Chapter 380: Mutual Suspicion between the Emperor and His Ministers

Li Jue was at the front of the battle formation. When he saw Zhao Yun fighting, he stabbed Hu Feng to death with a spear. The warhorse ran back to the battle formation with Hu Feng's body. The speed was so fast that Li Jue could not react. He was shocked and angry, and shouted: "Kill him!"

"Whoever takes his head will be the cavalry commander of Hu Feng!"

As soon as the words were spoken, several generals from Li Jue's camp rode out on horseback and surrounded Zhao Yun.

Several people with several spears stabbed Zhao Yun's chest and abdomen. Zhao Yun blocked left and right, but after a few rounds, he found an opportunity and suddenly pointed out with his spear, piercing one person's throat.

The man covered his neck, his throat gurgling, and fell off his horse.

The remaining few people looked at this and became frightened. They unconsciously slowed down their guns. Zhao Yun saw this and stabbed out three times with his guns. One man was shot in the arm and let out a loud cry, turning his horse and running away.

When Li Jue saw this, he was furious and shouted, "Follow me!"

He led a hundred or so cavalrymen and charged forward. When the cavalrymen behind Zhao Yun saw this, they also rushed forward and a melee ensued between the two sides.

When Xu Huang saw this, he said to Yang Feng, "General!"

"Now is our great opportunity!"

"If we can go out of the city to help at this time, we will definitely be able to make friends with the Youzhou Army and even Wenhou!"

Yang Feng was hesitant when he heard Han Xian snort beside him, "Youzhou Army?"

"That Youzhou Governor Yuan Xi is really brave!"

"I heard that two years ago, he killed Liu Bao, the son of Yufuluo, the Chanyu of the Southern Xiongnu!"

"My Baibo Army is on good terms with the Southern Xiongnu. Yuan Xi is so brutal and overbearing. Do we really need to curry favor with him?"

Xu Huang thought to himself, isn't Liu Bao asking for death?

When the Baibo Army occupied Hedong, Liu Bao's bandits who went south to plunder Chang'an and Luoyang had to pass through the Baibo Army's territory on their return. In the end, it was only with the Baibo Army's approval that they were allowed to safely go north.

At that time, Xu Huang was still working as a county official in Hedong and was powerless to do anything about the matter. Even after he joined the Baibo Army, he still had many complaints about the matter.

Hu Cai said at this time: "It's hard to say what happened to the Southern Xiongnu."

"Yu Fuluo is dead, and the current Chanyu Huchuquan may not dare to offend the Yuan family."

"I think we can try to contact the Youzhou Army."

Li Le agreed, "Last time, the Right Xian King of the Southern Xiongnu, Qubei, came with us to rescue the emperor's carriage. Afterwards, we sent him away without giving him any benefits. I'm afraid he is already dissatisfied with us."

"If we can really use the Yuan family to slightly contain the Southern Xiongnu and prevent them from acting rashly, it would not be a bad idea."

Han Xian snorted coldly: "The Southern Xiongnu are just a bunch of lowly people, how dare they fight against us?"

"We are now close ministers to the emperor!"

The four generals of Bai Bo were divided into two factions, Han Xian and Yang Feng on one side, and Hu Cai and Li Le on the other. Everyone held different opinions and the argument could not be resolved for a while.

Xu Huang saw clearly in his mind that Han Xian was appointed as the governor of Youzhou, which conflicted with Yuan Xi's position as the governor of Youzhou, so naturally there was hostility between them.

Hu Cai is the governor of Bingzhou. If he is to take office in Bingzhou in the future, he will certainly not want to provoke both the Southern Xiongnu and the Yuan family at the same time. Therefore, what he wants should be to make friends with both sides and not offend either.

Li Leshou was the governor of Liangzhou. After the Liangzhou army was taken away by Li Jue and Guo Si, the border was also harassed by the Southern Xiongnu. Naturally, he hoped someone would help suppress the Southern Xiongnu.

Seeing the four men arguing and completely ignoring the situation below the city and delaying the dispatch of troops to rescue, Xu Huang was speechless. He thought to himself that although he had been granted a title of nobility, was there really any future for him if he continued to stay in the Baibo Army?

Cao Cao saw Zhao Yun charging left and right in the battle array, as if he was in an empty space, and was overjoyed. He said to his generals, "I have never seen a general like Zhao Yun!"

"It's such a pity that such a brave general is not under my command!"

