"Dushuai, Ningzhou has been captured, and now the Tiance army occupies Longzhou in the west, detouring in the direction of my Fengxiang, and after occupying Ningzhou on the eastern front, it seems that there is a plan to go south to Pizhou and Jingzhou. What do we do now? "In the Fengxiang Festival Envoy's Mansion, Li Maozhen's subordinate Liu Zhijun hurriedly found Li Maozhen with the information just sent by the scout.

Li Maozhen didn't look at the information handed over by Liu Zhijun at all, just walked around the room. For him, the Battle of Kansai held by the Tiance Army was fatal, and the other party typically wanted to fight on his own territory, but his own army just couldn't beat it, and even Hu Jingzhang from Jingzhou sent people to ask for help.

"How many Tiance troops are there in Kansai now, why can't our seventy or eighty thousand Shence army win a battle?" Li Maozhen looked at Liu Zhijun beside him and asked.

"More than 100,000 people. About 40,000 of them were cavalry regiments. After the Tiance Army recovered the Dang Xiang people, two cavalry battalions were mobilized. Liu Zhijun also knew what his old boss was thinking, so he continued: "Now that the matter is over, we have to think about ourselves. Yang Shouliang's army is still grinding in Shannan West Road, but it refuses to come to the rescue in Guanzhong, and we alone can't defeat the Tiance army. Judging from the current strategic intentions of the Tiance Army, the other party is determined to take Guanzhong. Dushuai, you have to plan ahead and don't make wedding dresses for others. ”

Liu Zhijun's words made Li Maozhen's heart more and more irritable. It's not that he doesn't know what Liu Zhijun means, but his lips are dead and his teeth are cold, if his Kansai land is gone, can those fish belly troops in Chang'an alone be able to block the blow of the Tiance Army? What is Yang Fugong thinking? And what about that Li Keyong? Why did you send Li Cunxin, who is not even as good as himself, to fight Fengzhou? And also defeated. Well, defeat is defeat, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, but why has there been no movement after a bow? Didn't Li Keyong report that he had arrived in Daizhou? Why don't you send troops to the northern front to contain the Tiance army?

Liu Zhijun saw that Li Maozhen's brows were still tightly locked, and suddenly said casually: "I heard that Wang Jian has been having a hard time recently, Gu Yanlang and Chen Jingxuan's two forces together are almost three times that of him, and there is no way to take care of it in Hanzhong, and it is a long way from Lizhou and Xingyuan Mansion, and it is very difficult to walk." ”

After saying that, he bowed and withdrew. He has already made a move, and the rest depends on Li Maozhen's own choice.

Liu Zhijun is gone, but it left Li Maozhen with an unprecedented vision and hope. If he and Wang Jian jointly raise troops to attack Sichuan, as long as they take Hanzhong, they can enter Xichuan one step ahead of Wang Jian, and when the time comes, help Wang Jian defeat Gu Yanlang, wouldn't it be another step.

Now he still has 50,000 troops in his hands, and if all the garrisons in Jingzhou, Pizhou, Wuding and other places are withdrawn, then there will still be 100,000 horses. If you make good use of it, you can take the throat of Izukawa by surprise, and you can attack and retreat when the time comes.

But how to withdraw these tens of thousands of troops in the increasingly obvious encirclement of the Tiance Army? Li Maozhen pondered carefully on the map, and a ruthlessness gradually appeared in her heart, and she suddenly said faintly after a while: "Since you are unkind, then I only need to be unjust." Let's see who goes fast. After saying that, I went straight out and began to decorate.

Li Maozhen's side had a different mind because of Yang Shouliang's delayed rescue, and the Kansai Battle Command of the Tiance Army was also making the next deployment of the current battle situation. Xu Tianxiang had already arrived in Ningzhou with officials from the General Staff and the Ministry of Civil Affairs. After sending personnel to assist the Ministry of Civil Affairs in the post-war reception, he immediately summoned the front-line generals to discuss the war situation.

Tuoba Siji had already led the army to join Yang Tiancheng at this time, but it was the first time he had participated in an internal meeting of the Tiance Army, so after coming in, he sat in a corner and did not talk to other generals.

