Dong Zhuo was well-known in Xiliang for being petty. Back then, he fell in love with a girl and took her to his home, but the girl would rather die than obey and committed suicide!
Dong Zhuo actually felt angry and led his cavalry to massacre the girl's village. This incident spread throughout Xiliang, making the people of Xiliang extremely frightened when they saw Dong Zhuo. They were really worried that they would offend Dong Zhuo and kill their whole family!
Of course, there are some people who are not afraid of Dong Zhuo and give Dong Zhuo the nickname "Fat Man", mocking him for being tall but very small-minded!
These things came to Xu Wei's ears from the merchants in Xiliang, so he immediately used this matter to mock Dong Zhuo.
Dong Zhuo listened to Xu Wei's ridicule, but he held back his anger and said: "This is all thanks to you, Qu Shuai. Without your help, I wouldn't have been able to defeat the Yuan brothers so quickly! It's just that you, Qu Shuai, are not authentic.
, I thought we were friends after all, and you came to attack my territory without even saying hello. This is what a friend should do!"
Xu Wei smiled and said: "It's not like I missed you as an old friend, so I came over to take a look. Now it seems that Brother Zhongying, you are really a dragon, a tiger, a tiger and a sword. Even the 200,000-strong army of the Yuan brothers is no match for you."
!It’s a pity that Brother Zhongying has been ruthless all his life, but when he gets old, he becomes soft-hearted. I am only worried that the Yuan brothers will have a traitor in the back of their heads, which will come back to bite Brother Zhongying sooner or later!"
Dong Zhuo said coldly: "Brother, thank you very much for bringing 30,000 troops to see me! Now that I have seen it, brother, you have a lot to do, shouldn't you go back?"
Xu Wei smiled and said: "This is enough, I also plan to chat with Brother Zhongying for a month or two!"
Dong Zhuo said angrily: "Thunder Lord, don't think that I don't know what you are thinking. You just want to hold me back and let Yu Du and others capture the Central Plains. But I tell you that this is a dream. Ant thieves are ant thieves. Even if they
No matter how many there are, they will still be slaughtered by my Han army, and within a month I will throw Yu Du’s head in front of you!"
Xu Wei sighed and said: "Brother Zhong Ying is indeed a veteran who has experienced hundreds of battles. You can guess every move I make, but there is one thing I don't agree with. The Yuan brothers are idiots. They have no one to support them. They
There is no way he is Yu Du's opponent, why don't we just sit here for two months and see who can identify him more accurately!"
Dong Zhuo said firmly: "Lei Gong, you are defeated this time!"
After saying that, he retreated and led his army to camp 20 miles away from Xu Weiwei's camp. He planned to continue confronting Lei Gong like this. For him, as long as Lei Gong's troops continued to move south!
But he waited for less than two days when he received bad news. Yuan Shao's army was surrounded by Yu Du's 500,000 Yellow Turban coalition forces in Baima County, and was now asking for help from all directions!
After hearing the news, Dong Zhuo cursed angrily, "The Yuan brothers are really useless. They can't even defeat a yellow scarf thief!"
Dong Zhuo found that now that the situation in the Central Plains was gone, he might really get into trouble. Although the Central Plains was the territory of the Kanto clan, if it was really occupied by the Yellow Turban thieves, it would be a disaster for Dong Zhuo. Not only did he not have the money and food from the Kanto in Luoyang City,
, and will be flanked by the Tengjia Army and the Yellow Turban Army. If he doesn't want to die, he can only withdraw from Luoyang City and move the capital to Chang'an to avoid Lei Gong and his troops. However, moving the capital to Luoyang City will definitely collapse the Han Dynasty. He has just made some progress.
His reputation will surely be ruined!
Dong Zhuo could only ask the generals around him: "Everyone, tell me, what should we do now?"
But Niu Fu and others did not say anything. Now there are 500,000 young and strong men in the Yellow Turban Army in White Horse. This is different from the millions of old, weak, sick and disabled in the past. Niu Fu and others know that even if their soldiers have a higher combat effectiveness than Yuan Shao and others,
But so many ant thieves are enough to crush their army!
Tian Yi said excitedly: "Prime Minister, the Central Plains does not matter if we lose it. If we lose the Central Plains, it is impossible to support our 180,000 army just by relying on the land of Sili. Moreover, if we lose the Central Plains, no one else in the world will obey the Prime Minister."
Yes, by then we will only be able to control Sili. We have to rescue Yuan Shao and the others. The Central Plains cannot be lost!"
