The embarrassed Wang Kuang, supported by Han Hao, came to Xiang Ao and hugged his fists and said, "Kuang has seen Zhenguo Gong!" ”

"The general doesn't have to be polite!"

Wang Kuang tidied up his clothes slightly and said apologetically: "Kuang is anxious for quick success, and he has caused his corporal to die in vain, Kuang is ashamed!" ”

"General Gongjie is dedicated to the country, and it is normal for people to want to get rid of the treachery of the court as soon as possible." Xiang Ao's face was flat and said: "It's just that now the generals and horses of the Gongjie General..."

When Wang Kuang heard this, he looked around, looked at the soldiers and horses with less than a thousand people, and sighed and said: "The soldiers and horses are all lost, and Kuang has no face to be in the coalition army." ”

"Why did General Gongjie say that?" Xiang Ao frowned slightly and said: "Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and General Gongjie is just a little contemptible." With the ability of a general, it is the best policy to gather troops and horses to regain their strength and join forces with us again to get rid of the treacherous party for Your Majesty. ”

When Wang Kuang heard this, he nodded slightly, thinking in his heart. Xiang Ao and Wang Kuang didn't have much friendship, and when they saw Wang Kuang's posture at this time, they didn't know how to persuade him, but they were a little dissatisfied with Wang Kuang's frustration.

"What Xiang Gong said is extremely true!" Wang Kuang lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then raised his head and said to Xiang Ao with a determined face: "The war in Hanoi is also invited to preside over by Xiang Gong, Kuang will set off immediately, and return to his hometown Mount Tai to recruit soldiers and horses to join Xiang Gong!" ”

"Taishou..."When Han Hao heard this, he exclaimed on the side, ready to speak out to persuade him.

"The heir doesn't have to persuade me!" Wang Kuang waved his hand to stop Han Hao and said: "I went to Mount Tai to recruit soldiers and horses for more than a month, and I also ask the heir to work hard during this time, and temporarily take over the Taishou position!" Wang Kuang is also a decisive person on weekdays, Han Hao saw Wang Kuang's face so firm, so he had to keep silent, and temporarily handle many matters in Hanoi County on behalf of Wang Kuang.

"Have you thought about it?" Xiang Ao looked at Wang Kuang in a little surprise, he never thought that Wang Kuang would be so decisive, and he would leave. Wang Kuang clenched his fists and said solemnly: "Yes!" The war in Hanoi also asked Xiang Gong to worry a lot, and Kuang rushed back as soon as possible! ”

Xiang Ao's face was solemn, he stared at Wang Kuang's face for a moment, and said, "Since General Gongjie has decided, I can't dissuade him." After that, Xiang Ao turned to Dian Wei and said, "Awei, pick a Hummer in the army and give it to General Gongjie to hurry!" ”

"No!" Hearing this, Dian Wei hugged his fists and left.

"Mengjin Dong Zhuojun is eyeing the tiger, and it is inconvenient for me to send General Gongjie far away!" Xiang Ao turned around and hugged his fist at Wang Kuang and said: "As for the deserting soldiers and horses in Hanoi, I also plan to try to gather Chen Bing Mengjin, and I hope that General Gongjie will agree." ”

"That's nature!" Wang Kuang regained some momentum, and he was not pretentious: "The coalition army does not have many soldiers and horses in Hanoi, whether Xiang Gong is gathering the remnants of the army or recruiting new soldiers, as long as it is for the crusade against Dong Zhuo, he can ask Yuan Hei for some help." When Xiang Ao heard this, his expression was relieved, and he bowed to Wang Kuangzuo and said: "General Gongjie is righteous!" ”

After that, the two did not delay any longer. Wang Kuang led dozens of guards to Huaixian, while Xiang Ao led 5,000 elites from the Northern Regions, 2,000 elite soldiers left by Yuan Shao, and more than 1,000 Hanoi soldiers and horses to rush towards Mengjin.

