Three Kingdoms: At the beginning, Cao Cao assassinated Dong, and I was abandoned

"Report, Mr. Yang Xiu has a letter."

As soon as Cao Shuo delivered the news, Yang Xiu's letter arrived.

Yang Xiu wrote above: Three days later, he will entertain the guards of Tongguan, get them drunk, and then take them down in one fell swoop, and set fire to them after the pass.

Cao Shuo smiled and said, "Zhicai, tonight, let the army rush to Hongnong County in the dark."

"promise!"

On the west side of Tongguan, there was a long line of people who wanted to leave the customs.

Most of these people belonged to the Longteng Chamber of Commerce. They were rushing to Luoyang to deliver goods. The road was blocked by heavy snow for three months, and their goods had already been sold out.

There is a shortage of various materials in Guanzhong, especially salt and cloth, these two materials are in short supply.

"Open the city gates!"

"How long are you going to spend?"

"Our Chamber of Commerce's supplies are sold out, and we need to buy them."

They waited for a day, but when the city gate was not opened, they started to shout.

Duan Yan, the general guarding the pass, shouted angrily: "Now the two countries are at war, no one is allowed to leave the pass."

No matter how these businessmen state the key points, Duan Yan just won't open the door.

Yang Xiu on the side said: "General Duan, is there a problem with this? The supplies they sell are all in short supply in our Guanzhong. Wouldn't it be inappropriate not to let them buy the goods?"

Duan Yan explained: "Your Majesty has already ordered that no one from the Longteng Chamber of Commerce can leave. They are Cao Shuo's spies. If we let them leave, our deployment will definitely be exposed."

Yang Xiu sighed and left, thinking, if I didn't want Cao Shuo to kill too much, I'm afraid his army has already arrived here, and your deployment is useless.

On the second day after Duan Yan closed the customs, these businessmen could not see any hope, so they all left.

However, on the morning of the third day, chaos broke out in Luoyang City.

Chapter 455 Is it a trick?Cao Shuo has already seen through

"Where are the people from the Longteng Chamber of Commerce?"

"Open the door, my house is out of salt!"

"Where is there a salt seller?"

"Which street is the Longteng Chamber of Commerce open?"

The commotion among the residents in the city attracted the attention of the guards in the city. After they understood the situation, they hurriedly notified Dong Zhuo.

"Your Majesty, something is wrong. The city has been cut off from salt. For some reason, the Longteng Chamber of Commerce has closed down collectively today."

"Your Majesty, the Longteng Chamber of Commerce has stopped selling all products, and none of the shops in the city are open."

Dong Zhuo narrowed his eyes and hurriedly asked, "What about the other chambers of commerce?"

The soldiers said with a mournful face: "Your Majesty, other chambers of commerce have long been suppressed by the Longteng Chamber of Commerce, and they all went bankrupt. The supplies of the Longteng Chamber of Commerce are very cheap, and these chambers of commerce cannot survive them."

"Is there such a thing?" Dong Zhuo was instantly angry.

He doesn't pay much attention to business or merchants, so he rarely asks about these things. After all, in his concept, as long as he doesn't prohibit the circulation of commodities, there will be people selling commodities in the city.

He really didn't expect that all the products in Chang'an City would be controlled by the Longteng Chamber of Commerce unconsciously.

This is a terrible thing. You can eat a little food, but you must eat salt, or your body will gradually become weak.

Dong Zhuo hastily called Da Sinong and asked, "Is there any salt in the treasury?"

Chong Shao explained: "The road has been blocked by heavy snow for three months, and our salt storage is almost gone, as are the cloth and satin, and there are not many medicinal materials."

Dong Zhuo frowned, this is a big deal and must be taken seriously.

Zhong Shao continued: "Your Majesty, I have received reports from subordinate officials that all parts of the Qin State are complaining that the Longteng Chamber of Commerce has no products to sell, but they cannot go out of the customs to buy."

Dong Zhuo raised his eyebrows, was this planned for a long time, or was it a coincidence?

If he released these people, and Cao Shuo would not allow them to come back once they informed Cao Shuo of the situation, what would happen to him?

"Chong Shao, go and investigate to see if these people in the Longteng Chamber of Commerce are all outsiders."

