Liu Bei, Sun Jian, and Cao Cao fought with Li Jue and Guo Si in Hetao, and annihilated all the troops of Li Jue and Guo Si. Li Jue and Guo Si also died in battle, leaving only one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Xiliang Army.
The five thousand cavalry equipment were divided among Liu Bei, Sun Jian, and Cao Cao.
But on the contrary, their losses in this war were also extremely heavy.
Being able to defeat Dong Zhuo's cavalry depends entirely on the sheer number of people.
When Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao, Liu Biao, and Gongsun Zan saw that Liu Bei and the others had captured Dong Zhuo's cavalry equipment, they instantly became jealous and regretted why they had not been in the vanguard with Liu Bei and the others before.
Dong Zhuo's cavalry totaled 10,000 people, half of which were now gone.
When the princes in the middle saw what kind of business this was, they immediately asked Liu Bei and others to hand over the rest of Chang'an to them.
As long as Chang'an is captured, not only Dong Zhuo's remaining cavalry equipment will be theirs, but even Dong Zhuo's Chemistry Book will be theirs.
With the Chemistry Book, they can find out how to refine steel and build their own cavalry regiment.
By that time, wouldn’t there be as many iron cavalry as you want?
In the summer of the fourth year of the Yuan Dynasty, four princes, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Liu Biao and Gongsun Zan, led an army of fifteen to ten thousand and marched to Chang'an.
Zhang Xiu, who stayed behind in An Ding, was also surrendered by Zhang Ren, but Liu Yan was not in a hurry to attack Chang'an. He was waiting for the Kwantung princes to fight Dong Zhuo to the death, and then won the final victory at the minimum cost!
However, the plans of the Guandong princes and Liu Yan were destined to fail.
Dong Zhuo abandoned Zhang Xiu who was guarding An Ding and Xu Rong who was guarding Tongguan and Hulao Pass. He used the map of Liangzhou to bypass Liu Yan's sight and headed for the Western Regions with the remaining troops.
Fan Chou, Ma Teng, Han Sui, Jia Xu, as well as some civil and military officials of the imperial court, and the talents Dong Zhuo had trained before were all taken with him by Dong Zhuo, and all those who did not want to go were executed on the spot.
In order to prevent the news from leaking, Dong Zhuo did not bring any common people with him this time, and Dong Zhuo used the map of Liangzhou to bypass Liu Yan's sight of An Ding, and asked Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song to strictly hold the city gates and not let any common people go. The entire Chang'an
It fell into a dead silence, and no one outside Chang'an knew that such a big change had occurred in Chang'an.
Dong Zhuo only left five thousand soldiers and horses and one month's food and grass for Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun, so that Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun could block the Kwantung princes and buy themselves time to migrate.
"Thief Dong, come out and die!" Wen Chou rode his steeds and went to Chang'an City to call for formation, asking Dong Zhuo's men to come out and die!
But what Wen Chou didn't expect was that Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song appeared on the city wall together.
Wen Chou didn't know what to do at this time. Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song had always been veterans of the Han Dynasty and were quite prestigious. If he continued to scold him, he would definitely be sprayed to death by those scholars.
"Why are they Old General Huangfu and General Zhu Jun?" Yuan Shaoyuan looked at Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun on the city wall with some surprise.
He never expected that it would be two veterans, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun, who would greet them.
"Yes, why did they appear on the city wall? Could it be that both Old General Huangfu and Old General Zhu surrendered to Dong Zhuo?" Liu Biao was also deeply puzzled. Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun had fought countless battles for the Han Dynasty in their lives, and now they were together.
You are very old, so you shouldn't do anything that will affect your night cleansing at this time.
"Yuan Shao, are you surprised to see this general?" Huangfu Song stood on the city wall of Chang'an, not afraid of Yuan Shao's hundreds of thousands of troops, and stepped forward to question Yuan Shao and others under the city wall.
"General Huangfu, could it be that you and General Zhu have both taken refuge with the traitor Dong Zhuo? If you do this, are you worthy of the Han and the Emperor!" Yuan Shao asked Huangfu Song in return.
