But now, Liu Zhuang and Lu Bu did not enter Guanzhong from the west, but went east from Wangwu Mountain to attack Hanoi and Luoyang? Isn't this a feint to the east and attack the west? Do you want me to transfer the soldiers deployed on the Yellow River defense line to Luoyang, and then this guy will cross the Yellow River and attack Guanzhong? ? ?
Dong Zhuo did not act rashly. According to the Xiliang tradition, he personally launched a reconnaissance operation. He first put on a layer of soft and light chain mail on his tall and beautiful body, and then put on a layer of highly protective basin-collar armor on the outside. Finally, on the outside, he put on an extra piece of double-crotch armor that only protected the chest and abdomen. Wearing triple armor, he personally rode the Dayuan demon dragon to investigate Liu Zhuang's army.
The horns of the red-scaled dragon were very strange. Generally speaking, the horns of a red dragon were like bone crowns, but these horns were like the rabbit ears of Khorne, towering towards the sky.
Not only that, in addition to the red scales of this giant dragon, it is also covered with a layer of blood-stained brass magic armor. The defensive power of the dragon scales and magic armor combined is frighteningly high. It has a pair of extremely burly and ferocious front claws, equipped with sickle-shaped serrated blades forged from brass. The sharp bone dragon claws and the brass sickle teeth superimposed together are enough to make people shudder at the mere sight of them.
Not only that, the big chin of this red demon dragon is equipped with a complex mechanical device forged from brass - the Dragon's Jaw. Two rows of extremely sharp and terrifying metal teeth stretch out from the metal jaw, surrounding the already terrifying flaming dragon teeth, greatly increasing the damage caused by the dragon's bite.
After entering Luoyang, not only Dong Zhuo's equipment was greatly upgraded, but even her red dragon was equipped with the best dragon equipment.
Looking at Dong Zhuo wearing triple armor, riding a red dragon also wearing brass dragon armor, dragon claws, and dragon jaws, swaying above his head, Liu Zhuang took a look at the attributes of the two and immediately gave up the idea of flying up to fight Dong Zhuo in a duel. He just ordered the archers to prepare and not let them land within the range of the bows and arrows - the attributes of this man and the dragon were too scary. Only if Dong Zhuo landed, could Lu Bu have a chance to defeat him. With his current ability, it was impossible for him to defeat Dong Zhuo.
【Dong Zhuo】(Dragon)
Level 20 (Level 10 Yulin Cavalry + Level 9 Modern Confucian Scholar + Level 1 Confucian Archery)
Health 320, Mana 65
命中：29，防御：48（极品秘银锁子甲+9，极品盆领铠+12、极品两裆铠+9、极品头盔+5、防御护腕+8、偏斜戒指+5）
Strength 28, Agility 24, Constitution 30
Intelligence 16, Wisdom 16, Charisma 20
[I think you are the greatest! You are the strongest!]: The greenskins think that your bravery is comparable to that of a warlord, with strength and constitution +8.
The Yulin Cavalry is a super-powered version of the Cavalry General, whose abilities are unmatched among all the military general professions, and can even compete with the ancient martial arts heritage such as the Nine Swords. Not only that, she is actually a ninth-level modern Confucian scholar who can use four-ring Confucianism. The level of Confucian archery allows Dong Zhuo to infuse Confucianism into the arrows and directly fire them out, using one action to simultaneously deal penetrating damage from the arrows and explosive damage from the spells.
Moreover, Dong Zhuo is already level 20, and he is only one step away from becoming a legend.
[Red Rabbit] (Adult Red Dragon)
Level 22 (Level 22 Dragon + Level 1 Bloodscale Berserker)
Health 300, Mana 65
命中：40，防御：40（龙鳞+21、极品黄铜龙甲+13、恐虐赐福+8、大体型-2。）
Strength 44, Agility 10, Constitution 26
Intelligence 14, Wisdom 12, Charisma 16
[Blessing of Khorne]: Strength +8, Armor +8.
The level of the dragon is a bit inflated, just like the centaur. An adult centaur is directly level 4, and an adult dragon is directly level 22.
However, this level is only the monster level they are born with, which can be obtained without doing anything and just living long enough. It is not a profession like warriors or scholars who must train hard and study hard to upgrade, so the actual effect will be slightly discounted.
Although the mere twenty-two dragon levels are also very scary, they are still not enough to reach the threshold of legend. Without any training, it must be at least an old dragon to be as powerful as a legend. If it is an adult dragon, its strength is probably similar to Dong Zhuo.
