Jia Xu sneered and said: "I don't believe that Duke Lei is not worried about the nearly 300,000 troops around him. As long as Huangfu Song and Liu Yu's army moves, Duke Lei will not be able to mobilize too many troops to attack Hanoi County. When the time comes, the Prime Minister will
Leading a large army to support Hanoi County, not to mention defeating the Thunder Lord, but holding Hanoi County will not be a problem."
"Furthermore, Lei Gong is a stable person. He knows that Hanoi County is the confidant of the Han Dynasty. The Prime Minister cannot give up. Huangfu Song cannot give up. Even Liu Yu cannot give up. As long as the Prime Minister resolutely responds to Lei Gong's temptation, he will
Returned."
"Unless he wants to break out a full-scale war with the Han Dynasty, my subordinates feel that Lei Gong's attack on Hanoi County is not to capture Hanoi County, but to contain the Prime Minister and help the Yellow Turban Army in the Central Plains! Lei Gong really wants to expand his territory in order to
With his steady character, he should attack Youzhou, which is beyond the reach of the imperial court!"
Dong Zhuo was explained by Jia Xu in such a way that he finally understood why Lei Gong went south to Hanoi County. There was no need to worry about 300,000 Tengjia troops swarming down and capturing Hanoi County!
Then he led his 60,000-strong army to massively support Hanoi County. At the same time, according to the imperial court's order, he asked Huangfu Song to attack Shangdang County and Taiyuan County occupied by Tengjia Army in Jizhou, and asked Liu Yu of Youzhou to attack Mayi to contain it.
Stay with Thunder Lord’s army!”
Following Dong Zhuo's order, the entire northern army of the Han Dynasty was mobilized! War north of the Yellow River is about to break out!
Jizhou, Zhao State!
After Dong Zhuo's order was issued to Huangfu Song, Huangfu Song used all his 100,000 troops to attack the outposts and camps in Bingzhou with a small force from the Taihang Mountains, thousands of miles away!
"Does Lei Gong want to test Luoyang City's defense?" Lu Zhi looked strange. It was too strange for Lei Gong to attack Hanoi County at this time, and an army of 30,000 was not enough for him to attack Luoyang City!
Huangfu Song said coldly: "No, Lei Gong may want to contain the main force of the imperial court so that the imperial court does not have an army to encircle and suppress the Yellow Turban Army in the Central Plains. Secondly, he wants to see if there is a chance to eliminate Dong Zhuo. For Lei Gong, a split
The big man is the best to him! Dong Zhuo is his enemy after he defeats Yuan Shao."
"He originally thought that the Kwantung Allied Forces were powerful, so he strengthened Dong Zhuo's strength at all costs, and even gave Dong Zhuo 5,000 sets of armor. However, he did not expect that the Kwantung Allied Forces were so unsatisfactory. They had an army of 200,000 but failed to defeat Dong Zhuo. Lei Gong saw Dong Zhuo
Given the opportunity to integrate the Han Dynasty, he has murderous intentions towards Dong Zhuo. If he can kill Dong Zhuo, Lei Gong will definitely do it. Even if he cannot do it, Lei Gong will still want to destroy Dong Zhuo's prestige so that the Han Dynasty will continue to divide!"
"This is why Thunder Lord attacked Hanoi County, and why Brother Wei immediately helped Dong Zhuo, because now only Dong Zhuo can integrate the strength of the entire Han Dynasty to encircle Thunder Lord, and the current Han Dynasty cannot lack Dong Zhuo!"
Lu Zhi was a famous general of his generation. After hearing Huangfu Song's words, he immediately figured out the inside story, and then said with a wry smile: "Shangdang County should not have been so easily thrown to Lei Gong in the first place. Now Lei Gong's troops are pointing directly at Luoyang City.
It’s too passive for us!”
Without Lei Gong's troops from Shangdang County, the distance to Luoyang City was less than 300 miles, and there was no natural danger along the way except for the Yellow River. It can be said that the battle between Dong Zhuo and Yuan Huai dragged the entire Han Dynasty into the most dangerous situation.
"Brother Yizhen, you can't launch a war against Lei Gong from Jizhou. No matter how many fortifications you build in Jizhou, the defense line of thousands of miles is useless. If Lei Gong attacks one point, your defense line will be completely destroyed. And if
If Lei Gong attacks from Youzhou or Hanoi County, your thousands of miles of defense will be in vain, you are too passive!"
Lu Zhi had long discovered the weakness of Huangfu Song's defense line. If Lei Gong detoured to Youzhou or Hanoi County, this defense line would be destroyed!
