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Volume Two: Unpredictable Chapter 445: Rotten Flesh and Decayed Food

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    The next day, Guo Si learned that Li Jue had robbed the emperor. After preparing his troops and horses, he led his troops to fight in front of Li Cui's camp.  Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and Empress Fu were in the camp. They saw Guo Si's countless soldiers and horses, and their weapons were cold and frightening. They were so frightened that their faces were livid and they were shaking frequently.

    Guo Si led his troops to fight, and Li Jue came out of camp to fight.  The two armies fought fiercely for several hours. Guo Si's army saw that the momentum was not good and temporarily retreated.  Since the two sides have equal strength, it is useless to pursue them fiercely.  Therefore, Li Cui did not lead the army to pursue him.

    But it was said that after Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and Empress Fu were captured, every move they made was monitored. Li Jie cut off his internal envoys. Except for himself and his ministers, no one was allowed to have contact with Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty.  Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and his ministers were treated like prisoners by Li Ji.  Without food and drink, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and all the ministers and ministers looked hungry.

    Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was so hungry that his whole body was weak and his head was dizzy. He couldn't bear it any more, so he had no choice but to ask Li Jue for some food.  Unexpectedly, Li Jiuzheng was upset with Guo Si, and seeing Zhang Ji coming for days, he felt very irritable.  Hearing that Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty came to ask for food, he was immediately furious and gave him only rotten meat and rotten food, which was smelly and inedible, and was difficult for pigs and dogs to swallow.

    When Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty saw that even the pigs and dogs could not eat the food presented to him, he was so angry that he, a majestic emperor of Han Dynasty, was being treated like this. He raised his head and cursed.

    "How dare the traitor Li Jiu bully each other like this! In his eyes, I, the emperor, are worse than a pig or a dog!!!"

    Yang Qi, one of the servants, heard Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty scolding Li Cui. He quickly knelt down and remonstrated.

    "Your Majesty, calm down. Li Jue is cruel by nature. If he hears it, I don't know how he will bully him. Now that the situation has reached this point, Your Majesty, please bear with it and don't touch his tiger's beard."

    After hearing this, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty laughed coldly, his heart was extremely cold. Since in the minds of these ministers, Li Ji was a tiger, then who was he?

    Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty felt more and more miserable, and tears filled the sleeves of his robe.  Empress Fu was nearby and hurriedly comforted her. When other courtiers saw this, they also felt infinitely desolate and cried bitterly.

    At this moment, Guo Si's soldiers and horses arrived outside the camp again, coming to plunder and fight.  Outside the camp, Guo Bin's army was shot with spears and swords reflecting the sun, and golden drums shaking the sky. Guo Bin's officers and men were all shouting for help.

    Li Jue heard the report that Guo Si had led troops to invade again, and immediately called the soldiers to lead troops out to meet Guo Si.  The two armies looked at each other fiercely. Li urged his horse to come out of the battle, pointed his whip at Guo Si and scolded him.

    "I ask myself: I treat you well, why would you betray me!"

    Guo Si laughed coldly and shouted sharply.

    "You treacherous villain, you obviously can't tolerate me, you attacked me first, and now you dare to accuse me! Li Zhiran, you are narrow-minded and ambitious. You are holding the Holy Emperor hostage to rebel! I am the general of the court, so naturally  We must punish the rebels!¡±

    "It's enough to make ivory pop out of your mouth! It's obvious that you have evil intentions and want to murder the Holy One! I'm here to protect you, so why are you rebelling?"

    "This is robbery, what is the protection?"

    "No need to say more! We are not allowed to use sergeants. We will fight alone. The winner will take the emperor. Guo Aduo, do you dare to accept the challenge?"

    "Why don't you dare!?"

    After the two of them finished speaking, they ordered the soldiers and horses under their command to retreat a hundred meters, and the two of them started fighting in front of the formation.  Li Ji slashed hard with his broadsword, Guo Bang used his sword to block it, and there was a loud bang. The two of them fought for a while, with no winner or loser.  Then Guo Si drew his big knife and chopped off Li Ji's head. Li Ji's eyes were quick and he swiped at Li Ji's head. After swinging Guo Bang's big knife away, he stabbed him in the heart with the knife.  Guo Bang knew Li Cui's tricks, and after quickly blocking them, he slashed three times, but Li Cui blocked them all in time.  The two swords of the two men kept colliding with each other, and they were engaged in a fierce battle, which made the soldiers on both sides watch intently.  Li Ji and Guo Si were equally skilled in martial arts and kept fighting for two hours.  After fighting for an unknown number of rounds, there was still no winner.

