Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 435
Zhang Ji led troops to protect Dong Zhuo's family and fled directly to Xiliang after leaving Meiwu, while Zhang Xiu led [-] cavalry to look for Li Ru.According to the original plan, as long as they don't make trouble, they can still take most of the Xiliang army away.

However, when Li Jue and the others led the rest of the troops to the barracks, they realized that they were late.

Lu Bu was well aware of the strength of the Xiliang Army, and the combined number of the Xiliang Army near Chang'an had reached [-] to [-], so it was impossible for him to give Li Jue and the others a chance to take all these Xiliang Army away.

Therefore, after chasing and killing Guo Bang for a certain distance, Lu Bu immediately led his army to the Xiliang army camp.Surprisingly, Lu Bu did not attack the Xiliang army in the camp. Instead, he explained clearly to all Xiliang army soldiers what happened in Chang'an City. Of course, Lu Bu would not be so stupid as to say that Dong Zhuo killed himself.

When most of the soldiers of the Xiliang Army learned that Dong Zhuo was dead, their will to fight had been shaken. In addition, now that Lu Bu has gathered more than 2 old subordinates of the Bingzhou Army, the remaining Xiliang Army did not want to fight with Lu Bu. Head-to-head.

The Xiliang army had lost their allegiance. At this time, if there was a general to command them, they would lose their reason to stick to it.When Lu Bu announced that they could disband on the spot and go home, most of the Xiliang army grabbed some food and grass in the camp and fled.

In the end, Lu Bu only surrendered [-] Xiliang troops and half of the Feixiong troops.These ten thousand Xiliang soldiers wanted to continue to follow Lu Bu to make a bright future. Anyway, fleeing back to Xiliang would not have a good life, so they thought it would be better to stay.

As for the soldiers of the Feixiong Army, although they have always been commanded and trained by Lu Bu, most of them understand that their allegiance is to Dong Zhuo. Most choose to leave.

Of course, Lu Bu didn't want to let go of this tiger and wolf army, but there was no other way, the twisted melon is not sweet, although he has almost mastered nearly 4 troops now, those flying bears who are about to leave are not good either If you provoke me, Lu Bu doesn't intend to turn his face now.

In order to show his magnanimity, Lu Bu allowed the soldiers of the Flying Bear Army who were leaving to take away their equipment, war horses and a batch of auxiliary horses. This was the last gift he gave to these soldiers of the Flying Bear Army as the head coach. Bar.

After all the soldiers of the Flying Bear Army had left, Lu Bu gave the order to take over the barracks. Most of the Xiliang Army soldiers who fled took some food, grass and some weapons and armor. As for the horses, since Lu Bu did not allow them to take them away, there was no suffer losses.

Just when Lu Bu was taking over the barracks, Li Jue also encountered a large number of scattered Xiliang Army soldiers on the way. Although many people recognized Li Jue and others, most of them did not stop. He thought about escaping back to Xiliang as soon as possible, and escaped from Chang'an, a place of right and wrong.

No matter how Li Jue and the others yelled, most of the soldiers of the Xiliang Army only cared about running for their lives. In the end, Li Jue and the others gathered more than 6000 soldiers and horses, but they also understood that there was no need to move on now.

Lu Bu's move is really a draw from the bottom. Most of the Xiliang soldiers who escaped did not have any armor. Even if some of them had weapons, they were just sabers and daggers. As for the others, such as bows, crossbows and spears The weapons, because they were too cumbersome, all the soldiers of the Xiliang Army directly chose to give up.

At this moment, even if Li Jue pulls up an army of [-], so what, do you want the army on his side to fight the opponent with bare hands?What's more, they didn't have any rations at this time, so even if they had an army of [-], as long as Lu Bu stood firm in the camp, they wouldn't be able to last for three days.

In the end, Li Jue and others also joined the fleeing crowd, and there was no need for them to continue to resist. Anyway, they had a lot of money in their hometown. They followed Dong Zhuo all these years, and they did not lose much. It was just the wealth accumulated by their hometown. , are enough for them to spend the rest of their lives as rich men.

They had just escaped for an hour when they met Zhang Ji. Zhang Ji was leading two thousand soldiers to gather the soldiers. Because Zhang Ji treated people well and he preached that even if they wanted to go back to Xiliang, they would go back together. All the soldiers in the army were willing to surrender to Zhang Ji temporarily.

When the two teams met, Zhang Ji gathered nearly 5000 soldiers. Li Jue and others wondered why Zhang Ji appeared here, so they stepped forward and asked, "Zhang Ji, the grand master's family What? Why didn't you protect the Grand Master's family?"

"My nephew has already found the military advisor." Zhang Ji replied, "There are three thousand sergeants around the military advisor. He asked me to hand over the Taishi's family to him, and at the same time asked me to gather the soldiers and raise food and grass."

"What do you mean?" Li Jue asked in confusion, "Didn't the military adviser let us lead the army to counterattack Chang'an?"

"The military advisor said that you would suffer under Lu Bu, so he ordered me to prepare first." Zhang Ji replied, "However, I didn't expect you to lose so quickly. I just broke up with the military advisor and met a large number of defeated soldiers.