Huangfusong smiled bitterly and said: "I tried it. Even Ju Yi's most elite shield and sword soldiers can only exchange one to one with Lei Gong's elite. If the exchange ratio of ordinary soldiers in Jizhou immediately becomes three to one,
, take the initiative to attack, even if Jizhou’s 200,000-strong army is destroyed, it will not be able to destroy Lei Gong’s 100,000-strong army! If we rely on the layers of defense in the Taihang Mountains, my 200,000-strong army will be able to fight!"
"Actually, every day I wonder how Lei Gong will hit my line of defense instead of attacking Hanoi County or Youzhou! It's a pity that Lei Gong is not stupid. He keeps using the Yellow Turban Army to consume me, but he doesn't take the initiative to attack Jizhou. Especially
It was when the Kwantung Allied Forces were attacking Dong Ben that it was the best time for him to attack Jizhou. At that time, Brother Wei was preparing to fight with Lei Gong in a fight where both sides would lose, so he did not pay attention to the war between Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shao."
"But Lei Gong was completely unmoved by the chaos in the Central Plains. Yuan Shao and Dong Zhuo fought fiercely, and the Tengjia Army did not dispatch. Instead, they supported the Yellow Turban thieves in the Central Plains. He wanted to completely divide the Han Dynasty. This forbearance was too great.
It’s terrible, it’s impossible to defeat the current Lei Gong without gathering the strength of the entire Han Dynasty!”
Lu Zhi said in surprise: "The Jizhou Army has been trained by you, Yizhen, for two years. Its combat effectiveness is no worse than that of the Northern Army. How can it be possible to achieve such an exchange ratio?"
Huangfusong smiled bitterly and said: "If only the elite soldiers are better, the Jizhou Army still has the strength to fight, but the weapons and equipment gap between the two sides is too big. Apart from a small number of officers in the Jizhou Army equipped with iron armor, the remaining 100,000 soldiers are all leather armor.
Or the captured ceramic armor of the Yellow Turban Thief.
Lei Gong has an iron-making blast furnace that can smelt hundreds of thousands of kilograms of iron at a time. Now the Tengjia Army has more than 100,000 soldiers wearing iron armor, and the number is increasing by 30,000 every year. It is these armors that make
It takes three Jizhou Army soldiers to defeat one of Lei Gong’s soldiers!”
"100,000 armored soldiers!" Lu Zhi couldn't believe this number. You must know that the price of a set of armor in Han Dynasty was as high as hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of dollars. In other words, these 100,000 armors alone are worth tens of billions of dollars.
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Before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the court's revenue was only 3 billion yuan. This armor was worth the three-year treasury income of the Han Dynasty. If the Han Dynasty court wanted to purchase so many armors, it would have needed to be accumulated since Emperor Shizu, Liu Xiu, until now, because the Han Dynasty's financial balance was very small
, Lu Zhi has been unable to make ends meet during the decades he was an official, so it would take a big man 200 years to accumulate so much iron armor. The price is too expensive. This is why the big Han people still use leather armor as the mainstream armor when iron is popular. Iron armor is too precious.
, even a Han officer’s armor can become a family heirloom, passed down from generation to generation for hundreds of years!
After being shocked for a long time, Lu Zhi immediately realized the value of the blast furnace, so he asked: "Brother Yizhen, you don't understand the secret of the Tengjia Army's blast furnace! If the big man had such a blast furnace, wouldn't he catch up with the Tengjia Army in terms of equipment?
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Huangfusong smiled bitterly and said: "I sent many spies, but found nothing. The only thing I know now is that Lei Gong's iron-making furnace is very high, so it is called a blast furnace. Or he uses coal and stone to make iron, but I can't find anything."
The blacksmiths in Jizhou tried it, but the quality of the iron made from coal and stone was very poor and almost useless!"
Huangfu Song played a lot of tricks on Xu Wei. For the fortifications he built, his contribution to the imitation of earth and cement was not small. There was also a rail carriage connecting the four counties, which allowed Huangfu Song to mobilize the Jizhou Army to support the battlefield in all directions.
He even copied the textile machine, but because of the lack of raw materials like wool, the textile factory he built could only produce linen!
After hearing what Huangfu Song said, Lu Zhi smiled bitterly and said: "The blast furnace, wool cloth, iron armor and steel knife, cement, and rail cars all come from the Tengjia Army. If Bingzhou wasn't my Han Dynasty's territory, I would have thought we would have to deal with it.
The enemy is a country that is more powerful than the Han Dynasty! I finally understand the reason why Brother Yizhen is as immovable as a mountain. The Han Dynasty was disrupted by Yuan Wei and others, and its national power declined sharply, but the Tengjia Army continued to improve! Brother Yizhen could only wait.
