"Since there is only a pseudo-Henan Yin Yangyi in Luoyang City, why don't we go and save Luoyang first?"

Guan Yu Zhao Yun looked at the map and summed it up, after entering Taigu Pass, it was Wenming Garden to the north, and Bigui Garden to the northwest, all of which were royal gardens in the southern suburbs, and twenty or thirty miles to the north was Luoyang City.

Their location is only forty miles away from Luoyang City, which is closer than Yique Pass to Luoyang, as long as they run straight to the north.

In contrast, it is sixty or seventy miles to the east from the Yuyuan Pass attacked by Sun Jian, and considering that Shaomu Mountain is not a regular shape, it may take more than eighty miles to go around the mountain road, and it may take more than eighty miles to reach the northern end of the Yuyuan Pass Valley, flank Hu Zhen Lu Bu, and reinforce Sun Jian.

So no matter if Sun Jian goes straight to Luoyang, it is the fastest way.

However, Zhu Jun understood the surrounding situation and knew more about the army, so he questioned: "You rush to Luoyang as soon as possible now, even if Yang Yi is defeated, Yang Yi will set a fire before leaving, which is inevitable."

Moreover, Dong Zhuo has already gone crazy, and what he is thinking about now is that everything he can't get will be destroyed. If Yang Yi had been rewarded this time, saying that he had withdrawn without setting fire to Luoyang, Dong Zhuo would definitely have preferred to kill and wound some more Xiliang troops, and then go back to kill and set fire to Luoyang before leaving.

Nowadays, Niufu, Duan Xuantun, the north bank of the Yellow River, Hedong and other places, prevent Pu Hanjin. Li Dao, Guo Yantun, Hongnong, Huayin, Fang Kun Handao. Zhang Ji, Wang Fangtun, Shangluo, Lantian, refused to pass the road. Dong Zhuo dispatched six generals to refuse to defend the three fortresses that refused to enter the Qin land, headed by Niu Fu, with 350,000 soldiers and horses in each of the three places, and the troops were extremely strong. If Yang Yi misses, he will definitely attract Li Dao and Guo Yan to lead tens of thousands of troops back to set fire. ”

Zhao Yun was cautious, and sighed when he heard this: "What Zhu Gong means is that we must let Dong Zhuo vent this beastly desire, so that he can be rewarded by the defeated army, and know that he has successfully set fire to Luoyang before leaving, so he is willing to give up." And we can't stop this arson anyway, at most we can only take advantage of the fact that they have just set it off and put out the fire to recover some of the losses? ”

Zhu Jun patted Zhao Yun on the shoulder: "Although it is cruel, I'm afraid it's true, so it's not so urgent to save Luoyang." Even if you don't consider Li Dao Guo Yan's return to kill back, just Hu Zhen Lu Bu of the Yuyuan Pass and the Gui clan has more than 20,000 horses? In the future, they will also pass through Rayo when they withdraw to Kansai.

If you don't take the opportunity to defeat with the station. Once the station is not able to tackle key problems and retreat? Or did they abandon the platform and turn against you, with seven or eight thousand men here, plus my two thousand? Can you stand it? It is still necessary to defeat the main forces of the enemy. ”

Zhu Jun said this seriously? Guan Yu and Zhao Yun also knew that Zhu Jun was a little selfish, because Sun Jian was Zhu Jun's old subordinate? Even if he votes for Yuan Shu now, as long as Zhu Jun pulls him? Will Sun Jian still listen to Zhu Jun decisively and obediently? So of course your own people have to help.

is still the same sentence, in the late Han Dynasty of the inspection system, the person who recommended you to be an official was a lifelong kindness. Sun Jian initially entered the official career, although he relied on Yangzhou Thorn Shi Zangmin. But then when the yellow turban was begged? Is it all up to Zhu Jun's recommendation? Sun Jian was promoted from the local county to the assistant army Sima. Sun Jian has to pay back this kindness.

But regardless of whether Zhu Jun has the idea of cultivating and wooing his descendants, his military analysis is correct, and he must concentrate superior forces to defeat Lu Buhuzhen, otherwise he will have his hands free? It was Guan Yu, Zhao Yun and Sun Jian who were each broken by Lu Bu.

In the case of Guan and Sun's division of troops, neither of them was able to defeat Lu Bu alone.

And Guan Yu and Zhao Yun so far? I didn't know that Sun Jian was about to be put into the Yuyuan Pass and ambushed. All their plans, or according to "Sun Jian is tackling key problems?" We will attack him from behind to help him take advantage of the chaos and put him in and join forces".