Dong Zhuo said angrily: "You thought I didn't want to save you, but now I'm powerless!"
Of Dong Zhuo's 180,000 troops, 20,000 are stationed in Chang'an City. This is the nest he has prepared for himself and cannot be moved!
There are 20,000 people stationed at the passes around Chang'an. These people have to guard against the enemies around Chang'an. These people can barely maintain the minimum soldier standard at the passes and cannot move!
There are 40,000 troops stationed in Luoyang City. Without this number of troops, it is impossible to deter the wealthy nobles in Luoyang City and cannot move!
There are also 40,000 troops stationed in the eight passes of Luoyang. It seems like a lot, but there are only 5,000 people at each pass. Without the defenders, Luoyang City may be in danger. These soldiers cannot move!
In the end, all the 60,000 troops in his hands were fighting against Lei Gong, but Lei Gong was a good fighter, with well-equipped equipment and elite soldiers, so he really did not dare to reduce the army around him.
Jia Xu thought for a while and said: "Prime Minister, we cannot provide troops to support Yuan Shao, but Huangfu Song has not only 100,000 county soldiers, but also 100,000 field soldiers. Although he is attacking Tengjia Army now, there is a barrier between the two sides.
In the Taihang Mountains, it is difficult for a large army to deploy, so we can only fight with small groups. My subordinates want Huangfu Song to send out at most tens of thousands of troops to attack Bingzhou, and the remaining Huangfu Song troops will still stay in Jizhou!
Baima County is only across the Yellow River from Jizhou. The Prime Minister ordered Huangfu Song to rescue Yuan Shao and the others. Huangfu Song will definitely be able to mobilize the troops to rescue them!"
Dong Zhuo thought about it and found that now only Huangfu Song had the troops to support Yuan Shao, and this was also a good thing for him. Huangfu Song had more troops than him, so Dong Zhuo had long been wary, but he
He had been busy fighting for power with Yuan Huai for years, and Huangfu Song's army was indeed indispensable to guard against Lei Gong, so he was allowed to have his own way.
But now that he has subdued Yuan Huai, he naturally cannot turn a blind eye to the army in Huangfu Song's hands. He mobilizes the soldiers and horses of the Jizhou Army to go to the Central Plains to fight the Yellow Turban bandits. No matter he wins or loses, there will be losses. He can even detain these soldiers and horses.
In your hands, weaken Huangfu Song's military power!
"Let Huangfu Song send a general and lead an army of tens of thousands to support this useless Yuan Shao. If the generals in the world were like Huangfu Song, I wouldn't be so tired!"
Hanoi County, Xu Wei Camp!
Xu Wei looked at Wang Ge and the others and said: "It seems that Dong Zhuo does not intend to attack us. The two sides will at most remain in a stalemate and wait for news from the Central Plains.
Then we will do our own thing. Now that we have arrived in Hanoi County, we have no intention of quitting! The people of Hanoi County who have followed us must be well organized, and militias and cooperatives must be built.
Send some veterans to various villages to help them form militias. At the same time, transfer some weapons and equipment from Shangdang County to arm them and strengthen their strength! The only way is to arm and train the people.
At the same time, I tell the common people that only by taking up arms themselves can they protect the fruits of their labor from being taken away by the nobles and nobles! And only by mobilizing all the common people in the world can we, the Tengjia Army, defeat the powerful nobles and nobles of the Han Dynasty.
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Wang Ge asked excitedly: "Shuai Qu has changed his mind and plans to conquer Hanoi County and attack Luoyang City directly!"
Xu Wei said angrily: "You know how to fight and kill, but you want the entire Han Dynasty to besiege our Tengjia Army!"
It's not that Luoyang City cannot be attacked, but it certainly cannot be fought at this time. The prestige of the Han Dynasty has not been destroyed by Yuan Shao and the others. If he dares to attack Luoyang, all the princes in the world will lead their troops to King Qin. By then, it will not be the Eighteenth Route.
The princes are asking for thunder, but thirty princes and fifty princes are asking for thunder!
Xu Wei continued: "The direction of our attack now is Youzhou, and the weapons, food and grass are also being prepared for the Youzhou war. It is extremely stupid to attack Hanoi now."
But Wang Ge said: "But Youzhou is too poor. Capturing a Hanoi county will be more profitable than capturing the entire Youzhou. Moreover, our Tengjia Army may be besieged by the Han Dynasty and other forces, but with our current strength, can we
Do you still need to be afraid of the various forces of the Han Dynasty who all have their own agendas?"
