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At noon, Fenwei General Xu Da and Captain Li Jing crossed the river.

Xu Da looked at the bustling crowd on the ferry, and said to Yu Dayou beside him with a smile: "Zhifu, you have made the first contribution in this battle." Without these warships, it would be difficult for us to easily occupy Caoyang Pavilion. ”

Yu Dayou blushed and smiled shyly. This was also the first large-scale operation he participated in since he joined the Northern Xinjiang Army, and he participated as the commander of the army. Fighting with a Northern Xinjiang Army boss like Xu Da, the pressure in Yu Dayou's heart is still quite great.

"It's a pity that the ship is a little smaller, otherwise our casualties would have been smaller." Li Jing said bitterly, "It would be nice if there were a first-class battleship or a second-class battleship." ”

Yu Dayou said: "The first-class battleships and second-class battleships are too big, and this section of the river is difficult to pass, otherwise it will be easy to capsize and have to be abandoned." If this battle could have been fought until May, when the river had entered the flood season, the second-class warships would have been able to participate in the battle. ”

Xu Da shook his head and said: "Fighters don't wait for anyone, wait until May to start a war, you will miss the opportunity." ”

Li Jing nodded, of course he understood this very well.

"How many people can our largest ship carry?" Li Jing asked, "I remember that when Emperor Xiaowu inspected Northern Xinjiang, the building boat he took could carry more than 2,000 people. It's been hundreds of years since the time of Emperor Xiaowu, and this warship should be getting bigger and bigger, right? ”

Yu Dayou said proudly: "The lord's ship is also the flagship of our Northern Navy, the 'Yanjing', which can carry more than 6,000 people, and even, if it is only loaded with personnel, it can even carry more than 10,000 people. ”

Xu Da and Li Jing let out exclamations at the same time. They only heard that the navy's warships were large, but it was not clear how big they were.

Yu Dayou shook his head and said, "Our Northern Navy, that is, the warships, is relatively large, but the scale is nothing. When the First Emperor of the Great Qin Dynasty, he sent the generals Tu Sui and Zhao Tuo to lead a fleet composed of buildings to attack the Chu State, and for this war, the First Emperor also specially formed a fleet that could transport 500,000 stone of grain. During the time of Emperor Xiaowu, in order to expand the territory in the south, he also built a Han naval army, with 2,000 warships and 200,000 soldiers. ”

Xu Da looked at the two of them and said with great emotion: "When will we be able to rebuild the glory of these ancestors, build a huge sailor, and also have thousands of building ships, and then we will also go to lay a big territory." ”

Listening to Yu Dayou's words, Xu Da smiled wryly. Prior to this, he was not in favor of building a navy on a large scale, because the military expenditure in northern Xinjiang was already limited, and a large amount of investment in naval construction seriously reduced the investment of infantry and cavalry, which was not conducive to the large army he led.

Fortunately, Xu Huang came at this time, which relieved Xu Da's embarrassment, and he asked Xu Huang: "Gongming, where has the forward battalion arrived?" ”

"It's been pushed forward for ten miles." Xu Huang replied, "If the general gives permission, I can take the forward battalion to the city of Hongnong at dusk." ”

Xu Da shook his head and said, "Go ten miles further and stop camping." Can there be any signs of reinforcements from Niu Fu's army? ”

"The scout reported that Niu Fu was not moving, and there was no sign of reinforcement of Hongnong City for the time being." Xu Huang said, "Are we fighting Niufu or Hongnongcheng?" ”

"In this attack on Dong Zhuo, the commander of the three armies in the front is General Yue Fei, so this matter will have to wait for General Yue Fei and General Zhang He to cross the river before making a decision." Xu Da said with a smile, "Don't worry, Hongnong City must be attacked, but we must wait for Bian Xi to come with a stone-throwing cart, otherwise the cost of our siege is too great to be resolved." ”

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In mid-March, Luoyang.

The general Sun Jian led an army to attack Xincheng, and the commanders Huang Gai and Sun Ben led the army to coerce Lu Hun to contain it. At the same time, the Pingyu general Zhang Fei captured Henan, and Huang Zhong and Wei Yan also led a large army to attack Gucheng. The battle situation in the east of Hangu Pass was very tense, and Xu Rong, Hu Zhen, Zhang Xiu and other generals of the Western Liang Army reported to Dong Zhuo one after another and asked for support.

Dong Zhuo was unmoved, he only had two words in his reply to the generals' letters: hold on.

However, the development of the situation far exceeded Dong Zhuo's expectations. The attack of the Northern Xinjiang Army was extremely sharp, and only five days after crossing the river to attack, the Northern Xinjiang Army gathered tens of thousands of troops under the leadership of Yue Fei, Zhang He, and Xu Da, three generals, to besiege Hongnong City. Niu Fu's army was firmly pinned down by the Northern Xinjiang Army to the south of Hongnong City, unable to move, and could only watch Hongnong City groan in pain under the ravages of the Northern Xinjiang Army's arrows.

Just when Dong Zhuo was considering whether to recruit Dong Yue, who was stationed in Tongguan, to lead the army to support Hongnong City, Xu Rong sent even worse news that Lu Hun was lost.

Lu Hun's daily defense is in charge of Lu Hun's lieutenant Zhang Cheng. Late at night the day after Huang Gai and Sun Ben's army arrived in Luhun, Zhang Cheng led people to open the gate and put the Changsha army into the city. Xu Rong commanded the army to fight bravely, but at this time he suddenly discovered Sun Jian. Lu Bu suddenly understood that he had been fooled. It turned out to be Sun Jian's main force that attacked Lu Hun, and it was the one who attacked Xincheng who contained the troops.

