Sun Jian marched north from the Yangren and placed troops and horses outside Taigu City, which was only ninety miles south of Luoyang City, and was always ready to attack Luoyang. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

According to rumors, there were few people within nearly 100 miles of Luoyang City, and all of them were moved to Chang'an by Dong Zhuo; When Sun Jian heard about this, he hated Dong Zhuo to the bone, and said in his heart that this chaotic minister and thief, the common people, will be killed by people with righteous ideals!

Dong Zhuo, who was far away in Luoyang, received the news that Sun Jian's army had entered Taigu, and it happened that Li Dao fled back in a hurry, informing Sun Jian that he had rejected Dong Zhuo's request, and also told the latter about his insult to Dong Zhuo. When Dong Zhuo heard this, he was silent for a moment, but he was not angry at all, but said indifferently: "Sun Jian is a hero, and a certain is also a hero; Helpless heroes fight, there must be an injury! ”

In fact, if Dong Zhuo was really so brutal, he could have given up Luoyang, went west directly into Chang'an, and lived a worry-free life; But there is still a trace of loyalty to the Han family in his heart, so he doesn't want the eastern capital Luoyang to fall into the hands of the so-called rebels in his mouth.

"Xiangguo, now that Sun Jian has violated the border, what is our army?"

Dong Zhuo saw that person, it was Shi Liu Ai, the governor of Xiangguo. Dong Zhuo saw that it was this person, straightened his stomach and stroked his beard, and said: "I heard that Sun Jiantun Zhaluyang has as many as 30,000 troops, and our army is stationed in Luoyang and the surrounding counties with a total of 50,000, and most of them are cavalry. ”

If so...... Our army took the initiative? ”

Dong Zhuo nodded, walked out of the military tent, looked into the distance, and sighed: "When I was in Meiyang, I was subordinate to Zhang Wen and was a general of the Broken Captives; He Sun Jian was subordinate to Zhou Shen and was the Sima of the Zuo Army. Zhang Wen doesn't need my plan, and Zhou Shen doesn't need to use his plan, so that the Liangzhou rebellion is still undecided. I want to come to ...... The two of us were really heroes at that time! ”

Liu Ai responded: "I heard that Sun Jian is not as good as Li Dao and Guo Yan, when Meiyang Tingbei was in the north, he led a thousand people, not only defeated, but also almost lost his life......"

"He is no more than a rabble, so naturally!" Speaking of this, Dong Zhuo suddenly paused, as if he remembered something, "Speaking of Meiyang, I think of Xun Gang, this kid was born at that time...... How, can I find someone else? ”

"It is said that he has fled back to Yuzhou."

Dong Zhuo's face was unhappy, and he said in a deep voice: "Xun Gang and I are in the same bed and have different dreams, and now Yuzhou is strong, and it is really the enemy of our army!" Regret at the beginning, why did you leave him in Weiyang Palace to rest? If this is not the case, our army only needs to sweep away Er Yuan, Liu Biao, and Sun Jian to dominate the world! Now there is an extra Xun Gang...... It's hard, it's hard! ”

Liu Ai seemed to be about to say something, but Dong Zhuo took the initiative to put aside the topic and said: "You send people down to recruit all the troops such as Lu Bu, Hu Zhen, and Xu Rong to Luoyang, and prepare to fight Sun Jian!" ”

Sun Jian is stationed in Taigu City, discussing with the generals about getting rid of thieves; Sun Jian knew that Luoyang City was highly defensive, and it was really difficult to attack. The only advantage that can be cited is that Dong Zhuo's main force is cavalry, which can be lured into battle; But Luoyang is surrounded by plains, how can the infantry oppose the cavalry?

"Report!"

While they were discussing, a soldier suddenly reported that the scouts had seen Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses thirty miles away, and there were as many as 50,000 of them! Sun Jian didn't expect Dong Zhuo to take the initiative to attack, if so, our army must prepare early......

