as the news spread, several families were terrified.

Although Zhong Yao has not been in Chang'an for a long time, his reputation has spread far and wide, and he has always followed his word. Now that Zhong Yao has issued an ultimatum, if the time is up, and there are still people who want to hang on, then the remaining Cao Jun will definitely raise the butcher knife unceremoniously.

Speaking of massacring the city, it is definitely not the first time Cao Jun has done it, nor will it be the last time.Those who originally wanted to rely on their aristocratic status to force them to stay panicked, and hurriedly started to tidy up.

When it was noon, I saw horse-drawn carriages rushing out of Chang'an with gold and silver treasures from various families.No one dared to stay in the city.

After noon, the huge city of Chang'an suddenly became extremely desolate. Except for a group of Cao troops, the huge city was already empty!

It became a dead place!

Such a scene is easily reminiscent of the scene when Dong Zhuo moved his capital to Luoyang.

"Master Sili, the last general has searched the whole city, and all the people in the city have been relocated!" After the last investigation and found that there was no one in the city, a captain of Cao Jun ran over and reported loudly .

"Very well, since the people have moved, let's retreat too!"

Seeing that all the people had successfully moved out, Sili Xiaowei Zhong Yao's face showed a deep sense of guilt, but soon, he regained his energy and was about to withdraw with his subordinates to the city.

"Master Sili, are we leaving like this? The Bingzhou army has already occupied Longyou, and sooner or later they will come to Chang'an. Instead of leaving a great city for them, we should follow the example of what happened in Luoyang and burn down Chang'an!"

Seeing that Zhong Yao was about to leave, a staff member beside him showed cold eyes and suggested that if Ma Teng was here, he would be able to find out that this person was Fu Gan who persuaded him to fight against the Bingzhou Army.

Zhong Yao also admired Fu Gan's talent. Although Fu Gan's ideas were very vicious and did not conform to the style of a scholar-bureaucrat, he didn't show any anger, but just laughed.

"Relocating the people is already a naive move, as for setting fire to the city, there is no need for it." [

"Could it be that this great city was given to the Bingzhou army for nothing?" Fu Gan was a little unwilling. Once Longyou was lost, Guanzhong would be unsafe. Since they were going to withdraw, they naturally couldn't leave anything behind, so as not to make the enemy cheaper.

Zhong Yao finally couldn't help laughing, looked at Fu Gan meaningfully, and explained a little: "The Bingzhou army captured Yizhou and occupied Longyou. Its power is extremely strong, and it's time to decline! Chang'an Xiongcheng , It’s not easy to build, if it is destroyed, wouldn’t we have to bother rebuilding it when we come back? Let it stay here!”

"What does your lord mean?" Fu Gan seemed to have thought of something, and looked at Zhong Yao in surprise and joy, as if hesitating to speak.

Zhong Yao didn't speak any more, stroked his long beard lightly, and led his subordinates out of Chang'an.

As they went out, Chang'an City, which used to be prosperous in the past, was completely empty. A large number of wild dogs and crows came one after another, running and barking in the city with joy. ,

This kind of scene is not limited to Chang'an, Fufeng, Feng Xu, and all the cities in Guanzhong have all gradually become empty cities and a paradise for wild beasts.

The once affluent Guanzhong land is about to become a desolate area.

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"My lord, Guanzhong is the foundation of Liangzhou. If Guanzhong is empty, it will be meaningless to take Liangzhou. We must prevent Cao Jun from relocating the people!"

Guanlong is not too far away, how can Zhong Yao's actions in Chang'an be hidden from the Bingzhou Army.Even when Zhong Yao was about to make a move, the spies sent by Lu Yi discovered the change in Guanzhong.

This is also the reason why Lu Yihui turned pale with fright and hurriedly summoned the generals.Hearing the bad news, the central army was in an uproar immediately, and Zhang Liao even jumped out immediately to express his worries.

Zhao Yun even wanted to lead his troops to Chang'an immediately to recover the people in Guanzhong.Even Ma Chao Pound felt the seriousness of the matter, and his face was solemn, obviously he did not expect Cao Cao to come to this move.

