Three Kingdoms Strong Army System

In the early morning of the second day, the scouts went to Fan Chou's camp to investigate and found that there was no sound inside.

A few scouts ventured into Fan Chou's camp to investigate and found that there was no one there.

They immediately returned to Tongguan to report.

Fan Chou actually ran away.

Liu Zhang was dumbfounded.

How could he do this.

He didn't expect that after losing two games, Fan Chou would run away.

He couldn't help fighting so much, he ran away after only losing two games, his mental quality is too bad.

While complaining about Fan Chou, Liu Zhang sent out scouts and continued eastward, only to discover that Fan Chou led his army to garrison Hu County.

Although Hu County is a small county, it is located in the Yaohan Passage, and the terrain is not wide, so it is not easy to deploy a large army.

Liu Zhang discussed with Ma Teng that the new [-] soldiers still needed to be digested, so they decided not to take advantage of the victory to pursue and rest in Tongguan for a whole day.

Rescue the wounded, expend troops, and count the military achievements of each department. There are many things.

But the news of Tongguan's great victory spread like wildfire, and spread to all states and counties in the world in a very fast time.

While Liu Zhang and Ma Teng were working hard at Tongguan, Hulaoguan was also fighting in full swing.

First, Lu Bu led the Bingzhou Army to kill several allied generals and tens of thousands of enemy troops at the pass.

Later, Liu, Guan and Zhang injured Lv Bu, and the Xiliang generals were jealous of Lv Bu's meritorious service, and kept speaking ill of Lv Bu in front of Dong Zhuo, so that Dong Zhuo could only let Lv Bu rest in the pass, and dared not send him to fight again.

However, after Liu Guanzhang injured Lu Bu, the coalition camp fell into a strange atmosphere.

Some people are very upset when they see Liu Bei stealing the limelight and gaining fame.

Among the princes of the seventeen towns in the entire coalition army, only Gongsun Zan and Cao Cao were friendly to Liu Bei, and the rest were jealous of him.

After the allied forces defeated Lu Bu, the princes drank and had fun in the camp for days, although they also discussed how to attack the city and how to march every day.

But it only discusses, but does not take action.

More than 30 troops are wasting in the air below Hulao Pass and Sishui Pass, consuming a huge amount of food and grass every day.

Even if Yuan Shu and Han Fu's Nanyang County and Jizhou are large grain producers, it is difficult to maintain.

The coalition forces stopped moving forward, and the princes had their own concerns. Only Gongsun Zan, Sun Jian, and Cao Cao sincerely supported the Han Dynasty.

Unfortunately, in several battles, Sun Jian and Gongsun Zan suffered heavy losses. Cao Cao had only [-] soldiers and his abilities were limited.

When Dong Zhuo was at Hulao Pass, he thought he was happy to have killed tens of thousands of allied forces of the princes, but he was slapped in the face by the news of Fan Chou's disastrous defeat at Tongguan.

He got angry again and scolded Fan Cong mercilessly in front of all the generals.

"Our family wants him to garrison Hongnong and keep Liu Zhang and Ma Teng out of Hu County. It's better for him to attack Tongguan instead."

"Is Tongguan so easy to attack, [-] soldiers, [-] lost, what do I need him for, tell me, what do I need him for!"

Dong Zhuo has five tiger generals under his command, Lu Bu, Niu Fu, Dong Yue, Hua Xiong and Xu Rong, in addition to Li Jue, Guo Si, Zhang Ji and Fan Chou.

Among them, Niu Fu's ability is average, he was killed in the north, Hua Xiong was killed by Guan Yu, Xu Rong guarded Hedong, Dong Yue guarded Luoyang, and now only Lu Bu, Li Jue, Guo Si, Duan Yan and others are by his side.

These people are good at fighting, but they are not good at making plans. Only Li Ru can solve Dong Zhuo's problems.

After Dong Zhuo scolded Fan Chou, he looked at Li Ru eagerly, "Wen You, what should I do now!"

