"On March 19, the vanguard cavalry of the Qiang people defeated Yuxian!"

"On March 21, the main force of the Qiang people, under the leadership of Yue Hu, went straight south, intending to attack Shu County!"

"On March 22, Yuehu encountered sniping from the wolf battalion, and it was unfavorable to attack Shu County, so he retreated thirty miles!"

"On March 24, Zhang Song's troops went out of Luo County, attacked the Qiang camp, and attacked Min Wu back and forth!"

"On March 25, Huang Shao led the main force of the Yellow Turban to descend from the north to assist Min Wu and attack the Qiang military camp!"

"On March 26, the Yuehu soldiers were defeated at Langkou, lost their troops, and broke out, leaving less than 15,000 remnants and fleeing westward!"

“……”

In the Zhaoming Pavilion, Huo Yu was perusing the report sent to him.

Mu Jing listened very carefully, and when he heard these messages, the light in his eyes flickered.

Hu Zhao was also pondering beside him.

He thought for a moment and said: "Now the Qiang army is already struggling, the road to the south to Shu County has been blocked early in the morning, there is definitely no way to go north, and it is even more impossible to go east, only to retreat west, but ......"

"Qiangdao City is in our hands!"

Mu Jing said indifferently: "To put it simply, they have fallen into the encirclement, even if we don't fight, we can kill them!" ”

"The point is that we don't have so much time to spend here!"

Hu Zhao said softly.

The strategic deployment of the Ming Marquis Mansion this year is not in Guanghan, the Guanghan Campaign can only be regarded as a local battle, only in defeating the enemy, not killing the enemy, the Qiang people have always been fierce, trapped beasts especially fighting, fighting, great damage.

The best results have been achieved in this battle, and at this point, it has greatly exceeded expectations.

Of course, the siege is not impossible.

It's just that it is not a last resort, the herdsman army is not prepared to encircle and annihilate, once it leads to heavy casualties among the Yellow Turban Army and the Wolf Battalion, it will inevitably cause the northern Xinjiang to be weakened, which is what the Ming Hou Mansion does not want to see.

"Wait!"

Mu Jing squinted his eyes and said in a low voice: "Immediately pass my order to Huang Shao and Min Wu as quickly as possible, besiege them for a month, avoid fighting without fighting, and wait for the reaction of the northern frontier, I have to see, will Dong Zhuo send troops?" ”

With the Qiang army as a guide, let's see if the Xiliang army will go south.

Only in this way can Mu Jing finally determine whether Dong Zhuo will choose to suddenly send troops south during his absence.

The strategic deployment of a political bloc is usually difficult to see clearly, but it can definitely be seen clearly at this time.

As an ally and Dong Zhuo's most powerful military ally, if he doesn't care about the life and death of the Qiang army at this time, it will inevitably affect the relationship between Xiliang and the Qiang people, and the loss in this is indescribable to Dong Zhuo.

At the same time, this also proves one thing, the Chang'an Imperial Court at this time is really incapable of going south, which can reassure Mu Jing.

"In a few days at most, the news will be transmitted back to Chang'an!" Hu Zhao said in a deep voice: "At this time, keep an eye on the northern Xinjiang, and there will be news!" ”

He paused, and said: "You persecute Dong Zhuo like this, maybe he will be willful, he was born in Xiliang, he is brave and strong, and now that he is in power, it is inevitable that no one will be in his eyes, and he will not put us in his eyes, even if he knows that it is not wise to go south, he insists on going south, it is not impossible to do so!" ”

"No!"

Mu Jing shook his head: "I believe he won't!" ”

"Why?"

"Heart-to-heart!"

Mu Jing said in a low voice: "Since I have been self-reliant as the Lord, shouldering countless lives in the future, I dare not have a quarter of an hour of relaxation, one side of the princes, to say that it is glorious, but it is also a responsibility, sitting in this position, every decision must be extremely cautious, because every word we say, it is countless lives withering, do not dare to have the slightest carelessness!" ”

He sneered and said: "As for the title of the horseman, that is the impression of the scholar on him, but we can't be the benchmark, everyone in the world says, Dong Zhuo is a fang, from a humble background, a puppet, easy to act impulsively, brave and resourceful, but I think that anyone who can come this far is not an ordinary person, the so-called fame, but it is only touted by those scholars, they like you, they will tout you in the sky and the earth, but they don't like you, they can trample you under the soles of their feet." ”

"Although Dong Zhuo and I are both sitting on one side now, we are not liked by Shilin scholars, because our backgrounds are not good, such a background, today's achievements, for them, is more of a slap in the face!"

"So they're going to crush us to the death!"

"Dong Zhuo was born in Xiliang, that is Xiliang Pifu!"

"I'm a thief, that's Mu Monkey and crown!"

"So we can't look at what people in the world say, we have to actually look at what they do, in order to see a person's heart!"

