Three Kingdoms: At the beginning, Cao Cao assassinated Dong, and I was abandoned

Cao Shuo built four camps around Chang'an City, completely surrounding Chang'an.

’Send someone to inform Xun Yu and ask him to mobilize an army of [-] to Chang’an! '

Chapter 460 Dong Zhuo Requests Reinforcement

Chang'an City, in Dong Zhuo's palace.

Five people, Li Ru, Duan Yao, Li Su, Li Jue, and Fan Chou, stood dejectedly above the main hall.

Cao Shuo's army has surrounded Chang'an, and everyone has nothing to do.

It might still be possible to break out of the siege now, but once Cao Shuo brought the army in, it would be difficult for them to break out of the siege.

Dong Zhuo asked gloomyly, "Li Ru, how much food do we have left?"

Li Ru thought for a while and said, "The food in the city is enough for the army and the people in the city for three years."

Their food is very sufficient, otherwise, they would not have lent food to Liu Bei before.

Li Ru changed the subject and said, "The fine salt we store is only enough for two months. If we distribute it to the people in the city, I'm afraid it will be used up in less than half a month."

Dong Zhuo said angrily: "These belong to our soldiers, and they must not be distributed to the people in the city. These people are nothing but fools. Whoever is in Luoyang City should listen to whoever they are."

Everyone looked embarrassed. If the people complained or went to extremes, Chang'an City would be difficult to defend.

Duan Yan suggested: "Your Majesty, we have to block the city gates. They have a siege weapon, which is very domineering. It is close to a two-foot thick city gate and can directly shoot through it."

Li Su agreed: "Yes, I heard that they are called siege crossbows, and the arrows are thicker than the mouth of a bowl, and can directly shoot through our city gates."

The others wiped off a cold sweat when they heard this. Is this called a crossbow arrow?

Who can bear this, Dong Zhuo hurriedly said: "Li Su, Fan Chou, Duan Yao, Li Jue, each of you four is in charge of a city gate."

"promise!"

Dong Zhuo looked at Li Ru and said, "Try to get some salt. There will be no problems in a short period of time. After a long time, the human body will become weak. We must not let Cao Shuo's plan succeed."

The Longteng Chamber of Commerce has cut off most of the goods in Chang'an City. There is a lack of salt, wine, and iron. After a long time, there will be chaos in Chang'an.

Li Ru suggested, "Your Majesty, do we need to recall General Yan Xing?"

Dong Zhuo looked at Li Jue and said, "Which general can break out now and ask Yan Xing for help?"

Li Jue was confused, what did Dong Zhuo mean by looking at him?Are you going to let him break out?

Gao Shun, Yan Liang, and Liu Ye guarded the north gate, Cao Shuo personally guarded the east gate, Dian Wei, Xia Houyuan, Cao Ren, and Guo Jia guarded the west gate, and Huang Zhong and Xun You guarded the south gate.

Based on his ability, it may be extremely difficult to break through.

He said with a look of embarrassment: "Your Majesty, I am not their opponent. If we forcefully break through at this time, there is no guarantee that we will be able to get out."

Dong Zhuo waved his hand and said: "You misunderstood me, I didn't ask you to go in person, I heard that your nephew Hu Feng is quite brave, and I let him command the five thousand Feixiong army under my command, with the Feixiong army escorting him, he must able to kill."

Li Jue said with a mournful face: "Your Majesty, my nephew has already died in the hands of Gao Shun, I'm afraid I can't share your majesty's worries."

"What?" Dong Zhuo was surprised. He was going to make Hu a general who conquered the East, but he was already dead.

"Since that's the case, then Zhiran, lead the Feixiong army to fight out!"

"This……"

In desperation, Li Jue had no choice but to agree, but the five thousand Flying Bear Army was definitely not the opponent of Cao Shuo's Xuanjia Army.

"Your Majesty, with only five thousand flying bears, we may not be able to break out of the encirclement. I need the assistance of a few generals."

Dong Zhuo looked at Li Ru, Li Ru said: "Several generals will fight out from the three gates to assist General Li Jue. After General Li breaks out of the siege, you will retreat to the city, and then block the three gates, leaving the west gate behind. Send heavy troops to guard and set up more obstacles."

"promise!"

Li Su, Fan Chou, and Duan Yan readily agreed, as long as they are not allowed to break out, everything is easy to talk about.

In the middle of the night, Li Jue led five thousand flying bear troops and ten thousand Xiliang iron cavalry, and waited early behind the west gate. As soon as the other three city gates fought and all attention was drawn, he would lead the army to break out of the encirclement. .

"Report, three cavalrymen suddenly appeared from the east gate, north gate, and south gate of Chang'an City, and harassed our army camp."

Cao Shuo frowned, why didn't Ximen come out with soldiers?

Xi Zhicai said: "Your Majesty, it seems that the other party wants to ask for reinforcements, and deliberately uses the three gates to attract our attention."

