HONG Nong,

"General Yang, the lord's order is different from the general's plan!" Wu Yunzhao said tentatively.

"So-and-so knows, alas, in fact, so-and-so should have expected the lord's answer a long time ago, and even so-and-so is unwilling to give up a county again, and the lord's decision is also reasonable." Yang Su sighed.

"So what do we do next?" Wu Yunzhao asked.

"What else, of course, obey the orders of the lord and divide the troops into Zuo Feng Ling, after all, the people and horses of Chang'an have been sent over, and we should also set off." Yang Su said helplessly.

"How is that arranged?"

"We have 80,000 soldiers and horses, then divide it into two, you lead 50,000 soldiers and horses to stay in Hongnong, and lead 30,000 soldiers and horses to join the soldiers and horses in Chang'an, and guard Zuo Fengling." Yang Su replied.

"Why, don't you understand?" Looking at Wu Yunzhao's somewhat puzzled face, Yang Su asked.

"Yes!" Wu Yunzhao replied directly.

"Although Zhang Xiu of Nanyang was restrained by Jia Fu, but now you can't have expectations for Jia Fu, so you will face two roads, and Chang'an has sent 10,000 horses, plus 30,000 people here, there are also 40,000 troops, which is only 10,000 less than your command." Yang Su explained.

"The last general understands!"

"Remember that Hongnong should be a rule, if you can't keep it, you must give up decisively, these tens of thousands of troops must not be buried in Hongnong, in addition, you have to pay close attention to the movements of Chang'an, now there are less than 10,000 soldiers and horses left in Chang'an, once Chang'an is in turmoil, the lord will be in danger." Yang Su instructed.

"Remember!"

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"Now that Hedong has been taken by our army, Yang Yichen has been exterminated by our army, so Zuo Fengling is empty, and our army should immediately advance to Zuo Fengling and take Chang'an." Xu Da said.

"General Xu has a point!" Wei Chigong said approvingly.

"Yang Yichen was wiped out and entrenched on the right side of Chang'an only left Yang Subu, Wu Yunzhao, now the two armies are in Hongnong, if nothing else, at this time the two have divided their troops, one in Hongnong, one in Zuo Fengling, the two of them add up to about 80,000 soldiers and horses, and our army has 130,000 soldiers and horses, and they have an advantage in strength, since they divide the troops, we can also divide the troops, and the two roads advance at the same time." Wei Qing proposed.

"Why don't you just concentrate your forces to capture a county and settle the battle with your superiority in troops." Xue Rengui questioned.

"If our army concentrates its forces, Yang Guang's people still divide their troops, if our army concentrates its forces to attack Zuo Fengling, Nanyang and Zhang Xiu are eyeing each other, and Yang Guang's soldiers and horses in Hongnong do not dare to move, if our army attacks Hongnong, if Yang Guang concentrates his forces, then Zuo Fengling will inevitably be empty, and our army may be able to repeat the old tricks, raid Chang'an, and take Yang Guang. Therefore, once our army concentrates its forces, perhaps Yang Guang will choose a strong man to break his wrist, abandon Zuo Feng Ling, Hongnong, and even right Fufeng, and fight to the death with our army in Chang'an, such a result will inevitably be a fish to death, our army will lose its troops, and Chang'an will be ruined, which Your Majesty does not want to see, what our army lacks is not time, what Your Majesty needs is to win the victory with slight losses, so for the time being, our army cannot divide the army. Wei Qing explained.

"What General Wei said is very reasonable, but of course there is something inappropriate." Xu Da said.

"Our army is not short of time, Cao Cao is now delayed by the affairs of Jingzhou, once Cao Cao is frustrated in Jingzhou, the soldiers and horses are transferred back, and they are turned into the northern battlefield to put pressure on our army, it will be extremely unfavorable to our army, so our army must not only reduce casualties and losses, but also gain time." Xu Da explained.

"A certain proposal asked General Wei to lead 50,000 troops to cooperate with Zhang Xiu to attack Hongnong County, and a certain and General Xue led the remaining soldiers and horses to attack Zuo Fengling." Xu Da spoke again.

"Good!" Wei Qing directly agreed to Xu Da's arrangement.

"Yes!" Immediately afterwards, Xue Rengui also nodded.

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Yizhou,

"My lord, the situation on the Chang'an side is becoming more and more obvious, and we should have made plans early." Chen Ping opened his mouth and said.

