365 Dong Zhuozhi's strategic retreat!

Hua Xiong was defeated and was rescued by the generals of the players and returned to the Tiger Prison. Only Li Su was left to guard the Tiger Prison Pass, Li Su hurriedly wrote a document to Dong Zhuo to report the emergency, and the spy Pegasus was transmitted to Luoyang.

In the Luoyang Prime Minister's Mansion, Dong Zhuo received the urgent document and was very dissatisfied.

These days, we keep getting reports of defeats. The Guanxi rebels in the direction of Hangu Pass took Weinan City, and Huangfu Song and others were trying to attack Hangu Pass. His younger brother Dong Min retreated from the defeat of Chang'an to Hangu Pass, and he has been staying in Hangu Pass to make meritorious contributions, and has sent people to urgently ask for more troops several times.

And on the Tiger Prison Battle Line, Hua Xiong was defeated again and killed two young generals.

Although it has not yet reached the point of defeat, the situation is already very bad, and if it continues like this, the Kwantung warlords and the Kwantung army will have to fight to Luoyang sooner or later, and the problem is only in the order.

Dong Zhuo urgently summoned Li Ru and Lu Bu to discuss countermeasures.

Dong Zhuo asked Li Ru.

Li Ru said worriedly: "The loss of Chang'an and the defeat of Huaxiong in the Tiger Prison show that the power of the thieves in the world is vast. Now the thief army is attacking from the east and west at the same time, making it difficult for us to take care of the beginning and the end, and the advance and retreat are lost, Luoyang is no longer a place to stay for a long time, and the prime minister needs to make other plans as soon as possible. ”

Dong Zhuo said: "How to plan? ”

Li Ru said: "If you want to get out of danger, you must leave Luoyang." There are two roads, one is to the east, break through the 18th Road thief army in Kanto, and go north to Jizhou; The first is to go west and defeat the four thieves of Guanxi Huangfu, Han, Ma, and Xiaobai. How to choose a prime minister? ”

Dong Zhuo pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "The Kwantung thief army is strong, and the Guanxi thief army is weak, so in this way, the only way to go west is to go." ”

Li Ru continued: "If you go west, after defeating the Guanxi thief army, most of the Guanxi four-way thief army will choose to retreat to Tianshui, Longyou, Anding, Beidi and other Liang and other areas, and the Kwantung coalition army will enter Luoyang. Our army is in Chang'an, and it is still being attacked by the Kwantung thief army and the Guanxi thief army, but it is just changed from Luoyang to Chang'an, and Chang'an is still a dangerous place. Our army must go north to Jinyang, the capital of the state, or enter Hanzhong, in order to avoid the momentum of the flanking attack, give up Chang'an, and sit and watch the Kwantung Army and the Kwantung Army fight. I think it's appropriate to go north and merge with the state, what does the prime minister think? ”

Dong Zhuo Dayue: "Sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, the military advisor said this wonderfully!" What did Feng Xian think the military advisor said? ”

"What the military advisor said is very true."

Lu Bu did not object, and Wuyuan County was his hometown. Instead of going to Hanzhong, it is better to go to the state. Moreover, the state and Liangzhou are connected, and it is also close to finding the Guanxi princes for revenge in the future.

Similarly, Li Ru and Dong Zhuo both think that it is better to go to Bingzhou instead of going to Hanzhong, not because Hanzhong is not suitable for being a foundation, but because they were born in Xiliang and are used to the vast desert land, and they feel constrained when they go to Hanzhong.

Dong Zhuo said: "In this case, I will prepare for the withdrawal of troops from Kansai as soon as possible. ”

Li Ru said: "Wait, if our army 'reveas' to retreat, I am afraid that the Kwantung Army will mistake it for cowardice and take the opportunity to step up the attack." Therefore, it is necessary to ask Wen Hou to personally lead the army to Hujiao Pass to frustrate the spirit of the Kwantung Army, and then our army can withdraw from Luoyang, retreat to Hangu Pass, and go north to merge with the state. ”

The plan for a retreat to the west was finalized.

