In October of the fourth year of Zhongping (187), Taiyuan County!

When the Huns rebelled, Dong Zhuo was scared to death, fearing that the Huns and the Tengjia Army would attack Taiyuan County together.

But in a twist of events, the Huns unexpectedly attacked the Tengjia Army in Mayi!

"I divined a fortune a few days ago and said it was a good omen. I thought it was a mistake, but I didn't expect it to be a good omen!" Dong Zhuo laughed.

"Congratulations, general. Congratulations, general. Now the Huns and Lei Gong are fighting. It is said that they have also contacted the Xianbei people, and there are hundreds of thousands of them. Even if this battle cannot destroy Lei Gong, it will greatly hurt Lei Gong! The general can rest easy from now on.

Yes!" Li Ru laughed at the side.

Niu Fu also laughed and said: "General, should we also take the opportunity to send troops to attack Lei Gong? Not to mention destroying Lei Gong, it would be good to capture Yanmen Pass. At least we can block Lei Gong outside the pass again!"

"Yes, General, this is a rare opportunity!" Other generals also suggested to Dong Zhuo.

Dong Zhuo also had this idea. Yanmen Pass was occupied by Xu Wei, and the entire Bingzhou gate was wide open. It can be seen that Dong Zhuo has slept with one eye open since he came to Taiyuan County, for fear that Lei Gong would lead an army of 100,000 people to rush out of Yanmen Pass!

Dong Zhuo looked at his counselor and asked, "What do Wen You think of this proposal?"

Li Ru thought for a while and shook his head and said: "Yanmen Pass is too important to Mayi. Not to mention that Lei Gong stationed 5,000 elite soldiers here. It is difficult to break through with our strength. Even if we can break through, we can't help the Huns and the Huns."

After taking the grain, the general can think about it. For Lei Gong, which one is more important, Shuofang County, Wuyuan County, Yunzhong County, or Yanmen Pass?"

Dong Zhuo only reacted when he heard this and said helplessly: "Of course Yanmen Pass is important!"

The foundation of the Tengjia Army is in Mayi, and the main tribes are also in Mayi. Even if Shuofang County, Wuyuan County, and Yunzhong County are all lost, Mayi's vitality will not be hurt, but if Mayi is lost, Tengjia Army will not be harmed.

Army A is about to become a rootless apple!

Li Ru continued: "If we attack Yanmen Pass now, Lei Gong will abandon the three counties of Heshuo to defend Yanmen Pass. Then the general will have to face Lei Gong's 100,000 troops!"

At this time, Dong Zhuo's men came to report that they were envoys from the Huns asking to see him!

Dong Zhuo was puzzled for a while. Xubu Guduhou had killed Qiang Qu, the Shanyu appointed by the Emperor of Han Dynasty, and now he dared to photograph the envoys coming to Taiyuan County! Especially since Qiang Qu was his relative and friend, since he came to Taiyuan County, Qiang Qu

The gifts he gave were all worth 5 million yuan. The one Xubu Guduhou killed was the Chanyu of the Huns, but the one he killed was Dong Zhuo's financial sponsor!

Li Ru said clearly: "General, the Huns want you to help them take grains from the fire."

Dong Zhuo said angrily: "The Huns also dared to plot against me. Someone chopped off the Huns' envoy and threw his head to Marquis Xubu Gudu!"

At this time, Li Ru made Dong Zhuo say: "General Xubu Guduhou wants to use the general, and the general can also use these Huns to help us weaken Lei Gong!"

Dong Zhuo asked: "Wen You, what are your plans?"

Li Ru smiled and said: "General, don't look at the fierce momentum of the Huns and Xianbei coalition forces, but if Lei Gong cannot defend, the Huns and Xianbei coalition forces will definitely be defeated! So we must help the Huns and Xianbei people to make them stronger.

At the very least, the siege power will be stronger, so that we can consume more of Lei Gong’s strength!”

Dong Zhuo immediately said: "Crowbar!"

What is the most famous weapon in the Han Dynasty in recent years? It must be the crowbar. Before the crowbar appeared, a fort defended by a thousand people was enough to leave tens of thousands of people helpless.

Zhang Jiao claimed to have a million Yellow Turban troops, but he failed to conquer a few forts. When Zhang Niujiao started to cause trouble, he used crowbars to conquer hundreds of forts at once.

The casualties were heavy, and even the powerful nobles of Wei County were almost wiped out by Lei Gong.

