Chapter 657: Father's Kindness and Son's Filial Piety?
"Bang."
As soon as Dong Hu went south from Pingcheng to Taiyuan County, he saw the battle of the "Battle of the Realm Bridge". He just took a few glances and threw them aside and ignored them. The veteran Yao Yong couldn't help but smile when he saw him like this.
"hehe……"
"Gongsun Zan is too arrogant. What if he defeated the eight hundred infantry in the front with three thousand cavalry? Can the three thousand cavalry break through the tens of thousands of military formations behind?"
Dong Hu nodded silently. It was not that the cavalry could not rush to the front, but that was because the enemy was shaken, or he used heavy armored cavalry to attack head-on. But even so, the heavy armored cavalry basically used the "angle-cut" method to cut the corner of the enemy's military formation, rather than rushing to the enemy's army head-on to scrub the enemy's army formation, especially when the enemy has tanks as bunkers.
"Uncle Yong is right. Even if he defeated Qu Yi's 800 infantry, it would not cause much harm to Yuan Shao himself. It would be better to use infantry to confront him head-on, and the two-wing cavalry were harassed and shot back and forth. Perhaps Yuan Shao became arrogant after defeating the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, right?"
Dong Hu saw the information about Gongsun Zan's appointment of the governors of the three states without authorization, and also refreshed his view on Gongsun Zan.
"Before he won the three states of Ji, Qing and Yan, he held a banquet to celebrate, and even the governors of the three states were appointed in advance. Whether it was arrogant or confident, he, Gongsun Zan, had to be more cautious on the battlefield, especially in the key battle to determine the overlord of Hebei."
"Now, Qu Yi can defeat his 40,000 infantry and cavalry head-on with 800 people, and Gongsun Zan has become the biggest joke in the world!"
Dong Hu curled his lips disdainfully. Although he had the advantage of synergy between infantry and cavalry, he still allowed the cavalry to act as infantry to charge head-on, and he was the most elite white horse Yicong.
Any army has elite "reserve soldiers" and are elites who block the gun hole at the most critical moment. Baima Yishen is such elite. He used such elite cavalry to hit the eight hundred infantry as soon as the war started. Anyway, Dong Hu would not make such a decision. As the veteran Yao Yong said, even if he defeated Qu Yi and dared to fight the eight hundred soldiers? Do you still have to continue to hit the tens of thousands of infantry formations behind?
No matter how powerful the eight hundred infantry is, there are only eight hundred people in number, which is not worth mentioning with tens of thousands of troops. Even if they are all killed in front of the formation, tens of thousands of Jizhou troops will instinctively think it is normal. After all, Qu Yi has too few troops. The purpose of highlighting the military formation is to act as the purpose of "resisting horses", to hinder and limit the impact speed of the cavalry, rather than to form the "front arrow formation" to break the formation.
Gongsun Zan had 10,000 cavalry, more initiative in the battlefield, and was open to the plains. He could harass and fight on the battlefield, destroying the enemy in one fell swoop when Yuan Shao's morale was exhausted, or he could use 10,000 cavalry to attack Yuan Shao's rear, causing panic among the Jizhou army. No matter what choice it was, he would not lose his wise decision. However, Gongsun Zan was extremely arrogant and used the White Horse Yi to attack the eight hundred infantry in Qu Yi who was emerging in front. After suffering the chaos caused by a wave of crossbow shooting, 800 soldiers rushed into the chaotic cavalry and killed him. Bai Horse Yi was defeated from the elite cavalry and disrupted his own military formation. Gongsun Zan's morale was in chaos and could only be defeated and retreated.
In the victory of Qu Yi, Gongsun Zan's losses in the Battle of Jieqiao were not very big, only one or two thousand people were lost. Gongsun Zan still had the power to fight again, but the attack on the Youzhou army was fatal. The reason was that the soldiers lost their spiritual pillars. Even the most elite white horse Yicong failed to break through the 800-man military formation of Qu Yi. What would the lower-level soldiers think?
The first row of the three-row military formation must be elites with good psychological quality. Even if they face thousands of troops, they will not panic. The last row of reserve soldiers must be elites among the elites and the last spiritual pillar of the entire military formation. However, Gongsun Zan was too arrogant and sent the most elite reserve soldiers to the battlefield from the beginning. It would be fine if he could defeat the other party in one fell swoop. If he could not, it would definitely cause unimaginable failure to the entire army.
Dong Hu just took a look at the battle report and lost interest in Gongsun Zan's impulsive and radical behavior. However, this is a typical case of "a arrogant soldier will be defeated". The only value is that he can use this battle to hit the classic cases of arrogant generals below.
When Gongsun Zan was defeated in Jieqiao, perhaps others could not see anything, but Dong Hu knew that this battle was the most critical battle between Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao for hegemony. If Gongsun Zan won in this battle, the entire Hebei would be his, and Yuan Shao would withdraw from the stage of history. But if he was defeated, Yuan Shao would establish his hegemony as the hegemon.
Of course, Dong Hu unexpectedly appeared in this world. He would not let Yuan Shao succeed easily. It was just that Gongsun Zan's performance disappointed him. He also hesitated, wondering whether he would support this arrogant idiot...
"well……"
Dong Hu hesitated for a long time, and finally shook his head and sighed. Yao Yong seemed to be a little confused and asked in confusion.
"What's wrong?"
Dong Hu sighed, "Gongsun Zan was too arrogant and arrogant, and only defeated a group of refugees like Yellow Turban Army. He was arrogant and shouted that he was the king of the three states of Jiqing and Yan. His arrogance would inevitably become the second uncle and would inevitably become the enemy of everyone in the three states. If the battle of Jieqiao could defeat Yuan Shao, it would prove his strength to the world, but he was defeated by Yuan Shao's 800 elites. He Gongsun Zan also became a laughing stock in others' disdain. It would be difficult to intimidate others and bow his head. Not to mention that you can get support in Jizhou, there must be many opponents in Youzhou."
