With Xu Huang's talent, he naturally understood Yu Xian's ideas.
In addition to escorting the common people to Hanzhong, Yu Xian also wanted those three thousand elite soldiers and horses!
There are enough refugees to select young men and replenish soldiers. However, if you want to have enough weapons and supplies, it is definitely not enough to rely solely on Dong Bai's support.
Then we must feed war with war and encircle and suppress bandits along the way to achieve this.
Xu Huang said resolutely, "Disciple knows what to do."
Yu Xian was very pleased, and he reminded again, "Don't underestimate the thieves along the way. You must know that you can't lose. As long as you lose once, you will have nothing, and it will be difficult to form a scale again. At that time, the plan of being a teacher
, will also be disturbed.”
Xu Huang clasped his fists and said, "Disciple understands. Disciple will never let Master down."
Yu Xian also made a promise on behalf of Dong Bai, "If you can accomplish this, you will be able to become a marquis by virtue of saving the people and killing the bandits."
Xu Huang was overjoyed and hurriedly made preparations.
Early on the next morning, Xu Huang rode on the red flame horse and left with his Taoist soldiers.
Yu Xian met Dong Bai and released everyone from the gourd.
Cai Yan was surprised and happy to see Dong Bai, and Dong Bai felt more at ease because he saw a familiar person.
As for Cao Cao's concubines, Yu Xian only told Dong Bai their identities.
After Xu Huang left, Li Su took over the defense here.
He was originally a tiger general, and although he held a false position, he also made the Xiliang soldiers here in awe.
Li Su went to do some statistics and came back and said, "I took a look and found that there were about 400 soldiers who came out of the Prime Minister's Mansion. There were also more than fifty maids and servants. Most of them had incomplete weapons and armor. As for the
There is not much left to eat.”
Dong Bai was ignorant of these things and just looked at Yu Xian longingly.
When Yu Xian was thinking about it, Li Su took the initiative to ask, "I heard that Xiangguo asked all the troops to gather at Mianchi. Should we march to Mianchi to find Dong Xiangguo? As long as we find the main force of Xiliang soldiers, there will be Gao Gao if the sky falls.
The height is strong."
Yu Xian shook his head when he heard this, "I'm afraid if we rush there, it will be too late. Besides, Dong Xiangguo is a man who is well versed in the art of war. His rumor of gathering troops in Mianchi may be just a cover. There is Hangu Pass to the east of Mianchi where we can fight, but he has not
You have to run so deep."
Li Su responded quickly, "You mean, we are likely to encounter an ambush from the Prime Minister at Hangu Pass?"
Yu Xian said, "It's almost the same. So we have to make preparations before going to Hangu."
Li Su was a little confused, "What else needs to be prepared?"
Yu Xian smiled softly, looked at Li Su and said, "Dong Xiangguo suffered a loss in Luoyang, so he must use a victory to boost his morale. If you appear in front of everyone with such a group of defeated soldiers when they are ready to prepare, I'm afraid Li Su will
The general will never be reused again."
Li Su suddenly slapped his head.
When he was about to say something, Yu Xian said slowly, "You may not know that Dong Xiangguo firmly believes that Dong Bai has the king's destiny. Dong Bai also has a very special status in the hearts of the Xiliang army. It's okay for you to be more embarrassed. If you let
Dong Bai is also in such a mess, which may shake the faith within the Xiliang army. If they no longer believe that the Dong family has the king's destiny, they will easily betray them if there is a setback."
Li Su quickly asked, "Then what are your plans?"
Dong Bai immediately looked at Yu Xian eagerly.
Yu Xian’s future route is relatively clear.
Historically, the Kwantung Allied Forces had always harbored evil intentions and remained stationary. Only Sun Jian and Cao Cao sent troops to Luoyang.
Cao Cao was eager for success and wanted to pursue Dong Zhuo's retreating army, but was defeated by Xu Rong's ambush.
After Sun Jian got the imperial seal in a dry well, he began to have the ambition to dominate the world. He ignored Dong Zhuo's retreat and left with his troops.
Now, although Sun Jian did not get the imperial seal, he did get a more justifiable clothing order.
Being single and weak, Sun Jian had no reason to face the desperate counterattack of the Xiliang soldiers. For him, the most steady and steady way was to use the belt edict to fight for more supporters in the Kwantung Allied Forces.
Strengthen your own strength.
Then come back to fight Dong Zhuo.
In other words, as long as they avoid Cao Cao's lone army, the situation they face is not that troublesome.
Yu Xian looked at Li Su and said seriously, "With your strength, even if you don't have suitable military tactics, you are more than enough to lead an army by yourself. If you can perform well this time, Dong Xiangguo will definitely reuse you. This will be beneficial to our
There are benefits to planning, too.”
"This..." Li Su hesitated.
Yu Xian continued, "What's more, you were ordered to spy on the enemy, but there was no reward for a long time. The Xiliang army was attacked by Sun Jian again, which can be said to be dereliction of duty. If there is no equal credit, I'm afraid it will be difficult to protect yourself."
Li Su no longer hesitated now.
"Okay, I will do whatever you say!"
Yu Xian pointed to the north, "Going north from here are Heyang and Heyin counties. As long as we control Mengjin, we can gather the troops from these two counties. Then we can mobilize troops to the west, even if we can't help.
Dong Xiangguo's busy work and the presence of these men are enough for Dong Bai to stand on his own in the Xiliang army."
Heyang and Heyin counties are east of Hangu Pass and will definitely be abandoned by the Xiliang army in the future.
The Kwantung Allied Forces did not dare to provoke Dong Zhuo rashly, and they would not go too far.
The large area in the middle will be ravaged by bandits and Huns in the later period.
Yu Xian preemptively asked Dong Bai to take over the troops in the two counties when the situation was still unclear, which laid the groundwork for future intervention in this blank area.
The future strategy has been roughly finalized, and the sky is already bright.
The servants in the Prime Minister's Mansion offered the remaining food to everyone.
Yu Xian touched his lips briefly and then gave the food to the hungry soldiers.
After the soldiers were ready, Li Su led the Xiliang soldiers who had escaped overnight and marched towards Mengjin.
Yu Xian, Dong Bai, and Cai Yan all followed slowly in the center of the team.
Cai Yan saw the Kui Niu war drum hanging around Dong Bai's neck at a glance.
She suddenly understood what Yu Xian was thinking.
But now that the situation is chaotic, she doesn't dare to decide her position easily.
After traveling like this for a day, the team finally arrived at Mengjin.
Mengjin guards the mouth of the Yellow River and is a defense system composed of a series of fortresses.
This is also the place where Dong Zhuo briefly stopped when he entered Luoyang.
Yu Xian was not sure whether the Xiliang soldiers who stayed here were willing to surrender to Dong Bai. He simply joined forces with Li Su and broke open the gate of Mengjin's village at night.
When Li Su brought the captain guarding Mengjin to Dong Bai, he was still a little confused.