Xiahou Yuan took a step forward and whispered, "Mingsir, but now the enemy is in the Youzhou Army, and they are our biggest enemy."

"It would be better to watch their fight quietly and let them die at the hands of Li Jue."

After hearing this, Cao Cao hesitated and remained silent. Dian Wei was still brandishing his double halberds, eager to try, but as Cao Cao's personal guard, he did not dare to go into battle without Cao Cao's permission.

Outside the city, Ju Su saw that more and more people were surrounding Zhao Yun, and he hurriedly said to Lu Bu: "Wen Hou, now is the time!"

"Now I will lead the army to attack, and Marquis Wen will take advantage of the situation to attack them. We can defeat them in one fell swoop!"

After hearing this, Lu Bu was still depressed and said, "The emperor doesn't trust me and actually lets Cao Cao into the city first. I fight him to the death, why would he care?"

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Ju Su heard this and sighed, "Marquis Wen, maybe the emperor is watching right now."

"Marquis Wen left the emperor in Chang'an that day. Now we need to make him trust Marquis Wen again. We have to do something!"

"I'll go first, Wen Hou, think twice!"

After saying this, Ju Shou no longer cared about Lu Bu. He waved his hand, and the Youzhou army beat drums and marched forward at the same time. Thousands of people rushed towards Li Jue's formation.

The two sides were engaged in a melee. When Guo Si saw this, he ordered his entire army to advance, with the intention of encircling the Youzhou army.

He was urging his soldiers to press forward when he heard a horn sound and another group of soldiers and horses rushed out from the side. The leading general rushed over with a Fang Tian Hua Ji in his hand and shouted, "Guo Si, accept your fate!"

When Guo Si saw him, he was shocked. Wasn't this the Lu Bu who had defeated him before?

The generals of Bingliang are mostly ranked according to their martial arts strength. The reason why Li Jue and Guo Si are ranked at the top is because they are the best fighters.

However, Guo Si and Lu Bu had a duel in Chang'an.

"Heroes' Records" records that "Guo Si was in the north of the city. Bu opened the city gate and led his troops to Si, saying: "Withdraw your troops and decide the outcome with your own bodies." Si then fought with Bu. Bu stabbed Si with his spear. Si's rear cavalry then rushed forward to rescue Si. Si and Bu were then both defeated."

This is one of the few recorded duels between generals in later generations. Guo Si was defeated, but he dared to accept Lu Bu's challenge at that time, proving that he was quite confident in his own martial arts.

Now Guo Si suddenly saw Lü Bu attacking his camp. After a moment of panic, he mustered up his courage and shouted, "Lü Bu, I will avenge you this time!"

After saying this, he brandished his spear and rushed towards Lu Bu, and a battle broke out between the two sides.

Li Jue rushed towards Zhao Yun who was surrounded by several Xiliang army generals. Just as he was about to take the opportunity to stab Zhao Yun to death, a general rushed out from Lu Bu's army and blocked Li Jue.

Li Jue was furious when he saw this, and pointed his gun at the man and said, "Zhang Liao!"

"You betrayed the Grand Master, and yet you still have the nerve to stand in front of me!"

Zhang Liao held the axe in his hand horizontally and said calmly: "He has held the emperor hostage, and the whole world will attack him together."

Li Jue shouted loudly, rushed forward on his horse, and stood together with Zhang Liao.

Now the soldiers on both sides rushed together and fought in a melee under the city.

Li Jue and Guo Si's Feixiong Army was very famous. Although Lu Bu's Army and Youzhou Army were not inferior, the two did not have much coordination and running-in, resulting in their being less flexible than the Feixiong Army. In addition, the number of Feixiong Army was several times that of Lu Bu's coalition army. After fighting for a quarter of an hour, Lu Bu's coalition army gradually began to retreat.

Yang Biao hurried into the hall and told Liu Xie what was happening outside the city.

He said anxiously, "Heavenly Family, can you tell now that Marquis Wen and the Youzhou Army have come to rescue you?"

"On the contrary, it is the Cao army and the Baibo army who are just standing by and watching!"

"The royal family has seen through this incident the true colors of the generals, but if things continue like this, Marquis Wen and the Youzhou army will most likely be defeated and killed."

"Who will support Tianjia then?"

Liu Xie's face flushed when he heard this. He stood up and paced back and forth in the hall, saying, "If that's the case, why didn't Lord Wen come into the city to see me?"

