Chapter 27 Sugar-coated Cannonballs from Dong Zhuo
Chapter 27 Sugar-coated bullets from Dong Zhuo
With the arrival of Gongsun Zan, the Dongdong Alliance officially launched an attack on Hulao Pass.
After all, as a prince of Guandong, if you want to enter Luoyang, Hulao Pass as the gateway must be destroyed.
However, the princes each hid their strength, and no one was willing to fight Dong Zhuo's army at Hulao Pass. Even after more than ten days of siege, not even a single Alliance soldier rushed up the pass wall.
"Everyone! Your Majesty is still suffering in Luoyang! Now is the time when our Han Empire is in turmoil. We can no longer hide our strength. If we can't conquer even a mere Hulao Pass, how can we save His Majesty?"
Seeing the impassioned alliance leader Yuan Shao on the stage, the princes below all pouted.
It's nice to say, you can do it but why can't you? Sun Jian is not included, he is a real man of iron and blood, so his Jiangdong Army has been crippled.
Which of our remaining sixteen princes has no casualties? Which one has not sent troops to attack the city? It seems that you, the leader of the alliance, have not lost a single soldier, right?
What works is effective.
Yuan Shao himself had nothing to lose, and naturally the princes below also conserved their strength.
Although Xiang Ji was full of contempt for this, he had nothing to do.
What else can I do? I can’t attack the city by myself, right?
Just wait, Lu Bu will come sooner or later.
Just wait for Lu Bu to come, have a fight with him, and then see if there is a chance to kill a few princes in a sneak attack. Then I will say goodbye to you selfish guys.
But what Xiang Ji never expected was that the person he was waiting for was not Lu Bu, but someone he had never expected.
Seeing the wretched figure appearing in his tent, Xiang Ji was full of doubts.
This guy calls himself Li Su?
Isn't this Li Su the one who recruited Lu Bu to surrender for Dong Zhuo? Why did he come to my camp? What does he want to do? Do I want to become Lu Bu's second?
Xiang Ji didn't know that he had guessed Li Su's purpose correctly.
After checking outside the camp again and confirming that no one was nearby, Li Su stated the purpose of his arrival.
"My prime minister admires the general very much, so he sent Su here."
After making an introduction first, and seeing that Xiang Ji did not show any displeasure, Li Su began to carry out his deception with confidence and boldness.
"The general is so powerful that it is too unworthy to submit to Kong Beihai's subordinates. It's not worth replacing the general!"
Seeing the sad expression on this guy's face, Xiang Ji almost laughed out loud.
He's quite good at acting? He's such a master that he can fool Lu Bu into cutting off his former adoptive father's head.
This expression, this tone, why don’t I have such talent under my command?
However, is Dong Zhuo so naive? Doesn't he show any useful information?
It's a joke to ask Xiang Ji to join Dong Zhuo, but if he can get something useful, Xiang Ji doesn't mind acting with the guy in front of him.
Finally, after a while of fooling around, Li Su brought out something that made Xiang Ji's eyes light up.
"General, this is the gift list that my prime minister wants to give to the general. Because something unexpected happened, I haven't prepared it yet. I hope the general will forgive me.
When Su comes over next time, there will definitely be a lot of gifts on the list."
Ma De, Dong Zhuo, this old dog, is so picky? He doesn't even let go of the rabbit when he sees it?
After waiting for a long time, the result was just a painted pie.
Xiang Ji watched Li Su leave and cursed in his heart.
What a shame, I thought I could get some benefits, but I ended up not even being given a lunch box after performing for a long time.
Forget it, no matter what, I won't lose anything.
After cursing angrily, Xiang Ji, whose nausea was relieved, thought of the gift list left by Li Su.
I want to see what kind of cake this old dog Dong Zhuo has drawn for me, and how does it compare to Lu Bu's original one?
I picked up the items on the gift list and quickly browsed through the above items.
Well, a thousand taels of gold? Okay, it just so happens that I have more places to spend money. No amount of money is too much.
Ten pairs of pearls? Not bad, just like gold.
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Wait? What is this?
Xiang Ji was confused when he saw the last list of items on the gift list.
A stunning beauty?
Are you kidding me? What you give to Lu Bu is a peerless horse. What you give to me becomes a beautiful woman?
Well, they are all for riding anyway...
In this regard, Xiang Ji could only comfort himself in this way.
Under the bombardment of Dong Zhuo's sugar-coated bullets, Xiang Ji was no longer anxious for Lu Bu's arrival.
At the very least, get these benefits in hand first.
Within Xuzhou, Pengcheng.
After several days of rapid march, Yu Jin's first route army had arrived near Pengcheng.
"General, our brothers are already very tired. Shall we rest for a day before attacking the city?"
Zhou Cang asked Yu Jin, who was looking at Pengcheng beside him.
"No! We will attack the city immediately!
Yuan Fu, please take a closer look and see that the Pengcheng garrison's routine is normal, which proves that our rapid march is valuable.
The Pengcheng defenders have not noticed our arrival at all.
As long as we can quickly seize control of the city gate, then Pengcheng will be within reach!"
After this battle, I, Yu Jin, will definitely become a general that the Lord relies on!
In this regard, Yu Jin was full of confidence.
At the same time, near Langxie in Xuzhou.
"Hurry! Brothers, hurry up, we can't be outmatched by the other two teams.
Now, when the lord started his career, all the brothers were ministers of the dragon.
As long as you make great contributions, it’s no problem to be promoted to a higher position in the future!”
Zang Ba was riding on a maroon horse, cheering on the advancing team.
This damn weather, continuous rain, the morale of the entire team has been wiped out by this damn rain.
I don’t know if the other two armies are going well?
"Military advisor, I am afraid that all the soldiers near Xiapi have already gathered in Xiapi City.
If we attack by force, we may not have enough military strength.
Does the military advisor have any ideas to help me?"
Regarding the current situation, Taishi Ci looked sad.
Damn old thief Tao Qian, why did he go to the alliance without bringing the main force?
I'm afraid the garrison in Pi City now numbers no less than 30,000, right?
You know, our siege troops are only over 20,000 people.
Moreover, what was completely unexpected was that there was such a prestigious and resourceful person in Xiapi City.
The army led by Taishi Ci had only reached the vicinity of Xiapi when it was discovered by the defenders of Xiapi city. Then they began to quickly move all the neighboring villages to Xiapi city.
This move of strengthening the wall and clearing the country simply cost Tai Shi Ci Lao his life.
There was not much food stored in the village to begin with, but now it can be said that it is all gone.
If Xiapi City cannot be captured in a short time, then the lord's plan to conquer Xuzhou may fail.
Regarding the current situation, not only Taishi Ci was worried, Cui Yan was even more worried.
People have made it clear that they are waiting for help, how can we break this?