Then there were several rebellions by the Han Dynasty, and crowbars appeared frequently. Zhang Yan used crowbars to attack the city of Jizhou, and Zhang Chun used crowbars to attack the city of Youzhou. It can be said that the city walls with thousands of years of fortifications were vulnerable to crowbars.

One blow, now all the generals in the world are thinking of new defense methods and want to come up with new shields!

Although there was no war going on here, Dong Zhuo still prepared hundreds of crowbars just in case! He even ordered the generals around him to think of ways to deal with the crowbars!

Li Ru smiled and said: "Don't you need to replace the general's crowbar with a new one? Just sell these hundreds of old crowbars to the Huns!"

Dong Zhuo laughed and said: "We want to sell it to the Huns, and we have to sell it to the Huns at a high price. Qiangqu gave me a lot of money at the beginning, and Xubu Guduhou killed all my friends. I don't want to sell it to the Huns at a high price."

How can I be worthy of the dead Qiangqu! Wenyou, I leave this matter to you!"

Li Ru smiled and said: "I promise to satisfy the general!"

So the Huns' envoy, deceived by Li Ru, spent 1 million money to buy Dong Zhuo's so-called siege weapon. At the same time, he also assured the envoy that he would attack Mayi after they attacked Tengjia Army. In this way, the Huns

The envoy was tricked away by Li Ru.

In early October of the fourth year of Zhongping (187), Mayi!

Huang Long led 10,000 fine cavalry, one person and three horses, and marched at a speed of 200 miles a day, across the entire Yunzhong County and headed towards the Xianbei pasture!

At the same time, Xu Wei's 30,000 standing army expanded rapidly. The small soldiers became corps commanders, the commanders became team leaders, the camp commanders expanded to army commanders, and the 30,000 standing army expanded to 150,000, of which 30,000 were stationed in the army.

Various passes in Mayi.

The remaining 120,000 troops were divided into two groups. One was led by Xu Wei with an army of 60,000 to support Luo County, and the other was led by Wang Yong in Shanwucheng with 60,000 soldiers heading towards Jiling County! Mayi is a war machine.

Officially fully opened.

Behind the two armies, there are one hundred thousand civilians transporting grain, grass and baggage to the two armies day and night. This means that the transportation network of counties and counties around Mayi is convenient. Outside Yanmen County, there is no rail track for Mayi.

There will be more and more logistics staff!

Therefore, Zhang Baiqi and Wang Laohan most hope that Huanglong can repel the Hungarian Xianbei attack, because then the Tengjia Army will not have to attack for 2,000 miles. Such a long journey will be a huge drain on the Tengjia Army!

At the same time, 80,000 Huns from Hexi County crossed the Yellow River and came to the north bank of the Yellow River. They also divided into two groups and attacked Luo County and Jiling County of Tengjia Army. Among them, Luo County was the first target to be attacked.

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Luo County was originally a territory occupied by the Huns, but when Xu Wei began to fight chiefs on the grassland and the news of dividing cattle and sheep reached the Huns, the Huns were also affected, and the lower-level herdsmen also killed their leaders and took refuge.

Xu Wei, so all the territory of the Huns from the Yellow River to the Yellow River was annexed by Xu Wei. The defense line of the Tengjia Army was originally in Wuzhou, and then expanded to Luo County.

Because Luo County was at the edge of the Tengjia Army, Xu Wei also built a Wubao, defended by 3,000 troops. The captain of the Wubao was named He Feng, and the supervisor was named Lu Liang, both of whom were old men around Xu Wei.

Xu Wei followed Xu Wei from the beginning when he attacked Zhao Yi's Wubao, and then followed Xu Wei all the way from Jizhou to Mayi.

It's just that they were unlucky. The captains in other directions had gone through wars and made many military exploits. They were the only ones guarding Wuzhou. The Huns did not dare to invade Mayi, so he could only stay in a daze every day.

So He Feng thought of a way to provoke the lower-level herdsmen of the Huns, but what he didn't expect was that the Qiang Qu was so cowardly, not only losing the entire pasture on the north bank of the Yellow River, but also annexing 100,000 tribesmen, but the Qiang Qu

He would rather spend money to hire Dong Zhuo for protection than dare to launch troops in the direction of Wuzhou!

He Feng made some moves, and changed from the captain of Wuzhou to the captain of Luo County, and also built a new dock.

So when He Feng heard that the Huns led an army of 40,000 to attack Luo County, he was excited. It was finally his turn to make a contribution!

