I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 248, All-out war!Dong Zhuo's concerns

Knowing that the Tengjia Army planned to attack Youzhou, Huangfusong ordered Xu Rong to ignore the Yellow Turban Army in Yanzhou and lead an army of [-] troops back to Jizhou quickly.Hundreds of thousands of troops obeyed Huangfusong's orders and assembled in pavilions everywhere!
Huangfusong knew that he had to rescue Liu Yu. If Youzhou was conquered by the Tengjia Army, the whole Jizhou would be wide open. No matter how many fortifications he built in Taihang Mountain, the Tengjia Army controlled most of the grassland and could be mobilized. With more than 20 cavalry, if he fought against 20 cavalry on the Jizhou Plain, he would be looking for death. He must help Liu Yu defend Youzhou!But Jizhou also needs to be guarded.

Huangfusong found Lu Zhi and said, "Brother Zigan, I want to bring 5 troops to support Youzhou first. I now appoint you, Brother Zigan, as the chief of the Hussar General's House. I will entrust you to Zigan for the affairs of Jizhou. Xu Rong's The 5 army can stay in Jizhou, and you, Brother Zigan, will command it to prevent the Tengjia army from Bingzhou from attacking Youzhou. After the remaining 10 troops are assembled, Xu Rong will lead them to support Youzhou!"

Lu Zhi smiled wryly and said: "Brother Bo'an really doesn't understand military affairs. Doesn't he know what the Sanggan River waterway means to the Tengjia Army? How could he cut off this waterway when he was not fully prepared!"

Huangfusong sighed and said: "It's not too late now. If Lei Gong attacked Youzhou half a year ago, it would be even more unbearable for us. At least the big man is still one. I hope this time we can defend Youzhou and severely damage the Tengjia Army. Buy a few years for the imperial court!"

Then he solemnly said again: "Brother Zigan is up to you about the affairs of Youzhou!"

Lu Zhi also knew that the situation in Youzhou was critical now, and Liu Yu, the shepherd of Youzhou, was not good at military affairs. After Huangfusong would go to Youzhou, everyone was not polite to Huangfusong. After Huangfusong led an army of 5 to leave, he fully Take over the defense of Jizhou, and at the same time continue to gather soldiers to prepare for the war in support of Youzhou!
Hanoi County, Yewang County!
The Tengjia Army has already begun to train pigeons on a large scale, and the news that Liu Yu cut off the waterway of the Sanggan River reached him in less than a day!
Wang Ge was shocked when he heard the news and said: "Shuai Qu, Hanoi County can't wait anymore, we have to rush to Mayi as soon as possible, and command the army to break through Youzhou. If we can't capture the whole Youzhou before the spring plowing, our Tengjia army will lose the food supply." Production must be reduced by more than half! By then, not one or two million people will starve to death!"

Wang Yong also said: "Now that the main force of the Yellow Turban Army in the Central Plains has been defeated, we will not be able to play much role if we stay in Hanoi County. What we have to do now is to quickly capture Youzhou and open up the Sanggan River waterway!"

Xu Wei said solemnly: "The whole army retreats, leaving 5000 soldiers to strengthen the Tianjing Pass, in case Dong Zhuo takes the opportunity to attack Bingzhou!"

The captains present all said: "No!"

Dong Zhuo, who is not far from Xu Wei, is in a very good mood these days. Yuan Shu's attack on the Yellow Turban Army in Yuzhou went very smoothly, and even beheaded the Yellow Turban Army. .Liu Bei of Jingzhou also led an army to suppress the sect thieves in Jingnan after defeating Yuan Shu. The blood of all the sect thieves in Jingnan was killed by Liu Bei flowed like a river, and no one dared to rebel.

Good news also came from the Central Plains. Huangfu Song sent Xu Rong to lead an army of 5 to support Yuan Shao, and Chen Guo Liu Chong also led an army of 3 to support Yuan Shao. With the reinforcements from these two parties, Yuan Shao and others completely defeated the main force of the Yellow Turban Army in the Central Plains. , The imperial army defeated 50 Yellow Turbans, beheaded 20, and captured 10. Such a big victory has been rare in decades. Now the situation in the entire Central Plains is not a small one, but a great one.

All of this was achieved under the command of his prime minister of the Han Dynasty, and he, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, is the biggest contributor!It can be said that apart from the Xiliang rebellion and Bingzhou rebellion, the current big Han has finally restored the peace in the past.

