【Chapter 273】
After the Wuwei army rushed out of the south gate, Wang Yun stood up with difficulty holding the wall, walked to the palace gate in a swaying step, and looked out into the west with his eyes blank.
Wang Yun knew that the general named Huan Fei had shown mercy to his men in the scene just now, and the Hu general who stayed at the end kept protecting him from being trampled and stabbed to death by the Wuwei cavalry. He did not leave until all the Wuwei army left the city.
At first, Wang Yun was confused about all this, and thought that the Wuwei Army wanted to capture him alive and deliberately saved his life. But the words of the Hu general before leaving made him realize that it was all because of his adopted daughter Ren Hongchang.
It was not until this moment that Wang Yun suddenly realized that Li Li was different from other Xiliang generals. Li Li was by no means a ruthless and vicious person, but a person who clearly distinguished gratitude and grudges, and he would repay all gratitude and gratitude.
A person who is extremely affectionate and sexually wise is definitely not a person who is very traitorous and evil.
This is something that Wang Yun thought out in an instant. It’s a pity that he understood it too late, and the big mistake has been made. Regret is useless, and regret is even more futile.
Suddenly, Wang Yun felt that Ren Hongchang had chosen the right person with Li Li. Because Li Li was a rare hero in troubled times, he had means and scheming, cunning, and far-reaching ideas. Moreover, he was also a kind and righteous person, which was extremely rare.
In a daze, Wang Yun couldn't help but think of his biological daughter Wang Ying. If he could understand Li Li's character earlier and Li Li was willing to come to propose marriage, he would definitely entrust Wang Ying to Li Li, not Lu Bu.
Wang Yun, who was completely disappointed, was no longer worried about the safety of the young emperor and the empress dowager. He devoted all his life to the Han Dynasty, and in his sixties he also paid the life of his biological daughter. Now he is afraid he will have to pay the lives of the whole family of the Wang family. Ask yourself, although he made a mistake in his decision-making, he is worthy of the Han Dynasty and has no guilt for the emperor's kindness. What's more, he dared to conclude that Li Li would not harm the emperor and the empress dowager. If the emperor and the empress dowager end up falling into Li Li's hands, it might be their blessing. As for Wang Yun, a person who is about to die, he has no love for him and dies, it is a kind of relief.
Unfortunately, things in the world are hard to come again. Some people and some things can never be saved once they are missed.
Perhaps it was because of the self-consciousness that the deadline was coming, or it was a conscience discovery, or other reasons. Wang Yun, who was absent-minded, wrote a line of large words on the stone wall of the south gate with his blood-soaked fingers: "When a bird is about to die, his singing is sad; when a person is about to die, his words are good. Wuwei Li, with feelings and righteousness, and his grudges are clear, he is the true husband in the world! Wang Yun's last writing."
"Da da da da!"
"Hurry. Wang Yun has kidnapped the emperor and the queen mother and chased Wang Yun!"
The moment Wang Yun wrote the last word, the sound of "rumbling" stalking horses suddenly came from the east of the palace. Then Guo Si, who was riding his horse, appeared in Wang Yun's sight with a loud shout.
"Wang Yun?" Guo Si suddenly saw Wang Yun standing under the palace gate. He immediately ran away and shouted loudly: "Hurry up, rush over and tear Wang Yun into pieces!"
"Rebellious thief! I would rather be killed by the palace gate than by the traitors!" Wang Yun looked at Guo Si as he led the army to rush over. He immediately shouted in sorrow, then lowered his head and used all his strength to rush to the corner of the wall two feet away.
"Bang!"
With a dull sound, Wang Yun slowly fell under the corner of the palace gate wall, his head had become deformed and he died immediately.
"Puff!" Guo Si, who was rushing towards him, stabbed Wang Yun into the back with a knife, but did not hear Wang Yun's scream.
"Die? The old man actually has the courage to hit the wall and die?" Guo Si pulled out his blade and turned Wang Yun's body over. He suddenly saw that Wang Yun's head was bleeding and he was already dead.
In an instant, Guo Si was stunned and his resentment towards Wang Yun suddenly disappeared. Instead, he admired Wang Yun's courage. After all, there were very few people in this world who truly had the courage to die, and there were very few people who were in a high position like Wang Yun who dared to commit suicide, which was extremely rare.
"Puff puff puff!"
Just as Guo Si was lost, thousands of soldiers following him waved their weapons and stabbed them on the dead Wang Yun, as if following the order of "breaking corpses" given by Guo Si.
"Stop it! Stop it all!" Suddenly, Li Jue rushed over and saw the soldiers dismembering their bodies. He immediately shouted and rushed to the front of the palace gate.
"Enough, Wang Yun has been dead for a long time. Death is like a lamp extinguishing, and this matter ends here!" Li Jue frowned and said, looking at Wang Yun's body, who was beyond recognition.
Then Li Jue asked Guo Si: "Second brother, where are the emperor and the queen mother? How come Wang Yun is the only one here in the defenders here?"
Guo Si continued, "When I led my army to come, there were still many figures flashing on the city tower. When Wang Yun hit the wall and died, the people ran away like a swarm, and there was no trace in a blink of an eye. The emperor and the queen mother were not sure where to go. However, before we arrived at the South Gate, there seemed to have fought here. Brother, please see, there were dozens of cavalry corpses. Judging from the color of armor and the corpses of war horses, it should be,,,,,,,, Wuwei Army under Wenchang."
