In this battle of Luoyang, Gai Jun divided the army into three parts. First, more than 6,000 riders crossed the river overnight, another 6,000 riders crossed the river at dawn, and finally tens of thousands of infantry followed. Gai Jun's original idea was to let Pang De
In charge of the vanguard, he sent the second echelon of cavalry, but when he heard that Pound had captured a lot of money from the mausoleum, he hurriedly followed the last group of vanguards to Gucheng County.
Gai Jun looked at the hundreds of carts in front of him, then at Pound, and asked for a moment: "Are these all?"
"They are all," Pound nodded excitedly. "When I led my troops to Gucheng, I happened upon a convoy transporting money and jewelry from the mausoleum. I immediately surrounded and killed them. Then I captured the prisoners and asked them. I learned that there were several convoys traveling every hour.
Then he ordered the cavalry to attack in front and back, and captured five convoys, totaling more than 500 riders."
Gai Jun gasped. Pang De captured more than 500 carts full of property in a short period of time. Dong Zhuo had been doing this for ** days in less than ten days. How much did he have to get?
Gai Jun walked to a large cart, and several soldiers immediately opened the lid. In an instant, golden light shone. The carriage was densely packed with gold cakes. Gai Jun picked up a piece at random and weighed it. It weighed one kilogram. There were few words in the cart.
There are also a thousand pieces, which is a thousand pieces of gold. In the peaceful world, a pound of gold is worth more than 20,000 yuan, and a thousand pieces of gold is worth more than 20,000,000 yuan, let alone in troubled times.
Gai Jun then walked to the next target, opened it, and found that it was no longer gold, but replaced by moldy five-baht coins. The third car contained silverware, copperware, and some jewelry. Fourth, the
Five, the sixth is also five baht coins. Just when Gai Jun was a little disappointed, he found a car carrying silver. Silver was commonly known as platinum in the Han Dynasty. There were three grades of gold, high-grade gold, medium platinum, and low-grade red gold. The so-called red gold was Danyang.
Copper also.
After Gai Jun asked Pound about the contents of the more than 500 cars, he roughly estimated that they were worth at least 200 million.
"Fatty Dong is dead, and based on this, he has made at least one or two billion..." Gai Jun thought with jealousy. If Dong Zhuo heard what Gai Jun thought, he would definitely be aggrieved. He had indeed made enough money, but
Definitely not as much as one or two billion. Due to the emergency, he started digging the graves non-stop from the first day, but the manpower was quite insufficient. In the past few days, he had only captured enough people from the counties east of Luoyang.
, In addition, it was early summer and there was a lot of rain, which really delayed some time. The revenue was probably more than 6 billion, which is equivalent to one year's national tax.
Of course, although the tax revenue is more than 6 billion, according to local practice, one-third will be withheld by the local government. Da Sinong actually only has more than 4 billion in the treasury every year.
Gai Jun hadn't eaten since last night, and after driving for a long time, his stomach was growling, so he sat on the golden cart, lowered his head to drink water and gnawed the dried rice cakes and meat that Pang De handed over.
Dry, the food is hard and has no texture at all.
After a while, the scouts reported that thousands of cavalry were marching out of Hangu Pass, but the marching speed was very slow, and the cavalry was dispersed widely. Later, there was a report that thousands of people were coming westward from the Luoyang side.
"General..." Pound frowned.
"It doesn't matter." Gai Jun smiled. He was familiar with the geography of Luoyang and had everything in mind, and said: "If ten thousand people on the Luoyang side want to come to Gucheng, they must cross the Han River. Of course, the other party can also choose to leave by Raohe, but
The source of the river is Pingyin, and now that Pingyin is in our hands, the enemy will never dare to throw themselves into the trap. One or two thousand riders are enough to block the opponent on the other side of the river."
