Chapter 95: The enemy of Luoyang

Hulao Pass.

Liu Yan trembled with her hands, untied Ma Yue's blood-stained coarse cloth clothes. When Ma Yue's naked back finally showed it in front of her without reservation, Liu Yan couldn't help but burst into tears. Liu Yan had treated many Yellow Turban wounded soldiers and saw many scars that could not be seen, but she had never seen anyone worse than Ma Yue.

If it were someone else, I had so many sores, and I had no idea how many times I had died. I really don’t know how Ma Yue survived it? Thinking of this, Liu Yan couldn’t help but feel heartbroken.

Ma Yue's back was covered with crisscrossing scars, including knife sores, sword sores, gun sores and arrow sores. Each scar recorded a tragic war and a thrilling experience! Since he came to this chaotic world, even Ma Yue himself can't recall how many fierce battles he participated in?

Sometimes when he dreams at midnight, even Ma Yue himself feels ridiculous. In this chaotic end of the Han Dynasty, he was able to survive until now, and it seems that he can live longer and longer~~

What broke Liu Yan's heart the most was the two new sores on Ma Yue's back. The two sores were almost close to each other, and the flesh was cracked, revealing the tender flesh of blood inside. The dark red blood was constantly overflowing from the wound, flowing down the back of the blue croaker, and the air was filled with a faint smell of blood.

"I know how to cry!" Ma Yue frowned and said coldly, "Take it quickly."

Liu Yan sobbed, reached out to wipe away the tears from her cheeks, and said to Zou Yuniang behind her: "Sister Yu Niang, please give me a plate of clear water, okay?"

Zou Yuniang let out a sigh and turned around and left gracefully.

The blacksmith Lao Hei pulled out a piece of soldering iron with the burnt red on the top from the stove, handed it to Liu Yan, and said, "Miss, the soldering iron is ready."

Liu Yan nodded and took the soldering iron. She compared the wound on Ma Yue's back, but she couldn't hold it down after all, so she weakly suggested to Ma Yue: "Why ~~~ I'd better have someone dig some herbs?"

Ma Yue frowned and said coldly: "Dian Wei, come!"

After saying that, Ma Yue said to Guo Tu, who was standing opposite the table: "Public, continue to say it."

Guo Tu jumped and glanced at the red soldering iron. He felt a chill behind him, took a breath, and then said, "The big leader, it has been several days since he conquered Huzhu. It is expected that he has received news from Luoyang. Zhu Jun, Huangfu Song and others will also know that in this way, Luoyang must be prepared, and Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song's two armies will inevitably follow and pounce on Huzhu~~"

At this time, Dian Wei had passed the red soldering iron without saying anything, and pressed down fiercely on Ma Yue's back, and heard a "sizzling" sound. A stream of white smoke rose from Ma Yue's back, and a burnt smell immediately filled the air. Guo Tu's words stopped abruptly, and a gurgling sound suddenly sounded in his throat. Seeing Ma Yue's face remained unchanged. Just frowned slightly, Guo Tu's eyes began to turn green.

Guan Hai, Pei Yuanshao, Liao Hua, Zhou Cang and others in the tent also had serious faces, but the eyes that looked at Ma Yue were burning without exception. In the eyes of these big and small leaders, the big leader Ma Yue is the toughest tough guy in the world, without any pain, no one or any accident can knock him down or defeat him.

Only Dian Wei's face did not change his expression, and he squeezed hard on Ma Yue's wound with his soldering iron. On the other side, Xu Chu's face was also as dull as if nothing could make him look distorted.

Zou Yuniang walked in with a basin of clear water. She happened to see Ma Yue's face pale and her thick eyebrows frowned. Looking behind Ma Yue, the evil man Dian Wei was holding a piece of soldering iron in his hand. One end of the soldering iron was burned red and pressed tightly on Ma Yue's back. Green smoke was rising from Ma Yue's back. Zou Yuniang's beautiful eyes suddenly condensed. When she looked at Ma Yue again, her eyes had become much softer.

It was not until the blue smoke was gone that Liu Yan asked Dian Wei to remove the soldering iron and said to Zou Yuniang: "Sister Yuniang, bring the water over quickly."

Zou Yuniang nodded, withdrew her gaze from Ma Yue's face, and quickly brought Qingshui to Liu Yan. A faint blush appeared on Zou Yuniang's pink face inadvertently.

"Huh~~"

Ma Yue breathed a long sigh, his whole body relaxed, and said to Guo Tu a little tiredly: "Punze, continue."

