Han Sui spread out the map, pointed to Xiao Pass in Anding County, and shook his head helplessly: "When the Northern Xinjiang Army attacked Li Dao and Guo Yan, it sent a cavalry from Hetao to the south to Beidi and settle down, and took the opportunity to seize Xiao Pass, occupied all the counties south of Liupan Mountain, and firmly controlled the northern pass of Guanzhong. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Li Yi 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 cavalry to plug 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 each other, but to conditionally agree to Hebei's request and leave Yue Fei in Hedong. ”

Han Yi asked puzzledly, "Conditional?" What conditions? ”

Han Sui smiled but did not answer.

Ma Chao hurried to the big tent. After reading Yue Fei's letter, he hesitated for a moment and asked, "Should my uncle let me take down Zheng County and force Yuan Shao to send someone to negotiate peace as soon as possible?" ”

Han Sui shook his head and said: "Hedong is going to send troops, Yuan Tan is the first to know, 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, "It's enough to bring 3,000 cavalry." ”

"What do you say to Yue Fei?" Han Sui asked.

Ma Chao replied: "Chang'an can be given to Hebei, but Hebei must send cavalry to defend the western frontier." ”

"Okay." Han Sui slapped the case hard and praised loudly, "Meng Qi, that's a good point." If the cavalry of the Han Dynasty does not defend the western frontier, is it still called the cavalry of the Han Dynasty? ”

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In Luoyang, Yuan Shao's body gradually improved. 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 Lou Gui sweating profusely, and his expression was panicked, and Yuan Shao's face changed suddenly.

What Lou Gui brought was really not good news: Hanoi fell, and the armies of Liu Bei and Gao Gan were defeated first in Pinggao and then in Wencheng, and now they can no longer gain a foothold in Hanoi, so they can only stick to the city of Heyang. Liu Bei sent a letter to either send reinforcements immediately, or abandon Hanoi and retreat with a large army to the line of Mengjin and Xiaopingjin on the south bank of the Yellow River.

Yuan Shao was incredulous, he glared at Lou Gui, and asked sharply: "Liu Bei, Gao Gan, Gao Rou and Zhang Nan have nearly 60,000 troops in their hands, so many men and horses are holding Pinggao City, how can they be lost?" Are they all sleeping? ”

Lou Gui wiped his sweat breathlessly and handed the paperwork in his hand to Yuan Shao.

"I don't look." Yuan Shao was angry and smashed the bamboo slip to the ground, "I don't look at it." How could they lose Hanoi? Don't they know that the other side of the Yellow River is Luoyang? ”

"My lord, the loss of Pinggao City is very unexpected." Lou Gui gasped and said, "After the three armies of the Northern Frontier Army, Zhang Fei, Tai Shici and Sima Yi, reinforced Hebei, the strength of the Northern Frontier Army was only comparable to ours, and there was no superior strength to capture the city. In order to take Hanoi before the heavy snowfall, the Northern Frontier Army immediately launched various siege methods, but with little success. ”

At this time, Sima Yi of the Northern Xinjiang Army commanded the army to start digging tunnels, and Liu Bei intercepted them several times, but Sima Yi was not discouraged and continued to order the Northern Xinjiang soldiers to dig more than a dozen tunnels in the same direction to lead to the city wall. Liu Bei saw that the soldiers in the northern Xinjiang only dug the tunnel under the city wall, and did not continue to dig into the city, so he didn't think too much about it, until the city wall suddenly collapsed, he suddenly realized that he had been tricked. ”

It turned out that in order to prevent the tunnel from collapsing, the people of the Northern Xinjiang Army who dug the tunnel needed to be supported with wooden planks and wooden pillars. After more than a dozen tunnels were dug under the city wall, Sima Yi immediately ordered arson to burn the wooden pillars that supported the tunnels. The walls were too heavy, and the walls were hollowed out again, and of course the walls collapsed with a bang. The Northern Xinjiang Army roared in, slashing and slashing indiscriminately. Liu Bei, Gao Gan and others were caught off guard and couldn't resist, so they had to order a quick withdrawal from Wenxian and Heyang.

Wenxian County and Pinggao City are located on the east and west banks of the Jishui River respectively, and the two cities are about 100 miles apart. By the time Liu Bei withdrew to the vicinity of Wen County, the cavalry of Northern Xinjiang had already surrounded Wen County first, and Sima Yi even pretended to be Gao Rou's army to deceive the city gate and led the army to kill in all directions in the city.

There was a blockade in front of the enemy, and there were chasing soldiers in the rear, Liu Bei, Gao Gan and others had to desperately break through the siege and retreat to Heyang City on the north bank of the Yellow River. It was the only city they could control in Hanoi.

Zhang Fei commanded the army to attack Heyang and attacked. Tai Shi Ci led part of the army to the Yellow River, and the forward army pointed directly at the Xiaopingjin Pass on the opposite bank.

After listening to Lou Gui's account, Yuan Shao couldn't help but be shocked and angry, and looked up to the sky and sighed: "Xiansi is fighting against Han Sui in Guanzhong. In order to prevent the Northern Xinjiang Army from taking the opportunity to cross the river and enter Guanzhong, Zhong Jian was leading a large army to threaten Hedong in the area of Fenglingdu and Hongnong. And the troops on the battlefield in Henan are now all dragged down by the Northern Xinjiang Army, how can I have reinforcements to support Hanoi? ”

Lou Gui was speechless in frustration. Who would have thought that 60,000 people would only support half of Hanoi for a month.

Hanoi was lost, the north of Luoyang was threatened, and the situation was suddenly unfavorable for Yuan Shao.

"Feiqi urgently told Yuan Tu and immediately negotiated peace with Han Sui." Yuan Shao thought about it for a long time, so he could only make this decision.

