Chapter 281 Attacking Dong Zhuo

"Xu Rong knows how to fight well, and is quite talented as a general. You can order Xu Rong to lead the troops out of Wuguan, go straight to Wancheng, and sweep Nanyang."

"Marquis Wen has been stationed in Hulao Pass for a long time. I'm afraid it's too boring. You can order Marquis Wen to lead 20,000 Bingzhou troops to go straight to Yanzhou, capture and kill Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, Zhang Miao, the prefect of Chenliu, and the rebel Cao Cao. Break through Suanzao, Then the princes of the Kanto region must be terrified."

Hearing Li Ru's two-pronged plan, Dong Zhuo's expression turned from anger to joy: "Okay, okay, but Xu Rong doesn't have a good reputation in our Liangzhou army, so is he better than Li Jue?"

Although Li Jue failed to defeat Liu Ye, at least he managed to restrain the Liangzhou soldiers in Chang'an City. He always appeared as the number one general under Dong Zhuo's command, so Dong Zhuo still preferred Li Jue as the commander of the West Route Army.

Li Ru shook his head: "Li Zhiran's use of troops is naturally not bad, but he suffered a new defeat, I'm afraid that the soldiers in the army will not accept it, and Xu Rong's reputation is not good, Yuan Shu naturally doesn't take it seriously, this is why Gaozu chose Han Xin as the general. "

Seeing that his son-in-law insisted on Xu Rong being the commander-in-chief, Dong Zhuo had no choice but to nod.

"Send fifty guards to 'protect' Xu Rong's family," Dong Zhuo said again.

Li Ru nodded in agreement, then backed out, but couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

He looked up at the sky and said worryingly: "Jia Wenhe is highly resourceful. A certain book was planning to recommend it to his father-in-law. Unexpectedly, Liu Ye took the lead. It is possible that he also saw Jia Xu's resourcefulness."

Although it was Li Ru who proposed to abandon Chang'an and cut off the wrists of a strong man, he suddenly felt a pang of regret. Liu Ye and the Liangzhou army were on his back. Although he was freed from Liu Ye's threat for the time being, he was afraid that when he made a comeback in the future, it would sweep the world.

Dong Zhuo symbolically refuted Liu Bian's ascension to the throne, but soon became speechless, because Liu Bian was the eldest son of Emperor Ling and Empress He, and Liu Xie was the son of Wang Meiren, and was supported by Dong Zhuo. In terms of blood relationship or legitimacy, Liu Xie is the winner.

What's more, there is a living Empress Dowager He on Liu Ye's side, and her legitimacy is beyond doubt.

Dong Zhuo didn't care about these, but instead concentrated on planning the attack of the two armies from the north and the south.

Nanyang County.

Yuan Shu sat in the Sheriff's Mansion in Wancheng and smiled happily. Although he was appointed as the Rear General, unlike Yuan Shao, Liu Biao and others, he was directly appointed as Sheriff or State Shepherd, instead he had no place to settle down.

Yuan Shu originally wanted to return to Runan, the place where the Yuan family made a fortune and had deep-rooted influence, but he did not expect good news to come just after he left Wuguan.

Zhang Zi, the prefect of Nanyang, was killed on the spot by Sun Jian, the prefect of Changsha, and the Nanyang dragons had no leader.

Yuan Shu was overjoyed, and immediately entered Wancheng and occupied Nanyang County. With the blood of Yuan's direct line and the prestige of the later general, he successfully took charge of everything in Nanyang County.

Just as Yuan Shu was thinking about it, a general with a square face and Kong Wu hurriedly walked into the room, his steps hurried.

"Rear General, something is wrong!"

Yuan Shu was awakened by this voice, and after a closer look, it turned out to be Ji Ling, the number one general under his command.

"Ji Ling, what's the matter, why are you panicking?" Yuan Shu frowned.

Ji Ling hurriedly said: "General Empress, Dong Zhuo's army suddenly came out from Wuguan. There were many enemy soldiers. Lei Bo's 3,000 troops were caught off guard. They were defeated in the first battle. Lei Bo's life is still unknown."

