Chapter 157: Crusade against Dong Zhuo

There is still one or two months left to crusade against Dong Zhuo at most, and this is only one or two months, Liang Xuchao consolidates the rear, after all, Qingzhou can almost be said to be the territory of the Yellow Turban Army, don't forget that Cao Cao collected 300,000 Qingzhou soldiers and millions of people in Qingzhou. With Liang Xuchao's current energy, if he wants to gain a foothold here, it will take a lot of effort on his part. In fact, to recruit these Qingzhou soldiers, it is best to use the soft knife of grain as a contract to surrender.

Didn't Cao Cao use the soft knife of food and living materials, and didn't spend a single soldier to directly package the millions of people, isn't it this soft knife that is easy to use, Liang Xuchao can also use this soft knife to recruit these homeless Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army. As for food, it seems to be more difficult at present, but there is still some possibility of salt rationing. Salt, here is Shandong, surrounded by the sea on three sides, such an excellent coastline, how not to make good use of it.

Speaking of which, why not build a cement plant. And to build cement you need a good blast furnace, and the blast furnace needs bricks, and I don't know if there are bricks in the Eastern Han Dynasty, if there is, then let these craftsmen try to build some refractory bricks. The refractory bricks need a kind of refractory clay, and the refractory clay is actually kaolinite soil, and kaolin soil is more in Jiangsu, Jiangxi and other places, and these places are also high-yield areas with outstanding people, and they recruit people by the way.

Since refractory bricks can be developed, refractory cement can also be made. But Liang Xuchao made cement to build several huge reservoirs by the sea, and these reservoirs were used to collect salt. The salt of ancient China was made by those poor people with firewood, and it was extremely coarse coarse salt. And the sea salt that Liang Xuchao can make is almost all refined salt. In ancient times, the price of table salt, especially refined salt, was ridiculously high.

Shandong's resources made Liang Xuchao sigh that in the future, Liang Xuchao would not have to worry about the lack of resources. Gold mines, iron ore, coal mines, and even glass quartz sand are among the top ore reserves in the country. With these ores, is Liang Xuchao still worried that he will have no resources? Although the technology required to exploit these resources is relatively difficult. But it's only relative, and it's entirely possible for Liang Xuchao to pick them out.

Glass quartz sand, which is the basic material for making glass. In ancient China, every piece of glass was a high-priced treasure. As long as they are used properly, these treasures can make Liang Xuchao earn a lot of money. Although the future looks very full, all of this is a fantasy, after all, it will take a lot of time to realize. However, since the goal is achieved, it needs Liang Xuchao and his partners to slowly achieve it. Go for it.

The current situation is to try to invite the Yellow Turban Army living in Qingzhou out and let them fill their strength. Even if it doesn't work now, at least let them stay there with peace of mind. lest Liang Xuchao go west and conquer Dong Zhuo, these Yellow Turban Army will come out to make trouble. Fortunately, Liang Xuchao has a good helper, Han Xue and Chen Yiyuan, two good wives, who put Liang Xuchao's thoughts on the table. Guan Hai and other generals of the Yellow Turban Army were recruited by them.

With the addition of Guan Hai and others, the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou is almost in Liang Xuchao's pocket. It's just that in order to avoid being targeted by Liang Xuchao, Han Xue and the others did not let the Yellow Turban Army join in, but secretly began to implement Tuntian in the Yellow Turban Army camp, built it on the spot, and even broke up the strong Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army to join Liang Xuchao's army. Well, most of them are trained in secret, and only a small number of elites join the army on the surface.

Because the planning is very sophisticated, the implementation effect is very strong. Qingzhou, under the jurisdiction of Liang Xuchao, slowly began to recover, and due to the continuous output of salt, the sales of salt were also driven by Lu Zhu, a wealthy merchant in Xuzhou, and finally opened up the trade routes of the entire Eastern Han Dynasty. Well, at this time, Liang Xuchao had already participated in the crusade against Dong Zhuo. However, it was Han Xue who recruited Lu Zhu, a wealthy businessman in Xuzhou, into the Liang family's army. Chen Yiyuan followed Liang Xuchao to crusade against Dong Zhuo.

