Chapter 173: This battle is not easy to fight

At this time, Luyang Gaoyi integrated Zhao Yun's 5,000 guerrilla soldiers and horses, Helan Demon's 5,000 horse family iron horses, and the elite of 5,000 battalions after his own merger with Yan Liang, a total of 15,000 people, three ways to advance, mighty, and Dong Zhuo's 20,000 horses clashed several times, first charged with the Ma family iron cavalry, and then set up a strong bow and crossbow in this formation, step by step, and then ordered Zhao Yun to lead the five thousand guerrilla troops to attack before and after, although Dong Zhuo's army did not suffer heavy losses, but it was also a headache, He Jin originally promised that he did not see a single point of grain and grass, also lost thousands of people and horses, Dong Zhuo couldn't advance or retreat, and by this time, he understood that it was impossible for him to swallow Nanyang in one bite.

What's worse is that the black mountain thieves have a bad heart in the back, and the white wave thieves may turn the head of the gun towards themselves at any time on the side, although Fan Chou successfully won the four counties of Nanxiang, but the local defenders are strong and clear, Fan Chou's military report said that the money and grain looted cannot even make up for the previous consumption, and the gains outweigh the losses, and the middle of Nanxiang and Luyang is blocked by mountains, and if you drive straight in, it is easy to mutiny because of the lack of food, not to mention that Dong Zhuo also heard that Gao Yi sent Yuan Shao and Cao Cao to lead people to Zhuyang to hold on, Although these two did not have a brilliant performance in Xiliang, they were also famous, and they were likely to attract a group of talents to assist in the defense, not to mention whether Fan Chou could take Zhuyang, and it was very likely that Yuan Shao and Cao Cao would win a small victory on the way to withdraw their troops.

Dong Zhuo sighed, so he had to send a letter, ordering Fan Chou not to attack Zhuyang, and quickly withdraw his troops to Hongnong, at least to keep the retreat back to Xiliang.

And in the following month, after Dong Zhuo and Gao Yi stalemate for another month, he finally ran out of patience and sent someone to send a letter of peace.

"Hahaha, the old guy finally can't stand it anymore! It's to make him bow to me first! Gao Yi looked at the peace letter sent by Dong Zhuo and passed it to Yan Liang, Zhao Yun and Helan Demon, when Zhao Yun passed it to Helan Demon, Helan Demon directly snatched it, and threw it into the bonfire without looking at it, and his pretty face was naturally full of brilliance: "Finally, I don't have to fight with Dong Zhuo's people anymore, I have been taking a beautiful bath for many days, and my body is stinking!" ”

"Hehe, let Sister Wenlu suffer, Dong Zhuo, the old fox, will actually show weakness, it seems that this is the first time in his life, right?" Gao Yi sneered, watching the peace book in the bonfire turn to ashes, and naturally saw the uncertain look on Dong Zhuo's envoy's face, looking back at Yan Liang and Zhao Yun, "Father-in-law, Brother Yun, what do you two think?" ”

Yan Liang didn't answer immediately, but held his chin in his hand and said slowly: "The old fox just lost less than five thousand men and horses and showed his cowardice to us, isn't it a little too early?" It could be a trap! ”

Dong Zhuo's envoy immediately defended: "No, no, no, my lord is really going to stop the war this time!" Now the situation of my lord Gao Taishou knows better than the villain, Zhang Yan and Yang Feng will stab my lord at any time, the so-called peace is two benefits, war is two harms, and I hope Gao Taishou will agree! ”

These words just entered Gao Yi's heart, now Nanyang is fighting on four or five fronts at the same time, and the troops, grain and grass are all stretched, and if there is a strike, a considerable number of troops can be drawn to support other places, Dong Zhuo saw this, so he did not attack desperately, in order to strike the war, this temptation, Gao Yi could not refuse.

But Helan Demon threw the war strike book into the fire and burned it, which happened to be a symbol that Gao Yi wanted to pass to Dong Zhuo, he looked at Dong Zhuo's messenger, only to see that the other party was trembling all over, cold sweat did not stop, and he couldn't help but disdain in his heart, and shouted faintly in his mouth: "What if Gao Yi doesn't agree?" ”

"This-" Dong Zhuo's envoy didn't expect Gao Yi to answer like this, the cold sweat flowed even more, his whole body trembled like a sifting chaff, and his face suddenly turned pale, as if Gao Yi would order someone to execute him in the next moment.

