Things are developing very quickly, and news is constantly coming out.
They had just received the news that Dong Zhuo was missing. Less than half a month later, they received news that Li Jue and Guo Si had gathered Dong Zhuo's remaining troops and surrounded Chang'an. Immediately afterwards, they learned how powerful Lu Bu was. Li Jue and Guo Bang, who were defending the city and could not attack by force, were pulled out to fight in the field. Lu Bu personally led the troops and beat them to the ground. The army, which was several times the strength of Lu Bu, was helpless.
Before everyone in the world could marvel at Lu Bu's bravery, another news came. Lu Bu only defended the city for eight days, but the city of Chang'an was breached. Wang Yun and others, who had been in glory for less than three months, were all killed. Later, people realized that it was someone under Lu Bu who managed to open the city gate.
The princes are similar to Guo Jia. Just like Guo Jia recommended himself to Liaodong and said that he has the skill of slaying dragons. In fact, the princes of this era all have the skill of slaying dragons. The knowledge is there, but it is a matter of whether it is practiced or not.
They were eliminated in the drastically changing situation, but at the same time they were growing. The more experiences people have, the less they will gain. Whether it is good or bad, the gains are there.
Just as the king and his thieves captured Youzhou before, not only did Gongsun Zan learn from experience, interrupting Wang Yan's spellcasting and not giving him a chance to open his mouth to force his words, others also learned from it, each using different methods to strengthen their control over the army under his command. intensity. Wang Yan would not have tricked everyone into surrendering just by talking in front of the formation.
This time people also learned lessons, that is, military bravery cannot last long, and success depends on unity, strengthening the ideological construction of soldiers, and avoiding betrayal when fighting a tough battle.
As a result, Li Jue and Guo Si occupied Chang'an and lived a happy life of coercing the emperor to control the princes. They once had the idea of killing Liu Xie, but they were blocked by Jia Xu. Of course Jia Xu was not loyal to the Han Dynasty, let alone an emperor who had no power. It's just that he is now involved with Li Jue, Guo Si and others. If Liu Xie is really killed, he, the person who encouraged Li Jue and Guo Si to attack Chang'an, will not have a good life in the future.
After all, the emperor dared to kill, what else could he not dare to do? He is not Li Ru. Moreover, he concluded that Li Ru must have died miserably. Short-term scenery and long-term enjoyment, this is not a multiple choice question. He cherishes his life the most, so he won't do such a thing.
Li Jue and Guo Bin were enjoying themselves in Chang'an, and Lu Bu hung around for a few days until his wife and children were escorted out by his subordinates, and of course Diao Chan who asked him to do something big. With hundreds of remnant soldiers and generals such as Zhang Liao and Gao Shun, they started their wandering life sparsely and without any enthusiasm.
Lu Bu really lost his temper. He had been happy three times in his life. First, he made a name for himself in Wuyuan, was appreciated, and gradually became the chief clerk. The second is to kill Ding Yuan, join Dong Zhuo, and enjoy huge power. The third is to kill Dong Zhuo and eliminate the traitors in the country, so as to gain the title of General Fenwei, fake festivals, become the third minister of Yibi, become the Marquis of Wen, and be in charge of the government with Wang Yun, reaching the pinnacle of his life.
But unfortunately, the peak could not last long. After enjoying it for two months, Li Jue and Guo Bang drove him away. Now there are only a few hundred soldiers and horses, and it is so dilapidated. Lu Bu couldn't accept such a result, but he had to accept it.
Riding the red rabbit horse dejectedly, he stood on the hillside and looked at the huge Chang'an in the distance. Lu Bu felt extremely sad in his heart.
Zhang Liao rode up to him and asked, "General, where are we going?"
Lu Bu was silent, still looking at Chang'an, which once belonged to him.
After a long while, he asked: "What does Wen Yuan think?"
"In today's troubled times, the princes are rising up, and some people think that the only ones who have hope for the world are the Yuan family and Wang Yan. Yuan Shao captured Jizhou, and Yuan Shu dominated Huainan. When they were young, these two men were knights, and they made friends all over the world. However, these two people were born in the Yuan family, and they were from high-ranking families. Family, we come from a poor family in the capital of Guizhou, and the general turned his back on Ding Yuan first and then Dong Zhuo. If we surrendered to these two men, he would be afraid of looking down upon us, fearing us, being wary of us, and not being reused.
Wang Yan is not the same as the Yuan family. He was born in the capital of Guizhou, treated the soldiers and civilians well, and deeply hated the wealthy families. Today, he controls Liao and You in the north. Last month, his subordinate Taishi Ci led 6,000 troops and defeated Zhang Yang's 20,000 troops and captured Yanmen's danger. He controlled Moyuan in the north and the Central Plains in the south. He was supported by Yanmen and had access to Youzhou's grain supply. Tao, the trend has been achieved.
