Chapter 194: Dong Zhuo's cheekiness
Dong Zhuo is a person who is very good at drilling, he belongs to the kind of person who has lost the battle and can always be promoted, before he was developed, although he was more domineering than the person with a lower official position, but the person with a higher official position than him was very good, and he was very trusted by his boss, and he himself was also capable, not the kind of general who could just talk about it, so He Jin would trust him so much.
But because Dong Zhuo was too good at flattering Shangguan, he refused to support Li Qin, which led to Li Qin driving Liu Jiu into the Western Regions, which caused him to almost destroy the serious consequences of his surname!
Dong Zhuo was very dissatisfied with being a lieutenant in the Western Regions, although this is also a military commander with a regional surname, and there is still a lot of oil and water, but he is far away from the Central Plains, it is easy to make a fortune, but it is difficult to be promoted, and it is even more difficult to rank in the court. Dong Zhuo is a person with great ideals, he is not willing to stay in the Western Regions for a lifetime, so the wealth he made in the Western Regions is spent on dredging the official road, and he wants to be transferred to Liangzhou, or merge with the state, so that it can be closer to Luoyang.
If you want to buy an official, in today's Han Dynasty, there are two ways to go, one is for the ten permanent servants, and the other is for He Jin. But Dong Zhuo can't go to the Ten Standing Servants, he wants to pretend to be noble on the surface, and if he wants to have a good relationship with the wealthy family, then he must not have any connection with the eunuch group. Of course, when he walks out of the Western Regions and completes the first step, whether he will collude with the eunuchs at that time is another story, but now he is absolutely opposed to the eunuchs, otherwise he will not be able to take the road of progress.
Dong Zhuo has always been concerned about the surrounding situation, Li Qin is thriving in Liangzhou, of course he knows, but the better Li Qin mixes, the greater the threat to him, the more hopeless he is to be transferred to Liangzhou, and when Li Qin goes to Bingzhou, Dong Zhuo knows even more that he has no play, he can't go to Liangzhou, and Bingzhou is enough, and if you want to get a good place like Hedong, don't even think about it.
And Li Qin is taking the path of the Ten Standing Servants, if Dong Zhuo wants to cross the mountain of Li Qin and enter the Central Plains, then he must tie He Jin up, but after all, he is in the Western Regions, and the news is not so smooth, and the news he gets often has a time difference, so that he does not get the fact that He Jin and Li Qin are friendly and recognize each other's relatives.
When Dong Zhuo learned that Liu Jiu took advantage of Li Qin's trip to Bingzhou to attack Fujiao Fort in the south, he almost went crazy with no fun, if Liu Jiu copied Li Qin's hometown, then Li Qin would be finished, what famous generals are not famous generals, they have become a joke, even their hometowns have been copied, and they still have the face to call themselves famous generals!
Since Dong Zhuo is a captain of Wuji, his main duty is to guard the Silk Road and act as a fire extinguishing team, on the Silk Road, where there is a war, he will go, anyway, as long as he is on the Silk Road, he will not leave his camp.
When Fujiao Fort sent someone to ask him for help, he happened to be near Dunhuang, in terms of the ability of the Wuji army in the Western Regions, if he went to support Fujiao Fort, he might be able to arrive earlier than the reinforcements in Longxian, after all, Captain Wuji was doing firefighting work, and running around was his own errand, and Dong Zhuo's army was very good at rushing to help.
Dunhuang is the territory of Liangzhou, that is the territory of the captain of Huqiang, Dong Zhuo, the captain of Wuji, is not right to wander around here, it belongs to crossing the border, and Fujiaobao sent people to ask him for help, to change someone else, Dong Zhuo's face must be given, but he didn't give it to Li Qin.
Dong Zhuo wished that Li Qin was unlucky, and he was only happy that Fujiao Fort was burned to the ground, and asked him to save it, don't be kidding. He looked at the gifts sent by the Fujiao soldiers, which were very valuable, and it seemed that the guards of Fujiao Fort were really anxious, and sent him a lot of gems, even if he scraped the ground in the Western Regions, he had never scraped such valuable jewelry.
Others gave him gifts, he really didn't accept them, but others begged him to send troops, then he refused, after accepting the gifts, he made a perfunctory call, saying that he wanted to rush back to the Western Regions, and he couldn't support Li Qin, and then he took the gifts, led the Wuji army, and ran back to the Western Regions with a bumpy run, until he ran to Gaochang, to show that he was really anxious, and the Western Regions were really in danger.
But not long after Dong Zhuo returned to Gaochang, he didn't wait for the news that Fujiao Fort was burned to the ground, but he looked forward to Liu Jiu, this is unlucky, where could he have thought that Liu Jiu would run to the Western Regions, and he also ran to the hinterland!
The Changshi Mansion of the Western Regions also learned the news, and Changshi was furious, and immediately sent someone to Dong Zhuo to give an order, asking him to lead troops to meet Liu Jiu, although the Western Regions were under the threat of the Xiongnu Shan Yu, but even Shan Yu himself was only to collect some property from the merchants passing by the Xiongnu territory, at most he sent people to the Western Regions to disturb it, small-scale looting, never said a large-scale invasion, Liu Jiu dared to bring troops, this is worth it, it must be driven away, of course this task will be handed over to Dong Zhuo, who made him the captain of Wuji!
