The Horse of the Three Kingdoms Treads the World

() The so-called words are long and nothing is short. In the blink of an eye, two months have passed since the fire in Luoyang.And these two months have been the most peaceful two months in the entire Han Dynasty since the death of Emperor Ling. There has been no war and chaos, and the people can finally settle down.

Since the death of Emperor Ling, there have been several conquests and accidents in the government and the opposition. First, the eunuchs rebelled and killed He Jin.Then the hundred officials counterattacked again, forcing the eunuchs into desperation, and the eunuchs had to flee with the sky.Then Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang, which caused a series of turmoil until the Kwantung Allied Forces sent troops in the name of righteousness to recapture Luoyang City, forcing Dong Zhuo's Xiliang Army to retreat to Chang'an. This year-long chaos Only then did it ease up.

But in the eyes of some people, the Kwantung Allied Forces will not stop there after capturing Luoyang.Since the banner they played was to revive the Han Dynasty and punish the rebellious officials, then they should continue to march westward, so as to wipe out the Xiliang army in one fell swoop.But in fact, the situation was beyond these people's expectations. After capturing Luoyang City, the [-] Kwantung Allied Forces stopped moving forward.

Soon after, one bad news after another came out.First, a fire broke out in Luoyang City, and the Kwantung Allied Forces who had just settled in it were caught off guard and suffered heavy losses.I heard that several groups of people are even short of food and grass, and they will not be able to move westward for a while.Subsequently, because of the distribution of food and credit, differences and contradictions appeared within the Kwantung Allied Forces, which consisted of more than a dozen troops.

Sun Jian, who was already very dissatisfied with the various actions of the Kwantung Allied Forces, took advantage of the situation and withdrew from the Allied Forces.But then, there was a rumor that he led his troops back because he had obtained the Jade Seal of Chuanguo in that fire, and he immediately took his own seal because he didn't want to hand it over to others. People and horses withdrew from the coalition forces.

As a result, other people from all walks of life are naturally unwilling to give up.As a result, several coalition forces launched a chase to Sun Jian's troops who had already left. Although they failed to do anything to Sun Jian's troops in the end, they finally aroused conflicts within the coalition forces.

Some people began to openly provoke Yuan Shao under the pretext of ineffective command, and then declared that they would no longer be bound by him.There are also people who only care about plundering the few remaining wealth in Luoyang City, and plundering all the property of the people that even the Xiliang Army can't bear to rob, and then put all the crimes on the head of the Xiliang Army .Others simply left without getting involved in the affairs of the coalition forces, because they had already seen that the coalition forces had completely lost the idea of ​​advancing after they captured Luoyang, and now they were just a mess.That being the case, what are you still doing in Luoyang?

In just two months, the Kwantung Allied Forces of more than [-] people fell apart, and they no longer had the mighty momentum they had before.In this way, it is naturally impossible for them to go west to Chang'an and start a final desperate battle with the Xiliang army.

And when these news continued to spread, people who cared about the Han Dynasty all over the world began to worry that the Xiliang Army would take advantage of the situation to counterattack.After all, once the enemy is weak, that is exactly the time for them to regain the initiative and once again control the world in their hands.Therefore, all eyes were on Chang'an City, and everyone was watching what Dong Zhuo would do.

But this time Dong Zhuo seemed a lot more stable. Even though he had known about the ongoing civil strife in the Kwantung Allied Forces, he did not raise his troops eastward again, but continued to stay in Chang'an City.In fact, this is not because he is satisfied with the status quo, but because the current situation of the Xiliang Army itself does not allow him to launch a war again in a short time.

The loss of Luoyang and the previous defeats at Hulaoguan and other places dealt a heavy blow to the Xiliang army, and the damage to the troops was not small.Xiliang is also a sparsely populated area, and it is very difficult to replenish soldiers, so after losing tens of thousands of horses, Dong Zhuo did not dare to talk about war lightly.

However, this is only one of the reasons. The real key issue is Dong Zhuo's uneasy heart.The officials in the imperial court were forced to be taken from Luoyang to Chang'an by him. Naturally, they felt some resentment. Their homes and properties were all destroyed by Dong Zhuo himself. These people really wanted to kill Dong Zhuo.It's just that these people have endured for the time being because they are surrounded by the Xiliang army, but if Dong Zhuo sends his troops out to fight the Kwantung Allied Forces, it is uncertain whether these people will suddenly attack.

It was precisely because of such considerations that Dong Zhuo temporarily suppressed his intention to advance eastward, and instead focused on rectifying the interior first.At the same time, in order to prepare for the next eastward advance, Dong Zhuo also issued an order to dispatch a large army from the rear of Xiliang to help. East again.At that time, taking back Luoyang City would not be his ultimate goal, and he could even mention Xiliang Xiliang's army to take the entire world of the Han Dynasty.

But now, everything just needs a time.