Although the red dragon mother was captured alive by General Li Guangli and imprisoned in Chang'an where she continued to be pregnant as early as the time of Emperor Wu of Han, which is more than 300 years ago, the first batch of giant dragons she gave birth to should be at least 300 years old, close to old age.
However, when Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty and Emperor Guangwu restored the Han Dynasty, a large number of red dragons were conscripted by Wang Mang and died in the chaotic battlefield. The existing red dragons were basically hatched during the Guangwu period or even later. Adult dragons like Red Hare, which is nearly 200 years old and is about to reach middle age, are already the oldest and most powerful dragon cubs, and have even seen Guangwu himself.
Liu Zhuang was secretly shocked by Dong Zhuo's strength, and Dong Zhuo was also secretly shocked by Liu Zhuang's military strength.
Having fought in battles all his life, and after flying a few laps, he roughly determined based on the area of the soldiers that the total strength of Liuzhuang was around 30,000.
Judging from the flags, Liu Zhuang directly sent out his own guard battalion, Lu Bu's White Horse Battalion, the Bingzhou Five Battalions that were recruited and reorganized from Ding Yuan, and then recruited tens of thousands of Xianbei and Xiongnu elites from the Xianbei people and King Xiutu - this almost brought all of his elite troops to Hanoi!
Among the thousands of soldiers, Dong Zhuo saw Liu Zhuang, Lu Bu, Tuoba Yun, Zhao Yun and others at a glance.
So Liu Zhuang brought most of his main forces and elite troops to Hanoi, preparing to attack Luoyang, leaving only Guo Huai and the remaining aristocratic soldiers to confront Dong Min across the Yellow River on the east bank? It was impossible for the aristocratic soldiers in Bingzhou to cross the Yellow River. At most, they could only rely on the danger of the river to stop the Guanxi army from invading Hedong.
So, Liu Zhuang’s goal was not to enter Guanzhong from the beginning, was he really planning to seize Luoyang???
Dong Zhuo frowned. She had also heard of Liu Zhuang's military land system and military household system, but in Dong Zhuo's view, that was not a reform of the military system, but an economic one, which was to compete with the aristocratic families for land, population, grain and tax revenue.
Military households also have to farm the fields during normal times, and they only train during the slack season. Now it is April, the busy farming season. Unless Liu Zhuang goes crazy and stops farming the fields in Hedong, he has no way to pull all the military households out.
In this case, do I have to withdraw some of the ten battalions west of the Yellow River to rescue Luoyang?
Dong Zhuo's judgment was correct. Liu Zhuang brought almost all of his elite main forces to Hanoi, preparing to attack Luoyang in response to the Guandong coalition forces and attract Dong Zhuo's attention in Luoyang.
However, this was indeed a feint to the east and attack in the west plan formulated by Jia Xu, which was to use Liu Zhuang and Lu Bu as bait to force Dong Zhuo to transfer the troops on the Yellow River defense line back to Luoyang.
Once Dong Zhuo did this, the strength of the Yellow River defense line would be weakened, and Guo Huai, who was also a General of the Central Army, would immediately lead his troops to cross the Yellow River and enter Zuofengyi, one of the Three Qins.
What? You asked, weren't all the elite soldiers taken away by Liu Zhuang? Where did the soldiers come from?
The private soldiers of the Bingzhou and Hedong families have a total of 10,000 soldiers. They are so well-equipped and powerful that they are even more formidable than Ding Yuan's Bingzhou border troops. The only thing is that they lack practical experience. Since their debut, they have been fighting against Hu invasions and the Yellow Turban Rebellion. Under the leadership of Guo Huai, these people are on the east side of the Yellow River, ready to take over Guanzhong!
The fighting power of the aristocratic families' troops was often erratic, which depended a lot on the skills of the ruler. For example, the aristocratic families' troops headed by Cai Mao under Liu Biao did not want to fight against the central government represented by Cao Cao, so naturally they were very weak. When Cao Cao came, they all came to him like a loyal brother.
However, in order to protect the family property in Jingzhou, Huang Zu alone was able to withstand several attacks from the entire Jiangdong Sun family.
Sun Quan's aristocratic families were in trouble too. After several defeats in Hefei, their morale was basically broken. The special forces carefully trained by the Ling family were wiped out in one battle. This caused all the Jiangdong aristocratic families to lose their ambition to forge ahead, and they all huddled in Jiangdong and played rotten. Only when Cao Cao and Liu Bei wanted to attack their ancestral property would they regain their fighting spirit.
As for Cao Cao's aristocratic families, each one is more capable of fighting than the other - if we take over this land, our aristocratic family can be promoted in the court, make fortunes, and be granted titles of nobility and appointment as generals!
