Chapter 114: The Collapse of the Coalition
The loss of 10,000 soldiers was still within the bearable range for the coalition forces. [ads:This site has a new URL,Shorthand method:,.] Even if more than 50,000 soldiers were killed and wounded before, the coalition still has 140,000 troops left, and it still has the strength to fight.
However, a big problem is in front of the coalition forces, and there is not enough food and grass. Most of the grain and grass of the Allied army was prepared by Wang Kuang. Because of Yuan Shao, Wang Kuang almost searched all the Shi clans under his rule, and then collected 500,000 stone of grain and grass. Among them, 200,000 stone of grain and grass has been transferred to various princes, and the rest has been swept away by Ye Mo.
"Master Dong Meng, you have something to say, take a note! What do we do next? In the big tent of the allies, Dong Zhuo sat on the main seat and stroked his forehead with his hand. Listening to the other princes' questions, it seemed to have a headache. It's just that this is nothing, and the most troublesome thing for him is: food and grass are not enough.
"Father-in-law, do you want to let them out first?" Li Ru on the side looked at Dong Zhuo, who had a headache, leaned over in front of Dong Zhuo, and asked.
Dong Zhuo heard Li Ru say this, and the hand rubbing his forehead paused. "Forget it, what's the matter, it's better to say it now." Dong Zhuo didn't think of finding an excuse to send these princes out first, but what was the use of this? The problem of grain and grass cannot be delayed, and it will be too late to wait until the whole army has nothing to eat and then try to solve this problem.
"Tell me, what do you think?" After a moment of relief, Dong Zhuoqiang stood up, sat upright in his seat, looked at the princes under the seat, and spoke.
"Alliance leader, take advantage of the fact that we still have food now, and attack the Tiger Pass. As long as the tiger prison is laid, then any problem will be solved. Liu Bei preemptively said when Dong Zhuo was just joking.
Yuan Shu in the seat listened to Liu Bei's words and couldn't help laughing.
Dong Zhuo looked at this situation and knew that Yuan Shu must not agree with Liu Bei's opinion, so he laughed out loud. However, for Dong Zhuo, Liu Bei's opinion won his heart. The Chen Liuhui Alliance was initiated by Dong Zhuo, if the alliance was dissolved, wouldn't he be against it before he admitted it, intending to replace the Liu family?
Dong Zhuo didn't want to pay attention to Yuan Shu, so he turned his head to look at Yuan Shao and asked, "Originally, you are the deputy leader of the alliance, in charge of the food and grass affairs of the whole army. At this time, how many days of food and grass do our army have left? ”
Yuan Shao didn't expect Dong Zhuo to ask himself, but he reacted quickly. didn't see Yuan Shao thinking, Yuan Shao opened his mouth and said: "Shao checked yesterday, and there are only more than 30,000 stones of grain and grass left in our army, which is only enough for the whole army for seven days." ”
After hearing what Yuan Shao said, Liu Dai stood up and said, "This is just seven days' grain, even if you add your respective grain and grass, it is only more than ten days' worth of grain and grass." Tiger Prison Pass is the strongest pass in the world, and our 200,000 troops failed to defeat it when the garrison in the pass was weak. Now that the ratio of forces between the two sides has changed greatly, how can they still fight again? ”
Liu Gongshan's words are different, you must know that there is a cloud in the art of war: throw into the place of death and then survive, and then live after falling into the place of death. Previously, the defenders in the Tiger Prison Pass were surrounded on both sides and had nowhere to escape, only to fight to the death. At present, if our army cannot capture the tiger prison, it will only starve to death. The momentum of the two sides has changed, and they can naturally take down this tiger. At this time, it was Qiao Mao, the Taishou of Dongjun, who stood up and refuted what Liu Dai had said before.
Liu Dai turned his head to look at Qiao Mao, saying that he had no grievances with him in the past and no enmity in recent days, but he didn't know which tendon Qiao Mao was wrong today, and he actually raised the bar with him. "Who am I, it turned out to be Qiao Yuanwei Qiao Taishou. Since Qiao Taishou has food, how about borrowing some from me? ”
Qiao Mao didn't know that Liu Dai wanted to make trouble with him now, but Liu Dai wanted to get some grain and grass from him, so he didn't think about it, and directly refused. Moreover, his food and grass were either brought by himself, or because his subordinates fought bravely when they tackled the fortifications, and they saved too many casualties.
Liu Dai saw that Qiao Mao refused his request to borrow grain, and secretly held a grudge in his heart, so he only waited for this discussion to be dissolved, and then went to Qiao Mao's residence to walk around.
Sun Jian didn't want to come to participate in the alliance, but he was forced by Yuan Shu's pressure to come. Now, Yuan Shu also had the intention of leaving, how could Sun Jian not stand up to help Yuan Shu? "Alliance leader, the outcome of this battle has been decided, why not dissolve the alliance now and go back?"
Dong Zhuo saw that it was Jiangdong Tiger Sun Jian who opened his mouth, and secretly said in his heart that it was not good. I thought that only Yuan Shu would propose to dissolve the alliance here, and the others would at most propose to bring his subordinates back. Although they behave the same, they mean very different things.
"Unexpectedly, the dignified Jiangdong Tiger Sun Wentai is also afraid of the name of Lu Bu in the Tiger Prison." Han Sui wanted to hug Dong Zhuo's thigh, although Dong Zhuo's strength was not as good as before, but his strength was unmatched in the Xiliang region. What's more, Han Sui and Ma Teng had already been born before, if Ma Teng attacked him, how could he Han Sui be able to stand it?
