Go back to the Three Kingdoms to grow vegetables

Chapter 529

"This battle has been defeated, retreat to Chang'an!"

That's what Li Jue said when he found Guo Si.

The [-] troops are no match for the more than [-] troops of the Lucheng Army. Will it be useful to retreat to Chang'an?

Li Jue guessed Guo Bang's thoughts clearly, and said: "Mr. Chang'an, at least he can show you and me a clear way, not to mention that Zhang Jina still has 3 or [-] horses, which is enough for us to protect ourselves."

"For now, that's the only way to go."

Guo Si sighed.

Guo Bang and Li Jue crossed the Bashui in embarrassment, the gate to Chang'an City has been opened, and it is only a matter of time before the Lucheng army arrives at the city.

Liu Bei temporarily garrisoned troops in Baling, and did not march towards Chang'an in a hurry. Instead, he took a short rest. First, he used his strict military appearance to frighten the Xiaoxiao in Chang'an City. On the contrary, the slow march of the troops broke the hearts of the generals of the Xiliang army. If the generals of Xiliang did not agree, Liu Bei could easily capture Chang'an City.

Facts have proved that Guo Jia's strategic vision is good. The news of Li Jue and Guo Si's defeat spread to Chang'an City, and Chang'an City immediately launched a new round of conscription plan.

The Kansai gentry in Chang'an City also contributed their efforts one after another, and shouted the slogan "Defend Chang'an, Defend Your Majesty".

On the contrary, Li Ru, the actual controller of Chang'an, was surprisingly calm after getting the news, especially when he saw Li Jue and Guo Si who fled back in embarrassment, he didn't say anything, just sent them out.

After seeing Li Ru, Li Jue and Guo Si frantically visited the Kansai gentry in order to restore their previous strength. However, the Xiliang Army respected strength and almost wiped out the entire army. The begging of Li Jue and Guo Si did not get The sympathy of the Kansai gentry made Zhang Ji, the weakest of the three, turn around and become the leader of the Xiliang Army. There was an endless stream of Kansai gentry and Xiliang generals visiting Zhang Ji.

Li Ru guarded the deserted Shangshutai, and now no one cared about the mountains of memorials, and no one even asked Li Ru sitting there in a daze.

It took a long time for Li Ru to come back to his senses. This was the first time he walked out of the Shangshutai since returning to Chang'an by suicide. He looked at the guards standing sluggishly, and he was no longer the high-spirited spirit he had just entered Chang'an City. panic.

I'm afraid they are not the only ones, the people and officials in Chang'an probably have this kind of thinking!
Only myself...

Li Ru thought of himself, and suddenly remembered the scene where Xi Zhicai found him the day before Dong Zhuo's death. He couldn't help but shudder when he thought of the deal Xi Zhicai proposed. He exchanged his life for Liu Xie's life. He thought Xi Zhicai would let him go is the wrong choice.

But now it seems that he is going to use his current life to exchange Liu Xie's life!
change?

Li Ru suddenly felt that maybe death was his best affiliation. As for whether Liu Xie died, whether Liu Bei could become the next Emperor Guangwu, what did this have to do with him being a failed counselor?

Li Ru's discouragement made Xiliang's generals even more terrified, especially the main combat faction dominated by Li Jue and Guo Si.

Li Ru's frustration and the loss of strength, Li Jue and Guo Si have decided to abandon Chang'an and flee to Longxi and other places, but before that they need Zhang Ji to stop Liu Bei's army.

Without Li Ru, convincing Zhang Ji would be the most important thing.

Li Jue and Guo Si sent someone to invite Zhang Ji, but Zhang Ji refused on the pretext of being busy. The two knew that Zhang Ji was showing off to them, and now they had to rely on Zhang Ji to fight Liu Bei to the death to give them time to escape. , This face is really for Zhang Ji.

Li Jue and Guo Si went to Zhang Ji's mansion to persuade Zhang Ji in person, but they didn't know that Zhang Ji had arranged a grand banquet, and when Li Jue and Guo Si came to the door, Zhang Ji would open the city gate to welcome Liu Bei after he captured them. Chang'an.

