Three Kingdoms King of the North

Wang Yun was discussing with Tai Changqing Zhong Fu, Tai Servant Lu Kui, Da Hong Lu Zhou Huan, Chengmen School Captain Cui Lie, Yueqi School Captain Wang Qi and others in the mansion about Li Jue's invasion of Chang'an. He heard from the porter that there was Lu Bu outside. The messenger asked to see him, and hurriedly ordered: "Please hurry up!"

Not long after, Cheng Lian and Wei Xu followed the concierge into the meeting hall, and greeted Wang Yun and the other courtiers.Wang Yun looked at the two of them and asked: "I don't know where the two of you are here, where is the letter you sent to this old man?"

Cheng Lian quickly took out the letter from his arms, held it in both hands and handed it to Wang Yun respectfully.Wang Yun unfolded the letter and read it for a while, then frowned. Seeing this situation, Cui Lie asked quickly, "Wang Situ, I don't know what was said in Marquis Wen's letter?"

Wang Yun handed the letter to Chong Fu and the others for reading, and at the same time he said worriedly: "Fengxian said in the letter that Li Jue and others used the strategy of exhausting the army, and on the one hand they divided the village into two places to exhaust him. On the other hand, he dispatched Zhang Ji and Fan Chou to attack the capital."

Although Zhou Huan hadn't read the letter yet, when he heard what Wang Yun said, he couldn't help but asked in a panic: "Situ, although there are many soldiers in Beijing, why is there no general who is good at commanding troops? How should we meet the enemy?"

"The soldiers will block the water and cover them with the earth," Zhong Fu said disapprovingly after reading the letter, "Whoever said that the capital does not have a general to command the troops, old general Huangfu Song is worthy of this position."

As soon as he finished speaking, Cui Lie, who was reading the letter, coughed violently.Hearing his cough, Zhong Fu suddenly remembered that someone had suggested to Wang Yun that Huangfusong should lead troops to garrison Shan County to defend against Xiliang soldiers, but Wang Yun refused.At this time, the situation in the capital was critical, and he asked Huangfu Song to come out of the mountain. Who knew whether the other party would agree.

Wang Yun asked while everyone was reading the letter, "I wonder if General Fengxian has fought against Li Guo's bandit army since he set off?"

"Back to Situ," Cheng Lian quickly replied, although he didn't stay in Lu Bu's army for a long time, but he also knew that Niu Fu was dead and that thousands of soldiers and horses under him were recruited by Lu Bu: "According to my little one, We know that General Lü Bu has executed Niu Fu, the son-in-law of Dong Bandit, and has taken over his troops, and is now confronting the troops of the two bandits Li and Guo."

Hearing what Cheng Lian said, Wang Yun felt a little at ease in his heart.For him, as long as Lu Bu didn't lose his troops, no matter how critical the situation was, there was still room for recovery. Thinking of this, he waved his hands at Cheng Lian and Wei Xu, and said, "Okay, I don't have any of you here." For the matter, step back first!"

Cheng Lian and Wei Xu walked out of Situ's mansion, got on their horses, and thought indignantly: "I waited for Xingye to rush over to report the news, but I was dismissed by you in a few words. It's really deceiving."

In the evening, another travel-worn messenger arrived in front of Situ's mansion.After he saw the plaque on the gate of the mansion clearly, his body went limp and he fell off the horse.The concierge standing in front of the mansion hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, and asked nervously, "Master, where did you come from?"

The courier half-lyed on the ground, looked at the porter who was supporting him, and said out of breath, "The young one was ordered by Marquis Wen to deliver a letter to Wang Situ."

Hearing that it was another messenger, the concierge hurriedly called two servants, and asked them to carry the messenger and him to the meeting hall to meet Wang Yun.

Wang Yun and the others discussed for several hours, but failed to come up with a safe solution. Seeing the porter barge in again, Wang Yun frowned and said displeasedly, "What's going on?"

"Return to Situ." Seeing Wang Yun's dissatisfaction, the porter hurriedly replied, "There is a messenger from General Lu Bu asking to see you."

Hearing that another messenger came, Wang Yun hurriedly asked, "Where is the messenger?"

"Wait outside the door!"

"Let him in!"

Hearing Wang Yun's order, the concierge hurried to the door, greeted two servants, and brought the messenger in.

The messenger knelt in front of Wang Yun and kowtowed, then took out Lu Bu's letter and handed it over.Wang Yun took the letter and opened it, quickly browsing the contents above.After reading it, he couldn't help laughing.

Zhong Fu looked at Wang Yun and asked in bewilderment, "I don't know why Situ laughed?"

"Master Zhong," Wang Yun handed the letter in his hand to Zhong Fu again, and said with some pride: "In this letter from Fengxian, it is said that he and Zhang Liao split up to attack Li and Guo. Guo Si was defeated, He escaped with only a dozen people, and all the troops were collected by Feng Xian. In the battle with Li Jue, he also won a complete victory. Li Bie, Li Jue's nephew, was captured alive, and [-] soldiers and horses were captured. Now Li Jue The remnants of the army have been trapped on the mountain, and they can be wiped out when the food is exhausted."