Li Jue immediately browned, turned over and dismounted with a cold expression, strode to the cavalry body, squatted down to observe. After a while, he turned over the horse with a gloomy face, and said to Guo Si in a deep voice: "The second brother immediately leads troops to surrender the chaotic troops in the city, and strictly orders the soldiers not to harass the people in the city, and those who violate the orders will be killed! As for the whereabouts of the emperor and the empress dowager, we will talk about it after dawn. Go quickly!"
"Okay, all the soldiers will follow me!" Guo Si could see that Li Jue was in a bad mood and seemed to be angry. He immediately bowed his order and called on the soldiers of the headquarters to run away quickly.
"Come here, I will bury Wang Yun's body, and choose a day to be buried with a generous gift!" Li Jue watched Guo Si lead his army away, glanced at Wang Yun's body, and ordered in a deep voice. After saying that, he turned around and took thousands of soldiers straight to the palace.
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"Dadadada——"
"Look at Wen Hou, the fire in Chang'an City has been extinguished!" In the dark wilderness, Lu Bu led a large army to rush to Chang'an with torches and whips. As he approached, Zhang Liao suddenly found that the firelight above Chang'an was gradually extinguishing. It was obvious that the capital had fallen, and the army of Li Jue and Guo Si had already occupied Chang'an.
"Wow——"
Lu Bu looked up at the sky above Chang'an City in the dark. Sure enough, the fire in the city became darker and darker. The battle was over, and he was still one step late. Suddenly, Lu Bu's expression changed drastically, he immediately stopped and raised his Fang Tian Hua Ji to signal the army to stop moving forward.
"Wenhou, what should we do now? Chang'an City has fallen into the hands of Li Jue and Guo Si. They have more than 100,000 troops and are now stationed in Jiancheng. The situation is over, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to save the defeat." Zhang Liao walked to Lu Bu's side and whispered.
"Damn it!" Lu Bu looked at the towering Chang'an City in the darkness with angrily eyes and said in a deep voice: "We are late. Wang Yun and the emperor are afraid that they have encountered any accidents, so it would be futile to attack the city. Wenyuan quickly sent a quick horse to the Chiwu Chuan order Chen Gong to immediately set fire to the city. He told Chen Gong that according to the route discussed earlier, we waited for him on Lantian Road, and then hid in the day and walked at night, evacuated Xiliang as soon as possible, and headed south to Jingxiang!"
"Ah! Marquis Wen, are you saying we are going to Wuguan to Jingxiang?" Zhang Liao asked in surprise.
Lu Bu nodded slightly with a dim expression and said, "Yes. Now Li Jue and Guo Si's army have occupied Chang'an. Then they will send a large army to wipe out the surrounding rebels, and then the entire Xiliang will be occupied by them. And we have less than 30,000 troops, and we are definitely not their opponents. Even if we trapped in Meiwu, we will not be able to escape the fate of defeat sooner or later. Apart from Meiwu Gucheng, Xiliang is large, but we have no place to stand. Only by going south to Jingxiang to seize the city will we have the opportunity to make a comeback."
After hearing this, Zhang Liao felt unwilling to do so, but he had to admit that what Lu Bu said was extremely true.
Since Dong Zhuo's death, most of the elite troops of the Western Liang army were in the hands of Li Jue, and the other half were in the hands of Niu Fu, Xu Rong, Dong Yue and Fan Chou. The Wuwei army was independent of the Western Liang army and formed an army alone. Although Xu Rong's army stationed in Lantian camp was nominally surrendered to the court, they were actually watching. After Wang Yun took power, he did not want to gather the Western Liang army left by Dong Zhuo, but instead hunted and killed surrendered soldiers and issued an order to kill Li Jue, Guo Si and Li Li and other major generals of the Western Liang army. It was really stupid. Under Wang Yun's stupid order, although he temporarily occupied Chang'an City, he actually failed to surrender many Western Liang army, so he could only send the guards of the ministers and ministers and entourages to defend the city in armor. These armored soldiers were okay to scare the poor, but in the face of the offensive and defensive battle, their combat effectiveness was extremely limited and they were useless.
This is true. There are as many as 20,000 to 30,000 defenders in Chang'an City. Facing the attack of Li Jue's army, they were vulnerable at all. They were captured by the Xiliang army within less than two hours, and they were thrown away their armor and scattered in panic.
Now that Chang'an City is lost, Lu Bu's army is alone and hard to sing. Even if there is Wu Jian City, it is difficult to defend. Because after Li Jue occupied Chang'an, it means that most of the Xiliang was shrouded under the iron hoof of the Xiliang army. In the three auxiliary places of Chang'an, Li Jue could completely wipe out the land of the three auxiliary places of Chang'an in just over a month; in the western Liangzhou, the Wuwei army under Li Li occupied half of Liangzhou, and the oppressed Han Sui, Ma Teng and other princes could not breathe and were at risk of destruction at any time. If Li Jue and Li Li's uncle and nephew joined forces, within half a year, the entire Xiliang would definitely surrender to the iron hoof of their uncle and nephew.
Faced with such a dangerous situation, Lu Bu had no other way to live except to escape from Xiliang as soon as possible and go south to Jingxiang.
With a sudden turn of mind, Zhang Liao sighed secretly: "One night, kings, princes, generals and ministers turned into dry bones, and the dignified Marquis of Wen Lu Fengxian became a dog with a broken family, exhausted from running. As the world turned around, things in the world were so playful! The world was unpredictable when the chaos came!"
While his heart was shaking, Zhang Liao signaled his personal soldiers to return to Meiwu immediately to inform Chen Gong to abandon the city and go south. Immediately, more than 20,000 troops, led by Lu Bu, bypassed Chang'an City and rushed to Lantian at night.——————— (To be continued)
Chapter completed!