Chapter 10 won the Central Plains in the fourth section of October, Guanzhong, Xinfeng City. Feng Ji rushed to Guanzhong with Yuan Shao's order, but Yuan Tan was reluctant to retreat, and he was even more sneering at Feng Ji.

Feng Ji and the trial match conformed to Yuan Shao's intentions in the matter of Yuan Valve's succession, and both supported Yuan Shao's third son, Yuan Shang, as Yuan Tan, who was the son of Yuan's family, of course he would not give Feng Ji any good looks.

Feng Ji doesn't care, if you don't want to withdraw, you don't want to withdraw, depending on how long you last. He threw Yuan Shao's order to Yuan Tan and ran to Duan Xuan's camp to stay.

The weather was getting colder and colder, and the attacks of the Western Liang army were becoming more and more fierce, and the scouts found the warships of the Northern Xinjiang Army on the Weishui River at this time.

The troops stationed in the vicinity also frequently made urgent complaints, saying that the various armies of the Northern Xinjiang Army were assembling in Pubanjin, and that there were many warships on the Yellow River in Pubanjin, and that it was very likely that the Northern Xinjiang Army would cross the river to attack in the near future.

If the Northern Xinjiang army was to Guanzhong from both land and water, the Yuan army would definitely suffer from the enemy. In desperation, Yuan Tan ordered to retreat 200 miles and stick to the line of Zhengxian and Huayin.

Han Sui led the army into Xinfeng City, and Ma Chao led the 10,000 forward army to continue to advance. When the army advanced to Nanshan Pavilion, Han Sui ordered the attack to be stopped.

Ma Chao hurried back to Xinfeng City,

"Sir, why don't you fight?"

"The Northeast Frontier Army is gathering, if we continue to fight with Yuan Tan, it will be Yang Feng who will benefit." Han Sui pointed to the map and briefly explained the situation,

"If Yuan Tan had retreated all the way to the line between Huayin and Tongguan, we would be three or four hundred miles away from Chang'an. At this time, if the Northeast Xinjiang Army suddenly enters and rushes along the north bank of the Weishui River, we will not have time to retreat, and we will inevitably be surrounded by the Northern Xinjiang Army in the area of Xinfengcheng. Once Chang'an City is lost, this battle will be in vain. Han Sui reached out and patted Ma Chao's shoulder,

"For more than ten years, we have repeatedly attacked Guanzhong, but in the end we all came back with a feather. We can't afford to repeat the mistakes of the past this time. ”

"I decided to stick to Chang'an first, deploy the army in Xinfeng and Gaoling on the north and south banks of the Weishui River, and drag the battle until the Yellow River freezes and the heavy snow comes, so as to win in a stable manner." Ma Chao's face was angry and silent.

The enemy is right in front of him, but he can't wave his army to cover up and kill, he can't slash the enemy, and he can't fight bloodily, why is it so difficult to take revenge?

He felt his heart dripping blood, and the anger in his heart seemed to consume him alive.

"Meng Qi, don't forget your oath." Han Sui saw Ma Chao's face was blue and trembling, and he immediately shouted,

"Don't let hatred cloud your mind." Ma Chao gritted his teeth, and the muscles on his face twitched violently,

"You hand over Yuan Tan's family to me, and I will kill them to avenge my hatred."

"Nope." Han Sui flatly refused,

"Most of Yuan Tan's family members are in Luoyang, and there are just a few of his concubines in Chang'an City, what revenge can you take for killing them? You are a man who stands tall in Xiliang, why do you want to do such a cowardly and incompetent thing? Could it be that killing the enemy's family can avenge you and add prestige to you? Ma Chao glared at Han Sui, waving his fists angrily, looking up and screaming.

Looking at Ma Chao's depressed and desolate back disappearing outside the lobby, Han Sui sighed worriedly.

"My lord, Meng Qi may not be able to control himself, so let him go back to guard Xiliang." Ling Ru persuaded in a low voice,

"Once he loses his mind and does crazy things like last time, the strategy of taking all the levels may fall short."

