Chapter 189: Burying the Great Han
After the second emperor of Huan Ling, Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, and the princes begged for Dong, and now that the Son of Heaven is dead, the Han who exists in name only has really died, even if there are many powerful people in the royal family, such as the royal family of the three southern states, Liu Dai of Yanzhou in the Central Plains, and Liu Yu of Youzhou, but they can't stop the rise of careerists!
What a pride and ambition of the Eighteenth Road Princes' Alliance, more than 600,000 soldiers and horses are not unprecedentedly strong, but now they are scattered, dead, and beaten, and no one cares about the rise and fall of the Han Dynasty!
In fact, there are still loyal ministers, for example, Shangdang is too guarded by Zhang Yang, and after he returned to Shangdang County, he began to recruit soldiers and horses to make a comeback, vowing to eliminate thieves for the country, but now the news of the death of the Son of Heaven has spread throughout the Han Dynasty, and Zhang Yang is full of loss!
He himself admitted that he was not capable of turning the tide, so he chose to believe Yuan Shao when the princes were begging for Dong, which actually proved that he believed in the wrong person, and Zhang Yang, who was crying, was full of hatred in his heart! He hates everyone!
And because of their own selfish interests, the hesitant princes of the alliance army are even more hateful than real national thieves! Zhang Yang was lost for two days, and two days later he took the stage to worship the Han family as the emperor, began to transfer troops, and even used many ruthless means to raise 100,000 troops!
He's going to kill thieves! He wants to avenge this big man! He's going to fight the bad guys to the end! He didn't need this, Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuang died, Dong Zhuo gave up the Luoyang area, he could completely use Shangdang County as the foundation, to fight for the annexation of the state, to fight for the Sili Prefecture, he has the opportunity to become one of the biggest princes in the world! But he didn't!
Because of the strategy of combining vertical and horizontal, long-distance friendship and close attack proposed by Xi Zhicai, Gongsun Chan and Ma Teng became the allies of Young Master Yuan, and Han Fu also joined this alliance because he wanted to fight against Yuan Benchu. Jizhou doesn't seem to be at your fingertips, but Yuan Benchu is still very powerful, and Qingzhou Thorn Shi Tian Kai obediently dedicated his Qingzhou! Yuan Shao also became one of the biggest princes in one fell swoop, and the death of the Emperor of Han seemed to be an opportunity for him! A chance to go to the emperor!
Gongsun Chan is a very brave general, his name as a white horse general is by no means in vain, although Han Fu himself is not very capable, but his subordinates in addition to the people who are interested in Yuan Shao also have many talents that can be cultivated, plus there are many soldiers and food, the combination of the two is indeed not small; Yuan Shao's strategic plan was to take the land of the four states of Hebei and thus march into the Central Plains, so he had to kill Han Fu, for which he united with the alien races in the north, and he also contacted Youzhou Mu Liu Yu, a Han clan relative, and his plan was to make Liu Yu the new son of heaven!
The Han Dynasty has died with the death of the Son of Heaven, but! The hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff, the aftermath of the Han Dynasty for more than 400 years is still there, and there are still many powerful Han clan relatives, and the strategy of the Son of Heaven to please the minister is still commendable; Yuan Shao contacted Young Master Yuan, and couldn't help but send over the 50,000 war horses originally promised to Young Master Yuan, the entire Zhen family, and even gave 10,000 more war horses to Young Master Yuan just to facilitate this matter, so that Yuan Shu agreed to his plan; Yuan Shu didn't agree, because Xi Zhi didn't agree! The Son of Heaven is dead, the dark clouds that weigh on everyone's heads have disappeared, and this is exactly the game of the heroes! Everyone is an equal identity, if you have the Son of Heaven, then wouldn't we have to bow down?
Although Xi Zhicai did not agree to this plan, he put forward a new idea, he asked Yuan Shu to write a letter to reach an alliance with Yuan Shao, after all, they are brothers of their own family! Why tear your face? Not only that, but there are also many treaties, such as mutual availability and the like; In the words of Xi Zhicai - the treaty is just a disguise to paralyze the opponent, and from now on, history will be rewritten!
