I am Li Shimin of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 86
Sure enough, Dong Zhuo's garrison at Hulao Pass seemed to be determined after eating the weight. No matter how the princes outside the pass shouted, laughed, and insulted, they just couldn't hold on, and put up the card of avoiding the battle.

This made the Kwantung Allied Forces very helpless. Hulao Pass had a favorable location. If the Xiliang Army could not hold on, even if they attacked by force, they would not be able to take him down in a short time, and they would lose troops and generals, weakening their own strength.Therefore, if you look at me and I look at the princes of the Kanto, you are not willing to take the initiative to send troops.

Li Shimin is also unwilling to stand out, he is not afraid that Hulao Pass will lose his troops, he is waiting for the opportunity, although the army he led, although there are [-] people, it is just a cover, the real plan is to see the poor dagger. The army led by Lu Bu and Zhang He.

Everyone tacitly understood each other, and everyone understood that no one wanted to let their subordinates die in vain.

Inside the large tent of the Kwantung Allied Forces, the atmosphere was delicate. Leader Yuan also showed a look of anxiety, and asked pretendingly: "Generals, Dong Zhuo is guarding Hulao Pass, and there are tens of thousands of Xiliang elite soldiers guarding it. I am afraid it will not be easy to break through. Will Ann come out?"

Yuan Shao didn't want to attack Hulao Pass by himself, nor did he want others to attack, stealing the limelight from him, so he was only anxious on the surface, but he was not at all anxious.He already knew that Dong Zhuo was going to move the capital, anyway, he would withdraw sooner or later and return to the pass, why rush it for a while.

Everyone in the big tent was thoughtful, and they all frowned and said nothing. No one took the initiative to stand up and say that they were going to attack the city, and the atmosphere was a little awkward for a while.

Cao Cao saw that everyone had no fighting spirit, they were all passive and sabotage, and he was very anxious. Then he told Li Shimin all the suggestions before. The core suggestion was to send a cavalry from Nanyang to Dan and Analysis, and enter Wuguan to attack Guanzhong. Let Dong Zhuo If the head and the tail can't look at each other, Dong Zhuo's defeat will be accelerated.

It's just that Nanyang belongs to Yuan Shu's territory. Yuan Shu is the son of the Yuan family, and Yuan Shao is a concubine. He usually looks down on Yuan Shao, let alone Cao Cao, a descendant of the eunuch. In his early days, he was even more unwilling to lead the troops.

Cao Cao looked at Li Shimin expectantly, hoping that he would support him.

At this time, Li Shimin was somewhat confused, and secretly slandered in his heart, "Is this Cao Cao really confused or pretending to be confused? Do you think he can't see his plot and wants to sell me and ask me to count his money?"

"Now Yuan Shu is asked to attack Guanzhong just because he wants Dong Zhuo to be on guard against Guanzhong and disrupt his plan. Then Yuan Shu's army is the opponent of Dong Zhuo's Xiliang army. Let him go for a surprise attack. It is better to die. If Dong Zhuo is alarmed, If the defenses of Hanoi and Hedong are strengthened, it will be very difficult to do it yourself.”

Therefore, Li Shimin remained unmoved and ignored Cao Cao's ardent expectations.

Cao Cao was a little disappointed, and angrily shouted: "Zhuzi is not enough to plan!" After that, he left angrily.

Seeing that Yuan Shao couldn't come up with a regulation for a while, he simply didn't waste any more time. He just told everyone to go back and think about countermeasures, so he led them away in a hurry and returned to his camp.

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Li Shimin was also very anxious, but what he was anxious about was not how to break through Hulao Pass, but the other two armies led by Lu Bu and Xi Zhicai.

Li Shimin and his think tank decided to take the opportunity to seize the Sili area north of the Yellow River, including Hedong County and Hanoi County, and then his soldiers could always coerce Kanto and Kansai, the most core areas in the world.

When the time is right, you can lead your troops southward at any time, cross the natural barrier of the Yellow River, and go straight to Chang'an and Luoyang.The reason why we don't do anything now is because Dong Zhuo is still very powerful, and taking it by force will inevitably hurt both sides, and it will benefit the Kanto princes instead.

And now that the Yellow River is naturally dangerous, and this season is thawing again, I am afraid it is not suitable to cross the river to fight.

At the same time, once he occupies the center of the world, he will also alarm the princes from all walks of life and make himself a target of public criticism. Now his strength is not enough to fight against other princes from all walks of life, so it is necessary to hide his strength.

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Lu Bu and Zhang He each led a group of troops to the south, and after leaving Taiyuan County, the troops divided into two groups.

Along the way, Zhang He led the army, Tian Feng served as the military adviser general, and led the [-] Leopard Army under his command and the [-] Shence Army temporarily dispatched by Li Shimin out of Xihe County, heading for Hedong County, and then threatening Dong Zhuo's old lair in the pass.

On the other side, Lu Bu took command in person, and Xi Zhicai served as a military adviser. Under his command were 2 Tiger and Ben army, more than [-] tiger and leopard army with bones and bones, and Gao Shun's [-] trap camp. Hanoi County.

The reason for this arrangement is mainly because Baiqisi obtained the information in advance, knowing that the guards of Hanoi County are Niu Fu and Ding Yuan, and their strength is relatively strong, and Lu Bu knows Ding Yuan's army better, so there may be unexpected advantages. Wouldn't it be wonderful to get twice the result with half the effort?

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Just like what Xi Zhicai and Tian Feng had expected before, the [-] army led by Zhang Yun went all the way south, and basically encountered no decent resistance, and successfully occupied Pingyang.

However, the situation is different when entering Hedong County. In order to prevent Li Shimin from attacking Guanzhong, Dong Zhuo has ordered Duan Yan to lead more than 2 elite soldiers from Xiliang to garrison Anyi in Hedong County to guard the safety of Guanzhong.

This is also currently the most important defensive force in Gongwei Pass. Most of the other forces have been deployed by Dong Zhuo to defend Luoyang. Duan Yan received the order that if he can guard the East County, he can keep the rules.

At the same time, Dong Zhuo also contacted the Qianghu leader who was very familiar with him, asking him to harass Xihe County from the west.It’s just that Dong Zhuo overestimated his friends too much. These Qiang Hus had already seen how powerful the iron army under Li Shimin’s command was, and knew that they were like devils in battle. Xiu Tuhu was wiped out, so how could they dare to cause trouble.

But it's not easy to refuse it explicitly, so I pretended to send some people to visit the edge of Xihe County, which was regarded as a business trip.

In fact, it was a good thing they didn't make a move. Zhao Yun's Shenwu army had already been eyeing them, and if they acted rashly, it would definitely be a disaster.

Zhang He left [-] troops to garrison Pingyang, and he also intentionally guarded against the Qianghu in the west. Before long, he led his troops south and went straight to Anyi. Thanks to the intelligence work of Li Shimin's Baiqi Division, regarding Dong Zhuo's army deployment in Hedong County Zhang He already knows everything well.

When Zhang Yun's army reached the vicinity of Anyi, Duan Yan realized that something was wrong, so he hurriedly sent a letter to Dong Zhuo, telling Li Shimin the progress of the army, and asked him to prepare early. Li Shimin's Bingzhou Army was held back in the city to buy time for Dong Zhuo to evacuate.

Although Zhang He has more troops than Duan Yan, he occupies a favorable location after all. Anyi is the governor of Hedong. The city is tall and the moat is wide. .

But Zhang Xi didn't intend to waste time with him here, he had already made up his mind.

(End of this chapter)