After the meritorious service is completed, all the generals will return home with a full load.
Zhang Chong, on the other hand, returned to the study alone to sort out the recently received information.
Thanks to the Feijun foreign espionage system's tilt towards the power between the two capitals, Zhang Chong gained a better understanding of the war between the two capitals.
Zhang Chong never gave up paying attention to the battle between the two capitals. He knew that he must capture Hebei before the battle between the two capitals was over, otherwise the current Taishan Army would be completely unable to stop the Han Dynasty's subsequent counterattack.
The latest intelligence shows that during the Taishan Army's Northern Expedition, the second battle between the two capitals was also in full swing.
Zhang Chong collectively referred to the first battle of the Luoyang Army outside the Pass and the subsequent battle in Hedong as the First Battle of Two Capitals. As Yuan Shao returned to Mengjin with his remaining troops, Dong Zhuo, the governor of Hedong, officially joined the Xijing camp, and the battle between the two capitals
Strength is once again balanced.
After a series of arrangements, and after a group of Nanyang soldiers entered Luoyang, Luoyang once again made plans to attack westward.
After the violent death of Zhang Mancheng, the Yellow Turban Army in Nanyang finally failed under the joint efforts of the Nanyang clan and Jingzhou governor Xu Zhuan.
Zhao Hong felt that he was a son of a powerful man and felt that he could be tolerated by the local nobles, but little did he know that these nobles could not tolerate a hundred thousand yellow turbans sleeping on the side bed.
In a premeditated attack, Zhao Hong was killed while drunk. The remaining Yellow Turbans elected Han Zhong as their commander and began to continue the struggle with the local Nanyang nobles.
But Nanyang is so special. As an imperial town with a population of millions, the noble families are spread all over the country. Fan, Yin, Deng, Wu, Cen, Li, Zhuo, Zhu. Which one of these is either Guangwu or Xungui?
, so far, which disciple has not made hundreds of thousands of plans?
Under the unanimous support of these powerful clans, the Nanyang Yellow Turbans led by Han Zhong were defeated repeatedly, and finally had no choice but to surrender. However, Qin Jie, the prefect of Nanyang, did not dare to leave this group of surrendered troops with a blood feud in the territory, regardless of the Jingzhou governor Xu Wei
He objected and insisted on killing Han Zhong.
The Nanyang Yellow Turbans who were about to surrender once again scattered and fled. However, after several main battles failed, these Nanyang Yellow Turbans could only disperse to various parts of Nanyang, and some even went to Funiu Mountain to fall into the grass.
The Nanyang Yellow Turbans became grass bandits, and Nanyang's military power was released. Nanyang Governor Qin Jie and Jingzhou Governor Xu Ju were one from Nanjun, Jingzhou, and the other from Guangling, Xuzhou, both of whom were peripheral to the Ruying clan.
So this time in the dispute between the two capitals, they all sided with Luoyang. The reason was not only that they were from the Kanto gentry and wanted to be united, but the more important consideration was that they felt that the Xujun issue was in line with their Confucian principles of governing the world.
ideal.
The Liu family will be emperor, but the control of the world will be left to us scholar-bureaucrats with moral sentiments.
They didn't have time to participate in the first battle between the two capitals, but this second battle between the two capitals, they Jingzhou people cannot miss.
Therefore, Qin Jie, the prefect of Nanyang, ordered Fan He, Zhu Dian, and Wenpin to lead 3,000 Nanyang elite troops into Luo to participate in the subsequent war.
Fan He is from the Nanyang Fan family lineage, and is also the current Fanhou. Zhu Dian comes from Zhu You, the general of Jianyi during the Guangwu period, and is the most outstanding among the Nanyang Xungui lineage in recent years. Wenpin is from here to pacify the Yellow Turbans
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In short, the Nanyang soldiers who went north this time were all represented by old, middle-aged and young people, and the soldiers were also fierce soldiers who had fought bloody battlefields, which really improved the strength of Luoyang a lot.
However, compared to these three thousand Nanyang soldiers, the greater significance of the entire Jingzhou joining the Tokyo camp is the opening up of grain and fodder. The money and grain tax revenue sent from the hinterland of Jingzhou continued to flow northward from the Han River to Luo.
This allowed the Kanto side to once again accumulate material reserves for the Western Expedition.
Later, just three weeks after the Nanyang troops entered Luo, at the expedition meeting that Liu Bian personally attended, the Kanto court executed a group of previously captured Kansai officials and formally swore to join the expedition.
This time they learned the lesson of the first time when the generals were leaderless, and once again used Huangfu Song, who had been hiding in the snow, to show that he was the general in charge of the western expedition and was fully responsible for the war.
Huangfu Song also wore a helmet and armor, and was dressed in military uniform. He first entered the palace on horseback, and then allowed his edicts to be unknown, his praises to be unknown, his entry to the court to be unremarkable, and his sword and shoes to go to the palace.
Afterwards, the Grand Situ Yuan Wei personally issued an imperial edict and conferred the title of Marquis of Huaili on Huangfu Song, with a household of 8,000 households and the title of a top minister.
