As soon as Wuguan was broken on the 25th, Jia Xu did not guard Wuguan, but only distributed supplies in Guanzhong. Every soldier received the supplies and immediately set off to the west. Within two days, all the supplies in Guanzhong were distributed, and At this time, the Liang people's forward had already crossed Shang County and headed straight for Shangluo.
Wuguan broke through the city so quickly that no one could predict it. However, Shang County is more than a hundred miles away from Wuguan, and Shangluo is more than a hundred miles away from Wuguan. They did not even receive the military report that Wuguan had breached the city, so they naturally did not take precautions. Who would have expected that they woke up one night and went to the city to inspect , and suddenly realized that a large number of Liang people had appeared under the city and were surrounded by them.
The soldiers in the two counties were unavailable, and during the war the previous year, a large number of people in the two counties moved to Henan with Guan Yu, making it impossible for them to recruit civilians by force. As the vanguard, Guo Si did not hesitate and launched an attack on the city at dawn. They brought their own ladders and jumped in from a place without fire. No one in the city could resist. As a result, neither county could hold on for an hour and were both defeated. Liangren quickly broke through.
As a result, on the night of June 30th, Guo Bang passed through Lantian Valley and Zhongling Mountain and arrived at the east bank of Ba River. Looking back at the vast land under the moonlit night, the valleys on both sides of the road flow behind you like waterfalls, while the stars in the sky flow to the northwest like a vast sea. And between heaven and earth, the Liang people's team spread for nearly a hundred miles. The sound of horse hooves and golden iron was like an endless river. The apes in the mountains and forests were alarmed and kept crying in the wilderness, but the Liang people's hearts were filled with confusion. Extraordinarily quiet. Because the world ahead suddenly opened up, they had entered Guanzhong. Between Bashui and Lishui, Lantian City was still unconscious.
But they were not defenseless. On the contrary, the city of Lantian is now brightly lit, and the new commander of Lantian, Xu Yi, is nervously preparing for war. However, the people preparing for the war are not the cold soldiers in the distance, but the mutinous refugees in the city.
It turns out that although Zhang Hao, the previous Lantian magistrate, was appointed by Dong Zhuo, he was also considered to be caring and simple, and was quite popular among the local people. However, since Wang Yun came to power, he has eliminated all three auxiliary officials. Zhang Hao was also regarded as a member of Dong Zhuo's party and was dismissed and imprisoned. Dahong and Han Rong interceded on his behalf, saying that he was quite popular among the people and it would be unfavorable to kill him. Wang Yun wrote back and said: It is already a serious crime to accept Dong Zhuo's orders, but to show favor to Dong Zhuo is an even greater crime. He actually vetoed it directly for this ridiculous reason and sent his disciple Xu Yi to serve as the Lantian Order.
Xu Yi knew that he had a heavy responsibility and that if he was not careful, he might cause a civil uprising. However, he unexpectedly encountered an unsolvable problem as soon as he came to the county.
Zhang Hao recruited some of the refugees in February and reclaimed wasteland in the south of the city. He made an agreement with the refugees that the county government would distribute spring seeds and grain, and the autumn harvest would earn four citizens and six people. However, after Zhang Hao was dismissed, the grain from the county treasury was also transferred away. During these days, the refugees had nothing to eat, so they besieged the county government office and demanded an explanation. How could Xu Yi bring back the rice grain that had been moved away? He could only delay it again and again, but he was really desperate, so he used the small money issued by Dong Zhuo to deal with the problem. As a result, until today, the refugees were so angry that they mutinied and besieged the county government office. Xu Yi had no choice but to lead the county soldiers in the city to suppress them.
The refugees used tree trunks as shelter and were not wearing armor. Although they were large in number, how could they be the match for the county soldiers? After the leaders were hacked to death, the remaining refugees lost their organization and were quickly beaten back by the county soldiers. They were about to die in the city before their very eyes. At this time, several refugees who saw that the situation was not good fled eastward. They happened to meet Guo Bang's tribe who was resting in Ba River. Guo Bang stopped them and learned that Lantian was in chaos. He was overjoyed and immediately regarded the refugees as refugees. The guide led the crowd to continue the rapid march towards Lantian City.
