Chapter 1 Danger lurks in Section 27 Li Hong, Xu Rong, Yushi, Zhu Mu and others carefully speculated about what might happen in Luoyang based on Zhu Jun's letter, and everyone agreed that Zhu Jun must join forces with Yan Liang, otherwise, he would have no way out.

Wuqiu Yi only had 5,000 soldiers, and even if he could succeed in a sneak attack, the northern armies on the outskirts of Luoyang would immediately return to help, surround Zhu Jun and Wuqiu Yi in the Luoyang area, making it difficult for them to fly.

Their only retreat is Tiger Prison. Will Yan Liang lead an army to attack Luoyang? Although he doesn't have many troops, according to Yan Liang's temper, Dong Zhuo beats him, and he will never let go of the opportunity to fight back against Dong Zhuo.

Will Yan Liang be surrounded and annihilated by the Northern Army under Luoyang City? Zhu Jun suddenly raised troops at this time, and his purpose was, of course, to drag Dong Zhuo in Luoyang, to buy Yuan Shu and Sun Jian enough time to counterattack, so that Dong Zhuo's plan to occupy Yingchuan and Nanyang completely failed.

It seems that Zhu Jun is very anxious to kill Dong Zhuo, to get rid of the ** of King Qin, and to save Sheji, he has lost confidence in Li Hong, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, and he is going to be alone.

Now that Dong Zhuo has ruined the trend of checks and balances, Zhu Jun has added fuel to the fire, Beijiang and Dong Zhuo have completely torn their faces, and Li Hong only has one choice left, that is, to fight Dong Zhuo.

Beat Dong Zhuo is certain, if Dong Zhuo is allowed to do whatever he wants, the northern Xinjiang will be dragged down by him sooner or later, and the revitalization of the Han Sheji is even more hopeless.

Li Hong originally wanted to use the situation of checks and balances to calm the war and stabilize the society, and then use the strength of the northern Xinjiang to strengthen the imperial power, and gradually concentrate all forces in the imperial court to eliminate the crisis.

However, due to Dong Zhuo's bent on killing Yuan Shao and other rebels, he even committed atrocities, resulting in the inability to form checks and balances. Later, if it weren't for the Yellow Turban Army rebellion that broke out in Yanqing and Xu Sanzhou, and Yuan Shao and Dong Dajun were too busy to take care of themselves, there would be no possibility of partial realization of this checks and balances.

The Yellow Turban Rebellion in Yanqing and Xu Sanzhou gave Northern Xinjiang and Gyeonggi a chance to breathe, and as long as Dong Zhuo and Li Hong joined forces and were in the same boat, Yuan Shao and Dong Dajun would perish sooner or later.

But Dong Zhuo asked the Son of Heaven to abolish the five-baht coin at this time, which made Li Hong, who was under great pressure, unable to bear it anymore.

Dong Zhuo slaughtered the clan lords and celebrities in Luoyang, forcibly moved the capital, connived at the soldiers to plunder Gyeonggi County, and killed Yuan Kui and Yuan Valve's close relatives, he could bear it.

But Dong Zhuojiao's edict abolished the five-baht coin and destroyed the precarious wealth of northern Xinjiang, and he couldn't bear it.

Li Hong immediately changed his strategy, blocked the connection with Gyeonggi, cut off the goods and colonies between the two sides, and planned to use the power of checks and balances to suppress Dong Zhuo and prepare for the future against Dong Qinwang.

Dong Zhuo, who was cornered, immediately counterattacked, took the initiative to attack Hedong and Nanyang, trying to destroy the checks and balances, and took advantage of the Yellow Turban riots in Yanqing and Xu Sanzhou and the ensuing flooding of displaced people, food shortages and many other crises to push Li Hong, Yuan Shao and other forces into the abyss of collapse.

Dong Zhuo tried in vain to maintain his power at the cost of the overthrow of the society and the destruction of human lives. Li Hong and many officials in Northern Xinjiang saw the impending crisis, and the only way to protect the Han Dynasty and the people of the world was to defeat Dong Zhuo quickly.