As soon as Tao Qian returned to Xuzhou, he sent troops to attack Zhang Chao, and the Guangling County occupied by Zhang Chao was the gateway to the south of Xuzhou, which could not be in the hands of outsiders, Zhang Chao was forced to reluctantly migrate to Chenliu County, but in Chenliu, Yanzhou Assassin Shi also launched a vigorous battle against Zhang Miao; Can you allow others to snore on the side of the couch? Liu Dai's ambition is not small, he occupies the Central Plains, which is a great opportunity for development, especially his identity as an orthodox clan member of the Han family, and his brother Liu Miao is also the assassin of Yangzhou, holding great power!
He has already set his target on Yuzhou Kong Ling, of course, before that, he needs to deal with Zhang Miao! But after Zhang Chao arrived, the two brothers joined forces, and with the assistance of elite strategists like Zang Hong, they couldn't hold each other for a while!
With the help of this time period, the Zhang brothers united Beihai Kong Rong, Jibei Xiang Bao Xin, and the now homeless Cao Ying to form a small alliance to fight against the 'brutal' Liu Dai!
This period of time is the time period when big fish eat small fish and small fish eat, Yuan Shu has begun to contact the Yuan clan in Runan County under the planning of Xi Zhicai, and has frequent contact with Kong Ling, planning to swallow Yuzhou and win the first piece of territory in the world!
Yuan Shu's actions attracted the close attention of Liu Jingsheng in Jingzhou, and he killed Wang Rui with the help of Sun Wentai, but Wang Rui's remaining Zhang Xian, Chen Sheng, Zhang Hu and others were still stubbornly counterattacking him, which overwhelmed him for a while; In order to resist the development of Yuan Shu, he immediately contacted Liu Yan who was hiding in Yichuan and Liu Xuan in Yangzhou, both of whom were royal relatives like him, and they were very close to each other, forming the largest alliance!
Three rich places are enough to raise millions of soldiers! Yangzhou, Yichuan, Jingzhou! These are all the largest states in the world! The Emperor Uncle Alliance is really awesome!
The wind is surging, the emperor is dominant, and all kinds of cows, ghosts, snakes and gods have appeared one after another, and the area of Xiliang Chang'an is still as chaotic as ever! This time, it's even more chaotic! Six forces, including the Huns, and more than 600,000 soldiers and horses competed in this place within a radius of 100 miles!
Oh, and it's likely to add a flamboyance! He is now on the road day and night, and an army of 100,000 has swarmed in, and has crossed the Yellow River and walked to the area of Hongnong! Well, with his soldiers and horses, this place has gathered an army of more than 700,000 people! What a bigger feast! And even bloodier!
The culprit who caused all this is none other than Li Xiaoxian! He is a veritable burying of the great man! He buried the possibility of the revival of the Han Dynasty! But no one knew he did it!
In Longshan, Xiliang, Zhang Wenyuan came to the Ma Teng military camp, why did he come? Because Maten sent messengers to make an alliance with them! Even if they add Duan Xuan and others, their forces can't compete with the alliance of Li Ru, Li Dao, and Guo Yan, and they suffer a loss when the two sides first fight; Dong Zhuo's corpse, maybe Lu Bu didn't know what it represented at all, so he also gave it when Niu Fu came to ask for it! Although Dong Zhuo is dead, he has always represented the spirit of Xiliang! No matter how bad his reputation is, he is like a god in Xiliang, he has given many people the idea of striving upward!
The dead Xu Rong is, Hu Zhen is, Hua Xiong is, and so is Fan Chou! The living Li Ru is, Niu Fu is, Li Dao is, Guo Yan is, Zhang Ji and others are also! None of these people were of high birth! They used to be very lowly people! Engaged in the most menial profession!
Even if Duan Xuan has a certain identity, he is just an incognito person! His brother has not been wronged until now!
