I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 227 Dong Zhuo took the initiative to attack

In the middle of March in the first year of Chuping (190), Hulao Pass was held.

Hulaoguan, also known as Sishui, began in the Zhou Dynasty. It is said that King Mu of Zhou shot and hunted in Putian and raised the tigers he hunted here, hence the name Hulao.The pass is in the east of Luoyang, within the territory of Sishui Town.As the gateway to the east of Luoyang and an important pass, it is connected to Songyue Mountain in the south and the Yellow River in the north.There is a trend of "one man guards the gate, ten thousand men cannot open it", and it has become a must-have for military strategists of all dynasties.

After Yuan Shao and the others rebelled, Dong Zhuo immediately dispatched Hu Zhen to lead 5000 elite soldiers to station at Hulao Pass to guard the east gate of Luoyang City!

At this time, Dong Zhuo led an army of 4 troops into Hulao Pass.

Hu Zhen who was stationed at Hulao Pass led people to meet Dong Zhuo in person!

Seeing Hu Zhen, Dong Zhuo laughed loudly and said, "Wen Cai, what happened to Yuan Shao and the others?"

Hu Zhen laughed and said: "Yuan Shao and the others are nothing but a group of mediocre people. Although they seem to have a large number of people, they dare not go further east. Now they gather tens of thousands of troops in Suanzao and drink and party every day. They don't look like they are fighting at all. Yuan Shao Although he is well-known, it seems that this is just something the Yuan family boasted about. If he had come to our Xiliang, he would have been hacked to death! Know what real war is!"

Dong Zhuo said with a smile: "It's good that their names don't match their realities. It's just that I will deal with them in one battle!"

If it was Dong Zhuo in history, he would not dare to take the initiative to attack now that the rear is unstable, but now Dong Zhuo has the foreign aid of Lei Gong. Had to rely on Dong Zhuo.

Even before Dong Zhuo went to the battle, he said that food and grass in Luoyang City were scarce, and it was difficult for a large army to go out. It is better to abandon Luoyang City and move the capital to Chang'an to avoid the Kwantung Allied Forces.

Hearing Dong Zhuo's words, Yang Biao and the others immediately united with more than a dozen powerful clans in Sili to hand over millions of shi of grain to Dong Zhuo, and told Dong Zhuo that if it was not enough, they could continue to give out grain. After all, they have been loyal and good for generations. , when the court is in crisis, it is time for them to serve the court!
Dong Zhuo naturally nodded in satisfaction. He found that Lei Gong Dafa was really useful. If there was something missing, if he called Lei Gong twice, someone would surely deliver something to his door.

And this food is enough for Dong Zhuo's hundreds of thousands of troops to fight for more than half a year. He even asked his younger brother Dong Wen to recruit 2 Qiang cavalry in Xiliang to improve their combat effectiveness. In Xiliang, as long as there is food, mercenaries can be recruited, and their combat effectiveness Also very strong.

In the past, Dong Zhuo didn't recruit soldiers because although he was rich, he didn't have food and grass, and the hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands couldn't support him anymore. Naturally, he couldn't recruit any more. With golden thighs, food is naturally not a problem.

The food in Dong Zhuo's hands may not be able to support an army of 10, but Dong Zhuo believes that the food and grass in Yang Biao's hands will not be a problem to feed an army of one million!

Although the alliance between the two sides seems to be incompatible, but with Yang Biao as an ally, Dong Zhuo finally doesn't have to worry about the problems of his old nest. He can mobilize half of the army to fight Yuan Shao.

To know the original history, Dong Zhuo couldn't bring out many troops to fight against the Dong League, and he could only be beaten passively.

And Yuan Shao and the others didn't have many battles with Dong Zhuo. After they came to Suanzao, they completely used it as a meeting place. Everyone drank and recited poems. They were very happy, but they didn't fight.

The real main force in the war was Sun Jian on Yuan Shu's side. He defeated Hu Zhen and Lu Bu one after another, and almost broke into Luoyang City. This is why Dong Zhuo praised Sun Jian as the Jiangdong tiger. Sun Jian really hurt him.

On Yuan Shao's side, Cao Cao led his [-] recruits to attack Luoyang City, and was finally wiped out by Xu Rong's entire army in Rongyang. He had to flee back without even seeing Hulao Pass.This is also the reason why Dong Zhuo was not convinced by Yuan Shao, because Yuan Shao didn't show his strength at all, he was playing tricks all the way, either assassination or mutiny, how could Dong Zhuo be convinced!
It can be said that if Dong Zhuo hadn't been short of food and grass internally, even with half of his military force, he could have defeated the allied army of Dong Zhuo!And now Dong Zhuo brought 4 elites to Hulao Pass!
The Hulao Pass where Dong Zhuo was stationed was only a few days old.He received Liu Bei's defeat of Sun Jian's [-] army, and now he is really leading troops to Luyang to annihilate Yuan Shu's headquarters, and Kong Ni, who is stationed in Yuzhou, and Li Shu are also leading troops to Nanyang Army!
Hearing such good news, Dong Zhuo laughed loudly and said, "Liu Bei really deserves to be a fierce clan tiger. He alone restrained half of the Yuan Clan's power, reducing the truth by [-] enemies. The next battle will be much easier." !"

