Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 981 Dong Zhuo leaves Chang'an

Chapter 979: Dong Zhuo leaves Chang'an

Chang'an, Prince Liang's Mansion.

"Report... Your Majesty, the allied forces of the princes have all retreated, and only the two princes of Qin and Jin are still staying in Luoyang."

Dong Zhuo stood up from the throne in a jerk, and said excitedly: "Okay, okay, great..." Even when he became king, he was not so excited.

The terrifying strength of the allied forces of the princes and the huge casualties of the Liang army were like two mountains pressing down on Dong Zhuo and he couldn't breathe.

After hearing the news that the coalition forces were retreating, Dong Zhuo's accumulated boredom was swept away, that's why he was so happy and excited.

All the cool generals also congratulated with joy on their faces: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, Congratulations, Your Majesty."

Dong Zhuo breathed out a long breath, and laughed loudly: "Child Qin Hao thinks that by uniting all the princes, he can defeat the miscellaneous families and our Liang army, he is simply wishful thinking.

So what if the princes of the world unite?So what if there are far more troops than our army?So what?Not all ran away in despair.

Our Liang army is the strongest army in the world, and sooner or later it will definitely rule the world. "

"The Liang army is mighty, and the king lasted ten thousand years..."

After delivering an inspiring speech, Dong Zhuo gradually calmed down. After all, even if all the princes had retreated, he still had two powerful enemies, Qin Hao and Qin Wen.

Before the war started, even if the Qin and Jin armies were combined, their strength was still inferior to that of the Liang army.

But today is different from the past. The battle with the coalition forces caused the Liang army to suffer heavy casualties. Only 50 of the former 28 Liang army remained.

Although the casualties of the Qin and Jin armies in this battle were not small, since most of the casualties were shared by the princes, they did not suffer too many casualties compared to the Liang army.

Although Dong Zhuo didn't know how many troops Qin and Jin had in total, there was no doubt that the overall strength of Qin and Jin surpassed that of the Liang army.

Although the overall strength has been overtaken, most of the land in Kansai is easy to defend and difficult to attack, so Dong Zhuo doesn't care too much.

For the current Liang army, the most important thing is to recuperate and restore strength, but although Dong Zhuo doesn't want to continue fighting, he is not willing to give up Sizhou.

If the allied forces of the princes have not retreated, the opponent's power is far greater than his own, and Dong Zhuo can consider retreating to Hangu Pass.

But now that Qin Hao's power in Sizhou was already weaker than his own, Dong Zhuo naturally couldn't give up the three counties that hadn't been lost, and he even had the idea of ​​taking back Luoyang.

Dong Zhuo walked to the side of the map, stared at the locations of the four counties in Sizhou, and asked after a while, "How many troops does Qin Hao have in Luoyang?"

"Less than [-] people." Left and right replied.

"Now Yang Jian's [-] army is divided into three strong cities, Mianchi, Yewang, and Yicheng, and there is Yang Lin's [-] army in Hedong."

Dong Zhuo's eyes flashed, and he said in a deep voice: "That is to say, our army still has [-] troops in Sizhou. If we deploy tens of thousands of troops from Guanzhong to reinforce it, we may not be able to retake Luoyang."

Seeing that Dong Zhuo was still preparing to fight again, Li Ru immediately persuaded after a little thought: "My lord, our army has lost nearly half of its strength. It is really not suitable to fight at this time. The most important thing is to recuperate."

As soon as Li Ru's words fell, Lu Buwei continued to persuade: "Yes, my lord, after our army has increased our troops, regardless of whether we can take back old Luoyang, even if we can take back Luoyang, I think we will definitely pay a huge price. I'm afraid it will be even more difficult to retake levels such as Hulao.

The lord, who occupies the key point of Sizhou, has never been in Luoyang, but is waiting for Luoyang Eight Passes at Hulao Pass.

Even if our army regains Luoyang and drives Qin Hao out of Sizhou, as long as those important passes cannot be regained, Qin Hao can lead the army to attack Sizhou again at any time, so our army will only fall into endless consumption. "

Seeing that the two military advisers were against sending troops, Dong Zhuo frowned, hesitating in his heart whether he should send troops or not, but Jia Xu's next words made him make a decision.

"The words of the two adults are wrong."

Jia Xu smiled, and said calmly: "If you miss this great opportunity, Qin Hao's troops in Sizhou will only increase, let alone driving Qin Hao out of Sizhou. Even the three counties including Hedong may fall.

As for whether the Qin and Jin armies will increase their troops to compete with our army for the four counties of Sizhou?This is nothing to worry about.

Although Qin Jin is stronger than our army now, both Bingzhou and Jingbei are enemies on all sides, even if Qin Hao will send more troops to Luoyang from the rear, the number will definitely not be too many..."

It turns out that the three major military advisers are of equal importance in Dong Zhuo's heart, but ever since Jia Xu offered the king's policy, Dong Zhuo has a kind of blind trust in Jia Xu, and even has a feeling of Li Ru and Lu Buwei combined. It's not as good as Jia Xu's illusion.

In fact, it is understandable for Dong Zhuo to think this way. After all, Li Ru and Lu Buwei also offered a lot of strategies before, but they still failed to make the Liang army repel the coalition army, and Jia Xu just made all the princes retreat with one trick.

Who is strong or weak is clear at a glance.

Therefore, when he heard that Jia Xu agreed to send troops, Dong Zhuo subconsciously thought that Jia Xu was right.

"If this battle continues, how many troops do the military adviser think is the most appropriate?"

Just as Dong Zhuo's question was uttered, Jia Xu immediately replied without thinking: "Fifty thousand..."

After thinking about it for a while, Dong Zhuo also decided that an additional 15 troops was just right. After all, [-] troops were barely enough to guard the rear, and there was no need to worry about instability in the rear in the short term.

"However, my lord still needs to lead the army in person. Only in this way can the morale of our army be fully aroused, so as to reverse the previous series of defeats."

Jia Xu continued to add, and this also strengthened Dong Zhuo's determination to send troops.

Seeing this, Li Ru and Lu Buwei wanted to dissuade them, but just as they said their words, Dong Zhuo slammed down the table and shouted: "Okay, that's the decision, this time the miscellaneous family will lead an army of [-] to meet Qin. Xiaoer Hao, I will not give up until Luoyang is taken back."

Seeing this, Jia Xu also breathed a sigh of relief, and finally managed to trick Dong Zhuo out of Chang'an, because only when Dong Zhuo left Chang'an could Jia Xu take the little emperor away, otherwise not only the Emperor Han would not be able to take him away, but even Jia Xu himself Might not be able to go either.

Ten days later, the [-] troops from the east were assembled in Chang'an, but the military adviser Jia Xu did not come to participate in the swearing-in ceremony.

Seeing that Jia Xu didn't come, Dong Zhuo immediately frowned and asked, "Why didn't Military Advisor Wenhe come?"

"My Majesty, Jia Junshi has suddenly contracted a serious illness, and now he is bedridden. I am afraid that he will not be able to go out with the Majesty."

"So that's it. Immediately send the thousand-year-old ginseng from Zajia's mansion to the military division, and tell the military division to take good care of his illness and don't need to participate in this battle."

Although Dong Zhuo was a little disappointed, he didn't think too much about it. After all, illness is quite normal for literati, and it was impossible for him to forcefully bring the sick Jia Xu to the battlefield. After a few words of relief, he led the army to send a letter Go in the direction of Guguan.

(End of this chapter)