Wei Yan since the division of troops to capture Anding, Tianshui, Longxi counties, good news frequently, just five days of effort, even the three counties of more than a dozen counties, each county, according to Liu Zhang's order to punish the most heinous officials at all levels, squires, soldiers, at the same time open the treasury, to help the people, and then in the local conscription of sages and lofty ideals to temporarily serve as officials at all levels (Liu Zhang completely defeated Dong Zhuo will evaluate these officials, if qualified will be formally appointed, if not, of course will be dismissed), for the benefit of the people, For a time, the people in the Yizhou army captured the land, and everyone praised the Yizhou army for its benevolence and righteousness, and Liu Zhang's reputation was even more prosperous.

Although everywhere the army went, it was like destroying the withering and decaying, but Wei Yan's heart was not easy, and the reason was naturally because of the martial arts! He doesn't know the actual situation of martial arts, but from the huge gap between the strength of the enemy and us on the front line of martial arts, we can imagine how sinister the situation is, now that his partial division has been exposed, the battle situation will fall into erosion for Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo has no time to spend any longer, he will definitely choose a quick victory, concentrate all his strength to break all the way, it is obvious that Dong Zhuo will not choose his people as the primary opponent, first, this army is farther away from Chang'an, more powerful, mobile, and scattered, Even if Dong Zhuo comes with the whole army, it will be difficult to annihilate him in one fell swoop in a short period of time, as long as Dong Zhuo can't completely annihilate him, the entire Guanzhong general will be restless; Second, there is Liu Zhang on the front line of martial arts, and the art of war has the commandment to capture the thief and capture the king first, as long as Liu Zhang is defeated, it can have a huge blow to the entire Yizhou group, and the Yizhou army on the front line of martial arts shrinks a corner, and it is easier to encircle and annihilate!

Wei Yan knew very well that even if he turned Liangzhou upside down, relatively speaking, in Dong Zhuo's opinion, it was just a problem of ringworm, once Dong Zhuo defeated Liu Zhang, the army fell into a leaderless situation, no matter how great his ability was, no matter how great the results he achieved, he had to lead his troops to retreat from Hanzhong. To this end, he must contain Dong Zhuo from the side, relieve the pressure on Liu Zhang, and seek to converge with Liu Zhang, attack back and forth, and annihilate Dong Zhuo's army in one fell swoop. What's more, if there was no Liu Zhang, how could he be today? Liu Zhang's treatment of him can be said to be higher than the sky, he has already sworn that Liu Zhang will serve his life and die without regrets, how can he sit back and watch Liu Zhang be in danger? How can we better contain Dong Zhuo and reduce the pressure on Liu Zhang more likely? It is a way for the whole army to march eastward, converge with Liu Zhang, and face Dong Zhuo head-on, but it is not advisable! Once he leaves with the whole army, Dong Zhuo does not have to worry about the safety of Liangzhou for the time being, and can take a defensive position to wait for the Yizhou army to run out of food. Dong Zhuo is not a fool, he knows very well that more than 200,000 centaurs want to eat and chew, only relying on the four dangerous paths of Chen Cang, Fu Luo, Bao Xian, and Meridian, within three months, it is enough to collapse the logistics of the entire Yizhou, as long as he survives this time, Dong Zhuo will win without a fight! Alarmist? No! Wei Yan knew very well that although Hanzhong had accumulated enough grain and grass for the Northern Expedition army for a year, it was a pity that these grains and grasses were far away in the south of the Qinling Mountains, and it was a hundred times more difficult than the army to cross the Qinling Mountains. In less than a month, the entire Northern Expedition army will be in danger of running out of food! After thinking about it for a long time, Wei Yan thought that the only way was to divide the troops, attack the city and plunder the land all the way to obtain grain and grass for the use of the army, and at the same time disturb the land of Guanzhong, and march all the way east to contain Dong Zhuo. If you want to contain Dong Zhuo, you must choose a favorable point, as for where this point is, Wei Yan's gaze and Jia Xu stopped in one place - Yiwu!

"Come on, please invite the two generals Zhong Kang and Qingwei to come, and in addition, pass on my general order to recall the 15th Infantry Division and the 1st Cavalry Independent Brigade!" Wei Yan immediately decided.

