Chapter 331

Li Jue shuddered,

"Liu Bei has sent troops from Hedong? How many troops?"

The scout...

"My lord, Du Ji is leading over a hundred thousand people to replant potatoes in Feng Yi Commandery!"

"North of the Wei River and west of the Jing River, everywhere is being plowed and planted!"

Li Jue was furious and kicked the table away,

"The Eared Thief bullies me too much!"

"Notify everyone, prepare for war; I want to fight the Eared Thief to the death!"

"Understood!"

"Report~!"

"My lord, the defender of Tongguan, Duan Wei, was persuaded by his fellow villager Jia Xu and has already opened the pass to welcome Liu Bei; five thousand men have all surrendered!"

Li Jue sat down on the ground and became disheartened.

He knew in his heart that the trend was irresistible; Liu Bei wouldn't even need to reach Chang'an before his subordinates cut him down.

Li Jue shouted loudly,

"I still have over thirty thousand men; what am I afraid of him for! Go down and prepare the army!"

After the others went down,

Li Jue looked at Li Ru,

"Sir, where can I escape to have a way to live?"

Li Ru pointed to the map,

"General, Liangzhou is the only way out; if that doesn't work, we can go from Liangzhou to the Western Regions."

Li Jue's eyes lit up,

"Fine, at worst I will go defect to the Qiang people!"

That night, Li Jue took his personal guards and family to leave the city overnight and fled to Liangzhou!

Li Ru also disappeared into the night and never appeared again.

Guo Si, who remained in Chang'an, was still drinking when his subordinates united and directly cut off his head!

Li Jue, who received the news, ran even faster!

Liu Bei occupied Chang'an without losing a single soldier and also took in fifty thousand Xiliang soldiers!

The people of Chang'an heard that Liu Bei had arrived and poured into the streets one after another to welcome him!

"Husband, everyone is saying good things about you."

Dong Bai and Liu Bei stood on the war chariot, looking at Liu Bei with infatuation.

Liu Bei waved to the people of Chang'an while laughing,

"My lady, you are the Lady of Weiyang; this time, being able to take Chang'an without bloodshed, you deserve the primary merit, and your husband must reward you well."

A blush instantly crawled all over Dong Bai's face, and she said coquettishly,

"Husband, you are so bad; everyone is still watching..."

Liu Bei laughed loudly,

"Fine, then we will talk about it tonight."

When chatting, Dong Bai always responded tightly, which Liu Bei liked very much.

Inside Chang'an City, from high officials to peddlers and porters, everyone was competing to discuss,

"Lord Xuande has come, our good days have come!"

"Lord Xuande's prestige shakes the Nine Provinces; he hadn't even reached Chang'an before Li Jue fled and Guo Si was killed by his subordinates!"

"Imperial Uncle Liu and the Lady of Weiyang are a perfect match."

"The Lady of Weiyang is also very good; I have eaten the porridge she distributed before."

"Other warlords are still arguing about who the new Emperor is, only Lord Xuande remembers to avenge His Majesty; truly benevolent and righteous!"

Liu Bei and Dong Bai pacified the remaining fifty thousand Xiliang soldiers, and Chang'an was temporarily stable.

He and Dong Bai moved into the former Prime Minister's mansion, which occupied hundreds of acres on the east side of the imperial city.

Dong Bai sighed long,

"Grandfather moved the family to Mei Dock, so I haven't been here."

Thinking of her family, tears streamed down her cheeks.

Liu Bei gently wiped away her tears,

"Your husband will never allow you to cry again; you are my lady, and I am your family."

Dong Bai was exceptionally moved; her husband was just good to her.

That night, Dong Bai cried her heart out; she was too moved,

"It seems my husband was too miserable alone in Luoyang..."

The next morning,

Liu Bei listened to the reports of Guo Jia, Jia Xu, and others,

"My lord, there are still over one hundred twenty-three thousand people in Chang'an City and its surroundings."

Liu Bei sighed,

"There used to be four hundred thousand people, and now only this many are left."

Jia Xu cupped his hands,

"My lord, some of the Chang'an people went to Nanyang, some went to Hanzhong, and more went to our Hedong."

Liu Bei nodded,

"Now that Chang'an is pacified, the people can go home."

Guo Jia said in a low voice,

"My lord, the military discipline of the Xiliang soldiers is still very poor; now our army has fifteen thousand, and the Xiliang army still has fifty thousand."

Liu Bei looked at Jia Xu,

"Wenhe, you are from Liangzhou; how do you think we should truly subdue these Xiliang soldiers?"

Jia Xu already had a draft in his heart,

"My lord, Xiliang soldiers worship the strong; my lord has defeated them several times and is invincible, so they have long admired my lord; reorganization is not difficult."

"My lord can follow the previous method, select the rascals from within, arrange for them to go to the Liangzhou Qiang tribes, and the remaining troops can be broken up and incorporated into other armies."

Liu Bei nodded,

"Fine, let's do it this way. You are more familiar with these people, so work hard; don't be too intense. The thirty thousand-strong army led by Zhang Fei and Xu Huang will arrive in a few days."

"Understood!"

Jia Xu added,

"My lord, Zhang Xiu, who was stationed in Lantian, heard that my lord had arrived in Chang'an and took his seven thousand-plus subordinates out of Wuguan and went to Nanyang Commandery."

Liu Bei nodded. Zhang Xiu naturally wouldn't defect to him, after all, he killed Zhang Ji,

"Let him go."

Liu Bei also pacified some of the high officials and gentry remaining in Chang'an, drank with them for an afternoon, and took Guo Jia and Chen Dao out to experience the people's feelings.

The sky was dark,

and no one paid special attention to Liu Bei's group of a dozen people.

Guo Jia said in a low voice,

"My lord, the Chang'an city walls are high and thick, and it has the danger of Tongguan. It is the place where Emperor Gao Zu rose to power. Although it is now dilapidated, my lord's Bingzhou has a large population, and in a few years, Guanzhong will inevitably flourish!"

Liu Bei laughed,

"Feng Xiao is advising me to move the General of the Cavalry's mansion to Chang'an, right?"

Guo Jia hurriedly cupped his hands,

"My lord is wise!"

Liu Bei nodded,

"I also have this idea; I intend to spend this winter in Chang'an."

Suddenly,

a scream broke the harmony of the street,