Guan Yu thinks about it again and again? Clapped the clapper: "So? Let's divide our troops - this is to rescue Sun Wentai? The journey is eighty miles, and the infantry army cannot reach it in a day's march, and it is easy to get tired. Zilong led our front 3,000 cavalry and 1,500 mounted infantry to attack the Yuyuan Pass and ambush them in an attempt to meet Sun Wentai. I left 3,000 men and 500 war horses here to expel Yang Yi from Luoyang. It's also good to let Yang Yi set fire to less damage. ”

Seeing this, Zhu Jun felt that there was no problem with the distribution of troops, because at this moment, Guan Yu's rear army infantry had not all arrived at Taigu Pass, and there was a disconnect between the cavalry and infantry of his troops. Only let those who have horses go to reinforce, so that their physical strength is guaranteed.

Zhu Jun was just worried that Guan Yu had bad intentions, so he added a sentence on the side: "The surrounding area of Luoyang has already been searched by Dong Zhuo several times, and there will be no property left, Yun Chang must not be greedy for money." ”

Guan Yu was upright: "What a word! I'm here for money! If Zhu Gong doesn't trust it, he can stay and see the military discipline of our army in person! Guan Mou asked to enter Luoyang, one is to save the fire and save the people, and the other is to cover the tomb and respect the king! ”

The so-called tomb is to re-bury the tombs of the emperors around Luoyang that were stolen and excavated by Lu Bu, which is a good deed to increase fame and prestige, and can gain a good reputation in the world.

This is one of the many concerns that Liu Bei mentioned before Guan Yu set off from Jiangzhou: if Dong Zhen can enter Luoyang in the future, he will re-bury the stolen tombs of the first emperors. Of course, Guan Yu did what the eldest brother told Guan Yu to do.

Zhu Jun was refuted by such righteous and stern remarks, but he became ashamed, feeling as if he was spending the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, and couldn't help laughing embarrassedly:

"General Zhengxi is loyal to the monarch and filial piety, and he can have this explanation, he is really a model of the clan, and he is worthy of being a righteous person who has served as a Zongzheng, and he is underestimated. In this way, I will send people to lead hundreds of troops to guide Yun Chang, maybe I can also earn some city gates, and I have no other intentions, Yun Chang must not doubt it. ”

After that, Zhu Jun waved his hand and commanded: "Xu Xuan! ”

"The last general!" A subordinate general beside Zhu Jun stepped forward as promised. This person was also with Sun Jian, and when he was crusading against the Nanyang Yellow Turban Army, he followed Zhu Jungan's old subordinate, named Xu Xuan. When Sun Jian was the Sima of Zhu Jun's subordinate Zuojun, Xu Xuan was already Zhu Jun's other Sima.

Zhu Jun took out a token: "You hold this city gate captain talisman to guide Yun Chang, and try to make it as convenient as possible for him along the way." ”

Before Zhu Jun was appointed as Henan Yin, his official position was "Captain of the City Gate", don't look at this name, but the Captain of the City Gate and the Central Marquis of the Northern Army and the Zhi Jinwu are mutually restricted, and they are jointly responsible for the defense garrison of Luoyang. (When Dong Zhuo recruited Huangfu Song to return to Beijing, he nominally demoted Huangfu Song to the captain of the city gate, but in fact, Huang Fu Song was imprisoned as soon as he came back and demoted to a commoner, in fact, Zhu Jun was made the captain of the city gate)

Later, Zhu Jun first became Henan Yin, and was recently replaced by Yang Yi, who was airborne, and Dong Zhuo did not make any other arrangements for Zhu Jun in his hurry, so he asked him to take a step back and return to his original position as the captain of the city gate for a few days. In Dong Zhuo's heart, Luoyang was going to burn anyway, and there was no need to bother arranging for a temporary position for a few days, but this gave Zhu Jun and the Kwantung princes a chance.

Who let the captain of the city gate actually manage many of the eight passes in Luoyang, as long as there is no place where the generals of the Xiliang Army are stationed, Zhu Jun can act.

