Chapter 230: Urgency

After the autumn, He Jin defended along the Yellow River with a small number of troops, and then sent the main force of the Northern Army to the east, and after more than ten days of fighting, basically defeated the main force of Yuan Shu's army. During the battle, Yuan Shu's general Sun Jian fought hard, and successively killed more than a dozen generals under He Jin's subordinates, and the situation was once superior, but unfortunately Yuan Shu did not allocate food and grass and reinforcements to him for various reasons, and Yuan Shao's army in the north was on the wall, which led to the failure.

The Northern Army had previously divided its forces into battles, and although it had once defeated several soldiers and horses of the Kwantung Coalition Army, it had not been able to turn its advantage on the battlefield into victory. When Sun Jian arrived from the south, he almost broke through He Jinjun's defensive circle. He Jin knew that Sun Jian was brave and fierce, but he was also ruthless, ignoring Yuan Shao's army in the north, gathered the main force of the northern army, and launched a fierce attack on Sun Jian's army.

Although Sun Jian is brave, the soldiers under his command can also serve desperately, but he only leads a forward. The Northern Army is above Sun Jian's troops in terms of equipment, combat effectiveness, and even numbers. The two sides fought from morning to evening, Sun Jian's troops gradually lost their opponents, and the long-awaited reinforcements never arrived, which gradually led to the collapse of morale.

In the reflection of the setting sun, the cavalry of the Northern Army came out, and Changshui, Tuncai, and the rebuilt Yue cavalry went out together to launch a fierce attack on Sun Jian's troops from both flanks. Sun Jianbu was unable to support it, and was chased and killed for dozens of miles, and more than half of the soldiers were killed or wounded. Even Sun Jian himself was seriously injured in the battle formation and fell off his horse. If it weren't for Huang Gai, Zu Mao and other generals would return to look for him, I was afraid that he would die on the battlefield.

Even Sun Jian, a brave and warlike general, was defeated, and the other generals under Yuan Shu were even more unbearable. Although the northern army is elite, but when attacking the city, it will also suffer heavy casualties, and He Jin can't make up his mind to defeat the northern army, so he can't completely wipe out Yuan Shu's army.

Although the Northern Army achieved such a great victory, the strategic situation of He Jin's side has never been able to improve. Just when the Northern Army broke through Sun Jian's army, although Yuan Shao's army did not move, the Yellow River defense line was broken through.

After planning for a long time, Dong Zhuo, the pastor of Bingzhou, used the Black Mountain Army to contain the Zhang Yang Department of Hanoi County, and personally led the troops across the Yellow River, and once killed at the gate of Luoyang. He Jin sent all the soldiers and horses in the city to the north and fought with Dong Zhuojun on both sides of the Jianhe River. The two sides exchanged troops more than ten times, and each other won and lost. Just when the two armies were at a stalemate, Zhang Liao led his army to raid Dong Zhuo's army that surrounded Hongnong, and then Huangfu Song and Ding Yuan waved their troops all the way to defeat the small number of soldiers and horses left by Dong Zhuo and killed Dong Zhuo's army.

Dong Zhuojun was terrified, and the soldiers fled one after another, and the Han army covered up and killed from behind, and pursued them all the way to the edge of the Yellow River. Guo Tai, the commander of the White Bo Army, was killed in battle, dozens of generals and colonels of Dong Zhuo's army were killed, and even Dong Zhuo's son-in-law Niu Fu was defeated and killed in this battle. He himself, under the protection of Li Dao, Guo Yan and other generals, crossed the Yellow River and fled back to Bingzhou.

After this battle, He Jin summoned Huangfu Song and Ding Yuan into the court and rewarded them greatly.

When Chen Cheng heard this, he said with a smile: "Come to think of it, He Jin wants to use Huangfu Song as the commander to pacify the rebellious army in Kanto?" ”

Yan Zhong said, "The prince guessed wrong this time. ”

"Oh? Is it to appoint Ding Yuan as the head coach? ”

"No," Yan Zhong said, "After the defeat of Sun Jian, the general of Yuan Shu's army, he retreated all the way back to Runan, and He Jinjun reoccupied Yingchuan County and Chen State. In addition, Dong Zhuo was defeated and retreated to the state. Therefore, although He Jin failed to completely defeat the Kwantung coalition army, he had also regained the initiative. Then, he sent Huangfu Song and Ding Yuan back to Guanzhong. Huangfu Song is still guarding Fufeng, and Ding is guarding Feng Yi. ”

"It's a pity, it's a pity," Chen Cheng shook his head again and again, and said, "Since you have already taken the initiative, why don't you fight to pursue it while you win?" ”

Yan Zhong said with a smile: "Huangfu Song's prestige is too high, when he pacified the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he was already a famous general in the world, if he destroyed the Kwantung Coalition Army again, how should He Jin deal with himself?" ”

"Then why did you send Ding Yuan back to Sanfu again? With Huangfu Song's talent, it is more than enough to guard the pass. ”

Yan Zhong said meaningfully: "It is because Huangfu Song has this talent that He Jin will send Ding Yuan back to Sanfu!" ”

Chen Cheng smiled, suddenly remembered something, and asked: "You said that He Jinbu has reoccupied Yingchuan County and Chen State, then Chen King Liu Pet has tens of thousands of troops, is it just watching Yuan Shu and He Jin fight on the land of Chen State?" ”

Yan Zhong said with a smile: "During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Liu Zhong gathered hundreds of thousands of people, and the number of soldiers and horses reached 100,000. Although He Jin said that he reoccupied the Chen State, in fact, he could not collect a penny from the Chen State, and he could not recruit a single soldier. ”