Yuan Shu was stunned as if hearing a thunderbolt from the blue: "What? How many people are there in Dong Zhuo's army, and who is the leading general? Is it Lu Bu or Li Jue?"

Ji Ling shook his head: "None of them. If one of the enemy's flags is marked with the word Xu, it is not clear who the enemy's general is."

Yuan Shu thought for a while, "Surnamed Xu? Someone stayed in Luoyang for a while. Under Dong Zhuo's command were Li Jue, Guo Si, Zhang Ji, Fan Chou, Hu Zhen and Niu Fu, and many other generals, as well as Lu Bu, who was in command of the Bingzhou Army. It's nothing."

Thinking of this, Yuan Shu became excited: "Ji Ling, how many soldiers and horses are there in Nanyang County?"

Ji Ling clasped his fists and said, "Nanyang County still has more than 50,000 soldiers and horses."

Nanyang County is a large county, comparable to Runan County, with a population of more than 2.4 million before the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Rebellion. After Zhang Mancheng's occupation and Zhu Jun's counterattack, the population of Xiao Suo was less than one million.

When Yuan Shu came to Nanyang County, apart from the 20,000 troops left by Zhang Zi, he expanded his troops by 30,000. In terms of military strength, I am afraid that Yuan Shu is the most respected among the Kwantung heroes.

Yuan Shu laughed and said, "Our army has more than 50,000 troops, can it be that they can't deal with the 30,000 horses of an unknown young general?"

After finishing speaking, Yuan Shu said resolutely: "Ji Ling, Zhang Xun, Le Jiu, and Li Feng will follow me out of the city, first defeat the enemy army, and then seize Wuguan!"

Under Yuan Shu's order, 50,000 troops assembled in the city, and then they rushed out of the city in formation, flying a large flag with Yuan characters on it.

What kind of momentum is that 50,000 troops? The tents alone stretched for more than ten miles. Yuan Shu's army was divided into five square formations of 10,000 people, each led by four generals, Ji Ling and Zhang Xun, and one square formation of the Chinese army was naturally controlled by Yuan Shu himself.

The five phalanxes of ten thousand people are not far apart, and orders can be seen from each other. If Yuan Shu waved the flag to command, marching at the same time can be described as majestic.

Yuan Shuzhi was satisfied and looked forward. He could only see a general Xu's flag in the enemy formation, but he couldn't see the enemy's face clearly.

The number of enemy troops was around 30,000, Yuan Shu immediately sneered.

"The enemy's defeat of Lei Bo was only based on superiority in strength. Now that our army is stronger than the enemy, wouldn't it be easy to win?" Yuan Shu held the horsewhip in his hand and said triumphantly.

"Ji Ling and Zhang Xun are on the left wing, and Li Fengle is on the right wing, forming a wild goose formation to flank the enemy!"

With Yuan Shu's order, the 50,000 army was immediately divided into three parts, forming a "V" shape to attack Xu Rong's army left and right. Yuan Shu's army was slightly behind, waiting for the fatal blow.

Xu Rong is a middle-aged man, wearing armor on a horse, thin and emaciated with an expressionless face.

Xu Rong looked up at Yuan Shu's 50,000 troops and shook his head slightly.

"Order to defend the two flanks of the enemy's army and approach the enemy's central army. Five thousand cavalry are surrounded by infantry and are not allowed to move around. Once they are within three miles of the enemy's army, they will immediately launch an assault."

Hearing Xu Rong's order, 30,000 Dong Zhuo's troops marched forward with drums and trumpets, and the two armies soon fought together, like two mountains colliding, and the shouts of killing were endless.

Although Yuan Shu's army had a large number of troops, most of them were newly recruited soldiers who had never experienced battles and had outdated equipment, while Dong Zhuo's army was the elite who had been killed from a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood, with excellent equipment.

Dong Zhuo's army formed a small formation of 5 or 10 men, and they cooperated closely, killing Yuan Shu's army on their backs. After the battle was not long, Yuan Shu's soldiers lost their excitement and turned around and fled instead.

"If anyone escapes, I will kill him!"

Ji Ling swung the three-pointed two-edged knife and hacked one person to death.