But when he heard that one-tenth of the cavalry was injured, he said angrily: "Trash, encircling some black market businessmen will cause more than a dozen casualties. What use do I need from you!"
Dong Zhuo felt that he was extremely unlucky. Since he was in the army, he had rarely suffered a defeat in many decades of fighting in the north and south. No one in Xiliang knew his name Dong Zhuo, and among the Qiang people, even a child did not dare to cry at night.
It's just that he was born in a humble family and has never been able to get ahead, and his boss Zhang Huan was tricked by the eunuchs and beheaded hundreds of imperial students, which made the entire Central Plains gentry hate them. As a result, he was over forty. Although he had made many military exploits, he was still only on the frontier.
Turn around.
With the help of his son-in-law Li Ru, he finally got into the position of Shichangshi, and his career improved and he became the middle lieutenant general worth 2,000 shi.
After the Yellow Turban Uprising broke out, he was overjoyed. He wiped out all the brutal Qiang and Hu, and even the ant thieves were easily defeated by his Xiliang cavalry.
In the mood of making great achievements and becoming a marquis and Prime Minister, Dong Zhuo brought 3,000 cavalry to Jizhou to encircle and suppress the soldiers of the Yellow Turban uprising.
And God seemed to be helping him. He had just led his troops to Jizhou. Lu Zhi, the general of the Northern Army, was falsely accused by Zuo Feng because he refused to bribe Zuo Feng. Zuo Feng took him back to the capital to punish him, and the court changed his order to become the commander-in-chief of the Northern Army.
Attack Guangzong and destroy Zhang Jiao.
Bringing 50,000 elite Northern troops to create a rebellious common people is not a tribute to oneself.
But Dong Zhuo soon learned what misfortune means. Lu Zhi was punished for his repeated military exploits. There were many complaints from the Northern Army. In addition, Dong Zhuo was a barbarian from Xiliang and was a member of the Ten Constant Attendants.
They all looked down upon him.
Therefore, the officers and men of the fifth school of the Northern Army did not listen to Dong Zhuo's orders at all. Such discord between the generals caused Dong Zhuo to suffer a complete defeat at the hands of Zhang Jiao, and even killed more than 1,000 trusted cavalrymen.
What made him even more angry was that now everyone in the world said that he was not as good as Lu Zhi. Lu Zhi could suppress Zhang Jue with the same troops, but he failed miserably. Dong Zhuo's decades-long reputation had become Lu Zhi's stepping stone.
I, Dong Zhuo, have been fighting for decades, but I am not as good as Lu Zhi, a white-faced Confucian scholar. If I had 30,000 Xiliang soldiers and horses, I would have wiped out this yellow turban bandit long ago.
The entire Northern Army did not obey my orders. How can I be blamed for such a defeat?
The entire Central Plains was bullying him, a native of Xiliang, but he couldn't refute even if he wanted to. Now he had to find a way to bribe the ten permanent servants to keep his official position, so he used the method of encircling and suppressing the black market to fight back. Anyway, these powerful nobles in the Central Plains looked down on him.
He often holds him back, so don't blame him for being rude and using their wealth to keep his official position.
It's just that he didn't expect that such a sure thing would lead to so many casualties, so he naturally felt distressed. You must know that he doesn't have many close friends in the Central Plains anymore, and he really can't afford to die.
The cavalry commander said cautiously: "There is a fierce man in the black market. All the casualties of his subordinates were caused by him alone. His subordinates wanted to kill this man, but he escaped into a strange car. This car was faster than the fastest."
The horses must be at least twice as fast, and my subordinates will have to turn back if they cannot catch up."
Dong Zhuo asked: "Is it possible that this carriage has ten horses to pull it? Our Xiliang horses are the best in the entire Central Plains, but now it seems that the carriage can run faster than the war horses?"
The cavalry commander said: "Without the horse, this car will run by itself, and it also has a pair of glowing eyes!"
Dong Zhuo said with a serious face: "You are trying to deceive me!"
In this case, Dong Zhuo simply doesn't believe that a carriage without horses can move and emit light. You are here to fool me by making up myths!
Just when he wanted to punish the cavalry commander, Li Ru, a soldier beside him, said: "General, four soldiers said a few days ago that their corps commander was kidnapped by a strange car that moved by itself, but I also
I heard it as an anecdote, but now it seems that there is really a strange car like this."
The commander of the cavalry camp also said: "Not only one of my subordinates saw the strange car, but all the soldiers in the camp saw it. General, you can ask the soldiers!"
Dong Zhuo said: "It seems that they are demons from the Taiping Sect, but they only use some illusions that are not very useful to deceive the people. You are also a experienced man, but you were deceived by the demons from the Taiping Dao. It's really
It’s useless.”
Dong Zhuo and Zhang Jiao fought several times. The Yellow Turban warriors of the Taiping Sect were really brave enough to fight and kill, not much worse than his cavalry. Ordinary ant thieves were also brave and not afraid of death, but they were just a mob. One thousand of his cavalry could attack them.
Killed tens of thousands of ant thieves.
Their so-called Taoism was just to deceive the common people by making some sound and light, and it had no effect on fighting on the battlefield, so he thought that the cavalry commander had been deceived by the Taiping Sect's magic.
The cavalry commander carefully took out the mineral water bottle sold by Xu Wei and said: "This is a treasure I will grab at the black market later. It is called a jade purification bottle. It is said that you only need to boil the water and let it cool and put it into this jade purification bottle.
People who drink this water will be free from all diseases and live longer."
Dong Zhuo saw this "jade purification bottle" under the light, crystal clear and sparkling. His eyes shone, and he immediately picked it up and looked at it for a long time and said: "It is indeed a good treasure. I am also well-informed.
I can’t tell what kind of material it is made of, and such treasures can only be seen in the Central Plains.”
Then he reluctantly handed it to Li Ru and said: "Wen You, please give this jade purification bottle to Zhao Zhong and ask him to help me speak kindly in front of His Majesty!"
Li Ru took the jade purification bottle respectfully!
Dong Zhuo stopped his gaze and looked at the cavalry commander and said with a smile: "You have made a great contribution this time. I will promote you to the rank of military prince!"
The commander of the cavalry camp said happily: "Thank you, general, for your appreciation!"
The words are divided into two parts!
Xu Wei and the others escaped back to the valley with the help of the light of the van.
After counting the supplies, Old Man Wang and the others hugged each other and cried.
The refined salt, 100 stones of grain, pots and pans, axes, machetes, saws and other living tools loaded into the van were still there. All the cloth, armor, weapons, and refined iron on the other five carriages were taken away by the Xiliang army.
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Such a huge loss was like a bolt from the blue to them.
Xu Wei said with relief: "It's a lucky thing for people to come back alive. The things are gone. We will find a way to buy them next time. Now everyone has a good rest. We will open up a new home tomorrow."
Xu Wei had exchanged these treasures for these things. Now Xu Wei didn't care, and they couldn't cry anymore. Instead, they each found a place to sleep.
In the following days, Xu Wei led 10 people in the morning to cut wood to prepare for building a tree house.
Old man Wang came out with five older men to make bricks out of clay.
In the afternoon, Xu Wei took them to do simple military training.
In such troubled times, without force, they can only be lambs to be slaughtered. It doesn’t matter how strong they are, just that they don’t break up when things happen.