Chapter 50: Watching from the Wall
If you say who is the most reassuring to Yuan Shao among the princes in this world, Fa Xiaocao Mengde can definitely rank among the top three of his henchmen.
Go to school together, rob daughters-in-law together, drink together, and fight with others together. The friendship between the two of them when they were young is needless to say. Even later, as they grew older, they did more business, and their brothers Cao Cao did not stay long in the position of the northern governor of Luoyang and stayed away from the center of Luoyang, but their connection did not change in any way.
Even Cao Cao fought abroad, and every time he won, the battle report about Yanzhou in the general's mansion ranked first in the statement of the important subordinate officials. Even if it's just a few hundred small thieves.
They are not brothers, but their relationship is much closer than Yuan Shu's younger brother.
But the matter was critical, Yuan Shao still asked thoughtlessly, "If Meng De is in charge, will there be danger?" ”
Regardless of whether it is a general or a messy official position, Yuan Shao has seen too many filthy things in Luoyang, and it does not mean a good thing to ascend to the position of general at this time.
Great Generals, Che Cavalry Generals, Hussar Generals, Auxiliary Generals......
Whether it is He Jin or Dong Chong, He Miao or Ma Yue, or he Yuan Shao, who can sit in this position for a long time and sit comfortably.
In terms of name, He Jin and Dong Zhong are both relatives.
In terms of domestic prestige, Yuan Shao IV and the third duke were the best of the best.
In terms of outstanding meritorious service, Ma Yue was invincible in the east and west.
But in the final analysis, aren't they all in the sand on the general's position? Unlucky, He Jin's head was hung on the green door by Ma Yue. had a miserable time, Dong Chong was deposed as a concubine, and he died of depression not long after he was dismissed. The saddest thing is that Ma Yue was besieged by all the princes from all walks of life, if it weren't for the emperor's recitation of that trace of teacher kindness, the camp of the Northern Army would have been killed, and he would have been expelled to Liangzhou in disgrace.
In the present world, he Yuan Shaoce opposed Luoyang's soldiers and horses to attack Ma Yue, and now the Montenegrin rebellion has besieged him in Luoyang for two months, and he can only sit in the general's mansion to ponder the way back.
That's all he wants, he doesn't want his brother Cao Cao to suffer the same situation as himself again. Chun Yuqiong's death hit Yuan Shao very hard, since then he has paid more attention to friendship, he doesn't have many friends, most of the children of the family who mixed in Luoyang together are scattered all over the world, some have become princes and private soldiers and horses do not respect the king's order, and some people are too guarded to protect the territory and the people, except for Xu Yu who is by his side, the only old friend who still keeps in touch is Cao Mengde.
What's more, in his heart, he always regarded Cao Cao as a little brother who was weaker than him...... He Yuan couldn't get the world at the beginning, and he couldn't stop Ma Yue's eastward march, Cao Cao, can he?
Unexpectedly, when Yuan Shao asked this, Tian Feng and the others laughed one after another, and Xu You even smiled and said: "General, you are concerned about chaos, no matter how dangerous Luoyang is, can you still survive the chaotic Yanzhou?" When Cao Mengde first served as the Tai Punctual of Dongjun, there were more than a dozen thieves in the entire Yanzhou, not to mention that the Tai Shou in various places were all gathering troops to defend themselves, and the situation was much more chaotic than in Luoyang. Yanzhou has been cleaned up by Cao Mengde, is it still a problem to live well in Luoyang? ”
Yuan Shao thought about it himself, shook his head and smiled, and asked everyone: "Since this is the case, then please ask all the virtuous people to choose a state for Yuan, which can be a state in the world." ”
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"Not far ahead, it's the White Horse Temple." The army of the governor of Ma Yue, the three-way soldiers and horses covered with armor as the vanguard, together with Dong Zhuo in the north and Ma Teng's soldiers and horses in the south, went straight to Luoyang. However, in more than ten days, the three soldiers and horses of the Montenegrin Army were defeated, and they were dozens of miles away from the paper puppets of Luoyang City. He could almost see the stretch of the Montenegrin camp. "I don't know if the monk of the White Horse Temple is still there."
Four years ago, before the auxiliary general Ma Yue was expelled from Luoyang, he was chased all the way by the Black Mountain Army to the plague-ridden Yewang in Hanoi County, and Zhao Jin, the captain of the military colonel, died there.
Zhen Rong is Ma Yue's savior.
It is a pity that Ma Yue sent to the White Horse Temple to explore the horse failed to find Di Rong, the monks in the temple said that Di Rong has been going south for more than a year, since the war in the Central Plains resurgence, Zhen Rong led a group of Danyang monks to the south to Tao Qian, now where no one knows.
The army continued to move eastward, and the closer it got to Luoyang, the slower the march of the soldiers and horses became.
While walking, every dozen or so war horses dragged the giant trees, these things were necessary for them to arrive in Luoyang to set up camp, Ma Yue did not want to be besieged by the Montenegrin army just after arriving in Luoyang.
Luoyang, there is no danger to defend.
Ma Yue set his sights on Du Tingyi, where He Jin used to garrison the army, how did he know that when he said this idea, the generals unanimously opposed it.