He immediately asked his men to lead the herdsmen of Luo County to retreat towards Wucheng County, completely clearing the surrounding solid walls and preventing the Huns from gaining anything. At the same time, his soldiers were ready to go, waiting for the arrival of the Huns!

It's just that his mission to clear the country was not smooth! When his men came to report, the herdsmen in Luo County were unwilling to leave!

"What's going on? Why don't these herdsmen retreat to the rear!" He Feng said angrily. This will not affect his achievements!

The subordinates said helplessly: "They said they also want to join the army to defend their homeland! We can't persuade them at all!"

He Feng was surprised and said: "They also want to participate in the battle against the Huns?"

There is a militia system in the Tengjia Army, and members are trained every winter, and Luo County is no exception.

But He Feng did not plan to recruit these people for this war, because this was the territory of the Huns. After Xu Wei occupied this place, although he also moved some tribes here, most of the people in Luo County were Huns.

, He Feng was worried that Baima Tong and the others would incite rebellion against these Huns tribes, so he simply did not recruit these people.

Anyway, relying on the Wubao in Luo County, he did not think that the Huns could break through his defenses, not to mention that Mayi is very close to Luo County, about 400 miles, and half of the distance is connected by wooden tracks. Even if it is

It only takes six days at most for the large army to march and the reinforcements can reach Luo County, so he simply did not recruit militiamen. Because he recruited Huns soldiers, he had to be careful that the Huns cooperated with others and cheated him!

But He Feng never expected that his behavior would anger the Huns in Luo County! He was worried about the Huns' rebellion, but he didn't know that class conflicts are greater than ethnic conflicts. For the Huns in Luo County now, they all

The nobles who wanted to kill all the Huns naturally refused to retreat when they were asked to do so.

Moreover, they have joined the Tengjia Army for more than a year. Naturally, they know that the Tengjia Army attaches great importance to military merit, and Commander Lei Gong is a rare hero in the world. He can treat all departments equally and will not discriminate against them.

The Huns have helped the Han Dynasty fight for hundreds of years, but no Huns in the Han Dynasty have become high-ranking officials worth 2,000 shi. However, Lei Gong came to Mayi for only 3 years, but he was able to make an unknown Xianbei soldier become a captain worth 2,000 shi.

He was also entrusted with important responsibilities, which reminded many Huns of Jin Rixi.

Jin Rixi also paid his allegiance to the Han Dynasty in exchange for the wealth and honor of his descendants for generations. Now Xu Wei naturally cannot compare with the prestige of the Han Dynasty, but Lei Gong is willing to give these Huns a chance and is willing to promote the Huns.

The Han Dynasty has a higher prestige, but it has begun to be conservative. The Huns have been loyal to successive Han emperors for hundreds of years, but they have not received any trust. Therefore, the Huns are more willing to seek refuge with Lei Gong who gives them a chance, and become the 'Jin Rixi' beside Lei Gong. And now

The opportunity to make great achievements has come. Even if the enemy is one of their own people, these Huns will not let it go!

By the time He Feng came over, tens of thousands of Huns had already arrived at Wubao in Luo County riding on war horses and holding sabers!

When these people saw He Feng, they shouted: "Captain He, why don't you recruit us? When our Tengjia Army fights, we always recruit people to defend our homeland! You are violating Commander Qu's order."

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"We have deep hatred against those tribal leaders. Why are we not allowed to take revenge? If you dare to drive us away, we will go to Qu Shuai to end it!"

"If you don't accept us, we will fight alone. Now Baima Tong and the others occupy our home. We must defend our homeland and drive away Baima Tong and the others!"

He Feng heard this and said angrily: "Nonsense, what kind of equipment do you have? You are not going to die to fight Baima Tong. They have 40,000 people. Even if my soldiers are fully armed, they dare not take the initiative to attack!"

"Then you accept us! We will guard Luo County with you and the captain! We won't leave anyway!"

He Feng was in a dilemma when he arrived. You can't say that I just let you go to the rear because I didn't trust you!

At this time, Lu Liang followed him out. After seeing He Feng's dilemma, he immediately said: "Okay, as the supervisor of Luo County, I agree with you to join this battle. You wait here first, and we will distribute weapons and supplies to you right away."

equipment!"

The Huns around him cheered when they heard Lu Liang's words.

He Feng took Lu Liang's hand and came to a hidden place and said, "What if there are Huns spies among them?"
To be continued...