To the east of Suiyang, a silent army was marching along the avenue in a southeasterly direction. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Dong Zhuo restrained the war horse, looked ahead, and vaguely saw the boundary monument, and not far ahead, he was about to enter the territory of Bingzhou.

At this moment, more than 100 soldiers and horses in front of him galloped over, stopped at a hundred paces away, and a single horse galloped to meet them.

The commander Lu Bu Fangtian drew a halberd horizontally, blocking the comer a few steps away.

Dong Zhuo glanced at it and recognized who the person was, so he asked Lu Bu to put him closer.

"Taishi, now that Zhang Yuanxin has stolen and annexed the state, the people's hearts are not attached, and the people's hearts are not stable, Taishi should take the opportunity to attack and capture the state, why did he travel a long way to attack Yuan Shu? Please also ask the master to think twice. ”

Dong Zhuo smiled slightly, but didn't answer, but asked rhetorically: "Wang Hui, you persuaded me to attack Zhang Yuan several times, is it for the sake of the public or for personal revenge?" ”

The one who came was Wang Hui.

Since the defeat of the army and the return to Jincheng, Wang Hui has repeatedly written to Dong Zhuo, asking Dong Zhuo to seize the opportunity to attack Zhang Yuan in a big way, but he was rejected by Dong Zhuo in succession.

Not long ago, when Wang Hui heard the news that Dong Zhuo was going to march south to Huainan, he was even more shocked, so he rushed all the way to persuade Dong Zhuo again.

Faced with Dong Zhuo's question, Wang Hui was generous, and said with a straight face: "Hui was appointed by the imperial court and was too guarded, but he was defeated by Zhang Yuan, a traitor, and stole the state, Zhang Yuan is naturally a traitor of the country, Hui is bent on it, of course, it is for the country to recover the lost territory, and to exterminate Zhang Yuan, the traitor, how dare he have any selfishness." ”

"Wang Hui is dedicated to the country, which makes Gu very pleased." Dong Zhuo nodded slightly, listening to the tone as if he was appreciating Wang Hui, but it seemed to have another meaning.

Wang Hui pondered in his heart, but said on his lips: "Thank you Taishi for your appreciation, now is the best time to attack Zhang Yuan, if he sits firmly and merges the state, it will not be easy to do, Hui asks the Taishi to change his mind and enter the army and merge the state." ”

"Wang Hui, Gu Yuan thought you could understand the deep meaning of Gu, it seems that you don't have it......" A mysterious smile appeared at the corner of Dong Zhuo's mouth, and there seemed to be a little regret in his tone.

Wang Hui was stunned for a moment, his face was dazed, and he didn't understand the mystery of Dong Zhuo's words.

Dong Zhuole turned his horse and shouted: "Pass the order, the whole army will be rerouted to the east, and within three days, we must rush to Xiao County." ”

After saying that, Dong Zhuo waved his whip and rode to the east.

Behind him, Lu Bu and other pro-army tiger soldiers were shocked, and a black iron horse followed Dong Zhuo.

Wang Hui, who was standing in place, looked blank and suspicious, "Xiao County? He attacked Huainan, but why did he go to Xiao County, isn't Xiao County very close to Jincheng, can it be said that ......"

Suddenly realized, Wang Hui's gray face instantly rolled into a shocking color.

Looking at Dong Zhuo's departing figure, Wang Hui's face quietly swept up with deep jealousy, and he muttered in his mouth: "Li thief, Li thief, you are really treacherous, hmph, just let you two treacherous people attack each other, so that I can profit from it and then seize the state." ”

The dust was like the wind, and the cavalry army of more than 40,000 feet gradually moved away from the south, and changed its route to Xiao County in the east.

The army marched day and night, passing through the counties of Xiayi and marching eastward along the river.

Early the next morning, Dong Zhuo led his army to Qiucheng.

Ascending the east gate of Qiucheng, Dong Zhuo raised his eyes and looked into the distance, and thirty miles to the east, Xiao County was located.