Then Dong Zhuo gave this battle report to his subordinates to read!
Tian Yi smiled and said: "The Prime Minister's use of Liu Bei is really a stroke of genius. He alone held back 10 Kwantung coalition forces. This way our pressure will be much less. As long as we eliminate Yuan Shao and the others, the world will be stable!"

The morale of the other Dong Zhuo's generals was boosted after watching it. They didn't expect that the Kwantung Alliance's fighting power was so poor. Sun Jian and the others knew each other. He was also a fierce man in Xiliang. He dared to draw his sword against Dong Zhuo.

At that time, Dong Zhuo's subordinates did not make any troubles for Sun Jian, but they were all defeated by Sun Jian's subordinates no matter they were fighting with fists or weapons, which made them have to let Sun Jian go.

But such ruthless people were still defeated by Liu Bei in the first battle. They thought they would not be worse than Liu Bei, and the other Kwantung coalition forces were not as good as Sun Jian. Isn't this just dazzling military exploits!
So Niu Fu was the first to say: "Prime Minister, please fight, and I will help Prime Minister cut off Yuan Shao's dog's head!"

Guo Si also yelled: "The Prime Minister gave 5000 soldiers and horses to his subordinates, and his subordinates will definitely defeat the Kwantung Allied Forces, and let the Prime Minister rest in Suanzao!"

Li Jue said carelessly: "All of you only know how to brag. After all, Yuan Shao and the others have tens of thousands of people. You can defeat them if you say they are defeated, or let our Feixiong army fight. The Prime Minister spent such a big price. Could it be that Don't test the combat power of our Feixiong Army! Only our Feixiong Army is not afraid of the tens of thousands of troops of the Kwantung Allied Forces!"

Li Jue's words made Dong Zhuo's subordinates jealous.Just kidding, the Iron Armored Battalion is the only one in the Han army. After becoming a lieutenant of the Feixiong Army, Li Jue usually looked up to the sky, and his old friends of more than ten years looked down on him.If this makes Li Jue again, it will be worth it!

So they said to Dong Zhuo one by one: "National Prime Minister Fei Xiong Army is our army's trump card, it cannot be consumed easily like this, but it should be a fatal blow to deal with Yuan Shao!"

But Dong Zhuo thought about it, and felt that what Li Jue had said was true. Is it worth buying and selling these 5000 armored soldiers with a county?It is to fight a battle to verify, so Dong Zhuo ordered: "Li Jue, I wanted to order you to be the vanguard of the army, and wipe out the rebellion encountered along the way!"

Li Jue said happily, "No!"

Then Dong Zhuo looked at the other disappointed generals and said: "You don't have to worry about not having military exploits. Yuan Shao and the others have 10 people. This time they have been wiped out. The truth recommends you all to become generals! Then you will follow the truth to meet Yuan Shao and the others. This time, the truth will be determined by a battle!"

At this time, Dong Zhuo hadn't despaired of the situation, he didn't even kill Yuan Wei and the others, he just didn't want to make an end to the Guandong clan, because even though he could defeat Yuan Shao's coalition forces, it was difficult for him to occupy the ground, his 10 It is impossible for the Wan Dajun to cover the entire Han Dynasty, so if the imperial court wants to maintain it, it must want the Guandong clan to help the imperial court maintain local rule.

At the same time to pay taxes, it is impossible to support hundreds of thousands of troops with just one Si Li!And Yuan Wei is the link that connects with the nobles of the Guandong clan. As long as Yuan Wei is convinced and agrees that he is in charge of the big man, he is still willing to continue to cooperate with Yuan Wei.

As for the rewards of his subordinates, he is also very restrained. Up to now, Niu Fu and Li Jue have become Zhonglang generals, while the other subordinates are only 2000 stone captains even if they are promoted.

This is also the reason why Guo Si's fighting spirit is so high. His companions at the same time have all become Zhonglang generals. It would be a shame if they can't catch up, and now Dong Zhuo is in charge of the court. Dare to stand in his way.

Knowing that Dong Zhuo led an army of 4 to the east, Qiao Mao hurriedly assembled an army to meet the enemy. At the same time, he reported to Yuan Shao, asking Yuan Shao for support, and asked Yuan Shao to bring the Kwantung Alliance to fight Dong Zhuo!

To be honest, Qiao Mao and the others have never fought a battle at all, not even a battle to gain experience like the crusade against the Yellow Turban Army. Their families are all top-notch nobles of the Han Dynasty, and they have come to make them desperate.Liu Bei has to work hard to become a county lieutenant, and even can only become the highest and only a county magistrate in his whole life.

