Tianshui.

In the camp of the coalition forces of the Xiliang tribes, which is not far from Tianshui City, in a big tent, several torches tied to the pillars illuminate the inside of the big tent. In the middle of the big tent, the generals of Xiliang were sitting together, with a rudimentary map in the middle, and the Xiliang scouts who had just returned at the bottom.

"The people of the West are marching east......"

The dust of the Xiliang scouts who were sent to Shangtai reported with their heads bowed.

Hearing the news, some of the generals of Xiliang were puzzled, some were secretly happy, some were relieved, and some frowned deeply, all the same.

"What kind of fame is this expedition to the west?" Cheng Yin stroked his beard, his eyes kept moving from side to side, and said, "First send General Han to demonstrate in armor, and then lead the troops back without a fight?" ”

“…… According to the current situation, if the expedition to the west is to the west, it is natural to take this place......" Ma Wan said, "The expedition to the west has reached Shangqi, and it is only two days away from here, but now there is no fight, no envoy, so it is really strange to retreat eastward like this......"

Li Kan said: "Could it be that the soldiers of the West have run out of food and have to return? ”

Ma Yu waved his hand and said: "Hey, how is it possible, the Hanzhong reinforcements from the expedition to the west have brought some of them, if it is said that it is possible after ten days and a half months, now that it has only been a few days, how can it be that the food will be exhausted?" ”

Cheng Yi said with a big haha: "Otherwise, Zhengxi is injured and wants to go back to Guanzhong to heal?" ”

Duan Xuan frowned and said: "As far as I know, Zhengxi is not a general before the battle, he is often in the middle army, and he is not defeated at the moment, how can he be injured?" In a certain opinion, or as a ploy to lure troops? ”

Cheng Yin thought for a moment, nodded, and said, "General Duan is right, there is indeed this possibility. The terrain of Shangtai Tianshui is wide, which is conducive to our vertical and horizontal comings and goings, but it is not conducive to the western infantry to fight in formation, so if you fight in the mountainous and ravines to the east, you can give full play to the advantages of its infantry soldiers......"

Liang Xing followed the topic and said: "If you say so, there are indeed some possibilities. To the east of Shangqi, there are Longshan Mountains, ravines, and woodlands, not to mention whether there is an ambush in the west, even if there is an ambush, our scouts may not be able to detect all of them......"

Zhang Heng said: "If Zhengxi attacks Tianshui, he is in the light, we are in the dark, we can naturally outflank, so that Zhengxi can not take care of the end, but now Zhengxi retreats, if we pursue, it will become us in the light, tsk......"

The candidate said: "Conquer the west and fight well, this move must have a deep meaning, if you don't know what to do, it's better not to act rashly." ”

"That is, if the expedition to the west does not come, I can't wait, it's a big deal for the two sides to stop, and we won't have any losses......" Zhang Heng's original strength was not much, and his relationship with Han Sui was also average, so naturally he didn't have the idea of avenging Han Sui, and it was naturally best not to fight.

Cheng Gongying sat on the side, and saw that the current crowd was unhurriedly just talking about it, and even the statement of the two phases of dismissal came out, he couldn't help but be a little anxious, stood up, with tears in his eyes, and said in a sad voice: "Everyone! Ladies and gentlemen! Today, Zhengxi killed General Han, if we can't take revenge, how can we see our hometown fathers? What face does it face to the world? If we can't work together, we can kill General Han today, but we can't kill the rest of the generals tomorrow? At that time, Xiliang will be empty! ”

Cheng Gongying's voice fell, and the big tent became a little dull.

Originally, the Xiliang tribes were summoned by Han Sui, and they originally wanted to go further and obtain greater benefits, but they didn't expect that the money and goods had not yet arrived, and the previous convener Han Sui had already been defeated, and there was no one alive or dead, so the previous plan to obtain the wealth of Guanzhong naturally disappeared.

Without the drive of money, just relying on the word "revenge", he sent troops to fight with the west?

Although in the history of Xiliang, such things are not uncommon, for example, during the period of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, the Qiang people rebelled, most of which was caused by the Han officials who killed some Qiang people or local heroes because of some things.

But there are also some things that don't talk about revenge at all......

For example, the death of Beigong Boyu and Bian Zhang.

Do you really care about revenge?

Therefore, in fact, revenge is not revenge, it is just a pretense, it is used when it is needed, and it is naturally thrown aside when it is not needed.

The most important thing is that Han Sui and Ma Chao can't win against the general Fei Qian, who is the general of the expedition to the west, and these people rush forward recklessly, and they can win?