"Haha, I'm getting old and can't tell who is a Han traitor and who is a Han official. I only obey your Majesty's orders. Guarding Chang'an is your Majesty's order!" Huangfu Song replied.
"This..." Yuan Shao and the others looked at each other, not knowing what to do. The reason they raised their troops was to defeat the Dong thieves and rescue the emperor, but now Huangfu Song told them that he was here to guard Chang'an.
His Majesty's will, why should they fight?
"But you, Yuan Shao, led a large army to the city without the emperor's call. Could it be that you want to rebel and usurp the throne!" Huangfu Song angrily scolded Yuan Shao and others, first labeling Yuan Shao as a rebel.
Anyway, he knew what the purpose of these people was. Huangfu Song did not have any psychological burden by putting this big hat on Yuan Shao's head.
"Humph, Huangfu Song, we are all here to save the emperor. It's too late for the emperor to be happy. You must have defected to Dong Zhuo and betrayed the Han Dynasty!" Others respected him Huangfu Song, but Yuan Shu on the side did not understand the respect. He
Even though he was the fourth generation and the third prince, he didn't even take it seriously, let alone Huangfu Song.
"Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, it's useless to talk more. Whether you can capture Chang'an under my command depends on your ability!"
"Wow!" Huangfu Song was no longer talking to Yuan Shao. Yuan Shu was talking nonsense. With a wave of his hand, a row of archers appeared on the city wall.
"The whole army listens to the order. Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun have betrayed the Han Dynasty and surrendered to the national traitor Dong Zhuo. Everyone can punish them for such behavior!" Seeing that Huangfu Song was still starting to attack, Yuan Shu stopped being polite to Huangfu Song and prepared to attack.
He wants to be the first to reach Chang'an and grab the Book of Heaven.
"Whoosh!"
"Whoosh!"
Huge boulders were blasted towards Chang'an, destroying the city wall.
If it were an ordinary city wall, it would probably be destroyed by boulders.
But this is Chang'an after all, the imperial capital.
The originally high city wall became even taller after Dong Zhuo's renovation, and the huge stones from the catapults could only hit the city wall.
"boom!"
"boom!"
Huge boulders hit the city wall of Chang'an, leaving pit marks one after another on it, and some weak spots were dented by the boulders.
But Yuan Shao and others were not anxious at all. This time they were very well prepared and there were still many boulders.
"Your Majesty, this is all I can do." Looking at the boulders speeding toward Chang'an, Huangfu Song burst into tears. The four hundred years of Han Dynasty were coming to an end.
"My lord, the spies have come to report that the princes of Guandong have begun to attack the city." Huang Quan, who was temporarily stationed in An'dang, reported to Liu Yan the news that had just been sent by the scouts.
"How is the battle going?" Liu Yan immediately stood up and asked anxiously.
He has finally waited for this day!
"The scouts didn't approach, and the battle situation is unclear. It must have been fierce." Huang Quan guessed.
"good!"
"Send the order, rectify the three armies, and set off today!" He had been waiting for this day for a long time, and immediately asked people to prepare for Chang'an.
Dong Zhuo still had at least 100,000 troops in Chang'an. How could they defeat them so quickly?
As time went by, the boulders had already been thrown, and there were piles of boulders under the city wall.
Yuan Shao also ordered his soldiers to attack, and siege equipment such as ladders, ramming vehicles, and Lu Gong's vehicles rushed to the battlefield.
"Hey!"
"Boom!"
"Hey!"
"Boom!"
As if counting down, the ramming car hit the city gate one after another.
"Strange, where have all Dong Zhuo's people gone?" Yuan Shao frowned and looked at the city wall. It was so strange. From the beginning to now, there were only a few thousand soldiers on the city wall.
Now they are about to break the city, but Dong Zhuo's army still hasn't appeared.
Yuan Shao felt that there might be some ambush here.
"Everyone, let's not enter the city until the city is defeated. I suspect there is an ambush in the city." Yuan Shao reminded Yuan Shu, Gongsun Zan, and Liu Biao.
At the same time, Yuan Shao regretted why he didn't bring more troops.