Mistake with Thunder Lord!"
Huangfu Song solemnly said: "Human beings will make mistakes. Lei Gong is still less than 30 years old. He has been going smoothly since the rebellion. He will definitely be extremely proud. Arrogant soldiers will be defeated. He will definitely make mistakes. We will catch him when the time comes.
This mistake dealt a fatal blow to Thunder Lord!"
Lu Zhi thought for a while, but still shook his head. He found that compared with the Tengjia Army, the big man had a bunch of pig teammates, and they were more likely to make mistakes. If they continued to wait like this, the strength of both sides would become stronger.
The bigger.
Youzhou, Daijun!
Liu Yu took his chief historian Xian Yufu to the government office where Gongsun Zan was stationed in Tuntian!
As soon as Liu Yu saw Gongsun Zan, he immediately asked: "Can your field soldiers fight?"
Gongsun Zan replied: "After my training in the past few years, they are not much worse than the veterans in Youzhou!"
Liu Yu said happily: "That's good, you gather them to attack Mayi!"
Gongsun Zan was surprised and said: "What happened? Ming Gong, you want to attack the Tengjia Army. Although I am not afraid of fighting, the Tengjia Army has 300,000 troops. Our Youzhou army of 80,000 people will only be able to fight against the Tengjia Army with an egg against a stone!"
Xian Yufu said: "Lei Gong led an army of 30,000 to attack Hanoi County and threaten Luoyang. The imperial court issued an order for our Youzhou Army to attack Mayi to contain the Tengjia Army's army and make it difficult for Lei Gong to attack Hanoi County with all its strength!"
When Gongsun Zan heard this, he also knew that this battle had to be fought, otherwise Luoyang City would be captured by Lei Gong!
He thought for a while and said: "The front line of the Sanggan River is the focus of the Tengjia Army's defense, and the Wubao is the star-shaped Wubao that originally defended the 100,000 Xianbei army. It is difficult for us to conquer this kind of force even if we fight hard.
Wubao, let alone Lei Gong's navy in the Sanggan River, if there really is to be a fight, it should actually be our defense!"
The navy in the north basically does not play much role. The local governors and governors basically cannot build a navy. For example, the Youzhou Army does not have a navy. Of course, they do not have the financial resources to build a navy.
But their opponent, the Tengjia Army, has a pretty good navy with thousands of soldiers. If the two sides really fight, the Tengjia Army's navy can span the entire Youzhou and attack everywhere. Instead, they have to find a way to use it.
Prevent the attack of the Tengjia Army with the method of crossing the river with iron ropes!
Xian Yufu thought for a while and said: "Can we send out cavalry to attack Mayi from the grassland?
There is no need to actually conquer Mayi, we just need to contain Mayi’s soldiers and horses and prevent Lei Gong from continuing to increase troops to Hanoi County!"
Gongsun Zan thought for a while and said: "Okay, most of the grassland is now the territory of the Tengjia Army. As long as we learn from the barbarians to break into the territory of the Tengjia Army and burn, kill and loot, with the vastness of the grassland, thousands of cavalry can contain the Tengjia Army."
The army has tens of thousands of soldiers!”
Liu Yu immediately stopped him and said: "We are the army of the imperial court. We cannot do things like burning, killing, looting, etc. This is discrediting the imperial court!"
Gongsun Zan's face immediately turned ugly. This was a war, and people would die. If you have so many restrictions, why fight?
Thousands of his troops went to fight on Thunder Lord's territory, which would have meant a narrow escape. If his military actions were still restricted, he would basically have no chance of returning.
Moreover, all of Lei Gong's subordinates are rebellious. When you don't care about the soldiers and horses of the court, care about those rebellious ones. Which side are you on!
So Gongsun Zan said with an ugly face: "If Duke Ming doesn't want to kill people, there is a way to do it. Use all the imperial troops to threaten Lei Gong outside the Tengjia Army's territory. Lei Gong will definitely mobilize the army to defend us. This can also solve the problem of tens of thousands of troops for the imperial court."
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Xian Yufu saw that Gongsun Zan was angry, so he said: "Brother Bogui, Ming Gong just can't bear the suffering of the people, so he will do it according to brother Bogui's method. If you have any requests, brother Bogui can ask for it as much as possible, but I still ask him to
Brother Kei is experienced in mobilizing the large force of the Fujika Army!"
