Chapter 19: The Burning of Luoyang
In the tent of the coalition army, everyone was still drinking, and there was no attack for ten consecutive days, and it would not dampen the spirit of the coalition army at all. The pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info has the previous record of defeating Lu Bu, which is enough to make everyone happy. What's more, there is no shortage of food and wine in the camp, so that the soldiers can rest and prepare for the big war later. What's more, everyone heard that Gao Ye had a way to make Dong Zhuo's thief army mess up and drink wine, which was naturally more enjoyable. Anyway, it would be better if Gao Ye's strategy became a success, after all, he had a history of designing the Hun Right Xian King to be humiliated, and it is not surprising that he can come up with a strange plan now. Even if it doesn't work, it will be his high night face that will be lost, and everyone will be fighting hard at that time.
A meal of wine went straight from sunset to the middle of the moon. However, at this time, everyone received a report from the scouts, saying that the Tiger Prison was closed and there were frequent movements, and I was afraid that the enemy army would make some moves tonight, and everyone should prepare early. Yuan Shao naturally got up and asked everyone to suspend the banquet and follow him to the camp gate to have a look. A group of drunken princes also staggered on horseback. Only Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Gongsun Zhan, Gao Ye, Liu Bei and others can still sit on horses. After all, they are all people who practice martial arts, even if they get on the war horse after drinking, they will not be like those weak scholars.
I saw that the lights were turned off on the opposite side, a team of soldiers came and went, and even some noisy sounds could be heard, but it was still pitch black under the gate, and everyone found that there were many people on the city, but there was really no other situation, which couldn't help but make everyone suspicious.
Sun Zhan, the Taishou Gonggong of Beiping, frowned and wondered: "This Dong Zhuo, what are you going to do on the big night?" ”
"I don't know, but looking at this posture, I'm afraid I don't want to attack at night." Liu Bei also echoed beside him.
"In my opinion, this Dong Zhuo is going to return to Luoyang!" Cao Cao, who was next to the two, said with a smile, Yuan Shao heard Cao Cao speak on the side, and couldn't help but feel in his heart that Cao Cao was reasonable. First of all, Dong Zhuo's tiger prison made such a big move, it definitely wouldn't be for the night attack. If it is a night attack, it is naturally necessary to be quiet, and if the enemy is prepared, then the night attack is not a night attack, it is a death. Since Dong Zhuo didn't come to attack us, but he mobilized his troops and horses so heavily, I am afraid that he is really ready to retreat as Cao Cao said. If it weren't for the army preparing to move, it really wouldn't explain why there was such a noisy and messy sound.
However, when Yuan Shao thought of this, he couldn't help but look at Gao Ye a few more times, Gao Ye never told them what his plans were, only said that everyone should be calm and impatient, and he had his own way to make Dong Zhuo mess up, even if he took the tiger prison lightly, it would not be difficult to think about it. Now it seems that this Gao Ye's talent is really extraordinary, he has been staring at Gao Ye, but he hasn't seen him move, this Dong Zhuo is really going to go back! With such a great talent, if it can't be used by me, it will really become a problem for my henchmen!
However, Gao Ye did not relax his vigilance, but said: "Now that Dong Zhuo is making such a big fanfare, although it is unlikely that he will attack the camp, he must not be guarded against. "Gao Ye's vigilance against Li Ru is still very strong. Although he and Li Ru don't have much intersection in this life, and I have only seen him at a few banquets, Gao Ye and Dong Zhuo have a lot of intersections, compared to the sporadic fragments he read in books, Gao Ye's understanding of Dong Zhuo is not too much. Therefore, he knows even more that a person who can assist a wilderness man like Dong Zhuo and sit step by step in a position of power and opposition must be so terrifying.
Besides, this person is also very good at using soldiers, even a traitor like Cao Cao, he almost died in his hands, if it wasn't for Cao Hong to let the horse, I am afraid that Cao Cao would have died in the area of Mianchi and Yongning, how could there be Cao Cheng, who later feasted on the ministers of Tongquetai! Therefore, in the face of such an enemy, it is impossible to be too careful. Seeing the inquiring eyes of everyone, Gao Ye explained: "Now that the tiger prison is closed and noisy, we all believe that they will not want to attack us and others. But it's always a big mistake to be careful, if you give us a moment in the dead of night, none of us will be defeated if we are defenseless! ”
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but nod their heads, but Yuan Shao saw that Tao Qian, Qiao Mao and the others were a little stumbling on the horse, so he was not ready to count on them, Yuan Shao told everyone to go back to rest, and explained the things guarding the camp to his soldiers one by one, and told them to cheer up, don't capsize in the gutter. Then he returned to the big tent and rested.
As for Dong Zhuojun in the Tiger Prison Pass, he was also very face-saving, and he was safe with the coalition army all night, until the morning of the second day, when everyone came out to watch again, they saw that there were still many defenders in the city, but compared to normal days, it was a lot less, and the noisy sound was no more. As for Dong Zhuo, after giving an order to Li Dao and others last night, he returned to Luoyang together accompanied by Lu Bu. As for the Tiger Pass, there are still Li Ru and 50,000 soldiers and horses here, after all, he still has to delay Dong Zhuo's relocation of the capital for a little time. He expected that there would be a lot of noise last night, and Yuan Shao and the others on the opposite side would guess that Dong Zhuo had left, and it was very likely that they would attack the city today, since this was the case, he couldn't be polite, if they really dared to come, he would give them a head-on blow. Fortunately, the defense equipment is sufficient, and the manpower is enough, and after blocking the coalition army for a while, it is not difficult for him to retreat with these 50,000 horses.
