Chapter 204: Proud Gongsun Kang
Lu Bu couldn't help frowning after seeing the troop statistics of the coalition army, he had just finished deploying the defense against the grassland movement, and the Liangzhou Army was also attacking the Western Regions, all of which were battles against foreign races.
Now that he has given himself such a "second alliance", what else is there to oppose Lu Bu, and take him Lu Bu as Dong Zhuo?
Chinese people seem to have this bad problem since their ancestors, and this era likes infighting!
But no matter what, you have to face it yourself!
He entrusted the specific affairs of Chang'an to Ding Yuan and Fu Zhi, and left the Second Guard Division in Chang'an.
He took Jia Xu, Gao Shun, Li Su and others to march in person, and the front camp was set up in Luoyang.
In recent years, the imperial court has allocated silver taels every year to repair Luoyang, but not to repair the palace, but to repair the houses and city defense.
A lot of people migrated to fill the vacancies, such as the followers of the Wudoumi Sect in Hanzhong and so on.
Luoyang has finally recovered some of its vitality, and it is no longer a ghost dead city with no one for hundreds of miles, and it has somewhat restored some of the prosperous scenes of the past.
Along with Lu Bu, the 1st Honor Division, the 1st Guard Division, the Special Operations Brigade, the 2nd Cavalry Division, the Engineer Brigade, and the 7th Cavalry Division were stationed in Luoyang, while the 1st Cavalry Division, which was originally stationed in Henan, was stationed at Hugao Pass together with the 4th Division as the vanguard of the army.
This time, the Central Army concentrated a total of six divisions plus two brigades in Henan, with a total of 120,000 main forces.
In addition, 60,000 troops from Tuntian were mobilized, and about 40,000 local garrison brigades from the seven counties of the entire division and school captain department were mobilized, with a total of more than 200,000 troops.
In addition, in order to divert the attention of the Kwantung princes and prevent them from concentrating on dealing with him, Lu Bu also formed two mobile corps in the north and south.
The mobile corps of the northern front was commanded by Xu Huang, and the corps was concentrated in Changshan, consisting of Xu Rong's 1st Division, Zhao Yun's 6th Cavalry Division, and Cao Xing's 5th Cavalry Division.
The defense in the direction of the steppe was all handed over to the Xiongnu servant army and the nomadic troops, and Jin Riyan had already arrived in the clouds and was responsible for dealing with possible changes on the steppe.
Lu Bu gave him a secret letter that when necessary, he could shrink the sphere of influence on the grassland and focus on defense.
The mobile corps of the southern front was deployed in Hongnong County, and LΓΌ Bu was quietly transferred back to Zhang Liao from Liangzhou under his command.
Zhang Liao's second division had also returned from Liangzhou, plus Yu Ban's seventh division, as well as Fang Yue's fifth division in the Hanzhong direction, and Wei Xu's third division, ready to attack Jingzhou and Yuzhou at any time to relieve the frontal pressure.
As for the Qingzhou Army, it had already been arranged, and the Tiger-faced Army Division personally led 50,000 elites with Tang Zhou to participate in the Puyang Alliance.
When the time comes, they will naturally cooperate with each other, and after this battle, maybe the Qingzhou Army will be completely exposed, but that's okay, if it doesn't work, you will show your identity when the time comes, and just go directly to the Central Army.
Because he heard that Lu Bu had assembled troops at Wuguan, Liu Biao himself did not personally attend the meeting, but sent Cai Mao and Wei Yan to lead the army.
The rest of the princes were all present, and after the blood was the alliance, Yuan Shao was elected as the leader of the alliance, Cao Cao was the supervisor of the army, and Yuan Shu was the logistics director.
They also elected Sun Ce and Gongsun Kang as the forwards, Gongsun Kang is young and vigorous, and Sun Ce is lonely and forced by the situation.
The two served as strikers and marched together, and the two of them were close in age, but they cherished each other along the way.