I also heard that the king said that if he is thirsty for talents, he will be kind to the army and the people, and he will be broad-minded, and he will definitely be able to accommodate us. With the bravery of a general, he will surely receive a heavy responsibility. I heard that Liao Hua led an army of 6,000 cavalrymen, drove the Xiongnu and Xianbei 1,300 miles away, and captured the grasslands. Wang Yan's achievements were even greater than those of Wei Huo. If we follow the king's advice, we will send troops to the grasslands to expand our territory, and we will surely leave our name for eternity. "
What Zhang Liao said was very clear, but Lu Bu was not very happy because Zhang Liao bluntly said that he carried Ding Yuan first and Dong Zhuo second. This is a scar. Although he had a tough talk and always believed that he turned from the dark side to the bright side and killed those who rebelled against the country's plans, but when he asked himself, he certainly understood that what he did was not so honorable.
However, although he was not very happy, he could not deny that Zhang Liao was right. Although Zhang Liao's family has declined, it was once glorious. He was from a small wealthy family, which was better than Qianshou, but not much better. He himself knows how difficult his journey has been. In addition, he has a history of betraying the master, and more than once. Not to mention others, he himself does not trust himself.
It seems that now, only Wang Yan, the biggest rebel, can tolerate him. Although Wang Yan killed wealthy families and officials, he felt pretty good about himself. There must be some plundering, but how can we raise an army without plundering? But he was far away, and it was impossible for Wang Yan to pursue his side of the matter.
In fact, he knew Wang Yan in detail. What I have to say is that he admired Wang Yan's ability, but he was not good at it anyway. If it was possible, why would he have recognized Ding Yuan as his adoptive father and served as his bodyguard?
After pondering for a moment, Lu Bu nodded: "Forget it, there is no place for us and others in the Central Plains, so we will go to Wang Yan."
There were endless sighs in his words. After all, he had to work for someone else just two months after he had made the decision. This gap was too big and he couldn't accept it.
Regardless of whether Lu Bu could accept it or not, he led his troops northward, walking along the small road. Although he still looted, he knew that he wanted to surrender to Wang Yan. Without him saying anything, the soldiers below were more careful and sensible than the other, and they got some food supplies. Yes, I occasionally go hunting in the mountains. In this way, go straight to Yanmen Pass...
As Zhang Liao and Lu Bu said, Yanmen Pass is now controlled by Wang Yan.
Dong Zhuo issued an edict to Zhang Yang. Of course Zhang Yang also wanted to expand his territory, so he added five thousand troops to guard Yanmen Pass. As a result, Dong Zhuo was killed by Lu Bu just after he added more troops, and Zhang Yang turned back to be close to Yuan Shao, or he had always been close to Yuan Shao.
Not long after his additional five thousand troops arrived, Taishi Ci led his men across the mountains and blocked Yanmen Pass in the south. After Zhang Yang learned the news, he was so shocked that he almost jumped up. He never imagined that Wang Yan was so fierce and would go all the way over the mountain in order to seize Yanmen.
At this time, Shangdang and Taiyuan were actually not stable, because to this day, the Yellow Turbans have not dissipated. If any village can no longer survive, the boldest one will find a hilltop to hide in, and give it a random name. That can be regarded as the Yellow Turbans. The biggest one here is the Black Mountain bandit, and because the Black Mountain Bandit is so powerful , so everyone here has become a Black Mountain bandit.
However, the main force of the Black Mountain Bandits is in the mountains on the edge of Jizhou, which is Yuan Shao's territory. Since taking control of Jizhou and stabilizing it, Yuan Shao has been fighting the Black Mountain Bandits. According to normal history, when Lu Bu escaped Chang'an and wandered, he took refuge with Yuan Shao for a while, and also helped Yuan Shao defeat the Black Mountain bandits and expand his troops.
But Zhang Yang didn't care about that much. As long as he held Yanmen Pass and made dumplings for the Black Mountain bandits, Shangdang and Taiyuan would all belong to him. And depending on the terrain, you can attack when you advance, and defend when you retreat. Although the land is poor and not rich, there is always a chance. So he sent an army of 20,000 people and went north to attack Tai Shici.
The two sides started a tug-of-war at Yanmen Pass. They fought back and forth for nearly a month. Taishi Ci fought 6,000 against 20,000. He refused to retreat, expanded the battle circle, lengthened the battle line, and defeated them one by one. There is going back and forth, and the one who takes advantage is still the one taking advantage. It's just that because of the lack of troops and lack of follow-up, we dare not attack 6,000 against 20,000. Otherwise, with the good quality of the soldiers, we might even win the battle.
