Chapter 3 Storm and Storm 15th Quarter Late at night, Hongnong Camp. A troop of iron horsemen rushed out of the darkness and galloped into the camp, the thunderous sound of iron hooves shattering the silence of the night in an instant.

Jade, Zhang He and Hua Xiong strode into the big tent of the Chinese army. Xu Rong, Tian Chou and Chen Wei stood up to greet each other.

"Is the Northern Army attacking fiercely today?" Xu Rong asked with a smile while inviting the three of them to sit down,

"What about the casualties of the army?"

"It's still like that, once a day. Niu Fu didn't seem to be in a hurry to attack, he probably waited for us to withdraw from the Yellow River before attacking Kanto. Jade said,

"The casualties in the units are not significant, but the shortage of personnel in the units is getting worse and worse because we have not been able to replenish the troops. At present, the two armies together are only about 12,000 people, and there is a shortage of more than 3,000 people. My lord, when will the reinforcements from Hedong cross the river to help? Xu Rong smiled without saying a word, and stretched out his hand to help Chen Wei spread out the map on the desk.

Tian Chou instructed the guards to get some food. The three adults and their guards were about to rush back to the front line of the Candlewater River, and they had to be fed before leaving.

At this time, Tian Chou heard Jade's words, and immediately said with a smile: "We have no reinforcements. Now the general and the 100,000 army are fighting in Jizhou, Zhang Baiqi is fighting in Pubanjin in Hedong with the Tuntian soldiers, and we still have tens of thousands of troops fighting against the northern army here, and the money and food in the north are limited and cannot support the three battlefields at the same time. Therefore, the lord has already played the eldest princess and the imperial court, and it is recommended not to send reinforcements to Kansai again. On the Kansai battlefield, it's just us. Yushi, Zhang He, and Hua Xiong were quite surprised.

Hua Xiong immediately said to Xu Rong: "My lord, we only have more than 12,000 people, and there are 40,000 northern troops on the opposite side. How will this battle be fought? Return to Luoyang? ”

"Yes, withdraw immediately." Xu Rong's calm and powerful voice made the three of them stunned.

"We not only have to withdraw, but also inflict heavy losses on the Northern Army and suppress the Northern Army in Kansai." Chen Wei said with a smile,

"Your Excellency has already made up your mind to destroy the enemy." Chen Wei carefully explained Xu Rong's strategy.

"After burning the grain and grass of the Northern Army, the Northern Army was unable to attack the Kanto region, so it could only retreat to the Kansai region." Chen Wei pointed to Hanguguan on the map and said,

"Then our Northern Frontier Army is stationed at Hangu Pass, to the east we can take care of Luoyang, and to the west we can attack Guanxi. In this way, although our Northern Xinjiang Army is fighting in two battlefields at the same time, because we have taken the initiative in the Kansai Battlefield, the critical situation in Northern Xinjiang will be greatly improved. Zhang He thought for a moment and raised an objection.

Before leaving Luoyang, the general said that as long as we ensure that all the grain and materials purchased from the south are transported to the northern Xinjiang, and that there is enough grain and grass on the battlefield in Jizhou to last until May, we can withdraw from Luoyang, so as to avoid the northern Xinjiang falling into the dilemma of fighting on two fronts.

"The current situation is that we can completely withdraw from the Kansai battlefield, so why continue to fight the Northern Army? Abandoning Kansai and garrisoning Hangu Pass, the army lost contact with northern Xinjiang. So how to solve the burden of our grain and grass? Do you rely on Yuan Shu? Zhang He shook his head again and again,

"The battlefield of Jizhou has begun, Yuan Shao will be driven out of Jizhou by the general at any time, and after the states and counties get the news, they will immediately blockade the eastern part of the country. Even if Yuan Shu is willing to continue to provide us with food and grass, once he starts a war with Liu Biao, how can he help us? Xu Rong nodded,

"Junyi has a point." Then he looked at Tian Chou,

"Zitai, you explain it to the three adults. The situation in Gyeonggi in the coming months will be directly related to the great cause of saving the community. There are some things that must be made clear. ”

"From the perspective of Northern Xinjiang itself, in order to avoid the Northern Xinjiang Army falling into the dilemma of fighting on two fronts, we should indeed withdraw from Kansai immediately." Tian Chou said,

"But from the point of view of saving the society, we can't withdraw from Kansai at the moment under any circumstances." The current situation is that there is a dispute between Yuan Shu and Liu Biao in Jingzhou, a dispute between Yuan Shu, Sun Ben and Yuan Shao in Yuzhou, an increasingly fierce disaster of the Yellow Turban Army in Yanzhou, and a tripartite war between the Northern Xinjiang Army, the Jizhou Army and the Youzhou Army in Jizhou, and the situation is far worse than that in the early years of Zhongping (190 AD).