Wang Ge is really right about this. Youzhou as a whole only has a population of more than 1 million, and a Hanoi county has a population of 800,000. In other words, the population of a Hanoi county is only slightly less than that of Youzhou. This can be seen from the two places
The gap is even greater than the wealth of the wealthy noble families in Youzhou, and it cannot be compared with the wealthy noble families of Hanoi County.
The reason why Wang Ge wanted to attack Hanoi County was because he found that Hanoi County was too wealthy. He only attacked 3 forts in Hanoi County, but he got more money and food than the 10 forts in Bingzhou, while in Yewang County
There are only some small noble families. The closer they are to Luoyang City, the more wealth they have. He wants to occupy Luoyang City and seize the wealth accumulated by the Han Dynasty for hundreds of years! After all, they are only one step away from Luoyang City now.
Xu Weidao: "This is a question of cost-effectiveness. If we attack Hanoi County or even attack Luoyang City, the powerful families of the Han Dynasty will come to encircle and suppress us. At that time, we will face an encirclement and suppression of five to six million or even more Han troops. From this time,
It can be seen from Dong Zhizhan that the Central Plains has huge potential. Yuan Shao can easily pull out an army of 200,000 with a fake edict. If we attack Luoyang City, it is not impossible for a million troops to explode from all over the Han Dynasty.
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Things in the world are so wonderful. The Han Dynasty controls 50 to 60 million people, but it is difficult for the Han Dynasty to come up with an army of 100,000. Even to attack a powerful enemy like Xianbei, it can only use 50,000 cavalry. Before the Yellow Turban Uprising, the entire Han Dynasty
The standing army did not exceed 100,000 men!
When the princes competed for hegemony, the slightly larger princes could easily pull out an army of 100,000. By the time of the Three Kingdoms period, Wei, Shu and Wu had a combined population of more than 10 million, but their combined armies exceeded one million.
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It can be seen that the Han Dynasty has the ability to pull out a million-strong army, but the powerful clans in the world eat up this resource. But if Xu Weizhen attacks Luoyang City, who knows whether the Han Dynasty court will burn out this potential and summon a million-strong army to attack him.
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Xu Wei continued to say to Wang Ge: "Although Youzhou is poor, it has a vast territory. It is not inferior to Bingzhou. It has huge potential. We can feed tens of millions of people in Bingzhou, and we can do the same in Youzhou. And after conquering Youzhou, our
There is no need to worry about struvite being cut off from the source of transportation, and there is no need to purchase salt from outside. The most important thing is that the sea is the largest granary in the world. Once we conquer Youzhou, we can build sea-going ships and collect them from the sea.
By capturing endless fishery resources and occupying Youzhou, our food crisis can be completely eliminated!"
Xu Wei has long been concerned about the fishery resources of the ocean. When he played "Age of Empires", as long as he built fishing boats, there would be no shortage of food resources. As long as the Tengjia Army occupied Youzhou, Xu Wei would vigorously develop fisheries and
Build a shipyard, use trawling to fish in the ocean, kill a few whales, and then build cans on the river bank to preserve the fish caught in the ocean. Xu Wei feels that tens of millions of dollars can be obtained from the ocean.
Even fish worth hundreds of millions of stones is not a problem!
Xu Wei continued: "There are nearly one million people in Hanoi County, and the potential of the land is not great. In the subsequent war, we may have to move all the people in Hanoi County to Bingzhou, so for us
Attacking Youzhou can make our Tengjia Army grow stronger, but working in Hanoi County can only consume our strength in the confrontation with the big Han!"
Wang Yong on the side said strangely: "Since Qu Shuai doesn't want to conquer Hanoi County, then why should we arm the people of Hanoi County!"
Xu Wei said angrily: "We don't have to attack the city, but we didn't say not to occupy the countryside of Hanoi County. As long as we occupy the countryside of Hanoi County, the people of Hanoi County will also be organized by us, and Hanoi County will belong to us sooner or later."
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Encircling the cities from the countryside can be said to be an eternal strategy, and it can be said to point out the way for the rebels in the world. However, after coming to this world, Xu Wei discovered that there are barriers to cognition.
He sent thousands of veterans to the Central Plains, but few Yellow Turbans actually implemented this strategy. Only the weak Yellow Turbans had to implement this strategy, but as long as they could capture the county, they would give up immediately.