The status of the aristocratic troops under Liu Zhuang's command is very similar to that of Cao Cao in history.
First of all, Liu Zhuang is the son-in-law of a noble family in Bingzhou, and the interests of both parties are closely tied together. If Liu Zhuang can obtain Guanzhong, we can also rise to prominence as well.
The Hedong noble families were also delighted when Liu Zhuang acquired the power of Bingzhou Governor and began to restore the Qin and Han military merit system. They were ready to use human heads to build a bloody ladder to climb to greater power.
It is indeed difficult for 10,000 elite soldiers from aristocratic families to cross the Yellow River. However, the 40,000 military households and 80,000 farmers in Hedong can, regardless of cost, in a short period of time mobilize 25,000 first-level farmers who have been incorporated into the battalion, 15,000 level 0 cannon fodder who have not had time for general training and can only use weapons in a preliminary manner, and a full 80,000 logistics and baggage troops.
Not only that, Yuwen Tai's elite Yuwen Xianbei troops, Xiutu King's orc big guards, orc Han equipment camp, Xu Huang's Baibo personal soldiers, Zhang He's Jizhou big halberd soldiers, Zhang Liao's Yanmen veterans, Lü Ze, and Lü Shi's accumulated elite troops, all these elite troops were left in Hedong by Liu Zhuang and were under Guo Huai's command.
As long as Dong Zhuo reduces the deployment of the Yellow River defense line and withdraws half or even one third of the ten battalions; these 40,000 peasant soldiers, tens of thousands of Hu cavalry, and Guo Huai's 10,000 elite troops from aristocratic families will directly launch a general attack from the Yellow River defense line and directly overwhelm them with their large-scale advantage!
As for so many people gambled into Guanzhong, doesn't Hedong have to farm anymore?
Please, I have been harvesting for four consecutive years under the military-farming system, and there are a full 50 million shi of grain stored in the treasury. I will treat this year as a super disaster year, and the entire Hedong, no, the entire Bingzhou will have no harvest!
Screw farming! This year, I will go door to door to compensate all the soldiers and farmers for the abandoned fields and lost grains due to entering Guanzhong!
I spent four years to save so much food just for this day! Don’t be reluctant to spend it! As long as we can break through the Yellow River defense line and enter Guanzhong, it is worth it no matter how much food we lose!!!
Chapter 222: Consecration of Khorne
After confirming Liu Zhuang's military strength, Dong Zhuo turned around and fled, and took more than 10,000 Hu cavalry with him to launch a surprise attack and defeat Zhang Yang. Wang Kuang had more than enough new recruits.
However, when facing Liu Zhuang's 30,000 veteran soldiers, Dong Zhuo was still a little weak and did not dare to fight head-on. He immediately retreated to the Yellow River ferry, preparing to return to Luoyang and pull out the 20,000 men from the Eight Battalions of Xiyuan. Only then would he have enough troops to fight Liu Zhuang.
Naturally, Liu Zhuang would not let Dong Zhuo escape. He immediately pursued him relentlessly, even abandoning his own infantry and separating all the cavalry. He chased after Dong Zhuo's Hu cavalry, hoping to see if he could get the jackpot in Henei again, and surround Dong Zhuo's Hu cavalry, or even Dong Zhuo himself, and eat him up in one gulp.
Unfortunately, this was too difficult. The 10,000 Hu cavalry veterans had too much combat experience and moved very quickly. Not to mention three horses per person, some Xiongnu leaders could even ride five horses, which was no slower than their own Bingzhou cavalry. It was impossible for them to catch up, simply not at all.
The two men chased all the way and directly reached Wen County in Henei. Dong Zhuo immediately ordered the cavalry to board the boats that had been prepared long ago and cross the Yellow River.
However, the number of boats she prepared was not enough to allow all the troops to pass at once. During the time when the army was crossing the river at Wen County ferry, Liu Zhuang had already arrived with more than ten thousand cavalry. Dong Zhuo had no choice but to ride on Red Hare himself and lead the elite troops to cover the rear in an attempt to intercept Liu Zhuang.
"Yan Sheng! I asked the emperor to appoint you as the governor of Bingzhou, Hu Hou, why did you rebel against me???"
Before the two armies, Dong Zhuo angrily questioned Liu Zhuang.
"Stop it! Zhongying! It's not too late to turn back now!"
Although he was facing the most vicious and evil devil in history, as a commoner who had also experienced discrimination and oppression by the aristocratic families, although Liu Zhuang could not understand Dong Zhuo's brutal methods, he could understand Dong Zhuo's change of mentality.
