Mei County, adjacent to Qinling Mountains in the south and Wei River in the north, is an important gateway in Jingzhao. When Ye Zhao ordered Zhao Yun to lead his army out of Xiegu, Li Jue directly dispatched a large army because he was worried that Zhao Yun would capture Mei County. Once Mei County was lost, the entire city west of Chang'an would fall under the military front of the Shu army.

Before the various troops and horses in Guanzhong arrived, Li Jue led his army to retreat to Mei County to prepare to fight Ye Zhao. As for Zhao Yun, as long as he was in Mei County, Zhao Yun could not get through.

Please stop Ye Zhao...

When Li Jue learned that Ye Zhao had occupied the five counties of Longyou, he never thought that he would first send Zhao Yun to attract his attention, and then take advantage of the opportunity to capture the land of Longyou. Li Jue was not a fool. Not to mention Li Xian's grudge, just looking at the movement of Ye Zhao's troops this time, he would come prepared. Even if he sent someone to seek peace, he would probably be humiliated by himself. Maybe Ye Zhao would even be put on a trick. The fact that Lu Bu was teased by Ye Zhao repeatedly back then was no secret in the Xiliang army.

On the third day when Li Jue led his army to retreat to Mei County, Guan Yu's vanguard troops arrived. Ye Zhao assigned 7,000 troops to Guan Yu. In addition, the thousand troops who had previously attacked Longxi before, Guan Yu's vanguard army had 8,000 troops.

After learning that Li Jue led his army to guard Mei County, Guan Yu did not advance aggressively. He set foot ten miles outside Mei County and sent people to investigate the news first.

Before the troops move, intelligence comes first. This is the foundation of the military strategy class in Chengdu Academy. When Ye Zhao, Xu Rong and Xi Zhicai occasionally make guest appearances in the academy teaching position, they will list intelligence in the same position as food and grass. Over time, Guan Yu, who often listens, also regards this as the key point of marching and fighting. There are teams in the army that are specifically responsible for inquiring about intelligence. They may not be good at fighting, but they are good at collecting intelligence. Now they are considered an independent army.

"General, the situation is a little bad!" In the afternoon, Wei Yan hurriedly came back from outside the tent. Now he is Guan Yu's deputy general and a right-hand assistant. At least Guan Yu thinks that although Wei Yan is young, his mind is more flexible than Zhou Cang in his work.

"How is it not good?" Guan Yu put down the booklet in his hand and looked at Wei Yan.

"Li Jue, Guo Si joined forces and asked the people around him. Before, Li Jue and Guo Si joined forces to siege General Zhao Yun. After learning that the lord's lord had entered Longyou, Li Jue stationed in Ji County and Guo Si stationed in Wugong County. Both sides were in a horn. According to various traces, the total number of troops on both sides was 100,000!" Wei Yan said with a somewhat ugly expression: "Our army has only 8,000, and it is difficult to hostile. It is better to camp here and wait for the lord's army to arrive before fighting with the enemy."

Li Jue and Guo Si were also cruel enough. They put the main force here at once, with a 100,000 army. Ye Zhao had only mobilized 80,000 yuan this time. As for the logistics force, it was not included in the combat force.

Guan Yu stroked his long beard with his hand and remained silent. Generally speaking, the enemy and our troops were very different, and the enemy also relied on the city. If a war broke out, it was like hitting a stone with an egg.

Tianshui was easily defeated, but it was basically the result of using all Ye Zhao's new equipment. Although the general army was well-equipped, due to work efficiency, those equipment could not equip the entire army. What's more, the Shengong Battalion was constantly innovating, and Ye Zhao did not prepare a weapon to make the entire army at once.

Moreover, the Tianshui defenders were only 3,000, and they did not have the advantage in their troops, forming an overwhelming advantage.

But Guan Yu didn't want to be on standby. This was his first battle in Guanzhong, and he must fight loudly. In his heart, Guan Yu also attaches great importance to fame.

"Sand Table!" After taking a deep breath, Guan Yu asked Zhou Cang to lift the sand table up. This is a simulated sand table made by the Shengong Camp based on the terrain. Although it is not very accurate, it is more intuitive than the map. Now the people of the Shengong Camp are investigating the geology and preparing to make more accurate sand tables for the upcoming Ye Zhao.

Wei Yan followed Guan Yu to the sand table, and his eyes suddenly lit up: "General, this Wei River is facing the north of this Mei County, how can we attack with water?"

"The terrain here is not low-lying. If it is flooded, the water will flow directly, which has no effect on the Wei River." Guan Yu shook his head and rejected the proposal. Not to mention that the terrain here is not suitable for water attack, even if it can, he would not use it unless it was absolutely necessary.

Once water is used, it will not only affect a single county, but countless innocent people will die. What Ye Zhao wants is a complete Guanzhong, not a piece of wasteland.

But the Xiliang army was not a Yellow Turban thief. If you want to defeat the more with less, in addition to the water and fire strategy, the enemy gathered in the city and key roads and forts everywhere. Guan Yu could not think of a good way to defeat the enemy for a while, unless Li Jue was led out of the city to fight.

"If you can lead the thief army out of the city, there may be something to do!" Guan Yu sighed after closing his eyes and thinking for a long time. He was determined to make extraordinary achievements to shock the world. However, in the current situation, it is not easy to defeat the enemy.