Helan Demon couldn't see a man's cowardice in his life, got up and walked to the messenger, pinched his waist and smiled: "What are you afraid of, and I won't kill you, do you think my brother-in-law is the kind of devil who kills people without blinking an eye like your Dong Fat Pig?" ”

As soon as Dong Fat Pig's three words came out, Dong Zhuo's envoy's face changed again, and even Gao Yi was a little speechless at this time, he grabbed Helan Demon and apologized to Dong Zhuo's envoy with a smile: "I'm really sorry, my girl is young and doesn't know the rules!" ”

Helan Demon rolled his eyes and glanced at Gao Yi: "What are you young, brother-in-law, you are only two years older than me!" ”

Dong Zhuo's envoy also immediately returned the salute: "Gao Taishou is a loyal and kind person, I believe that he will not be embarrassed, when my lord came, he said a death order to Zaixia, saying that this time he sent a book to repair the war, please and only succeed without failing, otherwise he will have the villain's head!" There is an eighty-year-old mother on the villain, and a three-year-old son to take care of......"

"Stop, stop!" Gao Yi was almost tormented by these words, and he couldn't imagine that such a bloody and tried excuse was so popular in the late Han Dynasty, but Gao Yi didn't catch a cold, he was angry with Dong Zhuo, who was still a hero when he was in Xiliang, why did he do things later without calling them personnel, assassinating Huangfu Song and attacking Nanyang, it was just too arbitrary, and the good feeling before was now gone.

Zhao Yun said loudly at this time: "Brother, it is true that we can't fight anymore now, but it was Dong Zhuo who provoked the incident first, how can we let him say that he will fight and make peace?" ”

"Oh?" Gao Yi looked at Zhao Yun with expectation in his tone, "What does Brother Yun mean?" ”

Zhao Yun didn't speak directly, but glanced at Dong Zhuo's envoy.

The messenger was glared at by Zhao Yun like this, and he almost became incontinent, not knowing what bad things would happen to him.

Gao Yi comprehended and said to Helan Demon: "Sister Wenlu, this guy will be handed over to you, take him to see the formation of our army, but don't spoil him!" ”

Helan Demon grinned: "Obey!" ”

After that, she jumped in front of Dong Zhuo's envoy in a few steps, suddenly reached out and grabbed his clothes, turned over and got on the horse and walked towards the rear army, with a bad smile in her mouth: "Go, sister will take you to have a good time!" ”

"Ahh Help me! All I could hear was the pig-killing roar of the messenger coming from afar.

"Can you say it now?" Gao Yi's gaze turned to Zhao Yun, although Zhao Yun's martial arts are first-class, but this does not prevent some commendable ideas from sometimes popping up, Gao Yi is now surrounded by frustration, there are almost no more trustworthy thinkers, but it is a pity that frustration is in Wancheng, Gao Yi can only make decisions on his own, so he attaches more importance to the opinions of the generals.

Zhao Yun was not ambiguous, took a deep breath, hugged his fists and said: "Yu Gong, Dong Zhuo came by the edict this time, it can be regarded as a justifiable word, strike the war and make peace, the reputation is not good for him and us, in private, Huangfu Gong is the elder brother's mentor, but he was harmed by Dong Zhuo, please forgive Zilong for saying more, this is not the enemy of the sky, it can be said that the whole world knows it, even if everyone in the world agrees with the brother and Dong Zhuo to stop the war, the brother cannot agree, once he agrees, he will be infamous as an unfilial person, Mrs. Lun is big, the world is the largest, the second is the king, and then the second is the teacher, The so-called one day as a teacher, a lifetime as a father, I don't think I need to say more about the superfluous, right? ”

Gao Yi smiled bitterly: "In this way, agreeing to the truce is an unfilial person that everyone despises, and if you don't agree to the truce, there is only one way to lose, Dong Zhuo's invitation and peace really didn't have any good intentions, but this 'everyone' is really annoying, I can have today's achievements, it doesn't seem to have helped much, right?" ”

Zhao Yun said: "You have a good mouth, you must not ignore it, if people's hearts are separated, and their own people are suspicious of each other, how can we talk about hegemony together?" ”

Yan Liang smiled on the side: "Your own people, don't sell Guanzi, Zilong, you have always been a reliable person relied on by the lord, if you don't think of a good plan, you won't say this, don't hide it!" ”

Gao Yi couldn't help but be slightly surprised, he asked himself if he calculated intelligence, he must be the most intelligent among the three people present, although Gao Yi had considered what Zhao Yun said, but after all, he was a modern person, and he was not very interested in the thoughts of the ancients, but since Zhao Yun said so, Gao Yi knew that he couldn't come according to his own temperament this time, otherwise it might really happen that the money and food in the game were not enough to distribute all the civil and military forces under his command.

