Han Sui's strategy of sticking to Guanzhong surprised Yang Qiu, Cheng Yi, Yang Fu and other Xiliang civil and military forces. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

After the end of the Central Plains War, Hebei's strength has become stronger and stronger, which Han Sui explained to everyone as early as when he conquered Guanzhong. With the current strength of Xiliang, he cannot hold Guanzhong alone, and must unite with Yuan Shao to fight against Hebei. However, judging from the current situation, the survival crisis of the Xiliang people is becoming more and more serious, and if they continue to adhere to the strategy of passive defense, Guanzhong is very likely to be lost.

"Instead of sitting and waiting to be killed, it is better to take the initiative to attack, replace defense with offense, and survive in death." Han Sui said resolutely, "This battle, if you don't fight, you have to fight." ”

"It is too risky to deceive the Hebei people and lure the northeastern Xinjiang army into Guanzhong to encircle and annihilate them." Zhang Meng immediately objected.

Zhang Meng, whose name is Shuwei, is a native of Yuanquan County, Dunhuang County, and his father Zhang Huan has made outstanding achievements in the foreign wars of the Eastern Han Dynasty. After entering the court, he was used by the eunuchs and led the army to attack Dou Wu. Afterwards, he blamed himself and refused to accept the title. Worship Shaofu, move to Dasi Nong, and go up to avenge Dou Wu and others. Soon moved too often, and was framed and dismissed for offending the eunuchs. In the end, he returned to his hometown to teach his disciples and no longer went out. Guanghe died in the fourth year (181) at the age of seventy-eight, and his widow was buried in plain clothes.

After Han Sui dominated Xiliang, because Zhang Huan had a prestige in Hexi in the past, he used Zhang Meng.

Zhang Meng stood up and said loudly: "The purpose of the Northern Xinjiang Army entering Guanzhong is to fight Guanxi and Luoyang, they can't only have more than 60,000 troops from the two legions in Hedong, and it is impossible for all of their two legions to enter Guanzhong. Once we wipe out the Northern Xinjiang Army that has entered Guanzhong, we will inevitably be met with frenzied retaliation from Hebei. ”

"How many troops are there in Hebei? Just look at the Central Plains War. Li Yi deceived all his opponents in the Battle of the Central Plains, and at the last moment of the battle, he actually transferred 100,000 Hu cavalry from the desert to participate in the decisive battle, and swallowed Yuan Shao's coalition army in a blink of an eye. What is the most formidable force in Hebei? It is not the more than 300,000 troops in Hebei, but Li Yi, the desert Zhuhu tribe who bowed down to Li Yi. ”

"We have completely annihilated the Hebei Frontier Army, can we really hold Guanzhong? It's hard, it's too hard. Maybe you think that after the Great War in the Central Plains, after suffering heavy losses in Guanzhong, and after being pinned down by the armies of Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and Liu Bei, the Northern Xinjiang Army was unable to continue to use troops in Guanzhong in the short term due to lack of financial resources, but have you ever thought about the Hu cavalry on the desert? ”

"How many roads are there from the desert to Guanzhong? The Hu cavalry crossed Helan Mountain, crossed the Lingwu Valley to the Yellow River, and then roared down, and could rush through Liupan Mountain in an instant. If Li Yi is determined to sweep away Guanzhong, the Hu cavalry on the desert will overcome all difficulties to fight into Guanzhong, and they can reach Chang'an at any time. ”

"Li Yi used the Hu cavalry to fight the Central Plains, maybe he had such scruples, but Guanzhong is now deserted, and Chang'an was burned to ruins by Li Dao, what scruples does Li Yi have? Li Yi is a fierce tiger, a bloody and cruel tiger, in his eyes, there is no prey that cannot be hunted. For more than ten years, his enemies have been repeatedly defeated by him in advantageous situations, and today we are at an absolute disadvantage, and we have no possibility of defeating him at all. ”

"What is the purpose of our attack on Guanzhong? It is for Xiliang, to protect Xiliang, and to guard the territory. If we want to protect the territory of Xiliang Guard, we need two crucial conditions. One is the military. We need an army, we need an army that is strong enough. The second is financial endowment. The army needs money and food, and the people of Xiliang need money and food for relief. ”

"But Xiliang doesn't have enough money, so we hit Guanzhong. But when we hit Guanzhong and occupy Chang'an, will we be able to have the land of Sanfu? ”

Zhang Meng waved his hands excitedly and said loudly: "Brother Wenyue, we need an army to fight the Northern Xinjiang Army, since Yuan Shao has given us money and food, don't expect his army to fight to the death." We have suffered heavy losses, how can we occupy Guanzhong? Whether it is Li Yi or Yuan Shao, they will all take the opportunity to attack us and seize Guanzhong. We fled back to Xiliang in embarrassment, with no soldiers, no food, how to protect Xijiang? ”

Zhang Meng's words aroused the echo of Yang Qiu, Cheng Yi, Liang Xing and others. As Li Yi's opponents, while they hate Li Yi, they also worship Li Yi very much, and at the same time, they lack the confidence to defeat Li Yi.

Han Sui seemed to have expected that the Xiliang people did not have the courage and determination to attack the Northern Frontier Army, he was very calm, and listened quietly, without making any rebuttal or persuasion to Zhang Meng, Yang Qiu and others.