Whoever said that their warriors can't govern the country is simply slandering, how difficult it can be to govern the country, I, Dong Zhuo, didn't do a good job!The system of the former Han Dynasty still makes sense, "you can't be named as a marquis unless you have made military achievements, and you can't be a minister unless you are a lieutenant." If the great Han had a military prime minister like the old man earlier, how could the world be in chaos as it is now!
Thinking of this, Dong Zhuo proudly said: "Wen He, now there are only Lei Gong and Han Sui who are rebels left in the big man, how do you think I will deal with them!"

Jia Xu thought for a while and said, "Han Sui, Ma Teng and others have gradually declined since the imperial court blocked them in the impoverished area of ​​Xiliang, and it is difficult to threaten the imperial court now. They have a lot of friendship, you can appoint Han Sui and the others as the governor or sheriff of Xiliang, and give them some money and food. Even if they help the court guard the frontier and keep Xiliang away from the court, they will not cause much loss. Han Sui and the others are just habitual The prime minister can buy them off, but Lei Gong in Bingzhou is the most serious problem, the prime minister should prepare early to deal with Lei Gong!"

Xiliang has its natural limitations. The land is too poor, there are too many Qiang people, and the ethnic conflicts are too fierce. Han Sui and the others had a big Han court as their goal before, and they can use their strength together.

But after Liu Bei and Huangfu Li completely blocked them in Xiliang, the hearts of the Xiliang rebels dispersed. It can even be said that they have never worked together. Had to report to the group to keep warm.

But now it is difficult for the imperial court to threaten them. They fight each other for their own interests. The first Xiliang rebel leaders Beigong Boyu, Li Wenhuahou, and Bian Zhang all died in the internal struggle, and only Han Sui is still alive.The brutal internal strife has turned the Xiliang rebellion, which originally had hundreds of thousands, into a mess. They killed each other and now only tens of thousands of horses are left.

And these tens of thousands of horses have to find ways to support themselves. It can be said that they are too hungry to rebel. After Han Sui and Ma Teng found out that they could not plunder Guanzhong, everyone was going to starve to death in Xiliang's barrenness. At this time They just realized that when there is no place to rob, swords cannot guarantee their survival, so the rebellious leader of Xiliang, they hide themselves in their own territory and try to find a way to save themselves!

The biggest rebellion in the world back then, the Xiliang rebellion that could defeat the imperial court's 10 army and contain half the troops of the big man, has completely disappeared, and even Dong Zhuo doesn't threaten them anymore!
Dong Zhuo thought for a while and said: "Wen He's words are justified, Han Sui and the others are indeed much worse than Lei Gong, his reputation was much higher than Lei Gong, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the most rebellious in the world, but now Lei Gong has soldiers 30 has become the most powerful rebellion in the world, but Han Sui was the first to rebel against the big man, and now he doesn’t even have 3 troops! Let the court ministers discuss how to appease Han Sui, Ma Teng and the others!”

Then Jia Xu continued: "Although the main force of the Yellow Turban Army in the Central Plains has been defeated by Yuan Shao and the others, the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army are still strong. There are 20 Yellow Turban Army who escaped from the White Horse Battlefield this time. It can be said that As long as the imperial court relaxes its vigilance a little bit, these Yellow Turbans will surely resurface!"

"The prime minister can order Yuan Shao to be General Anton and Governor of Qingzhou, let him continue to encircle and suppress the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou, appoint Yuan Shu as General Annan, and continue to suppress the Yellow Turban Army in Yuzhou! Recruit soldiers to deal with the Taishan bandits! In addition, Yang Biao’s disciples are stationed in Yanzhou, which is enough to stabilize the Central Plains. After the Central Plains has no Yellow Turban Army, the prime minister can gradually replace the Kanto scholars with Xiliang and Kansai scholars, so that the scholars will fight each other , so that the Prime Minister can rest easy in Luoyang City!"

At this time, Niu Fu was not convinced: "Yuan Shao and the others are our defeated generals. Why can they still hold high positions? They are prefects and generals. We are the confidantes of the prime minister. To be a general is to be a general." , can this Zhonglang be considered a general!"

"How many benefits did Jia Wen and Yuan Shao give you to help outsiders like them like this!"

The others also became restless and said, "I, Hua Xiong, have been with the Prime Minister for more than ten years, and I have passed from death to life, but now I am just a captain. Could it be that my ability is not as good as Yuan Shao, or that the Prime Minister thinks My loyalty is not as good as Yuan Shao's!"

