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Dong Zhuo is dead.
For the Xiliang Army, it was like a bolt from the blue.
They fled in all directions, terrified.
Cao Cao liquidated Dong Zhuo's party members in Chang'an and killed many people.
Li Jue and Guo Si both planned to flee separately, but Li Ru stepped in to stop them, saying:
"I heard that Cao Cao in Chang'an City is discussing how to drive us all away. If you abandon your troops and run away, a pavilion commander can catch you. Why not gather the remaining soldiers and avenge the lord. If you can succeed, you will be a prince comparable to the lord. Even if If you fail, can you get worse than you are now?"
Li Jue and Guo Si were convinced when they heard such heartfelt words. They immediately dispersed their cronies and summoned Dong Zhuo's old troops.
Originally, Xiliang soldiers were just headless flies, running around everywhere. When they heard that there was an organization looking for them, they immediately went to join them.
Within three days, Li Jue and Guo Si gathered 100,000 troops. Although their momentum was much weaker than Dong Zhuo's, at this moment they were both desperadoes and had no fear of life or death.
"Wen You, what should we do next?" Li Jue asked, now he admired Li Ru very much.
"After a few more days, Cao Cao thinks that after Chang'an is stabilized, he will definitely return to Yanzhou. After all, Yanzhou still has more things to deal with." Li Rudao.
"But, what to do with the food?" Guo Bang raised his own question. He was now in charge of logistics, and he couldn't provide enough food and drink for 100,000 people.
In the past, they had no shortage of food. That was because Dong Zhuo robbed Luoyang and Chang'an. In addition, Luoyang is the capital of the country, and there are countless grains stored.
We are really poor now.
"Grab! Steal away from Chang'an." Li Ru said, he would not pity those people. The important thing now is to persist through the most miserable few days.
On the other side, after dealing with Dong Zhuo's old troops, Cao Cao handed over the defense of Chang'an to Cao Ren.
"Things here have been sorted out, and I'm going back to Yanzhou next." Cao Cao said, Yanzhou was his foundation, and after welcoming Emperor Xian, he didn't manage much anymore.
He has always been worried about this. Who knows if there will be a second Wang Yun?
"I'll take care of everything," Cao Ren said confidently.
Cao Cao finally took away 50,000 troops, leaving 30,000 troops to guard Chang'an.
Thirty thousand horses are enough to defend a city.
The scouts quickly reported the news of Cao Cao's departure to Li Ru, who began to plan a counterattack.
"The city wall of Chang'an is strong. We may have to fight for many days. Therefore, General Li led 60,000 troops to attack the city, while General Guo led 40,000 troops to ambush Cao Cao." Li Rudao.
When Cao Cao learned that Chang'an was besieged, he would definitely return to help. Therefore, in Li Ru's design, attacking Cao Cao is the focus.
As long as this force is defeated, Cao Cao will be unable to rescue Chang'an.
Li Jue and Guo Si both had no objections to this arrangement, and even admired it very much. It is very valuable that Li Ru still has such a mind in a crisis.
So, Li Jue's 60,000 troops went straight to Chang'an and defeated Cao Ren.
Where did the troops come from? Why does Chang'an still have such enemies?
Li Jue showed his own flag, which was no longer Dong Zhuo's, but the siege was still fierce.
"Brothers, our food is all in Chang'an City. If we can't break the city, we will all starve to death!" Li Jue shouted.
So, Dong Zhuo's remnant troops attacked the city more fiercely, charging with ladders as if they were desperate.
Cao Ren mobilized his troops in an orderly manner, while exploring the enemy's news and sending messengers to inform Cao Cao.
In fact, he has roughly guessed the identity of the enemy.
Originally, Cao Cao judged that stragglers were nothing to worry about, but he did not expect that they could still gather together.
As soon as Cao Cao left Hangu Pass, he received a letter from Cao Ren. He was very panicked.