As Liang Xuchao had more and more Wenchen in his hands, those high-level Wenchen in the opposition continued to be slowly recruited into the Liang family's army by them. Similarly, as Liang Xuchao participated in the crusade against Dong Zhuo's Kwantung Army, especially when Liang Xuchao achieved good results during the crusade against Dong Zhuo, various senior generals were constantly recruited. Well, some generals came here, but most of them were recruited in a planned way, and after listening to it, they went directly to the location of these Wenchen generals, and with Liang Xuchao's prestige and strength at that time, let these people who watched the whole world join in.

In the first month of 190 A.D. (the first year of the first peace), a group of heroes from all over the country rose up and played the banner of fighting Dong, including: Later General Nanyang Taishou Yuan Shu, Jizhou Assassin Han Fu, Yuzhou Assassin Shi Kong Ling, Yanzhou Assassin Liu Dai, Hanoi County Taishou Wang Kuang, Chen Liutai Shou Zhang Miao, Dongjun Taishou Qiao Mao, Shanyang Taishou Yuan Yi, Jibei Xiang Bao Xin, Beihai Taishou Kong Rong, Guangling Taishou Zhang Chao, Beiping Taishou Gongsun Zhan, Shangdang Taishou Zhang Yang, Wucheng Hou Changsha Taishou Sun Jian, Qixiang Hou Bohai Taishou Yuan Shao, Xiaoqi Captain Cao Cao, Xiliang Taishou Ma Teng, Xuzhou Thorn Shi Taoqian, Qingzhou Hou Qingzhou Taishou Liang Xuchao. These nineteen princes are the forces that participated in the crusade against Dong Zhuo, and there are more than Liang Xuchao.

In the Tiger Pass, the garrison is Dong Zhuo's general Hua Xiong. This Huaxiong is also quite pitiful, in history Huaxiong was killed by Sun Jian, but in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, it was written by Luo Guanzhong that he was killed by Guan Yu. This is really confusing to all the students who are fans of the Three Kingdoms. However, the addition of Liang Xuchao's 19th Army this time allowed Liang Xuchao to see the combat effectiveness of this general. He wanted to recruit this super-powerful general, and he needed some means.

Hua Xiong is also a tiger general anyway, although he is not a special general, but he is definitely a first-rate general. For this military general with super combat effectiveness, Liang Xuchao didn't know if he could beat him. But how do you know if you don't try. But don't forget Liang Xuchao's fatal blow, although it is very difficult to kill, but it is very easy to capture alive. After all, the short stun time is too long for these high-level martial artists.

In ancient China, when the two armies were at war, the heads-up mode was still very common. Luring this tiger general out is very easy for Liang Xuchao, who has a third-order genetic lock. Just because you can't beat it doesn't mean you can't run. And Liang Xuchao still consciously ran away. In the absence of people, Liang Xuchao easily led this poor Huaxiong into the encirclement. Fatal blow, this fierce skill, stunned Hua Xiong to the spot and tied him directly.

Hua Xiong, the general, doesn't care whether he surrenders or not, if he doesn't surrender, he has to surrender, can you run? Since Hua Xiong has already arrived, he wants to grab Xu Rong as well. Speaking of Xu Rong, Liang Xuchao felt that Xu Rong's comprehensive combat effectiveness was much higher than that of Hua Xiong. When Dong Zhuoxi fled, he arranged this Xu Rong to the back of the break, and defeated Cao Cao and Sun Jian during the period, which shows his combat effectiveness and ability to lead troops. It's really sorry for myself that such a character doesn't grasp it well, and I want to recruit this general into my army if I say anything, but it's a pity for this general.

Speaking of the Battle of Tiger Prison Pass, here we have to talk about Lu Bu, the world's number one general. At least for now, this is a commendable general, and whether he is the first or not is not verified. In the romance, Lu Bu faced Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Liu Bei in a joint battle, one against three, what a fierce combat effectiveness this is, it is really unimaginable. For this fierce general, Liang Xuchao didn't dare to recruit him, because he didn't know if he could control him.

However, Liang Xuchao has some intentions to fight against this fierce general, but he is alone, he really doesn't know if he has this ability, but he has two generals, Dian Wei and Xu Chu. Don't forget, Dian Wei is the third-ranked fierce general, although he can't beat Lu Bu, but he won't be killed by Lu Bu in seconds. There is also Xu Chu, the seventh-ranked fierce general, these two bodyguards, is Liang Xuchao still afraid of him Lu Bu? Don't worry about getting killed at all.