The military division has led people to retreat to the north. My nephew Zhang Xiu led the protection military division to go north. He asked me to contact him after I settled the matter here. What do you say now? The army is so defeated that this battle cannot be fought . "

"What else can we do?" Guo Si shook his head and said, "Lu Bu is full of tricks, we encountered a rout before we reached the barracks, and now we have to retreat to Xiliang first."

"Oh, don't delay, run quickly, I hope Lu Bu won't come after you now." Li Jue greeted everyone and said, "There is nothing we can do now, we can only retreat.

Not long after, these generals of the Xiliang Army ran away together, but at this time, Li Ru led more than 3000 soldiers and horses to move north.

"Military Master, where are we going?" Zhang Xiu looked at Li Ru next to him and asked, "We are not heading towards Xiliang."

"I know." Li Ru nodded and replied: "You can escort me another fifty miles, and leave the rest to me. Your uncle should be safe now. When you see your uncle later, just Give him this kit for me, it may be of some help to you at that time."

No one knows what Li Ru is thinking, and no one knows what Li Ru wants to do now, but no one will question Li Ru's words, even Zhang Xiu, is now honestly carrying out Li Ru's orders.

More than half an hour later, Zhang Xiu led his men to leave Li Ru. After dark, Li Ru summoned his confidants and asked, "Did you send out the signal when you retreated today?"

"It has been sent out according to the military division's order." The subordinates replied: "It's just, military division, where are we going now? Many brothers want to go back to their hometown, but we are now heading north..."

"Hey, don't you want to die when you go back to your hometown now? Let's wait until the follow-up troops catch up." Li Ru sighed and said, "Let's go to the grassland first, and when we get to the place, I will send people to kill the families of the soldiers. take it.

Xiliang is no longer a safe place, so what if we all go back to Xiliang, the grand master is gone, and we will die if we go back, not to mention that Chang'an will definitely not let Xiliang go now. "

After all his subordinates retreated, Li Ru sat alone on the mat and said to himself: "I really didn't expect to end up where I am today. Master, you are too impatient. I told you that those ministers should not Quanxin, you are too reckless in doing things. Alas, fortunately, I was prepared, otherwise, I am afraid I will be doomed this time."

Li Ru is now in a desolate mood. She has always played the role of a military adviser. With Dong Zhuo around, she, Li Ru, has the value of existence. Now that Dong Zhuo is gone, Li Ru has lost her direction.

Although both he and Niu Fu are Dong Zhuo's sons-in-law, he seldom commands the army directly, unlike Niu Fu, who has a hundred thousand troops in his hands, and Li Ru can at most summon Dong Zhuo's personal soldiers at the moment.

Fortunately, Li Ru and Dong Zhuo had made preparations very early on. Dong Zhuo's armored soldiers and most of his confidantes were also familiar with Li Ru. Maybe 5 to [-] people were called together.

Early the next morning, Li Ru continued to command the army on the road. There were less than [-] troops around him. In addition, Li Ru kept a low profile and fled to the north, avoiding the large army that fled to Xiliang , So so far, Chang'an has not noticed Li Ru's deserter.

After marching for two days, Li Ru finally got the subordinates he was waiting for. Nearly [-] Feixiong troops did not escape back to Xiliang. They discovered the code left by Li Ru not far after they withdrew from the barracks.

Different from other soldiers of the Xiliang Army, the Feixiong Army can be regarded as the elite cultivated carefully by Dong Zhuo. Although they are a little different from Dong Zhuo's armored guards, their loyalty to Dong Zhuo is not far behind.

Moreover, Dong Zhuo is actually a good man, he treats these subordinates very generously, and many of them have even received Dong Zhuo's favor.Therefore, after Dong Zhuo's death, most of the soldiers of the Flying Bear Army who were born in the Xiliang Army did not choose to surrender to Lu Bu, nor did they escape. They were waiting for the call.

After escaping from the tracking range of Chang'an's chasing soldiers, Li Ru ordered to rectify his subordinates. So far, he has a total of more than [-] soldiers, and most of them are fully equipped, especially the [-] flying bears. , Not even a war horse is missing.

"Military division, where are we going? If we go further north, we will enter the grassland." A lieutenant of the Feixiong army expressed his doubts.

"There is no place for us in the Central Plains anymore." Li Ru sighed: "We have Han Sui and Ma Teng in Xiliang, even if we go back, we won't be able to stay for long. If we want to avoid the pursuers, we have to go north to the grasslands." , Entering the area where Hu and Qiang live together to graze.

Hey, fortunately, I have already sent people there to make preparations. As long as we avoid the chasing soldiers from the Central Plains, we may still be able to survive. However, from now on, we can only stay in the grassland and become a team. Nomadic tribes. "

"I see." Several captains nodded to express their understanding. They were not disgusted with entering the grassland to settle down. On the contrary, if they could really live a stable life like this, these soldiers would not mind.

As for the Central Plains mentioned by Li Ru, they have already visited once, so it doesn't matter whether they can go again.

(End of this chapter)