Although the generals of Xiliang have their own ideas, they have basically reached a consensus on this point, seeing the sadness that Cheng Gongying said, Duan Xuan coughed, and said angrily: "Of course General Han's revenge must be avenged!" However, the expedition to the west is full of tricks, and we can't fail to guard against it, according to a certain intention, we still send some scouts to investigate carefully, so as not to fall for the tricks of the expedition to the west. ”

Cheng Yin glanced at Cheng Gongying quickly, then stroked his beard and nodded: "What General Duan said is reasonable, General Cheng Gong should not be impatient, and take revenge for General Han, we will naturally help General Cheng Gong." However, when the army marches and dispatches left and right in the center, it still needs a commander, otherwise the order will not be passed, and the military order will not be reached, will it not miss the big event? ”

The candidate said: "Brother Cheng is reasonable, a certain virtuous person does not avoid relatives, and he elected Brother Cheng as the leader of the Xiliang Alliance!" ”

Cheng Yin smiled and didn't wave his hand, Yang Qiu on one side frowned and said: "General Han's life and death are unknown, and the big enemy is on the other side, I don't think about how to fight but the enemy, but I choose to push the leader of the Xiliang Alliance?" Kind of putting the cart before the horse, right? ”

Cheng Yin's face immediately collapsed.

Duan Xuan glanced at Cheng Yin and said slowly, "What Brother Yang said is reasonable. If General Han is not dead, we will elect the leader of the alliance, which is disrespectful, if General Han really folds his sword on the battlefield, he is still cold at the moment, so eager to covet the position of the leader of the alliance, this is a bit too much, right? ”

Li Kanteng stood up and said, "What do you eat and don't eat, General Duan, if you have something to say, just say it, don't beat around the bush!" ”

Duan Xuanpi narrowed his eyes without smiling, and said, "What, General Li is so majestic, or does he have a prejudice against a certain person?" When General Han was there before, he also had something to say, but now that General Han is gone, he can't say a word? ”

Liang Xing sneered on the side and said: "I haven't become the leader of the alliance, I am so majestic, I can't say a word, if I really become the leader of the alliance, will I still have a way to live?" ”

Li Kan didn't dare to attack the powerful Duan Xuan, but he was not stunned by Liang Xing, who was almost the same, and suddenly pointed at Liang Xing angrily and shouted: "Have the courage to say it again?!" ”

Liang Xing also stood up, his eyebrows were angry, and his hand was on the hilt of the war knife at his waist: "The generals didn't speak, what did you kid jump out to point fingers for?" If you want to find fault, grandpa will accompany you! ”

Seeing that the situation was not right, the people on the side hurriedly hugged Li Liang and the two apart......

Cheng Gongying stood in place, seeing that a good pre-war meeting had turned into a farce, he was furious, and he wanted to borrow the power of these Xiliang generals, so he couldn't scold and scold, and he couldn't beat and beat, so he could only hold back. Maybe it was because the torches in the big tent were burning, the oxygen was thin, or maybe the blood pressure was too high for a while to be uncontrollable, Cheng Gongying only felt that his eyes were black for a while, and he couldn't stand steadily, so he fell backwards......

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Street Kiosk.

Although the matter was urgent, it could not be messed up because the matter was urgent, so the army still marched at a normal pace, and did not rush to the road.

Jia Xu and the vanguard have entered Fansu Road, while Fei Qian is leading the cavalry middle army, making a slight repair at the west entrance of Fansu Road, waiting for feedback from the front.

At the west entrance of Fansu Road, there is a famous place, strictly speaking, it is not famous now, because of the Northern Expedition of Brother Pig, the famous place, the street pavilion.

The street pavilion is located at the west entrance of Fansu Road, there was an ancient city, but it has been abandoned for a long time, the city is destroyed, and it is unusable.

Now that he has arrived here, Fei Qian also went into this abandoned ancient city to take a turn, looked at the remnants of the eaves and broken walls that remained in the small city, and found that this ancient city was actually not as he originally thought, it was damaged in the war, but should have been cut off from the water source and had to be abandoned on his own initiative.

Because of the earthquake in the early Han Dynasty, it not only broke the Chencang Road, but also changed the flow direction of the water in the Western Han Dynasty, and even changed some underground water veins, resulting in the Qingshui River, which should have originated from the north of the Jieting, to the south, and the wells in the ancient city naturally dried up, and the water had to be taken to the Qingshui River more than ten miles away, which was undoubtedly a natural disaster for the people in the early Han Dynasty.

It is precisely because of this that Fanxu Road Crossing is not a suitable place to set up a village, and Li Ru's camp did not stand at the street pavilion where there was a shortage of water, but stood at the source of the Qingshui River ten miles south of the ancient city of Jieting, in order to facilitate the use of water.

But the problem is that Ma Tan, who has never been to the street pavilion in his life, does not know that the street pavilion is short of water......

It may even be that Brother Pig may not be clear.

