Infinite War Begins with Cao Thief

The twenty-one princes who participated in the crusade against Dong Zhuo were: General Yuan Shu, Jizhou Governor Liu Biao, Yuzhou Governor Kong Niao, Yanzhou Governor Liu Dai, Bingzhou Governor Han Fu, Jingzhou Governor Wang Rui, Hanoi Governor Wang Kuang, Chenliu Governor Zhang Miao, Dong County Governor Qiao Mao, Shanyang Governor Yuan Yi, Jibei Prime Minister Bao Xin, Beihai Governor Kong Rong, Guangling Governor Zhang Chao, Beiping Governor Gongsun Zan, Shangdang Governor Zhang Yang, Wuchenghou Changsha Governor Sun Jian, Xiaoqi Colonel Cao Cao, Prefect Ma Teng, Xuzhou Governor Tao Qian, Nanyang Prefect Zhang Zi, and Bohai Prefect Yuan Shao.

The three extra groups are Liu Biao, the governor of Jizhou, Wang Rui, the governor of Jingzhou, and Zhang Zi, the governor of Nanyang.

Among them, the appearance of Liu Biao is not surprising, because Liu Biao is not just a dog of defense. In history, he rode into Jingzhou alone, quelled the rebellion of clan thieves, and forced many prefects in Jingzhou to hang up their seals and leave. However, he showed a powerful wrist.

What's more, in this time and space, he did not ride into Jizhou alone, but brought two clan members - Liu Pan and Liu Hu.

Among them, Liu Pan was a fierce general who had invaded Sun Ce's territory for a long time in history. Sun Ce sent Taishi Cicai to block his attack. Liu Hu mentioned it briefly, only saying that he once led five thousand spearmen as Huang Zu's vanguard.

However, this Liu Hu was different from the unknown Liu Hu in history. According to intelligence, he seemed to have played an important role in Liu Biao's establishment of a foothold in Jizhou, persuading Liu Biao to appoint Geng Wu as the chief official and Min Chun as the other. Jia, Ju was appointed as the Cavalry Commander, with Zhao Fu, Cheng Huan, Shen Pei, and Tian Feng serving as officers. He himself also commanded more than 10,000 strong troops who could shoot hard bows.

The first time he got this information, Dong Huang understood that this man, like him, was also a war agent, and he was also a war agent who had benefited from him. Without him flapping his wings, Liu Biao would not have become governor so quickly, and Liu Hu would not have had the chance to shine.

Wang Rui was born in the Langya Wang family, and should have been killed by Sun Jian in history. His survival is naturally due to the war agent.

According to the intelligence, one of his sons, Wang Lun, married a concubine of the Cai family. With the support of the Cai family, he also hooked up with the Huang family, the Kuai family, the Ma family, the Zhang family, the Wen family, and the Fei family with his glass-making skills. The Jingzhou clan and other big clans even almost got Huang Zhong, Huo Du and others.

With this relationship, he gathered more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, including Wang Wei, Li Yan, Deng Zhi and others under his command, becoming Wang Rui's number one general.

Sun Jian, the governor of Changsha, conspired to defraud Wang Rui's trust and entered Wuling City in the name of asking for supplies. When he wanted to take the opportunity to kill Wang Rui, Wang Lun used a trick and used strong bows and crossbows to ambush Sun Jian's troops. Although Sun Jian escaped, he was still alive. His general Huang Gai and a general Sun Xiu who was suspected to be his agent were shot to death on the spot.

After Sun Jian escaped with his life, he wanted to organize his army to fight Wang Rui, but he had to withdraw because of insufficient food and grass.

When Sun Jian's troops were preparing to cross the river to sneak attack Jiangling to search for food, grass and money, they were attacked by Cai Mao's navy while crossing the river. At this time, Wang Lun also chased from behind with troops and horses, and Sun Jian's troops were flanked. lost heavily.

However, Sun Jian was Sun Jian after all. The Jiangdong Tigers broke through the desperate situation and led an army to launch a counterattack against Wang Lun's troops. The desperate Bai Zhan elite defeated Wang Lun's troops in a field battle. If not for Wang Wei's death, Wang Lun might have been killed.

Seeing Sun Jian's power and Wang Lun's defeat, Cai Mao was too frightened to go ashore. He could only watch Sun Jian calmly pack up his troops and collect ships to cross the river again after killing Wang Wei.

This time, Cai Mao didn't even dare to fight on the water, and hurriedly retreated to Jiangling and Xiangyang.

In the end, Sun Jian's troops failed to capture the defensive Jiangling and Xiangyang, and could only plunder a few small counties. They defected to Yuan Shu in embarrassment, and under Yuan Shu's hint, prepared to kill Zhang Zi, the prefect of Nanyang.

Nanyang County is the largest county in the world, with a dense population and developed agriculture. Wancheng, which governs the county, was the iron smelting center of the Han Dynasty. Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu, also relied on Nanyang to make his fortune.

Occupying this place can not only directly threaten Guanzhong, but also obtain a large amount of food and grass, and make weapons!

Yuan Shu has been craving for this place for a long time.

Historically, the domineering Sun Jian killed his immediate boss, Wang Rui, the governor who was born in the Wang family of Langya, and then killed Zhang Zi, the prefect of Nanyang, before he began to challenge Dong.

