The first general of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 130 Battle at Chang'an City
"Order Wei Tao, the prefect of Hanoi, to lead the troops to Chang'an quickly."

The letter from the imperial court was just a sentence, but it was just this sentence that shocked people.

Originally, we were still afraid of Wei Tao leading the troops, and even Wang Yun persuaded him with a letter, why did he change his way now and let Wei Tao lead the troops into Chang'an?
"Lu Bu lost?"

Wei Tao was not stupid either, he was surprised for a moment and then said in surprise, then turned around and invited the messenger to ask.

"Yes, my lord. Wen Hou defeated Guo Si and Fan Chou two days ago. At the time of the pursuit, Li Cui suddenly appeared, and then Guo Si and Fan Chou led the army to fight back. Under the attack, even though Wen Hou Brave and invincible can only be defeated. After the defeat, Marquis Wen did not return to Chang'an, and his whereabouts are unknown."

Naturally, Wei Tao could also inquire about these news, but it was only at night, so the messenger did not hide it, and after finishing speaking, the messenger bowed to Wei Tao again.

"General Dayi, before I came, Lord Wang once said: Turning back is a misunderstanding. The general's loyalty can be learned from the sun and the moon. Now that your majesty is in danger, even if you have complaints, you can report it in the future, but you can't save him. It’s too late, please hurry up and enter Chang’an, my lord.”

"My lord, we should also march quickly. Once Li Cui and others invade Chang'an and kidnap His Majesty, then things will be in great danger!"

As soon as the messenger finished speaking, Xun You also stepped forward and bowed to Wei Tao.

"Okay! Hurry to Luoyang immediately!"

The soldiers under Wei Tao's command are not really elite soldiers, but they can also obey orders and prohibitions. Therefore, Wei Tao ordered to speed up the march, and the marching speed of the troops increased a lot.

However, when Wei Tao arrived in Chang'an, he found that the city wall of Chang'an was somewhat damaged, but surprisingly, there was no army besieging Chang'an.

If you take a closer look, you can see that Chang'an City is guarded by elite soldiers everywhere.

When Lu Bu had already fled, how could there be so many elite soldiers in Chang'an City to guard Chang'an City?

"Not good! I'm afraid Li Cui and others have occupied Chang'an City. My lord must not enter the city!"

At this moment, Xun You's complexion changed slightly, and he said something to Wei Tao.

In fact, Wei Tao also felt something was wrong, and it turned out that Wei Tao had no plan to lead the army into Chang'an, so he immediately set up camp according to Xun You's words, and at the same time sent sentries to the four directions.

Soon the news came back. It turned out that half a day ago, Li Cui and others joined forces to attack Chang'an.

Without a peerless general like Lu Bu sitting in the town, although Chang'an had a lot of soldiers, it had no one capable of recruiting and fighting. The courtiers actually directly surrendered Li Cui and others, and let Li Cui and others occupy Chang'an.

"Mr. Gongda, what should we do now?"

Wei Tao shook his head slightly, but looked at Xun You.

With top counselors like Xun You as his subordinates, Wei Tao discovered that it is much better to let Xun You think about countermeasures first, and then make decisions by himself, than to think silently by himself.

"This……"

But this time even Xun You was in a bit of a dilemma. The Son of Heaven was already in the opponent's hands. Regardless of other things, just attacking the Son of Heaven would ruin Wei Tao's reputation, which is naturally impossible.

"I'm afraid the only solution now is to send people into the city. Even though Li Cui and others are arrogant, it is impossible to ban everything. In this way, not to mention being able to contact the courtiers, as long as you can know the current situation in Chang'an, you can easily deal with it."

Wei Tao nodded and followed his words immediately.

"To let such a guy hit the city of Chang'an, Zhang Ji, you are too useless, so you want to fight me?"

Li Cui looked at Zhang Ji, and immediately said with disdain.

In fact, it's not that Li Cui doesn't know Wei Tao's power, but he said this in order to suppress Zhang Ji.

"Hmph! If you can defeat that Wei Ziyu, so what if I obey you in the future?"

Zhang Ji is not a vegetarian either, he just said it back.

"And now that the opponent has reached the city gate, if we can't get him back, we won't succeed this time."

"Hmph! It's just Wei Ziyu, why don't I do it myself, I'm going to send a general to ask for it!"

Although he first defeated Lu Bu and then broke Chang'an, Li Cui understood that the damage to his soldiers was not light, but at this time, where he might be showing weakness, he was talking right now.

"Where is Yang Feng, I want you to lead the headquarters to fight against Wei Tao, and I will stand on the tower to watch the battle for you!"

"promise!"

A strong man immediately went out to respond, and then the whole army set off.

