Within the Qiang City.
Jiang Chen was holding the intelligence that had just been sent back from the Central Plains.
Dong Zhuo held the emperor and all the officials in the court hostage and rushed to Chang 'an. The alliance army easily entered Luoyang.
However, Luoyang City was no longer the bustling center of the Han Dynasty.
Instead, it was a city that was covered in wounds and scars.
There were two opinions in the alliance of the seventeen dukes.
Cao Cao and Cao Mengde advocated to pursue Dong Zhuo and bring back the Emperor and the officials.
However, Alliance Master Yuan Shao and the others felt that taking down Luoyang had already caused the alliance army to suffer heavy losses, and they should rest for the time being before slowly planning.
Cao Cao tried to persuade them many times, but other than the Governor of Beiping, Gongsun Zan, the rest of the vassals remained unmoved.
In their anger, Cao Cao and Gongsun Zan chose to attack alone, but they were ambushed by Dong Zhuo and suffered heavy losses. Even Cao Cao almost died in the ambush.
"As expected, after these seventeen armies took Luoyang, they fell apart and gave up on chasing Dong Zhuo.”
Jiang Chen's eyes revealed some disdain.
Jia Xu smiled faintly." They had their own ulterior motives and schemed against each other. They only gathered together reluctantly for the same benefits.”
"Now that the benefits have been obtained, it's naturally difficult to cooperate.”
" However," Jia Xu paused slightly," what surprised me was this Cao Cao.”
"In Luoyang, he disregarded his own life to assassinate Dong Zhuo. After that, he saw the situation of the world and issued a false edict to kill Dong Zhuo. Now that he has entered Luoyang, he is wholeheartedly proposing to continue pursuing Dong Zhuo for the sake of Han.”
"A loyal official like him is rare.”
Loyalty?
Jiang Chen looked at Jia Xu with interest.
If Jia Xu knew that this rarely seen loyal minister he spoke of would soon become a treacherous hero in troubled times, who knew what kind of expression he would have.
Jia Xu frowned slightly." Is there anything wrong with what I said?”
Jiang Chen shook his head." No, Wen He is right. Cao Mengde is indeed a rare loyal minister.”
However, there was still one thing that he did not say out loud.
Jia Xu was still somewhat puzzled. Since there was no problem, why did Jiang Chen look at him with that expression?
Jiang Chen coughed lightly and deliberately diverted the topic.
"I wonder how the alliance army will react when they find out that I attacked Dong Zhuo in Liangzhou?”
Jia Xu pondered for a moment and said,"Our participation in the battle will not affect the decision of the leaders of the seventeen armies."”
"According to the intelligence report, Sun Jian, the Tiger of River East, suddenly left without saying goodbye. He must have obtained something extraordinary and was in a hurry to leave.”
"As for the other leaders of the vassal armies, they should also be staring at that thing and unwilling to let go."
Jiang Chen's eyes flashed. The jade seal?
In history, it was indeed Sun Jian who obtained the jade seal after entering Luoyang first.
It was probably the reason why he left in such a hurry.
However, this jade seal was not so easy to obtain.
During the Three Kingdoms period, the few people who held the jade seal did not have a good ending.
Jia Xu continued,"Moreover, the incident in Bingzhou has already happened for so many days. I think it should have spread throughout the Central Plains."”
"A piece of ownerless land or the mysterious treasure that Sun Jian took away is more important to them than chasing Dong Zhuo!”
"No!"
Jiang Chen smiled faintly." Perhaps there is one more person who will choose to continue chasing.”
"Cao Cao?"
Jia Xu also smiled and slowly spat out three words," Maybe."”
"I wonder which is more important in General's mind, banishing the Xiongnu or attacking Dong Zhuo?"”
Jiang Chen's eyes flashed as he heard Jia Xu's implied meaning.
"Is Wen He worried that the other dukes will fight over Bing Province?”
Jia Xu nodded slightly." Bing Province is a land without an owner. There must be many people who fancy it.”
"Although Zhang Xiu has the bearing of a great general, he is too young and inexperienced.”
"10,000 black-armored cavalrymen. Although they are good soldiers, their numbers are too few.”
"Wen He is suggesting that I take Bing Province first before taking Dong Zhuo down?”
Jiang Chen asked.
"The seventeen alliance armies won't pursue Dong Zhuo anymore, but Bing Province is a very popular region.”
Jiang Chen nodded slightly." Wen He's right.”
There was a high chance that the seventeen alliance armies would end up on bad terms, and Dong Zhuo would be in his pocket sooner or later.
Bing Province was different. Who wouldn't be jealous of a land without an owner?
"The Xiongnu didn't go south to attack cities and seize land, but to plunder.”
"If the general personally leads the army, it won't take long to expel all the Xiongnu. As for the ownerless land after expelling the Xiongnu..."
Jia Xu didn't finish his words and only smiled faintly. The meaning within was already very clear.
"Good!"
Jiang Chen also smiled faintly." Then we'll do as Wenhe said and head to Bing Province to expel the Xiongnu!”
……
On the other side, Zhang Xiu led his black armored cavalry to Bingzhou.
What was different from what he had thought before was that these Xiongnu soldiers only plundered and did evil along the way, but they did not choose to occupy the city.
This made Zhang Xiu, who was originally prepared to go all out, feel a little disappointed.
For the next two days, they only saw a few small groups of Xiongnu soldiers that had left the main force. They did not even see the shadow of the main force of the Xiongnu soldiers.
Before he could even earn any merit points, he received news that Jiang Chen was about to personally lead an army to Bing Province.
This made Jiang Chen even more anxious.
He couldn't possibly tell Jiang Chen that he had only killed one or two hundred Xiongnu soldiers in the past few days.
Thinking of this, Zhang Xiu couldn't help sighing.
It was getting late, and there was a village in front of them. They could scout for information and see if there was any news about the main Xiongnu army.
He first let the main force stay in place to rest while he led a few black-armored cavalrymen towards the village.
When he reached the village entrance, he saw a few cold corpses.
They were Xiongnu soldiers!
Zhang Xiu frowned slightly. He dismounted from his horse and squatted down to examine the corpse.
Gunshot wound!
He was an expert in using guns, so he would never be wrong!
Zhang Xiu narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice,""What a sharp spear aura. This person's spear technique is definitely not inferior to mine!”
"It's just that…I don't know if this person is a friend or foe.”
He did not come to Bingzhou just to drive away the Xiongnu. Bingzhou was now a land without an owner, so of course he had to take it first.
Jiang Chen had once vaguely said that if he encountered the generals of other dukes fighting for territory, he could act as he pleased!
Although Zhang Xiu was young, how could he not understand what this meant?
Jiang Chen's ambition wasn't in Liangzhou or Bingzhou, but the entire world!
However, Zhang Xiu did not care about these things.
Now, the burly man was devastated and on the verge of collapse. It was already difficult to support him.
The vassals split up and went their own way.
Under such circumstances, someone else was needed to lead the vassals and establish a new dynasty.
In Zhang Xiu's heart, Jiang Chen was the most suitable candidate!
"Bang bang bang!"
The sound of weapons clashing suddenly came from the quiet village.
Zhang Xiu immediately rode his horse forward and saw a figure in front of a courtyard.
That person was dressed in white, silver armor, and holding a silver spear!
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