On the first day of June, when Chen Mo learned that Zhang Ji had killed Fan Chou and annexed his headquarters, he quickly convened the generals to discuss the matter, and at the same time, the new troops from Taiyuan to Hedong were also quickly transferred to Puban to start crossing the river.

"Now the situation in Guanzhong is chaotic, but the most important thing is still in the land of Jingzhao, the previous battle between Li Guo and the two has shaken the vitality of Jingzhao, this time our army must take Jingzhao as quickly as possible to avoid aggravated casualties!" Chen Mo sat on the main seat and looked at the generals under his command who had been summoned.

"Please give the lord an order, the last general is willing to be the vanguard and take Chang'an directly!" Tai Shici immediately got up and said.

Chen Mo nodded, the position of the vanguard, he is indeed reserved for Tai Shi Ci, and at the moment, among the generals around him, Tai Shi Ci's ability is the most outstanding.

"Don't worry, let's hear how to fight first." Chen Mo looked at Xu Shu and said, "Yuan Zhi, explain the current situation in Jingzhao for the generals." ”

"Whoa!" Xu Shu nodded, asked the two of them to hang up the map, and looked at everyone: "If today's son is robbed by Guo Yan, in Yi County, at the same time occupy Wugong, Meiyang and other places to confront Li Dao, and Li Dao occupies Chang'an, holding the ministers of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China, according to the information transmitted back by our army, now Li Dao has more soldiers and horses, nearly 50,000 people, Guo Bi is less, about 40,000, and the two sides have now entered a truce. ”

The generals looked at Xu Shu intently, no wonder Chen Mo was not easy to provoke before, even if it was the Xiliang Army after the separation, the strength was still not to be underestimated, if Li Guo and the two were compatible, the troops that Chen Mo could mobilize now were really not two opponents.

"Our army plus the recruits trained last year, this time we can dispatch about 60,000, and there are 20,000 soldiers and horses around General Wuyi stationed in Huayin. Xu Shu drew a red line on the map with a cinnabar pen and pointed to Chang'an: "Although there are only 20,000, it is known as 80,000 to the outside world, Xinfeng to Chang'an, there is no danger to defend, Li Wei will definitely send troops to block, I have done some deductions before, and the two sides should meet in the Bashui area." ”

"Sir!" Cui Geng looked at Xu Shu and said, "Won't our army go to Xinfeng?" ”

"Don't go." Xu Shu shook his head, pointed to Pu Banjin and said: "Xinfeng's soldiers are to attract Li Wei's main force, although Li Wei has 50,000 soldiers and horses, but as far as I know, not all of them are stationed in Chang'an, at least 20,000 of them are confronting Guo Yan, our army is sending troops, Li Wei is the enemy on his back, to reverse the situation, we must reconcile with Guo Yan as soon as possible, and when confronting General Wuyi, Chang'an must be empty, at this time, we will take advantage of Feng Yi to attack Chang'an in one fell swoop, and Li Wei's army will be chaotic. ”

If Li and Guo did not turn against each other, the Chang'an garrison would definitely not be empty, but now that the two have turned against each other, Li Dao wants to block Chen Mo's army, and before he reconciles with Guo Yan, there will inevitably be an empty state in Chang'an.

"Of course, Li Dao may not come out of Chang'an in this matter, so that he will change to another way of fighting, General Wuyi will enter and occupy Baling, Changling and other places, and cooperate with the main force of our army to besiege Chang'an, and then it will be a lonely city, and there will be people in Chang'an City to cooperate with our army to break Chang'an, but at this time what we have to do is not to attack the city, but to prevent Guo Yan from coming to help." Xu Shu smiled.

Of course, if Li Dao decides to trap Chang'an, he must have reached a reconciliation with Guo Yan, and the focus at that time will be to guard against Guo Wei, and then try to eat Li Dao.

With Chen Mo's current strength, he didn't have the ability to swallow Li Guo and the others in one bite, so he could only swallow one first, and it would be much easier for the other one.

