"Lord, my subordinates should be damned......" Zhao Ang was covered with cold sweat, and crawled and said: "Lord, the subordinates lost Jicheng because they suffered from Ma Chao's sneak attack, if they attack head-on, Ma Chao doesn't want to capture Jicheng." ”

"Nonsense! Who cares how you lost Jicheng? At present, it has been lost, causing Li to be in a dilemma, what else do you want to say? Don't you still want to shirk your responsibilities and sin not lead to death? Li Dao glared and reprimanded.

"Lord, please listen to me, although Ma Chao temporarily captured Jicheng, it is estimated that his troops will definitely not be too much, and Ma Chao has lost several battles in a row before, losing tens of thousands of military horses. His strength is estimated to not be too much, yes, my lord, we should be able to defeat Ma Chao and capture Jicheng by sending troops now. You must know that Ma Chao's sneak attack on Jicheng did not alarm the Beiyuan and Upper Valley in the west of Jicheng, and I don't know how he bypassed the two places to sneak attack Jicheng. If we immediately send troops to attack Ma Chao, there may still be a chance to besiege Ma Chao's army in Jicheng and destroy it. Lord, if the lord has no better way for the time being, please listen to the next words of his subordinates, Tianshui City is not defended, if Ma Chao leads the army to Tianshui City, we are in a passive situation, rather than this, it is better to immediately send troops to recapture Jicheng, so that the lord can settle down in Tianshui City, so that it is a long-term plan. ”

When the matter came, Zhao Ang's mind cleared up a lot, and he hurriedly offered Li Dao a plan.

Well, when he said it himself, he kept blaming himself and hurting in his heart. Yes, looking back now, he felt that the situation in Jicheng had not been fully understood at that time, so he fled in a hurry and now wanted to come back. He felt that he had tens of thousands of military horses in Jicheng, and how many military horses could Ma Chao send to attack his Jicheng? If he didn't flee at that time, but gathered the military horses of Jicheng. He thinks that he may not lose Jicheng so inexplicably.

However, this can't be blamed entirely on him, because Zhao Ang didn't know at all that Liu Yi and other masters were involved in the sneak attack on Jicheng. At that time, Ma Chao's military horses, under the leadership of a group of generals, although there were not many troops, but they were divided into many ways, and they killed Zhao Ang's military horses crying for their fathers and mothers. There was no effective resistance at all. In that way, it caused chaos in the whole city of Jicheng, and there was an attack by Ma Chaojun everywhere.

In the case of unclear facts. Zhao Ang could only obey the people below and quickly fled for his life.

Actually, it's also a big deal for him, if he takes a step late. Let Liu Yi bump into him in the Zhao Mansion. Lewy would definitely not let him escape.

Now, Zhao Ang doesn't know the real situation of Jicheng very well, he just speculates, thinking that Ma Chao has lost so many military horses, and even if the sneak attack on Jicheng is successful now, I am afraid that there will not be too many military horses to defend the city.

Li Wei listened to Zhao Ang's words, thought about it for a while, and felt that what Zhao Ang said also made some sense.

This is mainly if he takes the initiative to attack Ma Chao. Blocking Ma Chao's army in Jicheng can at least allow Tianshui City not to directly face the enemy's attack. Then, his supply lines of grain and grass will not be interrupted, and his army will not collapse due to lack of food on the hundreds of miles of pass defense line.

Under the circumstance that he can't escape or defend, Zhao Ang's suggestion, Li Dao thinks it is still somewhat feasible.

However, he was still a little skeptical: "Now the deserters who have fled back say that the entire Jicheng has fallen into the hands of Ma Chao, how many troops Ma Chao's army has, we have no way of knowing, what can you do to recapture Jicheng?" Also, do you dare to fight Ma Chao? ”

"Ma Chao is not enough!" Zhao Ang naturally didn't dare to hesitate at this moment, he insisted on it: "Lord, rumors from the outside world may be exaggerated, Ma Chao is not invincible. If Ma Chao is really invincible, then how can he be defeated by Zhao in several battles in a row? ”

"Are you sure you defeated Ma Chao? And not Wang Yi? Li Dao said with a mocking look in his eyes.

"Well, the lord doesn't know anything, in terms of strategy, Wang Yi's slut does have something outstanding, but the lord should also know that her Wang Yi's strategy is indeed targeted, but in terms of execution ability, Zhao always has to implement it, so to defeat Ma Chao, the strategy is Wang Yi's strategy, but it was Zhao who defeated Ma Chao in the end. She is a woman's family, how can she kill the enemy in front and charge into battle? ”

"Okay, okay, I don't want to discuss these with you, you can talk about it now, if you are asked to lead the army to recapture Jicheng, how many military horses do you plan to want? How do you plan to fight? Li Dao interrupted Zhao Ang's speech and asked.

