The Horse of the Three Kingdoms Treads the World

() Regarding how to deal with the current situation, Dong Zhuo's subordinates are divided into two factions. One faction thinks that the capital should be moved, leaving Luoyang for Chang'an, so as to rely on Xiliang to deal with the enemy; while the other faction thinks that it should not be so easy Just leave Luoyang, that will damage the morale of the army, not to mention that Hulao Pass is strong enough to resist the Kwantung Allied Forces, so there is no need to be so afraid.

Regarding these two views, Dong Zhuo tended to the latter one, and he was a little unwilling to abandon Luoyang with only a small negative.But the former concern is not unreasonable, because once the Hulao pass is breached, Luoyang City will be exposed to the enemy's attack, and it will be too late to withdraw at that time.

After some debate, everyone finally reached a relatively balanced decision-in terms of troop deployment, only a small number of people were dispatched to Chang'an, and at the same time, the property in Luoyang City and court officials were transported to Chang'an in advance to prepare for the relocation of the capital. preparation.The main force of the Xiliang Army continued to stay here and continued to fight the Kwantung Allied Forces.

The advantage of this is that it can not only guarantee a way out for itself, but also not cause too much damage to the morale of the army.Moreover, without the disturbance of officials with ulterior motives, they can better deal with the enemy.

For this resolution, Ma Yue did not have a different opinion, because he knew that moving the capital to Luoyang was something Dong Zhuo had always wanted to do, so that he could truly consolidate his No.1 status in the imperial court and make those entangled courtiers dare not oppose him anymore.But on another matter, Ma Yue had to put forward his own opinion, that is how to meet the enemy at Hulao Pass.

Although Yangcheng fell, for the Xiliang Army, the Kwantung Allied Forces were not too terrifying to fight.So when they talked about how to meet the enemy, many people proposed to take the initiative to attack and defeat the enemy army outside Hulao Pass, so as to wipe out the humiliation of the previous defeat.

Seeing that all the generals held such attitudes, Ma Yue said again: "My lord, all the generals, I think that since Hulao Pass is an extremely dangerous place, which is the most easy to defend and difficult to attack, why can't we take advantage of it?" Do we have to give up our strengths and lose our strengths? I think that when facing a menacing enemy army, we should still stick to our defense, or we can send a few troops to harass the enemy army from the side, but we still The most important thing is to ensure that the Guancheng is not breached."

When the generals heard what Ma Yue said, they were quite unconvinced: "Ma Zhongling, you are too underestimating our Xiliang elite combat power? Our Xiliang iron cavalry is good at attacking, how can we retreat into the customs because of a defeat in a battle? In the city, do we only defend and not attack? We are going to pass the Hulao Pass and smash the enemy army, so that everyone in the world will know how powerful we are."

"That is, according to what you said, we are too passive. However, the situation in this world is changing. Once the state shepherds and governors from other places see our situation, they think that we do not have the ability to wipe out those rebels. I am afraid that what we have to face next is not just a few Kwantung coalition forces, but an attack from all the heroes in the world."

All the audience strongly opposed his sticking to the law of being safe, and Ma Yue opened his mouth to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything.He knew very well that after successive victories and minor setbacks, the entire Xiliang army hoped to achieve a hearty victory.But he knew even better that this would inevitably cause them great suffering, but unfortunately few people would believe what he said, so there was only silence.

Seeing that Ma Yue was speechless by everyone's refutation, Dong Huang was very relieved, and also sneered: "Ma Yue, you have always emphasized the need to defend before, and you really don't have any pride. How can we Xiliang soldiers just because of a little Back off after setbacks and failures? Since you are so afraid of the enemy, then go back to Xiliang!"

Of course, he could only have his mouth full of words, and it was impossible for Ma Yue to be driven back to Xiliang by Dong Zhuo.However, this also made many generals clearly aware of something, seeing the disagreement between Dong Juan and Ma Yue, and thus felt that they should draw a clear line with him.

Ma Yue didn't take this very seriously.After the start of this war, he already knew that he was powerless to lead the direction of this war. Perhaps soon, he would leave the Central Plains, return to Xiliang, and slowly develop his own family's power.As for how these Dong Zhuo's troops will view him, he obviously doesn't take it too seriously, because the vast majority of these people will die in the ensuing war.

In the end, Dong Zhuo didn't consider Ma Yue's idea of ​​sticking to Hulao Pass, but decided to take the initiative to leave the pass to meet the enemy.At the same time, he also decided to personally lead the army to Hulao Pass to participate in the battle, because he also knew that this battle was related to whether Luoyang City could finally be defended, and even whether the situation in the entire Central Plains could be restored to calm, so he, the coach, had to go to the front line in person up.

