Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 889 No troops

"On March [-]th, the vanguard cavalry of the Qiang people defeated Luo County!"

"On March 21, under the leadership of Yuehu, the main force of the Qiang people went straight south, intending to attack Shu County!"

"On March 22, Yuehu encountered a sniper attack from the Shenlang Camp. It was not good to attack Shu County, so we retreated [-] miles!"

"On March 24, Zhang Song sent his troops out of Luoxian County, attacked the camp of the Qiang people, and attacked Min Wu back and forth!"

"On March 25th, Huang Shao led the main force of the Yellow Turbans to go straight down from the north to assist Min Wu and attack the Qiang barracks!"

"On March 26th, the Yuehu army was defeated at Langkoudu, lost troops and broke out. There were only less than [-] remnants left, and they were fleeing westward!"

"..."

In Zhaoming Pavilion, Huo Yu is carefully reading the report sent up.

Mu Jing listened very carefully, hearing these pieces of news, the light in his eyes was flickering.

Hu Zhao was also thinking beside him.

He thought for a while and said, "Now the Qiang army is in a difficult situation. The road to Shu County in the south has been blocked early in the morning. There must be no way to go north. It is even more impossible to go east. The only option is to retreat west, but..."

"Qiang Dao City is in our hands!"

Mu Jing said indifferently: "To put it simply, they are already trapped in the encirclement. Even if we don't fight, we can consume them to death!"

"The key is that we don't have so much time to spend here!"

Hu Zhao said softly.

The strategic deployment of the Minghou Mansion this year is not in Guanghan. The battle of Guanghan can only be regarded as a partial battle. It is only about defeating the enemy, not killing the enemy.

This battle has achieved the best results, and at this point, it has greatly exceeded expectations.

Of course, siege is not impossible.

It's just that it's not a last resort, and the Mu army is not prepared to encircle and wipe out. Once the Yellow Turban Army and the Shenlang Camp suffer heavy casualties, it will inevitably lead to the weakness of Northern Xinjiang. This is what the Minghou Mansion does not want to see.

"hold on!"

Mu Jing squinted his eyes and said in a low voice: "Immediately pass my order to Huang Shao, Minwu and the others as quickly as possible, besieging January, avoiding and not fighting, and waiting for Beijiang's response, I have to see, Dong Zhuo Will you send troops?"

Taking the Qiang army as a guide, let's see if the Xiliang army will go south.

Only in this way can Mu Jing finally determine whether Dong Zhuo will choose to suddenly send troops south during his absence.

The strategic deployment of a political group is usually difficult to see clearly, but at this time it can definitely be seen clearly.

As an ally, he is also Dong Zhuo's most powerful military ally. If he doesn't care about the life and death of the Qiang army at this time, it will definitely affect the relationship between Xiliang and the Qiang people. The loss in this is indescribable to Dong Zhuo.

At the same time, this also proves that the Chang'an court at this time is really unable to go south, so that Mu Jing can rest assured.

"In a few days at most, the news will be sent back to Chang'an!" Hu Zhao said in a deep voice: "At this time, keep an eye on Beijiang, and there will be news!"

He paused, and then said: "If you persecute Dong Zhuo like this, maybe he will be arrogant. He was born in Xiliang, and he has a strong spirit of courage. Now that he has gained power, he will inevitably be arrogant and ignore us. Even if he knows that going south is not good. Zhi, also insists on going south, it is not impossible!"

"will not!"

Mu Jing shook his head: "I believe he won't!"

"why?"

"Compare your heart to your heart!"

Mu Jing said in a low voice: "Since I stand on my own feet and shoulder countless lives in the future, I dare not relax for a quarter of an hour. A prince, speaking of glory, is also a responsibility. Sitting in this position, every decision We must be extremely cautious, because our words and words are countless lives withered, so we dare not be careless!"

He sneered and said: "As for the title of ordinary man, it is the impression that scholars have of him, but it cannot be used as a benchmark for us. Everyone in the world says that Dong Zhuo is a man of humble origin. , but I think that anyone who can get to this point is not an ordinary person. The so-called fame is just something that the gentry touts. They like you, so they just blow you up. You, can trample you under the soles of your feet."

"Although Dong Zhuo and I are sitting on the same side now, neither of them are liked by scholars of Shilin, because our backgrounds are not good. With such backgrounds, today's achievements are more important to them. Face!"

"So they will press down on us desperately!"

"Dong Zhuo was born in Xiliang, so he is a Xiliang man!"

"I'm a bandit, and I'm crowned with a monkey!"

"So we can't look at what people in the world say, we have to actually look at how they do it, so that we can see a person's heart!"

Mu Jing narrowed his eyes: "Dong Zhuo, I hate this person to the bone. The hatred of killing my father is unshakable. My father died because of him. I don't want to wait for a day to kill him, but I have never underestimated him. He is definitely the enemy!"

