: Sending troops to condemn generals

Chang'an.

The rushing sound of horse hooves shattered the quiet street.

"Xilulu~~"

After the loud and shrill neighing of the horse, dozens of majestic horses stopped in front of the temporary residence of the Sili School Captain Zhong Yao. More than a dozen knights on the horse rolled over and dismounted and headed straight to the gate of the residence. The two guards looked shaking and stepped forward to block the door, and said sternly: "Who dares to trespass the official residence of the School Captain?"

The head of the dozen knights was seven feet tall, with a wide face and a majestic appearance. He glared at the two soldiers coldly when he heard this, groaned from his nostrils, and shouted murderously: "Get out, don't block the way of my general."

"Clang clang clang~~"

The dozens of personal soldiers behind the general had already come forward and their swords were unsheathed. Before the two guards reacted, the sharp blades of cold light had already been placed on their necks. The two guards were all hilarious and dared not move at all. The leader general snorted and walked in.

In the hall of the official residence, Zhong Yao was summoning Yang Qiu, Cheng Yin, Li Kan, Zhang Heng, Houxuan, Zuo Fengyi and Song Yi to discuss matters. Suddenly, he heard the sound of footsteps and walked into a dusty Ang Zang Wushuo outside the door. When Zhong Yao looked closely, he realized that the general was actually Xu Rong, the number one general under Dong Zhuo.

"General Xu Rong?"

Zhong Yao stood up in shock, a little surprised that Xu Rong was coming so quickly! According to Zhong Yao's prediction, it would take at least ten days for Xu Rong to arrive from Bingzhou to Chang'an, but unexpectedly, in just five days, Xu Rong arrived in Chang'an! It was five days earlier than he expected.

As if he guessed the doubts of Zhong Yao and Cheng Yin, Xu Rong said calmly: "Mr. Zhong Yao and all the generals should not be surprised. This general was sent by the county."

"Ah?" Zhong Yao said in a lost voice, "Is Shangjun not the territory of the butcher? What if~~"

"Military information is urgent, I can't care about that much!" Xu Rong waved his hand and said to Zhong Yao directly, "Mr. Zhong, please tell me the general immediately about the latest situation in Liangzhou. Where has the army of Ma Butcher's army been attacked? Are the ten counties of Liangzhou still controlled by our army?"

Zhong Yao made up his mind and said, "Since the general is so straightforward, there is no need to hide the officials. The situation in Liangzhou is now extremely serious, and Hanyang County has fallen. Wuwei Prefect Fu Xie and Wudu Prefect have ambiguous attitudes, and it is very likely that they will turn to Ma Butcher."

"What's even more unfavorable is that the butcher Ma completely abandoned the traditional strategy of marching from city to land, but drove straight into Longxi! Although there were 8,000 elite cavalry of Gongzi Huang, the butcher Ma had 20,000 troops under his command, and Xu Huang had 10,000 rebels as his minions. The difference in strength was too great and the prospects were worrying."

Xu Rong said in a lost voice: "Since this is the case, you can quickly send a letter to Gongzi Huang with a fast horse, and immediately concentrate all your troops to guard Didao and Lintao two big cities, and there is no need to defend the rest of the small cities."

Zhong Yao said: "Don't worry, General, the subordinate has condemned Mr. Huang five days ago."

"Oh?" Xu Rong breathed a sigh of relief and asked slowly, "What's the situation in the other counties?"

Zhong Yao said: "The other counties are still under the control of our army, but our army needs to guard too many cities and the troops are too scattered, so it is easy to be defeated by horse butchers."

"Yes." Xu Rong pondered for a moment, and asked again, "How many soldiers and horses are there in Chang'an City?"

Zhong Yao said: "There are eight thousand infantrymen and 15,000 cavalrymen."

Xu Rong paced back and forth several steps, suddenly stopped his footsteps, and said to Zhong Yao: "From the strategy of the horse butcher, we can draw a conclusion that the horse butcher came to Liangzhou to prevent the city and territories, but to eliminate the living forces of our army. Since this is the case, our army does not have to hold on to the city and land. But we can quickly send a letter to Huangfu Jian, Li Ju, and Guo Hao, three masters, and immediately led their troops to Wuwei County. After the army advanced to Guzang, they put Fu Xie under house arrest on the spot. Then they gathered the troops of the four counties and the Shandan cavalry, and were unified in command by Lord Huangfu Jian."

