Huang Xudong went to Luoyang and transferred 50,000 elites, and there were still 30,000 horses in Chang'an. This is according to the previous plan, which is going to be used against Ma Teng's army.

It doesn't matter if you take 50,000 now, Xu Rong sent an order to leave 10,000 people to garrison Chang'an, and the remaining 20,000 to go to Huaili to prepare to attack Wugong. Previously, Huang Xu had repeatedly proposed that he wanted to use troops against Youfufeng to take Sizhou in its entirety, but they were all rejected. It was not until the end of last year, when Gongsun Du went west, that he ordered Huang Xu to take Huaili, Maoling and other cities close to Jingzhaoyin, but he also strictly ordered that he must not step on martial arts, for today.

The Ming army dispatched, no matter how big or small the movement was, Ma Teng did not dare to underestimate it, not to mention the 20,000 iron horsemen, and hurriedly Ma Chao went to Chencang, or answered, or ......

When Ma Chao heard the order, he was already impatient, so he immediately led his troops north, crossed the Baosan Road, and went to Wugong. Yes, this guy is not afraid of heaven and earth, and his attitude towards the Ming army is even worse than Wu Yi, and he feels that it is all blown out, and it is not as powerful as the rumors at all.

"Let Ben reveal your true colors in the future, and at the same time let the people of the world see the bravery of this general and know the name of our Ma Meng!" Ma Chao's abacus played very well and wanted to step on the Ming army.

As everyone knows, since he left Nanzheng, his every move has been transmitted to a certain place in Chang'an from time to time.

"The horse is overmoving!"

Xu Rong breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Governor Huang, without further ado, the herald must set off quickly, and before Ma Chao reacts, he must take Hanzhong and completely separate Ma Teng, Han Sui and the Central Plains." ”

"Yes!"

……

"King, the situation is basically clear!"

Bishui Pass, Zhuge Liang hurried to Liu Bei and said.

"So fast?"

Liu Bei's eyes lit up, and he turned his head and said, "Uncle and nephew, immediately call all the generals to come to discuss the matter." ”

"Yes, my lord."

Liu Bei nodded, looked at Zhuge Liang again, and said, "Let's go, let's go to the lobby first." ”

"Yes!"

The two ministers didn't wait long when they arrived in the lobby, and Guan Yu and others arrived one after another.

"King!"

Everyone bowed together, Liu Bei accepted it calmly, and said: "I called you here because I thought that the enemy situation had been discovered." ”

"Really?"

Guan Yu was overjoyed, and asked for his life: "King, the minister is willing to be the vanguard!" ”

"Don't worry, let's listen to the military advisor first." Liu Bei waved his hand.

Guan Yu had no choice but to retreat.

Zhuge Liang said: "According to the report of the exploration cavalry, there are no less than 50,000 Ming troops in Luoyang, all of whom are elite. Among them, Gongxian and Yanshi had a school and 2,000 people, but a few days ago, the Ming army outside the pass retreated and was divided into two cities, and the defenders were doubled. ”

"In addition, since a few days ago, the gates of these two cities have been closed, and horses have been laid between the moat and the city walls, making it twice more difficult to siege the city."

The voice fell, Ma Liang said: "The Ming army is equipped with the world's armor, and there are the advantages of the city, if you want to attack, the loss will be heavy, and the siege should be the mainstay." The only thing to worry about is the reinforcements of the Ming army. ”

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

Zhuge Liang agreed: "Sun Tzu has a saying, ten will surround it, five will attack it, and divide it twice!" Now the king has heavy soldiers, and he can divide his troops to besiege Gongxian and Yanshi, wait to take these two cities, and then enter Luoyang with the power of great victory. ”

Without waiting for Liu Bei to speak, Guan Yu was displeased and said: "Today, we are here with a large army, and we should have destroyed the traitors, but we have to delay the siege for a long time, not to mention the cost of food and salary, I am afraid that it will make the world laugh and think that we are afraid of the Ming army." ”

After that, he bowed: "The king, the minister is willing to take Gongxian and Yanshi as the forerunner!" ”

Liu Bei didn't have a good time making a decision, so he just lowered his eyebrows and thought about it.

Guan Yu was anxious, and said: "There are only 8,000 people in these two cities, and the ministers only need 20,000, as long as there are 20,000 people, I guarantee to take them!" ”

Writ of Order? No way!

Zhuge Liang and Ma Liang couldn't help but be anxious, and they wanted to persuade each other.

Liu Bei was even more anxious, and said first: "Marching and fighting is not child's play. You are allowed to bring 50,000 people as strikers and try your best to take Gong County. ”

Guan Yu's face turned red, and he didn't know if he was embarrassed, or if it was like this.

Without waiting for him to speak, Liu Bei said again: "Okay." And so it was decided! ”

Guan Yu could only change his words and say, "Yes, the king." ”

Zhuge Liang and Ma Liang breathed a sigh of relief and put their minds at ease: "The king is wise! ”

How could Liu Bei not know what they were thinking, he glanced at the two of them lightly, and said, "Where are Ma Liang and Wen Ping?" ”

"The minister is here!"

"You two will lead 50,000 horses to stay at Bishui Pass, and you must protect our back road. In addition, the 40,000 horses in Jingxian and other cities are also under your control, and they must not fall into the hands of the Ming army. In case of emergency, this king will contact Cao Cheng and ask them to strengthen the offensive in Puyang and other places, so that the Ming army will not have time to take care of you. But—"

"Regardless of whether the road ahead can be achieved or not, the back road must be safe, otherwise military law will be engaged!"