However, now in the situation in Nanyang, Gao Yi has already exerted his talents to the limit, but now in addition to losing both sides and joining forces with Dong Zhuo, is there a third way to go?

Really, Zhao Yun saw Gao Yi's doubts, and said in a deep voice: "Brother is just too anxious and ignores the resources that can be used, Yun heard a news that the white wave thief Yang Feng has run out of grain and grass now, and the subsequent grain and grass have not arrived for some reason......"

Yan Liang suddenly came to his senses: "Zilong means to lure the white wave thief and make him turn around and attack Dong Zhuo?" ”

Zhao Yun nodded: "Yes, that's right, in this way, General Pei Yuanshao's 20,000 horses can pull out and go north to fight against Zhang Yan, or go east to admonish General Wen Chou to Luoyang, or go west to join forces with his brother to chase Dong Zhuo, or go south to rescue Wancheng and confront Liu Biaochun and Yu Qiong Han Fuxun, sweeping away the previous passive defense situation, which can be described as killing multiple birds with one stone!" ”

Zhao Yun also knew about the kinship between Gao Yi and Yuan Shu, so when he counted the officials and troops surrounding Wancheng, he quietly omitted Yuan Shu's name.

Gao Yi listened, and was mixed: "It's good, it's just a pity that we have any temptation worth Yang Feng to fight Dong Zhuo now?" ”

"Yes!" Yan Liang spoke at this time, "The lord and Zilong may not know yet, this Yang Feng and Xu Huang are sworn brothers!" ”

"Ah, how coincidentally?" Zhao Yun was slightly surprised.

Gao Yi also suddenly remembered, it seems that this is really the case, Xu Huang was Yang Feng's subordinate in history, and the relationship between the two in the romance is indeed extraordinary, but Xu Huang doesn't seem to be very old now, when did he bow to Yang Feng?

Yan Liang said with a smile: "This thing should not have happened for a long time, it was about last year, Yang Feng robbed the people in Hedong, was defeated by Ding Yuan with his troops, and one person was exiled, encountered a group of Hun cavalry, and was captured, just when Xu Huang returned to his hometown to see, he helped to save it, Yang Feng had the intention to recruit Xu Huang, but he was afraid that Xu Huang would not agree, so he first bowed to him, and then revealed his identity, sure enough, Xu Huang hated his identity as a white wave thief, and broke up with it! ”

Gao Yi scratched his head, how did this thing sound like it was alluding to him? He also likes to worship, after all, in the troubled times of the late Han Dynasty, it is not unruly for talents to take refuge in the lord, they must first take refuge in the same clan, the same clan is not the same township, the same township is not a classmate, and in the end there is really no same will choose the monarch, like the Xiahou family and Cao Cao are the same clan, Yangzhou Assassin Liu Xuan and Tai Shi Ci are fellow villagers, Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan are classmates, after all, not everyone is like Ma Chao when he was desperate to take refuge in Liu Bei like a bare commander, all of them are dragging dozens of hundreds of people.

However, the exception is the worship, although it will not have the same huge impact as the Taoyuan Jieyi, but I have to say that this is also a comrade, if Zhang Liao did not take refuge in Ding Yuan and Wang Fen before swearing with Gao Yi, Gao Yi has every reason to believe that the two of them are also the same generals under his command as Zhao Yun and others.

Zhao Yun took the opportunity to say: "Mr. Fu Zhu sent a letter from Wancheng saying that Xu Shu and Xu Huang have just joined the lord's camp, and we can now send a letter to Yang Feng in the name of Xu Huang. ”

Gao Yi was still a little hesitant: "Isn't it a little too risky, Yang Feng will fight Dong Zhuo because of Xu Huang alone?" ”

"If you don't try, how do you know the result?" Zhao Yun said with Yan Liang.

Gao Yi knew that now he had no choice.

"Spare your life!" With a scream like a pig, I saw that Dong Zhuo's messenger just now ran over with a wolf howl, to be exact, it was a little more in place with a jump, the good clothes that this person had when he left before were now gone, replaced by whip marks all over his body, and there was no good place.

"Shoot you, shoot you!" Helan Demon rode a horse not far behind and held a long whip, waving it downward, hitting the messenger's body accurately every time, the messenger's letter of wanting to die is estimated to have it, seeing Gao Yi, tears and snot flowed out together: "Gao Taishou spare his life, spare his life!" The villain is about to be killed! ”

"Hmm-" Gao Yi almost laughed, but soon pretended to be serious and shouted to Helan Demon, "Okay, Sister Wenlu, just have fun, don't really kill people, I have to save his life and go back to report to Dong Zhuo!" ”

"Hmph, for the sake of my brother-in-law's face, spare you from dying!" Helan Demon put away the long whip, turned over and dismounted, and his pretty face was also red at the moment, which was extremely good-looking.

