Chapter 12: The Commander of the Dong Family's Army
It is true that you can't take refuge in Niu Fu and Dong Yue, because if you want to join them, you have to go to another world before you can do it.
The Dong family's army, which was stationed in the Sili area to prevent Yuan Shao and other Kwantung heroes from advancing westward into Chang'an, was gathering.
"Father-in-law, father-in-law! I, Niu Fu, will gather soldiers and horses to crusade against Wang Yun and Lu Bu, and avenge you! ”
Standing in front of the spiritual throne was Dong Zhuo's son-in-law, Niu Fu, who was only in his early thirties, and led many captains such as Li Dao and 100,000 troops together with Dong Yue and Duan Xuan, and was ready to guard against the attacks of Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Cao Cao and others.
Suddenly, the herald ran in: "Report! General, Duan Xuan has surrendered to Wang Yun, and all the west of Huayin has been controlled by the enemy. ”
"Ahh ......" Niu Fu, who was full of confidence just now, instantly broke out in a cold sweat. "This time, the road to Chang'an has been cut off, what can I do?"
It turned out that when Dong Zhuo was alive, although he moved the capital from Luoyang to Chang'an to avoid the attack of the Kwantung heroes, in fact, the west of Luoyang was still under the control of Dong Zhuo's army. Dong Zhuo arranged for Niu Fu, Dong Yue, and Duan Xuan, three lieutenant generals, to lead troops to be stationed in Shaanxi County, Mianchi, and Huayin respectively to block the western advance of the Kanto heroes into Chang'an.
And Hu Zhen, Xu Rong, Lu Bu and others are sitting in Chang'an, and now these three have followed Wang Yun, and even Duan Xuan, who has been following for a long time, has surrendered. The once glorious Xiliang Legion has fallen apart.
It just so happened that Duan Xuan was stationed in Huayin, the westernmost part of the country, near the direction of Chang'an, cutting off the road for the Xiliang army to go home to Chang'an and Xiliang.
Even if Niu Fu, Dong Yue and nearly 100,000 troops were further east, the road back to Chang'an was probably not smooth. Ordinary soldiers are panicked, and some people have already broken away from the rule and fallen into the grass.
Niu Fu was hesitating, and the herald ran in again, "Report!" Good news, General. General Dong Yue brought people from Michi to support. ”
“...... Oh, okay, take me to meet me. ”
"Brother Dong, my father-in-law was killed by Wang Yun and Lu Bu, let's go to Chang'an to take revenge!"
Dong Yue is about forty years old, but he has been on the battlefield for a long time, and his ability is indeed above Niu Fu. However, he was only born in the side branch of the Dong family in Longxi, and was not fully entrusted with important responsibilities. Therefore, all the armies guarding against the Kwantung region must obey the command of Dong Zhuo's son-in-law Niu Fu.
He couldn't help frowning when he heard Niu Fu's words, and said, "Of course, but except for you and me, the rest of the generals have rebelled. Therefore, we still need to assemble the Flying Bear Army of Li Dao and others, and only after the whole army is assembled and rectified can we be sure of victory. ”
"Ah, this is not good, we should raise troops as soon as possible, otherwise Wang Yun and others will rectify the soldiers and horses, and we will be even more weakened." Niu Fu looked displeased.
Dong Yue hesitated a little and then asked, "Dare to ask how many soldiers and horses the general is stationed in Shaanxi County?" ”
Niu Fu didn't think about it, and immediately replied: "I have a total of 10,000 soldiers here. ”
"That's it, I also have 10,000 here, if we gather the soldiers and horses of Li Dao, Guo Yan, Fan Chou, Zhang Ji and Jia Xu and others, there will be 60,000 or 70,000 people, and then there will be a military advantage."
Although Dong Yue is Dong Zhuo's family, because Niu Fu is Dong Zhuo's son-in-law, Niu Fu's status is more respected on weekdays. But now, Dong Yue, who naturally has more experience in the battlefield, makes sense in his analysis, but he never thought that Niu Fu had a different mind.