But Lu Yi had to admit that Cao Cao's tactics were really ruthless and ingenious, and the state army captured Longyou, and could go deep into the heart of Guanzhong at any time.

Knowing that he couldn't defend Guanzhong, Zhong Yao resolutely gave up defending Guanzhong, and moved the people back to Luoyang instead. He wanted to draw a salary from the bottom of the pot. Guanzhong was already dilapidated. If it lost a large number of people, it would immediately be completely desolate. There will be no more than ten or twenty years , there is absolutely no way to restore vitality.

Naturally, Lu Yi did not want to see this situation.

What he wants is a Guanzhong that can be used as a fundamental place to provide him with a strong boost, not a drag!

"Uncle Zhang, how many war horses can we raise in our army now?"

Although Longyou and Guanzhong are next to each other, the distance is extremely far, and it is impossible to pursue them with infantry. Fortunately, there are many horses in the Bingzhou Army. Lu Yi summoned all the generals, and after briefly telling the serious situation in Chang'an, he immediately thought of the idea of ​​pursuing with cavalry .

Zhang Liao also knew that the situation was urgent, so he immediately counted carefully with his fingers, and said in a deep voice, "My lord, we can gather up to [-] horses at the moment. many!"

"Thirty thousand riders is enough!"

After annexing Xiliang, Lu Yi only knew that the Bingzhou army had a large number of war horses, but he hadn't really counted the exact number. He didn't expect that there were [-] horses.

If all these war horses are gathered together to form cavalry, traveling day and night, it is possible to prevent Zhong Yao from relocating the people.

Thinking of this, Lu Yi didn't hesitate any longer, glanced at Jia Xu and the others, and said in a deep voice: "Uncle Zhang, you immediately go down and send an order to gather all the cavalry, and we will set off immediately to kill Chang'an!"

"My lord, I'm afraid this won't work! Although our army has a large number of cavalry, they are walking around and training separately. If we want to gather all of them, it will take at least one day. If we want to lead the army, it will take another day. In this way, we will be the fastest. It will take two days to enter the army!"

Although Zhang Liao knew that the situation in Chang'an was critical, the mobilization of tens of thousands of troops was by no means easy, especially now that the generals were still undergoing major training for the surrendered troops.

Lu Yi was also a little depressed. If he knew that this kind of thing would happen in Chang'an, he shouldn't have ordered the reorganization. It is also possible that Chang'an has been paying attention to his actions, so he suddenly moved the people at this time.

"Buy as much time as possible! Two days is too long, I will only give you one day, at noon tomorrow, all [-] cavalry must set off and head to Chang'an!"

Lu Yi took a step back, but didn't give Zhang Liao much time.After finishing the order, he immediately shouted to Sun Guan: "Call the soldiers immediately and prepare all the horses. Let's set off now and rush to Chang'an!"

These days, many soldiers are training separately, and only their own pro-army fighters can immediately enter the battlefield without training.

It will take time to gather the rest of the troops, but for the fighters, as long as they need it, they can fight at any time!The first thing that Lu Yi thought of was to personally lead the fighters to set off first, to intercept the migrating people.

However, Lu Yi's actions immediately caused an uproar. Many people's faces changed. Liu Ye frowned and said, "There are many strong generals in our army. Why should my lord take the risk? How about a strong general to lead the attack? "

"I'm afraid it won't work. The fighters only listen to Gao Shun and me. Gao Shun is far away in the Western Regions, so I have to do it myself!"

Although there was Sun Guan as the leader of the trapped soldiers, Sun Guan was more reckless after all, Lu Yi was a little worried, he could only shake his head, and decided to lead the troops there himself.

Seeing Lu Yi's firm attitude, Liu Ye didn't want to say much.Fazheng smiled and said, "My lord is going, we won't stop you, but you have to bring me with you!"

"Xiaozhi is going too? From Wuwei to Chang'an, the journey is long. Although it will take time for Zhong Yao to relocate the people, if we want to catch up, we have to drive day and night to catch up. Xiaozhi, can you bear it?"

Although he knew that it would be safer to take a military division with him, Zhifa was a literati, so how could he stand the bumps of continuous and urgent marches.