"Concentrate your forces to defeat Dong Zhuo's reinforcements first, and then go back and deal with Lu Bu." Gai Jun looked at Bao Chu, who was from Xinfeng, Jingzhao, Sili. He had been to Luoyang in his early years and was fairly familiar with the geography, so he ordered: "
Wen Cai, you lead two thousand cavalry straight to the river to block Lu Bu. In addition, go to Pingyin to send a message. Once the subsequent cavalry crosses the river, there is no need to come to Gucheng, and they can go straight behind Lu Bu's troops."
"No." Bao said, cupping his fists.
"Ling Ming, let's go..."
The more than 6,000 cavalry of Gai's army were immediately dispersed. Bao Chu, the leader, led 2,000 cavalry to block Lu Bu's troops. Gai Jun, 4,000 cavalry along the way, took charge of himself and attacked Dong Zhuo's reinforcements to the west. The remaining several hundred cavalry guarded the property and guarded several more people.
Thousands of captives, civilian husbands.
On the official road east of Hangu Pass, a cavalry army like a long steel dragon was marching on the road. The head and tail were not visible, but the speed was extremely slow.
Li Meng was riding on his horse, looking at the valley water, and was in a daze. Among Dong Zhuo's troops, he had the best relationship with Wang Fang, so good that the two could shield each other's swords. This is no exaggeration, both of them did this on the battlefield.
Pass.
When he learned about Wang Fang's death from Dong Zhuo in the evening, he couldn't help but feel sad and cried bitterly. The good brother who had known each other for more than 20 years passed away so suddenly...
Li Meng is eager to avenge his good brother, but he is not a fool without vision. He can see the current situation of the Grand Master. Going to war with Gai Jun at this time is tantamount to suicide. After all, there is Sun Jian who is eyeing Dagonguan and will go north at any time.
..
Dong Zhuo told him that one day he would avenge the king. Li Meng didn't quite believe Dong Zhuo's words. Although he had gained countless money from the tombs in Beimang Mountain, he was old and his ambition was gone, and Gai Junzheng was
In the prime of life, the gap between the two sides will only get bigger and bigger in the future. Not to mention avenging Wang Fang, it is still a question of whether one's own life can be saved...
This time Li Meng sent 5,000 cavalry to assist Lu Bu. Before leaving the border, Dong Zhuo and Li Ru warned him not to rush forward with light cavalry to avoid being ambushed. He only had to advance slowly and strive to reach Gucheng at the same time as Lu Bu's troops. The Gai army currently has no strength.
The ability to open up two battlefields.
Lu Bu relied on his bravery and pride, and was always disliked by the generals of the Liangzhou clique. Li Meng naturally had no good impression of him, but at least he was passable on the surface. Some time ago, Hu Zhen, the leader of the Liangzhou clique and the prefect of Dongjun, represented him.
Tired and defeated, Li Meng suddenly felt sick. If there weren't many Liangzhou compatriots in Lu Bu's army, he wouldn't bother to rescue him.
"Report that Gai's army was found 20 miles away and was galloping towards us..."
Li Meng was awakened by the scout and asked: "How many people are there on the other side?"
"Several camps, about four to five thousand..."
"The Gai army attacked Pingyinjin at midnight last night. It is dozens of miles from Pingyinjin to Gucheng. The opponent's troops and horses are only this number, not much more. If they abandon Lu and attack me, the opponent is so confident that he will be able to do it.
Capture me in a short time?" Li Meng thought silently in his heart. He heard the scout say again: "The enemy has two flags, Shooting Tiger and Falling Eagle."
"Gai Jun is here in person?" Li Meng frowned immediately after hearing this. Gai Jun actually led thousands of horses and went deep into the cave. Aren't you afraid of capsizing in the ditch? He took the iron bag handed by his guard and put it on, and shouted: "Get ready for war!
Prepare for war..."
"Report that the enemy has reached fifteen miles away..."