"Aren't you always looking for opportunities?" Liu Bang asked rhetorically.

"But this opportunity has already come." Chen Ping replied.

"Tell me, what's the chance?" Liu Bang asked with some curiosity.

"The subordinates have reached an agreement with Li Ru, who is hiding near Chang'an."

"Li Ru? Is it Li Ru of Dong Zhuo's son-in-law? Liu Bang asked in surprise.

"It is this person, Li Ru, this person's strategy and means are very extraordinary, he has been hiding in the counties near Chang'an, gathering the old Xiliang department loyal to Dong Zhuo, and many families who are dissatisfied with Yang Guang in Si Li, he is willing to cooperate with us to take Chang'an and get rid of Yang Guang." Chen Ping replied.

"So, you've got a plan." Liu Bang said in surprise.

The subordinates thought that Yang Guang would definitely not be Liu Bian's opponent in the next battle, whether it was in terms of troops, the ability of his subordinates, or the combat effectiveness of the army, Yang Guang was inferior to Liu Bian. Therefore, if this goes on for a long time, the soldiers and horses guarding outside our Yizhou will definitely be mobilized, and once they are mobilized, it will be the time for our army to send troops, and then cooperate with Li Ru in Chang'an and Chang'an will be at your fingertips. Chen Ping replied.

"Very good, this plan is feasible, but now that Liu Xie has been taken away by Liu Wei's people, not only will we not get any benefit from dealing with Yang Guang again, but will we help Liu Wei?" Liu Bang said with some skepticism.

"Lord, what you think is indeed reasonable, however, Yang Guang is bound to defeat at this point, so why not profit from it." Chen Ping retorted.

"Tell me about it!"

"Sili is rich, Chang'an is prosperous, as far as his subordinates know, Yang Guang hoarded a large amount of grain, grass, and weapons in the territory of Jingzhaoyin, which was used to recruit troops and horses, but Liu Wei sent Montaigne's army in advance, which changed Yang Guang's plan, and these grain, grass and weapons are still hoarding today. I Yizhou, the people live and work in peace and contentment, food and clothing are more than enough, but my Yizhou army is weaker than the princes, first, our army is insufficient, second, our army is not enough weapons, third, although the people can eat, but my Yizhou hoarded grain and grass is limited, once the war starts, the hoarded grain and grass will be exhausted, not enough to support our army for a long time. Therefore, his subordinates thought that it was extremely necessary to raid Chang'an. Our army got rid of Yang Guang secondly, and it was most important to take away the grain, grass, and weapons hoarded near Chang'an, and drive the people near Yizhou into Yizhou. Chen Ping explained.

"You mean that the purpose of this battle is for the grain, grass, weapons, and people nearby in Chang'an?"

"That's right, in addition to these, there are also the subordinates and some families that Li Ru has gathered, you must know that once they cooperate with our army to get rid of Yang Guang, then they will face the retaliation of Yang Su's army of more than 100,000 people, and they can only enter Yizhou with our army." Chen Ping replied.

"Okay, good, as you said, just do it, take Chang'an, get rid of Yang Guang, seize the grain, grass, weapons, and people." Liu Bang laughed.

At this time, Liu Bang was indeed smiling, but a few years later, Liu Bang regretted it because he was involved in the war between Liu Wei and Yang Guang.

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Yizhou's plan, Liu Bang's plan, and the turbulence in Chang'an, Yang Guang didn't know about them, and he didn't want to know, because Yang Guang was already busy at this time.

"General, news has come from the right Fufeng, Montaigne has attacked the right Fufeng, General Gao has fought and retreated, and four cities in the territory of the right Fufeng have been occupied by Montaigne's army."

After Meng Tian returned with his troops from Huo Quai, he immediately launched an attack on Youfufeng, and in just a few days, he successively took four cities: Huang County, Qi County, Luyi County, and Anling County.

"What did Gao Gong do to eat, he lost Liangzhou, and now he has to lose Youfufeng again." Yang Guang was furious. If it weren't for the fact that there were no generals under him, Yang Guang would be eager to replace Gao Gong.

"Ordered Yang Dayan, ordered him to divide 20,000 troops and hand them over to Gao Gong, and told Gao Gong that if he lost another city, he would be asked." Yang Guang said angrily.

"No!"

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