"He is a hero, has a big picture, has courage, and has the ability to make decisive decisions!"

"At this time, any decision he makes is based on the situation!"

The corners of Mujing's mouth turned up slightly, and he said in a deep voice, "Besides, even if he is irrational, there are rational people around him!"

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Changan.

The atmosphere of the new year has just passed, and there seems to be a sense of tension in Chang'an City.

In the sixth year of Chuping, he has gone to court three times.

But Dong Zhuoyue's arrogance, entering without orders, advancing with shoes, and facing the court with a sword, these behaviors have surpassed the etiquette of a courtier, so unscrupulous, there is already a vague meaning of threatening the emperor.

Faced with this situation, the imperial court naturally did not dare to show weakness. Headed by the gentry in Guanzhong, the royalist party attacked one after another and impeached Dong Zhuo one after another. In addition, the Xiliang general under Dong Zhuo's command was also impeached. one slice.

That's not the most important thing.

The most important thing is that Grand Master Dong is in charge of the military and political power in the name of Grand Master. He personally issued the military order ordering Huangfu Song to lead the Guanzhong Army back to Chang'an, but there was no movement at all from Nanyang.

This action more or less ripped the faces of both parties apart.

Huangfu Song did not return.

Dong Zhuo was worried.

However, Dong Zhuo knew very well that Huangfusong was not a person who was willing to separate himself from one side. He obviously had received the emperor's secret order, so he didn't care about the military order issued by him.

This put Dong Zhuo in a dilemma.

He knew the ferocity of the Guanzhong Army, and Huangfusong was a famous general. In today's world, even the brave and skilled Mu Jun suffered a big loss at the hands of Huangfusong. The battle between Henan and Yanzhou showed even more The strength of Guan Zhongjun.

It's not good for you to tear your face apart.

But Huangfusong's delay in being able to use it for him also exhausted his patience, and he didn't want to keep exhausting it like this.

In the past few days, he has been summoning his advisers to discuss this issue.

"Can you think of a way to lure Huangfusong to return to Chang'an alone, capture the thief and capture the king, take down Huangfusong first, and then the Guanzhong army can slowly adjust!" Above the main hall of the Grand Master's Mansion, more than ten counselors were talking freely .

"I'm afraid not, Huangfu Song is very shrewd, it is impossible to get out of Nanyang easily!"

"Let him attack Nanyang at the beginning, it was really a trouble for raising tigers!"

"Now the Guanzhong Army can be regarded as having a foothold, and I am afraid that it will be even more difficult to deal with in the future. We still have to plan early!"

"Perhaps we can instigate some generals around Huangfusong!"

"It's hard, Huangfusong is surrounded by generals from the Guanzhong gentry, and most of them will hate us, so it's hard to buy them easily!"

"Furthermore, Huangfu Song is strict in running the army, and he values ​​him highly. Those who hold the military power are all his confidantes, and it is even more difficult to buy confidants who are willing to live and die!"

"If you want me to say, send troops directly, attack Nanyang, and take down Huangfusong!"

"If the Guanzhong army is so easy to deal with, should we continue to discuss here? It is easy to attack Nanyang, but it will cause the Guanzhong army to counterattack. Even if we are annihilated in the end, it will also damage our own strength!"

"This kind of idea is not advisable. Now that our main force in Xiliang is fighting in Henan and Yanzhou, we have already lost a lot of troops. In order to keep the regained territory, we need a lot of troops to deal with the princes of all parties. If this time and The Guanzhong army is fighting, and the gains outweigh the losses!"

"..."

In the main hall, you and I said each other, and the voices intersected together.

The Taishi Mansion is now in charge of the power of the Chang'an court, following the old path of Mushan, coercing internally to lure some ministers to join them, and establishing a recruiting hall externally to recruit talents from all over the world. Now it can be regarded as the formation of the Taishi Party.

A party of grand masters lingered around Dong Zhuo, and there were many advisers, big and small.

However, there is only one person that Dong Zhuo values ​​and trusts the most, and that is Li Ru. This son-in-law and the hero who helped him get out of Xiliang are the only people he can't guard against. Still looking at Li Ru, he asked in a low voice: "Wen You, this matter has a lot of impact, can you subdue the enemy without fighting and let Huangfu Song surrender his military power?"

"Disaster!"

Li Ru smiled bitterly: "Unless the emperor orders it!"

"An order from the emperor?"

A cold light flashed across Dong Zhuo's eyes: "The Son of Heaven is eager to control the military power now. The soldiers and horses defending the imperial city are all under my control. His only reliance can only be the Guanzhong Army. I am afraid he will not give orders. !"

"Nowadays, he is young and intelligent, and the city is quite deep, but his nature is cold and weak, but he can take advantage of it!"

