Chapter 496
Dong Zhuo spoke, and Sun Niu frowned...
"If we were black bulls, we would cross the river and enter Pingxian County... If we knew that the Prime Minister was leading all the troops here, we would continue to cross the Mang Mountain and kill into Luoyang."
"It's just that this matter is quite strange. The prince of Henei County led 20,000 troops to the north, Yuan Shao led more than 100,000 troops to the east, and Kong Qi, the governor of Yuzhou, led 50,000 troops to the Yingchuan County, Yuan Shu and Sun Jian led 30,000 troops to the Luyang."
"There are rebels in the north, east, southeast, and south. If we want to take advantage of the Prime Minister's move to the capital, we should be the soldiers and horses from all directions at the same time, not only Wang Kuang, Bao Xin, Cao Cao, and Wei Xi forty thousand soldiers. These soldiers alone are not enough to defeat the Prime Minister, so..."
Sun Niu frowned. Not to mention Dong Mao, who was staying in Luoyang, Hu Zhen had 5,000 cavalry camps. Just based on the Pojun Camp, Shanzi Camp and the Luoyang Camp led by Xu Rong, there were 40,000 soldiers and horses. Moreover, these soldiers and horses were elite soldiers and horses that had been through battle formations for a long time. It was very different from the eight camps in Xiyuan, the twelve city gates of Luoyang, and the unsold soldiers and horses led by the princes of Guandong. Forty thousand against 40,000 is enough to defeat Wang Kuang, Cao Cao and others. All the princes should understand this truth.
Not only Sun Niu was puzzled, but Hu Sanhe and his generals were also puzzled. It was impossible for the princes of Guandong to see who were the elite soldiers of Liangzhou, either the border troops fighting against the Xiongnu, Xianbei, and Liangzhou Qiang, or the elite Han soldiers of Meiyang who confronted the Yellow Turban Army and Liangzhou bandits. It was impossible for the princes of Guandong to see Dong Zhuo. If the direct troops led by Dong Hu had a chance of winning, they could only be four groups of soldiers and horses rushed forward and won with their superior strength, but this didn't seem like they were rushing forward?
Sun Niu thought for a while but couldn't figure it out. Hu San suddenly said, "The safe way is to rush forward, but now it's not. General Xu Rong has been in Xingyang. It's impossible for the guys to know how many soldiers there are in Luoyang Camp. But only 20,000 soldiers came... Does this mean that they are not working together?"
"For example, Wang Kuang, Cao Cao, Bao Xin, Wei Zi and others are more willing to take advantage of the prime minister's movement of capital, but Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu brothers are unwilling. In this way, what Wang Kuang and Cao Cao do is reasonable."
Hu San spoke, including Dong Zhuo and Li Ru, and also nodded slowly to agree.
Identify it means being able to agree, but Dong Zhuo was extremely angry and had a gloomy face.
"Wang Kuang..."
"If you don't kill you, it will be difficult to relieve the hatred in our hearts--"
Dong Zhuo kicked the little bitch who was lying on the ground, and his breathing became more and more rapid. The more he thought about it, the more angry he became. Lu Bu suddenly stepped forward.
"The adoptive father, the child is willing to lead the army order and cut off the thief's head with his own hands to send it to the adoptive father!"
Dong Zhuo was stunned and couldn't help but look at Sun Niu, Hu San and others...
"snort!"
"My son retreats, and for my father, he wants to cut off the thief's head with his own hands!"
"promise!"
Lu Bu retreated coldly, but Dong Zhuo was put in mid-air. He had to take 20,000 Dong Buyi back to Luoyang. This was not what he wanted.
In this world, except for Dong Hu and his group who know him better, only Dong Zhuo knows Dong Buyicon's combat power best. From the time he recruited two thousand mercenaries, he knew that this army had a strong combat power.
Dong Zhuo may doubt whether the soldiers recruited by Cao Cao dared to fight, but he would not doubt that the mercenaries recruited by Dong Hu had two kilograms of grain a day, and nothing was left. Everything could only be obtained from the battlefield. Who dares to say that such soldiers dare not fight to the death?
He knew very well what kind of existence of Dong Buyicheng. He believed that Sun Niu and Hu San would lead troops back to Luoyang. Wang Kuang, who had only 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers and horses, could not win. He firmly believed in this, but Lu Bu could only lead all the soldiers back to Luoyang. He would never let Lu Bu command Sun Niu or Hu San, and they would not be able to obey Lu Bu.
"well……"
Dong Zhuo sighed in his heart. If there were soldiers and horses in the Eighth Camp in Xiyuan or the Twelve City Gate beside him, Lu Bu could resist Wang Kuang, but there were only Pojun Camps and Shanzi camps around him.
No matter how reluctant he was, Dong Zhuo could only look at Li Ru solemnly.
"You go to Xingyang in person and tell Li Ru! Let him beat us hard! If the troops are quite strong and cannot defeat Cao Cao, let's cut off his head!"
"snort!"
Dong Zhuo was furious. He was going to kill Cao Cao himself, but the damn Wang Kuang actually jumped out.
"Hei Niu, Hu San, I'll give you an hour to prepare. You must return to Luoyang in one hour!"
Sun Niu, Hu San and a group of generals bowed together.
Gu Kang
"promise!"
...
Dong Buyi was more efficient than the rest of the troops. When forming mercenaries, in order to march quickly, Dong Hu took them all over the mountains and fields to run around the mountains and fields all day, using the excuse of "escape to save their lives". When he was poor, it was impossible to equip each soldier with sleeping bags. It was not until he defeated the Huns that he had a large number of sheepskin-making sleeping bags.
