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Chapter 308 Dong Zhuo said: Another captured

In fact, Hua Xiong's soldiers and horses did not all confront Liu Jian head-on. The soldiers and horses behind him were still in charge of guarding and escorting the siege equipment transferred from Sili. Soldiers and horses are just his front elite.

Logically speaking, when the weapons and the brigade have not yet arrived, Yangxia City should not be easily attacked at this moment.

However, the internal strife between Chen Wang Liu Chong and Liu Jian made Hua Xiong feel that Yangxia County had an opportunity to take advantage of it, so he was light and unprepared and led the crowd to make a surprise attack.

But all of a sudden, Hua Xiong's vanguard was completely trapped in Yang Xia, even himself.

After the soldiers of Huaxiong's rear army learned what had happened to their front, they did not dare to neglect, and immediately reported the news to Hu Zhen on a flying horse.

After Hu Zhen heard the news, he was not calm at all.

Unknowingly, his body began to tremble.

Hua Xiong is a brave general in the Xiliang army, he was captured alive, this matter is no small matter!

If Xiangguo found out about this, then, what should he do?

Thinking of this, beads of sweat could not help leaving on Hu Zhen's forehead, and his clothes were even soaked in sweat.

Hu Zhen still understood Dong Zhuo's temperament. Niu Fu was captured alive before, maybe Dong Zhuo could bear it, saying that Niu Fu was light and unprepared, and underestimated Liu Jian.

But our side went out again after Niu Fu. The mistakes that should have been made, and the disadvantages that should have occurred, have already been missed by Niu Fu once, and should not be repeated.

If Hua Xiong was defeated by Liu Jian for a while, Hu Zhen still had a way to justify himself to Dong Zhuo, but Hua Xiong was not only defeated, but also captured alive... then Dong Zhuo probably couldn't bear it.

As the chief protector himself, I'm afraid Dong Zhuo will punish him severely this time.

Thinking of Dong Zhuo's ruthless methods, Hu Zhen felt his chest constricted.

Xiliang Sima Cheng who was next to him could see Hu Zhen's expression was unkind, and he was sweating coldly, so he knew that Hu Zhen was too scared at the moment.

Cheng Kan is also an old man in the Xiliang army, he understands what Hu Zhen is afraid of, it is their Prime Minister Dong Zhuo!
Everyone in the Liangzhou army knew Dong Zhuo's fiery temper.

Thinking about it carefully, it is not impossible for Dong Zhuo to kill Hu Zhen because of this incident.

Cheng Kan then remonstrated to Hu Zhen: "Daduhu don't have to worry. Although Hua Xiong suffered a defeat and was captured alive by Liu Jian, this is not the fault of Daduhu alone."

Hu Zhen thought to himself: Of course this is not my responsibility!That Hua Xiong didn't listen to me, and led his troops to make a surprise attack on his own. He was light and unprepared, and Liu Jian took care of him. It was his own stupidity.

But the problem is that as the chief protector, I will be blamed for anyone who makes a mistake.

My military position is great, but it also has many responsibilities.

Hu Zhenchang sighed: "Whether it is my responsibility or not, I am afraid that it will be inevitable to be severely punished by the Prime Minister!"

Cheng Kan said: "Even if Xiangguo wants to blame Daduhu, there is still one person who will be punished together with Daduhu."

Hu Zhen looked at him suspiciously.

Cheng Kanyan said: "Lu is also a fellow traveller, so he must be responsible for this matter!"

To be honest, Hu Zhen really wanted to blame Lu Bu on Lu Bu's head, but Lu Bu is now in the rear army, and he didn't get along with Hua Xiong and Hu Zhen at all, so why do you put this responsibility on him ?
Besides, Lu Bu was not Hua Xiong's superior. Hua Xiong acted on his own, and it was difficult to blame Hua Xiong for the fact that he had nothing to do with Lu Bu.

Hu Zhen shook his head and didn't say much.

Na Chengkan hurriedly said: "Xiangguo is a man who looks at the world with great ambition, and has the ambition to swallow the world. The entanglement between the Liangzhou army and the Bingzhou army, Xiangguo knows a little bit about it."

"There is a discord between Daduhu and Lu Bu. It is impossible for Xiangguo not to know about it. However, he still let Daduhu and Lu Bu deal with Liu Jian. What he did was just to let the two check and balance each other."

"Xiangguo is a man skilled in power and tactics, so he should use his troops like this. The guard and Lu Bu should go together, attack together, or help each other, or check and balance each other. This is what Xiangguo wants to see."

"However, Lu Bu did not respect the order of Daduhu. He not only ridiculed Daduhu and Huadu, but also urged Daduhu and Huadu to lead his own troops, but he did not act together with the two of them,"

"As the governor of the left side, he should be restrained by the general guard, but he did the opposite and hid himself in the back of the palace. General Hua is a brave and straightforward person. Lu Bu used this method to provoke General Hua. How could he not Lose your mind? Go for meritorious service?"

"In my opinion, Lu Bu has nothing to do with this matter! The general can advise the Xiangguo on this matter, and tell the whole story clearly, and the Xiangguo will definitely make a decision!"