"What Yuan Zhi said, is how to fight this battle, this battle, Tai Shi Ci led 5,000 soldiers, as the vanguard, crossed the river from Pubanjin, and rushed to Chang'an at the fastest speed, I will personally lead 30,000 troops, Bai Bi, Han Kai, Bao Geng as deputy generals, if Tai Shi Ci is difficult to conquer Chang'an, quickly cut off Li Dao's way back, cooperate with Wuyi, and kill Li Dao, if Li Dao lives in Chang'an and is trapped, he will attack Huaili and block Guo Yan. Cui Geng, after the army leaves, you will be promoted to the rank of general of the thief, and you will be responsible for the security of the state. Chen Mo smiled.

"Whoa!" The generals stood up and answered in unison.

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When the news that Wu Yi led his army across Xinfeng and went straight to Chang'an reached the court, Li Dao was shocked: "How could Chen Mo's soldiers and horses appear here!?" ”

Sikong Zhao Wen pondered: "Fan Chou and Zhang Ji's department, I'm afraid it has been reduced, the 20,000 troops of these two people, plus Chen Mo's department, the 80,000 army is probably not a lie." ”

When Li Wei heard this, his face was a little ugly and said: "But the rabble, why be afraid of planting? Even if he really has 80,000 soldiers and horses, I have Chang'an Jiancheng, and I may not be able to break through it! ”

"The general's words are wrong!" The servant bowed and said: "If the general insists on being trapped, then the four-dimensional city of Chang'an will be obtained by Chen Mo, and at that time, Chen Mo's troops will surround Chang'an, with the existing military food in Chang'an, I am afraid it will be difficult to support it for a year, the general at this time, should send troops to intercept Chen Mo, and at the same time send someone to make peace with General Guo, if the two generals can stop making peace and gather the soldiers of the two families, how can Chen Mo be an opponent?" ”

Li Wei also thinks that this statement is quite reasonable, but now the soldiers and horses under his command are still confronting Guo Yan, and there are only 30,000 soldiers and horses in Chang'an City, and it is okay to defend it, but if you go out of the city to fight, how many people should be left in Chang'an?

"General!" Wei Wei Dong Cheng came out of the queue and saluted Li Dao and said: "The last general thinks that the military is commonplace, that is, Fan Chou and Zhang Ji voted for Chen Mo, and Chen Mo probably doesn't dare to use the two of them at this time." ”

Dong Cheng is Niu Fu's old department, and his daughter also married the Son of Heaven to be a nobleman at the suggestion of Li Dao, even if it is his own family, Li Dao can still listen to Dong Cheng's words, and nodded when he heard the words, if it were him, he would not immediately use the surrender troops, once the battle defected, the three armies might collapse directly.

Dong Cheng looked at the ugly ministers around him, and said with a smile: "Besides, Chen Mo has to merge with the state, and later has Hongnong, Luoyang, Yunzhong, Yanmen and other places in the north, General Huaxiong in the west, and Zhang Yang and Cao Cao in the east. According to the following point of view, this Xinfeng soldiers, 80,000 is just a bluff, and it is rare to have 40,000, not to mention that they are all new soldiers, with the strength of our Xiliang army, the last general thinks that the general only needs to lead 20,000 soldiers to easily defeat it! ”

"Dong Weiwei is too underestimated by the Marquis of Changling!" Zhao Wen sneered when he heard this: "Although the Marquis of Changling started from the end of Wei, but over the years, have you ever seen him fail?" ”

"There is no one in the Central Plains, which makes the child dominant, Sikong Ke has ever thought about who is the opponent that Chen Mo has encountered over the years? Runan Gepi thieves and Hedong Baibo thieves are all bandits who do not understand the art of war, and they fought with Yuan Shu at Yique Pass back then, but they only borrowed the momentum of my Xiliang army, how can they fight against my Xiliang warriors? Dong Chenglang laughed, and then saluted Li Dao: "General, the last general is willing to lead the army to meet Chen Mo, and only 20,000 elite soldiers are needed, so I must teach him to know that my Xiliang Army is by no means comparable to the rabble of Yellow Turban bandits." ”

