Chapter 623: It is necessary to push the possibility of Dong Zhuo's defeat
The Heishan Army hid in the Taihang Mountains between Bingzhou and Jizhou, mainly occupying Jingxing, Fukouxing and Baixing Roads, among which Zhang Yan's troops near Jingxing are the strongest. Jingxing is in Changshan County, and Changshan County is adjacent to Youzhou. If Zhang Yan is willing, it is nothing to run to Youzhou to loot.
Dong Hu threatened all the princes with the Yellow Turban Army in public. After Liu Yu received the news, he was also afraid, so he sent his son Liu He to assist the Jizhou Mu Han Fu to kill the Heishan Army. The three brothers Liu, Guan and Zhang were accompanied by the three brothers.
After Dong Zhuo became the prime minister, he recommended Liu Yu Shanggong Grand Marshal, Han Fu, Yuan Shao and others to rebel. Dong Zhuo dismissed the position of Yuan Wei's Grand Tutor and recommended Liu Yu as Grand Tutor. However, Liu Yu did not join the court to take office. But no matter what, Dong Zhuo wanted to win over Liu Yu, so naturally he would not chop his son's head with one knife.
When Liu He went to Chang'an, the safety was guaranteed and it also represented Youzhou's attitude. Xu You's suggestions were sophisticated, and Yuan Shao agreed very happily.
Yuan Shao did not dare to stop in Henei County, for fear that Dong Zhuo would catch up, so he kept running towards Yecheng, while Zhu Jun, Zhang Yang, Han Hao, Liu Guan and Zhang rushed to Yanzhou day and night.
Two waves of people fled north and east, and did not dare to pause along the way until they escaped from Hanoi County, and then stopped, and various atrocities came from Hanoi County.
Tens of thousands of soldiers looted Hanoi County, and the people in thatched huts were better. Even if they were robbed, they could not grab a few copper steaks. The wealthy families in the high-walled courtyard were in trouble. Just as a group of evil ghosts faced a plate of wild vegetables and fat meat, the first choice of evil ghosts is definitely fat meat. Only after swallowing the fat meat can they choose wild vegetables without oil.
Dong Zhuo seemed to be trying to rob all the wealthy families in Hanoi County at one time, and he robbed his subordinates without any restrictions. Countless soldiers smashed open heavy doors like locusts, and then screamed, cried, begged... All that was left was a corpse.
Countless people plundered, which made Niu Fu, Li Jue and Guo Si furious. After tens of thousands of soldiers crossed the Yellow River, Hanoi County had become the private property of three people. Countless soldiers plundered, wasn't it just robbed the money and food in their pockets?
But no matter how angry the three of them were, they had no choice but to join the looting feast even more crazily. Jizhou and Yanzhou became nervous. Not only did they expand their troops again, Han Fu also personally led a 50,000 army to station on the north bank of the Huanshui River, and sent his first strong general Qu Yi to guard Neihuang, threatening Dangyin County, the frontier city of Hanoi County from the north and east.
Not only Han Fu, the governor of Jizhou, was nervous, but Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, was also nervous. He actually gathered tens of thousands of troops in Baima City again. Qiao Mao, the prefect of Dongjun, was the first to lead tens of thousands of troops across the border and into Jizhou...
News came to Luoyang one after another. Except for Dong Gu, all the nine deputy generals of the Governor's Office of the Five Army were in charge of the government office, and every information had to be discussed carefully, for fear that there would be too many changes when Dong Hu no longer had.
"Report."
"Chen Liu came to report."
A group of generals who were discussing in a low voice turned their heads together and saw the spy take out a letter from his arms. When he heard it was a letter from Chenliu County, Sun Niu instinctively walked forward.
"Chenliu County?"
"Is it that Liu Dai attacked Chenliu County?"
Hu San curled his lips, looking very disdainful.
"The Grand Master cannot cross the river and does not attack. When the Grand Master has already won a great victory, come to attack. Are you looking for a draw?"
Everyone laughed and nodded. No matter how Liu Dai could, he would not provoke them at this time. Even if he secretly increased troops to Hanoi, it would be too late to wrestle Dong Zhuo in Hanoi.