It can be said that Luoyang also did a lot of blood on Huangfu Song this time.
And Huangfu Song lived up to expectations. Not long after his expedition, he captured Gucheng outside Hangu Pass and then directly looted the city.
It was Huangfu Song who ordered the city to be washed. On the one hand, doing so could boost the military morale of the Han army in Henan, but more importantly, on the other hand, Huangfu Song used this to express his determination to both the eastern and western parts of the country, that is,
He is at odds with Kansai.
In short, this expedition was controlled by the famous general Huangfu Song, and the Han army in Tokyo showed its due level of combat power.
After that, the pressure was put on Kansai.
After learning that Huangfu Song was the commander-in-chief of the Western Expedition, the people in Kansai hurriedly ordered Dong Zhuo, the governor of Hedong, to go south. After looking at many commanders in Kansai, only Dong Zhuo could face Huangfu Song in a decisive battle.
After Dong Zhuo received the edict, he first seized the military power of the Bingzhou reinforcements stationed in the east of Hedong in the name of the edict. After a little reorganization, he led 12,000 elite soldiers and 40,000 soldiers to go south to the river and joined the troops outside Hangu Pass.
fighting.
At the same time, Liu Hong also sent the emperor's personal army of the 54th Xiyuan Division, which had been trained for three months, to the front line of Hangu Pass in turn to enhance Yang Biao's strength.
So when Dong Zhuo led his troops south, the second war between the east and west capitals officially broke out.
This time, Luoyang had a total of 50,000 soldiers and 4,000 horsemen. Guanxi was slightly weaker, with 32,000 soldiers and 8,000 horsemen. If calculated based on the superiority of cavalry, the two sides were evenly matched.
Obviously, this time both sides made the final decision and brought out their own strength.
But the situation is not optimistic for Kansai.
One is internal running-in.
Among the 40,000 horse infantry of the Guanxi Army this time, there were only 12,000 Bingzhou soldiers, of which 4,000 were cavalry. The military discipline of these people was very worrying. They often beat and whipped friendly troops for trivial matters. Some Qin and Hu Yi Cong even pretended to be
The head-level skill directly killed several villages.
Yang Biao, the commander-in-chief of Hangu Pass, learned about this incident. Yang Biao urgently ordered Dong Zhuo to hand over the murderer and follow the military law. Dong Zhuo was so stubborn that he ignored Yang Biao.
What's even more shameful is that Yang Biao actually ceased his activities in the face of Dong Zhuo's actions.
And this also reveals the second major problem of the Kansai Army, which is that the commander is unclear.
This time, the commander-in-chief of the Guanxi Army, Liu Hong, did not confirm it. He only supplemented the Xiyuan Army to Yang Biao, but Yang Biao had no control over Dong Zhuo, which caused a systemic conflict between generals and generals.
In addition to the above, Yang Biao's army also had a big hole in the morale of the army. In the first battle between the two capitals, he led his troops out of the pass and was defeated. Although he later made atonement for his sins by making a plan to defeat the thieves,
But it still didn't change that his soldiers were a bit shorter when facing the Kwantung Army.
Yang Biao also knew this, otherwise he would have allowed Dong Zhuo to be so arrogant and domineering? In the final analysis, soldiers are the generals who are brave. If the soldiers are not strong, the general's waist will not be straight.
So this time Yang Biao decided to replace the attack with defense and chose to build a defense at Gushui outside Hangu Pass, relying on Gushui river defense to resist the Kwantung Army.
Therefore, on March 8, the first year of Chengtian, the Kwantung Army officially launched an attack on Yang Biao's army.
On the morning of March 8, the Kwantung Army's raiding team, composed of Changshui Colonel Zhao Rong and Yokono Colonel Zhang Chao, took advantage of the Kwansai Army's slack to attempt to capture the Gushui Bridge.
However, the attack was unsuccessful. Hengye Colonel Zhang Chao was killed on the spot, and Changshui Colonel Zhao Rong, the leader of the battle, was also wounded by an arrow.
The original intelligence was that the Guanxi Army had deployed a battalion of 2,000 men at this bridge crossing. Zhao Rong and Zhang Chao had a total of 4,000 troops, so they could not be prepared for a surprise attack, so they could attack them one at a time.
But when Zhao Rong rushed in, he realized that it was a trap. There were two thousand enemy troops inside, but only independent camp flags. He looked at six of them.
He knew at that time that he and others must have been betrayed.
Therefore, Zhao Rong immediately retreated, but even so, Zhang Chao still died here.
Zhang Chao, who came from a wealthy family in Hebei, was supposed to stay in his hometown to defend his people, but was seized of power due to a mutiny by Cao Cao and others, and was then dragged all the way to the capital.
This dispatch of troops was the first time since Zhang Chao was captured. It was the first time, and then he died here.
When Zhao Rong, who had a sinister look on his face, withdrew in embarrassment, he saw reinforcements coming from behind.
Seeing that his own soldiers with strong soldiers and horses were killing him so quickly, how could Zhao Rong not understand? He was being used as a gun by Huangfu Song.