The courtiers who were originally frowning because of the letter sent by Cheng Lian and Wei Xu immediately became happy.Yueqi School Lieutenant Wang Qi also said happily: "General Fengxian is indeed the bravest of the three armies. As soon as he got out of the horse, he defeated the Li and Guo thieves. Situ, it is estimated that in a few days, he will be able to wipe out the thieves and return to the court victorious."

"That's right, that's right." As soon as Wang Qi finished speaking, Cui Lie continued, "Since General Fengxian has defeated the rebels, even if the soldiers of the two rebels Zhang Fan and Zhang Fan reach the outside of the capital city, there is nothing to worry about. Just wait As soon as General Fengxian's army arrives, we will join forces inside and outside, and we will be able to wipe out this group of bandits."

Cui Lie's words immediately aroused the support of several other courtiers.Seeing the good news sent by Lu Bu just now, everyone's worries disappeared immediately, and they even started discussing what to do with the four generals Li Guo and Zhang Fan after the rebel army was wiped out under the capital city.

Lu Bu's good news made everyone take it lightly. The several countermeasures they had studied at the beginning were all put on the shelf. In their thinking, even if Zhang Fan's troops arrived at the capital city, it would be impossible to break through the capital in a short while. of.As long as they stay outside the city and wait for Lu Bu's army to lead the army, these bandits will die without a place to bury them.

A day later, a scout came to report that the soldiers and horses of the second general Zhang Fan had appeared thirty miles away.After hearing the news, Wang Yun immediately ordered all the city gates to be closed, and ordered his trusted generals to lead people to meet the enemy immediately.

After more than an hour, the soldiers and horses led by Zhang and Fan finally arrived outside the capital city.Looking at the forest of spears and the clouds of flags on the city wall, Zhang Ji said to Fan Chou, "Send five hundred soldiers and horses to fight outside the city, and we will set up camp here."

When Fan Chou heard what Zhang Ji said, he asked a little worriedly: "There are so many soldiers in the city, and only 500 people are sent to fight. Isn't that going to go into the mouth of a tiger?"

Zhang Ji laughed out loud when he heard this. He comforted Fan Chou and said, "Don't worry, everyone in the city is scared out of their wits by us. No one dares to fight at all. The purpose of my sending people to fight is to let them send people to inform Lu Bu, let him rush back to the capital to rescue as soon as possible, so that Li and Guo can lead the army to cover up and kill Lu Bu, and defeat Lu Bu."

It has to be said that Zhang Ji's judgment on the people in the city is very accurate.Gao Shun, the guard of the west gate, saw that there were only 500 people fighting outside the city, and shouted "too much bullying", so he summoned a thousand infantry and prepared to go out of the city to kill them all.Unexpectedly, when the troops were being assembled, Wang Yun, who heard the news, sent someone to send an order: "No one should leave the city, or they will be killed without pardon." Return to the city head to defend the city again.

Chapter 199 Defeat like a mountain

After nightfall, Wang Yun sent two groups of messengers, one from the north of the city and one from the south of the city, to ask Lu Bu for help and ask him to bring his troops back as soon as possible.The purpose of Zhang Ji and Fan Chou's siege of the city was to make the city ask Lv Bu for help, forcing Lv Bu to return to rescue the capital, so they ordered the rangers outside the city not to block the messengers and let them leave.

Lu Bu's soldiers surrounded the hill where Li Jue's camp was located. Although they had launched several attacks, they were all beaten back without exception by the rolling logs and rocks on the mountain.

On this day, Lu Bu was still leading his army to fight at the foot of the mountain as usual, when suddenly a sergeant who was staying at the camp came to report, "Report to Marquis Wen, an urgent messenger from the capital has arrived! Army Sima, please return to the camp to discuss matters!"

Lu Bu heard that there was an emergency messenger from the capital, and no matter how much he yelled and scolded at the foot of the mountain, Li Jue couldn't come out behind closed doors, so he ordered Ming Jin to withdraw his troops and led them back to the camp.

When he walked into the big tent, Jun Sima greeted him and said anxiously: "Marquis Wen, something is wrong. Wang Situ sent someone to send a letter saying that the capital was besieged by two thieves, Zhang and Fan. Please hurry up." Return to the rescue."

"Where is the messenger?" Lu Bu frowned when he heard what Jun Sima said.

The messenger sent by Wang Yun to deliver the letter soon appeared in the big tent.Lu Bu saw that this person was actually a messenger he had sent to the capital to report the victory, so he hurriedly asked: "How is the situation in the capital, tell me quickly!"

The messenger quickly replied: "The two thieves, Zhang Ji and Fan Chou, led tens of thousands of horses to the outside of the capital city. On the one hand, Wang Situ ordered people to close the city gate to prevent the two thieves Zhang and Fan from rushing into the city; After leaving the capital, come to send a letter to Marquis Wen, asking Marquis Wen to bring his troops back to help the capital quickly."

After Lu Bu finished listening, he immediately ordered the army Sima: "Immediately summon all the generals in the army to discuss matters in the big tent."

