Luoyang.
When Li Xiang received the news that Dong Zhuo had sent his army eastward, he still did whatever he had to do, as if he wasn't worried about it.
In fact, Li Xiang does not have much to worry about. When all the princes were withdrawing from Luoyang one after another, Li Xiang had already mobilized troops from Bingzhou and Hanoi.
At that time, once the 30,000 troops from Bingzhou and the 20,000 troops from Hanoi arrive, plus the more than 20,000 cavalry left by Li Xiang after the casualties in the battle against Dong, relying on the defense of the fortified city, coupled with the With famous generals like Bai Qi and Yue Fei around, Dong Zhuo could never threaten him.
After all, Dong Zhuo suffered quite a lot of losses in the battle against Dong. Except for the troops guarding Xiliang and guarding Chang'an, it would be good if the rest can send one hundred thousand to attack him.
Moreover, although Li Xiang can be said to have successfully captured Luoyang and even the entire Henan Province, there are still a lot of messy things here that need to be solved by Li Xiang.
First of all, due to Dong Zhuo, Luoyang has almost become an empty city now, causing the population of Henan Yin to almost drop to the lowest level. Relocating the population here and re-developing people's livelihood are the top priorities right now.
Even, in order to keep things in Luoyang on the right track, Li Xiang transferred Wang Meng and Xun Yu, two well-known political figures from Bingzhou.
In addition to these, Li Xiang has other problems to solve.
The focus of occupying Luoyang is not only Luoyang itself, but also the eight Luoyang passes surrounding Luoyang. Only with the Eight Passes of Luoyang in hand can we advance, attack, retreat and defend. If Luoyang is only occupied without the Eight Passes of Luoyang, the enemy can attack at any time.
Nowadays, among the eight passes in Luoyang, during the war against Dong, Li Xiang had mastered seven passes when other princes were not paying attention. There is still one pass in Hangu that is no longer in Li Xiang's hands.
Among them, when the princes divided their forces during the campaign against Dong, Yuan Shu was in charge of Xuanyuan Pass. After the capital was moved to Chang'an, this pass naturally fell into the hands of Yuan Shu.
However, now Yuan Shu only has one Runan County, and he can't even fully control Yuzhouli, let alone interfere with Sili. Therefore, after paying some price, Xuanyuan Pass fell into Li Xiang's hands.
In fact, it is not a big price, just 5,000 war horses. Although it is very precious to other princes, it is just like that to Li Xiang. After seizing the land of the Hetao, Li Xiang had no shortage of war horses.
Needless to say, Hangu Pass was Dong Zhuo's guarantee of staying in Chang'an, and Dong Zhuo would never give in easily. But for now, Li Xiang already has his own plan for Hangu Pass. As long as he defeats Dong Zhuo, he can start implementing it.
Even if it fails and Li Xiang cannot successfully obtain Hangu Pass, it will be enough to cause an internal turmoil within Dong Zhuo.
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After a few days, reinforcements from Bingzhou and Hanoi finally arrived, and it was time for Li Xiang to fight against Dong Zhuo's army.
"Qin Qiong and Yuchi respectfully listen to your orders!"
"The end will be here."
"With Qin Qiong as the leader and Yuchi Gong as the deputy, lead 10,000 troops to defend Luoyang!" Li Xiang ordered.
When Qin Qiong and Yuchi Gong heard this, their original excitement suddenly plummeted. They thought they were being asked to go out to fight, but instead they ended up guarding the house. However, since Li Xiang had given the order, the two of them could only obey it.
"The last general takes orders."
"The rest of the generals will set off with me, leading fifty thousand troops, to meet Dong Zhuo's army!"
"promise!"
In addition to the 10,000 troops guarding Luoyang and the 10,000 to 10,000 troops guarding other dangerous checkpoints, the remaining 50,000 Bingzhou troops marched in the direction of Hangu Pass.
Moreover, this time it was not just Li Xiang's family facing Dong Zhuo alone, sending an army of 50,000 was enough.
After Wang Meng arrived and Wang Meng reminded Li Xiang, he realized that Li Xiang's family was not the only one threatened by Dong Zhuo's sending troops eastward out of Hangu. Zhang Yang, the prefect of Hongnong and Wang Kuang, the prefect of Hedong, who were next to Luoyang, could not escape either.
These two people didn't know that Dong Zhuodong left Hangu Pass just for the purpose of besieging Wei and rescuing Zhao. When the news of Dong Zhuo's annexation came, the two men were shocked. They thought Dong Zhuo was crazy and wanted to fight again after his defeat in Chang'an.
Therefore, after Li Xiang sent counselors to persuade, the two men could only hold their noses and send troops to resist Dong Zhuo together with Li Xiang.
As for Li Xiang, although he looked down upon the strength of Wang Kuang and Zhang Yang, with their joining, the casualties of his soldiers could be reduced. On the other hand, using Dong Zhuo to consume the strength of Wang Kuang and Zhang Yang will also be beneficial to Li Xiang in the future to conquer these two places.
There is no room for others to sleep soundly on the couch. Wang Kuang and Zhang Yang's territory is also in Sili. Li Xiang is bound to win these two places. It's just that the fight against Dong has just passed, and in addition, he still has to face the threat of Dong Zhuo for the time being. Otherwise, Li Xiang would have already planned to deal with these two people.
"Brother Zhisheng, brother Gongjie, we haven't seen each other for only a month, but you really want to hurt me!" As soon as they met, Li Xiang greeted these two enemies cordially.
Hearing Li Xiang's voice, Wang Kuang and Zhang Yang's expressions darkened.
After this period of inquiring, they already knew that the hungry wolf Dong Zhuo was attracted because of the Bingzhou Army's attack on Liangzhou. But they had nothing to do. They all thought that Dong Zhuo was serious. They couldn't wait until Dong Zhuo's army arrived and surrender directly. Then how would their face be saved by then?
What's more, with the three princes joining forces, even if they can't defeat Dong Zhuo, they can still protect themselves.
"Brother Zifeng, you're polite!" Although Wang Kuang and Zhang Yang hated Li Xiang, the troublemaker, in their hearts, they could not lose their superficial courtesy.
"Hahaha, brother Zhisheng, brother Gongjie, this time Thief Dong was overestimating his capabilities. He had just fled to Chang'an in a hurry, but he actually wanted to escape eastward again. He really didn't know whether to live or die at that time." Li Xiang looked at Wang Kuang and Wang Kuang, who had a black look on his face. Zhang Yang and the two laughed loudly.
"Brother Zifeng is right, Brother Zifeng will be responsible for this battle, and the soldiers under our command will be handed over to Brother Zifeng!" The two men said with a hint of helplessness.
Although Wang Kuang and Zhang Yang now particularly hate Li Xiang, with Dong Zhuo hanging over their heads, they can only temporarily hand over their soldiers to Li Xiang's command.
They also had to admit that they were far from being able to compare with Li Xiang in terms of commanding troops in combat. This time, in order to protect themselves from Dong Zhuo's soldiers, there are some things that even if they don't want to, they have to hold their noses and admit it.
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