Autumn has arrived in the blink of an eye in the third year of Chuping. Throughout this year, the Han Dynasty, with Sili and the Central Plains as the center, has been trapped in melee.
Now, time has entered September, and the third year of Chuping is about to pass, but the wars on all sides have not stopped.
What made Dong Zhuo particularly frightened was that Wang Rui, whom he sent to Jingnan as governor, was killed by the local barbarians. As for which barbarian group he belonged to, there is still no certainty.
After Wang Rui's death, Sun Jian of Changsha suddenly led his troops northward and openly joined Yuan Shao's Jing and Yu coalition forces in the crusade against Dong Zhuo.
Sun Jian was a famous general in the world, the Tiger of Jiangdong, with unparalleled fame. Among the existing generals in the Han Dynasty, only five were Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun, Lu Zhi, Liu Jian, and Sun Jian who could be regarded as opponents by Dong Zhuo.
Now Huangfu Song is detained by Dong Zhuo in Luoyang, Yin Gaixun of Jingzhao is coerced and dare not move lightly, Lu Zhi is guarding Jizhou and will not come to the front line, Zhu Jun and Liu Jian are currently enemies of Dong Zhuo, but fortunately Zhu Jun has reached his age, and there is no Too aggressive and always on the defensive, Dong Zhuo could use Li Jue to check him.
Now that Sun Jian has joined the battle, Dong Zhuo has a headache.
Sun Jian and Liu Jian were different. In Dong Zhuo's impression, Liu Jian was the kind of person who, although he had military strategies, was relatively steady in his actions and could calmly analyze the current situation, and would not be too extreme in his actions.
But Sun Jian is different.
Sun Wentai is known as the Tiger of Jiangdong. The reason why he got this reputation is because his conduct and military skills are like that of a tiger. Such people generally do not know the depth and depth, and they are the type that make you feel troublesome on the surface.
Now Liu Jian has just defeated Niu Fu, and Sun Jian comes to disrupt the situation, which is indeed enough for Dong Zhuo.
It was only at this time that Dong Zhuo finally began to feel great pressure.
Moreover, Cao Cao, who had re-recruited troops in Yangzhou, also led his troops back to Nanyang County, and other pastoral guards also reorganized their troops and prepared to fight Dong Zhuo again.
Although after several fierce battles this year, the soldiers and generals under the Kwantung Mu Shou began to gradually improve their combat effectiveness and their experience continued to increase. Compared with the confusion when they first fought against the Liangzhou Army, Gradually, it became possible to fight with various units of the Xiliang Army.
Although when it comes to the individual combat capabilities of its soldiers, the Kwantung Army is still far behind the Xiliang Army, but it is not incompetent.
Dong Zhuo was anxious. He hurriedly issued a death order to Hu Zhen, Lu Bu, and Hua Xiong who were advancing, urging them to advance quickly and give them a deadline to capture Liu Jian.
In fact, it stands to reason that Hu Zhen and others should have arrived at Liu Jian's location long ago, but after hearing that Liu Jian had arrived in Yangxia to reunite with Liu Chong, they stopped temporarily and did not dare to move without permission.
Chen Wang Liu Chong has gained a great reputation over the years. He is the one who has developed the best military and political power after Emperor Xiaoling Liu Hong ordered the princes to open their own houses. Moreover, although Liu Chong himself is very young, he is also very brave and good at shooting. , just like Dong Zhuo when he was young, he could shoot left and right with no miss.
Nowadays, there is a legend in the countryside that Liu Chong, the king of Yanchen, gathered a hundred thousand people and claimed to be the general who assisted the Han Dynasty.
Of course, anyone who understands things knows that no matter how awesome Liu Chong is, it is impossible for him to carry 100,000 soldiers with the strength of a mere Chen State. Anyway, this is either Liu Chong himself bragging, or someone else does it for him.
Liu Chong was bragging, or someone was deliberately causing trouble to make people think that Liu Chong had evil intentions and had a disobedient heart to develop his own power.
But in fact, Liu Chong in history was the last vassal king of the Chen Kingdom. After his death, the Chen Kingdom was eliminated immediately. This can be explained to a certain extent that Liu Chong had no need to rebel.
He really has no motive for this.
But he was restless and insisted on recruiting soldiers and horses to act as a demon in Chen State. I don’t know what he wanted.
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The soldiers and horses of Hu Zhen and others passed through Changshe and camped near Yanling. They only need to go eastward to reach Yangxia!
After Dong Zhuo's letter urging them to advance the army arrived, Hu Zhen immediately called for Lu Bu and Hua Xiong without saying a word.
In front of the two of them, he directly put Dong Zhuo's letter on the table and let them read it by themselves.
After Lu Bu read it, he handed the letter to Hua Xiong without saying a word.
Hu Zhen, on the other hand, kept looking at Lu Bu with a magical and vivid look.
In fact, during this period, some military frictions occurred between Hu Zhen and Lu Bu.
Lu Bu's opinion is that Liu Jian and Liu Chong have joined forces and are currently quite strong.
In particular, Liu Chong had elite crossbowmen under his command, which were relatively difficult to defeat. Moreover, although Liu Chong stationed troops in Yangxia and claimed to be the general of the auxiliary country, he never stated his intention to target anyone in particular.
Who knows whether he is targeting Dong Zhuo or Yuan Shao. If you go over and fight him directly now, won't you push Liu Chong to Yuan Shao's side?
