Chapter 80: Unfavorable
Tiger Prison Pass is known as the first pass in the east of Luoyang, but Hangu Pass is known as the first pass in the world, the whole pass is in the valley road, sandwiched by steep mountains on both sides, the narrow pass road is as long as fifteen miles, since ancient times it is a husband when the pass, ten thousand people do not open, the Warring States period when the six countries cut Qin, Chu and Han fought for the throne when Xiang Yu attacked Liu Bang, are all in this pass to break the halberd, and the geographical advantage of the pass, more than half of it is also in this Hangu Pass.
Before the Hangu Pass, the Kwantung princes declared war, but no matter how Yuan Shao and others beat the drums and knocked on the pass, Dong Zhuo just guarded the gate and did not come out.
And the narrow Hangu Pass was also difficult for nearly 100,000 soldiers to open their positions and rush up, so the Kwantung princes began to take turns to attack the fortifications, from Yuan Shao to Zhang Miao, Zhang, including Cao Cao, Bao Xin and Zhang Liao have been on it, for eight days, but none of them can attack the Guanlou.
The generals and soldiers under Dong Zhuo on the pass are indeed the elite of the elite, whether it is morale, force or means of defending the city, they are far stronger than the temporarily recruited new troops of the Kwantung princes.
The soldiers of Zhang Miao, Zhang, Qiao Mao, Liu Dai, Bao Xin, Wang Kuang, Yuan Yi, Kong Ling and other princes were beaten to the ground in the blink of an eye.
Only Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and Zhang Liao all have fierce generals, such as Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Xuan, etc., but they can't withstand the poor recruits under them, not to mention that there are also fierce generals in Guanshang, Lu Bu didn't make a move, but a few captains under Dong Zhuo firmly suppressed them by virtue of their geographical advantages, and they attacked more than ten times, but they couldn't take a step up to Guanlou.
Ji Ping didn't make a move, his identity as the Shenwu King couldn't be revealed at this time, otherwise he would inevitably be questioned by Yuan Shao and other Kwantung princes first, and take off his mask, with that bit of disguise, Lu Bu and Dong Zhuo are likely to recognize his original identity.
On March 15, Yuan Shao and other princes discussed in the big tent again, and Yuan Shu and Han Fu, who had been delayed in Luoyang, also arrived, and there were more small princes, Biqiu Yi.
Biqiu Yi is the commander under the late general He Jin, when he killed the ten permanent servants, He Jin sent five of his subordinates to recruit troops, in addition to Zhang Yang, Zhang Liao, Wang Kuang, Bao Xin, and another is Biqiu Yi, who went to Danyang to recruit troops.
Later, He Jin died, and after Biqiu Yi recruited troops, he also encountered thieves in Xiapi, and then stayed, this time the Kwantung princes crusaded against Dong Zhuo, and the soldiers entered Luoyang, and Biqiu Yi also came.
Biqiu Yi is a pleasant person in Hedong, his background is not high, there are few soldiers and horses, only 3,000, and Zhang Liao used to be He Jin's subordinate, so he sat with Zhang Liao.
In the big tent, Yuan Shao was silent for a while, and said: "Now that Dong Thief is in retreat and does not fight, we have forcibly tackled the key problems and suffered heavy losses, but there is no size of work, as you can see, what should we do?" ”
The crowd was silent.
Ji Ping is still standing behind Zhang Liao, these days, he is also thinking about the direction of the next step, eliminating the catastrophe of Dong Zhuo burning Luoyang and driving away the people, his goal has been completed, and now he does not have much hope for the Kwantung princes to attack Hangu Pass.
It is the Kwantung princes who broke through the pass and entered Chang'an, which did not do him any good, not to mention that most of the Kwantung princes did not have the intention of going west to meet the Son of Heaven, because their slogan at the beginning of the army was to oppose Dong Zhuo's abolition of the Emperor and establish his concubine, and at the same time oppose Dong Zhuo, it also includes opposition to the current Son of Heaven Liu Xie, if they really invade Chang'an, they will not be able to face the Son of Heaven Liu Xie.
Therefore, the Kwantung princes were slow to move in the periphery of Luoyang, and they had already surprised them by capturing Luoyang, and even entered Luoyang, which was also forced by the form, and now most of them in the big tent are also thinking about the future direction, is to set up a new emperor in Luoyang? Or go back to the state and county to divide the party and be a soil emperor?
Ji Ping can see very lightly that except for Cao Cao and Bao Xin, these princes did not do their best when attacking Hangu Pass, it is said that Yuan Shao's general Wen Chou and Han Fu's general Ju Yi all came, and most of the other princes also hid some fierce generals, but they did not fight.
Ji Ping was also groaning, he knew that if he showed the identity of the abolished son of heaven Hongnong King, most likely Yuan Shao and others would immediately support him as the Son of Heaven in Luoyang and confront Liu Xie in Chang'an.
But at the same time, he also understands that once he shows his identity, he will no longer be able to get out of this whirlpool, not for the sake of his own freedom, in order to end this troubled world, he can pay a lot, but the main factor is that his strength is too poor.
