0p0 Chapter 696: March into Guanzhong
Chapter 696: March into Guanzhong
History always seems to have its own power of correction. Even without Diao Chan, it did not affect Prime Minister Wang Yun in Chang'an City from using the beauty trap against Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu.
For the high and mighty Wang Situ, it was not difficult to find a beautiful woman with stunning beauty. After finding her, he would brainwash and educate her, and entrust the so-called Han Dynasty to a young woman.
Afterwards, one woman was promised to two men, which further alienated the relationship between Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu and deepened the conflict between them, and everything became natural.
Lu Bu was already dissatisfied with Dong Zhuo and was unwilling to be inferior to him, so he was soon fooled by Wang Yun and became a knife in Wang Yun's hand.
In the spring of the third year of Chuping (192 AD), Prime Minister Wang Yun in Chang'an City induced Lu Bu to kill Dong Zhuo.
After Dong Zhuo's death, the generals of the Western Liang army attacked Chang'an to avenge Dong Zhuo. Lü Bu and Li Su led their troops to resist, but they were outnumbered and eventually defeated.
Li Jue and Guo Si demanded that Emperor Xian of Han hand over Prime Minister Wang Yun. Wang Yun was forced to jump off the top of the Chang'an City Wall. Afterwards, Li Jue, Guo Si and others killed Wang Yun's entire family.
Afterwards, Li Que, Guo Si and others attacked Chang'an and forced Emperor Xian of Han to confer official titles on them, making them generals of chariots and cavalry, generals of heavy cavalry, etc.
Wang Yun's death and the extinction of his clan were also a heavy blow to those loyal ministers who remained loyal to the Han Dynasty.
After all, Emperor Xian of Han, as the emperor of a dynasty, could not even protect his own ministers and could only allow those Xiliang rebel generals to kill them at will. Who would be willing to continue working for the emperor of the Han Dynasty?
Not only that, people like Li Jue and Guo Si were able to become General of Chariots and Cavalry or General of Light Cavalry, and the number of official positions in the Han Dynasty was also greatly reduced.
At the same time, Cao Cao established himself in Yanzhou, and with the help of his adviser Xun Yu, he had a county and soldiers to fight.
However, to the north of Yanzhou is Lu Cheng, whose strength is equivalent to an epic enhanced version of Yuan Shao, while Boss Cao has been weakened a lot now.
When Cao Cao thought of his old friend Yuan Benchu, who was unable to fight back under Lu Cheng's attack and died in the chaos without a trace, he felt a sense of urgency and even felt that Dongjun was not safe as it was too close to Jizhou.
But at the moment Cao Cao had no choice. The four states of Qing, Ji, You and Bing in the north had been occupied by Lu Cheng, the Guanzhong area in the west was controlled by Dong Zhuo, the south was the territory of Runan Yuan family, the east was Tao Qian of Xuzhou, and further south were Liu Biao of Jingzhou, Liu Zhang of Yizhou and Liu Yao of Yangzhou. There was no place for him to stand at all.
It is already very good to be able to find a place to gain a foothold in Yanzhou, which is sandwiched between the two.
However, every time Cao Cao recalled the scene when he first met Lu Cheng, he could not help but sigh: "How lucky is Lu Shouxin to have so many talented people under his command, both civil and military?"
Of course, Boss Cao was not discouraged by this. Instead, he seized the time to develop his territory, train his troops, and wait for the right time.
At the same time, Cao Cao sent people to Langya County to bring his relatives to his side.
During the turbulent times, Cao Cao's family was taking refuge in Langya County. Cao Cao sent someone to pick up his family and headed to Yanzhou via Xuzhou.
On the way, Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, wanted to make friends with Cao Cao, so he sent his general Zhang Kai to escort Cao Cao and his family to Dongjun along the way.
Unexpectedly, when Zhang Kai saw that Cao Cao's family was carrying a lot of gold, silver and jewelry, he became malicious and took advantage of the rainy night to kill all of Cao Cao's family members and robbed their treasures and left.