After all the generals in the camp had arrived, Lu Bu told the generals that Zhang and Fan had led their troops to the capital, and then announced: "Wang Situ said in his letter that the situation in the capital is critical, and he ordered me to lead the troops immediately. Return to the capital. The generals will go back and tidy up. After an hour, we will leave camp and return to the capital."

After hearing Lu Bu's arrangement, Zhang Liao quickly stood up and said, "Marquis Wen, Li Jue's troops on the mountain are already a turtle in a urn. As long as our troops watch around for a few more days, they will be in chaos due to lack of food. Then we can Come down with one drum. If we withdraw our troops at this time, wouldn’t all previous efforts be wasted?”

Lu Bu couldn't listen to Zhang Liao's statement, and said with some displeasure, "Zhang Ji and Fan Chou's soldiers and horses have already arrived outside the capital city, if we don't rush back to rescue them, the city will be in danger of being destroyed. "

Zhang Liao waited for Lu Bu to finish speaking, and continued to persuade him: "Marquis Wen, Zhang Ji, and Fan Chou traveled long distances without carrying any siege equipment. In addition, there are [-] troops in Beijing, and there are veterans like Huangfusong. It is simply impossible to break through the city."

"The capital is in critical condition. We can't just ignore death." Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Lu Bu said stubbornly: "Junior Sima, pass on my general's order. The whole army packs up immediately and prepares to return to the capital."

"Marquis Wen, please give the last general 5000 troops." Seeing that it was a foregone conclusion that Lu Bu would lead his army back to the capital, Zhang Liao had no choice but to retreat. He led Song Xian and Hou Cheng to stay in the camp, falsely displaying their banners, making Li Jue mistakenly think that Marquis Wen was still in the army, and dared not act rashly. In this way, Marquis Wen could lead the army back to the capital safely and defeat the troops stationed under the city. Zhang Fan and the two thieves."

Hearing what Zhang Liao said, the Army Sima also persuaded Lu Bu: "Marquis Wen, what Lieutenant Zhang Qi said is very true, we will leave five thousand soldiers and horses here, pretending to be false, and continue to challenge at the foot of the mountain every day. Jue can't figure out the reality of our army, so he dare not leave the camp easily."

Unexpectedly, he was interrupted by Lu Bu before he finished speaking.Lu Bu said disapprovingly: "With Fang Tian's painted halberd, I can rule the world. If our army retreats and Li Jue stays in the camp obediently, he can still save his life. If he dares to lead his troops to chase after our army, I will Just kill him and return the carbine, and kill him to the bone."

Due to Lu Bu's insistence on going his own way, the army left the camp two hours later, turned around and marched in the direction of the capital.

Li Jue, who was in the village on the mountain, heard the report from his subordinates that Lv Bu's army had left the camp, so he quickly took Jia Xu up to the watchtower in the camp, and headed towards the army that was slowly leaving down the mountain.

Li Jue looked at the gradually receding army, and asked Jia Xu with some puzzlement: "Military Master, tell me why Lu Bu suddenly withdrew his troops? Could it be that he has set up another plan to make it work?"

When he first heard the news of Lu Bu's withdrawal, Jia Xu was also very surprised, but now that he has figured it out, he smiled and said, "General, if Jia guessed correctly, it must be the two generals Zhang Ji and Fan Chou who have arrived. Outside the capital city, Wang Yun was flustered for a moment, so he sent someone to send a letter to Lu Bu, and sent him back to Beijing to help."

Since Li Jue didn't listen to Jia Xu's strategy a few days ago, he insisted on chasing Lu Bu, but in the end, he was caught in an ambush and lost soldiers, not to mention his general, and even his most beloved nephew Li Bie was thrown into it.Now he was bitten by a snake for ten years and was afraid of well ropes. Hearing what Jia Xu said, he still had lingering fears and asked, "Military Master, are you sure you are not a trap set by Lu Bu?"

Jia Xu laughed and said: "The general is worrying too much. Lu Bu is a brave man. Although he was lucky enough to beat us once or twice, when he heard that the capital was in trouble, he rushed out of the camp. We just need to send troops to pursue , will be victorious.”

Jia Xu's words made Li Jue's heart skip a beat, and just as he was about to make up his mind, a soldier suddenly came to report: "General Qi, General Guo and a dozen cavalry are outside the stronghold to ask for an audience."

Hearing that Guo Si was coming, Li Jue was overjoyed immediately, and quickly ordered: "Hurry up and invite General Guo into the village."

Li Jue and Jia Xu got off the watchtower and went to greet Guo Si outside the gate of the village.Seeing the disheveled and embarrassed Guo Bang, Li Jue couldn't help being stunned for a moment.He stepped forward to hold the other party's hand, and asked with concern: "Why are you in such a mess?"

"Oh, don't mention it." Guo Si said with a sad face, "Since Zhang Liao broke through our army's camp a few days ago, I took a dozen of my subordinates and slept in the nearby mountains. I originally planned to join Zhizhi However, it turned out that Lv Bu's army was camping at the foot of the mountain. We finally had the chance to come here when Lv Bu's soldiers left the camp today."