Chapter 1 Danger lurking Section 22 Li Ru has been staying in Luoyang to take charge of the Kwantung military affairs, and has limited knowledge of the specific strategy of this expedition.

For the sake of secrecy, Dong Zhuo did not tell him the detailed attack plan in advance. After listening to Tian Yi's explanation, Li Ru was very surprised.

Gyeonggi's 120,000-strong army from the north and south had lost nearly 20,000 men after several battles. Zhang Yang's 10,000 men surrendered to Yuan Shao in Hanoi, and Hu Zhen and Lü Bu's army lost about 10,000 men in the battle with Yuan Shu and Sun Jian.

An army of 100,000, Dong Zhuo divided it into two. 20,000 people stayed in Guanzhong, Dong Zhuo's younger brother Dong Min, the left general, led 10,000 southern troops to garrison Chang'an, and Zhonglang generals Huangfuhong and Bao Hong each led 5,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Fufeng and Fengyi counties.

80,000 men went out with him, and the army fought simultaneously on four battlefields. Among them, 30,000 people attacked Hedong, Zhonglang General Duan Xuan led 10,000 troops to attack Pubanjin in Hedong, Captain Jia Xu led 2,000 troops to garrison Tongguan, Zhonglang General Niu Fu led 10,000 troops to attack Fenglingdu, and Captain Fan Chou led 8,000 troops to attack Maojindu.

The rebellious general Li Ru commanded five captains, Li Dao, Guo Yan, Zhang Ji, Wu Qiuyi, and Liu Jing, and 25,000 troops surrounded the Tiger Pass southeast of Luoyang, and the two passes of Mengjin and Xiaopingjin in the northeast of Luoyang.

Zhonglang led Dong Yue and Li Su to lead 10,000 troops out of Wuguan and attack Nanyang from the northwest. Zhonglang's general Lü Bu and Captain Zhang Liao led 8,000 troops out of Yique Pass and Dagu Pass to the south, attacking Nanyang from the northeast.

Zhonglang's general Hu Zhen and the captain Li Meng led 7,000 troops out of the pass and went south to attack Yingchuan. After the start of the war, Dong Zhuo planned to force Wu Xiong to Hanoi first, force Yan Liang to Yanzhou, and then personally lead 20,000 troops south to attack Yu and Jingzhou.

In order to solve the crisis of shortage of money and grain in Gyeonggi, Dong Zhuo was determined to occupy Nanyang and Yingchuan, and completely eradicated Yuan Shu and Sun Jian.

Dong Zhuo said that now that Gyeonggi, Nanyang, and Yingchuan have all entered the autumn harvest season, the army can plunder wherever it goes.

The food problem has been completely solved, but the purpose of our troops this time is not to loot money and grain, but to occupy rich counties such as Nanyang and Yingchuan, so defeating Yuan Shu and Sun Jian as soon as possible is the most important thing.

As long as we have Jing and Henan, we will be able to take the initiative and quickly restore our strength, and it will be possible to conquer and pacify Sheji everywhere in the future.

"How to solve the matter in Hedong?" Li Ru touched the scar on his face and asked very uneasily,

"Although we can be sure that Li Hong will not requisition the Saiwai army to the south to participate in the war in order to abandon the northern frontier, because he has lost the food support from Jing and Henan, he can only buy grain from Jizhou in close alliance with Yuan Shao and Han Fu. In this way, once Yuan Shao, Han Fu, Liu Dai and others resolved the rebellion of the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou and Montenegro, Li Hong could join forces with them to attack Chang'an and Luoyang. ”

"How can it be so easy?" Dong Zhuo sneered,

"This year, Yanqing and Xu Sanzhou suffered from ant thieves riots, and the grain harvest failed, Liu Dai, Jiao He, and Tao Qian also had to buy grain from Jizhou if they wanted to eat enough. Think about it, with Jizhou alone, can supply the food needs of Northern Xinjiang, Youzhou, Yanzhou and Xuzhou at the same time? It's simply impossible. Something is definitely going to happen in Jizhou. Li Hong and them will definitely fight for Jizhou's money and food. ”

"Taking a step back, even if they don't have internal strife and don't fight, they won't be able to support hundreds of thousands of troops to attack Chang'an and Luoyang with the money and grain in Jizhou, so next year, Li Hong and Yuan Shao will not be able to attack us. If Yuan Shao, Liu Dai and others hadn't pacified the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou and Montenegro this year, if they were still fighting with the Yellow Turban Army next year, haha......" Dong Zhuo said with a smile,