"At this time, can he go back?" Han Sui stroked the gray beard under his chin and shook his head,

"If he wants to dominate the Western Liang and dominate the Western Frontier, he must forget hatred, otherwise, he will be killed by hatred after all." Ling Ru sighed bitterly,

"Forget hatred? Easier said than done. ”

"I just want him to forget." Han Sui narrowed his eyes, and his face showed determination,

"I'm dead, who will support Xiliang? Who will stop and kill Xiqiang? He must forget hatred, and only by forgetting hatred can he take on the heavy responsibility of guarding the western frontier. Ling Ru glanced at him in horror, and looked around cautiously,

"Sir, don't say that again. Your eldest son Han Yi and son-in-law Yan Xing are both Xiliang Junjie, and the person who will control Xiliang in the future will definitely be one of them, and it will not be Meng Qi's turn anyway. Meng Qi's body has the blood of the Qiang people flowing in his body, and his nature is very cruel and ruthless. Have you forgotten that he broke with you and killed you with a knife? That's his nature. ”

"Boya, it is precisely because Meng Qi has the blood of the Qiang people flowing in his body and is cruel and ruthless by nature, so he can take on the heavy responsibility of guarding Xiliang." Han Sui said solemnly,

"Ziwei (Han Yi) and Yan Ming (Yan Xing) are both good children and talented, and Yan Ming's martial arts skills are not even much different from Meng Qi. But in Xiliang, talent and martial arts alone cannot gain a foothold. I have no power, but I have led the army to fight in Xiliang for more than ten years, does it depend on my prestige and talent? No, the reason why I can dominate the western frontier and let the people of Xiliang live a stable and war-free life is because I have a deep relationship with many Qiang tribes. Relying on this complex and delicate relationship, I worked hard to co-opt, pinch, utilize, weaken, and divide all kinds of Qiang people, and did my best to avoid war in Western Xinjiang, which is the key to my dominance in Western Xinjiang. ”

"Meng Qi has a very close relationship with the Qiang people, relying on this relationship, Meng Qi will definitely be able to gain a foothold in Xiliang. In the future, when Meng Qi is sensible and knows what he should do, Xiliang will be his world. Han Sui paused, his mind returning to the distant past,

"When Lao Bian and I (Beigong Boyu) and I just started an incident in Xiliang, we pulled in the June thunder, northwest rain, wind and sand, and snow mountain foxes, and we fought continuously with Huangfu Song, Zhang Wen, Dong Zhuo, and Li Hong, and finally they were wiped out in the Battle of Yicheng in June. If they hadn't died, it was conceivable what Xiliang would be like today. They died, and we returned to Xiliang for more than ten years of peace. Although the price we paid was very heavy, seeing the smiles on the faces of the people of Xiliang and hearing their cheerful singing, I felt that the price we paid was worth it. ”

"More than ten years have passed, we are old, and Meng Qi and they have grown up. But the new generation of the Qiang people has also grown up, and like the thunderstorms of June in the past, they have made the seizure of Western Xinjiang their lifelong dream and pursuit. As a result, the war in Western Xinjiang, which had been dormant for more than ten years, began to slowly recover and slowly raged, and disaster was about to befall this beautiful land. ”

"In the past hundred years, when the Qiang people in Western Xinjiang rebelled or invaded, there were expeditions of the imperial court's army. But in the past ten years, when the Qiang people were recuperating, the Han Dynasty was on the verge of collapse, and the burning war spread to every corner of the Han Dynasty. The Great Han gradually died in the flames. The Han Dynasty has declined, the imperial court has died in name only, there is no one to help us, no one can save Western Xinjiang. ”

"Why did the Han decline? Why did the Western Frontier go to the abyss of destruction? Look at today, see who is destroying the lives and who is destroying the Han? It's Yuan Shao, it's Li Hong, it's Cao Cao, it's Liu Biao, it's these Han courtiers who are openly under the banner of saving Sheji, but secretly they are doing shameless things to destroy Sheji and usurp Sheji. It was their greed and ambition that had brought the Celestial Empire to such a miserable state. ”

"If the Qiang people enter the western frontier today, who will help us? Who will save the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in western Xinjiang? Li Hong? Yuan Shao? In order to compete for the Central Plains and for the country, they have already thrown the western frontier out of the clouds. Li Hong is willing to give me money and food, why? Don't you want me to contain Yuan Shao and help him seize the Central Plains? Why did Yuan Shao give me money? Don't you want me to help him block the Qiang people to protect Guanzhong, join forces with him to defeat Li Hong, and help him seize the world? ”