The rules of the army in later generations are similar. After soldiers get up early, everyone must organize their sleeping bags. In order to transfer camps as soon as possible, clothes and sleeping bags must be stuffed into huge backpacks, and all items must be prepared accordingly. These rules are Dong Buyi's rules from the field, and everyone is like this, including Dong Hu and twenty deputy generals.
Dong Buyi acted quickly and his own belongings almost didn't take much time. He just needed to disassemble the marching tent on the back of a military carriage or mule. Half an hour was enough to run away at any time.
The army is like a huge machine. It is not easy to operate this machine effectively. Not only should the soldiers be well-trained, but they also have huge supplies and tools to transport materials, such as carriages loading large objects, such as donkeys, mules and horses that can move quickly, and especially the five thousand heavy armored infantry in Sun Niu's hands.
Light infantrymen are different depending on the types of troops, such as the shield soldiers in Hu Sanshan's character camp, with all their leather armor. In addition to adding some iron sheets to the key defense on their chests, the rest are all leather armor, weighing 20 to 30 kilograms (actually only a dozen kilograms). The crossbowmen are equipped with half-body leather armor, while the armor of heavy infantry is 70 to 80 kilograms (thirty to forty kilograms). These are just armor, as well as shields, swords, guns, arrows, and huge marching backpacks on their backs. The weight of light infantrymen is 70 to 80 kilograms (thirty to forty kilograms). If heavy infantry is behind them and so many loads are added, then don't marches for long distances, so each heavy infantry must be equipped with carriages or donkeys, mules and horses. However, Dong Hu prefers horses and mules more, and there is no shortage of horses in the horse farm. The eliminated mares are also considered waste utilization.
Although Dong Zhuo was not very interested in these things, he also knew the elite level of the boys carrying huge bags. If Luoyang Camp and Chang'an Camp were made like this, the army would definitely be dissatisfied long ago. How could it be if they were willing to carry so many things? Even the engineer shovels that built the camp were carrying. How tired would it be? But when Sun Niu and Hu San gave the order, all the soldiers carried huge bags.
The spies were scattered, and there were many people in the Central Plains. The eagle and falcon could not effectively detect the danger. The original ten-mile warning range was also compressed within three or five miles on both sides of the marching. However, once you cross the Hulao Pass, the warning range was compressed within one mile again due to terrain. You should be good at climbing soldiers and follow the dirt and mountains on both sides of the valley road. Although Sun Niu and Hu San did not think there was any danger within the eight passes, this was the rule in the army, especially the infantry who could not transfer quickly, paying special attention to the panic caused by the sudden attack of the enemy.
Zhang Fei's plan was successful and he successfully transferred Dong Zhuo from the Xingyang battlefield. All this was unknown to Cao Cao a hundred miles away. At the same time, Xu Rong "seemed" to detect the danger. Countless soldiers accelerated from Yuanwu, Yangwu, Juanxian, Zhongmu, Kaifeng, Yuanling, Xinzheng, Mixian and Jingxian drove the people to Xingyang. The two sides chased and fled like a game. However, after Cao Cao led his troops into Yuanwu County, the thousands of soldiers and horses scattered abandoned the people they drove away and ran towards Xingyang, as if they were defeated...
"Report—"
A spy broke into the tent.
"I reported to the general. From Yumen Ferry to Guangwu, there were thieves in Ao Cang, and the people hid all said that they were the soldiers of the Hanoi Prefect Wang Kuang."
When the spy spoke "Wang Kuang", everyone in the tent was stunned. Xu Rong frowned and said, "I believe it is Hanoi soldiers? How many thieves have been discovered?"
The spy clasped his fists and said, "It is impossible to know for the time being. The thieves are erratic, and the people are talking about thousands or tens of thousands. The brothers are not yet sure."
Xu Rong nodded silently and turned to look at Li Ru who was frowning.
"The lord may have been fooled by the thief, and he pretended to be the thief who deceived the lord."
Listening to the spy's words, Li Ru also noticed some flaws and nodded with a bitter smile.
"Then Wang Kuang discovered the prime minister for eight or eight, so he pretended to be a mystery and transferred the general back to Luoyang, and set up a suspicious formation behind the general to shake the morale of the army."
Xu Rong nodded disdainfully and said, "What the sir said is that since Wang Kuang spreads news and attacks Luoyang across the river, he will never be able to appear behind our army again. Otherwise... let alone Wang Kuang cannot save Hanoi County, it is not certain whether Liu Fu can still save his life."
Li Ru nodded silently, Wang Kuang had only a few troops. After Dong Zhuo left Luoyang, he might be able to cross the river and take the opportunity to enter Luoyang. But if Dong Zhuo returns to Luoyang, Wang Kuang would not be able to cross the Yellow River, nor would he run a hundred miles away to attack Xu Rong's back. Once he ran a hundred miles away, Dong Zhuo could easily cross the river and break into Henei County, and cut off Wang Kuang's retreat and then break into Jizhou.
Zhang Fei's plan was very good, and he brought the news of Wang Kuang crossing the river from Mengjin into Dong Zhuo's ears. Whether it is true or false, Dong Zhuo had to make some defenses, but he also made "front-and-back" action behind Xu Rong's back, which also allowed Xu Rong, who had extremely rich experience in the battle formation to see through the false at first sight.
Xu Rong looked at Wang Fang, who was wearing armor on his helmet.
"Wang Fang."
Wang Fang strode forward.
"The last one will be here!"
"With you a thousand cavalry, go to Guangwu immediately and check the direction of Ao Cang. I need to know the specific situation!"
"promise!"
Chapter completed!