When Zhao Ang heard this, he was overjoyed, he knew that since Li Dao planned to send troops to recapture Jicheng, then his life would be saved.

As for how to fight, he himself hadn't thought about it yet, but he didn't dare to hesitate at the moment, and said in his mind: "Lord, there is no too dangerous pass between Tianshui City and Jicheng, therefore, his subordinates think that our army can directly attack Jicheng City, so at least we can block Ma Chao's army so that it cannot go out of Jicheng and march eastward." In this way, Tianshui City will be safe. As for the recapture of Jicheng, if Ma Chao's troops are indeed not many and the troops are weak, we can forcibly recapture Jicheng, if Ma Chao is strong, then our army will camp in the east of Jicheng and immediately build a defensive line, so that it will be difficult for Ma Chao's army to attack Tianshui City. As long as we build a defensive line, when we want to recapture Jicheng is not up to us? As for the ...... troops"

When Zhao Ang said this, he seemed a little timid, and secretly glanced up at Li Dao.

"Huh?" Li Dao looked at Zhao Ang expressionlessly.

"Lord, my subordinates think that if we want to keep Tianshui City from losing and prevent Tianshui City from being attacked by Ma Chaojun, my subordinates think that at least 50,000 troops and horses must be mobilized...... No, the subordinates think that it is best for the lord to immediately raise the army, directly defeat Ma Chao in one fell swoop with superior forces, and recapture Jicheng, only in this way can the crisis behind us be completely solved. ”

"Fart!" Li Dao stood up, angrily pointed at Zhao Ang, who was kneeling below, and said, "What is a mouse-eyed, you actually dare to ask for 50,000 military horses?" And let Li do his best? Hum! What if Ma Chao can be destroyed? Xiliang also has Guo Yan, Han Sui and other princes, now, a certain and them have torn their faces, once they know that Li left Tianshui and Tianshui City was empty, what if they also led the army to attack? What Li relied on was Tianshui City and my military horses. As soon as Li Mou moves, those guys who are eyeing Li will definitely think that Mou is already in an extremely unfavorable situation. A certain will give you 30,000 horses. If you can't defeat Ma Chao, you don't have to come back to see Li. ”

What are you kidding? Li Wei only had more than 100,000 troops and horses in total, and Jicheng lost tens of thousands of horses, making his total strength only about 100,000. The defenders of Tianshui City were originally fifty or sixty thousand horses. Zhao Ang opened his mouth and closed his mouth and said that he wanted 50,000 people? Do you still want Li Dao to lead an army to fight Ma Chao?

Even if Li Dao dares to lead the army to leave, leaving Tianshui City an empty city? He knew very well in his heart that he was in Tianshui City. And it is not popular with the people. If there weren't enough soldiers and horses in Tianshui, then if the people in Tianshui City rebelled, he really wouldn't even have a place to settle down in the end.

One way or another. Li Wei would never leave Tianshui City lightly.

"30,000 ......"

"That's 30,000, and in addition, you can also bring the soldiers who escaped from Jicheng these days. Those soldiers who fled. How can you say that there are also 10,000 people? Combined, it's about the same as the 50,000 horses you'd want. Li Dao warned Zhao Ang: "Zhao Ang, this is your last chance, if you let Ma Chaojun come to Tianshui City, Li will take your life!" ”

"This ...... This...... Be! Zhao Ang didn't dare to bargain with Li Dao anymore, so he was ordered.

"Well, you immediately go and order 30,000 military horses and immediately attack Jicheng." Li Dao said undoubtedly.

"The last general will leave immediately!" Zhao Ang hurriedly woke up. Bow down.

Watching Zhao Ang leave, Li Dao said to the left and right again: "Pass the order." The whole city was on alert, and in addition, he urgently sent people to the places of Guo Yan, Niu Fu, Han Sui and other princes, brought gifts, apologized to them, asked to form an alliance with them, and asked them to send troops to attack Longxi. Also, tell them, as long as I, Li Dao, get through this difficulty, in the future, I will only obey their orders, well, in private, I can say to Guo Yan that I will serve him as the leader of the alliance, and in the future, Li will serve him. ”

"Yes......"

Left and right, he took the order.