Xu Yikankan led the crowd to expel the refugees from the city. He vaguely saw another group of people coming in the direction of their escape. He thought they were Shangluo Mountain bandits who the refugees had colluded with, and laughed at the refugees directly at the county soldiers: "I I felt a little guilty at first, thinking that it was the incompetence of the county government that allowed these rogues to make trouble, but now they have no regard for the benevolence of the county government and have colluded with the bandits again and again. They really deserve to be killed! When the bandits come, don't do it. Keep it and receive five baht according to your head after the war!"
When the county soldiers heard that the reward was not a small amount of money, they immediately became excited and immediately chased the refugees all the way east. However, where they expected, they ran into the most elite Liangzhou horse in the world! The Liang people in the front almost met each other and cut the county soldiers leaving the city into two sections. Guo Bang in the rear commanded the two troops to spread out the battle line and netted the fleeing refugees together. The cicadas croaked and the frogs croaked in midsummer. Qi was drowned out by a cry of death like a night owl in the dark night. When the prey in the net was exhausted, the Liang people opened their bows and shot at will in the dark night. When dawn came, the refugees who led the way Xu Yi's body was found from the pile of corpses, and the battle came to an end. The remaining defenders in the city did not dare to fight the enemy and fled directly to Chang'an through the north gate.
On June 30, the Liang people occupied Lantian, less than a hundred miles away from Chang'an.
When Chang'an got the news, the whole court was in panic. Situ Wang Yun hurriedly asked Lu Bu, the Fenwu general who was dispatched from Xiwu, for advice. Lu Bu was quite helpless. He had advised Wang Yun many times before that he should cooperate with him on military and national affairs, especially the appointment and removal of personnel in Jingzhao. He also had many suggestions for the appointment and removal of Zhang Hao and Yang Ru, but Wang Yun could not listen to them. Now that the big mistake has been made, he still needs to take care of the funeral arrangements.
After thinking briefly, Lu Bu decided to send a letter to Yizhou and Bingzhou again, asking them to assist Chang'an. The envoys sent to Yizhou were Liu Fan and Liu Zhang, sons of Yizhou Mu Liu Yan. Liu Fan had been in prison for more than a year and had not been dealt with by Dong Zhuo. Now he happened to be on good terms with Liu Yan. The envoy sent to Bingzhou was Jin Xiang, who was originally from Taixue and a disciple of Chen Chong. Before leaving, Lu Bu specially told Jin Xiang that even if he could not send troops, he must be held back by Ting Jian. The enemy in Hedong, Shangjun, but Jin Xiang soon suffered the same fate as Zhong Yao. This was not something Lu Bu could have expected.
After sending the envoy, Lu Bu said goodbye to Wang Yun and personally led the army to Duling. Duling is the mausoleum of Emperor Zhongzong Xiaoxuan. It is located between Lantian and Chang'an. Its city is located in Hongguyuan. The terrain is high. The entire original surface rises in steps from northwest to southeast. It is clearly divided into three steps. Each level They are connected by steep slopes. Located in the middle of the city, it overlooks Chang'an City, and is surrounded by the Chan River and the Chan River to the east and west respectively. It is not only an easy-to-defend but difficult-to-attack place, but also a scenic spot with high altitude and distant views. Therefore, Li Bai, a later generation, wrote in a poem: "Climb to the Du Tomb in the south and look across the Five Tombs in the north. The autumn water is bright and the sun is setting, and the stream of light wipes out the distant mountains."
This is the time when the scenery is most beautiful, with a blazing sun in the blue sky, and endless green forests on both sides of the official road, like clouds and mist, turning the bright flames of the sun into green, as if the wind is also green. The water is also green, and wisps of pure jade smoke linger in the hazy valley in the distance, where is Lantian.
Lu Bu was not in the mood to enjoy the scenery. Lantian City could not be seen here, but it was less than fifty miles away from Lantian. Liangren could arrive there in one day. He looked at the foothills to the east of the city, and his chest was filled with the sound of gold and iron. He called Gao Shun and Song Xian over and asked them to lead four thousand people to camp in the mountains. In response, he sent Zhang Liao and others to repair the camp in front of the city, while he and Du Ling ordered Dou Xiu to inquire about the enemy's situation. .
"It's been three days since Liang Ren arrived, and they still haven't made any movement?"
"The scouts who came back yesterday said that there are still people coming from Liang from the southwest, probably from Wuguan. The bandits are so elusive. They are obviously marching hard, regardless of fatigue. They have been marching so fast these days, and they must be marching now. I must be very tired, and I need to take some time to rest before I can make any plans again."
