Chapter 432 Rongyang ambush battle

Author: The guy with blades

Chapter 432 Rongyang ambush battle

"General, then Dong Zhuo really asked us to burn Luoyang City to ashes."

The deputy general beside Xu Huang couldn't help feeling a pity when he looked at the sky-sky fire in front of him.

A giant ancient city, a very ancient capital, would be burned one day, which is equivalent to the artificially destroying most of Liu Han’s hundreds of years of history.

"That Dong Thief is really hateful. I didn't expect that even Luoyang City would be burned... What is the statement on General Yang Feng's side?"

Xu Huang, who looked disappointed on his face, looked at the deputy general beside him, trying to know what his boss was thinking from the other party.

After hearing this, the deputy general immediately showed a hesitant expression, and then replied: "General Yang Feng has agreed to Dong Zhuo's recruitment and followed the leader Guo Tai to Chang'an to take important positions."

"Um……"

Xu Huang then fell silent and didn't say anything.

"What the general means is that he doesn't want to join Dong Zhuo with General Yang Feng?"

"If he hadn't burned Luoyang, I would naturally follow Yang Feng to join him, but now that Dong Zhuo has done such an extraordinary thing, I need to think carefully about it."

Xu Huang was an official in Hedong County at first. If the county town had not been captured by Bai Bo's army, he would not have been forced to participate in it. He became a bandit and was scolded by Li Ji as an unfaithful, unrighteous, unkind and unfilial person.

"What else should Gongming consider? Follow me, Yang Feng, and join Gong Dong, and keep your promotion!"

At some point, Yang Feng led his personal soldiers to appear behind Xu Huang and leaned over with a swagger.

The Bai Bo soldiers along the way immediately lowered their heads and gave up a spacious road for Yang Feng.

Yang Feng had a very high status in the Baibo Army, basically only under the leader Guo Tai. Many generals in the army were recruited by Yang Feng and had a strong voice.

"I've seen the general."

Xu Huang bowed to Yang Feng, but his eyes turned to the other side, and it seemed that he did not answer directly Yang Feng's favor.

"You are very skilled in martial arts and have made great contributions under Gong Dong's account. I have recommended you to Gong Dong and appointed you as the Marquis of the City Gate, and control the gateway of Chang'an City with me."

Yang Feng's hearty smile rang out, and he narrowed his eyes and patted Xu Huang's shoulder.

The deputy general on the side turned sideways and whispered: "General, Chengmen Hou is a good position to get good money and has a very high status. It seems that Dong Zhuo regards our Bai Bo army as his own."

"Haha, you're right. Dong Zhuo promised the leader that we asked our Baibo army to be responsible for some of the city gates of Chang'an City. Not only did you, Xu Gongming and you, serve as the city gate marquis, but the leader became the city gate lieutenant."

The city gate lieutenant is in charge of the city gate guards of the capital, and is generally controlled by the foreign relatives Chonggui. Now, in order to win over the power of the Bai Bo army, Dong Zhuo did not hesitate to put the position of the city gate lieutenant to outsiders, which shows the other party's ambition.

However, there was no expression of joy on Xu Huang's face, and he spoke, "But Dong Zhuo burned Luoyang. If we still help the evil, wouldn't it ruin our reputation?"

"Famous reputation is worth a lot of money, and there is no official position and money. Gongming, please listen to me. With official position and money, it means that the noble family that is more wise than the top will dare to look down on us."

Yang Feng replied indifferently.

They have all become bandits, and their reputation in Hedong is already terrible. If they still insist on it, then what about the reputation of the child, it would be better to kill him and be reincarnated as soon as possible.

Now that you can become an official by relying on Dong Zhuo, you can also whitewash the dirty things you have done before, have the power and money in hand. Who dares to discuss them? Wouldn’t your reputation be back automatically?

Xu Huang looked at the other party silently, finally took a deep breath, and said, "I understand. I am willing to follow the general and surrender to Dong Zhuo, but if I have something to say first, I will definitely abandon my official position and leave if I think something is wrong in the future."

"I know Gongming's temper very well. I will never stop you from leaving."

Although Yang Feng explicitly stated that he supported Xu Huang, he secretly couldn't help but mock the other party.

In his eyes, Xu Huang's distorted attitude was nothing more than hiding his desire for power. He was such a poor person who wanted to save face.

Han Sui and Ma Teng, the leader of the rebels in Liangzhou, did not agree to Dong Zhuo's favor at the suggestion of the lord Jiang Chang. Instead, he chose to ask Dong Zhuo for the positions of General Zhenxi and General Zhanxi, and led his troops back to Liangzhou.

"After we have an official position, we are no longer a thief, but officials in the court can be legitimately in charge of Liangzhou."

Han Sui was in a good mood and couldn't help laughing loudly on the way on the way to riding a war horse.

Another leader, Ma Teng, also smiled.

After Ma Teng was General Fubo and Ma Yuan, he became the general of the Western Expedition, which can be regarded as the majesty of reorganizing the Ma family.

"Dong Zhuo is now moving his capital to Chang'an. Although he is closer to Liangzhou, he still needs to manage the territory of Guanzhong and has no time to take care of Liangzhou in a short period of time. We will go back as soon as possible, use our official positions to recruit various counties and cities, and turn Liangzhou into our own."

"Brother Han said it right. Liangzhou is the foundation of our existence. No matter which side Dong Zhuo or the princes wins, as long as we are still in Liangzhou, they will not dare to act rashly."

The Ma family army and the Liangzhou rebels rode their horses and drove the people stolen from Luoyang to Liangzhou.

It was not only Dong Zhuo's forces that targeted the millions of people in Luoyang City, and the Liangzhou rebels and Chang'an army who defected to him also wanted to get a share of it.

