The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 182 Chapter 182
In February of the second year of Han, Xingping, Li Jue and Guo Si were suspicious of each other, and they placed their confidantes in important positions in the court, and the struggle for power became more and more fierce.

However, ever since Li Jue annexed Fan Chou's army, his family was dominant and domineering, and he didn't take Guo Si seriously at all.Guo Bang then wooed Anxi General Yang Ding and instigated him.

Yang Ding listened to Guo Si's slander, thinking that Li Jue was going to murder him. In order to protect himself, he conspired with Guo Si to hijack the emperor into his camp.

However, the two people's plan was not thorough, coupled with the improper employment, it was leaked out, and Li Jue found out.

Therefore, Li Jue decided to act first, and first sent his nephew Li Xian to hijack Emperor Xian of Han to his camp, and sent troops to attack Yang Ding's camp first.

Yang Ding knew that the matter had been revealed and could not resist Li Jue's army, so he led his army to flee to Guo Si's army camp, and fought side by side with Guo Si to counter Li Jue.

When Guo Si learned that the emperor had been robbed by Li Jue, he hijacked the minister who came to persuade him in a rage, commanded the army, and fought against Li Jue.

One of the two occupied the west of Chang'an City, and the other occupied the east of Chang'an City. They fought with each other without giving in to each other.Seeing that he could not win, Li Jue coerced the current emperor and named himself Da Sima, trying to overpower Guo Si in official positions.

The emperor was under the control of Li Jue. If he didn't obey, his life would be in danger. In desperation, he had to agree to Li Jue's request and issued an imperial edict. Jin named Li Jue the Grand Sima to take over the country's military affairs.

After Guo Si learned about it, he coerced the public to write a joint letter denouncing Li Jue, and proclaimed himself a general, in charge of the country's soldiers and horses.

The two faced each other tit-for-tat, and Tianzi and Gongqing took turns to persuade them, but they couldn't calm down the anger in their hearts, nor let them truce.

The two armies fought for more than a month, and both lost a lot of troops, but they couldn't tell the winner.In order to make up for the shortage of troops, Li Jue and Guo Si successively drove the people in Chang'an City to fight for themselves.

In the end, the entire city of Chang'an was panicked. In order to avoid the chaos of the war, many young and strong men had already fled if they could escape, and those who could not escape had to hide in hiding for fear of being caught by any side.

Today's Chang'an City has suffered a month of turmoil, and it has already been empty. The streets and alleys are full of dead people, and it has almost become a hell on earth.

After Zhang Yan listened to the report of the scouts who came back from Guanzhong, he had a certain understanding of the current situation of Chang'an City.So, he opened his mouth and asked, "By the way, have you ever discovered anything else I told you?"

"My lord, my subordinates have made some investigations, but still have no clue. The scouts of our army have changed the location of the joint several times, but they still can't escape the eyes of that person. Every time they connect, they will find a A letter. This person knows the scouts of our army like the back of his hand, and he can detect every movement and movement very clearly. The subordinates think that there may be some secret work inside us?" The scout replied.

Zhang Yan shook his head and said: "Our army has always controlled the scouts very tightly, and the number of scouts is also very limited. You are all rescued from the Futu Temple by me, just like Xu Sheng. I know exactly where it is. Every time I send a mission, there will never be more than three people. Except for one who was killed last time, the other two scouts lurking in the pass are mobilized once a month. There will be no subtle operations. Since the person who sent the letter can always find the joint location we changed, it means that this person has been paying close attention to the actions of our army, or that the scouts on the front line have revealed some clues , so it was discovered..."

The scout clasped his fists and said, "My lord, my waiting skills are not as good as Master Xu's. Why don't you send Master Xu to Guanzhong to investigate clearly?"

Zhang Yan thought for a while, and felt that the proposal of the scouts was very good. Xu Sheng is the leader of the entire scout army, and his assassination and hiding skills are also the highest. At such a critical moment, it is also time to transfer Xu Sheng to the most needed His place went.

"You are right. Now is the time when Xu Sheng is needed. You should go to Linyi now and tell Xu Sheng the ins and outs of the matter, so that Xu Sheng can leave for Chang'an as soon as possible. Who is the person who sent the letter? As for the defense of Linyi, I will temporarily leave it to Xu Sheng's army commander." Zhang Yan said.

The scouts received the order, worked tirelessly, and rushed to Linyi City overnight without stopping.

When Zhang Yan withdrew his troops from Yanzhou, he specially left five people, Mi Fang, Bao Shao, Chen Ying, Niu Jin, and Xu Sheng. The five places in Linyi are in a line with Zang Ba in Qingzhou. The purpose is to prevent Yuan Shao from crossing the river from Hebei and attacking the south of the Yellow River, so as to ensure the safety of the Central Plains.

