News from Shangjun that day reached Chen Chu.

The Qiang people and Zhang Ji were all arrested and did not escape, which was the result of Chen Chu's desire. Next, he could use the tricks to make Dong Zhuo relax his vigilance, and then seize the Beidi County with a thunderous force, and force Chang'an. Everything was ready for the Northern Army, just waiting for the movements in Xiliang.

However, in this whole incident, there was something that made Chen Chu and his advisers uneasy. Why did Dong Zhuo dare to act like this? Even if he succeeded, wouldn’t he be worried about attracting revenge from the Northern Army? Is he confident of resisting the Northern Army? Or would he have strong support?

Through the analysis of the whole matter, Xu Shu and Lu Su concluded that it is very likely that someone among the princes of Kanto had communicated with Dong Zhuo some news, and the content of this news is very likely that some princes were about to launch an attack on Bingzhou and invited Dong Zhuo to take action together.

Based on this, Xu Shu and Lu Su strongly suggested that Chen Chu give up his original plan to go south and leave enough strength to deal with the upcoming Eastern princes.

Chen Chu was shocked after hearing the analysis of Lu Su and Xu Shu, but he understood that the possibility was very high. The so-called wood was fascinated by the forest, and the wind would destroy it. If he was too conspicuous, he would inevitably arouse the fear of the princes.

Although the wisest decision to cancel the plan to go south to Guanzhong is currently, Chen Chu was unwilling to accept it. After preparing for so long, did he give up like this?

Chen Chu, Lu Su and Xu Shu had a long talk on this matter. Finally, Chen Chu made a compromise decision. The timetable for the army to move south remained unchanged, but the Hexi Army would not participate in the war south. The total force of the war south was Bingzhou Army plus 50,000 Luoyang Army. In addition, the goal of fighting south was changed from capturing the entire Guanzhong area to occupying a county in the northern region. The purpose of occupying the northern region was to prepare for the future occupation of the entire Guanzhong area. The Beidi County was located north of Chang'an and was the gateway to the north of Chang'an. As long as the Northern Expedition Army occupied the Northern Region, Chang'an would always be under the threat of the Northern Expedition Army's military front.

The 50,000 Luoyang Legion and Bingzhou Legion will participate in the southward battle, while the Hexi Legion will stay to support the direction of Jiguan and Huguan in response to emergencies.

In fact, Lu Su and Xu Shu did not agree with this plan. After all, it is still unknown how many people of the Eastern princes would participate in the attack on Bingzhou. If the total strength of the Eastern princes exceeded imagination, then this kind of division of troops would undoubtedly be very dangerous.

The reason they finally agreed to this plan was because they believed that according to the current situation, the Northern Expedition Army was able to occupy Beidi County in a short period of time, and Dong Zhuo's main force would be bound by Ma Teng, so the army that captured Beidi County could send the main force back to Bingzhou in a short period of time.

The whole plan seems to be fine. But the so-called world is unpredictable, Chen Chu's behavior of splitting troops almost caused a disaster. However, this is a later story, so I will not explain it in detail here.

In this entire plan, there is actually another hidden danger. Now the Northern Army cannot compete with Ma Teng and divide Guanzhong according to the original plan. Ma Teng will definitely be used as a gun to restrain Dong Zhuo's army. If Ma Teng is not dead afterwards, Ma Teng will definitely become a feud with Chen Chu.

In fact, no matter what choice Chen Chu made, Ma Teng was a chess piece to be used.

"Taishi, good news!" Li Ru ran into the Taishi Mansion with an excited expression.

"Why is Zhongjian so happy?" Dong Zhuo, who looked like a mountain of meat, sat on his head and asked with a smile.

Li Ru came to Dong Zhuo, bowed first, and said, "Tai Shi, Zhang Ji just now, the news came from Shangjun is already in our hands!"

"Oh!" Dong Zhuo's pair of fish's eyes lit up, and then he slapped the table with great excitement and stood up a few times, "Okay! That's great! Zhang Ji really deserves my high hopes!"

At this moment, Dong Zhuo noticed that there seemed to be a hint of worry on Li Ru's face, so he asked in surprise: "Zhang Ji successfully controlled Shangjun, why did Zhong Jian have a worried face?"

Li Ru then clasped his fists at Dong Zhuo and said, "I am worried that if the princes of the East cannot attack Bingzhou as promised...

If that's the case, then our situation will be even worse!"

Dong Zhuo couldn't help frowning. What Li Ru said was indeed a problem. If the princes of the East did not send troops as promised, then Dong Zhuo would have to bear all the troops of the Northern Army. Although Dong Zhuo has always been arrogant, he has no confidence in the main force of the Northern Army.

