[Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhongying...... What kind of person is he? ]

At night, Zhang Meng, the third son of Zhang Huan, one of the "Liangzhou Sanming", tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, with his doubts about Dong Zhuo.

said that Dong Zhuo respected his Zhang Meng's father Zhang Huan, this person always called Zhang Huan's name straight away; But if you want to say that Dong Zhuo has any resentment towards Zhang Huan, Zhang Meng can actually feel that Dong Zhuo treats him obviously closer than the captain of the fifth battalion of the Northern Army.

Zhang Meng probably wouldn't have thought that his father, Zhang Huan, one of the famous "Liangzhou Sanming", almost watched Dong Zhuo grow up when he was the "Captain of Huqiang" in Longxi, and watched the latter gradually grow up from an ignorant little guy to an ambitious hero.

It is precisely because of this that when Zhang Huan found that he couldn't persuade Dong Zhuo to give up his ambitions, he finally became angry and reluctantly chose to be out of sight and completely draw a line with Dong Zhuo.

Dong Zhuo is indeed a very ambitious man, although this is not well known, but many people in the DPRK and China know it.

Some people may wonder why the great general He Jin still wants to use it instead of trying to get rid of him, since Dong Zhuo is such an ambitious person?

The reason is very simple, because Dong Zhuo is not a chess piece that can be easily eliminated, he was born in Longxi, and he has already managed Longxi as a private territory, even if it is an Qiang tribe outside the country, most of them are friendly with him. If the imperial court releases any rumors that are unfavorable to Dong Zhuo, it means that the imperial court must prepare for the worst if the entire Longxi is against each other.

Some people may think that Longxi is just a county in Liangzhou District, and Dong Zhuo will have the courage to rebel?

But in fact, the significance of Longxi is by no means as simple as a mere county.

First of all, it is Jincheng County to the north, and Wuwei County to the north. As we all know, Jincheng County and Wuwei County can be called the most difficult territory to control in today's Han Dynasty, which was triggered by Beigong Boyu, and later caused by Han Sui's Liangzhou Rebellion, which originated from these two counties. The reason why the imperial court reused Dong Zhuo was precisely because it hoped that Longxi, which was under Dong Zhuo's control, could play a role in containing Jincheng and Wuwei counties. On the other hand, if even Dong Zhuo rebelled, then when Dong Zhuo's Longxi and Beigong Boyu, Han Sui's Jincheng County and Wuwei County fought a united front, the imperial court might face the worst situation in which the entire Liangzhou was out of control.

Secondly, it is similar to the strategic significance of Jincheng and Wuwei counties. Longxi is also a border county of the Han Kingdom, where wars with the Qiang people abroad occur all year round. And Dong Zhuo can make the Qiang people outside Longxi submit, which means that if Dong Zhuo also raises the anti-flag, the Qiang people outside the country will inevitably rush in, and at that time, the Han court will definitely face more than just Dong Zhuo's troops in Longxi, but also the soldiers and horses of many Qiang tribes abroad.

Again, that is, Dong Zhuo's personal strength is strong enough. It's not something that just kills. This made the imperial court dare not take risks lightly, unless it was 100% sure, otherwise, even the imperial court would not dare to rashly eradicate Dong Zhuo.

Based on these points. The imperial court's attitude towards Dong Zhuo can be said to be quite easy-going, of course, easy-going does not mean indulgence, you must know that the northern army stationed in the vicinity of Chang'an is used to prevent Jincheng and Wuwei counties. It is also used to deter Longxi. It is precisely because he knows this that Liu Jiang, the captain of the infantry battalion of the Northern Army, has such a bad opinion of Dong Zhuo, because he knows very well what kind of character Dong Zhuo is.

A few days ago. Beigong Boyu, who gradually exposed his disobedience, really showed traces of rebellion, and in view of his unease with Dong Zhuo, the imperial court transferred Dong Zhuo to Hedong Taishou in the name of the general He Jin. At that time, the imperial court had already thought that this move might force Dong Zhuo to oppose him and force him into the rebellious team of Beigong Boyu and Han Sui, but the imperial court still issued an order to Dong Zhuo to be transferred to Hedong, because the imperial court was ready to fight against the water, like Zhang Wen, Yang Ci, Huangfu Song, Lu Zhi and other loyal ministers who were loyal to the courtiers, it was absolutely impossible to tolerate the gradual deterioration of the situation in Xiliang.