But judging from the latest situation, Yuan Shao was preparing to deal with Gongsun Zan in Jizhou, so he had no time to look south.For this reason, Zhang Yan boldly transferred Xu Sheng out to fill in the vacant scout team.

Zhang Yan also wanted to find out who this mysterious person who delivered the letter was, and how could he have such great ability.

After Zhang Yan sent scouts to Linyi, he actively participated in the training of soldiers, and transferred Li Cai, the director of the Ministry of Commerce, from Qu County, and temporarily let Li Cai take care of the business of the paper mill and printing factory.

Li Cai is an out-and-out businessman. His way of operating capital is very different from that of Zhang Yan. He transported [-] war horses back from Liaoning unharmed. What about managing the business of paper mills and printing factories? hard?
A few days later, news came again from the scouts lurking in Guanzhong. Zhang Ji, the general of Zhengdong, heard that Li Jue and Guo Si were attacking each other in Chang'an, led the army, and hurried over from Hongnong.

Li Jue and Guo Si were very frightened when they heard the words. They had been fighting hard for more than a month, not to mention the casualties, and the soldiers were even more exhausted. Unable to guess Zhang Ji's intention for coming this time, they were very worried that Zhang Ji would take the opportunity to wipe them out.

As a result, there was a long-lost short-term peace in Chang'an City. Li Jue and Guo Si took the initiative to cease fighting and asked for a truce for a few days.

When Zhang Ji arrived at Chang'an City, he stationed his troops outside the city. He brought his nephew Zhang Xiu and [-] cavalrymen with him to the city of Chang'an, and asked Li Jue and Guo Si to have a detailed discussion face to face.

Li Jue and Guo Si were both afraid that Zhang Ji would murder them, so they asked Zhang Xiu to lead the troops to retreat, and there should be no one person within half a mile.

Zhang Ji agreed to Li Jue and Guo Si's request, and the two came out of the city.After a lapse of one month, this was the first meeting between Li Jue and Guo Si. Both of them were haggard because of the war, and they arrived in front of Zhang Ji one after another.

Zhang Ji went straight to the point, saying that he was here to persuade them, and hoped that Li Jue and Guo Si would put the overall situation first and stop the war from now on.Otherwise, he will lead an army to attack Li Jue and Guo Si.

At this time, the troops of Li Jue and Guo Si were not as powerful as Zhang Ji's, and both of them hesitated, but due to the strength of Zhang Ji's army, they were forced to agree to a truce.

After Li Jue and Guo Si agreed to a truce, Zhang Ji asked Li Jue to release the current emperor and Guo Si to release the Gongqing. He could not make fun of Jiangshan Sheji, and apologized to the emperor and Gongqing.

The two had some doubts, fearing that the emperor would not forgive them, so Zhang Ji went to see the emperor alone and persuaded the emperor to forgive Li Jue and Guo Si.

After that, Li Jue was in the west of the city, Guo Si was in the east of the city, and Zhang Ji stationed troops near the imperial palace to maintain the majesty and order of the emperor of Han Dynasty. The turmoil in Chang'an City came to an end for the time being.

Half a month later, the scouts sent news again, because Li Jue and Guo Si fought in Chang'an City, the city was dilapidated everywhere, granaries, arsenals, city walls, houses, etc. were destroyed, and Chang'an City was in a mess like ruins .

Therefore, Zhang Ji suggested that the current emperor should be transferred to Hongnong City for food on the grounds that the army had no food in Chang'an.

Chang'an was Li Jue's sphere of influence. Li Jue refused to move the emperor eastward, and took the initiative to lead the main force of the army to search for food in the Chiyang area.

However, Guo Si supported Zhang Ji's suggestion. Just as Li Jue led the main force to leave, he encouraged other generals with military power to encourage Zhang Ji together with Yang Ding, Yang Feng and others. Hongnong.

The emperor was fed up with Li Jue's oppression, and thought it was a good opportunity, so he decisively agreed to the petition, and officially conferred the title of Zhang Ji as Hussar General, opened the mansion, and was like the Sangong; named Guo Si as Chariot General, and Yang Ding as Empress General, Yang Fengwei was General Xingyi, and both were named Guanneihou.In addition, the emperor took the opportunity to canonize Dong Cheng as General Anji, responsible for accompanying and protecting the emperor.

A group of people waited and left Chang'an without telling Li Jue, all the way east.

After Li Jue heard the news, he was furious, so he led the army to pursue the emperor, trying to take the emperor back.

