Chapter 994
In the early morning of the next day, before the main force of the allied forces of the princes set off, the envoys who reported the victory rushed into the big tent all the way.
"Good news, report to the leader, good news ahead. General Polu led the army into the territory of Sili, and was intercepted by Dong's army. General Polu personally took the lead, defeated many with less, defeated Dong's army, and beheaded the commander of the bandit army. At present, the vanguard army has arrived at Ji County, and General Polu will destroy the city in a short time!"
Everyone was stunned by this news, but stayed for a few seconds, Yuan Shao suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed loudly: "Hahaha, the name of Wentai's bravery is indeed well-deserved, and the coalition forces won the first battle, which is called auspicious! Come here, and credit for General Sun , and prepare to send the wine and meat to General Sun!"
After finishing speaking, he turned to look at the school lieutenant who summoned him, helped him up with his own hands, and said warmly: "Go back and report to your general what the leader said word for word, and tell him in addition, let him conquer Dong thief with peace of mind. Wait to be punished On the day of Dong Bandit, the lord of the alliance will personally report to the imperial court for Wentai!"
Then Yuan Shao turned around and looked at the crowd: "General Wentai is brave and has won the first place. We can't be willing to be the second. Everyone, please break out of the camp as soon as possible and attack the Dong bandits together!"
"Follow the leader's order!"
"Hahaha, pass on the military order of the leader of the alliance, and the whole army will pull out the camp and set off!"
Sun Jian's victory not only made Yuan Shao overjoyed, but also inspired the morale of the coalition forces to a certain extent.
Everyone didn't know much about Dong Zhuojun's situation before, and they didn't know the specific combat effectiveness of Dong Zhuojun. They were afraid that they would accidentally damage too many troops, so they didn't dare to rush forward.
Now Sun Jian used reality to prove to everyone that Dong Jun's combat effectiveness was not high, and the princes also breathed a sigh of relief.
Of course, this does not include businessmen!
Shang Ji knew the news of Sun Jian's victory in the first battle as early as yesterday, and the secretly hidden Qianhuan personnel directly came to a live audio broadcast, reporting the battle situation of Sun Jian's troops throughout the process.
Naturally, Sun Jian did not lie about his military exploits. He indeed defeated nearly a million Dong Zhuo's army with 500,000 people, and personally beheaded the enemy's commander, a historical A-level general.
However, according to Qian Huan's investigation, these Dong Zhuo's troops defeated by Sun Jian were temporarily assembled from the surrounding counties, that is to say, these are second-line troops.
With Sun Jian personally in command, and with more than a dozen historical generals, leading a 500,000 elite special army, if this configuration can't beat the 1 million second-line garrison troops, it will be called hell!
But if it is because of this that Dong Zhuojun's combat effectiveness is low, it is a big mistake!
As early as the early stage of Dong Zhuo's madness, that is, when he started massacring courtiers on a large scale, Qian Huan lurking in Luoyang City lost contact collectively, and at the same time all other people were expelled from Luoyang. Like the other princes, they all had black eyes.
Many people think that Dong Zhuo's rebellious behavior has already caused panic among the people and turmoil in the army, and he can be knocked down with a light push. But Shang Ji never thinks so, Luoyang Qianhuan's collective loss of contact is the most intuitive evidence, facing the battle against Dong, Shang Ji has been extremely vigilant from the beginning to the end!
However, the battle situation in the next few days seemed to tell Shang Ji that he had guessed wrong again. Sun Jian's troops were invincible, and several victory reports were sent back every day.
In eight days, Sun Jian almost conquered a city in two days and advanced frantically (only large cities are counted here, small and medium cities that automatically belong to him are not counted), including a huge achievement!
The two places of Hanoi County and Henan Yin are already the core ruling areas of the Han Dynasty. The density and quality of the cities are far beyond what Pingzhou can match.
In this palm-sized place, the area is less than half the size of Liaodong County. There are forty-nine cities at the level of Dacheng and above, and nine of the forty-nine are cities at the level of giant cities!
Before occupying Chenzhou, there were only eight giant city-level cities under Shang Ji's rule!
According to the battle report, Dong Zhuo's army has no intention of fighting, and all hope is down.
The funniest thing is that once Sun Jian sent a few scouts to the front city to investigate the military situation, but when they saw the scouts from a distance, they couldn't wait to surrender.
The scouts were made to think it was some kind of trick by the enemy, so they dared not enter the city. In the end, a group of defenders rushed out and forced them to enter the city to accept surrender.
The princes looked at the battle reports, and while laughing loudly, they also had other thoughts in their hearts.
According to the default unspoken rules, all food, materials, money, etc. in the treasury of the conquered city belong to the army that conquered the city.
In addition, although it is impossible for the coalition forces to plunder in an open and honest manner, there are plenty of ways to squeeze out money by rewarding the army, subsidizing salaries, condolences, dealing with rebel officials, etc.!
This is said to be the richest place for the big man, and the wealth of oil and water is unimaginable. Seeing that Sun Jian is gaining both fame and wealth in front of him, and his mouth is full of oil, it is no wonder that the princes can't think of other thoughts!
All the princes said that Wentai was exhausted after a long battle, and they were willing to take over Wentai as the vanguard.
Sun Jian was naturally unhappy, and sternly refused to make the substitution.
Yuan Shao was so quarreled that he had a headache, and finally with a wave of his hand, he added four additional vanguards, and appointed the four who were the most quarrelsome as front, rear, left, and right vanguards. They were left vanguard Gongsun Zan, right vanguard Bao Xin, and former vanguard Zhang Chao. , Later pioneer Yuan Yi.
As for Sun Jian, Yuan Shao simply appointed him as the great vanguard, nominally in charge of the five-way vanguard, but in fact no one would listen to his orders except his own troops.
After the four-way vanguard set off, the main force of the coalition army immediately dropped to seven million.
However, it can be seen from the vanguard officers that the princes who really have a strategic vision have not moved, such as Cao Cao, Liu Bei and others!
Although they were also envious of what Sun Jian had gained, they remained clear-headed and faced Dong Zhuo with a cautious attitude. Obviously, Shang Ji was not the only one who felt the strangeness.
Even the four vanguard officials may not have seen the clues, but the money is touching. Under the temptation of the bait, even if they know it is a trap, they will jump into it without hesitation!
What's more, this is not necessarily a trap! Once the adventure succeeds, it will have excellent vision and full of courage. If it fails, it will make people lose their minds. The benevolent sees the benevolent and the wise sees the wisdom. Maybe Gongsun Zan and the others are still laughing at Shang Ji and others for their cowardice!
In any case, after the four vanguards split up and attacked, the progress of the coalition's attack immediately improved a lot. Xiuwu, Yuanyang, Wude, Huai County, Juan County, Jing County... Cities fell rapidly, good news came like rain, and the coalition forces were immersed in a joyous atmosphere.
According to the current speed, it will take less than ten days to reach Sishui Pass, then Hulao Pass, and finally Luoyang!
Things are going great!