190 AD (the first year of Chuping).

After poisoning the Empress Dowager and poisoning Queen Hongnong, Dong Zhuo was like a wild horse that broke free from reins, and gradually revealed a cruel scene.

"Apart from Ma Teng, the eighteen princes, have all prepared to go to the Sour Zao Alliance. Each prince has as few as ten thousand soldiers and as many as three to fifty thousand."

The Prime Minister's Mansion, Dong Zhuo, who was kneeling, narrowed his eyes and listened to the scout's report. The look of the storm coming was even more shocking.

The generals in the lobby listened to the battle report majestic and serious, holding the hilt of the sword at their waists with one hand as if they were ready to go to war at any time.

After carefully reporting the dynamics of the princes of Kanto, Dong Zhuo, who was kneeling, couldn't help but sneer, pointing at the battle report without laughing, "Haha~ Where is Ma Shoucheng? How many soldiers have you prepared to attack me?"

It seemed disdainful, but the smile on Dong Zhuo's face gradually turned into anger and violent, while Li Ru, who had always been calm below, seemed to have been prepared and left respectfully when he heard this.

"Lord, Ma Shoucheng is just responding to the so-called manifesto of the princes and taking this opportunity to blatantly expand his troops and strengthen his strength."

Li Ru's explanation made Dong Zhuo's tyrannical aura slightly reduce. Finally, he remembered Ma Teng's situation in Xiliang and couldn't help but snort coldly.

"Ma Shoucheng, when I destroy these Kanto princes, the first one will be to attack Ru Ma Shoucheng."

As a long-time general on the battlefield, Dong Zhuo looked around and stood up slowly. His rough palm pointed at the cowhide map with a huge screen behind him. His fingers were in Hulao Pass, and there were so many shots in the area of ​​Hulao Pass, and there were sour jujubes in the area.

"Eighteen princes! Our family thinks this group of people is considered to be the 18th ranks. How many soldiers are there in total?"

Under Dong Zhuo's inquiry, Li Ru, who had been prepared, said calmly that the information he had obtained, "The princes of all walks of life have 200,000 troops, and they are falsely called 300,000 troops."

After hearing the number of 260,000 troops, Dong Zhuo's cheeks, with a ferocious face, couldn't help but tremble twice, and he pointed at the map unwillingly and gestured.

"The soldiers and horses defending Ma Shoucheng in Chang'an area, as well as the Baibo thieves."

After careful calculation, he had 200,000 so-called elite troops under his command, but only more than 100,000 troops could be sent out.

At this moment, Hu Zhen, the generals below, who was rude in the middle and looked rude, stood up with disdain and clasped his fists at Dong Zhuo.

"Lord, even if the princes of Guandong have an army of 300,000, what are they afraid of? They are just a group of Yellow Turban bandits. Can they still compare to the tiger and wolf army under the lord's account?"

Hu Zhen's proud expression showed a sarcastic and disdainful sneer on the corner of his mouth. Indeed, most of the princes were temporarily recruited, which was different from the veterans under their command.

"Lord, only 300,000 civilians who just picked up their weapons."

All the arrogant generals among the generals laughed wildly, but Dong Zhuo, who was looking at the map, turned to look at the arrogant general and frowned and snorted coldly.

"Youzhou White Horse General Gongsun Zan, Jiangdong Tiger Sun Wentai, Xuzhou Danyang Soldiers, those who dare to say that you are not good at fighting, and those who are not elite."

"Han Fu from Jizhou, Yuan Shao from Bohai, and Zhang Yang from Bingzhou have produced elite troops in Yanzhao since ancient times."

"Qingzhou!"

When he said this, Dong Zhuo took a deep breath and felt even more amazed in his heart. It seemed like a bunch of idiots. There were indeed many temporary recruits in the Guanzhong army, but there were also a large number of elite troops.

"The princes outside the pass looked at it like grass, and they would like to lift all the tiger and wolf troops to kill their heads and hang them in the capital."

At this time, Lu Bu watched coldly. After experiencing the troubled times of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, he knew that only military power was the most important. He couldn't help but pretend to be rebellious and clasped his fists out. After looking around the generals, he declared himself domineeringly.

Among the generals, Lu Bu, the Bingzhou general, sneered clearly. Now that the three factions under Dong Zhuo are not completely harmonious, the Xiliang generals are the most arrogant, the Bingzhou generals have the least number, and the Imperial Guard generals have the largest number but they are also joining the group.

The Great Sui Dynasty is no worse than the current Great Han Dynasty, but who would have thought that the world would be in chaos! After experiencing a lifetime of dynasty, he couldn't help but sigh that Dong Zhuo was afraid that Dong Zhuo would really start the chaotic world of the Great Han Dynasty.

Looking at Lu Bu's arrogant expression, he was even more awesome than the generals of Xiliang. The generals couldn't help but be astonished at the other party's confidence. After Dong Zhuo was stunned, he immediately burst into laughter and pointed at the generals and laughed arrogantly, "I have Fengxian, so I can rest as much as possible."