After persisting for a long time, Taishi Ci waited for the subsequent eight thousand grain transport team, and then Yanmen Pass was obtained.
Six thousand against twenty thousand, the successors are too weak to dare to take action. There were more than 10,000 people fighting against 20,000 people. Taishi Ci said that he had to hammer hard. After a month of fighting, there were 5,000 casualties. This is the number of deaths and the number of people who cannot regain combat effectiveness in a short period of time. In fact, not many people died, a total of more than 1,300 people died, which is an acceptable number.
And upon closer inspection, most of the dead were Youzhou soldiers, because they had been in formation for a short time and lacked combat literacy.
For those who were seriously injured, there was still a high chance of survival. After all, Wang Yan has long been talking about making penicillin in an indigenous way for anti-inflammatory and antibacterial purposes. Hua Tuo is almost bald in his research. He is just thinking about how to cultivate bacteria on a large scale and with high efficiency. At the same time, he also has to study this thing. How on earth will it work? Thing, how can it be anti-inflammatory and antibacterial?
In fact, the most tiring person under Wang Yan's rule is Lao Hua, but he is in high spirits every day, living in his own world and fighting for his favorite career, which always makes people infinitely energetic.
In August, it is the annual autumn harvest time. This year's situation in Liaodong is not going well, with grain production declining. The situation in Youzhou is not good either, with production also reduced. However, that is also compared to the previous situation of good harvests in consecutive years. In fact, compared with the previous grain output, the current poor harvest is already considered a good harvest. This is the credit of the doctor of agriculture.
The situation here is not that good for Wang Yan, let alone other places. In the cold records of history, there was a great famine at the end of the year, and people actually ate each other, which appeared on this land again.
But you can't feel this in Liaodong. Lu Bu has already passed Yanmen Pass and met Guo Jia in Yanmen County. After staying for a while to rest, he set off again, passing Juyong to Jixian County.
Lu Bu knew that Wang Yan had already accepted him. The time he spent resting in Yanmen was the time Guo Jia spent communicating back and forth. With Wang Yan's permission, Lu Bu and his party would set off for Jixian.
Lu Bu followed the caravan, and this time he didn't rob the people again. They didn't dare. In other places, those who watched them as soldiers would run as far as they could, but here, it was just a matter of taking a look, and no one cared about them. And looking at the figures of the men along the way, many of them are good soldiers. But here in Wang Yan, they are all farming and working.
When he set off from Yanmen, it happened to be the autumn harvest. What he saw every day was the harvest scenery, which made him feel that Wang Yan was even more powerful. Along the way, he also looked at the crops, but they were not very good. Wang Yan had an absolute bumper harvest here.
But what puzzled him was why the people on the roadside didn't seem very happy.
So we walked all the way through Juyong and arrived at Jixian County. Lu Bu saw a more prosperous and wealthy scene than Luoyang. He had never seen such prosperity.
This is of course normal. Wherever Wang Yan is, there is the political and economic center. Nowadays, the territory is larger, the products are richer, and there is more trade. Jixian cannot be prosperous even if it is not prosperous.
Lu Bu and others were arranged to go to Guanyi to rest for a day. At noon on the third day, Lu Bu finally took several of his subordinates and followed Guanyi's people into the general's mansion.
In a large and luxuriously decorated dining room, I saw General Wang sitting cross-legged.
Seeing Wang Yan's figure, Lu Bu didn't want to believe that a person like this could be more powerful than him. He had fought against Liu, Guan, and Zhang before. With Wang Yan's physique, he didn't look like he could fight at first glance. But he knew the strength of Liu, Guan, and Zhang. If everything was false, Liu, Guan, and Zhang must have told it long ago.
Although he had some doubts in his heart, Lu Bu still relied on his rich experience in seeking refuge and led his subordinates to bow deeply when they arrived.
"Lü Bu met the general. Bu was desperate. Thanks to the general for not giving up, Bu deeply felt the general's kindness and he would do his best to repay him."
Wang Yan did not return the gift, he laughed and waved his hand casually: "No need to be polite, just take a seat and I will talk while eating."
Finally meeting Lu Yun... Lu Fengxian, Wang Yan felt good. After all, I have been hearing since I was a child that Lu Bu is the best among people and the red rabbit is the best. And although Lu Bu's image is similar to Zhang Guangbei, the modified one makes him taller and more heroic, which is more realistic. He's taller than Dian Wei, and he doesn't look as big and round as Dian Wei, but he's actually pretty good. Without this physique, I can't be the best in the world.
