Chapter one hundred and seventy-sixth Tongguan under the skill of alienation
Chapter 176: Tongguan’s ingenious attempt to drive a wedge between each other
"Pa!" Dong Zhuo slapped the wall and said, "It's too much to bully someone! Pass the order and order Li Jue, Guo Si, Zhang Ji, Fan Chou, Zhang Xiu, Hua Xiong, and Lu Bu to go out to meet the enemy. Xu Sheng is not allowed to lose.
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"Obey the order!" Hua Xiong and others accepted the order, but only Lu Bu was eager to give it a try.
"Boom..." With a loud noise, the gate of Tongguan opened with a bang, and Li Jue and other seven generals filed out, followed by a hundred thousand troops. Fortunately, the front of Tongguan was wide enough, otherwise it would not be able to accommodate so many people!
"What? Zhongying is going to fight with me?" Liu Zhang asked expressionlessly below Tongguan.
"Champion Marquis, I respect you, but you don't know what is good and what is good. Why should I respect you?" Dong Zhuo said fiercely: "Since you don't drink the toast and eat the fine wine, don't blame me for being ruthless! Hulao Pass, you
Do you really think I'm afraid of you? Tell you! What I'm worried about is the coalition of princes!"
"Then give it a try!" Liu Zhang sneered: "Han Sheng, hold Lu Bu down; Yun Chang, Yide, Zilong, the three of you, kill Hua Xiong first, then Li Jue, Guo Si and others. Laodian
, Capture Zhang Xiu alive!"
"Yes!" Zhao Yun and others responded with clasped fists on their horses, and then rectified their troops and prepared to charge.
"Hmph! You are not overestimating your own capabilities!" Dong Zhuo snorted coldly: "Order, charge!"
A drumbeat sounded, and Li Jue's seven-man army rushed towards Liu Zhang's army.
"Liu Zhang, hand over Diaochan!" Lu Bu waved Fang Tianhua's halberd and charged directly at Liu Zhang's army.
"Your opponent is me!" Huang Zhong raised the Daxia Dragon Bird and urged the yellow gelding to face Lu Bu.
"Death!" Lu Bu knew how powerful Huang Zhong was, so he didn't want to tangle with him, but Huang Zhong was ordered to hold Lu Bu back, so how could he let him rush over? Lu Bu, who was like a mad man, struck Huang Zhong with one halberd faster than the other.
Zhong suppressed and fought. However, Huang Zhong didn't care. Anyway, it was just delaying time. As long as Lu Bu continued to fight him!
Lu Bu was held back by Huang Zhong, and the other generals of Dong Zhuo's army were in trouble.
"Hua Xiong, accept your fate!" Guan Yu, the real master who killed Hua Xiong with warm wine, seemed to have had a grudge against Hua Xiong for countless generations. I saw a flash of green floating in the air, and Guan Yu had already rushed in front of Hua Xiong. A white light flashed, and Hua Xiong vomited blood.
Flying upside down. Guan Yu stroked his long beard and stared directly at Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo actually felt a chill on his neck.
"Hey! A certain Zhang Yide from Yan, who dares to challenge me to a duel!" Seeing Guan Yu's meritorious service, Zhang Fei was unwilling to lag behind. He shouted loudly, which was faintly heard over the drums on the battlefield. Li Jue and Guo Si looked at each other.
At one glance, they joined forces to kill Zhang Fei.
"Well done!" Zhang Fei shouted again, which shocked Li Jue and Guo Si's ears.
"Be careful!" He saw Zhang Fei sweeping the snake spear eight feet across, and Li Jue raised his sword to block it. Unexpectedly, Zhang Fei turned his sweep into a stab, and the snake spear penetrated Li Jue's chest and abdomen. Li Jue had no time to change his move, and Guo Si saw something wrong.
In a hurry, he slashed Zhang Fei's snake spear with his knife. The force of the repulsion actually made Guo Si's mouth numb, and this time, Zhang Fei's snake spear deflected slightly, and Li Jue managed to escape with his life.
"Thank you!" Li Jue dodged Zhang Fei's attack and immediately thanked Guo Si.
"We are old friends for many years. How can I thank you?" Guo Si and Li Jue served under Dong Zhuo together. They climbed from a small soldier to a general. They have known each other for twenty years. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are close friends who cut each other's necks. Saving each other's lives is indeed not the case.