If he is proclaimed emperor in Luoyang, he will not be able to control the princes of Kwantung at all, and he will not be able to curb the expansion and growth of the gate lord government in Luoyang, and he will not be able to fully control the local states and counties throughout his life.
As Xun You said, breaking and then standing, such as today's politics, economy, system or atmosphere, all over the country are eroded to the extreme, the emergence of troubled times is by no means accidental, only after breaking and standing, sweeping and conquering with absolute force, supplemented by political means, can we establish a new order, in order to get rid of the great difficulties that the Han nation is facing.
What's more, there is the biggest problem, since the Eastern Han Dynasty, there is a saying that "Shanxi is a general, Shandong is a minister", Shanxi refers to the west of Luoyang, including Hedong, Bingzhou, Guanzhong, Liangzhou and other places, Shandong princes control the court and government, but Shanxi's military strength is absolutely strong, not to mention the early "Liangzhou Sanming", Dong Zhuo's 3,000 soldiers and horses entered Luoyang, which shocked Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others, which shows that Shanxi's strong military strength has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
If he really called the emperor Luoyang, with the small basin of Luoyang and the princes with their own thoughts, it is still a big question whether he can capture Chang'an, at least in history, there is no precedent for dominating the world in the southeast.
Therefore, he had already made a decision in his heart at this time, not to stay in Luoyang, as for the belonging of Luoyang, except for Dong Zhuo, the other princes disposed of it at will, and the Kwantung princes had a good reputation, and they would not mess around with massacres and anything like that in Luoyang.
And he, still took advantage of the time when the princes had no time to take care of him, from the withered Hedong and Bingzhou Zhan, before moving the people into Shangdang and Dongyuan, to enrich the population, also for this step.
He didn't know that Xun You, who is now in Shangdang County, is most worried that he will stay in Luoyang and return to his old path.
During Ji Ping's thinking, Yuan Shao said again: "I waited for the Xingyi soldiers to come to beg for thieves, and the world waited and watched, but now the battle is unfavorable, the soldiers are lost, the morale is low, and the grain and grass are wasted, so what can I do?" ”
Everyone was still silent, even Cao Cao frowned and was silent, in the face of this kind of hard battle, Dong Zhuo didn't come out, he couldn't help it, the previous few times, his recruits lost a lot, and Cao Hong and Xiahoudun were also injured.
Seeing that everyone was silent, Yuan Shao looked around helplessly and looked at Zhang Liao: "Wenyuan, you entered Luoyang first and fought against Dong Zhuo many times, is there a way?" ”
Zhang Liao groaned: "It has been more than 20 days since Dong Zhuo retreated to Hangu Pass, and as far as I can see, Dong Zhuo is afraid that he has recruited reinforcements from Guanzhong and Liangzhou. ”
Yuan Shao and the other princes were shocked when they heard this, they were thinking too much now, but they didn't expect this.
Cao Cao's eyes lit up on the other side.
Zhang Liao opened his mouth and said: "If Dong Zhuo wants to attack, it must be a surprise, we only need to continue to feign tackling key problems on the one hand, and secretly guard closely, and there should be a big battle between the search for the sun." ”
Cao Cao praised the festival: "What Wen Yuan said is very true, we can pretend not to take precautions, but in fact, we are secretly guarding against it, and we will be able to break Dong Zhuo!" ”
Yuan Shao and other princes also praised again and again, only Yuan Shu sneered, and there were several princes such as Liu Dai, a clan relative, and Kong Ling, a famous scholar, who also looked down on Zhang Liao, a kid from a background.
They didn't know that what Zhang Liao said was exactly what he had agreed with Ji Ping, and Hangu Pass was indeed difficult to fight, but Ji Ping concluded that with Dong Zhuo's character, he had suffered such a big loss before, and once the army arrived, he would definitely retaliate with all his might, and let Zhang Liao remind the princes that it was also necessary to avoid that these guys had lost the battle.
However, he estimated that even if he reminded the Kwantung princes, I am afraid it would be a bitter battle, this was almost a battle between wolves and sheep, Dong Zhuo's Huangzhong Yicong, Qianghu soldiers, and the incorporated Huangfu Song's Guanzhong army, the combat power was far stronger than the new soldiers of the Kwantung princes, and now they can only fortify in secret, and they will plan to have a chance to make Dong Zhuo lose their vitality.
In this way, not only can he keep Luoyang safe, but his next exhibition in Hedong will also reduce some threats from Guanzhong and Longxi.
The plan was set, the princes dispersed, and the new little princes Biqiu Yi had few troops, and he couldn't enter the circle of those princes and celebrities, so he stationed 3,000 soldiers and horses on the edge of Zhang Liao's camp.
Ji Ping, Zhang Liao, and Biqiu Yi returned to the camp together, and when they passed by the Biqiu Yi military camp, the three generals greeted each other in front of the Biqiu Yi camp.
Seeing these three people with special appearances, three characters suddenly appeared in Ji Ping's mind, and he couldn't help but open his mouth wide.
Could it really be those three? How could they be here?!
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