Six days after Xu Rong sent troops, Zhao Cen went out day and night all the way, and finally arrived at the Tongguan Pass, and at this time, the Tongguan seemed to be ignorant and had no defense at all.

Zhao Cen originally wanted to attack Tongguan, so although it was difficult, he still brought a lot of siege equipment, so as soon as he arrived at Tongguan, Zhao Cen did not hesitate to lead and storm.

And Zhao Cen and Zhou Bi also took the lead, regardless of their own casualties, and led the army to attack the city.

It's just that to Zhao Cen's surprise, he attacked for a day, but he didn't have any help at Tongguan, so Zhao Cen found Zhou Bi.

"Brother Zhongyuan, now we are waiting for a day of onslaught, but we can't help Tongguan at all, but according to statistics, more than 2,000 people died in Tongguan today.

If we attack for another day, we will definitely be able to break through Tongguan, but General Xu told me that if we fail to capture it after one day of attack, we must withdraw our troops.

Zhongyuan, what do you say should be? ”

"General, there are only a thousand defenders left in Tongguan so far, as long as we continue to storm for one night, we will definitely be able to capture it.

If you give up at this time, it is tantamount to giving up all your previous efforts. Also, I don't know what the plan for the future given by General Xu is? Zhou Bi asked.

"General Xu's idea is actually for the two of us to attack Tongguan during the day as a temptation, if we are sure that there are only 3,000 defenders in the pass, and if we can't capture it within a day, we will return to the army and General Xu to attack Lu Bu's army on both sides.

Moreover, I had already sent scouts to inform General Xu that there were only 3,000 defenders in Tongguan. ”

"I don't know if General Xu has explained, what if there are more than 3,000 defenders in Tongguan?" Zhou Yu asked.

"General Xu told me that if there were more than 3,000 defenders in Tongguan, there would be no more than 20,000 troops, and they must be young and strong who had just been recruited.

Therefore, we were asked to lead 10,000 troops to be stationed in Guanxia, and then the remaining 10,000 troops besieged Lü Bu. Zhao Cen said.

"General Xu is really a good general. But what should I do now? Zhou Yu himself said quite unconfidently!

"Zhong Yuan, now that it has been determined that there are only three thousand defenders in the pass, we will act according to General Xu's strategy.

After the annihilation of Lu Bu's army, we are waiting to attack Tongguan, after all, there are not many defenders in Tongguan, and we can take it at any time. Zhao Cen said.

In this way, the two withdrew their troops from Tongguan Pass overnight, and did not leave any garrison generals, because Zhao Cen did not believe that a mere 1,000 defenders dared to go out of the city to meet the 20,000 army.

It's just that Zhao Cen didn't expect that there were 20,000 troops in Tongguan ready at any time at this time.

Jia Xu received a message from the scouts that Zhao Cen had led his army to leave, so he ordered Hua Xiong to lead an army of 20,000 to attack overnight and follow Zhao Cen.

At this time, Lu Bu was only less than half a day's distance from Zhao Cen's army.

Zhao Cen hurried all night, and when the scouts came to report that they had encountered more than 20,000 troops ahead, there were only thirty miles left from Lu Bu.

However, Lu Bu had already learned the location of Zhao Cen's army, and the whole army did not stop and continued to move forward.

And Zhao Cen knew that there was an enemy army in front of him, and he knew that the enemy would definitely come prepared, so he hurriedly asked the whole army to prepare and prepare to meet the enemy.

But he never thought that the 20,000 army led by Hua Xiong behind him was only twenty miles away.

Half an hour later, the battle was about to break out, Hua Xiong stopped when he arrived at Zhao Cen's army less than ten miles, and when Lu Bu's army entered Zhao Cen's army, he suddenly killed from the rear of Zhao Cen's army.

Originally, Zhao Cen's army, which resisted Lu Bu's army, was instantly defeated, but in just two hours, the war ended.

Zhao Cen was cut in half by Lu Bu's halberd on the way to battle with Lu Bu. And Zhou Yu was beheaded by Hua Xiong when he resisted Hua Xiong.

Zhao Cen's army suffered more than 10,000 casualties, and the remaining 8,000 pairs were all captured, after which Lü Bu ordered Huaxiong to lead 5,000 soldiers to escort 8,000 captives back to Tongguan.

However, Lu Bu personally led an army of less than 30,000 to return to Hangu Pass again, but he planned to implement Jia Xu's third plan.

On the evening of the second day, Lü Bu was less than ten miles away from Zhang Fei's camp, and then the whole army rested and did not attack again until ten in the middle of the night.

It was only an hour later that he arrived at Zhang Fei's camp, and then there was a shout of killing, and the civil war raged among the battalion commanders of Zhang Fei.

And Xu Rong has been waiting at Hangu Pass since he received Zhao Cen's report, but that night, when Xu Rong reported that the enemy camp outside the city had suffered a sneak attack, Xu Rong was not happy, but worried.

At the beginning, Xu Rong was afraid that Jia Xu would use a trick and that he would not be able to tell whether it was his own person, so he agreed with Zhao Cen that he must attack Lu Bu's camp at noon.

