Chapter 133 The First Battle of Dong Jun
Dong Zhuo was holding two beautiful girls stolen from the West City, and was having a lot of fun in the army. Suddenly, a close confidant think tank Li Ru hurriedly broke in and shouted: "Lord, something is not good. There is a large army coming to our camp, only ten miles away. There is a sentry to send back the news, saying that it is the Xiyuan Army in the north of our army."
Dong Zhuo was shocked after hearing this. After several times, he asked with some qi: "Xiyuan Army? How many soldiers are there? Who is the main general? What is the banner? But come by the court order? Could it be that the robbery of the three cities yesterday caused the indignation of all officials?"
There was a guard guard on the side to cover Dong Zhuo's red body, while Li Ru looked at his nose and his heart without squinting his eyes, bowed and said, "Lord, according to the post, the Xiyuan Army has four thousand cavalry, and the Taizhong Doctor in the court and the lower army commander He Bai was the chief general. As for whether he came to the court order, Ru thought it should not be."
"Oh?" When Dong Zhuo heard that he did not come by the court order, it would have nothing to do. He was the former general of the court and the governor of Bingzhou. No matter what his identity was, He Bai had to dismount and greet him when he saw him. Dong Zhuo did not think that He Bai was here to fight him.
Dong Zhuo turned around and pulled a beautiful girl to rub it, squeezed it up, and asked casually: "Wenyou know what kind of person He Bai is? What's the matter when he came here?"
Li Ru said, "This son was born as a poor martial artist. He joined the army in Youzhou and made many military achievements. He served as the chief lieutenant of Taiyuan. He was a slaughter of war. He was a slaughter of war, fighting against Heishan and Baibo, and fighting against thieves at home. He was quite famous for his martial arts and political reputation. He called himself the Invincible of Taiyuan. Later, he transferred to the capital to be a counselor. He did not expect that this son showed his erudition than a great scholar. He even denied the theory of the response of the heavenly beings of Dong Zhongshu of the former Han Dynasty, and he was quite grateful to Emperor Ling and He Jin. At the age of twenty-four, he was awarded the title of Marquis of Xiyangting, with a fief of 1,500 households, and was also awarded the title of Taizhong Doctor and the Military Academy of Xiyuan. He can be said to be a young talent."
Dong Zhuo was stunned, but laughed and said, "Such a young talent? There are rare people in the world. I am very happy. Such a talent should be used after I take control of the power of the court. Wen Youyan said that he is the Marquis of Xiyangting? Could it be that he came to rob the women and children of Xiyangting for our soldiers yesterday?"
Li Ru bowed deeply: "Lord Ming Jian. Ru thought that this son came for this matter."
Dong Zhuo pushed Meiji away, stood up and walked and said, "Yesterday, he plundered the three cities, mainly to force the Ten Generals to start a war with He Jin early, and look at the courage of the court officials. He didn't want to be all rats in the court. He heard that I was strong, no one dared to stand up and stop me. He didn't want to rob the Sunset Pavilion, but he led such a young tiger to be afraid of my power and sent troops to attack me for his people. But this son led his troops at this time, which was really not the time. If he led his troops out of the camp to fight with him, he might ruin my plan to 'flower on the tree' and others would see through the true strength of our army. How can we deal with it with the best of our culture?"
Li Ru said, "Lord, this son Su Yan is brave, so he can make the army lie in the camp and remain unmoved. He only leads five hundred cavalry and the generals in the army to fight to determine the outcome by one. If our army wins, he will retreat and the lord will not investigate the crime of his superiors. If the Bai army wins, the lord will release the looted woman and compensate him for his losses."
Dong Zhuo nodded and praised: "This strategy is very good, so that the world can know that I, Dong Zhongying, is not only a person who only knows how to bully the weak. But most of our army's brave generals were blocked by Xu Rong, the general guarding the Tongguan, and were not allowed to come to the capital. Who is hateful? At this time, the powerful generals in the army do not know that there are any rivals?"
