Chapter 191: On the verge of breaking out, the decisive battle in Hulao
"The area of the three central and northern counties is more than twice the size of Yanmen, but the total Han population here is less than 100,000. There is a large amount of idle fertile land that no one has cultivated, and many precious resources have not been developed. This is a treasure land. !”
"If the three counties can be developed, it will be easy to immigrate millions of people. If the three counties are used as a springboard, it will be much easier to regain the Loop in the future."
Although Qin Hao's tone was light, the strange color flashing in his double eyes showed the excitement in his heart.
Everyone present was stunned by Qin Hao's shocking plan. Even Wang Meng was surprised.
This plan may seem time-consuming and laborious, but if it is successfully implemented, the possibility of retaking the Loop will indeed increase a lot. It is a good way to increase the power of the Yanmen Army as quickly as possible.
"So when I return to Guangwu this time, I will not only accept the imperial reward, but the most important thing is to discuss the immigration matters of the three counties with the envoys. During my absence, I hope that Mr. Wang Meng and everyone can guard the three counties for Qin Hao. Everyone... "Qin Hao bowed his hands to everyone and said sincerely: "Please."
"I am willing to die for the young master!" Everyone said in unison.
Qin Hao did not plan to bring more people when he returned to Guangwu this time. The three counties were still unstable and needed a large army to guard them, so Qin Hao only brought Mu Guiying and nearly a hundred personal guards.
Yanmen, Guangwu.
After settling the affairs of Daijun, Qin Wen led the main force of Yanmen back to Guangwu and did not go to support Huangfu Song.
Qin Wen's original plan was to join Huangfu Song after completely suppressing the Yellow Turbans in Daijun, but now Huangfu Song only faced 250,000 Yellow Turbans, while the Luoyang court had to face millions of Yellow Turbans in Yanzhou. The pressure Much older than Huangfu Song.
The Han army was stationed in Lu Zhi's headquarters in Yanzhou. He saw that the Yellow Turban troops from all directions were rushing to Yanzhou. They dared to stop for a long time, so they directly led all the troops to prepare to retreat to Hulao Pass to defend.
Huang Chao had also expected that Lu Zhi would run away, because when the million Yellow Turban army arrived, Lu Zhi would not be able to escape even if he wanted to.
Huang Chao set up an ambush at all levels, preparing to annihilate Lu Zhi's troops to vent his hatred. However, the originally perfect plan was discovered by someone in advance, and he was Cao Cao.
I don’t know whether Cao Cao guessed it himself or had some gossip, but since he already knew the Yellow Turban Army’s ambush plan, Cao Cao, who was still loyal to the Han at this time, naturally would not sit back and watch Lu Zhi fall into the trap.
Cao Cao told Lu Zhi the Yellow Turban ambush plan, and the two of them decided to counterattack Huang Chao. In the end, the Han army led by Lu Zhi cooperated with the Yanzhou family coalition led by Cao Cao to defeat Huang Chao, and then successfully led the army back to Hulao. close.
This counter-ambush battle was the third major victory after Huangfu Song and Qin Wen after the Yellow Turban Uprising. Although the result was not as great as the first two, it also caused 100,000 casualties to Huang Chao's troops.
In this battle, even Huang Chao was almost killed by the heroes of the Cao family and Xiahou family. If Zhu Wen hadn't sacrificed his life to save him, Huang Chao might have been shot to death by Xiahou Yuan.
Huang Chao's subordinate Meng Kai challenged Xiahou Dun, but was picked and killed by Xiahou Dun in the tenth round. He became another unlucky guy who didn't even show his attributes after Temujin's two sons and Sun Kewang.
After the ambush failed and his strength was greatly damaged, Huang Chao did not dare to move and waited for the arrival of other troops. However, after Zhang Jiao, Xiang Yan and others arrived one by one, Yanzhou calmed down.
But everyone knows that Yanzhou has become a powder keg that may explode at any time. It is just the calm before the storm.
The reason why the Yellow Turbans did not start a war immediately was because they were deploying their manpower to transport all the grain and grass taken from the aristocratic families to Yanzhou to ensure the safety of the grain road. After all, transporting grain from Yanzhou was the closest to attacking Sili.