However, Northern Xinjiang could not kill Dong Zhuo with its own strength alone, and King Qin rejuvenated the country, so he had to unite the forces of Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and various prefectures and counties.

"No matter how the situation in Luoyang develops, the 7,000 people of Zishan (Yan Liang) will not be able to come back." Xu Rong gently rubbed a pair of big hands and said worriedly,

"At present, there are only 10,000 troops from Congyi (Jade) in Hedong, and 10,000 troops from Qizhi (Yang Feng) are still on the way, and if you add 3,000 Black Panther Yicong and 2,000 Tiger Ben, we only have 25,000 people. Crossing the Yellow River with 25,000 men to attack Luoyang was too thin, and defeat was inevitable. So we can't catch up with this opportunity today, so we can only hope that Yan Liang and Wu Xiong will hold the pass and hold on until next month. ”

"Next month?" Jade sighed,

"Is a month enough? In a month's time, we'll only have that much to muster. The four Tuntian counties of Jizhou needed at least 20,000 garrison troops, and it was impossible for Feiyan (Zhang Yan) and Yuntian (Liyi) to lead their troops to Hedong. We need more troops. He looked up at Li Hong, who was sitting silently opposite,

"General, what do you think of the Tuntian soldiers again? Without 50,000 people, we can't take Luoyang. ”

"The Tuntian soldiers in Hedong were recruited from the displaced people in July last year, and they can open up the wasteland and Tuntian, but the war is too bad. At the beginning of the year, Lord Yang took the strongest 10,000 Tuntian soldiers to Luoyang, but in the first battle of Hanoi, he did not fire a single arrow, and only ran back and forth to run away more than 1,000 people, and this kind of soldiers could no longer be used. Zhu Mu shook his hand and said,

"This kind of soldier is used to fill the scene, to scare and scare people, but it is not good to fight, but it is bad. Didn't the general order the 10,000 Tuntian soldiers temporarily requisitioned by Lord Yu to be disbanded and returned to the autumn harvest? Herein lies the reason. If we want to recruit the tuntian soldiers, I think they should be requisitioned from the Hetao military tun area. Although they had not fought for more than three years, with their past experience in fighting in Jizhou and Taihang Mountain, there was no problem in defending the border. 20,000 Tuntian soldiers were requisitioned from Hetao to garrison the border, and the 20,000 infantry troops guarding the border counties immediately went south to join the battle. ”

"It's a good idea." Jade praised repeatedly,

"To fight, it is better to use a hundred soldiers. There is a shortage of military resources in northern Xinjiang, and there is a need for elite soldiers and strong generals, and 50,000 soldiers must be used as 50,000 soldiers. In addition, let Zilong bring another 5,000 iron horsemen to the south, so that our attack power will be enough. What do you see, General? Li Hong shook his head.

"Now the military resources of the 120,000 border troops have become the biggest problem in northern Xinjiang, and you don't want to solve it, but you have to increase the number of troops by 20,000." Li Hong smiled bitterly,

"I'm going to cut troops, and you're going to increase your troops, what do you mean?"

"The situation has changed." Jade said,

"Without troops, how can we attack Luoyang?"

"How much military capital is needed for an army of 50,000 to attack Luoyang, have you calculated?" Li Hong asked,

"Do we also want to be like Dong Zhuo, conniving at the soldiers to plunder everywhere, and if we can't do it, we will eat people?" Jade didn't speak.

"Dong Zhuo currently has at least 100,000 troops, if we also attack him with 100,000 troops, how long will it take to take Luoyang and Chang'an? Dong Zhuo loses the battle, and he can take the Son of Heaven hostage and escape to Xiliang, so how much time will it take us to kill Dong Zhuo and save the Son of Heaven? If this battle is fought for half a year or more, will we be able to hold on to it? Li Hong said helplessly,

"This is the reason why we hit Luoyang first, and the reason why we are waiting for an opportunity to attack Luoyang is also this. We must first ensure our survival and ensure that we are not defeated by Dong Zhuo. We can't afford to lose, and if we do, it's hard to turn over. ”

"I understand what the general means, but does Dong Zhuo give us this chance?" Jade asked suspiciously. Li Hong and Xu Rong looked at each other, worried.

