Time entered September, and the situation in the land of Yongliang changed again.

After besieging Guzang City for more than a month, neither Zhang Mengrou surrendered, nor did he see the guards have a dish on their faces, and Wei Kang, who had besieged the city for a long time, finally realized that he might have fallen into a counter-plot, and he also exhausted all his patience, so he once again commanded the coalition soldiers who had rested for a long time to launch a fierce attack on the city.

Zhang Meng, who held Guzang City, faced the onslaught of the enemy forces outside the city, and had to go into battle in person, commanding the soldiers and civilians in the city to resist desperately at the top of the city, and preventing the soldiers of the coalition army from landing on the city at all costs.

In this fierce offensive and defensive battle, Zhang Meng led his troops to repel multiple rounds of siege by the coalition soldiers. Whenever he had leisure, he often climbed the city to look into the distance, looking at the reinforcements in Guanzhong that he had been looking forward to for a long time and had not arrived for a long time.

Could it be that Yan Xing would really sit idly by, see death and not save him, and wait until the blood of the soldiers and civilians in Guzang City dried up, and then it was too late?

Just when Zhang Meng's resolute heart also began to waver, Guanzhong finally sent troops!

It's just that the destination of the reinforcements is not Guzang City, which is in urgent need of rescue, but Ji County, the important town of Liangzhou Thorn History.

In order to pacify Yongliang in one fell swoop, Yan Xing sent a group of generals such as Ganling, Jia Xu, Yang Feng, Zhao Hong, Zhang Liao, Pei Ji, Pang De, etc., and gathered 30,000 horses from Guanzhong, Sanhe and other places, with Ganling as the main general, Jia Xu as the military division, Pei Ji as the supervisor, and the soldiers were divided into two routes, and marched into Yongliang from Longguan Road and Xiaoguan Road respectively.

All the way to Longguan, Zhang Liao led Song Xian, Hou Cheng and other generals, with 5,000 foot soldiers, to attack Longdi Pass and attract the attention of the Liangzhou state soldiers.

Xiaoguan all the way, Ganling with 10,000 main forces on horseback, led the army Chinese Wu, entered Anding County, and successfully met with thousands of soldiers and horses of Yang Qiu, Liang Kuan and others who had long been secretly surrendered, and the army was strict all the way to military discipline and Qiu did not commit any crimes, with Yang Qiu, Liang Kuan and other soldiers and horses as the lead, along the Xiaoguan Road to attack Hanyang County.

As for the remaining 15,000 men and horses, they worked with the people requisitioned from Guanzhong to ensure the smooth and safe passage of the grain routes behind the soldiers and horses of the two routes, and continuously delivered grain, grass and baggage to the front line.

Yan Xing's use of troops was very fast, and he really caught Wei Duan's soldiers and horses off guard.

Although the Liangzhou soldiers in the Longdi area held the pass, relying on the geographical advantage, at first Zhang Liao's foot soldiers were blocked from Longguan, but the main force of Ganling's cavalry was like a bamboo, and defeated the unprepared Liangzhou soldiers many times.

After the army entered Hanyang County, a company captured Luoyang, Xianqin, Longxian and other cities, and finally the Ganling soldiers came to the city, led the troops to surround Ji County, and sent Yang Feng to lead the troops and Zhang Liaobu to attack back and forth, breaking through the Longdi Pass.

Liangzhou Mu Wei Duan, who was trapped in Ji County, did not expect the soldiers and horses in Guanzhong to come so quickly, he stayed in Longguan, Luoyang, Xianqin and other places The soldiers and horses were beaten to lose their armor and flee in defeat, he was in an embarrassing situation He could only send an envoy out of the city, surrender to the soft and sue for peace, and asked Ganling to withdraw the siege and retreat first.

It's a pity that Gan Ling led the troops this time, that is, he was ordered to capture the land of Yongliang, where could he easily withdraw because of Wei Duan's humble words and heavy profits, he rejected Wei Duan's request for peace on the spot, and limited the time to ask Wei Duan to go out of the city and surrender, otherwise after the army broke through the city, it would not be a question of surrender or non-surrender.

In desperation, Wei Duan could only shift his hope to the state soldiers outside.

The soldiers and horses under his command, in addition to surrendering and dying in battle, also included Wei Kang's 10,000 state soldiers, as well as the county and county soldiers scattered in various cities that had not yet fallen.

Therefore, Wei Duan urgently sent an envoy to urgently summon Wei Duan's state soldiers and county soldiers scattered in various cities to rescue Ji County.

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Yu Yu said, anxious for the spark.

Under the city of Guzang, the Liangzhou state army battalion.

When Wei Kang learned that the soldiers and horses of Guanzhong were in the city of Ji County, he was immediately shocked and almost fell in the tent.

Before he also learned from his father's letter in Ji County that the soldiers and horses in Guanzhong marched into Liangdi, and were blocked by the guards of Longdi, who had been on guard, but he did not expect that less than ten days later, the situation suddenly changed drastically, and Ji County, where the state was located, was besieged by the soldiers and horses of Guanzhong.

At present, Ji County is in danger, Wei Kang is anxious, and hurriedly sent people to summon Yang Fu, Zhao Ang, Pang Yu and others in the army to come to the tent to discuss the matter of quickly withdrawing from the army.

When the army Chinese and military gathered in the tent, the distraught Wei Kang announced the urgent report of Yu Yu who was besieged by soldiers and horses in Guanzhong County. Suddenly hearing this bad news, everyone in the tent changed color, many of their families and children are in Ji County, if Ji County is not guaranteed, then they will all become lost dogs.

The withdrawal of troops has become something that everyone is thinking about.