Li Ru buried Dong Zhuo in front of everyone, as well as Dong Zhuo's mother, and Dong Heng who died in the war, that is, the nephew who was most likely to inherit Dong Zhuo's career, the Xiliang army was all drafted on that day, and the mourning was terrible!
Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu were co-opted by Li Ru, Duan Xuan and Lu Bu's combined army was taught a hard lesson and was forced to retreat outside Chang'an City.
Zhang Liao saw a person here, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Mr. Li? Why are you here? Why not say goodbye? I"
Li Kai smiled: "It's nothing, I just don't think Chang'an City is very safe!" As a strategist, you must know how to seek good fortune and avoid evil, and seek advantages and avoid disadvantages! That's all! Maybe I'm going to help you this time! β
The alliance was reached, Ma Teng and Han Sui were to break through the obstacles to Xiliang's march to the east, Lu Bu was to protect himself, and Li Ru was to take revenge, and the same was true for Li Dao and others, the five forces gradually merged into two opposing forces, but there were still people staring at here not far from the north, and there was still a flamboyant army in the west!
Lu Bu is here, the disgraced one is here, even if he and Li Su are both brave and fierce enemies, one of the few people standing at the top of this world, but they can't stand the strength of the family, sometimes the ten thousand enemies are just an exaggeration, it is very good to be able to fight a hundred!
"Wen Hou! Long time no see! Li Kai was not ashamed, he just gave a salute very calmly, and Lu Bu stared at him fiercely for a long time and said, "The last condition!" I want to live! Help me defeat Li Ru! β
There was only the last one of the five conditions left, and the embarrassed Lu Bu mentioned it without hesitation, Li Kai squinted his eyes, and said for a long time: "This time the opponent is not only Li Ru, but also a guy who is more powerful than me on their side, I have no confidence!" β
Li Kai is telling the truth, he no longer has the ability to possess himself, he is still learning, but the vulture corpse bird hovering in the sky opposite is already a mature strategist! He is more ruthless than Li Ru and more dangerous than Li Ru! knows how to make trade-offs better than Li Ru!
"I don't care! If I am defeated here! I'll kill you! Lu Bu roared irritably! Li Kai's color changed slightly, and said, "Don't play tricks here!" I'm now representing Brother Shoucheng and Brother Wen Yue, you should understand what this means! β
"Bongxian! Calm your anger! Let's go meet Ma Teng and Han Sui! Li Su pushed Lu Bu towards the barracks, looked at him a few times when he passed by Li Kai's side, and asked, "Did you do it when the Son of Heaven died?" β
"How so? I don't have that ability! Li Kai smiled: "It was an accident, wasn't it?" β
Li Su was silent and left, Li Kai lowered his head and thought for a while and followed, he will be the strategist of the tripartite forces of Ma Teng, Han Sui, and Lu Bu, and challenge Li Ru and Jia Xu! He can't get out of this place of right and wrong!
Ten days ago, these people were enemies of each other, but now they want to form an alliance, this is politics! Only talk about benefits and nothing else!
After a period of greetings, Ma Teng said: "Wen Hou came from Chang'an City, I don't know what the situation is like in Chang'an City?" Can you elaborate on that? Lu Bu was in a bad mood because of the defeat, and he didn't want to say more, Duan Xuan stood up; Brother Shoucheng! It's been a long time since we've seen each other, haven't we? It's really", before opening his mouth, he reminisced about the old days and adjusted the atmosphere, Duan Xuan can be described as a veteran, and he can play politics and military affairs all over, and then he said:
"There was chaos in Chang'an City, the Son of Heaven died the martyrdom of many ministers, the escape of the escape, the entire court dispersed, and after Dong Zhuo's death, the Xiliang Army, which was originally scattered, elected a new leader, Niu Fu!