However, the transportation of tens of millions of stone grain and grass cannot be completed in a day or two. Even if the Yellow Turban has tens of millions of people as a foundation, it will also take a month or two.
And these two months are the final preparation time for the Han Dynasty and the Yellow Turban.
Lu Zhi at Hulao Pass has 80,000 troops, while Cao Cao's Yanzhou family coalition only has 30,000 troops left. Even with a mere 110,000 troops at Hulao Pass, even with the natural danger of Hulao Pass, they will definitely not be able to stop the Yellow Turbans, who have sufficient supplies and no worries. Army, the gap in strength is too big.
Therefore, the Luoyang court decided to let Qin Wen stabilize Yanmen, then lead the army directly south to Luoyang, and then go to Hulao Pass to meet Lu Zhi.
Of course, Qin Wen was not the only one recruited by the court this time. Ding Yuan, who had already entered Jizhou to fight, was also recruited.
Others include Dong Zhuo of Hedong, Liu Yan of Zhuojun, Liu Yu of Peiping, Liu Yao of Qingzhou, Tao Qian of Xuzhou, Gongsun Zan of Liaodong and so on.
In addition, there are powerful teams from various places such as Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, and Sun Jian.
The Luoyang court already seemed ready to fight to the death with the Yellow Turbans at Hulao Pass.
So this time Liu Hong sent Zhang Rang to Guangwu. The reward was only one of the purposes. The most important thing was to urge Qin Wen and Qin Hao to quickly lead the army to Luoyang to defend Hulao Pass.
In Liu Hong's heart, although Qin Wen's Yanmen Army was small in number, it was a truly elite force, the most elite army of the Han Dynasty.
Winning two major victories in a row, annihilating a total of more than 300,000 enemies, with less than half of his own casualties (Qin Wen exaggerated the casualties), this is proof of strength.
How could Liu Hong abandon such a powerful force? Hulao Pass is the most suitable stage for Yanmen to truly display its capabilities.
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"What did you say?" Qin Wen suddenly stood up and looked at the county magistrate Haotong, and said seriously: "The envoy from the imperial court who came to announce the decree this time is Zhang Rang?"
"Well!" Hao Tong also said with some confusion: "My lord, why did your Majesty send Zhang Rang to announce the decree this time?"
"It seems that His Majesty is really anxious. He even sent Zhang Rang out!" A strange look flashed in Qin Wen's eyes, and he said calmly: "Although I, Qin Wen, can't understand what Shi Changshi did, but this group of You can’t offend the eunuch either. Just be prepared!”
Hao Tong sighed in his heart when he heard this. Just like his lord, he still had to succumb to the power of Shi Changshi, but he knew how much his lord hated Shi Changshi.
"Lord, give it..." Hao Tong hesitated and said, "How much?"
"Ten thousand gold!" Qin Wen said calmly, as if the gift was not his own money.
"Ten thousand gold?" Hao Tong exclaimed.
Qin Wen nodded, and then felt something was wrong. He gritted his teeth and said with some distress: "It seems to be missing, fifty thousand gold!"
"Fifty thousand?" Hao Tong looked like he was about to cry and said, "My lord, it will cost a lot to rebuild Yanmen Pass, and our finances are not sufficient!"
"If we are stabbed in the back by these dead eunuchs and delay the construction of the customs and the transportation of prisoners of war, the loss will be more than 50,000 gold." Qin Wen said helplessly: "Send the order to Hao'er, haven't the three counties been recovered? , let him come back quickly to accept the reward!"
"promise!"
Qin Wen seemed to have remembered something again, and said to Qin Jian below: "Fourth brother, you should go to Yanmen Pass yourself!"
"Ah?" Qin Jian was stunned and asked, "Why?"
Qin Wen hesitated for a moment and said, "I don't trust Yanmen Pass if it is handed over to someone else!"
"I know, brother!" Qin Jian had no doubt that he had it and said with a smile, "Don't worry if you leave Yanmen Pass to me!"