Zhong Yao was shocked when he heard this, and a trace of inexplicable appreciation flashed through his eyes. He thought to himself that Xu Rong is worthy of being the number one general under Dong Zhuo. Such a practical response can be thought of in such a short time. Without decades of experience in fighting on the battlefield, he could not do this at all.

The generals Cheng Yin were confused at first, but after thinking for a while, they realized it! The troops left behind in Liangzhou did not have an advantage in military strength. If they were divided into troops to defend each city, they would easily be defeated by Ma Yue's army. Since the city was destroyed and people were destroyed, why not concentrate all the troops to fight Ma Yue's army to the death?

If you lose, the ending will not be worse, but if you win, it will completely reverse the situation in Liangzhou.

Yang Qiu couldn't help but feel excited and asked, "So what should we do?"

Xu Rong's eyes were cold and said in a deep voice: "All the generals can lead their elite soldiers to join the general to Wudu County, first seize the military power from Fazhen, and then go north to Longxi to join forces with Gongzi Huang, and fight to the death with the main army of Ma Butcher Ma!"

Zhong Yao reminded: "General, our army does not have to fight with the horse butcher. As long as we can drag the horse butcher's army to Longxi for about a month, Lord Wang Yuan's Western Regions coalition will arrive. At that time, the retreat of the horse butcher's retreat to Hetao will be completely cut off. Then the three armies will advance and attack together, and the horse butcher will die without a burial place!"

"Yes!" Xu Rong nodded and said in a deep voice, "This is exactly what the general thought."

Yiwu, the Chief Mansion of the Western Regions.

Wang Yuan, the chief secretary of the Western Regions, was the adopted son of Wang Jing, the chief clerk of Emperor Huan, and Zhang Yan, the chief clerk of Emperor Ling. Wang Yuan grew up in the Western Regions since childhood. In the third year of Zhongping (186), Zhang Yan died of illness. Wang Yuan was the chief clerk. In order to resolve the grudges between the front and rear clerks of the Cheshi Kingdom, he married a princess from the front and rear clerks of the Cheshi Kingdom as his wife.

The next year he got his eldest son and named him Wang Shuang.

In June of the first year of Jian'an (188), Emperor Xian of Han, the Grand Tutor Dong Zhuo rushed to send a letter to Yiwu in his name, eight hundred miles, and ordered Wang Yuan to quickly connect the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions to go out to Liangzhou to fight against the rebel Ma Yue. Wang Yuan did not dare to be negligent, so he quickly lit up the eight hundred elite soldiers of the Changshi Mansion to advance towards Dunhuang first. He also ordered the front, rear, and seventeen countries including Cheshi, Shanshan, who had been in good relations with the Han Dynasty to send troops to meet.

In early July, a total of 50,000 cavalrymen from Cheshi, Shanshan and other countries crossed Yumen Pass and entered Liangzhou, officially beginning to intervene in the warlord melee in the Central Plains.

The night is heavy, and the majestic city of Long County is shrouded in a vast haze.

Suddenly, a rapid sound of horse hooves galloped from far to near, barely shattering the quiet night. The two soldiers guarding the enemy building became alert in an instant, shrank behind the battlements and looked out of the city. They saw that the outside of the city was vast, with wind and sand whispering, and a blurry figure approaching the city gate.

"Who?"

"stop!"

"If we don't stop, we will shoot an arrow!"

The guards on the enemy's tower shouted shrillly, and the galloping knight did not dare to neglect. He tried his best to snatch the reins. The mount under his crotch suddenly neighed and stood up with a sad voice. Two rapid spins were barely stopped the rushing. The knight on the horse's back looked tired, his face was pale, and there was a wolf-tooth feather arrow inserted diagonally on his shoulders and backs. The feathers at the tail were trembling slightly in the evening breeze.

Blood seeped out from behind the Knight's back. The blue shirt on the Knight's body had already been covered in darkness, and the blood stains soaked on it had already solidified.

The knight gasped violently and shouted to the city tower: "Open the city gate quickly, Luoyang urgently reported!"

"Um?"

"Luoyang urgently reported?"

The two guards were shocked and wondered how could Luoyang’s urgent report be sent to Longxian? Could it be the fast horse of the court? Not to mention that these two soldiers had just joined Ma Yue’s command, even Ma Yue’s three thousand old subordinates, few people knew that Ma Yue was lurking in Luoyang with Diao Chan, a super secret spy!

