Due to King Chen's "various deeds", the atmosphere in the summer army of the Western Expedition was not good, the generals were puzzled, the soldiers were at a loss, and the morale was not as high as when they first came out of Chang'an. Especially in the daytime, Duan Xuan, the protector of Longxi, and Xu Huang, the general of Dingxi, asked for orders to attack, but was directly vetoed by Liu Heng, causing a quarrel, which seemed to cast a shadow on the prospects of Pingliang this time.

At night, in Dongguan of Ji County, outside the city wall, there was the cavalry camp of the Western Expedition, plus the cavalry of the Liangzhou garrison, there were 7,000 horsemen, all of whom were well-equipped and well-trained. Wang Chang finished inspecting his subordinates and returned to the small tent. He and Guo Huai accompanied the army this time, and they were appointed as generals, and each had 500 horsemen.

"Vinshu! Your Highness has been promoted to the army! Guo Huai was dressed in military uniform and notified him of his entry.

"Let's go!" Feeling refreshed, Wang Chang immediately got up, took off his helmet, and walked out of the tent with Guo Huai.

With Wang Chang's intelligence, he can naturally see that Liu Heng has another purpose, and King Chen, who has gone through the battlefield, is definitely not simple in such an unusual performance.

In the big tent, all the generals and colonels with sufficient status in the army have arrived, and Wang Chang and the others can only be in the last seat.

Liu Heng's face was serious, not as arrogant and frivolous as before, and after everyone arrived, Liu Heng spoke directly: "The spies came with news that Han Sui moved tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians under his rule to Guzang in large numbers during this time. He wants to flee west with the crowd, and he will not be trapped in Guzang and wait for death! ”

"Even so, even more so when the soldiers are fast, King Chen delays the march, what if he lets Han Sui go?" Ma Chao immediately questioned.

stared at Ma Chao with cold eyes: "Lone is asking Han Sui to flee west with the army and civilians!" ”

didn't bother to explain anything to Ma Chao, Liu Heng looked straight at Duan Xuan: "Annoyed to be loyal to Ming Gong, return to Longxi overnight, lead the Longxi soldiers, cross the river, go to Yunwu, and take all the remaining Jincheng counties and counties into your hands!" ”

"General Xu Huang, lead Hanyang to ride on foot, go to Yuzhong, and march to Wuwei!"

"Yes!" The second general will get up and be ordered.

"The lone general personally led all the cavalry of the army, out of stability, and went straight to Guzang!" Liu Heng looked at Ma Chao playfully: "Is the general's staff wound healed, are you willing to fight alone?" ”

With a move in his brain, Ma Chao probably understood Liu Heng's plan, and met his gaze with a cold face: "I am willing to go!" ”

On the second day, the news that the generals of the Xia Army of the Western Expedition had fallen out passed through Ji County and spread to the northwest. The veteran Duan Xuan, angrily returned to Longxi, personally led the Longxi garrison of more than 3,000 people, and went north to Jincheng. Xu Huang, the general of Dingxi, also went west out of Hanyang on his own, leaving Chen Wangzhong's army in Ji County.

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Wuwei Guzang, Han Sui after Liu Yuan moved the capital to Chang'an, he moved his seat from Yunwu in Jincheng to here, after these years of painstaking development, has become Hexi Xiongcheng.

Gu Zang's master, Liang Gong Han Sui's temper has become more and more irritable recently, and he sometimes whips his servants. The news of the Xia army's dispatch of troops spread here early.

Now, although the Xia army is still hundreds of miles away, there are still people in Guzang City.

There was a time before, when Xia General Xu Huang led his troops to Lingu Zang, because the road was far away and the grain and grass transportation was inconvenient, he had no choice but to retreat, and was dragged over by Han Sui.

But this time, it's different. Hu Xia really exerted his strength, and it was menacing, and no one thought that Han Sui could resist it, including Han Sui himself.

In recent years, Han Sui has become more and more courageous to go east, but to the west, he has brought Zhangye, Jiuquan, and Dunhuang counties under his control. However, the population of these three counties is not large, and the Qiang Hu is vertical and horizontal, which does not help Han Sui much to improve his strength.