"My lord, I'm afraid it's not appropriate for our army to be stationed in Mengjin so magnificently!" Zhao Yun arranged the camping, came to Xiang Ao's side, and suggested with some concern. When Xiang Ao heard this, he turned to look at Zhao Yun and chuckled, "What's wrong?" ”

"Dong thief is powerful, I don't know the strength of the other side. Our army, plus Yuan Shao and Hanoi soldiers and horses, is only looking at the number of nine thousand. More than 100 miles to the west is the Xiaopingjin Ferry, if Dong Zhuojun launches a surprise attack at the same time, our army may not be defeated! ”

When Xiang Ao heard this, he nodded approvingly and said, "Zilong's worries are true! "It is true that only from a military point of view, Xiang Ao's soldiers and horses are extremely inferior. The art of war is cloudy: know yourself and know your opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles; Knowing oneself without knowing the other, one wins and one loses; I don't know who I am, I don't know myself, I will die in every battle. Moreover, Mengjin is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is a fantasy to capture Mengjin without several times the strength of Mengjin.

Zhao Yun is a general that Xiang Ao wants to cultivate, not only hopes that Zhao Yun can go to battle, but also knows how to judge the situation and strategize.

"But Zilong didn't consider Dong Zhuo's current situation!" Xiang Ao turned his back to Zhao Yun, looked at the vaguely visible figure on the other side of the river and said, "Dong Zhuo acted perversely, causing the anger of the world. Now that the heroes are raising troops to fight, Dong Zhuo will inevitably be defeated. ”

"If I am Dong Zhuo, I will definitely fight or pull, or even divide Dong's heroes!" Yuan Shaozai, who has such ambitions, Xiang Ao does not have much confidence in courting Dong, but only hopes to save Liu Xie, the emperor of Han Xian.

"Since this is the case, Dong Zhuo must not want to offend all the scholars in the world, so he will not take the initiative to send troops." Xiang Ao said with a determined face: "In this way, defense is Dong Zhuo's top priority now." As long as they can hold out for a few months, the coalition forces with different minds are very likely to have contradictions for their own interests! Besides, Dong Zhuo still has His Majesty's trump card in his hand. ”

"As long as the people of the world still recognize the Liu Dynasty and the Han Dynasty as orthodox, Dong Zhuo can coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes and let the heroes from all over the country fight each other!" When Zhao Yun heard this, his brows furrowed, and he asked in great confusion: "As the lord said, isn't Dong Zhuo invincible?" ”

"Not necessarily!" Xiang Ao said indifferently: "It's better to return to the orthodoxy of the royal family, as long as Dong Zhuo does not usurp the throne and still supports His Majesty, there will be benevolent and righteous people in the court who will attack Dong Zhuo." ”

"If Dong Zhuo plots rebellion, what if he usurps the throne?" When Zhao Yun heard this, his expression was a little frightened.

"If Dong Zhuo usurps the throne, the heroes will definitely not agree with Dong Zhuo's orthodoxy, and at that time..."Xiang Ao said with a solemn face: "The world is in chaos!" ”

Call... Zhao Yun took a sharp breath, looking frightened and extremely entangled at the same time. If the world is really in chaos, what will happen to the Han? What will happen to the world's heroes? What about the people of the world? After being frightened, Zhao Yun tried his best to stabilize his mind, quietly glanced at Xiang Ao, and asked himself in his heart: What will happen to the lord?

"Zilong is thinking about how I will make a decision if the world is in chaos?" Xiang Ao didn't look back, and asked Zhao Yun in an extremely flat tone. When Zhao Yun heard this, his whole body trembled, his face was a little bitter, and he hugged his fists and said: "No matter what the lord decides, Yun will not give up on life and death!" ”

"Huh!" Xiang Ao smiled lightly and continued: "Zilong doesn't have to worry! I will do my best to protect the Han family. Even if the general trend is like this, the country will not take the country, and it is my life's wish to let the people be peaceful and healthy! ”

"Cloud, swear to follow the lord to the death!" When Zhao Yun heard this, he responded to Xiang Ao sonorously. Since this is the case, the worry that lingers in Zhao Yun's heart still lingers. Fortunately, the lord's governance of the Northern Regions is mainly for the benefit of the people, and Zhao Yun, who has been thinking about it for a long time and doesn't know how to think about it, has to comfort himself like this. When Xiang Ao heard this, he no longer paid attention to what Zhao Yun was thinking, and began to think about how to attack Meng Jin.

The next day, the news of Wang Kuang's defeat of Dong Zhuojun quickly spread to the sour jujube, and the sour jujube coalition camp was full of emotions. There is resentment, worry, and impatience, which causes the sour jujube military camp to appear extremely flustered.