Of course, his own situation is another matter. After all, he is a person who has a living father to care for him.
But when it comes down to it, they are all acting like a big boy, and Lu Bu is not as capable as him. Although it has been a thousand years, Wang Yan still maintains the good habit of licking his father every day and praising him for keeping him safe.
Unlike Lu Bu, he killed Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo one after another. Later, he was beaten by Cao Cao until he ran away, took refuge with Liu Bei, and was finally taken in. In the end, he also plotted against others in Xuzhou.
From the perspective of fighting for one's own interests, there is nothing wrong with what he did. But in terms of being a person, Lu Bu is really bad, he has no position.
There is no doubt that people who have no position are not welcome.
The original Lu Bu wandered around after escaping from Chang'an, joining Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao, and Zhang Yang. Later he caught up with Lao Cao because his father was killed by Zhang Kai. When he raised troops to attack Xuzhou, he plotted Yanzhou. In history, it was Chen Gong, Zhang Miao and others who took the initiative to welcome the offer, but in the novel, it was Chen Gong who instigated it, but the difference is pretty much the same.
It is a pity that Lu Bu, who occupied Yanzhou, did not defeat Lao Cao, so he was sent to Xuzhou, took refuge with Liu Bei, and temporarily lived in Xiaopei. Then he captured Xuzhou and struggled back and forth with Yuan Shu and others. In the end, Baimenlou was defeated and was beheaded by Lao Cao.
Now that General Wang has rebelled and is dominating the north, Lu Bu cannot survive. After some deliberation, coming to his side is the best choice, and it seems to be the only way. After all, people looked down on him when he took refuge with Yuan Shao and others. On the contrary, Wang Yan is a rebel and doesn't care about the mess at all.
In fact, at this point, Wang Yan dared to use Lu Bu, and others were worried about Lu Bu, fearing that Lu Bu would betray them one day and kill them.
The reason why Wang Yan is not afraid is simple: the soldiers are in his hands. When Lu Bu was working for others, he always wanted military power and more soldiers and horses, but no one gave him. Why? Because their troops and horses are difficult to come back after they are given away.
It's different here, General Wang. Even if he gives Lu Bu a hundred thousand soldiers and horses, he can't make any waves. If he acts against the enemy, he will definitely be kidnapped by his subordinates. This is not a problem for officers, but for all soldiers. In the final analysis, it is the superiority of the system.
After all, what he has been preaching is that soldiers should protect their homeland and the country, and what he has been doing is cultivating mutual trust between the military and civilians.
I don’t know what will happen in the future, but as long as he lives, no one can abduct his soldiers.
Lu Bu didn't care about Wang Yan's casualness. Once the defeated general was struggling to survive, it would be good to take him in. What more would he need a bicycle? Secondly, it was due to his status. He thought Wang Yan was from Guizhou and was ignorant of etiquette.
Immediately, he and his generals thanked the general for giving him a seat. He took the seat at the bottom, Zhang Liao sat opposite, and the remaining few people also arranged their own seats.
Respect and inferiority are so deep-rooted that there is no need to elaborate.
Wang Yan looked at these people with a smile, and Lu Bu held his hand in front of him. He introduced his subordinates to Wang Yan one by one and praised them very highly. Each one was more capable than the other. Not to mention Zhang Liao, there were also Wei Xu, Wei Yue, Cheng Lian, Hou Cheng, etc. Song Xian, Gao Shun and so on.
It's strange that these people can't be beaten. Lu Bu is a brave man, and his success is based on bravery, so he naturally appreciates brave people. Among the people sitting here, Zhang Liao belongs to the first-rate echelon, and the rest can be considered second-rate, and the fighting is also very fierce.
Especially Gao Shun, who was trained to fall into the camp. This person can train and command troops, and his personal combat effectiveness is considered sufficient.
Generally speaking, Lu Bu's coming to vote was like a big package of generals for Wang Yan, and he gave away a lot of them at once.
Although these people all have some problems, for example, Hou Cheng stole a horse and surrendered to Cao Cao, while Wei Xu and Song Xian took advantage of Lu Bu's tiredness and kidnapped Lu Bu to surrender to Cao Cao. Especially Wei Xu, he and Wei Yue are both relatives of Lu Bu.
Even before these people came, every one of them must have been full of evil.
Wang Yan was too lazy to pursue these matters, because there was no suffering master, and his killing was in vain, so he might as well use it first. If military regulations are violated later, these people will realize their mistake.
Wang Yan smiled and had a very kind attitude. After getting to know everyone one by one, he ordered the food and wine to be served...
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