The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Yingchuan County and Hongnong County are not far apart. If Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses attack from Yingchuan County, it will not take too much time to enter Hongnong County, and they can threaten the safety of Luoyang in a short time.

When the news spreads, the three generals who are attacking Zhangjiao in Jizhou will definitely be worried about this, and at the same time, they will be able to let the court know that the Yellow Turban Army has attacked Hongnong.

The mobilization of 5 horses has indeed had a great impact on the imperial court, and there is a lot of movement. His soldiers and horses have just arrived at the border of Hongnong County. .

However, in the vicinity of Gyeonggi, due to the rampage of the Yellow Turban Army, the ranks of the officers and soldiers have already suffered heavy losses. The number of officers and soldiers that can be organized in Hongnong County is not many, only a few thousand.

Facing Liu Zheng's 5 horses, they were nothing but a drop in the bucket, and they had no power to fight back.

It only took Liu Zheng two days to wipe out all the soldiers and horses organized by the prefect of Hongnong County, and the soldiers pointed directly at Hulao Pass.

In this regard, Liu Zheng's [-] troops rushed to Hulao Pass, which immediately caused a shock.The news was like a spark, and it was quickly passed on to Chaotang and Jizhou.

Luoyang City Palace.

Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty took the memorial submitted by the civil servants below, and after seeing the information above, he immediately flew into a rage.

With a flick of his hand, he threw the memorial in his hand to the ground.The memorial rolled a few times on the ground and fell in front of General He Jin.

"He Jin, this is what you did. The Dong Zhuo you recommended, this trash not only failed to wipe out Liu Zheng, but instead sent him [-] troops to attack Luoyang. Now that Hongnong County has fallen, if Hulao If Guan is captured by him again, I'm afraid I won't be able to keep my head!"

He Jin awkwardly picked up the memorial on the ground, and looked at the content on it.

In fact, he already knew that Liu Zheng had captured Hongnong County with his troops, and had already reached Hulao Pass.

But he did not report the news to Han Lingdi.

First of all, he knew that if Emperor Han Ling knew about this news, Emperor Han Ling would definitely blame him.

Secondly, he didn't want Emperor Han Ling to worry about these rebels. Originally, he wanted to secretly send people to stop Liu Zheng's rebels, but Emperor Han Ling found out about it.

Now that Emperor Han Ling already knew about it, He Jin had no intention of continuing to hide it.

Immediately explained to Emperor Han Ling.

"Your Majesty, the tens of thousands of gold thieves are just clowns. Don't worry about it. I have already asked Dong Zhuo and others to help Jizhou. To assist Huangfu Songzhong Lang, you only need to kill the first thief in Jizhou. Are you still afraid that these gold rebels will not be destroyed?"

Chapter 1

It was clear that Dong Zhuo was weak in the battle and lost to Liu Zheng, who beheaded more than [-] people by Liu Zheng.At this time, He Jin lightly described Dong Zhuo as going to assist Huang Fusong in fighting the first horn of the Jizhou gold thief.

This greatly resolved factors such as Dong Zhuo's ineffective combat in front of Emperor Han Ling, and reduced Emperor Han Ling's incompetence against Dong Zhuo a lot.

After Han Lingdi heard He Jin's words, he was not so angry at first, but hurriedly asked He Jin about the situation in Jizhou.

"He Jin Aiqing, what's the situation in Jizhou? Has the thief's first horn been punished?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, the battle situation in Jizhou is already very advantageous for me, the big man. The three major Zhonglang will besiege that corner together. The thief's first corner is defeated, so he has to ask for help from everywhere. Youzhou, Qingzhou, Yanzhou and other places All the Yellow Turban thieves have gathered in Jizhou, and it only takes a little more time to wipe out all the old lairs of the Yellow Turban thieves in Jizhou, and there is no need to worry about Liu Zheng in the time zone."

What He Jin said made Han Lingdi, who was sitting on the dragon chair, look a little better, but Liu Zheng in front of him was always a threat.

"Although the affairs in Jizhou seem to be stable, Liu Zheng has already reached the capital. He has [-] soldiers and horses under his command. If he doesn't deal with it properly, once he breaks the Hulao Pass, he can go straight to Luoyang City. It's a bad time!"

After all, the old emperor is still worried that his life will be threatened, so he is still very concerned about Liu Zheng's problem.

All the ministers present were silent for a while. At this time, they all knew that anyone who was shot in the head would definitely be sent by the emperor to deal with Liu Zheng if he opened his mouth.