"Is he disappointed in me?"

"What now?"

Yang Biao hurriedly said: "Please ask the emperor to issue an edict immediately to let Cao's army and Baibo's army leave the city to relieve the siege!"

Lu Bu and Guo Si fought for hundreds of rounds, and both sides were exhausted. In close combat, Lu Bu could not take advantage of the BMW under his crotch.

The Book of the Later Han, Volume 75, records: "Bu often rode a fine horse named Chitu, which could gallop over city walls and trenches. He and his strong generals Cheng Lian, Wei Yue and dozens of other cavalrymen would charge into the Yan formation three or four times a day, beheading all the enemies and escaping."

This Chitu horse is extremely useful for chasing the enemy or attacking the enemy formation, but it cannot show its advantage in a one-on-one fight.

Lu Bu was depressed and couldn't help but said angrily: "BMW, there is no weapon spirit!"

Guo Si laughed loudly, "Lü Bu, you are worse than before!"

"In the past two years, I'm afraid my martial arts skills have fallen behind!"

"I have practiced martial arts every day since I came to Chang'an City. Can you do that?"

Lu Bu thought of what Qu Yi had said before and thought to himself that he was really too comfortable.

He roared angrily, and the Fang Tian Hua Ji suddenly accelerated and stabbed towards Guo Si. Guo Si parried and sneered in his heart. It turned out that Lu Bu could not stand provocation and was too concerned about his face.

What I fear most about the enemy are, first, fast horses and second, archery skills. If he were to launch a surprise attack by shooting arrows from a distance at the very beginning, I would be in great pain.

But the opponent, relying on the fact that he had won the duel, wanted to use the same trick again, but Guo Si was well prepared and deliberately defended, so Lu Bu was unable to defeat him for a while.

At this time, the people in Cao's camp on the top of the city saw that the city was in a battle, and people on both sides began to be killed and injured. Xun You smiled and said, "After today's battle, I'm afraid that Lv Bu's army will no longer be able to compete with you."

When all the generals in Cao's camp heard this, they all laughed out loud.

Yu Jin had been silent the whole time, but when he saw everyone laughing, he quickly pretended to laugh too.

Last time, because he spoke a few more words to Yuan Xi in Dongwuyang, he felt vaguely suspected after he came back, so he was usually careful in his words and actions, for fear that people would suspect that he was colluding with the Yuan family.

While everyone in Cao's camp was chatting and laughing, Zhong Yao, the Yellow Gate Minister, hurried up to the top of the city wall and said to the generals in Cao's camp: "The emperor has ordered all generals to leave the city quickly and attack Li Jue and Guo Si together!"

After hearing this, all the generals in Cao's camp looked unhappy.

After hearing this, Xun You said to the generals, "It will take quite some time to organize the troops. You generals should deploy the troops carefully and make sure there are no mistakes."

When Zhong Yao heard this, he knew that Xun You wanted to delay time, so he approached Cao Cao and whispered, "The emperor has sent Kong Rong to summon the Baibo Army. I hope they can make a decision soon."

After saying this, he stepped back and handed the edict to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao held the imperial edict in his hand and remained silent. Less than a moment later, he saw the city gate wide open and Xu Huang of the Baibo Army led a group of soldiers and horses out of the city and rushed towards the Liangzhou army.

Cao Cao sighed when he saw this and said to Le Jin and Yu Jin, "You two should select 500 infantrymen and go out of the city to attack Li Jue's army."

Soon, Cao's army rushed out and several parties fought together. The deafening sound of fighting and shouting spread to Anyi City. The concubines and palace maids around Liu Xie were all terrified when they heard it.

Liu Xie thought for a while, then said to Yang Biao, "I want to go up to the top of the city wall and take a look."

Several ministers hurriedly advised: "The emperor should not go to dangerous places in person."

Liu Xie heard this and said firmly: "My soldiers died for me, how can I just sit there and watch?"

After saying this, he lifted his crown and strode out of the hall. Fu Shou beside him hurriedly followed. Seeing this, Dong Cheng wanted to give a look to Concubine Dong, but Concubine Dong's legs became weak and she could not take a step.

The fighting outside the city became more and more brutal. Guo Si was finally defeated by Lu Bu and fled into the enemy's camp. Lu Bu was about to chase him but was stopped by Fei Xiong's army at the risk of his life.

Lu Bu couldn't fight back on his horse and said angrily in his heart.