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In the first year of Yongluo, in early July, Dong Zhuo, the former commander of the alliance army, divided the 400,000 coalition army into four divisions, stationed in Mengjin, Chenggao, Pingxian, and Heyin, blocking the entire south bank of the Yellow River, trying to block the Tianci army on the Yellow River and delay time. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info Regarding Dong Zhuo's actions, after Liu Tai got the news, he just smiled and didn't pay attention to it at all.

At the beginning of July, Liu Tai, the king of the three gods, appointed Zhang Fei as the general of the left army, Zhou Tai as his deputy general, commanding 30,000 water divisions and 60,000 Tianci army foot soldiers to attack Heyin, Heyin was prepared, after the shallow battle, Zhang Fei ordered to retreat to the north bank of the Yellow River, waiting for the day, and wanted to destroy the coalition army on the south bank in a war.

At the same time, Xu Chu, the right commander of Jinyiwei, was appointed as the right general, and Jiang Qin was his deputy general, commanding 30,000 sailors and 60,000 iron cavalry to attack Chenggao Port along the river. The victory was great, Chenggao was defeated, the port fell into the hands of the Tianci army, the coalition army had no choice but to retreat to Chenggao County, and Xu Chu's army entered Chenggao Port.

On the fifth day of the seventh month, Liu Tai appointed Zhao Yun as the general of the Chinese army, and Ma Chao as his deputy general, and transferred back to Jiang Qin's headquarters to carry the army across the river, so that Zhao Yun actually commanded 60,000 soldiers and horses, 30,000 sailors, a total of 90,000 troops to attack Mengjin, the base camp of the coalition army on the south bank. After Dong Zhuo got the news, he personally went into battle to command the defense of the coalition forces. During the war, Zhao Yun met Lu Bu by chance, and after hundreds of rounds of battle, Ma Chao saw that Zhao Yun was not strong enough to help him, and joined forces to repel Lu Bu, which greatly boosted the morale of the Tianci army.

On the sixth day and one night of the first day of July, the Tianci army suffered heavy losses, and the initial estimate of casualties was about 3,000, and the coalition army was not much better, at least tens of thousands of casualties. In desperation, Zhao Yun could only order the troops to retreat and recuperate, wanting to fight to the death with Dong Zhuo again.

At the beginning of July, Zhang Fei, the general of the Seventh Left Army, led his army to bypass the port of Heyin and raid the county seat of Heyin from the rear. In less than an hour, the county seat fell into the hands of Zhang Fei, and the morale of the God-given army was greatly boosted!

After getting the county seat of Heyin, Zhang Fei took advantage of the victory to pursue, and attacked the coalition troops stationed in the port of Heyin from the rear without stopping for a moment, the coalition forces did not have time to prepare, under Zhang Fei's onslaught, the port had fallen in just half a day, killing more than 10,000 coalition soldiers, capturing more than 50,000, and only 30,000 or 40,000 coalition troops who fled the port.

The eighth day of the seventh month, night.

The port outside the county seat of Pingxian County is not big, and there are only about 10,000 soldiers and horses that can be stationed.

Responsible for guarding Ping County is Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian, as mentioned earlier, Tao Qian is a good old man, a really good old man, almost no one wants to have anything to do with Tao Qian, and because Tao Qian has the support of Cao Qian behind him, so the princes do not dare to offend Tao Qian for the sake of Cao Ying's face.

At this time, Tao Qian was very troubled, sitting in the big tent of the Chinese army, drinking wine one by one, sighing from time to time, his eyes were a little confused, and he looked very helpless. Tao Qian is not young, now he is sixty years old, it stands to reason that a sixty-year-old man should enjoy happiness at home, but the question is, in the troubled times, can there be a blessed land belonging to Tao Qian?

Tao Qian wanted to let go, let go of everything and rest, but what made Tao Qian helpless was that if he just let go of the position of the state pastor, what would the two unsuccessful children under his knees do? Tao Qian knows very well that if he is in power, even if the heir causes a big disaster, he can settle it for him, but what if he is not in power?

can't let it go, really can't let it go, unless you find a prince who can protect your heirs and give up the position of state pastor, but there is another problem here, in the troubled times, who will value love so much? Cao Ying? Well, the most ruthless person, at least Tao Qian thinks so.