Lu Bu thought for a moment and agreed with Dou Xiu's judgment. The Liang people are resting and recuperating. They will not launch an offensive in the next few days. They still have some time to hold on. It's just that a powerful enemy is present, and waiting for the enemy in the city will easily hurt the morale of the army. Considering that the small town of Lantian cannot accommodate tens of thousands of troops, there must be some Liang people camping and resting outside the city. Lu Bu is determined to try a light attack on Lantian at night to boost the army. morale.
That night, he ordered three thousand troops and quickly attacked southward along the dense forest between Hongguyuan and Lishan Mountain. For the cavalry, the fifty-mile mountain road only lasted two hours, but Lu Bu had not yet left the mountain forest, but when he passed a mountain col, there was a sudden noise in front of him, and then some arrows were shot in the night wind. It turned out that the Liang people had been prepared for a long time. They had even set up forts and hidden sentries in the forest, and the night attack was immediately successful. But Lu Bu still wanted to pull out the fortress and retreat, but soon the Liang people from the wilderness arrived, so he had to leave dozens of corpses and quickly retreat to Du Ling.
The first battle was unfavorable, so Lu Bu gave up the idea of attacking the camp, and instead worked with Zhang Liao to reorganize the defenses and clear the trees outside the city in preparation for the Liang people to attack. After four days of this, Lu Bu concluded that the Liang people had completed their preparations and a fierce battle began. When it was inevitable, Ryoto finally took action.
But to Lu Bu's expectation, the direction of the Liang people's troops was not towards Du Ling in the northwest, but in the northeast. This time it was Li Jue who led the charge. He led eight thousand vanguards and headed straight for Zheng County along the trail between Zhongling Mountain and Li Mountain!
The troops in Zheng County were empty, and Li Jue was forced to retreat in a moment. Then the Liang people crossed the Wei River and reached the north bank. Without stopping, the 70,000-strong army successively attacked Xiagui, Lianshao, Chongquan, and Wannian. Finally, the troops came to Linjin and fell in half a day.
At this time, Lu Bu was able to lead his troops to Gaoling. Faced with the corrupt situation in Feng Yi County, Lu Bu felt desperate. He did not expect that with such an advantage, the Liang people did not attack Chang'an first, but instead gave up their way back. Coming to join forces with Xu Rong and other troops, acting like this and trapping oneself between Bingzhou and Xijing is a desperate move. If it cannot be accomplished at once, there is no telling how many people will be dead in the wilderness in Guanzhong.
This strategy naturally came from Jia Xu. After entering Wuguan, Jia Xu analyzed Li Jue and Guo Si and said: "The success or failure of this war lies not in Xijing, but in Bingzhou. The key point in the dispute between Qin and Qin is Jin. If Liu and Chen are not defeated, we will have Chang'an." It's just dirt!" So he decided to abandon the retreat and join up with Xu Rong, Niu Fu and others first. This was actually something he had conceived earlier.
Now, as soon as Jia Xu entered Linjin, he sent envoys to Shangjun and Hedong to contact Niu Fu, Xu Rong, and Zhang Ji. He had already contacted them before meeting Duan Xuan, and this meeting was a matter of course. By the tenth day of the seventh month, except for Duan Xuan, Dong Zhuo's remaining generals all gathered in Linjin. They deliberated for a day, and on the 11th they unfurled flags and put up cloths, claiming that traitors were in power in the country, stealing power for political purposes, deceiving the emperor, neglecting superiors, and indiscriminately killing loyal ministers. Therefore, they raised troops to serve the king and clear the emperor's side until Wang Yun was killed!
All Liang people withdrew from the defense area, and all the land in Hedong and Shangjun were abandoned. The remnants of the Dugu tribe and Baibo army that originally relied on Dong Zhuo also followed suit. Then Xu Rong pushed stones to block the mountain road, and Niu Fu burned the transport ships after crossing the river. By July On the 23rd, all the Liang people's army gathered in the area of more than a hundred miles west of the river, south of the Luo River, and north of the Wei River. The number of people was about 150,000, and they were all soldiers who had been fighting for many years. .
The flags are in the sky, and the armor is shining brightly. Since the founding of the country by Shizu, there has never been such a grand military appearance.