What a big deal. In the army, if you don't have the support of your comrades, you won't even be able to save your life.
"Hey! The relationship is good! Today I will send you on the road together, so that you can become a pair of mandarin ducks with the same fate!" Zhang Fei raised his snake spear and attacked Li Jue and Guo Si again.
Uncle Zhang was so angry that even ten Li Jue and Guo Si were no match! It’s just that Liu Zhang had already ordered that everyone except Lu Bu would only be injured but not killed. If Liu Zhang hadn’t really disliked Lu Bu’s behavior and wanted to seize Diaochan by force, he
He will not be cruel to Lu Bu. However, it seems that it is not that easy to kill Lu Bu.
"Look at me, a hundred birds paying homage to the phoenix!" On the other side of the battlefield, Zhao Yun and Dian Wei faced Zhang Ji, Fan Chou, and Zhang Xiu. Liu Zhang had an explanation. Zhang Xiu was a fellow disciple, so it was best to capture him alive, and Zhang Ji was Zhang Xiu's.
Uncle, it's best not to get hurt if you can. As a result, Zhao Yun blocked Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu alone, and Fan Chou was almost killed by Dian Wei! As for Liu Zhang, he commanded the army to deal with Dong Zhuo's army.
An army of 100,000 people faced an army of 80,000 people, but was suppressed. Dong Zhuo stood at the gate with a depressed look on his face. Li Ru knew that he was not willing to give in, and immediately stepped forward to persuade him: "Prime Minister, the champion has experienced hundreds of battles and has never been defeated. If
If you forcefully fight with them, both sides will suffer losses, so it is better to make peace with them!"
"But the champion wants the Queen Mother He and others, how can I give him the truth?" Dong Zhuo was so depressed that he didn't want to be an enemy of Liu Zhang, but now he had to fight!
Li Ru smiled and said: "Prime Minister, why bother? When the champion comes, he can only bring one or two months of food and grass. If there is no food, why not retreat?"
"This..." Dong Zhuo was overjoyed when he heard this: "Why don't you withdraw your troops at the expense of gold?"
"Dang...dang...dang..." Dong Zhuo's army was about to be defeated. A burst of gongs and drums sounded. Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu quickly commanded the troops to retreat into the pass. Lu Bu and Huang Zhong were fighting inextricably, but after Guan Yu defeated Hua Xiong, they
Joined the battle. Lu Bu was being beaten by Guan Yu and Huang Zhong. When he heard Jin Jin, he quickly forced Guan Yu and went straight into Tongguan, and also rescued Hua Xiong back.
As for why Liu Zhang didn't help beat Lu Bu, it was because he knew very well that with his ability, against a master like Lu Bu, he was looking for death. Instead of letting Huang Zhong and Guan Yu have to distract themselves from taking care of him while dealing with Lu Bu, it would be better
Let Guan Yu and Huang Zhong concentrate on dealing with Lu Bu!
Dong Zhuo withdrew his troops, but Liu Zhang did not pursue him. He stood at the foot of the pass and asked: "Zhong Ying, you haven't had enough, why did you withdraw your troops?"
"Uh..." Dong Zhuo broke out in a cold sweat. Liu Zhang hadn't had enough. Most of his generals had been seriously injured. If Liu Zhang had enough, then Hua Xiong and the others wouldn't have to finish it?
Dong Zhuo smiled and said: "Champion, you and I have a grudge, why should we fight to the death? Can we give the truth more time to think about it?"
"Zhong Ying, are you trying to stall for time and wait until the army rations run out?" Liu Zhang revealed Li Ru's thoughts with one sentence, causing Dong Zhuo's expression to change.
"How is that possible?" Dong Zhuo stood at the door and argued.
Although Liu Zhang could not see Dong Zhuo's face, he knew very well that Dong Zhuo, an old boy, would not shed tears until he saw the coffin. So Liu Zhang shook his head and said with a smile: "Even if I withdraw my troops back to Yizhou, they are still near Chang'an. I can always withdraw from there.
Send troops from Yangping Pass, or send troops from Jinyang to attack Chang'an. If I am in a bad mood, I can just send a few troops into Liangzhou. What should Zhong Ying do?"