    Whether it was the defeat of Li Cui or Guo Si, it was a fatal blow to the forces of the original Dong Zhuo lineage.  Li Ru still hoped that the two could negotiate a peace, so he rushed over and shouted.

    "Lord! General Guo is an old comrade. Why must we fight to the death? The current situation is in chaos. If we fight again, both sides will be severely damaged. In this case, other princes will take advantage of this to attack wildly. I hope the two sides  Let¡¯s make a truce for the time being, and then we can discuss peace after the resentment between the two of you is resolved.¡±

    After Li Cui and Guo Si heard this, their hearts skipped a beat, and they each rode back a few steps, not fighting for the time being.  At this time, Li Ji thought that it would be a good idea to call a truce for the time being, which would also delay the arrival of Zhang Ji's army.  But Guo Bang thought that Li Ru's words were very serious. If he and Li Ji both suffered losses, then Ma Teng and Han Sui, who had been eyeing them in Xiliang, would definitely take advantage of the situation, so they also wanted to have a truce.  However, Li Jiede brought Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, Empress Fu, and other important ministers in the court, which made Guo Si feel aggrieved and shouted.

    "If we sincerely wish to have a truce, send all the ministers from the DPRK to my camp. In this way, I can retreat thirty miles!"

    "Guo Aduo has wronged you. Do you really think that I, Li Zhiran, am afraid of you? Dare you come and fight for another three hundred rounds!!?"

      "If you dare to fight, I will definitely accompany you!"

    Li Cui and Guo Si were both on fire, and as soon as they finished speaking, they wanted to continue fighting.

    "Hold on!! Dong Xiangguo's great revenge has not been avenged, and the traitor Lu Fengxian is still at large. The two generals made an agreement with me, Li Wenyou, that I, General Xu, and a group of Liangzhou soldiers will obey your orders.  Now you two are fighting each other, no matter who wins or loses, both parties will be severely damaged, and there will be no reason to avenge Dong Xiangguo!"

    Li Ru suddenly screamed hysterically. He was so thin and his eyes were red, like a furious wolf.  When Li Cui and Guo Si heard this, they immediately reined in their horses. At the same time, they also found that many soldiers among their own troops showed strange expressions.  Li Ji immediately felt worried. Li Ru had a very high status in the eyes of Liangzhou soldiers. If he united with Xu Rong and led his own army, he would lose most of his troops.  The same is true for Guo Si. If Li Ru leads an army by himself, then there will definitely be many soldiers under his command.

    "How dare I, Li Zhiran, forget the great hatred of the prime minister! Don't worry, military advisor, I will agree to Guo Aduo's request!"

    When Guo Si heard Li urged him to agree, he was willing to give in. The resentment and anger in his heart were somewhat dissipated, and he immediately comforted Li Ru with kind words.  Later, after Li Jue and Guo Si agreed on the terms, they each led their troops back to camp.

    Li Jiu had no intention of deceiving Guo Si. After returning, he ordered more than 60 court officials, including Yang Biao and Zhu Jun, to be escorted to Guo Si's camp.  Withdraw the army thirty miles away.

    Guo Si put all the officials under supervision.  For some reason, all the officials were suddenly rushed to Guo Si's camp by Li, and they were all uneasy.  Yang Biao first asked Guo Si why they came to Guoying.

    Guo Si sneered and said.

    "Li Jue can control the emperor, why can't I, Guo Aduo, control the ministers?"

    After hearing this, all the officials felt cold from head to sole.  They were once dignified ministers, but they were like a rubber ball being kicked around by Li Cui and Guo Bang. They were manipulated and manipulated wantonly. It was really the biggest joke since the beginning of the Han Dynasty that they were treated like this.  Guo Bang looked around with arrogance and disdain, turned and left with a sneer.

    "Does the Han Dynasty really want to perish?"

    Yang Mi, the lieutenant general, looked at Guo Si's leaving figure, his face full of sadness and gloom, and suddenly murmured something from his mouth.  And this sentence may also be what the bureaucrats around him think.

    Although Li Cui and Guo Bang temporarily stopped fighting, both sides had evil intentions.  Li Cui, in particular, had long been determined to kill Guo Si, so how could he negotiate peace with Guo Si.  However, after waiting for several days, he did not see Zhang Ji's army arriving, and he immediately became suspicious.  Later, he thought that Li Ru was here because it was an unknown factor, so he immediately decided to get rid of Li Ru.