To be honest, Cheng Kan's remarks are just a bit stinky and shameless!
You don't care if Lu Bu motivates you or not, but you are all willing to move forward.

In the end, you failed, and in the end, you put the responsibility on Lu Bu!
No matter how you think about it, it doesn't make sense!

Most of the warriors in the Xiliang army also disdain to do this kind of thing of shirking responsibility, but Hu Zhen's lineage is a special case in the Xiliang army.

Although Hu Zhen is also a brave and good fighter, he has more deceitful thoughts and is not straightforward.

He is a villain in the Xiliang army, because his family and Dong Zhuo's family benefited more, and when Dong Zhuo recruited soldiers in Liangzhou, Hu Zhen's family also gave Dong Zhuo great support.

Moreover, the younger generations of the two clans also married and intermarried, so Hu Zhen was extremely trusted and used by Dong Zhuo in the Xiliang army.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, although the appointment of generals by various warlords was based on their talents, they were more often based on interest disputes.

It's not that there are talents, and talented people will definitely be reused.

People with talents but no background are reused, which is actually not in line with the development law of ancient human society.

This is the naked cruel reality.

It was Cao Cao, who admired meritocracy all his life, and issued orders to recruit talents several times. However, the highest-ranking military officers used by his government in the army were also relatives of the Cao family and the Xiahou family.

Dong Zhuo was even more unavoidable.

Hu Zhen narrowed his eyes when he heard Wan Kan's remonstrance, thought for a moment, then saw him nodding his head slowly and said: "That makes sense!"

It's not that this method can make Hu Zhen evade responsibility. As a major householder, he must bear the responsibility he should bear!

But if Lu Bula can be brought into the water, Hu Zhen will definitely not hesitate.

After thinking through all this, Hu Zhen said: "That's all! No matter what, first write a letter to Xiangguo to report this matter."

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And just when Hua Xiong's attack on Yangxia City failed, Dong Zhuo made substantial progress in the war with Yuan Shao.

Although Cai Mao, Huang Zu, Wenpin and others were firmly guarded in Yangxia County, the defense was extremely tight and Dong Zhuo was not allowed to attack, but Dong Zhuo was a man who was good at fighting after all, and he was very accurate in seeing things and had means.

In response to the opponent's shrinking tactics, Dong Zhuo also adopted corresponding strategies.

He began to attack the family businesses of some prominent families in Nanyang around the Yang people.

The reason for the crackdown is very simple, and there is an official name, that is, they had an affair with Zhang Jiao for treason.

At that time, Liu Jian had delivered the letters left by Zhang Jiao to Dong Zhuo, which also gave Dong Zhuo a handle in the court to check and balance against the noble families.

When Zhang Jiao started the incident, the prominent families in various counties were more or less in touch with Zhang Jiao, and what they did was to take advantage of the chaos to gain the family's interests in the government.

Such a selfish act, disregarding the interests of the country, was the consistent norm of the powerful and right clans in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

But who would have thought that these letters would fall into Dong Zhuo's hands in the end, which is really suffocating.

However, Dong Zhuo deliberately found people to search, including Zhang Jiao's handwriting and documents, and even the spells and prescriptions he wrote in the folks. Dong Zhuo collected a lot, and gathered many witnesses to record confessions.

Just to prove that these things are true at critical moments!

He used it as a sword to deal with the nobles who refused to accept him.

It is true that this thing is very effective, but it also makes the relationship between Dong Zhuo and the targeted clans irreconcilable.

In fact, there is no need to reconcile.

Today's Dong Zhuo, in order to defeat Yuan Shao, started to deal with the prominent families in Nanyang County, and the reason was that these people had colluded with Zhang Jiao to cholera the world, which was a heinous rebellion.

The reason is very good, the evidence is clear, and these people are directly classified as rebels and cannot stand up!

It can be regarded as completely tearing the face.

The reason why Yuan Shao's current power is so tyrannical is all because of the support of these people. Now the relationship between Yuan Shao and Dong Zhuo is endless, and since these families all support Yuan Shao, they are Dong Zhuo's mortal enemies. Naturally, Dong Zhuo did not It is necessary to get used to them again.

Dong Zhuo's use of troops against several big families in the north of Nanyang County can be said to have violated their interests in the county. This is a real declaration of war, and these families cannot bear it.

Others don't talk about it, just talk about Xu You alone, and his family's several mansions and fields in the north of Nanyang were raided by Xiliang soldiers and suffered heavy losses.

How can Xu You, who is so greedy for money, endure this?

I'm not finished with you!

He immediately united with the patriarchs of several major local families in Nanyang County, complained to Yuan Shao, and asked Yuan Shao to send troops to help them seek justice.

Yuan Shao's military strategy was originally to be firm and firm, but now a local family related to his political lifeline asked him to send troops.

It was impossible for Yuan Shao to ignore the feelings of these families, because he relied on these people to control Nanyang County.

This is the tragedy of a warlord with a family private army system as the unit,

Although such a structure can make its power soar unprecedentedly and unite as one at critical moments, once the interests of local families are involved, as a monarch, it is easy to be swayed by the following people.