"Alliance leader, Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuang sent troops privately, until the coalition forces disregarded, please order the alliance leader to be punished!" What condemns Wang Kuang is that the party is too open-minded today. Zhang Yang was a martial artist who assassinated Ding Yuan in Bingzhou, and was later sent by Ding Yuan to Jian Shuo as the Sima of Jian Shuo's army. Later, Jian Shuo was beheaded, engaged in He Jin, and was ordered to go to Shangdang to recruit the bandits of Shangdang County.

When Zhang Yangjiu attacked the party pot and couldn't close it, He Jin died. After that, he led thousands of soldiers and horses to attack the bandits, responded to Xiang Ao's submission, and crusaded against Dong Zhuo. Zhang Yang was the last coalition army to rush to the sour date, and because of the name of Yuan Shao IV and the third duke, he flattered and catered to him.

Yuan Shao sat on the top of the camp tent, listened to Zhang Yang's suggestion, and replied with a solemn face: "Wang Kuang has already identified with the Allied forces, and he has sent troops privately, and he keeps commanding, so he really deserves to be punished!" ”

"Alliance, no! Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuang sent troops to attack Dong Zhuo, which was also eager to save the driver. The Allies were just starting to form, and it was inevitable that there would be no tacit understanding. Before we could do anything to Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo began to punish people with lofty ideals, fearing that the hearts of the world's corporal people would be cold, and the ambition of the world's heroes would be destroyed! When Cao Cao heard this, he shouted in a little anxiety.

Cao Cao and Yuan Shao have known each other since childhood, and they did a lot of ridiculous things together when they were young, and their relationship is also very good. Cao Cao, who knew Yuan Shao's heart, knew that Yuan Shao had first ascended to the position of alliance leader, and wanted to exert some power to correct his authority. However, the defeat of Wang Kuang's army has already dealt a blow to the momentum of the coalition army, and if he is imposing too heavy a punishment, I am afraid that everyone in the coalition army will have their own thoughts.

When Yuan Shao heard this, his brows furrowed slightly, and he seemed to be a little unhappy with Cao Cao so much. But what Cao Cao said was not unreasonable, Yuan Shao had to nod and said: "What Meng De said is extremely true, but since there is a mistake, there must be some punishment to clarify military discipline!" ”

"The leader of the Ming Japanese alliance sent a letter to the imperial court, and temporarily cut off Wang Kuang's position as the Taishou of Hanoi! After discussing Dong Cheng's affairs, he will judge his majesty with merit and demerit. ”

"The Alliance Leader is wise!" Yuan Shao said that, Zhang Yang spoke up and echoed loudly. When everyone saw this, they didn't say much, and Wang Kuang's crime was so decided. After talking about Wang Kuang, everyone began to discuss how to deal with Dong Zhuo.

raised troops to fight against Dong, compared with the rest of the heroes, Cao Cao was more active. "Although Wang Kuang's defeat was careless, the soldiers and horses of Hanoi are not a rabble!" Cao Cao raised his worries and said: "The soldiers and horses of Hanoi were defeated so easily, and it is expected that the generals under Dong Zhuo's command must also be difficult. When we raise troops to fight against Dong, we have to be careful. ”

"General Meng De is too worried!" Liu Dai, the assassin of Yanzhou, seemed to take Dong Zhuo to heart, and said with a little contempt: "Even if Dong Zhuo has the elite of the imperial court, but Dong Zhuo is unpopular, how can the military heart be used?" ”

"What General Gongshan said is extremely true!" Kong Rong was also full of confidence and said: "The hall is full of today's heroes, how can Dong Zhuo be compared?" We will send troops to Chenggao City tomorrow, capture the Tiger Prison Pass, smash Luoyang, and behead Dong Zhuo under the horse! ”

Kong Rong said, everyone in the hall laughed, even Yuan Shao, whose face was a little solemn, chuckled. As long as you can fight! Yuan Shao thought.

After that, the Kwantung Coalition Army, under the auspices of Yuan Shao, ordered the arrangements for tomorrow. At the same time, they wrote to Xiang Ao and Yuan Shu on the northern and southern lines respectively, and ordered the two of them to drag Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses, and the sour jujube coalition army was the main force to attack the Tiger Pass. After the soldiers and horses were arranged, many bigwigs of the coalition army seemed to have been able to foresee the defeat of Dong Zhuo and the fruits of the revitalization of the Han family, and under Yuan Shao's suggestion, they began to drink and have fun.