"That's right! It doesn't matter if you don't kill a traitor like Yuan Shao, but you can still be a high-ranking official. I'm not convinced, Prime Minister, you're unfair!" Niu Fu yelled!

Seeing the dissatisfied Xiliang general, Dong Zhuo said angrily, "Presumptuous!"

After being yelled at by Dong Zhuo, Niu Fu and the others finally didn't dare to yell, and they all looked at Dong Zhuo nervously!

Dong Zhuo breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Benxiang and Wenhe are discussing the handling of government affairs. What do you know? Giving Yuan Shao their official positions is not to reward them, but to ask them to help Zhenxiang suppress the Central Plains!"

Niu Fu whispered: "We can also help the Prime Minister suppress the Central Plains!"

Dong Zhuo looked at Niu Fu with a cold face and said: "I can't even play against these nobles and nobles. You are not afraid of being played to death by them when you go to the Central Plains! You thought that you went to the Central Plains just to fight the Yellow Turban Army, and you also need to find a way to make the powerful nobles in the Central Plains surrender. Taxation, now the imperial court supports hundreds of thousands of troops, and it costs more than one billion yuan every month.

But the income of the imperial court has been completely cut off since Yuan Shao and the others started the uprising, that is, they received 2 million yuan in the land of Sili, but this money has a fart use. Although the old man has some money and grain in his hands, according to the current spending No matter how much money and food there is, it won't last for two years. The old man wants Yuan Shao to fight the Yellow Turban Army is secondary. The real purpose is to let them take away the wealth of the powerful and noble families in the Central Plains. You can do such a thing! "

Li Jue said to himself: "Minister Guo, this kind of thing is not difficult. If you give me a county guard, my subordinates promise to pay one billion yuan to the Prime Minister!"

Dong Zhuo said with a cold face: "Hand in like that fool Hu Zhen! You also want to slaughter the nobles in the Central Plains! Don't blame the old man for not reminding you, the Central Plains is very chaotic now, don't let the old man collect the corpses for you, if you dare Forcing the rebellion of the Kanto clan and causing chaos in the Central Plains, I will kill you first!"

Dong Zhuo's harsh words immediately frightened Niu Fu and the others.

But Dong Zhuo had no choice. Of course he knew that saying such a thing would make his subordinates dissatisfied, but if he didn't say it harshly, they didn't know the seriousness of the matter.

At the beginning, Hu Zhen massacred the elites in Luoyang City, which made the entire Sili elites dissatisfied with him. The entire Luoyang City was full of people who wanted Dong Zhuo to die. At that time, the entire Xiliang Army was in danger. people, but he did not dare to send troops to attack Yuan Shao on his own initiative!
Dong Zhuo was just worried that as soon as he dispatched troops, the nobles of Sili would collude with Yuan Shao and give up Luoyang City to Yuan Shao, so Dong Zhuo and the others would really be homeless.

Dong Zhuo was also lucky. At that time, he discovered the fear of Lei Gong from the nobles of Sili, and used Lei Gong to suppress the dissatisfaction of the nobles of Sili with him. This gave Dong Zhuo a chance to turn defeat into victory!However, the Yellow Turban Army grew bigger in the Central Plains and continued to slaughter the nobles in the Central Plains. This forced the Kanto clan to surrender to Dong Zhuo. With a more vicious enemy, they had to suppress their dissatisfaction with Dong Zhuo.

After all, Dong Zhuo did not slaughter their relatives for the Kanto clan, but the Yellow Turban Army actually wiped out hundreds of them. Which one is more dangerous to them?This is an obvious thing for the Kanto gate valve!

But if Dong Zhuo's subordinates massacre the nobles in the Central Plains again, the Kanto clan will definitely regard Dong Zhuo as a bandit like the Yellow Turban Army. At that time, Dong Zhuo's current good situation will be ruined, and the scholars in the world will no longer trust him he.

Dong Zhuo knew that the three princes and nine ministers in the imperial court did not obey him, and that he would not be able to continue as the Minister of the Han Dynasty, and his power would fall apart, because it was impossible to support his 18 troops by relying on the land of Sili. The Luoyang court must rely on local blood transfusions!
But Niu Fu and the others obviously couldn't understand Dong Zhuo, they only knew that they had gone from death to life for the prime minister of the country, but their official position was not as good as Yuan Shao's.