When Xu Tianxiang arrived, everyone else had already arrived, and when they saw him coming, everyone stood up and saluted together. The internal system of the Tiance Army has gradually become stricter over time, and the General Staff is the supreme command body of the Tiance Army appointed by Li Xuanqing, so the appearance of Xu Tianxiang, as the chief of staff, means that the supreme commander of the military and government except Li Xuanqing is here, and all officers must salute.

After Xu Tianxiang returned the salute, he suddenly found Tuoba Siji in the corner, and immediately smiled: "The lord sent a message that General Tuoba led the army to Kansai, and the general didn't see it before, General Tuoba don't blame, everyone welcomes General Tuoba." After speaking, he walked up to Tuoba Siji while applauding, and said with a smile: "General Tuoba welcomes you to join." ”

The first time Tuoba Si saw such a welcome scene, his old face was a little red, Xu Tianxiang also smiled, and asked Tuoba Si to go to the front and said, "Ningzhou successfully won, congratulations." The lord was supposed to come to celebrate everyone's success, but Tahi was found by the Flying Eagle Brigade, so he was in a hurry to go to the grassland to deal with it. In this case, we will give the lord a big gift and take down the entire Guanzhong. Ladies and gentlemen, I heard from the chief of civil affairs that the lord is preparing to get married in Chang'an, so why should we brothers prepare a dowry for the Qiaoxi girl, and we can't let the lord be too shabby. ”

Xu Tianxiang's words made the generals present laugh for a while, and Li Tianyi laughed and said: "I see, brothers, you have to be merciful, I have seen Chang'an City, it has long been broken and can not be broken anymore, we can't be violent, don't have a place to live when the lord has no place to live." ”

Xu Tianxiang waved his hand, stopped the endless joke, and said, "Okay, let's gossip about the brothers later, let's talk about some serious things." With a wave of his hand, the staff officer next to him hung up the large map. Since Li Xuanqing popularized the standard mapping method of later generations, the General Staff and Xuan Yingwei specially arranged for people to start redrawing, and now it is finally a little bit like this.

"Now that we have taken Ningzhou, there are only a few important towns left in the western part of the country, such as Fengxiang, Pizhou and Wudingjingzhou. We now have an army of 110,000 troops, except for the three battalions on the Houchun Western Front, the remaining seven battalions are trying to complete everything before the Lord Gong leads the army back, interrupting Li Keyong's attempt to use the southern front to contain the main force of our army, so that he can calmly sneak attack Fengzhou. Xu Tianxiang pointed to the signs on the map.

Yang Tiancheng got up and said: "Fengxiang is in charge of the Houchun Western Front Corps, transferring a party cavalry battalion into the western front, and the men and horses directly under our command are divided into three routes, the first road is equipped with a party cavalry battalion and the fifth battalion and an infantry battalion, which is responsible for attacking Jingzhou, and wants to go south to cut off the connection between Fengxiang and Jingzhou, and Xue Wanli is responsible for commanding; The second road is responsible for the attack on Pizhou, which is directly under the direct battalion, the first battalion, the seventh battalion and a battalion of the party cavalry, and is under the direct command of the general; The third route attacked Wuding and other strongholds, with a party cavalry battalion and a second battalion responsible for the siege, and General Tuoba was in charge; The 6th Battalion went north into Linzhou and Xu Ying was responsible for cooperating to defend Linzhou and prevent Li Ke from jumping over the wall with a dog after the great change in Guanzhong, and sent troops into Linzhou and Yanzhou to cut off the north-south connection of our army. ”

Xu Tianxiang nodded and said: "After the attack of the army, the third cavalry led by General Tuoba entered the vicinity of Chang'an City to block the aid of Hezhong Mansion to Chang'an, and the second cavalry led by Lu Yi entered the eastern and southern suburbs of Chang'an City to cut off the other party's way of retreating south or eastward, if possible, Tiancheng, you have to arrange the army in advance to cooperate with Xuanyingwei, take Tongguan and Kunshan and other places, completely lock Guanzhong, and lay the foundation for the next step." ”

"From tomorrow, all armies will set off separately and strive to meet in Chang'an City before the end of August." Xu Tianxiang slammed his fist on the table, and said in an impassioned tone: "This is the first step of the Tiance Army to unify the world, I hope you will not slack off, show the courage and strength of our Tiance Army, take Guanzhong as soon as possible, and end the war as soon as possible." There are still a lot of plans waiting for us to carry out behind the lord, and the people of the world are also waiting for us to rescue them. ”

The generals looked solemn and promised in unison. This young team has replaced the run-in with non-stop battles, and by this time has forged its own character, its own military spirit, and its own goals.