Mu Jing squinted: "Dong Zhuo, I hate him to the core, the hatred of killing my father is not the same as the sky, my father died because of him, I don't want to wait for a day, but I have never underestimated him, he is definitely a big enemy!" ”

"He is a hero, with a sense of the overall situation, courage, and the ability to make decisive decisions!"

"At this time, any decision he makes is a judgment of the situation!"

The corners of Mu Jing's mouth curled up slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "Besides, even if he is irrational, there are reasonable people around him!" ”

……………………………………………………………………

Changan.

The atmosphere of the New Year has just passed, and there seems to be a tense atmosphere in Chang'an City.

In the sixth year of the first peace, he has been in the dynasty three times.

But Dong Zhuo's arrogance, entering without an order, marching forward, and facing with a sword, these behaviors have exceeded the etiquette of a courtier, so unscrupulous, there is already a vague threat to the Son of Heaven.

In the face of this situation, the imperial court naturally did not dare to show weakness, led by the Guan sergeant clan, the royalists attacked one after another, and impeached Dong Zhuo successively, and the general Xiliang under Dong Zhuo was also impeached.

And that's not the most important thing.

The most important thing is that Dong Taishi is in charge of military and political power in the name of Taishi, and he personally issued a military order to order Emperor Fu Song to lead the Guanzhong army back to Chang'an, but there was no movement in Nanyang.

This time more or less the faces of both sides were torn apart.

Huangfu Song did not return.

Dong Zhuo had concerns.

However, Huang Fu Song, Dong Zhuo also knows very well that he is not a person who is willing to divide one side, he obviously received a secret order from the Son of Heaven, so he will not care about the military orders he gave at all.

This made Dong Zhuo a little in a dilemma.

The fierceness of the Guanzhong army, he knows, Huangfu Song is a famous general, today, even the brave and good fighting herdsmen, in the hands of Huangfu Song also suffered a big loss, the battle of Henan and Yan Prefecture, but also showed the strength of the Guanzhong army.

It is not good for yourself to tear your face.

But Huangfu Song couldn't use it for himself for a long time, and he also exhausted his patience, and he didn't want to go on like this.

For several days, he had been gathering his advisers to discuss the issue.

"Can you think of a way to lure Huangfu Song to return to Chang'an, capture the thief and capture the king, take Huangfu Song first, and then the Guanzhong army can slowly adjust!" Above the main hall of the Taishi Mansion, more than ten strategists were talking freely.

"I'm afraid not, Huangfu Song is very shrewd, and it is impossible to get out of Nanyang easily!"

"When he was asked to attack Nanyang, he really raised tigers!"

"Now that the Guanzhong Army has a foothold, I am afraid that it will be even more difficult to deal with in the future, so we still have to plan early!"

"Maybe you can rebel against some of the generals around Huangfu Song!"

"It's difficult, Huangfu Song is surrounded by the generals of the Guan Sergeant clan, most of them will hate us, and it is easy to buy!"

"And Huangfu Song governs the army strictly, he can be respected, and those who are in charge of the military are his henchmen, and the henchmen who are willing to intersect with life and death are even more difficult to buy!"

"If you want me to say, directly send troops, attack Nanyang, and take Huangfu Song!"

"If the Guanzhong Army is so easy to deal with, do we still need to continue to discuss here, attacking Nanyang is simple, it can cause the Guanzhong Army to counterattack, even if we are annihilated in the end, it will damage our own strength!"

"This kind of idea is not advisable, now our Xiliang main force is fighting in the two states of Yu and Yan, and we have lost a lot of troops, in order to keep the territory recaptured, we need a lot of troops to deal with the princes of all parties, if we fight with the Guanzhong army at this time, the gains outweigh the losses!"

“……”

In the main hall, you and I say a word, and the voices intersect together.

The Taishi Mansion is now in charge of the power of the Chang'an Imperial Court, and it is still the old road of Mushan, coercing and luring some ministers to take refuge internally, and establishing a recruitment hall externally to recruit talents from all over the world.

The Taishi party lingered around Dong Zhuo, and there were not many strategists large and small.

However, there is only one thing that Dong Zhuo values and trusts the most, that is Li Ru, this son-in-law and the great hero who supported him out of Xiliang, is the only person he will not be guarded against, he heard these quarrels, his head was chaotic, and finally he looked at Li Ru and asked in a low voice: "Wen Wei, this matter has a lot of impact, can you surrender the army without a fight, and let Huangfu Song hand over the military power?" ”

"Difficult!"

Li Ru smiled bitterly: "Unless it is ordered by the Son of Heaven!" ”

"The Son of Heaven ordered?"

Dong Zhuo's eyes flashed a cold glint: "The Son of Heaven is now in a hurry to control the military power, the soldiers and horses defending the imperial city are under my control, his only reliance can only be the Guanzhong Army, I am afraid he will not give an order!" ”

"Today, he is young and smart, the city is quite deep, but he is cold and thin, but he can use one or two!"

