Chapter 900 Battle of the Three Emperors (5)
Yuan Zongdi followed Gao Huan's order to sneak attack Hanzhong, but he didn't expect to run into Zhang Xianzhong's army preparing to sneak attack Huguang.
The two armies encountered a fierce battle in Yunyang Prefecture, which was at the junction of Shaanxi and Huguang.
At the same time, Liu Wenxiu, the King of Funan in the Western Kingdom who guarded Jingzhou, raised 60,000 troops and falsely claimed 200,000. Shunjiang went east to attack Yuezhou, threatened Wuchang, and opened up the second battlefield for the Ganxi dispute.
At this time, in Guanzhong, the Tangxi Allied Forces General Gao Huan blocked the east of the Ba River. Li Jiyu drew reinforcements from all over the country to strengthen the strength of the coalition forces, and obtained another 20,000 troops. The Tangxi Allied Forces reached 300,000.
Of course, Gao Huan was not idle either. He sent Liu Zongmin across the Wei River and into Tongzhou, and supported Ma Shiying and Huang Degong across the Yellow River. The 50,000 troops from Hedong also entered the Guanzhong area.
This has brought Gao Huan's troops to 250,000, which has narrowed the gap between the 80,000 people in the previous two armies, to 50,000 people.
By mid-March, the battle situation continued to develop in a direction that was not conducive to the coalition forces. Ganchao, which had been mobilized, continued to transport food and weapons to Guanzhong, gradually causing anxiety to develop within the coalition forces.
At this time, Zhang Xianzhong and Li Jiyu led a group of people to patrol the west bank of the Ba River. Suddenly, a group of Tang soldiers gathered together to discuss.
Zhang Xianzhong frowned slightly when he saw this, "What are you doing?"
Several Tang soldiers were shocked when they heard the words, and quickly lowered their heads and stuttered on their heads, saying, "It's nothing~ the young men did nothing~"
Zhang Xianzhong narrowed his eyes and found that the officer was holding his hands behind him, so he glanced at the guard beside him. The two soldiers immediately stepped forward and took a piece of white silk from the officer's hand.
"Your Majesty!" The soldier presented his hands.
Zhang Xianzhong took it and saw that he showed bad intentions. He said to Li Jiyu with a cold face: "This is your person, you can deal with it!"
Zhang Xianzhong adopted Xu Yixian's strategy to alienate Gao Huan and Zheng Zhilong, and after Gao Huan was worried about Zheng Zhilong and did not dare to send troops from Jiangnan to reinforce Guanzhong, Gao Huan immediately fought back and shot thousands of letters of surrender at the Tang army camp.
After discussing with Sun Chuanting and others, Gao Huan believed that Zhang Xianzhong and the Western Army were still thinking of competing with Gan Chao and dividing the world equally, so the Western Army could not be recruited for the time being.
The Tang army is different. They have lost the qualification to compete for the world, and Gao Huan has discovered the agreement between Zhang Xianzhong and Li Jiyu.
The Tang Kingdom gave Guanzhong to Zhang Xianzhong. After the war, Li Jiyu led his army to retreat to Longxi and became a third-rate separatist force.
With such a result, the Tang army soldiers may not be willing to give up the land in Guanzhong and have vested interests.
Therefore, Gao Huan asked someone to write thousands of letters to surrender, and sent it to the Tang army and the Western Army camps on the West Bank at night, promising that as long as the Tang army soldiers surrendered to Dakan, the Ganchao could continue to contract and lease the land for them.
This made Tang Jun who saw the letters inevitably moved, and when the Western Army got the letters, they naturally handed them over to Zhang Xianzhong.
When Xu Yixian looked at it, he knew that this was Gao Huan's revenge, but Gao Huan's plan of disagreement.
If Zhang Xianzhong ignores it, the soldiers of the Tang army will be shaken. If Zhang Xianzhong dealt with it and promised the soldiers of the Tang army that they could continue to retain the existing land, it would be equivalent to digging Li Jiyu's corner, and Li Jiyu was naturally dissatisfied.
Because Zhang Xianzhong promised that after the war, the Tang soldiers would definitely not follow Li Jiyu to Longxi, which was so poor that they would most likely choose to stay in Guanzhong.