Yuan Shao saw that there were fewer soldiers at the head of the city, so he knew that Dong Zhuo must have returned to Luoyang, so it seems that there must be a lot fewer soldiers in this tiger prison, so it is better to attack it. Although Gao Ye wanted to tell him that it was not necessary, because it would not be long before Dong Zhuo would even want Luoyang City, but he really had no way to say such words, after all, in everyone's hearts, who would abandon Luoyang City?
Since that's the case, then let them fight, and they don't bother to care, anyway, they are mostly cavalry, and they can't use themselves in siege warfare. When the time comes, it will be attacked head-on by others, and it will not be his own people who will lose. Besides, at this time, there are people who want to get a piece of the battle feats, such as Shi Taoqian, the Xuzhou assassin over there, when Yuan Shao proposed to attack the city, he sent the most elite Danyang infantry in his hands, after all, everyone now knows that there are a lot fewer defenders in the Tiger Prison, in case it is captured, it is not a great achievement?
However, this siege of the city, from early in the morning to noon, let alone taking the Tiger Prison Pass, there was not even a single person who attacked the city. If it weren't for Cao Cao's dissuasion, let everyone temporarily withdraw their troops, I am afraid that in this day, the coalition army will have to lose more than 10,000 people.
But this also illustrates a problem, that is, although Dong Zhuo is gone, it is still difficult to get down the Tiger Prison Pass, which seems to be incommensurate with what Gao Ye said about the ease of taking it away. If you want to break through the Tiger Prison, it looks like you need to work harder. However, it seems that Gao Ye's resourcefulness is not as outstanding as imagined.
In fact, this is the difference between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, after all, what Gao Ye said was that he had a way to make Dong Zhuo mess up, but he didn't say for sure that he could let the army easily take the Tiger Prison Pass. Therefore, what Cao Cao paid attention to was whether Gao Ye's plan made Dong Zhuo mess up, and it turned out that if Dong Zhuo hadn't messed up, how could he return to Luoyang in such a hurry? Therefore, Gao Ye's plan has been achieved, Dong Zhuo's departure has taken away a lot of soldiers and horses, and the difficulty of himself and others attacking the Tiger Prison Pass has been greatly reduced. But what Yuan Shao paid more attention to was what Gao Ye said about easily taking the Tiger Prison Pass, if you look at it from this point of view, Gao Ye's strategy really seems to have been unsuccessful. But war is war, and if every war can be easily won, then it would be too unjust to die with a lot of bones!
Although the troops were temporarily withdrawn on this day, on the second day, the still fierce attack continued, among all the people, especially Tao Qian and Yuan Shu, the two people fought the most energetically, mainly both of them felt that now was a good opportunity to make meritorious contributions, where would they let it go? In this way, they fought for three days in a row, but on the evening of the third day, everyone actually saw Sun Jian, Yuan Yi and others who should have been in the rear.
"Why did Wentai come here?" This was Yuan Shao's first sentence after meeting, because according to what he thought, if Bishui County in the rear is not defended, it will be the enemy in the abdomen.
"The leader of the alliance doesn't need to panic, yesterday Zhao Cen, the commander of the river, has already offered the water, and now the Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuang is leading the army to garrison the river, and we will naturally come to help the alliance leader."
"Ahh There is such a thing! What about Li Dao and Guo Yan? How can Zhao Cen offer water? ”
"I heard Zhao Cen say that the two of them sent Bishui to retreat three days ago, but he just asked him to guard Bishui, and he saw that he was unable to support himself, so he begged to surrender."
When everyone heard this, they all looked at each other. Even Gao Ye matched everyone's surprised expressions. No way, although I know that this is the inevitability of history, but in front of everyone, if you can't find a reasonable explanation to follow your prophetic prescience, then everyone may regard you as a real immortal master, but if this is really the case, then the question is, if history really changes in the future, if one day you no longer have the prophetic prescience of history, what should you do with your own superior image? You know, it's easy to be held up to the altar, but if you fall down, you will be crushed!
Although the wheels of history are rolling, and you can't change many things, as long as you pry the fulcrum that Archimedes said, then history will definitely not continue to move forward on the original trajectory. If you have missed one because of your mindset, then you must be able to catch the next one. If you miss each one, won't your life be in vain?
Therefore, there is no harm in pretending to be stupid appropriately, and it is said that a wise man must make a mistake in a thousand thoughts, but this mistake is enough to make a wise man a laughing stock for the ages. Therefore, there is no need for me to position myself so high, and I don't have such a high IQ in the first place. Selling now will bring countless risks to your future, so why bother?
When the moon was in the sky, the blazing fire in the west of the Tiger Prison Pass made everyone in the coalition come out to watch, and at this time, Gao Ye could finally sigh and say: "This Dong Zhuo is really cunning!" What a Luoyang! ”
When everyone heard this, they all lost their color!