It's okay to deal with Liu Zheng, but Liu Zheng defeated Dong Zhuo some time ago. Dong Zhuo defeated 2 horses and suffered heavy losses. They all heard the news.

They all knew how powerful Liu Zheng was, so naturally they didn't dare to fight Liu Zheng easily.

After all, those who can fight are all fighting outside, and the rest of these people above the court are a group of civil servants, or old and weak Confucian scholars.

It's impossible to fight the enemy in person, but it's okay to talk about it, but it's impossible for them to put on armor and go into battle.

They can only think of recommending the county guards in various places to form new soldiers and horses to delay Liu Zheng.

But in fact, the prefects in various places did not have too many soldiers and horses. At this time, the imperial court had not yet implemented the state animal husbandry system. The local government had no military power, only management power, and the self-control ability was not strong enough to raise too many soldiers and horses.

In the event of a war, it is generally only temporarily recruited, and the number of county soldiers recruited in the original counties generally does not exceed 5000.

It is quite difficult to rely on the prefects to stop these Yellow Turbans. Not every prefect has Dong Zhuo's strength.

Moreover, the newly recruited soldiers and horses also need a lot of money. With the character of a stingy emperor like Han Lingdi, he would not send too much money and food.

Therefore, it is impossible for the prefect to recruit many people in a short period of time, and naturally it is impossible to block the attack of tens of thousands of Yellow Turbans.

No one answered Han Lingdi's words, and only He Jin continued to stand up and wrote a letter to Han Lingdi again.

"Your Majesty, if you want to solve the current problem, I'm afraid the only way to deal with Zhang Jiao is to bring back one of the three major generals who are currently in Jizhou to deal with Zhang Jiao. First, eliminate Liu Zheng, and then deal with Zhang Jiao."

"That's fine, then let Dong Zhuo continue to come back to deal with Liu Zheng, and at the same time let the prefects of Hexi and Henan assist together to wipe out Liu Zheng's troops outside Hulao Pass."

Emperor Han Ling didn't want to spend too much time on this matter, so he quickly agreed to He Jin.

But He Jin didn't want it to end like this.

Immediately, he continued to admonish Emperor Han Ling again.

"Your Majesty, I don't think it's appropriate to send Dong Zhuo back. In my opinion, Lu Zhi should be sent back to deal with Liu Zheng."

"Why? Isn't Dong Zhuo the person you recommended? Why don't you let him deal with Liu Zheng now?"

"Your Majesty, Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses are mostly cavalry. Cavalry has a strong threat on the battlefield. For example, in Jizhou, it can deter Zhang Jiao to a greater extent. Lu Zhi has been fighting Zhang Jiao in Jizhou for so long. But he didn't succeed, he couldn't attack for a long time, and he thought that in the battle with Zhang Jiao, if he didn't take advantage of anything, it might have a miraculous effect."

What He Jin said was not to excuse Dong Zhuo at all, but he knew that Liu Zheng was so powerful that even Dong Zhuo couldn't beat him, and if Dong Zhuo continued to go there, he would just give Liu Zheng his head.

If Dong Zhuo really lost to Liu Zheng and was beheaded by Liu Zheng, then He Jin would also be implicated and thus punished.

Instead, it would be better to let Lu Zhi pass, no matter what, as long as Lu Zhi passes, no matter the victory or defeat, it will be beneficial to He Jin, after all, he and Lu Zhi have different political views.

If Lu Zhi was defeated by Liu Zheng, he happened to use Liu Zheng's hand to solve a political opponent. If Lu Zhi defeated Liu Zheng, then he also had the merit of recommending him, and he would not suffer from any advance.

After Han Lingdi heard He Jin's words, he thought about it carefully, and it seemed that he was talking about the same thing.

He did not refute He Jin's opinion.

"Okay, that's it, let's draw up the decree."

At the same time in Changshan County in Jizhou.

In the big tent of the officers and soldiers, the three great Zhonglang will gather here.

"Everyone, according to the information just received, the Runan Yellow Turban remnant party has broken through Hongnong County, and their troops are pointing directly at Hulao Pass. What do you think of this matter?"

Holding the information in his hands, Huangfusong looked at Lu Zhi and Dong Zhuo in the big tent, and his eyes finally stayed on Dong Zhuo.

After all, this incident was mainly due to Dong Zhuo's reason. The purpose of Dong Zhuo's succession to Zhu Jun was to wipe out the remnants of the Yellow Turbans in Runan County.

But now Dong Zhuo not only did not wipe out those remnants of the Yellow Turbans, but instead allowed the remnants of the Yellow Turbans in Runan to loot, burn and kill them everywhere.

