Chapter 43: The Battle of Bishui Pass
No one expected that things would come full circle, and it turned out to be back to square one.
Obviously, he was dealing with a rabble-like coalition army of more than 30,000 people, but he didn't expect that Dong Zhuojun, who was strong and strong, had to move the capital to deal with it because of the shortage of food, grass and materials.
There may be some deeper considerations in it, but the act of moving the capital to avoid its edge is itself a bit of a sense of increasing the spirit of others and destroying one's own prestige. Not to mention, there are also many ministers in the DPRK and China who do not agree to move the capital.
Dong Zhuo can't waste time with them like this, Lu Bu and Hua Xiong have already sent them out, and every minute and every second is so cherished. simply turned Luoyang into a military manager for the first time, and then forcibly relocated.
But if they are not satisfied, they will be killed as soon as possible, the men in the family will be reduced to slaves, and the female dependents will also be distributed to the generals of the Xiliang Department as a reward. It's just that Dong Zhuojun doesn't have a political commissar after all, and the number of Qiang people in this group of Xiliang army is not a few, so once they taste the sweetness, they start to act unscrupulously.
In the end, even as long as the family background is good, or the female relatives of the family are fancied, they will be killed under the pretext of resistance. For a time, hundreds of thousands of people in the entire Luoyang were mistakenly killed in the process of this relocation. In the end, if Li Ru hadn't come forward in person, he would have suppressed the situation to a minimum range, otherwise he would have been afraid that the number of deaths would be more.
At least 200,000 people died in the relocation, and more than 50,000 families died.
At the first time Dong Zhuo announced his relocation, Lu Bu and Hua Xiong had already come to the Tiger Prison Pass and the Bishui Pass respectively. Compared with the Tiger Prison Pass in the rear, the Bishui Pass is not only the front line, but also the level is only built with a simple fence, and the defense power is almost nothing.
After all, at the beginning, there was only Bishui County here, and there was never any talk of Bishui Pass. It's just that this is the only way to Luoyang, so Dong Zhuo specially set up a simple checkpoint to intercept the fleeing people and select caravans in and out of Luoyang. To put it bluntly, it is to set up a card and then collect that extra tax. The main reason is that there is too little money and food.
After three simple constructions, this place also initially has the defensive function of the checkpoint, and Huaxiong was sent here, mainly because it can be used as a bridgehead to block the coalition forces. At the same time, it is not too far from the Tiger Prison Pass, and if there is anything, Lu Bu can come to support as soon as possible.
But it is also a fact that the defense of the checkpoint is low, so how Huaxiong wants to block the Kwantung coalition army must also be handled carefully.
At the same time, Fang Yun was after defeating Niu Fu. began to run towards the place of Bishui Pass, this Si Di is full of Han souls, through them can get in touch with their own forces at the first time, and even get a batch of food supplies, and the most important thing is that they can know the specific guidelines and policies of Luoyang at the first time.
Knowing that Hua Xiong and Lu Bu have been sent out, and Dong Zhuo plans to move the capital, then it is conceivable that at least three side quests have already begun, and if they don't react, it will be overdue.
I was thinking about running towards the place where the water pass was, but I didn't want a cavalry unit to arrive silently.
"The last general, Zhang He. Serve in the army! Zhang He brought 2,000 light cavalry from his headquarters to converge.
As for Shangdang County, it turned out that during this time, he and Xu Huang had completely laid down all the territory of this county. Seeing that there was nothing to do, with the approval of Xi Zhicai, who was left behind in the rear, he, as the unit closest to the front line, came to join Fang Yun with 2,000 cavalry, and at the same time, he could be regarded as giving Fang Yun a hand or something.
This is also the relationship between Xi Zhicai and the other generals who are worried about Fang Yun, three thousand men and horses are still too few in their opinion, even if there is any way to ride and shoot. They who haven't seen anything powerful are still worried that something will go wrong.
It's just that Xi Zhicai also knows that Fang Yun is actually very willful many times, and he is mostly sent too much, not to mention the difficulty of supply, and it will anger him. So he sent Zhang He and 2,000 men and horses over. He believed that this should be Fang Yun's allowable bottom line.
Sure enough, Fang Yun was indeed a little unhappy that Zhang He came over without an order, but two thousand people was not too many, so he acquiesced. Cavalry is really good, but it's not bad to have a cavalry to help sweep the formation.
"Homecoming!" Fang Yun looked at Zhang He and smiled. Motioned for him to return to the team.
"Whoa!" Zhang He received the order, quickly gathered in the team, and greeted several other colleagues.
After learning that Fang Yun and the others had killed more than 30,000 Dong Zhuojun with 3,000 people, they couldn't help but widen their eyes. But in fact, when I saw the thousands of unmanned Xiliang war horses in the rear of the army, I had to believe it.
These war horses are all without horseshoes, and their ability to continue fighting is not strong, but Zhang He and they just came, and these war horses just happened to be used by them as war horses for charging. The war horses produced in Youzhou and the war horses produced in Xiliang are still a little different in nature, the former has better endurance, and the latter has more explosive power.
To say that in the past, Zhang He should have been very happy, but when he realized that his army could only fight for the army or something, it was impossible to say in his heart that there was no grievance.
On the side of the coalition army, after the princes gathered, they also held a small banquet, and the friendship in China was largely consolidated step by step through this form. In the midst of the staggered cups again and again, the Nine Route Army finally got to know each other for a while.
By the way, during this banquet, Wang Kuang proposed to choose an alliance leader to facilitate command.
He, Wang Kuang, has already taken refuge in Yuan Shao, and everyone present knows it. Now he said that he wanted to elect an alliance leader, and the meaning was self-evident. It's just that there were a lot of Yuan Valves present, and they all nodded when they heard what Wang Kuang said, and they thought so.