Besides, with Liang Xuchao's current personal attributes, maybe he can completely single out this Brother Lu Bu with his own ability alone. Even..., hehe, isn't this too confident. It's better to be cautious, after all, everyone only has one life, and if you are injured or killed because of arrogance, it really outweighs the loss. Looking at the dragon and phoenix among these people, Liang Xuchao is really envious, it is too powerful to be able to leave a name in history.

Red rabbit horse, Fang Tian painted halberd, this is Lu Bu. After "killing" Hua Xiong again, the 19th Route Coalition Army came to Tiger Prison Pass again, this time facing Lu Bu, the world's number one general. When the Kwantung coalition army was stationed, Lü Bu lined up outside the wall, and the princes prepared to meet it. Zhang Yangbu killed Mu Shun on his horse and killed Lu Bu, but unfortunately it didn't take long for him to be killed on the spot. Kong Rong's army killed Wu Anguo to challenge Lu Bu. also fought to Shihe, and Lu Bu cut off Wu Anguo's wrist with a halberd.

Seeing this, the coalition forces came out to rescue Wu Anguo, but Wu Anguo no longer had any combat effectiveness at this time. Seeing the coalition attack, Lu Bu could only retreat to Guanli. Cao Cao believed that the princes of the Eighteenth Route should collectively defeat Lu Bu, as long as Lu Bu was defeated, then Dong Zhuo would be easy to defeat. At this time, Lu Bu went out again and laughed at the coalition forces. Gongsun Zhan, who couldn't bear it, fought Lu Bu in person, but unfortunately his combat effectiveness was really not good, and he was forced to lose before he could fight a few rounds.

Seeing this, Lu Bu urged the red rabbit horse to pursue, and at this time, Liang Xuchao saw the opportunity, and did not wait for Zhang Fei to intercept it, but let Xu Chu go out, and told him to be cautious. Xu Chu, this personal guard did not have any false situation in the face of Lu Bu, and the two sides fought happily. However, Liang Xuchao did not let Xu Chu face it alone, after all, Xu Chu and Dian Wei are his personal tiger generals, and they can't be lost here. He asked Dian Wei to go up and help directly.

Chapter 158: The Separation of Heroes Begins

Dian Wei and Xu Chu both faced Lu Bu, and the fight was difficult to solve. Speaking of which, Dian Wei and Xu Chu are not necessarily worse than Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, or even much better than these two. Besides, whoever said that Xu Chu is worse than Guan Yu or Zhang Fei. Don't forget, Xu Chu is Cao Cao's personal guard, a military general who can be recognized by Cao Cao, where do you think it can be. And Xu Chu is still a military trainer, uh, well, although it may be a little difficult to train the military formation, in fact, I don't know how? But Xu Chu had no problem training guards or assassins at all.

From this point of view, even if Lu Bu faced Dian Wei and Xu Chu, he was extremely strong, and he did not run away, at least not in a short period of time. This is not the plot that Liang Xuchao wants to see, he urged the horse to rush over and join the battle group directly. "Fatal Strike" was another 100 percent forced hit. As long as it is hit, the vertigo is certain. In the battle of masters, there will be casualties in just one second of mistakes, poor Lu Bu was forcibly stunned by Liang Xuchao, although this situation was caught by Dian Wei and Xu Chu next to him, but unfortunately Lu Bu was awake quickly.

Hearing a loud bang, Lu Bu's golden helmet was violently knocked off by Dian Wei. It may be that Lu Bu's resistance is fierce, although he was stunned by Liang Xuchao's fatal blow, but the time to wake up is very fast. But even so, his helmet was directly knocked away by Dian Wei. In such a situation, Lu Bu was shocked into a cold sweat, and he fled. It's a pity that this red rabbit horse is too fast, Liang Xuchao and the three can't catch up, and Dong Zhuo commanded the soldiers to keep releasing arrows to stop their attack, and the three of them could only turn back to the camp from a distance.

