Three days later, Beigong Boyu's army was about to arrive in Meiyang, and at this time, Tanma reported back: "Marshal, two Han armies are in front of Meiyang City, with about 50,000 people. ”

Beigong Boyu waved away the scouts and asked Li Wenhou, Bian Zhang, and Han Sui next to him: "What do the three virtuous brothers think of this matter?" ”

Li Wenhou took the lead and said: "My army of 120,000 is here, even if it is all the elite of the Han army, I don't dare to fight with our army with 50,000 troops alone, those Han people must have tricks." ”

Bian Zhang didn't speak immediately, but re-recruited the scout and asked, "Can you see the banner of the Han army?" ”

The scout replied, "I saw the two biggest banners, one was the scholar Han Po General Dong, and the other was the Shu Han Dangkou General Zhou. ”

Bian Zhang heard that the scout retreated, and said: "It seems that it should be Dong Zhuo and Zhou Shen, Brother Wen Yue originally designed to break Dong Zhuo's army first, how do you know that we are one step slower, but we let Zhou Shen arrive." After speaking, he looked directly at Li Wenhou.

In fact, Han Sui proposed as early as half a month ago to break the strategy of Meiyang Dong Zhuojun first, and then the rest of the Han army. After all, Dong Zhuo has conquered the Liangqiang people in the West, and he is also a strong man in Kansai, familiar with the favorable geographical climate, and has hundreds of soldiers under his command. Even the Youzhou Border Army and the Bingzhou Border Army are not the opponents of Dong Zhuo's army, and they can be said to be the strongest army in the Han Dynasty. Whether it is a Qiang person like Beigong Boyu or a traitorous general like Han Sui, they are very afraid of Dong Zhuo. This time, Dong Zhuo's army was only 30,000, and some of the troops remained in Hedong under the command of Dong Zhuo's younger brother Dong Min, so Han Sui set the strategy of breaking Dong Zhuo first, as long as Dong Zhuo was broken, the rest of the Han army was not to worry in their eyes.

How do you know that the Qiang people under Li Wenhou only care about looting along the way and slowing down the marching time, Bian Zhang and Han Sui told Beigong Boyu about this several times, but Beigong Boyu didn't think so, but saw that Li Wenhou's troops had a rich harvest, and secretly instructed his soldiers to loot together, resulting in a slower march. Bian Zhang and Han Sui could only be silent.

And now because they were a few days later than scheduled, Zhou Shen's army came to help, but Li Wenhou was responsible for this matter, so Bian Zhang kept glaring at Li Wenhou.

Beigong Boyu saw it, and came out to finish the fight and said: "Forget it, now that the matter is over, it is useless to blame Brother Li Xian, I don't know what Wenyue has to do?" ”

Han Sui smiled helplessly and said: "Marshal, since the Han army is waiting for the battle, our army is tired from afar, so it is better to retreat ten miles and camp first, and wait for a night of rest and fight again tomorrow." ”

Beigong Boyu nodded and said, "What Brother Han Xian said is reasonable, and he ordered to go down and retreat ten miles back to camp." After the order, Beigong Boyu pulled Han Sui and asked, "What do you think of tomorrow's battle?" ”

Han Sui pondered for a moment and said: "The Northern Army was the elite of the Han Court back then, but it has been pampered for many years, and it has long since lost the courage of the past. However, this matter is a bit strange, it stands to reason that the Han army is weak, not as much as our army, should hold the city and the camp, how can they line up and treat our army, and order the scouts to find out how the Han army is arrayed, and then discuss it in the long run after there is news. ”

Beigong Boyu nodded and said, "Brother Han Xian's words are reasonable. Then he called a general and asked him to send a large number of scouts to hear the news.

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The news of Beigong Boyu's retreat from the army and camping for ten miles was naturally discovered by the Han army, Dong Zhuo ordered Xu Rong to lead the army, and then led Hua Xiong, Zhang Xiu and Hu Che'er to the Zhou Shen array. After entering Zhou Shen's army, he saw Zhou Shen smiling at Dong Zhuo: "Sure enough, as Zhong Ying said, when the Qiang people saw the elite of our Han army, they immediately did not dare to move forward, and retreated ten miles back to camp. He laughed.