Zhong Shao said, "Your Majesty, this minister has already checked. The Longteng Chamber of Commerce did come to Chang'an three months ago, but in the end all of them left."

"Now the Longteng Chamber of Commerce in Chang'an City is only under the banner of Longteng. In fact, they are the chambers of commerce that were suppressed by Longteng before. After they failed to operate, they began to hang the Longteng brand to help Longteng sell products."

"what?"

Dong Zhuo was terrified. Doesn't this mean that if he arrests these people, Long Teng will lose nothing?

This Cao Shuo is really an asshole for using such a despicable method.

If they forbid the sale of supplies to merchants in Chang'an, wouldn't he be in trouble here?

"Can you trade some supplies with Liu Bei from Hanzhong?"

Zhong Shao said: "Your Majesty, Cao Shuo used fine salt instead of coarse salt, and he once told every merchant who sells products from the Longteng Chamber of Commerce that it is forbidden to buy coarse salt if he cooperates with him. If he finds out, the cooperation will be terminated."

"These merchants are afraid of Cao Shuo's power, and secondly, they feel that the price of fine salt is lower than that of coarse salt, and the transportation cost is lower, so they all gave up coarse salt. Now fine salt can only be bought from Cao Shuo."

Dong Zhuo suddenly felt his head swell, and he really had to buy Cao Shuo's supplies.

"Let those merchants go out of the customs, and get me a batch of fine salt as soon as possible, let them buy enough for Qin State for two years, and I will buy them all directly, so as not to let them lose money."

"No!"

However, as soon as these merchants left the pass, Xia Houyuan, the prefect of Hongnong County, stopped them. The reason was the same as that of Dong Zhuo, saying that they were spies from Chang'an and were not allowed to enter Hongnong County.

Not only are these businessmen going crazy, Dong Zhuo can't sit still anymore, Cao Shuo definitely did it on purpose, he just wanted to consume himself to death through this method.

"Come on, call Li Ru back quickly!"

Dong Zhuo patted his forehead, it seemed that Li Ru would not be able to do it.

Dong Zhuo would not be so stupid as to distribute fine salt to the people. After all, his army was going to fight. Now he can only hope that he can get salt from other places to meet the daily needs of the people in Chang'an.

"My lord, Gao Shun, the prefect of Hedong County, led an army to attack Zuo Fengling suddenly. The Taiwei is currently unable to escape."

"Damn Cao Shuo, he actually attacked Zuo Fengling at this time."

Dong Zhuo hurriedly called Zhong Shao over and ordered: "Let the people in the city get through this period of time first, and then tell the caravans to get me some salt, cloth, and medicinal materials from other places!"

"Sir, let's do it now!"

On the ninth day of March in 194 A.D., Yang Xiu transported some fine wine from Chang'an at his own expense on the pretext of rewarding the soldiers.

"The generals guarded the pass in the past and worked very hard. Today, Yang Xiu specially transported a batch of fine wine from Chang'an for you to taste."

Yang Xiu poured fine wine to a dozen generals one after another. They smelled it and were amazed.

"Not to mention, the officials of the State of Wei are so lucky to have such fine wine."

"It is said that their officials can receive a lot of this fine wine every month."

"Shut up for me."

Duan Yan's face darkened, it's better to stop this kind of topic in moderation.

Everyone drank until late at night, Yang Xiu, taking advantage of their drunkenness, ordered his confidants to replace the soldiers guarding the gate, and then lit a fire after closing the door.

When the spies outside the pass saw the fire behind the pass, they hurriedly reported to Cao Shuo, "Cavalry, rush under Tongguan at the fastest speed."

"Wait!"

When Cao Shuo's cavalry was about to set off, Guo Jia came up to Cao Shuo and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, this seems a bit too easy."

"easy?"

Cao Shuo narrowed his eyes, and he fully agreed with Guo Jia's worries.

However, what he wanted was a trap.

"Feng Xiao is right, it is indeed too easy, but if it is not easy, how can the other party be fooled."

Guo Jia glanced at Cao Shuo in surprise, it turned out that he had noticed the problem a long time ago.

