In January of the sixth year of Yonghan, Pang Tong stood on the wall of the east gate of Luoyang City, and the last cold wind at the end of winter was still stubbornly sweeping, and he smelled the smell of gunpowder smoke in this wind. Maybe it was the imaginary relationship in his mind, and he even smelled the fishy smell, which was the smell of blood. Within two months, there have been dozens of documents that have been returned by Tanma, and the world has changed greatly.

Yuan Shao annihilated the main force of Gongsun Chan in three major battles and won the land of Youzhou, and Gongsun Chan himself committed suicide by falling off the wall. Cao Cao, an ally in the east, divided the relationship between Tao Qian and Yuan Shu, annihilated Tao Qian's army, and annexed the land of Xuzhou. Liu Bei, who was originally the general of Tao Qian's army, continued to lead the resistance forces to fight after Tao Qian's death, but finally failed, and led the remnants to defect to Liu Biao.

The southernmost "little overlord" Sun Ce fell ill and died violently, and the listeners sighed, and his younger brother Sun Quan succeeded to the throne and began a way to stop fighting and support the people.

Kong Ling of Yuzhou had 300,000 troops and was on guard against Cao Cao and Sun Quan.

As far as Yuan Shu, who owns Xiapi in Xuzhou and Jiujiang in Yangzhou, is facing the possibility of being attacked by Cao Cao and Sun Ce at the same time. He also regretted Tao Qian's death. For some reason, perhaps because he knew that his power was not enough to resist the surrounding princes, Yuan Shu began to become unscrupulous, building a large number of buildings, singing and dancing all day long, making the people miserable.

Pang Tong walked up to the city tower, the civil and military officials had arrived, and everyone was seated. Pang Tong told the situation in the world one by one, and everyone frowned, pondered, or sighed when they heard it.

Pang Tong said: "The change in the world is not a gradual change. To this day, I regard it as a new side, polishing the stage of history, and truly opening the prelude to the fierce battle of the heroes. Hebei Yuan Shao, Tiger and Leopard Cao Cao, Heavy Soldier Kong Ling, Fierce Horse Teng, Houji Liu Biao, Rich Liu Yan, and Chusheng Sun Quan are all capable forces, like Yuan Shu, who is called the emperor, whether it is the foundation or civil and military, and the generals can not be compared with the former, Qingzhou Gong Jingbing will have more than 200,000 soldiers, but unfortunately there is a lack of effective civil and military power, and it is about to fail. Now, where is our army going? ”

Everyone was silent for a while, and Lu Su replied: "Yuan Shao and Cao Cao will have a battle, but who can swallow Qingzhou." So the east side is unharmed. Liu Biao in the south has a deep foundation and is not easy to shake, only Zhang Xiu and Li Ru on the west side can break it. ”

Pang Tong smiled and said, "It's exactly what I want." ”

Jia Xu said: "It's better to invite Ma Teng of Liangzhou to wrap Yongzhou, share the food, and then hit Ma Teng, level Yongzhou, and seize Xiliang." ”

Pang Tong nodded and said, "It's a plan, but I have to work hard to make peace." ”

Jia Xu got up and said, "I am fortunate to take on this great responsibility." ”

Pang Tong gathered an army of 200,000 to reach the Tiger Prison Pass, and joined forces with the 50,000 defenders of the Pass. Li Ru and Zhang Xiu, who had learned of Pang Tongjun's movements, also began to keep in close contact. Pang Tong's army was heavily stationed in Guanshang, but it did not move.

From the beautiful mountains and rivers to the rolling sand and dust, it was only a mile later, Jia Xu took two entourages in plainclothes and found a local to lead the way. After walking for a while, it was quite peaceful, but the deeper you went into Wuwei County, the more sinister it became. The wind carried the sand in his face, and there was only whistling in his ears, and sometimes he couldn't even open his eyes. In such a bad situation, the leader was able to take them to the nearest inn. It was on the way to brave the wind and sand again again that Jia Xu learned the fierceness of Xiliang.