The biggest responsibility for this whole matter lies with Dong Zhuo, so Huangfusong wanted to hear Dong Zhuo's opinion.

After Dong Zhuo heard the news, his face was quite embarrassed. Although he also knew that the incident started from him, but now his soldiers and horses are only a few thousand people, and it is too late to fight against Liu Zheng's [-] army. It was impossible, so he had no choice but to decline.

"Two, the strength of the Runan Yellow Turban thief is extraordinary. In my opinion, that cunning Liu Zheng is far stronger than the first Zhangjiao of the thief. I fought against him a few times in Runan before, but they were all defeated by the opponent. That's why I thought about it." Let's join the two to wipe out the Yellow Turban bandits in Jizhou, and then return to Runan to clean up the remnants of the Yellow Turbans."

"Are the Yellow Turban remnants in Runan really as powerful as you say? When I competed with Bocai in Runan, I didn't find such a powerful person."

Chapter 1 Before the Hulao Pass

Although Dong Zhuo has to bear a lot of responsibility for this matter, Huangfu Song is also responsible. After all, the reason why Liu Zheng rose was precisely because he did not wipe out the Yellow Turban Army in Runan before, which gave Liu Zheng a chance to breathe , thus growing stronger.

So if you really want to get to the bottom of it, Huangfusong is naturally also responsible, and he cannot escape the blame.

On the contrary, Lu Zhi was quite arrogant.

"The tens of thousands of remnants of the Yellow Turbans have made you like this. In my opinion, we don't care about the Yellow Turbans in Runan at all. We will first jointly exterminate Zhang Jiao, the giant deer. As long as the dragons have no leader, they will not be able to make any waves."

"You can't say that, after all, those yellow scarf thieves from Ru'nan have already beaten the Hulao Pass. If the Hulao Pass is really broken by them, the consequences will be unimaginable."

Huangfusong did not agree with Lu Zhi's contempt.Although Huangfusong had never fought Liu Zheng head-on, judging from what Liu Zheng had shown recently, he had already taken a lot of interest in Liu Zheng.

In particular, Huangfusong also heard from his subordinate Cao Cao that when Liu Zheng saw him for the first time, he was just a soldier under the yellow scarf Xiaoqushuai, but now in just three months, he has become a In Runan and Yingchuan areas, the largest Yellow Turban Canal is Shuai.

He has even replaced Bocai's position once, and has become an upstart among the Yellow Turban Army.

Now that it has developed to the point where it is possible to attack Hulao Pass and Luoyang, Huangfusong has to place Liu Zheng in a more conspicuous position.

"Huangfusong, Dong Zhuo, you are too high-level to look at that yellow scarf thief. There are only 1 yellow scarf thieves who can really fight. I'm afraid there are not even [-]. Do you think that relying on these people can break the tiger prison? ?”

"Even if he can defeat Hulao Pass, if Luoyang is troubled, is there really no one left? Not to mention the troops of the generals, that is, Lang Wei led by Guang Luxun, guards led by Wei Wei, and Jingshi led by Zhi Jinwu Neither the garrison troops nor the city gate soldiers led by the city gate lieutenants can beat those yellow scarf thieves."

Lu Zhi is the minister of the humerus of the Han court, and he has a thorough understanding of the deployment of the Han's troops.

"Brother Lu Zhi, the imperial court is no longer in the period of Emperor Wu. Now the imperial court is wantonly weakening the central army. The five schools of the Northern Army we led have already taken away. There are a large number of central soldiers and horses. Now there are at most 3 people in Luoyang , if Liu Zheng's men can really break through Hulao Pass, they will still pose a great threat to Luoyang."

"I understand all this, but now we are stumped, so we have to give up the advantage we have finally gained and run to deal with Liu Zheng?"

Lu Zhi raised his brows and asked a rhetorical question, which immediately left Dong Zhuo and Huangfusong speechless.

"This is also unlikely. Now we can only eliminate Zhang Jiao as soon as possible, and then return to the imperial court."

"Well, that's right, Zhang Jiao fought us the day before yesterday and lost another 3 people. Now there are not many people in Jizhou. We can take this opportunity to take down Julu City in one fell swoop. "

"After all, Julu City is the old lair of the Yellow Turbans. If we can drive the Yellow Turbans away from Julu City, it will definitely dampen the morale of the Yellow Turbans. At that time, it will be much easier for us to chase those Yellow Turbans."

Lu Zhi quickly turned the topic to how to deal with Zhang Jiao.

Huangfusong and Dong Zhuo stopped discussing with Lu Zhi about dealing with Liu Zheng.Instead, he began to formulate corresponding strategies for Zhang Jiao in Julu City.