On the way back to the east of the emperor, Guo Si suddenly felt afraid. After all, Hongnong was Zhang Ji's sphere of influence. If he arrived at Hongnong, he would have no right to speak. He thought that Zhang Ji wanted to rob the emperor.

Therefore, Guo Si had evil thoughts in his heart, and wanted to act first, robbed the emperor, and went to garrison in Mei County.Therefore, Guo Si encouraged Yang Ding and Yang Feng to go back to Mei County with him, but Yang Ding and Yang Feng had their own ideas early in the morning, and they also wanted to rob the emperor to do whatever he wanted.

At this time, Dong Cheng understood the evil thoughts of the three, so he came out to stop Guo Si, Yang Ding, and Yang Feng, saying that Li Jue and Zhang Ji were strong, and they should unite. Since they wanted to return to the east, they had to return to Luoyang. Si, Yang Ding, and Yang Feng assisted from the side. Once they arrive in Luoyang, they will be great heroes and will definitely receive rich rewards.

Guo Si, Yang Ding, and Yang Feng believed Dong Cheng's persuasion, so they gave up and continued eastward.

However, during the march, everyone had their own ulterior motives and scrambled for power and profit. One asked the emperor for a high official, and the other asked the emperor for a generous salary.Guo Si came more simply and without warning, suddenly launched an attack on Yang Ding and Yang Feng's camp, defeating Yang Ding and Yang Feng.Later, Guo Si led an army to seize the emperor, but was repelled by Dong Cheng's army. Zhang Ji then led an army to attack Guo Si. Guo Si couldn't resist and was forced to flee.

As a result, Guo Si ran into Li Jue on the road, and the two reunited to attack Zhang Ji and Dong Cheng.

Yang Feng was originally a Baibo thief, but later he became Li Jue's subordinate. This time he rebelled against Li Jue and was attacked by Guo Si. Yang Feng, who became angry, handed over his army to Yang Ding to lead. He returned to Hedong alone and recruited Li Le, Han Xian, Hu Cai and others who were bandits in Baibo Valley led troops to rescue the emperor, and led their troops to attack Li Jue and Guo Si.Even the Youxian King of the Southern Huns went to Bei, and after receiving the news that the emperor was in trouble, he personally led troops to help the emperor.

After finally arriving in Hongnong, Zhang Ji finally returned to his own territory. He wanted to hold the emperor hostage and confront Li Jue and Guo Si.Unexpectedly, relying on Dong Cheng, the emperor successfully persuaded the soldiers and horses of Yang Ding, Yang Feng, Li Le, Han Xian, Hu Cai, Qubei and others to continue to flee eastward.

Only then did Zhang Ji know that the emperor had set Luoyang as the destination for his return to the east.

Therefore, Zhang Ji felt very regretful, and led his army to snatch the emperor, but failed. Instead, he joined forces with Li Jue and Guo Si to pursue the emperor together.

Coincidentally, Zhang Yang, the prefect of Shangdang, heard that the emperor was returning to the east, so he personally led Bingzhou Jianer to help, and joined forces with Yang Ding, Yang Feng, Dong Cheng and others to resist Li Jue, Guo Si, Zhang Ji and others. , and fight and retreat.

But now, the Son of Heaven has arrived near Hangu Pass...

After Zhang Yan heard the news, he was very excited, thinking that the time he had been waiting for had finally arrived.He immediately gathered all the cavalry, and with Tai Shici, Xu Chu, Zhang Hong, and [-] cavalry, each carrying ten days' dry rations, headed for Luoyang City in a mighty way.

On the way to Jiyin and Chenliu, Zhang Yan took the two generals Gao Shun and Zhang Liao with him by the way, and asked them to order their own soldiers and horses, followed closely behind, and asked Yu Jin to lead Li Dian, Mi Fang, and Chen Ying. , Niu Jin, Bao Shao and several other troops headed to Luoyang together, preparing to compete for the current emperor!

After the order was issued, Zhang Yan led [-] cavalry including Tai Shici and Xu Chu, and arrived in Luoyang first. When they passed Luoyang City, they saw only ruins.

It was a glorious imperial capital back then, but since Dong Zhuo moved westward and burned Luoyang City with a torch, Luoyang City has become a pile of ruins. Until now, there are still traces of the fire and smoke on the city wall.

Zhang Yan and the others worked non-stop and without sleep. After arriving in Luoyang City, they immediately received a report from the scouts, saying that the emperor's escort team had arrived in Xin'an County, which was less than a hundred miles away.

When Zhang Yan heard this exciting news, he couldn't restrain his inner joy, because soon, he would be able to meet the emperor...

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