After saying that, he ordered his generals to come to the tent to gather in Qi, and to order a total of 30 powerful generals from Qi's army, leading 500 Feixiong troops out of the camp, looking to the north to meet. The Dong army camp was stationed on the bank of Luoshui, and to the north was where the people of Xiyangting Pavilion lived. After walking less than three miles, he bumped into He Bai's army leading the troops.
When the two armies intersected, Dong Zhuo was shocked to see the flags of the coming army, with great momentum, the entire army was full of armor, the soldiers were strong, and each had good horses to ride. He was really shocked. He was really worthy of being the elite imperial guards built by Emperor Ling during his lifetime. Fortunately, he was not as strong as before, and he was forced to force each other with his military force. Otherwise, the two armies would fight each other and would be defeated quickly. Dong Zhuo could not help but secretly remembered it in his heart. After he took power in the future, he would have to gain the authority of the Xiyuan Army first.
Dong Zhuo was wearing heavy armor, with a famous horse, a red rabbit, and a strong bow on his waist. He led twenty cavalry out of the formation. He shouted with a stern voice: "I am the former general, the governor of Bingzhou, and the marquis of the Jingxiang Township. Who is the leader of the army? What is the official position in the court? Why did he lead the army to dare to invade our camp's warning?"
Each army base has a warning area, usually about ten miles away. If the unknown army approaches for no reason, if it is not informed in advance, it will be a hostile army that needs to be alert and prepare for war.
Dong Zhuo's words suddenly made the vanguard of the Xiyuan Army's lower army suffocate, and Chen Kui, the Sima of the Front Army, was shocked. This morning, he received an order from the lieutenant, saying that he would come to attack the Xiliang thief army that harmed the people of Luoyang. Unexpectedly, after he arrived at the place, he was the army of the former general of the court, the governor of Bingzhou, and the subordinates of Dong Zhuo, the marquis of the ferry in the court. This... Before the lieutenant received the order from the court, he sent troops to attack the army of the ferute major generals in the court. This is not very good.
Chen Kui turned his head and looked at the central army. He Bai wore black armor and sat on a white horse. He also led more than 20 knights from the central army along the path between the soldiers in each station to the front of the formation, pointed the spear directly at Dong Zhuo and scolded:
"Dong Zhuo is a man who knows that he is a chief general in the court? As a general, you are not willing to serve the country. You want to use the force of strong troops to force the court to seek personal gain. You do not want to protect the people. Instead, they burned, killed, looted, and made military resources in the ruins outside the capital yesterday. All those who did not follow were slaughtered, and countless people died at the time, bleeding and the people cried. When they returned to the camp, hundreds of women in the sunset pavilion thought they were army, prostitutes, and insulted."
"It is important to know that everyone in the world has parents, wives and children, but they are harmed by the officers and soldiers they support for no reason. This is the great sorrow of this world. Do you ever think that your mother, wife and daughter will be killed by others for a day of wanton, lust, humiliation, and arbitrarily? I, He Tianming, angered the rebel army today, is to attack Dong Zhuo, a thief who is the world's people. Those who have good thoughts and loyalty in their hearts can kill this thief who is the disabled for me. All the consequences of this trip will be borne by me, He Tianming."
He Bai's words suddenly made the army in Xiyuan very angry. He did not want Dong Zhuo, who was a chief general of the court, to do such evil things yesterday. It should be noted that most of the officials and soldiers in the court were from good families at this time, but not the army of land gangsters and criminals in the Song, Ming, Qing, and Civilian times, and it was common for burning, killing, looting. At this time, the officers and soldiers also had a kind heart, even if they lived by robbery, they also had moral concepts of robbery and morality in their hearts. They would never be like Dong Jun, but just killing for their own selfish interests.