After Cao Cao heard the news, he was filled with grief and anger, and immediately ordered Cheng Yu and others to reorganize the troops and prepare to attack Xuzhou.
Of course, Cao Cao led his troops to attack Xuzhou not just to avenge his father, but mainly wanted to seize the land of Xuzhou as his own foothold.
At the same time, Ma Teng, Han Sui and others who were far away in Xiliang heard that there was a change in the court in Chang'an, so they raised the banner of rebellion, claiming that they would fight against the enemy for the country, eradicate the treacherous officials, and lead their troops to attack Chang'an.
At this time, in the residence of General Zhengbei of Jizhou, Lu Cheng was also discussing with his civil and military officials.
"My lord, the emperor is in trouble now and Chang'an is in chaos. It is time to use military force. You can raise the banner of justice and, in the name of clearing the court of corrupt officials, send troops to attack Li Jue and Guo Si and bring back the emperor."
"Yes, Ma Teng, Han Sui and others from Xiliang are still able to hold high the banner of justice, so my lord cannot fall behind. If the emperor is here, then justice is in hand."
Lu Cheng nodded: "I also want to march to Chang'an. But Xuzhou also needs to be planned. Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, although he controls a state, has no ability to defend it, and will definitely not be able to stop Cao Cao's army. Cao Mengde is a hero of the time. If he is allowed to take Xuzhou, it will be like a dragon entering the sea, and it will be unstoppable.
Fengxiao, you and Ziyi will lead 30,000 troops to rescue Xuzhou. If Cao Cao retreats and Tao Qian is willing to give up Xuzhou, you can lead it for me. "
Guo Jia and Taishi Ci immediately accepted the order.
Lu Cheng looked at Zhang He again and said, "Junyi, I will give you 20,000 soldiers. If Cao Cao attacks Xuzhou, you will lead the troops to launch a surprise attack on Dongjun."
Zhang He clasped his fists and bowed: "I obey your orders!"
Lu Cheng looked at Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun again and said, "Han Sheng and Zilong, you two will lead 30,000 troops to advance towards Guanzhong. I will follow you."
"promise!"
The situation in the world is changing rapidly.
Now, Dong Zhuo was killed by Lu Bu two months earlier, and Cao Cao's family was also killed, so no one cared about the emperor in Guanzhong.
In this case, Lu Cheng doesn't mind taking control of the current emperor and following the example of Boss Cao, using the emperor to control the other princes.
In this way, Lu Cheng has taken advantage of both Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, and the process of conquering the world will be smoother.
Only by ending this chaotic world as soon as possible and gaining greater power as soon as possible can we mobilize as many resources as possible to deal with future natural disasters and save more Chinese people.
Today, there are more than 300,000 well-trained soldiers in the four states under Lu Cheng's rule, among which Youzhou and Bingzhou have the largest number of troops to guard against the Xianbei and Xiongnu who have not been completely eliminated.
Jizhou and Qingzhou each had more than 60,000 soldiers and horses, distributed in various cities.
At the same time, each county has a certain number of garrison troops, and more soldiers can be drawn out to fight in wartime.
In order to completely take over the entire Guanzhong, Lu Cheng first let Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong lead 3 combat soldiers and auxiliary soldiers into Guanzhong, and then drew combat soldiers and auxiliary soldiers from various states, totaling troops and horses to go to Guanzhong.
After the troops were mobilized, Lu Cheng immediately set off for Guanzhong.
Before the large group of troops arrived in Guanzhong, they received news from Chang'an that Ma Teng and Han Sui had failed in their attack on Chang'an and had delayed for too long, running out of food and grass, so they had led their troops back to Xiliang.
Lu Cheng didn't take Ma Teng and Han Sui too seriously. What concerned him more was Jia Xu, who was known as "the most venomous scholar in the Three Kingdoms" and was hiding in the Xiliang Army.