It's not that he wants to be swayed by these people, but that he has to do so in order to stabilize and balance the forces in his own territory.

Under the entreaties of the family leaders headed by Xu You, Yuan Shao could only temporarily change his original intention of using troops, and forcibly asked Cai Mao and Huang Zu to lead troops into battle.

Although this matter was firmly opposed by Cai Mao and Huang Zu, Yuan Shao forced to send troops.

As soon as troops are sent out to fight, the consequences can be imagined.

Xiliang iron cavalry, invincible in field battles!
Huang Zu and Cai Mao were defeated, even Wenpin was almost killed by Dong Zhuo's Xiliang iron cavalry.

After the failure of the First World War and heavy losses, Yuan Jun had no choice but to return to Yangren and recruit troops again to expand his military strength.

After winning for a while, Dong Zhuo was very happy,

He immediately feasted on the three armies and rewarded the soldiers.

After the banquet, Dong Zhuo was very happy, drank and sang, indulged to the fullest!
"My lords, this big victory for a while depends on the lords fighting to the death and competing to make meritorious deeds. This old man and the lords will have another drink together!"

At this time Dong Zhuo was already drunk, he lifted the wine vessel again and drank with his head up.

Afterwards, Dong Zhuo put down the wine baron and said, "Little thief Yuan Shao, he always looked down on this old man in the past, but now he and his group of insects finally know how powerful this old man is! Hahahahaha~ !"

Guo Si laughed and said, "I heard that the Governor General, Hua Xiong, Lu Bu and others have made a battle plan against Liu Jian. The three of them are good at using troops and able to recruit fierce generals who are used to fighting. They can conquer Yang Xia, slaughter Chen Guo, and bring back the heads of Liu Jian and Liu Chong for Xiang Guo!"

Dong Zhuo laughed loudly when he heard the words: "To tell you the truth, the old man also has a hunch recently that Hu Zhen, Lu Bu, and Hua Xiong will be able to conquer and return. Maybe at this moment, they are already standing on the top of Yangxia's city. Captured Liu Jian alive!? Hahahaha!"

"Congratulations, Xiangguo."

"Congratulations, Xiangguo!"

While everyone was drinking and chatting, a guard came to Dong Zhuo in a hurry and said, "Xiangguo, Hu Dadu has urgent military affairs, and ordered someone to send it over at night to report to Xiangguo!"

Dong Zhuo was taken aback when he heard this.

Fan Chou said happily: "Haha, what are you talking about! Just now, Hu Dadu said that they will defeat Liu Jian in a certain period of time. Look, the good news came back before the drink was finished!"

Yang Ding cupped his hands and said: "Xiangguo has defeated Yuan Shao and Liu Jian in a row. The army is mighty, and hegemony can be achieved! Who in the four seas is still Xiangguo's opponent?"

"Congratulations, Xiangguo!"

"Congratulations, Xiangguo!"

Dong Zhuo's face blossomed with joy upon hearing this.

"Hahahaha, good! Good! After Yuan Shao, Liu Jian and others are destroyed, the world will be stable, and I will share wealth and wealth with you, so that we can enjoy peace! Hahahaha!"

"Thank you Xiangguo!"

"Thank you Xiangguo!"

Dong Zhuo said happily to himself: "Liu Deran, Liu Deran, let you fight against this old man? This time, do you know how powerful this old man is? Hahaha, you deserve to die instead of leaving! Come on! Bring it up!"

The guard immediately stepped forward and handed Hu Zhen's battle report to Dong Zhuo.

Dong Zhuo was not in a hurry to open it, but pointed to Yang Ding, and said, "Come, come, this good news should be shared with you all! Read it!"

"only!"

Yang Ding hurried forward, picked up the bamboo slips, unfolded them, and read aloud.

His voice is happy, refreshing and crisp.

"Hu Zhen, a subordinate, risked his life to report that on October [-]th of the third year of Chuping, Hua Xiong heard that the two Lius were fighting and fighting, and without asking for instructions, he led his troops to attack Yangxia. For more than five thousand, Hua Xiong himself was brutally captured by Liu Jun and Guan Yu. I don't know if his life will be saved. I beg the Prime Minister to give me a punishment..."

Yang Ding read happily at first, but the more he read, the more he found that something was wrong, and his voice became smaller and smaller.

And the entire venue, just now was full of joy, suddenly became silent at this moment, and fallen leaves could be heard.

All the people didn't even dare to take a breath.

Dong Zhuo was holding the wine jue, and there was still a smile on his face, but his smile was very stiff at the moment, the muscles at the corners of his mouth twitched back and forth, and the veins on his forehead seemed to be throbbing.

After a while, Fang heard Dong Zhuo say slowly:

"Naigong's, this is, this is... is this another one captured?"

Yang Ding was the closest to Dong Zhuo, he was very embarrassed when he heard this, but he couldn't help but answer.

"That... well, don't worry about Xiangguo, I guess... probably at most two, there will never be a third..."

"Pfft!"

Before he finished speaking, Dong Zhuo rolled his eyes and fell backwards.

I don't know if I'm angry, I still drank too much.

"Xiangguo!"

(End of this chapter)