After the fall of Sucheng, it suddenly caused a panic in the Xiliang series in the land of Sanfu. Although the surrounding terrain of Sucheng is relatively flat, it is indeed an important node from Diaoyin to the south. Sucheng is like a city blocked on a horn mouth in the south of Luoshui, and after this city, it is a relatively flat hinterland in Guanzhong.

Although this kind of terrain is not as dangerous as Wuzhangyuan or Tongguan, it also represents a flat river in the Guanzhong area, which is within the scope of Feiqian's attack.

Although Li Dao and Guo Yan did not expect Li Meng and Wang Fang to be able to defeat Fei Qian, they definitely did not expect that Li Meng and Wang Fang would fall so quickly, it felt like it was these two people who arrived in Sucheng on the front foot, and then Li Guo and the others received the news of the fall of Sucheng.

This is 3,000 soldiers fighting head-on! It's not the so-called Minzhuang, not to mention that there are a thousand Xiliang cavalry, specifically to intercept and deal with Fei Qian's cavalry, although it may not necessarily be able to gain an advantage in frontal combat, but at least if the city is fortified, Fei Qian is also quite difficult to attack!

If it is said that cavalry, Li Guo and the others deployed the most in the west, because after all, it was against Ma Teng and Han Sui, who were all cavalry, and it was not easy to resist without sufficient cavalry; The Hu Zhen stationed in Tongguan in the east are all foot soldiers, because Tongguan itself is a pass, and there is not much room for cavalry to display, so it is naturally a place for foot soldiers.

However, the terrain of Sucheng is mostly mountainous in the north, wide and flat in the south, and Feiqian also has cavalry in Bingzhou, so it needs both cavalry and foot soldiers, but the three thousand pawns plus the people in Sucheng are mobilized, how can there be about 10,000 people, why can't they even hold it for ten months?

And before even a warning sign of imminent demise could be issued, and it fell?

How did Awai City fall?

The shortcomings between the factions of the Western Liang soldiers like the tribe are fully revealed, and the scattered Western Liang soldiers did not return to the base camp of Li Dao and Guo Yan in Chang'an, but directly dissipated into pieces and dissipated in the countryside, because they knew that even if they returned to Chang'an, the defeated soldiers would not have many good lives, and they might have to be arrested and sacrificed to the flag......

Therefore, Li Dao and Guo Yan, who were not able to grasp some conclusive news for a while, couldn't help but feel a little flustered in their hearts, just like when they rode forward, they knew that there were swords, guns, swords, and halberds in front of them, but they couldn't see clearly in a hazy way, and this kind of unknown fear would produce great psychological pressure.

How many troops did Fei Qian bring?

Is it that the Li Meng royal side is not effective in combat, or are these local snakes in Guanzhong secretly surrendering to the enemy?

So Li Wei and Guo Yan were in this kind of confusion, looking left and right for a while, and there was no one else to discuss and help, so they could only find Jia Xu again, hoping that Jia Xu could give them an answer when they encountered a predicament as before......

But when he arrived at Jia Xu's residence, he didn't find Jia Xu, which was not trivial, and when he found the original Jia Xu's guard, he learned that Jia Xu had already set off for Zuo Fengyi, so he hurriedly chased Jia Xu back again.

"I've seen Chiyang Hou and Meiyang Hou......" After Jia Xu was chased back, he didn't show any impatience, and still greeted Li Dao and Guo Yan when they met.

“…… Wenhe, why did you leave Beijing at this time? After seeing Jia Xu, Li Wei stared at Jia Xu a few times, and he couldn't see anything abnormal, but he couldn't let go of his heart, so he asked directly.

Some time ago, Jia Xu took Zuo Fengling's position, but he didn't go at all, he wandered around Chang'an City all day, but now he suddenly left for Zuo Fengling, and he happened to encounter such a thing, which naturally aroused the suspicion of Li Dao and Guo Yan

Jia Xu arched his hand and said with a serious face: "Why did the Marquis of Chiyang say this, if he wants to take office with Zuo Feng Yi, he naturally wants to leave Beijing and move forward......"

Guo Yan asked again: "Why didn't you go some time ago and leave until today?" ”

Jia Xu smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "This...... There was a lot of miscellaneous items, and I cleaned up a ......"

Hearing Jia Xu's words, Li Wei couldn't help but feel a little like believing it.

However, Guo Yan smiled gloomily, and then called a personal guard, gave a few orders, and asked him to serve some wine, cakes, dried fruits, etc., and then chatted some words unhurriedly.