"Yes, King!" Ma Liang and Wen Pingju responded solemnly.

At the same time, Ma Liang assured: "Please rest assured, the king will do his best to defend every place and ensure the safety of the back road." But ......"

"But what?" Liu Bei frowned.

"The Ming army is strong, and it is good at using tactics and changing ways, so the minister hopes to have the right to act cheaply."

Ma Liang's words quieted everyone in the room, without him, this "right to act cheaply" has a huge impact, especially when the army below reaches 90,000, not to mention anything else, once it mutinies, it will be a devastating impact.

Liu Bei pondered for a long time, and did not immediately agree, but asked: "It's not impossible to do this, it's just that this king has to know what you want them to do?" ”

Ma Liang replied without hesitation: "According to the previous news, the Ming army is no worse than the field battle in terms of siege, and even because the opponent has the constraints of the city, it is stronger, so if the city is defended, it will become a good thing for the Ming army." ”

Zhuge Liang suddenly interjected: "That's right, the Ming army's equipment is all over the world, whether it is a single armor blade, or a large siege and defense equipment, it is very powerful." No matter how strong a city is, it can't withstand the long-term destruction of powerful catapults and other siege equipment, and it will eventually be broken. ”

Ma Liang nodded and said, "Therefore, it is not possible to stick to it, you have to make changes." ”

"Change? How to change? Liu Bei's words were doubts in everyone's hearts except Zhuge Liang.

"To change, we must first change according to our own characteristics, then our characteristics are ......"

"Okay, this king has agreed!"

Hearing the end, Liu Bei agreed without hesitation, and said to the generals: "Everyone else is ready to go, if you don't win this battle, you will lose!" ”

"Yes, my lord."

The plan of the wing army was very abundant, but what they didn't know was that at this time, Huang Xu had already led his troops through Tongguan and was about to arrive at Mianchi, in other words, according to their marching speed, there would be three days at most before they could pass through Hangu Pass and arrive in Luoyang. If they can't take Gongxian within four days, they will face more Ming troops.

100,000 Ming troops, against 210,000 wing troops, the outcome is unpredictable!

Moreover, at the same time, Guo Jia and the others were ordered to set off south, and the speed was much faster than that of Heluo, after all, the roads here were perfect. Even if only the main roads have been improved, the secondary roads are still under construction, and the problem is that they only need to take the main roads.

In the same time, Guo Jia and others have doubled the distance. Because they ride in a carriage, they only need to change the carriage every time they go to a place, and they don't have to stop at all, that is, they are basically in a hurry for twelve hours, so that even if it is a carriage, it is quite fast.

Wei County.

"Master Zhang, let's separate here!"

"Well, that's fine." Zhang Hong didn't feel strange when he heard this, even if Guo Jia didn't mention it, he would bring it up. But now it seems that everyone has thought about it.

"Najia will go first, after all, we have a longer journey." Guo Jia didn't have the idea of delaying, and directly said goodbye and took a step forward.

"Well, walk slowly."

Guo Jia and Xin Ping's carriage set off again, and it didn't take long for them to disappear from sight.

The judge retracted his gaze and asked, "Lord Zhang, what should we do now?" ”

"Advanced City."

"Into the city?" The trial was stunned and did not understand its meaning.

Zhang Hongben didn't plan to explain, but after thinking about it for a while, he decided to say it briefly, if he couldn't understand it, it wouldn't be his problem.

"Yes. Originally, according to the plan, there was no business for us at all, at least not until the defeat of the Sun, Liu and Cao coalition forces, which shows that His Majesty trusted Gao Dudu, and Gao Du Du did not ask for help, which proves that he is confident. In this case, if we rush there, we may disrupt their plans. ”

Zhang Hong took the lead in walking towards the city, and at the same time said: "So when he left Zhuoxian, Hong had already sent a letter to the governor of Gaodu, and I think the reply should be almost there now." ”

The trial may be worse than Zhang Hong and others, but when it comes to this, if he still can't understand it, it might as well be killed by a headlong crash.

After entering the city, Zhang Hong and the trial set off again, but this time they were not together, but separated. According to the plan, the trial continued south to Puyang, while Zhang Hong diverted to the east, detoured to Yangping, and went to Xuzhou to meet Gaoran.

Guan Yu didn't know this, and after receiving the order, he raised 50,000 troops and went straight to Gongxian.

When it came to Gong County, Guan Yu did not immediately attack the city, but stepped forward to fight. The Ming army defending the city did not respond, which made it furious, and immediately ordered to storm the city, but was repelled by a dense rain of arrows.

Wu Yi, the accompanying deputy general, saw the strength of the Ming army for the first time, and was shocked in his heart, but he was not afraid, and said to Guan Yu: "General, the Ming army is well-armed, if it can't penetrate the blockage of the arrow rain, not only will it not be able to break the city, but it will increase casualties." However, today, according to the observation of the last general, the Ming army used more than 10,000 arrows at a time, if it came a few more times, dozens of times, would the Ming army still have so many? ”

Guan Yu understood in seconds, but then frowned, and said: "But just now, Ben Jiang saw that their bows and arrows not only have a long range, but also far exceed us, they can easily penetrate our armor, even heavy shields can barely penetrate, the key thing is that we only have less than two hundred heavy shields." ”

"That's enough!"

Wu Yi said categorically: "But just the heavy shield will definitely not work, we still need ......"