"My lord is willing to work hard, let alone me?" Fazheng said with a smile and a very firm attitude.

"That's right, we can feel relieved that Xiao Xiao has followed us all the way!"

Jia Xu also tried to persuade him that among the five military advisers, except Xu Shu, only Fazheng has some martial arts skills, so he is naturally the best candidate to follow.

Lu Yi also understood that this was because Jia Xu and the others were worried about him. If he didn't bring Fazheng with him, maybe everyone would be admonishing him bitterly, so he could only nod his head, and fate Fazheng followed him.

"My lord, I will go with you too!"

Seeing that Lu Yi brought Fazheng with him, Ma Chao thought about it. Although he was married to Lu Yi, after all, in the Bingzhou Army, military merit was the most important thing, so he wanted to take this opportunity to make some contributions in the past.

Lu Yi also thought about it, it would be good to have a strong general following him, at least it would be safer in terms of safety.He also nodded to Ma Chao.

"My lord, I'm going too!"

"And I!"

Seeing Ma Chao's approval, the rest of the generals got up and asked to go with them.

Lu Yi couldn't help but smile bitterly. He shook his head and said, "It's enough for Meng Qi and Xiao Zhi to follow me, and the rest of them should gather up their pawns and come one after another! Three military advisers, after I leave, you should deal with the affairs of the army together!"

"Your Majesty, be careful!"

Jia Xu, Liu Ye, and Zhang Song got up together, and saluted Lu Yi solemnly, as they had accepted the military order.

"Okay, I'm off now!"

Look at Jia Xu and others in the army to deal with it.Nothing could happen, so Lu Yi was relieved, and Sun Guan was already poking around outside, knowing that the fighters had been summoned.He didn't dare to neglect, he hurriedly led Ma Chaofazheng and ran out quickly.

Outside, the three thousand trapped soldiers were already fully armed, carrying Shu sabers, waiting there with a murderous look. When they saw Lu Yi, they raised the Shu sabers high in their hands and shouted: "My lord!"

"No courtesy, let's set off right away! Hurry up day and night, and go to Chang'an!"

Lu Yi didn't bother to talk nonsense, he turned onto the Wuyun horse, shook the rein, and rushed out.The soldiers trapped behind hurriedly followed, and the sound of rumbling horseshoes gradually spread out of the barracks.

Hearing the sound of horseshoes drifting away, he knew that Lu Yi had left. Inside the big tent of the Chinese army, Jia Xu and the three of them all looked solemn. Jia Xu glanced at the rest of the generals, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone , the lord has already set off, we can't fall behind, immediately summon the army and send troops to Chang'an!"

"promise!"

Everyone was getting impatient for a long time. When they heard the military adviser's order, they rushed out of the big tent in a swarm, ran to gather their subordinates, and made preparations for departure. ,

As for Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun, they had already run out to gather the cavalry and were ready to go.

But at this time, Lu Yi had already Ma Chaofazheng, and surrounded by the soldiers, he rode out of the camp and rushed towards Guanzhong desperately.

talk all the way.

After driving for three days and three nights in a row, Lu Yi, who was exhausted, finally felt stable, and he was not far from Chang'an.

Anding is where Ji Ling is stationed. Hearing Lu Yi's arrival, he hurriedly brought Han De and other generals from Xiliang to report the situation.Through Ji Ling's mouth, Lu Yi also knew about the recent situation in Chang'an.

Since he set off from Wuwei, Zhong Yao in Chang'an also officially began to relocate the people under the order of Cao Cao, and the entire Guanzhong was immediately filled with an atmosphere of panic.Several small towns near Anding were the first targets to evacuate.

Frightened, many people were either forced to abandon their homeland and go to Luoyang under the escort of Cao Jun's swords and guns, or they fled to the wilderness and hid everywhere.

The changes in Guanzhong naturally couldn't be hidden from the stable Ji Ling, but without Lu Yi's military order, Ji Ling couldn't mobilize troops without authorization. The corners of his mouth were bubbling these days, and Ji Ling didn't let go until he saw Lu Yi coming. Take a breath.Tell the situation in Chang'an exactly.