"Now that we are making peace with Han Sui, that shameless villain will blackmail us." Lou Gui said excitedly, "If Han Sui wants us to give Tongguan to him, do we also have to agree to him?" ”

"Tell Xiansi to retreat to the front line of Huayin and Tongguan. Tongguan can't let it, and Wuguan can't let it either. Yuan Shao said resolutely, "If Han Sui is insatiable, he will soon die in Guanzhong." Do you think Li Yi will let him go? If he wants to live well, he must know how to advance and retreat. Otherwise, the cavalry of Northern Xinjiang will immediately appear at the foot of Liupan Mountain and threaten Chang'an. ”

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Hedong, Kasakatsu.

Ma Chao led the Xiliang cavalry along the north bank of the Weishui River and killed the bank of the Yellow River. The Yuan army stationed in Linjin City was worried that it would be attacked by the Western Liang Army and the Northern Xinjiang Army, so without waiting for Yuan Tan's order, they immediately crossed the Weishui River and withdrew to Huayin City.

At this time, Yuan Tan happened to receive a letter from Yuan Shao, knowing that Hanoi was lost and Luoyang was no longer able to support Guanzhong, so he also hurriedly withdrew to Huayin City with his army.

At this point, the entire territory of Guanzhong was easily occupied by Han Sui.

Ma Chao took a small team of personal guards and crossed the river to Pubanjin to meet Yue Fei, the general of Zhengxi.

"The three counties of Guanzhong have been recovered by General Fuqiang and Liangzhou Muhan." After Ma Chao saw Yue Fei, he said calmly, "In order to thank the general, Han Envoy Jun specially asked me to bring a heavy gift to thank him." ”

Yue Fei was quite surprised: Han Sui occupied the entire territory of Guanzhong so quickly?

For Luoyang, Guanzhong is a matter of life and death, how could Yuan Shao easily give up Guanzhong and give the three counties of Guanzhong to Han Sui? Could it be that Yuan Shao suffered heavy losses after the Central Plains War and has lost the power to dominate the world?

Yue Fei said "thank you", calmly accepted Han Sui's heavy gift, and then perfunctory Ma Chao said a few words, saying that the ministers of the same hall, in order to kill the rebels and pacify the world, of course they should work together.

Then he changed his words and said directly: "With the current strength of the Liang Army in the west, it is obviously difficult to stop Yuan Shao's counterattack. Now there is a worry about the invasion of the Qiang people in the border area of Xiliang, and the army stationed in Guanzhong is in danger of shortage of grain and grass. According to the will of the Son of Heaven, I should immediately lead the army to cross the river and rush to Guanzhong to help Han Envoy Jun hold on to the three counties of Jingzhao and prepare for the attack on Luoyang next year. ”

Ma Chao groaned a little and said, "General Yue is now leading the army into Guanzhong, and there are many inconveniences. ”

Then he said a lot of reasons, and the final meaning was only one, you Yue Fei entered Guanzhong at this moment, and you were suspected of taking the credit of the Xiliang army, which would anger the Xiliang soldiers and make the situation in Guanzhong more tense, which was not conducive to stabilizing Guanzhong.

"Without the victory of the Great General in the Great War of the Central Plains, and without me firmly containing Yuan Tan in Hedong, you could have captured Chang'an so easily?" Yue Fei looked disdainful and asked in a cold voice, "Does Han Yuanjun want to dominate Guanzhong?" Does he want to betray the Son of Heaven and the court again? ”

In the face of Yue Fei's aggressiveness, Ma Chao said with some annoyance: "The Qiang people are encroaching on the land of my Han in Hexi, why didn't the general fight the invading Qiang people and recover the territory seized by the Qiang people, but instead led the army to attack and kill the Central Plains?" When Han Envoy Jun and we were fighting bloodily in the western frontier to defend the land of the Han Dynasty, what was the general doing? General, what are you doing? ”

"Today, there is a son of heaven in Jicheng, and there is also a son of heaven in Xuchang. Which Son of Heaven should Han Envoy Jun and Xiliang soldiers respect? What is the purpose of the great general and Yuan Shao's war in the Central Plains? Which of you is the rebel of the Great Han? Guanzhong is the foundation of the Han Dynasty, what is wrong with Han envoys and Xiliang soldiers defending this sacred land like defending Western Xinjiang? ”

Ma Chao's sword eyebrows tightened, he waved his hands angrily, and shouted loudly: "You all say that you are loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty, and Han Envoy Jun and tens of thousands of warriors who defend the land of Western Xinjiang have become Han rebels in your eyes, what is the reason of heaven?" Is it a heinous crime to defend the territory of the Han Dynasty with one's own blood and life? Could it be that the bloody killing in the Central Plains and the wanton destruction of the community are world-class meritorious deeds? ”

"Where is the reason?!"

There was silence in the tent. Huang Zhong, Yang Feng, Han Xian and other generals in northern Xinjiang were thoughtful.

"Well said, well said." Yue Fei squinted his eyes, a hint of appreciation appeared on his face, and then he slapped his palm on the table, and stood up, "That's a good point." The men of Xiliang are fearless and imposing. ”

He walked up to Ma Chao in three or two steps, stared at Ma Chao's angry eyes, and asked with a smile, "What does Han Sui want to say to me?" ”

"Whoever is willing to send troops to defend the western frontier, and who is willing to send troops to defeat the Xiqiang people and recapture the five counties of Hexi, who is a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty." Ma Chao glared at Yue Fei and said word by word, "General Fuqiang and tens of thousands of warriors in Xiliang will swear to follow such loyal ministers to the death, and will honor the Son of Heaven and defend Sheji with such loyal ministers." (To be continued.) )