I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 299 Xiliang School and Bingzhou School

In the blink of an eye in the third year of Chuping, it was autumn. Throughout this year, the Great Han Dynasty centered on Sili and the Central Plains, and has been mired in melee.

Now, the time has entered September, and the third year of Chuping is about to pass, but the wars on various fronts do not stop.

What made Dong Zhuo palpitate in particular was that Wang Rui, whom he had sent to serve as the governor of Jingnan, was killed by the local barbarians.

After Wang Rui's death, Sun Jian of Changsha suddenly led his troops to the north and openly joined the ranks of Yuan Shao's Jing and Yu coalition forces to crusade against Dong Zhuo.

Sun Jian was a famous general at the time, a fierce tiger in the east of the Yangtze River, with a world-renowned reputation. Among the surviving generals of the Han Dynasty, only Huangfusong, Zhu Jun, Lu Zhi, Liu Jian, and Sun Jian could be regarded as opponents by Dong Zhuo.

Now Huangfusong is being detained by Dong Zhuo in Luoyang, Jingzhao Yin Gaixun dare not move lightly under coercion, Lu Zhi is guarding Jizhou and will not come to the front line, Zhu Jun and Liu Jian are now enemies with Dong Zhuo, but fortunately Zhu Jun has reached his age , without too much aggressiveness, has always adopted a steady posture, so Dong Zhuo can use Li Jue to check and balance him.

Now that Sun Jian has joined the battle, Dong Zhuo has a headache.

Sun Jian is not the same as Liu Jian. In Dong Zhuo's impression, Liu Jian belongs to the kind of person who has a strategy of war, but acts relatively steadily, can calmly analyze the current situation, and does not act too extreme.

But Sun Jian was different.

Sun Wentai is known as the tiger of Jiangdong, and the reason why he got this reputation is because his style of acting and his ability to use troops are like a tiger. Such people generally don't know the depth, and belong to the type that makes you feel difficult on the surface.

The current Liu Jian has just defeated Niu Fu, and another Sun Jian disrupts the situation, which is indeed enough for Dong Zhuo.

Until this time, Dong Zhuo finally began to feel the great pressure.

Moreover, Cao Cao, who had re-recruited troops in Yangzhou, also led his troops back to Nanyang County, and the other guards also re-arranged their troops and prepared to fight Dong Zhuo again.

Although after several fierce battles this year, the soldiers and generals under the guards of the Guandong Zhumu began to gradually improve their combat power and experience. Gradually, it became possible to fight back and forth with various units of the Xiliang Army.

Although the Kwantung Army is still far behind the Xiliang Army when it comes to the individual combat capabilities of its soldiers, it is not without its strength.

Dong Zhuo was in a hurry. He hurriedly issued a death order to Hu Zhen, Lu Bu, and Hua Xiong who were advancing, urging them to advance quickly, and asked them to capture Liu Jian within a time limit.

In fact, logically speaking, Hu Zhen and others should have arrived at Liu Jian's place long ago, but after hearing that Liu Jian had arrived in Yangxia to reconcile with Liu Chong, they stopped temporarily and did not dare to move.

King Chen and Liu Chong have enjoyed a strong reputation over the years. After Emperor Xiaoling Liu Hong ordered the feudal princes to open their mansions, the military and political forces have developed the best. Moreover, although Liu Chong himself is young, he is also very brave and very good at shooting. , the same as when Dong Zhuo was young, he could shoot both bows and arrows without missing a beat.

Nowadays, there are rumors in the village that Liu Chong, the king of Chen, gathered hundreds of thousands of people and claimed to be the general of Fu Han.

Of course, anyone who understands something knows that no matter how powerful Liu Chong is, with the strength of a mere county in the Chen Kingdom, it is impossible for him to lead a hundred thousand soldiers. Liu Chong's bragging, or someone deliberately doing bad things, makes people feel that Liu Chong has bad intentions, and he has the heart of disobedience to develop power arbitrarily.

But in fact, Liu Chong in history was the last vassal king of Chen State. After his death, Chen State was expelled immediately. This can explain to a certain extent that Liu Chong did not need to seek rebellion.

He really had no motive in that regard.

But he was uneasy, insisted on recruiting soldiers and buying horses in Chen Guo to be a monster, and he didn't know what he was planning.

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The troops of Hu Zhen and others passed through Changsha and stationed near Yanling. They only needed to go eastward to reach Yangxia!
After Dong Zhuo's letter urging them to march in arrived, Hu Zhen immediately called for Lü Bu and Hua Xiong without saying a word.

In front of the two of them, he directly put Dong Zhuo's letter on the table, and let the two of them read it by themselves.

After Lu Bu read it, he threw the letter back to Hua Xiong without saying a word.

Hu Zhen, on the other hand, has been looking at Lu Bu with a kind of magical eyes.

In fact, during this period of time, there were some military frictions between Hu Zhen and Lu Bu.

Lu Bu's opinion is that Liu Jian and Liu Chong have joined forces, and their current strength is quite strong.

In particular, Liu Chong's subordinates are all elite crossbowmen, which are more difficult to fight. Moreover, although Liu Chong stationed troops in Yangxia and claimed to be the General of the Fuguo, he has never made a statement about who he specifically targets.

Who knows whether he is targeting Dong Zhuo or Yuan Shao, if you go and fight him directly, wouldn't you push Liu Chong to Yuan Shao's side?

