Liu Xiang was meditating in the Chinese army's tent. He had just received a spy report from Chang'an, and sent two letters in a row, front and back.
One letter arrived in Yingchuan three days ago, and the courier sent it to Gushi, taking a detour. The other letter was sent directly to Pingyu, and the two letters were rushed together.
Changes occurred in Chang'an and Dong Zhuo died.
I don’t know if it was a pure coincidence or some destiny, but both Yuan Shao and Dong Zhuo died on July 15th.
Fatty Dong was assassinated by Lu Bu, Li Su and others at the northern gate of Weiyang Palace. Also killed was his chief secretary Tian Yi.
On the same day, Dong Zhuo's nephew, the lieutenant in charge of the imperial army and the sergeant Dong Huang was killed.
Huangfu Song was activated on the same day and appointed as General of the Conquest of the West. He rectified the Imperial Army, captured Xiwu, killed General Dong Min of the Left, and massacred the entire Dong family.
Wang Yun took the position of Situ, recorded affairs of the Shang Dynasty, and took charge of the government affairs.
Lu Bu was promoted to General Fenwu, Jiajie, Yitong and the Third Division, and was promoted to Marquis Wen.
The second letter was from Duan Xuan. Hu Zhen was pardoned by the court, and 30,000 soldiers and horses were ordered to mobilize to Chang'an. Niu Fu, who was stationed at Zuo Fengyi, was watching. Wang Yun's decrees were erratic. First, he ordered to pardon all Liangzhou people.
The soldiers will ask Niu Fu's subordinates again the next day.
Did you suddenly remember that Niu Fu was Dong Zhuo's son-in-law?
The funniest thing is that they only talked about asking for a crime, but did not specify what the crime was. It was like a child playing house. Did the reputation of being in charge of the government make him feel unbalanced?
No matter how much the government is in charge of the government, it will only be the land of the three assistants in Chang'an, and few people outside will pay attention to the court.
Liu Xiang found this operation quite confusing. He was playing a good hand with a good hand, and he had a good eye but a weak hand. He was a typical child of a noble family who only knew how to talk but had no idea of strategy, and he was even less familiar with military affairs.
Li Jue, Guo Si, Fan Chou, and Zhang Ji under Niu Fu are the most powerful troops in Liangzhou. Although Duan Xuan and Hu Zhen surrendered, Chang'an already had troops on the surface.
Sixty thousand, which is 20,000 more than their number, but combat strength cannot be measured by numbers.
Fortunately, Niu Fu's ability was really not that good and he didn't dare to counterattack Chang'an. He was probably very frightened now and was hesitating.
The general is afraid, and the people below are even more afraid. It seems that the group is about to break up.
The two-handed swordsman meets the stinky chess basket. These two are a perfect match.
"Send an order to Yan Rou and send someone to recruit Niu Fu's troops." Liu Xiang didn't know if he could recruit these Liangzhou soldiers and horses, but there were no dates, so he had to strike three poles first.
If he had not been able to escape in Runan, he would not have wanted to recruit these people in his heart.
The soldiers in Liangzhou have been accustomed to searching and jailing for many years. Their military discipline is extremely poor and they have become accustomed to harming the people. They all kill, rape and plunder animals. They are full of bestiality. There is not much humanity left. There are millions of people.
Lost lives at their hands.
Dong Zhuo originally moved more than two million people from the surrounding areas of Luoyang into Sanfu. The total population there exceeded four million. In just two years, nearly half of them were killed, starved to death, and fled.
In the original history, after Li Jue, Guo Si and others invaded Chang'an, within a few years, the remaining two million people were wiped out, and the Guanzhong Plain was almost turned into a no-man's land.
The Liangzhou soldiers left behind by Fatty Dong are all a bunch of murderers.
But things have come to this, and the Chinese army can't escape. Let's try to use them as the vanguard to attack Chang'an.
There is no other way.
There are not enough troops.
The 15,000 regular soldiers and 30,000 local legions gathered in Hedong alone cannot defeat them.
"Alas!" Liu Xiang sighed. Fighting on two fronts, he was stretched thin, but he didn't want to mobilize a large number of militia groups, which would destroy the people's livelihood in the territory, create a vicious circle, and cause excessive casualties to the militia groups. After all, they have not accepted it.
After formal training, it is easy to panic when on the battlefield.
If too many people die, not only will pensions be high, which will affect economic development, but it will also affect the enthusiasm of civilians to join the army.
The gain outweighs the loss.
The war with Sanfu still has to wait. Lu Bu will not lead troops to attack Niufu until Wang Yun straightens out the situation in the court.
Let's take advantage of this time to end the war in Runan as soon as possible.
I hope I can persuade Boss Cao to surrender tomorrow.