Although there is no such episode in history, well, that is to say, there is no scene where the three of Guan Zhang and Liu confront Lu Bu. However, there is a section against Dong Zhuo, but it is not in the Tiger Pass, but in the Dagu Pass further south, and it is Sun Jian who fights against Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu in the coalition army. Moreover, Lu Bu and Dong Zhuo were both broken by Sun Jian, the first time they were in Yang, when Lu Bu and Hu Zhen were at odds, causing chaos in the army, so Sun Jian took the opportunity to attack and forced a retreat.

The second time was in Luoyang, Dong Zhuo faced Sun Jian in the mausoleum of the Han Emperor, but unfortunately because of his poor strength, he fled after being defeated by Sun Jian. Sun Jian encountered Lü Bu at Xuanyangmen in Luoyang, and the two armies met, fought again, and defeated Lü Bu again. Let me go, this Sun Jian's combat effectiveness is really unimaginable. Whether Lu Bu's combat effectiveness is the first in the world, uh, the first in the Eastern Han Dynasty, at least remains to be discussed. Whatever it is? In short, Sun Jian is very powerful.

Lu Bu escaped, and Liang Xuchao and the other three returned to the base camp and were greeted like never before. In this way, Liang Xuchao's reputation was established in the 19th Route Kwantung Alliance. The warlords, with the momentum of victory, began to quickly besiege the Tiger Prison Pass. Lu Bu's fiasco brought the soldiers of Tiger Prison Pass to the extreme, especially the attack of the Kwantung Coalition Army, which made these soldiers even desert. The defeat is like a mountain, and it is said that at this time, the whole battlefield is in chaos.

As soon as Lu Bu was defeated, Dong Zhuo listened to Li Ru's persuasion. Directly abandon Luoyang, the whole army retreated to Chang'an in the west, and took all the citizens of Luoyang and the imperial court with him. During his departure, Dong Zhuo sent an army to begin to collect all the wealth in Luoyang and raze Luoyang to the ground. At this time, Zhao Cen, who was stationed at the Tiger Prison Pass, learned that Dong Zhuo's army had retreated, and he had no choice but to give up the Tiger Prison Pass and follow him. At this time, the 19th Kwantung Coalition Army took advantage of the situation to chase after him.

Dong Zhuo led many people in Luoyang, and it was too difficult to go fast. In order to gain more time to evacuate, Dong Zhuo had no choice but to let Xu Rong go to the rear, and Xu Rong, a general, was extremely strong in combat. During the period of breaking off for Dong Zhuo, he was able to win even Cao Cao and Sun Jian. According to history, Sun Jian can even win against Lu Bu, but Xu Rong can take Sun Jian down, who is the best? It's really hard to say.

In the face of this Xu Rong army, Liang Xuchao sent a large number of spies to follow Cao Cao and Sun Jian. Although there were only these two teams chasing Dong Zhuo, in order to ensure that something happened, Liang Xuchao still sent a lot of scouts to find Xu Rong's army. Liang Xuchao didn't want this celebrity to become a victim of politics, so he had to turn the general home as soon as possible. You can't waste this excellent general, as for whether it is or not, it depends on the future.

In fact, Liang Xuchao didn't have to look for it, after all, Xu Rong had received an order after the break. As long as the Kwantung Coalition Army appears, there is actually only one road, after all, if you want to pursue Dong Zhuo, you must follow. And Xu Rong also appeared on this road. Unexpectedly, it was Xu Rong who greeted Liang Xuchao in the case of a sneak attack. I'll it, this kid is really unkind, if he hadn't known that there was an ambush here, he wouldn't have known how many soldiers he would have left.

Since you like ambushes so much, you will plan and come to a counter-ambush, and this time you will say that you will capture this person alive. Although Xu Rong's ability to lead troops is very good, Xu Rong's personal heads-up ability is not stronger than Lu Bu. Compared with the strength of troops, do you think your army can be more than Liang Xuchao? Combat effectiveness, not to mention. In just a few rounds, Xu Rong was grabbed and tied by Dian Wei with one hand and thrown to the soldiers next to him, the master was captured, and the soldiers could only surrender.

Although Xu Rong was defeated, Liang Xuchao did not continue to pursue Dong Zhuo, but followed Cao Cao's rout and slowly withdrew to the base camp of the Kwantung coalition army. In this case, it can also be said that the entire war against Dong Zhuo has finally ended. Although the Kwantung coalition army occupied Luoyang, most of the heroes in the coalition army formed grudges in this battle, and turned from fighting Dong Zhuo together to expanding their own territory.

