Chapter 44: Seeking Help
Until now, some of the men and horses of the Kwantung Coalition Army have not yet arrived at the place of the meeting, let alone when Dong Zhuo convened this meeting, if Dong Zhuo sends troops to attack at that time, it will definitely be a big blow to the Kwantung Coalition Army.
But fortunately, Dong Zhuo convened this meeting, just to make a show, he didn't want to send troops to attack, he had a shallow foundation in Luoyang, and he relied on military power to suppress the court, if he attacked at this time, Luoyang might be in chaos, so under the flattery and persuasion of Shangshu Zheng Tai, he took advantage of the situation to blow a few bulls and put a few cruel words, and that's it.
The fourth is to move the capital to Chang'an.
Compared with sending troops and fighting against the Kwantung region, moving the capital to Chang'an to temporarily avoid the Kwantung coalition army is Dong Zhuo's true intention.
Dong Zhuo is a native of Liangzhou, he has been fighting thieves in Liangzhou and Bingzhou for a long time, and he has also been in Sanfu, compared to the baseless in Luoyang, Chang'an is obviously more beneficial to him, and Chang'an is the former capital of the Han Dynasty, the mountains and rivers are dangerous, and the troops are here, which is enough to overlook Shandong, that is, the Kwantung coalition army is prosperous, and once the door is closed, it can also be blocked out of the door, and take a step back and say, even if the army is defeated, it can also be returned to Liangzhou.
Dong Zhuo's plan was thought of by himself, and it was also strongly suggested by his advisors such as Jia Xu and Li Ru.
Just a few days ago, Dong Zhuo convened the ministers again and said that he planned to move the capital to Chang'an, but the ministers did not want to, but they did not dare to say it.
Wen Chou said: "When Dong Thief first arrived in Luoyang, he recommended talents and talents, and he seemed to be a heavy soldier, but now his original form is revealed, and he dared to kill King Hongnong, and discussed moving the capital, which is really the anger of people and gods." Wen Chou will not be stingy with condemnation of Dong Zhuo.
"Dong Zhuo did this disobedient thing, and he should be crusaded against by the princes of the world! However, at present, our army is weak, but we cannot attack it alone! Tian Feng said.
"At present, Yingchuan is our army except for the county soldiers, and it will take a while for Jiangdong Sun Hou to arrive." Wen Chou said thoughtfully.
"Exactly, but Kong Yuzhou is a helper. I just don't know how ready it is now! Tian Chou also said worriedly. The current situation is basically that their army is fighting against Dong Zhuo's army alone, if Dong Zhuo chooses to use Yingchuan as a breakthrough again, this is not a good situation for the army of Wen Chou.
"Well, then where is Kong Yuzhou now?" Wen Chou asked casually. Anyway, it's a boost. Although Kong Yuzhou's army is not very ugly.
"In the country of Chen." Liu Qinggong said that in the current Wenchou army, the matter of exploring horses and scouts was handed over to Liu Qing and Tian Feng.
"What are you doing in Chen?" Wen Chou asked.
"Chen Guo has quite a strong army, and Kong Yuzhou wants to go to the army." Tian Feng said.
Chen Wang Liu Chong is the great-great-grandson of Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty, and he is one of the few brave people in the existing Han family. In the early years of Zhongping, the yellow turban thief rose. The counties and counties abandoned the city and left, Liu Chongku had thousands of strong crossbows, took them out, recruited strong men, and sent troops to the capital of Chen County, the capital of the country, to town the country. Chen Guoren has long heard that Liu Chong is good at shooting and does not dare to rebel, and Chen Guoxiang Luo Jun is known as a prestige in the country. So under the civil and military efforts of the two of them, in the Yellow Turban Rebellion. The state of Chen was able to be alone, and many people from neighboring counties took refuge here, and more than 100,000 people returned.
Later, although the Yellow Turban Rebellion was suppressed, the more than 100,000 people settled in Chen State, and Liu Chong and Chen Guoxiang Luo Jun also took advantage of the situation to select brave soldiers from these more than 100,000 people and trained them into a quite powerful army.
Yuan Shao raised troops. The Kwantung public places responded one after another, although Liu Chong, who was a prince of the clan, did not join the coalition army, but in order to achieve the purpose of protecting the country and avoid being invaded by soldiers from other counties, he also reorganized his troops and horses. Out of Tunyang Xia, and claimed to be the general of the Auxiliary Han Dynasty.
Although Kong Ling is the assassin of Yuzhou sent by the imperial court, but his reputation in Yuzhou is not high, and he himself is a man of pure talk, there is no great courage, as a Han clan, known for his bravery, in the Yellow Turban Rebellion to protect Chen Guo Liu Pet naturally does not look down on him, disobey his order, is to strengthen the momentum of the Yuzhou army, Kong Ling had to deign to go to Chen in person, in the hope of persuading the Minister of State Luo Jun to send troops to help.
Wen Chou bowed his head and asked again: "Under the command of Kong Yuzhou, what are the existing soldiers and horses?" ”
"There are six counties in Yuzhou, King Chen does not follow the dispatch, Pei Xiang is clear and self-defending, and now there are only state soldiers and Runan, Lu, Liang, and Yingchuan under the command of Kong Yuzhou, and the soldiers of these four counties are almost 40,000 soldiers and horses." Liu Qingyan said.
"But Kong Yuzhou's control over them is limited." Tian Feng added, the implication is that there are holes in this that they can intervene, such as the current Yingchuan County soldiers.
The six counties of Yuzhou are Yingchuan, Runan, Chen, Pei, Lu and Liang.
Yingchuan didn't say anything, he had just been harassed by Dong Zhuo's soldiers, so he didn't have time to lead the army to Kong Yuzhou, but it was a potential help for Kong Yuzhou, or it could be under the command of Wen Chou.
Although Yuan Zhong, the prime minister of Peiguo, said that he was a member of the Yuan family in Runan, he was friends with Fan Fan in the past years, and he was a figure of the party all the way, and because of the identity of Yuan's children, he also suffered from the party's power in that year, and has always been known for his coolness.
Except for the three counties of Yingchuan, Peiguo, and Chen, the only ones who were willing to be transferred from Kong Ling were the three kingdoms of Runan, Lu, and Liang, and the most active of them were Runan and Lu. Come to think of it, Runan is Yuan Shao's hometown, its army, with the prestige of the Yuan family, the people of Runan County must be fully supported, and Lu Xiang Chen Yi is the son of the party leader Chen Fan, in the early years when Emperor Ling was in power, he and the old Jizhou assassin Wang Fen and Xu Yu conspired to abolish the emperor, the courage is very big, this time Yuan Shao crusaded against Dong Zhuo, how could he be missing! Like Runan, it is almost the same as the county to help it.
It is said that with the strength of these three counties alone, it is difficult for Kong Ling to get 40,000 horses, and not every county can plan for several years in order to win over Dong like Wen Chou! In addition, Changshan has gathered a lot of displaced people, so he can come up with more than 10,000 troops at once! However, Kong Ling benefited from Huang Wan's great military move as a pastor in Yuzhou, and conquered the thieves in the state, leaving him with a large number of state soldiers, so that the soldiers of the Three Kingdoms and the state soldiers had 40,000 people. (To be continued......)