Yuan Shao led the remaining main forces of the Guandong princes and was responsible for the main attack at Hulao Pass east of Luoyang.
However, this plan is not perfect.
At this moment, Dong Zhuo's power was like a horizontal line, with Guanzhong in the west, Hongnong in the middle, and Luoyang in the east.
Liu Zhuang, the governor of Bingzhou, governor of Hedong, general of Beizhong, and marquis of Huzhou, is located in the north of Guanzhong and Hongnong. If we can pull Liu Zhuang to our side, then the fifth front, which directly threatens Dong Zhuo's core of Guanzhong, will be formed, right? ? ?
But the problem is that no one can understand what Liu Zhuang is trying to do and where he is standing.
It can be said that he was from a noble family in Guandong. He and Dong Zhuo were brothers on the battlefield and shared weal and woe. When Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang, Liu Zhuang sent 5,000 soldiers to assist him. Ding Yuan's defeat was also the work of Liu Zhuang's wife Guo Huai. It can be said that without Liu Zhuang, Dong Zhuo would never have been able to defeat Ding Yuan so easily and take over Luoyang.
He was Dong Zhuo's man. He sent troops to help Dong Zhuo fight Ding Yuan. It seemed that he was targeting Ding Yuan's Bingzhou veterans. After taking away Ding Yuan's Bingzhou army, he went home and did not even stay in Luoyang. Moreover, he was the son-in-law of Yangqu Guo, the disciple of the great scholar Lu Zhi, and the junior of Gongsun Zan...
So is this person’s surname Yuan or Dong?
"Don't worry, leader! My brother is definitely on our side. Even if he is bewitched by Dong Zhuo, I can persuade him to come back!"
Gongsun Zan patted his chest confidently and made a guarantee. The fish-scale iron armor forged with fine steel could not hide her mature and beautiful figure. The majestic white-feathered dragon helmet made her dashing and charming face more prominent. Five years later, this famous Youzhou general grew more mature and beautiful.
Next to her, a huge succubus, whose beauty was so stunning that it made people's breath quicken and their heartbeats speed up just by looking at him, also nodded in agreement.
Chapter 215: Hedong Confrontation
At this moment, not to mention that the eighteen princes of Guandong didn't know which side Liu Zhuang was on, even the generals and aristocratic families under Liu Zhuang didn't know which side they should stand on.
The sons of the noble families in Bingzhou and Hedong, of course, want to join the Yuan family, the leader of the noble families. Am I sick? Why would I join forces with Dong Zhuo? Didn't he kill enough noble families from Guandong in Luoyang? I am also from Guandong! But I haven't reached the same high level as those in Luoyang.
However, the brave generals who were of civilian origin and occupied the majority of officer seats in Liuzhuang were more inclined to Dong Zhuo - she was a brother and sister who had fought with us all the way through bloody battles, and we have always been allies. Moreover, she offered high prices to border warriors such as Liang, Bing and You. It can be said that in the hundreds of years since Emperor Guangwu, no ruler had offered such high prices to military generals and border troops like Dong Zhuo.
Besides, it was the Luoyang noble families who betrayed Dong Zhuo first, which prompted her to go on a killing spree.
At this moment, Liu Zhuang was still talking with Jia Xu all night long, and both sides were very surprised at the other's ability to predict the future.
Liu Zhuang was very confused. I have read Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Records of the Three Kingdoms. Although I can't recite every word accurately, I still know the general plot. That's why I was able to recruit volunteers, save Dong Zhuo, build Yubi, lend high-ranking officials, and promote several late talents in the early stage after traveling through time. I chose all the options correctly along the way. But you, Jia Xu, why can you also make suggestions as if you have read the script? ? ?
Jia Xu was equally confused. My dragon blood talent allows me to accurately predict the future, so I can give precise suggestions to the Lord...Oh, Liu Zhuang has now changed from the governor of Hedong to the governor of Bingzhou and the Marquis of Hu. Now I have to change my name to Envoy Liu.
Why can't the envoy plan ahead of time without me, just like he can foresee the future? ? ?
Because Liu Zhuang couldn't explain the problem of time travel, he didn't dare tell anyone about his knowledge of history and his judgment of the future.