After being silent for a long time, Dong Zhuo said in a low voice: "It's too late to think about these things at this time! I think Cao Cao and the others shouldn't go back on their word. After all, if we are done, there will be only bad things for them, but no benefits."

Li Ru nodded, and believed that Cao Cao's wisdom should not do anything to encourage the Northern Army to fight. However, Dong Zhuofang's fate is no longer in their own hands, and Li Ru felt very awkward about this.

On August 8, a bad news from the west reached Chang'an. Ma Teng and Han Sui led 100,000 Xiliang troops to suddenly attack Longxi County. The 50,000 Dong Zhuo's army stationed in Longxi suffered heavy losses in surprise, and tens of thousands of remaining soldiers were retreated to Longxi County.

If Longxi is not supported in time, it will only be a matter of time before Longxi falls. Longxi County is located thousands of miles west of Chang'an and is the most critical barrier to the west of Chang'an. If Longxi falls, it will be very unfavorable to Dong Zhuo's side entrenching in Chang'an.

"Zhongjian, Ma Tenghan Sui suddenly came in! How should we deal with it?" Dong Zhuo asked, his tone and look anxious and angry.

Li Ru thought for a moment and replied: "Tai Shi, for the sake of the present plan, he can only draw the main force stationed in Beidi County to assist Longxi!"

"Okay! Just do it! Zhongjian, go and pass the order immediately!" Dong Zhuo immediately ordered.

Li Ru agreed respectfully, but a trace of worry seemed to flash across his face, but he didn't say anything to Dong Zhuo.

On August 9, Guo Si and Li Jue, who was stationed in Beidi County, received an order. Dong Zhuo ordered Li Jue to lead an army of 150,000 to support Longxi, and immediately arrived.

On that day, Li Jue led an army of 150,000 to leave Beidi County and headed west towards Longxi. Guo Si led the remaining 50,000 troops to continue to station in Beidi County.

Dong Zhuo currently has 260,000 troops, of which 50,000 are stationed in Longxi, 200,000 are stationed in Beidi County, and more than 10,000 are stationed in Chang'an and Meiwu.

At this moment, in order to save Longxi, Dong Zhuo transferred 150,000 troops stationed in Beidi County to save 100,000, which was exactly what Chen Chu and his side were happy to see.

However, Dong Zhuo was not worried about Beidi County, because he believed that in addition to the 50,000 defenders of Beidi County, there were more than 30,000 defenders of Shangxian County. The Northern Army was in a hurry and could not pose an actual threat to its own side, not to mention that the princes of the East were about to launch an attack on Bingzhou.

Almost as Dong Zhuo received the urgent report on the Western Front, Chen Chu, who was in Bingzhou, also received a message from the west. Unlike Dong Zhuo, this news was definitely a good news for Chen Chu.

As soon as he received this news, Chen Chu sent an order to the Bingzhou Legion that had been preparing for war. Zhang He and Gao Shun immediately led a 100,000 army from Bingzhou and advanced towards Shangjun at the speed of a rapid march.

The reason why the Bingzhou Legion marched towards Bingzhou at this time was mainly to prevent Dong Zhuofang from seeing through the purpose of the Northern Army. After all, the actions of the 100,000 troops were unable to hide the intentions; and even if Dong Zhuofang discovered it at this time, they could not make any response and adjustments in a short period of time.

However, Chen Chu was not happy for long. Two days later, on August 10, the shadow troops lurking in the Central Plains received emergency information. Yuan Shao's army and Cao Cao's army were carrying out large-scale mobilizations. Cao Cao had assembled 300,000 troops to advance west from Qinghe, and the target seemed to be Huguan; and Yuan Shao had also assembled 400,000 troops in Luoyang, and the target seemed to be Jiguan.

At this point, everything was clear. The reason why Dong Zhuo dared to instruct Zhang Ji to launch a rebellion in Shangjun was that he relied on Cao Cao and Yuan Shao's seven...

One hundred thousand army.

I have to say that this time Yuan Shao and Cao Cao both invested a lot of money! Cao Cao had a total of 400,000 troops, and Yuan Shao had a total of 500,000 troops. In order to eliminate Chen Chu, they actually used 700,000 of the total of 900,000 troops to attack Chen Chu. This is really a big deal!

With an army of 700,000, this can already threaten the survival of Bingzhou!

Although Chen Chu had 610,000 troops, the troops who could use the Central Plains battlefield would never exceed 400,000 troops. He had to consider the threat from the north.

When this severe situation was placed in front of the Northern Expedition Army, Xu Shu and Lu Su once again strongly suggested that Chen Chu immediately withdraw the army southward and make every effort to deal with the army of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao that were about to launch an attack.
Chapter completed!