Liu Xiang only asked Lao Cao to negotiate for two reasons. First, Cao Cao could be his own master and only needed to persuade him to surrender. Liu Biao's situation was different. He rode into Jingzhou alone and obtained the Huang family of Jiangxia and Nanjun.
Strong families such as the Cai family, the Kuai family, the Pang family, and the Ma family supported it.
It is equivalent to forming a board of directors, with him as the chairman, and he alone has the final say on major matters.
If you want to persuade him to surrender, you have to persuade all the big families in Jingzhou and Jiangbei to surrender, which is too difficult.
Therefore, we can only force the surrender.
Second, Liu Xiang wanted to sow discord between the two of them, and tried to defeat each other.
Turning around, it was already July 23rd. The sky was gray with scattered raindrops. Autumn was about to enter, but the weather was still a bit sultry. He sat in a tent not far from Pingyu and waited, feeling faintly.
You can see Liu Biao's figure on the top of the city.
Cao Cao arrived soon, followed by a fat and strong man, more than eight feet tall, with a waist that was ten inches wide. His body shape was a bit square.
In the Han Dynasty, one girth was equivalent to five inches. This person's waist circumference was five feet. When converted to modern times, the waist circumference is three feet six, 120 centimeters.
This man was over 1.9 meters tall, with a waist circumference of 3 feet 6, and a strong build. He was not bloated. Liu Xiang felt that he must have weighed 300 kilograms, just a little more. He should be Xu Chu.
The face is a bit fat, but it doesn't look obese because the eyes are large and not squeezed into a slit by fat.
His guess was correct. Cao Cao introduced Xu Chu and Xu Zhongkang, a native of Peiguoqiao County and a fellow villager of Boss Cao.
If Liu Xiang remembers it correctly, Xu Chu and his family belong to a large clan and a small tycoon. None of their ancestors became officials. There are thousands of clan members, and they led hundreds of people to defect to Lao Cao. In the end, a dozen people were granted the title of marquis, and more than a hundred people sat in the capital.
Wei, the official position of a school captain.
It is a powerful family.
Seeing Cao Cao's proud eyes, Liu Xiang rolled his eyes, that's all!
Behind me, Dian Wei, Zhao Yun, and Shi A, none of them are worse than Xu Chu in terms of force. If you bring Guan Yu here, you will be able to overwhelm him with your height alone. I will envy you!
"Brother Meng De, if I cut off your food supply, you will go hungry." Liu Xiang said with a smile, and pretended to suddenly realize: "Oh, no, Brother Meng De has no food supply. You
Yu Jin sent back to rescue Wancheng, but his entire army was wiped out, Wancheng was besieged, Nanyang is about to be lost, and Brother Mengde has become a rootless duck."
These words were meant to suppress Cao Cao and break his will, so that he could persuade him to surrender, but he was not deceiving. Last night, we received a battle report. Guan Yu, Le Jin, and Guo Dian's 60,000 troops surrounded the forbidden camp with 20,000 troops. They broke through the camp and captured them alive.
General, more than 3,000 people were killed and the rest surrendered.
Taking over the entire territory of Nanyang is only a matter of time.
"Yicheng is tricking me?" His words were doubtful, but Cao Cao's face was full of uneasiness. It was obvious that although he had not received the battle report and no defeated soldiers had fled back, he believed most of it.
Runan only discovered the cavalry of the Anping Army. Where did the large group of infantry go? Only 30,000 infantry went south?
Unlikely?
The more I think about it, the more I am afraid!
Liu Xiang suppressed his smile and said seriously: "I have an army of 60,000 in Nanyang."
As soon as these words came out, Lao Cao was as angry and angry as those who had eaten rice fields, and felt extremely aggrieved. When he first received a request for help, Xiahou Dun only said that the enemy army numbered 30,000 people. He was deceived!
Otherwise, he would not have sent back reinforcements with only 20,000 people.
Wrong strategy, losing troops and generals, and losing the whole game!
His head was buzzing, and the resentment in his heart couldn't stop. Why are you targeting me like this? You only brought a few thousand cavalry to deal with our main coalition force of hundreds of thousands, but you sent an army of 60,000 to fight me.
territory.
Why is it so targeted at me?
He did not doubt that Liu Xiang had deceived him. He knew the purpose of this negotiation, which was to recruit him to surrender. In this case, there was no need to deceive him with what had happened, because it was too easy to expose, and he only needed to send a sentinel.
Just check it out and you'll find out.
All territory was lost, nearly half of the troops were lost, and only 30,000 soldiers and horses were left. The allies around them were opponents who were still fighting to the death before, and they had reached a dead end.
Where to go?
Cao Cao frowned and felt his brain throbbing with pain.