This strategy! Xu Wei has no good way to do this, because even within the Tengjia Army, few people can realize the power of this strategy!
Jizhou, Weijun!
Before Dong Zhuo's order arrived, Han Fu, the shepherd of Jizhou, was already paying attention to Dongjun's every move.
It was difficult for him not to care. Although there were no Yellow Turbans in Jizhou, there were millions of Yellow Turbans across the Yellow River. If they crossed the Yellow River and poured into Jizhou, it would be life-threatening.
When Yu Du and others first became prosperous, the wealthy nobles in Jizhou began to ask Huangfu Song to find ways to defend himself on the front line of the Yellow River. He could not only guard against the Thunder Gods, but not the Yellow Turban thieves in Qingzhou!
At the same time, they also spent a lot of money to recruit and train their own private soldiers. Compared with the clans of the Central Plains who have not yet changed their views, the clans of Jizhou have realized that the Han Dynasty has entered troubled times!
In troubled times, only soldiers can protect the safety of the family. Without the protection of dead soldiers, no matter how much money and food they have, they will only prepare it for the Yellow Turban Army. Only by arming yourself can people like that not die, and their money, food, and wives will still be taken away.
Your enemies share disgusting things!
Therefore, the entire Jizhou has been armed to the teeth, paying attention from top to bottom, starting from the ethics of the refugees, focusing on the source, and any refugees on the south bank of the Yellow River must be cleared out of Jizhou. This is why the Central Plains has been raging with war, but Jizhou is safe and sound.
The reason for this is that they already have experience in preparing for the growth of the Yellow Turban Army!
A 20,000-strong private military alliance of noble gentry has been stationed on the edge of the Yellow River. They guard the various crossings of the Yellow River to prevent the Yellow Turban Army from marching north to Jizhou.
Han Fu originally wanted to order this private soldier from a powerful clan to support Yuan Shao, but the powerful nobles and clansmen in Jizhou ignored him as a Jizhou shepherd!
Han Fu was helpless about this. Not only did he, as a Jizhou herdsman, have no prestige in Jizhou, the wealthy local nobles in Jizhou also disliked him for using Jizhou's grain and grass to support Yuan Shao's Kwantung Allied Forces.
More than 10 million shi of grain belonged to their Jizhou family, and they reluctantly gave it to Huangfu Song to use to fight the Thunder Lord, and to defend Jizhou, but now it was all wasted by Yuan Shao, a prodigal son!
The nobles in Jizhou felt their hearts bleed when they learned that Yuan Shao had sold these grains and grass to Lei Gong. Over the years, they had endured taxes three times higher than those of the Central Plains nobles, and their family fortunes were almost wiped out before they could accumulate these grains. Now they are all cheap to Lei Gong.
This mortal enemy!
And Yuan Shao used Jizhou's money and food to conquer his Yuan family's world. It can be said that after Yuan Shao handed tens of millions of stones of food and grass to Xu Wei, the entire Jizhou noble family began to hate Yuan Shao and their Kwantung Allied Forces. Han Fu
He has almost become a public enemy in Jizhou, so there is no prestige left at all, and no one will obey his orders.
When Yuan Shao and the others were besieged in Baima, he couldn't send troops to support Yuan Shao, so he could only summon his subordinates to discuss how to save Yuan Shao!
Han Fu worriedly said: "Now 500,000 ant thieves are on the south bank of the Yellow River, surrounding Benchu and their army. How can we rescue Benchu?"
Shen Pei said: "The only one who can save Governor Yuan now is General Hussar. All the Jizhou army is in his hands. Although Duke Ming has also recruited some soldiers, there are only 5,000 people. It will not change the situation of the White Horse battle much!"
Han Fu was excited when he heard Shen Pei's words: "Yes, yes, yes, Huangfu Yizhen has an army of 200,000. As long as he sends 40,000 to 50,000 to support Ben Chu, it will be enough to change the situation in the Central Plains!"
Shen Pei continued: "General Hussar will not turn a blind eye to the situation in the Central Plains. If the Central Plains is occupied by the Yellow Turban Army, Jizhou and Luoyang will be attacked from both sides by the rebels. This situation is too dangerous for the court, Piao
The cavalry general must send troops to suppress the Yellow Turban Army in the Central Plains first.
Your Excellency, you can prepare provisions and boats to cross the river first. When General Hussar’s army arrives, we can help the army quickly cross the Yellow River and support the White Horse battlefield!"