Guo Tu took a deep breath, relieved his shock, and continued: "If the 800 bandits attacked Luoyang, they would inevitably confront the most elite Yulin Army in the Han Dynasty. Although the Yulin Army had only 3,000 people, it was composed of the meritorious children of the soldiers who had been killed in the border army. Compared with Zhu Jun, the elite soldiers under Huangfu Song were even better than three points~~"

Guan Hai couldn't help but groaned and said, "Mr. Guo Tu will be ambitious and destroy his own prestige. What's the fear of the Yulin Army? So what about the elites in the world? Are there still few elites in the eight hundred bandits destroying the land?"

Guo Tu was not upset and said kindly: "The leader of Zhou Cang is right. The eight hundred bandits are all tigers and wolves. Although they are not afraid of any elites, even if they can defeat the Yulin Army, our army will definitely suffer losses! The Han Dynasty lost the Yulin Army, and there are tens of thousands of Xiyuan New Army stationed in Luoyang City. But what about us? One of our brothers died and one less casualties cannot be afforded."

Ma Yue nodded calmly. In fact, from the beginning, he never thought that he would really attack Luoyang. If Luoyang was so easy to fight, the Han Empire would not have lasted for more than 400 years. It had been destroyed by the northern Xiongnu, Xianbei and other barbarians.

Guo Tu continued: "The three auxiliary capitals of the capital, the people are enriched at the feet of the emperor, and the gentry is rich. Even if they cannot capture Luoyang City, the surrounding towns will still have a lot of food, grass and wealth, which can provide the needs of 800 bandits. The leader can condemn the general and lead a elite cavalry to attack Luoyang with great fanfare. When the imperial army gathers in Luoyang, the main force of our army will go down the Luo River and pass through Sangu Mountain, and there will be no obstacles in the way! At this point, there are two routes to choose, one to go to Shannan, one to go to Qingni Pass, two to Huayin, and one to overcome Hangu and Tongguan. Then, you will drive straight into Guanzhong, and Liangzhou is close to you. Eight hundred bandits will then enter the sea. The court will do nothing more~~"

Ma Yue's eyes were too long, and he did not agree with Guo Tu's suggestions or object, which was quite unpredictable and profound.

Guo Tu was upset and continued, "But if you want to achieve this plan perfectly, there is something that is crucial."

Ma Yue asked, "What's the matter?"

Guo Tu said: "A general needs to lead an elite army to firmly tie Hulao Pass. Within ten days, Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song must not let two elite soldiers break through the pass and enter! Ten days later, our army is already far away in Guanzhong. Even if Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song's two large army break through the pass and enter, it will be beyond the reach."

"Zhu Jun, Huangfu Song?" Ma Yue smiled sinisterly and said coldly. "Although the two are famous generals, their elite soldiers can be called troops of hundreds of battles, but they are no longer afraid. After Yingchuan's battle, someone naturally helped us deal with the two of them."

Guo Tu's expression moved and suddenly said, "Is the big leader talking about the Ten Eternal Assistant?"

Ma Yue smiled and said, "But ~~ Gong Ze is right. Hulao Pass really needs to send elite troops to garrison. Even if someone else leads Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song, these two elite troops will still be a fatal threat to the 800 bandits. Therefore, these two elite troops must not be allowed to knock on the gate within ten days."

Guo Tu bowed and said, "The big leader is wise."

Ma Yue glanced at the generals in the tent with cold eyes and said in a deep voice: "Who dares to guard the tiger prison?"

Gao Shun took a step forward and said loudly: "I will be willing to defend it in the end."

"Okay!" Ma Yue said sternly. "You can take 1,000 elite troops from our headquarters (the former Gao Shun's army had more than 2,000 Yingchuan bandits, and the two battles were left, and when they returned to rescue Changshe and defeated the Han army, most of the Yingchuan bandits who were not good at equestrians were killed. The original 800 bandits suffered extremely little casualties). You must guard Hulao Pass. Within ten days, you must not let the Yingchuan Han army cross the line!"

Gao Shun clasped his fists and shouted: "As for your order."

"After ten days, you can stay and stay by yourself depending on the situation of the war, but you can still stay at Hulao Pass. You can also leave the pass and join the large group of people. This leader and you will have 500 horses in order to prepare for emergencies."

Gao Shundao: "Thank you, the leader."

Ma Yue said again: "Pei Yuanshao, Zhou Cang obeys the order!"

Pei Yuanshao and Zhou Cang took a step forward at the same time and said proudly: "Here."

