Some time ago, he just sent someone to plunder the county and return to Luo, and he came back after a short time, but Dong Zhuo regarded Yingchuan as a soft persimmon. Yangcheng and Lunshi are the two westernmost counties of Yingchuan, adjacent to Yuyuan Pass, of which Yangcheng has always been an important military town in this county. After the Yuyuan Pass, to the west is the territory of Sili.

The first time I came to loot, it was because not long after the army was raised, and Kong Ling had not yet arrived, so it was not surprising that Dong Zhuo sent people to loot. But when Kong Ling arrived in Yingchuan, he also sent people, which clearly looked down on Kong Ling and Li Min.

And Dong Zhuo's arrangement is very ingenious, whether it is from himself or his advisers Li Ru and Jia Xu, the Yuzhou Thorn History of the first table and the Yingchuan Taishou of the later table, they have all achieved their goals very well. So much so that when Xu Chu arrived in Yingchuan, he could only stare dryly when he knew that Dong Zhuo had sent troops to invade the two counties - Kong Ling and Li Min also prevented Xu Chu from entering the hinterland of the county.

The timing of this march was just right, and the one who stood in front of Dong Zhuojun was not Cao Cao, who was bold and eloquent, nor Xu Chu, who had a slight reputation as a soldier, but Kong Ling and Li Min, two scribes who had no military strategy.

Xu Chu's voice was light and seemed indifferent, but in fact, he was also worried about the war in the west of the county, but at this moment, he could only wait for Cao Cao's people to come over and join the troops as soon as possible, and then Xu discussed the matter of entering the army.

Just a few cups of tea, the messenger sent by Cao Cao said that it would arrive.

More than ten horsemen galloped to the camp gate, dismounted and asked to see, and the camp gate guards who came to report did not dare to slack off, and quickly ran to the big tent of the Chinese army to report to Xu Chu, but it was Xiahoudun who came.

Xu Chu personally went to the camp gate to greet him, and saw a person outside the door with bright armor, standing tall, and very powerful, no need to ask, it must be the famous Xiahou Yuanrang.

Xiahoudun's great name is the impression of Xu Chu's later generations, and the other is from the understanding of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Xiahoudun is also worthy of the four famous characters. Let's talk about the family background first, Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan brothers are the descendants of Xiahouying, a hero of the former Han Dynasty, and their family has lived in Peiguo County for generations, and is one of the best families in the country. Speaking of acting, Xiahou Yuan avenged his teacher at the age of fourteen, killed people on the street, respected his teacher, and his reputation for courage and courage had long spread throughout the state and county.

For some reason, Xu Chu said when he met: "I have heard Xiahou Yuan's name for a long time, and when I saw it today, my appearance was really extraordinary!" ”

No matter how good Xiahoudun's background is and how famous he is, he is still much worse than the current Xu Chu in terms of identity. As soon as Xu Chu's words came out, Xiahoudun was used, and hurriedly said humbly: "The general's name is like thunder, and he has already heard of it. ”

What Xiahoudun said was not entirely polite. Qian County is the county of Yuzhou, it is a big city, the Xu family and the Xiahou family are not at the same level, so there is little intersection, but before the soul is pierced, Xiahou Dun has indeed heard of Xu Chu's name.

Xu Chu took Xiahou Dan's hand and walked towards the big tent of the Chinese army, and said on the way: "I heard that my younger brother Xiahou is good at riding and shooting, and his martial arts are strong, and his brother Mengde's clan brothers Cao Ren, Cao Hong and other gentlemen are also brave and fierce. Is there really heroism between Liang Pei? "Liang Guo and Pei Guo both belong to the Yuzhou Thorn History Department, the two countries are adjacent, and the state is located on the adjacent 'country' boundary, so Xu Chu has this saying.

Xiahoudun laughed, "Liang Pei has two national soldiers, the contemptible lord and General Xu, and he should be heroic!" ”

Talking and laughing, when he came to the tent, after the two sides met the ceremony, Xiahoudun made his intentions clear.

"When the contemptible lord faction went down to General Xu, there were a few things to discuss. The first is when to join forces, the second is where to join forces, and the third is how to deal with them after joining forces. ”

Xu Chu asked Xu Shu to bring the map, and was about to speak, but Guo Jia said: "Lord, Jia has something to ask Xiahou Sima." ”

Cao Cao was a 'general of Xingfenwu', but because of his small number of soldiers, he only listed Cao Xiahou and his warriors as Sima of other departments, and did not add the rank of captain.

Xiahoudun looked at Guo Jia, nodded slightly, and said, "Don't dare to preach." ”

Sima was humble. We have just arrived in Yingchuan, and we don't know much about the situation in Kong Yuzhou, and I hope Sima will tell us. ”

When Xiahoudun heard Kong Ling's name, he let out a hey and came slowly. Cao Cao has been staying in Chen, and Zhu Cao Xiahou is a person from Peiguo, so he is particularly concerned about Kong Ling in Peiguo, and most of them can know what Kong Ling is doing.

