Under the city of Xingyang, a thunderous blow.

The princes, who were still immersed in the victory of Yangren Pass, were stunned after learning the news that the Yingchuan army was almost wiped out.

The terrifying combat effectiveness of the Liangzhou Army made everyone's hearts tremble.

Even if he was as arrogant as Sun Jian, he was silent after hearing the news.

That's not eighty, eight hundred!

Eight thousand!

In less than an hour, he was defeated by the Liangzhou army.

Well, you say that the Yingchuan soldiers are not strong? But in fact, during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the most ferocious Yellow Turban Army came from Yingchuan. The Yingchuan soldiers under Bocai were so strong that even the officers and soldiers retreated. If it weren't for the fact that the imperial court later revived famous generals like Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song, burned down the Changshe, and almost wiped out the elite of the Yingchuan soldiers in one battle, the outcome is not yet known.

Today's Yingchuan soldiers are naturally not the same as the Yingchuan soldiers of the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

However, eight thousand people......

Even if 8,000 pigs went to battle, it would not be possible to be defeated so quickly.

"I never thought that after killing Huaxiong, Xingyang still has such a strong combat power?"

Zhang Miao frowned and muttered to himself.

Bao Xin said suddenly: "But I can inquire, who is the person who presided over the battle of Xingyang last night?" ”

"I've already inquired, it's Dong Thief's new cavalry captain, Ding Chen."

"Ding Chen?"

Zhang Miao and Bao Xin raised their heads and glanced at each other.

"It's a familiar name."

Dongjun guarded Qiao Mao and looked at Zhang Miao suspiciously.

Zhang Miao smiled bitterly: "Does Yuan Wei still remember Meng De?" ”

"Mengde, how could I forget."

Qiao Mao smiled dumbly, "Didn't he just go to the Tiger Prison a few days ago?" ”

"That Ding Chen is Meng De's brother-in-law.

Previously, Meng De sneaked up on Hucheng Pavilion, and this was foolproof. Unexpectedly, he met Ding Chen, and after three battles and three defeats, he captured Hucheng Pavilion. But it was precisely because of the previous three defeats that the strange soldiers were all useless, and they missed the opportunity to sneak attack Xingyang. ”

"Wait!"

Sun Jian, who had been silent, frowned and said, "Since Ding Chen is Meng De's wife and brother, why did he help Dong Zhuo and help him to abuse?" ”

"It's a long story."

Bao Xin sighed and explained: "Wentai doesn't know something, although this Ding Chen Ding Ziyang is Meng De's wife and brother, he has now turned against Meng De. In the battle of Hucheng Pavilion, he even cut off his robe with Meng De, and also killed Meng De's military advisor. ”

"What's going on?"

Regarding the grievances between Cao Cao and Ding Chen, Sun Jian is indeed not very clear.

He knew Cao Cao, and to some extent, he admired Cao Cao, and he was also one of the few people in the coalition who could be praised by him.

It's just that Sun Jian's energy was focused on Yangren Guan before, and he didn't have much contact with the outside world.

And after Cao Cao was transferred, no one mentioned Ding Chen anymore. So much so that when Sun Jian heard Ding Chen's name, he didn't know anything.

Bao Xin thought about it, and then opened his mouth to explain the grievances between Ding Chen and Cao Cao.

"I really didn't expect that Dong Thief trusted Ding Ziyang so much.

Na Ding Chen, praised by Meng De as 'the world's flying cheap', I didn't believe it. But now it seems that he is not only brave, but also a famous general, worthy of the name of Feilian. It's a pity that I don't know the general situation too much, and I only miss the small family, but I don't have a common eye. ”

With that, Bao Xin shook his head with a disappointed expression.

"The Flying of the World?"

Sun Jian sneered and shook his head again and again, "No matter how powerful it is, after all, he is a traitor who doesn't know the general situation and aids in abuse." ”

"In this way, Wentai must be sure to make him the head?"

Tao Qian was on the side and suddenly spoke.

"Wentai has the name of 'Tiger', and I think I am not afraid of Ding Chen.

In this case, I also ask Wentai to show his might again, take down Na Ding Chen, and seize Xingyang. We will help you. ”

As soon as Tao Qian spoke, Bao Xin frowned.

There's something wrong with that!

In fact, Bao Xin also knew that because Sun Jian captured Yangren Pass and killed Huaxiong, the princes were jealous.

Say that everyone will join forces to break it, and as a result, you will solve the battle alone.

Doesn't this mean that we are incompetent, and only foil your means?

