AWB Page 969
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Just now he sent someone to invite me to go there, and this trip is more or less auspicious, as long as we have a slight disagreement, it is estimated that he will ambush you, my uncle and nephew. "
Speaking of this, Zhang Ji held the hilt of the sword tightly, and Zhang Xiu also showed anger on his face. His hands were fisted, his veins burst, and he cursed:
"Uncle, then we can't go like this. If we want to go, we will go there with soldiers and kill Li Ru directly."
It was agreed before that after the death of Dong Bai's father, Zhang Xiu would inherit the Dong family business and preside over the overall situation of Xiliang.
Now that it is Dong Jin, Zhang Xiu also has infinite resentment.
If it wasn't for that position, he would have married Dong Bai, and he would have been exposed to the sewage of Dong's family.
"Embroidery can't do it. Li Ru must have made preparations and calculations. They are so many that we can't beat them in the city. The only plan is to leave the city as soon as possible and go west to Chang'an. If you have soldiers, generals, food and land, you can't beat them." They are all afraid of Li Ru." Zhang Ji is not stupid, he will definitely lose if he fights with Li Ru.
Moreover, the strength of Xiliang General Zhong Fan Chou was far above him, so his nephew Zhang Xiu might not be able to kill him.
In addition, there is another Dong Jin, and he will suffer in a fight.
It's better to withdraw from Chang'an City first, and then contact Jia Xu. Based on Jia Xu's sophistication, he should be able to defeat Li Ru.
After the nephew and uncle had a good discussion, they led Zou Shi, Dong Bai and the generals straight out to the west gate.
Li Ru, who was waiting for Zhang Ji to come, suddenly received a report from his subordinates.
"My lord, Zhang Ji didn't come, but he and Zhang Xiu both left the city with their wives and concubines."
Li Ruhua's complexion turned from cloudy to cold, black like splashed ink, and immediately said to Dong Jin: "Damn it, whoever leaked the news, Zhang Ji is leaving, Zili immediately led people to chase after him, it is absolutely wrong to let Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu lead the army Leave Chang'an, otherwise there will be endless harm."
Dong Jin said: "Okay, I'm chasing after you!"
Dong Jin took people out of the city to chase Zhang Ji's uncle and nephew, and here Li Ru sent Fan Chou and Yang Ding to assist.
After everyone left, Li Ru looked up to the west and murmured after a long time: "The sky in Chang'an is getting more and more cloudy, no wonder Wenhe doesn't want to stay here."
Dong Jin chased them out very quickly, and directly caught up with Zhang Ji and other troops by the Weishui River. Zhang Xiu saw that there were not too many people chasing after Dong Jin, so he turned around and came to fight.
The two armies began to fight, and soon Fan Chou and Yang Ding arrived with a large army, and Dong Jin's advantage was immediately revealed.
Now that he decided to support Dong Jin, Fan Chou naturally went all out to fight the troops of his old buddy Zhang Ji.
Zhang Xiu's troops killed less and less, Zhang Ji saw that Zhang Xiu was difficult to resist, so he led his troops back to support Zhang Xiu.
The two armies fought for a while, Zhang Ji was shot by a stray arrow, and he fell off his horse.
"Uncle!" Zhang Xiu pushed Dong Jin with a shotgun, and then urged the horse to come to Zhang Ji's place. Fortunately, Zhang Ji's personal guards helped Zhang Ji onto the horse, which prevented him from being trampled to death.
"Xiu'er retreat quickly, get back across the river, don't love to fight." Zhang Ji urged, holding Zhang Xiu's hand.
Zhang Xiu shook his head slightly, and then shouted: "Withdraw!"
With a whimper, the army broke up and ran across the Weishui River along the pontoon bridge.
However, more people failed to keep up, and were intercepted and killed by Dong Jin, Fan Chou, Yang Ding and others, and then most of them surrendered.
Then Dong Jin, Fan Chou, Yang Ding and others led the army across the river and continued to pursue.
Zhang Xiu took the injured Zhang Ji, his aunt Zou, and his wife Dong Bai all the way west to Wugong, and only then escaped the pursuit of Dong Jin, Fan Chou, Yang Ding and others.