The same goes for Jia Xu. Because he has concealed his dragon blood talent and is used to being suppressed in Dong Zhuo's team, he dare not easily expose his extremely exaggerated ability of prophecy.
But now, both of them are sure of one thing: although they don’t know how the other does it, he/she can predict the future just like me, and in front of him/her, I can speak freely!
"Wenhe, at this moment, the Han Dynasty is in name only. The various warlords are nominally governors, provincial governors, and prefects, but in fact they are all princes from the Spring and Autumn Period. The Han Dynasty has now split into dozens of vassal states of varying sizes. The world is in chaos right now."
"I think Zhongying is brave but not wise. She is an excellent general and commander, but not a good politician. She has only been in Luoyang for a few months, but now she has been labeled a traitor to the Han Dynasty and is being attacked by all the heroes."
"And Benchu is not a wise leader either. In my opinion, the eighteen princes have their own ulterior motives and appear united but are actually divided. On the surface, they share a common hatred for the enemy, but in fact, they are a pile of scattered sand. Now that the two of them are trying to win over and form an alliance with me, who should I form an alliance with?"
"Join Yuan Benchu, but not completely."
Jia Xu predicted for a while and gave the final conclusion.
"At this moment, you must immediately clear yourself of the label of being Dong Zhuo's accomplice. This is too fatal. As long as Dong Zhuo doesn't depose or enthronize the emperor, or doesn't massacre all the officials, we can form an alliance with him and dominate the Central Plains.
But after she did these things, she had offended all the noble families in the world and had become a traitor to the Han Dynasty in the true sense! No one could save her. If she didn't get rid of this identity quickly, the envoy would also be labeled a traitor to the Han Dynasty, and then everything would be over.
The quickest way to clean up is to join Yuan Benchu's allied forces at Guanzhong. If the envoy remembers her old relationship with Dong Zhuo, he can spare her life after defeating her and let her live out the rest of her life as a rich man."
Jia Xu made a well-reasoned analysis.
"But, the envoy also said that the eighteen princes have their own selfish intentions and ulterior motives. They appear to be united in hatred of the enemy, but in fact they are a group of scattered sands. After you join the Allied Forces in Guanzhong, you must not be foolish enough to be used as a gun by Yuan Benchu. The envoy joined the Allied Forces just to wash his hands and get ashore. You must not be a dog of the Yuan family."
Liu Zhuang was very excited. Now all the Bingzhou families believed that Yuan Shao could revive the Han Dynasty. Only Jia Xu could see that Yuan Shao had evil intentions. She just wanted to be the second Dong Zhuo.
Jia Xu was also very excited. Yuan Shao was now the most politically correct of the Han Dynasty's aristocratic families. Anyone who said anything bad about the Yuan family would be labeled a running dog of Liangzhou and a traitor to the Han Dynasty. This made him speechless when he saw these Bingzhou aristocratic families.
The envoy actually speculated and predicted that Yuan Shao was just pretending now, and her goal from the beginning was to become the second Dong Zhuo.
The two of them can open their hearts and pour out their true feelings to each other at this moment, things that they cannot or dare not say in front of others.
After a few rounds of probing, the two became more and more excited and speculative. Jia Xu was even too lazy to mention Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shao's positions or characters to show respect, but called them by their names! After she was sure that Liu Zhuang was neither prepared to be Yuan Shao's younger brother nor Dong Zhuo's follower, but had the ambition to replace him, she directly regarded Liu Zhuang as the next Huo Guang.
Liu Zhuang also directly used his historical knowledge, copied Li Yuan's strategic plan for starting his career, and discussed with Jia Xu how to pacify the troubled times.
"I want to use Hedong and Taiyuan as my base, Yanmen and Xihe as my frontiers, and resist the invasion of Xianbei, Xiongnu and other Hu people in the north; I want to raise a large army in the south, cross the Yellow River, enter Guanzhong, garrison Sanfu, and make Chang'an my capital. I want to use Guanzhong as the foundation of my hegemony and revive the Han Dynasty!
