The first battle of the Yizhou army ended in defeat.

Defeat, a little better, rather vague.

To put it mildly, or to be honest, the Yizhou army returned with a big defeat in the first battle.

Yes, the nominal deputy general of the army, the actual chief general of the army Zhang Ren, was captured by the Xiliang veteran Huang Zhong in front of the battle, which made the Yizhou generals frightened and inexplicable, and before they had time to come to the rescue, Huang Zhong took Zhang Ren and his mounts and weapons away, and quickly returned to the formation.

Subsequently, no one in Yizhou dared to challenge, and the victorious Xiliang Army took advantage of the situation to attack, and 50,000 iron cavalry swept in.

If it weren't for the Yizhou army formation under the wall of Yangping Pass, the more than 10,000 defenders on the head of the city saw that the situation was not good, and immediately released arrows to cover, but I was afraid that the Yizhou army would be annihilated in front of the pass by the Xiliang army in one fell swoop.

Even so, just a charge by Xiliang Tiecai and the cover of the Hui army when dodging the chaotic arrows forcibly dispersed the 20,000 horses of the Yizhou army, and defeated thousands of Han generals under Zhang Lu.

According to post-war statistics, after this battle, the Xiliang army killed more than 11,000 enemies, collected more than 10,000 people, and broke more than 24,800 enemies in total.

At this point, the soldiers and horses of the Yangping Pass defenders plummeted by three percent, and the original 70,000 people, but now the full battle is less than 50,000 defenders, and the strength is greatly damaged.

After losing the first battle, the defenders of Yangping Pass no longer dared to go out of the city to face the battle, and they closed the retreat and held on to each other against the Xiliang army, clearly wanting to slowly consume the grain and grass of the Xiliang army. When the Xiliang army is short of food and grass, but it is unable to overcome the pass, it will naturally know the difficulties and retreat, so that the Yizhou army and Hanzhong Zhang Lu can win without a fight and resolve the immediate crisis.

Three days later. On the night of the thunderstorm, the Xiliang army suddenly attacked Yangping Pass at night and stormed the city.

This night attack. There was no warning in advance, and the scouts and fine work did not get any news, and they encountered the night of thunder and lightning, and the defenders of the pass did not expect that the Xiliang army would attack the city at night.

Fortunately, the defenders of Guannei did not dare to slack off under the watchful eye of the Xiliang army, and were well guarded, although they were caught off guard by the Xiliang army, they also fought back at the first time. Fight bravely.

The night attack lasted only half an hour, and then the Xiliang army withdrew and left.

In this way, although the Xiliang army attacked fiercely. But it did not shake Yangping Pass, and the pass was still firmly in the hands of Zhao Wei.

This night attack was nothing more than a false alarm at best, and the Xiliang army came with great momentum, and when they saw that the night attack was not successful, they withdrew their troops and left. Instead, more than a thousand corpses were left on the towers and under the walls. Among them, the Xiliang army and the defenders of Guannai accounted for half each. Thus. The Xiliang army did attack fiercely, and the defenders were caught off guard, so that the casualties were the same as the Xiliang army besieging the city, and no one took advantage of it.

It is worth mentioning that during the night attack, more than 1,000 Xiliang soldiers climbed the city tower and fought fiercely with the defenders, which lasted for half an hour, and finally more than 300 Xiliang soldiers retreated.

When the Xiliang Army withdrew, the wind and rain stopped. The thunderbolt tossed twice at the end, and then disappeared. A qiē calm waves, back to silence.

Since this night attack, Yangping Pass has completely calmed down. For more than ten days, the Xiliang army never came to attack the city, and the two armies faced each other from afar.

Even so, the soldiers defending the city did not dare to relax for a moment, and tensed their minds all day long, staring at the city deadly, lest the Xiliang army raid again.

The days flowed slowly in an eerie calm, but the defenders in the Guannai were so tormented that many Yizhou soldiers were nervous all day long, startled, and often woke up from their sleep, unable to eat, unable to sleep, and always looking forward to the early end of this war.