Zhang Xiu looked at Zhou Shen a little strangely, he couldn't have imagined that the commander of the elite Northern Army of the Han Court was such a mentally retarded figure, even the Qiang people were tired, and our army waited for work, and the Qiang people just avoided the edge for a while.

But Dong Zhuo said with a smile: "It's not that the Qiang people are frightened away by the prestige of the Northern Army of Zhizhen (Zhou Shenzi, Hu Bian). ”

Zhou Shen laughed and said, "What Zhong Ying said is reasonable, tomorrow our army will be the front and attack the Qiang people." ”

Dong Zhuo said with a smile: "Brother Zhenzhen has this intention, but after the war, don't forget to make a contribution." ”

Zhou Shen said with a smile: "Then naturally, Zhong Ying said to help me in front of the general of the Che Cai, this situation has not been reported yet, and I will report Zhong Ying's contribution to the imperial court when the big Qiang people are gone." ”

Dong Zhuo smiled: "So thank you Brother Zhenzhen." ”

At this time, Zhou Shen asked: "Zhong Ying, why don't we sneak attack the Qiang camp tonight, is this a good plan?" ”

When Dong Zhuo heard this, he frowned imperceptibly, but soon smiled: "You can't hold a true brother, since the Qiang people see the majesty of my army, they must be on guard, if the sneak attack fails and is hit by a blow, then tomorrow's warrior spirit will be unstable." ”

Zhou Shen thought for a while and said: "Zhong Ying's words are reasonable, since this is the case, let the Qiang people live one more night, and tomorrow we will see our Northern Army destroy the Qiang people." ”

Dong Zhuo smiled when he heard this: "In this case, Zhuo will congratulate Brother Zhizhen first." ”

Zhou Shen laughed when he heard it. After the two exchanged polite words again, Dong Zhuo led a few people back to his formation.

Out of Zhou Shen's army, Dong Zhuo asked Zhang Xiudao: "Bo Yuan, it's strange that such an unbearable character as Zhou Shen can be in a high position?" ”

Zhang Xiu nodded without hesitation, but Dong Zhuo sneered with a "hey" and said: "It's not a person who buys officials, but this kind of person accounts for the majority of the court, and the Beijing master is like this, let alone the place, I would have seen the sunset slowly falling......"

Dong Zhuo unabashedly revealed his ambition to Zhang Xiu, but Zhang Xiu said: "The lord beware that the wall has ears. ”

Dong Zhuo said indifferently: "Now that the general is surrounded by confidants, what am I afraid of." After speaking, he looked at Zhang Xiu.

Seeing this, Zhang Xiu's back was cold, and he immediately said: "Bo Yuan has no dissent. ”

Dong Zhuo laughed and said, "Ben will naturally trust Bo Yuan. After saying that, he walked back to the formation first.

The two just talked quietly, and Hua Xiong and Hu Che'er in the back couldn't hear it at all, but when they saw the two talking quietly, and then saw Dong Zhuo laughing, they thought that Zhang Xiu's words made Dong Zhuo very happy. Hua Xiong saw that his face was dark, and Zhang Xiu was shocked in his heart, he didn't expect Dong Zhuo to be such a powerful person, but after thinking about it, he felt that he actually had no ambitions, I am afraid that he is a new person and will be beaten.

Suppressing the suspicion in his heart, Zhang Xiu and a few people returned to the formation, and after confirming that the Qiang people had set up camp, Dong Zhuo collected his troops and returned to the camp, only sending scouts to continue to listen to the news, and Zhou Shen saw that he also collected his troops and returned to the camp.

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In the Beigong Boyu tent, the scout told a few people the news of the inquiry, and Han Sui smiled and said to Beigong Boyu: "Congratulations to the marshal, but it was Dong Zhuo who sold Zhou Shen to our army, tomorrow's battle just attack Zhou Shen and kill the northern army, Dong Zhuo's side only needs to pay attention, or send a small force to harass one or two." ”

Beigong Bo Yuqi said: "Why is Wen Yue so conclusive? ”

Han Sui dipped his index finger in some tea, drew on the case, and said while drawing: "Handsome and look at ......."

After Han Sui finished explaining, Beigong Boyu laughed and said: "I didn't expect that my army had approached his Liu Jiayuan Mausoleum, and the Han army was still fighting infighting, but God helped me." After saying that, he laughed, and the rest of Li Wenhou and Bian Zhang also laughed, only Han Sui had deep eyes and a smile.