Pang Tong's strategy should be said to be a strategy that is more in line with Liu Bei's current situation, which is famous in righteousness, can ensure Liu Bei's strength strategically, and can deal with Lu Ren and Sun Quan diplomatically. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Although Liu Bei was unwilling, he still adopted it in his entirety in the style that a hero should have.

And the situation similar to Liu Bei's here was also staged once on Sun Quan's side. It's just that on Liu Bei's side, Lu Ren sent Zhao Yu, and on Sun Quan's side, Lu Ren sent Sun Shangxiang over. And the result on Sun Quan's side is similar to the final decision on Liu Bei's side, anyway, under Lu Ren's coercion and temptation, Sun Quan said that there would be no movement. It's just that I heard later that there was a fierce quarrel between Sun Quan and Sun Shangxiang.

What is the specific situation, Lu Ren didn't bother to ask, anyway, after doing the corresponding "supervision" work, in case Liu Bei and Sun Quan would play some tricks, Lu Ren's main eyes were on three places, the first place was of course the war on the Chang'an side, the second place was the support that Liaodong might have to make to Hebei, and the third place was ...... Lu Ren is preparing for an expeditionary fleet.

To put it simply, once it is found out that the matter of the Western Regions Alliance is really Guishan's hands and feet behind his back, Lu Ren will prepare to attack Guishan by sea. There is no need to attack the city and plunder the land, as long as the coastal area of Guishan is turned into a ruin, forcing Guishan to return to the coastal area, and he is unable to reach out to the Western Regions.

Each has its own abacus and its own arrangement, so the current situation is quite calm. is not calm, and there is only the battlefield on the Chang'an side.

So far, the scale of the fighting on the Chang'an side is still small. According to the news sent back to Lu Ren after Zhao Yu arrived in Chang'an, Lao Cao has not made any major moves at present, mainly because of the previous defeat in Hanzhong, the military strength and morale of the troops have yet to be restored, and at the same time they have to wait for additional troops from other places, so they have adopted a relatively stable defensive position, and from time to time they will send some more mobile cavalry units to carry out tentative attacks, but basically there are no results at all.

As for the Western Regions Alliance, they are currently stabilizing the important towns in the western part of Liangzhou that they occupy, so there should be no major movements in the short term. By the way, at this time, it has entered the early winter of the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an, and Lao Cao, Liu Bei, and the Western Regions Coalition Army must prepare for the winter in addition to the three aspects of the Western Regions...... Winter in Liangzhou is no joke.

Lu Ren was also a little relieved when he received these news. If Liu Bei and Sun Quan were suppressed, then all Lao Cao needed was time to regroup his army. The Western Regions coalition army is said to be more than 100,000, and it is equipped with artillery that comes out of nowhere, but this kind of coalition force will definitely not be unified enough, and if the combat time is extended, it is easy to produce internal divisions.

But just when Lu Ren was just relieved, a news came back that surprised Lu Ren, and even surprised everyone......

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Hanzhong, since not long ago fell into the hands of Liu Bei, and after a series of events, Liu Bei left the corresponding men and horses in Hanzhong, and he led the main force to Chengdu, doing what should be done...... For Nanzhong and Jingzhou, although Liu Bei got Lu Ren's promise, he didn't dare to take it lightly. After the main force was brought back to Shuzhong, of course, it was necessary to be ready to support the Nanzhong side or the Jingzhou side at any time.

For the north of Hanzhong...... The Western Regions Coalition Army is fighting against Lao Cao, and the Western Regions Coalition Army once wanted to join forces with Liu Bei, so for Liu Bei, Hanzhong is a situation of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, as long as the corresponding garrison work is done, just watch Lao Cao and the Western Regions Alliance Army lose both.

It's just that on this day, when the soldiers on Yangping Pass were busy repairing the wall in the cold wind, they saw the dust on the road in the distance from afar, and the people running in front were a group of ragged people.

As mentioned before, since the Western Regions Coalition Army captured several important towns in the west of Liangzhou, they began to burn and loot on a large scale, and the people in Liangzhou fled to Chang'an or Hanzhong, and Hanzhong naturally accepted many refugees...... Hanzhong had already let Lao Cao vacate him, and Liu Bei was also having a headache about how to enrich the household registration in Hanzhong to resume production. Now there are many refugees who have come to Hanzhong to settle down, and Liu Bei can't ask for it.