Li Ru didn't answer right away, he lowered his head and thought for a while, "If Hu County is lost, Hongnong will not be able to protect it. Luoyang's [-] troops should not move lightly. Order Fan Chou to guard Hu County to the death. If Hu County is lost, he will be killed."

"En!" Dong Zhuo nodded.

"Liu Zhang and Ma Teng don't have many troops. We should focus on Shandong. Outside the Hulao Pass, although there are more than [-] allied forces of the princes, the princes have different hearts. I predict that it will not be long before the princes will leave. As long as we press Guard the pass and fight the coalition forces from time to time, so that they cannot see the hope of breaking through the pass, and they will naturally leave."

"Okay, what do you guys think!" Dong Zhuo already approved Li Ru's strategy in his heart, but he still asked the generals to express his importance to them.

"I'm waiting for a second opinion!"

What the generals in the tent were most afraid of was making them use their brains, and seeing the expression on Dong Zhuo's face, they obviously agreed with Li Ru's idea, so why would they put forward other opinions.

Seeing that no one objected, Dong Zhuo immediately issued an order. For the next month or so, he would go out to fight with the coalition forces every few days.

Sishui Pass was not as formidable as Hulao Pass, but several princes attacked the pass for more than a month, but they could not break through the pass.

It's just that both sides hurt each other.

At Hulao Pass, although the battle scene was bigger than that at Sishui Pass, the feudal lords and Dong Zhuo had victories against each other, and the two sides seemed to be caught in a war of attrition.

Finally, 189 passed, and the spring of 190 came.

The allied forces of the princes and Dong Zhuo are still facing each other at Hulao Pass, but both sides are almost unable to hold on.

For nothing else, the supply of food and grass is insufficient.

The princes dispersed separately, and the coalition forces remained in name, but in essence they disintegrated.

Seeing that outside Hulao Pass, there were 30 allied troops, and only tens of thousands were left. Dong Zhuo was overjoyed, and left 2 people stationed at Hulao Pass, leading the army back to Luoyang.

Originally, there were 5 troops at Sishui Pass and 12 at Hulao Pass. After several months of fighting, some died and some were wounded. Now he has only 15 troops left under his command.

Sishuiguan and Hulaoguan each have 11, Hu County has [-], Luoyang has [-], and Hedong County has [-].

Dong Zhuo only had the three counties of Hongnong, Hedong, and Henan Yin, but with the financial resources of the three counties, he could barely raise 15 troops.

But Dong Zhuo completely ignored the life and death of the people, and allowed his subordinates to plunder the people. The daily life of the people in Luoyang was miserable.

Liu Zhang and Ma Teng also went out to attack Hu County after spending more than a month in Tongguan.

Liu Zhang didn't want to waste the soldiers either, so he just did.

Hearing the disintegration of the coalition forces of Shandong princes, he discussed with Ma Teng and decided to abandon the east of Tongguan, the west of Huxian, and return to Tongguan.

Ma Teng knew that with him and Liu Zhang, Dong Zhuo could not be wiped out, so he was discouraged and led his troops back to Xiliang.

But Liu Zhang still ordered Li Fang to lead five thousand troops to guard Tongguan, and patrol the wall day and night to prevent Dong Zhuo from sending people to attack.

The battle against Dong lasted for a year, and Liu Zhang sent a total of twelve thousand troops.

He brought 7000 people to reinforce Tongguan, but when he returned to Chang'an, there were 1 people.

Among them, [-] were Fan Chou's surrendered troops, and they were all willing to join Liu Zhang's command.

In this way, Liu Zhang not only gained a lot of fame for defeating Fan Chou, but also increased his military strength from 8000 to [-].

With Liu Zhang's three counties in hand, he simply recruited another [-] recruits, making up a total of [-].

After returning to Chang'an, Liu Zhang began to organize the people to carry out spring plowing. In order not to delay the spring plowing, he even asked the soldiers to return to their homes to participate in the spring plowing.