"What is the West in their eyes? It's nothing, it's not as good as a bone in a dog's mouth. What am I? It's a crutch that can be used, use it when you want to use it, and throw it aside when you don't use it. They say that I, Han Sui, want to dominate the Western Frontier, which is really funny to think about. Western Xinjiang has gone through a hundred years of war, and it has been barren to the extreme, and whoever gets it is a huge burden. Li Hong, does he dare to ask for it? Yuan Shao, does he dare to ask for it? Do they dare to pull their army to the western frontier to fight the Qiang people? Now no matter whether Li Hong or Yuan Shao is not, whoever enters the Western Xinjiang will be dragged down alive by the Western Xinjiang and will be defeated by the other party in an instant. ”

"When I, Han Sui, was alive, they said that I monopolized the Western Xinjiang and that I caused chaos in the society, as if I, Han Sui, had done many evil things that people and gods were angry about. But if I hadn't blocked the Qiang people in the western frontier, how much strength would they have to establish hegemony? To fight each other for the usurpation of the society? When I, Han Sui, die, what do you think they will do? Do you think they will send a large army into the western Xinjiang to fight a bloody battle with the Qiang people? If they want, I can die now. When the western Xinjiang is in chaos and the Qiang people are discharged, who can hold Guanzhong? Guanzhong can't hold it, whether it is Hedong or Luoyang, they are all under the attack of the Qiang people. At that time, they may be able to dominate in a corner of the land, but what about the big Han? Where's Dahan? Han Sui's eyes were filled with tears, and his voice was a little choked,

"The Great Han has been defeated, and we are weak and powerless, so we can only watch him die helplessly. But Xijiang is our mother, and when our mother is about to be ravaged by the enemy, we will fight for it even if we are crushed. Although no one can help Xijiang, and no one is willing to save my mother's life, we, the sons and daughters of Xijiang, are still there, and we are willing to use our blood and lives to protect our mother, to defend this land, and to defend this majestic Han territory. ”

"No one can take her from us, never." In the evening, Han Sui convened a meeting with General Xiliang in the Xinfeng camp.

Han Sui gave a detailed account of the current situation in Western Xinjiang, the purpose of the Xiliang army to seize Guanzhong, and how Xiliang took advantage of the current situation in the world to maneuver between Hebei and Luoyang after Xiliang seized Guanzhong, so as to ensure that the army would stick to Guanzhong and stabilize Western Xinjiang.

"Before winter comes, stabilize the front line on the line of Gaoling and Xinfeng, and do not take Tongguan and Wuguan for the time being, there is only one purpose, that is, to retain strength and not let yourself become the common target of Hebei and Luoyang." Han Sui explained,

"We can stop the attack now, not only can we pretend to show weakness and fear of the enemy to paralyze the opponent, but also make a posture of uniting Yang Feng to fight Yuan Tan, or uniting Yuan Tan to fight Yang Feng, so that Hebei and Luoyang cannot figure out our specific movements, and we cannot formulate corresponding countermeasures in order to adjust the deployment in time."

"Now there is still more than a month before the Yellow River freezes, at most two months, as long as the Yellow River freezes, Hebei has nothing to do with us." Han Sui pointed to Tongguan on the map,

"After the threat of Hebei is lifted, we will immediately send troops to attack Yuan Tan and strive to take Tongguan, so as to force Yuan Shao to quickly negotiate peace with us and form an alliance to fight against Hebei."

"I have already said just now that after the Central Plains War, Li Hong's next target is Luoyang. Judging from Hebei's current troop deployment, it must be from Guanzhong, Hanoi, Henan, and Yingchuan to besiege Luoyang. Therefore, the first place of attack of Hebei after the end of the Central Plains War was Guanzhong. Once Hebei takes Guanzhong, it can not only deter Luoyang, but also threaten Xiliang, Yizhou and Jingzhou, and the blow to Yuan Shao and Liu Biao will also be fatal, so Hebei can lay the advantage of sweeping the world. In other words, if we don't give up Guanzhong, Hebei will fight Guanzhong no matter what. ”

"Our forces cannot fight Hebei. Since the Great War in the Central Plains, Yuan Shao's strength has been greatly damaged, and he cannot fight against Hebei alone. We need to keep Guanzhong, and Yuan Shao needs to keep Luoyang, so it is inevitable and necessary for us to join forces with Yuan Shao. After joining forces, we get the money and food we urgently need, and Yuan Shao can get our help and stick to Luoyang. ”