If Dong Zhuo took the initiative to sue for peace, if Dong Zhuo had not been hit by Zhu Jun and Wu Qiu Yi, and if Yan Liang and others had completely controlled the three passes of Gyeonggi, then this opportunity would indeed exist, but now it would be very slim.

After thinking for a while, Xu Rong pointed to the map and said: "On the premise of ensuring the northern frontier, we can only use the least military resources and the least number of troops to achieve our goals. Therefore, the best way now is to unite Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, and the soldiers and horses of various prefectures and counties to attack Luoyang at the same time, which is also what Yuan Shao and Dong Dajun wanted us to do most at the beginning of the year. ”

"My lord, Yuan Shao and the soldiers and horses of various states and counties are now fighting fiercely with the Yellow Turban Army, Yuan Shu and Sun Jian are fighting with Dong Zhuo, and it is impossible for them to have the strength to attack Luoyang in the short term." Zhu Mu said,

"If we don't launch an attack in November, Yan Liang and they will be finished."

"We can take the initiative to make peace with Dong Zhuo, after all, his main purpose is Yingchuan and Nanyang, not to attack my northern Xinjiang, there is no need for him to kill them all." Li Hong said,

"If Yuan Shao and the others can defeat the Yellow Turban Army everywhere before winter comes, we can attack Luoyang early next year."

"Gongding, you immediately write a letter to Dong Zhuo in my name, saying that I want to talk to him."

"In addition, you tell the eldest princess and Li Wei our estimate of the situation in Luoyang, as well as our intention to unite Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, and various prefectures and counties to jointly crusade against Dong Zhuo and attack Luoyang, and ask them to think about it carefully, and then find a way to raise about four months' worth of food for our 25,000 army." Two days later, Niu Fu sent a letter saying that Lord Xiangguo had something to discuss with the hussar general.

If the hussar general agreed, Shi Tianyi, the governor of Xiangguo, could immediately rush to Hedong. Li Hong hurriedly replied, agreeing to Tian Yi to come to Hedong, and ordered Sai Feng to take a hundred black leopards to protect him along the way to avoid accidents.

Now the soldiers of Northern Xinjiang are very hostile to the Northern Army and Dong Zhuo's people, and if the disobedient officer leads someone to kill him on the way, things will be in trouble.

Li Hong deliberately asked Zhu Mu to avoid it. After Li Hong, Xu Rong, and Yushi read Dong Zhuo's letter one after another, they secretly breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts.

Zhu Jun is still alive, Yan Liang and Wu Xiong and others are also alive. Although the 7,000 soldiers of Northern Xinjiang must have suffered some losses, Tiger Prison, Mengjin and Xiaopingjin are still in control for the time being, and the situation in Luoyang has not deteriorated to the point of being out of control.

However, can Dong Zhuo's words be believed? Are Zhu Jun and Yan Liang still alive? Dong Zhuo said that giving up Luoyang and the like was nonsense, he was worried that Li Hong would beat him, and he had no time to divide his troops to the south to plunder money and grain, so he hurriedly sent Tian Yi to Hedong to negotiate peace, to put it bluntly, it was a plan to delay the army.

Both sides knew this in their hearts, tacitly understood each other, and never mentioned Dong Zhuo's destruction of checks and balances, attacking Hedong and the army stationed in Luoyang's northern frontier, and went directly to the topic.

Li Hong said, I will immediately send someone to Luoyang. The matter of shaking hands and making peace between Northern Xinjiang and the imperial court must be told to Yan Liang as quickly as possible, lest he send troops to attack Lord Xiangguo again, causing both sides to suffer unnecessary losses.

Tian Yi agreed. He said that Lord Xiangguo said, after I arrive in Hedong, the general can send people to Luoyang.

However, Xiangguo considered the safety of Luoyang and hoped that the general would order the Northern Frontier Army to withdraw from the three passes of Tiger Prison, Mengjin and Xiaopingjin.

