After Guan Yu left, Gai Jun closed his eyes and rested his mind while gently touching his temples.
Guan Yu was the first historical celebrity he had recruited since he came to the Han Dynasty. Because he had known each other for a long time, he tried his best to win over him, and made a heart-to-heart relationship with him. Therefore, it was expected that once "Guan Emperor" fled, he would not go to Zhuojun again, but would definitely come to the north.
, but when he heard the other party say it personally, he still felt elated. In the era of the Three Kingdoms where talents abounded and stars were shining brightly, Guan Yu was the most dazzling star among them. No one could cover up his light, not even his.
Neither can the monarch Liu Bei.
Guan Yu was so brave and invincible in the battlefields throughout his life that he forced Cao Cao, who dominated the north, to move his capital several times to avoid being exposed. As a military general, how many people can do what he did?
However, there is a fatal flaw in his character, which can be summed up in one word - proud. This word proud can be extended to many words, arrogance, arrogance, pride, or arrogance, arrogance, arrogance, Guan Yu has it all.
And he did it to the extreme, even Mi Fang, the wife and brother of the monarch Liu Bei, did not take it seriously. The loss of Jingzhou was certainly the result of Sun Quan's long-standing plan to use preparedness against unpreparedness, but it was also directly related to his character.
After knowing each other for more than ten years, in Gai Jun's eyes, Guan Yu not only represents a simple symbol like "the most powerful general in the Three Kingdoms", but also a friend and minister, a dear one. He never wants Guan Yu to go down in history.
that road.
In the past, when he was at the border, Gai Jun might have left Guan Yu alone, as long as the latter fought the battle well. However, when he took control of Chang'an, it was completely different. Guan Yu had to restrain himself, whether proactively or passively.
"Father..." Gai Yi's clear voice reached his ears. Gai Jun opened his eyes, looked at his son standing respectfully in front of him, and said, "Didn't I tell you to leave first?"
Gai Yi smiled and said, "There's not much to do anyway. It's noon now, so I'm just waiting for my father to have dinner with me."
Gai Jun noticed that Gai Yi was holding a letter in his hand and asked, "Is it a letter from your mother and grandmother?" Of course, his grandmother refers to Gai Yi's biological mother Bian Wei, and mother is a relatively orthodox title.
This is Cai Wan, Gai Jun’s wife.
"Yes, I just arrived." Gai Yi replied while handing over the letter.
Gai Jun nodded and accepted the letter. When he was away on an expedition, he would inevitably miss his home, so he made strict rules for Cai Wan and Bian Wei, ordering them to write a letter in two days, and no more than three days.
Gai Jun opened the letter, and it was nothing important. Bian Wei was talking about how naughty Gai Ba was, and how noisy Gai Chu was. Gai Chun was his new fourth son, because Bian Wei said in the letter that he had a pair of big, clear eyes.
, Gai Jun named him Qin, which means clear eyesight. As for Cai Wan's twins, the boy was named Liang, Liang is a beautiful word, which means good, great, etc. The girl was named Du, which was his early childhood.
It took almost ten years for Bian Wei to think of a name before Gai Yi was born.
In addition to Gai Mo, Gai Liang, and Gai Du's three children, Cai Wan also talked about some political affairs. She was the mistress of ten counties in Heshuo.
All matters, no matter how big or small, are reported to Cai Wan. The things mentioned in the letter are all major events related to Northern Xinjiang. Otherwise, he would have to go through the trivial matters in person, and he would be exhausted.
Gai Jun finished reading the letter and put it in his arms. Gai Yi had a letter written by his mother, so he didn't need to read his. He stood up and hooked his eldest son's shoulder, and they went out together.
Gai Yi looked up at his father's sharp profile and said hesitantly: "Father..."
"Um?"
"If you go to the front line tomorrow, how about taking me with you?" Gai Yi mustered up the courage to finish speaking, his eyes becoming calmer.
"What did you say?..." Gai Jun's steps immediately slowed down. He saw that Gai Yi was strong for his age, but in his eyes he was still thin and his expression was extremely serious. Once Gai Jun straightened his face, he looked unparalleled in majesty.
, showing the true character of the overlord of Northern Xinjiang, no matter how arrogant the civil servants, no matter how unruly the military generals are, their hearts are trembling at this time, and they dare not look at them, but there is one person who doesn't like him. Yes, he is Gai Yi
, this kid is extremely stubborn, even more stubborn than him.
"When you go to the front line tomorrow, can you take me with you?" Gai Yi repeated.
Facing his son's determined gaze, Gai Jun realized that the "killing with eyes" method had failed again, so he had to give up and said with a wry smile: "If I had known this, I shouldn't have brought you out in the first place."