"We have a whole winter to stabilize Guanzhong and strengthen the city defenses. Coupled with Yuan Shao's financial and food support, coupled with the strategies of Yuan Shao, Liu Biao, Cao Cao, Liu Bei and others on the battlefield in the Central Plains, even if we can't defeat Hebei, we can keep Hebei out of Guanzhong. ”

"If Guanzhong can't be taken for a long time, Hebei will not be able to attack Luoyang. After the end of the Great War in the Central Plains, Hebei's financial endowment was exhausted, and it was impossible to start a war on two battlefields at the same time. In this case, the only way for Hebei to negotiate peace with us is to change the siege of Luoyang on all sides to a siege on three sides, and instead concentrate on attacking Kyoto from the direction of Hanoi, Henan and Yingchuan. ”

"We don't know if Yuan Shao, Liu Biao and others can block Li Hong's attack, but one thing is certain, once Luoyang is captured by Hebei, we will not be able to gain a foothold in Guanzhong, so we will attack Hedong at the right time, contain the Northern Xinjiang Army, and force Li Hong to withdraw his troops. In this way, a three-legged trend has been formed in the world, and our strategy of capturing Guanzhong and stabilizing Western Xinjiang has been successful. ”

"After the success of the three-legged momentum, we immediately moved the people of Xiliang to Guanzhong." Han Sui waved his hand vigorously and said loudly.

The generals were all stunned. Once the three-legged momentum takes shape, Li Hong and Yuan Shao will try their best to destroy the restraining relationship between the three parties, intending to break the balance and seize Guanzhong.

At this time, we are very dangerous, because we have a heavy burden of Xiliang, this

The most important point of the "burden" is the financial embarrassment. As long as Li Hong or Yuan Shao cut off our money and food relief, our survival will become quite difficult.

The only way to solve the financial embarrassment is to move the people of Xiliang to Guanzhong. At its peak, the population of Guanzhong was nearly 500,000, but in the last ten years of war and disasters, the population of Guanzhong has almost been exhausted.

After Yuan Shao occupied Guanzhong, he moved back from Yuzhou and Jingzhou, but there were only tens of thousands of people. After more than ten years of stability, the population of Xiliang has increased, about 300,000 people, mainly concentrated in Hanyang County and Wudu County, which are close to Guanzhong.

Since these two counties are relatively close to Guanzhong, it is easy to relocate, and there are few people in Guanzhong, we can completely solve the food and financial problems within a year or two.

After most of the population of Xiliang moved out, some of them were herdsmen, and we could move them to Hanyang and Wudu counties to allow them to engage in agriculture as much as possible and alleviate poverty.

"Mr. wants to give up Xiliang?" Ma Chao asked in surprise.

"No, we will never give up on Xiliang. Once Xiliang is occupied by the Qiang people, Guanzhong will immediately become a battlefield, and our years of hard work will be in vain. Han Sui shook his hand resolutely,

"After the population of Xiliang moved out, Xiliang became a wilderness, and the battlefield could extend from the border to the hinterland of Xiliang. When the Qiang people came in, we withdrew. The Qiang people could not capture anything and could not gain a foothold for long, and when they retreated, we would catch up and fight. Because the front line is long enough, we can use all kinds of terrain to attack until we knock them out of the side. With the continuous supply of food in Guanzhong and the vast battlefield in Xiliang, we can drive the Qiang people out of the four counties of Hexi, and we can even completely solve the disaster of the Qiang people, and we are more likely to build the capital of the Western Regions again and revitalize the Tianwei of the Han Dynasty. The generals of Xiliang suddenly realized, their expressions were excited, their blood was boiling, and the big tent suddenly burst into cheers.

Northern Xinjiang general Yang Feng anxiously wrote to Han Sui. General Zhenxi suddenly sent troops to Guanzhong, and the timing was very good, and the officials bowed to him.

Today, Yuan Tan led the army in Zheng County and Huayin, blocking your way, and the lower officials are ready to send troops to help, so I have come to inform you.

Yang Feng's letter was just a few words, and there was a fierce murderous aura in his words. Han Sui held the letter and did not speak for a long time.

