On Wuguan City, there is already unprecedented tension.

He Ruobi and Gao Xi only arrived half a day ago, and the partial general they killed was the guard of the previous Qishui defense line, this guy actually left the army and ran away first when he saw the enemy about to rush up, so killing him naturally did not wronged him.

After all, He Ruobi and Gao Xi led the army all the way from Lantian to Wuguan, and it was a little faster than Xiao Shilian rushing through Qishui from Nanyang, and it can almost be said that the resistance organized by the Northern Zhou army in Xiyang County, Qishui and other places did not play much role at all, so it is inevitable that He Ruobi will be furious and kill chickens and monkeys with such a defeat.

Otherwise, the morale will be low and the generals will have their own thoughts, and this military pass will not be guarded.

However, in any case, Wuguan is also the southeast gateway of Guanzhong, and it is also a place where it has been operated as an important town since the pre-Qin era, so the city is tall and strong, and a large number of city defense equipment is stored in the city. And with He Ruobi and Gao Xi arriving at Wuguan with 50,000 soldiers and horses, the number of defenders in Wuguan climbed to as much as 80,000.

Obviously, Yang Jian has also made a bloody investment, and there is absolutely no room for loss in such an important place.

And in history, Wuguan has not been overcome, Liu Bang entered the customs and achieved the hegemony of the Han Dynasty, and he took the Wuguan Road. And it is precisely because of this that when the Han army made a comeback seven hundred years later, the Zhou people, who were trapped in Guanzhong and were almost the same as the original Qin Dynasty, were very worried in their hearts.

History always likes to repeat itself, and the way of heaven is always reincarnated, so the Zhou people are also afraid that they will follow the path of the Qin people again.

Whether it was out of the importance of this strategic place, or out of this need for psychological security, Yang Jian did not allow problems in Wuguan, and such pressure naturally fell on the shoulders of He Ruobi and Gao Xi.

"Report, five miles away, there is an enemy sentry!" The herald rushed at a rapid pace.

So fast?!

He Ruobi and Gao Xi subconsciously glanced at each other.

If calculated in this way, Xiao Shilian should have been chasing non-stop and tail.

Is this guy really crazy?

"Beat the drums, prepare for battle!" He Ruobi gave a decisive order.

No matter if you Han people are swept like a tide, you must be allowed to hit your head and break your blood under the iron wall of Wuguan!

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"Report, the enemy is approaching Qizhou, and the number is more than 50,000!"

"Report, Tianshui has a team of about 2,000 cavalry south, and the target should be the military village north of Qizhou City! More than 10,000 other foot soldiers followed. ”

One after another, war reports were sent to the general of Youfufeng County.

Li Yan frowned, looking at the enemy situation marked on the map.

Now the strategic goal of the Han army seems to be very obvious, the front of the army is divided into two ways to Qizhou, if there is no miscalculation, after breaking through Qizhou, they will go straight to the right Fufeng, even if they do not take Chang'an, they will first take the right Fufeng, the last barrier on the west side of Chang'an.

How long Qizhou can hold out, to be honest, Li Yan himself didn't count in his heart, but he knew very well that Qizhou couldn't be lost.

"Let's go, let's go to Qizhou." Li Yan said decisively.

Guarding in Qizhou is the right guard general Yu Qingze - compared to the Southern Dynasty, the various official positions of the Northern Zhou Dynasty like to add "big" and "up" in front to highlight the dignity, in fact, the right guard general is similar to the right guard general of Nan Chen, one of the commanders of the forbidden army outside the capital, but it is not idle to be able to go to this position.

Yu Qing has been in charge of the pacification work in the north before, and only recently because of the tension in the southern military and moved south, although he did not have any military exploits, but has always been rigorous and steady, otherwise he would not have suppressed many nomadic tribes in the north, Yang Jian put him in Qizhou, obviously also took a fancy to this.

After Yang Jian usurped the throne, Yu Qing asked to kill the Northern Zhou royal family to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, and when Yang Jian ascended the throne, he was also one of the most important sacrificial ministers, but unfortunately the ruthless people were finally destroyed in the hands of the same ruthless relatives, and finally Yu Qing was falsely accused and killed by his brother-in-law in the Southern Expedition.

Let Yu Qingze guard Qizhou, and Yang Jian does not ask Yu Qing to be able to enter Bashu, as long as he can hold Qizhou.

Mutual suspicion and distrust among generals and commanders was originally a taboo in the army, but the war had developed to this point, and Li Yan was not allowed to consider these issues, and Yu Qing, who had almost no experience in fighting the Han army, was indeed worrying.

Just as Li Yan was about to leave, a messenger rushed in: "Report, general, Xiao Pass is urgent, the enemy's stable defenders are moving towards Xiao Pass, Jiang Guogong (author's note: Liang Ruifeng Jiang Guogong) thinks that this matter is not trivial, and asks for support." ”

"If the old man is not mistaken, the stable enemy should only be about 30,000, and it is not even as large as the number of soldiers and horses in Xiao Guan, even if you add Lingwu and other places, you may be able to gather 50,000 scattered?" Li Yan walked back to Yutu dissatisfied, "Could it be that Liang Rui is still worried that these people will be able to threaten Xiao Guan?!" ”

"Jiang Guogong believes that the enemy's main target may not be Sanfu, but Xiao Guan." The messenger said hurriedly.

"Joke!" Li Yan waved his hand, "Tianshui's southern barbarians have already gone south, can they still turn back and attack Xiao Guan." What's more, the main force of Hanzhong in the Southern Barbarians was stopped in Qizhou, and it was impossible for them to go north to support, could it be that the Southern Barbarians still had the courage to fight on two fronts? ”

Although the Northern Zhou is now on the defensive, it is actually not inferior to the Han army in terms of the number of troops, so as long as it is a normal person, it will not believe that the Han army will attack Qizhou and Xiaoguan at the same time in two ways.

With the current national strength of the Han Dynasty, it is not without the ability to compete with the Northern Zhou, and it has even gained the upper hand in many aspects, so there is no need to take such a risk.

Unless these guys are really crazy.

What's more, once the Han army takes Qizhou, the next thing is Youfufeng, Chang'an City, why do you have to care about Xiaoguan, which is far away in the northwest?

How much does Liang Rui want to highlight his importance?

Li Yan couldn't help but slander.

Liang Rui's father died on the battlefield, so he was raised by Yuwentai since he was a child, precisely because there is no elder origin, so he is not regarded as a member of the Guanlong Group, and such a person replaces Yu Yi to preside over the entire Northwest Battlefield, which makes the remaining Guanlong family even less favorable to him.

The war has been going on to this point, and this guy who is far away in the northwest is not ready to go south to support, and he even wants to add drama to himself, which makes Li Yan even more dissatisfied.

Do you really think you're the heart of the battlefield?

A little bit of the carving insect skill of striking east and west and turning the tiger away from the mountain can mess up itself, which is really ridiculous.

Li Yan immediately said in a cold voice: "Tell Liang Rui that it's just a trick of some young people in the Southern Barbarians, let him not make a fuss!" ”

The messenger wanted to say something, but seeing that Li Yan was very impatient, where did he dare to say more, he could only give up his hand: "Obey." ”