However, after Kong Ling was listed as the assassin of Yuzhou, he began to recruit troops and horses soon after he came to Qian County, ascended to the rank of famous man, and sent the county to the country. There are six counties in the Department of Thorn History in Yuzhou, Yingchuan, Runan, Chen, Pei, Lu, and Liang. The first thing Kong Ling looked for was Yuan Zhong, the minister of Peiguo. This Yuan Zhong is a member of the Yuan clan, and he should have responded to Yuan Shao's army, but because he has always been honest and simple, and he was also influenced by those party members who suffered from the 'party rebellion' in the past, and Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, and other children of the same clan who lived in luxury, valued righteousness, and were chivalrous and brave, so they neither responded to Yuan Shao nor helped Kong Ling. Yingchuan County did not agree to help Kong Ling because it was Du You, Zhang Li, and Guo Jun who were in charge of the military affairs at that time. There is also a Chen Guo, Chen Wang Liu Chong, and Minister Luo Jun have great prestige in the country, and the two also rejected Kong Ling out of self-preservation. Fortunately, the remaining Runan, Lu, and Liang were willing to send troops to help, and Kong Ling was able to pull up a considerable number of soldiers and horses.

Guo Jia asked again: "How many soldiers and horses are there in Kong Yuzhou?" ”

Xiahoudun pinched his fingers and calculated: "It's about 40,000 above, 50,000 below." ”

"So much!" The tent Chinese Wu who was listening on the side couldn't help but be shocked. The six counties only generally helped Kong Ling, and it was a little incredible that he had pulled up so many people. You must know that Kong Ling is not the Taishou Qiaomao of Dongjun who was ordered to go to Luoyang, Kong Ling has just arrived in Yuzhou, and it is far from being compared with Qiaomao who has been operating in Dongjun for a long time. Besides, Kong Ling shouldn't have such a powerful means.

But it was Xi Zhong who said with a smile: "With Huangzhou Mu in front, it is not surprising that Kong Yuzhou can have 40,000 people." ”

Everyone suddenly realized. Huang Wan was ordered to become one of the four state pastors in the world, in order to pacify the fierce Yellow Turban thieves in Yuzhou. Under the premise that Huang Wan inadvertently helped Kong Ling run the military affairs in the state, it is not surprising that Kong Ling can get so many people.

Xu Chu paced to the center of the big tent and said to Xiahoudun: "Yuan Rang, do you know that now in the west of Yingchuan County, Dong Zhuojun is going out of the customs to invade Yangcheng and Lunshi County?" ”

"Oh? Is there such a thing? Xiahou Xuan's face was surprised, and after a while, he realized that "Dong thief is bullying the two counties without brave generals, and he wants to give the heroes who raised the army a dismount." It's just that Dong Thief's abacus should be in vain. ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"Although Kong Yuzhou is a talker, it must not be difficult for the soldiers and horses under his command to participate in the battle of the Yellow Turbans, and resist the light cavalry sent by Dong Thief. Moreover, Yangzhai City is thick and difficult to attack, Kong Yuzhou can sit back and relax, it can be seen that the situation is to send heavy troops to garrison the two counties, how can Dong thieves get benefits? ”

Xu Chu nodded secretly, and asked again: "Why is Yuan Rang sure that Dong Thief only sends light horses?" ”

Xiahoudun smiled and said, "The general is testing me." Dong thieves are attacked on all sides, how dare they send heavy troops out of the customs, I am afraid that when the time comes, the sour jujube princes will be trusted, and the troops will become Gao, and the front line of Yangcheng will not be able to close the momentum, and it will be urgent again; With the cunning of Dong thieves, he would never use troops like this. ”

After hearing this, Xu Chu was amazed in his heart. Influenced by some film and television works and books in later generations, Xu Chu has always thought that Xiahoudun is just a reckless man and a brave general, and after today's conversation, he understands that in history, Cao Cao asked Xiahoudun to count as a county guard and a farmer, not only because Xiahoudun had a good relationship with him, but also because Xiahoudun was a wise person.

It is true that this is true, but Xu Chu felt that Xiahoudun might have underestimated the generals under Dong Zhuo's account because he was quite arrogant in his heart. A soldier is a bear, a nest of bears, Xiahoudun is a fierce general who can take charge alone, but Kong Ling does not have a talent like Xiahoudun under his hands, in the face of the fierce generals under Dong Zhuo's account, can he really make Dong Zhuo return in vain as Xiahoudun said?

Putting this topic aside for the time being, Xu Chu turned to Xiahoudun and said: "Kong Yuzhou and Li Yingchuan are now in the counties of Chenbing County, and they have a lot of precautions against me and General Cao. Therefore, I think that General Cao can gather in Yanling with our department first, and slowly try to do it. ”

Xiahoudun stroked his palms and smiled: "The hero sees the same!" ”

Cao Cao and Xu Chu thought of going together. There are more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in Xu Chu's headquarters, and more than 5,000 soldiers and horses in Cao Cao's headquarters.

Xiahoudun did not go back in person, wrote a letter and handed it to the accompanying knights, and waited for Xu Chu's military report from the west of the county.

At sunset, the battle in the west of the county had a preliminary result - Kong Ling sent his generals to drive troops to Lunshi, with a total of 5,000 infantry and cavalry, and fought with Dong Zhuo's army for half a day, defeated and entered the city, and could not hold out. Li Min and his brother Li Gan led the county soldiers to defend Yangcheng, and Dong Zhuo's army entered the outer city.

Xiahoudun slammed the tea bowl in his hand on the ground with a snap, and scolded: "Rotten Confucianism is in charge, weakening the prestige of our coalition army, hateful and killable!" ”