Chapter 1195: Kansai Battle Situation

Yang Guang led 70,000 troops to attack Hangu Pass, which took more than a month, exhausted all kinds of methods, and finally suffered nearly 10,000 casualties, but still failed to shake Hangu Pass.

However, Yang Jian and Li Cunxiao, the battle on Hangu Pass shocked the world.

In that battle, in the end, after 300 rounds, Li Cunxiao won by a narrow margin.

After the war, everyone in the world was shocked, and no one expected that another peerless fierce general would appear so soon, the top five levels of the military generals list.

After withdrawing from Hangu Pass, although Yang Guang's troops were reduced to 60,000, they were still much larger than the forces under Li Shimin's control.

The total strength of the four battalions of Chang'an was only 20,000, and after Li Shimin subdued the generals of the Liang system, he recovered the scattered troops in Chang'an City, and the total strength only reached 30,000.

Although the strength in Yang Guang's hands is twice that of Li Shimin, Chang'an City, as the capital of the Han Dynasty, is naturally not comparable to ordinary cities, and although there are still large and small commotions in the city now, it is not possible for Yang Guang to attack it in a hurry.

While Li Shimin was guarding Chang'an, he sent envoys to win over the guards from all over the country.

As the news spread that Yang Jian was the murderer of Dong Zhuo, nearly eighty percent of the officials in Guanxi soon stood on Li Shimin's side, and most of the Guanxi was directly passed on by Li Shimin.

There is much help for the righteous, but little help for the unjust.

The Liang and Tang factions all took refuge in Li Shimin, and even many Sui generals also submitted to Li Shimin, but Li Shimin still underestimated Yang Jian's prestige in the Sui faction.

Most of the Sui generals still chose to assist Yang Guang, including: Wu Yunzhao, Shi Wansui, Gao Ying, He Ruomi, Yang Jian and other generals.

Yang Jian is still very popular in the Sui family, and in the hearts of many people, their lord is Yang Jian instead of Dong Zhuo, so even if they know that Yang Jian murdered Dong Zhuo, they still don't have any intention of betraying Yang Jian.

Yang Jian didn't have much thought about Yang Jian's murder of Dong Zhuo, after all, he was disgusted with Dong Zhuo in the first place.

Yang Jian's senses for Yang Jian were not good, and although he reversed a lot later, he did not have a heart for Yang Jian, but during this expedition to Hanguguan, Yang Jian and Yang Guang formed a lot of personal friendship.

Now Yang Guang has just died of his father and is at the lowest point in his life, so even if Yang Jian has the heart to leave, he will not leave Yang Guang at this time.

There are also many Sui generals who fell to Li Shimin, such as Chen Cangshou's general Zuo Tiancheng.

Zuo Tiancheng's defection not only increased Li Shimin's army by 10,000, but also allowed Li Xiaogong in Hanzhong to lead 10,000 troops into Guanzhong, which also reduced Li Shimin's pressure on troops a little.

Yuwen Shuren is old and refined, and he saw that Yang Jian was dead, so he decisively led Yuwen's family to take refuge in Li Shimin.

In this way, Li Shimin had 30,000 troops in Chang'an, Li Ke in Lantian had 10,000 troops, Chen Cangzuo Tiancheng had 10,000, and Li Xiaogong's Hanzhong army had 10,000, and the number of troops under his direct control had reached 60,000.

Yang Guang had 60,000 troops outside Chang'an City, and Wu Yunzhao had 20,000 troops, for a total of 80,000 troops;

From the current point of view, although Li Shimin's troops are smaller than Yang Guang's, due to the occupation of Chang'an's fortified city, morality, and the support of various cities in Guanzhong, if Yang Guang cannot capture Chang'an in a short time, he will definitely be defeated sooner or later.

After Yang Guangqiang attacked Chang'an for several days without success, he also realized that with the troops in his hands alone, it might be difficult to capture Chang'an in a short time, and if he wanted to win the final victory, he had to exert his strength outside Chang'an.