Dong Zhuo ordered the Son of Heaven to move the capital to Jinyang, sent 5,000 iron horses, went all over to arrest the rich households in Luoyang, and plundered the gold. The generals Li Xuan and Guo Yan drove millions of people from Luoyang and prepared to send a letter to Guguan.

Lu Bu, Fan Chou and other generals led the army to arrive at the Tiger Prison Pass, with an army of 60,000 to attack the Kwantung coalition army.

Yuan Shao hurriedly sent Wang Kuang, Qiao Mao, Bao Xin, Yuan Yi, Sun Rong, Zhang Yang, Tao Qian, and Gongsun Zan to meet the enemy.

Lu Bu tied his hair with a golden crown, a divine soldier Fang Tian's painted halberd, and a red rabbit BMW under his crotch, and the princes of the Eight Roads who killed him were terrified, and no one dared to say a battle. The army of the Kwantung player princes was even more cunning, and when they heard that Lu Bu was coming, they fled desperately, leaving the NPC troops behind.

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Chang'an, Chencang. Ma Teng led more than 27,000 troops and horses in the area of Chencang and fought with 20,000 troops of Niu Fu. Han Sui's more than 20,000 troops were the rear army, and they made a detour to attack the rear road of the Niu Auxiliary Army, trying to wipe out this Niu Auxiliary Army and completely solve this military force that threatened the existence of a huge Chang'an. As long as Niu Fu is solved, Ma and Han will be able to return to the army to support the Battle of Hangu Pass.

It's a pity that Ushisuke didn't give them this opportunity.

Niu Fu, Jia Xu, Zhang Ji, and Zhang Xiu led a large army from Tianshui to rescue Dong Min in Chang'an City. It's a pity that they only arrived at Chencang and found that Chang'an had been breached. Seeing that Chang'an City had been broken through by the Guanxi princes such as Huangfu Song, and it was useless to continue the army, Jia Xu, the military advisor, suggested that Niu Fu temporarily stationed in Chencang Town to wait and see the situation and wait for changes. Because their army was far from being the opponent of the four princes of Xiliang, it was undoubtedly a death to advance rashly.

Undoubtedly, this is the right strategy, stationed in Chencang Town, which can maintain military pressure on Chang'an at any time. As long as Dong Zhuo sent a large army to counterattack Chang'an from Hangu Pass, they could take the opportunity to leave Chencang and attack Chang'an. If Dong Zhuo hadn't sent a large army to counterattack Chang'an, there would be no need for them to rush to death, it would be better to stay in Chencang Town than to go to Chang'an.

Niu Fu listened to his strategy and led his army to station in Chencang Town.

Chencang Town is an important town, and its defense strength is stronger than that of ordinary small and medium-sized cities. If you want to attack Chencang Town, which has 20,000 elite soldiers, the price will be very great. Ma Teng and Han Sui's troops were about three times that of Niu Fu, and they were enough to defeat Niu Fu's army in the plain. If you add the troops of the three Kansai players and princes such as the Eastern Rebellion, the Earth Emperor, and the Wild Wolf, it is four or five times as much as the Niu Auxiliary Army. But when it comes to attacking the city, the troops are still weaker.

Ma Teng saw that Niu Fu was stationed in Chencang, and sent the general Pang De to lead the army to the outside of Chencang Town to shout and challenge repeatedly, wanting to lure Niu Fu out of the decisive battle.

Niu Fu wanted to fight, but was once again strongly dissuaded by Jia Xu.

Ma Teng saw Niu Fu shrinking to avoid the battle, and had no choice but to send someone to Huangfu Song in Weinan City to seek a strategy.

Huangfu Song thought about it for a long time, the battle of Chencang, Niu Fu avoided the battle, it seems that it can not be solved in three or five days. However, the attack on Hangu Pass was imminent, and a large number of troops were urgently needed. There is enough intelligence and analysis to prove that Dong Zhuo cannot resist the attack of the alliance of Kwantung princes, and it is very likely that he will retreat to the west, and he must seize Hangu Pass and block Dong Zhuo in Luoyang before Dong Zhuo makes up his mind to evacuate Luoyang.