So, he asked Xi Zhicai to go back to Chenliu first and take charge of the work of the court, while he led the army back to Chang'an to aid.
Chen Liu is also a place where Cao Cao is concerned, otherwise he would stay in Chang'an for a long time and such a thing would not happen.
Cao Cao immediately led an army of fifty thousand to Chang'an. On the way, he was attacked by Guo Si.
The Flying Bear Army suffered heavy losses in the last war, and the remaining 20,000 elites are all here with Guo Si.
Twenty thousand cavalry suddenly rushed out from the hillside, shouting and killing.
In order to rush as quickly as possible, Cao CaoWhen arriving at Chang'an, they used a long snake formation, which advanced very quickly, but could not keep track of each other.
As soon as the Flying Bear Army launched an attack, it cut off the connection between Cao Cao's army.
The bloody killing began.
Cao Cao fought bloody battles and even killed three enemies himself, but his defeat was obvious and he had to lead his army to flee back to Hangu Pass.
Guo Si pursued him closely, and in the end, the number of Cao Cao's troops who escaped back to Hangu Pass was less than 20,000.
It can be said that this is a big defeat. Cao Cao, who was originally high-spirited, was now disgraced.
20,000 people are barely holding on to Hangu Pass. How dare he rescue Chang'an again?
When Cao Ren found out, he was shocked and his confidence seemed to be suddenly taken away. After holding on for seven days, Dong Zhuo's remnant army finally entered Chang'an. Cao Ren had no choice but to lead the remaining troops to break out of the encirclement and arrived at Hangu Pass to join Cao Cao.
"My Lord, the last general deserves to die!" Cao Ren knelt down and said.
Chang'an was thrown away by him before he could hold it up. There was really no way to evade it.
Cao Cao waved his hand and did not blame Cao Ren. If he hadn't been ambushed by Guo Si, Chang'an wouldn't have been so difficult.
Now, Cao Cao only has Chen Liu's 30,000 troops, Xiahou Dun's 20,000 troops defending Yuan Shao, and Hangu Pass's 30,000 troops. Together with other local garrison troops, the number is only 100,000.
And the remnants of Dong Zhuo's army in Chang'an still retain 80,000 troops.
With such a comparison of forces, Cao Cao was no longer able to capture Chang'an, so he ordered Cao Ren to stick to Hangu Pass and returned to Chenliu in despair.
As long as Hangu Pass is in hand, Chang'an will always be his.
"Compared with the mourning at Hangu Pass, Chang'an is singing and dancing at the moment.
Li Jue and Guo Si held a celebration banquet. During the celebration, they elected Li Ru as Grand Master to succeed Dong Zhuo.
But Li Ru knew very well that he did not have any military strength. This grand master was just a puppet for Li Jue and Guo Bang to balance each other, so he refused to accept it, paving the way for the future chaos in Chang'an.
Li Ru's thoughts at this moment are complicated, because Dong Zhuo is dead and he has no target of loyalty. As for Li and Guo, to be honest, Li Ru didn't take them seriously at all.
In the past few nights, he often thought of Dong Zhuo and the scene of his tragic death.
After such accumulation of friendship, it finally broke out. Li Ru made up his mind to avenge Dong Zhuo.
But Dong Zhuo¡¯s real enemy is Liu Ke. How can we defeat him?
Li Ru didn't have any clue for a while, but he had already decided to leave Chang'an.
No matter how hard Li and Guo try, they will never be a match for Dongyang Hou.
The news that Chang'an was captured by Dong Zhuo's remnants also reached Liu Ke's ears a few days later.
Isn¡¯t this too dramatic?
Not long after he left, Cao Cao's army lost Chang'an. I'm afraid Cao Cao could faint from crying in the toilet.
However, it would be better if Chang'an was in chaos. It would damage Cao Cao's prestige and disrupt the pace of Yanzhou's development.
Li Ru actually planned all of this. It seems that we should be careful about him in the future, Liu Ke secretly thought. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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