"Lord, how is this battle good?" Cheng Pu asked, "Xiang Wen Dong Zhuo stationed 50,000 troops in Luoyang, and now they are all attacking, because they regard our army as a great enemy!" ”

Huang Gai also responded on the side: "And don't count on our army of the Kwantung Alliance, I'm afraid that they don't know the news that we have marched north." ”

Seeing that the generals were so impatient, Sun Jian was not in a hurry, and pointed to the map of Sizhou on the wall and said: "I have analyzed the terrain around Taigu County, if Dong Zhuo fights our army within fifty miles near Luoyang City, then our army's chance of victory is extremely low; But since he took the initiative to attack, our army can take advantage of the geographical advantages of Taigu County to defeat Dong Zhuo, and then wave his army into Luo, and there will be no obstacles! ”

"Please make it clear!"

Sun Jian nodded and ordered: "This place is not far from the Yique Pass, and Yique is a tributary of the Yellow River, and our army can use this tributary to take Luoyang directly; Cheng Pu, you lead the army of 5,000 and set off immediately, follow the stream north from Yique, and go to Luoyang City to ambush; At this moment, Luoyang is empty, Dong Zhuo is not prepared, if he is defeated, he will inevitably retreat to Luoyang, and then our army should cooperate with the outside and catch him off guard! ”

Cheng Pu received the order, but he was puzzled: "Lord, why don't you directly attack Luoyang?" ”

"It's not enough to occupy Luoyang, I want to defeat Dong Zhuo, make him unable to form an army, and make my Sun family's army famous all over the world!"

Cheng Pu understood Sun Jian's deep meaning, and after receiving the order, he hurriedly went down to order troops; Sun Jian ordered again: "The terrain in the north of Taigu City is narrow, and it is difficult for the cavalry to play its role, Huang Gai, you lead 10,000 soldiers and horses, ambush on the barren mountain, and secretly set traps and stumbling ropes on the road, so that the soldiers are lightly armed and bring more bows and arrows; Remember, don't rush into a head-on attack! When I set out from the Chinese army to fight against the enemy, you can order 10,000 archers to attack and kill the enemy! ”

"Yes!"

Huang Gai received the order, and Sun Jian ordered Zu Mao again: "Wuxiang is located in the east of Taigu, between the peaks and mountains, and it is a hidden place; Darong, you lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to the north from here, march quickly and detour behind Dong Zhuo, wait for him to break down, kill from the rear, and you will definitely be able to defeat him! ”

"The rest of the generals, follow me to the enemy!"

After all the orders were completed, Sun Jian only had to wait for Dong Zhuo to come and fight Taigu City; After a long time, a soldier suddenly came to report: "Dong Zhuo traveled to the north of Taigu City ten miles to set up camp, because the road ahead of the view is narrow, I am afraid of an ambush, I dare not attack rashly." ”

"This Dong Zhuo is still scheming...... Sun Jian stroked his chin, as if thinking of countermeasures, "So far, only I have personally gone to meet the enemy and lead Dong Zhuo into the valley!" ”

The generals repeatedly admonished, but Sun Jian just didn't listen, and it seemed that he could only fight.

The north of Taigu City is mostly surrounded by mountains, so the terrain is extremely narrow; And these mountains are almost all barren mountains, and only a few meagre jungles can ambush people and horses; But if an army is ambushed in the mountains, it is also an extremely effective way to strike.

Huang Gai arranged a small number of men and horses in the dense forest to activate the trap and stumble, and the rest of the men and horses were ambushed on the top of the mountain, using loess as a camouflage, not daring to move, waiting for the enemy to come.

However, after an hour or so, Huang Gai waited left and right, and what he was waiting for was Sun Jian walking out of Taigu City with a small number of soldiers and horses; saw Sun Jian galloping at the front, directly out of the canyon, and looked at Dong Zhuo's army stationed at the mouth of the canyon from afar.