Therefore, when the lookout post on Yangping Pass saw a large number of refugees, the first reaction was that another group of refugees had fled to Hanzhong. When I was about to shout to Guanxia, it didn't feel like something was right. When he looked over again, the sentry exclaimed, "Don't open and close the door!" The refugees were followed by a large army!! ”

Army? That's right, the army! Following the refugees, to be precise, it was a large number of Western Regions Alliance troops who drove these refugees! Fortunately, it was the sentries who took a few more glances, so that the gate of Yangping Pass was not opened, otherwise these Western Regions coalition forces following the refugees would have rushed into Yangping Pass, making this dangerous Xiongguan lose its role.

The warning bell at the juncture sounded loudly, and the soldiers stationed at Yangping Pass also hurriedly took their places, and Wei Yan, the Taishou of Hanzhong, who received the news, also caught up with the city head of Yangping Pass as quickly as possible.

It's just that when Wei Yan arrived, those Western Regions Alliance troops saw that they had failed to steal the pass, so they vented their anger on the refugees who had been driven away by them before, and the Yangping Pass was also stained red by the blood of the refugees.

No matter what the historical materials say about Wei Yan's loyalty and traitor, one thing is certain, that is, Wei Yan is still very good to the soldiers and the people. Seeing such a scene, Wei Yan also hit the flames, and almost almost led the army to attack in person.

But Wei Yan is also a generation of famous generals after all, and he has been able to guard Hanzhong for so many years in history, but he has never made any mistakes, obviously he also has his advantages. So soon, Wei Yan forcibly suppressed the anger in his chest, and just ordered the soldiers on Yangping Pass to stick to their posts, and no one was allowed to attack without his order.

Wei Yan understood that Liu Bei left him only a little more than 10,000 troops, and the typical guards were more than enough but not enough to attack, and Liu Bei's order to Wei Yan was also to guard Hanzhong, don't do superfluous things. He himself boasted about Haikou in front of Liu Bei, so he would never be allowed to mess around with his own temperament.

In addition, there is another point, that is, in addition to the problem of troops, Hanzhong and Yangping Pass can be said to have been fought in a thousand holes due to the previous battle between Liu Bei and Lao Cao in Hanzhong, and the repair of the wall has not been completed, and the relevant defense system has not yet been established. If you attack like this, the odds of winning are really not great. So the better choice now is to stick to the pass, not to let the Western Regions Alliance take a step forward, and at the same time immediately send a fast horse to report the news to Liu Bei.

So that's why Wei Yan did it. Strictly speaking, Wei Yan's measures were not wrong, and the Western Regions Coalition Army saw that the garrison of Yangping Pass was sufficient, so they did not attack immediately. As a result, the two sides temporarily entered a situation of confrontation between the upper and lower sides.

But only two or three days later, the situation was broken. To be precise, the Western Regions Coalition Army failed to steal the pass but did not attack the city immediately, waiting for the siege equipment from behind to be delivered. And at this time, Wei Yan suddenly remembered that the siege equipment of the Western Regions Alliance Army was not used by the likes of rushing car ladders, but by artillery!

Alas, well, Wei Yan didn't suddenly remember that the Western Regions Alliance Army had artillery, but Wei Yan didn't know how powerful the artillery was. Seriously, in fact, everyone knows that Wei Yan is an arrogant person, and his arrogance can even be compared with Second Brother Guan. It's just that almost no one can suppress Second Brother Guan's arrogance, and Wei Yan's arrogance will be somewhat restrained when he encounters some people.

Don't go far, anyway, Wei Yan knows artillery, but because he knows very little about artillery, coupled with his arrogance, he always feels that the power of artillery is too exaggerated, and to put it mildly, Wei Yan thinks that artillery is just an excuse for the losers to shirk their faults for their own failures. Perhaps, this is also a kind of thinking of underestimating the enemy, right?

And it wasn't until the Western Regions Coalition Army really aimed the muzzles of the artillery at the city wall of Yangping Pass and bombarded the city wall one by one that Wei Yan realized that he was wrong, and how wrong he was.