Ling Ru and Han Yi sat opposite him, looking at him nervously. Under the faint candlelight, the white hair on Han Sui's sideburns was particularly dazzling, the wrinkles on his forehead were deep and long, and the many silver strands mixed between his hair and beard made him look very old.

The gentleman is old, really old. Ling Ru secretly sighed. My husband worked hard like this, and his health deteriorated, and I don't know how many years he could support it.

If he falls, what will Xiliang do? Can Ma Chao really replace Mr.?

"Boya, go and call Meng Qi." Han Sui's voice woke up Ling Ru in deep thought. He bowed slightly and walked out of the tent.

"Father, Hebei has just finished the Central Plains War, Yang Feng has no ability to send troops, he is threatening us in disguise, and he wants my father to explain the dispatch of troops to Guanzhong, that is, to give a promise to the Jinyang court." Han Yi said softly,

"I don't think there's any need to ignore him, we just need to stick to the front line of Gaoling and Xinfeng." Han Yi is in his thirties, handsome, and elegant, and he is very similar to Han Sui, but those eyes are far from Han Sui's perseverance and wisdom.

Han Yi has been staying in Jincheng to serve his mother for several years, and when Han Sui was not in Jincheng, he replaced Han Sui to temporarily preside over the military administration.

When Han Sui went on an expedition, he raised and transported grain and grass for the army. Probably out of selfishness, Han Sui never took him to the battlefield.

In this battle, Han Sui was unusual, and even allowed him to follow him. Han Yi was surprised and delighted, thinking that his father wanted to support him vigorously, so he worked hard.

Han Sui smiled,

"You're wrong, Yang Feng is indeed going to send troops."

"Isn't he afraid that we will join forces with Yuan Shao?"

"We and Yuan Shao have not joined forces yet."

"Without an iron horseman, he will be sent to death when he comes."

"Do you know where Pound's Iron Rider is now?" Han Yi was stunned for a moment and did not speak.

"When the Northern Xinjiang Army attacked Li Dao and Guo Yan, it sent an iron cavalry from Hetao to the south to the north and settle down, and took the opportunity to seize Xiaoguan, occupy all the counties south of Liupan Mountain, and firmly control the northern pass of Guanzhong." Han Sui spread out the map, pointed to Xiao Guan in Anding County, and shook his head helplessly,

Li Hong was very far-sighted, and this move made Yuan Shao, who later occupied Guanzhong, uneasy. At that time, Yuan Shao was willing to give up Fufeng County to Ma Teng, and one of the important reasons was to use Ma Teng's iron cavalry to block this flaw in Guanzhong's defense. We occupy Guanzhong, and this threat also exists, so the way to deal with Hebei now is not to ignore it, let alone turn against it, but to conditionally agree to Hebei's request and leave Yang Feng in Hedong. ”

"Conditionally? What conditions? Han Sui smiled but did not answer. Ma Chao hurried to the big tent. After reading Yang Feng's letter, he hesitated for a moment and asked, "Sir, should I take down Zheng County and force Yuan Shao to send someone to negotiate peace as soon as possible?" ”

"Hedong is going to send troops, and Yuan Tan is the first to know that he still has troops stationed in the Linjin area to prevent Pubanjin's northern army from crossing the river. So we don't need to force Yuan Shao, he will take the initiative to come to me. He came to me, and the terms of our peace could have been a little harsher. ”

"Then I'll go to Kasakatsu." Ma Chao immediately said,

"Three thousand iron horsemen are enough."

"What do you say to Yang Feng?" Han Sui asked.

"Chang'an can be given to Hebei, but Hebei must send iron cavalry to defend the western frontier." Then he slapped the case hard and praised loudly,

"Meng Qi, that's a good point. If the iron cavalry of the Han Dynasty does not defend the western frontier, is it still called the iron cavalry of the Han Dynasty? "In mid-October, Luoyang.

Yuan Shao's body gradually improved a little. On this day, with the support of Yuan Shang, he leisurely enjoyed the flowers and fish in his small garden.

Suddenly, there was a rush of footsteps coming from the garden path. Yuan Shao was suffocated, turned around to look, and saw Yuan Wei sweating profusely and rushing over with a frightened expression.

Yuan Shao's face changed suddenly. Jump to