"Wen You, if you command 20,000 foot soldiers and meet the 50,000 cavalry in the pass here, how should you set up a village?" Fei Qian stood in the south of the ruined Jieting Ancient City, looking at the Fansu Road crossing in the distance, but he still couldn't hold back after all, and pointed and asked Li Rudao.

"Twenty thousand foot soldiers? 50,000 enemy horsemen? Li Ru glanced at Fei Qian.

Fei Qian understood what Li Ru meant, so he added: "The 20,000 foot soldiers do not seek complete victory, but only seek to block the enemy, and they will be here for one or two days. 50,000 horsemen came from Guanzhong for a long distance, and all the men and horses were exhausted. ”

Is that the comparison......

Under Fei Qian's supplementary explanation, Li Rufang nodded, although he didn't fully understand why Fei Qian suddenly asked such a strange question, and there was also an accurate comparison of soldiers and the setting of the battlefield situation, but he still thought about it for a while, smiled hoarsely, and said: "If a certain commander is a foot soldier, it is purely to block the enemy, so that it is convenient to enter the village in the Fanxu Road, and the firewood can be piled up in the camp to lure the enemy to break the village, and then burn a wave first!" ”

Fei Qian was stunned for a moment, and then laughed.

Sure enough, different people have different ways of dealing with it, and Li Ru's response can only be said to be very Li Ru. Although the west entrance of Fansu Road is larger, there are 20,000 people, and it is one or two days early, so it is possible to set up a rather decent camp in the middle of the road, and the opponent has to attack.

However, as soon as the fire is released, one can frustrate the enemy's spirit, and the second is that the burning camp will naturally block the opponent's line to continue the attack, at least until the flame is extinguished, there will be two or three more days, and then when facing the next camp, the enemy will inevitably shrink back, and it is not to attack, and it is not to attack......

The only problem is the timber and the tools for setting up the village, although it is somewhat difficult, but the trees on the Longshan Mountain are not very short, plus there are 20,000 people, if it is properly organized, in this way, it is not a big problem to block it for ten days and a half months.

Of course, if God doesn't have long eyes and it rains, then there is nothing to say.

Li Ru stroked his beard, looked at Fan Sudao thoughtfully, and said, "The general's concern is also quite reasonable. If we retreat from the customs, the generals of Xiliang will be in the middle of the village, which will be more or less troublesome...... "Although the Qiang people are not good at establishing the village, there is indeed still this kind of possibility.

When Fei Qian heard this, his smile couldn't help but stiffen slightly, and then he changed the topic and said, "If this is the case, Wen You must have a plan, so there is no need to reply...... Well, I heard that Hanwen is about to be among the Qiang people, and it is quite famous, but I don't know why Wen You? ”

Li Ru smiled hoarsely and said: "Although the Qiang people do not understand the scriptures and righteousness, they value friendship, and the Korean language is quite a cooking style. However, fighting rice to raise grace, stone rice to raise hatred, and seeking revenge with wealth and goods, there will be an end to it. ”

Fei Qian nodded.

Indeed, the Hu people are indeed like this, just like Liu Yu, who is also quite famous in Youzhou, and then was killed by Gongsun Zhan, and the Wuhuan people in Youzhou also opposed Gongsun Chan and joined Yuan Shao's banner.

Of course, it may be the reason why Yuan Shao's banner looks much more glamorous than Gongsun Zhan.

“…… In northern Hebei, Gongsun is afraid that time is running out...... "Thinking of Liu Yu Gongsun Zhan, Fei Qian naturally thought of Yuan Shao in Jizhou, "At the end of this year, or early next year, Yuan Benchu will be able to sit on Jiyou, with Wu Huan on the left and Qingyan on the right, or go south, or west...... Therefore, here in Longxi, it is not suitable to be sticky, and it should be broken quickly. ”

When Li Ru heard this, he was silent for a moment, and arched his hand towards Fei Qian seriously, and said: "The general is far-sighted, and Wen You knows it." ”

Now that the stall is a little big, it's better to collect it first, stabilize it, and at least remove some of the hidden dangers inside, otherwise if there is a second character of the Zheng family or the second character of Hu Chuquan to come out, it will be difficult to deal with it.

The soldiers at the front rushed out of the Fansu Road crossing, waving blue flags to indicate that everything was safe.

Fei Qian nodded at Li Ru, then waved his hand and ordered the rear cavalry to start entering Fansu Road.

In this way, the matter of Longxi will be entrusted to Wen You. A certain departure is imminent, and Wen You stays. ”

Anyway, a smart person like Li Ru doesn't need to explain too much or instruct anything, so Fei Qian didn't continue to say anything more about Longyou's specific strategy, refused Li Ru to continue to send him off, and went straight to the horse, took Huang Xu and other personal guards, went to Fanxudao, followed the team, and went to Guanzhong......