Jia Xu arrived at Guzang County on the back of a camel, a giant in the shape of a fortress built of loess, and when he looked inside, he had everything. The pavement is paved with stone slabs, trees on both sides, and there are many houses, post stations, hotels, and inns. Both men and women are accustomed to wearing headscarves and other things that can wrap around their heads. Like Jia Xu and others, they wear big-brimmed hats, and the curtain hanging from this hat is a good shield from the scorching sun and dust. Jia Xu waited until he reached the outside of a two-story building, and the guards went in to inform them before leading them in. The interior is exquisitely arranged, and the flower pots are placed on the elevated shelf, one in ten steps. The earthy yellow walls are covered with painted paintings. A red carpet went straight to the inner hall, with attendants and guards, and a person on the big seat had a majestic face, about forty years old.

Jia Xu arched his hand and said: "I am Jia Xu, the envoy of Sizhou Pangtong, and I am here to invite Master Ma." ”

Ma Teng carefully looked at the person who came from the east, and he asked calmly: "Sizhou and I don't border, why did you come to see me?" ”

Jia Xu said calmly: "In order to share Yongzhou together." ”

Ma Teng's face flashed with a hint of surprise, and said: "As soon as Your Excellency comes, you want me to raise troops in Liangzhou, Pang Tong is not too confident, right?" ”

Jia Xu said with a smile: "If Lord Ma gets Tianshui and Wudu County, it can be said that the two counties of Wudu are like a tiger with wings, and I want the two counties of Chang'an and Anding." If you don't want to share the food, I can only go to Nayizhou to find Liu Yan. ”

Ma Teng said indifferently: "To put it bluntly, I have long had the idea of swallowing Yongzhou." My Liangzhou soldiers and horses are strong, and it is time to open up the territory. When to start the army? ”

Jia Xu said with a smile: "At the beginning of March, no matter whether the adults raise troops or not, the huge people will act. ”

Ma Teng nodded, and ordered to give gold and silver utensils to Jia Xu.

Pang Tong is on the Tongguan, where the wind and waves are rolling, and the flag is fluttering. Zhao Yun walked up to him and said, "My lord, tomorrow is March, what if Ma Teng doesn't have soldiers?" ”

Pang Tong looked at the uplifted mountains, verdant forests, and entrenched clouds and mist, and said with great emotion: "I will wait for Yongzhou to be swallowed alone, and then he will break Liangzhou." ”

The next day, the gate of Tongguan was opened, and Pang Tong's army of 100,000 went north. Two days later, when they arrived at Tongshan Dazhai, the defenders had withdrawn. They directly bypassed Dazhai and went straight to the county seat of Linjin. One day later, in the afternoon, he went down to the village thirty miles outside the city, and the horse was urgent: "The gate of Linjin County is wide open, and at least 100,000 horses have gone out of the city, and they have marched towards my Dazhai in front of the city." ”

Pang Tong wore a tiger-headed silver helmet, a tiger-faced cuirass, a red cloak, and a double sword waist. He rode out on a black horse, followed by an army of 100,000 people, and formed three square formations of three sides five miles away. After waiting for half an hour, Li Ru's 100,000 army approached in the shape of a sword, dusty and trembling.

The two armies slowly faced each other, and Pang Tong came out of the formation and said: "Li Ru, surrender quickly!" ”

Li Ru stepped out of his horse and said with a smile: "It's better to defend yourself as a huge person?" ”

Pang Tong laughed when he heard this: "Are you talking about Zhang Xiu's attack on Tongguan?" My brother is garrisoned with an army of 150,000 troops, and I want to see how he fights! ”

Li Ru was disillusioned when he heard this. Pang Tong waved his left hand, and Zhao Yun flew out like an arrow on one side, and shouted in the center: "Li Rujun, who dares to fight!" ”

After that, Li Ru rode out of the phalanx, and Xu Rong, the governor of Naizhou. The two horses intersected, the bright silver spear in Zhao Yun's hand stabbed wildly, and Li Ru's barbed knife in his hand hurriedly parried. The two fought for twenty rounds, Zhao Yun glared angrily, the gun was like a meteor, and he stabbed Xu Rong and dismounted. Xu Rong covered his left abdomen. Zhao Yun bent over and swept away, and Xu Rong's head separated.

