Chang'an, Liangwangfu.

"Report ...... King Qiyu, the allied forces of the princes have all retreated, and only the princes of Qin and Jin are still left in Luoyang. ”

Dong Zhuo stood up from the throne and said excitedly: "Okay, good, great......" Even when he was king, he was not so excited.

The terrifying strength of the princes' coalition army, as well as the huge casualties of the Liang army, weighed down Dong Zhuo like two mountains.

When he heard the news of the retreat of the coalition forces, the accumulated boredom in Dong Zhuo's heart was swept away, so he was so happy and excited.

All the cool generals also congratulated with a happy face: "Congratulations to the king, congratulations to the king." ”

Dong Zhuo let out a long breath of turbidity and laughed: "Qin Hao'er thinks that by uniting all the princes, he can defeat the miscellaneous family and my Liang army, he is simply wishful thinking.

What if the princes of the world are united? Even if there are far more troops than my Liang army, what then? The result? It's not all gray and running away.

Our Liang army is the strongest army in the world, and sooner or later it will definitely dominate the world. ”

"The Liang army is mighty, and the king is ...... for thousands of years"

After giving an inspiring speech, Dong Zhuo gradually calmed down, after all, even if all the princes had retreated, he still had two strong enemies, Qin Hao and Qin Wen.

Before the war, even if the Qin and Jin armies combined, their strength was still not comparable to that of the Liang army.

But now it is different from the past, this battle with the coalition army made the Liang army pay heavy casualties, and the once 500,000 Liang army only had 280,000 left.

Although the casualties of the Qin and Jin armies in this battle were not small, because most of the casualties were shared by the princes, they did not pay too many casualties compared to the Liang army.

Although Dong Zhuo didn't know how many troops Qin and Jin had in total, there was no doubt that the overall strength of Qin and Jin surpassed that of the Liang army.

Although the overall strength has been surpassed, most of the places in Kansai are easy to defend and difficult to attack, so Dong Zhuo doesn't care too much.

For the current Liang army, the most important thing is to recuperate and regain strength, but although Dong Zhuo doesn't want to continue fighting, he is not willing to give up Sizhou.

If the alliance of the princes has not retreated, the power in the hands of the other party far exceeds his own, and Dong Zhuo can consider returning to Hangu Pass.

But now that Qin Hao's strength in Sizhou is weaker than his own, Dong Zhuo naturally can't give up the three counties that have not yet been lost, and he even has the idea of retaking Luoyang.

Dong Zhuo walked to the side of the map, stared at the location of the four counties of Sizhou, and asked after half a sound: "How many troops does Qin Hao have in Luoyang?" ”

"Less than 70,000 people." Left and right replied.

"Now Yang Jian's army of 80,000 is divided into three fortified cities: Mianchi, Yewang, and Yicheng, and there are still Yang Lin's 10,000 troops in Hedong."

Dong Zhuo's eyes flashed, and he said in a deep voice: "That is to say, our army still has 90,000 troops in Sizhou, and if tens of thousands of troops are dispatched from Guanzhong to reinforce, it may not be possible to recapture Luoyang." ”

Li Ru saw that Dong Zhuo was still preparing to fight again, and after thinking about it for a while, he immediately persuaded: "Lord, our army has lost nearly half of its troops, and it is really not suitable to fight at this time, and rest and recuperation is the most important thing." ”

As soon as Li Ru's voice fell, Lu Buwei continued to persuade: "Yes, lord, after our army increases its troops, regardless of whether we can recapture old Luoyang or not, even if we can recapture Luoyang, we must pay a great price, and I am afraid that it will be even more difficult to recapture the Tiger Prison and other checkpoints."

The lord, who occupies the focus of Sizhou, has never been in Luoyang, but in the Tiger Prison Pass and other Luoyang Eight Passes.

Even if our army recaptures Luoyang and expells Qin Hao from Sizhou, as long as we can't recapture those Xiongguan, Qin Hao can lead the army to attack Sizhou again at any time, so our army will only fall into endless attrition. ”

Seeing that the two military advisors were against sending troops, Dong Zhuo's brows were also furrowed, and he was hesitating whether to send troops or not, but Jia Xu's words made him make a decision.

"The two adults are not far from what they say."

Jia Xu smiled and said calmly: "If you miss such an excellent opportunity, Qin Hao's troops in Sizhou will only increase, let alone drive Qin Hao out of Sizhou, even the three counties such as Hedong may fall."

As for whether the two armies of Qin and Jin will increase their troops to compete with our army for the four counties of Sizhou? This is a big deal.

Although Qin Jin's strength is above our army now, whether it is Bingzhou or Jingbei, there are enemies on all sides, even if Qin Hao will increase his troops to Luoyang from the rear, the number will definitely not be too much......"

It turned out that the three major military divisions were inferior in Dong Zhuo's heart, but since Jia Xu offered the title of king, Dong Zhuo had a blind trust in Jia Xu, and even had the illusion that Li Ru and Lü Buwei were not as good as Jia Xu combined.

In fact, it is understandable that Dong Zhuo thinks so, after all, Li Ru and Lü Buwei have also offered a lot of strategies before, but they still failed to make the Liang army repel the coalition army, and Jia Xu just made all the princes retreat with a single plan.

It is clear which is strong and which is weak.

Therefore, when he heard that Jia Xu agreed to send troops, Dong Zhuo subconsciously thought that Jia Xu was right.

"If this battle continues, how many troops do you think is the most appropriate?"

Dong Zhuo's inquiry had just been spoken, and Jia Xu immediately replied without thinking: "Fifty thousand ......"

After thinking for a while, Dong Zhuo also thought that an additional 50,000 troops was just right, after all, the 150,000 army was barely enough to guard the rear, and there was no need to worry about the instability of the rear in the short term.

"However, the lord still needs to personally lead the army, so as to completely stimulate the morale of our army, so as to reverse the decline of the previous successive defeats."

Jia Xu continued to add, and this also strengthened Dong Zhuo's heart to send troops.

Seeing this, Li Ru and Lu Buwei wanted to dissuade them, but as soon as the words were spoken, Dong Zhuo slapped the table and shouted: "Okay, it's so decided, this time the miscellaneous family will personally lead an army of 50,000 people, go to meet Qin Hao'er, and vow not to give up until they recapture Luoyang." ”

Jia Xu was also relieved when he saw this, and finally fooled Dong Zhuo out of Chang'an, because only when Dong Zhuo left Chang'an, Jia Xu could take the little emperor away, otherwise not only would Emperor Han not be able to take him away, but even Jia Xu himself might not be able to leave.

Ten days later, the 50,000 eastward troops were assembled in Chang'an, but the military advisor Jia Xu did not come to participate in the oath-taking ceremony.

Dong Zhuo saw that Jia Xu didn't come, so he immediately frowned and asked, "Why didn't Master Wenhe come?" ”

"Your Majesty, Jia Junshi suddenly contracted a vicious disease, and now he is sick in bed, I am afraid that he will not be able to go on the expedition with the king."

"I see, immediately send the thousand-year-old ginseng from the Zajia Mansion to the military advisor, and tell the military advisor to recuperate well and don't need to participate in this battle."

Although Dong Zhuo was a little disappointed, he didn't think much about it, after all, it was normal for literati to get sick, and it was impossible for him to take the sick Jia Xu to the battlefield, and after a few words of relief, he led the army to the direction of Hangu Pass.