Soon a large group of people came out of the city and came straight to attack, but Wei Tao was not slow, and immediately ordered troops to fight.

"Who is Er?"

Wei Tao naturally didn't know Yang Feng when he saw him, so he asked him immediately.

"I am presenting to Your Majesty as a courtier, why are you leading the troops here, are you following Dong Zhuo's rebellious example?"

Wei Tao's words are to occupy the name of righteousness, no matter what the other party is, they are all officials of the court, and it is impossible to attack at will if they control the emperor.

"This is Yang Feng under Li Cui's tent. He is extremely courageous and has won Li Cui's trust."

Wei Tao didn't know him, so there was someone who knew him, so the court messenger hurriedly said.

"Yang Feng, you follow Li Cui and other rebels as leaders, and follow Dong's rebellion. Do you really think that there is no one in the world?"

Yang Feng was obviously taken aback by Wei Tao's drink, but soon he shouted loudly.
"Don't talk nonsense, I waited for the emperor to obey the emperor and obtained the emperor's order. Are you a traitor? On the contrary, you, as the prefect of Hanoi, did not want to be loyal to your duty. Instead, you led troops to Chang'an to threaten the safety of the emperor. Why?"

I have to say that Yang Feng also has some skills, so it is Wei Tao's fault.

However, Wei Tao didn't bother to argue with Yang Fengduo, and immediately nodded slightly to Dian Wei beside him, and Dian Wei immediately stepped out.

"I, Dianwei, are here, so I'm not going to die quickly!"

Seeing Dian Wei's battle, this Yang Feng is Li Cui's subordinate and was also appointed under Dong Zhuo's command. He was very impressed with the battle at Hulao Pass, but he knew that he could not be Dian Wei's opponent.

But Yang Feng was not in a hurry, but even though he knew Dian Wei's bravery, he was confident that there were people under his command who could fight him.

"Dian Wei is going crazy! Captain Xu Huang is here!"

Sure enough, at this moment, a general rushed out from behind Yang Feng, holding a big blue and white axe, and came towards Dianwei.

"Xu Huang?"

Wei Tao was slightly taken aback, but Wei Tao didn't expect Yang Feng and others to have such a famous general under his command.

"Clang clang clang..."

At this time, Xu Huang and Dian Wei were fighting together, and after more than ten moves, everyone could clearly see that Dian Wei was suppressing Xu Huang.

At this moment, Yang Feng's face turned pale, obviously he did not expect that Xu Huang, the bravest under him, was not Dian Wei's opponent, but was beaten by Dian Wei.

"It's a pity for this person. If the Lord can subdue him, it will be a great help."

However, being able to fight against Dian Wei without losing defeat already shows that Xu Huang is brave, and even though he was suppressed and beaten, Xu Huang did not see defeat, and Xun You on the side couldn't help but speak.

"Dong Zhuo has no way, and many of his subordinates, including Li Cui, are also like this. How can this person be willing to bury his abilities in spite of his courage? My lord can secretly tie him up."

Hearing what Xun You said, Wei Tao couldn't help but nodded slightly, but how to implement it needs to be discussed with Xun You.

While Wei Tao and Xun You were talking, Xu Huang had turned his horse's head and fled backwards.

It's not that Xu Huang has lost to Dian Wei, but Yang Feng knew that Xu Huang could not beat Dian Wei, so he worried that Xu Huang would make a mistake, so he took the initiative to call for gold to let him return.

The battle under Li Cui's account was equally fierce. If Xu Huang were to be defeated, Yang Feng would probably be replaced by someone else soon, that's why Yang Feng was so anxious.

"Kill it out!"

Seeing the opponent's defeat, Wei Tao immediately gave the order, and immediately took the lead, leading the army to attack the opponent's camp.

"Withdraw! Quickly withdraw to the city!"

When Yang Feng saw that Wei Tao had come to kill him and dared to confront Wei Tao, he immediately gave the order.

You must know that there are only a few thousand people in Yang Feng's headquarters, and the reason why he dared to go out of the city to fight Wei Tao is because Xu Huang is there. If Xu Huang can win a single fight, Yang Feng can lead the battle.

Now that Xu Huang has been defeated and his morale has plummeted, the number of people is not as good as that of Wei Tao's army, how can Yang Feng dare to fight?
The general is the courage of the soldier, the strength of the general is not as good as that of the opponent, the damage to the morale is too great, especially when Wei Tao hides the army and kills them, those arrogant soldiers in Xiliang all only know how to rush back to Chang'an City, there is no defense against Wei Tao's army at all.

"Shoot! Quickly! Never let them enter the city!"

Li Cui's face on the city wall changed slightly, but he knew that if Wei Tao took advantage of the situation to cover up the kill, then he could directly enter the city.