You must know that the repair work of the Yangpingguan city wall itself has not yet been completed, and many places are only filled with gravel and plaster. If you really want to complete the repair, it will take a lot of manpower, material resources and time. Of course, if it was according to the normal way of fighting at that time, this kind of city wall was full of holes, but the city wall that was filled with debris first could still play its role, but at this time it encountered such a thing as artillery...... Forget it, no need to say more.

Walls collapsed everywhere, rubble and debris flew everywhere, and then there were gaps enough for the enemy to rush into. And these gaps are all fatal for the city defense passes!

Finally, Wei Yan returned to madness, but he did have the arrogant capital to support him. And no matter what, Wei Yan has more than 10,000 soldiers on hand, and Yangping Pass itself is a natural and dangerous place, in other words, Wei Yan still has a lot of capital. Therefore, under the command of Wei Yan, the soldiers of Yangping Pass, after paying a lot of sacrifices, finally managed to hold the choke point of Yangping Pass.

However, Wei Yan knew in his heart that if he continued to defend it like this, he would suffer too much here. Because at present, what Wei Yan can rely on is the terrain type and pass, but if the pass is bombarded by the Western Regions Alliance Army again, and if he doesn't keep up with the speed of his wartime repair, then this pass will be useless, and there is no need to say much about the next thing.

Therefore, Wei Yan once again sent a meteor fast horse to Liu Bei to report to Liu Bei, asking Liu Bei to send reinforcements quickly. And reiterated again and again in the letter that once Yangping Pass is lost, there will be no portal in Shuzhong, and Liu Bei must not be careless...... In fact, how can I say such a thing?

Wei Yan was desperate at Yangping Pass, Liu Bei was shocked when he received the letter, and immediately mobilized the vanguard to rush to Hanzhong, and at the same time did not forget to quickly pass the news to Lu Ren.

Lu Ren did not arrange an intelligence station in Hanzhong, but there were arrangements in Chengdu and Jiangzhou, so such news quickly reached Lu Ren's hands. Lu Ren was also stunned when he saw the news, who could have imagined that the Western Regions Alliance had the intention of cooperating with Liu Bei before, but as soon as he changed hands, he actually ran to fight Hanzhong? Is this a faster than turning a book?

But then, an urgent telegram from Zhao Yu was also photographed, saying that the Western Regions Coalition had sent an envoy to Lao Cao again, saying that he was willing to support Lao Cao to fight Liu Bei...... To put it bluntly, the hand that he had played with Liu Bei before was mentioned to Lao Cao after a slight change, and Lu Ren almost didn't spurt out the angry old blood after reading the telegram taken by Zhao Yu.

Xun Yu looked at the map with a pale face after reading the telegram taken by Zhao Yu, and then slapped the table heavily and said, "Wolf ambition!" These alien races in the Western Regions are really wolf ambitions!! After they occupied the western part of Liangzhou, if they united with Liu Bei, they could enter the hinterland of the Central Plains in China, but this move was resolved by Yihao's timely move. But they immediately reversed course and intended to unite with Cao Mengde...... No, there is no need to unite with Cao Mengde, as long as this technique is used to stabilize Cao Mengde for the time being, and then use the previous peace talks with Liu Bei to paralyze Liu Bei a little, so that Liu Bei's garrison in the Hanzhong area is slightly weaker, and he can go south to attack the rich land in Shuzhong. And Yihao, the actions you made before can even be said to have helped them. Because if it weren't for your coercive posture towards Liu Bei, Liu Bei's garrison in Hanzhong might not be so bad! ”

Lu Ren can be said to have fallen into a state of cerebral congestion at this time, the hairpin and hairpin were thrown aside, and the long hair was simply draped on his head, and then he was scratched by Lu Ren's madness, and it was already like a chicken nest: "This is simply a chain set, right?" I help Lao Cao is Liu Bei's bad luck, and helping Liu Bei is Lao Cao's bad luck! These Western Regions coalition forces are simply calculated! ”

Xun Yu's face was a little uglier: "Not bad!" These Western Regions coalition forces came after all, and they had already prepared two routes before. If Liu Bei is united, he will fight the Central Plains, and if he unites with Cao Mengde, he will fight Shuzhong. And from a strategic point of view, they first stabilized the western part of Liangzhou, so that whether it was connected to Chang'an in the east or Shuzhong in the south, they would have more strategic depth. ”