Sun Ce kindly persuaded Gongsun Kang, "Eldest son, although we are pioneers, don't be the first bird, just move forward slowly." Lu Bu's army is the most cunning, don't fall into an ambush. β
Although Gongsun Kang knew that Sun Ce also had good intentions, after all, he was young and vigorous, and he was invincible in the bitter cold land of Liaodong, so he did not take Lu Bu and the Central Army in his eyes under arrogance.
He thinks that his Liaodong Iron Cavalry is a victorious army that has defeated the Wuhuan people, Xianbei people and Goguryeo people, so how can he be afraid of any bullshit Central Army?
Lu Bu's undefeated myths of fighting the Huns and fighting Xianbei are all old yellow calendars nearly ten years ago, and now I'm afraid they are all old, right?
Sun Ce knew that this Gongsun Kang would not listen to persuasion if he didn't suffer a loss, Sun Ce didn't think that Lu Bu was old, Lu Bu seemed to be only thirty years old now, right?
Moreover, the Central Army first defeated Chang'an, pacified Liangzhou, and finally subdued Hanzhong, the Western Liang Cavalry, the Western Regions Coalition Army, the Jingzhou Army, and the Yizhou Army were all defeated under the hands of the Central Army, and this Central Army was not much worse than Lu Bu's Bingzhou Army that year.
An army that has won a hundred battles, he Sun Ce will not be careless, so he marches thirty miles a day, and then camps and rests, anyway, the logistics supplies are provided by Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, and Liu Bei.
How could Gongsun Kang be willing to walk slowly like Sun Ce? After two days, he was impatient, he said goodbye to Sun Ce, and moved forward alone, and Sun Ce did not persuade much.
Gongsun Kang's army advanced along the Yellow River, entered the territory of Henan County from Fengqiu, and Liankeyangwu and Zhongmu counties, but encountered no resistance along the way, and the central army was nowhere to be seen.
Gongsun Kang's 20,000 troops were all cavalry, marching very fast, traveling hundreds of miles a day, and Sun Ce had already been thrown away without a trace.
He didn't know that his whereabouts had always been under the surveillance of the Central Army, and that in the Kwantung region, especially in the prefectures under the division, the Ministry of Intelligence had set up a strict intelligence network and carrier pigeon system.
The scouts of the Central Army's Special Operations Brigade had been watching them from afar, so Lu Bu knew very well where Sun Ce had arrived and where Gongsun Kang had gone.
Lu Bu was just choosing a good battlefield to teach the proud Gongsun Kang a lesson, and in the end, Lu Bu found a suitable place on the map, a place that is famous in history!
Gongsun Kang's Liaodong cavalry left Zhongmu and headed to the next destination, Tiger Prison Pass!
He heard that the main force of the Central Army is in the Tiger Pass, and the Tiger Pass is the most important barrier in Luoyang, and there will definitely be people guarding there, and he will definitely be able to fight with the Central Army, so that they can see the might of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry!
The messenger sent to inform Sun Ce had already set off for a long time, and Gongsun Kang didn't understand why Sun Ce was so afraid of Lu Bu, and he didn't see any central army appearing when he killed him all the way.
Gongsun Kang looked around, there were plains and sparse woods, how could there be the shadow of the Central Army?
He shook his head, "What Jiangdong Tigers?" I'm afraid it's also a waste of fame, it's just a coward. β
Gongsun Kang stopped his horse and asked his subordinates, "What is this place?" Where have we gone? β
The adjutant general asked the scout, and replied closely: "Back to the eldest prince, this place is called Bolangsha, and you have to walk dozens of miles west to reach the Tiger Prison Pass." β
"Bolangsha? This name is a bit impressive, as if I have heard it somewhere? Gongsun Kang also studied with the university scholar Guan Ning for two years, and quickly found the answer in his mind.
Bolangsha, isn't it the place where Zhang Liang assassinated Qin Shi Huang back then? Well, it's not a good place.
"Pass the order, speed up!"
As soon as Gongsun Kang's words fell, he suddenly heard the sound of a horn, and the long horn sound resounded throughout the four fields!