Chapter 261: Strong generals gather to return to Luoyang
Dong Zhuo asked Hua Xiong to serve as the cavalry commander in order to prevent Qin Hao from seizing military power. Qin Hao's acceptance also told Dong Zhuo that he had no interest in military power. ?One million~ten thousand\small!Say??·1?ｋ?ａTo
Dong Zhuo, who had the greatest resistance, agreed to hand over the command of the cavalry. Liu Yu and Ding Yuan naturally would not disagree. After all, the unified command of the cavalry can indeed maximize their combat power.
"Then I will send Xuande to lead the cavalry to help my nephew." Liu Yu said with a smile.
"I sent Feng Xian to lead the cavalry to help my nephew. It just so happens that you are familiar with each other."
Ding Yuan didn't know about Lu Bu's taking credit, and Qin Hao didn't spread it to the outside world. Therefore, the outside world, including Ding Yuan, also believed that he would be "resigned overtly and promoted covertly". This was because he had such merit, so he felt relieved. Lu Bu will be asked to assist Qin Hao.
Among the generals present, Qin Wen had the most experience in defending the city, and although Qin Hao did not have the most experience in cavalry combat, his performance in the 'Battle of Yanmen Pass' was indeed too amazing, so naturally no one questioned Qi Qinhao's cavalry. Command ability.
What's more, Qin Hao is still Liu Hong's son-in-law. He doesn't look at the monk's face but the Buddha's face, so he must give the emperor face.
Seeing this, Qin Hao was relieved. If Dong Zhuo and others disagreed, there was really nothing he could do.
Fortunately, everything is moving in the right direction. Not only did he take the command of the 50,000 cavalry into his hands, but he also received help from several generals. Before the end of the decisive battle, Lu Bu, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Liu Bei, Hua Xiong and Qin Hao The men are gone.
"Let me tell you about the arrangements for defending the city. Commander-in-Chief Father will be the commander-in-chief of defending the city, and the army of 100,000 will be divided into four groups. Each of you will lead your own troops to defend the city in turn, and the defense will be changed every five days.? 1?? One hundred to ten thousand\small! Say you want·ｃｏｍ”
Having already taken away the command of the cavalry, Qin Hao could not seize the remaining military power. He could only let Dong Zhuo and others command the headquarters to take turns defending the city. The Yanmen Army was all cavalry and did not need to defend the city, so the fourth batch of defenders Naturally, they are the original defenders of Hulao Pass.
Naturally, no one would have any objections to such an arrangement. Even the picky Dong Zhuo could not find any faults.
"But nephew, the Yellow Turbans have an army of one million, and we only have an army of 100,000. There is such a huge disparity in strength. Can we really hold Hulao Pass?" Ding Yuan asked worriedly.
Qin Hao couldn't answer this question, so he could only look to his father for help. Qin Wen smiled and said: "Hulao Pass is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It is even more dangerous than Yanmen Pass. One hundred thousand defenders are enough. And before leaving, , His Majesty promised Wen that if the loss of troops is too large, he will definitely make up for the loss for us."
Qin Wen's words completely dispelled all worries in everyone's mind, especially Dong Zhuo's.
Since there are reimbursements from above, what are you afraid of?
Let’s spread our arms and fight!
"Brother Bowen once repelled eleven Xiongnu attacks with a weak force. The current state of Hulao Pass is much better than that of Yanmen Pass. Therefore, with Brother Bowen guarding Hulao, I, Ding Jianyang, can rest assured."
Ding Yuan looked completely confident in Qin Wen. Qin Wen felt a little embarrassed when he saw Ding Yuan praising him so much.
"Brother Jianyang, you can't say that, this situation is completely different!"
"Alas..." Seeing Qin Wen's modesty, Liu Yu joked with a smile: "Brother Bowen, you are too humble, but you are too proud!"
"Haha!" Seeing this, Dong Zhuo laughed and said: "Our army is supported by more than 300,000 troops behind us. We have Hulao Pass, a majestic pass that is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and Brother Bowen, a famous general who is good at defending. Look, This battle is already in an invincible position!"
"Brother Zhongying said that!"
"Haha, we must win this battle!"
Seeing this, Qin Wen shook his head helplessly, and Liu Yu and others also laughed happily. It can be said that they were extremely optimistic about the decisive battle, as if Qin Wen was really there and they would not lose.
Seeing that everyone was so optimistic, Qin Hao couldn't bear to disturb them, but there were some things he had to say, so he interrupted: "There is something that Qin Hao must remind everyone."
"It was a coincidence that Qin Hu returned from the pursuit and bumped into Xiang Yu who broke out, but Xiang Yu was rescued by the Mo family. This shows that the Moh family has decided to help the Yellow Turbans."
Everyone stopped smiling when they heard this, and all looked solemn. Although Qin Hao's news was not a bolt from the blue, it was also very bad news.
The Mohists are good at ordnance manufacturing. If they help the Yellow Turbans, they will definitely manufacture a large number of engineering equipment for them. Even if Hulao Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it will definitely suffer heavy losses in the face of thousands of siege weapons.
"Trouble, since the Yellow Turbans have people from the Mo family to help, defending the city must be a tough battle."
Although Qin Wen was very confident in his own city defense skills, he still had to look at his opponent. The Mo family was unintentionally an opponent that shook Qin Wen's confidence.
"No, there is no catapult in Hulao Pass. If the Mohists helped the Yellow Turbans build a catapult, the consequences would be disastrous." Qin Wen said solemnly.
Liu Yu finally stopped being blindly optimistic and asked anxiously: "What should we do?"
Qin Wen took a deep breath, pondered for a while, and then said: "Hao'er, prepare yourself, and then return to Luoyang to tell His Majesty the truth about Hulao Pass, and ask Luoyang to quickly build a catapult. I hope it's still too late."
Catapults had already appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period. However, as the Han Dynasty deposed hundreds of schools and a large number of documents were lost, the Han Dynasty slowly had no one who knew how to make catapults.
After all, the skilled craftsmen who really know how to make are all people from the Mohist and Gong family. If you, the Han Dynasty, are driving people to death, how can they help you make ordnance? However, the method of making a catapult must still be in the Han Dynasty library.
After the meeting, Qin Wen left Qin Hao alone before he left and said with a smile: "Hao'er, you are more mature now than before."
Qin Hao knew that his father must be very satisfied with his performance just now, so he sighed: "People always have to grow up!"
"Well, he is indeed my Qin Wen's son."
"By the way, I have a gift for my father."
"Oh? I'm looking forward to it, father."
Qin Hao handed Tai'a from behind to Qin Wen. Seeing this, Qin Wen shook his head and said with a smile: "Hao'er, my father is not like you young people who can go into battle to kill the enemy. The bright sword in my husband's hand is like a hidden pearl."
Qin Hao shook his head and said, "Father, look carefully."
After Qin Wen pulled out Tai'a in confusion, his expression suddenly changed, his whole body trembled slightly, and even his voice trembled slightly, and he said: "Tai'a!"
"Does father like this gift?" Qin Hao asked with a smile.
Qin Wen returned the sword to its sheath, laughed and said, "I like it, I like it so much, Hao'er, you are so thoughtful."
It is true that Tai'a is Qin Shihuang's sword, but for Qin Wen, it has no practical effect. The only function is to tell Qin Wen that his efforts over the years have not been in vain.