Now that the Northern Army has withdrawn from Guanxi, the Northern Army will drive straight into Guandong and successfully occupy Guandong and Luoyang, and Dong Zhuo will immediately lead his army to attack Jing, Henan, Yan, Hebei and other surrounding prefectures and counties.

At this time, whether it was Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, or various prefectures and counties, after more than two years of repeated wars, their strength was greatly weakened.

On the contrary, Dong Zhuo's strength has been restored to a certain extent because of his retreat to Guanzhong.

Once Dong Zhuo was based on the relevant prefectures and counties of Zhongdong, Kwantung and Jing, Henan, and Yan, his strength increased dramatically, and at this time it was not just a question of the destruction of the lives of the people in the flames, but a question of whether the northern Xinjiang could eliminate him in the future, so the Kwantung region could not be given to Dong Zhuo.

Kanto can't give it to Dong Zhuo, and we ourselves don't want to fall into this place of four wars, so Kanto can only give it to Yuan Shao or Yuan Shu.

But the premise is that no matter which one we give to, they must be able to hold the Kanto. Therefore, when we withdraw from Kansai and give up Luoyang, it depends on the timing.

If Sheji wants to be saved, the northern Xinjiang must be strong, and the northern Xinjiang must be strong, and it is far from enough to rely only on the taxes of Jizhou and the strength of the northern Xinjiang army, and it is necessary to do everything possible to weaken the strength of the opponent.

If you can let Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and the forces of various states and counties contain each other in the Kanto, and even fight, of course, it is the best and most labor-saving way.

Yuan Shao drove away Han Fu and occupied Jizhou, which was once accused by many people, but no matter what method Yuan Shao used, Jizhou was given to Yuan Shao by Han Fu on his own initiative after all, Yuan Shao has a high-sounding reason, but what about us occupying Jizhou?

We relied on force to take Jizhou, and the consequences are self-evident. After we occupy Jizhou, how will the people of the world view the general?

Will the general be accused by the world of being a traitor to the Han Dynasty and become the second Dong Zhuo of the Han Dynasty? If everyone in the world thinks that the general's capture of Jizhou is the beginning of the Han Dynasty's demise, will the various forces of the Han Dynasty join forces to deal with the general?

We can't predict what will happen after the Northern Xinjiang Army occupies Jizhou, but we must strive to make the general avoid repeating Dong Zhuo's mistakes, and we must strive to make the general and Northern Xinjiang the only force to save Sheji in the eyes of the people of the world, and we must strive to let the Han Sheji be saved quickly.

Therefore, we must fight Dong Zhuo, hold high the banner of fighting against King Dong Qin, constantly launch a counterattack against Guanzhong, and let the people of the world know that only the general and the northern Xinjiang are still stubbornly and unyieldingly saving Sheji.

The reason why the general wanted to occupy Jizhou was because he wanted to ask King Dong Qin, which was forced to be helpless; The reason why the Northern Xinjiang Army withdrew from Luoyang was because it was besieged by rebellion, and the Northern Xinjiang Army was exhausted and unable to support it.

If the people of the world admit that the general's conquest is all to save Sheji, then the eldest princess and the court will have authority, and then my Han will be quickly saved and revitalized.

On the contrary, the Great General and Northern Xinjiang will follow in Dong Zhuo's footsteps and fall into the danger of being besieged by all sides, and saving and revitalizing Sheji will become an unattainable thing.

After Tian Chou finished speaking, he sat quietly behind the desk and bowed his head in contemplation. The people in the big tent were silent, chewing on the meaning of Tian Chou's words.

The Northern Xinjiang Army was not only in the Kansai Battlefield to fight, but to show the people of the world the hussar general's loyalty to the Han Dynasty, the determination of the Northern Xinjiang to save Sheji, and the absolute authority of the eldest princess and the imperial court.

Even if the Northern Xinjiang Army wants to withdraw from Kansai, it cannot be withdrawn intact, but will be beaten out, driven out, and cry to the people of the world with blood and wounds: It's not that I don't save Sheji, but that I can't save Sheji.

Today's Han Dynasty, except for the hussar generals and the northern frontier, is everywhere a rebel and a national thief. Xu Rong picked up a roll of bamboo slips and said with a solemn expression: "Before the general left Luoyang, although he repeatedly told us, Luoyang can abide by the rules, and cannot give up. But as our courtiers who defend the Han Dynasty and Gongwei Sheji, for the sake of the Han Dynasty and the thousands of Li people, even if we are broken bones, we must not give up. He handed the bamboo slip to the jade,

"This is a letter from the four ministers Zhang Wen, Lu Zhi, Xian Yufu, and Li Wei, you can take a look."