"..." Gai Yi pursed his lips and lowered his head. As a son of a human being, he knew his father's character best. He was typically hard-spoken and soft-hearted. Since he said this, he agreed.
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Jingzhaoyin, south of Lantian County, Aoguan.
Yiguan is located just between the Western Capital of Chang'an and Wuguan. It stands in front of Yiling Mountain and leans on Mount Chi behind. The terrain is steep. It is the communication throat between Guanzhong and Nanyang, and it is also the last barrier to the south of the Western Capital of Chang'an.
Lu Bu's majestic body stood on the pass, looking at the green mountains and sea in the distance. He recalled that in the past, Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, broke through Wuguan and went north to Lantian. He was blocked here, so he adopted Zhang Liang's plan. It is recorded in history that "Round Yao Pass and cross Mount Jiang"
, attack the Qin army, and defeat the south of Lantian." He rushed into Guanzhong before Xiang Yu, destroyed the Qin Dynasty, and achieved hegemony. How magnificent! How great! When I think about my current situation, I feel depressed.
On the day the city of Chang'an was broken, he led more than a thousand cavalry and thousands of horses to break out of the siege. When he got out of the city, there were only more than 500 people and less than a thousand horses left. After taking a breath, he took advantage of Han and Dong
The army had no time to pay attention to him, so Lu Bu continued south and fled all the way to Duling County. This place was twenty or thirty miles away from Chang'an City. It was not too far or too close, so it was just right.
After entering the city, he immediately drove away the county magistrate and took over the entire city. He not only recruited hundreds of county soldiers, but also ordered the soldiers to recruit strong soldiers. If anyone disobeyed, he would kill them with swords. The people were afraid and did not dare to resist, and he successfully plundered the people.
There are two thousand strong men.
Du Linggu has less than 10,000 households. It is also close to the western capital Chang'an and can be regarded as a large county in Guanzhong. If he is willing to relax some conditions, let alone two thousand, it can be four thousand or six thousand. There is no problem. But although Lu Bu is a little hungry now, in the end
He has been in the border army and banned for many years, but he is unwilling to lead a group of people who have only touched farm tools in their lives. Of these two thousand people, 50% are young people who have served as soldiers, and 30% are rangers.
, prisoners, and the last 20% are private soldiers of wealthy families. Their military quality may not be as good as that of the Han army, but with a little training, they can be used.
They not only robbed people, grain, horses, mules, and property, but also robbed anything that was useful...
The next day, the long-awaited carriage drove into Duling City. The situation was critical yesterday and he had no time to bring his family with him, so he had to leave two close aides behind and ordered them to protect his mistress. When the situation in Chang'an stabilized, they would leave the city to join him.
It was much earlier than he thought. It seemed that Han Sui was a figure. He controlled Chang'an in just one day. What impressed him even more was that Han Sui, a scribe, could actually control people as powerful as wolves and tigers.
The proud soldiers and generals of Western Xinjiang are willing to obey orders.
Now that his family has returned from danger, Lu Bu does not intend to stay in Duling. Who knows if Han Sui, who is sitting in Chang'an, will take a dislike to him and send thousands of elite cavalry to kill him.
In the middle of the day, Lu Bu sent a thousand cavalry southward, and ordered Zhang Liao to command the rest of the troops in Lantian County. The latter's task was to repeat Du Ling's story, collect county soldiers, release prisoners, capture rangers, and capture young men, and strive to collect five soldiers.
Thousands.
Lu Bu's target is Aoguan Pass south of Lantian. This pass is now in the hands of Li Meng's tribe, but Li Meng himself is not here. He is stationed at Wuguan to resist the fierce attack of Yuan Shu's army. Lu Bu has already intercepted and killed several messengers from Chang'an heading south.
I believe that the soldiers at Aoguan have not yet received clear news. When the sun set in the west, the army arrived at Aoguan. Lu Bu falsely claimed that he was a sergeant of Han Sui, saying that he had conquered Chang'an. He came here to read out the imperial edict, and Li Meng was promoted to general.
Each of them also received a reward. The second was to support Li Meng. The thousand cavalry were only the vanguard, and the following troops numbered tens of thousands, and there were letters to prove it.
The general guarding the gate did not doubt that he was there, so he opened the door. Not wanting to wait for him was not the emperor's reward, but countless shining knives and green arrow clusters. The guarding general felt that he had been deceived, and when he tried to resist, he was stabbed by Lu Bu with a halberd.
die.
There are also thousands of people guarding the pass, and the numbers on both sides are almost the same. However, Lu Bu relies on his own bravery, and the other party's general is dead. How can he take the other party seriously? He killed the person next to the general guarding the pass, and Lu Bu rode his horse into the pass.
, killed several more people, and became invincible. The knights of Lu Jun followed closely behind them, killing heavily and drinking the enemy's blood.
