1. Distant strategies and immediate ambitions
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From the Western Regions along the Tarim River all the way east, through Lop Nur, through the no-man's land between Lop Nur and Yumen Pass, half a month later, Li Shushi with a large army of more than 40,000 people finally re-entered the boundary of Liangzhou.
Standing in front of the Jade Gate Pass and looking back to the west, the billowing dust and smoke were stained bright red by the setting sun, reflecting on the dusty soldiers who made them look like soldiers who had returned from hell. The thousand-mile rush did not wear down their fighting spirit, and the accumulated white bones that were faintly visible on the roadside could not shake their faith. However, what appeared in front of them was a somewhat dilapidated level, and even the beacon smoke that was originally used to report warnings when the army arrived was no longer lit.
It was as if the unscrupulous gale in the Gobi had sucked away the bones of the greenery, and the dead silence of the long yellow sand had decadent the footsteps of the latecomers, and the border soldiers here had become accustomed to the countless sand dunes in the distance as the bulging backs of the lurking warriors, so they used the thousands of fights and bows they were intoxicated with in their dreams, but gradually ignored the cruelty of reality.
When he left Yumen Pass in the west, Li Shushi was expecting and longing, so his heart also flew to the unknown country in the distance, but he turned a blind eye to the surroundings. Now he stepped into the gate of the motherland with dust and glory, but he was stunned to find that he was greeted by desolation and slackness, which made him suspect that what he had done before was nothing more than an illusion, or just a dream under the moon that night.
No, although how much prosperity is just a dream in the end, no matter how prosperous the world is, it can't resist the vast years and the ethereal nature, but even if it is a lame old man. is still fighting against his fate, still wanting to radiate a beautiful brilliance at the end of his life, how can he be qualified to be sad here.
Perhaps the national fortunes of the Han Dynasty are indeed like the winding Silk Road, although it once flowed endlessly, with several ups and downs, sometimes extremely prosperous, sometimes lonely and untraveled, but as a link of civilization, it has been tenaciously preserved.
"Still thinking about Ash? Your appearance will disappoint a lot of people~ There are a lot of girl papers~"
With a certain charming tone, Su Xiaololi easily pulled back the soul of Li Shushi, who could be stunned no matter when and where, from the sky, but for her words, Li Shushi said that he absolutely did not believe it and was vigilant. After all, Queen Wusun's affairs are extrajudicial because of their particularity. And Nero sauce is just a free ride. The most important thing is that Su Xiaololi has no ability to restrain Nero sauce at all, and Li Shushi even suspects that it is because of this that the relationship between the two is tense. But the other sister papers?
What does a saying come about? It seems to be called "Su Xiao Lori Lily Palace, you don't want to pick the sister paper".
There's no need for a soundtrack or anything, and everyone just understands the spirit.
In fact, I can't complain that the defenders of Yumen Pass will be so neglectful of the army in front of them. After all, for them, since the court of the Han Dynasty has wanted to give up the land of Hexi and even the entire Liangzhou countless times, although in the end, for various reasons, such a resolution "has never been raised." It has never been passed". It is estimated that he is afraid that the historians will make a big black mark on themselves. But the strength of support for remote places of this level can be imagined, not to mention the withdrawal of the Han forces from the Western Regions today.
Without enough food, how much effort can you expect from these border soldiers?
In the face of business travelers, perhaps these people can be a little more diligent. In any case, whether it is in the name of inspection or protection, they can obtain a certain amount of oil and water, and at least they can give these officers and soldiers living in such a difficult place the motivation to continue to persevere.
As for the massive army? It would be good to be able to find someone to report to Dunhuang County, and that was because the Ban family and other families had made business trips between the Western Regions and Dunhuang more frequent, and if these families were damaged, it would mean that their income would also be affected.
The rest is only to retreat and keep to yourself, let the wind move in all directions, and I will stand still for a while.