Faced with Gao Huan's counterattack, Zhang Xianzhong could only order the confiscation of letters and strictly prohibited private hiding, and insisted that this was a despicable act of Gao Huan to disrupt the coalition forces.
Now that Zhang Xianzhong's orders have been given, there are still Tang soldiers who have collected letters and gathered to discuss the matter, Zhang Xianzhong was very annoyed.
Also annoyed was Li Jiyu. He waved his hand coldly, and the guards behind him immediately took down the crowd and asked sternly: "I am sorry for you, etc. You have collected letters and discussed them privately. Do you want to betray me and surrender to Gao Huan?!"
The head officer was escorted by the soldiers and said in a panic: "Your Majesty, you must surrender Your Majesty, and you must make Your Majesty the king. You also let your brothers continue to cultivate the fields in Guanzhong. It is much better than going to Longxi..."
"Stop!" Li Jiyu shouted loudly and waved his hand to order, "Take it down and engage in military law!"
After saying that, Li Jiyu looked at Zhang Xianzhong, "Your Majesty, Gao Huan is insidious, you have to believe me! Your Majesty knows that I have the hatred of taking away my wife with Gao Huan, so it is impossible for me to surrender to Gao Huan."
Zhang Xianzhong had a dark face, "Let's talk about it when you go back to the big tent!"
At this time, the group returned to the tent. Zhang Xianzhong put Fan Yang on the table with some annoyance and asked, "Is there any news about the Qing army?"
Li Jiyu said: "The Qing court agreed to send troops to threaten Hebei and Datong to restrain the soldiers along the Great Wall for us! After all, the distance between the outside of the pass and Guanzhong is too far away, so the Qing army can only achieve this level. The decisive battle between Guanzhong is still up to us!"
Zhang Xianzhong nodded when he heard the words, "It is already a great help to the Qing army that can restrain the northern army."
Li Jiyu said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, although the Qing army has restrained a large number of military troops, the strength of military troops in Guanzhong is still increasing. After Huang Degong passed the river, Gao Huan already had 250,000 troops. If Wuguan is captured again, Gao Huan will have 300,000 people, and we will not have any advantage in military strength."
Zhang Xianzhong understood Li Jiyu's concerns and hoped to start the war as soon as possible. Zhang Xianzhong actually wanted to fight as soon as possible, but he was still waiting for news.
That was the news that the Western Army succeeded in a sneak attack on Huguang and achieved a great victory in Huguang.
If Gao Huan and Gan Jun knew that the Western Army had attacked Huguang, Wuchang was shocked, and Jiangnan was threatened, the Gan Jun would have been unstable, and that was the time for him to attack.
At this time, Li Dingguo suddenly picked up the tent and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, Hanzhong urgently reported that the army attacking Xiangyang was hit by the Gan army in Yunyang that was preparing to attack Hanzhong. The two sides fought a great battle in Yunyang, and the Hanzhong army has now retreated to Xing'an Prefecture to block the Gan army attacking Hanzhong."
When Zhang Xianzhong heard this, he immediately understood and couldn't help but exclaim: "What a Gao Huan, he actually wants to cut off my retreat!"
Li Jiyu is familiar with this matter, but he was cut off from his retreat by Gao Huan and ruined nearly 100,000 elite soldiers in Hedong.
"Gao Huan is really sinister, it's okay~" Li Jiyu changed his mind and said, "Fortunately Your Majesty is wise and has been prepared for it!"
Zhang Xianzhong's face was gloomy. Gao Huan sent his army to attack Hanzhong and collided with the troops he sent. In this way, Xiangyang would definitely not be able to capture and take Xiangyang, and it would be difficult to shake Wuchang. He wanted to use the Huguang war to shake Gao Huan and the army's plan, which was obviously failed.
"Report!" At this time, another general broke into the tent and reported urgently, "Report to Your Majesty, Gao Huan sent Li Guo to attack Lantian!"
Li Jiyu was shocked, "Ganjun wanted to enter Shangzhou, open Wuguan, and welcome the 50,000 Ganjun outside the gate to Guanzhong!"
When Zhang Xianzhong heard the words, he slapped the table, "You must never let Gao Huan put the soldiers outside Wuguan into Guanzhong! Pass on my order, beat drums and gather generals, and prepare for war!"
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