Population is the most important resource in troubled times. The more people, the greater the energy contained in power and the greater the potential for war.

Liangzhou is a barren land with a very sparse population. There is nothing wrong with all the practices of Ma Teng and others.

But the Chang'an lords led by Qin Fan also wanted to migrate their population to their own territory, which was a big taboo.

"Lord, we use the method of breaking the whole into pieces to divide the civilians into countless pieces, so that we can hide it from Dong Zhuo and Li Ru and enrich the population of the territory."

The commander Zhang Bin looked at the crowd in front of him, with a hint of solemnity on his face, and an excited expression flashed through his face.

These people will be the capital to deal with Dong Zhuo in the future.

Qin Fan and other Chang'an lords defected to Dong Zhuo, just to get enough benefits from Dong Zhuo. When Dong Zhuo is useless or excellent, they will show their fangs and eat Dong Zhuo, a giant.

Although Zhang Bin did not understand why his lord Qin Fan was sure that Dong Zhuo's power would inevitably have turmoil in the future, as a strategist, he had to always give advice and advice to the lord.

Therefore, relying on this hypothesis, Zhang Bin looked for all opportunities to enhance Qin Fan's strength and build this big ship more and more solidly.

"Guan Ling, Ma Wu, You Liang, Ju Wuba, you four are disguised and lead a team of soldiers to drive away the civilians and send a commander behind them. If they are unwilling to go to our city, then kill them directly on the spot."

In order to achieve his goal, Qin Fan did not hesitate to threaten these civilians by killing. Sometimes death is the real motivation for people.

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at the same time.

Li Ji, Cao Cao and Sun Jian each led a large army to leave Hulao Pass. Tens of thousands of soldiers set out the road ahead, and infantry followed closely behind, and marched towards Luoyang City at a very fast speed.

Along the way, Li Ji also released birds and beasts that could be investigated, such as the war eagle, the black duck, and provided the situation nearby for them.

If Li Ji remembered correctly, when Cao Cao led his troops to pursue Dong Zhuo alone in the original history, he accidentally entered the ambush trap of the other party, causing heavy losses to his troops.

Therefore, the three of them marched very carefully, for fear of entering the encirclement of Dong Zhuo's army and ruining the troops.

"There are more and more people dying on the road. It seems that Dong Zhuo is determined to bring thousands of people from Luoyang City to Chang'an."

Li Ji couldn't help frowning when he looked at the broken and desolate people on the road.

"We must speed up the marching. Once Dong Zhuo and the others retreat into Hangu Pass, we will never have the chance to pursue Dong Zhuo severely."

Cao Cao, who is still a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, urged his troops to speed up the marching and pursue Luoyang City with high horses.

After a rapid march, when the three men entered the Bian River area of ​​Rongyang, Li Ji and the other three felt tired, and the infantry under their command also showed a lot of fatigue on their faces.

"Meng De, if we marching in a hurry, let alone the Luoyang city, we will exhaust many soldiers on the way. We need to find a suitable place to rest and recover our physical strength."

"An Min is right. He doesn't have enough physical strength. If he faces Dong Zhuo's Xiliang Iron Cavalry, we don't have much chance of winning."

Sun Jian, who was standing beside him, also spoke out loud.

As the top talent in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao naturally understood this truth. He nodded and ordered his respective troops to rest on the spot.

“Where is this place?”

Cao Cao was not idle, so he activated his war horse to move forward, wielding his whip and pointing to the distance.

Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Dun, located on the left and right side of Cao Cao, looked at each other, and one of them immediately replied: "Meng De, this is the Bian River area, and there is a city in Rongyang nearby. Do we need to enter the city to replenish food and grass?"

The place they are in is extremely wide, with only three or four small hills in the distance, so it can be said that there is no danger here.

Cao Cao pondered for a moment, then said, "A horse is flat here. If a soldier comes from afar, in our current state, we may not be able to withstand the Western Liang Iron Cavalry, which is like a wolf or a tiger."

After hearing this, the Xiahou brothers' face suddenly became solemn.

They looked at each other, and Xiahou Yuan immediately urged the horse to move forward, glanced at the front, and then said, "Prince Li sent the War Eagle Black Crow to patrol the periphery, but did not find any situation. Meng De, are you too worried?"

"And Dong Zhuo is busy moving the capital to Chang'an now, so he should not have the mind to separate some of his troops and horses, so it is even more impossible for us to ambush us."

Cao Cao frowned and said, "Although Dong Zhuo is extremely stupid, Li Ru is not a mediocre person. If he knew that we had broken through Hulao Pass, he would definitely try his best to delay our actions, and ambush is the most effective and direct way."

"Ha, Dong Zhuo lost Hulao Pass, and the defenders were defeated and retreated to Luoyang. How dare you lay ambushing us on the way? Meng De, don't worry, with our two brothers present, Dong's bandits and horses will be defeated and returned."

Xiahou Dun laughed out loud and said comfortingly.

"Brother, don't be careless. It's not a bad thing for Meng Dexin to have suspicion. Let Prefect Li and Prefect Sun be alert to prevent accidents."

Although Xiahou Yuan is not as brave as his brother, he is much stronger than the other party in terms of command, and has a very sensitive sense of war.

Even if Cao Cao did not make a guess that there would be an ambush, he would be a little vigilant in his heart to prevent an ambush accident.

"Meng De actually suspected that there would be an ambush. Where is this?"

Li Ji received the order from Cao Cao, and then he cheered up his army and was alert to the surroundings.

Soon, most of the soldiers of the three armies grabbed the weapons in their hands, and their originally relaxed expressions changed, and they became slightly solemn, with a vigilant look in their eyes, scanning the surroundings.

"Report to the general that this is the Bian River area, and the nearest city is Rongyang City."

"Rongyang City? What a familiar name..."
To be continued...