Li Dao listened to these words comfortably, but 20,000 soldiers and horses are now most of the troops in Chang'an, and Fan Chou and Zhang Ji most of them surrendered to Chen Mo, which also made Li Dao suspicious of these generals, and shook his head at the moment and said: "In this battle, I should personally face Chen Mo to build up the military might." ”

Although what Dong Cheng said is not unreasonable, but Li Ji has worked with Chen Mo for a period of time, although this person is young, but he still has a set of ways to lead troops to fight, and he is full of tricks, silently, so he rebelled against Fan Chou and Zhang Ji, except for himself, Li Ji can't think of any of the generals under his command who can still fight Chen Mo, or lead the troops to insurance, in this world, outsiders can't be trusted.

Li Dao wanted to personally lead the troops, and everyone naturally had no opinion.

This time, Li Dao sent 20,000 troops, almost half of the troops were taken out, and the candidates who stayed in Chang'an were naturally very important, and these ministers in the DPRK and China were uncertain in their hearts to point to their own death, so that outsiders could defend them, Li Dao was not at ease, and finally Li Dao let his nephew Li Xian serve as the right lieutenant general, responsible for garrisoning Chang'an.

Li Xian was on the battlefield, although he lost Dagu Pass, but in the battle, Li Xian was actually not a loser, he also successfully stole Yuan Shu's camp, but Yuan Shu had many soldiers, Li Xian suffered the loss of insufficient troops, compared to outsiders, naturally his family is more trustworthy, his three cousins are leading the troops outside, guarding against Guo Yan, and now he can only be short and tall, among the next generation of the Li family, only Li Xian is really good to lead the troops.

Before leaving, Li Dao also summoned Li Xian and instructed: "The ministers of the DPRK and China must not be gullible, my son will definitely seize the military power in his hands, and if the enemy army comes to attack, remember to beware of those ministers in the city making trouble." ”

"Uncle, don't worry, the child knows what to do!" Li Xian hurriedly patted his chest and promised.

Li Wei nodded, and summoned his nephews Li Li, Li Jin, and nephew Hu Feng to instruct them one by one, so that they could cooperate with Li Xian to defend the city, and Li Shi was taken by Li Wei and went out with the army.

After arranging the affairs of Chang'an, Li Wei gathered his troops and horses, led the army to the battle, and went straight to Bashui.

As soon as Li Dao left, Li Xian summoned the three brothers and said, "Before my uncle leaves, let me wait to guard against these ministers in the court, you say that since these people are unreliable, why should they stay at this time?" ”

Li Li smiled on the side: "Brother's meaning is ......"

"I thought that I should help my uncle clear the obstacles in the court." Li Xian said with a smile: "For example, the Xie family!" ”

Li Li and the three of them all laughed when they heard this.

Others may not know, but as brothers, they know why Li Xian wants to deal with the Xie family, the Xie family is a big clan in Shu, as for the grievances with Li Xian, but also from the Huangfu family, Huangfu Song has a daughter, very beautiful, Li Xian has been in love for a long time, but the door to propose marriage was rejected by Huangfu Song without hesitation, and then married Xie Yuan, this matter, Li Xian has always been in his heart, but the Huangfu family is a big family in Guanzhong, the Xie family has the support of the Huangfu family, Li Dao does not want to provoke indiscriminately, it is Li Xian does not dare to make a mistake, but he has always held a grudge against Xie Yuan, Now that Li Dao is gone, Li Xian has become the actual ruler of Chang'an, I don't know the severity, but he has started to pack up and thank you.

The three of them are used to being arrogant in Xiliang, and they are quite in favor of this, as soon as Li Dao leaves, this Chang'an is not their world?