All Heavens and Worlds Modified History System

Chapter 349: Holding the Emperor hostage to order the princes

"Everyone."

At Wang Yun's residence, the high-spirited Wang Situ was entertaining guests. "We will kill the traitor Dong, restore order and bring peace to the world."

"We gather here today to celebrate~~~"

No matter what they thought in their hearts, most of the people who came to the banquet smiled and raised their glasses to agree.

Being an official in the court, being able to adapt to changing circumstances is a necessary skill.

Wang Yun, who was full of pride, was about to drink when he suddenly heard crying from among the guests.

"Who is mourning for the traitor Dong?!" He was furious and looked in the direction of the voice, but it was the Minister Cai Yong.

"Cai Yong!" Wang Yun shouted with a gloomy face, "Why are you crying?"

"Grand Tutor Dong treated me well." Cai Yong responded sincerely, "Now he has died without a burial place, and I can't even bury his body. I can't hide my sorrow."

"nonsense!"

Wang Yun was furious. "Dong Zhuo is a great traitor to the country. He almost overthrew the Han Dynasty. As a minister, you should be angry with him, but you thought about the courtesy you received and forgot your moral principles! Now that God has punished the guilty person, you feel sad for him instead. Isn't this a traitor to the country with him?"

"Come here!" he shouted to the soldiers, "put this thief in jail!"

At this time, someone finally reacted and said hurriedly, "Situ, wait a minute, Minister Cai's son-in-law is the General of the Eastern Expedition."

Wang Yun was obviously stunned.

He was also too excited. He felt that the entire Chang'an City was under his control as he held great power.

But he was reminded that the world outside Chang'an City was not his responsibility.
Although Cai Yong is a incompetent person, his son-in-law is very capable.

But this side rebuked righteously and called the soldiers to arrest people.

If I let him go just because I heard of Chen Ran's name, where would I put my face?

In an instant, Wang Yun's troubled expression changed.

Fortunately, a messenger delivering urgent news helped him ease the embarrassment.

"Report~~~ General Zhengdong is leading the army and the remnants of Xiliang to Guanzhong~~~"

Since Chen Ran had already taken the initiative to attack, there was no need to hesitate. Wang Yun immediately ordered his men to throw Cai Yong into jail.

It is easy to deal with Cai Yong who comes from a scholarly family, but how to respond to Chen Ran who comes with a large army?

The banquet ended in a bad mood, and Wang Yun hurriedly found Huangfu Song and Lu Bu to discuss how to deal with it.

Lu Bu had thousands of Bingzhou Wolf Riders under his command, and they were very elite.

Huangfu Song incorporated troops from inside and outside Chang'an and reorganized an army of more than 10,000 people.

This is also the only military force to deal with Dong Zhuo's gang.

"I can't win." Huangfu Song was a typical soldier, and he said, "The difference in strength is too great, I can't win."

Lu Bu didn't say anything, but it was obvious that not objecting had already made his attitude clear.

Wang Yun didn't know much about military affairs. "Are you giving up before the battle?"

"The gap in strength is too big." Huangfu Song explained seriously, "Fengxian and I only have about 20,000 troops combined, but Chen Ran brings with him the Xiliang soldiers, and it is estimated that there are 100,000 of them."

"Fengxian's elite troops only have a few thousand men."

"I have more troops than you can count, but we can use them to make up for the lack of training."

"The men under Chen Ran's command are the elite soldiers of the imperial court's northern and southern armies, and the Xiliang army is made up of veterans who have fought for many years."

"Chen Ran is very capable, and the Xiliang army is also very experienced. We can't win under these circumstances."

Lu Bu nodded with a sullen face in agreement.

"Can we bribe him?" Wang Yun turned around and used his best skills. "How about asking the emperor to issue an order to appoint Chen Zihou as the Grand Commandant?"

Huangfu Song didn't say anything. He was not very suitable for playing politics.

But Lu Bu simply shook his head and said, "My brother is very clear-headed. Once he decides to do something, no one can stop him."

At this moment, he remembered the incident of burning the emperor's bedroom.

"Brother, you are a man who dared to burn the emperor to death. How could you be burdened by the empty title of Taiwei?"

Wang Yun was already very angry. "You can't just surrender, right? We must fight! I don't believe that the Xiliang army will willingly listen to Chen Zihou's words!"

Under his coercion, Lu Bu and Huangfu Song had to forcibly send troops to fight.

The results are self-evident.

From numbers to combat effectiveness, from command ability to morale, they were at a disadvantage in all aspects. How could they possibly defeat Chen Ran?

In the era of cold weapons, very few of the so-called brilliant strategies and tactics were actually successful. It was precisely because they were rarely successful that they were recorded.

Zhuge Kongming's brilliant strategies and calculations were at their peak, but he still failed to complete the Northern Expedition and was dragged to death by a stronger opponent.

At this time, Lu Bu and Huangfu Song were facing the same situation. They didn't even have Zhuge Kongming's brilliant strategies.

After a head-on battle, Huangfu Song's troops collapsed on the spot, and he himself died on the battlefield.

On the contrary, Lu Bu had prepared himself mentally in advance.

Seeing that the situation was not good, he immediately fled with the fast-riding Bingzhou soldiers and successfully escaped back to Chang'an City.

By the time Chen Ran brought his army and surrounded Chang'an City, the atmosphere in the city was already very depressing.

Wang Yun, with red eyes, even shouted that he wanted to use Cai Yong as a sacrifice!

Feeling depressed, Lu Bu returned to his mansion and drank and enjoyed himself with Wang Yun's adopted daughter.