However, Dong Zhuo's eyes quietly hinted at Li Ru. After Li Ru nodded secretly, he signaled to Hua Xiong, the general of Xiliang beside him.

"Lord, why use the slaughter of a cattle knife to kill a chicken? The last general is willing to lead troops to suppress the princes outside the pass."

The burly Hua Xiong took the initiative to go out and clasped his fists and shouted, and Dong Zhuo laughed even more when he saw this scene.

After hearing this, Lu Bu couldn't help but slowly retreated proudly, with a proud smile on his face, but he sighed in his heart. As expected, he could see clearly the situation with cold eyes.

What Dong Zhuo trusted was the generals of Xiliang. The important pass such as Xianghulao Pass was not allowed to interfere.

He seemed to trust him, but he was not Dong Zhuo's confidant. Once he was in a pass, he would rebel, and not say that all tens of thousands of soldiers and horses would return to the princes, and the gates of Luoyang would be even more open.

Such an important obstacle must be used to use your confidant.

Just as Hua Xiong finished speaking, several generals immediately stepped out of the generals, and knelt on one knee together and shouted, "I wish to go together."

More importantly, Hua Xiong said that how could he use the slaughter to hold Lu Bu up with a knife? He did not offend anyone.

After Dong Zhuo and Li Ru looked at each other, they smiled satisfied.

"Okay, Hua Xiong, I have appointed you as the captain of the cavalry. You and the other four of you went to Hulao Pass to resist the enemy at night."

"Thank you lord."

Inside the tent of the Bingzhou military camp.

Under the pressure of the Kanto princes, Dong Zhuo was unable to order the army to attack the Baibo thieves to return, leaving only 30,000 troops to prevent the opponent from counterattacking, or to be afraid that these Baibo thieves would pose a threat to Luoyang.

.........

After the army returned, Zhang Liao, Hao Meng and Wei Xu, who returned to the Bingzhou military camp, all showed excited and joyful expressions.

After all, we returned to the military camp that they were familiar with and returned to Lu Bu's leadership.

"Lord, that Niu Fu is simply a bag of wine. The 70,000 to 80,000 troops were helpless with a group of bandits."

In the camp, Hao Meng, who had just returned, picked up the cold water and drank it casually, and looked like he looked down on Niu Fu. After hearing this, the other generals burst into laughter.

But Lu Bu in the tent frowned after hearing this, and looked at Hao Meng who was casually acting wild, and couldn't help but snort coldly.

"Drink Bag? Can the wine bag be commanded by 70,000 to 80,000 troops without causing trouble? Can it calm down the current three-system mixed guard?"

"Can you command your army of 70,000 to 80,000?"

As Lu Bu snorted coldly, Zhang Liao, who had always been cautious, couldn't help but show his curiosity. When they fought in Hedong, Niu Fu was cautious and steady in everything, and his actions as if he was scared also made him look contemptuous.

The other generals put down the big bowls in their hands and looked at their lord curiously. After seeing this, Lu Bu sighed helplessly, "You don't know anything."

"The Baibo thief is not a lonely bandit. With local powerful families secretly helping each other, and with ministers from the court secretly contacted each other, Niu Fu was able to command the army to fight without losing his disadvantages."

After all, Niu Fu is also one of the five major generals under Dong Zhuo. How could an existence as famous as him as Lu Bu be a good person?

Especially after experiencing the Sui Dynasty for the first lifetime, Lu Bu, who was in Luoyang, could see clearly that Dong Zhuo and the civil and military officials of the court were open and secretly.

After Lu Bu's explanation, Zhang Liao suddenly showed a sudden look of enlightenment. No wonder Niu Fu was cautious and was attacked by Baibo thieves several times.

"Okay, it's a blessing for Wen Yuan and others to come back this time, all the soldiers."

After the last shout, the generals came out and clasped their fists and shouted: "The last one is here."

Lu Bu, who was in charge, glanced at the generals majesticly, then raised his tone and shouted in a deep voice: "The princes of Guandong have formed an alliance in the Sourzao. I am afraid that the army will soon come to the city and train the soldiers of the three armies to train."

promise!

Including Zhang Liao, Wei Xu and the three thousand soldiers brought back by Hao Meng, Niu Fu was pretty good, but when he returned, he even made up for them.

Originally, Dong Zhuo made up for him eight thousand elite troops, plus the 3 thousand he brought back, a total of ten thousand troops was not the kind of temporary recruitment.

Dong Zhuo's generous transfer was ordered by Zhang Liao and others to return to his command. Lu Bu could see clearly that the comfort before the war was just about to come.

Today, Lu Bu no longer has the same respect for Dong Zhuo. After seeing Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty, who was talented and wise, Dong Zhuo could not compare.

Even though Yang Guang caused chaos in the world, he still did not lose the four words "magic" and "mastery".
Chapter completed!