Niu Fu thought to himself, "He just asked me how many soldiers and horses I have, he wanted to see how much strength I have, and he meant to warn me that I don't have strength." What's more, his father-in-law is gone, and he definitely wants to rely on his qualifications and his surname Dong to forcibly take command of the whole army. ”
Niu Fu suddenly sneered, and made up his mind in his heart.
After thinking for a while, he found Dong Yue again, and said with a slight sense of mystery: "Since you and I can't make up our minds about sending troops immediately or gathering the whole army, we can do some divination and see how the good and evil are?" ”
Dong Yue had long heard of Niu Fu's love for superstition, and he was very disgusted by it, and replied impatiently: "I am afraid it is not appropriate to listen to what the people say about such a major event in the army." Brother is going to beat up these wizards when he sees them. ”
"This is not good, there are many Qianghu soldiers in the army, they all believe this, now the army's heart is shaken, divination is very necessary to stabilize the army's heart, and it will be counted in front of the whole army in a while." Ushisuke is unusually adamant about this.
"That's fine."
In the afternoon of the same day, Niu Fu had already arranged for his own territory, and invited a mysterious wizard with a feather on his head and a painted face, holding a tortoise shell for divination, and reciting words. Dong Yue never believed in these superstitions, but if he was a little patient and observed carefully, he would find that this wizard had been severely beaten by him for disturbing the discipline of the army. It must not be a coincidence that he appeared here at this time.
There were two or three circles of Qiang Hu soldiers and divination soldiers in the camp, and everyone waited attentively for the results of the divination. Click, click, the result shaken in front of everyone is to redeem the top and leave the top. The warlock immediately explained: "Fire is better than gold, and the outside is also the hexagram inside." ”
"Fire is outside, gold is inside, fire overcomes gold, it is a hexagram from the outside and seeking the inside, which means rebellion." Niu Fu said loudly, "Wang Yun rebelled against the thief in Chang'an, and even the heavens revealed his crimes!" We immediately raised troops to exterminate the rebels Wang Yun and Lu Bu. ”
Dong Yue hurriedly shouted: "Wait, how can such a big thing listen to the tricks of such a person......" Before the words fell, it attracted the hateful eyes of the crowd.
The Zheng people suddenly shouted loudly: "Today, there is fire coming in from the outside, which also means that someone wants to rebel today, and it is God who sees Dong Yue's ambition to murder General Niu and warns everyone." ”
The anger of being beaten by Dong Yue before, coupled with the confidence of Niu Fu to give him revenge today, made the Xiao people speak eloquently.
Niu Fu seemed to suddenly realize, "Oh, I see, God really has eyes, just now he asked us how many people there are, there must be the intention of annexation, and he also said that he would kill all the soldiers who believed in divination!" Come on, take him down. ”
"Niu Fu, you are crazy, you ......" Dong Yue subconsciously touched the saber on his waist, but in an instant, more than ten of Niu Fu's henchmen rushed up, pressed Dong Yue down, and gagged his mouth.
Niu Fu shouted loudly: "Today, I will sacrifice this person to the flag and raise troops to avenge my father-in-law!" After capturing Chang'an, the knife will not be sealed within three days, and money and women will be robbed at will! ”
"Whoa!"
However, Niu Fu, who had just killed Dong Yue not long ago, soon died as well.
Concentrate:
"Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Wei, Biography of Dong Zhuo" notes the "Book of Wei": "The auxiliary frame is cowardly and cannot be safe. Often put the soldier talisman to continue to lock to its side, wanting to improve itself. When you see a guest, you first make the person who looks like each other, know whether there is an anti-anger or not, and know the good and bad, and then see it. Zhonglang will Dong Yue come to assist, assist him, and he has to redeem the lower and leave the top, and the one said: 'Fire is better than gold, and the hexagram of the outside and the inside is also.'" 'Real-time killing. "Dedication to the Emperor" cloud: Zi people are often whipped by Yue, so they repay it. ”