But Lu Bu's opinion was not recognized by Hu Zhen.
The whole world knew that Liu Jian raised troops to attack Dong Zhuo.
He felt that since Liu Chong was willing to accept Liu Jian, Liu Chong and Dong Zhuo must be on opposite sides, at least not in the same camp.
Since the two Lius merged, it would be better to destroy them all together than to defeat them one by one, which would not only waste time, but also waste food and grass.
But Lu Bu's opinion is that if he and Er Liu were to fight in the wilderness, they could be completely annihilated in one battle with the help of Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry and Xiliang Iron Cavalry.
But Liu Chong has been building Yangxia City for several months, and Yangxia City has now become very strong.
Liu Jian's soldiers and Liu Chong's crossbowmen were in Yangxia City, and the Xiliang cavalry was completely useless.
Moreover, Yangxia City is now not short of food because of Liu Chong's long-term hoarding.
If they were to besiege Yangxia City now, regardless of whether they would win or lose, the battle period alone would probably be terrifyingly long.
But Hu Zhen disagreed with Lu Bu's view and insisted on sending troops.
The two people had a dispute, and Hua Xiong did not play a good mediating role.
He did not fairly judge the strategies of Hu Zhen and Lu Bu, but preferred Hu Zhen. After all, Hua Xiong was also a member of the Liangzhou military clan.
The conflict between the Liangzhou Army and the Bingzhou Army has never stopped since Lu Bu returned to Dong Zhuo's command.
There is nothing that can be done about this. Lu Bu is too strong in the Bingzhou Army.
In particular, Zhang Liao, who used to serve under He Jin, was also from Bingzhou. He recruited soldiers and generals in Bingzhou on behalf of He Jin. As a result, most of the military academies under General He Jin were from Bingzhou.
After Lu Bu transferred to Dong Zhuo's command, he stood on the same front as his fellow countryman Zhang Liao. The two of them advanced and retreated together, and became a rivalry with other Liangzhou army generals.
If it were just that, the generals of the Liangzhou Army would not be overly hostile to General Bingzhou. The problem is that Lu Bu and Zhang Liao are really too fierce.
Lu Bu was extremely brave, highly skilled in martial arts, and good at commanding cavalry. He was a fierce general among fierce generals, and none of the Xiliang generals could compare with him.
Although Zhang Liao is young, he is good at setting up formations, has both wisdom and courage, and is good at charging into battles. He is a rare general.
After these two men came under Dong Zhuo's command, they went on several expeditions and made great achievements, directly overpowering the generals of the Liangzhou clan.
This led to comprehensive hostility between the Liangzhou clique and the Bingzhou clique.
As the leader of the Liangzhou generals, Hu Zhen was the most hostile and competitive towards Lu Bu and Zhang Liao.
This emotion has now been brought to the battlefield by him.
Lu Bu did not advise Hu Zhen to send troops quickly, but Hu Zhen had to fight Lu Bu, so he had to send troops in a hurry.
There were differences between the two sides, and Hua Xiong sided with Hu Zhen without hesitation.
The problem is that Lu Bu didn't get it for free. Faced with the opinions of Hua Xiong and Hu Zhen, he refused to give in. He just didn't agree to send troops quickly.
At this time, Dong Zhuo's letter arrived.
Hu Zhen said arrogantly: "Fengxian, the Prime Minister has issued an order, ordering us to send troops quickly! Attack Liu Jian. This is not because I have to go against you. Do Fengxian have any objections?"
Lu Bu glanced at Dong Zhuo's letter briefly and said: "I will not accept your order. The Prime Minister does not know what Liu Jian's situation is now. He also does not know that Liu Jian has joined forces with King Chen. At this time, we have to take this opportunity."
The matter is reported to the Prime Minister. If the Prime Minister still lets us send troops to fight after knowing that Liu Jian and Liu Chong are guarding the same city, then it will not be too late for us to send troops again!"
When Hu Zhen heard this, he was furious.
"Lu Fengxian, are you still finished? Since we arrived at Yanling, you have been resisting and refusing to attack Liu Jian. Is it possible that you and Liu Jian are secretly communicating?"
Hua Xiong said disdainfully on the side: "I heard that Captain Lu and Liu Jian had known each other in their early years. Could it be that they were thinking about their past feelings and deliberately indulged them?"
After hearing what these two men said, Lu Bu was not angry. He just said proudly: "If you two have to send troops, then just send troops on your own. Why bother to ridicule me? Isn't it what a hero does? Bu Zi will report it to the Prime Minister in an official document.
After the Prime Minister knows about Liu Jian and Liu Chong's affairs, if he still wants to send troops, Na Bu will go there."
After saying that, Lu Bu stood up in front of Hu Zhen and Hua Xiong and strode towards the handsome tent.
When they reached the exit of the tent, they saw Lu Bu turning to look at the two of them and said, "By the way, the two of you just said that Bu and Liu Jian knew each other, and they care about their old relationship and indulge in it intentionally. This is half true and half wrong."
"Liu Jian and I do know each other, but when I stopped them from sending troops, it was not because I cared about Liu Jian, but because I cared about you two. Bu is a straightforward man. With the skills of the two of you, I am afraid that Liu Jian would defeat him overnight.
, it might endanger your life, please think twice!"