According to the original strategy: when Dong Shouye led his troops from Xinfeng, he divided the 30,000 horses under his command into two parts, with 10,000 cavalry as one part and more than 20,000 infantry as one part. Separate the two troops.

Dong Shouye himself, together with his military advisors Jia Xu, Xu Huang, Zhang Liao, Dian Wei, and Hua Xiong, led 10,000 cavalry to the southwest, walked on, passed through Shang County, went out of Wuguan, and then crossed Funiu Mountain, and went east along Yishui all the way to the vicinity of Luhun Pass, hiding and waiting for an opportunity.

The other 20,000 troops were mainly Li Dao, and together with Yang Feng, Zhang Ji, and Du Ji, under the banner of Dong Shouye, they left Xinfeng in a mighty way, passed through Zheng County, went to Huayin, crossed Hu County, and arrived at Hongnong for a short rest, and continued to set off, leaving Hongnong, passing through Shaanxi County. Walk to the pond, cross the Hangu Pass, and then reach the vicinity of Luoyang. Later, Dong Shouye learned from Li Ru that there were a large number of ships in the upper reaches of the Rushui River near Tsukaling Mountain, which was enough for Dong Shouye's more than 20,000 soldiers and horses. Dong Shouye consulted with the military advisors Jia Xu and Li Dao, and Yang Feng, Zhang Ji, and Du Ji, and asked them to board the boat on the upper reaches of the Tsukasa Mountain near the Tsukasa Mountain, and then go down the river to Luoyang.

And Dong Shouye called Xu Huang, Zhang Liao, Dian Wei, Hua Xiong and others to change the marching strategy of 10,000 cavalry, and the main account himself led 2,000 elite cavalry first, but was opposed by the military advisor Jia Xu.

At that time, Jia Xu said to Dong Shouye: "Son, "Historical Records" cloud: the son of a daughter, he can't sit down. Confucius said: 'Prevention of misfortune is the first and not the subsequent injury.' Knowing and acting cautiously, a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, and he can ignore it. 'As the commander of the three armed forces, Gongzi shoulders a heavy responsibility, how can he lightly risk his troops and put himself in a dangerous place? ”

Dong Shouye smiled and said: "The kindness of the military advisor, Bai Xinzhi has received it, but these two thousand Huang Zhongyi are trained by me personally, and no one can understand better than me. If I don't go in person, won't the hard work of more than half a year be in vain, and I won't see the harvest of the hard work in the past. If the test is successful now, if the Xiliang war breaks out in the future, and Qiang is in chaos, wouldn't we be more sure. ”

Jia Xu can be regarded as having participated in Dong Shouye's training of this cavalry throughout the whole process, knowing the hard work of his master on this cavalry, and what Dong Shouye said is also very reasonable, Jia Xu couldn't find any good reason to refute it for a while, so he could only give up, paused, and said: "That prince must take the two generals Dian Wei and Hua Xiong with him this time." So that we can rest assured. ”

Dong Shouye was overjoyed when he heard Jia Xu loosen his mouth, and said: "The words of the military advisor are exactly what I want. ”

Jia Xu said to Dian Wei and Hua Xiong again: "Please ask the two generals to protect the son." ”

Dian Wei and Hua Xiong clasped their fists together and said, "Obey the orders of the military advisor." ”

So, Dong Shouye's face was straight, and he said solemnly: "In this way, the main general will listen to my orders, and I will take the two generals Dian Wei and Huaxiong to lead two thousand Huangzhong righteous followers, as the vanguard troops, and the light cavalry will go first." The military advisor, the eldest brother, and the second brother led the remaining 8,000 cavalry to follow. At that time, the two divisions will meet near Xincheng County, and there must be no mistake. ”

Everyone clasped their fists together and saluted: "Obey the orders of the son." ”

Dong Shouye asked Dian Wei and Hua Xiong to follow him, and together led the two thousand Huang Zhongyi to sneak all the way, go east, and separate from the large army not far south from Tsukasa Ling Mountain, and then set off immediately, passing through Shangluo, going to Shang County, out of Wuguan, all the way to the east, crossing Funiu Mountain, and reaching Luhun, Xincheng and other counties near Yishui to lurk secretly.

These two thousand two thousand Huang Zhongyi are one person and two horses, each knight is equipped with a Takahashi saddle and bilateral stirrups, and the other group of horses is not equipped, in terms of time allocation, the horse is equipped with a Takahashi saddle and bilateral stirrups and the riding time accounts for six to seven percent, and vice versa is three to four percent.

If the horses were to run wildly, the average daily marching speed of this cavalry team could reach between 220 and 250 li, and it took only four days to travel more than 800 li from Tsukaling Mountain in the southeast of Chang'an City to Luhun, Xincheng and other counties not far from Luoyang. This speed also made Dong Shouye feel very satisfied, basically has met his expectations, reached Dong Shouye's training goal for this cavalry at the beginning of training, and Dong Shouye believes that if both horses are equipped with new equipment, then there is still a lot of room for improvement in marching speed, the biggest advantage of cavalry over infantry is its mobility, that is, its unparalleled speed, Dong Shouye believes that this elite cavalry that he has spent a lot of effort will never let himself down.

The northeast direction of Luhun and Xincheng counties is the Yique Pass, Xuanyuan Pass, Dagu Pass and other passes on the south side of Luoyang, if you want to enter the pass, the new city is only more than 100 miles away from Luoyang, and it is closer to these passes, and the 2,000 cavalry only need half a day to enter the pass.