Bao Xin didn't think about this, but he couldn't stop it, and others had ideas. No, after the two sides converged, the princes of all walks of life stationed in Sujube inadvertently formed an alliance and more or less excluded Sun Jian.

It was also Sun Jian who was rebellious, although he knew that he was being excluded, but he didn't care at all.

This also made the princes even more dissatisfied with him.

"Gong Qian, Wentai has been fighting in Yangren Pass for many days, and he is also short of soldiers and horses.

Why don't you let him rest...... This crusade against Dong Thief, we have not achieved an inch so far. This time in the battle of Xingyang, it is better for us to take responsibility. A certain talent, willing to be a striker. I have long heard Meng De say that Ding Chen is powerful, and I also want to learn a thing or two. ”

Bao Xin is a real person and took the initiative to speak for Sun Jian.

Sun Jian listened and showed gratitude.

As Bao Xin said, his soldiers were indeed sleepy and tired.

Killing Huaxiong has already made him feel extremely difficult. Now facing the high city of Xingyang, if you continue to fight, I am afraid that you will not be able to bear it.

Other people's words, the princes can not take it to heart.

But Bao Xin is a prince of Shandong after all, and he is quite popular on weekdays.

He is different from Sun Jian, he can be regarded as a famous man today, known for his generosity, and is called 'Lu Junzi' by the world, saying that he has the style of the ancients. And what about Sun Jian? To put it bluntly, in everyone's eyes, he is an upstart. Although he was born in an official family, he ...... Sun Jian is a Jiangdong clan, compared to the Eastern Han Dynasty, which is dominated by the Central Plains clans, but he is a barbarian.

No matter how much credit Sun Jian makes, in the eyes of many people, he is just a reckless man.

Moreover, when he raised his troops before, he successively killed Wang Rui, the assassin of Jingzhou, and Zhang Shi, the Taishou of Nanyang. These two people, who were also quite famous in Shilin, died at the hands of Sun Jian. This is a guy on the gram, and you need to be careful when working with him.

Therefore, as soon as Bao Xin's words came out, the princes nodded in agreement.

Sun Jian got out of the big tent and returned to his camp with Sun Ce.

On the way back, Sun Ce said, "Father, why are you depressed? ”

Sun Jian sighed and said: "I think that at the beginning, during the Liangzhou Rebellion, I once suggested that Taiwei Zhang Wen said that Dong Zhuo had the posture of a tiger and a wolf, and he must not be guarded against. At that time, I wanted to kill Dong Zhuo, but Zhang Gong disagreed. This time, I responded to the call of the bridge prince and raised troops to fight against Dong thief. I thought that I had laid down the Yangren Pass, but I didn't think that I would become a thorn in the eyes of the princes and a thorn in the flesh.

The princes had their own minds and refused to work together.

And Dong Thief's subordinates are many capable people.

First there was Huaxiong to hinder each other, and then Ding Chen helped to abuse.

Although the Liangzhou army does not need to be strong and strong in our coalition army, they work together...... I'm only worried that if this continues, the coalition will be fruitless. ”

These words were quite depressed.

Sun Ce was a little distressed, so he said: "Father, since the princes are unwilling to work together, why should we stay here and suffer all the white eyes?"

It is better to lead the troops back to their hometown than to be bullied. ”

"Bo Fu, as a general, you must not be rash."

Sun Jian said: "We are now in the hinterland of the Central Plains, even if we want to return to our hometown, we are thousands of miles away.

It will be very difficult to supply food and grass along the way. We don't have to worry about this here, but if we want to leave at this time, we will inevitably be embarrassed by the princes. Besides, it's not that step yet, so we might as well take a look and wait for the opportunity to act. ”

Sun Ce thought about it and felt that what Sun Jian said was extremely reasonable.

He no longer persuaded him, but followed Sun Jian and returned to the camp......

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Sun Jian suffered a lot of losses because of the strong attack on Yangren Pass, so he stationed in Liangdong to rest his troops and horses.

And the princes, under the persuasion of Bao Xin, came to Xingyang.

Bao Xin personally went out of the city to fight, but Ding Chen and Li Su closed the city and did not come out.

In desperation, the princes had no choice but to attack. But Xingyang is an ancient city, the city is high and thick, and the baggage is complete, and it is not afraid of the princes.

The princes attacked for several days, but instead of failing to break through Xingyang, they lost their troops and lost their generals.

It was also at this time that the news of the contradiction between Yuan Shao and Jizhou Mu Hanfu came from the Tiger Prison Pass, and the princes had to suspend the offensive and retreat thirty miles back to camp.