Chen Kui was immediately ashamed when he heard this. As the captain, He Bai ignored the position of the former general of the thief Dong Zhuo because of his righteous indignation. He was very responsible. What was he afraid of a mere military Sima? So he went on a horse and shouted, "I, Chen Kui, want to kill the thief for the captain." After that, he beat the horse and danced his sword and took Dong Zhuo directly.
Dong Zhuo was also furious when he heard He Bai's words. In the Han Dynasty, he respected the principles of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness. Although Dong Zhuo was cruel and unkind, he was famous for being filial to his parents and righteous to his friends. Now that he heard He Bai humiliated his mother, wife and daughter, he was immediately furious and shouted: "Who is here to win the head of this arrogant child with me? I would like to reward him with a hundred gold coins?"
A man in the Xiliang army rushed out, looking at He Bai with his spear. He met Chen Kui who was coming, and the two generals fought in front of the formation. Chen Kui was fierce, and the Xiliang generals were poisonous. The two generals could be regarded as having a match for the chess, but the generals met a good talent. They fought for dozens of rounds but still had no chance of winning or losing.
Chen Kui was anxious for a moment and slashed his sword desperately, but the flaws were exposed. When He Bai was just screaming, Chen Kui was already stabbed in his right arm by the Xiliang general. Unexpectedly, Chen Kui glared wide, shouted loudly, held the spear tightly in his right hand, and slashed the big knife with his left hand, and slashed the frightened Xiliang general on the horse in one fell swoop. Then, without even seeing the person's life or death, he immediately pulled out his horse and returned.
He Bai quickly ordered someone to come forward to welcome him and bring him back. He saw that the injury on Chen Kui's right arm was pierced vertically. If he pierced horizontally, with the wide spear blade, I am afraid that half of Chen Kui's arm would be lost. Fortunately, it was just a piercing injury, but it also needed to rest for one or two months.
Chen Kui said with a pale face: "Captain, I was careless and almost lost. Please forgive me."
He Bai shouted, "How can you say this? Although this battle is a righteous war, it is also my private war. It has not been allowed by the court. If you follow your orders, I will be very happy. Now you are fighting in person, so what else can I complain about? However, as a general in command, you are responsible and are not comparable to ordinary warriors in the formation. If you die, who will command these thousands of soldiers? You must never go out and fight alone in the future."
Chen Kui thanked: "The lieutenant is a marquis who is willing to fight against the thieves for the people. How can we be a subordinate? I just don't expect that the Xiliang army has such a fierce soldier. I will exchange my life for injuries and return to victory."
"Xiliang is strong in the world, how can there be not many powerful soldiers?" He Bai responded casually.
According to history, Yuzhou is the most powerful top generals with 90 military power, but only a million people can produce such a person. Liangzhou has the smallest number of people, with only more than 400,000 people, including Ma Chao, Pang De, Hua Xiong, Dong Zhuo, Jiang Wei, Zhang Xiu and other six people. On average, less than 100,000 people can appear. And there are definitely many first- and second-rate generals at the second level.
That general just now was just an ordinary general of the famous Xiliang Army, and he could fight Chen Kui, the selection of the powerful generals selected by Emperor Ling of Han from the whole country for a long time. This shows that the Western Liang army was so powerful.
He Bai had just ordered Chen Kui to treat his injuries to the Central Army and handed over the vanguard army to the fake Sima Commander. At this time, another Western Liang general ran out to challenge. Seeing that Dong Zhuo was only leading five hundred cavalry today, He Bai thought that he did not want to fight with his own army, and was deeply afraid that Dong Jun's true strength would be exposed, and he just wanted to decide the outcome by a one-on-one challenge.
He Bai looked at the other military officers, Zhao Zhi, Xu Fen, Chang Gui, Kong Li and others, and Zhang Zhang was in the general's mansion with He Xian at this time, and there were no good talents among the generals who were fighting against the battlefield. Apart from him, Han Rong and Huang Zhong, there seemed to be nothing to show off.
Chapter completed!