Gongsun Zan's face looked better now and he said: "I have a 3,000-man White Horse Yicon in my hand, but now I have to fight on the grassland. Speed and logistics are the key. Each soldier of the White Horse Yicon needs 3 horses. One horse
In battle, one horse is needed for riding and one horse is carrying food, so that the Tengjia Army can hardly surround us, so I still need 6,000 war horses as backup!"
Liu Yu thought for a while and said: "I will help you solve these 6,000 war horses. I hope Bogui can make unparalleled military exploits in this battle!"
Liu Yu also knew that his suggestion just now was a bit embarrassing. Gongsun Zan's army was already weak. If he held back, the battle would be unwinnable, so he stopped mentioning what he just said.
At this time, he could only sacrifice the people to save the court.
Just when the entire north was in chaos, Yuan Shao's army also encountered Yu Du, Bai Rao, Zang Ba and other Yellow Turban coalition forces!
Although their fighting strength is not strong, the number of the army exceeds 500,000, and they are not afraid of death with nothing, and they have ten times the advantage. Yuan Shao and his army fought bloody battles with Yu Du and his friends for more than ten days, and they were beaten
They retreated steadily and retreated into Puyang County, Dongjun!
At this time, the noble families from all over Yanzhou also brought their own soldiers to support Yuan Shao. Even Cao Cao, who had been defeated by Dong Zhuo and escaped, brought 5,000 soldiers to support Yuan Shao. This battle became a battle between the Yellow Turban Army and the noble families of Yanzhou.
The final battle, because the wealthy nobles in Yanzhou knew that if they could not resist the Yellow Turban bandits in Dongjun and let them rush into Yanzhou, it would be their turn to be destroyed.
Therefore, at this time, the powerful noble families in Yanzhou changed from their past hard-earned characteristics and not only provided money and food for Yuan Shao's army, but also added their own private soldiers to the army.
In mid-June, Yanzhou, Dongjun!
It can be said that the Yellow Turban Army from the entire Central Plains gathered here. The leaders of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, Yu Du, Bai Rao, the Xuzhou Yellow Turban Army leaders, Sima Ju, Xu He, and the Taishan thief Zang Ba all united together. These leaders immediately began to discuss the alliance.
How to deal with Yuan Shao and the others.
Yu Du was the most powerful, so he became the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces. He was the first to say: "Now Lei Gong of the Tengjia Army has gone south and contained Dong Zhuo's 60,000-strong army. As long as we defeat Yuan Shao in front of us, there will be no Han army in the Central Plains.
The entire Central Plains is within our grasp!
Bai Raowei said: "But Yuan Shao and the others are not easy to fight, especially since he has 10,000 armored troops in his hands. My army was overwhelmed by this armored army! I really don't understand which side Commander Lei Gong is on.
You actually sell such good armor to our enemies!"
If Xu Wei were here, he would definitely smile bitterly. He sold Yuan Shao 10,000 sets of iron armor. Firstly, he wanted to collect food, and secondly, he wanted Yuan Shao and Dong Zhuo to fight more fiercely. Who knew that Yuan Shao would surrender to Dong Zhuo? They
They actually united to attack the Yellow Turban Army!
Sima Judao: "It's hard for us to talk about General Lei Gong. He has helped us enough. The rest depends on our own efforts. We have an army of more than 500,000. How can we be afraid of Yuan Shao's tens of thousands of troops!"
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Xu He said worriedly: "Although we have defeated Yuan Shao's army steadily, it is difficult to annihilate Yuan Shao's army. It is even difficult for us to cause too many casualties to Yuan Shao's coalition forces. Moreover, the noble families in Yanzhou are also constantly supporting Yuan Shao. We
When we just fought with Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao only had 50,000 soldiers. We fought for more than ten days and wiped out 10,000 Yuan Shao's soldiers. But now Yuan Shao has 60,000 soldiers in his hands. If the nobles and nobles in Yanzhou continue to support Yuan Shao like this, I'm afraid
We will be defeated. The food and fodder consumption of hundreds of thousands of troops is too great, and we cannot afford it!"
Yu Du said firmly: "So we have to take the initiative and defeat Yuan Shao and the others no matter how heavy the casualties are. Only in this way can we have a way to survive. We have to find a way out for the millions of people behind us. Only by destroying Yuan Shao's
Only with a large army can we occupy Qingzhou, Yanzhou, and Xuzhou. With the territory of these three states, we can survive with millions of people behind us!"
Zang Ba thought for a while and said: "We have a large number of people. As long as we take advantage of this advantage, we will definitely win! From today on, we will divide our troops into 6 groups, and each group will take turns to attack Yuan Shao's army. This way
Our men can rest, but Yuan Shao and his men are so small that they cannot have time to rest. As long as we continue to consume the energy of Yuan Shao's army like this, they will collapse sooner or later!"