Not to mention that now with the close connection between Dunhuang and the Western Regions, several powerful families have followed Li Shushi into the Western Regions, which has greatly affected Dunhuang's trade with the Western Regions, so these people didn't even bother to report this time, and went to sleep with their doors closed.
By the way, the above explanation is that Deng Yi, the son of the Zhangye Deng family, who came to greet Li Shushi, that is, the brother of Deng Cheng who was left in the Western Regions by Li Shushi and Han Hao, may not be able to compare with Deng Cheng in ability, but he is still victorious in sleekness.
Moreover, through the guò Deng Yi and the koji sheng sent by the koji yan, Li Shushi has a more comprehensive understanding of the shape of Xiliang.
Of course, before this, Li Shushi must also find a place to rest with the soldiers under his command.
From Qiuzi to Yumen Pass, Li Shushi's Bingzhou Army and Flying Bear Army shared about half a month, which means that Li Shushi spent about fifteen days to rush more than 75o kilometers, which is equivalent to the length unit of the Han Dynasty is about 18oo miles. Although this degree cannot be compared with Xiahou Miaocai's "five hundred in three days, one thousand in six days", basically a hundred miles a day is enough to be called a flying army. And if it weren't for the large number of war horses captured in the First Battle of Xianbei, perhaps Li Shushi would not have been able to let such a large army march to such a degree, not to mention that the environment in some areas along the way was still very bad.
Therefore, although the current army is not too much of a problem even if it is immediately engaged in a medium-intensity battle, in any case, these soldiers have accumulated a lot of fatigue both physically and mentally, and need to relax a little.
Fortunately, not too far north of Yumen Pass, there is an oasis that is the best place to camp when there are no enemies.
"Why did Han Sui choose to fight Dong Zhuo at this time?"
This is the question that Li Shushi is most eager to know the answer, although Li Shushi had already fought with Han Sui once before leaving Liangzhou for the Western Regions, and at the same time, he also learned about Han Sui's disobedience to the timing-off of the rebellion and the ruthless Cheng dù Yuan Wenhou, but at that time, Li Shushi and Jia Xu's judgment was that Han Sui was only afraid that he would continue to endure for a while. Because now although Dong Zhuo was frustrated by the Kwantung Coalition Army in Luoyang, his overall strength has not lost too much, and Dong Zhuo's prestige among the Qiang people is much stronger than Ma Qiang, who was later called "General Shenweitian", Han Sui, who did not have the help of the Qiang people, was obviously not Lao Dong's opponent.
But in this case, Han Sui still stood up bravely, which is very interesting.
So he didn't care about being tired or washing off the dust on his body, so Li Shushi took his subordinates and got into his military tent.
This kind of behavior also makes those women who were looking forward to having a good time with their husbands a little unhappy.
Of course, they knew very well what their husbands did, so they didn't do anything superfluous except for some regret on their faces, and if it wasn't superfluous to throw some suggestive glances at their husbands.
"According to the information obtained by the villain family, there should be about three reasons." Although Deng Yi may be lacking in ability. But he was able to maintain a relatively calm appearance in front of a group of powerful guys like Lu Bu and Zhao Yun. Either he had a similar experience, or he really had a big enough heart, and Li Shushi obviously preferred to believe the latter.
"It's interesting, but I didn't think one was enough. You actually gave me three reasons. ”
"Yes. But that's not what the villain thinks. It was said by the head of the family to the villain before parting, and the villain did not dare to take advantage of it. ”
"It turned out to be the judgment of the head of the Deng family, then it is even more worth listening to. So. You will tell us in detail the news that the head of the Deng family has received and the inferences he has made, which is very important for us to understand the dynamics of our situation. ”
"It's an honor for the villain!"
Through Deng Yi's explanation, Li Shushi has a more detailed understanding of the matter between Han Sui and Dong Zhuo.
Among the three reasons, Dong Zhuo's vigilance against Han Sui's various changes can be said to be a reason that Li Shushi has guessed when he realized it.
