Yi County, south of Qinling, north of Weishui, is an important gateway in Jingzhao, when Ye Zhao ordered Zhao Yun to lead the army out of the valley, Li Wei directly dispatched the army, is because of the fear that Zhao Yun will capture Yi County, once Yi County is lost, the entire city west of Chang'an, will fall under the Shu army.

Before the soldiers and horses in Guanzhong arrived, Li Wei led the army to retreat to Yixian to prepare to face Ye Zhao, as for Zhao Yun, as long as he was in Yixian, Zhao Yun would not be able to pass.

Please Ye Zhao stop......

When he learned that Ye Zhao occupied the five counties of Longyou, Li Dao didn't think about it, first sent Zhao Yun to attract his attention, and then took advantage of the situation to capture the land of Longyou, Li Dao is not a fool, not to mention Li Xian's hatred, just look at Ye Zhao's movement this time, that is, come prepared, even if he sends someone to ask for peace, it is estimated that he will be humiliated, maybe he will be put on a table by Ye Zhao, Lu Bu was teased by Ye Zhao again and again, it is not a secret in the Xiliang army.

On the third day of Li Dao's retreat to Yixian County, Guan Yu's vanguard troops arrived, and Ye Zhao allocated 7,000 men and horses to Guan Yu, plus the 1,000 people who attacked Longxi before, Guan Yu's vanguard army had 8,000 people.

After Guan Yu learned that Li Dao led the army to garrison Yixian, he did not rush in, and went down to the village ten miles outside Yixian County, and sent people to investigate the news first.

The soldiers and horses have not moved, intelligence first, this is the foundation in the art of war class of Chengdu/Du Academy, Ye Zhao, Xu Rong and Xi Zhicai will list intelligence in the same position as grain and grass when they occasionally make guest appearances in the academy, and over time, Guan Yu, who often observes, also takes this as the main point of marching and fighting, there is a team in the army that is specifically responsible for exploring intelligence, they may not be good at fighting, but they are good at collecting intelligence, and now they are an independent branch of the army.

"General, something is wrong!" In the afternoon, Wei Yan hurriedly came back from outside the tent, now he is Guan Yu's deputy general, and he is also a right-hand man, at least Guan Yu feels that although Wei Yan is young, he has a more active brain than Zhou Cang in doing things.

"How is it not good?" Guan Yu put down the book in his hand and looked at Wei Yandao.

"Li Dao and Guo Yan joined forces, Tanma asked the people around, before Li Dao and Guo Yan joined forces to besiege General Zhao Yun, after learning the news that the lord attacked Longyou, Li Daotun was stationed in Yi County, Guo Bitun was stationed in Wugong County, the two sides were in a corner of the trend, according to various traces, the soldiers and horses on both sides combined, there were 100,000 people!" Wei Yan's face was a little ugly and said: "Our army is only eight thousand, I'm afraid it will be difficult to be hostile, it is better to camp here, wait for the arrival of the lord's army, and then fight with the enemy." ”

Li Dao and Guo Yan are also ruthless enough, and they directly put the main force here at once, 100,000 troops, Ye Zhao only mobilized 80,000 this time, as for the logistics troops, they are not counted among the combat troops.

Guan Yu stroked his long hair and was silent, under normal circumstances, there is a huge difference between the strength of the enemy and us, and the enemy army is still relying on the city, if the war starts, it is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg.

Tianshui defeated easily, but that was basically the result of using all of Ye Zhao's new equipment, although the general army was well-equipped, but because of the work efficiency, those equipment could not equip the whole army, not to mention, the Shengong Battalion was constantly innovating, and Ye Zhao did not prepare a certain weapon to the point where it could be equipped by the whole army at once.

Moreover, the Tianshui garrison was only 3,000, and when they did not have an advantage in terms of troops, they formed an overwhelming advantage.

But Guan Yu doesn't want to be on standby, this is his first battle out of the customs, he must fight loudly, in his heart, Guan Yu also attaches great importance to fame.

"Sandbox!" Taking a deep breath, Guan Yu asked Zhou Cang to lift the sand table up, this is a simulated sand table made by the Shengong Battalion according to the terrain, although it is not too accurate, but it is more intuitive than the map, and now the people of the Shengong Battalion are investigating the geology, preparing to make a more accurate sand table to prepare for the upcoming Ye Zhao.

Wei Yan followed Guan Yu to the sand table, his eyes suddenly lit up and said: "General, this Yixian County is bordered by Weishui in the north, how about we attack it with water?" ”

"The terrain here is not low-lying, and if it is flooded, the water will flow directly through it, and it will have no impact on Weishui." Guan Yu shook his head and vetoed this proposal, not to mention that the terrain here is not suitable for water attack, even if he can, he is unwilling to use it unless he has to.

Once the water attack is used, it will not only affect Yixian, but countless innocent people will die, Ye Zhao wants an intact Guanzhong, not a wasteland.

But the Xiliang army is not a Yellow Turban thief, if you want to win more with less, in addition to the plan of fire and water, the enemy army is gathered in the city and various arteries and dock forts, Guan Yu can't think of a good way to break the enemy for a while, unless he lures that Li Dao out of the city to fight.

"If you can lure the thieves out of the city, you may be able to do something!" After closing his eyes and thinking for a long time, Guan Yu sighed, he had the heart to make miraculous achievements to shock the world, but in the current situation, it was not easy to break the enemy.

"General!" A soldier came in from outside, and said to the three people in the tent: "I just found out the information, Duan Xuan led 20,000 soldiers and horses from Chongqing to cross the water, and is marching this way!" ”

"This time, Li Dao and Guo Yan joined forces to convene the generals of Guan Long to fight against the lord, if the thief army is allowed to converge, I am afraid it will be more difficult to deal with!" Wei Yan sighed, he didn't expect that he would encounter such a big battle just after he came out of Shuzhong, and he felt a little excited when he thought about it.

