"If the lord has three strengths and two weaknesses, only I, Lu Fengxian, have the ability to turn the tide."

Lu Bu summoned Li Jue and Guo Si and other generals from the original Dong Zhuo faction to discuss future events.

Lao Qin has no chance to determine the successor, and all the civil officials and military generals are in panic.

As the number one general of the old Qin forces and the adopted son of Lao Qin, Lu Bu theoretically has the opportunity to inherit the Guanzhong forces as long as he receives enough support.

Li Jue, Guo Si, Fan Chou, Zhang Xiu and others looked at each other.

Originally, when he was under Dong Zhuo's subordinate, Li Jue and Guo Si had a higher status than Lu Bu, but Lu Bu made military achievements higher than the two. In order to win over Lu Bu, Lao Qin's position is now higher than the two.

When Lao Qin was safe, he could still control Lu Bu, but Lao Qin was unconscious. No one could order Lu Bu and formed his own power.

A force needs to have its own military general. Gao Shun, the most warlike general under Lu Bu, was captured by Chu Tian, ​​and Zhang Liao rebelled, while Wei Xu, Hou Cheng and others were just third and fourth-rate military generals.

Lu Bu needs to win over Li Jue, Guo Si and others.

Lu Bu even found the original King of Western Xia Li Yuanhao and Li Yuanhao's subordinates.

"Now the King of Qin has not woken up yet, and the Xia army is aggressive outside. If it wants to accomplish something, it should immediately lead troops to control Xianyang City, Chang'an City, and call on troops from Guanzhong and Xiliang to obey the orders. Even if the King of Qin wakes up, it will be a foregone conclusion."

Li Yuanhao encouraged Lu Bu to become the monarch.

As a later surrendered general and a Dangxiang person, the probability of Li Yuanhao inheriting the foundation of Lao Qin is almost zero.

So Li Yuanhao simply supported Lu Bu in exchange for his position to improve, and was looking for opportunities to restore his country in the future.

"If things are done, then I will give you the title of King of Yinchuan, Li Jue as King Hongnong, Guo Si as King Longxi, Zhang Xiu as King of Beidi, and Fan Chou as King Anding... Do you have any objections?"

Lu Bu held Fang Tian's painting halberd and glanced at the generals he invited.

Li Jue and Guo Si also had ambitions, but in "Lord", Lu Bu's force was still scary. When they saw Lu Bu holding Fang Tian's painting halberd, they knew that Lu Bu was not coming to discuss with them at all, but was forced to agree.

If Li Jue, Guo Si and the others disagree, then in the next second, they would probably die under Lu Bu's Fang Tian Huaji.

"That's it."

Li Jue looked calm, but was already sweating profusely.

Puban City, Wu Qi's army's offensive was unprecedented, and Wei Wuzhang once again entered a fierce battle. Xiangyang cannons threw a large number of stones and fireballs, and the entire Puban City was trembling!

Stones piled up on the city walls, and the defenders didn't even have much foothold.

The Qin general Wang Jian defended the city to the death. Guanzhong had already supported Wang Jian's 100,000 troops. Except for 30,000 of them were defeated by Chen Qingzhi and Zhao Yun's white-robed troops, the remaining 70,000 troops entered Puban City.

Even so, Wang Jian still bears unimaginable pressure.

The Saint-level commander Wu Qi has the characteristics of "scholars have no rebellion in the north". Even in unfavorable situations such as food shortage and being besieged, they will not defect, will not be confused, will not retreat without authorization, will not be affected by the effect of fear, and their morale will not be lower than 50 under any circumstances.

Therefore, the Wu Qi Legion's continuous combat capability is terrifying.

As long as your morale is not less than 50, there will be no negative effects.

The only way to limit the Wu Qi Legion's slow down the siege is to consume the Wu Qi Legion's physical strength. Only when the Wu Qi Legion's physical strength drops below 50, then the Wu Qi Legion has to slow down the demolition of Puban City.

However, the recovery speed of morale decline is slow. For elite troops who often fight on the battlefield, their physical strength can recover to over 80 and 90 after a day of rest. Therefore, Wu Qi only needs to split the army into three batches and take turns to attack the city. The offensive against Puban City continued, and the morale of the Puban City defenders has dropped to an unsupported level.

Even Wang Jian, one of the four famous generals of the Warring States Period, had his morale in Puban City dropped below 40 and his recovery was slow, so it was difficult to turn the tide.

Even worse news is that his lord, Rao Ran, fell ill, and Li Si, Jia Xu and Xun Yu are currently in charge of the overall situation, and people's hearts are unstable.

Lu Bu and Li Yuanhao are all ambitious people. They might have rebelled because of an accident in the lord.