"You've gone too far! You made me the governor of Bingzhou and the emperor of Huhou, but you even deposed and killed me! You massacred the Guandong noble families. How can I dare to stand with you?"
Liu Zhuang said calmly.
"Huh? You also believe Yuan Shao's nonsense? Liu Bian is dead! Liu Xie, who was supported by me, is now the legitimate emperor of the Han Dynasty! She is the legitimate emperor of the Han Dynasty! I can depose and enthrone the emperor granted by the Mandate of Heaven at will, so what are the Guandong aristocratic families? As the Grand Master, my power is unlimited!!!"
Dong Zhuo laughed wildly, immersed in his own power.
"Liu Zhuang! I'll give you two choices. If you immediately announce your withdrawal from Yuan Shao's Guandong Alliance, you will still be the governor of Bingzhou! I can also treat you as a friend and make you a general of chariots and cavalry, with the right to open a government office!
Otherwise, when I defeat you and annex your tribe, there will be only one fate waiting for you - being tied to my bedside, waiting for my visit every night! My husband has been dead for a long time, and I have enjoyed enough luxurious food and supreme power in Luoyang. It's time for me to find a few male favorites to play with."
"Fuck you!"
Before Liu Zhuang could say anything, Lu Bu became angry first and waved his Fang Tian Hua Ji, pointing directly at Dong Zhuo who was riding a dragon in the sky.
"Last time you stuffed a bunch of Qiang female singers that you had left over for fun into my husband's arms, I was already very upset. What else do you want to do today? Come on, come on, if you have the guts, come down! If I can't blow your head off within three rounds, I'll write my last name upside down!!!"
Dong Zhuo looked at Lu Bu in confusion, not recognizing her face, so he ordered Red Hare to fly lower, and found that the guy who was cursing was actually more than three meters tall, and the same size as himself. Then he realized - Oh, it was Lu Bu, the Lieutenant General who protected the Huns. She must have some skills to be able to kill one of the five kings of the Huns.
Dong Zhuo was not good at speaking, so he was too lazy to say anything after a few words. He ordered the dozens of meters long Red Hare to retract its wings. The entire dragon, which was wrapped in brass armor, dived down from the sky at high speed like a red meteor! The red-scaled dragon claws armed with sawtooth sickles, wrapped in high-temperature dragon flames, used the force of the dive to slam towards Lu Bu!
Lu Bu jumped off his horse with great energy, holding his halberd and taking a counter-charge stance to fight the dragon. The moment the sickle claws and the painted halberd intertwined, accompanied by a creepy metallic clang, an extremely shocking elemental explosion immediately detonated! The red dragon was immune to the flames, but the remaining ice blades, strong acid liquid, and lightning beams were a mixed explosion of three elements, which was also quite powerful.
With one blow, the brass armor and red scales on the red dragon's right claw were torn open by the halberd, and a small hole was blown apart. Bright red dragon blood gushed out like a waterfall. The entire dragon arm was wrapped in golden electric light, and it was paralyzed by the lightning and could not lift it up. The surface of the brass armor was corroded by the strong acid liquid, leaving countless small holes. The extreme coldness penetrated deep into the bone marrow. The dragon claw only had a small wound on the finger that was cut by the halberd, deep enough to see the bone, but the entire dragon arm was covered with scars from the elemental explosion.
Lu Bu was not feeling well either. The combined weight of the giant dragon, Dong Zhuo and the full set of armor was measured in tons. She had to withstand the head-on dive of such a terrifying monster. She retreated six or seven steps before she could barely withstand the charge of Red Hare. Her feet plowed a deep groove in the ground. Her two calves were gradually buried in the ground under the full force of the dragon, and all the bones in her body were numbed by the shock.
"Cang! Cang!!!"
During the charge, Red Hare gained an advantage with her weight, but in the close combat, before she could fight, she saw Lu Bu, with his legs stuck in the ground, wielding his halberd and slashing at her jaw and dragon neck with all his strength at a terrifying speed that the dragon's eyes could not catch.
The strength of this mortal was incredible, especially the blow that hit the jaw, which made Red Hare's eyes roll back. The painted halberd set off two elemental explosions, which made Red Hare retreat again and again. Red Hare roared and tried to use his dragon claws to block the painted halberd, but the whole dragon was beaten back a step by Lu Bu!
Dong Zhuo looked incredulously at Lü Bu, who had already launched three rounds of berserk attacks and was surrounded by the blood-colored phantoms of the dragon and the phoenix. How could a mortal like her even beat an adult dragon consecrated by Khorne in terms of strength?
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