In fact, this messenger was sent by Diao Chan to deliver an emergency military information to Ma Yue! After presenting his maid Chan'er to Wang Yun as his concubine, Diao Chan gave another maid Liu'er to Li Ru as his concubine. It was Liu'er who spyed on Dong Zhuo's Liangzhou plan for Diao Chan. Because it involved the army of the 36 countries in the Western Regions, it was important, Diao Chan did not dare to neglect it, so he sent his confidant to Liangzhou to deliver the letter.

Unfortunately, the secret envoy sent by Diao Chan encountered a small group of horse thieves who were raging Liangzhou on the border of Hanyang County and robbed people when they saw them.

The defenders on the enemy's building were in a state of surprise, and several sharp sounds of breaking through the air suddenly sounded in the night sky, and dozens of sharp wolf-toothed arrows had already shot into the air.

"Puff puff puff puff~~"

More than a dozen sharp clusters of arrows shot through the body of the Secret Envoy coldly, one of which penetrated his throat, penetrated from his left neck and penetrated his right neck, but no blood was overflowing. The Secret Envoy's eyes soon began to dissipate, and his body shook twice, falling from the horse's back.

However, before dying, the secret envoy took out the bamboo slip from his arms and threw it into the air.

"puff!"

The bamboo slips flew more than ten steps in the air and fell down. At this moment, a horse-riding thief rushed over like a lightning speed. He caught the pen slip thrown by the secret envoy with one hand. He opened it and looked at it quickly, and immediately cursed with anger: "I thought it was something valuable, but he was just a fucking letter. It's so unlucky."

Liangzhou.

Xiangwu, county government hall.

Jia Xu had just reported the situation in Hanyang County to Ma Yue. Ma Yue did not ask too much about the personnel appointment and removal of Hanyang County and how Jia Xu gained the trust of the Hanyang gentry. As the saying goes, no doubt about the use of people, and no doubt about the use of people. Ma Yue still dared to let his subordinates do these aspects that were not his strengths.

In fact, this is also related to Ma Yue's experience after coming to this world.

In Ma Yue's view, as long as he firmly controls the army, even if someone under him wants to make a mistake, he will not be able to make up for the truth.

With heavy footsteps, Xu Huang walked in with a serious face, clasped his fists and bowed, "I will meet the lord and the military advisor."

Ma Yue nodded and asked, "Is there any news?"

"The horse exploration just sent back the news that Dong Huang, the prefect of Longxi, has already contracted all his troops into Didao. In the two big cities of Lintao, the other ten small cities have been abandoned. And~~" Xu Huang took a breath, and the worry on his face became stronger and stronger. He said, "And Dong Huang also robbed all the county in Longxi in a mad manner and robbed all the food that the people had."

"This Dong Huang seems to be not just a playboy." Jia Xu sighed, "In this way, the difficulty of our army in conquering Longxi will be greatly increased."

"Yes." Ma Yue nodded and said in a narrow voice, "Didao, Lintao is Dong Zhuo's old nest. The old thief has been operating in Longxi for many years, and its power is deeply rooted! Moreover, the two cities are tall and thick, and the army guarding the city is strong among the old thief's tribes. The strength cannot be underestimated. Our army must have the best and most conceived plan."

Jia Xu said in a narrow voice: "If Longxi cannot be resolved in a short period of time, the old thief will inevitably draw reinforcements from Guanzhong to reinforce. This war is likely to delay for several months. Then the grain route from Shangjun to Lingzhou, from Lingzhou to Thirty-Six Qiangs, and from Thirty-Six Qiangs to Longxian will be crucial!"

"No," Ma Yue said, "If the food route is cut off by Dong Zhuo's army, our army will be in a dilemma."

Jia Xu said: "Lord, our army now has two choices. The more secure strategy is to return to the east, first conquering the peace and the north, and then strive for the swaying Fazhen and Fu Xie. If Fazhen and Fu Xie can lead the crowd to compete with each other, our army can form a siege against Longxi from the north, east and south directions. Dong Huang is isolated and helpless, and it is a matter of time to lose."

"This is inappropriate." Ma Yue said decisively, "Fa Zhen, Fu Xie may not be willing to surrender. Even if the two of them are willing to surrender, at that time, with Hanyang, Wuwei, Wudu, Anding, the five counties in the north, dozens of cities, large and small, will they be divided into troops to guard? Without the troops to guard, Dong Zhuo's army can attack and return every day, and the food road is still worried that it will be cut off. If the troops are divided, our army will lose its local military advantage, and it will be even more difficult to attack Longxi again."
Chapter completed!