At the beginning of August 888 AD, when Li Xuanqing went north into the grassland and joined Tahi, the 110,000 troops under the command of the Kansai Front Command attacked again, and the three-way army formed a long snake formation from east to west, pounced on Li Maozhen's hinterland, and forced Li Maozhen to the Jedi almost instantly.

At this time, Yang Fugong seemed to have changed his mind, and the army holding Yang Shouliang tightly was unwilling to go out to aid Li Maozhen, which suddenly made the latter completely lose confidence in him. Just when the Tiance Army was attacking, Li Maozhen finally began to implement his plan to survive. Wang Houchun took the first step to withdraw Fengxiang's army to the Nanzheng area on the border between Guanzhong and Hanzhong, and then directly sent people to negotiate with Wang Houchun. This step also brought a dramatic scene to the Battle of Kansai.

"What? Li Maozhen demanded the withdrawal of the army? Let the states of Guanzhong give it to us? The urgent report sent by Wang Houchun made Xu Tianxiang a little incredible, if he didn't know that this Lao Jiu acted steadily and wouldn't joke about this kind of thing, Xu Tianxiang felt that this guy had taken the wrong medicine, whimsical.

Just when Xu Tianxiang was looking for the back hand left by Li Maozhen with the information map, the guards hurriedly walked in to report that the entourage of the martial arts hall had arrived, and then Ma Laosan and Zhang Tianhu walked in by themselves. Ma Laosan looked at Xu Tianxiang's expression and smiled: "Tianxiang, what's wrong with you?" With a sad face, Old Man Zhang and I received a notice from Xuanqing that the relocation of the martial arts hall is not here to cause you trouble. ”

Xu Tianxiang held up the letter in his hand and smiled bitterly: "The two teachers don't make fun of Tianxiang, isn't this a problem that Li Maozhen gave me?" Since the teacher is here, help me to refer to the details. This old boy doesn't know what the hell he is up to. ”

Ma Laosan's face turned straight when he heard this, and he and Zhang Tianhu took the urgent report handed over by Xu Tianxiang, glanced at it a few times, and then repeated Xu Tianxiang's actions just now. But the difference is that Ma Laosan stared at the map for a while, and then began to walk back and forth in the house. Zhang Tianhu smiled: "You old guy, don't walk around, I'm dizzy." ”

Ma Laosan turned around and was about to fight back, but suddenly stopped, pointed to the map and said, "I know what this kid is planning." He is going to enter Sichuan. Tianxiang, you see, the Fengxiang army retreated to Daonan Zheng in preparation for the capture of Hanzhong. Now he wants to withdraw the troops in Pizhou and other places, and the same is true. ”

When he said this, Xu Tianxiang and Zhang Tianhu suddenly realized, and Xu Tianxiang smiled: "It is estimated that the contradiction between Li Maozhen and Yang Fugong has completely intensified. It seems that Xiao Si's plan is effective, but this makes him withdraw so many troops, isn't it sorry for us for making such a big move? ”

Zhang Tianhu said with a smile: "It's not simple, you can't let you pay more for food, grass and goods." When I met Cen Tian before I came, he was worried that the people had been displaced for a long time in this pass, and the time was not yet right, and the next season's grain and grass would be a big problem. ”

Ma Laosan nodded and said: "Old man Zhang is right, it's good to let him out, he can quickly stabilize Guanzhong, and quickly restore the combat strength of the Tiance Army to deal with Li Keyong in Hedong." I think you can let Wang Houchun have full authority to act as an agent for Tiance Mansion to talk to Li Maozhen. Anyway, this kid is a goblin, and he won't suffer. ”

Xu Tianxiang nodded and said with a smile: "It's okay, you should save some dowry gifts for the lord, and you can't be cold when you get married." ”

Xu Tianxiang's words made Ma Laosan and Zhang Tianhu laugh, and also started this farce.