Seeing this, Pang Tong waved his sword and said loudly: "Kill it!" ”

The army urged, and the roar shook the heavens and the earth. Li Ru's army was in chaos, and Pang Tong's army came ashore like a mad crocodile, with momentum like a rainbow, killing the enemy army and crushing the army. Li Ruming Jin collected his troops and fled north, 70,000 people entered the city gate, and the rest either died on the battlefield or were locked out of the gate. Pang Tongjun did not chase to the gate, and stopped five miles outside the city gate. Pang Tongmingjin collected his troops and returned to Dazhai. Li Ru couldn't figure out his thoughts and was uneasy.

Pang Tong returned to the tent and called Lu Su into the tent. Lu Su arched his hand and said, "What did the adults call me?" Pang Tong gave him a book. Lu Su spread it out and looked at it, grinned in surprise, and said half-loudly: "Different reactions, different reactions." ”

Pang Tongzheng said: "In ten days, twenty planes were built according to this drawing." ”

Lu Su held the drawings in his hand and said proudly: "If it can't be completed in ten days, I am willing to be dealt with by military law." ”

The woods on the west side of Dazhai were lively, the thick trees were cut down and then placed in the open area, the craftsmen worked hard, and everyone was busy sweating. Lu Su supervised at the scene, forgetting to sleep and eat.

Eight days later, Lu Su came to Pang Tong's tent and said, "My lord, it's done!" ”

Pang Tong put down the scroll with a smile, got up and went out of the tent with him, and came to the open space on the west side of Dazhai, where he saw twenty tower-like wooden frames towering. The wooden frame has a wrapping staircase from the bottom to the top, and the soldiers can go up to the top at will.

Lu Su said: "Please give me a name." ”

Pang Tong pointed to the nearest wooden frame and said, "Cloud car!" ”

Twenty cupola chariots were twelve meters high, pushed in front, and the 100,000 troops behind them advanced close to the city wall. Li Ru was stunned from the city wall. What he saw was a moving wooden tower with six wheels, and in the middle of it, the cloud cart was already close, and it was even three meters higher than the city wall. The archers defending the city shot countless arrows, and the soldiers on the cloud chariot resisted with shields. Pang Tongjun descended like tigers, jumped up the stairs near the wall, and fought with the defenders. Soldiers continued to run onto the cloud cart and jump into the wall. Li Ru's army was in chaos, and the city gates were smashed by the crash cars, and after two heavy impacts, the gates were completely open, and the army poured in. The soldiers inside waited solemnly, and the two sides fought fiercely. However, Pang Tong's army soon occupied the wall, and Li Ru had already broken away under the escort of his men. The crossbowmen of the Pang Tong army lined up neatly on the wall and shot into the dense enemy formation.

The war entered a brutal street fight, and the two sides killed for half a day. Li Rujun was forced to the north side. Pang Tong personally led the cavalry to charge and kill the enemy formation, and the morale of the soldiers was high.

Seeing this, Li Ru ordered the north gate to be opened, and the army fled, bypassing the low mountains in the west, and marching towards Yunyang County in the southwest by taking the road of the valley. The roads in Linjin County were full of corpses, and the narrower roads were blocked by corpses. Pang Tong walked over from the pile of corpses and said to Dian Wei on the side: "Tianxiong, this is my evil obstacle. ”

Dian Wei said: "This is the battle of the enemy and me, either he dies or I die." ”

Pang Tong walked to the square, some wounded soldiers lay on the ground, and he instructed Dian Wei: "Pass the order, do not rush into the people's houses, and put up a list to calm the people." ”

Three days later, Pang Tong's army sent troops to Yunyang County. At the same time, Zhang Xiu's 100,000-strong army could not overcome the fortifications, and had retreated to Yunyang County and joined forces with Li Ru's army in the city. Lü Bu led an army of 100,000 out of the pass and formed a rivalry with Pang Tong.

After Pang Tongjun came to Yunyang County, he went down to the village thirty miles to the east, and after waiting for two days, Lu Bu's army arrived, and the two sides joined forces. 200,000 people were stationed here, and Pang Tong ordered people to build 40 cloud chariots. It was completed in 10 days.