Yan Liang's army must retreat to the Zhongmu area. (Zhongmu City is located at the junction of Gyeonggi Nam Yin and Yanzhou Chenliu County, about 400 li from Luoyang.)

Li Hong disagreed. After the Northern Xinjiang Army retreated to Zhongmu, there was no grain and grass to help, and it could be supported for a short time, but it would not work after a long time.

Li Hong said that it would take time to persuade Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, after all, Lord Xiangguo killed more than 50 people of Yuan Kui, Yuan Ji and the Yuan family, and the two sides had a deep enmity of blood, and it was very difficult for them to be ministers in the same palace with Lord Xiangguo, so he asked Yan Liang to return to Hedong with the Northern Xinjiang Army.

Tian Yi said with a bitter face: "General, now that you and Lord Xiangguo don't trust each other, how could Lord Xiangguo let Lord Yan take the Northern Xinjiang Army back to Hedong?" Luoyang is the foundation of the Han Dynasty, and if it is destroyed in the war, the society will be in danger. It was for this reason that Lord Xiangguo decided to withdraw from Luoyang. The lower official implored the general to put the society first, or to supervise Lord Yan to lead the army out of the tiger prison as soon as possible. Li Hong sneered: "Since Lord Xiangguo is determined to withdraw from Luoyang, why does Yan Liang want to leave the Tiger Prison?" Tian Yi persuaded: "Sooner or later, Lord Xiangguo will hand over the important task of defending Luoyang to the general, why should the general be in a hurry at this time?" ”

"Gongwei Luoyang?" Li Hong scoffed,

"Why should I go to Luoyang? Both the first emperor and His Majesty asked me to guard the northern frontier, how could I go to Luoyang? You go back and tell Lord Xiangguo, saying that I will play the Son of Heaven, and implore the Son of Heaven to let the eldest princess go to Luoyang to take charge of the military affairs of the six states, and unify the command of the soldiers and horses of the states and counties to quell the Yellow Turban Rebellion. Tian Yi said calmly: "The general's discussion is very appropriate. It's just, now ......"

"Now I want to contact Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu immediately." Li Hong interrupted him,

"In order to gain time, the subordinates in our government must enter and leave Gyeonggi at will, without any obstacles." Tian Yi smiled: "This is a matter of course. If the general is not at ease, I can stay in Hedong until Lord Xiangguo returns to Chang'an in the west. Li Hong was unceremonious, and immediately left Tian Yi in Hedong.

Tian Yi bowed down and said goodbye, and went back to the military tent to write a letter to Dong Zhuo. Xu Rong looked at Dong Zhuo's letter repeatedly, and said suspiciously: "Let us go in and out of Luoyang to contact Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu?" Could it be that Dong Zhuo really wants to give up Luoyang? After Li Ru died, Liu Ai and Tian Yi were very important to Dong Zhuo, how could he be willing to leave Tian Yi with us? Is there anything else in this that we haven't thought of? Li Hong kept his head down and paced back and forth in the big tent.

Jade frowned in thought.

"It's impossible for Dong Zhuo to give up Luoyang." Li Hong said,

"If Yuan Shao and the soldiers and horses of various prefectures and counties can defeat the Yellow Turban Army in the near future, and Yuan Shu and Sun Jian can withstand Dong Zhuo's attack, then by early next year at the latest, we can attack Luoyang at the same time. Dong Zhuo was unable to deal with the three battlefields, he must retreat to Chang'an, and then ......" Xu Rong and Jade looked at Li Hong with serious expressions, waiting for him to continue.

Li Hong pondered for a long time and sighed,

"Then we're going to see the faces of the Yellow Turbans. Whether it is Bai Huan and Yu Poison in Montenegro, Sima Ju and Xu He in Qingzhou, they will not give up such a good opportunity, they will go down the mountain again. In this way, can we ensure that Jizhou is not lost? If Yuan Shao and the troops of various prefectures and counties had to turn back and quell the rebellion, then the battle to attack Luoyang would most likely be abandoned halfway. Luoyang is still Dong Zhuo's. ”

"Why does Dong Zhuo think that Yuan Shao and the soldiers and horses of various prefectures and counties will not be able to quell the rebellion of the Yellow Turban Army this year?" Jade said with great suspicion.