Will Xuzhou be "returned" to Liu Tai? Make a favor and keep the wealth of your heirs? It's a good idea, but will Cao Ying agree? Will Yuan Shao, who blocked the gate of Xuzhou going north, agree? It's just Tao Qian's idiot dreaming.

With Liu Tai as an enemy, Tao Qian didn't think about it, and he didn't dare to think about it, but sometimes being a man is so helpless, Liu Tai went south to crusade against the new emperor, and the princes of the world, including Dong Zhuo, participated, can Tao Qian participate? I can't say anything, and Tao Qian has no choice at all.

As the saying goes, it is better to be a peaceful dog than a troubled world!

"Huhu" in the middle of the night so hot wind, blowing Tao Qian's heart even more irritable, squinting to avoid the wind and sand, when he opened it again, a person walked in from outside the tent, took a closer look, only to see that this life is extremely handsome, with a confident smile on the corner of his mouth, that look of Zhizhu in his hand, isn't it Chen Deng, the military advisor that Tao Qian relies on very much?

Chen Dengzi Yuanlong, a native of Xiapi, surnamed Ge is unruly, knowledgeable, and resourceful. In history, Chen Deng should have been appointed to the position of Dongyang County Cheng to obtain the qualifications, but Tao Qian heard about Chen Deng's reputation at a banquet, and learned that Chen Deng was the son of Chen Gui, an important minister under his rule, so he made an exception to summon Chen Deng into the palace and appointed him as a staff member.

"Yuanlong, come, have a drink with the old man." Seeing that it was Chen Deng who entered, Tao Qian smiled and said out loud indifferently. Tao Qian's surname is relatively mild, and he will not blame Chen Deng for not telling him, the most important thing is that Chen Deng's family is all in Xiapi, it can be said that Tao Qian is a grasshopper on a rope, is it necessary for Tao Qian to beware of Chen Deng?

"No!" Chen Deng's surname is cold, and it can also be said to be arrogant, but his face looks relatively gentle. Hearing Tao Qian's call, Chen Deng sat down at the bottom right of Tao Qian without the slightest hesitation, poured himself a glass of wine, and toasted Tao Qian and drank it all in one sip.

"Lord, it's night, let's rest early." Chen Deng's words were very deep, with an inexplicable taste, and looking at Tao Qian's gaze, it was also a little flickering, as if there was something hidden in his heart.

"Rest? Hey" Tao Qian had a wry smile on the corner of his mouth, and said with a slight sigh: "Yuanlong, now that the situation is changing, the old man is really worried that if he lies down like this, there will be no tomorrow." ”

There is a taste, although he didn't show any different demeanor, but when Chen Deng heard this sentence, he couldn't help but feel a sudden burst in his heart. With Chen Deng's resourcefulness, he will never regard anyone as a fool, especially Tao Qian, who has sat in the position of Xuzhou pastor step by step with his military merits, and cannot be underestimated.

"The lord laughed, tonight is calm, how can there be any big deal?" Pulling the ugly Mo Rong, Chen Deng smiled and said out loud. In Chen Deng's opinion, even if the Tianci Army would sneak attack, it would not choose to do it today, because Chen Deng had just received the news that the county town of Heyin in the west had been lost.

"Hmph, Yuanlong said, the old man can stand it, there is no need to hide there." Tao Qian took a sip of wine, squinted his small eyes and glanced at Chen Deng, and said loudly. Those who can become princes of one side are not fools, with Tao Qian's wisdom, can't he think that Chen Deng will come in the middle of the night so much, there will be no important matter?

The "lord" frowned, and Chen Deng put on a bitter smile. When he came to meet Tao Qian in person, Chen Deng was very hesitant, and when he was still thinking about whether to tell Tao Qian, he had already been seen through by Tao Qian.

"My lord, the county seat of Heyin was attacked by Zhang Fei, and our army has lost its western stronghold." His eyes kept staring at Tao Qian, and Chen Deng said in a low voice.

"What ???" Tao Qian was startled, his cheeks, which were originally red from the wine, suddenly turned extremely pale, and his body when he stood up was also shaky.

Chen Deng knew that Tao Qian was not in good health, and if he fell in the army, it would be a big trouble. You know, this place is not Xuzhou, but the frightening Si Li!