Although Li Shushi didn't know when Han Sui stretched out his criminal hands to Wuwei County, Li Shushi believed that with Dong Zhuo's seemingly reckless but actually deep city, Li Ru's wisdom and cunning, Han Sui's various movements would definitely be known to them, and even Li Shushi knew very well that Dong Zhuo had never trusted Han Sui very much. Especially after Han Sui and Bian Zhang did away Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou, who were originally brothers and sisters with them, Dong Zhuo should already know very well what kind of heroic character Han Sui is, who can no longer be suppressed, so since Han Sui can't sit still, Dong Zhuo, who wants to build Xiliang's "iron bucket country", will naturally not sit back and watch this guy disturb his backyard.
The most important thing is that Han Sui is different from Li Shushi, although Han Sui was not born in Xiliang, but he has been studying, lecturing and climbing step by step from a small official to a position that needs to be learned and at the same time is extremely honorable, Han Sui has run a very large network of relationships in Xiliang, which is obviously not comparable to Li Shushi, even if Li Shushi's Liangzhou people are actually not few, but in addition to Jia Xu and Zhang Xiu, the relationship between Li Shushi and Li Shushi is mainly concentrated around Hanyang County.
In addition, Li Shushi's foundation is quite far away from Liangzhou, and it is impossible for him to leave the surplus foundation of Bingzhou and Lianghe and run to a poor country like Hexi to find himself uncomfortable, so even if he makes trouble for Dong Zhuo, it is just a disease of scabies, not to mention that Li Shushi is also quite good at exhibiting internal affairs, Dong Zhuo may also look forward to Li Shushi operating a golden channel for him.
Now that Ma Teng has been transferred to Wuguan by Dong Zhuo, Bian Zhang's relationship with Han Sui is very ambiguous, and the original rebel triumvirate is now left with Han Sui, which has become easier to deal with in the eyes of Dong Zhuo and Li Ru, even if the Flying Bear Army is not by Dong Zhuo's side.
And this is also part of the second reason why Han Sui dared to go to war against Dong Zhuo.
If the first qiē born in the first year of Chuping (19o AD) was Dong Zhuo as the protagonist, then Sun Jian, who began to emerge from the first year of Chuping, attracted the attention of the whole world to himself in the spring of the second year of Chuping.
Although that shocking battle made Dong Zhuo realize that if he fought hard, he would definitely not be the opponent of the growing Kwantung Coalition Army and finally made him make the decision to move the capital, but in any case, Dong Zhuo still had a slight advantage in that battle, or he already had the ability to use a small-scale counterattack when the Kwantung princes were still licking their wounds.
Of course. Another important factor in this is that there is no historical pressure in the northern part of Luoyang, and escorting the emperor westward to Luoyang basically does not need to waste Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses, but it is just a flying bear army of 10,000 people given to Li Shushi, even if the combat effectiveness is amazing, but in terms of quantity alone, it can be said to be a drop in the ocean in Dong Zhuo's army.
Therefore, Hu Zhen, who had been supplemented with enough men from the original Luoyang Northern Army, was appointed by Dong Zhuo as the Taishou of Dongjun, of course, he estimated that he would not have the opportunity to achieve that position in his life, and he would go out of the customs to harass the princes of Kwantung and make them unable to live in peace.
I have to say that although Hu Zhen's character is a little worse, as a guest general trusted by Dong Zhuo, he still has two brushes in battle.
Of course, in Li Shushi's opinion, there are only two of them, and there are really no more.
Okay, ignoring Li Shushi's complaints, let's take a look at Hu Zhentong's shoes at the most glorious moment in his life, under his command, Song Xian, Wei Xu and others, who were generals of the Northern Army, and Fan Chou and others cooperated with each other. The successful surprise attack captured the important defensive barrier of Yangzhai in Yingchuan Zhisho. gathered in Yangguan, where Yingshui was opposite, and then captured Yangzhai County, where Kong Ling, the "no military talent", was stationed, and killed the Yuzhou Assassin who was only good at talking in the chaos.