"How do we think that the Yellow Turbans will be defeated this year?" Li Hong said,

"The reason why Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun and others were able to defeat the Yellow Turban Army in six to eight months was that they were supported by sufficient food and ordnance from the imperial court. Later, the imperial court opened warehouses in time to release grain and provide relief to a large number of displaced people, and stabilized some prefectures and counties in the shortest possible time, but now? Now Yuan Shao has the same governors as the governors of various prefectures and counties, and even the army to suppress the rebellion cannot be compared with the Northern Army of that year, and it would be very good for them to drive the Yellow Turban Army back to the mountains before winter comes. ”

"Dong Zhuo participated in the battle to pacify the Yellow Turban Army back then, and he should be very clear about these things, and it is not surprising that he can predict the situation next year. I've fought the Yellow Turbans, and I know everything very well. It seems that the Yellow Turban Army is going to help Dong Zhuo. Xu Rong looked at Li Hong, who was frowning, and comforted him in a low voice: "Zhengqing (Gao Lan) has been in Yanzhou for more than two months, and there should be a letter to arrive." See what he has to say. Regardless of whether there is a Yellow Turban Army riot next year, we will fight Luoyang, otherwise what will happen to the northern Xinjiang? Zhu Mu strongly asked to go to Luoyang, but Li Hong did not agree.

Li Hong invited Wei Cao Peng Xu to the big tent and invited him to Luoyang. Li Hong wrote a reply to Dong Zhuo, full of nonsense, and did not mention the three levels such as whether the Northern Xinjiang Army withdrew from the Tiger Prison.

Li Hong said to Xu Ming, after you met Dong Zhuo, everything was vague, and if you really can't do it, you don't know anything, but you must see Yan Liang as soon as possible, and let Yan Liang tell me in detail what happened in Luoyang.

Then Li Hong told the Northern Xinjiang plan to unite with Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu to attack Luoyang. Li Hong said, you set out from the Tiger Prison Pass, make a detour to Hanoi via Tran Liujun to meet Yuan Shao, and discuss the matter carefully with him.

Let Tian Chou go to Nanyang to see Yuan Shu, and if there is news, he will personally return to Hedong to report to me. Regarding whether to stick to the Tiger Pass, Li Hong asked Xu to bring a message to Yan Liang, if he can keep it, if he can't keep it, he will retreat to Zhongmu or Yuzhou, so as to preserve his strength and accumulate strength for the attack on Luoyang early next year.

If the loss of troops has been too great, if conditions permit. Local recruitment replenishment. In mid-October, Jinyang, Longshan.

The Eldest Princess's Mansion, under the charge of Zhang Wen, Ding Gong, Cai Yong and others, vetoed Li Hong's proposal and asked Li Hong to immediately transfer troops from outside the Saiwai to the south, taking advantage of Dong Zhuo's opportunity to attack Yingchuan and Nanyang, and westward to King Qinwang of Chang'an.

After listening to Zhang Wen and others, the eldest princess was very surprised,

"Fighting a war is a matter for the generals, how can we interfere?" Zhang Wen explained that it is indeed the general's business to fight, but whether to fight or not, and where to fight, is not the general's business, but His Highness's business.

The hussar general is in charge of the military and political affairs of the sixteen counties in northern Xinjiang, which means that the hussar general has the final say in the sixteen counties of northern Xinjiang, whether it is military or civil.

At this time, the hussar general was equivalent to the state pastor of a state. The hussar general oversees the military power of the six states, which means that when there is a rebellion in these six states, the hussar general can lead the army to quell the rebellion without the holy decree of the Son of Heaven.

However, the hussar generals only have the right to command the battlefield, and have no decision-making power and military administrative power in military strategy.

The eldest princess is the daughter of the first emperor and the sister of today's son. At this time when the country is in crisis, it is natural that the family and the country are united, and they must shoulder the heavy responsibility of saving the society.

With the edict of the first emperor, when the festival and axe awarded by the son today, the eldest princess has great power and influence, and she is already under one person and above ten thousand.