"General!" A soldier came in from outside and bowed to the three people in the tent and said, "Just just found out the information, Duan Wei led 20,000 troops from Yu Mi to the Silk River, and was moving towards this side!"

"This time, Li Jue and Guo Si joined forces to summon the generals of Guanlong to fight against the lord. If the bandits gather, it would be even more difficult to deal with!" Wei Yan sighed, but he didn't expect that he would encounter such a big battle just after leaving Shu. He felt a little excited when he thought about it.

"Yu Mi..." Guan Yu walked to the sand table. There was only a map of 30 miles in radius of Ji County on the sand table, and there was no Yu Mi location.

"Yu Mi is fifty miles northwest of Yong County, built by the river. That Duan Wei was the younger brother of the Grand Marshal Duan Ying during the Zhongping period and was also a general under Dong Zhuo. Among the generals of Xiliang, after Fan Chou died, he was only under Li Jue and Guo Si, with 20,000 troops..." Wei Yan has been in Hanzhong for many years, and he knows more clearly about the news about Jingzhao.

"Will the general attack Duan Wei?" Wei Yan's eyes suddenly lit up. Li Jue and Guo Si were protected by the city, so it was difficult to attack, but Duan Wei led his army to intercept the attack along the way.

Guan Yu shook his head, narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "The generals of Guanzhong have reunited under pressure, but as far as I know, the main generals have long been disagreement. The more they come, the more chaotic they are, just like the Guandong princes back then. With the ability of the lord, it is not difficult to destroy them!"

"I'm thinking..." Guan Yu turned his head and looked at Wei Yan and said, "What will happen if we secretly attack Chang'an?"

"Chang'an!?" Wei Yan was shocked when he heard this, then quickly expanded the map, looked carefully at the map, and turned to Guan Yu and said, "If you want to go to Chang'an, if you want to be discovered by the bandit army, you need to go to the Xigu and pass Ziwu Valley and then go out of the water. It will take at least 300 miles. Our army is 8,000 troops, and it is not easy to cover up our eyes. Moreover, at this moment, our army left, Li Jue must be suspicious. He thought that if we left some troops here to cover up our eyes, we led the light cavalry to carry three-day rations and detour to Ziwu Valley. If there were three thousand troops and horses, we would be able to arrive day and night, in three days, but I don't know how the garrison of Chang'an was."

"Now that Li Jue and Guo Si's main force gathered here, there shouldn't be many people in Chang'an." Guan Yu glanced at Wei Yan with appreciation. Although Wei Yan was not pleasing among the generals, it was quite in line with Guan Yu's appetite. Both of them were brave and brave, and they were both brave and dared to do it. Now they got together, but they had this idea, but they had directly started thinking about how to do it.

That being said, but Chang'an is the place of Jingzhao, one of the two capitals of the Han Dynasty. Even if Li Jue tried his best to send troops, Chang'an's defense would not be too loose. However, this was a surprise attack, just like before attacking Longxi, the opponent was caught off guard.

But even so, it would be a bit whimsical to try to break through Chang'an by three thousand men.

"Before the lord gave me five hundred vine armored soldiers, but they had not wrapped in leather. If they were fired, they would burn." Guan Yu stood up and thought carefully, "But if it was a surprise attack, the five hundred vine armored soldiers would be the most suitable."

"The last general is willing to lead the vine armored soldiers first, and the general will follow!" Wei Yan's eyes lit up. The vine armored soldiers are elite troops in Shu. They are invulnerable to swords and guns, and they are light and easy. The enemy cannot know the weakness of the vine armor at the first time. If the surprise attack, the vine armored soldiers can indeed establish amazing skills.

"General, is this... too dangerous?" Zhou Cang listened to the conversation between the two, his eyelids twitched. Chang'an is the capital, and the city is nearly five meters high, and there must be a lot of defense. Not to mention three thousand, even if there are 30,000 soldiers and horses, it may be difficult to conquer. Moreover, these three thousand soldiers and horses do not even bring weapons to siege the city. Once the surprise attack is not possible, the opponent will defend the city to the death. How can he fight? I am afraid that even the food he will come back will be gone.

Guan Yu shook his head and said, "This is the best time. Now the two bandits Li and Guo gather here. Chang'an Ding is the most empty time. If it is not broken at this time, it may be even more difficult to break it in the future!"

Turning his head to look at Wei Yan: "Are Zilong's soldiers still stationed in the silence valley?"

"That's right." Wei Yan nodded.

"Send someone to Zilong's place and ask Zilong to help me take care of the camp. Zhou Cang, you stay behind to guard the camp. Wen Chang, go and get some soldiers, five hundred vine armored soldiers, two thousand five hundred most elite soldiers, bringing rations for three days, and leaving the camp tonight!" Guan Yu said in a deep voice.

"General!" Zhou Cang said first without waiting for Wei Yan to answer: "The lord's army will arrive soon. Will we report to the lord first?"

"Soldiers are very fast. If the lord's army comes, the generals of Xiliang may gather together. At that time, it will be difficult to send troops again. Besides, the lord gave me the position of vanguard and did not restrict how I should fight. The opportunity to break the enemy has already appeared. I will personally write to the lord, and you will send someone to send it to the lord! But there is no need to discuss the matter of sending troops!" Guan Yu said decisively.

"Here!" Seeing that Guan Yu had made up his mind, Zhou Cang could not stop him anymore, so he had to smile bitterly and agree.
Chapter completed!