"Why can't Dutingyi, you can speak freely." Ma Yue arched his hand and said: "Ma feels that the Duting Station is just right, there is Mengjin Pass in the north, and the strong troops can be stationed to block its pass, and the south goes straight to Luoyang, and the princes of Qinwang in the east can take care of each other, not to mention that there are sufficient facilities, as long as the Duting is laid, you can gain a firm foothold in Luoyang." ”
Before Ma Yue's words fell, Dong Zhuo took the lead and said: "San Lang, your plan is good, but there will inevitably be a large number of Black Mountain garrisons in Duting." According to Dong's conjecture, it is inevitable that the Montenegrin army will besiege Luoyang City, with Gucheng in the west, Duting in the north, Luoqu in the east, and Henan in the south. If you want to capture the capital pavilion, you can't avoid a head-to-head confrontation with the Montenegrin army. ”
"That's right, aren't we here to fight the Montenegrin Army? Break through the northern capital pavilion first, and you can get in touch with Luoyang. Ma Yue frowned, he had no problem paying for such a tactic, so he said with some displeasure: "Could it be that Brother Zhong wants to fight Gucheng first?" ”
"No, no, no, Gu City is more difficult to attack." Dong Zhuo smiled, but what he said was a little sinister, "Let's fight with Montenegro first, then we will become the target of everyone, if those princes watch from the wall, won't we fall into a bitter battle?" Even if he wins, the soldiers, horses, and foot soldiers are all damaged, what will he do to defeat Montenegro and compete with those princes for the opportunity to enter Luoyang? If you want me to say, let's just stand still here, this terrain is high, the southeast and northwest are all flat rivers, everywhere is a place to fight, if Montenegro comes to attack, we can scatter it on the spot. If Montenegro doesn't come, we can wait for the other princes to send the Montenegrin army first. ”
"Hey, hey. We are also taking credit for attacking and containing the Montenegrin army. Dong Zhuo smiled predictively: "It's best for the princes from all over the country to lose both, and I wait for more than 10,000 troops, who dares to say more?" ”
Dong Zhuo said this arrogantly, but Ma Yue waved his hand and didn't pay attention to it, but looked at Ma Teng, who was speechless, and asked, "Brother, what do you think?" ”
"A certain family doesn't think about anything, and the elder brother doesn't know about the affairs of the imperial court, but the elder brother only knows one truth - if there are soldiers in his hands, his waist is hard!" Ma Teng is not as bad as Dong Zhuo, but it is obvious that he also agrees with Dong Laoer's suggestion and says, "As long as our brothers don't die, anything can be done." Not to mention that other people's lives are cheap or not, our brothers are all good hands, and we can't afford to spend it with them. ”
This is indeed reasonable, not to mention Ma Yue's armored army for the time being, that is, Ma Teng and others' subordinates, and most of them are veterans who have fought with them for many years. Nowadays, most of the soldiers under the command of the Ma clan are lifelong soldiers, and more than half of the good men of Liangzhou are survivors of the crusade against Song Jian, with superb martial arts and heroic battles.
Ma Yue nodded quietly, if the commander of two of the three armies felt that it was not appropriate to snatch the capital pavilion at this time, then he could not do so even if he had a thousand reasons.
After all, the main force of the army is the robed brothers of Dong and Ma, and although his armored army is superb, when they are really desperate with others, they still need their soldiers and horses to attack first...... It is better not to fight than to win a war and cause internal contradictions among them.
Ma Yue's mind is very simple, as long as Xiao Liu Xie is not in danger, he doesn't care how to fight. Even if he can't enter Luoyang this time, it doesn't matter to him, although this is what Dong Zhuo and the others expected. As far as he is concerned, as long as the three places of Liang and Sanfu are monolithic, the overall situation of the world has been decided, and the distant places can't be begged, whether it's Yizhou or Yuzhou, he doesn't care. Unless the princes of the world can unite to clean him up, no one is worthy of being his enemy!
"Since this is the case, then according to Brother Dong's wishes, let's not attack the capital pavilion, and wait for his other princes to march first." Ma Yue waved his hand and pressed the overall situation, and said to the generals: "But I think the location of the village still needs to be changed, since we want to watch from the wall, we have to be able to see it." In this case, we will bypass Luoyang, pass through the capital pavilion from the north, and camp troops at the foot of the mountain, so that we can sit and watch the success or failure, and can also make a surprise attack to determine the overall situation. ”
"Bishan, Dong has no opinion." After Dong Zhuo heard this, he felt that Ma Yue's plan was good, and he didn't talk anymore.
Dong Zhuo didn't say anything, Ma Teng naturally had no opinion, but Han Sui behind Ma Teng paced the horse for two steps, stepped forward and bowed his hand to everyone, and then said: "Generals, although Han is soft-spoken, he has a sentence in his heart, I don't know if I can talk about it?" ”
"Speak, speak. I know that you are resourceful, and I specially asked my brother to take you out this time because I want you to give me advice. Ma Yue waved his hand and said with a heroic spirit: "You say." ”
Han Sui arched his hand and said: "It's easy to go to Bishan here, but if you don't attack the Black Mountain Army, I'm afraid that our army will be easy to fall into the truth, so it's better to divide the soldiers into two ways, one way to feint to capture Duting, and the other way to go straight to Bishan." After a few days, we will retreat from Duting to Bishan, so that it will be the day of victory, and it is said that Duting is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and in the end our army has made efforts. Besides, did the general think that the Montenegrin army might retreat there? The subordinates thought about it, the Montenegrin army entered through the revolving gate, and it must pass through Hanoi County, and Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuang did not make any movement about the Montenegrin army's siege of Luoyang, and it is likely that he knew about it. If the Montenegrin army retreats, if you still want to return to Jizhou, you will definitely go to Hanoi...... According to the situation of the war, the general can send a group of soldiers and horses to hide in Hanoi when the Montenegrin army is about to retreat, and specially intercept its grain and grass baggage...... In this way, the best of both worlds. ”
After Han Sui finished speaking, Ma Yue gave a thumbs up.
Han Wenyue is worthy of being the leader of the great rebellion that has occupied Liangzhou for several years, and he has this ability...... If it weren't for Ma Yue to pacify Song Jian first, Jia Xuce would have to fight against Wudai, but I am afraid that Liangzhou would have to fight for many years!