Of course, it can't be said that they are of the same heart, such as the later general Yuan Shu, perhaps in his opinion, as the eldest son of Yuan Valve, he is more qualified to serve as the leader of the alliance.
Bao Xin looked at Cao Cao, and in his opinion, only this person could turn the tide and save the Han from danger. If you choose the leader of the alliance, only he is more in line with the requirements.
Fortunately, Cao Cao also discovered Bao Xin's eyes, and said secretly: Isn't this sure to push to the cusp? Who doesn't know that now Yuan is powerful, and there are a lot of protégés and former officials in the world, and there is a faint ambition to change the dynasty, at least there is also Huo Guangyiyin's ambition.
If he became the so-called thankless leader of the alliance, there would not be much benefit, but the disadvantage would be that he would directly provoke Yuan Valve, and Silly X would take the position of the leader of the alliance.
So he took the lead and stood up, saying that Yuan Shao was the most outstanding leader, and the so-called alliance leader was none other than him.
On the one hand, he slapped Yuan Shao on the back. At the same time, it also divided the Yuan valve, who didn't know that Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao were not in harmony. Saying that Yuan Shao is the leader in person like this, doesn't that mean that his existence as the eldest son is unqualified?
Interestingly, Yuan Shu did not put his grudge on Cao Cao. Instead, he looked at Yuan Shao silently, his eyes flashing with inexplicable meaning.
"Meng De is also a rare hero in the world, how about giving up the identity of the leader of this alliance to Meng De?" Yuan Shao laughed.
Although he seems to be modest and polite, his arrogant attitude. There was also that smug expression, which obviously told others that he was completely determined to become the leader of the alliance.
"Meng De is also so capable, being a military advisor may not be a problem, but being the leader of the alliance is not as good as the original!" Cao Cao laughed.
Yuan Valve, the fourth and third dukes, in terms of appeal, who can compare to him Yuan Shao? Of course, in fact, this is a deliberate attempt to ignore the existence of Yuan Shu, which is somewhat instigated to stir up internal division within Yuan Shu. Once the Yuan Valve is divided into two factions, then the Yuan Valve's power cannot be concentrated, so as to give these small forces a chance to expand.
Many of the other princes around him also had something to do with Yuan Valve. Or when he saw that Cao Cao was promoted, he simply followed suit. That is, Sun Jian, Yuan Shu and Gongsun Zan were silent, but the three of them could not pose a threat, so Yuan Shao also 'reluctantly' took over the identity of the leader of the alliance.
It's just that he didn't know Cao Cao's divisive plan, and as soon as he took office, he handed over the position of mastering the distribution of military rations to Yuan Shu. One also belongs to Yuan Valve, so he has to take care of it, and at the same time, it can be regarded as calming his heart. Second, since Yuan Shu is in charge of military rations, then whoever makes him unhappy, his careful eye will naturally repay him a hundredfold, and Cao Cao is only afraid that he will be miserable.
Quite quick. This is the best description of Yuan Shao. It's just that he successfully counterattacked Cao Cao in a very short time, but I'm afraid that even Cao Cao will have to swallow this bitter fruit.
In the meantime, everyone was staggered, and Liu Bei, who came as an escort. It was only possible to gnaw dry food in the rear camp. At this moment, his subordinates are nominally under the command of Gongsun Zhan, and he is not an independent existence at all, so he naturally has no chance to be seated. That is, Gongsun Chan treated him well, and asked people to bring him a good dinner, so that he would not be so shabby.
Now that the leader of the alliance has been chosen. The next day was naturally the time for the army to rise. Han Fu is not a good person, and besides, there is not much grain and grass that Jizhou can provide, so if Dong Zhuo's forces cannot be defeated as soon as possible, then the gang will also be an inevitable outcome.
"Report, Dong Zhuo's army drove into the Tiger Prison Pass, in the Bishui Pass. In the preliminary investigation of Bishui Pass, there are 5,000 enemy troops, and the guard is Hua Xiong, a general under Dong Zhuo! The next day, the spies hurriedly came to report the information they had heard.
Huaxiong was recruited by Dong Zhuo when he was conquering Xiliang, so his reputation was not obvious, and the coalition forces naturally did not know about this person.
Since he is a nobody, it shouldn't be very powerful, and besides, Bishui Pass is actually not a checkpoint at all, so the generals of the coalition army also don't think about it and don't take him seriously at all.
The army drove out of the checkpoint, and Hua Xiong naturally knew the situation of the coalition army, and led the troops to fight as soon as possible. Under his command were 5,000 Xiliang iron cavalry, as well as 500 original defenders of Bishui Pass.
The defenders are good at shooting, and they can be converted into archers, but if the cavalry under his command is placed in the battalion, then the powerful attack power will not be able to exert itself, so taking the initiative to attack is the best choice.
Besides, the rabble of 30,000, he didn't care about it at all.
"A certain is Hua Xiong, a general under Dong Xiangguo, who dares to come and send him to death?" It's just that before the war, Hua Xiong relied on his martial arts to be good, and he was at least one of the top three under Dong Zhuo, so he stood up and invited the coalition forces to fight.
"Huaxiong Xiao'er, don't be arrogant, and let me meet you!" A young general under the command of Qiao Mao came out.
"Hmph, nobody!" Hua Xiong looked at it, that is, the horse that was strolling leisurely.
But in a flash, the young general was directly beheaded by Hua Xiong, and he didn't know how he died.
"Hmph, you wait for the coalition forces, that's all?" Hua Xiong arrogantly pointed at the coalition forces with the big knife in his hand, his face full of disdain. (To be continued.) )