Although Kong Ling was not an important figure among the Kwantung princes, he was also a famous celebrity in the world, and it can be said that his death made many Kwantung princes and celebrities have a kind of sadness about the death of a rabbit and a fox. It greatly dampened the morale of the Kwantung coalition army.
With the momentum of this big victory. Hu Zhen led the army all the way to the west. The target is directly aimed at Lu Yang, as well as Sun Jian, who is resting in Luyang.
At this time, Sun Jian happened to send his own Changshi Gong Qiu to ask him to urge the military rations. After all, Sun Jian has had enough of the trouble of running out of food. Now Yuan Shu is just planning to win him over, and he also takes advantage of the situation to find Yuan Shu, who occupies the rich land of Nanyang (probably), to ask for more money as a reserve, anyway, there are more things to worry about, and it can also improve morale.
It's just that when I didn't want to practice it, Sun Jian was actually a good fighter, but who would have thought that such an excellent general would often do things that violated the art of war in his eyes because he trusted his combat effectiveness too much.
For example, now, knowing that Kong Ling had just been killed by Hu Zhen, but he was still sending off wine outside the city, he really didn't put Dong Zhuo's Xiliang Army in his eyes, although Sun Jian did have the capital to do so, but this approach was really too light.
No, just as Sun Jian and his subordinates were getting drunk, it happened that Hu Zhen's troops arrived in Luyang.
These two people are old friends, and Sun Jian left Sun Jing and Zu Mao to play a half-empty city plan in the battle of Spiral Gate Pass, and firmly contained Hu Zhen's main force in front of Sun Jian's camp, while Sun Jian himself took the main force to Spiral Gate Pass. If it weren't for the desperate struggle of the veteran Zhao Cen and the young Li Zhuo, perhaps the shocking battle would have been born outside Luoyang City instead of outside the revolving gate.
Although Hu Zhen won a certain reward for defending Sun Jian's attack in that battle, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Hu Zhen not only had no bright spots in that battle, but made a lot of stupid decisions, but instead fulfilled the great achievements of Li Dao, Guo Yan and others, it can be said that Sun Jian made Hu Zhen, who was also quite famous in Xiliang, lose a lot of face, and offended many colleagues.
Naturally, enemies should be very red-eyed when they meet.
However, Sun Jian is Sun Jian, although Hu Zhen's soldiers are quite strong, but he is not afraid of facing the defeated general Sun Jian. Not only is he still talking and laughing, but he also loudly told his bravery when the revolving door was closed, as if he was inducing Hu Zhen to attack.
As the former generals of Hu Zhen's army, Song Xian and Wei Xu were a little unclear about Sun Jian's intentions, and after some discussion, they immediately reported the news to Hu Zhen himself, who was in the Chinese army behind, and asked him to decide.
Such an abnormal behavior really made the suspicious Hu Zhen hesitate, and he finally gave up the idea of preparing for the front army to charge immediately, and instead let the front army surround the city and wait for the arrival of the Chinese army before making plans.
As a result, Sun Jian and the generals under Sun Jian outside the city had the time and opportunity to calmly retreat into the city.
If you want to defeat the rejuvenated Jiangdong Tigers in the siege battle, it is not the same thing that fools say that dreams.
Hu Zhen, who was put on the side by Sun Jian, could only spill this anger on his subordinates, Song Xian and Wei Xu, who were former army commanders.
That person was beaten down with sixty military sticks, tsk, it was really unbearable to look at.
Hu Zhen's harassment action eventually became anticlimactic because of the dust that touched Sun Jian's nose. At this time, Sun Jian, who had already recovered his vitality, finally showed his claws in the second year of Chuping.
Crossing the Huoyang Mountains at the junction of Henan, Nanyang, and Yingchuan, Sun Jian's troops aimed directly at the eastern part of Liang County in southern Henan, and the defender of Liang County was an old friend of Sun Jian's Turnaround Pass, Li Zhuo from Chenliu.