But now Lu Bu's camp is in chaos in the middle of the night, but Xu Rong is worried about whether it is Jia Xu's plan, and at the same time, in the past few days, Xu Rong has never received any reports from scouts.

Therefore, Xu Rong is also very worried, and now that there is chaos in Lu Bu's camp outside the city, Xu Rong is vain and unwilling to give up such a rare opportunity so much.

In the end, Xu Rong summoned Li Bei and ordered Li Bei to lead an army of 5,000 to test it, if it was really Zhao Cen attacking Lü Bu, Xu Rong was ready to lead an army to respond, otherwise Xu Rong would stick to Hangu Pass.

Li Bei took the order and left, but an hour later, only 300 remnants of the army were left to come to the Hangu Pass.

Seeing this, Xu Rong sighed helplessly, and after collecting the remnants of the army, Lu Bu threw the army and came to the pass.

Seeing that there was no chance, Lu Bu returned to the camp and stationed at the same time, and at the same time the scout reported the battle situation to Jia Xu.

And Xu Rong finally figured out Jia Xu's entire plan, and the three steps of the whole plan are interlocking. Subsequently, Xu Rong also reported the whole battle to Dong Zhuo with an expedited report of 800 miles, and at the same time pleaded guilty to Dong Zhuo.

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At this time, Liu Bei had already led 5,000 Shence troops to join Zhang Liao's 10,000 army. And Xiqiang's 70,000 troops have also been in Jincheng, and Longxi has been ravaging for more than a month.

"Lord, the last general is incompetent and cannot put down the Xiqiang thieves." When Zhang Liao saw Liu Bei, he pleaded guilty and said

"Wenyuan, this is not your fault, it was I who didn't investigate, which led to Xiqiang's rebellion, and this time I came here to solve Xiqiang's matter once and for all!" Liu Bei said.

"Wenyuan, how is the Qiang rebellion now?"

"My lord, the current Xiqiang rebellion mainly affects the two counties of Longxi and Jincheng, but due to the rebellion in Liangzhou, many young people in the two counties have been coerced, and there are currently about 100,000 people.

It's just that under pressure from us to put the regular army, I haven't joined forces with our army or General Zhang Yang, who attacked Wuwei County. Zhang Liao opened his mouth to introduce.

"Even if it is under pressure, it can't last long, and when the traitor's strength accumulates to a certain level, he will attack the rest of Liangzhou again." Liu Bei said slowly.

"Lord, at this time, in order to stabilize the other counties and counties of Liangzhou, in order to have a rapid advance of troops, as long as you put pressure on the rebels again, you can force the rebels to concentrate on our army, and you can control the traitors in Jincheng and Longxi two counties." Chen Gong stepped forward and suggested.

"That's true, this place is still a hundred miles away from the camp of the traitors in Longxi, and I should lead the army into Longxi to contain the traitors.

At the same time, waiting for the two armies of Huang Zhong and Yan Yan to arrive in Wuwei, we can go down to Jincheng and Longxi counties in one stop. Liu Bei said approvingly.

"The lord is wise, and yesterday the scouts came to report that the Long Xiang army led by General Huang and the Leopard Tao army led by General Yan have already crossed the Yumen Pass and are rushing towards Wuwei County at great speed." Chen Gong also said again.

"Indeed, I only need to hold on for more than ten days.

Huang Zhong, Yan Yan and Zhang Yang were ordered to go to Jincheng as quickly as possible when the three armies converged and attack the Jincheng rebels.

At the same time, the army rested for a day, and tomorrow morning the camp was drawn and marched into Longxi. Liu Bei finally ordered.

Besides, Guan Yu received Liu Bei's order, so he led an army of 10,000 to retreat from the plateau to the Western Regions, and after several years of training, the entire 10,000 army had adapted to the climate of the plateau.

At the beginning of the army arrived on the plateau, the soldiers all had altitude sickness, but fortunately, the accompanying military doctors were all Huatuo disciples, so after some medical skills, there were no casualties.

In the end, it took more than half a year for 10,000 troops to adapt to the plateau climate.

After that, Guan Yu led the army to train day and night in the northern part of the plateau, which is close to the mountains, and there is no big problem in drinking water, but the supply of grain and grass is quite difficult.

In the end, he found the native aborigines on the plateau, exchanged them for the plateau product barley, and trained while tuning the fields to cope with it.

At the same time, although the soldiers adapted to the plateau climate, the war horses failed to adapt, and over the course of a year, 10,000 war horses were basically killed and wounded.

In the end, Guan Yu asked Liu Bei for his life, and in the next few years, he exchanged the barley obtained from Tuntian with local herdsmen for a lot of high-quality war horses.

These horses are short in stature, but they are super capable of riding, and they basically don't need to be over-selected to become equipped war horses.

Therefore, Guan Yu trained all the 10,000 troops as heavy cavalry.

Knowing that Liu Bei wanted to transfer troops from the Western Regions, Guan Yu wrote to Liu Bei asking for war, but Liu Bei did not agree, but asked Guan Yu to continue trading with the indigenous herdsmen of the plateau.

After that, Guan Yu returned to the Western Regions and mainly used grain and iron tools, trading war horses with herdsmen in the northern part of the plateau.