Dong Zhuo was in a hurry and hurriedly gathered his subordinates, there were quite a few of his subordinates, and they were all good at fighting, among which there were several fierce generals, who were even more remarkable, like Li Dao and Guo Yan were among the best. Dong Zhuo summoned his generals to his lieutenant's office to hold a military meeting.
In the lobby, Dong Zhuo sat in the middle, and he said with a sad face: "Everyone, now that Liu Jiu has come to my Western Regions with soldiers and horses, how should I retreat from the enemy, do you have a high opinion?" ”
Generals, look at me, I look at you, no one squeaked, but they all thought in their hearts: "Liu Jiu was defeated by Li Qin, so he came here, according to the situation reported by Tanmalai, it was Li Qin who deliberately drove him to the Western Regions, which is obviously revenge, revenge for not saving his hometown, in fact, we are not fighting with Liu Jiu now, but competing with Li Qin!" ”
Guo Yan said: "General, I heard that after Li Qin chased Liu Jiu into the Western Regions, he had already withdrawn, as if he was stationed in the Dunhuang area, which was equivalent to choking Liu Jiu's retreat to the east, and Liu Jiu could not go south, nor would he go west, the west was the territory of the Xiongnu Shan Yu, so he could only go north, but the north was his territory, as long as Li Qin did not chase him, he would be safe, since he was safe, how could he easily retreat, of course, he had to grab until he was satisfied." ”
Li Dao also said: "Liu Jiu came because he was forced to be helpless, with his newly defeated army, he would not occupy the land of my Western Regions, he just wanted to grab some property and go back to the grassland to enjoy, it is better to let him grab it, and when he has robbed enough, he will leave." Anyway, the robbers are also businessmen, and they won't come to Gaochang to rob us. ”
The generals nodded together, and they all said yes, anyway, it wasn't to rob us, at most we lost a little filial piety, and if we couldn't start a war with Liu Jiu, at most we would make a gesture to threaten it, and when Liu Jiu grabbed enough troops and retreated, we could say that we repelled him, and others would not pursue it, and Changshi would not blame him, so what is there to worry about?
Dong Zhuo said: "This is also reasonable, but I took He Jin's way, and the money was given, He Jin may be my post of Hedong Taishou, maybe I can also become the assassin of the state, of course, the matter of the assassination is a later story, but the official position of Hedong Taishou is reserved for me, in case someone is red and makes a fuss about Liu Jiu's affairs, then I am afraid that I will not be able to go to Hedong, and you can only follow me to eat sand in the Western Regions." ”
Guo Yan said: "General, that Hedong is a place to merge states, if we go, maybe we will have to be Li Qin's subordinates in the future, didn't I say that Li Qin became the assassin of the state, although he has not yet taken office, but this matter is also decided, you offended him, in the end of the general's view, then Hedong is not a good official position, don't do it." ”
Dong Zhuo frowned and said, "But the money has been spent, if you don't come back." That He Jin is a, only in and out, the money is in his hands, is it possible to come back, can he only change to another place to be too guarded, but how can other places catch up with Hedong. ”
Li Dao said: "Everyone, everyone, what we are talking about now is how to retreat from the enemy, Liu Jiu is still on our territory, how can you talk about Hedong?" I have been in Bingzhou for a long time, and I know the situation there very well, although Hedong is good, if you can't get it, then don't say more. ”
Dong Zhuo hummed and said, "Yes, we're talking about retreating from the enemy." By the way, childish, aren't you from Northland County, where is your hometown? "Childish is Li Dao's expression.
Li Dao's face flushed, and he whispered: "It's Fuping County, but the last general has been away from there for a long time, went to Bingzhou, and then followed the general to the Western Regions, but he never returned to Fuping." ”
Dong Zhuo and the generals present know Li Dao's life experience anymore, Li Dao always talks about it all day long, saying that he is a descendant of General Fei, and there is a good relative at home, named Li Qin, how is it, Cheng Tian said. It's just that recently because Dong Zhuo has begun to be wary of Li Qin, Li Dao stopped talking.
None of the generals squeaked and looked at Dong Zhuo together. Dong Zhuo looked "surprised", and he said: "So in this way, is Zhiran and that Li Qin related?" I remember you said that you were General Fei, so is Li Qin too, and your hometown is in Fuping, so there should be something to do with it, right? There must be a kinship! ”
Li Dao stubbornly said: "This relationship is a little bit, but if it is said to be a relative, it is not necessarily, I haven't met him yet, and I haven't recognized him yet!" ”
Dong Zhuo smiled, clapped his hands and said, "If you meet, won't you be able to recognize your relatives!" Childish, I have something to trust, I don't know if you are willing to do it? ”
Li Dao hurriedly straightened his waist, hugged his fists at Dong Zhuo and said, "The general has orders, and he dares to disobey his orders!" ”
Dong Zhuo said: "You go and recognize Li Qin, take the gift he gave me last time, and bring him back, I will prepare a heavy gift, you take it with you, isn't he stationed in Dunhuang now, beg him to send troops to help me repel Liu Jiu, so I pleaded, he should agree for your sake!" ”
Li Wei suddenly made a difficulty, this task is too shameless, this is tantamount to begging Li Qin. But last time Li Qin came to beg them to send troops, they didn't go, and they forcibly accepted gifts, and now they go over and beg Li Qin...... What a thick skin to do such a thing, it's too much of a test of self-esteem!
(To be continued)