Seeing this, Zhao Yun also agreed to this arrangement: "In this case, let's go north first to take Bi Guiyuan and Wen Mingyuan, and rest in the middle of the night to recover our strength." At least we're still on the way for more than ten miles. At dawn tomorrow, Yun Chang and Xu Duwei will enter Luoyang, and Zhu Gongdong and I will return to reinforce Sun Wentai. ”

Guan Yu nodded: "Youping and Xingba are both southerners, and they are not used to galloping and riding battles, although I don't need too many generals to lead troops here, but let them stay." Gongming is quite good at equestrianism, so let him temporarily follow you for reinforcements. ”

The army first went north to take the two royal gardens left by Emperor Ling of Han in the south of the city. Although the valuable decorations inside have been dismantled and removed, and even the animals have been eaten, the garden trees and buildings are still there.

Yang Yi each stationed a few hundred people in each palace to defend, and when he saw Guan Yu and Zhao Yun arriving, he hurriedly set fire to it as planned, but they were quickly surrounded and annihilated by Zhao Yun, Zhao Yun was very careful and cautious, and he didn't even escape alive to inform Yang Yi, in order to prevent Yang Yi from setting fire to Luoyang City in advance.

Therefore, he preferred to ensure that the encirclement was completely entrenched, the enemy in the palace was annihilated, or the remaining most of the soldiers were forced to surrender, and then put out the fire.

Fortunately, there are more rivers, ponds and lakes in the palace, it is easy to get water, and there are thousands of people to put out the fire, only one or two achievements were burned to extinguish the fire, and there are still two palaces with about seventy or eighty empty houses and gardens.

When Guan Yu counted the losses, he found that Zhao Yunbu's firefighting efficiency was much higher than his, and he couldn't help but be curious: "Zilong, your subordinate cavalry was much faster than me in fighting fires just now, but what is the trick?" ”

The people of the Han Dynasty did not have a systematic theoretical summary of how to save large-scale fires in the city, and there was no fire brigade in this era. Therefore, even a little experience summary of future generations can have a good effect.

Zhao Yun didn't hide his selfishness, and patiently explained to Guan Yu: "Last year, before I left Chengdu, the military advisor told me that Dong Zhuo was very animalistic, and it was possible that the jade would be burned.

In this way, a separation zone can be formed, so that the fire cannot be prolonged. According to me, when Yang Yi was repelled by our army, I am afraid that he would not have much time to set fire everywhere, and at most dozens of places would be set on fire in Luoyang City, the key was that he was afraid of spreading the fire. As long as the resolute strong man breaks his arm and demolishes the house and isolates it, he may be able to save half of the city, or more. ”

Guan Yu and Zhu Jun were shocked when they heard this, especially Zhu Jun, who couldn't help but ask, "Are you talking about making Zhonglang General Li Su?" Could he be in Shu County, a few months ago, to speculate about the predicament we are facing today in Luoyang? ”

Zhao Yun smiled indifferently: "If a person is not an immortal saint, how can he be a prophet." In the opinion of the military advisor, it is nothing more than the one who calculates more wins, and he is prepared. In addition to thinking that Dong Zhuo might set the fire and let us learn how to put out the fire, he also said that he imagined that 'if there are too many dead in the slaughter of the city, the corpses should be burned and buried in the pit ashes';

"When the palace maid is humiliated and thrown into the well too much, bury the well to avoid the corpse soaking and spreading the plague", "If the remnants of the people of Yin in Henan miss this year's agricultural time due to the war, they are not allowed to cultivate sorghum and wheat, but let the people cultivate beans, this thing can still be harvested in March and April, and it will be ripe in more than 100 days, although the yield is low, one person can be saved in the famine year......, and one person will be saved."

Zhao Yun directly said three or four "reserve staff plans" made by Li Su last year, each of which envisaged an extreme situation that could be directly dealt with.

Only then did Zhu Jun know that Li Su was not an immortal, he just thought too much, and the confrontational deduction was very detailed, and there was a response plan for each situation.

Only one or two of these response plans have actually been used, and the rest are prepared.

Zhu Jun sighed: "No wonder General Zhengxi has passed Kejie for several years, as a general, there are strategists around him who can think of all kinds of responses at ordinary times, and they can use them when they encounter them, and they can not win!" Gaozu said that the Marquis of Liu's strategy and decisive victory thousands of miles away', which is also said! ”

Guan Yu also quickly wrote down these skills, in case he could use them for disaster relief after entering the city.

After remembering, everyone slept for only two or three hours, and then hurriedly got up and marched again. Guan Yu and Xu Xuan went straight to Luoyang City, and Zhao Yun, Xu Huang and Zhu Jun led the main force to reinforce Sun Jian.