Han Fu remained silent. He was a former disciple of Yuan Clan. Without Yuan Gui's original conquest and recommendation, he would not be where he is today.
His departure from Luoyang City to become Jizhou Mu was originally brought about by Yuan Wei, just to help the Dongdong Alliance manage logistics. However, none of them expected that things would develop like this.
The perfect plan they made encountered various accidents. Now he has no confidence that the Dong Dong Alliance can defeat Dong Zhuo!
If they really failed, they would be rebelling. Not only would their reputation be ruined, but the entire clan would also suffer. His Han family would also be implicated in his decline, and this was something Han Fu could not accept.
After thinking about it, Han Fu asked the judge: "Zhengnan, what do you think their chances of winning are? Can we really defeat Dong Zhuo?"
Among his subordinates, the trial pair has experienced several wars, so he wants to hear the opinions of the trial pair and Dong Alliance!
But Shen Pei said: "The great righteousness lies in doing it even if you know you can't do it!"
Han Fu smiled helplessly. This does not mean that they have little chance of winning!
Shen Pei did not lie to Han Fu and said: "The Tutor is too impatient. He should first integrate the power of the entire Han Dynasty to deal with Lei Gong. With Lei Gong's strength, even if the entire Han Dynasty is strangled, it will take several years before there is any hope of defeating him."
.At that time, Dong Zhuo will definitely lead his army and join forces with Huangfu Song to attack Bingzhou.
After Dong Zhuo left Luoyang City, it was much easier for us to deal with Dong Zhuo no matter how we dealt with him. But now! Ju Yi is right. Even if we break through the Eight Passes of Luoyang, we can only reduce Luoyang City to nothing. This time the Taifu miscalculated
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After hearing what the judge said, Han Fu frowned.
"According to what you say, isn't our defeat already certain?"
Shen Pei thought for a while and said: "Zhou Mu can only provide food and not join the Dongdong Alliance. This can be considered as fulfilling the task assigned by the Imperial Tutor. In fact, my subordinates feel that Your Excellency should get closer to Huangfu Yizhen. Only his
Only a large army can truly defend Jizhou."
Han Fu thought for a while and said helplessly: "In addition to providing food and grass for the alliance with Dong, we should not worry about other things. Maintaining the stability of Jizhou is the most important thing now!"
Luoyang City!
All Dong Zhuo got was good news!
First, Liu Bei led an army of 30,000 people to cross Chang'an City. Now that Nanyang County has set off, the entire Chang'an City has no power to stop Dong Zhuo's control!
Dong Zhuo laughed loudly and said: "Well, with Liu Bei's army, Yuan Shu and his troops don't have to worry. How can a boastful son of Yuan Shu be the opponent of a veteran like Liu Bei!"
"Order Shu Ying to lead an army of 20,000 to take over the entire city of Chang'an, appease the soldiers of the counties and states around Chang'an, and tell him that this is the retreat of our Dong family, and you must watch it for me!"
Dong Min is Dong Zhuo's younger brother, and he is now the person he trusts the most. He leaves his future to his younger brother to take care of!
Then he said to Li Ru: "Give Li Jue the 5,000 fugitive armor purchased from Mayi and ask him to form the Flying Bear Battalion. After changing the equipment, he will be stationed at Hulao Gate and keep an eye on the gate of Luoyang City for me!
As long as Yuan Shao and the others are found, I will give Yuan Shao a severe lesson. I want to tell Yuan Wei that I am not as good as him at playing dirty tricks, but when playing with knives, he is not even worthy of carrying my shoes! I just want Yuan Wei to know
, if he doesn’t have a family background, he’s nothing!”
Then Dong Zhuo moved his body and said: "Winter is almost over, I should also move around. When I chop off the heads of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, I will give them to the Taifu and let him know the consequences of fighting against me!"
The Grand Tutor has calculated everything well. The only thing he made wrong is that our Han warriors are not as shameless as him. They know who the real national traitor is! As long as they stand by the truth, Yuan Shao and the others will not be able to overthrow the enemy!
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The time Yuan Shao and the others chose to raise their troops was winter, and it was difficult for Dong Zhuo to mobilize his army to attack Yuan Shao and the others. But now that winter was about to pass, he had also found allies to contain Huangfu Song and Liu Yu. Now Liu Bei was also on his side, and he wanted to
The only people he had to deal with were the second-generation officials who had never fought a war with Yuan Shao. In Dong Zhuo's opinion, he was very sure of this war!
Dong Zhuo laughed and said: "Wen You thinks that we should take the initiative now and completely defeat Yuan Shao and the others after the spring begins, or we should wait for Yuan Shao and the others to come and defeat them in one fell swoop!"
Li Ru thought for a while and said: "Prime Minister, although we have military advantages, we do not have as much food as Yuan Shao and the others. Luoyang City cannot be self-sufficient in food. Every year, 500 shi of food must be imported from the Central Plains to support Yuan Shao and the others.
Since the incident, the entire Central Plains has not transported a single stone of grain to Luoyang City, and any further delay will be detrimental to us."
