Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Only Way to Fight to the Death

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The ice and snow melted, and the war that sealed the dust was rekindled.

The Jizhou army attacked north again under the command of the famous general Guan Yunchang, and the Youzhou army that entered the territory of Jizhou in the early spring attacked and dispersed, and then the troops moved north and captured Zhuo County.

Gongsun Du of Liaodong in the northeast failed to survive this winter, and mourned in the spring, and the edict of Ma Yue, the king of Liang, passed on a full 7,000 li, promising a large area of land east of Liaodong to Goguryeo to his son Gongsun Kang, turning Dongzhou, and Gongsun Kang succeeded him as Dongzhou Mu; In recognition of his father's contribution to the expansion of the territory of Daliang, he was allowed to be buried with the gifts of princes.

In order to report Ma Yue's attention to his father's funeral, after the funeral, Gongsun Kang immediately pointed north, 30,000 Dongzhou soldiers, and broke into the Youzhou boundary from the rear and Guan Yunchang's Jizhou soldiers divided into two roads, and took Yuyang directly.

Liu He gradually sensed that the general situation had turned, and decided to make a surprise attack on the land of Karasuma, hoping to escape from the encirclement of the Liang army.

However, the Karasuma people in the north fled in large numbers to You, Hebei and other places in the Han Dynasty...... The general of the expedition to the north, LΓΌ Bu, was invincible on the grassland, and in the fifteenth year of Jian'an, he demolished the royal court of the Xianbei Left Xian King, set fire to the Xianbei King's Danhan Mountain, and finally led his troops to Youzhou after recuperating for the whole winter, blocking Liu He's last chance to go north to the Karasuma territory.

At this point, Liu He had no choice, he was unwilling to bow down to Ma Yue, and finally a fire burned down the governor's mansion, and he himself was buried in the fire.

With the death of Liu He, the contradiction between the Xian Yu brothers and Yan Rou became more and more serious, and finally Yan Rou gave up the power of the soldiers and horses and fled to the barren mountains and mountains, while Xian Yuyin charged south and died under Yan Xing's spear.

At this point, the soldiers and horses of Jizhou were fully stationed in Yuyang County, and a large number of soldiers and horses swept away those rebels, and finally all the rebels in Youzhou either died or fled or surrendered.

Youzhou, which has been in a state of autonomy for more than ten years since the era of Gongsun Zhan, has changed its flag from now on, and it has returned to the control of the Central Dynasty again, but it is just ...... This central country is Longdu, and this country is no longer a big Han, but a big Liang.

As soon as the war in Jizhou ended, Guan Yu and Guan Ping and his son took the lead in supervising the army to the south, and the heavy responsibility of the two states of Youji was placed on the shoulders of Yan Xing, just waiting for King Liang to issue an edict to elect a new state pastor.

Wanning, who was stationed in Hanoi, was faster, taking advantage of the situation to seize Yuyuan Pass, occupying the gate of the imperial court to the east and threatening Guanzhong.

On the other hand, Ganning, the East China Sea village of Liangguo, also went to sea in the early spring when the ice and snow melted, and their goal was Wujun in Jiangdong and attacked the Jiangdong base camp...... Liangguo's early investment in Xuzhou has been enough, and most of the Jiangdong people have been dragged to Xuzhou, and now there are only a few veterans and young sons left in Jiangdong, and the next battlefield will no longer be carried out on the land of Liangguo.

Dong Zhuo, who garrisoned the White Emperor, also received an edict from Longdu, and immediately reorganized the army for war, and the Liangzhou veteran and the Yizhou army were reorganized together, and more closely sprinkled scouts and envoys were placed in the cities of various local transportation arteries to transmit news.

The day of the raid is approaching.

This winter is enough for Ma Yue to arrange many things to go out, the first thing is the personnel change, Yizhou Mu Liu Zhang was removed after being completely elevated, Ma Yue arranged for him to return to his fiefdom in Qingzhou to be a rich man with peace of mind, and from then on he was able to say goodbye to the battlefield full of gunpowder...... Of course, at the same time, he needs to say goodbye to his Chengdu Mansion.

The old change of power means that a new figure is rising, and it is Ma Chao who takes over as Yizhou Mu. There is only one reason for this, in the upcoming final battle, Dong Zhuohui needs a reliable state pastor in the rear to support him, and Liangzhou Longdu also needs trustworthy people to take charge of the adjacent regions, Ma Chao is the best choice.

The power of a great victory, the prestige skyrocketed. Ma Yue is not worried about the eldest nephew's ability to govern, because the governance class of Liangguo is not in the state pastor, but in Taishou, and for Taishou, Liangguo already has a complete set of governing policies, and all Taishou only need to abide by and implement.

It doesn't matter if you don't implement it, the state pastor also has the authority to assassinate the history of the past, so it's okay to remove it if you don't do it well.

However, not everything has shifted in favor of the cold country.

Tongguan was captured by the imperial court in this early spring, and Ma Zong's military talent was still weakened after all, even if he had a tough Liangguo army in hand, he still couldn't reverse the decline.

Yu Ban only used 1,500 people, after the year when the ferry ice disappeared, take a ferry north to Hedong County, step on the ice and snow has not yet melted Linjin ferry into Sanfu Zuo Feng Ling, rely on the frozen Wei River to avoid the scouts of the Liangguo army hunting in winter, all the way to the bottom of Tongguan.

Dogs can freeze to death in the winter of Liangzhou, and these old Liangzhou brought by Ma Zong do not want to live in the cold Guancheng, and only a fixed sergeant goes to the city on duty every day to explore the enemy's situation...... Going from side to side is always faster than the enemy can climb up.

