354 The Battle at Hulao Pass

The west of Hangu Pass is Guanxi, Shaanxi and Xiliang; the area around Sili Luoyang is Guanzhong; the east of Hulao Pass is Guandong. (During the Three Kingdoms period, Hulao Pass is divided into Guandong, Guanxi, and the eighteen princes of Yuan Shao all came from Guanxi; during the Qin and Han Dynasties, Hangu Pass is often divided into Guandong and Guanxi.)

On January 15, 190, outside Hulao Pass, all the eighteen NPC princes of Yuan Shao's alliance of Yuan Shao had arrived, and each camped and connected for more than 200 miles, with a huge force of 300,000. Many historically-level NPC generals gathered. There were extremely many players under the famous NPC princes of Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Jian, Gongsun Zan, Yuan Shu and other famous NPC princes, with a huge number of players, exceeding one million.

There are also the lords of the 18th Route players from Dong, all of whom are village alliance leaders from Sili, Ji, You, Yan, Yu, Jing, Qing, Yang, Xu and other prefectures from Guandong and Guanzhong. They are the prosperous Han and Tang Dynasties (Hongnong), the silent sword (Xuchang), the lonely twin cities (Handan), the peerless hero (Zhao Guo), the broken dance of the settling sun (Juye), the ah brother (Lingling), the ah brother (Guiyang), the Hengyue (Jianye), the evil urban management (Huaiyin), the picturesque country (Poyang), the Shanmeng Haishi (Penglai), and the Lu Xiaoyao (Yuhang)... (The player's suffix name refers to occupying the city or being located near the city)

The 18th Route Players and Princes and various prefectures and counties have come to countless scattered soldiers, and they are afraid that there are no less than millions.

The princes from Guandong came in full force, trying to conquer Hulao Pass in one battle and enter Luoyang City.

Dong Zhuo's more than 200,000 troops were scattered in the three cities and two gates of Tianshui, Chang'an, Hangu Pass, Luoyang and Hulao Pass. The initial deployment was 30,000 Tianshui, 50,000 Chang'an, 20,000 Hangu Pass, and 40,000 Luoyang. In addition, some small cities such as Longxi City and Hongnong City also consumed a small amount of troops, and Hulao Pass only had 50,000 heavy troops.

If Yuan Shao and other eighteen princes did not come to attack Hulao Pass, the military deployment would be very appropriate.

More than 100,000 elite soldiers and generals from Tianshui, Chang'an and Hangu Pass were enough to intimidate Xiliang, and the princes of Xiliang did not dare to invade Sanfu easily. Dong Zhuo had always been wary of the great local lord forces such as Han Sui, Ma Teng, Zhan Xiaobai, etc., otherwise he would not have deployed such heavy troops on this line.

Luoyang's 40,000 troops were enough to suppress the imperial ministers and prevent the imperial ministers from rebelling.

The 50,000 troops in Hulao Pass are enough to block the gateway to the east and will not be easily captured by a certain prince, which will directly expose the imperial capital Luoyang to the face of all princes.

However, the eighteen princes of the Dong alliance gathered heavy troops to attack Hulao Pass, and the troops deployed by Dong Zhuo at Hulao Pass immediately became very thin. 50,000 troops were absolutely unable to defend Hulao Pass.

Another important point is that there are not many players in the two areas of Chang'an and Luoyang. When Dong Zhuo's troops entered Luoyang, a large number of Luoyang players passed away to other prefectures and counties. In the Luoyang area, there are very few players supporting Dong Zhuo, no more than 200,000, which is far lower than the number of players in Kanto and Kansai. Even if all players in Luoyang stand on Dong Zhuo's side, they will not play a great role.

The largest group of players and warriors are among the Eighteen Routes Players and Princes in Kansai, and among the Eighteen Routes Players and Princes in Kansai. Instead of being in the hands of Dong Zhuo.

Dong Zhuo had to draw more than 50,000 to 100,000 NPC troops from Tianshui, Chang'an, Luoyang and other places to go to Hulao Pass to strengthen the defense on the eastern front, so that he could barely deal with the crazyness of the Kwantung Army.

However, in this way, the defense on the Western Front will be greatly weakened and there will be major problems.

If Sanliang takes the opportunity to rebel, he will be attacked from both sides.

Dong Zhuo is very clear about this issue.

Therefore, he attached great importance to comforting Sanliang, and he would win Sanliang over his side regardless of his high official position and his salary. When Sanliang offered a letter to express his willingness to surrender, Dong Zhuo jumped up from the dragon couch in the palace in surprise and hurriedly promoted Sanliang to the title of the title to comfort him.

The military situation was critical, and Dong Zhuo thought hard about countermeasures to resist Yuan Shao's alliance army against Dong. In addition, Dong Zhuo also sent several fast horses to Chang'an in succession, urging Sanliang to lead troops to Hulao Pass quickly to participate in the battle.

If the Sanliang 100,000 troops could reach Hulao Pass, it would not only greatly enhance the military strength of Hulao Pass, but also allow Dong Zhuo to draw troops from Tianshui, Chang'an and other cities to support Hulao Pass. If the Sanliang 100,000 troops did not come to Hulao Pass, Dong Zhuo would not be able to draw troops from Chang'an with peace of mind.

Sanliang seemed to have no intention of moving forward to Hulao Pass.