Attacking Jincheng, the main route is to send troops south from Leping, along the Surabaya Avenue all the way into Jincheng, although this route is not as good as the Central Plains Chengyuan Chengtan, but it is also conducive to the operation of the large corps.

In addition to this avenue, it is the Bianshui Trail.

This water flows into Jincheng from west to east from Bingzhou, and the terrain through which it passes is mountainous, which is not conducive to the battle of large armies, and is also the most easily ignored.

Dong Zhuo was under Jia Xu's offer, but he wanted to be surprised, sneaked into Jincheng from this side road, and suddenly appeared under the city of Jincheng without Zu Di and Zhang Yuan noticing, and entered the city as soon as he broke through the city.

In order to realize this plan, Dong Zhuo must first enter Xiao County, which is located at the junction of the two states.

As long as he can hide from Zhang Yuan and successfully capture Jincheng, he has an absolutely superior army, and he can smoothly enter the hinterland of Bingzhou.

After destroying Zhang Yuan, it would be easy to defeat Yuan Shu again, and at that time, the entire Central Plains would be his Dong Zhuo's, so that he could concentrate all his strength and fight to the death with Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao is the only enemy in his eyes.

The grand blueprint was surging in his chest, and on Dong Zhuo's scorched face, self-confidence and murderous intent were quietly condensed, and he couldn't help but glance at Jia Xu and said with a smile: "Wenhe, can you hide that Zhang Yuan from this strategy?" ”

"Judging from all kinds of intelligence, Zhang Yuan is extremely deceitful, and he can probably see that we are playing a trick to attack the west." Coughing lightly, Jia Xu smiled confidently, "However, even if he is on guard, he will definitely think that we will march from Leping and concentrate the soldiers and horses to the north of Jincheng, but he will not think that we will kill from the west of Jincheng, and ......"

After a pause, a sly smile appeared in the corner of Jia Xu's eyes, "We still have a plan for Hui." ”

The corners of Dong Zhuo's mouth also raised a treacherous color, and he didn't say much, sneered, and then waved his hand and shouted the order, telling the army to continue to march quickly.

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When Dong Zhuo's army went all the way along the river to Xiao County.

South of Jincheng, Zhang Yuan has led more than 10,000 main forces, marching on the way to Jincheng, Zhun Hui went to meet with Zudi Yang Zhi's 7,000 soldiers and horses, Zhun Hui resisted Dong Zhuo of Leping's army.

In a previous military discussion, he had speculated that Dong Zhuo might raid Jincheng, so while increasing troops to Jincheng, he also sent more scouts to go deep into the front line of Bingzhou to reconnoiter Dong Zhuo's movements.

As soon as Li Jun entered the annexed state, he sent the information and the troops of the starry night to Zhang Yuan's hands.

Sure enough, the speculation turned out to be true, and after Dong Zhuo's army entered Bingzhou, he did not go south to Huainan, but approached Jincheng all the way.

According to Zhang Yuan's estimate, Dong Zhuo will definitely go straight to Leping, join Wang Hui's troops, and go south along Surabaya to attack Jincheng.

So Zhang Yuan ordered Zu Di to do a good job of guarding Hui, and on the other hand, he raised the troops of Jin and rushed to Jincheng.

Because Zhang Yuan knew that Dong Zhuo's strength was too strong, and he had no chance of winning the battle against Yuanyuan, and his only hope was to rely on the city of Jincheng to force Dong Zhuo back with a protracted battle.

Although Dong Zhuo is fierce, Zhang Yuan believes that it is not difficult for him, who is fighting at home, to repel Dong Zhuo with the backing of Jincheng on his back.

At dusk that day, Zhang Yuan led 10,000 steps to ride, and had crossed Jincheng, only more than 30 miles away from Liuxian.

Liuxian is a city north of Jincheng, and if the first line of defense can be built here, it will increase the chances of holding Jincheng.

At this time, Dong Zhuo's army had not yet entered Leping, and Zhang Yuan still had plenty of time, so he asked the soldiers and horses to set up camp and wait for tomorrow. (To be continued.) )