The Twenty-Ninth Crusade Against Dong Zhuo (II)
The seven vassals raised their troops respectively. On the way, Jin Xuan privately said to the generals: "Hero Lu Bu, don't be your enemy. Without my orders, don't go out to battle.”At Deguan, he set up a camp and led the army to fight.
Lu Bu led 3,000 cavalry to meet them. He carried a bow and arrow with him, held a halberd in his hand, and rode on a neighing wind red rabbit horse. As expected, Lu Bu among men, a red rabbit among horses! Fang Yue, a famous general in Hanoi, went out to fight. The two horses clashed, and within five rounds, he was stabbed under the horse by Lu Bu's halberd. Han Fu's general, Mu Shun, rode out with his spear to fight. He was stabbed under his horse by Lu Bu's halberd. Kong Rong's general, Wu Anguo, sent an iron hammer to gallop out. Lu Bu waved his halberd and patted his horse to meet him. After more than ten rounds of fighting, a halberd cut off Han Anguo's wrist, threw the hammer to the ground and fled.
Jin Xuan saw that all the generals under the vassals were no match for Lu Bu, so he led his generals to meet him. Lu Bu saw a handsome general with a beautiful female general beside him and five Tiger Generals following behind him. He shouted,""Who are you?" "I'm Jin Xuan," Jin Xuan said. Fengxian is brave and brave, how can he help the tiger? Dong Zhuo must be defeated. If Feng Xian finds a place to live in the future, he can go to Changsha and meet him in person. Today, each for his own master, please forgive him first.”Then he said to Zhang Fei and Guan Yu,"Ji De can go and fight. If he cannot win, then Commander Yun can come forward and attack. I will join the other generals.”Zhang Fei pulled himself together and fought hard against Lu Bu. They fought more than 50 rounds in a row, but there was no winner. Jin Xuan was worried that Zhang Fei would lose, so he ordered Guan Yu to attack him from both sides. Three horses were fighting. After thirty rounds of fighting, Lu Bu could not be defeated. Jin Xuan held a double-edged, three-edged knife and went forward. The three of them surrounded Lu Bu and started to fight. Lu Bu's horse was blocked and blocked. He swung open the corner of the formation and pulled the halberd backward. The horse flew back.
Jin Xuan saw that Lu Bu had been defeated and knew that Lu Bu's horse was fast. He shouted at Zhang Fei and Guan Yu to stop them and called for seven armies to attack together.
They hurried Lu Bu to the gate and saw the green silk umbrella cover fluttering in the west wind. "It must be Dong Zhuo!" shouted Zhang Fei. What's so strong about chasing Lu Bu? Why don't we take down that thief Dong first? That's cutting the weeds and eliminating the roots!”He patted the horse on the gate and came to capture Dong Zhuo.
Jin Xuan saw that the pass was extremely majestic and easy to defend but difficult to attack. He was worried that Zhang Fei would lose and hurriedly let Zhang Fei return first. The seven vassals camped at the pass and waited for an opportunity to break through the pass.
At night, a messenger came to Jinxuan's camp. Jin immediately summoned his generals into the tent and summoned the messenger to see him. The messenger replied,"The King of Pingnan is a hero of the age. Now the Grand Preceptor has a daughter who he wishes to marry.”"Dong Zhuo is a traitor," Jin Xuan said. I want to get rid of him to stabilize the world. I won't kill you. You should leave quickly.”He ordered the soldiers to be beaten out of the camp.
The messenger returned to the pass and spoke of Jin Xuan's rudeness. Dong Zhuo summoned Li Ru for a discussion. Li Ru said,"Now that Jin Xuan and the other generals are brave, Wen Hou can't handle it alone. Why not withdraw the troops from the two passes and return to Luoyang? Luoyang City is strong and abundant in food. If the vassals fail to work hard, they will certainly retreat.”
Dong Zhuo listened to his advice and ordered the army to withdraw to Luoyang. Jin Xuan knew that the vassals would not succeed in their efforts, so he said to the vassals: "Dong Zhuo has retreated to Luoyang and is heavily defended. Now, the vassals can attack Luoyang and then lead their troops to attack Chang 'an. If Dong Zhuo sends troops to rescue them, they may be able to win.”
At that time, all the vassals were speechless, only Cao Cao said: "Chang 'an is Dong Zhuo's lair. If King Pingnan attacks, he might be able to reap unexpected rewards.”
At night, Cao Cao led more than ten cavalry to Jin Xuan's camp. Jin Xuan came out of the camp gate to meet him. Cao Cao said,"My people are ordinary, but they are all heroes of the world. Only the King of Pingnan thinks the same as Cao Cao. The King of Pingnan will leave tomorrow. Cao Cao has come to see him off.”
