Chapter 62: Advancing to Hedong
The next day, the emperor in the court announced the canonization of Liu Meng as the Taishou of Hedong, and was ordered to recruit Dong Thief, Yu Niufu.
"Qi Qi Sheng, the remnants of Dong thieves have not been worried since Dong Zhuo's death, and with the courage of Anping Hou to lead his headquarters to go this time, the thieves can be eliminated, and the Zhongxing Han family is just around the corner." As soon as Emperor Xian's words fell, Situ Wang Yun spoke.
"What Situ said is very true, how can the capital division be important without heavy troops?" Sikong Yuan Feng postscripted.
For a time, all the officials agreed, praising Liu Meng's courage on the one hand, and explaining the importance of the defense of the Beijing Division.
As expected, these people have been watching these soldiers and horses for a long time, no wonder they are like this, nearly 20,000 soldiers are not small, who doesn't want to be in their hands?
Emperor Xian was also helpless when he heard this, and what the hundred officials said was reasonable. He had the intention to let Liu Meng take these soldiers away, after all, at this time in his heart, only Liu Meng was dedicated to him, and he knew exactly what these officials were thinking, if he left these soldiers behind, it was not something he could control, it was better to be in Liu Meng's hands.
Emperor Xian is not stupid, at this time Luoyang is calm, and the soldiers are given to Liu Meng to let him grow rapidly and let him return to power as soon as possible, if Luoyang is in trouble, just like before knowing that Dong Zhuo wants to lead the troops into Beijing, even if these soldiers are in charge of the hundred officials, he will not let Liu Meng take them away, it is better to stay by his side to protect his own safety, after all, he knows the lessons of the young emperor, and he does not want to die in the palace without knowing it.
"Hmph, don't you look down on me Lu Fengxian, look down on me and don't want to be a state soldier?" At this time, Lu Bu fulfilled yesterday's promise and played his role.
He didn't care where Liu Meng was going, as long as he got out of Luoyang, besides, yesterday Liu Meng said that today's emperor would set up another name, after all, Yuan Shao's father Yuan Feng was also above the court, did he want to say in front of his father that he was going to ask for his son? At this time, Yuan Shao's power is not weak, and Yuan Feng is now untouchable.
"Brother Feng Xian is good, it depends on you whether this matter can succeed." Liu Meng praised Lu Bu in his heart.
Lu Bu is different from Liu Meng, when he followed Dong Zhuo the previous time, the ministers of the court and the central government who were killed were all ordered by Dong Zhuo to do it, although Lu Bu is now in the same camp as them, but there are always shadows, in their eyes, Lu Bu is a reckless man, if they kill them impulsively, then who do they go to reason.
"Wen Hou is angry, we don't mean to despise it." Yuan Fengdao. Although Yuan Shao was quite powerful at this time, Jizhou was not close to Luoyang, and if there was anything Yuan Shao couldn't reach, he had to admit it.
"Jingshi has me Lu Fengxian here, and I'm afraid of watching Xiaoxiao? The so-called Han Xin's more soldiers the better, and the Marquis of Anping is for the Han family to conquer the rebels this time, what do you mean by obstructing it? Could it be that he is related to that cow, and he is afraid that there are too many self-troops to make him unable to escape? ”
The hundred officials were silent when they heard this, this crime of collaborating with the enemy is very big, who dares to speak? Suddenly, the whole palace was silent, and the pins could be heard.
I'll go, who said that Lu Bu is an empty and brave and resourceless person, this eloquence is not bad, the hundred officials who said it were speechless, Liu Meng was shocked.
Emperor Xian saw that the hundred officials no longer spoke, so he said: "Then this matter is so decided, and the Marquis of Anping will rectify the army and horses on the same day and go to recruit Niu Fu and retreat from the dynasty." ”
After Liu Meng returned to the mansion, he told Guo Jia what happened in the court today.