But with this short time difference, Ma Zong lost the battle.

The 1,500 brave men led by Yu Ban froze to death in the ice and snow, and the cold and hunger have always plagued them.

Let them go to war, and it is only impossible to engage with the army of the Liang Kingdom who has been sticking to their bodies for a winter, but if they want to set a fire, they can still do it.

On a dry night, fifty imperial sergeants who were still able to walk sneaked into the camp of the Liangguo army in the dark, scattered and went straight to the granary, the marshal's tent, the stables and other places, and set fire to the hay and the military tent...... In an instant, the flames soared!

The sergeants hurriedly saved this and forgot that, and the fires in several directions of the camp were far faster than they could extinguish them, and the dry air and the east wind tonight were about to break out, and the raging fire burned directly under the city of Tongguan.

The soldiers outside the city desperately fetched water to extinguish the fire, and the soldiers inside the city ran out selflessly, they were going to protect the general!

But they forgot that Tongguan is not the only one in Liangguo.

The leaders outside the customs are the generals Le Jin and the Xiahou brothers under the command of Prime Minister Cao Cheng.

When the spark lit up in the west of Tongguan, the sound of chaos in the pass reached Guanzuo, and when Yu Ban dragged a pair of legs that had already been frozen and swollen to the city, and opened the noose of the gate with relief, Le Jin smiled.

"Tongguan, change hands tonight!" Le Jin buckled his helmet, he had been ridiculed by countless people for his low height and dark complexion, but tonight he straddled the horse, and no one dared to laugh at him with a pair of chopping knives, raised his knife, and shouted: "The Han army listens to the order, kill me!" ”

Fish in!

Ma Zong's military tent was surrounded by fire, and he only had a long-bladed sword in his hand when he rushed out of the fire shirtless, shouting for the sergeant to put out the fire, and suddenly, he heard the sound of horses' hooves.

Raising his eyes to the east, the city was already full of people at some point, and his Liangguo soldiers were still rescuing the camp that was about to be burned down in the chaos.

"General, the enemy has entered Tongguan!"

The galloping sentry knelt at his feet, was kicked over by the enraged Ma Zong, and shouted with a great sword for cutting horses: "Come on, kill the enemy!" ”

Before Ma Zong's footsteps could take a step, he was tightly grasped by an arm, "General, you can't go!" ”

It's Pei Juan.

"The enemy army is coming, our frightened division is no longer able to stop, the general will quickly come and withdraw the army!" Pei Juan analyzed the current battle situation very clearly, he knew very well that the soldiers of Liangguo around him no longer had much fighting will, and attacking the city was just to increase losses, "It's better to withdraw to Sanfu, and then plan for the future!" ”

"Huh?"

Ma Zong looked at Pei Juan for a moment, but the sword in his hand became tighter and tighter, and then he turned his head and pushed the order beside him with his big hand, and said loudly: "Sergeant of the herald, counterattack Tongguan!" ”

When the herald ran and shouted, he tore off the hem of a piece of cloth and wrapped it around his right hand holding the sword and said to Pei Juan: "This place was guarded by Ma's brother, but he lost the pass without making military achievements?" ”

Ma Zong took a deep breath, licked his lips that were dry due to nervousness, twisted his neck and said, "Ma can't afford to lose this person!" ”

"If you are willing to help so-and-so, gather soldiers here to counterattack the city, if you don't want to stay here, run back by yourself!"

With that, he ran away with his sword.

How many soldiers did Liang Guo deploy under Tongguan City, there were 50,000 people, even if a fire burned the hearts of the people, but if this force could be accumulated together, it would also be a terrible existence!

Even if Ma Zong doesn't know how many enemies there are...... He wasn't going to know.

The gate to the west of Tongguan was slowly closing, several Han soldiers were pushing hard at the gate, seeing that the city gate was about to close a line, suddenly a long sword pierced through the city gate, and a full four-foot sword blade penetrated out and nailed a Han soldier who pushed the door.

"Bang!"

The huge impact made several soldiers at the gate almost unstable, and through the gap in the gate, they saw a hideous, tall, sturdy shirtless man.

Ma Zong leaned against a city gate with one hand, his muscles rose up, and the soldiers of Liangguo who followed behind him also slammed into the door, just trying to push the gate open.

"Give it to me...... Open! ”

With a loud shout, the power emitted from his body was actually a little greater, and with the strength of several Liang State soldiers, he directly knocked open the gate that Tongguan was about to be closed.

Swinging his sword forward, Ma Zong shouted loudly: "Liangguo Jian'er, rush and kill the enemy!" ”

As the saying goes, it's not that enemies don't get together.

Just as Ma Zong rushed into Tongguan with hundreds of Liangguo soldiers who were the first to assemble, just at the other end of the long street in the pass, Le Jin and Xiahou brothers also entered the pass with a large army of Han troops.

They are all old acquaintances, it can be said that when they were not famous all over the world, they already knew each other's names, and even Ma Zong and the Xiahou brothers had met.

Ma Zong and Xiahoudun once met in Huaili Prison to pick a time to discuss again, but they didn't want to, this delay was that it would be difficult to see each other again in this life.

But today, they met again.

It's a pity that this is not a fight!

"General Ma, you are only one person, why don't you retreat?" Xiahou laughed loudly and rolled over from his mount, holding the long knife in his hand and slowly moving forward, "I'm afraid it will be difficult for your soldiers and horses to gather after the fire, right?" ”

Ma Zong didn't speak, tightened the cloth belt on his hand, and greeted him.

"That is, the battle is already fought, only the battle is to the death!"