While Yongzhou and Liangzhou are in chaos, Sizhou in the east is relatively stable, and no troubles have occurred for the time being.
In fact, when news of the Yongliang Rebellion came, Li Xiang once thought of taking advantage of this opportunity to decisively send troops.
But unfortunately, Yang Jian was also a very shrewd person and did not give Li Xiang half a chance.
Stationed at Tongguan is Yang Jian's tribesman Yang Lin, and the 40,000 soldiers and horses under Yang Lin's command are naturally one of Yang Jian's forces, and they are his largest force.
However, even though he was eager to stabilize the situation in Yongzhou, he did not mobilize every soldier of this army, even when he sent troops to fight against Niu Fu.
And after he defeated Niu Fu, Yang Jian had already gained a comprehensive advantage in the chaos in Yongzhou, and there was no need to use the troops under Yang Lin's command.
Under such circumstances, Li Xiang would naturally not attack Tongguan easily. Yang Lin's ability was not bad, plus he had soldiers and food. If he was not confident enough, he would only end up with a bloody blow.
Although in terms of commander-in-chief, there are many people on Li Xiang's side who are higher than Yang Lin, but Yang Lin is not that easy to fight with Xiong Guan in his hands.
Like the Battle of Diaoyu City, the Mongols besieged Diaoyu City in Sichuan for decades. As a strong city on the front line of Sichuan, guard Wang Jian even completed the feat of killing Mongol Khan Mengge here. During that period, but
There are artillery pieces.
There was also the battle of Chencang between Zhuge Liang and He Zhao. Even though Zhuge Liang, an almost deified man, led the army to fight, it was not successful in the end.
In Zhu Wenzheng's defense battle of Hongdu, Chen Youliang led an army of 600,000 to besiege Hongdu, which had only 20,000 defenders. However, Zhu Wenzheng and Deng Yu held on tenaciously, holding on to Hongdu for 85 days. In the end, Chen Youliang was forced to withdraw his troops.
It can be seen that in the era of cold weapons, a strong city or a strong pass will bring great advantages to the defender.
As for Liangzhou where Fu Jian is located, although there is no powerful pass like Tongguan to block it, Li Xiang has no plans to attack Liangzhou for the time being.
Although Yang Jian and Fu Jian seemed to be at odds with each other after Dong Zhuo's death, if Li Xiang forcefully intervened between them and showed enough threat to them, the two of them would definitely
I don't mind temporarily joining forces to deal with Li Xiang.
Moreover, Liangzhou is also a border state and faces threats from surrounding foreign tribes. Even if Li Xiang captured Liangzhou, he would have to deploy a large number of troops to defend it again, just like Hetao and Yanmen now.
Therefore, before successfully conquering Yongzhou, Li Xiang should leave Liangzhou here for the time being. And two years ago, the reason why Li Xiang did not let Su Lie insist on attacking Liangzhou was because of this
The reason is.
What's more, Fu Jian who stays in Liangzhou can also cause some trouble for Yang Jian. Fu Jian can contain Yang Jian. Since there are no two people to deal with now, Li Xiang can't let Yang Jian live too comfortably, right?
No, although it is temporarily difficult to attack Guanzhong, Li Xiang will not do nothing. Hongnong and Hedong are two places that Sizhou Li Xiang has not yet controlled, and Li Xiang has been coveting them for a long time.
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It is a trivial matter to expand the territory by taking over the land of these two counties. The key point is that as long as the land of these two counties is successfully taken into hands, then Li Xiang's Sizhou will be complete. If he successfully controls one state, Li Xiang will be able to expand the territory.
There are quite a few rewards.
Li Xiang glanced at the generals in the hall and said slowly: "Hongnong, from the two counties of Hedong, which general is willing to lead the expedition?"
"I will go there eventually."
The two generals Bai Qi and Qin Qiong were the first to step forward. With Yue Fei guarding Hangu Pass, among the generals present, these two were the best in terms of commanding the troops.
Although Qin Qiong's ability is far inferior to Bai Qi's, but this is compared with Bai Qi's full-scale commander. In fact, Qin Qiong's 98-point basic commander is not low. Moreover, Qin Qiong is not above the qualifications.
Bai Qi can be compared, he is also one of the earliest generals to follow Li Xiang.
After seeing Qin Qiong and Bai Qi asking for a fight, Li Xiang was not surprised at all. The candidates in his mind were these two people.
Wang Kuang and Zhang Yang are probably the most capable among the remaining princes in the world. With Li Xiang's current lineup, they can easily deal with them.
"Bai Qi and Qin Qiong, please obey your orders!" Li Xiang said seriously.
"The final general is here." Bai Qi and Qin Qiong responded together.
"Since you two have asked for a battle, each of you will lead 20,000 troops and go to attack Hongnong and Hedong respectively."
"General, take your orders!" Two steady and powerful voices sounded at the same time.
Of course, these two are only the main generals, and Li Xiang naturally has to send some other generals to help them. Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Gao Changgong, Yu Chigong, Hu Luguang, and Ge Congzhou are Bai Qi and Qin Qiong.
This time it was the lieutenant. There were six of them, exactly three per person, and no one would take advantage of anyone else.
These two men did not disappoint Li Xiang. They easily captured the place they wanted to attack, and this also marked the demise of two more princes!
Compared with Bai Qi, Qin Qiong did not have many tricks in using his troops. He first lured the enemy out of the city to fight in the field, and consumed as much of the enemy's physical strength as possible in the field battle. Then he fought steadily and led the army to push forward step by step.
And Bai Qi had more tricks. Xu Huang was in charge of the frontal attack, while Zhang Liao focused on the enemy's weak points and carried out surprise attacks. Feint attacks, deception, and combination of virtual and real tactics were endless, directly beating the enemy to death.
Want to die.
Moreover, Bai Qi also used the tactic of encircling a point to call for reinforcements during this attack. He tightly surrounded the place where Wang Kuang was and refused to let go, while Wang Kuang's other subordinates had to lead troops one by one to come to the rescue.
Bai Qi made good use of the time difference between these troops coming to rescue Wang Kuang. In addition, Li Xiang's army had a large number of cavalry. Through the cavalry attack, he eliminated these troops who came to rescue Wang Kuang one by one.
Achieved maximum results with minimum losses.
Although both Bai Qi and Qin Qiong successfully completed their goals in the end, Bai Qi's own casualties were much smaller than Qin Qiong's. The difference between the two can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye.
Out.
"Ding, congratulations to the host for successfully occupying Sizhou and obtaining a god-level talent summoning card and a historical beauty summoning card."
He got another god-level talent summoning card and a historical beauty summoning card. He woke up to take control of the world and fell drunk on the beauty's knees. He was so happy. Now, he had talents who could help him conquer the world, and the beauty could also be in place.