After Jia Xu and Yan Xing returned to Luoyang to resume their lives, both of them made great efforts in secret because of the recruitment of Huangfu Song, which was undoubtedly a great achievement for the Luoyang court, which was eager to move the capital and stabilize the rear, so the reward in the court soon came down, and Jia Xu was appointed as the governor of Pingjin, and Yan Xing was a fake captain. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The position of lieutenant, more than 2,000 stones, is the same as that of the lieutenant, but in fact it is slightly lower than the lieutenant. The former Han Dynasty's commander was originally the military governor of the county government, but after the dynasty dismissed the "capital test", the post of governor was also abolished in the prefecture and county, and only the three commanders of the imperial court, including the chariot, horse, and horse, and the few commanders in the border counties and subject areas, were retained.

For example, the military position of Wu Mengdu Lieutenant once held by Ding Yuan is a temporary official title, which is set up when the troops are dispatched, and it will be revoked immediately afterwards. Like Jia Xu's Pingjin Lieutenant, theoretically, once the war between Luoyang and Kanto officially starts, Jia Xu will lead his troops to Xiaopingjin Pass to garrison.

Yan Xing was promoted to a fake lieutenant, as long as it was now, the war with the Kwantung Prefecture was imminent, Dong Zhuo in order to win the hearts of the people, he also began to make a vow, but the original official positions of the imperial court were so many, so he had to re-establish and expand the position of lieutenant, and because Yan Xing was assisting Jia Xu in acting, so the credit was under Jia Xu, and when he talked about his merits, he was only shown as a fake lieutenant, and the "fake" was only temporary, so Yan Xing, the captain, had no name, and he had to wait until he was turned into a regular or promoted before he could be like other generals. Mixed into a miscellaneous name title.

Of course, although Yan Xing was promoted to a false lieutenant at the moment, what he could master was still the original battalion of more than 1,000 soldiers and horses, although when he was in Hedong, he also collected a small number of elites of the Baibo Army and accepted some of the Dong soldiers who had recovered from their wounds, but counting the soldiers who were lost on the Hedong battlefield, the total number remained at the original level.

The westward migration of the Son of Heaven is being prepared, and after the two fleshy thorns of the Guanxi Emperor Fu Song and Gai Xun are lifted, the territory of Luoyang, Guanzhong, and Liangzhou is also connected, and the Liangzhou soldiers and horses of Hu Zhen and Yang Ding are also speeding up to the convergence of Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses, Dong Zhuo's momentum is gradually revitalizing, and the crisis he faced before has been temporarily alleviated.

Dong Zhuo, who relieved his worries, also set his sights on the Kwantung crusade against his own prefectures and counties, and after consulting with his staff and generals, he finally decided to send Xu Rong's soldiers and horses to attack Kong Ling in Yuzhou while strengthening the defense of the eight passes of Luoyang, so as to spy on the current movements of soldiers and horses in the Kwantung Prefecture and counties.

Making this arrangement, Dong Zhuo, a veteran who has been in battle for a long time, has also been carefully considered.

First of all, it took the initiative to attack, this was to frustrate the morale of the Kwantung coalition army, and "the courage to fight" was a major factor in the victory or defeat of the war, that is, the morale of the army, and the strength of the morale in wartime needed to be measured according to the momentum of the enemy and us before the war.

At this time, if you don't take the initiative to send troops and strike first, once the coalition forces that are still a little chaotic are stably integrated, and then act together to launch an attack on Luoyang, the momentum will make Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses fall into a situation of passive defense and beating.

Secondly, in order to deter those court officials who also wanted to move west to Chang'an with the Son of Heaven, Dong Zhuo moved the capital to Chang'an, just to relieve his worries, not to abandon Luoyang, he himself did not move west with the Son of Heaven, but personally sat in Luoyang, commanded his various armies, and fought with the coalition forces of Dong in the eastern part of the country.

Luoyang, in the next few days, will become the base camp of the Kwantung counterinsurgency war, and in order to prevent the hundred officials of the imperial court from making any small moves in private without his presence, Dong Zhuo also needs to use the heads of the non-commissioned officers of the Kwantung Coalition to deter them before they all leave, so that they can keep to themselves in peace and not add any trouble to themselves on the way to the west.

In the end, it is naturally out of the consideration of avoiding the strong and attacking the weak in military affairs, and now the strongholds of the Kwantung Dong coalition army to attack Luoyang are four, Huaixian in Hanoi, sour jujube in Chenliu, Yangzhai in Yingchuan, and Luyang in Nanyang.

Persimmon is naturally to pick a soft pinch, if the attack is the most convenient and closest, it is naturally the Hanoi land of Yuan Shao's troops, but Hanoi now not only has the Bohai soldiers brought by Yuan Shao, but also the soldiers and horses of Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuang, plus the Hebei soldiers and horses led by Zhao Fu and Cheng Huan sent by Jizhou Mu Hanfu, there are a lot of people, and the momentum is not small, and more importantly, the soldiers and horses under Zhao Fu, Cheng Huan, and Wang Kuang are all strong crossbow shooters, with favorable river water conservancy, and then there are strong bows and crossbows, even if it is an elite Liangzhou iron cavalry, In this case, they tend to be discouraged and retreat.

