C413 (2/2)
”Lord Taishang's words are wrong!” Cang Hong's voice was rather loud, it sounded like a bell, loud and clear in the vast wilderness: ”Qingzhou is the Qingzhou of the big man's world, officials of the Qingzhou are required to be appointed by the imperial government. Although Dong Zhuo had control of the imperial government, the Guan Dong Alliance, led by Master Yuan Shao Yuan, would eventually defeat Dong Zhuo and kick him out of the imperial government. So, you all should just follow the orders of the Duke of Guandong Alliance. ”
”Hehe …” This big person is under the heavens and this world is under the heavens. It is definitely not a world with only one name. ” Gong Lin looked coldly at Cang Hong, and was unwilling to speak any further with him: ”Mr. Cang Hong, it's best if you go back, xanthopanax is not far from here, we will not provide you with any security.”
Gong Lin waved to the patrolling soldiers, signalling them to bring Cang Hong and the rest away quickly. He did not look at Cang Hong anymore and turned his horse, riding back into the city. When the autumn wind blew, Cang Hong could not help but shiver. He seemed to feel a bit of coldness.
The autumn sun was hanging solitarily above Xishan, with piles of dark gray misty clouds pressing down on its head. It was already late autumn, and the inside of the Luoyang City was a wasteland. The old tree on the side of the street was standing there gloomily, letting the brown moss cover its wrinkles. In the merciless autumn, Luoyang's beautiful clothes were stripped off, and he stood there like a dying tree.
Passing through the empty streets, Li Ru rode his horse to Dong Zhuo's Prime Minister's Palace. When the guards at the door saw Li Ru, they immediately stood up. However, Li Ru did not spare them another glance. He just casually threw the horse reins over to them and ran into the inner court in a hurry.
”Prime Minister, I just received a report from the. Due to the siege of the impending disaster, the Qingzhou Acanthopanax was scared to death by the Qingzhou Yellow Scarf, so, the leader of Guan Dong's traitors, privately appointed the Grand Dominance County's Cao Cang Hong as the Qingzhou Acanthopanax, while the Qingzhou's Pingyuan County's Gong Lin and the Tung Lai County's Gong Yi jointly recommended the North Sea as the Qingzhou Acanthopanax. Taking this chance, the Hussar General Yang Lin used the name of the Qingzhou Yellow Scarf's Army of Pacification to send troops to occupy the Qingzhou, and chased Cang Hong out.
As Dong Zhuo did not have his own intelligence system, and the various prefecture s of Guan Dong no longer reported to the imperial government, a long time had passed since the news of the Qingzhou events had spread to the Luoyang.
The corner of Dong Zhuo's mouth twitched, and his expression darkened even more: ”I've already said, our biggest opponent is still the Hussar General Yang Lin, the other dukes aren't enough to worry about. Yang Lin's betrayal was fake, the cut was real. When first emperor was still alive, he took over Triple Korea and Gaoguanli in the name of the Calming impurity Mo. When Empress Dowager He was in charge of government, he also took over a portion of Jizhou and Union State in the name calming Army of Montenegro, and now he has even taken over the entire Qingzhou in the name calming Qingzhou Yellow Scarf Army.
”Prime Minister, we had asked Yang Lin to withdraw from the Luoyang at that time. With just an imperial edict, Yang Lin obediently retreated to the north of the Yellow River. At that time, I had my suspicions. With Yang Lin's strength, he could definitely stay in Luoyang and not leave. In the end he left, and Guan Dong State County joined together to make the Prime Minister his enemy. Instead, he got his hands on a portion of Jizhou s and Union State s, and now got his hands on Qingzhou s too. ”
Li Ru thought back to the scene when he saw Yang Lin, and he felt that it was even more inconceivable. Based on his philosophy, a high-ranking officer with a heavy soldier could absolutely force his way into the city and compete with Dong Zhuo. However, he had left with ease, leaving Luoyang and the Son of Heaven with Dong Zhuo, and made Dong Zhuo the enemy of everyone in the world.
”I sometimes even think whether or not Yang Lin planned all this, or if he knew everything that was going to happen. Look at him! Even though he is worthy of being called the ruler of the world and has denounced the Prime Minister, he did not send a single soldier to fight against us. He suddenly sent his troops to inform the Southern Hun's Yu Fuluo Army, but they were facing us across the Fen River. He was able to transport tens of thousands of cavalrymen from Youzhou to Qingzhou, but he did not send a boat to the Yellow River to ferry his soldiers across the river. Could it be that he doesn't dare to fight against us? I don't think so. He's like a hunter with a bow and arrow in his hand waiting for us to step into the trap. ”
Dong Zhuo stood up and started pacing around the hall. After a long while, he stopped and said fiercely: ”Right now there's Yang Lin in the north, Yuan Shao in the east, and Yuan Shu in the south. We can't just wait like this. Now that the harvest is over, we will take the initiative. Although Yang Lin is strong, if he split up even a little, we can attack him and beat his aura. ”
Dong Zhuo was worthy of being a veteran who had gone through many battles. He saw through Yang Lin's weakness with a single glance. Although Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu's forces were not strong, but when they combined their forces, they were like a fist that was tightly clenched. Although Yang Lin was powerful, he had too long of a front, making it impossible to guard against him.
”Prime Minister is right, now that Yang Lin is in the river, there is only a large troop of cavalry, and the cavalry of Youzhou that is guarding them, is at least a day's journey away. If we were to send our armies to attack Hanoi, they would definitely be able to destroy Yang Lin's cavalry in one fell swoop.
In order to deal with Yang Lin, Li Ru had used his brain for a long time, he had even sent people to secretly map the route in the river, but because they were worried that Yang Lin would take revenge, they did not make a move. Now that they were going to fight, they had to strive hard to eliminate Yang Lin in one go.
”I've thought about it for a long time. Now is the time.” Dong Zhuo finally made up his mind. His eyes flashed with a fierce light, and he ordered aggressively: ”Immediately order Niu Fu, Li Que, Guo Si, Zhang Ji, Wang Fang, with Niu Fu as the commander, split the six paths into six groups and encircle the river. We must capture Yang Lin, we must not let him escape.”