Liangzhou was originally dominated by the Qiang people, but as the Huxia in the east became more and more powerful, the large and small Qiang tribes in the east and west gradually surrendered. And many of those who have not yet surrendered to the west do not dare to oppose them.

Now that the Xia army is advancing westward, some tribes that were still hooking up with Han Sui immediately cut off contact, directly rejected his request to borrow troops and horses, and beheaded his envoy.

Zhao Angzhi, a subordinate of Na, suggested that Han Sui had plans to flee west, but there were some forces that were reluctant to operate for many years. When Liu Heng was slowly marching, he ordered all the soldiers and civilians of Jincheng and Wuwei to be moved to Guzang. If he really wanted to escape, he emptied the two counties, leaving the Xia army with empty land and empty cities. With these soldiers and civilians, it is enough to claim the king and hegemony in the more west!

"Liang Gong!" Zhao Ang entered the mansion and met Han Sui.

"What's wrong with Xia Jun, Liu Heng is still in Ji County? What happened to Jincheng? Putting down the book in his hand, Han Sui asked.

Zhao Ang replied: "There is news from Xizuo that Liu Heng is still staying in Ji County, and there is no westward movement. In Jincheng, Duan Xuan and Xu Huang attacked Huangbei, and the two generals Ma Wan and Zhang Heng resisted across the water, and the Xia army was strong, and Ma Wan reported a request to retreat to the residence! ”

"These people are scared!" Han Sui was angry: "Before the battle, I want to retreat!"

Zhao Ang glanced at Han Sui, he was thinking about the "Western Expedition", and he hoped that his subordinates would fight to the death? Thinking so in his heart, he persuaded him: "Our army is only based on the city north of Huangshui, and the two generals Ma and Zhang are outnumbered, and they welcome the Xia army from both directions, which is indeed difficult to resist. If the north retreats to Lingju and relies on Wuwei, it will be easier to contain the Xia army and buy more time to prepare for the Lianggong expedition to the west! ”

"Without the water to rely on, can you keep it only by living on land? Didn't he abandon the land and let the Xia army drive straight in? Han Sui immediately refuted: "Wei Zhang, order Ma to play and Zhang Heng, be sure to stop the Xia army in Shuinan for January!"

"No!" Seeing Han Sui's reaction, Zhao Ang didn't say much, but calmly agreed.

"Also, no matter how much you inquire about the news of Xia Jun in Ji County, Liu Heng's performance is very different from that of the past, and he is worried about his secret tricks!" Han Sui's eyelids jumped and added.

"How's the preparation for the expedition to the west?" Focus on what he's been most concerned about lately.

"In the past month, more than 40,000 soldiers and civilians in Jincheng and Wuwei have been concentrated in Guzang, but the people's hearts are unstable. The local clan is strong and strong, and they are quite reluctant about Liang Gong's westward expedition and extremely resistant. The heroes all over the country are self-defended and are not ordered! ”

As soon as the big case was struck, Han Sui shouted angrily: "These people, just pick up chickens and wait for the Xia army to come to the city, so that they can be Hulu's obedient ministers!"

paced back and forth in the hall, and waved his hand: "Let Cheng Yin and Li Kan visit the lonely family one by one, and the lonely must let the soldiers and civilians of Liangzhou move west!"

With Han Sui's tough attitude, under Han Sui's rule, there was another burst of chickens and dogs. Cheng Yin and Li Kan led the Han army in Liangzhou to visit them one by one, "persuad" Wu Wei Haoqiang, and led the people to march west with Lianggong to establish "immortal meritorious service".

Wu Wei Haoqiang is not stupid, he will not listen to those nonsense, stay honestly, the Xia army came to surrender, and directly rejected Cheng Li and the others with swords. There was a threat from the Xia army outside, and there was strong resistance inside, and Han Sui was angry. As a result of his anger, the soldiers of the Liang army directly attacked the "dissidents" in the territory.