Originally, Dong Shouye was going to enter Luoyang directly through Yique Pass or Xuanyuan Pass, and meet General Xu Rong of the Tun Bing Yan Division, but after thinking about it, the main advantage of leading these 2,000 Huang Zhongyi Cong lies in field warfare and gives full play to its mobility.

Since Dong Shouye had decided not to enter the customs for the time being, he sent spies to start investigating, and sure enough, he heard that Sun Jian was still in Luyang City at this time and had not yet gone north. He relieved himself and led his troops to the south.

The southeast side of Xincheng County is Liang County, if Sun Jian sent troops from Luyang to attack Luoyang, then Liang County is the place where he must pass. Dong Shouye saw that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it now, so he set off from Xincheng County and secretly sneaked to the boundary near Liang County to see the landscape and terrain.

To the east of Liang County, to the south of Luoyang Yique Pass, Xuanyuan Pass, Dagu Pass and other passes, the terrain is open, the terrain is flat, very suitable for the scale of the large corps, but also very suitable for the cavalry group charge, Dong Shouye estimated that there will definitely be a general battle with Sun Jian's corps in this place in the future.

In the vicinity of Liang County, Dong Shouye personally took the ranger scouts to observe the terrain and listen to intelligence, and basically figured out the landscape and terrain near Liang County in one day, and he was also somewhat sure of the future general battle, at least he would not suffer in terms of terrain.

Due to the relocation of the capital to Luoyang in this new city and Liang County, many people have been moved away, and the current population can be said to be one in ten compared to the year, and the news that Sun Jian is going to raise troops to go north during this time has already been spreading, so the people in these two counties are basically running out, so Dong Shouye's exploration is also very convenient, and there is no risk of exposure.

After Dong Shouye explored the terrain of Liang County, he led his troops to lurk in Huoyang Mountain on the west side of Liang County, and then sent Xizuo to disguise himself as a refugee and infiltrate Luyang to inquire about the news in Luyang City.

It didn't take long for the fine workers to return from Luyang, but the news they brought made Dong Shouye unprepared, it turned out that the news that Dong Shouye had found out before the expedition was that Sun Jian had trained more than 30,000 people in Luyang, Dong Shouye judged that Sun Jian's strength was likely to increase in more than two months, and it was estimated that it was very possible to reach more than 35,000 or even less than 40,000 people, after all, Sun Jian as Yuan Shu's performance of the Yuzhou Assassin History, it must be very easy to recruit troops in Yuzhou, very smooth, plus Yuan Shu's support, It is not impossible to reach 40,000 people, after all, whether it is Nanyang County under the jurisdiction of Yuan Shu or Yuzhou under the jurisdiction of Sun Jian, they are famous for their large populations, and the population is large, so it is naturally very easy to recruit soldiers.

In the fifth year of Emperor Shun Yonghe of the Eastern Han Dynasty (140 AD), in official statistics, the population of Nanyang County reached 2.43 million, and the population under the jurisdiction of Yuzhou also reached 5.16 million, and the total population of the country at that time was 44.816 million and after the third year of Emperor Huan's Yongshou of the Eastern Han Dynasty (157 AD), the population of the Eastern Han Dynasty entered the peak period, exceeding 60 million. The population of Nanyang County should be within 3.25 million, and the population of Yuzhou should be within 6.91 million, and after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, until 191 AD, that is, the present is being narrated, the population of Nanyang County and Yuzhou is assumed to have lost two percent compared to the peak, then the population of Nanyang County and Yuzhou should be 2.65 million and 5.53 million respectively, and this will be used as the standard in the future setting.

Therefore, after Yuan Shu became the Taishou of Nanyang, there was a saying that although he got a county, he was still better than a state, and Nanyang, as the hometown of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, the political significance of its representative was also quite extraordinary. Thinking back to last year, when the heroes were discussing Dong, the Kwantung heroes promoted Yuan Shao as the leader of the alliance, and Yuan Shu was very angry in private at that time, on the one hand, because Yuan Shao, as the leader of the party, had a huge reputation and topped the princes, on the other hand, Yuan Shu's mind was not open-minded enough and relatively narrow-minded.

In fact, in addition to these two points, the most important point has been ignored by people, that is, Yuan Shu's actual strength at that time was stronger than Yuan Shao's. At that time, Yuan Shao was the Taishou of Bohai, and the population of Bohai County in the fifth year of Emperor Yonghe of Han Shun (140 AD) was 1.1 million, according to the standard set above, the population of Bohai County in the early days of the Yellow Turban Uprising should be 1.47 million, and now Bohai County should have 1.17 million people, which is far worse than his brother Yuan Shu's Nanyang County, not to mention that Sun Jian at that time had already formed an alliance with Yuan Shu and belonged to Yuan Shu's command. Yuan Shu, who owns Yuzhou and Nanyang, has a population of more than 8 million under his command, which is not a little stronger than his brother Yuan Shao. At that time, the strength of the two Yuan was like an adult and a child, do you think about it if you have the strength of an adult, will you obey a child as your leader, not to mention, Yuan Shu has always pretended to be the concubine of the Yuan family, but Yuan Shao's reputation is too high, which is much stronger than Yuan Shu, and has great potential.

Of course, to measure the strength of Eryuan, it cannot be used as a single criterion only from the population of the jurisdiction, but this aspect will undoubtedly account for a large factor.