Then we will go east to Jingxing and Tongguan, defeat the warlords in Guandong, and restore the Han Dynasty! Do you think this is feasible?"
"This is the best strategy at the moment. Five hundred years ago, the reason why Qin failed to unify the world was that its biggest enemy was the Three Jins, which occupied the Bingzhou Provincial Governorate and had the geographical advantage of the roof of the Central Plains. It goes without saying that Zhao and Wei were strong. Even the weak Han could rely on the dangerous terrain of Shangdang to force the powerful Qin to devote all its troops and population, and fought bloody battles in Changping for several years before winning the final victory.
Now you have Taiyuan of Zhao and Hedong of Wei. If you can get the three auxiliary lands of Guanzhong of Qin, you will be able to march eastwards to the Central Plains and swallow up the world just like Emperor Gaozu and Emperor Qin Shihuang did!"
Jia Xu nodded affirmatively, praising Liu Zhuang's strategic vision.
"Although Bingzhou is the roof of the world, its population is too small. Your current population of more than million is not enough to compete for the world. You only have two choices: take Jizhou in Hebei, or take Guanzhong from Dong Zhuo.
Although Jizhou is large, the power of the aristocratic families is deeply rooted. Yuan Shao has already made plans and arrangements here. In the north, there are powerful enemies such as Liu Yu, the governor of Youzhou, and Gongsun Zan, the governor of Beiping. Moreover, Jizhou is flat and has no strategic locations to defend. Even if we take over Jizhou, we will have to invest a large number of troops to defend it and consolidate the land in our hands.
Guanzhong is different. The three auxiliary areas of Guanzhong are surrounded by mountains on all sides. It is a country with four barriers! As long as we take Guanzhong, we can not only get a large population and land, but also only need to separate a small part of the troops and station them at various passes, and we can take the whole Guanzhong into our pockets! "
Jia Xu began to make detailed tactical plans for Liu Zhuang's specific strategy.
"In order to achieve this goal, you have many enemies to deal with. Our biggest enemy is the Murong Xianbei in the north. However, according to our spies and informants scattered in Yanmen, the Murong family is in a very fierce internal struggle. Its leader Murong Jun has a very bad relationship with his two sisters Murong Ke and Murong Chui because of the issue of succession. This kind of enemy cannot be attacked by force, but should be divided and destroyed from within. Xu is willing to help you disintegrate the Murong Xianbei from within."
"The next enemy is the four Xiongnu tribes in Hetao. This is a minor problem. After Fengxian killed King Xiutu in battle, her fierce reputation has terrified the Xiongnu. With her around, the Southern Xiongnu dare not act rashly."
"As for Xiliang Ma Teng, sir, I am from Liangzhou. The situation in Liangzhou is even worse than Bingzhou. The registered population is less than 500,000. Even if we include the Qiang people who are not registered as citizens, the total population cannot exceed one million. There are too few people. The reason why the imperial army has been unable to quell the rebellion in Liangzhou for a long time is because the imperial court has no way to mobilize food and troops from other places to support the border troops.
During the five years of the Qiang Rebellion, Dong Zhuo had always been using one-third of the power of Guanzhong to fight against Ma Teng. It was not until he became the Grand Tutor that he initially built the entire Guanzhong into his base. Recently, Ma Teng even accepted Yuan Shao's edict of amnesty - it can be judged that the reason why this man rebelled against the Han Dynasty was just to seek higher and better treatment.
This kind of person, as long as we defeat her once on the battlefield, let Ma Teng realize that we are not easy to mess with, and then issue an imperial decree of peace and promise her a high position and generous salary, we can pacify her. "
"As for Liu Yan from Bashu? A coward who fled to Bashu to avoid the chaos in the world? When she went to Bashu, she only brought a few confidants with her. She has no trusted army. I'm afraid she can't even subdue the Bashu family at the moment, and she can't integrate the resources of Yizhou, let alone send troops. You see, the four enemies who have the ability to interfere with or compete with us for Guanzhong are not worth worrying about if you think carefully."
"As for Dong Zhuo, the current ruler of Guanzhong, he must divert a lot of energy to deal with Yuan Shao's Guandong coalition forces. He cannot concentrate all his efforts to deal with us. At this moment, it is a good opportunity given by God to seize Guanzhong!"