Xu Rong saw that it was difficult to recapture the pass, so he immediately withdrew his troops, and he urgently reported to Dong Zhuo on the one hand, and urgently ordered Song Xian, who was stationed in the new city, to immediately abandon the city and join him, and quickly retreat to Luhun Pass. If Sun Jian was outflanked to the rear of Xincheng, Song Xian and thousands of Bingzhou troops would be wiped out.

Dong Zhuo was shocked and urgently ordered Xu Rong to stop Sun Jian at all costs. Sun Jian's army was in Luoshui, which was equivalent to blocking Hangu Pass and the retreat route of the Eastern and Western Liang Army, so that his own life might not be able to be saved.

Xu Rong had no intention of fighting, but Sun Jian didn't dare to go deep alone. After the Changsha army occupied Xincheng and Luhun Pass, it changed its previous bravery and became cautious, and its marching speed was very slow.

In order to buy time for himself to withdraw the army, Dong Zhuo immediately pretended to be the Son of Heaven and asked Sun Jian to be the general and lead the assassination of Yuzhou.

Tian Yi was very puzzled and asked Dong Zhuo, "What does the lord mean by this?" Do you want Sun Jian to kill Kong Ling? ”

Dong Zhuo explained with a smile: "Since Sun Jian can kill Wang Rui, the assassin of Jingzhou, and Nanyang is too guarded by Zhang Zhi, of course, he can also kill Yuzhou Mu Kong Ling." After we withdrew from Hangu Pass, Li Yi, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Zhu Jun, and Sun Jian all had to enter Luoyang, but Zhu Jun and Sun Jian were the most pitiful, only the army, no territory, and if they wanted to survive, they had to look at the faces of others. If Kong Ling and Yuan Shu threatened Zhu Jun and Sun Jian with money and food, forcing them to continue to attack Tongguan and Chang'an, then we would be in trouble. ”

"After the Kanto incident this year, I don't want to fight in the short term, and I plan to let Guanzhong quiet for a while so that I can recover quickly. Therefore, I want to give Zhu Jun and Sun Jian, who have no territory, a piece of territory, and let them give up the idea of continuing to attack Guanzhong. ”

"Zhu Jun's status is respected, his fame is shocking to the world, no money and food will be given to him, King Qin is successful, and he is also among the three princes, if he worships him as the assassin of Yuzhou, he will not pay attention to it at all, let alone be deceived. But Sun Jian is different, although Sun Jian is good at fighting, he is not famous, his background is not good, he needs territory to survive, and no one will take the initiative to give him money and food. ”

"And if King Qin succeeds, he may not be meritorious, and he will be held responsible for the murder of the minister, so it is very important for him to have a place to live. However, Yuzhou is the foundation of Yuan Valve, and Sun Jian killed Kong Ling, which is equivalent to offending Yuan Valve, offending Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, and the three of them will fight for Yuzhou. ”

After Sun Jian received this decree of worship and canonization, he really hesitated for a long time. He discussed it carefully with Zhu Zhi and other strategists, and left this holy decree.

If you want to go to Yuzhou to do the assassination history, you have to replace Kong Ling, and if you want to replace Kong Ling, the only way is to kill him, but the consequences of killing Kong Ling are very serious, and this matter needs to be considered in the long run. However, this holy decree is indispensable, which is the reason for killing Kong Ling in the future.

Sun Jian wrote back to Dong Zhuo, scolded him, and wanted to separate Dong Dajun, this method was too bad. I'm going to kill you this time.

Dong Zhuo carefully inquired about the Peng family who sent the holy decree, and knew that Sun Jian had already been moved, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed. He immediately replied to Sun Jian with a letter, talking about the friendship of killing the enemy side by side on the battlefield of Xiliang in the past, and then persuaded him to face the reality squarely, not to be used by Yuan Valve, and to harm the clan in the future. Then he analyzed the current situation and told him that if he didn't find a place to stay immediately, he would wait to starve to death.

Dong Zhuo said: "You respect today, and I have been friends for many years, you should help me kill the rebellious and stable society." If you are willing to defend the society with me, we can become sons and daughters, I can meet all your requirements, and you can worship all your disciples, relatives and subordinates. ”

Sun Jian was furious, and cursed Dong Zhuo in his reply, spitting on him for going against the sky, if I can't destroy your nine clans and crush your bones to ashes, I will never return to Jiangdong.

Dong Zhuo laughed at this and didn't take it seriously. It was just that all the defenders of the Kanto region were withdrawn into the Hangu Pass, and by virtue of the natural danger of the Hangu Pass, the attack of the Kwantung army was blocked.

Hongnong Niu Fu urgently reported that the Northern Xinjiang Army had captured Hongnong City, and the general Yue Fei was commanding the army to march towards Chidao, and asked the lord to withdraw from Hangu Pass immediately.

Niu Fu said: "The strength of the Northern Xinjiang Army is too strong. They have a chariot that can shoot stones weighing tens or even more than a hundred pounds. The range is more than 100 steps, and it is not powerful. Several sections of the walls of Hongnong City were smashed by this kind of chariot. Now the soldiers are very afraid of the Northern Xinjiang Army, their morale is low, and the losses are also large, and it is difficult to support them. ”

Wang Yun of Chang'an reported eight hundred miles urgently, and the Zhenwu general Guan Yu led the army to attack Pubanjin, and the defenders were in a hurry several times. Now Chang'an is empty, once Guan Yu breaks through the danger of the Yellow River, the Northern Xinjiang Army can drive straight in. Please ask the Taishi to speed up the army to return to Chang'an.

After Dong Zhuo read these urgent reports, he was still spending all day in the camp as if he was fine, and he was indifferent. (To be continued.) )