But some unexpected people, Dong Zhuo readily agreed to be transferred to Hedong, and even showed that the imperial court was willing to accompany the army to jointly conquer Beigong Boyu and Han Sui in Xiliang.

[Maybe Dong Zhuo is not bad to the extreme, he is still quite loyal to the big man? ] 】

Dong Zhuo's extremely happy move to Hedong to take up his post also made the hundreds of officials in the DPRK and China a little undecided. At this time, the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, so the imperial court's plan to send troops to conquer Xiliang Beigong Boyu and Han Sui was also in vain. After discussion, the hundred officials of the DPRK and the central government decided to temporarily ask Dong Zhuo to serve as the Taishou of Hedong and continue to monitor, and at the same time sent Lu Zhi, Huangfu Song, and Zhu Jun to conquer the Yellow Turbans, and after the Yellow Turban Rebellion subsided, they decided whether to send troops again in a short period of time to recruit Beigong Boyu and Han Sui in Liangzhou.

The hundreds of officials in the court never imagined that the reason why Dong Zhuo happily went to the post of Hedong Taishou was not because of his loyalty to the imperial court, but because he had Li Ru, a strategist who judged the situation by his side.

I remember that Dong Zhuo was quite annoyed at first, after all, he finally made Longxi into a private territory that only belonged to him, but he didn't want the imperial court to appoint him and transfer him to another place, so you can imagine the dissatisfaction in Dong Zhuo's heart.

However, at this time, Li Ru persuaded Dong Zhuo, because Li Ru believed that with Dong Zhuo's military strength at that time, it was not enough to resist the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, and as for the rebellious cooperation with Jincheng and Wuwei counties, it was even more of a strategy, once he set foot in it, it would be difficult to turn back, and he could only become rebellious. Therefore, Li Rujian and Dong Zhuo might as well agree to the transfer, and look at the current form today. After all, in this way, the court can't frame him for no reason, and everything must be justified, right?

Fortunately, the Yellow Turban Rebellion happened to break out, which made Dong Zhuo not only lose control of Longxi, but also get a position as the Taishou of Hedong. Although Hedong is not a place where personal relationships can be easily placed, don't give it for nothing?

What no one expected was that Lu Zhi became the commander of the Northern Army, and in the face of the Jizhou Yellow Turban, he was unable to conquer it for a while, so the imperial court ordered Dong Zhuo, the Taishou of Hedong, to replace Lu Zhi as the commander of the Northern Army and be responsible for suppressing thieves. After all, in the eyes of the imperial court, Dong Zhuo, who has been in Longxi for many years, cannot have anything to do with the Yellow Turban Rebellion. Therefore, there is no need to worry about Dong Zhuo's dissenting intentions.

However, there are so many unexpected things in the world, who would have thought that Dong Zhuo, who has been staying in Longxi for many years, met a little guy named Zhang Huang in Luoyang, and this little guy became the coach of Jizhou Yellow Turban half a year later?

[This is a great opportunity for each other!] 】

In all fairness, Li Ru did not agree to the latter's mention because of their friendship with Zhang Huang.

As Dong Zhuo's hair boy, he will naturally think about Dong Zhuo for the first time. But after much thought. In the end, he decided to secretly unite with Zhang Huang and eradicate the northern army. The reason is that the deterrent effect of the Northern Army on Longxi over the years is too obvious, if this army can be eliminated, even if it is just disabled, Dong Zhuo will have more bargaining chips in the face of the imperial court in the future.

In order to avoid long nights and dreams, Li Ru launched his plan the next day, and called the captain of the fifth battalion of the Northern Army to the Shuai Office to discuss a full-scale attack on Guangzong.

"Siege?"

