Just as Yuan Shao had planned, among all the princes in the world, the Li family was the best at fighting. Li Li led the army all the way north to Henei.

Dong Zhuo felt as if he was facing a formidable enemy.

Luoyang City, inside the hall of the general’s mansion.

Dong Zhuo, who was missing an arm, smashed the object in front of him with his other arm and roared in shock and anger:

“The princes of the north and south, Li Li, Yuan Shao, you are really great. The Yuan family wants to oppose us, right?! Come, confiscate the Yuan family’s mansion and destroy their family, and hang their heads on the top of Luoyang City. We will let everyone know the consequences of opposing us!”

Dong Zhuo’s roar shocked generals Niu Fu, Dong Yue, Duan Wei, Hu Zhen, Guo Fan, Zhang Ji, Ma Teng, Han Sui and others in the hall.

Niu Fu bowed and hurried to obey Dong Zhuo’s order to kill Yuan’s family.

If it was before, they might have had some reservations, but now that Yuan Shao has become the leader of the southern route, are they going to keep him alive?
Niu Fu went to kill the Yuan family’s people.

In the hall, all the civil and military officials were silent, even Li Ru was silent.

After Dong Zhuo angrily threw and vented his anger, he finally calmed down.

With one arm lost, Dong Zhuo became more flammable and explosive.

“Li Li became the leader of the northern route and went north?” Dong Zhuo took a deep breath and asked.

Li Ru cupped his hands and said to Dong Zhuo, “My father-in-law, I’m afraid Li Li wants to attack Luoyang from the direction of Hanoi. We must be on guard.”

Dong Zhuo frowned when he heard Li Ru’s words. He immediately walked to the map and said, “Henei is located north of the Yellow River, across the river from Luoyang. Dong Yue, Zhang Ji, Ma Teng, Han Sui, you four divisions, each lead your troops and immediately station them on the south bank of the Yellow River. With Dong Yue as the commander, destroy the ships and use the Yellow River as a natural barrier to resist Li Li’s troops. Don’t let them enter the south of the Yellow River!”

In order to resist Li Li, Dong Zhuo did not hesitate to appoint his trusted and important cousin Dong Yue as a general to command the troops of Zhang Ji, Ma Teng and Han Sui to fight against Li Li.

As his arm was broken and assassinations came one after another, Dong Zhuo only trusted his own people. Dong Zhuo trusted Dong Yue not only because of their kinship, but also because Dong Yue had strong military ability, which made Dong Zhuo hand over the important task to Dong Yue.

Dong Yue, with a stern face and a sturdy aura, took a deep breath and said loudly to Dong Zhuo: “As long as my nephew is here, the south bank of the Yellow River will be here. If the south bank of the Yellow River is gone, my nephew will die!”

Dong Yue’s voice echoed throughout the hall. All the generals looked solemn and admired Dong Yue even more.

All the armies of Xiliang were unable to restrain their subordinates and wreaked havoc on the city of Luoyang. However, there was one army whose soldiers never harmed the people of Luoyang. They were the soldiers under Dong Yue. Dong Yue had strict military discipline and never harmed the people. It can be said that he was deeply respected by the people.

Dong Yue was serious, even rigid and upright. If he was not Dong Zhuo’s nephew, it would be impossible for him to gain a foothold in the army and become a senior general.

However, at this moment, Dong Yue was appointed by Dong Zhuo as the commander of the South Bank of the Yellow River, commanding four divisions with a total of 150,000 troops, which was a well-deserved high position. Dong Yue’s words “As long as my nephew is here, the South Bank of the Yellow River will be here. If the South Bank of the Yellow River is gone, my nephew will die!” shocked Ma Teng, Han Sui, Zhang Ji and others.

“Okay, okay, okay, Yue’er will bring honor to our Dong family!”

Dong Zhuo was very shocked. He patted Dong Yue’s shoulder with one hand and said loudly.

As Dong Zhuo’s army was mobilized, a full 150,000 Xiliang soldiers were stationed on the south bank of the Yellow River to meet Li Li’s troops in the north of the coalition.

As for the troops in the south, there were only a few important passes garrisoned by 100,000 soldiers and horses, guarded by Duan Wei, Hu Zhen and others.

Dong Zhuo mobilized his troops to fight against the coalition forces of the northern and southern princes, and the world was in turmoil.

Li Hong in Jinyang, Bingzhou, was always paying attention to the situation in the world.

……

Jinyang, the mansion of Marquis Shenwu.

Meeting hall.

Jia Xu, Xi Zhicai, Mi Zhu, Zhen Yi, Xia Yu, Zang Min, Yan Liang, Ma Tie and others gathered together.

“My lord, the princes are now divided into two routes, the north and the south. Master Li Li is the leader of the northern route and has gathered 300,000 troops to attack Luoyang from Hanoi. Dong Zhuo also regards Master Li Li as a great enemy and has stationed 150,000 troops there, while the eastern and southern passes of Luoyang only have 100,000 troops stationed there!”

Jia Xu reported to Li Hong.

Li Hong listened to Jia Xu’s report, closed his eyes, and then a sneer appeared on his face, saying:

“Haha, Dong Zhuo has placed a large number of troops on Li’er. Li’er will be difficult to defeat. I’m afraid that the first breakthrough will be from Yuan Shao’s southern route.”

“However, the coalition forces have attracted all of Dong Zhuo’s troops to the vicinity of Luoyang. I’m afraid the defenses of Guanzhong and Xiliang are very empty!”

“Mobilize the troops. When the princes break through the Luoyang Pass, it will be time for me to send out the troops!”

As Li Hong spoke, he looked towards the fertile plains of Guanzhong and the land of Xiliang.

Hearing Li Hong’s words, everyone in the hall was shocked and then became more energetic. (End of this chapter)