Dong Zhuo smiled and said: "It seems that we don't have many choices, but this is fine. I will let brother Yuan Shao see the prestige of our Xiliang cavalry!"
Li Ru continued: "The three armies have not moved, and food and grass go first. The prime minister cannot ignore this problem. Although the prime minister is nominally the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, he can only control Sili. Since Yuan Shao's uprising, the governors of various places have
Mudu refuses to pay taxes on the grounds of war. Even though we still have 20 billion in money, money cannot buy food and grass. It is difficult for us to support an army of more than 100,000 people in Sili!
Dong Zhuo sneered and said: "Everyone says they are traitors to the country. Seeing that the Han Dynasty has not yet been destroyed, the governors are anxious to stand on their own feet and kill all these villains. There will be no mistakes!"
It’s okay for Yuan Shao and the others to rebel. The other prefects and governors are obviously useless if they don’t pay taxes. If they want to wait and see, who will be the victor, they will join that side!”
, Li Ru continued: "Although Yuan Shao and his troops only have a few hundred thousand troops, there are tens of millions of people in the Central Plains. Yuan Shao and his men can easily recruit hundreds of thousands more soldiers, and our rear is unstable. I am worried that the Prime Minister will lead the army to leave Luoyang City.
, the wealthy nobles in Luoyang city and Yuan Shao's rebellion cooperated internally and externally, and we were in trouble.
Therefore, we can only win quickly. If there is an obvious stalemate between us and Yuan Shao, we will not have sufficient food and wages, and defeat will be a high probability!"
Dong Zhuo confidently said: "With the army in my hands, even half of it is enough to defeat Yuan Shao and their coalition forces!"
He now has two ace troops in his hands, one is the ceramic heavy cavalry, and the other is the fully armored flying bear army. These two armies are elites that can fight one against ten, and they are also the source of Dong Zhuo's confidence! People like him
The veteran relies on these two ace armies. An army of 50,000 is enough to defeat Yuan Shao and his army of hundreds of thousands!
Dong Zhuo continued: "As long as nothing unexpected happens, giving me two months will be enough to defeat Yuan Shao and the others. At that time, the Prime Minister will arrange for our people to occupy the counties in the Central Plains, so that we don't have to worry about food problems! Wen
You will take charge of Luoyang City for me when the time comes, and you will kill anyone who dares to make any move!"
Li Ru nodded. Dong Zhuo's arrangements were not revealed much! Unless Yuan Shao and the others emerge an eternal soldier like Han Xin, Yuan Shao and the others will be defeated!
Then Li Ru took a set of iron armor from the attendant beside him and said: "This is the armor given to the Prime Minister by Commander Lei Gongqu. It is said to be made using Mayi's latest cold forging technology. Its defensive power is stronger than the previous steel armor."
Times, even a big yellow crossbow cannot penetrate it when shot at close range!"
Dong Zhuo took the armor and said a little sadly: "I didn't expect that the prime minister of the Han Dynasty would be reduced to needing the care of a bandit. All the civil and military officials in the court wished for my death. Even though Lei Gong was rebellious, he was worried that I would be assassinated! What the hell is this?
Damn it! Could it be that I, Dong Zhuo, have really done something so outrageous that the entire Han Dynasty can no longer tolerate me?
Dong Zhuo took the armor and said: "Next time you go to see Thunder Lord, ask him what he wants, and I will give him a gift in return!"
At this time, Li Ru said: "Lei Gong also brought a subordinate, saying that he had a big deal and wanted to do it with the Prime Minister!"
Dong Zhuo immediately said: "Bring the people here!"
Suddenly, he thought of the scene when he met Lei Gong, so he ordered again: "Go and prepare a banquet for me!"
Not long after, a man who looked like an ordinary citizen came to Dong Zhuo and said: "Envoy of the Tengjia Army, Wan Shi has met General Dong!"
Li Rudao: "Now we should call him the Prime Minister!"
Dong Zhuo stopped him and said: "It doesn't matter. I have been fighting for my whole life. General, please listen to me kindly!"
"Come, come, come, let's chat while we eat. I know that your Tengjia Army doesn't have much food right now, so little brother Wan Shi must be starving!"
Wan Shi looked at the meal prepared by Dong Zhuo and said, "It's not bad. Li Changshi took good care of me along the way."
But he himself ate it without any hesitation!
Dong Zhuo waited for Wan Shi to finish all the food on the table before asking: "What is your commander Qu interested in in Luoyang City?"
Wan Shi patted his belly and said: "Our Commander Qu said that Luoyang City is the imperial capital of the Han Dynasty and has many treasures. It would be a pity if it was destroyed by war. He asked me to ask the Prime Minister if he is willing to trade these treasures for weapons and armor?
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Dong Zhuo asked curiously: "What does Lei Gong like in Luoyang City?"
Wan Shi said: "It is said that there are millions of volumes of classics and history in Lantai in the palace. My Qushuai said it would be a pity to be destroyed by the war. General Dong can exchange 200 volumes of books for a set of iron armor, and 100 volumes of books for a set of ceramic armor."