"Yes, General!" The soldiers were ordered to go.

Wei Yan wrote a book, wrote two short but irrefutable and incorrect orders, stamped them with seals, handed them over to his own soldiers, and ordered them to be quickly transmitted to the 15th Infantry Division and the 1st Independent Cavalry Brigade.

As soon as Wei Yan's letter was written, Xu Chu and Dian Wei walked in.

"I've seen the general!" The two saluted.

For Liu Zhang's two tiger guard generals, Wei Yan didn't dare to trust them, but they were directly under Liu Zhang, not controlled by others, if it wasn't for the sake of quickly conquering Sanguan this time, Liu Zhang would not put them in the first legion, Wei Yan got up and smiled: "The two generals are here, please sit down!" ”

Dian Wei didn't sit down and said, "General, you sent all the soldiers and horses, why did you leave our brothers alone in this place where birds don't lay eggs?" Watching others eat meat and drink soup, we can't catch a battle, I feel very uncomfortable, the general still let us out, don't worry, the general said that if you take that city, our brothers will definitely sacrifice it! ”

Wei Yan smiled and said, "Good steel is used on the blade, the lord's Tiger Guard Army is the strongest army in my Yizhou, if it is sent to attack the under-defended city, wouldn't it be overkill?" Didn't the last tough battle of the capture of Sanguan all depend on the two generals? ”

Wei Yan's little compliment made Dian Wei very happy, and laughed: "Eating meat is not as strong as gnawing bones, but it's better than nothing!" General, what do you say? ”

"I will leave the two generals behind, naturally I will not let this sharp blade in the hands of the lord rust!"

Don't look at Xu Chu who hasn't spoken, in fact, he has been in a hurry in his heart for the past few days, and after listening to Wei Yan's words, he couldn't wait to say: "Does the general mean ......?"

Dian Wei almost drooled and said, "Is there a battle for us?" ”

Wei Yan nodded and said, "Yes, there is a very tricky task that I want to hand over to the two generals!" ”

"Great...... Dian Wei slapped his thigh hard, his face almost bloomed, and said: "General, you say, let us fight there, if our brothers can't take it, you will cut us with a knife!" ”

Wei Yan pointed to a small black dot marked with the word "Yiwu" on the map and said, "Two generals, please look, this is it!" ”

"Hewu?" Xu Chu and Dian Wei said differently.

"Yes, it's Yiwu...... However, this time, the two generals could not take it down......"

"Huh?" Dian Wei and Xu Chu couldn't help but lose their voices, and Dian Wei was very puzzled and said: "Why can't you capture it?" ”

"Two generals, please see, Dong Zhuo sent nearly 150,000 troops to meet the lord, and now my 100,000 troops on the west road have entered the pass, Dong Zhuo is difficult to sit idly by, and will send the main force to attack the lord, in my opinion, Dong Zhuo can still mobilize about seven to 100,000 soldiers and horses, and the lord will face great danger at that time......"

"So what are you waiting for?" Hearing that Liu Zhang was in danger, Xu Chu didn't care about the difference between respect and inferiority, and interrupted Wei Yan's words: "The general should immediately lead the army to rescue the lord?" ”

Dian Wei also said: "Yes, no matter what, the lord can't have anything to do, the general, please give an order!" ”

"No......"

"Why?" This time, it was the two of them who interrupted Wei Yan's words at the same time.

Wei Yan explained his analysis of the reason to the two of them.

Xu Chu said: "What does the general mean is that once my whole army goes, I will not be able to obtain food and grass supplies, if Dong Zhuo avoids the war, once our army runs out of food, it will collapse without a fight?" ”

"Yes, Dong Zhuo has ruled in Guanzhong for a long time, and there is plenty of grain and grass, while our army is just the opposite, although there are countless grains and grass in Hanzhong, but it cannot be transported to the front line, Dong Zhuo sees this point clearly, and will definitely use it!"

"What's this, it's a big deal to open up Weishui and let people transport grain and grass to martial arts through Fu Luo Road!" Dian Wei said nonchalantly.