After Han Sui, Ma Teng and Zhan Xiaobai were stationed outside Chang'an City, they rude away for many reasons such as insufficient food and salary, soldiers complaining, low morale, etc., delaying time, resting on the spot, and refused to send troops to Hulao Pass immediately. They ate Dong Zhuo's military rations, but did not work. By the way, they asked Dong Min for benefits, and they would not give up if they didn't squeeze him out.

Dong Min was so angry that he didn't even attack him. But he had no choice but to accuse Sanliang of not even accusing Sanliang. Otherwise, he would be the one who was suffering. He could only send ministers to urge Sanliang to send troops as soon as possible to assist Dong Zhuo in guarding Hulao Pass.

Dong Min could not mobilize the army of Sanliang, so he could only use his brains from the eighteen players and princes to dispatch them to Hulao Pass. The player's combat power was much weaker than the regular NPC army, but at least there were more numbers, right? There were too many ants and could kill the elephant, let alone people.

The eighteen routes of Dong's players and princes all came from Xiliang, Bingzhou, Hanzhong, and Yizhou, especially Xiliang. Nearly half of the princes are the leaders of Xiliang players. The eighteen routes of Dong's players: Xiaobai (Wuwei), Xiaoye (Chengdu), Starry Sky (Liaofengpo), Earth Emperor (Huangyuan), Wild Wolf (Linqiang), As a Public servant (Hanzhong), Fenyang Hou (Zhangye),...

Several of the players, the princes who came from Hanzhong, Bingzhou and Yizhou, took over the NPC military mission issued by Dong Min and hurriedly led their troops to outside Hulao Pass. The players from these groups had as many as 500,000 and 600,000 soldiers, and the strength was just enough.

None of the players from Xiliang moved. Others, smart players from Hanzhong and other places, saw that the Liangzhou players did not move, and they also did not move.

Each one is savvy.

Their eyes were all staring at one person, Zhan Xiaobai.

They believe that Xiaobai can master some highly confidential military information in the game, and only by following Xiaobai’s boss can he get the greatest benefits.

As for Dong Zhuo, Dong Min’s NPC military mission is released, go to hell! This kind of mission must treat players as cannon fodder. To get additional benefits, the player must use his own brains.

Zhan Xiaobai's 20,000 troops stayed in Chang'an and stopped leaving. They immediately smelled the danger and did not dare to act rashly. Be careful to stick to one principle: Follow Xiaobai's boss, if the disaster comes, Xiaobai will take over first, and if there are benefits, they can share a copy.

Like those who were fooled by Dong Min, who had successfully taken tasks and ran to Hulao Pass, were all simple-minded and well-developed guys. They were fooled by NPC and hurriedly ran to grab the merits, but they never thought that everyone else was behind to watch the fun with a smile.

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On January 15, Yuan Shao and the eighteen princes held a ceremony to worship the heavens, took the stage to worship the generals, and distributed military talisman seals.

Yuan Shu supervised the food and grass, and Sun Jian was the pioneer.

The other seventeen NPC princes stationed in key areas and were at any time to support them. The other eighteen players and princes were controlled by Yuan Shao and stationed in various places, taking turns to attack Hulao Pass - as cannon fodder, they were used to consume troops.

Hulao Pass guards, heading to Luoyang for emergency at night.

Dong Zhuo was shocked and gathered the generals to discuss. A tiger general immediately requested to go to war. The people of Guanxi, surnamed Hua and named Xiong. Dong Zhuo was very happy and added Hua Xiong as the captain of the cavalry. He assigned 10,000 Luoyang cavalry and infantry, and together with Li Su, Hu Zhen, Zhao Cen and other generals, Xingye, to reinforce Hulao Pass to fight the enemy.

The Hulao Pass Battle, which was famous in the Three Kingdoms, broke out instantly.

"The whole system prompts: the historical plot of the attack on Dong Zhuo, the battle of Hulao Pass broke out. The first battle of Hulao Pass: Huaxiong's troops fought against Sun Jian's troops. Comparison of strength between the two sides, Huaxiong led the generals Li Su, Hu Zhen, Zhao Cen, and the troops were 10,000. Sun Lingjian's generals Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, and Zu Mao, with 10,000 troops. Battle location: Hulao Pass, Guanxia.

Hidden Battle: Bao Xin, the prime minister of Jibei, sent his brother Bao Zhong to lead three thousand horse infantry to attack Hulao Pass.

The battle duration: January 17-January 27. Players are welcome to receive military missions and participate in the Battle of Hulao Pass."

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Chang'an City.

Zhan Xiaobai received this important message directly from the system prompt, while Han Sui and Ma Teng learned from the spy later, one step later.

This is one of the advantages that players have over NPCs. Players can get major information from system messages as soon as possible, but NPC cannot receive system messages and must rely on letters to get information.

Faced with this news, Zhan Xiaobai was still unmoved and had no intention of fighting immediately.

Jiang Xu, Huangfu Li, Yang Fu and others came to ask, "Will Huangfu Song be rescued immediately and raise an army to seize Chang'an City?"

"No hurry!"

The players and princes from Xiliang came to ask: "Boss Xiaobai, let's just stay here? Don't you do anything?"

"wait!"

Finally, even Han Sui and Ma Teng came to ask, "Is it time to do it?" Even Song Yang came to ask, "What are we doing here for so many soldiers and horses? Why don't we go to Hulao Pass?"

Song Yang guessed something, but he didn't say it, and he also hoped to get some cheaper things from it.
Chapter completed!