According to the agreement between the two parties, the four counties of Hanoi, Chenliu, Yingchuan and Nanyang were owned by the court. Yingchuan County had been defeated and surrendered before this. After a quarrel, Zhang Miao and Yuan Shu were willing to give up their territory, and Chenliu and Nanyang were also successfully delivered. Only the prefect of Hanoi County Wang Kuang was unwilling to give up their territory.
Wang Kuang was unwilling to give up his territory, and the other princes admitted that Hanoi County belonged to Dong Hu or the court, but the court needed to retake it himself.
If you take it yourself, Luoyang will have a war with Henei County. At this time, all the princes can add troops to Wang Kuang privately. As long as the princes in Yanzhou do not explicitly carry flags to join the war, it will not be considered a breach of contract. Of course, Liu Dai, Zhang Miao and others were afraid that Dong Hu would not abide by the agreement, and they were afraid that Liang and the Iron Cavalry would suddenly send troops to attack Yanzhou, and they did not dare to disperse the troops and horses into Henei County.
When Yuan Shao, Wang Kuang and Dong Zhuo confronted each other across the river, Yanzhou did not secretly send troops to the war. Dong Zhuo had already killed the Yellow River. If he secretly participated in the war, the generals were willing, and the soldiers below were unwilling to die in vain.
Sun Niu knew that Liu Dai would not cause trouble at this time. He only raised his eyebrows a few times when he sarcastically said to Hu San, but his eyes were fixed on the letter...
"Han Fu, Yuan Shao was afraid. They found Zhang Yi and wanted us to stop the Taishi from expanding the war."
"oh?"
Dong Chong stood up, Sun Niu delivered the letter to him, and said without caring: "We think... we should not ask too much about this. If the Grand Master is willing, then let him rob Jizhou. It would be good for us to make some small money later."
Dong Fu nodded and agreed: "Brother has decided to go through his own affairs. We should not get involved in the affairs of the Grand Master too much. Even if we breach the contract... it will be a breach of the Grand Master and it has nothing to do with us."
After reading the letter, Dong Chong delivered it to Dong You, frowned and said, "We always feel that Han Fu and Yuan Shao are not kind. After the eldest son was seriously injured, it was reported that the eldest brother and the Grand Master were incompatible. At this time, the Grand Master was at great victory. If we spoke to persuade him, what would the Grand Master think?"
Dong You looked away from the letter and agreed: "If we win a great victory and want to further defeat the Jizhou army, if others speak to stop us, we will definitely be angry and unhappy. But if the person who speaks to stop us uses troops to force us to withdraw our troops, it is not that we are displeased, but that we are angry!"
Dong Fu looked at Zhang Liao and said, "Wen Yuan thought what?"
Zhang Liao frowned and said, "There are pros and cons. We helped Han Fu and Yuan Shao. What are the benefits for us?"
"There is nothing good!" Hu San couldn't help but speak.
Zhang Liao said seriously: "It's true that there are not many benefits. Even if we help Han Fu and Yuan Shao, they will not be grateful to us for this. Perhaps they will use this matter to anger the Taishi and let us go to war with the Taishi. We think... it's best not to ask about this matter."
The generals nodded silently, Dong Chong turned to the chief envoy Dong You and said seriously: "Send the letter to Sister Da Ya and accompany our opinions."
"promise."
...
Dong You did not hesitate and left the meeting hall with letters. The Five Army Governor's Office was very close to the General's Office. They were all in the southeast corner of the Nangong. They were originally the Sangong's Office, but after Dong Zhuo moved the capital, it became the General's Office, the Five Army Governor's Office, and the Sixth Minister's Office. Perhaps Daya learned from Dong Hu's habit. In the morning, they were all in the General's Office, the Five Army Governor's Office, and the Sixth Minister's Office had to work in the General's Office compound, and in the afternoon they all returned to the yamen.
As soon as he walked out of the yard, Dong You saw Yao Shan sitting in the carriage. He hurriedly went up to see him. Yao Shan didn't take it seriously and asked casually, but after hearing Dong You's words, his expression became a little solemn.
"You are quite calm, we really shouldn't get involved in such bad things."
Dong You smiled and said, "Uncle Dashan said that Hanoi County has been handed over to the Grand Master. We should not interfere too much. Even if we are betrayal, it is the Grand Master's business. As long as others don't provoke us, we will farm and train soldiers. If the Grand Master really causes a big deal and is defeated, it is not impossible for us to fight another battle..."
"parking!"