"Hey"

With a sigh, with a thick sense of helplessness and bitterness, Tao Qian stood there stupidly looking at the curtain blown by the summer breeze, shook his head, and said with a bitter smile: "How much time has only passed?" The 100,000-strong army has been wiped out, how long can the alliance last? How is it good!! ”

"Lord, today's plan, because we thought of a way out in advance, Heyin was lost, the western gateway of Luoyang was opened, and then Mengjin and Chenggao were unguardable!" Chen Deng squinted his eyes, hovered the general trend in his mind, and said to Tao Qian with his fists clenched.

"A way out? How to return! Tao Qian smiled at Chen Deng and shook his head and said. In Tao Qian's opinion, if the princes retreat like this, then it will be over, as long as Cao Ying's big princes do not leave, Tao Qian will not be able to leave, and he will not be able to go!

"Could it be that the lord wants to live and die with Luoyang?" Chen Deng frowned, and said out loud with a very bad attitude. With Chen Deng's wisdom, it is not difficult to think of the pressure that Tao Qian is under, but Chen Deng thinks that Tao Qian is too weak, with the strength of Xuzhou, is it possible to live under the wings of others?

"Otherwise, I can't be a deserter Tao Gongzu!" Tao Qian shook his head, and said with a sinister aura flashing on his face. Although Tao Qian didn't dare to retreat easily, the question was, if it really came to the moment of death, would Tao Qian stay in Sili stupidly?

"Isn't that easy?" As long as Tao Qian is willing to retreat, then everything is negotiable! I saw Chen Deng say with a grim smile: "Isn't the lord able to find a good excuse for himself?" If there is a big chaos today, most of the princes are gathered in Sili, and the territory is scarce soldiers and horses, although my Xuzhou is not big, but the population is large, it is inevitable that there will be some ambitious people, if the lord from it around"

"Oh?" Tao Qian looked at Chen Deng's grim smile, couldn't help but shudder, and thought in his heart: "This son is very human, it seems that the old man has to be careful in the future, in case he falls into this son's calculation."

There is a grave mountain outside the port of ============= County, the grave mountain at night looks extremely gloomy, the stars and ghosts float back and forth in mid-air, and from time to time a wolf howls, coupled with the screams of the birds, make the atmosphere even more weird.

However, the grave mountain looks a little different today, because there is no movement in the tomb except for a few wolf howls occasionally, and the birds do not know where to hide.

If you look closely, you can vaguely see a flash of sword light in the tomb from time to time!

"Lord, not far ahead is Tao Qian's military camp!" A whisper came out of the grass. After a while, I saw two big hands push away the one-person-high grass, and Liu Tai's face appeared. Liu Tai was dressed in overlord armor, and his height of more than one meter and eight meters was extremely conspicuous in the grass, and his eyes like bright stars were shining with an inexplicable taste.

"Well, it's the third watch, I don't want Tao Qian's army to have patrolling guards." Standing on top of the tomb mountain, you can see the entire port in your eyes, Liu Tai said with a smile on the corner of his mouth. The capture of Pingxian County this time was led by Liu Tai himself, and there were not many soldiers and horses brought out, only 10,000 people. However, it is worth mentioning that these 10,000 people are the most elite brocade guards!

"Your Highness, Tao Qian was born in the military after all, and he is still very good at governing the army." It was a veteran who spoke, I saw that the veteran was dressed in armor and looked extremely heroic, and if you looked closely, this person was actually the world-famous Han Zhu Shi Lu Zhi!!

That's right, it's Lu Zhi, Lu Zhi and the other four veterans arrived in Huaixian at the beginning of July, almost at the same time as the naval warship. When Lu Zhi and others arrived in Huai County, Liu Tai was overjoyed, and held a feast that night to catch the wind for several old generals.

And at the banquet, Liu Tai invited Lu Zhi, Zhu Jun and others to be the staff of the Tianci Army, after all, the military attainments of several old generals are not comparable to ordinary people. If you just put it like that, wouldn't it be a waste?

"Master Lu, if you attack, what are the chances of winning?" Smiling, Liu Tai turned his head to look at Lu Zhi with a little smugness and asked. Liu Tai doesn't expect Lu Zhi and others to worship him as the master, and he can serve as a courtier, isn't he also Liu Tai's subordinate?

"Seven points!" Lu Zhi said without the slightest hesitation. If Lu Zhi didn't have an intuitive understanding of Jinyiwei before this, he might have given Liu Tai a five-point at most, and it would be difficult to distinguish between victory and defeat. But after getting along with Jinyiwei for a few days, Lu Zhi admired this army to the extreme, which general can master such a powerful army, I am afraid that he will wake up with a smile from a dream.