If he had brought many soldiers, he would not have to remind them just now and just use Dong Zhuo to weaken their strength.
But now he must remind them, otherwise he will not be Dong Zhuo's opponent with his own strength.
"Did Yuan Shao find out too?" Liu Biao secretly asked after hearing Yuan Shao's reminder.
He had also discovered something was wrong before, but he did not say that he wanted to use this opportunity to weaken the power of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu. Whether they could succeed in defeating Dong was not important to them in Jingzhou.
He responded to Dong's call this time just to become an ally with Cao Cao.
Now that the goal has been achieved, he doesn't mind weakening Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu's power again.
"You mean there is an ambush in the city?" Yuan Shu asked Yuan Shao doubtfully.
Why didn't he see that there was an ambush?
"That's right, I took a quick look. From the beginning to now, there are only these soldiers guarding the city wall without any reinforcements." Yuan Shao explained to everyone.
At this moment, Yuan Shao felt that he was a genius. He had discovered clues that others had not discovered.
Let’s see who dares to underestimate him in the future!
"Why do you feel so weird?" After hearing Yuan Shao's explanation, Yuan Shu tugged at his mustache and understood what was going on. Logically speaking, Dong Zhuo had at least 100,000 soldiers left in Chang'an.
yes.
But now that they were almost breaking the city, they still allowed Dong Zhuo's army to come to support them, which gave Yuan Shu an ominous premonition.
"boom!"
With the final impact, Chang'an's city gate was finally knocked open.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!" The city gate had just been knocked open. Before Yuan Shao and his soldiers could enter, dozens of crossbow arrows shot through the city gate towards them.
"ah!"
Several soldiers fell instantly in front of the city gate.
The city gates were broken, and the cavalry should come out, but the imaginary cavalry did not rush out. Instead, they were greeted by crossbows. This strengthened Yuan Shao's idea that there must be an ambush in the city!
"Beep~!" Ming Jin's voice calling back his troops came from the camp.
Knowing that there was an ambush inside, they couldn't rush in foolishly.
Anyway, now that the city gate has been knocked open, even if it is re-reinforced, it will not be as strong as before.
It's not too late to make plans after finding out what's going on inside.
The soldiers heard Ming Jin's call to retreat and had to retreat.
Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song on the city wall were stunned when they saw this scene. They really didn't understand Yuan Shao's operation.
Originally, both of them were ready to die, but who knew that after Yuan Shao opened the city gate, he withdrew his troops again!
"Go, quickly send people to repair the city gate." Seeing that Yuan Shao's army had all retreated, Huangfu Song immediately ordered people to repair the city gate.
Although it is not as strong as before, it can be dragged on as long as it can.
Time passed like this day after day, and Yuan Shao still didn't find out what was going on in the city for three days in a row.
"It's not possible for us to wait like this. Do you have any ideas to break the city?" Yuan Shao asked Liu Biao, Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shu.
"For the present plan, we'd better wait for Liu Junlang to join us." Liu Biao suggested waiting for Liu Yan to arrive before attacking Chang'an together, which can reduce casualties.
"No, we must rush in front of Liu Yan!" After hearing Liu Biao's words, Yuan Shu was the first to stand up and object.
The old man Liu Yan is already powerful enough. If he is allowed to get a share of Chang'an's things, then Liu Yan will definitely become the second Dong Zhuo, and even a prince more powerful than Dong Zhuo!
"Yes, we must rush to capture Chang'an before Liu Yan does!" Yuan Shao also agreed with Yuan Shu's opinion. Chang'an's things must not be given to Liu Yan!
They covet Dong Zhuo's cavalry, covet the emperor, covet the heavenly book, and covet the people of Chang'an. Now the four of them are not enough to share. They must not share the pie with one more person. If they want all this, they must rush to Liu Yan.
before!
"Report!"
"Liu Yan's troops were spotted thirty miles ahead!" At this moment, a scout ran in and reported to Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Liu Biao, and Gongsun Zan.
"Snapped!"
"What!" Yuan Shao didn't expect Liu Yan to be so fast.