Yao Shan suddenly stopped the driver who was rushing to the car and waved to Dong You. Dong You hurriedly got closer...
"Defeated in the battle? Do you mean that the Taishi will be defeated in the battle?"
Dong You's "defeated" was just a casual statement. Judging from the "Mengjin Battle" some time ago, Dong Zhuo was an extremely experienced general. Even if he fought with Han Fu and Yuan Shao in Jizhou, there was no possibility of defeat. But when Yao Shan asked solemnly, Dong You's expression became serious...
"No one can guarantee the victory or defeat of the soldiers. You need to know the number of soldiers participating in the battle, the combat power of the soldiers, the ability of the generals, strategies and tactics, weapons and equipment, and logistics supply capabilities..."
Yao Shan waved his hand impatiently and said, "Don't tell us all this, just do that for us immediately... military push, we need to know if the Grand Tutor will be defeated if he wants to fight against Jizhou!"
Dong You never thought about the problem of Dong Zhuo's defeat. Tens of thousands of Chang'an soldiers had just crossed the Yellow River. Yuan Shao and Wang Kuang were defeated and resisted decently... Just as he thought of this, Dong You suddenly thought of the battle between Fan Chou and the general Wen Chou under Yuan Shao, and frowned.
"Uncle Dashan said that Fan Chou and Wen Chou fought in Bo County a few days ago, fighting against 10,000 for 30,000. Although Fan Chou won, his troops lost more than 10,000."
Dong Buyi has been staring at Hanoi almost all the time. The generals of both sides have been in private. The heavy gold and copper robbed by the soldiers can be directly exchanged with the "merchants" who accompanied the army for Dong money paper tickets.
In addition to the heavier gold and copper, there are also some messy things, such as grain, cloth, houses, land deeds, and well-made items... As long as they can be sold for money, even the wood of the house beams of wealthy families will be demolished.
War wealth is a huge profit among huge profits. Not to mention that other items are almost sold to Da Ya for free. Even if real gold and silver are exchanged into Dongbiao banknotes, they will be exchanged 5:4 due to the cost incurred in transportation.
There are such a group of merchants who specialize in following the army in Dong Zhuo's name. It is very easy to obtain first-hand information on the battlefield in the Hanoi. The Governor's Office of the Five Army naturally knew how many soldiers Fan Chou had lost.
Daya once discussed this matter carefully with the nine deputy generals and the commander of the army. The final conclusion was that Wen Chou had become a trapped beast in the cage. The frontal interception of such a "war against the water" army will definitely suffer a great loss. The best way is to follow the left and right wings behind the fleeing troops, pursuing them layer by layer.
Wang Kuang and the 40,000 to 50,000 troops led by Wen Chou were complex, including local soldiers recruited by Hanoi, soldiers recruited by Wang Kuang from his hometown of Taishan Army, and soldiers of Jizhou Army and Yanzhou "Minzhuang" soldiers. After Dong Zhuo killed the Yellow River and cut off Wang Kuang and Wen Chou's retreat, the two were defeated.
It is good to lose the war, but the collapsed soldiers will have two manifestations. The soldiers originally affiliated with Hanoi will flee in scattered areas. Hanoi is their hometown, with a familiar terrain and they do not want to wander around, so they will hide everywhere. However, the Jizhou Army, Taishan Army and Yuan Shao forcibly arrested the people in Yanzhou. Some people will panic and follow the local soldiers in Hanoi to hide in scattered areas, but some will definitely form a "sagittal shape" to escape towards their hometown.
The battle zone is different within the territory of the "enemy and me", and the defeated side also performs differently. Once the enemy forms a "sagittal-shaped" defeated army with stronger penetration and stands in front of the "sagittal-shaped" enemy who is determined to escape, it will definitely suffer a greater loss. All generals agree with this conclusion, but others ignore the fact that Fan Chou has 40% of the war loss, and it is still in the case that our own troops have an absolute advantage.
40% of the war damage will have a great blow to the army. With such a great war damage, the army must undergo a period of renovation. Not only should some troops be replenished, but more importantly, it is to restore the morale of the excessive war damage. However, after Dong Zhuo indulged the soldiers to loot, his low morale was smoothed out in the face of massive wealth, which did not have much impact on Dong Zhuo. Instead, his morale did not decline, but was extremely high.
But will the soldiers fight to the death after they have eaten their stomachs?
Chapter completed!