Liang County Barracks.

"This time to discuss Dong, the state and county are together, the two armies are facing each other, and between us and Dong Zhuo, each has its own strengths and weaknesses.

"Dong Zhuo is an elder who has a strong pass to rely on, elite soldiers, brave generals, and he controls the banner of the Son of Heaven and the imperial court in his hands, and regards it as 'righteousness'.

"The elders of the righteous army, the states and counties are combined, the crowd is mighty, and they have the support of Shilin public opinion."

After Yin Xiu finished speaking, he took a shallow sip of tea soup.

Xu Chu looked at it with a smile, waited for him to drink, and ordered someone to serve a food box.

Hurriedly came out of Luoyang, rushed to Liang County day and night, and Yin Xiu was tired. After seeing Cao Cao, he only said a few words, and was invited to take a nap, and when he woke up, he followed Cao Cao to find Xu Chu, and he didn't bother to eat.

Most of these people in the tent know Yin Xiu.

with Cao Cao and Yao Sheng, he met in Luoyang; and Xu Chu met when they were in Yingchuan. The children of the Zhai Wang clan in Xinbiyang, he met him, and he also knew Xi Zhong because of Xun Yu and Zhong Xuan's recommendation.

The more people he knew, the more embarrassed Yin Xiu became, and being a messenger for Dong Zhuo to persuade him to surrender was obviously not a glorious messenger for a celebrity. What's more, Xu Chu and Xi Zhong were not very welcome before. Especially Xi Zhong, Xun Yu and Zhong Xuan repeatedly told him that this was a 'Wang Zuozhicai', but he didn't listen to it at all, and repeatedly recommended not to use it.

Now that Xi Zhong has become one of the princes of Dong, Xu Chu's subordinate military captain, compared to his position as a young man who was once extremely noble and now very embarrassed.

So as soon as Yin Xiu came up, he said something like that, showing that he was not here to persuade him to surrender at all.

After talking about the strengths of both sides, Yin Xiu took a few bites of bread, swallowed his stomach and continued to talk about the shortcomings.

"Dong Zhuo is leading the troops, and I have paid attention to it in Luoyang. He was quite generous in his treatment of the soldiers and soldiers, sometimes sharing the wealth and goods among the soldiers, and allowing them to plunder privately, which of course could contain the soldiers and horses of the late general He Jin, the late general He Miao and others, but it also caused a situation of corruption in military discipline. Military discipline cannot be strictly enforced, and relying solely on financial and commodity lure is not a long-term solution. In my opinion, within ten months, the morale of the Dong army will be dispersed. ”

Xu Chu and Cao Cao nodded when they heard this, how Dong Zhuo led the troops, they also heard about it. Speaking of the words 'light wealth and heavy soldiers', Dong Zhuo deserves it, in the past, when he was conquering the Quartet, every time he had a harvest, he gave his own subordinates, and never filled his own pockets, because of this, those Qin Hu soldiers and horses who originally belonged to the Han Dynasty and Huang Zhongyi gradually became Dong Zhuo's private soldiers.

The use of wealth to win people's hearts is Dong Zhuo's strength.

The point is that the relocation of the capital is a foregone conclusion, and the people's hearts are moving, and relying on this method can only temporarily boost the morale of the army.

Xu Chu asked, "What about the shortcomings of the righteous army?" ”

Yin Xiu said: "After a long time of raising troops, watching what the princes have done, it is quite ...... Cough. Yuan Benchu was in Hanoi, unable to command all kinds of soldiers and horses like an arm, and now, only two generals dare to do something along the way, and it is difficult to decide the situation with one blow! ”

Xu Chu rubbed his hands and said with a smile: "Thank you Yin Gong for your advice." Since Yin Gong has no intention of saying anything for Dong Zhuo this time, I don't think it's better to go back to Luoyang, right? ”

In fact, there is no need for Xu Chu to say, Yin Xiu has already thought about not returning to Luoyang. This Shaofu has no real power, so it is better to be inappropriate, and immediately said: "I have already had this intention, and I plan to return to my hometown after meeting with the two of you." ”

Yin Xiu's home is in Nanyang, and you can reach it by walking straight south from Liang County. Considering that this old man was his chief official after all, Xu Chu said: "When the war was in turmoil, I sent some guards to send Yin Gong back to his hometown. ”

Yin Xiu thanked him.