Cao Shuo smiled and said, "Feng Xiao, my goal is not Tongguan!"

"Not Tongguan?"

Guo Jia fell into deep thought. If Tongguan was not the target, where would it be?

yaoguan?Zuo Fengling?Or cross the Yellow River west?

Suddenly, Guo Jia thought of a place. He heard that when Dong Zhuo killed Liu Xie, Jin Yiwei captured a man from Chang'an, and came to Nanyang County from the mountains of Nanshan.

Does the lord want to detour from there, enter the hinterland of Chang'an, and create chaos?

Guo Jia didn't guess much, it was the army here that attracted Dong Zhuo's attention, and ordered Gao Shun to attack Zuo Fengling in order to cover Zhao Yun in Nanyang County.

Cao Shuo explained: "The terrain of Gaoguan is dangerous and it is not easy to attack by force, so our people have already detoured behind Gaoguan."

"Your Majesty's plan is really unimaginable."

"Right now we are going to accompany Yang Xiu to continue playing the trick."

Cao Shuo looked at Xia Houyuan and said, "The other party will definitely ambush near Tongguan. After we enter Tongguan, we will first firmly control Tongguan, and then order the army to station outside the pass."

"promise!"

Chapter 456 Breaking through three passes in a row, Cao Shuo's army entered Guanzhong

When Cao Shuo came to Tongguan, he saw that the gate had been opened, and when he was about to lead a large group of people in, all the soldiers tried to dissuade Cao Shuo and let him enter last.

Together with Cao Ren, Xia Houyuan led five thousand Xuanjia troops to rush in, and suddenly there was a shout of killing in Guanzhong.

Countless archers poured out from the surrounding city walls. Duan Yan laughed and said, "We have captured Yang Xiu's defection to the enemy, and the general of Wei State is ready to die."

"Fire arrows!"

"dismount!"

Xia Houyuan immediately ordered his soldiers to jump off their horses, and then took out a small shield to protect his head.

The armor on their bodies can definitely withstand arrows, but they are all rockets, so it is necessary to prevent some of their clothes from being ignited.

"fight back!"

Cao Ren let out a loud shout, and the cavalry hiding in the middle took out their crossbows and started shooting back.

Puff puff!

The two sides shot at each other for a quarter of an hour, and each suffered losses, but overall, the Qin soldiers on the city walls suffered the most losses.

The armor of the Xuanjia Army is made of [-]-year-old steel. It is no problem to block their arrows from the front, but the armor is not airtight, and many soldiers were shot in the arms.

"Cao Ren, take your men and kill them on the city wall!"

"Rush me!"

Cao Ren took the lead and rushed directly to the city wall closest to him. Duan Yan on the wall was terrified.

These soldiers were able to hold down several rounds of arrows, which was truly terrifying.

"Stop them!"

Fighting in close combat was even more of a nightmare for the soldiers of the Qin State. The Hengdao Modao in the hands of the Xuanjia army was like chopping melons and vegetables, and quickly slashed towards the city wall.

Seeing that Cao Ren had succeeded, Xia Houyuan ordered his son Xia Houheng, "Bo Quan, lead a thousand Xuanjia troops to attack the southern city wall!"

"promise!"

An hour later, Duan Yan couldn't withstand Xia Houyuan's attack, and led the brigade to withdraw from Tongguan.

Duan Yan, who escaped from birth, looked regretful. He could have killed Xia Houyuan and Cao Ren, but the opponent's equipment turned out to be so powerful.

"Hey, I was entrusted by the Taiwei, and I let the other party escape."

Duan Yan integrated his troops and found that he still had more than 3 troops, so he stationed a camp twenty miles west of Tongguan.

At the same time, they sent people to Chang'an and asked Dong Zhuo to send soldiers here to support. Once Cao Shuo led the army to attack, Chang'an would be in danger.

Xia Houyuan welcomed Cao Shuo into Tongguan, and praised his eldest son Xia Houheng. Cao Shuo patted Xia Houheng on the shoulder and said, "Boquan, my army is short of a commander. You stay in my army for the time being." Let's go to the Chinese army."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

From the deputy general Rong Sheng to the commander of the Chinese army, although he was only one of the commanders, his promotion was not slow.