"Then the year after that, it will definitely be their time of death." Li Ru looked at Dong Zhuo's triumphant fat face and reminded in a low voice: "My lord, Li Hong, Xu Rong, and Li Wei are not ordinary people, let's be cautious and safe." Dong Zhuo smiled contemptuously and asked, "Then what do you mean?" Let me take the initiative to shake hands with Li Hong and make peace? Let me take the initiative to say to Li Hong, I'm old, confused, I made a mistake, I'm sorry? Hum...... Now the situation has changed, the advantages are in my hands, and if I want to bow my head, it is he who bows to me. Li Ru hesitated for a moment and said, "My lord, this is not a matter of who bows to whom, but how to ensure that we achieve the purpose of sending troops to the greatest extent." It is for this reason that we took the lead in beating him, and it is also for this reason that we are now taking the initiative to make peace with him. ”

"Nope." Dong Zhuo waved his hand vigorously and said resolutely,

"No, I can't. He's tough, and I'm stronger than him. He wants to restore the northern frontier, but I won't let him succeed. He wants to beat me and ignore the survival of the society, am I afraid? Let me tell you, I am more ruthless than him, if he dares to beat me, I will smash the Dahan Sheji, and I will let him die without a place to be buried. Li Ru smiled bitterly and continued to persuade: "My lord, now that the 80,000 army is fighting on four battlefields at the same time, and the troops are scattered, this is very dangerous for us. The ultimate purpose of the adults' troops is to occupy Jing and Henan, but if our army is in a stalemate with Yuan Shu and Sun Jian in the area of Nanyang and Yingchuan because of insufficient troops, or ......" Li Ru did not continue, his meaning was obvious, if Dong Yue, Lu Bu and others were defeated by Yuan Shu and Sun Jian, and their morale was frustrated, it would be difficult for the army to take Nanyang and Yingchuan in one go, and of course the consequences would be unimaginable.

Li Ru looked at Dong Zhuo, bowed down and said, "My lord, it's better to contact Li Hong as soon as possible, and the two sides will make peace." In this way, Yan Liang and Wu Xiong could immediately return to Hedong with 7,000 men and horses, and the adults could immediately take 20,000 troops south to attack Nanyang and Yingchuan. Tian Yi immediately shook his hand and said, "These 7,000 people can't be put back in Hedong." With these 7,000 people, Li Hong will have more troops in Hedong, which is very dangerous for Chang'an and Luoyang. In order to avoid angering Li Hong, and at the same time to avoid our own losses, we gave up attacking and killing Yan Liang and Wu Xiong, which already gave Li Hong a lot of face. Now we and Li Hong are enemies, Yan Liang and Wu Xiong have no backup and no food and grass, and sticking to the pass is a dead end for them. So all we have to do is tell them that if they leave the pass with their army, they will not hesitate to leave the pass. As soon as Yan Liang and Wu Xiong left, the adults could lead the army south. ”

"By the time Li Hong agreed to our conditions and asked us for the 7,000 men, Yan Liang and Wu Xiong had already left the pass. As long as we didn't kill these 7,000 people, what could Li Hong do with us? Can he say that we are not keeping our word? The feet are on Yan Liang and Wu Xiong, they want to run, what should we do? Dong Zhuo also expressed the same meaning.

He analyzed the financial dilemma of northern Xinjiang and the deployment of troops in northern Xinjiang, and believed that Li Hong had neither money, food nor troops, and he could not afford to fight this battle.

"So, don't worry, sooner or later he's going to have to bow to me. After driving Yan Liang and Wu Xiong away, I went out of the customs and went south. Li Ru shook his head again and again, laughing very helplessly.

"My lord, Shuping (Tian Yi), the return of these 7,000 people to Hedong has not changed the comparison of the strength of the two sides, and it has nothing to do with the overall situation. In addition, you are underestimating the Northern Frontier Army. Li Ru sighed,

Yan Liang has already released his words, as long as there is still a living person in the Tiger Prison Pass, the Black Panther Battle Banner will not fall. Wu Xiong of Xiaopingjin said that he was a cannibal, and he had to guard the pass. Xiang Cheng, the commander stationed in Mengjin, was even more arrogant, and on the night we surrounded him, he led people into the camp while it was dark, captured a few patrol soldiers, and cooked them on the city tower the next day. Many of the soldiers in Northern Xinjiang were fierce generals of the Yellow Turban Army back then, and they were all warriors who participated in the Battle of Yanmen Pass and the expedition to the desert. Dong Zhuo's face was angry, and Tian Yi was shocked.