"Lord, this time to ask Niu Fu should not be taken lightly, Niu Fu is Dong Zhuo's son-in-law, Dong Zhuo died but did not move, this is very unusual." Guo Jia's face was slightly condensed.
"It's nothing, is it? People just take tea and cool it. ”
"Not really, if it were Dong Zhuo's generals, it would be easy to say, but Niu Fu would definitely not be like this, if he didn't do anything, his subordinates would definitely be dissatisfied, after all, who would want to follow the people who turned a blind eye to his father-in-law's death? Now, Niu Fu has not made any changes, indicating that he should have a plan to wait for the opportunity. ”
"What does Feng Xiao think, and what are Niu Fu's plans?"
"Jia just said that, I haven't seen the enemy army yet, and the lord has no source of information, what can I think, just see the opportunity when the time comes." Guo Jia smiled bitterly.
Three days later, Liu Meng led the army to Hedong, and before leaving, he sent people to the Tiger Prison Pass to inform Chu Yan and Ren Xiu'er to guard the pass, and then discuss other things when the matter in Hedong is settled.
Not long after Liu Meng's army was opened, Niu Fu, who was in Hedong, received a letter from Li Ru.
He and Li Ru are Dong Zhuo's son-in-law, a literary and martial arts won Dong Zhuo's attention, a few months ago after hearing that Dong Zhuo died, he led his troops to Luoyang to take revenge with Dong Zhuo, but the army has not yet set off and received a letter from Li Ru, which stated that Dong Zhuo's matter asked him to camp in Hedong to wait for the opportunity, and then send troops together to avenge Dong Zhuo after Li Ru and others return to Xiliang to complete the preparation.
At this time, Li Ru sent a letter to inform him that he and the Xiliang generals had completed their preparations, led an army of 100,000 to Luoyang, and asked Niu Fu to send troops to assist.
Niu Fu did not hesitate to get the letter, at this time there were 50,000 soldiers in Hedong, Niu Fu left 10,000 people to be garrisoned in Hedong under the command of his confidant Hu Chi'er, and he took the remaining 40,000 soldiers and horses to Luoyang.
Liu Meng listened to Guo Jia's words, the army bypassed the city all the way, so the speed of progress was not very fast, along the way he and Dian Wei Xu Chu two generals Wei Quan as scouts dispersed, although there were scouts in the army, but Guo Jiayan since the army is small, and it is into the enemy's land to fight, a mistake will have the risk of annihilation of the whole army, the scouts sent must be elite, if the strength is poor to be eliminated by the enemy army, it is not good, and if you can completely destroy the enemy scouts can also hide the movements of the army, in order to achieve its unexpected effect.
Ten days after the army advanced, a general came to report that he had found a group of scouts, and after a battle, they all killed them.
"The discovery of the scout means that there are also soldiers and horses nearby, this place is already in the hinterland of Hedong, it must be Niu Fu who sent troops, but we went all the way around the city to hide his tracks, and it was not exposed, where is he going?" Liu Meng wondered.
"No matter where this army is going, it is beneficial to our army, now the enemy is clear and I am secret, as long as we find out the location of this army and eliminate it in the field, the difficulty of our army to capture Hedong County will be reduced, if Niu Fu personally leads the army, it will be better, as long as it is killed, the enemy army will be in chaos." Guo Jiadao.
"Okay, the army is on standby, waiting for the scouts to return." Liu Meng ordered.
Three hours later, a general reported forty miles to the north and found the enemy's military horses, a large number of them, with the word Dong written on the banner.
"It seems that Niu Fu really sent troops in person, otherwise there would not be so many soldiers and horses, Feng Xiao can have a plan to break the enemy?" Now with Guo Jia by his side, Liu Meng naturally wants to exchange the smallest casualties for the greatest victory, before he mostly used the advantage of fighting generals to hit the morale of the enemy, but now this method does not work, he doesn't believe that Niu Fu has the courage to fight with him.
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