Subsequently, Xu Chu asked Yin Xiu Zhong Xuan, Xun You and others about the situation. Yin Xiu didn't seem to know much, only said that after the Son of Heaven went to Chang'an, Zhong Xuan and Xun You followed.

After settling down in Yin Xiu, Cao Cao saw him leave and sighed to Xu Chu: "The traitor is in charge, and a scholar like Yin Gong who is famous in the world has been forced to abandon his official position and return to his hometown, which is a pity." ”

Xu Chu grinned. For the common people, Yin Xiu is not a good official, but for the scholars, Yin Xiu is really a good official. When he was in Yang Zhai, the people he trusted and reused were all those children of famous clans, which was certainly the atmosphere of the entire Han Dynasty during this period, but there were not too many people who did it so thoroughly with Yin Xiu.

Cao Cao said again: "Zhongkang, I heard Zixiao say that you are also looking for me, is there something wrong?" ”

Xu Chu nodded and said, "Something happened, Yuan Shu sent someone to contact Kong Ling." ”

"Tsk." Cao Cao said disapprerovingly, "Kong Ling has already intended to return to the state capital, and when he leaves Yingchuan, even if Yuan Shu says that Kong Ling will deal with us, it is not impossible to deal with it." ”

Xu Chu reminded: "Brother Meng De, when I return to Lujiang, you are the only one here." You know Sun Jian's ability better than me, with him, plus Yuan Shu and Kong Ling's soldiers and horses, your life will not be easy. ”

Cao Cao glanced at Xu Chu and said in his heart: Is that not because of you?

But he smiled on his face: "It's okay, it's really not good, I'll go to Chen Liu to find Zhang Mengzhuo for help." ”

Xu Chu forgot that Cao Cao had other allies, Chen Liu, Zhang Miao, his brother Guangling Taishou Zhang Chao, and Jibei Prime Minister Bao Xin, these three people are Cao Cao's ironcore, plus although he is a little far away, Yuan Shu wants to deal with Cao Cao, who can have the last laugh It's really hard to say.

Then we came to the specific war.

Xu Chu had thought about whether Dong Zhuo's sending people to persuade him to surrender would be a trick to attack by surprise, and Cao Cao also thought of this section.

An army of tens of thousands of people was dispatched, and it was impossible to hide people at all, and it could avoid the eyes and ears of Cao Cao, Xu Chu, and Sun Jian and quietly approach Liang County, at most it could only be a cavalry of more than 1,000 people. With this number of troops, it is not possible to pose an essential threat to them.

Therefore, after Cao Cao and Xu Chu talked about this festival, they just sent someone to Sun Jian to remind them, and then they gave up.

As a result, two days later, an urgent military situation came from Yingchuan - Hu Zhen's troops appeared outside the Yuyuan Pass and attacked Yangcheng and Lunshi counties. The current situation of the battle is that both counties have fallen, Du You and the county soldiers fled from Yangcheng to Yangzhai, and Li Min in Lunshi County was captured and killed by Hu Zhen. After the capture of the two places, Hu Zhen did not make any further moves for the time being, and Kong Ling, who originally wanted to return to the state capital, had to stay near Yangzhai to defend against the enemy under the strong opposition of his subordinates.

"That's amazing." Xu Chu sighed.

The tent Chinese martial arts gathered.

Xi Zhong listened to Xu Chu's exclamation and said, "There are capable people around Dong Thief. This person can see that we are slacking off at this time and have no intention of enterprising, so he dares to let Hu Zhen lead people out of Yuyuan Pass to attack Yingchuan, but we have lost the first step. ”