Only then did the messenger know that Helan Demon's torture of himself was Gao Yi's idea, and he didn't say anything at the moment.

Gao Yi cleared his throat and said to the messenger: "Please also reply to your lord, either withdraw the troops and go back to Xiliang, or let the horses fight over to fight the male and female, don't talk about chess, there is no such thing as chess, if he really cares about the lives of his soldiers, he will send his own head to pay tribute to the spirit of my mentor Huangfu in heaven, and my grievances with him will be written off!" ”

"Huh?" When the messenger heard this, he really wanted to die, but he didn't expect to be beaten badly, and in the end he had to go back to receive his death.

Helan Demon raised his whip again, and shouted coquettishly: "Don't get out of here!" ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" Although the envoy was reluctant, he had to leave Gao Yi's military camp.

Gao Yi said to Helan Demon at this time: "Please Sister Wenlu, send a few people to follow this guy from afar, I expect that he will not dare to go back to see Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo has many eyes and ears, there will definitely be other fine works nearby, lure these fine works out one by one, and catch them all!" ”

Helan Demon didn't know what to do: "Is this necessary?" ”

"It's necessary! The messenger we sent to Yang Feng couldn't let Dong Zhuo know that if he took precautions first, he would be in trouble! Zhao Yundao.

"I didn't ask you, huh!" Helan Demon glared at Zhao Yun angrily, and it could be seen that the previous qi had not yet dissipated.

Zhao Yun was bored with himself and stopped talking.

At this moment, in a corner behind them, Ning Xiang, who was pretending to be a soldier, listened carefully, and smiled: "So that's the case!" With that, he quietly left the barracks.

Gao Yi seemed to think of something, turned around, laughed, and said to Zhao Yun: "I almost forgot that there is another girl, but it's okay, let Dong Zhuo be on guard, Yang Feng will lose a little more people, and none of them will be able to covet our Nanyang!" ”

Although Helan Demon realized it later, he also guessed Gao Yi's thoughts, stuck out his tongue and smiled mischievously: "Hey, hey, you big men, you don't want to make any bad ideas to my maid again, right?" ”

"How so?" Gao Yi smiled, although the smile was very obscene, "I just want your master and servant to reunite!" ”

Si Li, Henan Yin, Liang County, Bai Bo Army Yang Feng Department stationed.

"Yang Shuai, a messenger from Wancheng, claimed that Xu Huang entrusted him to send a letter to Yang Shuai!" Han Xian hurried in from outside, holding a letter in his hand.

"Komei? He actually took refuge in Gao Yi? Yang Feng Huoran got up, his face showing anger, "Gao Yi killed his master Wang Yue, can he actually endure this shame?" ”

Han Xian knew that Xu Huang was Yang Feng's sworn brother, Yang Feng had always wanted to lure Xu Huang to join his command, originally Wang Yue died unexpectedly at the hands of Gao Yi, which was an excellent opportunity, but Xu Huang didn't know what medicine to take, so he took refuge in Gao Yi directly, and was also appointed with the important task of guarding Wancheng.

"Yang Shuai must not be angry, it is better to see what is said in the letter first!" Han Xian handed over the letter, but Yang Feng waved his hand: "Don't read it, this letter is not Gongming's, Gongming told me that day, he will never see me again in this life, and he will not write to me again, no one else knows about this matter, it must be Gao Yi who wants me to fight Dong Zhuo, so I thought of such a thing!" ”

Han Xian opened his mouth wide in surprise: "In that case, Yang Shuai shouldn't fall for Gao Yi's tricks!" ”

"No!" Yang Feng categorically vetoed, "Maybe Gao Yi guessed that I would know, he sent someone to deliver the letter with great fanfare, how could Dong Zhuo not know, he just wanted me to start a war with Dong Zhuo, and then lose both!" ”

Han Xian wondered: "Since Yang Shuai knows that this is a conspiracy, why do you want to fight?" ”

"I don't want to, but now there is Pei Yuanshao in front, Ding Yuan in the back, Wen Chou on the left, Dong Zhuo on the right, we have fallen into passivity, to be exact, now every team has fallen into passivity, stalemate, no one has good fruit to eat, there is still a glimmer of life in the first move, do nothing, only sit and wait!"