Li Cui did not allow it, but immediately gave an order.

Countless arrows fell, Wei Tao immediately stopped the army's forward momentum in order not to damage the soldiers, and only killed those soldiers who were too late to escape.

After this period of time, Yang Feng's troops lost at least a thousand people, but Wei Tao's own troops actually only injured more than a hundred people, and as for the death, none of them died.

A battle of fearful souls!

After this battle, all of Yang Feng's troops became afraid of Wei Tao's army, even Li Cui and others were terrified.

The reason for this is also related to Lu Bu.

Lu Bu was once under Dong Zhuo's tent, and his bravery was admired by all the armies in Xiliang, not to mention that Niu Fu's army was still scattered by Lu Bu not long ago.

Afterwards, although Li Cui defeated Lu Bu with tricks, there were also many casualties during the process.

Xiliang soldiers value warriors, and the extreme admiration is fear.

However, Wei Tao once defeated Lu Bu at Hulao Pass. No matter how many people were mobilized at that time, defeating Lu Bu was a victory.

What's more important is that it was not just once, and when he chased Dong Zhuo later, he defeated Lu Bu again.

These things have long been spread among Xiliang soldiers, but this time Wei Tao first retreated Zhang Ji and then defeated Yang Feng. He has almost lost nothing in the fight so far. How can these Xiliang soldiers not be afraid?
"Mr. Wenhe, what should we do now? What should we do?"

In a hurry, Li Cui and others naturally thought of Jia Xu, and immediately found Jia Xu and asked anxiously.

"If Wei Tao enters the city, I'm afraid we and Grand Master Dong's party will all be hanged for public display!"

Jia Xu looks like a middle-aged man with a kind face, but his eyes are extremely beautiful, which is unforgettable at first sight.

Jia Xu may look down on Li Cui and others, but he understands that he is now one of Dong Zhuo's remnants and should be punished according to the law. If he doesn't want to die, then he can only help Li Cui and others.

Jia Xu naturally didn't want to die, otherwise she wouldn't have advised Li Cui and others several times before, so she asked after a little thought.

"Then Wei Ziyu has such a powerful force, why doesn't he dare to go straight into Chang'an, or even have the slightest intention of attacking? But that Wei Ziyu has scrupulousness. Chang'an is where the emperor is, so attack rashly In other words, in the future, there will be no infamy in the history. Even if Wei Ziyu doesn't care about the reputation of Qingshi, he is only a mere prefect of Hanoi. If he dares to attack Chang'an, he will be attacked by the princes of the world. .”

"In this way, can't we just ignore him? When he runs out of food and grass, he will just retreat?"

Li Cui was not completely incompetent, he understood after hearing what Jia Xu said, and asked excitedly.

"Then Wei Tao has spent a lot of food and grass here, how could he return empty-handed. If he wants to let him retreat, I'm afraid he needs to be rewarded, and he will leave just after he gets the reward."

Jia Xu said slowly, although the words were straightforward, Li Cui was extremely satisfied.

It's not just an official position, the emperor is in his own hands, and it's not up to him to say what official position he wants.

"If we want that Wei Ziyu to retreat, at least he must merge with Zhou Mu."

At this time, Jia Xu said something leisurely again, but upon hearing this, Li Cui's eyes shrank immediately, and the expressions of the others were also not good-looking.

Bingzhou Mu is in charge of a state, even if he doesn't understand the general trend of the world, he still knows that this is a prince.

After all, Dong Zhuo was only in charge of Liangzhou in the past before he entered Luoyang. If Wei Tao was allowed to control Bingzhou, wouldn't it strengthen the opponent?
"This... is there any other way?"

After a while of silence, Fan Chou just spoke.

"If not, how about we attack his camp at night? Then Wei Tao's subordinates have fought several times, and they just arrived in Chang'an, so they must be unprepared, and we can succeed."

"Hehe... Wei Ziyu is best at attacking with fire and at night. Those who dare to attack him are often killed by him. Then Wang Kuang's lesson is right in front of him. Does the general still have intentions?"

Jia Xu chuckled twice, making Fan Chou's face full of embarrassment.

"I don't want the child to be tied to the wolf. It's because Wei Ziyu doesn't have the heart of Grand Master Dong. If not, I'm afraid he might not be concerned about the emperor. There are many descendants of the Liu family."

Seeing Li Cui was very hesitant, Jia Xu added another sentence lightly.

"Okay, I'm Xu He and the State Shepherd!"

Hearing this, Li Cui finally made up his mind.

Li Cui was the strongest, and when he said this, other people naturally had no objection. Although Bingzhou Mu was important, to Wei Tao, to Li Cui and others, it was nothing more than an imperial decree.

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