With Niu Fu's ability, he can't suppress Li Dao, Guo Yan and others at all, and Li Ru is the one who is really in charge! Yesterday he raided us, and rebelled against Zhang Ji's uncle and nephew, and we were defeated by surprise and withdrew from Chang'an City; Eyeliner came to report, Li Ru is now rectifying the soldiers and horses, and they are ruthless to take revenge this time! Chang'an City gradually regained its calm, and the gathered soldiers and horses exceeded more than 300,000, and many of the separated weeds were cleaned up by Li Ru's hot hands! The entire Dong Zhuo's old department can be described as an iron plate! β
Ma Teng looked at Han Sui and signaled what to do, to fight or not to fight? There are too many soldiers and horses of about 300,000, and once the two sides win a decisive battle, no matter who wins, they will have to pay a considerable price, they just want to open up the road to the east, but they never thought that there would be such a result; Han Sui said: "Even if we don't go to them for trouble, these people will find us trouble sooner or later, Wen Hou is brave and good at fighting, Duan Gong is scheming, and our total strength is 2120,000, we can give it a go!" Otherwise, we will be blocked by them for the rest of our lives, in the bitter cold land of Xiliang! β
"If it's a war, I don't know how to fight?" , Ma Teng looked at Li Kai: "Does Mr. Li have a high opinion?" β
"I can't talk about it! I don't have enough confidence now, because there is a terrible person in Dong Zhuo's old department besides Li Ru! He's probably the best opponent I've ever met, I'm really not sure! Li Kai spread his hands and expressed helplessness:
"Tanma reported that Li Dao and Guo Yan had already begun to flee when Dong Zhuo died, but they thought that they would come back with a word from him, and spread the rumor that Lu Wenhou was going to kill all the Xiliang people, so as to gather more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, you must know that the more than 100,000 soldiers and horses are people who are ready to escape Just one sentence!"
"Is there such a person in the world?" , Everyone gasped, Duan Xuan twisted his beard, and said: "I have also heard of Mr. Li Xiaoxian's ability, Wen Hou has also praised it, Brother Shoucheng and Brother Wen Yue have suffered your losses, if it is a character that you can't defeat, I think of one, that is, we Xiliang people!" β
Han Wenyue narrowed his eyes: "Isn't that Jia Xu, Jia Wenhe?" Hissββ! If he really helped Dong Zhuo's old ministry wholeheartedly, it would be true, damn it."
"Jia Xu is amazing! My eldest brother was full of praise for him back then, and wanted to invite him to help him many times, and then he was robbed by the Qiang people again, and the relatives who pretended to be my eldest brother escaped, in order to repay this kindness, he went to see my eldest brother, and came up with a few schemes, and the Qiang trouble, which was very fierce at that time, was also solved! β
Duan Xuan sighed and said: "It's a pity that this person likes to be free and doesn't like to be restrained, even if Dong Zhuo recruited him, he hasn't seen him give advice, but this time he sometimes does it for!" β
Li Kai shrugged his shoulders: "The ghost only knows!" Li Ru is a flawed person, his surname is extreme, and the same is true for the use of soldiers, I still have some experience in dealing with him, and we have fought a few times, I have not fallen behind, but Jia Xu He is a perfect strategist! β
And the perfect strategist in Li's mouth was standing in front of Li Ru with low eyebrows, his expression was very calm, like a cunning little guy, and he couldn't see any of his terrifying people at all; Li Ruqing's thin body was even thinner, as if a gust of wind could blow him down, his face was pale and bloodless, his eyes were bloodshot, he hadn't slept for several days, he was a little tired, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he said in a hoarse voice: "Mr. Wenhe!" Your abrupt shot this time surprised me and confused at the same time, you don't look like a nosy person, why? β
Jia Xu said with a smile: "It's just funny!" I've figured out a lot of things all of a sudden now! In the past, I wasn't keen on fame and fortune, and I wasn't keen on fighting, but now I'm a little older, in my forties, and I'm trying to see the world clearly! β
"Heheheha! See the world clearly? Li Ru chuckled at first, and then laughed: "Do you see clearly?" β