, or exchange 30 rolls for a set of leather armor and sword, 10 rolls for a longbow, and 1 roll for a barrel of arrows!"
Then Wan Shi took out a transaction sheet and said: "The prices that can be exchanged are all on it. General Dong can take a look!"
A servant took the transaction sheet and looked at it, and found that almost all weapons and equipment, even trebuchets used in industrial cities, were available. Of course, the price was even higher. It took 1,000 volumes of books to exchange for a stone cannon with a range of more than 300 steps!
Dong Zhuo was stunned. He had never thought that Lei Gong, a rebellious person, would be so concerned about Lantai's books. Dong Zhuo himself didn't even know that Lantai had so many books.
But Dong Zhuo's face quickly turned ugly. Lei Gong said he was worried that these books would be burned in the flames of war. Doesn't this mean that he was not optimistic that he could defeat Yuan Shao and the others?
But after all, Lei Gong was his only ally now, and he still relied on Lei Gong, so he suppressed his anger and said: "Lantai's books are precious treasures of the Han Dynasty. As the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, I will not sell them to the Han Dynasty."
Of these treasures!”
The collection of classics and history doesn't matter, but Lantai has information on the taxation, fields, terrain resources, etc. of hundreds of counties in the entire Han Dynasty. It can be said that the Han Dynasty relies on these information to grasp the local situation. These things are very important to Lei Gong.
Rebellious and secretive.
Moreover, Dong Zhuo is still confident that he can defeat Yuan Shao, so he will naturally not give such precious information to Lei Gong!"
Wan Shi didn't pay attention, and he didn't understand why Qu Shuai wanted these books!
But he continued: "If General Dong is not willing to exchange books, can he use various craftsmen from the Shaofu to exchange the armor of our Tengjia Army?"
Dong Zhuo was surprised and said: "You still want people?"
Lei Gong is really not afraid of being stretched to death?
Wan Shidao: "It's a craftsman. The better the craftsmanship, the higher the value. If you reach the master-level craftsman recognized by our Tengjia Army, one person can exchange for 10 sets of iron armor, a senior craftsman can also exchange for 5 sets of iron armor, and an intermediate craftsman can exchange for 2
One set, the junior craftsman will change it to another set!”
Craftsmen can exchange for armor, and there are still 10 sets of armor. Dong Zhuo was shocked. He asked: "What craftsman can be considered a master? How are these levels determined?"
Wan Shi said: "Our Tengjia Army has its own set of standards. As long as General Dong agrees, our Commander Qu said that he wants to buy a piece of land in Luoyang City to establish an embassy to facilitate our contact! By then our Tengjia Army will
Bring someone over here to evaluate the craftsmen you brought over!"
Books Dong Zhuo could not be traded, but craftsman Dong Zhuo didn't care. If he could exchange them for 10 sets of armor, he would have traded all the people in Luoyang City to Thunder God!
What Xu Wei covets most are the high-level craftsmen in Luoyang City. These are treasures accumulated by the Han Dynasty over hundreds of years. In terms of technology, they are much higher than the current Mayi.
Many of them can be considered as eighth-level craftsmen. If they really exist, Xu Wei can build a steam engine by hand, so that the entire Han Dynasty has entered the steam civilization! So Xu Wei plans to take this opportunity to make Luoyang
All the city's senior craftsmen were moved to Mayi!
"I agree to this. The former general's mansion is still vacant, so you can build the embassy there!"
Then Dong Zhuo said to Li Ru: "Wen You, take a group of people to protect He Jin's mansion. Don't let anyone hurt little brother Wan Shi!"
Dong Zhuo was worried that Yuan Wei and the others would kill Wan Shi in order to cut off the alliance between him and Lei Gong! He had already seen Yuan Wei's methods. It could be said that in order to achieve the goal, killing a few people was nothing to him.
But it was too important to him. If there was no Thunder Lord, he would have to be careful of the armies of Huangfu Song and Liu Yu now. He could not bear the price of being an enemy of Thunder Lord!
Li Ru nodded and said: "No!"
After Wan Shi left, Dong Zhuo asked strangely: "What does Lei Gong want? Books and craftsmen. Doesn't he have too much armor and no place to put it?"
In Dong Zhuo's opinion, craftsmanship is something that not everyone can do, but is it still worth a suit of armor?
This could be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, enough to buy dozens of slaves.
Li Ru was also confused. Although he had some talents, he was still a Confucian scholar and couldn't figure out what the use of craftsmen was.
However, he still said: "The Prime Minister should still find a way to trade stone cannons with Lei Gong. It is said that Lei Gong captured a large city in three days when he was in Jizhou. Now the Prime Minister wants to attack Yanzhou, and stone cannons are indispensable in the siege."
Damn it!"
Dong Zhuo nodded: "There are tens of thousands of craftsmen in the Young Mansion. They should be able to exchange for a lot of stone cannons. If it is not enough, you can go to Lantai to trade the books of the Classics and History Collection to Duke Lei. This is Luoyang City. Is there still a shortage of books?"