Chapter 329: Attacking Tianmen Pass (Part 1)
Hundreds of Bingzhou soldiers were mercilessly cut off a finger by Dong Buyi. For Dong Hu, these people were all useless people, even the Han people in the three counties of Hetao. Keeping them would only cause more trouble for themselves. It would be better to cut off all your fingers.
The ears were shrill, and the begging did not make Lu Bu feel any emotional changes. He just looked coldly at countless iron cavalry going south, watching teams of infantry driving countless cattle, sheep and baggage going south...
"Fengxian...Dong Hu should not be underestimated."
Zhang Yang was not as cold as Lu Bu. Seeing hundreds of brothers being chopped off their fingers, he not only did not get angry at these people's rebellion at the moment, but instead felt more guilty. If they hadn't come to provoke them, these people would not have chopped off their fingers.
Lu Bu looked down at the Fangtian Painting Halberd in his hand...
"Although Dong Hu is good at martial arts and Bu hasn't seen it yet, the war horse under his crotch is very good."
Zhang Yang was stunned and immediately understood what Lu Bu meant. Lu Bu was good at cavalry fighting rather than skilled in infantry fighting. Without the war horses, his strength would be a few points worse.
"What should I do now? Dong Hu has gone south, and it is impossible for us to stop it."
Lu Bu felt in his heart, and reasonably, Dong Mao became the governor of Bingzhou, whether it was Ding Yuan, Lu Bu or Zhang Yang, they should all follow orders instead of preventing Dong Hu from going south to quell the rebellion. But what Dong Hu didn't know was that after Dong Hu mobilized Hu San to Ji County, Youzhou sent them a letter, asking them to stop Dong Hu from going south as much as possible.
The battlefield changed. When Yu Fuluo, Huchuquan, Guo Tai and others rebelled in Taiyuan County, everyone was eager to let Dong Hu go south to quell the rebellion, but Dong Hu was not in a hurry. He hoped that Yu Fuluo, Huchuquan, Guo Tai and others would kill all the major families in Taiyuan County. Such a Taiyuan County was a clean place and more land was allowed to recruit some Han people to farm.
The troops in Taiyuan County are insufficient, so it is difficult to effectively stop the rebellion of 100,000 or 200,000 Huns. Faced with this situation, the major families of Taiyuan County will either be killed by all the thieves, their family wealth will be looted, or they will bow their heads and surrender. It is best if they are slaughtered by all the thieves. If they bow their heads and follow the thieves, Dong Hu will raise the butcher knife to these families without hesitation.
If you want to get a clean Taiyuan County, you have to give the thieves enough time, so he is not in a hurry to go south to quell the rebellion, but Dong Mao's unusual actions completely disrupted his plan.
Dong Mao is not only Dong Hu's brother, but also crucial to his successful success in becoming a member of the world. Whether for the sake of brotherhood or for the future real interests, he cannot easily let Dong Mao take risks, and he can only send 15,000 elite troops to Youzhou.
Originally, the imperial court urgently needed Dong Hu to pacify Taiyuan County and the thieves in Hedong County, but when Dong Hu took out 15,000 elite troops and 5,000 Wuwan Cavalry led by Nanlou, the situation changed again. Liu Yu, Huangfu Song, Zhu Yan and others were more willing to take this opportunity to kill the Heishan Army led by Zhang Yan in one fell swoop.
Dong Hu was unwilling to attack the Black Mountain Army. In his opinion, these people were not people who could not be conquered. Even if they had become princes, they could be conquered. In fact, Cao Cao used political means to subdue them.
Bingzhou has few populations, and Taiyuan County has only 200,000 people. The Heishan Army led by Zhang Yan and the Baibo Army led by Guo Tai have nearly 300,000 people, and so many Han people... For Dong Hu, who urgently needs a population to enrich the northern border, it is a temptation that is hard to refuse. Naturally, he does not want to kill them all, let alone, he does not believe that the 20,000 elite troops on the eastern front can clear out the Heishan Army hiding in the entire Taihang Mountains in a short period of time.
When the little princess left Gao Liu, Dong Hu specifically explained to the little princess, Lu Zhi, Guo Sheng and others about the matter. They also tended to recruit and urge to punish rather than to forcefully clear the Black Mountain Army. However, these hardliners could not influence it and mobilized and commanded 20,000 elite troops on the eastern front, so they wanted to let the Luoyang court intervene in this matter, but it took time!
When Yu Fuluo, Hu Chuquan, Guo Tai and others rebelled, the court hoped to quell the rebellion as soon as possible, but Dong Hu was as anxious as if nothing had happened; but now? Now Dong Hu was eager to take Taiyuan County, Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun as soon as possible... Or the court did not want him to take Taiyuan County so soon, but also hoped that the Eastern Front Corps and the Heishan Army led by Zhang Yan would directly break out in conflict, and use this to kill all the Heishan Army, Baibo Army, and Lishi Xiongnu people in one fell swoop.
The battlefield was changing, and at this time, Dong Hu was even more eager to take Taiyuan County, thus completely cutting off the retreat of the Black Mountain Army and avoiding conflicts between the Black Mountain Army and the 20,000 elite troops on the Eastern Front. As long as the Black Mountain Army does not launch an attack on the 20,000 elite troops on the Eastern Front, the Eastern Front Army can directly cross the valley road and join Dong Hu. The only thing left is Dong Hu needed to release more acceptance to the 100,000 people hiding in the mountains and guide them out.