When I heard these two words from Li Ru's mouth. I have to say that the captains of the fifth battalion were a little dumb in their hearts. First, this move was contrary to the strategic policy of the former coach Lu Zhi, and second, they really wondered why Dong Zhuo was so concerned about this matter, they originally thought that Dong Zhuo would be after he arrived in the Northern Army. In addition to showing off his might and playing with them, he won't think about how to suppress the thief at all, after all, this person's ambition is known to the whole court, even if he exterminates the Jizhou Yellow Turban. The imperial court will not give too rich a reward. They know this, and Dong Zhuo and Li Ru should also know it.

Just when the captain of the fifth battalion stared at Dong Zhuo in surprise. But seeing Dong Zhuo snorted, he reprimanded unhappily, "Lu Zigan delayed the fighter plane and fought passively, so he was asked by the Son of Heaven, do you want Dong to go to Lu Zigan's footsteps?" ”

The captain of the fifth battalion suddenly realized. Although they were very resentful of Dong Zhuo that Lu Zhi delayed the fighter plane and responded passively, they had to admit that what Dong Zhuo said was not wrong.

"Listen carefully to Lao Tzu!" Dong Zhuo glanced angrily at the captains present, and said coldly, "Dong replaced Lu Zigan today, maybe he will be replaced by someone one day." But before that, if anyone dares to drag Lao Tzu down, Lao Tzu will definitely kill him before he leaves office! …… Did you hear that?! ”

“…… Promise! The captain of the fifth battalion bowed his head and replied rather humiliatingly. Although they were very dissatisfied with Dong Zhuo's tone, since Dong Zhuo had decided to attack Guangzong, they would not raise any objections to this. After all, the steady strategy of the former coach Lu Zhi, to be honest, also made these Northern Army soldiers feel aggrieved, but because of Lu Zhi's face, there were words of suffering.

"Attacking Guangzong, I don't know what Dong Shuai has a good plan?" Captain Ma Riyan asked.

Although Ma Riyan also has a lot of dislike for Dong Zhuo, after Dong Zhuo said that he joined forces to conquer Guangzong's Yellow Turban, he was still able to control himself very well, so as not to spoil his official affairs because of his personal feelings.

But what he didn't expect was that Dong Zhuo snorted when he heard this, and said with a sneer, "What, does the dignified Northern Army also have troubles?" Can't even deal with a mere grass coward? ”

When the captains of the fifth battalion heard this, they suddenly became angry in their hearts, they really wanted to sue Dong Zhuo, the Jizhou Yellow Turban on the opposite side was by no means a grassy man, but seeing Dong Zhuo's contemptuous and smiling appearance, the captains of the fifth battalion only felt humiliated in their hearts.

"It's just a grass, why bother?!" Liu Jiang, the captain of the infantry battalion, was enraged and said indignantly.

"That's it!" With a cold snort, Dong Zhuo said in a deep voice, "Within three days, give me a break in Guangzong!" …… If you can't attack it, Lao Tzu will be reprimanded by the Son of Heaven because of this, and Lao Tzu will definitely not spare you before that! ”

"......" The captain of the fifth battalion was silent, although they were extremely dissatisfied with Dong Zhuo's tone, but Dong Zhuo's belief that he was bound to conquer Guangzong, they clearly felt it.

That's enough!

After some alarmist threats, Dong Zhuo called the soldiers of the Northern Army to go out to attack the county seat of Guangzong after they had eaten and rested.

Similar to when the Northern Army attacked Pingxiang County, more than 20,000 Northern troops once again lined up under Guangzong City.

It stands to reason that the best way to attack the city is nothing more than to encircle three walls and attack three walls at the same time and deliberately release one side, but unfortunately, only more than 4,000 troops in the more than 20,000 northern troops are infantry, which is really not enough to attack three city walls at the same time, after all, at this time in Guangzong City, there are 150,000 troops. If Liu Jiang, the infantry captain, dared to divide the troops, even the infantry battalion of the Northern Army would also be swallowed alive by the Yellow Turban Army.

"Attack!"