Such a simple strategy, anyone with a bit of common sense can see through their purpose.

Cao Shuo narrowed his eyes and thought for a while, Yan Xing, the prefect of Youfufeng, still has [-] troops outside, and there are several generals of Han Sui under Yan Xing's account.

Yan Xing's counselor, Cheng Gongying, has been paying attention to him for a long time. Although this person's resourcefulness is good in Xiliang, it is still not as good as his counselor.

"Order the other three battalions to kill more soldiers and less fight with the opponent's generals, so as to destroy their vital strength."

After Cao Shuo's order was issued, Gao Shun, Xia Houyuan, Huang Zhong, Dian Wei, Yan Liang and others ordered the soldiers to shoot from a distance as far as possible.

Even if they break out, they don't care, only You Fufeng is left in Dong Zhuo's territory, and they have already broken through the other territories.

Let alone a few generals, even if Dong Zhuo escaped, where could he go?

The number of people in Chang'an City was far greater than that of You Fufeng, and he escaped without many soldiers to recruit.

The relationship between Dong Zhuo and Ma Teng is not very good. Ma Teng will not take Dong Zhuo in at all, let alone Liu Bei. As long as Cao Shuo exerts a little pressure, Liu Bei will obediently hand over Dong Zhuo.

Li Jue asked his deputy general to lead [-] Xiliang iron cavalry to entangle Dianwei's army first, and then took advantage of the scuffle between the two sides to lead the [-] flying bear army to break out of the encirclement.

Li Shi, Li Jue's son, said with a look of disdain: "Father, I think their soldiers' attack power is not as good as that of the Feixiong Army, why don't we charge again?"

"Snapped!"

Li Jue slapped Li Shi on the head, and then scolded: "I hate myself for living too long, do you think you are Dian Wei's opponent, or Xia Houyuan and Cao Ren's opponent?"

"This……"

Li Shi got excited for a while and forgot about this matter. Although he has both civil and military skills, he is by no means a fierce general. What he wants to do is a Confucian general.

Li Jue ordered: "After you arrive at Youfufeng, you don't need to stay in the army anymore. I will arrange some reliable subordinates for you. You leave Qin State quickly and go to Yizhou to be an Anyi general."

Li Shi asked with a puzzled face: "Father, why is this? If you think His Majesty will be destroyed by Cao Shuo, why don't we just rely on Cao Shuo?"

Li Jue shook his head and said: "Your Majesty has been kind to me, I can't be an ungrateful villain. After you arrive in Yizhou, ask for an official position in Nanzhong, and dominate one side there, absolutely no problem."

Li Shi had already understood what Li Jue meant, and Li Jue had the will to die, so he sighed and agreed to Li Jue's suggestion that it would be nice to be a local emperor.

Chapter 461 Cao Shuo designed to ambush Li Jue and Yan Xing

The two sides fought for nearly half an hour outside the city of Chang'an, and Li Su, Fan Chou, and Duan Yan led the remnant soldiers back to the city.

Dong Zhuo asked, "How many soldiers did we lose in this battle?"

Li Ru replied: "Forty-five thousand people left the city, and 5000 people came back. General Li Jue brought about 1 people. The rest were either killed or captured."

Dong Zhuo was horrified, if this battle continued, they would have no soldiers.

"Immediately block the east, north, south, and three city gates. If Wei Jun wants to enter the city, he must climb the wall."

Li Ru personally led the team and sealed the three city gates with stones. Even if Cao Shuo's men smashed the gates from the outside, it would take a while for them to come in.

Li Ru ordered the soldiers to collect all the idle wood and iron, all of which were used to forge weapons and arrows, and then according to Li Su and Duan Yan's description, they made many longbows, which could shoot two or three hundred paces away.

Cao Shuo sat in the big camp, watching the report of Huang Zhong and others. They also lost a lot in this battle, about 2 people, but most of these people were recruits.

None of his elite soldiers were recruited. These soldiers had been trained for more than half a year, and they hadn't been on the battlefield yet, so they were exposed to blood.

When Cao Shuo was about to fall asleep, Xi Zhi came to his tent.

"Your Majesty, the Imperial Guards in the city have sent news that Dong Zhuo has sealed off the North Gate, East Gate, and South Gate, leaving only the West Gate to pass through."

Cao Shuo said speechlessly, "Isn't this asking for death?"

Did Dong Zhuo think he would attack the city?

Don't be kidding, although he has never seen the defense of Chang'an City with his own eyes, he has also heard Xi Zhicai's report.

Chang'an City's defense materials are very sufficient. When he attacked Hangu Pass, Dong Zhuo had already started preparations. After such a long time, it is estimated that the defense materials in Chang'an City were piled up like a mountain.

Xi Zhicai said: "Your Majesty, Dong Zhuo pinned his hopes on Yan Xing, shall we make arrangements?"