Dong Zhuo looked at the indignant expressions of his subordinates, and knew that he could not continue to suppress Niu Fu and them.These people are his confidantes and Dong Zhuo's base. If even they are dissatisfied with Dong Zhuo, then Dong Zhuo will become a lonely family.It's okay for an emperor to become a loner, but it is extremely dangerous for a powerful minister to become a loner. Liang Ji is his example!

So Dong Zhuo knew that he couldn't let his confidants down. After all, everyone went from death to life to get promoted and get rich. The old brother who followed you to fight the world is still standing still, such a thing is useless no matter how high Dong Zhuo's prestige is!

So he looked at the crowd and said: "You are all my confidantes. Could it be that this old man will forget you? It's not that you have no rewards. It's just that the rewards will be given in Luoyang City. I can give you peace of mind now. Each of you Anyone can become a general, at least they all have the title of Marquis of Guannei!"

After Dong Zhuo’s heavy reward, Niu Fu and others finally stopped talking about unfair things, but all smiled happily. It is too difficult to become a Marquis in Dahan. Even if Lingdi sold Guan Neihou back then, it was still 1000 million yuan The above, to a certain extent, this is also a very difficult thing, the entire big man is eligible to buy, and there are only a dozen people who can afford it at the same time!
The next day, Dong Zhuo found that Lei Gong's camp was deserted. After sending scouts over, he discovered that Lei Gong and the others had retreated overnight!This made Dong Zhuo and the others baffled. Even if Yu Du in the Central Plains was defeated, Lei Gong didn't need to retreat overnight!
After waiting for a few days, the news from Youzhou reached Dong Zhuo.

Only then did Dong Zhuo know that he ordered Youzhou and Jizhou to mobilize an army to contain Lei Gong, and Liu Yu not only mobilized the army, but also gave Tie Suo Hengjiang the Sanggan River, the main road for the Tengjia Army to transport supplies!This aroused a fierce reaction from the entire Tengjia Army. Now more than [-] people in the Tengjia Army are mobilizing at Yanmen Pass, obviously wanting to attack Youzhou!

Dong Zhuo patted his forehead helplessly and said: "Even I dare not provoke Lei Gong, where did Liu Yu have the courage to stroke Lei Gong's beard! Now it is obvious that Lei Gong has murderous intentions, and it looks like he intends not to occupy it." Youzhou is not going to stop!"

Jia Xu looked at the news reports from the court: "Minister of the State, Huangfusong has already brought 5 troops to support him, and he has also mobilized 10 troops to garrison the fields. It seems that he intends to fully support Youzhou!"

Dong Zhuo said: "Brother Yizhen has no choice. If Lei Gong wants to capture Youzhou, Jizhou will open its doors wide. Fighting Lei Gong's cavalry in the Jizhou plain is courting death. Why not take the initiative to help Liu Yu in Youzhou? Youzhou has favorable terrain to resist Leigong! Youzhou can only be handed over to Huangfusong, I hope he can beat Leigong!"

Then Dong Zhuo asked Jia Xu to write a memorial, asking the court to appoint Huangfusong as the Great General of Zhenbei to command the military affairs of the three states of You, Ji, and Qing. If the war in Youzhou was in the hands of Liu Yu, he felt that he would not even sleep Can't sleep!

Jia Xu thought for a while and said: "It is very difficult for the troops of Youzhou and Jizhou to defeat the Tengjia Army. The standing army of the Tengjia Army alone exceeds 30, and there are millions of barbarians in hand. They can be easily recruited. Hundreds of thousands of cavalry. The two prefectures of Youji, except for a few dangerous places, are very suitable for cavalry. Even if Huangfusong has the ability to recover, Huangfusong is not superior in terms of military strength, types of arms, and even equipment. It is very difficult to defeat the Rattan Armored Army!"

Dong Zhuo thought for a while and said, "But now the imperial court can still find soldiers?"

Jia Xu thought for a while and said: "The Prime Minister can use money and food to buy Han Sui and Ma Teng. The Tengjia Army's Shangjun and Shuofang Commanderies are close to Xiliang. For the cavalry, if they attack Shangjun and Shuofang counties, they can hold back an army of more than 3 from the Tengjia Army.

