Chapter 69: Arrogance, Discord (Finale)
I have to say that if the coalition forces can continue to march after taking the Tiger Prison Pass and take Luoyang in one fell swoop with a strong attitude, it is not impossible to finally settle the situation, then Li Ru's plan is bound to be revised again, or even give up for this, but the coalition forces also have their helplessness, although they have won a victory, but to pursue the next victory, it will take more time to prepare, and the consumption of time will pass, and it also means that the best opportunity and opportunity have passed, and they will never come back. It's just that they don't even know it now.
And there are many reasons why the armament time of the coalition army will be so delayed, one of which is that as Dong Zhuojun and the coalition army actually know each other well, although the Dong Zhuojun army claims to be 500,000, in fact, there are at least about 200,000 people, which can be called strong and has a large number of generals, but a big problem for them is that even if they elected Yuan Shao, a common alliance leader, as the leader, in fact, the princes of the Seventeenth Route are still fighting separately most of the time in private. Whether it is command or dispatch the power under their command, it is still firmly in their own hands.
Just imagine, when the battle reaches a critical moment, if it is necessary for one of the princes to sacrifice part of their strength as a last resort, in this case, it is normal for the princes who already have their own minds to pass the buck to each other, and even at the critical moment, it is not impossible to tear down their own teams on the field, at least according to the observation of the battle in the past few days, Yuan Shu is likely to do such a thing, and in this way, the blow to the coalition army is undoubtedly huge, and the result will inevitably gradually develop in a direction that is not favorable to them.
And on the preparation of the army to start, it is naturally a truth, each prince has different thoughts, and naturally has to seek agreement, so it is a constant military discussion and meeting, and a lot of time has passed, but there is no one, until it is really impossible to delay it any longer, so it can only agree.
In addition, the rest of the army is also a problem that must be considered, just like the previous attack on the Tiger Prison Pass, although it was finally won, and the rout of Dong Zhuo's army also made the confidence of the coalition army soar, and the morale that had been worn out day by day seemed to have suddenly returned to the peak, but after all, the coalition army was not without losses, even if there were no injuries but needed to recuperate for a while, of course, it happened to coincide with the previous time.
As for cleaning up the battlefield, these are routine actions, but those Jingguan were also dealt with by themselves on their own initiative, originally this Jingguan was naturally made to test whether Dong Zhuojun was really defeated, but there was no movement for several days, and even waited until the striker of the coalition army ran to take the initiative to provoke before engaging Dong Zhuojun, of course, in the end, Dong Zhuojun's army was defeated and retreated, so far the coalition army also knew that these things were useless to Dong Zhuojun, if they were allowed to go on, they would rot and stink, and the smell was so bad that they couldn't stand it first.
And on the point of the decentralization of power and different prohibitions of the coalition army, I have to say that Yuan Shao still has a certain opinion, he is very aware of this big disadvantage of the coalition army, so he has always been committed to twisting the coalition army into a rope, but the idea is beautiful, none of the princes will be stupid, how can he believe that he is really selfless, that is, Kong Rong also has his own insistence on this kind of thing, Yuan Shao's reputation and prestige in this regard are obviously still a little insufficient, not enough to convince everyone.
In addition, to advance, it is necessary to ensure logistics, and the military rations of more than 200,000 troops are also a big problem, after all, relative to them, at this time they are fighting in a different place, although Xingyang's military rations are sufficient, but they can't withstand the daily consumption of more than 200,000 coalition troops. As for the rear of the coalition princes, even the closest ones are Chen Liu, Zhang Miao and Yanzhou Liu Dai, it will take time for the military grain to be transported here, and it is also necessary to beware that the grain transportation route is discovered by Dong Zhuojun and is outflanked.
As for the previous outbreak of contradictions like Sun Jian and Yuan Shu, not to mention, after these factors, time passed like this.
However, the coalition army did not take no action against Dong Zhuojun, for the "defeated army" that left the Tiger Prison Pass, they still pursued the spirit of chasing the poor and the poor, constantly pursuing and defeating, and winning small victories again and again, but it also made the morale of the entire coalition army more and more high. âŚ,
Of course, after really winning the Tiger Prison Pass, many resourceful people in the "Shun lĂŹ" coalition army in this battle expressed their doubts and worries, but in addition, they really couldn't come up with other convincing evidence to prove that naturally these lords would care so much one by one, if they had all their scruples and restraints for various reasons before, but now that they have won the Tiger Prison Pass, they see that they are approaching Luoyang in the next moment, There was no obstacle in Luoyang before, in their opinion, this was already a very simple thing to get to hand,
In fact, in the final analysis, it is because they don't know the enemy enough, Dong Zhuo's army has Li Ru and Chen Gong behind Lu Bu The two great strategists cooperate, but the enemy has no understanding of them, even if the think tank is enough to be comparable, but militarily knowing oneself and knowing that the other is invincible is not a lie, and for the enemy who has no understanding, the unknown is the most frightening, after all, the strategist is not a god, no matter how good the conductor is, he also needs to take measures according to the time and prescribe the right medicine, otherwise he can only be like a masked fly, hit his head and die.
On this day, Li Ru didn't know why he called Lu Bu to the tent of the Chinese army.
As soon as he entered, Lu Bu felt that the atmosphere was a little weird, in fact, there was only Li Ru alone at this time, but his face was not good-looking, and Lu Bu noticed that what seemed to be a letter in his hand was in his hand.
Seeing this, Lu Bu hurriedly asked, "Wen You, what's wrong?" â
Li Ru looked at him for a long time, and saw that he was a little hairy, so he raised the letter in his hand and smiled bitterly: "Do you know, what is in this?" â
Of course Lu Bu didn't know, he didn't even know where the news came from, but he guessed that it probably had nothing to do with Dong Zhuo's side in Luoyang, and Li Ru didn't seem to expect him to be able to say it, and continued to say to himself: "This is the news from Luoyang-you don't care how this came from, anyway...... In this, it is said that the father-in-law intends to move the capital......"
"Move the capital?" Lu Bu was stunned, and then thought that there was indeed such a drama in history, and there was also it in the romance, saying that after Lu Bu was defeated and retreated, Li Rujian and Dong Zhuo moved the capital to Chang'an to avoid the edge of the coalition army.
"Do you know where you want to mention the relocation capital?" Li Ru glanced at Lu Bu again, sighed, and rubbed his temples as if he was a little distressed.
"Chang'an." Lu Bu said, his tone was very affirmative.
Li Ru didn't look surprised, it seemed that if the current Lu Bu couldn't think of this, he would be surprised.
"Who gave it to you?" However, Lu Bu immediately had an idea in his mind, and quickly asked the key again.
Li Ru was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect Lu Bu to think so quickly, his eyes flashed, and he grinned and slowly spit out a name: "Situ, Wang Yun ......"