Indeed, for the relatively peaceful Yizhou soldiers, they have long been accustomed to the comfortable days of being soldiers and receiving salaries. Most of them joined the army not to fight, let alone to defend their territory, but to receive money to support their families, nothing more. Yizhou has been enjoying peace for a long time, even if Liu Yan quelled the rebellion when he entered Shu, and even the Yellow Turban Rebellion, it was just a local war or an internal struggle with uneven interests, and it did not affect the entire territory of Yizhou.

Therefore, it is not without reason that Yizhou is called the "land of abundance" by the world. The so-called land of abundance is not only rich in products and vast territory, but also includes: the people in the territory live and work in peace and contentment, have good public order, have no natural disasters and military disasters, stay away from wars, and so on. This is people's ideal country, a place of refuge in troubled times, and it is desirable.

However, there are pros and cons in everything, and the harvest of mulberry elm is lost.

Yizhou has enjoyed peace for a long time, so that the soldiers in the state have long been accustomed to a comfortable life, lack of fighting spirit, and have the momentum of "putting swords and guns into the warehouse, and horses in Nanshan". Because of this, the barbarians in southern Xinjiang of Yizhou will repeatedly raid and harass the borders, but the successive Yizhou assassins and state pastors have headaches and head and foot pains and foot pains, and they can get by and let them go. After Liu Yan took charge of Yizhou, he carried out "torture and harsh government", but it was only to strengthen the "dictatorship" rule, and he died without a problem after his position was secured, and he did not reorganize the armament, reorganize the army, and vigorously fight the army. Liu Yan is still like this, not to mention Liu Zhang, his talent is not a little worse than his son Liu Yan, the gap is far away, and it cannot be compared.

Therefore, although Yizhou is rich, with sufficient money and food, and complete armaments, the combat strength of Yizhou's soldiers is really flattering. Not to mention that compared with the Xiliang Army, even compared with the Hanzhong Army under Zhang Lu, the gap is obvious, and it is quite inferior. And this is the direct reason why Zhang Lu in Hanzhong dared to call Liu Zhang with the soldiers of a county alone.

However, the Yizhou generals and a group of civilian officials did not think that the army's combat effectiveness was weak, they felt good about themselves, and despised the world, believing that as long as the army was dispatched, it would be a group of thieves and invincible. Not only the subordinates of Yizhou have this idea, but even Zhao Wei, who boasts of his wisdom and scheming, has always seen it this way, after all, the Yizhou army is well-armoured, the weapons are sharp, and the soldiers are all strong and strong, how can they not win.

Just talking about not practicing fake tricks, Zhao Wei may not have heard this sentence, but he also understands this truth. This time, he proudly led the troops to come, thinking that he could deter the Xiliang army with the mighty Yizhou army, and it was best to directly force the Xiliang army to retreat.

However, do not fight do not know. A dozen frightened. After really confronting the Xiliang Army, Zhao Wei realized that he was taking it for granted and underestimated the Xiliang Army that was powerful in the world. The result must have been a painful and profound lesson that he will remember for the rest of his life. The Xiliang Iron Cavalry is really too strong, just a charge, it will sweep away 20,000 Yizhou troops, and destroy thousands of Hanzhong soldiers and horses. In the face of the fierce Xiliang cavalry, the Yizhou soldiers had no power to resist at all; No matter how good the armor is, it can't keep the neck, and no matter how sharp the weapon is, it can't cut the enemy. No matter how burly and powerful the soldiers are, they can't stop the sprinting horses after all, so what can they do?

After the defeat in the first battle, Zhao Wei and a group of Yizhou generals were in shock. The previous arrogant posture quickly disappeared, and he completely put down the shelf and straightened his posture. At this point, they no longer wanted to defeat the Xiliang army in one fell swoop. Instead, he was thinking about how to ensure that Yangping Pass was not lost. Furthermore. They also have one of the most urgent but inconvenient thoughts, that is, to leave Hanzhong and return to Yizhou, away from the Xiliang army, otherwise their own safety will be threatened at all times, and it will be difficult to sleep and eat!