But how to preside over the withdrawal also requires a workable charter.

Under the city of Guzang, there are not only their state soldiers, there are Zhang Meng's enemy troops in the city, and the military camp outside the city also has the former rebel soldiers and horses of Li Biao and others, as well as the troops of Yan Jun, He Luan and others, and the soldiers and horses of the Qianghu tribe.

After Yang Fu learned the content of the military newspaper, he had already analyzed the situation in his mind, and he began to say to Wei Kang and others:

"Judging from the military newspaper, the soldiers and horses in Guanzhong were able to attack Hanyang County because Yang Qiu surrendered and took Xiaoguan Road unimpeded. The road to Xiaoguan is far away, the road is not quiet, coupled with the barren cold land, can not supply too much food and grass for the army, pay attention to the soldiers and horses in Guanzhong, after attacking the cool land, the army used to besiege Ji County, will not exceed 20,000 at most. ”

"Ji County is an important town in the cool land, with high walls and deep ravines, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Since the envoy has already taken precautions, it is impossible for the enemy army besieging the city to be captured in a hurry, and there is no worry about the fall of Jixian County in the short term. For the time being, you can rest assured, let's think about how to withdraw the army safely, and gather the soldiers and horses of all cities to relieve the siege of Ji County. ”

Yang Fu's words to calm people's hearts were reasonable, the civil and military in the tent nodded one after another, and the panicked people's hearts also calmed down a little, and they began to settle down and discuss the regulations for retiring together.

Zhao Ang, who led the army in the army, said:

"General, Guzang City can't be captured for a long time, and the state soldiers can't be wasted any longer, so they must withdraw their troops quickly. If you want to withdraw the army, you need to block the news to avoid the leakage of military information, and then you can pull out the camp overnight and leave, and you can't let the other people know in advance, and when the state soldiers withdraw thirty miles away, then send an envoy to inform Li Piao, Yan Jun and others. ”

Wellon listened to him, hesitated, and asked:

"People from all walks of life jointly promoted me as a general and commanded the coalition forces to capture Guzang. Now Ji County is in an emergency, Gu Zang has not been down, I temporarily withdrew the army overnight, it is already an expedient measure, but if I don't tell the other people, wouldn't it be a hero who lost his trust in Liangdi, and how will the state government order to rule the Yongliang families in the future? ”

Zhao Ang saw that Wei Kang was worried about his reputation and prestige, and hesitated, knowing that this was a matter related to the success or failure of the withdrawal, so he hurriedly advised:

"The general must not hesitate in this matter. If these people learn that the rear of the state soldiers is in an emergency, not only will they not lead troops to help, but they may take advantage of the situation to send troops to sneak attack and besiege the retreating state soldiers on the way. ”

"Besides, once Li Piao, He Luan and others are informed, the critical military situation in Ji County will not be hidden, one spread ten, ten to hundreds, thousands, the army is in turmoil, not only Zhang Meng may take the opportunity to send troops out of the city to pursue, but also the soldiers have no fighting spirit, if they retreat to the enemy army halfway, there is no need to fight, and the soldiers in the army will be scared away."

Hearing that Zhao Ang, who led the troops, said that the consequences were so serious, Wei Kang had no choice but to give up his concerns and humbly obey Zhao Ang's advice.

At the end of the discussion, Wei Kang turned his head and caught a glimpse of Pang Yu, who was silent throughout the whole process, thinking that he had told him the information about the lack of food and grass in Guzang City, so that he chose to continue to lead the troops to besiege him, and missed the opportunity to capture Guzang City in vain, and finally made a fuss to retreat in vain, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of anger in his heart.

"Pang Jun!"

Wei Kang shouted Pang Yu, and Pang Yu, who reacted, hurriedly responded.

"What are the general's orders?"

"Your leg injury, I think it's almost better. After the retreat of the army, you will have to go and explain the reason for the withdrawal of the state troops to the other generals. ”

Hearing Wei Kang's cold words, Pang Kang's face twitched slightly, and he also guessed that Wei Kang was spilling the anger of not capturing Guzang City and returning in vain on himself.

This explained the reason for the withdrawal to all family members, but it was a drudgery without merit, and if you were not careful, you would be dragged out by those Qianghu lords who thought they had been sold by Wei Kang and cut off their heads.

But at this time, Wei Kang was eager to find a crime to treat himself, how could Pang Hao dare to shirk in public, he could only be bitter in his heart, gritted his teeth, and took Wei Kang's military order hard.

The deployment was set, and the Chinese Wu also led the army and returned to the army to urgently prepare for tonight's withdrawal.

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Wei Kang, who was in Wuwei, wanted to withdraw his troops back to save Ji County, and Gan Ling, who surrounded Ji County, was also preparing for the next battle.

Guanzhong dispatched troops quickly this time, and the momentum was like a bamboo, and Wei Duan's soldiers and horses, who were caught off guard, lost their armor. However, Wei Duan, who still had a glimmer of hope, still refused to surrender, and wanted to rely on Jiancheng and reinforcements and Guanzhong soldiers and horses to fight to the end.

Now, there are two ways in front of Gan Ling.

One is that before the arrival of Weiduan's reinforcements, the whole army attacked and captured Jixian and captured Liangzhou Muweiduan.

The other is to annihilate the reinforcements that Wei Duan had high hopes for, so that Ji County will become an isolated city without foreign reinforcements, and force Wei Duan, who has no hope, to surrender.

The cost and risk of attacking the fortification were too great, and after discussing with Jia Xu, Yang Feng and others, Gan Ling decided to adopt the method of "besieging the city and sending reinforcements".