"Any Chen State can have 100,000 soldiers and horses," Chen Cheng shook his head and said, "The wealth of the Central Plains is really not comparable to Xiliang. ”

Yan Zhong stretched out his right hand and bent his fingers as he spoke, "The most populous places in the world are nothing more than these few places, Guanzhong is the first, the Central Plains is the second, Hebei is the third, Jingzhou is the fourth, and Yizhou is the fifth, but it's just a palm technique." ”

Chen Cheng said with a smile: "No wonder Han Sui and Ma Teng are all thinking about entering the Guanzhong, if there are hundreds of thousands of people in the Guanzhong and thousands of miles of fertile fields, it will be enough to compete with the princes of the world!" ”

Speaking of Han Sui, Yan Zhong sneered: "Han Wen is used to forbearance, although he is now in Yinchuan, he still has a surrender appearance, but I am sure that he must be planning something." ”

"Oh? Does Bo Dao still see it that way? He handed over the number of people in Jincheng and the atlas of the geography of the mountains and rivers. Chen Cheng smiled and said, "Wang Yue has been sending people to spy on Han Sui, but have you found any movement?" ”

"Hmph, Han Wenyue is so well disguised that he hasn't shown any flaws so far." Yan Zhong was a little angry at first, and suddenly changed his words and said, "It's better to invite him to go winter hunting, and then pretend to fall off the horse........."

"Don't don't," Chen Cheng waved his hand again and again, and said: "Assassination can't solve the problem, before forcing Han Sui to hand over Wudu and Hanyang, our reputation is already very bad." Kill Han Sui again, it will really make everyone terrified. ”

The assassination in Sarajevo shocked the world, but it did not solve any problems, but instead triggered an unprecedented world war.

Yan Zhong disagreed, and said: "In the past, it was not once or twice that the Qin State used deception, but it still annexed the Six Kingdoms and unified the world!" ”

"So Qin Guo II died," Chen Cheng said, "If Han Sui doesn't rebel, we can't kill him, that will only chill the hearts of the heroes of the world." ”

He said to Yan Zhong: "Since you said that Han Sui will definitely rebel, then prepare secretly first, wait for his reverses to be revealed, and then uproot him with a thunderous force, and clean Liangzhou by the way." ”

"What if he doesn't rebel all the time?"

"Haha, Bo Dao has doubts about his own judgment?" Chen Cheng smiled: "If he can really stay in peace, we will continue to accumulate strength." Hoarding grain and grass, casting armor soldiers, training officers and non-commissioned officers, as long as two years, there will be an army that is enough to subdue the entire Liangzhou, and then march eastward with strength, completely defeat Huangfu Song and Ding Yuan, and then occupy Guanzhong and peep into the world! ”

"Another two years?" Yan Zhong sighed and said, "I'm afraid that the situation in the world will change again. ”

"There must be changes, although Dong Zhuo was defeated, he is not dead. Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are still there, and He Jin and the Kwantung Coalition Army are still fighting. ”

Just when Chen Cheng and Yan Zhong were talking about Dong Zhuo, in the distant Jinyang City, Dong Zhuo, who was pale, was also discussing the general trend of the world with others. In the battle of Jianhe, he was attacked by Huangfu Song, Ding Yuan and He Jin, and the soldiers were defeated like a mountain, the soldiers were scattered, the soldiers and horses were broken in half, and even he himself was hit by several arrows and almost died in the battle array.

Dong Zhuo was tall and already looked a little thin, but after being injured, his body lost weight at a speed that was visible to the naked eye. His face was now pale, his eyes bulging, and he looked like he was very injured. He said a little short of breath: "Wen You, our army has recently suffered a major defeat, and the soldiers have lost four or five percent, the army's morale has collapsed, and the state has shaken. Now it's because of the heavy snowfall, so the soldiers and horses of the imperial court haven't fought for a while, if it's next year, what should we do? ”

Dong Zhuo smiled bitterly: "I want to sweep away the remnants of the country and share the wealth with all the soldiers, when will I not be with me!" ”

It turned out that it was no one else who negotiated with him, it was the most trusted Wenchen under his command, Li Ru and Li Wenyou.

Li Ru comforted him when he heard this: "Don't worry, my lord, although our army was defeated, it was once killed near Luoyang, which is enough to shake the world." Although He Jin has many soldiers and horses, there are only a few who are good at commanding troops. I heard that he sent Huangfu Song to Fufeng again, without this person, with the mountains and rivers of the state, even if there are 100,000 troops to attack, there is no fear. ”

Speaking of Huangfu Song, Dong Zhuo only felt that the wounds on his body were painful again, and he said hatefully: "Huangfu Lao'er has always been against me, if you catch him, you have to skin him and tear him apart to eliminate this evil breath in his chest!" ”

Li Ru said with a smile: "Since the lord has this heart, he should take care of his body." And the state is thousands of miles away, there are many elite soldiers, and the grain will be ripe after next autumn, and then compete with He Jin! ”

Dong Zhuo smiled bitterly, he sighed: "Wen You, you don't just have to say something nice, we killed the heroes of Bingzhou before, and I don't know how many people in Bingzhou want to kill me." This time we were defeated, and we lost a lot of soldiers and horses, but I am afraid that those people will rise up and make trouble. Maybe after the beginning of spring, there will be rebellion everywhere, where can you wait until after autumn? ”

Li Ru lowered his head and thought for a while, then raised his head and said, "There is a plan to solve the current crisis." ”

"I knew that Wen You must have an idea, so let's talk about it quickly."

Li Ru said slowly: "To break the predicament of going first, there are two strategies: urgent and slow. ”

"Will the plan be released?" Dong Zhuo hurriedly said: "Say it quickly, say it quickly!" ”