"The views of the four ministers on the Kansai battlefield are very close to what we meant. The opinions of these four ministers can basically represent the will of the imperial court, but because the changes in the situation and the development of the war situation are far from being expected and controlled by us, the imperial court did not directly issue an order, but gave us suggestions in the form of a joint letter from the four ministers. Xu Rong stroked his short beard and said slowly,

"What do the three adults have to do with that?" After carefully reading the letters of the four ministers, Yushi, Zhang He, and Hua Xiong all shook their heads,

"Everything is as instructed by the Lord."

"Okay, retreat tomorrow." On March, Hongnong City. Niu Fu, Li Dao, Jia Xu and other generals of the Northern Army walked up to the city tower in high spirits, embraced by a group of guards.

After more than four months of fierce battles, the Northern Army finally broke through the Candlewater River and entered Hongnong City, which was a huge victory.

Niu Fu was very excited, laughing and laughing along the way, but Li Dao, Guo Yan and the others looked cold, as if they were not happy that the army would effortlessly attack Hongnong City.

Niu Fu obviously noticed that several of his subordinates were sullen, but he pretended not to know, and still talked and laughed with these old friends who had been with him for more than ten years as in the past.

Why Li Dao and the others are unhappy, Niu Fu knows it. Since the end of last year, Dong Zhuo has been abnormal, wantonly dividing the children of the Dong clan, all of them have been added to the rank of knight, and even the baby just born to Dong Zhuo's concubine has been made a marquis.

However, Dong Zhuo was very mean to his old subordinates, and he didn't bow to any of them. Everyone's official positions have not moved, the lieutenant general is still the lieutenant general, and the lieutenant is still the lieutenant.

During the Chinese New Year, Hu Zhen and Li Dao, Dong Zhuo's old subordinates, wanted to go back to Chang'an to reunite with their families, but Dong Zhuo also refused.

Niu Fu is Dong Zhuo's son-in-law, he has a lot of light, he was promoted to the lowest-ranking general, he was made a Guannei Hou, and he also went to Yiwu for a period of time during the Chinese New Year.

During this period, Niu Fu once tested Dong Zhuo, wanting to plead for Hu Zhen and Li Dao, old friends such as Hu Zhen and Li Dao, and if they couldn't enter the knighthood, they would have to be promoted.

Dong Zhuo knew Niu Fu's intentions, and he bluntly said to Niu Fu, I know in my heart, when Luoyang is defeated, I will worship the generals.

Now it's a little early to promote their officials. Niu Fu didn't understand. The army is attacking Luoyang, and of course, now the addition of officials to the knighthood is conducive to improving morale.

At this time, Tian Yi privately told him that there were too many people who had betrayed Taishi in the past two years, and Taishi didn't trust anyone except for his own clan's children.

For example, if you want to promote Hu Zhen and Li Dao to the officials, you must promote Duan Xuan, Bao Hong, Lu Bu, and Zhang Liao to the officials, but Taishi does not trust Duan Xuan, Lu Bu and others, and is worried that they will betray him.

Therefore, this official cannot be promoted for the time being. If one favors one over the other, and only promotes the officials of Hu Zhen, Li Dao and others, Duan Xuan, Lu Bu and others will inevitably have opinions, and once they are disgruntled and betrayed, it will be very troublesome.

When Niu Fu, Li Dao and others defeated Luoyang, Dong Zhuo's strength became even stronger, and the merits of Hu Zhen, Li Dao and others were also there, if these old subordinates were still loyal to Dong Zhuo, this official would naturally rise quickly.

Although Niu Fu knew it in his heart, he didn't dare to talk nonsense after returning to the camp. Dong Zhuo wanted to take the opportunity to try the generals' loyalty to him, and of course Niu Fu didn't dare to spoil Dong Zhuo's good deeds.

The generals were resentful in their hearts, and their attitude towards Niu Fu changed greatly, and they often spoke coldly to each other, attacked each other, and fought in a perfunctory manner, and everyone wanted to preserve their strength.

Niu Fu was happy for a while, and then discussed with the generals about continuing to attack the Kanto. The generals looked at the Yellow River, but one by one they acted as if they hadn't heard, and no one answered.

Niu Fu was very helpless, so he had to ask Jia Xu, Wen He, do you think the army immediately launched an attack on Hangu Pass?

Jia Xu was very respectful, and he said to Niu Fu that Hongnong City was an empty city, and the Northern Xinjiang Army had moved all the people and materials in the city to Hedong, which showed that the Northern Xinjiang Army had been fully prepared for the retreat.

Since the Northern Xinjiang Army has long intended to retreat, and the commander of the Northern Xinjiang Army is the world-famous Longxiang general Xu Rong, there must be a famous hall here.