"Li Hong has led the Northern Xinjiang army to conquer everywhere over the years, and he has been invincible, making great achievements in the world, and at the same time bringing countless glory and achievements to hundreds of thousands of Northern Xinjiang soldiers." Li Ru sighed again,

"Without Li Hong's military order, these 7,000 soldiers in northern Xinjiang would never have left the pass alive. This is not a matter of life, but a matter of glory of a warrior. We may not understand it, but adults should understand it. Once these 7,000 people do not retreat, the army of adults will be pinned down in Luoyang. ”

"If the adults don't want them to go back to Hedong, just kill them, anyway, Li Hong can't afford to gather more than 50,000 troops to attack Chang'an and Luoyang for the time being." Li Ru said,

"Your Excellency can't let Yan Liang retreat to Yingchuan with his army in any case, let alone let Wu Xiong withdraw across the Yellow River with his army and enter Hanoi."

Of course, these two armies will not give Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu much help, but it is precisely because of their existence that they give Li Hong, Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shu the opportunity to attack together. To tell the truth, once Li Hong knew that Yan Liang and Wu Xiong led their troops into Yingchuan and Hanoi respectively, he would have no scruples and would attack Luoyang desperately, and Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu would also take the opportunity to counterattack. If Li Hong is determined to abandon the northern frontier and abandon Sheji, his strength will far surpass ours. At that time, Xian Yufu and Zhao Yun led tens of thousands of Hu iron horsemen to ride out of the Great Wall fortress and directly attack Chang'an, who can stop its sharpness? And Li Hong, Xu Rong and others led 100,000 infantry elite soldiers to cross the Yellow River and attack Luoyang, we ......" Dong Zhuo stood up suddenly, his fat body suddenly knocked the case table out, he raised his hands high, and roared,

"Call me, call me ......" Li Ru looked shocked and took three steps back. Tian Yi was frightened, dodged over the desk that flew up in the air, and exclaimed loudly: "My lord, we want Nanyang and Yingchuan, we want money and food, not a life-and-death duel with the leopard, please think twice......

"Order, give me an attack on Mengjin Pass, attack with all my might, and kill that Xiang Cheng for me." Dong Zhuo glared at Li Ru and shouted,

"Tell Yan Liang and Wu Xiong again. One day, I only give them one day, and if they don't withdraw from the pass, I will kill them all. Li Ru stood motionless,

"Your Excellency, please think again."

"If I think twice, I'm going to force the leopard to death." Dong Zhuo said angrily,

"They all say that the leopard is powerful, and they all say that we have to let him, what is the result? As a result, we were surrounded by him and almost starved to death. Don't forget, it was the leopard who wanted to kill me first, not me who wanted to kill the leopard. If I endure it any longer, the leopard will be more rampant and more unscrupulous. Today I am going to tell him that if he provokes me, I will kill people as well. I fought with him to the end with the Great Han Sheji and these 7,000 lives. Whether it is the destruction of the community or the fierce battle in Gyeonggi, I will accompany you to the end. Li Ru and Tian Yi bowed their heads and were silent.

"We want to occupy Nanyang and Yingchuan, we want to grab money and grain, why? It's not to kill Yuan Shu, kill Yuan Shao, and in the end? In the end, it's not about killing the leopard. Dong Zhuo panted and said angrily,

"Can I still shake hands with the leopard? Look at the beginning of the year, such a good opportunity, he was not willing to join forces with me to quell the rebellion. What else can I expect from him? Do you still expect him to help me revitalize the community? If he had quelled the rebellion with me at the beginning of the year and killed Yuan Shao and those rebels, how could my Han be in such a crisis as today? How could the Han Society be overthrown? ”

"Order, attack Meng Jin tomorrow." On October, Mengjin Pass. Since Li Hong and Yuan Shao formed an alliance, Captain Wu Xiong led 3,000 troops to garrison Mengjin and Xiaopingjin.

Wu Xiong ordered the commander Xiang Cheng to lead 1,500 troops to garrison Mengjin Pass. After Li Dao and Liu Jing received Dong Zhuo's attack order, they immediately commanded an army of 10,000 to launch a fierce attack on Mengjin Pass.

Dong Zhuo's order is very simple, kill, kill not one left. The two have wanted to fight for a long time. A few days ago, Xiang Cheng provoked them and openly killed the soldiers of the Northern Army, which made the two of them furious.

The Northern Xinjiang Army also deceived people too much. The drums above and below the pass shook the sky, the sound of killing was like a tide, the arrows were like locusts, and blood was overflowing.

There were corpses of dead soldiers everywhere, and the soldiers of Huanfang were scuffling up and down the city walls, shouting for fierce battles. Xiang Cheng opened his eyes angrily, roared the tiger, and the spear in his hand viciously pierced the oncoming enemy soldiers.