Jia Xu shook his head regretfully: "The timing is not right, the place is not right, and the people are even more wrong!" So I'm getting nothing now! But this time I'll help you guys! β
"That's good! That's it! Li Ru sighed: "I really can't see a bright future here, it's always dark here!" It's often bloody, and this time it's even more so! Mr. Wenhe, what do you think about this war? Ma Teng, Han Sui for what? β
"No why, because you're in their way! Your presence threatens them! More than 300,000 soldiers and horses are also a force that can control the balance when looking at the world, and it is also a force that can break the balance, no matter who is in whose hands it is always a hazard! Of course, the people closest to you will have some ideas, and it's not surprising! Jia Xu said lightly; But I'm thinking of a person, the person who single-handedly contributed to the death of Lord Xiangguo, and even the person who buried the entire Han Dynasty! Could he be in Marten's camp? Li Ru looked up at the sky, there were dark clouds outside, and a heavy rain was about to pour down; The thunder and lightning flashed, and a smile flashed on Jia Xu's cynical face: "Li Xiaoxian?" I've heard this name a lot, and Lord Xiangguo regards him as a confidant, but unlike you, his ambition is probably greater! That's a funny guy! β
"Do you like to play with the masters?" , Li Ru said wistfully: "Probably only when you fight with a master will you clearly feel your existence, right?" You're a dangerous person! β
"Essentially, you're the same person as me!" , Jia Xu didn't refute, and smiled shallowly: "Don't deny it!" The war between strategists is a silent battle in the air, and there are many stratagems, and compared with those generals who only know how to fight and kill, our methods are much more beautiful! Is that right? Hahaha! β
Li Ru lowered his head and said, "You are not only dangerous, but also a crazy person!" Some people say I'm a 'Yin Warrior', but you're a 'Poison Warrior'! Vicious two, it's a good metaphor but I'm not as good as you, I want you to dominate this war! β
"I don't dare to ask for ears!" , Jia Xu did not refuse, but said directly: "Lu Blu is reckless, Ma Teng is unscrupulous, Han Sui is cunning, and there is a suspicious Duan Xuan, if you want to defeat them, you only need to separate them!" But what I'm worried about is that they will take the most dangerous move and choose the path that seems to be the most difficult but actually the best! β
Li Ru realized something, and said with a smile: "Why don't we write in the palm of our hands and guess with each other?" Jia Xu said: "Just what I want!" β
The two turned their backs to each other, wrote in their hands, and then faced each other, Li Ru said: "Then take a look!" β
"Decisive battle!" , That's right, this is the words they wrote, exactly the same, without deviation, the two looked at each other and laughed, the laughter lasted for a long time, and they had some feelings of sympathy for each other! This is the world of the strategists! Simple and complex at the same time!
Only people who stand on the same height can become friends! Only those who share the same philosophy can become friends! Just like Xi Zhicai and Li Xiaoxian, like Li Wenyou and Jia Wenhe, if you don't have the same ideas, you won't become friends, you will only become enemies!
"Decisive battle!" , In the Ma Teng military camp in Longshan, Li Kai has repeatedly considered the word "spit", and sometimes the simplest strategy is the best strategy!
Duan Xuan frowned and said, "Decisive battle? The disparity between 100,000 troops! This is not a battle between two thousand and three thousand, would it be too hasty to rush into a decisive battle? If we fail, we won't even have room to turn around! β
Li Kai shook his head: "This is the only way!" And the best choice! We're all cavalry, aren't they? They can rely on Chang'an City to hold on, and we can also rely on Longshan to fortify our defense, but these are not our choices! Don't forget that we have one more weakness - grain and grass! β
Oh, yes! Grain and grass, Ma Teng and Han Sui did not carry more than a month of military rations, and Lu Bu and Duan Xuan, who were driven out by Li Ru, only had a few days of rations, the longer the time passed, the more unfavorable it was for them, Li Ru and Jia Xu had already counted this favorable condition!
(To be continued)