Just when he was about to pick up his gun and mount his horse, he received news that someone was coming to visit.

"No time!"

"The man claims to be an old friend of the general, and he said that the general must come to see him." "Old friend?" Lu Bu, whose anger gradually subsided, was puzzled. "What old friend? Ask him to come in and talk."

If anyone dares to play tricks on him, he will definitely be stabbed in with a white knife and come out with a red knife!
“Wen, Mr. Wenhe?!”

Seeing that the person coming was actually Jia Xu, Lu Bu was shocked and quickly stood up to greet him.

After sitting down, Fang asked in confusion, "Sir, how did you get into the city?"

Ever since Lu Bu escaped, the gates of Chang'an City have been closed and no one can enter or leave.

"I was here before my lord sent out his troops." Jia Xu, who always put saving his life as his top priority, actually took the risk to sneak into Chang'an City. His only reason was to help Chen Ran rescue Lao Taishan and to take over Chang'an City to demonstrate his strength.

Chen Ran opened a talent recruitment hall to recruit talents regardless of their identities.

Jia Xu understood what he meant and seized his first-mover advantage to consolidate his position.

"General."

Jia Xu stated simply and clearly, "I came to see the general to find a way out for him."

Lu Bu was not stupid, so he naturally knew what he meant.

The pressure in my heart was relieved immediately, and I became a little nervous. "After all, Wang Situ has done me a favor."

Jia Xu was disdainful in his heart, but his smile became even wider. "General, Wang Situ is already at the end of his rope. Even if the lord is willing to show some leniency, will those Xiliang army generals still let him go?"

"He knows that he is doomed this time. If he goes crazy before he dies and does something outrageous, I am afraid that the general will not be able to speak to the lord in the future."

Lu Bu's heart tightened. "You mean?"

"Minister Cai." Jia Xu pointed out bluntly, "If Minister Wang wants to drag Minister Cai down with him before he dies, how will the general deal with it?"

Lu Bu suddenly stood up and bowed to Jia Xu with a solemn expression, "Thank you sir for your guidance. I almost made a big mistake!"

After saying that, he simply took up his Fang Tian Hua Ji, and went out with his troops.

If Cai Yong was really chopped to death by Wang Yun, could Chen Ran forgive his second brother?
Lu Bu didn't dare to gamble, so he decided to turn against them immediately.

Anyway, for him, betrayal is already commonplace, practice makes perfect.

Jia Xu stroked his beard and smiled, then picked up the wine glass and drank it all. "Lü Fengxian, anyone can use you."

Lu Bu's betrayal completely extinguished Wang Yun's ambitions.

He rushed to the palace, expressed his loyalty to the young emperor, and asked the emperor to endure the humiliation and deal with the bandits for the time being, waiting for rescue by loyal ministers and righteous men.

After saying this, Wang Yun committed suicide.

Lu Bu rescued Cai Yong, opened the city gate and surrendered.

"Second brother." Outside the gate of Chang'an City, Chen Ran on horseback smiled and instructed, "Stand up and talk."

"Brother~~~" Lu Bu burst into tears on the spot "It's all my fault, I hope you will forgive me~~~"

"It's never too late to turn back." Chen Ran smiled even more. "It's good that you can correct your mistakes. Follow me into the city."

After saying that, Chen Ran rode his horse straight into Chang'an City.

A group of Xiliang army generals followed into the city aggressively, looking at Lu Bu with extremely fierce eyes.

And Lu Bu glared back without any hesitation.

"I am only afraid of my sworn brother. You defeated generals are nothing to me!"

When he arrived at the palace, the emperor timidly stated that everything would be decided by the General who Conquers the East.

Chen Ran simply convened a military meeting in the main hall to discuss how to deal with the aftermath.

He never thought of annexing the Xiliang Army.

This group of people have long been accustomed to being wild, and no one can control them except Dong Zhuo.

If you force him to join your team, you will only be asking for trouble.

But the scale is large enough. At this time, there are still more than 100,000 Xiliang troops in various places. Chen Ran plans to reduce their size first and then divide them up.

"Among the various units, those who originally belonged to the Northern and Southern armies have all been reorganized."

The first thing is to take away all the Southern and Northern Armies that were annexed by the Xiliang Army.

At the beginning, Chen Ran annexed more than 10,000 troops from the north and south, and the remaining tens of thousands of people were dispersed by Dong Zhuo into various units.

Due to the casualties in battle and some escapees in recent days, the number of soldiers can still be around 20,000 to 30,000.

These are the most elite troops in the world, and they are stationed in Luoyang. They are a formal army of the imperial court.

The generals of the Xiliang Army were somewhat dissatisfied, but no one dared to speak out against it.

Dong Zhuo died, Li Ru died, and Niu Fu also died.

Without these leading figures, the remaining Xiliang army was just a group of scattered sand.

After confirming this matter, Chen Ran once again proposed, "Guanzhong is in ruins, it would be better for the emperor and the court to return to Luoyang."

Needless to say, this is a standard case of using the emperor to control the princes.

Moreover, Chen Ran openly and secretly held two emperors hostage, so even if something unexpected happened, there would be backup replacements.

The last step is how to arrange the Xiliang Legion.

Except for Zhang Ji's troops who were assigned to Wancheng to defend Liu Biao in Jingzhou, the rest of the troops were dispersed by Chen Ran to various places in Guanzhong.

Next, this place will become their fighting field.

When they are exhausted, Chen Ran will take them away in one wave.

Before that, Chen Ran will try his best to take away all the people in Guanzhong!

(End of this chapter)