"Then I will kill Cai Yong and others!" Dong Zhuo looked ruthless.
Liu Zhang nodded and said: "That's a good suggestion! In that case, how about we fight to the death? You kill Queen Mother He and others, and I will kill your whole family! If what I remember is correct, Zhong Ying is almost sixty years old this year. You can
I still have a son in my hands. I hope you can have another son this year, and then you can live to your seventh and eighth decade!"
"You..." Dong Zhuo pointed at Liu Zhang and bit it into pieces with his steel teeth.
You must know that Dong Zhuo's biggest disadvantage is that he has difficulty in having heirs. For a monarch, having no heirs means having no successors. Although Dong Zhuo's subordinates did not say it, it does not mean that they are not worried. As for Dong Zhuo's sons-in-law Li Ru and Niu Fu
, are not good candidates to succeed Dong Zhuo.
"Oh! That's it!" Before Dong Zhuo could speak, Liu Zhang seemed to understand something. He pointed at Lu Bu beside Dong Zhuo and said: "I understand! You accepted Lu Bu as your adopted son, did you intend to pass the position to him? No wonder
Lu Bu is willing to kill Ding Yuan!"
As soon as these words came out, the eyes of the generals around Dong Zhuo changed when they looked at Lu Bu, and even Lu Bu had a glimmer of hope in his heart. You know, at the beginning, Ding Yuan regarded Lu Bu as his biological son and was prepared to let Lu Bu inherit his throne.
Everything. At this moment, Lu Bu's ambition suddenly expanded. He suddenly felt that becoming Dong Zhuo's adopted son was not a bad thing!
Dong Zhuo is also a good man. He knew that Liu Zhang was sowing discord, but when he saw the change in Lu Bu's eyes, he immediately understood that Lu Bu was no longer the same Lu Bu! People cannot be without ambition, because people without ambition are often willing to be ordinary. But
People cannot have too much ambition, because too much ambition will make a person greedy.
In the past, Lu Bu's ambition was not too big, and it happened to be used by Dong Zhuo. But Liu Zhang's words just now made Lu Bu's ambition rapidly expand. In addition, Lu Bu was reckless by nature and did not know how to hide it. Dong Zhuo saw his ambition. Because of this
Seeing Lu Bu's ambition, Dong Zhuo slowly began to alienate him.
"Champion, you don't have to sow discord!" Although Dong Zhuo was determined to alienate Lu Bu, he was facing Liu Zhang and needed Lu Bu's services, so naturally he couldn't show his dissatisfaction with Lu Bu.
"Instigating discord? I never disdain this!" Liu Zhang said with a smile: "Zhongying, I will give you three more days. If you really don't hand over Queen Mother He, I will retreat! However, you must bear the consequences!"
After Liu Zhang issued the ultimatum, he ordered to retreat twenty miles and set up camp. Dong Zhuo had no choice but to order Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu to continue guarding Tongguan. He took the seriously injured Hua Xiong, Li Jue and Guo Si back to Chang'an. This time, Dong Zhuo
Lu Bu was also retained, but he was not allowed to be the commander-in-chief!
Three days later, Dong Zhuo replied to Liu Zhang, determined not to hand over the four Queen Mothers. Liu Zhang also did not force it, so as not to destroy both the jade and the stone. When Liu Zhang led his troops to withdraw from Tongguan, everyone under Dong Zhuo breathed a sigh of relief. However, Liu Zhang said,
Let Dong Zhuo serve Queen Mother He carefully, otherwise he will be destroyed.
For the sake of his family, Dong Zhuo almost did not help Liu Bian to the throne. Although Liu Bian and He Lingsi were no longer the emperor and the queen mother, their treatment was completely different from that of the real emperor Liu Xie and the queen mother Wang Meiren. Jealousy Huo
Beauty Wang, who was suffering from fever, refused to change her ways and harmed Liu Bian and the Queen Mother He. If Dong Zhuo had not received the news in time, Liu Bian and the Queen Mother He would have been killed.
This incident frightened Dong Zhuo into a cold sweat. God knows if Wang Meiren killed Liu Bian and the Queen Mother He, Liu Zhang would put the account on his head and bury his whole family with him! The angry Dong Zhuo finally became angry because of his treatment of Wang Meiren.