Chapter 78 Sending troops to Chang'an
Emperor Xian was killed and hung his head at the Chang'an city gate. He was discovered by Guo Si's army early in the morning. When Guo Si saw that the emperor had been killed, he was furious and pulled all civil and military officials to the front of the city gate and lined up in two rows to cut off his head and sent it to Li Kui.
Li Guizheng was furious because of the disappearance of Emperor Xian and Fu Shou, but Guo Si sent the heads of hundreds of ministers, and at the same time, he circulated everywhere that Li Gui killed the emperor. As soon as the news came out, the two armies began to fight in Chang'an.
Tang Quan did not leave Chang'an because at this time Diao Chan, Taishi Ci, Zhang Liao, Tang Sanzang and others had already arrived in Hongnong with 40,000 troops. When they learned that Tang Quan's army was coming, Zhang Ji, who was stationed in Hongnong, led the army to confront each other. However, Zhang Xiu, his nephew of the King of Guns, was knocked off the horse and captured after not walking thirty rounds at Zhang Liao. After listening to Taishi Ci and others' persuasion, Zhang Ji had to lead his troops to surrender.
Arriving at Tongguan, Zhang Xiu persuaded nearly 10,000 people to surrender along the way. When they entered Tongguan, Guo Si and Li urged the two of them hurriedly quit the battle and united together. Guo Si deployed troops in Chang'an, and Li urged the army at Qingni Pass and Wuguan. The two armies connected for dozens of miles to lay down 100,000 people.
The dispatch of the Tang Quan army triggered changes throughout the world. It was learned that Tang Quan went out of Sizhou to attack Yongzhou, and Guo Si and Li Kui actually slaughtered the emperor and all officials. Although the people with intentions had not yet become kings, they were already preparing.
Sun Jian, who lived in Yuan Shu, used a jade seal to exchange for three thousand troops from Yangzhou to Jiangdong. Cao Cao also gathered tens of thousands of troops to expand rapidly into the area of Pingchuan Jiashiqianshan.
When Liu Yao saw so many princes emerged from his Yangzhou, he hurriedly recruited troops, but Yan Baihu and Wang Lang and others also began to rise, and several princes in Yangzhou were fighting in a mess.
Tang Quan drove Cao Cao to Yangzhou but did not want Sun Ce to unify Jiangdong quickly. He also did something boring but thoughtful, that is, to send a team of cavalry generals to Lujiang, surrounded by chaos, to take Da Qiao and their father, Old Man Qiao, to Donglai County. He had never seen what Da Qiao looked like, but it was said that the two were not as good as Diao Chan. Tang Quan did not intend to let Sun Ce and Zhou Yu marry them.
In the chaos in Yangzhou, Liu Biao of Jingzhou hurriedly recruited more troops to form a navy in order to avoid the insurgent army entering Jingxiang. During this period, Liu Yan of Yizhou died and Liu Zhang took over Yizhou. In order to open the road to the east to enter the Central Plains, he raised 50,000 troops to attack Zhang Lu of Hanzhong County. The two armies fought in the mountains and were very lively.
Because Jiaozhou is located in a remote place, Shi Xie was happy to watch the fun at this time, but secretly he was building a mansion to prepare a python robe to become the king.
Ma Teng and Han Sui were still watching. If Guo Sili urged to win and protect Yongzhou, they could still develop safely. If Tang Quan wins Liangzhou, it would be Tang Quan's next attack direction. So while preparing for war, they issued a proclamation like other princes to denounce Guo Sili urged them.
At this moment, there is no emperor in the world. Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan and others are everywhere, but Yuan Shu, who has the imperial seal, plans to become emperor. He gathers tens of thousands of workers to build the palace and build dragon robes and waits for the opportunity. The key point is that they are all waiting for what Tang Quan will do next.
With one move, Tang Quan's army is not the most powerful princes at this moment, but his territory is the widest, the most populous, the largest generals, and his every move will make people wary. Just like Yuan Shao on the other side of the Yellow River, his territory is no less than Tang Quan, but his population is more than half. However, his army has a total of 500,000, twice as many as Tang Quan, but he dare not cross the river easily, because Tang Quan's army has 700,000 or 80,000 on this line.
When he arrived at Tongguan, Tang Quan returned to the military camp and left 3,000 soldiers in Tongguan for Tang Lu to take care of him. He led the 40,000 troops that Zhang Ji had originally surrendered to and arrived at the city of Chang'an.
Guo Si and Li Gui's army had top military advisor Jia Xu, so their defense lines were arranged relatively tightly. There were large villages stationed between 10,000 and 20,000 troops in the north, west and south of Chang'an City. There were more than 40,000 Li Gui's men at Qingni Pass and Wuguan. Once the war began, they could cover each other.
Li Gui and Guo Si's army came from Dong Zhuo's Xiliang Army, about half of which were cavalry, which seemed to have an advantage for the Tang Quan army, which was almost all infantry. As soon as the Tang Quan army arrived near Chang'an, Li Gui Guo Si and others gathered in the Central Army to discuss.
Looking at the map, Jia Xu, as a military advisor, studied it for a while and said in a deep voice:
"Two generals, the soldiers are very fast. The Tang Quan army has just arrived in Chang'an and has not yet established a camp. If our cavalry attacks all at this moment, they will definitely catch them off guard. Even if Tang Quan is the bravest general of the three armies, he will not be able to defeat our Western Liang Iron Cavalry like a flood."
Jia Xu is a tall and thin man, and does not have the insidious feeling in the legend. He just wanted to ensure the safety of his family, so he kept making poison calculations to his opponents. He deserved it as a poisonous man. Just like now, he saw at a glance that most of the Tang Quan army was infantry, and he had not yet arrived at the camps under Chang'an City. If the cavalry divided into several teams to fight, he would definitely gain a lot.
This kind of attack does not care how strong the opponent is. It fights entirely by relying on the speed and attack advantages of the cavalry. The area under Chang'an City is full of plains and small earth slopes, and the most suitable one is cavalry combat.
However, Jia Xu was smart and stubborn, and he didn't know that the military satellites in the sky could see clearly everything around and even the army in the world. Hearing Jia Xu's advice, Li Gui and Guo Si looked at each other. Both of them were born as bandits who fought against the family and robbed the family and had a deep understanding of the power of the cavalry sweeping the infantry. The two looked at Jia Xu and said:
"When to attack and how to attack?"
Jia Xu pointed to the southeast of Chang'an and said:
"Tang Quan's infantry went out of Weinan and went up the Yellow River. It could reach Zhaochen at most half a day. As soon as their army arrived, we would go out of Yantian to attack sideways, and a army would send troops directly from Chang'an, and also go down the Yellow River. If the enemy defeated, they would cover up and fight to Tongguan. We could defeat Tang Quan's undefeated myth in one battle."
After three groups of people were killed, Tang Quan seemed to be unable to resist only 50,000 infantrymen. Guo Si nodded and said:
"Since that's the case, we will prepare the army immediately. The military advisor is optimistic about the city. We will defeat Tang Quan and let the world know the power of our iron cavalry."
The facts were reported after the troops around Chang'an moved. Tang Quan smiled and asked Taishi Ci and others to lead the troops to prepare for the trip without any rush. Half a day later, the Tang Quan army, 30 miles away from Chang'an, looked at the surrounding terrain. Tang Quan waved his hand and began to separate in different directions.
Chapter completed!