The two of them became more and more excited as they talked, and the more excited the interview became, before they knew it, they had already chatted until midnight.
Liuzhuang can provide a general idea of the direction of history, but it cannot be accurate about every single event.
Although Jia Xu could not see the general outline, he could accurately predict the future of a certain fragment.
The two who had read the future script chatted more and more speculatively. After Liu Zhuang traveled through time, and after Jia Xu obtained the prophetic dragon blood, they finally found someone with whom they could completely open their hearts, to whom they dared to say anything, and to whom the other party dared to listen to anything. They directly became close friends and had long talks all night long.
By the next day, the two had already planned a "Hedong Strategy". The future strategic goal had been determined: to the north to the Xianbei, to the east to Yuan Shao, to the west to attack Dong Zhuo, to seek the land of Guanzhong and the Three Qins, but we must not be the first to do so! At least we have to wait for Yuan Shao to launch a general attack and pin down Dong Zhuo's forces before we are ready to enter Guanzhong!
Chapter 216: Attack from all sides
In March, as soon as Gongsun Zan's letter arrived in Hedong, Liu Zhuang chose to ally with Yuan Shao without hesitation. To save face for his sister, he officially joined the coalition of princes from Guandong and became the nineteenth prince. When Dong Zhuo heard the news, he was furious and smashed everything on the table to pieces.
I have a good relationship with Liu Zhuang. We help each other. At the most critical moment, even his wife helped me to capture Ding Yuan! How come they have joined Yuan Shao? Why are all the people leaving me? What did I do wrong?
Although I deposed and enthroned the Han emperor, purged the aristocratic families, and plundered Luoyang, I am still a loyal Han minister!
Dong Zhuo was very helpless, but after all, he was one of the most capable generals in the late Han Dynasty. Facing enemies from all directions, he not only did not have a headache, but instead went all out and started a new deployment, using Guanzhong and Luoyang as the fulcrum to fight against the entire Guandong coalition!
First, Dong Zhuo immediately sent an envoy with an imperial edict to contact Ma Teng and Han Sui in Xiliang. The Yuan family painted a big picture for you and wrote a blank check, but I, Dong Zhuo, will give you benefits directly! I will directly ask the emperor to appoint you as the governor of Liangzhou!
Ma Teng was now wavering between Yuan Shao and Dong Zhuo. As a native of Liangzhou, she had no good feelings towards Yuan Shao, a family from Guandong. If Yuan Shao was not willing to issue an amnesty to her and free herself from the identity of a traitor, she would not have made the alliance.
And now Dong Zhuo, a fellow native of Liangzhou, offered him the same price in the name of the Han Emperor, and directly sent him the appointment edict and seal of the Governor of Liangzhou. This was like putting the cake in his mouth. In contrast, Yuan Shao gave him a bunch of empty checks and false sincerity.
What's more, the people of Liangzhou understand the people of Liangzhou better. After Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang, the series of policies he issued were certainly extremely unfavorable to the Guandong families, but they were extremely good to Liangzhou warriors like himself.
After much thought, Ma Teng, who was originally a Han minister but was forced to rebel halfway, knelt down on the ground and accepted the imperial edict issued by Dong Zhuo. He was willing to be a traitor to the Han Dynasty and be pardoned by Dong Zhuo. He jumped from a rebel in Liangzhou to the governor of Liangzhou. Then he stayed in Liangzhou, maintaining neutrality between Yuan Shao and Dong Zhuo. He neither sent troops to help Dong Zhuo fight Yuan Shao, nor attacked Dong Zhuo at Yuan Shao's request.
You two can fight slowly. Anyway, I have already got the position of Governor of Liangzhou. I will join whoever wins the fight.
At this point, the Liang Province Rebellion that had troubled Emperor Ling of Han for four or five years was initially put down under Dong Zhuo's edict of appeasement.
Dong Zhuo, who had finally reconciled with Ma Teng, immediately ordered that only a small number of troops be left to guard Sanguan and Xiaoguan in order to block the passage from Liangzhou to Guanzhong. This solved his own problem and he could then drive all the terrifying and bloodthirsty Guanxi troops to the east to engage in a decisive battle with the 19 princes led by Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu.