It wasn't until the guard returned to the hall and whispered a few words in Guo Yan's ear that the haze on Guo Yan's face seemed to dissipate a little, and then Guo Yan glanced at Jia Xu, and then whispered to Li Wei: "...... Fang just sent someone to investigate, and Wenhe did prepare a lot of gold and silver property......"

If it was placed a few years ago, seeing Jia Xu engaged in so much gold and silver property, Guo Yan, who was born as a horse thief, would be tempted, but after all, now Guo Yan is no longer the horse thief king who galloped near Xiliang at the beginning, but the dignified Meiyang Hou, especially in Chang'an for a while, he has seen a lot of gold, silver and jewelry, and his desire for wealth is not as strong as when he was young.

Hearing this, Li Wei nodded slightly.

At this moment, Li Dao and Guo Yan were a little relieved. Regarding Jia Xu, Li Dao and Guo Yan couldn't figure it out at all, so they could only guess a little based on Jia Xu's behavior. Since Jia Xu brought a large amount of property, in addition to showing that Jia Xu may be more greedy for money, it also proves that Jia Xu is not ready to take the opportunity of going to Zuo Fengyi to run away directly......

It can't be blamed that Li Dao and Guo Yan are a bit of a soldier now, but they don't know who to trust or who not to trust, and they really don't have any concept of governing the government or even how to run the whole country.

So when Jia Xu behaved like before, a little greedy for money, it made Li Dao and Guo Yan feel that they could be trusted, didn't they just want gold and silver property, this is still affordable!

Li Wei said to Jia Xu: "Wenhe doesn't have to be in such a hurry, I and Meiyang Hou have some other thin instruments, and he Wenhe will take office...... Don't shirk it, it's ...... to pay for the merits of the text."

Then Li Daocai said slowly: "...... There is a difficult thing here, looking at the text and giving advice...... Yesterday I got the news, this ...... The North Route Army was defeated, Sucheng had fallen, and I don't know ...... Wenhe can have a good solution? ”

"Huh? Ah......" Jia Xu said with a little surprise, "...... What about the two generals of King Li? ”

Guo Yan shook his head and said, "I don't know the specific situation...... However, he has not returned yet, and most of them are more than lucky......"

Jia Xu raised his head slightly, rolled his eyes upward, stroked his beard, and then sighed: "So...... It's a bit tricky...... Chiyang Hou, Meiyang Hou, Sucheng falls, Haoyang, Pinyang, and Niyang are all under the front of the soldiers, and the war horses are vertical and horizontal, and it may be difficult to stop ......"

Guanzhong has been the granary of the Qin Dynasty since ancient times, so this area is relatively flat, and the water system is not as turbulent as between the mountains and mountains.

Guanzhong Sisai, now not only the north of Xiaoguan has fallen, even the Sanguan has not been repaired for many years, since the state was occupied by Xianbei, Guanzhong Sisai for the defense of Guanzhong, the significance has not become too great, because the Hu people outside the Sai do not need to go to the steep three passes, but can directly pounce from Shangjun, Wuyuan, Yanmen to Hedong and Sanfu area.

Therefore, whether it was during the period of Emperor Heng or Emperor Ling, in fact, there was basically not much operation for the defense of this part of Guanzhong, resulting in many cities and passes in Guanzhong now not being repaired as they should be......

Sucheng was captured, between the surrounding counties, there is no dangerous terrain that can be used for defense, and most of the garrison forts and fortresses near here have been abandoned, which is basically equivalent to a blank land.

“…… For now, I can only ......" Jia Xu paused, and then said slowly, "...... And the line of strong walls and clear wilderness, high ridges and deep ditches have a strategy......"

Li Dao and Guo Yan looked at each other, and then said to Jia Xu: "Please Wenhe tell me carefully." ”

Jia Xu pulled his fingers and said, "Since Sucheng has fallen, if Pinyang is no longer protected...... And the state of the horse, to the east can cross the heavy spring, the battle of Jin, attack Tongguan; To the west, you can run to Niyang, go down to Chiyang, and enter Chang'an...... Now the situation is irreversible......"

Li Dao and Guo Yan both nodded, their expressions solemn.

Jia Xu arched his hand and said, "...... At present, the emergency dispatch of generals to lead the army into Pinyang, the strong walls are clear, and the ridges and deep ditches are high to avoid its sharpness...... The soldiers of the state came from afar, and the transfer of grain and grass was by no means an easy task, as long as they were stationed in the tenth month, their soldiers ran out of food, and naturally retreated......"

Li Dao frowned and asked, "If it advances with cavalry, why can it be stopped?" ”

Jia Xu smiled and asked, "Dare to ask Meiyang Hou, how do you want to stop it?" ”

"This ......" Li Dao was also a little difficult to answer.