Sun firmly looked at it, and it was not the princes of the alliance who spoke, and he was immediately displeased. Han Dang, who was beside Ma Teng, was in trouble at this time: "It turned out to be Han Wenyu, my lord spoke, what's the matter with you, a vicious dog?" ”
"Who are you scolding for being a vicious dog?" Han Sui heard that Han Dang actually scolded himself for being a vicious dog, and he was immediately furious.
Han Dang looked at the angry Han Sui, but he was not afraid, looking at Han Sui and sneering: "It's not a vicious dog, why do you open your mouth to bite someone?" Your master hasn't even spoken, what are you! ”
Han Sui was extremely angry, looked at Han Dang, and was about to take out his weapon and rush up to fight him to the death. But how could Ma Teng's people see Han Sui using force in this tent, so someone rushed up and stopped Han Sui. Han Sui saw that he couldn't rush to Han Dang's approach, so he pointed at Han Dang and shouted: "If you have the courage to leave your name and surname, I will teach you to be a man in the future." ”
How was Han Dang afraid of Han Sui, so he slammed the big knife in his hand to the ground and said, "You remember, grandfather Han Dang Han is righteous, waiting for you to die." ”
When Dong Zhuo saw this, he spoke: "Everyone is an ally now, why bother hurting harmony?" If you have any questions, let's sit down and talk about it. In his words, he did not blame Han Sui for his disrespectful words.
Han Sui listened to Dong Zhuo's words, secretly happy in his heart, and said straight that he had made the right bet. Han Sui, if it is about intrigue, he is naturally a master, but when it comes to martial arts, how can he be Han Dang's opponent? The previous qiē was just a pretentious gesture.
"Alright, alright. Everyone has been discussing it for so long, it is better to discuss and come up with an idea earlier. Dong Zhuo pressed his hands in the void, making everyone present calm down, and then spoke.
Liu Bei was the first to stand up at this time, and said righteously: "Fight!" Must fight! Why did you come to Huimeng? It is for the sake of the Qing monarch's disobedience, and the Han Dynasty will be a prosperous and prosperous world, and the people of the Han Dynasty will be peaceful and prosperous. Now, the goal of the alliance has not been achieved, how can the alliance be dissolved? ”
If it was the beginning of the alliance, Liu Bei's words would definitely resonate. It's just that in the current situation, it's just a joke to say this. "I said Liu Xuande, you keep saying that you want to fight, what kind of battle do you take?" At this time, Yuan Shu naturally wouldn't be polite anymore, and directly revealed Liu Bei's scar with a word.
Liu Bei's body froze, thinking that the last 2,000 people brought out by Zhang Fei were all wiped out, and he was suddenly in a trance, and sat down, but he couldn't speak.
Seeing this, Dong Zhuo hurriedly spoke: "Liu Xuande is a relative of the Han family, even if he has no soldiers in his hands, he is still dedicated to the Han family, and his heart can be learned. ”
Liu Bei and Guan Yu listened to Dong Zhuo's words, raised their heads and cast grateful glances at Dong Zhuo. Especially Liu Bei, as if he saw a confidant, he couldn't wait to sleep in the same bed with Dong Zhuo and talk all night. Of course, Liu Bei is willing, Dong Zhuo will not find Liu Bei to sleep with him.
"There's nothing to say, if you want to fight, stay, if you don't want to fight, then go back. Whatever happens to you, it's time for me to go back. Yuan Shu saw Dong Zhuo's play, and he roughly knew what Dong Zhuo meant, so he put down such a sentence and went out directly.
As soon as Yuan Shu leaves, Sun Jian will naturally not stay. Liu Dai had already intended to go, and when he saw that Yuan Shu was gone, how could he stay? Han Fu's family has a big business, so naturally he will not stay here to gamble with Dong Zhuo, although Han Fu's subordinates have persuaded Han Fu to stay, but although Han Fu has no opinions, he also knows that staying here has no results.
As soon as these four people left, there were only seven princes left in the coalition army, including Liu Bei and Guan Yu, who were alone all the way.
"Those here are willing to stay and advance and retreat with General Ben, Dong Zhuo is grateful." Looking at the few people in this big tent, compared to the talent when the alliance was first met before, how different it was at that time. But Dong Zhuo had no choice but to reluctantly cheer up and toast a glass of wine to the remaining six princes.
When the six princes saw Dong Zhuo like this, they also scolded the four who left. Na Ma Teng had the heart to leave, but because his hometown was Xiliang, he was afraid that Dong Zhuo would retaliate in the future, so he also stayed in the tent. It's just that when others are scolding the departing princes, he is extremely hopeful that he has also left.
The people in the tent were staggered, and bluntly said that they would take the tiger prison and then come to Luoyang, and there was a scene of harmony in the tent, at least it seemed like this.
Just after everyone had drunk three rounds, a young general covered in blood rushed in outside the tent.
"Lord...... Lord, something is wrong, so ...... That Liu Dai broke through the camp of our army and ...... They took away all the grain and grass. With that, the young man fainted.
And what about Qiao Mao, when she heard the news, it was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and the whole person stood in place in a daze, her eyes blank. The other people in the tent were the same, and when they heard the news, they suddenly woke up and looked at each other one by one, but they were speechless.
(Thanks to Monk Zhuyu Dada, full of praise for Twelve's text, Twelve will definitely work harder.) )xh118