In the third year of Wei Yong'an (the second year of Liangzhong Datong), in mid-March, the eldest grandson Xili was appointed as the forward governor, and he led nearly 15,000 troops out of Chang'an, crossed the Wei River, and marched westward all the way. At the beginning, it was smooth sailing, and there were no ugly slaves and thieves along the way, and they encountered sporadic bandit chieftains, or suppressed, or caressed, or let them flee on their own, so they passed through Yongzhou, entered Qizhou, and had to enter Zhiyong County, Qizhou Prefecture (now Fengxiang County, Baoji City, Shaanxi Province), which was originally occupied by bandits.

These nearly 15,000 soldiers and horses are actually composed of 8,000 soldiers and horses from the original Chang'an garrison, plus 6,000 surrenderers who have recently been incorporated into the Western Expeditionary Army. The Wuchuan Army, which was the strongest in the Western Expeditionary Army, and the 3,000 Jinyang Army, which was slightly second, are still in Chang'an City.

Erzhu Tianguang was above the festival hall, and on the grounds of He Batyue's physical weakness, he promoted the eldest grandson Xili to be the commander, which was equivalent to taking the military power that He Batyue and other Wuchuan brothers had painstakingly managed. Keerzhu Tianguang didn't dare to do too much, if he stretched out his hand to the head of the two thousand Wuchuan troops, he would not be able to get it right, for fear that it would not cause any chaos, so the two thousand Wuchuan troops all stayed in Chang'an with He Bayue, and the rest of the brothers were the same. There are three thousand Jinyang soldiers left, that is Erzhu Tianguang's only capital, so naturally he must stay in Chang'an to protect Erzhu Tianguang, and he must not leave lightly.

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The Western Expeditionary Army entered Yongxian, leaned on Weishui in the south, and looked at Qianshan in the north. After a thousand mountains, it is the surging Jing water, and the old nest of the ugly slaves is stable (Jingzhou Prefecture, now Jingchuan County, Pingliang City, Gansu Province) is located on the riverside. Starting from Yongxian, take the northwest direction along the Qianhe River, connect Guanshan (Gulong Mountain, now Liupan Mountain) on the left, lean on the right, go around to Anding but 400 miles of road, cavalry attack, three or five days can arrive.

Wan Qi ugly slave was slacking off again, and he couldn't help but be furious when he heard the news: "How dare Wei thief come here? At that moment, he personally went out of his horse, waved 60,000 troops, and went down the thousand rivers to Yongxian.

Guanzhong is dilapidated, the fields are barren, and the number of people is scarce, that is, the anti-thieves who are really ranked first in Guanzhong such as Wan Qi Ugly Slave, are scraped together under their hands, but there are only 60,000 or 70,000 horses, and there are no 100,000 at all. This attack on Yongxian County is really pouring in.

The eldest grandson Xili led the army to meet the attack, but the combat strength under his command was mediocre, and the initial battle was unfavorable. He is still a cautious person, and when he returned to Junyong County, he couldn't hold out. He also divided 5,000 soldiers and horses to set up camp on the bank of the Wei River in the southeast Wugong County, so that it could not only stabilize the grain road, that is, the main force in front was unfavorable, and when the army really wanted to retreat to Chang'an, it could also protect the back road.

Although Wan Qi ugly slaves are many people, they are thieves in the end, and once the city is in front, they have no care. The repeated attacks on Yongxian County were unsuccessful, but the losses were not small, and he was a little depressed for a while, so he had to suspend the offensive.

The ugly slave and servant shot Wan Qi Daoluo and said: "I have set up secret posts in Chang'an and Yongxian, and the word is spread to me, and the so-called Western Expeditionary Army of the Wei people is less than 20,000 ears in total. There are about 5,000 left in Chang'an City, and the rest are in Yongxian County and Wugong. Our army deserves to extinguish the enemy of Yongxian and martial arts in one fell swoop, and Chang'an is also at your fingertips! ”

"That's the truth." Wan Qian frowned and said: "However, the Wei thief can't hold out, and the food is sufficient, how to extinguish the enemy of Yongxian and martial arts?" ”

Wan Qi Daoluo Chengzhu in his chest: "Yongxian grain is all transferred to the martial arts ferry, Your Majesty (Wan Qian ugly slave has been called the emperor for a long time) why not trap the enemy of Yongxian, and then divide the troops to cross the Weishui in the south, go around to the martial arts ferry, and attack the martial arts Wei camp from behind, and it will be able to break it with one drum." If the martial arts Wei camp is broken, the Wei thieves in Yongxian County have no provisions and have no way to retreat, wouldn't they be panicked? At that point, it's easy to break! ”

"Good, good!" Wan Qian ugly slave stroked his palms and laughed: "Dao Luo is really my son." ”

At the moment, Wan Qian Chounu divided 30,000 troops, with Daxing Taiwei Chi Bodhisattva as the commander, Wan Qi Daoluo assisted, detoured half of Qizhou, crossed Weishui twice, and wanted to sneak attack the martial arts Wei camp.