And the starting point of the second generation of officials like Qiao Mao is a high-ranking official with 2000 shi. Later, it depends on luck. If you are lucky, you can become Sangong, and if you are unlucky, you can become Jiuqing. Their subsequent careers have nothing to do with hard work, so naturally they don't need to work hard to earn credit.

But now they are blind, no matter what they say about Dong Zhuo's rebellious ministers and thieves, they still recognize one thing, that is, Dong Zhuo has fought for the big man for nearly 40 years, and the time of fighting is older than their age. A veteran who has fought many battles, dare to say that he is better at fighting than Dong Zhuo in the court, only Huang Fusong, Zhu Jun, and Lu Zhi are three people, but these three people are not in their alliance against Dong Zhuo!How can this not make them panic.

At this time Cao Cao drew his long sword and said angrily: "Why panic, Dong Zhuo hasn't come yet, you seem to have lost the battle, and you will not run away when you see Dong Zhuo's flag!"

"Wars are not that difficult. The first thing to look at is courage. As long as you dare to die, you will win half of the victory. If Xiliang soldiers have one head and two hands, our army is more than twice that of Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo and the others are the ones to be afraid of." !"

Cao Cao's words immediately made Qiao Mao find his backbone. We have never fought against us, but there are people here who have fought in battle. Cao Cao is different because he has experienced many battles!

So Qiao Mao said with a smile: "We all forgot that Meng De was familiar with the art of war, and that he had quelled the Yellow Turban Uprising with General Huangfu in his early years, and he has made many military exploits. With him around, what need we worry about!"

"Meng De, you will command our army. If we can defeat Dong Zhuo here, we will be famous all over the world!"

Others also said something optimistic about Cao Cao, and then made Cao Cao the commander of the army.

And Cao Cao was not polite, he took over the command and said: "We can't sit still and wait for death, but we must take the initiative to let Dong Zhuo know how powerful we are, and we must win a battle first to dampen the spirit of the Xiliang army!"

These coalition forces add up to 5 people. Although he knows that it may be difficult to defeat Dong Zhuo's 4 elite, he can defeat Dong Zhuo by a small battle, and then rely on defense to hold back Dong Zhuo's main force. Dong Zhuo's military force is only this There are 4 people, as long as they wipe out Dong Zhuo's 4 mobile army, Dong Zhuo will have no power to fight back, and they occupy the entire Central Plains behind them, and they can squeeze Dong Zhuo out of Luoyang City with a little bit of consumption!

So Cao Cao arranged his army as the vanguard, with Qiao Mao, Zhang Miao, Liu Dai, Bao Xin, and Yuan Yi in the middle to keep up with the army. There were as many as 5 troops along the way.

After Wuyang Ling discovered Cao Cao's army, he immediately fled the city and fled. Cao Cao easily occupied Wuyang County in Yin, Henan.

Then Cao Cao took Rongyang of Henan Yin as his target, because if he occupied Rongyang, he would face Hulao Pass. If he broke through Hulao Pass again, the gate of Luoyang City would be opened. Dong Zhuo would definitely withdraw if he didn’t want to die. Luoyang City, because Luoyang City is full of powerful people, as long as their coalition forces surround Luoyang City, the strength of any powerful family can help them open the gate of Luoyang City, so Luoyang City is the strongest in the world. Although it is a small city, it is the easiest city in the world to break through for Dong Lianjun!
Qiao Mao, Zhang Miao, Liu Dai, Bao Xin, and Yuan Yi were all very excited by Cao Cao's big picture. If Dong Zhuo was beaten away by them, they would be heroes who saved the country, and they would definitely go down in history!

So under the leadership of Cao Cao, the coalition forces marched towards Xingyang in mighty force.

At this time, Dong Zhuo's army was also advancing towards Rongyang. Hulao Pass was only 50 miles away from Rongyang, and Dong Zhuo entered Rongyang City in one day!

Then Tanma reported to him, saying that Cao Cao led an army of 5 to attack Rongyang!

Dong Zhuo was surprised and said: "Cao Cao can still become the commander-in-chief of the coalition after being an eunuch. It seems that Yuan Shao treats him well!"

When Dong Zhuo was in power, although he valued the nobles in Kanto, he had a good sense of Cao Cao. After all, both parties were members of the eunuch party. Dong Zhuo originally wanted to promote Cao Cao.

It's a pity that Cao Cao didn't want to cooperate with Dong Zhuo when he saw that the abolished emperor poisoned the Queen Mother He. He believed that Dong Zhuo's actions in Luoyang City were rooted in cholera, so he changed his name and fled the capital Luoyang.

After Cao Cao arrived in Chenliu, he was the first to respond to Qiao Mao's call to crusade against Dong Zhuo, "spreading family wealth and uniting righteous soldiers".

(End of this chapter)