Seeing the dead and injured brothers around him, Zhao Rong was so angry that he smashed his bag on the ground and cursed:
"Huangfu Song, I'll fuck your grandma."
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The Guanxi soldiers at Gushui Jinqiao Dazhai had no idea that the enemy's reinforcements would come so quickly and so violently.
The military order they received was that in the early morning of this morning, approximately 4,000 enemy troops would attack the military camp, and then they would wait for work and catch turtles in the urn.
But who knew, they were obviously trying to catch their fish, and it was just bait.
Due to the huge disparity in military strength between the two sides, after two hours of fierce fighting, Kansai's Dazhai at Tanishuijin Bridge was officially lost.
When Zhang Chong read this piece of information, he frowned.
It's not that he has doubts about this information, but that a person appears in this information, two people to be precise.
Intelligence showed that during the battle to seize the bridge, the Kwantung Army was able to successfully capture the Gushui Bridge. The greatest contribution was made by a young general named Liu Bei. He led a warrior named Zhang Fei and led an elite force three miles upstream from the Gushui Bridge. We swam across the river at many places, and then took a circuitous route back to the back of Dazhai at Gushuijin Bridge.
It was not until two hours before the main force of the Kwantung Army rushed to attack Dazhai that Liu Bei, who had been lurking, led Zhang Fei to attack the stronghold from the rear. At that time, the Kansai general Zhao Ang, who was commanding the rear stronghold, happened to take off his clothes for the convenience of command. Gorgeous stomach.
Zhang Fei, who was at the forefront, saw this opportunity, drew back and shot Zhao Ang in the throat with an arrow.
Zhao Ang's death in battle directly led to the defeat of the Guanxi soldiers. After that, the Kwantung soldiers took the opportunity to cover up and finally broke through the most important pass outside Hangu Pass.
Zhang Chong did not expect to see Liu Bei and Zhang Fei in this intelligence.
He had previously learned from Qianzhao that Liu Bei and Zhang Fei had participated in the previous Youzhou Cavalry, and had also met him in the Battle of Xingyang.
But Zhang Chong never heard from these two people again. Unexpectedly, these two people went to Gyeonggi and won such important military honors in this battle.
Thinking of this, Zhang Chong couldn't help but sigh that heroes like Liu Bei and enemies like Zhang Fei can really shine wherever they go.
You must know that they are both from Hebei Province, so it is not easy to stand out among all the Henan people.
Zhang Chong's sentiments were indeed correct, but he neglected to mention that Liu Bei did not receive a corresponding reward for this battle.
Because the Henan generals felt that Liu Bei dared to launch an attack in the rear camp only two hours after the general attack. This was clearly using their Henan generals as a stepping stone. Can they bear this?
So this time Liu Bei was guilty of public outrage, and it would have been really difficult for him had it not been for Cao Cao's protection.
In addition, there is another change that Zhang Chong is unaware of.
That is, Zhao Ang's death is no small matter, it reflects a big change, that is, the struggle between the East and the West has become more and more cruel.
Because Zhao Ang's identity is unknown, although his family is powerful in Tianshui, it is actually relatively close to Guandong.
For example, Zhao Rong, who attacked the stronghold by surprise before, belongs to their family, and is his uncle Zhao Ang in terms of seniority. Otherwise, why do you think Zhang Chao died in the battle, and Zhao Rong could come back alive?
Not only that, Zhao Ang's other clan uncle, Zhao Yi, is also a disciple of the Yuan family, and is considered a very core existence among the disciples of the Yuan family.
Because of this, the Tianshui Zhao family has always been regarded as the fence-sitter among the powerful powers in Kansai.
This time the information came in the same way.
Zhao Ang received information from Guandong and said that he would give him a military award and ask him to prepare it.
Of course Zhao Ang is not surprised by this. There are always some people on both sides of them who are not liked by everyone, and often at this time, they need to borrow the help of their opponents to deal with them.
This situation is not uncommon between East and West. In the final analysis, the connection between Kanto and Kansai is too close, and the bones are broken and the tendons are connected.
So Zhao Ang deployed his troops after getting the information.
But who knew, grandma, the other person was actually lying to him and trying to catch him fish.
This time, Zhao Ang died in battle because of his innocence, but his death had a very big change.
That is, the originally gentle and tender struggle between East and West has become intense.
The Kansai side knew in their hearts that even the moderate Zhao Ang was dead, so they had no way out.
With the fall of Gushui Bridge, more than 54,000 Kwantung troops crossed Gushui on the night of March 8, but due to the huge baggage, most of the baggage remained on the east bank of Gushui.
But Huangfusong didn't know this.
On the morning of March 9, he led his army to a pavilion outside Hangu Pass.
This pavilion is also called Donggu Pavilion and is less than three miles away from Hangu Pass.
Because the opening and closing of Hangu Pass are regulated by time, business travelers who are unable to enter the customs in time will usually stay in Donggu Pavilion to facilitate their entry the next day.
And now, in this small Donggu Pavilion, the second decisive battle between the two capitals will break out, also known as the Battle of Donggu.