"My lord, the general of the chariot and cavalry, they have won a great victory! More than 10,000 were beheaded, and Ma Teng, Han Sui, and Liu Yan's soldiers and horses were all defeated! General Fan Chou personally broke through the county seat of Huaili and killed Ma Yu, Chong Shao, Du Yu and other traitors! ”

Tong Yuan exclaimed, "Amazing! ”

He knew the final result, but he didn't expect to win so quickly, and he calculated that even if he was replaced by Yuan Benchu, it was estimated that it would be difficult to achieve such a big result in one go.

Xu Jian continued to introduce some details of the battle, such as the absolute superiority of the equipment of the Dongjiaxi Liang army in the field battle, and the Hu men and horse bandits under Han Sui were completely vulnerable in front of Li Wei's Huang Zhongyi.

After that, the people of Youfufeng had already hated Ma Teng for their rebellion, and the young men who were coerced by Du Yu launched a rebellion and opened the city gate at night to guide the army. Fan Chou took the lead and led his subordinates to attack and kill Du Yu and others.

Xu Jian, as Xu Rong's son and an important general of the Xiliang Army, naturally has channels to feel the detailed combat situation.

Tong Yuan, Zhang Lu, Zhang Ji, and the generals and officers of the Third Cavalry Brigade studied the details of this operation together. Everyone found that the role of heavy cavalry on the battlefield was increasing.

The 40,000 light cavalry and 40,000 light infantry of Ma Teng and Han Sui's army did not fight Li Dao's combination of 1,000 cavalry, 7,000 heavy cavalry, 15,000 heavy infantry, plus 50,000 cannon fodder people's soldiers.

After this battle, it is estimated that Ma Teng and Han Sui will not dare to get involved in Sanfu within three years. The eldest son and second son of Liu Yan were all arrested and cut down, and I heard that if it wasn't for the early transfer of the youngest son Liu Zhang two years ago, Liu Yan would have died this time.

The dreadnoughts felt the pressure from top to bottom, and everyone hurried to train, and no one wanted to be despised by Li Dao and them too badly.

A few days later, Zhang Lu and Zhang Ji suddenly came to find Tong Yuan together.

Tong Yuan thought it was a matter of the Dreadnought, but Zhang Lu handed him a look at the ground. Tong Yuan understood that there was something going on here of the Four Seas Merchant Gang.

Zhang was not good at scheming, he didn't notice anything unusual, and said directly, "There is news from Hanyang County, although Ma Teng and Han Sui were defeated, the 10,000 elites of the backbone did not have much loss, and now they may have to loot Hanyang County."

Zhang Lu added: "After the victory of the imperial court, instead of pursuing deeply, it connived at its subordinates to plunder everywhere in the name of eliminating thieves. Now Youfufeng, Anding County, Hanyang County, and Longxi County, the hometown of the lord and the princess, are all suffering from military disasters. ”

Tong Yuan bit his lip, which meant that no land west of Chang'an could be spared, and Huangfu Song was also very old, and it was estimated that he could only protect a small number of key cities, and other places would be ......

Zhang Lu added: "Because of this, I think our army can take the opportunity to enter the northwest to protect the layout of the merchant gangs from all over the world and our trade routes. This is also justified. ”

Zhang Ji said: "On the issue of the Four Seas Merchant Gang in Hanyang County, Brother Zai Yi and I have a little different opinion. Brother Zai Yi thinks that our army should send troops to rescue, and I think that the relevant people should be moved to Sanxian or Hedong. ”

Tong Yuan's eyes lit up and said, "This is indeed a tricky matter. Although Ma Teng and Han Sui were defeated, the northwestern counties were still in their hands, and Li Dao and Guo Yan occupied Chang'an, and they would definitely not move. ”

"If we go to the rescue, we will definitely be able to defeat Ma Teng and Han Sui unilaterally. But it is really inappropriate to withdraw the merchant gang branch. De Rong and Zaiyi, I plan to gather some military tuns and the Hu tribes and powerful armed forces friendly with us to intervene in Liangzhou. I'll do it myself, and you'll take care of the matter for the time being. ”

"No." Zhang was slightly surprised, but did not hesitate.

After the two left, Tong Yuan thought a little. In his impression, this is a good opportunity to recapture Liangzhou. In the future, Ma Chao and others gradually grew up, and Han Sui's subordinates also had a lot of soldiers, if they didn't fight, it would be difficult to do anything to them.

He knew that he didn't have a powerful strategist around him after all, and it was best for someone else to take care of this situation. Do you want to reveal to Zhang Ji and Wei Qi that the Four Seas Merchant Gang is a matter of encircling all parties and laying out in advance, and then ask them how to do it?

He still didn't do this, or he thought that entering Liangzhou was certain, thinking that he started by fleeing thousands of miles and bravely entering the enemy camp, this ability was not intended to be lost. This time, we must make a quick decision, and we must do it bravely.

Of course, he is not without a plan to be reckless directly, at least the goal must be clear and the reasons must be sufficient.

He knew that Zhang Lu still had something to say, and after the two left, he thought about the plan a little and went to find Zhang Lu after a few hours.

Tong Yuan said to Zhang Lu, "You were very patient just now, and you didn't find it yourself after leaving, it seems that it is very suitable for me to entrust you with the intelligence work of the Four Seas Merchant Gang." ”

Zhang Lu said: "Thank you, lord." De Jong's ability is definitely not comparable to me, even in the operation of the business gang, I have to learn a lot from him. ”

"It's just that he doesn't know that we are not only building an intelligence system based on the merchant gang, but also an important outpost to contact various places and lay out in advance. So it is advisable to withdraw it. ”

Tong Yuan asked: "This time you suggested sending troops, which coincided with me, I guess you should have more information here, right?" ”

Zhang Lu replied: "That's true. My lord, the situation in Hanyang County is really not good. Just now I received news from the branch, they said that the head of the Hanyang royal family, that is, an important local member introduced by De Jong before, he sent information that the situation was critical. ”

Tong Yuan nodded, and said solemnly, "Our merchant gang is the vanguard of our advance, and now that Hanyang County has it, we should take this as an opportunity to meddle in the affairs of our hometown, and it is indeed not advisable to retreat." ”

Zhang Lu said, "Do you want to send a message to General Xu Rong and ask him to lead the dreadnought army over, plus the Tuntian army, county soldiers and Haoqiang armed forces on the side of the three counties, a total of 20,000 horses can be gathered, and the new defeat of Ma Teng and Han Sui will definitely not be our opponent." ”

Tong Yuan said: "I am also preparing to lay out the layout to recover the three counties of Anding, Hanyang, and Longxi, and then divide the Hu people entrenched in the north, and strive to recover their homeland as soon as possible." ”

In fact, he still has a layer of arrangement that he has not said, that is, by occupying these three counties, he has completed the semi-encirclement of Chang'an. When the time comes, the Hetao will become a large rear, and the world will not be unimaginable.

Zhang Lu said: "Then do you want to send a message to General Xu Rong?" ”

Tong Yuan waved his hand to stop Zhang Lu, and said slowly, "I don't plan to gather all the soldiers and horses this time, I do plan to use the current brigade, plus the Tuntian army and the Qiang tribe. ”

Zhang Lu's eyes were stunned, and he said, "Lord, please think twice." Then Ma Teng and Han Sui don't pay much attention to the rules, and they may take risks to attack.

Tong Yuan said: "This is the best opportunity for our army to enter Liangzhou in the near future, and we must not miss it." The specific operation plan will be carefully discussed with you and De Jong. ”