And Liu Zheng, who was outside Hulao Pass, was drinking wine and eating barbecue with Xu Huang and Zhou Cang, living a leisurely life.

Liu Zheng, who was fighting all the way from Hongnong County to Hulao Pass, was not in a hurry to attack Hulao Pass.

For Liu Zheng, the purpose of his coming here was not to attack Hulao Pass. Attacking Hulao Pass would not be of any benefit to Liu Zheng, on the contrary, it would also damage troops.

The Hulao Pass, which is several feet high, is not easy for people to break into. The majestic city wall alone is intimidating. If someone does not open the door directly from the inside, trying to break through the city wall and the city gate to kill Go in, with the current technology, Liu Zheng doesn't believe that this barrier can be broken at all.

But if you want to go to Luoyang instead of going through Hulao Pass, you can take the water route, or you have to bypass Hulao Pass and take the mountain path.

But these two methods are difficult to work.

To the north of Hulao Pass is the Yellow River. The water of the Yellow River is not to mention the turbulent current, and the terrain is dangerous. It is very unlikely to go up by ferry.

The south is full of mountainous areas, and the terrain is rough and difficult. It may be no problem for three or five people to pass, but Liu Zheng has 5 soldiers and horses here, and [-] people climb the mountain together, which is not a small matter.

Not to mention time-consuming and labor-intensive, even the military rations may not be able to keep up. I am afraid that they will starve to death before arriving in Luoyang.

This is why Zhuge Liang didn't follow Wei Yan's plan to surprise Ziwu Valley during the Northern Expedition.Because the mountain road from Chengdu to Ziwu Valley is rugged and difficult, it is not suitable for a large number of soldiers and horses, and food cannot be supplied. Without food and grass, there is no war.

Therefore, if Liu Zheng wanted to attack Luoyang, Hulao Pass was the first hurdle before him.

However, he didn't want to fight Luoyang at first, so naturally he didn't want to fight Hulao Pass. The reason why he brought his own people and gradually surrounded Hulao Pass was to force the three major generals of Zhonglang in Jizhou to give them Put some pressure on.

"Shuai Qu, it's been two full days since our troops surrounded Hulao Pass, but they just surrounded and didn't fight. My brothers are now complaining."

Zhou Cang picked up the wine in front of him, drank it all in one gulp, then tore off the leg of lamb in front of him forcefully, took a bite voraciously, and opened his mouth to Liu Zheng while chewing.

"Whining, what are you whining about?"

"Of course I feel that the past two days have been leisurely. If there is no battle to fight, don't they have no merits? Without merits, there will be no rewards."

In the past few days, Liu Zheng has imitated the reward system of later generations and re-established a series of reward and punishment measures for his soldiers and horses.

The soldiers who are brave and fearless in battle are given great rewards, and the purpose is also to cultivate the character of these yellow scarf soldiers under his command to fight bravely.

Of course, this is all based on the fact that Liu Zheng has enough prestige and can give them a lot of rewards at the same time.

With the gold that Liu Zheng obtained from Cai Mao before as confidence, Liu Zheng rewarded the first group of people under his command in one go.

Many new Yellow Turban soldiers know that Liu Zheng is generous and likes to reward the commander of his subordinates. Following such a commander, they are more willing to work hard.

Chapter 1 and Three: Hexi and Henan

Liu Zheng just smiled lightly after hearing Zhou Cang's words.

"Zhou Cang, what's the rush? Are you afraid that there will be no battle to fight? Looking at Hulao Pass and such a tall city wall, I still have a headache."

"Headache, what is the headache? Isn't it just a stone wall? If Qu Shuai wants to fight, I have a way."

Liu Zheng said it casually, but at this time he was interested when he heard Zhou Cang say that he had a way. Although he didn't think Zhou Cang's way would really help him attack Hulao Pass, but listen more. There is nothing wrong with listening.

At that moment, Liu Zheng asked Zhou Cang directly.

"Oh, what's the way? Let's hear it?"

"It's not easy. The Hulao Pass looks powerful, but in fact there are not many defenders inside. If we really want to fight, we can just throw it from the cliffs on both sides, and then ignite a large amount of wood and shoot it up the tower. If there is fire, this tiger prison can be burned."

Zhou Cang's words made Liu Zheng's eyes light up. He never thought that he could do this at all.

What Liu Zheng thought before was to besiege Hulao Pass, and then cut off the water and food in Hulao Pass. Within three or two months, these soldiers and horses in Hulao Pass would go out to fight him to the death.