Why did Yuan Shao have a conflict with Han Fu?

Actually, it's a long story.

After Yuan Shao fled Luoyang, he went to Bohai.

With his personal prestige, he quickly gained a firm foothold in the Bohai Sea, and made friends with famous people in Jizhou, and his reputation gradually became louder.

Han Fu was originally a little dissatisfied, thinking that Yuan Shao had violated his interests.

It's just that before he had a seizure, there was a matter of begging Dong, which also made Han Fu have to temporarily put aside his personal grievances.

At first, Han Fu was very supportive of the coalition forces.

Jizhou was originally a land of abundant money and grain, and he personally sat in Yecheng to deliver grain and grass to the coalition army.

Initially, everything worked fine.

But with the development of the war, Han Fu found that Yuan Shao secretly continued to encroach on the power of other princes in the name of the alliance leader, and his power became stronger day by day. Moreover, as the leader of the alliance, he won the reputation of Dong Xianxian, and was more and more praised in Jizhou. This also made Han Fu feel a huge threat, so he began to delay the grain and grass intentionally or unintentionally.

And under the Tiger Prison, more than 100,000 troops were assembled.

If you delay a day's food and grass, it may cause confusion in the morale of the army.

Because of this, Yuan Shao was dissatisfied with Han Fu.

So he sent someone to reason with Han Fu, but he didn't want Han Fu to ignore him, but let people humiliate his envoy.

This time, the contradiction between the two also broke out!

Cao Cao worked hard to reconcile inside, so that Yuan Shao did not have a seizure in the end.

It's just that in this way, the coalition forces outside the Tiger Prison Pass have become a little troublesome...... In other words, the princes have their own thoughts.

In desperation, Yuan Shao had no choice but to suspend the offensive to stabilize the morale of the army.

He decided to go to Yecheng in person and communicate frankly with Han Fu.

Originally, he asked Cao Cao to temporarily preside over the overall situation on his behalf. But the problem is that although Cao Cao's prestige among the princes is high, it is not enough to suppress it. The princes may listen to his persuasion, but they will never obey his commands. From this point of view, Cao Cao's prestige is far inferior to Yuan Shao's. Not long after, Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuang withdrew from the coalition in the name of suppressing bandits......

"I said a long time ago that the coalition will not be able to achieve great things."

In Xingyang City, with the retreat of the coalition forces, a rare respite was ushered in.

Ding Chen and Jia Xu climbed the city tower and raised their eyes to look into the distance.

Around the two of them, there were three hundred relatives, who kept them isolated from the outside world.

These three hundred relatives were the soldiers that Jia Xu dug from Li Su at the beginning. After the number of 800 trapped in the camp was replenished, the extra 300 people became Ding Chen's personal soldiers.

In Jia Xu's words: "Ziyang, you have now become a cavalry captain of 2,000 stones, how can you not have a follower by your side?" ”

Sounds like a lot of sense.

Two thousand stone masters, this necessary pomp still has to be had.

You don't see it, the officials of Qianshi have subordinates, not to mention Ding Chen, who is also in charge of Xingyang's military, and his identity is naturally different.

"But, I don't understand sir, why don't you look favorably on the prime minister?"

"It's not that it's not optimistic, but it's ......"

Jia Xu smiled bitterly: "If it is a troubled world and the world is divided, I am willing to give advice to the prime minister."

Can ...... now The prime minister came early! Although he is strong and strong, he holds a combination of soldiers and a cool man, but his qualifications are too shallow. ”

"I don't understand."

Jia Xu smiled.

"It doesn't matter if Ziyang doesn't understand it now, but I believe that after a while, he will understand.

The prime minister is willing to be the first in the world, but unfortunately the world cannot tolerate the prime minister. In Luoyang City, the clouds are treacherous, and he can't cope with it. ”

Can't handle it?

Who to deal with? Who can't tolerate Dong Zhuo?

Jia Xu spoke, and the clouds were foggy, which really made Ding Chen feel dazed.

He was about to ask, but saw Li Su galloping along the road and hurriedly ran up to the city tower.

"Ziyang, I've found you."

He was out of breath and walked over quickly.

Seeing this, Jia Xu turned around and left very wisely.

Ding Chen understood what Jia Xu meant, so he didn't stop him, so he stepped forward and said with a smile: "Li Jun, why are you in such a hurry?" ”

"Ziyang, the prime minister has an order, let us prepare to evacuate."

"Huh?"

Ding Chen was stunned when he heard this.