Most of the cities in Guanzhong have sworn allegiance to Li Shimin, and although it is too late for Yang Guang to win over at this time, as long as he promises huge benefits, he can always get some support.

There were indeed many places in Guanzhong that surrendered to Yang Guang again, but this help was almost insignificant to him, so Yang Guang's last savior was only Yang Su, Hou Yi, and Lu Bu in Liangzhou.

After Yang Jian became the lord of Guanxi, he appointed Yang Su as the assassin of Liangzhou, and went to lead the 80,000 army of Liangzhou together with Hou Yi and Lu Bu, and was responsible for borrowing money to Yuanmeng.

After Yang Su arrived in Liangzhou, with the help of the prestige of Hou Yi and Lu Bu, he quickly and smoothly sat on the position of assassin, but Liangzhou was Dong Zhuo's starting place after all.

After the news from Li Shimin's side came, most of Liangzhou threw themselves into Li Shimin's arms, and even Hou Yi and Lu Bu had strange thoughts.

Yang Su knew that if Hou Yi and Lu Bu both took refuge in Li Shimin, then Liangzhou would be completely owned by Li Shimin, and the Sui family would not have any chance of winning.

So Yang Su spread rumors in Liangzhou and Guanzhong, saying that Hou Yi and Lu Bu were also involved in the murder of Dong Zhuo, and even if Li Shimin could tolerate it for the time being, he would settle accounts sooner or later.

Hou Yi and Lu Bu were originally ready to wait and see, but when they saw that the rumors were spreading more and more, they also gave up the idea of taking refuge in Li Shimin, after all, the arrow that Dong Zhuo fell from the horse was shot by Hou Yi, and Lu Bu also released the arrow at that time, so he was also suspicious.

Yang Su easily tied Hou Yi and Lu Bu to Yang Guang's chariot through the simplest rumors, and then personally led the troops out to suppress the rebellion in Liangzhou.

Although Yang Su won many battles, there were too many people who took refuge in Li Shimin, and he couldn't finish the collection in a short time, and he received a letter from Yang Guang asking for help, so he took Hou Yi and Lu Bu to lead 60,000 troops to support Yang Guang.

Yang Su planned to capture Chang'an first, and after occupying Guanzhong, he would turn around and solve Liangzhou.

As everyone knows, as soon as Yang Su led the army on the front foot, Ma Teng and Han Sui raised troops on the back foot.

When Dong Zhuo was there, they didn't dare to take a breath, but now that Dong Zhuo is dead, and the Liang army is not fighting, they naturally can't bear it, and they are ready to raise troops to seize some of the benefits.

Ma Teng and Han Sui have lived in Liangzhou for a long time, and they can't afford to be suppressed by the Liang army, so the strength of the two families is not strong, but they can still make up an army of 20,000 by smashing pots and selling iron, but in order to prevent Yang Su from being stimulated back, their soldiers are pointed at the counties that fell to Li Shimin.

After the two families agreed to send troops together, Ma Teng successively occupied 8 counties of Zhangye County and 13 counties of Wuwei County;

And Han Sui also successively occupied the land of 9 counties of Jiuquan County, the land of 6 counties of Dunhuang County, and the Xihai County set up by Dong Zhuohe, Zhangye and Juyan.

Yang Su saw that Ma Teng and Han Sui were not attacking his own territory, so he didn't pay too much attention to it, after all, the top priority was to solve Li Shimin first.

When Li Shimin learned that Yang Su had led the army to help Yang Guang, he was immediately shocked, and hurriedly asked Li Ru and Du Ruhui.

Although the troops in Li Shimin's hands are not as good as Yang Guang, they are in an absolute advantage in the battle situation in Guanzhong, but once Yang Su's 60,000 troops arrive in Guanzhong, once the gap between the enemy and our forces is too large, I am afraid that the form will be reversed.

After Li Shimin discussed with Li Ru and Du Ruhui for a long time, he finally decided to send Li Ru as an envoy to ask Dong Zhuo's eldest son-in-law, Yelu Abaoji, the overlord of the Qiang tribe, for help.