Of course, seven points is only Lu Zhi's conservative number, in fact, Lu Zhi wants to say nine points, because with the combat power of Jinyiwei, there is almost no city guarded port in front of him, and it is impossible to be the opponent of Jinyiwei, you know, except for the army to which individual princes belong, almost all of them are trained by peasants, and the most important of them is Tao Qian.

Most of Tao Qian's Xuzhou soldiers were Tuntian soldiers, who worked as farmers in their spare time and as soldiers in wartime. This kind of soldier is very useful in the time of famine, can greatly relieve the pressure of lack of grain and grass, once Liu Tai for a long time, is also like Tao Qian to raise Tuntian soldiers, but in the following period, Tuntian soldiers withdrew from the battlefield in northern Xinjiang, and it can even be said that they disappeared, those who are soldiers are still soldiers, and those who are farmers are still farmers.

The withdrawal of the Tuntian soldiers from the battlefield in Northern Xinjiang was not that Liu Tai did not like it, Liu Tai liked this kind of soldiers very much. But the problem is that if half of the time is wasted on the tuntian, the training of the soldiers in all aspects will be left behind, which Liu Tai does not allow.

You know, on the battlefield, the enemy will bypass you just because you are a soldier of the army, the important thing is your own ability, if you lose your life on the battlefield because you waste half of your time training, this is obviously not worth it.

Of course, it is feasible to abolish the Tuntian soldiers in northern Xinjiang, but it is obviously unrealistic to abolish the Tuntian soldiers in the Central Plains. The Central Plains has been in turmoil for decades, and the population loss is extremely serious, and most of those cultivated land can be said to be wasted. What do the army eat?

In this way, the Tuntian soldiers have become an indispensable army, and they are also the largest number of troops in the army, such as Xuzhou, such as Lianghuai, such as Qingzhou, and even Yangzhou and Jingzhou, most of which are the same!

"Enough!" A confident smile hung on the corner of Liu Tai's mouth, didn't Liu Tai understand what Lu Zhi meant? Seven points is already a complete victory in Liu Tai's opinion, and the reason why Lu Zhi said this is just because he doesn't want Liu Tai to be too proud.

Out of good intentions.

"Your Highness, it is not appropriate to fight at this time, how to wait until the fifth watch, when the soldiers in the port are exhausted" Seeing Liu Tai's appearance that he was about to make a move, Lu Zhi hurriedly spoke out to stop him. Lu Zhi didn't believe that Jinyiwei would be able to capture the port at this time, but wanted to minimize the damage. The fifth watch day is the most exhausting time of the day for human beings, most of them fall asleep, and even if there are patrolling guards, the spirit will be very poor. If you do it on the fifth watch, the odds are obviously much greater.

"What Lu Shi said is, then wait a little longer. , send an order, let the brothers close their eyes and rest for a while, and give General Ben enough spirits! Glancing back at the columns of brocade-clothed guards dressed in five-colored fish scale armor and full of energy, Liu Tai smiled and said. Prior to this, in order to avoid the soldiers being too tired, Liu Tai had ordered the soldiers to rest for a day, and after half a day's journey, most of the soldiers were still extremely energetic.

As soon as Liu Tai's words fell, the envoy of the Jinyi Guard, who was in charge of the order, made a gesture, and without a word, this gesture was quickly transmitted to the small capital commander in charge of each unit. After a while, I saw rows of Jinyi guards standing in rows and sat down on the spot and began to close their eyes to recuperate!

During the war, Liu Tai rarely called himself a widow, and generally referred to himself as a general, which is also a tradition in northern Xinjiang. Well, Liu Tai's personal regulations are to pull in the relationship with the soldiers, after all, the widows are too alienated from the soldiers at the bottom, and the general can be perfectly connected with the soldiers.

"Master Lu, let's sit down and rest." A gust of hot wind blew, and for some reason Liu Tai felt a chill hit his body, and he couldn't help but shiver, which was very incredible for Liu Tai. You know, for so many years, Liu Tai has been disease-free with his tyrannosaurus-like body, and a gust of hot wind can actually make Liu Tai tremble?

"Your Highness, please first." Lu Zhi didn't feel anything unusual, but said softly with a smile. glanced left and right, and a strange light flashed in his eyes, because Lu Zhi clearly saw that Liu Tai's sturdy body actually shivered, but he didn't feel it at all!

(To be continued)