Before taking Taiyuan County, the Heishan Army had a way out and could turn to join the Baibo Army. Because of this possibility, there would be a high probability of attacking the Eastern Front Legion led by the little princess. But if Dong Hu captured Taiyuan County in advance, the east side of Taihang Mountain was the power of the court and the west side of Dong Hu's troops. When the Heishan Army was sandwiched between the two, it became another sandwich biscuit. The possibility of attacking the Eastern Front Legion was reduced countless times. The stronger the court was against the Yellow Turban Army, the easier it would be to get the recognition of these people. There were many benefits. Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun were both commander-level generals, so how could they not see such a situation?
Dong Hu took the lead in seizing Taiyuan County, and he took more opportunities. Before Dong Hu entered Taiyuan County, the imperial court led the Eastern Front Army into Jingxing Pass and clashed with the Heishan Army. The imperial court took the opportunity and had a chance to resolve the remnants of the "internal troubles" of the Yellow Turban Thief.
For these reasons, Ding Yuan, Lu Bu and others received a letter, a letter that prevented Dong Hu from entering Taiyuan County. This made Dong Hu angrily hang Ding Yuan at the top of Yanmen Pass, swallowed up a thousand soldiers in Yanmen Pass in one fell swoop, and even cut off the fingers of the five hundred people led by Lu Bu without mercy.
Just five hundred people dared to provoke the tens of thousands of troops. I don’t know if they were really loyal or too confident Dong Hu didn’t dare to kill them, but no matter what, after seeing that there was no way to stop them, Lu Bu and Zhang Yang could only protect Ding Yuan to Youzhou and Hejian Kingdom.
Dong Hu is naturally not a fool. Dong Mao is already the governor of Bingzhou. Ding Yuan still dares to block Yanmen Pass and dares to look straight at him. He knows that the intention of the Drunken Old Man is not to drink, but is targeting the Eastern Front Army, the Black Mountain Army on the Taihang Mountains. He also knows that they dare to confront him, and there must be someone behind him.
Dong Hu would not care about these things if he supported him or not. Even if he killed Ding Yuan, Lu Bu and Zhang Yang with one sword, the court would not find any fault with him. What's more, the court could not do anything to him at this time. The reason why they were kept was because these people could have a certain impact on the direction of the world.
For example, Lu Bu caused a lot of trouble for Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Yuan Shu, and... If Lu Bu died, what would Dong Zhuo do?
There are some dark thoughts and humane feelings. Some people obviously want to kill the matter, but they have to force their anger in their chests. As for whether they will shoot themselves in the foot in the future, whether they will create a powerful enemy for themselves...
"Slaves of the Three Certains..."
"snort!"
Dong Hu and Sanqian armored heavy cavalry all took off their armor. After hearing his cold snorting, Dong Chong, Dong Xiaoyi, Dong Gu, Sun Niu and others who were discussing the military all looked weird and a little confused, so they looked at each other, but they didn't dare to provoke Dong Hu when he was in a bad mood.
Because of the "Supreme General" Liu Hong, Lu Bu, and the Eastern Front Legion... Dong Hu always felt an uncontrollable irritability in his heart. He was also a little distracted during the military discussion. He snorted coldly and shook his head hard, then he focused his attention on the closing of the Tianmen.
Tianmen Pass, Shiling Pass and Chitang Pass were collectively called the Three Passes of Taiyuan by later generations, but in the powerful Han Dynasty, there were no such passes, only Yangqu, Langmeng, and Yunxian. The establishment of Tianmen Pass was also because Taiyuan County had no dangerous passes to guard. Dong Hu yelled all day long to go south to attack Taiyuan County, etc. After the court negotiated, it built a pass in such a place.
"Tianmen Pass is a valley with two mountains and one valley. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack here. The reason why it is difficult to attack is because the enemy is condescending and can shoot arrows at our army as much as possible. In addition, the valleys here have a large drop, and mountain torrents are prone to occur on rainy days, which is more dangerous in rainy weather."
"Black Bull."
When Sun Niu heard that the lord was the first to call his name, he was overjoyed.
"The black bull is here!"
Dong Hu said solemnly: "The Huns are not good at guarding, but they have become trapped beasts in the Jedi. They will definitely fight against us. You are our first step. This time I will share 20,000 infantry with you. Even if you use human lives, you will also take down Tianmen Pass for us!"
Sun Niu clasped his fists solemnly.
"Don't worry, lord, even if Hei Niu arched his head, he would level Tianmen Pass!"
Dong Hu nodded and said, "The Huns are not good at defending, but here is a dangerous place. The gap is large. Our army is difficult to attack. You should pay more attention! This time it is not a plain fighting, but a battle between mountains and valleys. You should pay attention to the cooperation of the small army formation and control the rhythm of the attack. If the enemy's resistance is not strong enough, you should attack alternately and attack in waves. If the enemy is too strong, you can pretend to retreat alternately, lure them to stretch out their heads and cut off their heads!"
Sun Niu clasped his fists again.
"promise!"
Dong Hu looked at Dong Xiaoyi and Dong Gu.
"Dong Xiaoyi, Dong Gu."
Dong Xiaoyi, Dong Gu stood up and clasped his fists.
"The last one will be here!"
"Two thousand good shooting soldiers were drawn from each battalion of the cavalry, and two thousand good shooting soldiers were temporarily introduced to the Sunniu infantry, and used shields as screens to accurately shoot the emerging thieves."
"promise!"
...
"Dong Chong."
"The last one will be there."
"Heavy armored horses dismounted as a horse and served as a guard for Sun Niu."
"promise!"
...
Chapter completed!