And Zhang Ji also went through the bumps along the way, seeing less air intake and more air out, he was on the verge of dying.
Before he died, Zhang Ji held Zhang Xiu's hand and said: "Xiu'er, I regret that I didn't listen to Mr. Wen He's words. Mr. Wen He sees the situation more clearly than us. I'm about to die. You have to walk the next road by yourself." , take care of yourself, go to Mr. Wenhe, remember not to learn from your uncle in the future, you must respect Wenhe, treat him like a father, and listen carefully, Mr. Wenhe will help my Zhang family find a big... ……road!"
Before he finished speaking, Zhang Ji tilted his neck and completely lost his anger.
"Ah!" Zhang Xiu hugged Zhang Ji's body in extreme pain, and howled several times to the sky.
Although Zhang Ji is his uncle, he is closer than his biological father. He brought him up single-handedly, and he also gave him a starting point.
He has always regarded himself as his own son, how can Zhang Ji's death prevent Zhang Xiu from crying bitterly.
Zou also cried into tears with her arms around Dong Bai.
Although Zhang Ji is a rough man, he is very kind to Zou Shi.
The world is not benevolent and treats everything as a straw dog. This is the way of the world.
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"Sir, Zhang Xiu was allowed to escape, but Zhang Ji was shot to death with an arrow, and most of his troops were beheaded and captured by our army. Zhang Xiu will not be able to make any trouble in a short time." Dong Jin, Fan Chou, and Yang Ding came back to report Li Ru reported what happened by the Weishui River.
There was no joy on Li Ru's face, but he took out a letter: "Cao Cao has entered the customs, and the Kwantung Army is coming!"
Dong Jin, Fan Chou, Yang Ding and others were a little confused.
Li Ru went on to say: "Cao Cao took Hangu Pass, Huayin Duan Yao took refuge in Cao Cao, Cao Cao won Huayin, stationed troops to rest, and will send troops to attack Chang'an soon."
Now Li Ru is even more convinced that the eldest son's death was caused by those aristocratic families.
How can there be such a coincidence in the world, Cao Cao just died here, and Cao Cao killed Guanzhong without making a sound, and even Duan Yan was bought and subdued in advance.
It's a good move to separate people, and a good move to sneak through Chen Cang.
"This..." Dong Jin and Fan Chou paused for a moment.
As soon as an internal hidden danger was eliminated, foreign enemies came here.
A strange light flashed in the depths of Yang Dingze's eyes, and he secretly said, what a Yang family.
In addition to myself, there is also a Duan Jian who is also an internal response.
"Then sir, what should we do?" In order not to arouse suspicion, Yang Ding asked proactively.
Li Ru glanced at the three of them, and then said: "Combine all the soldiers and horses, fight Cao Cao, defeat Cao Cao, and regain Huayin."
"Sir, what you mean is that we take the initiative to attack." Dong Jin's expression also turned serious, and she asked with uncertainty.
Li Ru replied: "That's right, you must take the initiative to attack. Defending the city is not a long-term solution, and it is too passive. You must defeat Cao Cao head-on, so as to break the alienation of those loyal officials of the big man and prevent them from helping Cao Cao to gather all the people in Guanzhong." The hearts and minds of the counties and counties.
Cao Jun came from afar, and his foundation is still shallow. Only one battle can he be eradicated. Otherwise, if he takes root in Guanzhong, it will be difficult to drive him out. "
The Xiliang army was unpopular and could not get the support of the families in Guanzhong. When Cao Cao came, these people would definitely support him secretly.
Once the Xiliang army was besieged in Chang'an City and their momentum weakened, those grasshoppers would definitely lean towards Cao Cao.
It is far less straightforward to solve the problem than World War I.
"Of course, before we start the war with Cao Cao, we also need to clean up the court, lest those weasels secretly play tricks and respond internally to Cao Cao." Li Ru's usual coldness and ruthlessness were finally revealed again.
This time, he didn't care whether there was evidence or not, anyone who could move, anyone who had doubts at the beginning, would be pulled out and killed.