This is just Zhang Ji's own opinion, which is definitely not the case in Xi Zhicai's plan. In his opinion, Chang'an City will belong to Liu Bei sooner or later, but the little emperor in Chang'an City can no longer live.

Otherwise, whether Liu Bei can become Emperor Guangwu is one thing?It might even be killed.

Liu Bei's soft heart is doomed that he cannot be someone else's subordinate, even if that person is the emperor.

After Li Jue and Guo Si entered Zhang Ji's gate, they received a message from a Xiliang sergeant: "Come on, Zhang Ji has set up a Hongmen banquet in the mansion, and is planning to arrest the two of you as a sacrifice to Liu Bei?"

Li Jue didn't believe it at first, but being treacherous by nature, he suddenly proposed to go back to the mansion, and the steward who went to greet him naturally would not let Li Jue leave.

Now Li Jue believed it completely, immediately killed the steward, and killed Zhang Jifu together with Guo Si.

After hearing this, Zhang Ji knew that the matter could not end well, so he immediately ordered Zhang Xiu to lead his troops to chase and kill the two of them.

After Li Jue and Guo Si escaped from Zhang's residence, they went back to their respective residences to dispatch troops, while spreading rumors to the Xiliang generals: Zhang Ji wanted to capture the Xiliang generals and sacrifice them to Liu Bei to forgive his crimes.

The generals in Xiliang were in a state of confusion, and when they couldn't find Li Ru, they all joined forces with Li Jue and Guo Si, and fought with Zhang Ji in chaos.

The Xiliang army was fighting among themselves in Chang'an City, and the three of his subordinates originally had many Qiang and Hu cavalry, so the internal fighting gradually evolved from a fighting to a robbery.

The Xiliang army killed everyone they met, first they plundered shops, then they began to attack noble families, and in the end someone raised their arms and went to the palace to kill them.

The first thing Li Ru did after regaining power in the imperial court was to replace all the palace guards with the Xiliang army. Therefore, after the Xiliang rebellion army killed the palace city, they called for friends one after another. When Liu Bei's army was about to approach the city, the Xiliang army guarding the palace Also broke into the palace, looted wantonly in the palace and acted against the maids.

Not only the court ladies were humiliated, but even the white-faced eunuchs were ruined a lot. The eunuchs and guards who dared to resist were chopped into meat sauce by the Xiliang rebels.

The Kansai gentry immediately organized their own private soldiers to rescue him when they heard that the Xiliang rebellion had entered the palace, but the family private soldiers, who were Xiliang's elite opponents, were killed without any power to fight back.

In the end, the Kansai gentry had to turn to Li Jue, Guo Si, and Zhang Ji for help. However, the three were fighting fiercely, and the officials who went to persuade were detained.

Zhang Ji, whose troops were suddenly reduced due to the rumors spread by Li Jue and Guo Si, hurriedly sent someone to invite the Lucheng army who dominated the water. Liu Bei immediately sent troops to Chang'an when he got the news.

When Liu Bei's army arrived in Chang'an, flames erupted everywhere. Zhang Ji couldn't resist the siege of Li Jue and Guo Si and escaped from the city.

Zhang Ji's headquarters suffered little loss, while Li Jue and Guo Si only relied on a large number of mobs to defeat Zhang Ji, who had no intention of fighting to the death.

When Zhang Ji met the Lucheng Army, his morale was boosted, and he took his headquarters as the vanguard to attack Chang'an City again. Li Jue and Guo Si were defeated by the Lucheng Army's attack.

Liu Bei ordered Zhang Ji to lead the army to confront them, and he himself led the army to the palace to rescue him. The fire in the palace was still blazing, and the Xiliang rebel army had already fled a lot, and the palace was in a mess.

After a night of hard work, the Lucheng army put out the fire in the palace, but the emperor disappeared. Li Jue and Guo Si also took advantage of the chaos to escape from Chang'an City at night with hundreds of officials as hostages.

Since then, the Eastern Han court was completely terminated, and Liu Bei, in grief and indignation, offered a reward for the arrest of Li Jue, Guo Si and other Xiliang rebel generals, while silently looking for the whereabouts of Emperor Liu Xie.

(End of this chapter)