As a commander who has been in Xiliang for a long time, he naturally knows that if he wants to resist the activities of the cavalry in the vast area, he can only use the cavalry, and the others can only eat the soil in the back, but now there are really not many cavalry at hand, and there are still soldiers, but there are not many war horses, after all, war horses are not said to come.

“…… Isn't that what left to chance? Guo Yan also had a headache about the current situation, thinking that the cavalry of Bingzhou might be shuttling back and forth in this area, and there was nothing to do to resist it, his brain was a little painful.

"Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen the wall first...... Jia Xu once again emphatically explained, "...... Riding is good for the wild, not good for the city, if the field has nothing to gain, the city can not go down, even if it comes and goes, what can be helped? ”

"......" Li Dao and Guo Yan glanced at each other, with a slightly disappointed look.

Seeing this, Jia Xu suddenly spoke: "...... This Fei Qian Fei Ziyuan, I heard that it is a side branch of the Heluo Fei clan......"

Hearing this, Li Wei's eyes widened, and he looked at Jia Xu and said, "Wen He's ...... meaning?"

Jia Xu smiled and said, "I just mentioned it casually...... Now that the situation is urgent, Xu also immediately set off to Linjin to supervise the Tongguan soldiers without losing food...... Farewell, farewell......"

After speaking, Jia Xu saluted again, and then took advantage of the gap when Li Guo and the others had not fully reacted after a little thought, so he took a few steps back and said goodbye.

Jia Xu resumed his journey to Zuo Fengyi, and after getting into the carriage, lowering the curtain of the carriage, and hiding his face in the shadows, the corners of Fang's mouth inadvertently curled slightly......

Naturally, there is no problem with the strategy, and it can even be said that Li Dao and Guo Yan do not understand the importance of guarding Pinyang next, they are more hoping that Jia Xu can come up with a strategy that can have the best of both worlds, not only to stay in Chang'an, but also to solve the current problem.

But where in the world are there so many best of both worlds?

In the current situation, Jia Xu's strategy is naturally a better way to deal with it, but the question is that a good strategy also needs a good executor, will Li Dao and Guo Yan be good executors?

In the Guanzhong Strongwall Qingye?

Of course, from a strategic point of view, there is no problem, but in fact, such behavior is doomed to Li Guo to lose the hearts of Guanzhong forever......

I lost the hearts of hundreds of officials before, and now I have lost the hearts of the people, since Dong Zhongying is no longer there, what is the use of keeping the Xiliang Army?

The strategy is right, but will Li Dao and Guo Yan do it or not?

Hey, hey, hey.

I'm looking forward to it......

That Fei Qian in Pingyang seems to have some ability, but in the face of the current situation in Guanzhong, what will he do? If you know that it was me who brought it up, I don't know if you will punish me, or will you thank me?

Hey, hey, hey.

I'm looking forward to it......

Jia Xu's carriage and horse staggered, and he walked out of Chang'an with ease, leaving all the difficult choices in Chang'an, in front of Li Dao and Guo Yan.

Send the general to garrison Pinyang, well, this is naturally no problem, but the question is who to go?

Naturally, there are some other generals in the government and the opposition, but Li Dao and Guo Yan are not at ease, if these people are really sent to Pinyang, can they ensure that these people do not have any crooked thoughts?

And now there are no other suitable generals in the hands of Li Dao and Guo Yan, Wuzhang Yuan has to be garrisoned, and Tongguan has to be garrisoned, so it is naturally impossible to transfer troops from Tongguan and Wuzhangyuan......

Li Wei looked at Guo Yan, was silent for a while, and said, "...... Meiyang Hou, who do you think is more appropriate for us to send to Pinyang now? ”

Guo Yan also frowned, and said after a long time: "Why don't you lead the troops to Pinyang, and you sit in Chang'an?" ”

Well?

When Li Wei heard this, he couldn't help but be a little surprised, it seems that I still take Guo Yan too lightly, after all, he has been a good brother for many years!

For a while, for many years, he and Guo Yan fought in the south and the north, in the wind and rain, the scene of mutual support came to Li Wei's heart, which suddenly made Li Wei a little excited, so he waved his hand and said: "How can you let the virtuous brother take risks, let the elder brother come!" A certain leader went to Pinyang! ”

“…… This one...... It's okay......" Guo Yan blinked slightly, and then nodded in agreement.

Li Dao: "......"

Although he felt that something was wrong, since the words had already been spoken, he would not immediately regret it, and Li Dao couldn't pull this cheek, so he gritted his teeth, slapped the table, and said, "Okay! Let someone go to Pinyang to meet this Fei Zhonglang for a while! ”