Jia Xu suggested that Niu Fu first rest in Hongnong for a while, and after the scouts confirmed that the Northern Xinjiang Army had indeed withdrawn to Hangu Pass, the army would attack again.

"Wenhe, the Northern Xinjiang Army withdrew to Mianchi, this is what the scouts saw with their own eyes." Niu Fu smiled,

"Xu Rong only has more than 10,000 people in his hands, and we have nearly 40,000 troops, even if Xu Rong uses soldiers like a god, what tricks can he conjure up at this time?"

"Hmph......" Li Dao sneered, sneering,

"My lord, how did Hongnong City lose it in the first place, did you forget?"

"We stupidly chased to Hangu Pass, the Northern Xinjiang Army crossed the river from the other side and blocked us under Hangu Pass, we drank the wind and fart?" Guo Yan sneered unceremoniously,

"You are also a person who has fought for more than ten years, why can't you even see this little bit of doorway?" Niu Fu's face couldn't hold back, and he was angry,

"You know, then how did you beat Xu Rong up in the first place."

"It seems that it is the adults who are scared and urinating on Tongguan, right?" Zhang Ji immediately ridiculed him.

"Alright...... Okay......" Jia Xu hurriedly walked to Niu Fu, who was pale, and shook his hand at Li Dao, Guo Yan and others,

"If you lose a battle, it's not good for anyone. Your Excellency, let's say a word less and follow the Shogun's arrangement. ”

"When the battle is lost, it is we who lose our heads, not him." Fan Chou sneered

"If he slaps his ass, he can go to Chang'an to continue to be his general, and we will bury our bones in the wilderness."

"Alright, alright." Jia Xu said very dissatisfied,

"Everyone has been brothers for more than ten years, or even decades, why bother? How can you fight a war like this without losing? This year's situation is not like last year, let alone the year before last, as long as we can take Luoyang, the world can be determined in a few years. In the future, you will either enter the court as a secretary, or you will be a state pastor, and you will have a good life if you want anything. Listen to me, let's work together first to bring down Luoyang, okay? Li Dao, Guo Yan and the others looked at each other and reluctantly nodded in agreement.

"My lord, look at ......" Jia Xu turned to Niu Fu and asked in a low voice,

"Is it a temporary break in Hongnong?"

"Forget it, let's hurry to Hangu Pass." Ushisuke shook his head angrily,

"One, Master Taishi will not agree, and the other is ......" He pointed to Li Dao and others, and said angrily,

"Look at them like this, it's weird if they rest and don't fight. Let's go, go to war, go to take Hangu Pass, and capture Luoyang. Jia Xu wanted to persuade a few more words, but seeing the generals' big eyes and small eyes, he had to keep his mouth shut.

On March, Hangu Pass. Xu Rong, Tian Chou, and Chen Wei rushed to Hangu Pass with their personal guard Qu Pegasus. Captain Zhou Hua went out to greet him.

"Lord Zhu has arrived?" Xu Rong saw him and immediately asked.

"Here we are." Zhou Hua replied: "I just arrived this morning. However, Lord Zhu was not in good health and came by car. ”

"Are you very sick?" Xu Rong asked in surprise. Zhou Hua nodded, his expression gloomy,

"Adults are tired of their illnesses. He was dealing with official business all day long, exhausted, and couldn't sleep for an hour a day, how could he not collapse? ”

"After this battle, you must send your adults to the northern frontier." Tian Chou said worriedly,

"If this continues, something will happen sooner or later."

"At this time, he won't leave Luoyang." Xu Rong said helplessly,

"Even if Gongding (Zhu Mu), Zhong Yuan (Li Wei), and Xiao Lan come in person, he will not leave Luoyang for half a step, unless the Son of Heaven has a holy decree."

"But if something happens to you, how will you and I explain to the general in the future? What kind of face to see Gongding, Zhong Yuan and Xiao Lan? Tian Chou said with a bitter face.

Zhu Jun lost a lot of weight, his eye sockets were deep, his face was yellow, and his beard was almost white. He saw Xu Rong and Tian Chou walking in, struggling to get up from the soft couch to greet them.

Xu Rong and Tian Chou hurriedly stepped forward and supported him on the left and right.

"Zilie, I tried my best to ask for 7,000 men from more than a dozen counties such as Xuzhou, Yanzhou, and Yuzhou, plus Zhou Hua's army, and barely gathered 10,000 people." Zhu Jun coughed twice and said very weakly,

"In this way, with Yan Liang's army, you have 30,000 people in your hands, which should be enough."

"My lord, I have ordered Gao Ran and Wu Xiong to withdraw from Yangzhai." Xu Rong said,

"Luoyang, I think it's better to let Gaolan garrison." Zhu Jun smiled bitterly,

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