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South Zhengcheng, there is a large-scale mansion at the mouth of the alley separated from the county guard's mansion, the door of the mansion is one foot shorter than the county guard's mansion, seven inches narrower, and the door plaque reads: "Yang Mansion".

Outside the side hall door. Yang Song hurried over and strode across the threshold. Before entering the house, he hurriedly said: "Second brother, second brother, brother has come back to see you!" ”

Three days ago, the housekeeper Yang An went to Yangping Guan to report, claiming that his second brother Yang Ang had escaped from the hands of the Xiliang Army, and brought Yang Ang's handwritten letter. Yang Song was convinced of this, and immediately asked Zhang Lu for leave, under the pretext that there was an urgent matter in the house that needed to be dealt with, and hurried back.

"Ugh! Who are you, why are you in Yang's mansion, and where is my second brother Yang Ang? Walking into the hall quickly, Yang Song was dumbfounded, and immediately asked sharply.

But I saw a brocade-robed scribe sitting in the hall, and behind him stood two sturdy and powerful gray-clothed men, who were obviously the scribe's entourage.

Seeing Yang Song enter the door, until he shouted angrily and scolded, the brocade-robed scribe was as steady as a rock, with a faint smile on his face, and slowly and carefully sipped his tea. is really not surprised, calm and relaxed, and can't help but make people look at him.

"Brother Gong's (Yang Song) don't come to harm? After a long time, has Brother Feiren forgotten the deceased? ”

"Oh?" Yang Song was shocked, his brows immediately jumped, he instantly restrained his anger, squeezed out a smile, stepped forward slowly, and said suspiciously: "Brother Tai is indeed a little kind, and he seems to be familiar, but he can't remember Brother Tai's name for a while, and please give me advice." ”

"Hehehe! Brother Gong is polite, you and I haven't seen each other for six or seven years, no wonder Brother Ren doesn't remember his name. Don't dare to have Brother Lao Ren ask, in the east of the river Pei Qian, the word line, is now the general's account under the law Cao engaged, a few years ago traveled here, once with Brother Ren to drink and talk, there is a lot of disturbance. ”

"Ahh Hedong Pei Qian? Yang Song responded in astonishment, and then connected the young man seven years ago with the brocade-robed scribe in front of him, and laughed: "It turns out that the virtuous brother of Wenxing! The foolish brother was clumsy and didn't know that the virtuous brother was visiting, and where it was rude, he hoped that the virtuous brother would have a lot of Haihan. The virtuous brother waited for a while, and the foolish brother ordered him to go down and set up a banquet for the virtuous brother to catch the wind and wash the dust! ”

After speaking, Yang Song turned his head and whispered to the housekeeper Yang An, and Yang An took the door with him when he went out.

After the guest and host sat down, Yang Song seemed to suddenly remember something, his expression changed suddenly, and he exclaimed: "Brother Xian just said, 'I am now engaged in the general's account', but now that the general is confronting my lord, why did Brother Xian come to Brother Fool's Mansion with the name of Brother Yang Ang?" ”

"Brother Gong, don't worry, General Yang Ang is now the general of Pinghan under the command of the general, and the Marquis of Baidu Ting, as soon as he is fine, Brother Ren doesn't have to worry about it." Pei Qian said with a smile.

"Ahh My second brother has joined the general, and he will be crowned a marquis? Yang Song said in disbelief.

"Exactly." Pei Qian smiled and nodded, and immediately waved his hand to signal the entourage behind him to bring the two extremely delicate large wooden boxes placed in the corner of the lobby and put them in front of Yang Song.

This is a small gift specially prepared by the general for his brother-in-law, looking forward to the brother Ren and his brother General Yang Ang joining hands again and fighting side by side. Please also smile at the brothers. ”

Yang Song stared closely at the dazzling gold and silver in the box, his eyes were shining with green and faint light, and he smiled and said: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, it's easy to say, it's easy to say." Hahaha??????"

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