At present, his biggest trouble is Liu Zhuang. Hedong County is like a fishbone stuck in his throat, which can split his territory into two at any time, leaving him unable to take care of both the head and the tail. The soldiers under Liu Zhuang are also brave and good at fighting. In recent years, they have obtained 20,000 Hu soldiers from the northern border. After swallowing up Ding Yuan's five battalions in Bingzhou, they are even more powerful and should not be underestimated.
Fortunately, his own territory was separated from him by the Yellow River. Before passing through Sanmenxia in Shan County, the water flow of the Yellow River was fast and turbulent, resulting in the fact that there were only three regular ferry crossings in Hedong County: Fengling Ferry, Puban Ferry, and Longmen Ferry. If the army wanted to pass quickly, Puban would be the only option.
Because the boat throughput of the other two ferry crossings was too small, only a few hundred people could pass at a time. As soon as they reached the other side, they would be eaten up by Dong Zhuo's army. Liu Zhuang could not use this tactic to increase casualties, so he could only choose to cross the Yellow River at Puban Ferry and enter Guanzhong.
Therefore, Dong Zhuo ordered his younger brother Dong Min to be the chief general and his son-in-law Niu Fu to be the deputy general, and they brought Li Jue, Guo Si and other ten colonels and ten battalions of elite veterans from Guanxi, totaling 25,000 people, claiming to be 100,000. They blocked Liu Zhuang west of the Yellow River and prevented him from crossing the Yellow River from Puban. At the same time, they also drew cavalry from these ten battalions to patrol back and forth on the opposite bank of the other two ferry crossings. If Liu Zhuang dared to cross the river from here, they would attack him halfway across the river and push him back into the river to drown.
The second trouble was Yuan Shu and Sun Jian who came from the south. Yuan Shu was a little girl, so there was nothing to worry about. When she was the Lieutenant General of the Tiger Guards, she couldn't even fully control the Tiger Guards under her command.
But Sun Jian was a ruthless man. Like himself, he had fought in Xiliang for many years and made great achievements. Dong Zhuo was deeply afraid of this former colleague.
The greatest respect to the enemy is to kill them all. Dong Zhuo directly dispatched General Xu Rong of the Northern Army to lead the five battalions of the Northern Army, which had the best combat effectiveness in the empire, to the south. Then he asked his other son-in-law Hu Zhen to bring his most courageous general, Hua Xiong, the champion warrior of Xiliang, with five battalions of Guanxi Army to cooperate with Xu Rong's five battalions of the Northern Army.
Let these 17,000 elite soldiers of the empire, also claiming to be 100,000 strong, give Sun Jian a head-on blow and kill the fiercest general he feared the most.
The third trouble was Zhang Yang and Wang Kuang in Henei County in the north. The two of them were only responsible for the feint attack in the north, creating pressure on Dong Zhuo and creating opportunities for Yuan Shao's main army. They were just a small force.
However, they were unfortunately chosen as the main targets by Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo personally led all his Qiang people and Xiongnu troops, and tens of thousands of cavalry crossed the Yellow River to attack Zhang Yang and Wang Kuang! These two were the weakest. Dong Zhuo wanted to use a hearty victory to show the military power of Guanxi and intimidate the Guandong Alliance!
There was no need to boast this time. After all, Dong Zhuo estimated that if he led the Hu cavalry to charge forward, he would probably be able to kill Zhang Yang directly and slaughter her before the messenger or scout reported.
As long as I can defeat the guerrilla forces in the north, I can focus on dealing with that little girl Yuan Shao.
As for Yuan Shao's main force in Guandong? Haha, a bunch of useless people.
Dong Zhuo made the same judgment as Liu Zhuang and Jia Xu on Yuan Shao's main army in the east: they are just a group of rabble. They look powerful, but the princes have their own ulterior motives and everyone has evil ideas in his mind. It is impossible for this group of people to cooperate sincerely and unite closely.