"What does General Dian think of the road conditions in Chencang?"

"It's not a problem for us old black...... However, there are great restrictions on the movement of the army! ”

"Yes, this Northern Expedition, the two generals of Dian and Xu as pioneers, traveling lightly, may not be able to appreciate the difficulty of traveling, I can tell the two generals a number, the general will know how difficult Chen Cangdao is, this time I personally led the main force of a total of 137 soldiers fell off the cliff and died, losing more than 300 wooden cattle and flowing horses! The two generals can know that the danger of Fu Luo is still above Chen Cang, if only Fu Luo Dao, how to meet the needs of the army? ”

"Ah...... Is it so difficult? Dian Wei said in a lost voice, although he also thought that Chen Cangdao was not easy to walk, but he didn't expect it to be difficult! In fact, it's no wonder that Dian Wei, in the early years, he lived in the mountains all the year round, and when he went out hunting, he often didn't even have a road, he still walked out, relatively speaking, Chen Cang Road is more or less a "way", and the Tiger Guard Division is one of the best elites in Yizhou, everyone is strong and strong-willed, and it is easy for them to pull out mountains and wade through water, even if the steep and abnormal Chen Cang Road has not been able to affect them, so Dian Wei unconsciously ignores the hardships of Chen Cang Road.

"Not bad! If I go with the whole army, not to mention whether we can open up the connection between Wugong and Hanzhong, even if we do, the supplies we can obtain are very limited, far from supporting more than 200,000 troops! ”

"Then what's the use of the general letting us attack Yiwu? And it can't be conquered! Dian Wei said.

"This place is like Dong Zhuo's palace, which contains countless gold and silver treasures that Dong Zhuo forcibly snatched, Dong Zhuo regards it as his life, if our army attacks here, Dong Zhuo will definitely divide his troops to rescue, which is called attacking the enemy and saving it, so as to relieve the pressure on the lord. If he conquered Yiwu in one fell swoop, Dong Zhuo knew that the treasure was difficult to preserve, how could he divide his troops? If Dong Zhuo can't be allowed to divide his troops, what is the use of taking it from just one place? ”

"I understand, the general means to let us make the movement bigger in Yiwu, provoke Dong Zhuo, and let him have to send troops to relieve the siege!"

"Yes, but with only 10,000 Tiger Guards, it is difficult to effectively divide Dong Zhuo's troops, I have ordered the 15th Infantry Division and the 1st Independent Cavalry Brigade to return and go with the two generals to attack Yiwu, you must do your best to make the momentum bigger! In this way, the pressure on the lord can be effectively relieved, and I will lead the army to attack the city and plunder the land all the way, shake Dong Zhuo's foundation, and at the same time gather military supplies. Once the time is ripe, our general will lead the main force to attack Dong Zhuo, once he defeats Dong Zhuo's main force, he will only have Chang'an to go, and he has lost the support of Xiliang, Chang'an is just a thing in the lord's pocket! ”

Xu Chu said: "I understand, if you can't take Liangzhou, even if Dong Zhuo fails, you can retreat to Liangzhou, and Dong Zhuo has been in Liangzhou for a long time, and the forces are intertwined, and it is not easy to clear up!" ”

"Yes, the lord is determined to be in the world, how can he waste his time for Dong Zhuo and spend the treasury?"

"Please give the order of the general!" Xu Chu said.

Dian Wei also said: "Please give the general an order!" ”

Wei Yan nodded and said, "The two generals Xu and Dian obey orders!" ”

"The last general!"

"I order the two of you to lead 10,000 tiger guards as the vanguard, and attack Yiwu on the same day, attack but not take, there must be no mistakes, can you two understand?"

"Understood, obey the general's orders!"

"The two generals will go, I will order Yonghong and Li Dian to go to support the two!"

"Yes!"

Xu Chu and Dian Wei saluted, turned around and left, and in less than half an hour, 10,000 Tiger Guards set off in full gear and marched into Yiwu!

As soon as Xu Chu and Dian Wei set off, Liu Zhang's order to besiege Yiwu came to Wei Yan, who read the letter and sighed, "The hero of the world is not Yan's ear......