The soldiers guarding the gate were caught off guard, and in the blink of an eye there were over a hundred corpses lying on the ground. The others were so horrified that they collapsed and either fled or surrendered.
Lu Bu ordered his men to block the way back, and then led 300 elite cavalry to roam around the Aoguan Pass. Wherever they passed, the rebels disintegrated one after another and were defeated. The Lu army overtook them and killed them one by one. Less than half of them were able to escape.
At that time, the Aoguan Pass fell into the hands, with more than 500 soldiers, thousands of swords, bows and crossbows, armor and pouches, and 28,000 stones of food and grass. The results were quite fruitful.
The next day, Zhang Liao arrived with a large number of people, and the two groups combined, with a total of more than 5,300 soldiers, 1,300 in iron armor, 1,500 in leather armor, and 1,780 cavalry. Naturally,
Only the nearly a thousand horses that Lu Bu brought from Chang'an can be considered real war horses. The rest are hundreds, mostly horses and mules. It is okay to follow them and fight with the wind, but it is extremely difficult to make them charge into battle.
With such a military strength, if you just wait and see from a distance, you can fool many people and defend by the pass. Lu Bu is confident that he can defend it for ten days and a half.
However, if Lu Buyu wants to make a difference, he cannot stay here for a long time. He must go south as soon as possible to help Yuan Shu, break the Wuguan, and kill Li Meng. This means that it is very likely to meet the Xiliang army in the wild. After all, Lu Buyu is a
This improvised motley army looks glamorous on the surface, but is actually vulnerable to a single blow. Three thousand Xiliang cavalry can completely destroy it without much effort.
This team was finally gathered by Lu Bu. Although it was extremely weak compared to the enemy, it was the only one he could rely on at this time. Naturally, he did not want to bury it easily, so he sent all his detective cavalry to the south to investigate the enemy's situation.
Time passed quickly, and Lu Bu had stayed at the Pass for several days. Without incident, Han Sui discovered the situation here. In recent days, he had frequently seen Xiliang scouts wandering outside the Pass, and they were eyeing the Pass. He expected it to take as little as three days, or as many as five.
On the seventh or eighth day, the Xiliang army will come to kill you.
At the same time, our own detective cavalry also continuously sent back intelligence from the south. Between Yaoguan and Wuguan, there were two county towns, Shangluo and Shangxian, with hundreds of troops stationed in each. Attacking the city, not to mention the two places
It is surrounded by mountains and rivers, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack. Speaking of our own side, firstly, we have too few troops, secondly, our combat power is very poor, and thirdly, we have no siege equipment. It is almost impossible to successfully attack a fortified city.
As a result, it seems that there is only one way left for him. He should make a desperate move, go around the city, drive straight into the enemy's territory, and cooperate with Yuan Shu to attack Wuguan from behind. Of course it is good if it succeeds, but if it fails, the worst is to take the old troops and escape over the mountains.
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When it came time to make a decision, Lu Bu never lacked decisiveness.
That day and night, Lu Bu summoned all the generals in the official residence of Yaoguan. Cheng Lian, Wei Yue, Wei Xu, Hou Cheng, Xue Lan and other powerful generals from Bingzhou entered the room one after another. Hao Meng, Cao Xing, Li Zou, Zhao Shu and other Hanoi nationals came to the room.
The generals then arrived. At the end of Emperor Ling's reign, Heishan was rampant. Zhang Yan invaded from the south, and Yang Fengdong invaded the east. They plundered Yuxi from the west. The three thieves arose together, with the intention of gathering in Hanoi and threatening the capital. The founder of the Bingzhou Army was the late Bingzhou Governor Ding.
He returned to pay homage to the cavalry captain and stationed in Hanoi. He defended Zhang Yan in the north, blocked Yang Feng in the west, and prepared poison in the east. He made great achievements. After the death of Emperor Ling, he was ordered by the general He Jin to march south to Jingluo, intimidating the Queen Mother and threatening the queen mother.
During this period, bijian eunuch was in urgent need of troops, so he recruited troops in Hanoi. Hao Meng, Cao Xing, Li Zou, Zhao Shu and others all joined the Bingzhou army at that time. Unfortunately, because they were not direct descendants, their status, official positions, and military power were all in the Bingzhou army.
Will be under.
Zhang Liao was the last one to come in. As the person second only to Lu Bu in the Lu army, he had the qualifications, but he did not do so on purpose. In fact, he was responsible for the defense of Aoguan. Naturally, he had to arrange everything in detail and arrange everything properly. bsp; Lu Bu
He nodded slightly to Zhang Liao, motioned for him to sit down, glanced at the generals, and said: "You all know the situation in the south, so I won't say more... I am determined to go south."
"..." When the generals heard this, they looked at each other.