"So far, Hebei has not promised us any conditions other than threatening us." Yang Fu said helplessly, "Huangfu Li has issued a final warning, if we still refuse to allow the Hebei Northeast Frontier Army to enter Guanzhong at the end of this month, they will launch an attack. Are we just going to give up the gates? ”

"With the current situation in Hebei, it is impossible to agree to our conditions." Zhang Meng shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Changed you, did you agree to such conditions?" ”

"One thing we must admit is that when Western Xinjiang was extremely difficult, it was Hebei and Li Yi who reached out to help Western Xinjiang. At that time, Guanzhong was occupied by Yuan Shao, and if Hebei wanted to transport money and grain to the western Xinjiang, it needed to cross the prairie outside the fortress, the bowstring desert and the Tianqiong desert, and the surging Yellow River, which was full of difficulties, and the consumption on the way was even more amazing. But Hebei gritted its teeth and took it, and Hebei persevered. I remember you told me that when you saw Hebei sending people to transport money and grain to the western Xinjiang, many of you shed tears, and Brother Wen Yue also shed tears. ”

"Maybe you think that Hebei helped Western Xinjiang when it wanted to use the army in Western Xinjiang to contain Yuan Shao, or maybe you think that Yuan Shao would also help Western Xinjiang in order to stabilize Guanzhong, but have you thought about it, if Hebei doesn't help you, Yuan Shao won't be afraid that you will send troops to Guanzhong? Yuan Shao gave you grain, would he dare to attack Hedong? ”

"No, Yuan Shao will never fight Hedong, he doesn't have that strength, he can only be beaten in the pass. Facts have also proved that he was indeed worried that the Northeast Xinjiang Army would attack Guanzhong and deliberately wooed the western Xinjiang. ”

Zhang Meng knocked the desk and said loudly: "Over the years, I have seen clearly that only Hebei and Li Yi are really willing to help and protect Western Xinjiang. ”

"Today, you don't accept Hebei's affection, and you don't want to give Li Yi this face, whether it is Hebei or Li Yi, you don't resent you. They still respect Xijiang very much, respect Brother Wenyue very much, and send Huangfu Li to Chang'an for specific negotiations three times and twice, why? Is it really because after the Central Plains War, they were unable to attack Guanzhong? No, they want to discuss with Xijiang well, meet Xijiang's requirements as much as possible, and help Xijiang's army to protect the west. ”

"However, as of today, Brother Wen Yue and you have no intention of negotiating, and you have made many unreasonable demands and repeatedly delayed time. I thought you wanted to use this time to stabilize Guanzhong and wait for the situation to change, so as to get the best interests for Western Xinjiang from the negotiations, who knows......"

Zhang Meng looked at Han Sui, waved his hand angrily and said, "Who knows, you are actually dizzy, you want to turn your face with Hebei, and you have to fight with the Northern Xinjiang Army." Knowing this, I would never have opened the gate of Chang'an City to help you capture Guanzhong. Now I have not only failed to help Xijiang, but have sent Xijiang to the abyss of defeat, and I really regret it. ”

Zhang Meng's words made many officials in Xiliang look ashamed. In the past few years, if it were not for Hebei keeping its promise and continuously delivering relief money and grain to Western Xinjiang, Western Xinjiang would indeed be unsustainable.

It was precisely because of Hebei's support that Yuan Shao felt a huge threat from the western Xinjiang, and he had no choice but to do his best to win over the western frontier.

But even so, Yuan Shao still killed Ma Teng after the Battle of Jizhou and drove Ma Chao back to Western Xinjiang.

Originally, Han Sui had the opportunity to capture Guanzhong, but because Ma Chao was eager to take revenge, he fell out with Han Sui, and Xiliang fought among themselves, and the result fell short.

All this, if you want to dig deeper, the culprit is Yuan Shao, he really has no sincerity to help Xijiang.

But at present, in order to attack Luoyang, Hebei is pressing on the Xiliang people step by step, making the Xiliang people feel threatened.

"What do you mean we should do now?" Yang Qiu saw that Han Sui and Yang Fu were bowing their heads and were silent, so he asked Zhang Meng in a low voice.

"At present, there are two sons of heaven and two courts in the world, which one of the sons of heaven and which court should Xiliang respect?" Zhang Meng asked loudly, "Who can tell me?" ”

"Xiliang has stepped on two boats in the past few years, and it seems that he is left and right, but he is actually extremely passive. Today's situation has arisen precisely because of the wrong choice made at the beginning. Xiliang to this day, I don't even know who the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty is, and where the Han court is, don't you feel very sad? ”

"Brother Wenyue, or you, swore that they would defend the western frontier, but in fact, their hearts were empty. You don't know the future of Western Xinjiang and don't know where you should go, so you are often at a loss in the complicated situation, at a loss, and even make wrong judgments and countermeasures one after another. ”

"If Xiliang wants to get out of the predicament, he must first establish who he should respect as the son of heaven of the Han Dynasty and which court order he should follow." Zhang Meng looked at everyone and said slowly, "Then, what choice Xiliang should make and what his future fate will be, it will be clear." ”

"Brother Wen Yue's choice is very clear, he wants to unite with Yuan Shao to fight the Northern Frontier Army in Hedong, and he respects the Son of Heaven and the imperial court in Nanyang." Zhang Meng looked at Han Sui, a sneer lifted at the corner of his mouth, and said lightly, "Brother Wen Yue seems to have forgotten that if Yuan Shao is determined to revitalize the Han Dynasty, the Son of Heaven and the imperial court in Nanyang should be in Luoyang now. Yuan Shao has the intention to usurp the Han, and the world knows it, and Brother Wen Yue joins forces with such a person, what is the fate of Xiliang in the future, do you still need me to tell you? (To be continued.) )