Not long after, the scouts returned. Li Meng was slightly surprised as to why the distance between the two reports was so short. The cavalry should not be running so fast. He thought it was because one of the two scouts had made an error in measuring the distance, so he didn't pay much attention to it.
, but he was soon shocked.
"Report that the enemy has reached ten miles away..."
The corner of Li Meng's mouth twitched. There was no need to report it. He had already seen it. Countless black colors appeared between the sky and the earth...
Before Dong's army could finish gathering, Gai's army was already coming at lightning speed. Dong's soldiers were all dumbfounded.
"What the hell is Gai Jun doing?" Li Meng looked confused. He spent most of his life on horseback and knew horse power best. Gai Jun's cavalry ran for twenty miles at full speed, but their stamina would be exhausted. Gai Jun was known for his
He was famous for his good use of cavalry, and he swept across the Northwestern Han Dynasty without any rivals. Wouldn't it be a joke to say that he didn't know this?
"Although I can't think of the reason, it's just that you're looking for death. You can't blame others." Li Meng smiled coldly and said to his bodyguard: "Order the rear army to detour to the left, flank the Gai army and charge."
"promise."
Gai Jun led the cavalry to gallop over. Seeing that Dong Jun's formation was not in order, he immediately pulled out his sword and pointed forward. His attitude was unusually obvious and he struck directly.
"Woooo... Wuwuwu..." The horns of both sides sounded at the same time, intertwined with each other, regardless of you and me.
Pang De rushed to the front, raised his two-stone semi-powerful bow a hundred steps away and fired. The arrow turned into a meteor in an instant and accurately hit Dong Jun's throat.
"Long live, long live..." The morale of the Gai army was high, and with the sound of "shoot", there was a sharp and harsh whistle, which was quickly drowned by the deafening sound of horse hooves. Countless long arrows flew into the sky,
A dense black cloud was formed, in sharp contrast with the flowing clouds in the sky above. The dark cloud climbed to the highest point, suddenly split, and the sharp roar sounded again, going straight into people's hearts.
Dong Jun's soldiers kept raising their bows and watched in disbelief as the arrows poured down like a violent storm. How could Gai Jun shoot so far? Could it be that they were using walking bows? Are you kidding, can you fire walking bows right away? Until
When the arrows came to their heads, Dong Jun's soldiers came to their senses and let out hysterical howls.
"Puff...Puff..."
The arrow clusters penetrated the pockets, penetrated the armor... The muffled sound was endless. Hundreds of Dong Jun's knights fell off their horses one after another, and were trampled by countless horse hooves, leaving only broken corpses on the ground.
"arrow……"
"shoot……"
This time, sharp roars sounded from two directions on the battlefield at the same time. The dark clouds released by Gai's army were denser than last time. Compared with Dong's army, they were much smaller. Two dark clouds with obviously different sizes passed by each other in the sky.
Throw it to the opposite side.
Only less than a hundred people were hit by arrows in Gai's army, while Dong's army numbered three to four hundred. Even Li Meng was hit by an arrow in the shoulder. Last year, I heard Guo Si nagging that the Gai army's cavalry was very strong, and they were killed in one encounter.
Shefan, remembering that Li Meng had laughed at him, he didn't want to end up in the same fate as him. Nothing in the world could be more ironic than this.
"arrow……"
"shoot……"
A harsh whistle came from the sky again, but because the distance was close, the knights in the front row of both sides chose to shoot directly.
The charging cavalry formation of the Gai army on the opposite side only made a slight ripple and then calmed down. Looking at our own side, we saw that the people were on their backs and their horses were in chaos. Li Meng's face looked as ugly as if he had eaten shit. There are also Huangzhong Qiang in his army. How do you breed Qiang? He has lived in Ma since he was a child.
On the back, hunting is a sport, and shooting skills are needless to say, but when compared with Gai Jun, the gap is still obvious.
Within thirty steps, Gai's troops drew back their bows and advanced like a forest...