Jia Xu, who was sitting on the flank, stood up suddenly, facing Dong Zhuo, cupped his hands and said, "My lord, if you can make the emperor lose trust in Huangfusong, you don't need to worry about it at all, and Huangfusong will definitely be able to disarm and return!"

"trust?"

Dong Zhuo said: "Easier said than done?"

"Although it's not easy, it's much better than us storming Nanyang. Nanyang is the number one county in the world. Population and food are very important. Once Huangfu Song is forced to stand on his own, or even force Huangfu Song to seek refuge with other princes, the court will really It’s not worth the candle!”

Jia Xu said.

After a lot of hard work, Jia Xu has become a great counselor in the Taishi's party, second only to Li Ru, and gradually gained Dong Zhuo's trust. Although Dong Zhuo can't trust him as much as he trusts Li Ru, there are many things. I have begun to trust him to handle it.

"You're right, I'll leave this matter to you. If you can make the emperor wary of Huangfusong, that would be a great achievement!"

Dong Zhuo said in a deep voice.

"promise!"

Jia Xu nodded.

He is not a noble person, although he was a little more cautious, and he was unwilling to take the lead before, but he studied and became an official, all for the purpose of being a lord and minister, honoring his ancestors, and now that the Chang'an court is becoming more and more fierce, he has confidence in Dong Zhuo again.

At the beginning, he didn't have much confidence in Dong Zhuo, because he felt that Dong Zhuo's character could not adapt to the deceitfulness of the Central Plains, and entered the Central Plains like an eagle with broken wings.

But these years, although Dong Zhuo still retained the bravery from Xiliang, it made him more stable.

So now he has the heart to support Dong Zhuo.

Now that he has made such a decision, he naturally has to work hard.

"My lord, there is a rush from Guanghan!" A soldier rushed in from outside and handed over a copy of the rush.

"The Yuehu was besieged?"

Dong Zhuo opened it and took a look, his complexion changed drastically, he stared at Li Ru in the blink of an eye, and asked, "Didn't you say before that the affairs of Guanghan have been properly arranged?"

"It was indeed arranged before. The imperial court sent envoys to meet the Guanghan soldiers who defected to Yizhou, and then led the Qiang army in to disrupt the situation. When Yizhou is in chaos, we will take the opportunity to go south!" Li Ru stood up with a gloomy expression on his face: " But now it seems that something went wrong!"

"trap!"

Dong Zhuo directly threw the secret letter in his hand to Li Ru, and said: "This is a trap set up by Mulongtu to lure us to send troops. Otherwise, how could it be possible? The Qiang army here entered Guanghan, and the army there The encirclement has already been formed!"

"Damn!"

Li Ru carefully read the secret letter report, and clenched his fists: "It seems that Zhang's rebellion in Guanghan was also arranged by him!"

"This issue is not important anymore, what is important is what we should do now!"

Dong Zhuo's breath was a little unstable, and he said in a low voice.

There was some silence in the hall.

"You say, should we send troops now?" Dong Zhuo's copper-bell-like pupils swept across with ferocious aura, looking at the faces of the counselors he relied on, and asked sternly.

Yuehu was besieged, his first reaction was to send troops.

He can be what he is today because of the support of Baima Qiang. Back in Xiliang, he was just an inconspicuous person. If he hadn't married Baima Qiang and borrowed troops to fight, he would not have the power he has today.

Even now, he still has the main force of tens of thousands of Qiang soldiers fighting for him.

But soon he calmed down. He is now the grand master of the imperial court. If he makes a decision casually, it will not only cause a chain reaction, but also make his subordinates complain and lose their support, so we must be cautious.

"We must send troops. Qiang King Yuehu has already ruled the Qiang people. He has a close relationship with us and cannot be discarded!"

"No, once the troops are sent out now, the court's situation will inevitably collapse. Don't forget, the emperor is looking down at us. They always hope that we will make mistakes and beat us forever. How can we easily leave a handle!"

"If you don't send troops, how will my lord face the Qiang people in the future, and how will you lose face to the people of the world? You can't lose the word faith and righteousness!"

"Confused, the Qiang people are a foreign race, and the court can use them, but they can't be confidant. This may be an opportunity, so that both the Qiang people and Yizhou will suffer. Why don't we reap the benefits of the fishermen!"

Soon, there were already quarrels in the main hall. If the opinions were not unified, it must be a quarrel.

"Give me peace!"

Dong Zhuo's brain ached, and his ferocity erupted directly, suppressing everyone at once.

His last gaze was only on a few people, and he asked in a low voice: "What do you think about this matter?"

The counselors of the Grand Master's Mansion were mainly Li Ru, followed by Jia Xu. The two looked at each other, and it was Li Ru who spoke first: "No troops!"

"No troops!"

Jia Xu also nodded in response.

(End of this chapter)