The second discussion of the Board of Directors League, also known as the Luoyang League, was very similar to the Chenliu League, but obviously the number of people was not as lively as the Chenliu League. After all, after so many years, those who participated in the League
Many people are gone. Even among the five main members of the Chenliu League, now only Luo Yang is left. Cao Cao and Sun Jian have now become Dong Zhuo's comrades, and brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are also dead.
At the time of Chen Liu's alliance, there were nearly 20 alliance members, and there were only seven parties left in the Luoyang alliance. Among them, Luo Yang and Gongsun Zan were the leaders!
However, Gongsun Zan stayed on the border between Yanzhou and Jizhou and did not come to participate in the alliance in person. He only sent one of his subordinates to participate in the alliance. This subordinate was none other than the envoy sent by Gongsun Zan to attend Luoyang's wedding.
Jian Yong! He also sent an envoy, as well as Tao Qian, who was eyeing Yangzhou covetously. The envoy sent was actually Mi Zhu, who became Liu Bei's brother-in-law in history!
Luo Yang was very interested in this Mi Zhu, of course, not because of Mrs. Mi who was famous throughout the ages, but because the Mi family was a well-known business family in the prosperous Xuzhou!
Now Yizhou and Jingzhou have gradually entered the formal stage. Because of the new concepts brought by Luo Yang from later generations, there is no discrimination against merchants in Yizhou and Jingzhou like other places. On the contrary, Luoyang has laid out many new policies to facilitate merchants.
Merchant, not to mention other things, Luo Yang's sword-riding war horses are the result of Luo Yang's vigorous business development! The Mi family is one of the largest merchants in the world. If he can lure the Mi family to his side,
It will also be of great benefit to Luoyang’s future development!
For this reason, Luo Yang specially asked Guo Jia to get close to Mi Zhu and explore Mi Zhu's tone. To Luo Yang's expectation, Mi Zhu was obviously also interested in Luo Yang's recruitment. It seemed that Mi Zhu was not very loyal to Tao Qian!
However, Luo Yang is not in a hurry to poach Tao Qian now. In any case, Luo Yang still has to rely on Tao Qian to contain Sun Jian. Now is not the time to break up with Tao Qian.
Because Luo Yang's family was the dominant one, it can be said that the Luoyang League was going very smoothly. This time, Luo Yang was naturally elected as the leader of the alliance. However, Luo Yang also wanted to give Gongsun Zan and Tao Qian some face, and gave each of them a deputy leader.
At the same time, Luo Yang used the power of the leader to appoint Zhang Yang, the governor of Shangdang, as the vanguard general, and Wang Kuang, the governor of Hanoi, as the deputy vanguard. They each led their own troops to attack Hangu Pass first!
Sure enough, as Luo Yang and others had expected, Zhang Yang and Wang Kuang not only had no objections to Luo Yang's appointment, but actually agreed with joy. The next day, the two hurriedly set off from Luoyang City with their army.
, rush to Hangu Pass!
How could Dong Zhuo not know that the Luoyang Alliance was so huge this time? What Dong Zhuo feared most was for the Kwantung princes to unite, but unexpectedly it happened now. Dong Zhuo was so anxious that he sent three secret messages in succession.
When we arrived at Hangu Pass, we urged Xu Rong, the commander of Hangu Pass, to guard the pass!
But at Hangu Pass, Xu Rong received Dong Zhuo's secret letter, but there was no reaction. As usual, one hundred thousand Xiliang troops were stationed at Hangu Pass, training as usual every day, waiting for the arrival of the coalition forces!
Half a month after the alliance in Luoyang, Zhang Yang and Wang Kuang led the vanguard of the coalition and finally appeared outside Hangu Pass. Looking at the seemingly massive army of nearly 30,000 troops outside the pass, at the pass of Hangu Pass, Xu
Rong looked indifferent, but said nothing. He just looked at the enemy troops outside the pass from a distance, seeming to be thinking about something.
Behind Xu Rong, a group of Xiliang army generals looked at me and I looked at you. Finally, Fan Chou, who had the hottest temper, stood up, clasped his fists at Xu Rong and shouted: "General Xu! Let the last general come out of seclusion.
Come and fight! These ragtag groups will be able to repel them all with only ten thousand men!"
This is not Fan Chou's exaggeration. Everyone knows how powerful the Xiliang army is. Although the coalition forces outside the city seem to be large in number, I am afraid that only half of the 30,000 troops are Zhang Yang and Wang Kuang.
The real soldiers and horses, and the rest were all the strong men they had forcibly recruited along the way! Otherwise, the journey from Luoyang to Hangu Pass, which was only three days at most, would have delayed them enough.
After ten days, everyone can see the trick in this.
Regarding Fan Chong's request to fight, Xu Rong seemed not to hear anything. He still stood there, motionless and did not even say a word. Fan Chong suddenly felt a little embarrassed. He stood behind Xu Rong and could not move forward or retreat. He could only turn his head.
He looked behind him. At this time, Yang Feng, who had a good relationship with Fan Chou, stood up, clasped his fists at Xu Rong and shouted: "General Xu! The last general is willing to go out with General Fan to fight!"