Zhang Liao had known that Lu Bu would do this, but when it happened, he still couldn't help but feel depressed. Lu Bu was so stubborn that he insisted on going south even in such a bad situation. I really don't know how to describe him... To put it bluntly,
He was gambling with thousands of lives under his command.
Lu Bu glanced sideways at Zhang Liao and said slowly: "Those who are willing to follow Mr. Lu, I dare not protect your life. The only thing that can guarantee wealth and honor is to share blessings and bear hardships together. How can we have a better future?"
To achieve success, don’t forget the meaning of today. If you don’t want to, don’t force it, just go north alone. From then on, the road faces the sky, everyone goes to one side, and they meet strangers..."
"..." Zhang Liao laughed angrily. Lu Bu's words were clearly directed at him. The reason why he still stays with Lu Bu is not because of loyalty. Lu Bu is a cunning and cunning man who only cares about profit and loves his wife and daughter.
I have a bullshit loyalty to him. It's because of the brotherly loyalty that people in the border areas value, and because of the admiration in my heart when I was a boy. But what has Lu Bu done since he entered the Central Plains? Kill Ding Yuan, kill Zhang Yang, abandon Gao Gao
Okay, what is one thing that catches people’s eyes?
Zhang Liao asked himself if he was worthy of Lu Bu, otherwise he would not have fallen to this point. When he escaped from Chang'an, he told Lu Bu that Gai Jun was a sign of refuge and did not want to hurt Lu Bu.
Shit, as for being so small-minded?
Cheng Lian was less than seven feet tall, but he had a long face, a horse face, a heavy beard, eyes like an eagle, and a rough aura. In terms of force, he was ranked among the top five in the Lu army. He took out the long sword from his waist and slapped it hard with the scabbard. After hitting several cases, he shouted loudly: "Who the hell dares to leave the army and run north by himself? Ask my knife master first if he agrees!..."
Sitting next to Cheng Lian is the heroic general Wei Yue. He is nearly eight feet long, has a majestic appearance, a protruding nose and a wide mouth, and is extremely powerful. He and Cheng Lian are called Lü Bu's right-hand men. They often charge into battle with Lü Bu, and are brave enough to win the three armies. However, Compared with Cheng Lian who was heartless, Wei Yue knew how to watch faces. Seeing that Zhang Liao's face was getting uglier and ugly, he quietly poked Cheng Lian and whispered: "Old Cheng, shut up that stinking mouth of yours, are you looking for death?" ?!”.
Cheng Lian pushed Wei Yue's hand away and shouted: "Old Wei, why are you stopping me? What? Did I say something wrong?...I will chop to death whoever fucking escapes! No matter what Sima he is, A lieutenant, or a lieutenant among birds!"
"Damn it!..." Wei Yue's majestic facial features were almost wrinkled. Among the Lu army, excluding Lu Bu, all the generals were lieutenants, and there was only one Zhonglang general, namely Yulin Zhonglang general Zhang Liao and Cheng Lian. These words are tantamount to shouting by name. Most of the people in the border areas are irritable people. If they disagree, they will draw their swords against each other. Zhang Liao is the best among them. Among the generals of the Lu army, which one has not suffered from him? Even Cheng Lian was often punched by him. I didn't expect that Cheng Lian didn't have a long memory.
Sure enough, Wei Yue's worries came true. Zhang Liao had a gloomy face and sinister eyes, staring straight at Cheng Lian. His muscles were tense, and he might burst out and pounce at any time.
Just as Wei Yue said, Zhang Liao looks calm, but in fact he has an extremely hot temper. Among the Lu army, only Lu Bu has not been hit by his fists, and no one else has ever taken him seriously. Cheng Lian must have been bitten by ambition. How dare you dare to challenge him in public without giving him a lesson. He really thinks of himself as a person.
The room was filled with a strong smell of fire...
Seeing that the conflict was about to break out, Lu Bu, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said: "Okay, we are all old brothers who share joys and sorrows, life and death, why should we make things difficult for each other."
Zhang Liao snorted coldly and glared at Cheng Lian fiercely. Obviously, this matter was not over yet and would be left to be settled in the future.
Cheng Lian was not afraid at all and provoked with his eyes.
Lu Bu ignored the two men's secret quarrels and said to the generals: "The army is about to move south, and Han Sui will arrive soon. Someone needs to defend the Pass to protect the back..."
"..." The generals looked at each other speechless. Lu Bu would definitely take most of his people with him when he went south, and none of his elite would be left behind. At most, he would lead more than a thousand rabble to guard the Pass, facing tens of thousands of Western troops. Liang's army, how to defend it?
No one dared to respond for a long while...
Zhang Liao looked around and saw that the generals were silent. He looked directly at Lu Bu and said word by word: "I will stay..."