Appoint Duan Yan as the governor of Hedong, and attack the Hexi County of the Tengjia Army, and we will attack Shangdang County here, so that at least a hundred thousand troops of the Tengjia Army can be held back.The imperial court must rely on the advantages of military strength and vast territory to fully contain the Tengjia Army's army. In this way, Lei Gong will not invest too much troops in attacking Youzhou, and Youzhou can hold it! "

Dong Zhuo worried: "Can the imperial court bear such a large army? Do we have so much money and food?"

To besiege the Tengjia army for several thousand miles, Jia Xu’s strategy is very large, and it seems that the possibility of success is very high. With the consumption of tens of thousands of troops, even before the death of Emperor Ling, the big man could not maintain the battle of so many troops.

Lingdi maintained an army of 10 to fight, and he had already figured out a way to buy and sell officials.But now the Great Han has been in civil turmoil for more than a year, either fighting with the Kwantung Allied Forces or suppressing the Yellow Turban Army.Don’t look at the fact that there are more troops in the Han Dynasty now than in the period of Emperor Ling, but the background has been consumed almost. During the period of Emperor Ling, at most, the country was poor and the people were rich (the people here refer to the powerful and noble families, and each of them has more than [-] shi of grain!) .

But now the court in Dong Zhuo's hands is poor and the people are poor (Dong Zhuo has tens of billions of money, but he can't buy food. At this time, the money in his hands is useless), and it has been fighting for more than a year. The nobles and nobles don't have much food in their hands, let alone find a way to maintain a 50-strong army!Dong Zhuo was very worried that Lei Gong might be consumed before he was consumed to death!

But Jia Xu said: "This requires the Prime Minister to sit in Luoyang City and mobilize all the strength of the big man to suppress Lei Gong. No matter how strong Lei Gong is, he cannot be the opponent of the whole big man.

This is what the prime minister plans to do, but now it is just a little earlier. Although this is not good for us, but the Fuji armor army is angry and raises troops, and they cannot have much preparation. From this point of view, both sides are the same! "

Although the Central Plains is in chaos this year, there is not much turmoil in Yizhou, Jingzhou, Yangzhou and other places. The Prime Minister can let these three places mobilize food and grass into Luoyang City to solve the food problem in Luoyang City, and at the same time use the stored food in Luoyang City to maintain Sili Several fronts in the direction.Youzhou, Jizhou Huangfusong and Liu Yu have been preparing for many years, they have no shortage of food and grass, and they don't need the support of the Prime Minister!

After hearing Jia Xu's explanation, Dong Zhuo breathed a sigh of relief. If the Youzhou and Jizhou armies could raise their own food and grass locally, it would relieve Dong Zhuo's pressure by half.

But he still smiled wryly and said: "In such a big war, the court's family will be wiped out again!"

Now Dong Zhuo understands Emperor Ling to a certain extent. It's not that Emperor Ling is too greedy for money, but that it's too difficult for the family to be a big man, and it's impossible to live without some money in hand.

Now the money and food in the treasury of the Han Dynasty are basically accumulated by Dong Zhuo's hard work. Back then, the Ling Emperor had three autumns and four empties, not to mention leaving his family property, but also leaving behind a buttock of debts.

After Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang City, he first collected a small part of the eunuchs’ money and food, and then confiscated all the property of the He family. In addition to Lingdi’s Wanjintang and Empress Dowager Dong’s small treasury, there were only a few million stones of grain and food. 200 billion yuan, and then Hu Zhen slaughtered more than a dozen powerful families in Luoyang City, and got him another 100 billion yuan!

Because of Dong Zhuocai, the empty treasury of the imperial court quickly filled up, but since the Kwantung Allied Forces uprising, counties and counties in various places did not pay taxes to the imperial court at all. Dong Zhuo is now in a state of sitting and eating!

And now Dong Zhuo has been fighting for more than half a year, consuming 200 million shi of food and 40 billion military funds. This is because he only mobilized 4 troops, but now the entire Han Dynasty has 50 troops to recruit, I am afraid that the imperial treasury may not be Can withstand the consumption of this war!
But what should be done is still to be done. Dong Zhuo and Li Jue left 2 troops behind, appointed him as the general of the auxiliary country to attack the Tianjing Pass in Shangdang County, and told him: "Your department mainly focuses on restraining the strength of the Tengjia Army. If the soldiers suffer heavy casualties, the truth will take your skin off!"

Li Jue excitedly said: "Prime Minister, don't worry, my subordinates will definitely not let you down!"

Then Dong Zhuo returned to the court with the rest of the people in command!
(End of this chapter)