This is the first battle of Dong Zhuo's camp, regardless of the results for the time being, but it must be able to win, Yuan Shao of Hanoi cannot be used as the first attack, and the coalition army of Sour Zao has gathered the soldiers and horses of Yan and Xu, claiming to have more than 100,000 people, and it is not suitable as the object of attack, so the only ones who can choose are Lu Yang and Yang Zhai.

Yang Zhai is near, Lu Yang is far away, and Kong Ling is called by Zheng Tai as "Qing talks about high theory, and shush is dry; There is no military talent", but Yuan Shu was a proud man who had participated in the extermination of eunuchs and led troops to attack the palace.

One is a chatter who can only talk, and the other is an arrogant and arrogant ghost on the road. The strength and weakness of the two can be seen at a glance by a discerning person, so the first battle of Dong Zhuo's army was locked on the body of Yuzhou Thorn Shi Kong Ling.

As for why Xu Rong was sent, it was because Xu Rong had followed Dong Zhuo to fight for many years, made many achievements, and rarely had defeats, compared to Dong Yue, Duan Xuan, Lu Bu and others, with him as a general, attacking Yuzhou, but he was the most suitable candidate, Dong Zhuo also believed that Xu Rong would not let down his high hopes for himself, and this time he would definitely be able to win the first battle when he attacked Kong Ling.

Before Xu Ronglin sent out the troops, he had already received Dong Zhuo's instructions and knew that the stakes of this trip were very important, so he acted vigorously and resolutely, and from the day he received the order, he ordered Xu Kun, Li Meng, Wang Fang's troops in the army, as well as the first battalion of Yan Xing, who had just returned, to rectify the soldiers' vests and staffs, and the next day he led his division to the battle, speeding up, and coming directly to Yuyuan Pass.

Speaking of Yuyuan Pass, it is one of the eight passes of Luoyang, the gate is built on the Eling Mountain, just stuck between the Taimur Mountain and the Shaomu Mountain, the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is a shortcut to Liang, Chen, Ru and Ying in Luoyang, and it is also the first line of Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses against Yuzhou Kong Ling's soldiers and horses.

After Xu Rong's soldiers and horses arrived at Yuyuan Pass, they did not make a big noise, but died down, and at the same time strengthened the defense of the city, making a posture of strict defense, so as to confuse the scouts and spies of Yuzhou.

At the same time, Xu Rong secretly sent people to pretend to be scholars and people who had fled from Luoyang, and went to spy on the nearest Lunshi and Yangcheng soldiers and horses, as well as the city defense.

Although because he joined the Kwantung Alliance, Kong Ling also sent soldiers and horses to strengthen the defense of Lunshi and Yangcheng adjacent to Yuyuan Pass, but he was not alert to the movement of soldiers and horses in Luoyang, and he was not strictly screened for the soldiers and people who fled from Luoyang, and he was directly allowed to enter the jurisdiction of Yuzhou.

Therefore, Xu Rong quickly got relevant information about Lunshi and Yangcheng.

Lunshi and Yangcheng, because Kong Ling has previously sent troops to strengthen the defense, so now the two cities, each has 2,000 Yuzhou soldiers and horses stationed, the city fortifications are also gradually strengthened, although there is no sign of gathering soldiers and horses, attacking Yuyuan Pass, but only from the defense of the Yang side of the offensive preparations, it can be regarded as a decent job, if the two cities are stormed, even if they are captured, it will inevitably kill and wound too many soldiers, which will damage the military prestige of the army, and when going out, Dong Zhuo's adventuring instructions are contrary.

Both cities strengthened their defenses, and there were no omissions in the fortifications of the city, but this did not prevent Xu Rong, a battlefield general, from seizing the opportunity to win, and he quickly obtained a particularly important piece of military information from the many pieces of information he obtained.

In Yangcheng, three days later, there will be a spring festival on the outskirts of the city.

Kong Ling is a pure Confucian, and after taking over the post of Yuzhou Assassin, what he can do is to follow the teachings of the sage, follow the rules and regulations, and act according to the regulations set up by his predecessor, Yuzhou Mu Huangwan.

And the place that can allow Kong Ling to give full play to his talents, is naturally to persuade the farmer, Xingwen and education, etc., the Spring Society is a major event of agricultural sacrifice in various places, the society, the god of the land, although the date of the Spring Society is not the same, but the agricultural mulberry is the foundation of the country, as long as the sacrifice has been sacrificed to the god of the land, bless the local wind and rain, and the harvest of grains, the people can have enough food and clothing, and the grain cloth handed over can make the soldiers have food and clothing, and then Kong Ling commands to crusade against Dong Zhuo, a rebellious minister who is entrenched in Luoyang.

Therefore, although it is still a tense period of confrontation between soldiers and horses, and the war may suddenly break out anytime and anywhere, the Spring Society sacrifice in Yangcheng is still about to be held as scheduled, which is a matter that the governor is concerned about, and he can't let Yangcheng order slack off first.