This time Xu Rong finally reacted, but this reaction was a bit weird. The generals looked at Xu Rong's shoulders and slowly shook. In the end, Xu Rong simply laughed, and the Xiliang generals were all laughing.
Wu Shui. After laughing a few times, Xu Rong turned around, glanced at the generals, pointed at the army outside the pass, and said to everyone: "Is there any need to make you so anxious with just the soldiers?
When Luo Yang's army arrives, there will be plenty of battles for you to fight!"
"Uh!" When Xu Rong said this, the smarter generals among the generals understood what Xu Rong meant. Daqing did not intend to leave the pass and fight Zhang Yang and Wang Kuang outside the pass. Li Jue immediately frowned.
He frowned and said to Xu Rong: "General Xu, are we going to let these two little bastards get arrogant under our noses? Wouldn't this destroy the morale of the soldiers?" In terms of qualifications, Li Jue is one of the few in the Xiliang army.
War generals who can be equal to Xu Rong, both of them joined the Xiliang Army at the same time, but in terms of fighting ability, Li Jue is not as good as Xu Rong, so now Li Jue's position is not inferior to Xu Rong.
few.
"Hmph!" Xu Rong didn't give Li Jue any face, snorted coldly and said, "Why are you panicking? Are the soldiers of our Xiliang Army so fragile? Let those little miscellaneous fish be arrogant for a while! Wait until Luo Yang's army comes.
Now! That's when we really fight!" Xu Rong said, but he attached great importance to Luo Yang! There was no way, the battle five years ago left a deep impression on the Xiliang army! Although Li Ru
He gave a good excuse to comply with destiny, but everyone knew in their hearts that Dong Zhuo was forced to leave Luoyang! And the biggest culprit who forced Dong Zhuo to leave was Luoyang! So the generals were surprised by Xu Rong's caution
No one questioned it.
However, being scolded by Xu Rong for a while made Li Jue a little embarrassed, but Xu Rong had a higher position than him. Xu Rong was his immediate boss in Hangu Gate, no matter how dissatisfied he felt in his heart
, you have to keep it in your stomach! However, another Xiliang general, Guo Bang, came forward to relieve Li Jue. He stood up to smooth things over and said with a smile: "General Li is also worried! By the way,
General Xu, why don't we get rid of these little miscellaneous fish outside the pass first? It won't take much effort anyway?" From top to bottom, the Xiliang army did not pay attention to Zhang Yang and Wang Kuang outside the pass. This kind of confidence and
Arrogance is not without reason. This kind of confidence comes from the strength of the Xiliang Army! No one doubts that the Xiliang Army will lose to the miscellaneous army outside the pass!
Xu Rong seemed to have noticed that his attitude just now was not very good, and his face changed a little, but he soon returned to normal. In response to Guo Si's question, Xu Rong's tone softened a lot, shook his head and said: "You guys
Wrong! The reason why I won't let you go out to fight is not because of this ragtag group of people outside the customs! But it is to prepare for Luo Yang who is about to arrive!"
Hearing Xu Rong mention Luo Yang's name again, everyone couldn't help but gasped. Luo Yang's name has become an eternal knot in everyone's heart! Xu Rong saw everyone's reaction and then said:
"If there is anyone in the world who can be the enemy of our Xiliang army! It must be Luoyang! Not to mention the battle five years ago, just a few months ago, the 20,000 Xiliang army led by Lu Wenhou,
He was defeated at the hands of Luo Yang, and even Marquis Lu Wen died tragically in Yanzhou! Which of you thinks you can compare to Marquis Lu Wen?"
Speaking of Lu Bu, no one among them really dared to say that he was better than Lu Bu! However, Fan Chou still said a little unconvinced: "General Xu, the reason why Marquis Lu Wen was defeated was because he fell into Luo Yang's trick, and secondly, he was defeated by Luo Yang.
We bullied the few with more, so we were defeated! Now that we have the natural barrier of Hangu Pass and 100,000 Xiliang troops, why worry about Luoyang?"
"Hmph!" Xu Rong's face darkened again, and he scolded: "Idiot! Haven't you ever thought about why Luo Yang would send such a rabble as the vanguard? This rabble is just dragging its feet along the way.
Why did Luo Yang follow them unhurriedly and refused to come to Hangu Pass first? The reason is simple! All this was done deliberately by Luo Yang! He wanted to rely on this rabble to wear down our troops! This is the only way
It can increase his chances of winning! Do you understand?"
Being scolded unceremoniously by Xu Rong, Fan Chong's face suddenly turned the color of pig liver. He just wanted him to fall out with Xu Rong, but he didn't have the guts, so he could only suppress his blushing and muttered.
He retreated. Xu Rong's explanation just now also clearly pointed out Luo Yang's intention. The generals have been following Dong Zhuo for many years. The Xiao Jiujiu in this is naturally obvious, but Xu Rong's words are too rude.
, which made everyone a little unbearable. Finally, Guo Bang was thick-skinned, coughed a few times, winked at everyone, and then clasped his fists to Xu Rong and bowed: "General Xu understands everything clearly, I admire you!
I admire you!" Seeing Guo Si's eyes, all the generals also understood, and they all followed Guo Si in agreement.