On this basis, the hussar general, as a minister, had to consult on everything, and there should be no transgression in the slightest, so as not to violate the etiquette and law.

In addition, today's edict ordered the eldest princess to supervise the military administration of the six states. Although the eldest princess's governor of the six states has great power, it cannot be simply understood as a large state pastor who leads the six states.

If a person has such great power, it is not equivalent to half of the Great Han Kingdom

"Son of Heaven", can the emperor still sit firmly? He was killed within two days. This overseer of the military affairs of several states generally occurs in extraordinary times of the country, and it must be a member of the royal family who is in charge of this power, and this power is jointly restricted by the Son of Heaven, the imperial court, and the governor's states.

To put it simply, it has no personnel and financial powers, cannot replace state and county governors, and cannot levy state and county financial endowments, and its greatest power is actually the coordination power generated by relying on imperial power.

For example, now that there is an ant thief riot in Yanqing and Xu Sanzhou, the eldest princess can coordinate with the governors of the six states to coordinate the deployment of troops and money and food to quell the rebellion.

At this time, the hussar general was equivalent to the state pastor of Yizhou, and Yuan Shao was much worse, but he was just a Taishou of Bohai County and a subordinate of Jizhou Mu Han Fu.

Another example is to fight Dong Zhuo this time. Dong Zhuo has a lot of power, holds the authority of the country, and acts as an agent for state affairs, if the Son of Heaven does not say that he is a ** pigtail, who in the world dares to say that he is a ** pigtail?

Whoever says that whoever is a rebel, like Yuan Shao and Han Fu is now the rebellion of my Han. But Dong Zhuo is indeed a **pigtail, today is young, how can he distinguish Dong Zhuo's ** and loyalty?

Moreover, the Son of Heaven was held hostage by Dong Zhuo, he just wanted to say that Dong Zhuo was a ** pigtail, and he didn't dare to say it. At this time, the eldest princess needs to come forward.

The eldest princess came forward to call on the states and counties of the world to crusade against Dong Zhuo, the king of Qin Xingguo, Kuang Zheng Han, and the world did not obey him.

In other words, before the Son of Heaven did not solve the predicament, the eldest princess was in charge of the state and acted as an agent for state affairs. No matter how powerful the hussar general is, he must also be controlled by the eldest princess, and the decision-making power of military strategy and military administration are in the hands of the eldest princess.

Why did the hussar general tell the eldest princess about the attack on Luoyang? Herein lies the reason. At present, it seems that Li Hong is still a loyal minister of my Han Dynasty.

The choice of the first emperor back then was indeed right, and it was not wrong for the first emperor to let His Royal Highness go to northern Xinjiang, whether my Han can prosper again, hope is on the hussar general.

The eldest princess doesn't seem to understand. She feared that she would annoy the hussar generals by interfering in the war, so she was reluctant to put her own seal on the paperwork.

"Doesn't His Highness want to rescue the Son of Heaven? Don't want to save the community? The eldest princess shook her head.

"Then please stamp the letter with your Highness." Li Wei was furious. The conscription went south, all the way to cooperate with Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu to feint to attack Luoyang, and all the way to attack Chang'an with the main army.

Fighting on two fronts, how is this possible? Where's the money? Where is the food? If we want to attack Dong Zhuo, it is equivalent to not recognizing the current imperial court, so the decision-making power of military strategy should be temporarily attributed to the Hussar General's Mansion, not the Eldest Princess's Mansion.

Zhang Wen retorted, who raised the banner of King Qin's fight against Dong? Is it the eldest princess or the hussar general? Li Wei also retorted, who is in charge of the 120,000 border troops in northern Xinjiang?

Is it the eldest princess or the hussar general? Zhang Wen sneered: "Within the four seals, it is not the king's land, the hair that eats the soil, and it is not the king's minister." Every grass and tree in this world belongs to the Son of Heaven, not to mention the hussar generals and the 120,000 border troops in northern Xinjiang. Could it be that Lord Li thinks that these 120,000 border troops are the personal property of the hussar general? Li Wei changed color in shock.

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