What Xu Rong wanted to do was to lead the elite cavalry on the day of the Spring Society sacrifice to suddenly appear, catch Yang City by surprise, and wipe out the officials, soldiers and other rich families and people in the city who went out to the outskirts of the city to participate in the sacrifice.

When Xu Rong announced this decision at the military meeting, the generals did not say anything against questioning, and after following Xu Rong for a long time, all the generals knew Xu Rong's style of using soldiers, that is, to plan and move, once the soldiers and horses were dispatched, they would inevitably be contaminated with blood, otherwise they would never withdraw the troops.

Only this time, Yan Xing, who had been promoted to a fake lieutenant and was in the forefront under Xu Rong, made a suggestion, wanting to take this opportunity to seize the city gate and take the opportunity to capture the city of Yangcheng.

Yan Xing pointed out in front of the generals that Yangcheng is the northwest gate of Yuzhou, if this northwest gate can be knocked open, then Yangzhai, where the Yingchuan County Administration and Kong Ling's garrison is located, will be shocked and frightened.

Just imagine, if Xu Rong's soldiers and horses captured Yangcheng, the elite Liangzhou cavalry would be able to rush to Yangzhai almost in the same day, and Kong Ling, who was talking about it in the county government, suddenly received a large number of soldiers and horses with the Xiliang banner emerging outside the city, I was afraid that I would be scared half to death at once, and Yangzhai and the counties and counties in Yuzhou would also fall into panic.

It's just that after listening to Yan Xing's words, Xu Rong, who was the first, did not answer immediately. It wasn't that Xu Rong hadn't thought about it before capturing the city of Yangcheng, but the order that Dong Zhuo gave him was to win the first battle, and to win beautifully.

Carrying out a surprise attack on the unsuspecting enemy on the outskirts of the city was something that Xu Rong was sure of winning. The fortifications of Yangcheng are solid and tight, if the defenders resist desperately, they are afraid that the troops who seize the gate and the subsequent siege will suffer heavy casualties, which will damage the military prestige, but will damage the mission that Dong Zhuo told him to leave.

However, as Yan Yan in front of him said, if Yangcheng is captured, it will not only win beautifully, but a big victory, and the morale of the soldiers and horses in Yuzhou will be frustrated, and even the momentum of the Kwantung coalition army will be reduced by a few points.

Faced with such a good choice, Xu Rong couldn't help but hesitate, if it was before, he would definitely choose Yan Xing's strategy, but since Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, Xu Rong, an old man who has been following Dong Zhuo for a long time, can perceive that with Dong Zhuo's growing power, there is also his more unpredictable violent temper.

After Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang, his power continued to grow, but he also lost the opportunity and time to personally lead the troops as before, and some of the military things that Dong Zhuo was able to deal with by taking the lead and leading by example in the past have now become the use of power in the Xiangguo Mansion to deal with them, Dong Zhuo used to make the soldiers in awe, and now, Dong Zhuo, who is gradually reducing contact with the soldiers, more often, makes the soldiers feel envious and afraid.

It was hard for Xu Rong to imagine that if he hadn't fulfilled Dong Zhuo's instructions before leaving, would he, an old man in the army, be like Zhou Bi, who was ordered to be killed by the angry Dong Zhuo.

Yan Xing didn't know what Xu Rong was hesitating and struggling with in his heart, but he wanted to take Yangcheng, so he took the initiative to ask Ying, select the elite in the camp to seize the city gate, and was willing to make a military order, if he couldn't take the city gate, he was willing to accept military law.

This kind of behavior, in the eyes of other generals, is naturally that Yan Xing has just made a meritorious contribution and has been promoted to a fake captain, young and vigorous, and wants to make another meritorious service and become a formal captain. For example, Wang Fang, Li Meng, and Yan Xing's generals who had a festival all wanted to see Yan Xing's joke that Xu Rong angrily reprimanded, so they watched coldly from the sidelines.

Unexpectedly, Xu Rong actually agreed to Yan Xing's meritorious behavior, which couldn't help but make Wang Fang, Li Meng and others, who were still thinking about watching jokes, stunned for a while, and when the military discussion ended, they looked at each other, opened their mouths wide and couldn't speak.

Xu Rong suddenly changed his mind, naturally there was a reason, he was unwilling to risk losing the prestige of the army, but he also wanted to achieve a big victory, if Yan Xing's battalion of soldiers and horses took the initiative to undertake the most dangerous and arduous task of seizing the door, it would be better.

Yan Xing's promotion so quickly also surprised Xu Rong, and Xu Rong knew better than others that this Yan Yan had become Li Ru's confidant, and with Li Ru's secret support, he would inevitably become independent from his command in the future.

For the owl who made him both admired and jealous, Xu Rong neither minded letting him do something for himself before spreading his wings and flying high, nor did he feel heartbroken that he was in a hurry to make meritorious service, and he broke his wings and wailed under this small Yang City.

Only this time, Xu Rong, Wang Fang, and Li Meng all guessed wrong.