"Yu Mi ......" Guan Yu walked to the sand table, on which there was only a map of Yi County within a radius of thirty miles, and there was no location of Yu Mi.

"Yu Mi is fifty miles northwest of Yongxian County, built near the river, that section of the simmer is the younger brother of Duan Ying, the Taiwei during the Zhongping period, and also the general under Dong Zhuo, among the generals in Xiliang, after the death of Fan Chou, he was only under Li Dao and Guo Yan, and 20,000 soldiers and horses ......" Wei Yan has been in Hanzhong all these years, and he knows the news from Jingzhao more clearly.

"The general is going to attack that section of the simmer?" Wei Yan's eyes suddenly lit up, Li Dao and Guo Yan were blessed by the city, so it was not easy to attack, but Duan Xuan led the army to come and intercepted along the way.

Guan Yu shook his head, and a pair of Danfeng eyes narrowed slightly: "The generals of Guanzhong are now forced to reunite under pressure, but as far as I know, the main generals have long been discordant, and the more they come, the more chaotic they become, just like the Guandong princes back then, with the power of the lord, it is not difficult to break it!" ”

"I'm thinking about ......" Guan Yu turned his head to look at Wei Yan and said, "What will happen if we sneak attack secretly and capture Chang'an?" ”

"Chang'an!?" When Wei Yan heard this, he was startled at first, and then hurriedly unfolded the map, looked at the map carefully, and turned back to Guan Yu and said: "This time to Chang'an, if you want not to be discovered by the thief army, you need to go through the Meridian Valley and then out of the waterlogged water, at least three hundred miles, our army has eight thousand men and horses, but it is not easy to hide people's eyes and ears, and at this moment our army leaves, Li Dao must be suspicious, and the last general thinks that when some soldiers and horses are left here to hide people's eyes and ears, we will lead the light cavalry to carry three days' rations, and make a detour to the Meridian Valley, if there are three thousand soldiers and horses, day and night, three days should be able to arrive, It's just that I don't know how the Chang'an garrison is? ”

"Now that the main forces of Li Dao and Guo Yan are gathered here, there should not be many people in Chang'an." Guan Yu glanced at Wei Yan appreciatively, although Wei Yan was not pleasing among the generals, but it was quite in line with Guan Yu's appetite, both of them belonged to the kind of characters who were bold and dared to think and dare to do, and now they were together, but they had this idea, but they had already started to think about how to do it.

That being said, but Chang'an is the place of Jingzhao, one of the two capitals of the Han Dynasty, even if Li Dao sends troops with all his might, Chang'an's garrison will not be too loose, but this is a surprise attack, just like the previous attack on Longxi, the opponent was caught off guard.

However, Rao is like this, and if three thousand men and horses want to break through Chang'an, it is inevitably a little whimsical.

"Before the lord gave a certain reinforcement, he sent 500 rattan armor soldiers, but they were not wrapped in leather, and if they caught fire, they would be ignited." Guan Yu stood up, stroked his beard and thought carefully: "But if it is a surprise attack, five hundred vine armor soldiers are indeed the most suitable. ”

"The last general is willing to lead the vine armor soldiers first, and the general will follow!" Wei Yan's eyes lit up, the rattan armor soldiers are the elite troops in Shu, the rattan armor is invulnerable, and it is light, the enemy cannot know the weakness of the rattan armor at the first time, if it is a surprise attack, the vine armor soldiers can indeed establish miraculous skills.

"General, this ...... Is it too risky? Zhou Cang listened to the conversation between the two, his eyelids jumped, Chang'an is the capital, the city is nearly five zhang high, and there must be a lot of garrisons, not to mention three thousand, even if there are 30,000 soldiers and horses, I'm afraid it will be difficult to overcome, not to mention that these three thousand soldiers and horses don't even bring a siege weapon, once the surprise attack fails, the other party will defend the city, how to fight at that time? I'm afraid that by then, I won't even have enough food to come back.

Guan Yu shook his head and said: "This is the best time, now that Li Guo's two thieves are gathering here, Chang'an is definitely the emptiest time, if it is not broken at this time, it may be even more difficult to break it in the future!" ”

Turning his head to look at Wei Yan: "Are Zilong's soldiers and horses still stationed in the valley?" ”

"Exactly." Wei Yan nodded.

"You send someone to Zilong, please Zilong help me take care of the camp, Zhou Cang, you stay to guard the camp, Wen Chang, you go to count the soldiers and horses, five hundred wisteria armor soldiers, two thousand five hundred of the most elite soldiers, people with three days of rations, out of the camp tonight!" Guan Yu said in a deep voice.

"General!" Zhou Cang didn't wait for Wei Yan to answer, and said first: "The lord's army will arrive soon, will I report to the lord first?" ”

"The soldiers are fast, if you wait for the lord's army to come, I'm afraid that all the generals in Xiliang will also gather over, when the time comes, it will be difficult to send troops again, besides, the lord has given me the position of vanguard, and there is no restriction on how I should fight, the opportunity to break the enemy has appeared, I will personally write to the lord, you send someone to send it to the lord!" But there is no need to discuss the matter of sending troops! Guan Yu said categorically.

"Whoa!" Zhou Cang saw that Guan Yu had made up his mind, and it was not good to obstruct it again, so he had to smile bitterly and promise.

"The last general is going to order troops!" Wei Yan was overjoyed when he heard this, he saluted Guan Yu excitedly, turned around and went to count the people, that night, Guan Yu and Wei Yan took three thousand soldiers and horses out of the camp, leaving only Zhou Cang's anxious Lian Flip in the camp to send people to Ye Zhao to summon the news.