"Each of them leads five hundred elite cavalry (there are still more than a thousand light cavalry in the original bandits), claiming to be three thousand elite cavalry, and advances along the north bank of the Luo River, and takes the initiative to attack Luoyang, trying to make the momentum bigger."

"Abide by the order!"

"Liao Hua obeyed the order."

"exist."

"Turn one thousand light cavalry (more than 6,000 Yingchuan bandits under Liao Hua's troops, and so far, thousands of people remain). Follow this leader along the south of the Luo River and take Yiyang straight."

Liao Huakengran said: "Abide by the order."

Ma Yue stood up and said in a deep voice: "The whole army will make dinner at the third day of tomorrow. The fifth day of the day will raise the army!"

...

The palace, Zhang Rang's residence.

Guo Sheng looked around outside the door for a long time, and was sure that no one eavesdropped, so he flashed into the secret room. In the secret room, Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong, Xia Yun, Sun Zhang, Bi Lan, Li Song, Gao Wang, Zhang Gong, Han Li, Song Dian, and Fen Shuo had already gathered together. These twelve people were all the Central Constant Attendants, known as the "Ten Constant Attendants".

Fishuo said to Zhang Rang: "Mr. Zhang, everyone is already together. You can always talk about it now. What is the important thing? I have to call everyone for a secret discussion in the middle of the night?"

Zhang Rang said sinisterly: "You guys, you just received urgent retribution from Yingchuan. Zhu Jun, Huangfu Song, Yuan Shu, and Cao Cao's four armies were surrounded by nearly 30,000 elite troops, but they were broken by 800 bandits. Cao Cao, the prefect of Dongjun, led his army to pursue him and set up an ambush halfway. Instead, he was defeated by 800 bandits and almost destroyed the entire army. For this matter, Cao Cao almost turned against Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song. "

Cao Cao was the grandson of the eunuch Cao Teng, and was quite close to the late Zhongchang Shi Cao Jie. The captain of the Central Army Fishuo had a good impression of Cao Cao. When he heard Cao Cao's defeat, he couldn't help but feel moved and said, "Zhang Gong, this is an opportunity. Why are Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song all the butchers confidants? Cao Cao had a quarrel with him. He would not tolerate him. Why not attract foreign aid?"

Gao Wang had a good relationship with Cao Cao's grandfather and eunuch Cao Teng, and agreed, "Your Majesty's words are very good."

Zhang Rang said: "This matter will be discussed later. Now Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song are not in charge of the army. They are bound to break through by 800 bandits. They are unlucky to escape the crime! They just took this opportunity to report to the emperor and sent the two back to Beijing for punishment, and took the opportunity to seize the military power of the two! Then He Jin had no more soldiers. Even if Yuan Shu was there, Yuan Shao was unable to do anything."

Zhao Zhong said: "What Mr. Zhang said is extremely true. This is a good opportunity for God, but who can replace him?"

Everyone turned their attention to Fen Shuo. Fen Shuo was the captain of the military and was able to control the soldiers and horses of the Han court. Who was sent to Yingchuan to replace Zhu Jun? Huangfu Song was naturally the matter he was considering.

Fishhuo thought for a while and said, "The left commander Chunyu Qiong, and the right commander Zhao Rong may be replaced."

Zhang Rang said: "Good, tomorrow the court will discuss, and all the officials can act according to their plans."

When the Ten Generals were discussing secretly, a small eunuch suddenly broke into the secret room. Furhuo's face changed, for fear that the secret discussion would be leaked, so he drew out his sword and wanted to stab the small eunuch to death. Zhang Rang urgently stopped him and said, "Please wait. This is a confidant. If you break in and meet late at night, there must be something important."

Frowning and returning the sword into the sheath, the little eunuch approached Zhang Rang's ear and said softly. Zhang Rang's face changed drastically. When the little eunuch withdrew, Zhao Zhong and others asked one after another: "Mr. Zhang, what's the matter?"

Zhang Rang took a breath and said, "The man arranged the inner respondent in He Jin's mansion, just heard a shocking news! Eight hundred bandits had already captured Hulao Pass a few days ago, and the guard general Le died in battle with more than a thousand soldiers below!"

When Fishhuo heard this, he was shocked and said in a lost voice: "Is this true?"

Xia Yun and others also disbelief: "Duke Zhang, isn't this possible? There are only more than a thousand bandits in the eight hundred bandits. There are no siege equipment. Hulao Pass is more than five zhang (about ten meters) high. How did the bandits attack?"

Zhang Rang said in a dark voice: "This matter is certain, and there is no way to know how the 800 bandits conquered Hulao Pass."