"Brother Meng De, this alliance army is a motley crew. I don't want to be in the same team as them. If we attack Chang 'an now, we might be able to force Dong Zhuo's army to return to Chang' an. If the alliance army can enter Luoyang and not let them harm the people, it will be a great fortune for the country.”
Jin Xuan led his troops to Chang 'an City and set up a camp. At that time, Ma Su's army arrived with food. Ma Su said,"My lord, I wonder what you mean by sending troops to attack Chang 'an.”
"Dong Zhuo is a servant who guards the house," Jin Xuan replied."Although he has Li Ru as his assistant, his talent is not of much use. Now our army is stationed there. Dong Zhuo is worried about Chang 'an and may abandon Luoyang. Now our army is too small to fight Dong Zhuo. If Dong Zhuo abandoned Luoyang, he would certainly move the emperor and all the civil and military officials here. If our army can save the emperor and all the civil and military officials, it will be a worthwhile trip.”Ma Su kowtowed.
The army of King Pingnan was everywhere, and did not disturb the people at all. All the needs of his army were transported by Ma Su's troops from Jianye through Shouchun, Runan and Wancheng. Therefore, the army is everywhere, and the people praise it. This is also the Jin Dynasty's move to win the hearts of the people.
As expected by Jin Xuan, Dong Zhuo heard that Pingnan soldiers were going to attack Chang 'an. Before the army of the vassals arrived, he ordered the royal family, civil and military officials and the people of Luoyang to move to Chang' an. The palace was set on fire, and seven or eight out of ten houses in Luoyang were burned down.
When the vassals arrived in Luoyang, they saw that Luoyang had been destroyed and could not bear to see it. Sun Jian patrolled the palace. A soldier found the jade seal. Sun Jian hid it and did not report it.
Lu Bu led the vanguard to Chang 'an. When he arrived, he saw that the Pingnan army was nowhere to be seen. He was at a loss and waited for Dong Zhuo to arrive.
Jin Xuan ordered the generals to lead the army to ambush and let the front army pass. However, Dong Zhuo led the central army to arrive, and all the officials surrounded the emperor and mixed in the army.
Jin Xuan ordered Guan Yu to lead his troops to attack Dong Zhuo's army. Dong Zhuo's army was caught off guard and immediately fell into disarray. At this time, Zhang Fei, Taishi Ci, and Zhang Liao led their elite troops to attack, and Dong Zhuo's army was in chaos and scattered. Jin Xuan led Dian Wei and Zhu Rong to rescue the emperor and all officials.
Jin Xuan's goal had been achieved, so he sounded the bell to withdraw his troops. At the same time, he sent people to Luoyang to inform the vassals to divide their troops to receive him. The 90,000-strong army protected the Emperor and the officials as they bypassed Dong Zhuo's rear army and slowly retreated to Luoyang.
Jin Xuan went to see the Emperor."I, King Jin Xuan of Pingnan, have come to escort Your Majesty and ask for Your Majesty's directions.”At that time, the emperor trembled and did not dare to speak. King Chen Liu was beside him and said: "King Pingnan, please rise. I heard that all the vassals are in Luoyang.”Jin Xuan bowed and retreated.
Dong Zhuo had just collected the defeated soldiers when the rear army arrived. A total of 150,000 soldiers and horses were sent to Lu Bu to receive them and lead the army to seize the emperor.
The Jin army took advantage of the opportunity to protect the emperor and the officials, and the speed of the army was slow. Two hours later, Dong Zhuo's army caught up. Jin Xuan ordered Dian Wei and Zhu Rong to lead 10,000 soldiers to protect the emperor and the officials. He personally led Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhang Liao and Taishi Ci to lead 80,000 troops to meet the enemy.
Dong Zhuo's generals Fan Chou and Zhang Ji led 50,000 troops to arrive first, and the two armies faced each other. Zhang Fei led his horse out to fight. Fan Chou went out to meet him. Before long, Fan Chou could not resist and was defeated. Zhang Ji went up to meet him. Guan Yu urged his horse to catch up. Before long, Zhang Ji was also defeated. Jin Xuanming's army attacked, and Fan Chou's army was defeated. At that time, Dong Zhuo's army arrived, but before they could get into formation, they were scattered by their defeated army and retreated. The Jin Xuan Army chased for a while before retreating to catch up with the front army.
At that time, all the vassals gathered in Luoyang and camped in the west of Luoyang. Yuan Shao and others heard that Jin Xuan's army had intercepted the emperor's officials and sent an army to meet him.
At this time, Lu Bu of Chang 'an received the news and knew that this matter was of great importance. He gathered the soldiers of the city to pursue, and a great battle began.
Dong Zhuo and the others gathered the defeated soldiers and pursued them. However, they were afraid of the elite soldiers and brave generals of the Jin Xuan Army and did not dare to approach. They followed behind and waited for Lu Bu's reinforcements.
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