Therefore, she dispatched her nephew Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu, to lead the last elite troops from Guanxi and the Henei army that had just been recruited from Ding Yuan, to guard the Hulao Pass, a vital throat - you two don't have to go into battle, just guard Hulao Pass and prevent the coalition forces from entering the Luoyang Basin.
In recent years, Hebei and Henan have been full of Yellow Turban uprisings. I really don't believe that these Guandong troops can collect so much military rations in just half a year. I want to see how long Yuan Shao can hold out! As long as you defend Hulao and consume their food, I think Yuan Shao's Guandong alliance will disband and leave. You stay first! After I kill Zhang Yang, Wang Kuang will come to find you. Don't go to the battle!
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Chapter 217: Demonic Dragon Sea of Fire
Liu Zhuang also had a headache facing the iron defense deployed by Dong Zhuo in Zuo Fengyi. The Yellow River was divided into two by Sanmenxia. The section in the east that divides the two major plains of Hebei and Henan is relatively gentle and flat; while the section in the west that is shaped like a "J" is turbulent and violent. The only places in Hedong County that can cross the river are Longmen Ferry, Puban Ferry and Fengling Ferry, which are defended by Dong Zhuo's army of 100,000 people in a dispersed manner.
The Yellow River is not only a barrier for Hedong County, but also a barrier for Guanzhong. The last person who successfully broke through the Yellow River defense line was Han Xin. His method was to make a feint to the east and attack in the west, and then he launched a feint attack at Puban to attract attention. Then the army landed on the beach at Longmen Ferry and broke through the natural barrier of the Yellow River.
But the problem is that Liu Zhuang and Dong Zhuo had read this history. Her army, which was said to have a strength of 100,000, was directly stationed in three places: Longmen, Puban, and Fengling, which directly blocked the possibility of Liu Zhuang following Han Xin's example.
But it didn't matter. After Liu Zhuang spent some time gathering his troops, the army did not appear at the three ferry crossings. Just like Dong Zhuo, he sent Zhang He, Xu Huang and Lu Shi to block the ferry crossings to prevent the Guanxi army from attacking directly along the Yellow River. The two armies stared at each other across the Yellow River, and neither was willing to cross the Yellow River first, thus giving the initiative of the war to the enemy.
Seeing that Liu Zhuang did nothing but confront Dong Min's army across the river, Yuan Shao wrote a letter urging Liu Zhuang to cross the Yellow River immediately and fight Dong Min, but Liu Zhuang ignored him: What are you doing? Forcing a hundred thousand people to cross the heavily defended Yellow River? You, Yuan Shao, really don't treat your subordinates as human beings. And why should I, the governor of Bingzhou, listen to the orders of the governor of Bohai?
When the first plan failed, Yuan Shao wanted Gongsun Zan to persuade his brother to cross the river. Gongsun Zan rolled his eyes and ignored Yuan Shao, thinking that the eldest daughter of the Yuan family had never fought a war and was giving blind orders - do you know how dangerous it is to force a crossing of the Yellow River when the enemy is heavily defended? She would never urge her brother for such a life-threatening matter, which made Yuan Shao helpless.
Forget it, at least they have tied down Dong Zhuo's 100,000-strong army, which is very good. Moreover, the leader of that legion is Dong Zhuo's younger brother Dong Min, and son-in-law Niu Fu, who seem to be the main force of the Guanxi Army. It's good enough if he can tie down these people.
In the first month of the first year of Chuping, wars broke out on both the southern and northern fronts. Dong Zhuo led tens of thousands of Qiang, Hu and Xiongnu troops and suddenly appeared in Henei County in the north like a ghost, catching Zhang Yang and Wang Kuang off guard.
Dong Zhuo was a genius in cavalry warfare and one of the most capable cavalry generals in the late Han Dynasty. He made full use of the advantages of cavalry. He deliberately chose a night to start the war. The Qiang scouts with a very high affinity for magic went out at night and used charm control spells to control several of Zhang Yang's scouts without anyone noticing, allowing Dong Zhuo's army to march straight in and appear directly in front of Zhang Yang, the prefect of Shangdang, and Wang Kuang, the prefect of Henei, before anyone could react!