Jia Xu, who was sitting on the flank, suddenly stood up, faced Dong Zhuo, and arched his hand and said: "My lord, if you can make the Son of Heaven lose trust in Huangfu Song, you don't need to pay attention to this matter at all, and you will definitely be able to disarm Huangfu Song and return!" ”

"Trust?"

Dong Zhuo said: "How easy is it to talk about? ”

"It's not easy, but it's much better than our attack on Nanyang, Nanyang is the first county in the world, the population and food are very important, once the emperor is forced to stand on his own, and even force the emperor to take refuge in other princes, the court will really lose more than it gains!"

Jia Xu said.

After a lot of ups and downs, Jia Xu is now the great strategist second only to Li Ru in the Taishi party, and gradually gained Dong Zhuo's trust, although Dong Zhuo can't trust him as much as he trusts Li Ru, but many things have begun to be handed over to him with confidence.

"You're right, I'll leave this matter to you, if you can make the Son of Heaven wary of Huangfu Song, it will be a great achievement!"

Dong Zhuo said in a deep voice.

"No!"

Jia Xu nodded.

He is not a noble person, although he is a little cautious, he was reluctant to take the lead before, but he studied and became a scholar, all for the sake of honoring the marquis and honoring the ancestors, and now the Chang'an court is becoming more and more ferocious, and he has confidence in Dong Zhuo.

At the beginning, he didn't have much confidence in Dong Zhuo, because he felt that Dong Zhuo's character couldn't adapt to the treachery of the Central Plains, and when he entered the Central Plains, he was like an eagle with folded wings.

But over the years, although Dong Zhuo still retains the courage that came out of Xiliang, it has made him more stable.

So he now has the heart to support Dong Zhuo.

Since he has made such a decision, he naturally has to work hard.

"Lord, Guanghan is in a hurry!" A soldier rushed in from outside and handed a rush to him.

"Yue Hu is surrounded?"

Dong Zhuo opened it and took a look, his face changed greatly, he turned his eyes to stare at Li Ru, and asked, "Didn't you say before that the matter of Guanghan was properly arranged?" ”

"It was indeed arranged before, the imperial court sent an envoy to pick up the Guanghan soldiers and horses who defected to Yizhou, and then led the Qiang army into the country, disrupting the situation, and waiting for the chaos in Yizhou, we took the opportunity to go south!" Li Ru stood up, his face was cold: "But now it seems that something is wrong!" ”

"Trap!"

Dong Zhuo directly threw the secret letter in his hand to Li Ru and said: "This is a trap set out by Mu Longtu, a trap to lure us to send troops, otherwise how can it be, the Qiang army here has just entered Guanghan, and the army over there has already formed an encirclement!" ”

"Damn it!"

Li Ru carefully read the secret letter and report, and clenched his fists: "The rebellion of the Guanghan Zhang clan seems to have been arranged by him!" ”

"It's not about what to do anymore, it's about what we should do now!"

Dong Zhuo's breath was a little unstable, and he said in a low voice.

There was silence in the hall.

"You say, should we send troops now?" Dong Zhuo's bronze bell-like eyes swept over with a fierce aura, looked at the faces of the strategists he relied on one by one, and asked coldly.

Yuehu was surrounded, and his first reaction was to send troops.

He can have today, it is because of the support of Bai Ma Qiang, when he was in Xiliang, he was just an inconspicuous person, if it was not for the marriage with Bai Ma Qiang and the use of troops to fight, he would not have the power he has today.

Even now, he still has tens of thousands of Qiang soldiers under his command to fight for him.

But soon he calmed down, he is now a court master, if he makes a decision casually, it will not only cause a chain reaction, but also make his subordinates complain and lose his support, so he must be cautious.

"We must send troops, the Qiang King Yuehu has unified the Qiang people, and he has a close relationship with us, and we must not be discarded!"

"No, once the troops are sent now, the situation in the court will inevitably collapse, don't forget, the Son of Heaven is looking down, they always want us to make mistakes, and they hope to beat us forever, how can we easily leave a handle!"

"If you don't send troops, how will the lord face the Qiang people in the future, and how will he face the people of the world, the word Xinyi can't be lost!"

"Confused, the Qiang people are aliens, the court can be used, not to be heart-to-heart, this matter may be an opportunity, so that the Qiang people and Yizhou will lose, we will take advantage of the fishermen, why not!"

Soon in the main hall, there were already quarrels, and if there was no agreement, it would inevitably be a quarrel.

"Give me all peace!"

Dong Zhuo's brain hurt, and his fierce anger exploded directly, suppressing everyone at once.

His last gaze only stayed on a few people, and he asked in a low voice: "What do you think about this matter?" ”

The strategists of the Taishi Mansion, with Li Ru as the main and Jia Xu as the second, the two glanced at each other, and the first to speak was Li Ru: "No troops!" ”

"No troops!"

Jia Xu also nodded in response.