"Gongsun Zan is already a dry bone in the tomb, but if we don't support him, Yuan Shao will probably unify the entire Hebei within a few years. This is not the result we are willing to see."
"But the key point is... Gongsun Zan is not the source of the princes at all. If we give him direct support, we may be dragged down by his arrogance and arrogance, and the result may not be much change, but we have no more suitable support objects in Hebei."
Not afraid of opponents like gods, Dong Hu is most afraid of teammates like pigs, and he is also a teammate with a strong personality.
Yao Yong thought he was worried about something, and smiled without caring, "Don't worry too much. Didn't the Black Mountain Army join the war in this battle? Just let Gongsun Zan, Zhang Yan fight with Yuan Shao. If they join forces, they are not Yuan Shao's opponents, and we will attack Yuan Shao from Hanoi."
Dong Hu was silent for a moment...
"It seems that this is the only way."
If Gongsun Zan performed better in the Battle of Jieqiao, Dong Hu might have given him direct support, but now... he would be extremely hesitant to ask him to provide money, food and soldiers to Gongsun Zan, and the rest could only give Youzhou certain support on the southern line.
Compared to supporting Gongsun Zan, he was more willing to give Zhang Yan support. At least the Taihang Mountain Black Mountain Army is a defensive barrier on the eastern front of Bingzhou. If Zhang Yan does not die, the Bingzhou territory will be safe.
After much consideration, Dong Hu decided to go to Shangai County to meet Zhang Yan in person. It is best to have some things discussed in person.
Several spies left Jinyang and sent an order to the east to the command of Pei Yuanshao, the commander of Shangai County, and ordered Pei Yuanshao to contact Zhang Yan, the Heishan Army. However, Dong Hu didn't know that a political incident was taking place in Chang'an that completely changed the direction of the Han Dynasty...
Lu Bu and Li Su wearing armor and holding a blade to protect his carriage. Dong Zhuo was in good spirits. Since the beginning of the New Year, it has been raining constantly in the sky. It has been three or four months. The sky finally clears, and people's mood has improved a lot. Just as it approaches Chang'an...
With a "click", Dong Zhuo was almost knocked to the ground by the broken wheel, and was furious.
"What's going on?"
Dong Zhuo was furious and jumped off the carriage and found that the wheels were broken. He suddenly felt a little bad.
"It's fine when I came out, why did it break..."
Dong Min, Niu Fu, Dong Huang and others who were following behind him noticed something strange and kicked over. Seeing that the wheels broke, Dong Huang couldn't help but mutter.
"The wood is wet and broken, my uncle just needs another one..."
"Shut up!"
Dong Min scolded him unhappily, Dong Huang retreated aside angrily, and Niu Fu stepped forward and broke the broken wheel...
"It was indeed broken by moisture."
Dong Zhuo was uneasy, as if something had happened, and he couldn't help but turn to look at Lu Bu in the crowd...
“Continue to rush.”
Dong Zhuo jumped on a war horse, and after looking at each other, he could only continue on the road, but when Dong Zhuo kicked the horse for a mile, he suddenly waved to Lu Bu.
"well……"
"Since Maoer passed away, we are the only child left."
Dong Zhuo turned his head and looked at Dong Huang not far away, and sighed: "Huwa is right. Huang'er is just a playboy. After all, he can't inherit the foundation of my Dong family. Only you can inherit it in the future."
"Can you still hold a grudge against being a father?"
Dong Zhuo suddenly said this, and Lu Bu was shocked and hurriedly lowered his head and clasped his fists.
"The adoptive father punished the child because the child was too reckless..."
"hehe……"
Dong Zhuo waved his hand and said, "The Black Mountain Army in Luchang Mountain is just a group of lawless thieves. If you kill them, you will definitely anger Huwa. If we don't punish you, Huwa will definitely find trouble for you."
"You and I are father and son after all. My son is brave and not inferior to the tiger baby. Although I have suffered a little grievance for the time being, it will be of great benefit to you in the future."
As he said that, Dong Zhuo smiled again.
"My son should learn the tolerance of a tiger baby, and he should not be in a hurry."
Lu Bu's heart tightened and his head lowered and became more respectful.
"It's because the child is too reckless, so I ask the adoptive father to forgive the child's offense."
Dong Zhuo frowned slightly, but he still patted Lu Bu on his shoulders.
"hehe……"
"Thuwa has done a lot of things that we don't like since he was a child, but he never makes mistakes with women, nor does he do things that exceed the rules. You are our adopted son. We can give you what we can give you, but we can't give you what we can give you. Only after we die... Only after we die can we give you."
As soon as he mentioned the word "after death", Dong Zhuo frowned, but after thinking about it, he didn't think that Lu Bu dared to attack him.
Dong Zhuo is a veteran for decades. It can be seen that Dong Hu wrapped the entire Guanzhong, which made him extremely uncomfortable, but it was also another kind of protection for him.
He is old and has no ambition to fight the world. After seeing the little bastard being so helpless, he also acquiesced to his death, and the little bastard takes over everything he has.
Dong Zhuo knew Dong Hu's ambition very well. When he was alive, the boy who was running around would not attack Chang'an. Just as when Emperor Liu Hong was alive, the little bastard kept lying in the north of Bingzhou and was not moving until Emperor Liu Hong died of illness. Of course, Dong Zhuo was also waiting for Emperor Liu Hong to die of illness.
Dong Zhuo has experienced it personally. He knew that although Dong Hu likes to make trouble when he is alive, he will not attack Chang'an. But if he dies, the boy will definitely enter Chang'an.
Chapter completed!