Xia Yun said in a lost voice: "After the Huzhu is lost, the gates of Luoyang are opened, and 800 bandits are afraid that the soldiers will attack Luoyang!"

Fisthuo frowned and said, "That's not the case. The 800 bandits are at most over a thousand. If you really dare to attack Luoyang, you will undoubtedly destroy yourself! However, near the capital, the three auxiliary places will inevitably be robbed. All of this is because Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song's commander failed to take power, and they just reported to the emperor and punished them together."

Zhang Rang smiled sinisterly and said, "Whether the eight hundred bandits will fight against Luoyang. There is no conclusion yet, and it is not a matter of concern to the man. The man only believes that no one can save Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song this time! Even Butcher He and Yuan Feng, the Yuan Wei brothers are also irrelevant! Humph~~"

Zhao Zhong said: "Mr. Zhang, what do you say?"

Zhang Rang said: "After Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song's troops entered Yingchuan, He Jin sent the two a secret letter, asking them to temporarily suspend the extermination of the Yingchuan bandits."

"This~~ This is a problem of raising a tiger." Song Dian changed his face, "What does the butcher want to do? He wants to rebel?"

Fried and Shuo said in a sinister voice: "This is not difficult to understand. If the bandits in Yingchuan are wiped out, He Tuohuo has no reason to let Zhu Jun and the two generals Huangfu Song lead the troops outside, and all the elite troops of his troops will return to Xiyuan. He Tuohuo does not want to be controlled by the man. Naturally, he has to find ways to let Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song stay in Yingchuan, and siege 800 bandits without going in to suppress them is indeed a clever plan."

Zhang Rang said ruthlessly: "For his own selfish interests, He Jin blindly cared about the safety of the Han Dynasty and instigated Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song to indulge the enemy, which led to the fall of the tiger prison and the capital was shocked. You can sue him for a crime of affair and treason in front of His Majesty. Let's see how He butcher quibble?"

Zhao Zhong pondered: "Mr. Zhang, this matter should not be too rush. Now Empress He has just given birth to a prince, and the Holy Family is at its peak. It is not so easy to overthrow it if it is urgent. If you want to report He Jin's crime of affair with affair, you need to prove it. It is the secret letter from He Jin to Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song!"

Zhang Rang said: "In this way, I will try to seize the military power of Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song first. Chunyu Qiong and Zhao Rong can replace him, so that the two of them can secretly search for the secret letter and all the evidence of the crime."

Zhao Zhong said: "Good, tomorrow the court will discuss, and all the officials can act according to their plans."

...

General He Jin's mansion.

Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song failed to suppress the bandits, resulting in eight hundred bandits breaking through the siege, and incredibly conquering Hulao Pass, the world's mighty passiveness, with the army heading straight to Luoyang! This caused a great passiveness to He Jin's party. He Jin, He Miao, Yuan Feng, Yuan Wei, Zhang Wen, Yuan Shao, Cai Yong, Wang Yun and others gathered overnight to discuss solutions.

Speaking of the urgent situation, He Miao was so angry that he stamped his feet: "Zhu Jun, Huangfu Song was not successful enough and had more than defeat. The eldest brother only asked them to postpone the attack, but he did not indulge the bandits. Now, he actually let eight hundred bandits capture Hulao Pass, and he might have to attack Luoyang next! If the eunuch party knows about this, he is afraid that he will make trouble in front of the emperor again."

He Jin said: "If I had known this, I would not have ordered Huangfu Song to suspend the attack. If I could have wiped out the 800 bandits as soon as possible, how could the disaster be today?"

He Jin looked at Wang Yun with dissatisfaction, and said that he was quite complaining. At that time, Wang Yun proposed to temporarily suspend the attack and raise tigers, so Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song did not have to go back to the capital. The ten generals were afraid of the army in the hands of the two generals, so they would not dare to take any action against He Jin, but they did not expect that they would cause today's disaster.

Cai Yong sat in the lower place and shook his head repeatedly when he heard this. He Jin was a general today, but he was not brave or planner. At this time of crisis, he did not think about dealing with it and became resentful. Since this statement was made, he only made his confidants have no worries and virtues, how can he make up for things? How can such an incompetent person succeed?

Sure enough, when He Jin finished speaking, Wang Yun stood up with shame and said, "This matter is caused by the lower officials. All the crimes and responsibilities are borne by the lower officials. The court meeting tomorrow. The lower officials should report everything to the emperor. If the emperor is wise and wise, he will not blame the general, and the general will be safe."
To be continued...