"Dong Zhuo will send someone soon." Li Yi thought for a while and said, "The four of us have a number in our hearts, Dong Zhuo joined the party to test our reaction, test our patience, and test our attitude towards his attack on Yuan Shu. Dong Zhuo only needs a month for him to turn over. More than 100,000 troops have received enough military salaries and have enough to eat, and it will be very difficult for us to fight again. ”

Li Yi thought of Dong Zhuo and his majestic body like a small mountain, and couldn't help laughing. He turned his head and asked Kou Zhun and said, "Ping Zhong, the last time you saw Dong Zhuo in Chang'an, he got fat?" ”

"It's not fat, it's very fat." Kou Zhun exaggeratedly gestured, "I heard Tian Yi say that he has been very nervous since he returned to Chang'an, and he couldn't sleep all night long, so he spent all day drinking, eating and drinking. In less than two months, he became a huge fat man. ”

"Alas, it's hard to be a man, and it's even more difficult to be a Xiangguo with one person under and above ten thousand people." Li Yi sighed, "We must understand Dong Zhuo, first of all, he doesn't want the Han Society to be ruined in his hands, that's for sure." What good is it for him that the society is ruined? However, when we want to destroy him, Dong Zhuo will have no social work in his heart. He thought to himself, I can't live, what else do I want to do? Am I leaving this great country to the enemy? ”

"So we're going to put on a smiling face and make a look of submission. In this way, Dong Zhuo will be less hostile to us, and he will not feel that we are going to destroy his murderous aura. At this point, he definitely doesn't want to tear his face with us. Now there are still a lot of enemies around us, and if we fight, who will be better in the end? Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, and many people who want to kill Dong Zhuo. Before Dong Zhuo finishes killing these people, he will only suppress and weaken the strength of Northern Xinjiang, and when he is strong enough, he will fight us to the death. ”

"But we're not going to make him strong. In order to buy enough time for us to send troops, in order to kill Dong Zhuo before he becomes stronger. We have to stabilize Dong Zhuo now, and the best way to stabilize Dong Zhuo is to let Dong Zhuo fight Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao, and we have to create opportunities for him to keep fighting. ”

"How do you create opportunities for him? That is to let the Yellow Turban Army entangle Yuan Shao and fight to the death. Han Fu lost Yuan Shao's support, and he may not dare to be as arrogant as he is now. This person resolutely supports Yuan Shao's deposition as the son of today, and opposes us everywhere. Yuan Shao is dead, and this person is probably honest. If Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are all dead, then we will defeat Dong Zhuo and occupy Luoyang. can use the eldest princess to raise the banner of begging Dong and get money and food support from various states and counties. ”

Li Yi vigorously pointed at Luoyang City on the map, and said coldly: "We not only want to take Luoyang City, but also keep Luoyang City." ”

"Okay, then let's help Dong Zhuo and let him kill Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao as much as possible." Tian Feng said excitedly, "How many troops does the lord plan to use to attack Luoyang?" Do you want to use the army outside the fortress? ”

Li Yi smiled slightly: "It is enough to have more than 50,000 troops that I just brought back to Northern Xinjiang." ”

Kou Zhun was overjoyed and asked, "Lord, is it really enough to have an army of 50,000?" ”

Li Yi nodded and said, "Of course." There is not even a need for extra people. ”

Tian Feng looked at Li Yi and asked, "Is the lord going to dispatch the navy again?" ”

Li Yi said with a smile: "To attack Luoyang, we can use the natural waterway of the big river, which can not only greatly speed up the march of the army." At the same time, it can also save the consumption of military rations, and can play a role in exercising the navy's water warfare capabilities. It's a multiple-sized thing, so why not do it? ”

From Quanzhou to Luoyang, the distance by the Yellow River waterway is about 1,000 kilometers. The speed of the navy's warships is about six knots, that is, about 11 kilometers per hour, and it only takes four days to reach Luoyang from Quanzhou. This is a speed that is impossible to achieve on a land march. Li Yi believes. Dong Zhuo would never have thought that the army of Northern Xinjiang would bypass the Xiliang army in Hedong and appear in the land of Jingluo in such a short time.