Lu Ren was still crazy: "What now?" It really took me a lot of effort to get Liu Bei and Sun Quan before, and now I have to get rid of Lao Cao? Will his old Cao listen to me? The most terrible thing is that Lao Cao regards Liu Bei as his lifelong enemy, and those Western Regions Alliance troops are likely not to be taken seriously by Lao Cao! In other words, Lao Cao would think that the Western Regions Alliance Army was better than Liu Bei to kill! Also, I can send a batch of arms to Lao Cao, will this make Lao Cao ......?"

was sending out these nameless angers, but Chen Yiyi rushed to Lu Ren's side: "Uncle Lu, Cao Gong called......

Lu Ren hurriedly suppressed his anger, and tried hard to calm down and said, "Read! ”

Chen Yiyi shook his head: "Don't read it, Gong Cao is asking Uncle Lu to call the electricity directly." ”

Lu Ren was stunned, and after glancing at Xun Yu again, he went to the telegraph room with a frown, and the "tick" sound of the telegraph machine continued.

Lao Cao: "Lu Yihao, is your kid having a headache now?" ”

Lu Ren: "Don't talk nonsense! Lao Cao, if you dare to agree to the proposal of the Western Regions Alliance to join forces, I will ......"

At this point, Lu Ren didn't know how to say it. After all, this news came too suddenly, and suddenly Lu Ren didn't have time to come up with any way. As soon as Lu Ren stopped talking here, the dispatcher could only look at Lu Ren stupidly, waiting for Lu Ren to say the rest of the words before filming it.

And this stop stopped for a little long, and then the sound of "Didi" over there came, and the dispatcher was stunned, and quickly converted the code over there to Lu Ren:

"Lu Yihao, don't underestimate the old man! The old man is not a short-sighted person like Liu Bei. The evil intentions hidden by these aliens in the Western Regions, can't the old man still see it? Let me tell you again, the envoy sent by the alien race in the Western Regions, the old man has been beheaded. ”

"What, what!?"

Lu Ren was really stunned this time, so stunned that he forgot to call Lao Cao back......

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At the head of Chang'an, Lao Cao was holding a bag of hot wine, sitting on a wall buttress without dignity, looking at the snow scene of the first snow after winter. The snow is not big, but among the dots of snowflakes, this snow scene has a unique charm.

Zhao Yu, who was dressed in military uniform, also came to Lao Cao's side with a bag of wine, and after a little salute, he asked, "Gong Cao, Xiaoyu has something unclear ......?"

Lao Cao waved his hand: "I want to ask why the old man beheaded the envoy sent by the alien race in the Western Regions, right?" So do you want to ask, or does Lu Yihao want to ask. ”

Zhao Yu has been Lu Ren's diplomat to Lao Cao for many years, and he has not dealt with Lao Cao once or twice, and his personal relationship with Lao Cao is really very good, so he doesn't have to be so restrained with Lao Cao on some informal occasions: "Yes." Lu Yizhou wanted to figure it out, and Xiaoyu also wanted to figure it out. ”

Lao Cao took a sip of hot wine and looked to the west: "In your eyes, is the old man really so treacherous and unbearable?" ”

"This ......" Zhao Yu hesitated a little and didn't want to speak.

Lao Cao smiled at this time: "Don't be obscure! In fact, how do people in the world spit on the old man, how can the old man not know in his heart? And they scolded and scolded, which was nothing more than scolding the old man for something like 'being called Han Xiang, but he is actually a Han thief'. ”

Saying that, Lao Cao raised his head and poured a large sip of wine into his abdomen, and then wiped his mouth with his sleeve casually, his tone was a little hideous, but also with deep disdain: "Han thief? Isn't it just that the old man is blushing when he sees the old man conquering the Quartet in the name of the Son of Heaven? If this is changed to them, why don't they coerce the Son of Heaven to order the waiters? But after so many years, who has the old man ordered? Who has heard the old man's orders? What kind of is that they haven't done it!? ”

Suddenly got up, Lao Cao waved his hand very domineeringly: "It's still the old man said!" If there is no old man in this world, I really don't know how many people are called emperors and how many people are kings! Where will the exploits of the old man Yu Dahan be missing!? ”