But Lu Bu's opinion was not agreed by Hu Zhen.

It is well known that Liu Jian launched an army to attack Dong Zhuo.

He felt that since Liu Chong was willing to accept Liu Jian, then Liu Chong must be on the opposite side of Dong Zhuo, at least not in the same camp.

Now that the two Lius have merged, it is better to destroy them together than to destroy them one by one. It is a waste of time and food.

However, Lu Bu's opinion was that if they fought Er Liu in the wilderness, they could be wiped out in one battle by relying on the Bingzhou wolf cavalry and Xiliang iron cavalry.

But Liu Chong has been building Yangxia City for several months, and Yangxia City has become very strong now.

Liu Jian's soldiers and Liu Chong's crossbowmen were in Yangxia City, and the Xiliang cavalry were completely useless.

Moreover, Yangxia City is not short of food now because of Liu Chong's long-term hoarding.

If they go to besiege Yangxia City now, not to mention victory or defeat, the battle cycle alone may be terribly long.

But Hu Zhen disagreed with Lu Bu and insisted on sending troops.

The two had a dispute because of this, and Hua Xiong did not play a good mediating role in it.

He didn't judge Hu Zhen and Lu Bu's strategy fairly, but leaned towards Hu Zhen. After all, Hua Xiong was also a member of the Liangzhou military.

The conflict between the Liangzhou Army and the Bingzhou Army has never stopped since Lv Bu came under Dong Zhuo's command.

There is no way around this, Lu Bu is too strong in the Bingzhou Army.

In particular, Zhang Liao, who was under He Jin's command in the past, was also from Bingzhou. He recruited soldiers in Bingzhou on behalf of He Jin, so that most of the military schools under General He Jin's residence were from Bingzhou.

After Lu Bu transferred to Dong Zhuo's command, he stood on the same front with Zhang Liao from his hometown. The two advanced and retreated together, and they became equal to other generals of the Liangzhou Army.

If it was just that, the generals of the Liangzhou army would not have too much hostility towards the generals of Bingzhou. The problem is that Lu Bu and Zhang Liao are really too fierce.

Lü Bu is brave, skilled in martial arts, and good at commanding cavalry. He can be called a fierce general among fierce generals, and none of the generals in Xiliang can compare with him.

Although Zhang Liao is young, he is good at formation, wise and brave, and good at charging. He is a rare general.

After these two men came under Dong Zhuo's command, they went out several times and made great contributions. They directly overwhelmed the generals of the Liangzhou faction.

This led to the overall hostility between the Liangzhou faction and the Bingzhou faction.

As the leader of the generals of the Liangzhou faction, Hu Zhen has the most serious sense of hostility and competition for Lu Bu and Zhang Liao.

This emotion has now been brought to the battlefield by him.

Lu Bu did not advise Hu Zhen to send troops quickly, but if Hu Zhen insisted on confronting Lu Bu, he had to send troops in a hurry.

There was a disagreement between the two sides, but Hua Xiong turned to Hu Zhen without hesitation.

The problem is that Lu Bu did not give it for nothing. Facing the opinions of Hua Xiong and Hu Zhen, he resolutely refused to back down, but he did not agree to send troops quickly.

And at this time, Dong Zhuo's letter arrived.

Hu Zhen said proudly: "Fengxian, the prime minister has an order, ordering us to send troops quickly! Attacking Liu Jian, it's not that I insist on going against you. Does Fengxian have any objections?"

Lv Bu roughly glanced at Dong Zhuo's letter, and said: "The general is not willing to accept the order of the king abroad. Xiangguo doesn't know what Liu Jian's situation is now, and he doesn't know that Liu Jian has joined forces with King Chen. The matter is reported to Xiangguo, if Xiangguo knows that Liu Jian and Liu Chong are in the same city and still asks us to send troops to fight, then it will not be too late for us to send troops!"

Hu Zhen was furious when he heard this.

"Lu Fengxian, is it over yet? Ever since you arrived in Yanling, you have been pushing back and forth and refusing to attack Liu Jian. Could it be that you and Liu Jian have secretly communicated with each other?"

Hua Xiong said disdainfully at the side: "I heard that Lu Duwei and Liu Jian had known each other in the early years, could it be that they cared about their old relationship and deliberately pampered them?"

Lu Bu was not angry when he heard the words of these two men, he just said proudly: "If you two have to send troops, then you can do it yourself, why bother to ridicule me? Is it a hero? Bu Zi will report to the official document of Xiangguo Regarding the matter of Liu Jian and Liu Chong, after Xiangguo knows about the matter of Er Liu, if someone still wants to send troops, then Bu will go."

After finishing speaking, Lu Bu stood up in front of Hu Zhen and Hua Xiong, striding towards the entrance of the handsome tent.

When they got to the exit of the tent, they saw Lu Bu turn his head to look at the two of them again, and said, "By the way, the two of you said just now that Bu and Liu Jian knew each other, and Gu Nian's old relationship was intended to indulge. This is half true and half wrong."

"I do know Liu Jian, but I stopped the two of you from dispatching troops, not because of Liu Jian, but because of you two. Bu is straightforward, and with their abilities, I'm afraid they will be defeated by Liu Jian sooner or later. , it might even endanger your life, please think twice!"

(End of this chapter)