There are many Haoqiang clans in Wuwei, and there are many Yongshi and Liangshi clans who do not want to descend to the summer. The attack of Cheng and Li was completely indiscriminate, from the elimination of "heresy", to the looting of the Wuwei Haoqiang clan. For a time, Wuwei was in chaos.

Han Sui was indifferent to this, and as time went by, his determination to go west became more and more resolute. The left and right have to be abandoned, and it doesn't matter if Wuwei is destroyed, and it is also used to delay the pursuit of the Xia army. Han Sui had already made up his mind at this moment, once the Xia army officially launched an attack on Jincheng, his side would immediately lead the crowd west!

When I returned to my house, I saw everyone hesitating along the way, and after a long time, it was finally over. He gave Han Sui a "westward expedition", but he did not have much hope for him to escape. According to his thoughts, Han Sui led the elite soldiers and the light soldiers of Qixin Shimin to the west, and he could escape no matter what.

But Han Sui was reluctant to give up his belongings, and insisted on moving all the people west together, and he had been preparing for almost a month, and he had not yet made the trip. Think about the tens of thousands of people who drag their families with their mouths, that is tens of thousands of burdens, how far can this run! The Xia army only needs to pursue with light cavalry, and it can be captured in one fell swoop.

Also, did Xia Jun really give him a chance to escape? Zhao Ang became more and more convinced that Liu Heng had deliberately done this to paralyze himself. In today's situation, even if the Xia army is really hundreds of miles away, it is difficult to retreat west according to Han Sui's ideas!

In the past few days, Han Sui forcibly "persecuted" the scholars in the territory, which disappointed Zhao Ang. Han Sui based on the counties of Hexi to resist the violent summer, in the eyes of many western fugitives still have a certain prestige, even if his reckless military force at least in this western land, Han Sui ensured the survival of tens of thousands of remnants of the former Han Dynasty for many years.

But in the same way, Han Sui is also old, although there is a saying that old age should be strong, but Han Sui in this period has obviously reached the twilight of the hero. The desire to survive is still full, and the mind is not dim, but it is no longer the spirit of the past.

"Husband!" Mrs. Wang Yi greeted her, and when she saw Zhao Ang, who was preoccupied, she called.

Wang Yi is a strange woman, famous in Liangzhou, loyal and righteous, and generous. The appearance is not a country and a city, but it can also be described as beautiful, and there is a heroic spirit between the eyebrows.

Looking at his wife, Zhao Ang sighed: "The situation is as dangerous as an egg, I'm afraid I can't avoid it this time!"

When Wang Yi heard this, he pressed his hand lightly, there was no trace of panic on his face, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and his tone was firm: "Only live and die with you!"

Jincheng Lingju County, more than 3,000 Jincheng Liang troops gathered together and retreated north. Without waiting for Han Sui's reply, Ma Wan and Zhang Heng withdrew their troops, gave up all the counties in Huangbei, and gathered all the soldiers and horses here to facilitate escape.

"Old man Han Sui, I still want you and me to fight to the death with Xia Jun!" After receiving Han Sui's order from the messenger from Gu Zang, Ma Yu said angrily to Zhang Heng: "He wants you and me to consume the morale of the Xia army in Jincheng, so that it will be convenient for the old man to defend Gu Zang at that time!"

The centrifugation of the monarchs and ministers, the centrifugation of the school, is probably the state of Liangzhou at this time. Especially Ma Play and Zhang Heng, although they surrendered to Han Sui, they were actually small warlord forces under Han Sui. At such a critical moment, where would he care about Han Sui's order.

"The old man has a good plan!" Zhang Heng also spat hatefully, and looked at Ma Yu: "Brother Ma, you said that Han Sui moved Jincheng and Wuwei soldiers and civilians to Guzang, what is his desire?" ”

"Probably I want to strengthen the garrison of Guzang!" Horse Play guessed.

"The situation is like this, what should you and I do!" Zhang Heng's eyes flashed and he asked.