Li Yi continued: "We can't move the grain harvested in the autumn in northern Xinjiang, and we must first ensure that the people still have food to eat when they are fallow next year. In addition, the eldest princess was asked to come forward to send people to other counties and counties in Jizhou to buy grain, and there was also the matter of misappropriating the funds used in Tuntian, and the eldest princess was also asked to do it. It's a lot of nonsense, but now I'm relieved. I only need to convince the eldest princess that she is alone, and the rest of these headaches are the eldest princess's. ”

Kou Zhun and Tian Feng looked at each other and smiled bitterly, a trace of melancholy flashed in their eyes.

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Li Yi visited the eldest princess overnight, and then convened with the eldest princess the main subordinates of the eldest princess's mansion and the hussar general's mansion.

The flames of war have already burned to the northern frontier, and it will not be possible to fight it.

Li Yi said: "I led the army to fight in the south, and the military administration of Northern Xinjiang is still represented by Mrs. Mu Guiying.

Li Yi ordered the more than 50,000 troops who were still resting in Piaoyujin to quickly assemble, and at the same time ordered the two naval fleets to prepare for sailing.

In the early morning of the next day, Li Yi took 6,000 hussars and guards south to drift to Yujin.

In the face of the sudden war, the eldest princess and Zhang Wen, Cui Lie and others from the eldest princess's mansion had to work day and night for the survival of northern Xinjiang.

Cui Lie, Ma Riyan, Yuan Peng, and Chen Ji had a lot of friends among their protégés and former officials in Jizhou, and in order to solve the money and grain in northern Xinjiang, the four of them were ordered by the eldest princess to rush to Jizhou under the escort of five hundred tiger guards.

The eldest princess, Zhang Wen, Ding Gong, and Yang Biao lobbied the officials of Tuntian in northern Xinjiang, hoping to embezzle more money from the Tuntian funds to fill the military funds.

At the end of September, the deliberations of the northern Xinjiang provinces ended under the auspices of the eldest princess, and the officials of northern Xinjiang returned to their respective offices one after another.

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Li Ru had remained in Luoyang to take charge of the Kwantung military affairs, and had 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 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 Xu Rong's army lost about 10,000 in the battle with Yuan Shu and Sun Jian. Now the remaining 100,000 troops, 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, Zhonglang General Duan Xuan, Zhonglang General Niu Fu and Captain Fan Chou led 30,000 people to attack Shangdang.

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 led Zhang Xiu and Captain Song Xian to lead 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 personally lead an army of 20,000 to the 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: "Now that Gyeonggi, Nanyang, and Yingchuan have all entered the autumn harvest season, the army can be plundered 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 of merging the state?" Li Ru asked very uneasily, "Although we can be sure that Li Yi will not give up the northern frontier and recruit the Saiwai army to the south to participate in the war, 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, Li Yi could unite Yuan Shao, Han Fu, Liu Bei, Liu Dai, Cao Cao and others 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, Liu Yu, 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 Yi 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 can't support hundreds of thousands of troops to attack Chang'an and Luoyang with the money and grain in Jizhou, so next year, Li Yi and Yuan Shao will not be able to attack us. If Yuan Shao, Han Fu and the others didn't pacify the Yellow Turban Army in Montenegro this year, if they were still fighting the Yellow Turban Army next year, haha......" Dong Zhuo said with a smile, "Then the year after tomorrow, it will definitely be their death date." ”

Li Ru looked at Dong Zhuo's triumphant fat face and reminded in a low voice: "Lord, Li Yi and the generals of Northern Xinjiang under his command are not ordinary people, so 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 Yi and make peace? Let me take the initiative to say to Li Yi, I'm old, confused, and wrong, 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." 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. (To be continued.) )