There was no so-called pre-war deterrence, and Dong Zhuo ordered the siege of the city without saying a word. The captain of the fifth battalion, who was surprised by this, never imagined that Dong Zhuo and Li Ru had already finished talking to Zhang Huang what they should say.

"Woo——! Woo——! Woo——! ”

Three horns sounded, and the infantry of the infantry battalion of the Northern Army carried ladders to climb the city wall and took the lead in attacking Gwangjong City. At the same time, Captain Ma Riyan also commanded the Archers under his command and nearly 30 well-mounted carriages to gradually advance Guangzong City.

Don't think that Lu Zhi did nothing when he besieged Guangzong, you must know that during that period, the northern army had made all the preparations for attacking Guangzong City, whether it was rushing or jingcha, basically all preparations were completed.

It is precisely because of this that Ma Riyan, the captain of the shooting voice, sighed secretly: "It's a pity that Lu Zhonglang is a ...... for others."

But isn't it, obviously Lu Zhi has made all the preparations, just waiting for the food in Guangzong City to run out and then order the siege of the city, but he didn't expect that Xiaohuangmen Zuofeng was framed in front of Liu Hong, the son of heaven, so that Lu Zhi left his long labor to Dong Zhuo for free. Ma Riyan believed that if he really conquered Guangzong this time, the Son of Heaven would only remember Dong Zhuo's merits, and would never think that this was all because Lu Zhi had prepared in advance.

The news of the Northern Army's vigorous attack had already been passed from the mouth of the Yellow Turban soldiers on Guangzong City to Zhang Huang, Guo Tai and others.

[Uncle is really trustworthy......]

Seeing that the 20,000 soldiers of the Northern Army really abandoned the previous difficult siege tactics and chose to forcibly attack the city, Zhang Huang secretly laughed in his heart.

You must know that the city wall of Guangzong County is also made of stones from Zhouzhou, and even Zhang Huang standing on the city wall is greatly reduced, not to mention those soldiers of the Northern Army. It is no exaggeration to say that in this offensive and defensive battle, except for the superb skills of cutting iron, the soldiers of the Northern Army are no different from the Yellow Turban soldiers, and they cannot display their rigid bodies at all. And the soldiers of the Northern Army who can't show a rigid body, no matter how powerful they are, can they beat the crowd tactics of 150,000 Yellow Turban soldiers?

[The only thing to worry about is ......]

Zhang Huang's eyes were on the shooting battalion that was slowly moving forward after the infantry battalion under the city, and those unusually accurate archers might be the most difficult opponent of the Yellow Turban side in this siege battle.

However, Li Ru has already taught a clever trick in this regard.

"Shieldman!"

After getting Zhang Huang's eyes, Guo Tai gave an order.

All of a sudden, countless Yellow Turban soldiers carrying huge planks poured up from the city to the top of the city, erecting large planks one after another on the battlements, or holding them flat on top of them, to prevent the archers of the Sound Battalion from projectiles.

Although it is said that the "Yaiwa" can even shoot through a rigid body, in the final analysis, the "Yaiwa" is just a horizontal shooting technique, and the power of the projectile is not so strong. Not to mention that in order to be cautious, Zhang Huang specially ordered Guo Tai to order people to thicken those wooden planks to about an inch. This makes the planks, although extremely heavy, completely prevent the projectiles of the archers of the Sound Battalion from the opposite side once they are erected.

As for the well of the shooting battalion, Zhang Huang couldn't take care of it for the time being, after all, the other party was the Northern Army, and before discussing this siege battle with Dong Zhuo, he was ready that this battle would be a crushing victory.

Of course, this did not mean that Zhang Huang intended to ignore the wells on the opposite side, and let the archers above use their unbelievable archery skills to shoot the Yellow Turban soldiers one after another from the only exposed point on the wall.

"This sun is so strong......"

Glancing at the bright sun in the sky that had been hanging high in the sky for some time and gradually releasing heat, Yang Feng wiped the sweat from his forehead.

He didn't notice that Zhang Huang glanced at him slightly, and his face showed a little amusement.

"The other party is hotter than us......"

Guo Tai said meaningfully. (To be continued......)