Han Fu said: "Zhengnan refers to Zhengli. Let's go immediately to collect Jizhou's ships and prepare food and grass!"
Sure enough, it didn't take long for an army of 50,000 people to come to Wei County. The leader of this army was Xu Rong, the general of the army who was seeking slaves. When he came to Wei County, he immediately found Han Fu and asked everyone in Wei County to help the army provide food, grass and supplies.
Boat crossing the river!
Han Fu naturally agreed immediately and said excitedly to Xu Rong: "General, we must rescue Benchu! The current situation in the Central Plains cannot be without Benchu!"
Xu Rong said calmly: "I will definitely rescue the Bohai Prefect!"
In fact, Huangfu Song asked Xu Rong to lead 50,000 troops across the Yellow River because he wanted him to wipe out the Yellow Turban Army in the Central Plains. Originally, Yu Du and the others were in Qingzhou, but Huangfu Song was beyond his reach.
But now that Yu Du and the others are attacking all the way to the coast, which is only separated from Jizhou by the Yellow River, he has the idea of wiping out Yu Du. Only by wiping out Yu Du can all the military power of the Han court be used to deal with Lei Gong and save Yuan Shao.
In Xu Rong's opinion, it was just a incidental matter.
After Han Fu left, Ju Yi mocked: "He really has not forgotten his identity as a disciple of the Yuan family. Even now, he has not forgotten the comfort of Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao, this idiot, has caused so many things in the Han Dynasty. If it weren't for the Yuan family,
Bless you, 10 of Yuan Shao’s heads will be chopped off!”
Ju Yi most despises Yuan Shao, a second-generation rich and powerful person who has no talent but is a wealthy person. Back then, his family had to flee to Xiliang to take root because of the oppression of the powerful people in Guandong!
Xu Rong said with a smile: "Yuan Shao has done a good job. He has only one new soldier. Suddenly he faced hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turbans. He is already very powerful at the level he is fighting now. When Ming Gong dealt with the Yellow Turbans, he did not defeat first and then win.
Moreover, Duke Ming met not as many Yellow Turban thieves as Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao can still retain the main force. From this point of view, he still has the talent for fighting!"
Qu Yi mocked: "I think he has a talent for defeating battles! The 200,000 Kwantung Allied Forces can't defeat a single Dong Fatty. Now the 70,000 to 80,000 troops have lost to the Yellow Turban Army. If he appears in Xiliang, no matter what his family background is."
, the grass on the grave is already three feet high. This is such nonsense only in the Central Plains.
There are many famous generals in the imperial court, whether it is Lu Shangshu in Jizhou or Zhu Dajiang in Luoyang, which one of them is not a famous general who has experienced hundreds of battles and has a record of military exploits, and is more than 10 times more powerful than Yuan Shao in commanding an army. However, such famous generals are not used, leaving Yuan Shao as the
The reason why a mediocre man commands an army is not because of his family background!"
Xu Rong shook his head and said: "Don't say these words. We are going to the Central Plains this time to destroy the Yellow Turban Army, so that the court can concentrate all its forces to encircle and suppress the Tengjia Army, and save Yuan Shao by the way!"
With the ferry, Xu Rong and others quickly crossed the Yellow River!
After Yu Du and the others learned that the Han army was coming to support Yuan Shao, they also sent Chief Ku to lead 30,000 soldiers to attack the vanguard of the supporting army, but they were easily defeated by Ju Yi's 5,000 sword and shield soldiers!
When Yu Du came to his senses and prepared to fight again with 100,000 Yellow Turban soldiers, he discovered that Xu Rong's 50,000-strong army had completely crossed the Yellow River! Yu Du observed that Xu Rong's army was arranged neatly, the army was in order, and the 50,000-man army was in good order.
, knowing that this kind of army is elite, they dare not go into battle easily, so they can only retreat with the army!
At the same time, Cao Cao also invited Liu Chong, who led an army of 30,000 to support White Horse! The two armies attacked the Yellow Turban Army that surrounded White Horse from the west and south!
The arrival of Xu Rong, Liu Chong and others made Yu Du and others nervous. After some discussion, they decided to divide the Yellow Turban coalition into three parts. Chief Ku Bai Rao led an army of 150,000 to continue to surround the White Horse Statue! Zang Ba led an army of 150,000 to attack from the south.
Liu Chong had an army of 30,000, and Yu Du led 200,000 Yellow Turban soldiers to attack Xu Rong's army of 50,000.
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