The Western Expeditionary Army is not idle, from Yongxian, to Wugong, and then to Chang'an, along the way the sentry riding endlessly, and when I met a captain Chi Bodhisattva, I was brave and brave, and I was not cautious, and I suddenly found the thief in the march. After a little analysis, I have roughly guessed what the thief army is planning.

The eldest grandson, Xieli, was shocked, and hurriedly ordered Feiqi to summon the martial arts Wei Ying, and ordered him to take more precautions; I was afraid that Yu Chi Bodhisattva's troops were strong, and he personally wrote a letter asking for help, and sent an envoy to Chang'an quickly, asking Erzhu Tianguang to send rescue troops again to attack Yu Chi Bodhisattva.

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Whether he is lazy or afraid of the enemy, Erzhu Tianguang shrank in Chang'an by himself, and he thought that the ugly slaves who were far away in stability also had the same virtue as themselves, and it was best to be busy with each other across thousands of mountains, wouldn't they all be happy?

Therefore, his original plan was to let the eldest grandson Xili take Qizhou, which was not entrenched by too many thieves, and also to take advantage of this to send Luoyang and Jinyang, as for the future, it will be said later--- In the final analysis, the total number of Western Expeditionary Army is less than 20,000, which is still the result of the hard work of He Bayue Yuwentai and others in the past few months. Perhaps, as Erzhu Tianguang often mentioned, "It is better to operate more than a year before Chang'an, and slowly draw it, the effect is better", and it is not known.

Unexpectedly, Wan Qian ugly slave "did not pay attention to the rules", and actually poured the whole army to attack Yongxian, which was beyond Erzhu Tianguang's expectations, and now he is more properly planned, dividing his troops to attack, and has the meaning of eating the ten thousand soldiers and horses of the eldest grandson Xili's department in one bite.

In the military mansion of Chang'an City, Erzhu Tianguang's left hand holding the letter for help trembled slightly, but he drank a sip of grape wine and fell into deep thought.

Do you want the eldest grandson to stick to it desperately and force the ugly slaves to retreat? It is estimated that it will not work--- the letter of the eldest grandson Xieli asking for help is clearly written: "The situation is extremely critical, and if you are not careful, I am afraid that the whole army will be wiped out." If there is no Chang'an to help, for the sake of today's plan, the only way to abandon Qizhou is to retreat to Chang'an in a hurry. I hope the governor will make a decision quickly! ”

Let the eldest grandson Xili evacuate Yongxian and abandon Qizhou? That's a no-no. Erzhu Tianguang had already written the capture of Qizhou as a good news report to Luoyang and Jinyang, if he said that he had lost Qizhou in a few days, wouldn't it be a joke? I can think of it with my ass, and the Luoyang Emperor Party will hold him accountable for "losing his land", and that's it, Jinyang, Tianzhu is afraid that he will not really send an envoy to send a head-killing knife...

Until now, he can only send troops from Chang'an to help defend the martial arts Wei camp.

Shall I go by myself? That's not good, I'm the head of an army, if something goes wrong, wouldn't it endanger the overall situation of the entire Guanzhong? Besides, Chang'an is the heart of Guanzhong, and it must not be lost, if I don't sit here, it is not appropriate?

It's just that in Chang'an City, there are still 5,000 soldiers and horses left, and it can be calculated with a finger, and the only way to rely on the Wuchuan Army is to rely on it. In this way, wouldn't my Erzhu Tianguang go back on his word? If you want me to run to ask Hebalt to come out of the mountain, then where will I put my face?

But ... Actually... I reversed myself, it doesn't seem like it's the first time, it seems... It's not a big deal ...

Erzhu Tianguang took another sip of wine and nodded heavily, as if he had made some great decision.

The overall situation of Guanzhong is important! The people of Guanzhong are the most important! My Erzhu Tianguang ignores past suspicions and has the courage to do anything, how can I be afraid of other people's tongues? Well, that's it!