Huangfu Song ordered Ma Teng to temporarily retreat to Wuzhangyuan to monitor the movements of the Niu auxiliary army, and Han Sui immediately returned to the army and rushed to Hangu Pass to participate in the battle.

The small city of Weinan was surrounded by Song Yang, Yu. Loneliness, drunkenness, and making money are the king's roads, and the vanguard army composed of the princes of the four roads won it in one go. Immediately, Huangfu Song led an army of 18,000 to leave Chang'an and stationed in the small city of Weinan.

Most of Huangfu Song's troops are composed of elite soldiers of level 60 ~ 80, including heavy halberd soldiers, heavy archers, heavy armor sword and shield soldiers, royal guards, and tiger horses. Based on Weinan City, a large number of siege equipment, ladders, ramming vehicles, and throwing "shooting" equipment were produced.

Zhan Xiaobai was not idle in Chang'an City, and summoned almost all the NPC craftsmen in Chang'an City to make equipment day and night, and shipped them to Weinan City in batches.

Chang'an City has shown its incomparably strong military production and manufacturing capabilities. In just a few days, 50,000 ladders, 500 throwers, 100 ramming cars, and 1,000 baffle cars were built. Chang'an City almost ran out of wood, and had to recruit a large number of NPC farmers to cut wood in the nearby mountains.

There are so many that there are not enough baggage trucks, so the player simply has to carry them on foot. 100,000 players and soldiers of the Little White Alliance transported this batch of urgently needed war materials to Weinan City.

On February 5, Zhan Xiaobai received an urgent military information from Luoyang, and Dong Zhuo's 10,000 troops in Luoyang were led by Li Qi to Hangu Pass.

Huangfu Song, Han Sui, Song Yang three NPC princes, Huiyu. Loneliness, drunkenness, and making money are the king's three ways All the troops of the players and princes, including the players, have a total strength of up to 150,000, and they no longer hesitate to launch a crazy attack on Hangu Pass.

The player's troops are placed at the front.

In the first 24 hours, 100,000 player troops of the three-way player princes took turns rushing to Hangu Pass with cloud ladders and fighting with Dong Min, Zhang Liao, and Gao Shun's 10,000 NPC defenders. Each charge of more than 10,000 men lasted for two hours. In one day, more than 100,000 players were killed and more than 1,000 defenders of Hangu Pass were eliminated.

The only significant role played by 100,000 players was to consume almost all the arrows, logs, oil, and stones stored by the defenders of Hangu Pass, destroying all the traps under the pass, and greatly weakening the defenders' physical strength in the 24-hour continuous rush.

The role of cannon fodder has been brought into full play.

On the second day, the NPC troops of Huangfu Song, Han Sui, and Song Yang went into battle.

Huangfu Song personally supervised the battle.

Five hundred "shooting" machines were installed under Hangu Pass, and together they threw "shooting" boulders at Hangu Pass to destroy the city defense equipment on Hangu Pass.

Under the cover of thousands of baffle cars, tens of thousands of NPC infantry set up ladders to charge towards Hangu Pass. The results this time were huge. Quickly depleting the defenders at a rate of almost 1.5:1.

At the cost of 13,000 people, the three NPC princes consumed more than 9,000 defenders, and seeing that the strength of the defenders of Hangu Pass had dropped sharply to less than 1,000, they were about to be captured. Li urged 10,000 reinforcements to arrive at Hangu Pass in time and quickly restored the garrison strength of Hangu Pass.

Huangfu Song looked at Hangu Pass and sighed, in vain. Dong Zhuo has begun to transfer troops from Luoyang and Hugao Pass to reinforce Hangu Pass. If this continues, all his elite NPC troops will be exhausted, and he will not be able to take Hangu Pass.

Huangfu Song immediately withdrew all the NPC troops, replaced the player's cannon fodder troops, and continued to consume the defenders.

Troops, urgently short of troops!

However, even if Huangfu Song has great ability, he can't change more troops, so he can only ask the player princes for troops. Urgent letters and documents were sent to Chang'an City, and Zhan Xiaobai was ordered to recruit an army of millions of players, and rushed to Hangu Pass day and night, taking this dangerous pass that was related to the general trend of the Xiliang princes at all costs.