"My lord, Zhang Yang, Wang Kuang's vanguard has already started fighting Dong Zhuo's army."
“Right in Ha Yangjin”
"It seems they are quite eager."
When Su Fan heard this, he didn't care.
Their Hanoi Legion, with more than 800,000 people, can be divided into two groups, one is the northern princes led by Zhang Yang and Wang Kuang, and the other is a small group from the Central Plains led by Su Fan, Tao Qian, and Kong Ni.
Zhang Yang and Wang Kuang were so eager to achieve their goals that they even suppressed their conflicts for the time being and went to Heyangjin wholeheartedly, preparing to break through and enter Luoyang.
But Su Fan was not optimistic about the two of them. Their army numbered more than 300,000.
There are quite a few soldiers and horses, but I'm afraid only less than one-tenth are truly elite. Most of them are new soldiers who have never experienced the battlefield. Facing Dong Zhuo's elite, there will definitely be no return.
"By the way, Zhicai, do you know who is commanding the border army in Xiliang?"
Dong Zhuo was born as a frontier general and rose up step by step. The generals under him are not bad either, perhaps none of them are famous.
But there are still many generals, especially in the late Han Dynasty and the early Three Kingdoms period, few princes in the world can compare with them.
After all, military generals, especially those who command troops, except for a few monsters, most military generals have to go through countless experiences if they want to become famous generals.
Even for Cao Cao, a military strategist, he made quite a few mistakes when leading troops to fight in the early stages.
Fortunately, his talent was strong enough, and he experienced repeated failures and eventually became a famous general and military strategist.
Most of the princes in the coalition are civil servants of the prefectural and governor type, and the generals under their command are even rarer. Many are just good warriors, and most of them are unqualified as generals.
They have almost no ability to lead troops. When two armies fight, they can at best lead the charge.
Compared with Dong Zhuo's army, there is still a big gap between such an army.
After all, Dong Zhuo's Xiliang army was a frontier army. They had gone through countless wars. Whether they were low-level soldiers or middle-level and high-level generals, they all had a lot of experience.
Even though Dong Zhuo may not have any famous generals under his command, in the early days, people such as Li Jue and Guo Si may have been better at commanding troops than the generals under the Allied Forces.
Perhaps many of the generals under the coalition princes will have the opportunity to become generals and famous generals in the future. However, they have not experienced many wars, and it is difficult for them to be opponents of Dong Zhuo's army as they are immature.
Moreover, Dong Zhuo’s subordinates were not all empty-handed.
At least in Su Fan's eyes, there are two people under Dong Zhuo who can become handsome men. One is Xu Rong and the other is Duan Yan.
The personal strength of the two men may not be much higher than that of Dong Zhuo, but their command of battles is even stronger than that of Lu Bu.
Lu Bu is very strong, and Su Fan does not deny this.
Lü Bu's command of Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry can be said to be almost invincible. Lü Bu can be a general, but not a commander.
The simplest comparison between a general and a commander is the number of troops in command. Some people may be invincible if they command thousands of troops and horses in battle, but once the number of troops and horses increases, it will stop.
And Xu Rong was one of the few commanders under Dong Zhuo who could command the three armies.
It's a pity that Xu Rong's status under Dong Zhuo is not too high. At least it is inferior to Li Jue and Guo Bin, let alone compared to Niu Fu.
At most, he has the same status as Zhang Ji and Fan Chou.
But no matter what, the combat experience of the generals under Dong Zhuo must be stronger than that of the generals under the princes in Guandong.
So Zhang Yang and Wang Kuang were the first to die, and Su Fan didn't care.
He came here just to make a name for himself. If he really wanted to help the Han Dynasty, he would not choose this option.
Of course, when he strives for world hegemony, he just wants to 'feed' the mirror of the world. He doesn't care about rights or anything like that.
Otherwise, in his last life, he was in the Tang Dynasty, conquering the world, and when his descendants came of age, he would hand over the world to the other party as soon as possible without any hesitation.
The same is true in this world.
To participate in the alliance and defeat Dong Zhuo, he must control the situation carefully and not appear too strong or too weak.
The choice of Hanoi route was also planned by him and Xi Zhicai.
From the beginning, he and Xi Zhicai had made it clear that it would be difficult for the princes of Guandong to invade Luoyang.
Dong Zhuo's troops, horses and military strength are indeed stronger than those of the Kwantung princes, despite the fierce momentum of the Kwantung princes now.
But this is just the surface.
In the historical novel, Dong Zhuo retreated. Su Fan didn't know why, but if it were him, he would have just guarded a few checkpoints and waited for the Kwantung princes to retreat.
Su Fan no matter what Dong Zhuo chooses in the future, will he quit Luoyang and run to Chang'an with the emperor like in the historical novels?
But he had no intention of breaking into Luoyang City. Of course, Su Fan was interested in the Jade Seal of the Kingdom, but he also understood that this thing was a divine weapon. Neither the Liu family nor Dong Zhuo, nor other princes in Guandong would let him take it away easily.
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Therefore, Luoyang City lost its appeal to him.
We don't want to break into Luoyang City, but we still need to approach the threat and build their reputation, so the Hanoi route is very suitable.
Originally, if Yuan Shao did not divide his troops, he would also take the initiative to ask for a battle. As a result, Yuan Shao cooperated quite a lot, so he naturally chose this route.
What was really surprising was that Tao Qian also came and now handed his army of 150,000 men into his hands.
Of course, of the 150,000-strong army, there were only 30,000 Shi Danyang soldiers, and the rest were ordinary young men with little combat effectiveness.
But even so, he can command an army of 200,000, which makes the plan easier.
Now Zhang Yang and the others fight against Dong Zhuo's army first, and they can also see how powerful Dong Zhuo's army is.
Zang Ba and others have already gone to the front line, and now he and Xi Zhicai are the only ones in the army.
Xi Zhicai actually went to the front line a long time ago and only came back now.
As for the situation of the battle, Su Fan didn't need to say more about it. Su Fan also had a guess.
So when Xi Zhicai mentioned that Zhang Yang and the others had lost troops and generals, he was not surprised. Instead, he was more curious about who Dong Zhuo sent to defend Hanoi's army this time.
"My lord, the leader of Dong Zhuo's army is Niu Fu, and there is also general Xu Rong."
"Niu Fu, Xu Rong"
Su Fan's face turned serious instantly.
Regarding Dong Zhuo's army, there are only two people he fears the most, one is Lu Bu, and the second is Xu Rong.
Needless to say, Lu Bu's invincible combat power is actually very troublesome. In addition, he has tens of thousands of Bingzhou troops under his command, especially the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry. Under Lu Bu's command, they may be unstoppable.