Such examples are not uncommon.

As soon as Qin Shihuang died, the Qin Dynasty immediately became in chaos.

Emperor Chai Rong of the Later Zhou Dynasty died of illness, Zhao Kuangyin and Chenqiao mutiny, and he was wearing a yellow robe.

Not to mention that Lao Qin has no descendants.

"Maybe surrender is the most favorable choice for me. But as a minister, you should do your part. Your lord has not yet died of illness. How could you surrender without fighting? It is really too shameful."

Wang Jian thought about it for a while and finally believed that he could surrender at least after he was confirmed to have died of illness.

No one knows whether there will be a miracle.

"General, Li Si and Jia Xu have ordered General Meng Tian to respond on the other side of Puban City. The two adults suggest that the general withdraw to Luoshui area. Puban City is no longer in defense."

When Wang Jian was hesitating, Li Si, who was in charge of the overall situation, recalled him.

Although Li Si and Jia Xu are difficult to become convincing successors, their ability to master the overall situation is still quite amazing.

"They must have known that our army's morale is unavailable, so they need to retreat to Luoshui for rest, withdraw their troops tonight, and give up the land of Hedong."

After Wang Jian's army was defeated by Wu Qi's army, he had to escape from Puban City overnight. For the Qin army, he was undoubtedly completely relieved.

The next day, Wu Qi successfully entered Puban City and occupied the last city in Hedong County.

Puban City is close to the Yellow River, and crossing the Yellow River is Guanzhong, so this city is a bridgehead for attacking Guanzhong.

Wu Qi did not disappoint Chu Tian's expectations. The Battle of Hedong and the Battle of Liaoxi ended almost at the same time, and successfully captured the important part of Hedong County for Chu Tian.

The Xia army did not have to gather in Luoyang City, but in Puban City.

The important thing about Puban City is that Tongguan is to the south, Luoshui is to the west, and the Yellow River is to the middle, not far from Chang'an City and Xianyang City.

"In the Battle of Hedong, 100,000 Qin troops were annihilated, and our troops lost 80,000 due to the attack on the city, most of which were low-level troops."

Wu Qi transferred a large number of low-level troops from Jizhou and Bingzhou as cannon fodder to attack the city, rather than taking the lead in considering Wei Wu soldiers, so the casualties seemed almost the same as Wang Jian.

Wei Wuzhang was used in field battles by Wu Qi. Generally speaking, low-level troops were used to consume the number and morale of the defenders.

"The King of Xia is here!"

Wu Qi had just entered Puban City and looked at the rolling water in the Yellow River. Chu Tian had already come out of the teleportation array in Puban City.

It has to be said that the existence of the teleportation array has caused the troops to be mobilized very quickly.

Chu Tian was rich and powerful. He went to various places to use teleportation arrays directly. When he learned that Wu Qi had captured Puban City, he came directly to Puban City to fight against the front line of the Guanzhong army.

If there is no teleportation array, it will probably take several months for Chutian to go from western Liaoning to Hedong.

Chu Tian met Wu Qi and cooperated with Wu Qi to seize Hedong County Chen Qingzhi and Zhao Yun.

Pacifying Hedong is also a great achievement.

"There are seven counties in Sili, including Henei County, Hedong County, and Henan Yin have been seized by our army, leaving only Hongnong County, Feng Ling on the left, Jingzhao Yin on the right, Fufeng on the right. The defenders of Luoyang were ordered to seize Hongnong County. I personally led a large army to cross the Yellow River west and cross the Luo River again. A side army crossed the Yellow River south, attacked Tongguan, opened up the mountain road between Chang'an and Luoyang, and met in Chang'an. This kind of deployment is the most secure."

Chu Tian's troops were divided into two groups and did not give Qin's army a chance.

The Guanzhong Army is different from the Liaodong Army.

The main force of the Guanzhong army was not completely crippled during the Battle of Mangshan. After Lao Qingui retreated to Guanzhong, this period was enough to recruit a group of new recruits to supplement the troops.

If the army goes deeper alone, the Yellow River will be behind it, and the Xia army will find it difficult to obtain support, and there is a certain probability that it will be besieged in Guanzhong.

Send a side army to capture Tongguan and open up the passage with Luoyang, so the army in Luoyang can continuously enter Guanzhong and cooperate with the Xia army in Hedong to attack Chang'an City.

At this time, the importance of Wu Qi's insistence on taking Puban City was highlighted.

If you capture Puban City, you can cross the Yellow River south and attack Tongguan from behind. The difficulty is undoubtedly much smaller than attacking Tongguan from the front.

Moreover, the defenders in the Luoyang direction can send an army to attack on both sides, forcing the Tongguan defenders to surrender.
Chapter completed!