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While Dong Zhuo was waiting, reinforcements from Xiliang finally arrived in Chang'an City.But when he saw those generals and sergeants, he showed suspicion again: "Niu Fu, what's going on? Are these troops newly recruited by you? Why don't you bring our original Xiliang elite with you?" Come, but brought these new troops.” Dong Zhuo asked Niu Fu who had just dismounted and was saluting to him with some dissatisfaction and doubts.

"My lord, let me know..." Niu Fu had expected Dong Zhuo to ask this question, so he explained the sudden epidemic that happened in the army, and then said: "The general is worried that if these soldiers and horses are in stable condition, they will come back again." I missed my lord's important matter, so I had to dispatch troops from several other cities. But these troops are also the elite among my Xiliang people, even if compared with our original elite, they are not much different." Fortunately, the epidemic did not infect him, the main general at the time, otherwise he might not even be able to be there.

"There is such a thing!" Dong Zhuo's eyes flashed with surprise, and he felt that this matter was too problematic. Could it be that even God would make things difficult for him?But when he took a closer look at the approaching Xiliang army, his expression became a little better.Because he saw that these troops were indeed as capable as Niu Fu said, even compared to the original Xiliang Army.In particular, the tens of thousands of horses on the left wing are even more sharp-edged, which makes people dare not underestimate them.

"Which group is this left wing?" Dong Zhuo looked at the generals following Niu Fu with admiration.

Immediately, a tall man came out and responded respectfully: "This is the soldier of Long County who has been trained by the last general for two years. My lord laughed at me." Naturally, he was Ma Teng, although for the two sons He has a lot of opinions on his audacity, but now, he has to let go of his hands and feet to do this matter.

"It turned out to be General Ma. I'm disrespectful. I didn't expect you to be so good at training soldiers and horses. If I had known that you had this ability, I should have given the troops to you to lead before I left Xiliang." Dong Zhuo praised .He could tell that this army was definitely not inferior to the original Xiliang Army in terms of combat effectiveness, and it took him five or six years to build the original Xiliang Army to look like it does now, but this army obviously didn't take that long Forged by time.Of course, if you really want to compare the two, this team should not be the opponent of the original Xiliang Army, but Ma Teng can be regarded as a talent if he can forge such a strong team in two years.

And the reason why Dong Zhuo praised Ma Teng so generously was also to buy people's hearts. After all, these people who came here were not his direct descendants, and their role in Dongjin would be very important in the future, so naturally they needed to be wooed now.So afterwards, Dong Zhuo said again: "Since you are willing to bring people and horses to help the emperor together, then the imperial court will naturally not treat you badly. Soon, the imperial court will reward you all. Let's have a banquet to clean up the dust for the generals."

"Thank you, my lord, for the promotion and the banquet!" These generals who were not Dong Zhuo's confidants thanked at the same time.These people had no other thoughts, and now they had such an opportunity to curry favor with Dong Zhuo, they would naturally not let it go.Since they are members of the Xiliang army, they can only succeed one day if they follow Dong Zhuo, and this time they can come to Chang'an is an important turning point.

Dong Zhuo was even more satisfied seeing these generals being so knowledgeable, and laughed loudly: "Okay, as long as you and the soldiers under your command are willing to use your lives, this world will be ours sooner or later!" But these words seemed a bit arrogant and presumptuous, he is still a courtier after all , this world should belong to the Son of Heaven no matter what.However, how could Dong Zhuo take a teenage puppet emperor seriously?

Only the courtiers who accompanied him out of the city to meet the Xiliang army were very dissatisfied, all of them looked gloomy, and they didn't know what they were thinking.But at this time, even their own wealth and life are in Dong Zhuo's hands, no matter how much dissatisfaction they have, they dare not speak out.

But Ma Yue, who was by Dong Zhuo's side, had seen all this in his eyes, the corner of his mouth slightly raised, and a sneer flashed almost imperceptibly.He knew that the more arrogant Dong Zhuo behaved now and the more people he offended, the more help he would get when he suddenly got into trouble.

After welcoming all the soldiers into the city, Dong Zhuo took a group of generals to his mansion, and Ma Yue also took this opportunity to find his elder brothers Ma Chao and Wang Feng who came with his father.He cupped his hands at several people and said, "It's because you and Brother Wang are willing to take risks to get things done this time. Thank you, brother." For this, Wang Feng and the others naturally refused to say goodbye. dare.

"Hey, second brother, you and I haven't seen each other for a few days now, how did you become so estranged? We are blood brothers, shouldn't elder brother help you? Besides, this is not considered helping you, but helping us immediately. My eldest son, I should go all out." Ma Chao laughed, and then lowered his voice: "But there is one thing I have to ask, when and how do you plan to do things?"

With a smile on his face, Ma Yue said softly: "I think it won't be too long, but it's not the time yet, let's wait and see. Anyway, the men and horses have arrived, and we have more than [-]% chance of success!"