It was a dark night with strong winds, crows were crying, and suddenly, the silence of the night was broken by the muffled sound of horse hooves. Tens of thousands of cavalrymen, with their mouths sealed and their horses' hooves wrapped, appeared outside the camps of Zhang Yang and Wang Kuang like a ghostly nightmare. Almost half of the cavalrymen were wearing black armor, and the other half were wearing black short coats. All of them held long spears and halberds, carried strong bows and sharp arrows, and their eyes flashed with scarlet bloodthirsty halos.
From afar, it looked like tens of thousands of blood-red stars swaying and twinkling in the darkness.
Dong Zhuo's Hu cavalry rushed forward in the darkness, and the sound of horse hooves was getting closer and closer. Even though the horse hooves were wrapped, at such a close distance, it formed a deafening and terrifying noise, like thunder and drums hitting the hearts of the Guandong coalition. The soldiers in the camp were still immersed in dreams, unaware of the impending danger. Only a few guards looked into the distance vigilantly, but it was too late to sound the alarm!
Dong Zhuo rode on the Dayuan dragon and led the charge to the front line of the battlefield. He infused the arrow with the magic of [Big Explosion] and shot the arrow into the coalition wall. The spell attached to the arrow exploded instantly, accompanied by loud noises, and blew up the wooden camp wall with a devastating force!
"Boom! Boom! Boom!!!"
Dong Zhuo's magic arrows poured down from the dragon's back at a terrifying rate. Each arrow was infused with a large-scale damaging magic. The Confucian scholars from Guanxi, led by Li Ru, also launched a Confucian bombardment. The noisy flames and dust quickly blew open a foot of Zhang Yang's camp wall, allowing the Qiang people and the Xiongnu cavalry to drive straight in and kill directly into the camp!
Cold lights flashed, arrows rained down, flames rose, shouts of killing shook the sky, and the terrifying figures of the Hu cavalry shuttled through the flames, with blood splashing every time they swung their spears. The soldiers woke up from their sleep and took up their weapons in panic to resist, but it was too late. Many people even died under the arrows and horseshoes of the Hu cavalry in their sleep.
These Hu soldiers of Dong Zhuo were highly trained. The Hu cavalry at the front were responsible for charging with long spears to clear the way, the Hu cavalry on both sides were responsible for slashing with halberds, and the Hu cavalry in the middle were responsible for shooting arrows for support. Each charging team also had several people who were responsible for shooting rockets to set the barracks on fire. The terrifying flames gradually illuminated the entire camp. The soldiers fled in all directions, shouting and crying one after another. The cavalry were merciless, chasing and killing the enemies all the way, and beheading them!
At this moment, Zhang Yang's military camp was in chaos. Ding Yuan's old soldiers were divided up by Dong Zhuo and Liu Zhuang. She only had some new recruits from Shangdang. Wang Kuang, who had just taken office, also had soldiers temporarily recruited from Henei farmers. His only advantage was that he had more people.
But how could such an organization, with its poorly trained recruits, possibly stop Dong Zhuo's brave and bloodthirsty Qiang and Hu soldiers? What's more, it was a night attack???
Soon, the Qiang cavalry at the front found a wall in front of them - they had already broken through the Guandong camp, so they immediately ordered the entire army to turn around and charge back and forth! Under the oppression of the Hu cavalry, the deterrence of the fire, and the drive of fear, a large number of recruits fled in all directions, trampling on each other. The number of Guandong soldiers who died under their own feet was more than that killed by Dong Zhuo's Hu cavalry, and the whole camp was in chaos!
Wang Kuang and Zhang Yang were veterans after all. At this moment, they barely gathered their personal soldiers and formed a defense, trying to drive Dong Zhuo out. But Dong Zhuo did not give them any chance. He took his cavalry and found the largest turbulent flow nearby, blocking their east, south and west directions, and shot feather arrows, driving the 800 Guandong troops, whose hearts were already filled with fear, to retreat to the north, in the direction of Zhang Yang, like herding sheep.
When Zhang Yang discovered Dong Zhuo's actions, he felt despair as he could only watch a chaotic crowd of 800 people rushing towards the formation of more than 300 soldiers he had just assembled.