"Send someone to keep an eye on the movements of the Xia army first!" Ma Yu glanced at Zhang Heng, and there was not much panic on his face: "Make plans again!" All the military power of Jincheng is in the hands of you and me, there is an army, there is capital! ”

Ma played with Zhang Heng, did not obey the public order, retreated north without authorization, Duan Xuan led the Longxi army, and the soldiers crossed the Huangshui without blood. The news soon spread to Guzang Han Sui, who hated Ma and Zhang deeply, and finally felt that the situation was finally not good.

No longer postponed, the order to "march westward" was issued, and tens of thousands of soldiers, under the "escort" of more than 5,000 cavalry of the South Korean army, embarked on a slowly westward journey. Han Sui supported the army, and there were 15,000 people at its peak, but after the damage caused by the battle with the Xia army, coupled with the lack of national strength and the inability to support people, now maintaining these 5,000 foot cavalry, it has also exhausted its strength.

On the Jincheng front, seeing Ma and Zhang retreating, they didn't think they had any tricks, and without the slightest hesitation, they led the army across the Huangshui River and drove to Lingju. swept all the way to the north of Jincheng, in fact, it was just a march.

Even so, with Duan Xuan's always cautious style of using soldiers, it took two full days for the soldiers to live in the city. And Xu Huang, who walked in the elm, had already taken the lead.

The two sides will meet, and the essence of the border army of Xia Liangzhou is here.

"Old General Duan!"

"General Komeito is so fast!" Seeing Xu Huang saluting himself, Duan Xuan couldn't help but sigh.

"There are nearly 3,000 Liang troops in the city, all of them are lost dogs!" At the camp gate, Xu Huang pointed to Lingju Chengchi and said to Duan Xuan: "Please ask General Duan to repair all night, tomorrow you and I will break the city as soon as possible and go north to Guzang!" ”

Duan Xuan nodded and looked to the north: "I don't know what is going on with His Royal Highness King Chen, after so many days." It's not easy to travel hundreds of miles! ”

To Duan and Xu's surprise, on the second day, before the attack was launched, Ma Dong and Zhang Heng in the city surrendered directly, and they simply abandoned their weapons and left the city. It surprised the two, but the soldiers who were able to surrender without a fight were happy, and they disrupted the soldiers and wrapped them in the army as auxiliaries, Duan and Xu led the army north to Wuwei.

More than 50 miles south of Guzang, Liu Heng led the elite ride, and finally arrived. Even if it is one person and two horses, it took more than ten days to come all the way, going around and around, going around for nearly a thousand miles, and the Gobi encountered during this period was trembling, but Liu Heng took the lead in persevering after all.

Most of the people of Wuwei were evacuated by Han Qian, and they went all the way north and rarely encountered people. Encountering a small number of Haoqiangwu Forts, Liu Heng did not care about his surprise or surprise, and marched boldly.

"Speed up! Gu Zang is ahead! Liu Heng ran between the armies, boosted morale, and informed the soldiers of the news he received from the guide.

At this time, Wuwei seemed extremely cold and lonely, and there were still "Liang" and "Han" flags hanging at the head of the city, and there were hundreds of people in the city. The whole city is filled with the smell of fireworks, many buildings are dilapidated, and the carved stone walls are blackened.

When Liu Heng led the army, he saw this scene.

Six or seven thousand Xia cavalry came to the city so quickly, and after a panic, the city gate was opened, and a scholar in a Confucian robe took the lead out of the city to bow down, and said loudly: "Yan Wen meets the general!" ”

led hundreds of relatives to ride forward, looked down at their people, behaved calmly, smiled, pointed at Gu Zang and asked, "What is the situation in the city?" ”

"Liang Gong led the army and civilians to flee west, and before leaving, he ordered to set fire to the city." Yan Wen raised his eyes and looked at the young general, and replied in a deep voice: "After Liang Gong left, he couldn't bear to be burned down, so he led people to put out the fire, so that's it!" ”

"How long has Han Sui been gone, and how many people are there?" Liu Heng asked coldly.

"It's been two days, and there are nearly 70,000 people!"

"Good!" Hearing this, Liu Heng was overjoyed.

This chapter is pure irrigation to thank the book friend "Qiu Kajin" for his reward and support.