"Tomorrow morning, the whole army will capture Chang'an!" Yuan Shao immediately made a decision and could not delay it any longer.
Except for Liu Biao's objection, Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shu all agreed.
The sky was slightly brighter the next day.
The drums of war sound again.
The walls of Chang'an City were full of charging soldiers.
The Battle of Chang'an begins again.
"Boom!" a sound.
The city gate, which had been fortified for only a few days, was once again knocked open.
Countless soldiers rushed in like a swarm.
Due to the disparity in numbers, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun were quickly defeated. They died in battle, and the others also died and surrendered.
But after entering the city, Yuan Shao and others were dumbfounded.
There was no ambush in the imagination, and there was no cavalry in the imagination. Dong Zhuo, Tianshu, and the Emperor were not in the city, and the streets were deserted. There were only hundreds of crossbowmen at the gates and soldiers on the walls. They had everything they wanted.
Not in the city!
The so-called 100,000 troops in the city are just their own imagination.
Later, after asking the people in Chang'an, they found out that Dong Zhuo had already secretly migrated away. The emperor and the army had been taken away by Dong Zhuo. As for where they were going, they, the people, didn't know.
"Ah!" Yuan Shu roared with a ferocious look on his face.
Why did he come all the way here?
Chemistry book!
This chemistry book has screwed me up so badly!
Now that we have finally broken into Chang'an, you told me that the chemistry book was taken away by Dong Zhuo again!
How can he be willing to do this!
After Yuan Shao received the news, he began to make calculations in his heart.
The emperor was kidnapped by Dong Zhuo again, and his whereabouts are unknown. Can he start his plan to support Liu Yu in becoming emperor?
On the other side, thirty miles away from Chang'an, Liu Yan had just received the news that Yuan Shao and others were attacking Chang'an again. He was not in a hurry and started having breakfast.
"Father, will our journey be too slow?" One of Liu Yan's sons, Liu Mao, was worried that if they were not in a hurry, Yuan Shao and others would take the lead and attack Chang'an.
"Hahaha, no slow, no slow." Liu Yan waved his hand indifferently. He believed that Yuan Shao and the others would not be able to resolve the battle before he arrived.
"Report, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and others have invaded Chang'an!" Just as Liu Yan finished speaking, a scout suddenly ran in and reported the latest news to Liu Yan.
"What!" Before the scout finished speaking, Liu Yan's eyes widened in disbelief!
Is he, Dong Zhuo, a freeloader?
It didn't take long for an army of 100,000 to be defeated by Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu!
"My lord Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu have invaded Chang'an. Dong Zhuo has robbed the emperor and all the civil and military officials and moved again. Only Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun and five thousand soldiers are stationed in Chang'an." This time the scout reported all the news to Liu Yan at once.
A few short sentences revealed a lot of content, leaving Liu Yan unable to react for a while.
"Do you know where the emperor was kidnapped by Dong Zhuo?" Liu Yan asked the scout again.
"It's not clear yet." The scout answered truthfully.
"Hahaha, God help me!" Liu Yan suddenly laughed.
If the emperor disappears, then this big man will have no king. As a country cannot live without a king for a day, when he has digested Liangzhou and stabilized his strength, he can proclaim himself emperor!
He even thought about the name of his country.
"Congratulations dad!"
"Congratulations, lord!"
Liu Yan's sons and soldiers congratulated Liu Yan one after another.
Their lord is proclaimed emperor, and these ministers are secretly serving as ministers of the Dragon!
Since Chang'an was no different from an empty city now, Liu Yan gave his son Liu Mao 10,000 elite troops to stay and stabilize the city, then returned to Yizhou with the rest and began to plan to annex Liangzhou.
Although Dong Zhuo in Chang'an escaped and escaped, the people of Chang'an City suffered.
Yuan Shao and others spent so long trying to break into Chang'an, but nothing happened.
In addition to Liu Biao, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, and Gongsun Zan, who were all simmering with anger, began to plunder the people and seize the population of Chang'an.
In this way, Chang'an, the capital of kings of all dynasties, became an abandoned city.