In a terrible howl, the dead soldier was kicked out of the city wall by Xiang Cheng, and his body fell heavily under the city wall.

"Kill...... Brothers...... Kill me ......" Xiang Cheng stretched out his bloody hand to hold the wall, gasped a few times, and then turned his head and shouted,

"Drumming...... "On the tower of the ......city, the majestic drums rose to the sky in an instant, and the soldiers roared hoarsely one by one, and rushed towards the enemy who was killing like fierce tigers.

"My lord, we have taken back the eastern wall." Xu Le, the military waiter, carried the bloodstained war knife and walked over crookedly.

"We have so many casualties that it will be difficult for us to survive until tomorrow. My lord, do you think we should ask the captain of Kohiratsu for help? ”

"Ask for help." Xiang Cheng pointed to the attacking army under the city and scolded loudly,

"Wu Da Scar Shou Xiao Pingjin, how much better can he be than us? Fight to the death, die in battle unknown. We didn't die in the desert, but we died here, it's really a wreck. This is Luoyang, the capital of my Han Dynasty. Xiang Cheng pointed to the soldier who fell beside him and asked angrily,

"Do you know what they died for?" Xu Le shook his head blankly. Xu Le has a thin figure, a thin face, and a pair of eyes that always reveal a little vicissitudes.

Although he was only twenty-one years old, he had been in the army for six years. When Li Hong captured Handan, he was still a small beggar in the city.

Later, Li Hongxi went to Liangzhou to quell the rebellion and recruited troops in Handan, and he also went to enlist. When Yan Liang, who was conscripted, saw him, he took him out with one hand and told him to come back when he grew up.

Xu Le lay on the ground and cried. Yan Liang's heart softened, so he handed him a spear. From then on, Xu Le carried this spear and followed Yan Liang to fight everywhere.

"What is the way of the world now? Why can't you even understand death? Xiang Cheng spat outside the city wall and cursed a series of swear words.

Xiang Cheng is in his twenties, tall and strong, with a black beard on his face, rough and strong. He used to sell smuggled salt in the Jizhou area, because he could fight, he was smart-minded, and he was bold, and his subordinates gradually gathered dozens of people.

Later, he followed Zhang Jiao to raise troops and participated in the Guangzong War. After Guangzong's defeat, he followed Zhang Niujiao to continue the campaign.

After the battle of gall pottery, he followed Zhang Yan to Jinyang. When the Yellow Turban Army was appeased, he was the military commander of the Northern Xinjiang Army.

When I returned from an expedition to the desert last year, I was worshiped by the captain. Originally, he thought that he could live a stable life in northern Xinjiang, but who knew that before he rested for a few days, he led the army to brave the heavy snow and ran from outside the fortress to Luoyang.

"At the beginning of the year, we fought with Lord Xu, saying that Yuan Shao, Han Fu, and Liu Dai were all rebellious, and they beat the army of Dong and fled in embarrassment." Xiang Cheng pointed to the army under the city and said with a wry smile,

"At that time, the Northern Army and we were brothers, and we fought together. Later, Lord Hutou said that they shook hands with the general and made peace, and they were the general's brothers, not rebellious, and would not fight. Why haven't we been saying this for a few months, but we are fighting with the Northern Army? You say, now we are rebellious, or are they rebellious? Xu Le wiped the blood on the sword with his bloody sleeve, and said without hesitation: "Of course they are rebellious. How can our great general be the rebellion of the Great Han? Xiang Cheng grinned and said with a smile: "You mean to say that Your Majesty is a rebel of my Han today?" Xu Le was stunned for a moment, and smiled awkwardly: "My lord, how is this possible?" ”

"But look, who is attacking us now? It's the Northern Army. Xiang Cheng said,

"The Northern Army is Your Majesty's army, and Your Majesty's army fights us and fights the generals, which means ......"

"Impossible." Xu Le said categorically,

"The general will never be a traitor of the Han, there must be a reason we don't know." Xiang Cheng scolded hatefully, and then said: "Anyway, I'm going to die, kill one and earn one, I don't want to do much." "Suddenly, a dense drum of calls for help sounded on the western city wall.

"Xiang Tao is asking for help." Xiang Cheng was shocked and shouted loudly,

"Let's go, let's go ......"

"Brothers, kill the past, kill the past......" Xu Le raised his knife and shouted,

"Swear to death...... Bloody battle ......" Zhu Jun walked into Bi Guiyuan angrily. Finally temporarily settled Henan Yin, just when the grain was ripe and the people began to harvest, Li Ru suddenly ordered the army stationed near Luoyang to grab grain everywhere, unscrupulously plundered, and destroyed Henan Yin within a few days.