Cao Shuo thought for a while and said, "Since Dong Zhuo has blocked the three city gates, there is no need for us to leave so many soldiers to watch over them."

"Notify Gao Shun and Guo Jia to leave [-] soldiers and hand them over to Tian Yu, and then set up scarecrows in the camp to confuse the enemy."

"Let them join forces with Huang Zhong, occupy several county towns west of Chang'an City, and then hide the soldiers in the county towns. As soon as Yan Xing's army comes to Chang'an City, surround him with me."

Cao Shuo arranged for Han Hao, Xia Houjie and others to take over the Dongying and Nanying camps, and all the troops were scattered to the surrounding counties.

"Report to General Yan, General Li Jue is here."

Yan Xing frowned, he already knew the news that Chang'an was besieged.

Li Jue led the army here, and he must have wanted him to rescue Chang'an.

Cheng Gongying, Yan Xing's counselor, said: "General, Dong Zhuo is at the end of his rope. Even if he can survive in Chang'an City for two years, it is impossible to regain the lost territory. We have to consider the way forward."

Liang Xing and Hou Xuan also persuaded: "General, Dong Zhuo must perish. We will return to Chang'an and escape death."

Yan Xing sighed and said, "We commit ourselves to Dong Zhuo's place. If we don't go to rescue this matter, we may be ridiculed by the world. Who would dare to take us in again?"

Cheng Gongying said: "Li Jue led five thousand flying bear troops to the outside of the camp. His purpose is self-evident. If the general doesn't follow him back, then his flying bear army will definitely come in."

"Most of us here are Dong Zhuo's Xiliang Army. Originally, the subordinates of Old General Han, under the leadership of Cheng Yin and Li Kan, stationed in Chencang to guard against Liu Bei."

"If Li Jue attacks us, the Xiliang army will definitely rebel, and we will die without a place to bury us."

Yan Xing thought for a while and said, "Sir, I need to help me think of a clever plan."

Cheng Gongying fell into deep thought. After a long time, Cheng Gongying said: "The general can return to Chang'an with Liang Xing and Hou Xuan. You only need to lead Dong Zhuo's [-] Xiliang army."

"As for Chen Cang's [-] troops, we will not move for the time being, so as to leave a way for the general to retreat."

Yan Xing nodded, then walked out of the big tent and came to Li Jue's army.

"What is the general coming here?"

Li Jue said dissatisfiedly: "This general has been waiting for you here for almost two quarters of an hour!"

"Please forgive me, General, the last general is telling the soldiers to pack their bags."

"Oh?" Li Jue stared at Yan Xing with an unkind expression, and would kill him on the spot as long as he had any disobedience.

Yan Xing explained: "The final general heard that Chang'an was besieged, so he planned to withdraw to Chang'an to rescue His Majesty."

"Really?" Li Jue asked coldly.

Yan Xing replied: "The final general is grateful to His Majesty for taking him in, and has no second thoughts about His Majesty."

"In that case, follow me back to Chang'an."

"The last will obey!"

Yan Xing immediately ordered his soldiers to follow Li Jue back to Chang'an, and at the same time he handed over the soldier talisman to Li Jue.

Only in this way will Li Jue believe in himself, and these [-] soldiers will not be so obedient to their orders after seeing Li Jue.

The Xiliang Army was trained by Li Jue himself, and Li Jue's words are sometimes more effective than Dong Zhuo.

The two led the army to Wugong County and stopped.

Li Jue ordered: "After the siege of Chang'an City, Cao Shuo must have taken down all the surrounding counties. We must find a way to bypass the opponent's eyeliner."

Yan Xing suggested: "How about I lead some soldiers to harass the surrounding counties to see if the other party has ambushed, and the general will lead the army and then follow up."

Li Jue thought for a while and said, "This method is feasible."

Li Jue gave Yan Xing five thousand soldiers and horses, and asked him to harass the surrounding counties all the way. If a large enemy army came out, they would choose another way.

However, Yan Xing attacked four or five counties, and the opponents either fled in embarrassment or couldn't hold on.

Li Jue felt that they must have not sent extra soldiers to guard the surrounding county towns, after all, there were not many people here.

Yan Xing didn't lure out the opponent's army, so Li Jue boldly went all the way to E County, west of Chang'an, only a hundred miles away from the city.

When the general of E County saw Li Jue's [-] to [-] troops, he abandoned the city and left.

Li Jue asked his soldiers to rest in the city for a few hours, and waited until night to attack the camp at the west gate of Chang'an City.

"Kill it!"

Not long after Li Jue's army entered the city, several soldiers and horses came from all around.

The leading general was Xu Rong, who captured Gaoguan. He led an army of [-], and together with Zhao Feng and Wang Ling, according to Cao Shuo's instructions, ambushed Dong Zhuo's reinforcements here.