Dong Zhuojun was camping at the moment, but he didn't expect the enemy army to be so bold to scout him; Suddenly, someone in Dong Zhuo's military camp shouted: "It's Sun Jian!" The man wearing the red curtain is Sun Jian! ”

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and some generals with good achievements saw that Sun Jian was greedy, and they didn't wait for Dong Zhuo's order, and ran towards Sun Jian by themselves; Sun Jian couldn't help frowning when he saw that the number of people who came to capture him was very small, only a few thousand, but he still withdrew to the valley according to the original plan.

"What's the situation?"

Dong Zhuo was tasting the delicacies, when suddenly came the news that Sun Jian was investigating himself, and some people who were not long-hearted had already led the troops without authorization. Dong Zhuo was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Who is the person who led the troops to attack Sun Jian?" ”

"It's General Hu Zhen!"

Hu Zhen is Dong Zhuo's confidant and favorite general, if he is caught in the hinterland of the enemy army, it will be a bad thing; At this point, Dong Zhuo had to order: "Don't set up a village, the whole army will attack and attack Taigu City!" ”

Dong Zhuo quickly led the remaining 40,000 soldiers and horses south, but looking at the narrow valley, he had some doubts, so he ordered: "Lu Bu will lead 10,000 horses as the vanguard, and I will take the remaining 30,000 horses as the rearguard!" ”

After the order, Dong Zhuo led the troops deeper, at this moment the sun was shining, the heat was unbearable, as if he was going to set people on fire, not at all like the weather in February; Dong Zhuo felt that the fat on his body was about to be exposed, and even his own army was demoralized in this situation.

"What the hell is this weather, isn't it February?"

Dong Zhuo was sweating profusely, this kind of marching speed was really life-threatening, if he let the horses gallop, there would be some wind, so he ordered: "The whole army is advancing at great speed!" ”

After a while, seeing that he was about to reach the foot of Taigu City, he suddenly saw that the forward troops in front stopped, Dong Zhuo hurriedly asked the reason, and replied: "General Hu Zhen has returned from retreat and met General Lu." ”

Dong Zhuo breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Since this is the case, then the whole army will retreat for the time being, the rear team will be changed to the front team, the front team will be changed to the rear team, and the valley will be withdrawn." ”

Before the words fell, a shocking howl was suddenly heard, Sun Jian actually attacked from Taigu City, Dong Zhuo's army did not react, and trampled on each other and lost some men and horses; But Dong Zhuo is a good fighter after all, and immediately ordered: "The whole army will fight and retreat, and you must not mess with your own position!" ”

However, on the top of the valley, there were suddenly 10,000 arrows, Dong Zhuo was shocked, and hurriedly ordered: "The shield soldier will hand over the shield to the cavalry, and the cavalry will cover the retreat of the army!" ”

If the arrows shot from above the valley were not high enough for the infantry to resist, they had to make this move; However, before he could react, a lot of tripwires suddenly stood up on the ground, and the army fell off their horses, the horses were frightened, trampled on each other, and suffered heavy casualties.

As soon as he came out of the valley, he suddenly saw the northeast banner surging, and the earth-shattering shouting of killing hit, but it was Zu Mao who led 5,000 soldiers and horses to arrive late; Dong Zhuo was shocked, if he stayed in the valley for a while longer, he would definitely die here!

"The whole army retreats north! Return to Luoyang! ”

The army has lost nearly a third of its soldiers and horses out of the valley, and if the enemy is caught again, the consequences will be unimaginable! Dong Zhuo was afraid that Chang'an would lose after Luoyang was lost, so he ordered: "Let Lu Bu return to Luoyang to defend the town, and I will lead 20,000 troops to Mianchi and Shaanxi County to garrison!" ”

Mianchi is a hundred miles away from Hangu Pass, and Shaanxi County is two hundred miles away, it seems that Dong Zhuo is afraid that Chang'an will lose is false, and it is true that he wants to retreat.

Looking at Dong Zhuo who was fleeing, Sun Jian looked up to the sky and laughed, he only hated that the mountain road was difficult to walk, Zu Mao was late, otherwise Dong Zhuo would have died here! He put the whole army in order and ordered:

"Take advantage of the victory to pursue and capture Luoyang!"