"Brother, let's attack the city!" After a long time, Ma Yuan sighed helplessly.
Ma Shanwei and Ma Kui had just been defeated, and the morale of the army was damaged. It stands to reason that at this time, they should first withdraw their troops and repair them before fighting again in the future. If they forcefully attack the city at this time, the losses will inevitably be
More and more.
However, today is different from the past. They have to attack Yuzhong. If they cannot attack Yuzhong and open up the connection with Han Sui, then when Bai Qi's troops arrive, Han Sui will be in dire straits.
By then, the three princes in Liangzhou will lose the first one at the beginning of the battle. How will they, who are already weak, resist the attack of Li Xiang's army?
Moreover, as a general, one should know oneself and the enemy. Ma Yuan had already learned about Su Lie and Su Lie's past achievements through various channels. But it had to be said that when it came to leading an army, Ma Yuan did not have absolute confidence.
To defeat Su Lie.
Ma Yuan did not believe that Su Lie had no other arrangements after sending troops to capture Yuzhong and Yunwu, so he would let them attack Yuzhong like this.
Therefore, Ma Yuan knew that their time was actually very limited and they had to capture the city in front of them as soon as possible. If time went by, they might not have another chance. Su Lie and the others could afford to delay this battle.
But Ma Teng and the others couldn't afford it.
…
Tongguan!
Li Xiang's 100,000-strong army had already left Hangu and arrived at Tongguan Pass, but they did not launch an attack rashly. Instead, they set up camp and quietly confronted the defenders in the pass.
During the war against Dong, although Dong Zhuo indirectly withdrew from the alliance against Dong by moving the capital to Chang'an, by the time the series of battles came to an end, Dong Zhuo was already strong enough and had only over 200,000 troops under his command.
After Dong Zhuo's death, during the battle to carve up Dong Zhuo's inheritance, Yang Jian, who was located in Yongzhou and was near the water, naturally took the majority. All the 140,000 Xiliang troops fell into Yang Jian's control, and only the remaining
The next 60,000 in Liangzhou belong to Fu Jian.
After that, both of them did not expand the army, but only retained the existing scale. Although Guanzhong is a sacred place, it has been abandoned for a long time and was ruined by Dong Zhuo for a period of time. It is the time when everything is waiting to be revitalized.
, it is already difficult to raise an army of 140,000 people. If we recruit more troops, I am afraid it will not be able to support it.
Not to mention Liangzhou. Although Liangzhou's people are fierce and its soldiers are powerful, it is really poor. Liangzhou's poverty is one of the worst among all the Han states.
What's more, Fu Jian only has half of Liangzhou in his hands. Even if he only raises these 60,000 troops, Fu Jian will have a much harder time than Yang Jian.
Moreover, Yang Jian and Fu Jian are different from Dong Zhuo. They are not short-sighted people and understand the importance of the people and their livelihood. They will not turn a blind eye to the people's livelihood under their rule like Dong Zhuo and blindly expand the army regardless of the life and death of the people.
Therefore, although Li Xiang has arrived at Tongguan with an army of 100,000 troops, he has not launched an attack on Tongguan! After all, Yang Jian not only has Jianguan in hand, but if Yang Jian mobilizes all his troops, Li Xiang may still suffer in terms of military strength.
Some.
Under this situation, if he really wants to attack Tongguan, I am afraid that even if he defeats all the 100,000 troops under his command, he will not be able to attack Tongguan, the most powerful pass in the world.
Now Li Xiang just uses trebuchets to consume the soldiers in Tongguan every day, or occasionally pretends to attack, which can have some effect.
In addition, Li Xiang just sent generals to challenge him. Anyway, with Xing Tian and Li Cunxiao, the two top generals on his side, there would be no problems in terms of force.
At the same time, Li Xiang stationed troops here to contain Yang Jian's troops. After Bai Qi, Su Lie and others solved Liangzhou, it was time to actually attack Yang Jian.
Among the forces in Liangzhou, there may be unexpected factors. The Qiang army has been severely injured by Su Lie before and suffered heavy losses. It is unlikely that they will participate in the peace again.
Among the rest, Ma Teng had 40,000 troops, Han Sui had 40,000 troops, and Fu Jian had more, with 60,000 troops, for a total of 140,000 troops. Bai Qi and Su Lie's ability had a total of 17 infantry and cavalry.
Wan, with their superior strength, it would not be difficult for them to win this battle.
Although Li Xiang had led the army to assemble under Tongguan, Yang Jian did not rush to Tongguan in a hurry. He only mobilized a group of reinforcements to Tongguan, bringing the total strength of Tongguan to 80,000.
Yang Jian now also knows very well that the most dangerous place now is not Tongguan, but Liangzhou, which does not belong to his territory. If Liangzhou is gone, how many more days can Yongzhou, which is caught between two sides, continue to exist?
.
Yang Jian felt angry when he thought of the clothes-belt edict mentioned by Li Xiang when he sent out troops. Things had developed to this day, and Yang Jian still couldn't figure out the relationship between the clothes-belt edict and Dong Cheng.
Yang Jian now wished he could dig Dong Cheng out from the ground and kill him again.
When Lu Zhao was killed, Dong Cheng thought that his plan to ask Liu Yan to lead his troops to serve the king had failed, and he was also worried that if the imperial edict fell into the hands of Yang Jian, Yang Jian would be the first to attack them.
In desperation, these people made stupid moves one after another. They actually planned to take advantage of the wedding day of Yang Jian's youngest son, Yang Liang, to lead troops to attack and kill Yang Jian, in a desperate move.
Dong Cheng and others only had a few hundred people in their hands. Even if they included the servants and servants in their mansion, they could only have less than a thousand people. In the hands of Yang Jian, who was holding the emperor hostage to order the princes, they could
What a big wave is coming.
What's more, Yang Jian had already sent people to bribe many people in Dong Cheng's house. Yang Jian had already received the news before their plan officially started. Therefore, this was an operation destined to fail.
However, Dong Cheng, Wu Zilan, Wang Zifu, Zhongji, and Wu Shuo were really tough-minded and tough-talking. After being caught by Yang Jian, they insisted that this was all their own plan and would not reveal it until their death.
Matters about the young emperor Liu Xie and the Yidaizhao.
It is precisely because of this that Yang Jian must not have known much about the Clothing and Belt Edict before, and was caught off guard by Li Xiang with this Clothing and Belt Edict.
Fortunately, Yang Jian's response was not slow. As soon as Li Xiang's proclamation against thieves and the edict on clothing were issued, Yang Jian immediately dismissed it, claiming that it was a false edict between Dong Cheng and others and Li Xiang, and forced the young emperor Liu Xie to come out and help him.
Correct name.
By doing this, Yang Jian quickly calmed the hearts of the people within his own power group. As for the external comments on this matter, Yang Jian could not care about it for the time being. Anyway, as long as he refused to admit it, there would be no conclusion to this matter.