Hearing that Zhong Yao had just started to relocate the people, and came day and night, Lu Yi, who was almost tired and lay down, was relieved. He was afraid that he would come by himself, and Zhong Yao had already taken the people to Luoyang.

That would be a waste of time.

But obviously, the relocation of nearly 20 people is definitely not a matter of overnight. Some people may have entered Luoyang, but the vast majority of people are definitely still on the way!

"Pass my military order, and the whole army will set out immediately to recover those common people!"

In troubled times, human life is worthless, but that is for princes with big ambitions. For people like Lu Yi and Cao Cao who have ambitions for the world, the people mean soldiers and horses, money and food.

Thinking that Cao Cao's move was to cut off the money and food for soldiers and horses in Guanzhong for the next few years or even ten years, Lu Yi had an urge to scold his mother.I also feel the importance of racing against time.Immediately ordered Ji Ling's army to set off immediately and rush to the Wuguan area to prevent Cao Jun from migrating the people into the Central Plains.

As for himself, he still led the trapped soldiers, chased directly towards Hangu Pass, and directly cut off the passage for the people to enter Luoyang. Although it is impossible to recover all the people when they set out now, it is possible to recover as much as possible, which is better than a pot. Much better.

"My lord, don't worry, the last general will wait for his guarantee and never let a commoner pass through Wuguan!"

Obviously, Ji Ling had already made preparations before Lu Yi's arrival. Hearing Lu Yi's order, he greeted Han De and the others. A group of people rushed into the barracks. Three thousand cavalry rushed out and rushed towards Wuguan.

Lu Yi didn't set off immediately, he drove for three days and three nights, almost sleeping on his horse, and Fazheng almost vomited blood from exhaustion.

I can only order everyone to enter the city and take a break.

Pang Yi, the new prefect of Anding, has already ordered people to prepare a lot of delicious food, just waiting for Lu Yi's arrival.But at this moment, he didn't have that appetite. Looking at the table full of wine and food, he just grabbed a mustard pancake and barely ate a few mouthfuls. Then he said "Wake me up in two hours", just fell down and screamed. sleep.

After a while, inside and outside the entire military tent, there was loud snoring, and even a gentleman like Fazheng fell to the ground and fell asleep without any image.Everyone is really exhausted.

But no matter how tired he was, after two hours, Lu Yi opened his eyes immediately, came to Fazheng, woke up Fang Fazheng, and asked, "Military Master, can you bear it? Why don't you stay here for a while?" Take a rest here, and then we have to march in a hurry!"

"My lord, I can bear it!" Fazheng woke up in a daze, and saw that Lu Yi wanted to keep him, he shook his head quickly, struggled to stand up, and was about to mount his horse.

Lu Yi hurriedly stopped him. After all, Fazheng was his confidant and counselor. Lu Yi didn't want him to be exhausted and suffer from any problems. It would be a big loss.

Pang Yi, who was at the side, finally seized the opportunity to be courteous, thought for a while and said, "My lord, I still have a carriage at home. If it's inconvenient for the French army to ride a horse, can you take a carriage?"

"Good idea, from here to Chang'an, the road is flat, it would be better to have a carriage!" Fazheng's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he urged Pang Yi to fetch the carriage.

However, Lu Yi secretly scolded Pang Yi for being troubled, what kind of carriage is he doing if he has nothing to do!If Fazheng is exhausted, he won't be able to spare this old man!Nai could only nod.

Pang Yi didn't know that he was flattering the horse's leg. When he saw Lu Yi nodding to him, he thought it was affirmation in his heart, and suddenly became full of energy. went in.

Lu Yi also hurriedly got on his horse, Wu Yunju let out a roar, spread his hooves, and rushed up the official road like flying, surrounded by three thousand trapped soldiers, the heavy horse hooves rolled past, and raised a large cloud of fire. soot.

On the way, Lu Yi brushed past Ji Ling's infantry who was marching in a hurry, the two sides had no time to speak, they just nodded, then Ji Ling went to Wuguan along the mountain road, Lu Yi went straight to Chang'an, chasing the people there.