Chapter 10

And among them, the most favored and most arrogant faction

is naturally the direct line of the Xiliang Army, represented by Li Jue, Guo Si, Fan Chou, Zhang Ji, and Hua Xiong!

This time, Li Jue and Guo Si were ordered to go to Wuguan, at the border of Chang'an and Luoyang, to garrison and hold down the west of the pass.

Fan Chou and Zhang Ji remained in Luoyang City.

Hua Xiong, as the representative of the Xiliang Army's direct line, performed a great service at Sishui Pass.

If Dong Zhuo were to let Hua Xiong garrison Hulao Pass as well,

wouldn't that imply that the Luoyang Imperial Guard and the Bingzhou Army are completely useless?

In other words, the direct line of the Xiliang Army gets all the credit and the spoils.

The Luoyang Imperial Guard and the Bingzhou Army don't even get a sip of hot soup.

What kind of situation is this?

The internal conflicts within Dong Zhuo's army, which are already heavy, would likely be further intensified by this!

Thinking of this, Dong Zhuo couldn't help but feel a headache.

With a large family and a large business, and more people, there will be more conflicts.

If one is not careful and fails to balance internal relations, it could lead to a grave mistake.

"Father-in-law, why not let you command this battle personally?"

"Lu Bu, Xu Rong, and Zhang Ji will follow you to the front lines."

"As for Luoyang City, it will be left to me and Fan Chou to garrison."

Li Ru said, bowing his hands.

During this period, Dong Zhuo had not yet completely rotted and fallen.

He did not have much resistance to going to the front lines.

Moreover, in the current situation, only Dong Zhuo himself can hold the line and balance the internal relations.

After listening to Li Ru's suggestion, Dong Zhuo thought for a moment and agreed to go to the front lines personally.

However, Dong Zhuo seemed to have suddenly thought of something and hurriedly asked Li Ru:

"Wenyou, if you are holding down Luoyang, who will provide me with strategies at the front?"

Hearing this, Li Ru smiled and replied:

"Father-in-law, Hua Xiong and Gu Yi will continue to be transferred from Sishui Pass to Hulao Pass."

"On this expedition, you should also take that fellow Jia Wenhe with you."

"With Jia Xu and Gu Yi providing you with strategies together, the Guandong rabble is nothing to worry about."

"Jia Wenhe?"

"That old fellow likes to hide his talents, but he is indeed a man of ability."

Dong Zhuo narrowed his eyes, and a slightly hunched figure appeared in his mind.

Jia Xu does not like to show off in front of others, and his presence is usually quite low.

But if anyone looks down on Jia Xu because of this, they would truly die without knowing how they died.

"However, compared to that old fox Jia Wenhe,"

"I am still looking forward to Gu Yi's performance more."

Dong Zhuo laughed loudly.

"What?"

"The Lord is actually going to go out personally?"

"Why use a butcher's knife to kill a chicken? Why does the Lord need to do this?"

Inside Sishui Pass.

After receiving Dong Zhuo's latest order, Hua Xiong couldn't help but exclaim.

Hua Xiong was full of confusion about Dong Zhuo personally holding Hulao Pass.

Judging from the previous night raid on the coalition camp, the combat effectiveness of this group of Guandong coalition forces was nothing more than that.

Hua Xiong believed that with the invincible combination of himself and Gu Yi,

not to mention holding Hulao Pass, even driving the Guandong coalition back to their hometowns was not impossible!

"General, the Prime Minister's move likely has a deeper meaning."

Unlike Hua Xiong, Gu Yi quickly reacted to the order issued by Dong Zhuo.

According to the original historical process, the reason Dong Zhuo went to the Hulao Pass front line was because the morale of the front-line defenders was low, and Dong Zhuo went to boost morale.

But now there is a deviation from the original history.

Dong Zhuo has no need to boost morale by rushing to the front line to hold the fort.

Therefore, in such a situation,

the only thing that could drive Dong Zhuo to move to Hulao Pass is the internal conflict between the factions!

In order to achieve internal balance, Dong Zhuo had to lead by example and personally hold Hulao Pass.

Of course, even if Gu Yi explained such a complex problem to Hua Xiong, the latter would likely find it hard to understand.

Fortunately, Hua Xiong is not the type to get to the bottom of things.

Upon learning that Dong Zhuo still wanted him and Gu Yi to be responsible for leading troops from Sishui Pass to support Hulao Pass, Hua Xiong's face beamed with joy again.

"This time, I must let those guys from Bingzhou know the power of my Xiliang boys!"

Hua Xiong shouted to himself.

Hearing this, Gu Yi frowned slightly.

A martial man like Hua Xiong is fine; at least he has no bad intentions.

But this does not mean that others have no bad intentions.

In a large forest, there are all kinds of birds.

Among the Xiliang generals, Li Jue and Guo Si are not easy people to get along with.

From this, it can be seen that the Xiliang direct line must have a very bad attitude toward the Bingzhou Army and the Luoyang Imperial Guard on a daily basis.

This upcoming Battle of Hulao Pass is likely to be a dance of demons!

At the same time.

Just as Gu Yi and Hua Xiong were about to leave Sishui Pass.

The system's mechanical prompt sounded in Gu Yi's mind.

[Ding! The host has significantly changed the progress of the Battle of Sishui Pass, and the fate of the important character Hua Xiong has been changed!]

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining a new talent: Immunity to All Poisons (Primary)]

[Immunity to All Poisons (Primary): The body is immune to over 90% of toxin damage.]

Silently accepting this talent, the expression on Gu Yi's face also relaxed.

In the coalition camp

Led by Yuan Shao, a group of Guandong lords were discussing the next strategy.

It is worth mentioning that.

In the seat that originally belonged to Yuan Shu, sitting there now were his son Yuan Yao and his younger brother Yuan Yin.

Yuan Yao just turned fifteen this year; as Yuan Shu's eldest son, he is a complete fool.

Therefore, the person who can truly make decisions on behalf of Yuan Shu at this moment is naturally Yuan Shu's younger brother, Yuan Yin.

However, don't hold too high expectations for Yuan Yin either.

To put it bluntly, this Yuan Yin is just a mediocre person with no outstanding abilities.

If it weren't for the fact that Yuan Shu was in unbearable pain due to his severed arm, he would never have handed over affairs to these two guys, Yuan Yao and Yuan Yin.

Scanning the surrounding lords.

Seeing Yuan Yao and Yuan Yin sitting in Yuan Shu's seat, even Yuan Shao, this old actor, almost couldn't help but laugh out loud on the spot.

Fortunately, Cao Cao reminded him in time, and he barely managed to stop the smile on his face.

"Everyone, gathering you all here today is actually to make plans for the next step of our coalition."

"According to reports from scouts, the old thief Dong Zhuo intends to send reinforcements to Hulao Pass."