After welcoming Lu Zhi and the others into the city, everyone finally sat down in the spacious meeting hall.
"Sir Dong is advancing very quickly! We set off from Hejian Kingdom and thought that we were fast enough. I didn't expect that we would still fall behind you.”
Lu Zhi said to Dong Zhuo as soon as he sat down.
"Hahaha, we're just lucky. There aren't many Yellow Turban soldiers in Upper Quyang and New City.”
"Lord Dong, don't be modest. I heard that there are 20,000 Yellow Turban soldiers guarding the city. And Lord Dong had taken down the new city with just the vanguard army. This was enough to show that the Western Liang army's combat strength was unparalleled.”
"The combat strength of the Western Liang Army is completely incomparable to the Five Commanders of the West Park under General Lu's command. The reason why we were able to take down the two cities so quickly was all because the Yellow Turban Army was too weak and collapsed in an instant.”
Seeing Dong Zhuo's constant modesty, Dong Song saw through his intentions.
The reason Dong Zhuo refused to admit that his army was strong was because he was worried that Lu Zhi would send the Western Liang Army to attack the Nine Gates first.
Nine Gates City had 30,000 troops, led by Gao Sheng, and they were known as elites. In addition, the city walls of the Nine Gates City were tall. It was imaginable that whoever attacked the Nine Gates City first would definitely be beaten to a pulp.
"I wonder if Sir Dong can introduce the vanguard general who broke through the new city?”
This time, Dong Zhuo couldn't refuse, so he pointed at Dong Song.
"The vanguard general who broke through the city is my son!”
Dong Song stood up and cupped his hands at Lu Zhi." I am Dong Song. Greetings, General."”
"Like father, like son! Previously, General Dong had taken down Upper Quyang and New City with only 3,000 vanguards. He wondered if General Dong had the confidence to continue taking down Nine Gates City.”
"Give me 3,000 vanguards, and I'll take down Nine Gates City easily.”
Dong Song's words caused Dong Zhuo to raise his eyebrows, and he secretly cursed in his heart.
"Those Yellow Turban soldiers are all clay chickens and clay dogs. No matter how strong the city wall is, it can't play any role under their defense.”
Dong Song was actually pretending to be arrogant because he knew that Lu Zhi was cautious in using troops. He would never use an arrogant general to lead the attack. One had to know that once the first attack failed, the impact on morale would be huge.
As expected, Lu Zhi was quickly confused by Dong Song's appearance.
He looked at Dong Song and shook his head."The greatest taboo of a militarist is to underestimate the enemy. Young Master Dong, you must not underestimate any enemy, or you will pay a huge price sooner or later.”
Hearing Lu Zhi's words, Dong Zhuo heaved a sigh of relief and quickly said to Dong Song,"Retreat, hurry up and thank General Lu.”
"Thank you for your guidance, General Lu!"
Lu Zhi nodded and stopped looking at Dong Song. He turned to Dong Zhuo and asked,"Did Lord Dong send any scouts to investigate the Nine Gates? I wonder how the Nine Gates is doing?"
"The Nine Gates face the river on both sides. If we want to attack the Nine Gates, we can only attack from the north and east of the Nine Gates. The terrain in the east was complicated, and the terrain outside the city made it impossible for them to form a formation. In other words, if we want to conquer the Nine Gates, we can only attack them from the north. Meanwhile, the Yellow Turban Army in Nine Gates City also focused their defense on the north gate.”
Dong Zhuo paused for a moment before continuing,"According to the information I received, when the Yellow Turban Army occupied the Nine Gates, they obtained a large number of bows and crossbows from the treasury of the Nine Gates. These are all sharp weapons for defending the city.”
Hearing Dong Zhuo's words, Lu Zhi and the others couldn't help but look at each other.
"Lord Dong, is there no news that is beneficial to our army?”
Yuan Shao asked.
"The only good news is that we have more than twice as many soldiers as they do.”
"This isn't good news. You must know that we're going to be attacking the city, not fighting in the open. If we don't have more than five times the number of soldiers, we won't have any advantage in terms of numbers.”
"Lord Dong, is there any way for us to cut off the supply line of the Yellow Turban Army in Nine Gates City?”
Cao Cao asked.
Dong Zhuo shook his head again." When the Yellow Turban Army occupied Nine Gates, the defenders of Nine Gates City chose to surrender without resisting. As a result, not only did a large number of armaments fall into the hands of the Yellow Turban Army, but the Yellow Turban Army also received a large number of supplies and grain. I did a simple calculation. These supplies and provisions are enough for the Yellow Turban Army in the city to use for at least three months.”
"If we can't conquer Nine Gates City in three months, then Zhang Bao, who is entrenched in Qu Yang, will probably use these three months to make sufficient preparations. At that time, it would be even more difficult to take down Qu Yang.”
Hearing Dong Zhuo's words, Lu Zhi nodded lightly.
"Lord Dong is right. We don't have much time to waste. Therefore, I suggest that the entire army set out immediately and set up camp outside Nine Gates City.”
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