Zang Ba got the consent of all the Yellow Turban commanders present. As long as they could defeat Yuan Shao's army, they were not afraid of death.
Early June, Dongjun, Puyang battlefield!
After the Yellow Turban Army changed their tactics, the battle situation immediately changed a lot. The Yellow Turban Army had more than 500,000 people. Even if it was divided into six groups, each group still had nearly 30,000 more people than Yuan Shao and the others!
When Yuan Shao and the others fought against the first Yellow Turban Army, they quickly defeated the 90,000 Yellow Turban Army soldiers!
But after they defeated this wave of Yellow Turban soldiers, the next wave of 90,000 Yellow Turban soldiers continued to rush over!
Yuan Shao had to command the army to continue fighting with the Yellow Turban Army, and finally defeated this group of Yellow Turban Army soldiers. The third group of 90,000 Yellow Turban Army soldiers once again attacked without fear of death!
But this time, Yuan Shao's soldiers no longer had the strength to defeat the Yellow Turban soldiers, and they even tended to retreat.
Yuan Shao noticed this situation and was very anxious. He oversaw a fierce attack and commanded the army to attack the Yellow Turbans' central army and defeated these Yellow Turbans soldiers again!
But the battle was not over. The fourth batch of Yellow Turban soldiers continued to charge towards Yuan Shao's army, shouting the slogan: "Heaven is dead, Huang Tian is here".
Cao Cao felt bad when he saw this situation. He went to Yuan Shao and shouted: "Everyone has no strength to kill. We can't continue to waste the Yellow Turban Army like this. If we continue to fight, we will definitely lose! I will cut off the queen. You, Ben Chu,
Command the army to retreat to Baima!"
Yuan Shao thought for a while and said: "The armored army around me is very powerful, so it's up to me to command the army and cut off the rear!"
Cao Cao shouted: "You are the commander of the army, you can't stay here!"
Yuan Shao shouted: "If we lose the battle, I won't have the face to survive, so just let me die here!"
He was really going to be defeated by the Yellow Turban Army. Yuan Shao felt that he had no shame in living anymore and it would be better to die on the battlefield!
"Ziyuan, you lead the army and leave, Mengde and I will cut off your rear!"
Cao Cao heard Yuan Shao's words and shouted: "Okay, today we two brothers will break out of the encirclement! Benchu, you are here to defend, and I will lead the army to attack the enemy's flank!"
When Xu He saw Yuan Shao's army retreating continuously, leaving only a small part behind, he was overjoyed and said: "The Han army has been defeated. The army will take advantage of the victory to pursue and kill!"
90,000 soldiers followed Xu He and shouted: "Kill!"
Then they rushed towards Cao Cao and the others in a dense formation!
Yuan Shao pulled out his sword and shouted: "If you are going to die this year, I will die with you. The whole army is not allowed to take a step back, kill!"
Yuan Shao took the lead, and the armored troops who came out again had great morale. They faced nearly 10 times the number of enemies and still kept fighting!
At the same time, Cao Cao led 5,000 elite soldiers and detoured to attack Xu He's right wing. The 5,000 elite soldiers rushed into the Yellow Turban Army's formation like a sharp knife. Suddenly, the Yellow Turban Army was in chaos. Cao Cao led 5,000 elite soldiers forward bravely and fought to the death.
, not a single soldier escaped. It was precisely because of this indomitable fact that Xu and his 90,000 army were completely defeated by Cao Cao!
On the battlefield, the sound of killings was like thunder, arrows were like rain, and soldiers on both sides were bleeding like rivers. The morale of the Han army was greatly shaken under Yuan Shao's encouragement. Cao Cao's attack became even more courageous. The Yellow Turban soldiers who thought victory was within easy reach suffered a painful blow.
Under the two-sided attack of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, the entire army was defeated, and even Xu He was killed by Cao Cao.
After Cao Cao and Yuan Shao met, he pulled Yuan Shao, who was already red-eyed, and said: "We can't continue to pursue and kill. Let's take this opportunity to retreat quickly. If we don't leave, we won't be able to retreat!"
Only then did Yuan Shao come to his senses, and then shouted: "Shock the troops, retreat, everyone, retreat to the white horse!"
When Yuan Shao's soldiers heard the sound of Ming Jin withdrawing his troops, they receded like the tide.
However, few soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army felt that they had defeated the Han army. Not only did tens of thousands of them die, but even Qu Commander Xu He died in the battle.