Chapter 44 Looking for help
Until now, some of the members of the Kanto Alliance have not arrived at the place of meeting, let alone when Dong Zhuo convened this meeting, if Dong Zhuo sent the army to attack at that time, it would definitely be a big blow to the Kanto Alliance.∷
Fortunately, Dong Zhuo held this meeting just to act. He did not want to attack. He had a shallow foundation in Luoyang and relied on military power to suppress the court. If he attacked at this time, Luoyang might have chaos. Therefore, under the flattery and persuasion of the Shangshu Zheng Tai, he took the opportunity to whine a few words and said a few harsh words, and it would be fine.
The fourth thing is to move the capital to Chang'an.
Compared to sending troops to attack Kanto, moving the capital to Chang'an, and temporarily avoiding the Kanto coalition forces, this is Dong Zhuo's true intention.
Dong Zhuo was from Liangzhou and had been in Liangzhou for a long time. He had been fighting against thieves and rebellion in various places in Bingzhou. He also stayed with Sanfu. Compared to having no foundation in Luoyang, Chang'an was obviously more beneficial to him. Moreover, Chang'an was the former capital of the former Han Dynasty, with dangerous mountains and rivers and troops here. He could control Shandong. Even if the Guandong coalition forces were prosperous, they could block it after closing the door. If they took a step back, they could retreat to Liangzhou.
Dong Zhuo's plan was thought of by himself, and it was also strongly suggested by his advisers such as Jia Xu and Li Ru.
Just a few days ago, Dong Zhuo summoned all the ministers and told them about their plans to move the capital to Chang'an. All the ministers did not want to, but they dared not say anything.
Wen Chou said: "The Dong thief first arrived in Luoyang and recommended talents. He seemed to be a great scholar. Now that he has revealed his true colors, he dared to kill King Hongnong and discuss moving the capital. This is really angering between the humans and the gods." Wen Chou would not be stingy with condemnation to Dong Zhuo.
"Dong Zhuo's violation is what should be attacked by the princes of the world! However, our army is weak at present, but we cannot attack alone!" Tian Feng said.
"At present, Yingchuan is our army in addition to the county soldiers. It will take some time for the Sun Hou from Jiangdong to arrive." Wen Chou said in his thoughts.
"That's right, but Kong Yuzhou is a helper. I just don't know how he is preparing now!" Tian Chou also said worriedly. The current situation is basically that their army is fighting against Dong Zhuo's army alone. If Dong Zhuo chooses to use Yingchuan as a breakthrough again, this is not a good situation for Wen Chou's army.
"Well, then where is Kong Yuzhou now?" Wen Chou asked casually. It was a helping hand after all. Although the army of Kong Yuzhou was not very good at Wen Chou's attention.
"In the State of Chen." Liu Qinggong said that in the current Wen Chou army, the matter of the scout was handed over to Liu Qing and Tian Feng.
"What are you doing in Chen State?" Wen Chou asked.
"The State of Chen has quite a strong army, and Kong Yuzhou wants troops." Tian Feng said in an interview.
King Chen Liu Chong was the great-grandson of Emperor Ming of Han. He was one of the few brave men in the existing Han clan. He was good at shooting crossbows, and ten shots were shots, and all of them were in the same place. In the early years of Zhongping, the Yellow Turban thieves rose up. Most counties abandoned the city and left. Liu Chong's treacherous people in the warehouse had thousands of powerful crossbows. They took them out and recruited heroes to station in Duting, the capital of Chen County, to maintain the capital of Chen. The people of Chen had long heard that Liu Chong was good at shooting and did not dare to rebel. In addition, the prime minister of Chen Luo Jun was always strong in the country. Therefore, with the use of both of them both civil and military, the Yellow Turban Rebellion. Chen State was able to be unique. Many people from the neighboring counties and states took refuge here, and more than 100,000 people returned there.
Although the Yellow Turban Rebellion was suppressed, the more than 100,000 people settled in Chen State, and Liu Chong and Chen State Prime Minister Luo Jun also took advantage of the situation to select brave men from the more than 100,000 people and trained a very powerful army.
Yuan Shao raised an army and responded one after another in Guandong. Although Liu Chong, a royal relative of the royal family, did not join the coalition forces, in order to protect the country and avoid being invaded by soldiers from other counties, he also rectified his troops and horses. He went out to Yangxia and claimed to be the general of the Han Dynasty.
Although Kong Yichang was the governor of Yuzhou sent by the court, he had no high reputation in Yuzhou. Moreover, he was a talker and had no great courage. As a member of the Han clan, he was famous for his bravery. Liu Chong, who had tried to protect Chen State during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, naturally did not look down on him and did not accept his orders. Therefore, in order to strengthen the momentum of the Yuzhou army, Kong Yichang had to condescend to go to Chen State in person, hoping to persuade the Prime Minister Luo Jun to send troops to help him.
Wen Chou nodded and asked again: "There are the soldiers and horses under Kong Yuzhou?"
"There are six counties and states in Yuzhou. King Chen did not follow the dispatch. Pei Xiangqingliang defended himself. Now Kong Yuzhou has only the soldiers under his command, including the soldiers of the four counties, including the soldiers of the state, Lu, Liang and Yingchuan. There are about 40,000 soldiers and horses." Liu Qing said.
"But Kong Yuzhou has limited control over them," Tian Feng added. The implication was that there were holes in which they could intervene, such as the current Yingchuan County soldiers.
There are six counties and states in Yuzhou, divided into Yingchuan, Runan, Chen, Pei, Lu and Liang.
Not to mention Yingchuan, he had just encountered the invasion of Dong Zhuo's troops, so he had no time to lead his army to Kong Yuzhou. However, he was a potential help from Kong Yuzhou, or he might be under Wen Chou's command.
Although Yuan Zhong, the prime minister of Pei, was from the Yuan family in Runan, he was a friend of Fan Pang in the past and was a party member. Because of his identity as a child of the Yuan family, he was also harmed by the party and corruption that year. He was always known for his coolness. When he went to Pei State to take office in his early years, he was just a reed cart. He and Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu were not from the same family, and he had no intention of responding to Yuan Shao's rebellion this time, so he would not send county soldiers to help Kong Yi.
Except for the three counties of Yingchuan, Pei and Chen, the only ones who were willing to follow Kong Yizheng's orders were Runan, Lu and Liang, and the most active ones were Runan and Lu. It seems that Runan was the hometown of Yuan Shao. When he started his army, the people of Runan County must have strong support. Lu prime minister Chen Yi was the son of Chen Fan, the leader of the party. When Emperor Ling was in power in his early years, he secretly discussed the deposed emperor with the former governor of Jizhou Wang Fen and Xu You. He was very brave. How could Yuan Shao defeat Dong Zhuo this time? Like Runan, he also gave him a county to help him.
In theory, it is difficult for Kong Yichang to get 40,000 troops with the troops of these three counties. Not every county can plan for several years to challenge Dong like Wen Chou! In addition, Changshan gathered many refugees, and was able to use more than 10,000 troops at once! However, Kong Yichang benefited from Huang Wan's military move as the governor of Yuzhou, and conquered the bandits in the state, leaving him with a large number of state soldiers. Therefore, the soldiers of the Three Kingdoms and the state soldiers only had 40,000 people. (To be continued, please search for astronomy, the novel is better and faster!
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