Although this battle was nominally a joint crusade, in fact, the various heroes evaluated each other's opponents and preserved their own strength, and formed a lot of grudges for this. The two most respected heroes in the alliance, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, were the first to provoke infighting, and Yuan Shao first used a strategy to seize Han Fu's Jizhou and start a war with Gongsun Zhan. And Yuan Shu had Nanyang and had a bad relationship with the new Jingzhou assassin Liu Biao, and his subordinate Sun Jian, who was famous in the crusade against Dong Zhuo, was killed in an ambush when attacking Liu Biao. This almost made Liu Biao and the Sun family world enemies. It's a pity that there is a big gap between the Sun family and Liu Biao.

Later, the two brothers of the Yuan family broke up, forming a melee in the Central Plains. Subsequently, Cao Cao attacked Taoqian in Xuzhou due to personal grudges; Liu Dai, Qiao Mao, Zhang Yang and other weaker forces also fought openly and secretly; and Sun Jian's subordinates supported Sun Jian's eldest son, Sun Ce, who also attacked various parts of Jiangdong and divided one side. Since the imperial court has been controlled by the traitor Dong Zhuo both nominally and in fact, the open killing among the princes in various places has been uncontrollable, and there is no longer even a need to use any pretense. The darkest age of China has finally come, and the warlord war has finally begun.

At this time, the era of separatism finally began, and Liang Xuchao's Qingzhou finally entered the fast lane of development. Han Xue's main cultural management system has put the entire Qingzhou governance in a prosperous and rising period, and due to the entry of a large number of people, Liang Xuchao has a large number of labor. And the craftsmen who the warlords did not pay attention to were recognized by Liang Xuchao when they arrived in Qingzhou. And these craftsmen did not disappoint Liang Xuchao, because of the technology provided by Liang Xuchao, the tools transformed by these craftsmen have undergone earth-shaking changes. Technological innovation has made the productivity very developed.

The minerals that could not be mined have been mined one after another, thus further strengthening the foundation of Qingzhou's economic construction. If you want to get rich, build roads first, and if you want to develop, build roads first. So after Liang Xuchao built the salt industry, he began his road repair project. The main road, the main road in Qingzhou, has spread throughout the Qingzhou area with the passage of time. When the farm is not working, all the labor force gathers together to start the road construction project. The Chinese people are good, hard-working, not afraid of dirty or tired, where can they get such an excellent labor force. It needs to be cherished.

Due to the continuous grabbing of money and land by the surrounding heroes, a large number of people had to go into exile. And Liang Xuchao's Qingzhou, although it is also very poor, is very stable, at least for now. With the economic construction of the Qingzhou area, the Qingzhou area is becoming more and more prosperous. As a result, the surrounding people have also migrated over one after another, and with the increasing population and the increase of the labor force, Qingzhou's economy has reached its historical peak.

It's good to have money, but after all, it's a war year. If we want to protect our own territory, we must first strengthen the army, and only by raising the strength of the army can we better protect the entire economic construction. Such a virtuous circle has allowed Liang Xuchao to obtain abundant resources and laid a solid foundation for the future conquest of the Quartet. The richness of Qingzhou made the surrounding jackals red-eyed, but no one was going to do it, they were all waiting and watching, hoping that someone would do it.

Especially Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, these two are closest to Liang Xuchao's Qingzhou. It's a pity that the two of them are also very uncomfortable, especially Cao Cao's classmate, Liang Xuchao occupied his original Qingzhou, so that his strength could not reach the peak of the historical period, after all, the million population of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army and the entire rich area of Qingzhou were missing. This made him dare not act rashly under the watchful eye of the wolves, let alone Liang Xuchao, a tiger.

Don't look at Liang Xuchao for so long, he hasn't sent troops to grab territory, but no warlord dares to underestimate Liang Xuchao, a tiger. Now after such a long period of development, Liang Xuchao's current strength has reached a terrifying point. Unfortunately, the tiger lurked and hid its sharp fangs. This made the surrounding heroes even more frightened. They are all nervous and constantly developing the military, but as time goes by, they are even more frightened to death.