Hundreds of thousands of people have once again been plunged into the catastrophe. Countless people have been driven from their homes and once again began their wanderings towards death.

However, the Hangu Pass had been blocked, and the only hope of the displaced people was dashed, and everyone cried all the way and turned around and fled south.

Zhu Jun's heart was bleeding, he tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart, and asked Li Ru one after another.

Li Ru smiled and remained silent. The more Zhu Jun spoke, the more angry he became, and he couldn't wait to kill Li Ru with one punch.

"I'm going to Chang'an. I want to meet Lord Xiangguo, I want to impeach you......" Suddenly, Dong Zhuo's fat body appeared in front of Zhu Jun's eyes,

"This is the will of the Son of Heaven." Zhu Jun was shocked, and at this moment, he suddenly realized. Dong Zhuo has already done it.

Zhu Jun Pegasus returned to Luoyang City and wrote to Li Hong urgently. Ding Li trotted all the way into the mansion,

"My lord, are you in a hurry to find me?" Zhu Jun said while writing at the desk: "Jingming, you took my seal letter and passed through Hangu Pass overnight, and then tried every means to cross the Yellow River and send this letter to the hussar general. Ding Li saw that Zhu Jun's face was pale and his expression was cold, and he asked in a panic, "My lord, is there something serious?" ”

"Dong Zhuo secretly arrived in Luoyang." Zhu Jun said,

"Although we have sent the news to Wentai (Sun Jian) that Lü Bu and Hu Zhen are going to attack Yingchuan and Nanyang, it now seems that this is not an ordinary captivity, but a major attack by Dong Zhuo. He was going to occupy Jing and Henan, and he was about to personally lead his army south. Ding Li looked at Zhu Jun suspiciously, and asked puzzledly, "Why don't you tell Brother Wentai this news first?" ”

"At present, there are only more than 20,000 troops in Yangzhai, Luyang, and Wancheng, and Yuan Shu is still confronting Liu Biao in Xiangyang, so even if we tell Wentai the news, he can't stop Dong Zhuo's attack." Zhu Jun said helplessly,

"We must prevent Dong Zhuo from occupying Jing and Henan Prefectures, otherwise not only will King Qin be hopeless, but we will also be tied up. Now the only one who can stop Dong Zhuo from leading his army south is the hussar general. ”

"The general will send troops to attack Dong Zhuo?" Ding Li shook his head and said,

"My lord, this is simply impossible."

"Dong Zhuo has already angered the general." Zhu Jun said,

"We always thought that Li Ru ordered the army to surround the three passes of Hujiao, Mengjin and Xiaopingjin so that their army could safely capture Nanyang and Yingchuan, but now it seems that we were wrong. I heard Li Ru say that Dong Zhuo has already ordered an attack on Mengjin Pass today, and will start attacking Tiger Prison and Xiaopingjin tomorrow. I don't understand why Dong Zhuo provoked Li Hong, but I know that Li Hong would never sit idly by and watch his subordinates being killed by Dong Zhuo. This time, Dong Zhuo will lose his skin if he doesn't die. ”

"My lord, there are only 1,500 people in the two passes of Mengjin and Xiaopingjin, and they can't be guarded for a few days." Ding Li said worriedly,

"A few days later, even if the tiger prison is not breached, Dong Zhuo can still lead the army south, he only needs to surround the tiger prison with a few thousand people. We're too late. Zhu Jun glanced up at him and said slowly: "Xiao Lan took her mother to Hedong at the beginning of the year, so I don't have anything to worry about now...... Ding Li's face changed greatly, and he blurted out: "Teacher, you ......"

"You take Zhu Wei with you, don't come back." Zhu Jun said lightly,

"Although I am old, I can still leap on the horse and fight on the battlefield." Late at night, Hanoi District, Ha Duong City.

Han Hao stood on the bank of the Yellow River, looking at the dark night sky, anxious and uneasy. Today, at Mengjin Pass, a few dozen miles away on the other side of the river, the Northern Army and the Northern Xinjiang Army fought for a whole day.

Although there has been no movement at Koheimatsu Pass, it is estimated that the bloody battle will begin soon. If both levels are lost, Dong Zhuo is bound to cross the river to attack while Yuan Shao, Wang Kuang and the Yellow Turban Army are fiercely fighting.

Hanoi is in danger. The rapid sound of horses' hooves suddenly shattered the quiet night and clearly reached Han Hao's ears.

Han Hao's heart suddenly beat violently. Jump to