However, this time, Sun Jian miscalculated again.

He originally wanted to trick Zhang Zi out of the city and kill him, but Zhang Zi, on the advice of his subordinate Li Mao, closed the city gate tightly and sent people to spread the word that Sun Jian would commit crimes, murder Shangguan, and rob people in the name of attacking Dong. Waiting for his evil deeds, he asked Sun Jian if he really wanted to punish Dong!

If so, leave immediately and don't stay in Nanyang; if not, then he must be a thief, and General Zhang Zi and Jingzhou Governor Wang Rui will attack him together!

At this time, Wang Rui, the governor of Jingzhou, had already arrived in Jiangling. With the influence of the Langya Wang family and his status as the governor of Jingzhou, he spread Sun Jian's evil deeds everywhere; Wang Lun, who had been defeated once, had already led his army to Xiangyang to integrate the waterway troops and horses. He kept saying that he would go north to attack Dong Zhuo, but the target of the attack was directly on Sun Jian.

Sun Jian suddenly became a street rat. Although there were still 20 to 30 thousand people, they had no foundation, lacked logistics, and were in a difficult situation.

And Yuan Shu, who took in Sun Jian, was also criticized because of Sun Jian's notoriety!

By this time, no matter how stupid Sun Jian was, he knew that Wang Rui and Zhang Zi had formed an alliance and were on guard against him, but in the face of the words of the scholars, he did not dare to risk attacking Zhang Zi again. Even his leader, Yuan Shu, did not dare to take any more chances with Nanyang for the time being.

Yuan Shu also wanted to be shameless. The war between the princes against Dong had not yet begun. He could not bear the reputation of disregarding justice, betraying alliances, and fighting with his own roommates.

As a result, Sun Jian could only go to the front line of the fight against Dong in despair, and Yuan Shu, who was not favored by the princes in the first place, was completely cut off from the leader of the alliance because of Sun Jian's affairs.

At the same time, because Yuan Shu failed to capture Nanyang, but instead had an enmity with Nanyang, he was unable to obtain the Nanyang granary and his troops were short of food. Therefore, he was naturally unable to assume the important task of managing and supplying the coalition's logistics.

However, Yuan Shu was gratified that the position of alliance leader did not fall into the hands of his most hated brother Yuan Shao, but fell into the hands of Liu Biao!

Liu Biao was originally a clan member of the Han Dynasty, and he was also a party member with a very good reputation. He was also the shepherd of Jizhou. He was originally above Yuan Shao. Although he did not completely control the Jizhou army, he had many capable men under his command, and he had obtained With the support of many wealthy families and their promise to supply half of the food and fodder for the Allied Forces, the princes were naturally willing to find such an easy target as their mascot.

Some careerists even considered making Liu Biao emperor.

With more princes, there are also many more armies. Even Sun Jian, the governor of Changsha, can have tens of thousands of troops, not to mention other governors and governors.

The combined paper strength of the various princes on the 21st Road actually exceeds one million!

This is a number that even in novels would not dare to think of!

All I can say is that it is indeed a world dominated by war, and the number of troops mobilized is truly terrifying!

Compared with the princes, Dong Zhuo's military strength is somewhat stretched, only about 350,000. Among them, the three generals Dong Huang, Dong Min and Niu Fu each have 50,000 or 60,000 troops, and the remaining three generals, Hu Zhen, Dong Yue, and Duan Xuan, , Li Meng, Xu Rong and other lieutenants, generals, and captains totaled about 200,000 troops.

In terms of the number of troops, Dong Zhuo's side was at an absolute disadvantage.

However, you can't just look at the numbers on paper when fighting a war. Three-quarters of the troops under Dong Zhuo's command are the powerful and well-equipped Liangzhou Army, Bingzhou Army, and Central Army. In the infinite war space, they are all of the third and fourth levels. There are many types of troops, and there are a large number of powerful cavalry; the rest can at least be regarded as second-level troops, and this does not count the county soldiers in the third auxiliary land, nor the strong men.

Looking back at the coalition of princes, there are very few elites of the third and fourth levels. Most of them are ordinary county soldiers and even volunteers and strong men. If placed in the infinite war space, they are only rated as first-level troops. Some are even considered. Not a level one soldier! A real rabble!

Putting aside the empty pay, strong men, the troops left behind in the counties and counties, and the troops that were used to make up the numbers, the princes' actual fighting soldiers were only three to four hundred thousand, and they were far less elite than Dong Zhuo's army.

Not only that, the princes themselves are not subordinate to each other, and there are many conflicts between them. For example, Wang Rui and Zhang Zi have two soldiers and horses under their command. If you include the defenders of various counties and counties, the total number of troops can reach 100,000. However, they only dared to protect themselves against Sun Jian and Yuan Shu, but they did not dare to actually leave their base to attack Dong Zhuo.

However, although it is said that the soldiers are more sophisticated than numerous, facing the situation where the whole country was rebelling, and many of them rebelled as soon as they were promoted, Dong Zhuo was frightened and angry, and he had to whip and kill two maids snatched from the palace to relieve his anger. Calmly, he summoned his subordinates for a meeting.