And Ma Yue will be busy again.As the war is about to unfold, he must prepare sufficient supplies and food for the front line.As the Xiliang army with cavalry as the main force, the fodder for the horses is the key point, and there is not enough grassland around Luoyang, Ma Yue had to do everything possible to mobilize to the northwest two directions, so busy that he hardly had a rest time.

In addition, the relocation of Luoyang is also proceeding slowly.As the capital of the Great Han Dynasty for 200 years, there is a lot of wealth in Luoyang City that needs to be moved, which is naturally a huge project.And these are all arranged by Ma Yuelai. Who knows that in Dong Zhuo's mind, he is a good staff who can be trusted and can stabilize the rear?

It is not too difficult to move property to Luoyang, but it is very difficult to get officials who have lived here for many years to leave Luoyang.Fortunately, there is no such thing as human rights in this era. Under the threat of swords and guns from the Xiliang Army, those officials who were unwilling in every possible way had no choice but to agree to embark on the road to the west.

Because of many things happening at the same time, the whole of Luoyang became extremely chaotic, and Ma Yue was also busy, so he took the opportunity to do something that he should have done before - to rescue Liu Bian who was rescued by Li Daitao. This time, he got mixed up with a group of people and was escorted by Ma Yue's trusted aides to Xiliang to meet his father and brother.Fortunately, many people will be resettled to Xiliang this time, so it is not unexpected for Liu Bian and his group to go to Xiliang.

Seeing Liu Bian and the others disappear into the vast west-facing crowd, Ma Yue finally breathed a sigh of relief, at least eliminating one possible risk factor.Jia Xu, who was following him, still looked worried: "Zhongling, this time the Xiliang Army is going to fight head-on with the Kwantung Allied Army, I'm afraid the situation will be very unfavorable to us."

"Yes, I once said that once the Kwantung Allied Forces are united, this force cannot be resisted by our state's troops, even the sharpest Xiliang Iron Cavalry in the Han army. But with the current situation Look, Dong Gong's decision is to force them to unite together." Ma Yue also sighed.

"Originally, as long as I planned to rely on Hulaoguan's majesty to guard him for a few months, all kinds of conflicts would inevitably arise within the Kwantung Allied Forces. Maybe we don't need to send troops, and the civil strife alone is enough to make them fall apart. But now ...When the foreign enemy is approaching, no matter how conflicted they are, they must unite as one, not only to defeat the enemy, but also to protect themselves." Ma Yue said again, with a bit of unwillingness in his tone, but at the same time, a little Fortunately.

Jia Xu heard what was on his mind, glanced at him and said, "You also seem to hope that the Xiliang Army will be defeated like this?"

"Dong Zhuo was born with a cruel nature, and now he is only temporarily patient because of the great enemy, so he is definitely not a suitable candidate for the king. If he can really defeat the Kwantung Allied Army, I am afraid that the people of the world will suffer. Therefore, let him defeat this One game is not a bad thing." Ma Yue said in a low voice.

"I'm afraid it's not just because of this reason." Jia Xu shook his head and said with a smile: "You Ma Zhongling is not an ordinary staff who is willing to live under others. You also want to take this opportunity to expand your power? So in the use of troops against the Kwantung Army this time , you didn’t stick to your point of view, otherwise, based on Dong Gong’s trust in you, this matter may not have turned around.”

Ma Yue smiled, but did not deny it.This is indeed one of his intentions. Once Dong Zhuo is defeated because of this active attack, the whole situation will be reversed. All the elites from Xiliang were transferred to the Central Plains.This gave Ma Teng in Xiliang a chance to break away from Dong Zhuo's control. In order not to let his father miss this opportunity, Ma Yue had already handed over the letter to the person who brought Liu Bian there. move.

In addition, once the other people's insistence fails, it will also reflect Ma Yue's current foresight, and his status in the hearts of Xiliang army officers and soldiers must be higher.And this will also lay the foundation for him to seize the effectiveness of some of Dong Zhuo's subordinates in the future.So no matter from which aspect, in order to achieve his goal, Ma Yue is happy to see Dong Zhuo take risks.

"Now, just wait for Hulaoguan to fall, and then we will retreat to Chang'an before the turmoil comes." Ma Yue thought so.

But the development of the matter once again exceeded his expectations. He thought that he would stay out of the matter and would be very safe in Luoyang.But before Dong Zhuo sent troops, there was a dispatch order, and Ma Yue followed him to Hulao Pass...

This made Ma Yue suddenly feel that people are not as good as heaven. He tried his best, but he didn't count that Dong Zhuo would let him follow him to Hulao Pass.This must be the latter's trust in him, but Ma Yue knew that this put himself in a dangerous situation. If the prison was broken, how would he protect himself?