Chapter 41 Chapter 5 The Kanto Alliance Discusses Dong Zhuo Dong Zhuo Moves the Capital to Burn Luoyang (5)

Cao Hong said: "The world today can live without me, but it can't live without the Lord!" The call to kill was approaching, Cao Hong whipped Cao Cao's mount and made it gallop, but he ran after him.The group of people ran for a few more miles, and it was already completely dark. Suddenly, a row of torches flashed in front of them, and a large group of people blocked the way. Cao Cao and Cao Hong were stunned for a moment. Could it be that the sky will kill people? Cao Cao suddenly became angry and shouted: "If you are in such a dilemma, you have to fight your way!"

Just as he was about to gallop forward to fight, he realized that it was Weitz's troops.It was a false alarm, and a stone fell from my heart.But Wei Zi was missing, Cao Cao asked, and found out that Wei Zi was shot by a stray arrow, and unfortunately died on the spot. Wei Zi is Cao Cao's benefactor, and this time he volunteered to help Cao Cao, but he was killed in battle. He couldn't help but grieve for it. He looked up to the sky and sighed: "Wei Gong is a good man, what is God's will against?" But the situation was still very urgent, and they were not allowed to stay any longer, so the two teams had to join together and leave Xingyang overnight.But Xu Rong had stopped chasing at this time. Although he defeated Cao Cao, he had already realized Cao Cao's bravery. Besides, Suanzao had more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, so he could not approach him rashly, so he retreated after chasing for a while.

The Kwantung Army mobilized more than 100,000 troops, and almost all counties and counties in the four elite prefectures of Hebei, Henan, Yan, and Qinghai responded. The actual manpower, material resources, and momentum surpassed Dong Zhuo's Chang'an government.Especially after Dong Zhuo moved westward, the morale of the army he belonged to was low and the combat effectiveness was greatly reduced.Moreover, in the Sili Military Region, the more than 30,000 directly subordinate regiments led by General Zuo Huangfusong stationed in Xiefeng near Chang'an, not only did not accept Dong Zhuo's command, but they might turn against each other at any time.Just as Cao Cao estimated, as long as the Kwantung Army's strategy is used correctly, a big battle can turn the overall situation around.

The problem is that what the leaders of the states and counties really want to do is not to "resist riots" and "King Qin" on the surface, but to take the opportunity to cut off the subordinate relationship with the Chang'an government, so that they don't have to accept transfers to gain independent control of the territory and the army. And wait for the opportunity to seize the world.Later, Yuan Shao and Han Fu publicly wanted to embrace Liu Yu, the shepherd of Youzhou, as emperor, and Yuan Shu went further and wanted to proclaim himself emperor—this is also a later story.However, it is explained here that the leaders of the states and counties are in order to preserve their own strength, and no one is willing to engage in a dangerous and hard battle with Dong Zhuo, and the siege of Luoyang is just for showing off.

At this time, Cao Cao was only leading a private army. He had no territory or people, and he relied entirely on his own supply of military supplies and food, so it was not suitable for a long-term strategy at all.He fought alone, not hesitating to hit a stone with an egg, and most importantly, he hoped to expose the selfishness of the state and county leaders of the Kwantung Army through his actions, arouse the sympathy of people with a heart, and increase his own strength. Cao Cao led his troops back to Suanzao, and there were only five or six hundred men left. Fortunately, none of the generals were killed or injured.Cao Cao saw how few soldiers he had, but he estimated that Zhang Miao, Liu Dai, Qiao Mao, and Yuan Shu must have tens of thousands of troops stationed in Suanzao.Couldn't these tens of thousands of people go to fight Dong Zhuo?

However, what Cao Cao saw was that the hundreds of thousands of Kwantung Army regiments stationed in the field were setting up wine and banquets in the camp, singing and dancing to promote peace. It seemed that he had long forgotten the tragedy of the Eastern Han emperor, and he had completely forgotten the purpose of King Qin's uprising against violence. Cao Cao, who was extremely sad and angry, couldn't help shouting: "Everyone, please consider my plan carefully. The Bohai Army stationed in Hanoi can enter Mengjin Ferry, and the armies stationed in Suanzao will build defensive projects and stick to Aocang to completely control the dangerous terrain of Taigu. General Yuan Shu The Nanyang Army of the Nanyang Army went up the Danshui River and the Yishui River and directly invaded Wuguan. This is enough to shock the Chang'an government."

He also said: "As long as we build good defensive projects in these places, and place more doubts, hypocrisy and maneuvers to deal with them, we don't have to really fight the opponent, but we can also create momentum and show the general trend of the world. In this way, Dong Zhuo's regime will definitely be affected. A serious blow. From ancient times to the present, those who follow the trend will prosper, and those who go against the trend will perish. This plan will definitely succeed." Although Cao Cao spoke of justice and passion, no one accepted it.Even Zhang Miao, who was always friendly with him, did not agree.

In fact, Cao Cao's strategy of encircling Luoyang from three sides is quite clever.After Dong Zhuo's army moved westward, its morale was greatly affected, and it even collapsed.In addition, Fufeng's Huangfusong Legion, Henan Yi Zhujun, and Jingzhao Yin Gaixun may turn against each other at any time.Simultaneous pressure on the east, west, and south is likely to make Dong Zhuo's Xiliang army abandon Chang'an and retreat into Guanzhou and Liangzhou.In this way, the Kwantung Army has more bargaining conditions. It's just that most of the leaders of the Kwantung Army are young soldiers with little experience, and they lack the prime minister's vision of the general trend of the world.Even Yuan Shao, who is the leader of the alliance, is only anxious to expand his power in order to gain a stable territory. "Diligence to the king's volunteers" is nothing more than an excuse to take the opportunity to expand our troops.

Cao Cao believed that he had a very in-depth understanding and research on the general trend of the world, the enemy and us, so he dared to boldly criticize his allies and put forward what he thought was an excellent strategic suggestion. However, everyone was not moved by it. Seeing the reaction of his allies, Cao Cao finally realized that the times had changed, and the world of the Han Dynasty no longer existed.Troubled times are approaching, and this is an era where all heroes will rise together and each will conquer the world based on their own strength. Therefore, Cao Cao decided to withdraw from the Kwantung Army and recruit troops by himself.

Cao Cao left Suanzao with Xiahoudun, Cao Hong and others, and arrived in Yangzhou.He specially went to meet Chen Wen, governor of Yangzhou, and Zhou Xin, prefect of Danyang, and gave them a speech on conquering Dong Zhuo.Chen Wenwen and Zhou Xin encouraged him respectively, and gave him thousands of soldiers. Cao Cao took the four thousand donated soldiers and left. But Cao Cao didn't expect that these people were unwilling to follow him to fight at all. When they arrived at Longkang, which is now the northwest of Huaiyuan County, Anhui Province, they rebelled.The rebels actually attacked Cao Cao in order to return to their original comfort zone.

Cao Cao, Xiahou Dun, Cao Hong and others fought hard against the rebels and killed them before they were able to save themselves.