    "Military strategist, although Guo Aduo has temporarily made a truce with me, he is ambitious and ungrateful and cannot be trusted. Military strategist is highly virtuous and highly respected. I hope that the military strategist will go to Hongnong and call Zhang Ji to lead the army. If Zhang Ji and I join forces,  The military strength is greater than that of Guo Aduo, so he can be intimidated."

    Li Ru frowned, but Li Ji¡¯s words made sense. After thinking for a while, he agreed.  Li Jiu gave Li Ru a secret letter. After Li Ru collected it, he secretly rushed to Hongnong with Xu Rong and a team of thousands of light cavalry.

    Li Ji can achieve today's high position, how can his strategy and intelligence be inferior?  In fact, the content of this secret letter was to ask Zhang Ji to come to Chang'an as soon as possible, and at the same time, he used an excuse to keep Li Ru and Xu Rong in Hongnong.  In seven days, Li Cui will send troops to attack Guo Si's camp. By then, most of Guo Si will flee to the mountains and forests from Chang'an to Hongnong.  So Li ordered Zhang Ji to ambush there with a heavy army and attack Guo Si's retreating troops hard. When his army came, they would attack from both front and back, thus annihilating Guo Si's troops.

    At this time, Zhang Ji led 30,000 soldiers in Shangluo and were fighting fiercely with Lu Bu's troops.  Although Chen Gong didn't know why Zhang Ji sent troops to attack unexpectedly, Chen Gong was cautious by nature and was accustomed to taking precautions when doing things.  Shangluo was often invaded by Li Jie and Guo Si's troops, so Shangluo's defensive measures were always perfect.  Zhang Ji attacked, but under the tight defense, he couldn't take any advantage for a while.

    The two armies attacked and defended for several days, but both suffered damage.  However, Zhang Ji's troops did not have a huge terrain advantage like the Shangluo defenders, so they suffered many casualties in the past few days, thousands of them.

    Zhang Jizheng was worried about the battle in Shangluo. Suddenly, soldiers reported that Li Ru and Xu Rong came to see him.  Zhang Ji was immediately happy after hearing this, thinking that Li Ji had sent them to assist in the Shangluo war.  After Zhang Ji received Li Ru and Xu Rong, and after the ceremony was over, Li Ru, who had a heavy responsibility, did not dare to hesitate, and immediately gave Zhang Ji Li Ji's secret letter.  After Zhang Ji received the letter, his expression could be described as wonderful. He was startled for a moment, then darkened, then a little unbearable, and finally slowly became determined.

    Seeing Zhang Ji's complex expression, Li Ru frowned even more tightly and wanted to ask Zhang Ji to see where the letter came from.  Unexpectedly, before the words were spoken, Zhang Ji walked aside and put the letter on the candlestick.Burned down.

    Li Ru frowned deeply, his heart suddenly beat wildly, and then he pressed it down tightly, feeling suddenly weak for some reason.  He found that there seemed to be many doubts about many things.  Just as Zhang Ji was supposed to be in Hongnong at this time, why did he suddenly fight Lu Bu in Shangluo?

    After thinking about it, Li Ru asked about Zhang Ji.  Zhang Ji was also confused. The secret letter Li Ji gave him just now stated that Li Ji had asked him to rush to Chang'an a few days ago.  But the letter he received asked him to capture Shangluo.  Zhang Ji was also confused for a moment, and he randomly found an excuse to deal with Li Ru.  People like Li Ru knew that what Zhang Ji said was false, but they did not expose it.

    Zhang Ji was confused, but decided to follow the instructions in the letter.  Zhang Ji took advantage of the night and summoned the soldiers from various ministries and suddenly informed them to withdraw.  Zhang Ji led his troops and horses and drove for two days before returning to Hongnong.

    Then Zhang Ji said that Li Jiu ordered in this letter that Lu Bu would probably attack Hongnong, and he hoped that Li Ru and Xu Rong would stay to guard him.  Li Ru became more and more suspicious of the contents of the secret letter, and his feeling of powerlessness became more and more intense.  He felt that Li Ji didn't trust him.  There must be something hidden between Zhang Ji and Li Ji.  Although Li Ru was trying to get any clues from Zhang Ji, Zhang Ji kept his mouth shut and would not answer unless he had to. Li Ru couldn't pry Zhang Ji's mouth open, so he couldn't get any clues.

    Zhang Ji seemed to be in a hurry. After resting his troops for a day, he left only 5,000 troops for Li Ru and Xu Rong to stay in Hongnong, while the rest rushed to Chang'an with him.
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