According to Li Zhuo's skills, there was still a fierce battle with Sun Jian, in fact, because the troops commanded by Sun Jian were too large, because of the death of Kong Ling, the assassin of Yuzhou, Yuan Shu took the opportunity to recommend Sun Jian as the new assassin of Yuzhou, and this appointment was not agreed by Liu Xie or Dong Zhuo, but as long as Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu nodded and wanted to come to the Kwantung Coalition Army, no one would object, but too many newly recruited soldiers dragged down the combat effectiveness of Sun Jian's entire army, so that Sun Jian's troops were dumpled by Li Zhuo, who arrived at the news early, seeing that it is about to enter the rhythm of the annihilation of the whole army.
However, the result was a complete victory for the besieged Sun Jian's army.
Isn't it amazing?
In fact, not at all, because before Li Zhuo announced the final general attack, he had already fallen down with his hands on his chest, and when his tall body fell to the ground, we could see the figure that appeared behind him, the former Zhonglang general and chariot general Zhu Jun, who had been hiding in Dong Zhuo's court, with his own personal soldiers, the doormen of the Luoyang family who had been raided, and some of the prodigal disciples and old troops he recruited, although it was a group of miscellaneous troops, but it played an unexpected role.
After all, as Li Zhuo's former boss, even though Zhu Jun is now just an idle official, Li Zhuo still maintains enough respect for Zhu Jun. It's just because of the position that Zhu Jun, who is now undoubtedly uprising, had no choice but to stage a big drama of "slashing Li Zhuo with tears", and miraculously rescued Sun Jian, who was almost pitted.
Sun Jian naturally would not let go of such a rare opportunity, and immediately waved his troops to enter Yangren City, which was only less than a hundred miles (Hanli) away from Yique Pass, and put on an aggressive posture towards Yique Xiongguan.
I don't know what Dong Zhuo thought at that time, was it to let Hu Zhen atone for his sins or for some other reason, anyway, Dong Zhuo still thought that he could defeat Sun Jian's Hu. I'm probably an undercover agent for the Kwantung Coalition. Sent out.
Of course, this may not be the most speechless, the most speechless thing is that Dong Zhuo's subordinates equipped Hu Zhen with other subordinates in addition to Song Xian, Wei Xu and other military factions in the Northern Army who had just been repaired by Hu Zhen, and Li Su, who was almost used as a scapegoat and cut off his head because of Hu Zhen, always felt that Dong Zhuo was letting Hu Zhen die Ah Kouhu!
I don't know if Hu Zhen can see it, anyway, Li Shushi thinks he can see it.
But this Uncle Hu seems to feel that this fire is not strong enough, and before leaving, he shouted "When you cut a green ribbon" in front of all the generals and schools, the green ribbon here is naturally not a high-ranking official like the silver seal green ribbon, but just refers to a senior general, that is to say, this uncle wants to kill chickens and monkeys.
So, it is conceivable that before Sun Jian could make a move, those guys from Bingzhou who had the same fate were arson and rumors, anyway, Sun Jian and Zhu Jun easily picked up a big victory. And what made those people in Bingzhou speechless the most was that even so, Hu Zhen was able to escape, even if he was covered in wolves, but he still picked up a life.
Liu Ranran is just like that.
In this way, Dong Zhuo's prestige, which did not have much prestige left, was wiped out because of Hu Zhen alone, and when these battle reports reached Han Sui's ears, it naturally strengthened his confidence in raising the flag.
Of course, the straw that broke the camel's back in the end was a surprising figure.
"What? You said that Liu Yan, who was the emperor of Yizhou, was also involved?! ”
I have to admit that compared to those reasons just now, maybe this one really made Li Shushi feel surprised, but in fact, even the old fox Jia Xu beside him, the expression on his face at this time also changed very subtlely.
Obviously, such news surprised Li Shushi and his friends. (To be continued......)