Li Dao was not too sure about whether Zhao Ang could stop Ma Chao from sending troops from Jicheng, and he was faintly uneasy. Start setting aside some retreats for yourself.

Of course, let him lead the army to fight against Ma Chao, he really didn't dare. Zhao Ang may not know how powerful Ma Chao is, but Li Dao knows. What's more, he learned from Zhao Ang's mouth that Wang Yi had been subordinated to the New Han Dynasty, so he was a little skeptical that there was Liu Yi's shadow behind Ma Chao.

He didn't doubt that Lewy would come to attack him personally, and he thought it was unlikely that Lewy would come in person. He was worried that Liu Yi sent some generals to help Ma Chao.

What Li Wei was most afraid of was Liu Yi, he was driven by Liu Yi from Luoyang to Chang'an, and then drove him from Chang'an to Tianshui. In Liu Yi's hands, he has never been able to take advantage of a little bit, it can be said that the color has changed, if there is no two or three hundred miles long dangerous mountain road from Tianshui to Chang'an, Li Wei will not dare to resist the New Han Army according to Tianshui.

Li Wei also remembered very well how Liu Yi came to Chang'an without knowing when they were in Chang'an, and his military horses also arrived in Chang'an like divine soldiers descending from heaven. From this loss of Jicheng, he vaguely saw a little shadow of the changes in Chang'an back then.

In addition to the above, Liu Yi suddenly appeared in Chang'an, and his military horses also suddenly appeared in Chang'an, and the most important thing is that I don't know when Liu Yi rebelled against Huaxiong, Xu Rong and other generals, which made him and Dong Zhuo's old troops unable to gain a foothold in Chang'an, and were directly beaten by Liu Yi's new Han army and had to flee to Xiliang.

Now, it seems to be like this again, he doesn't know if Liu Yi will come to Tianshui or not, but judging from the fact that he seized Jicheng and seized Jicheng without knowing it, it seems to be the same as Liu Yi's seizure of Chang'an. What's more, behind the incident, there will always be some important people who surrender to Liu Yi at this critical moment. Isn't Wang Yi's submission very similar to the situation of Huaxiong and Xu Rong at the beginning?

Now, if Tianshui City is equivalent to the original Chang'an, then Li Dao will never be able to leave Tianshui City. He must stay in Tianshui City, especially to strengthen the defense of Tianshui City, so as not to be taken advantage of by the New Han Army.

He was afraid that once he left Tianshui City, the New Han Army would come to Tianshui City, so he really didn't know where to go at that time. Therefore, now on the one hand, he has to stick to Tianshui City and be ready for battle, on the other hand, he hurriedly explained to Guo Yan and other Xiliang princes, hoping to make them understand, if it really can't be done, he can't defend Tianshui City, so he can only escape from Tianshui City and take refuge in Guo Yan.

In fact, there is really not much time for Li Dao to consider, how can Liu Yi prepare for Li Dao in time?

Just when Zhao Ang ordered 30,000 military horses and marched towards Jicheng, Ma Chao had already led the army to attack Tianshui City from Jicheng.

There was heavy snow in the sky, and in the whistling cold wind, the speed of the military horses on both sides was not too fast. Especially Zhao Ang's military horses, these are all Li Dao's elite soldiers, and those who stayed in Tianshui City are all military horses that have followed Li Dao for many years. However, it is really rare to march and fight in such a cold weather.

Therefore, the Li Dao military horses that were pointed, they were actually not very willing to accept Zhao Ang's command, they preferred that they could have fun in the warm military camp in Tianshui City, and they were not willing to brave the wind and snow to march and fight.

According to the ordinary soldiers of Li Daojun, the loss of Jicheng has nothing to do with them, if Ma Chao wants to hit Tianshui City, let it be called, they are based on the city wall, and they are afraid that Ma Chao's army will be killed to enter the city?

Naturally, they don't have the vision and overall situation of a military general in a high position, they just want to be more comfortable.

Therefore, Zhao Ang's group of men and horses, one by one, slowed down, everyone shrunk their bodies, and walked in the snow step by step, looking crooked, not forming a marching army at all.

They were still marching in the direction of the wind and snow, and if they were to be allowed to go against the wind, they would probably have to do their work, at least until the wind and snow stopped.

Zhao Ang was helpless, saying that he was in charge of the 30,000 horses, but in fact, he still had to listen to Li Dao's generals. The army was able to march towards Jicheng, and he was already thankful.

Of course, in Zhao Ang's heart, he always believed that Ma Chaojun's losses were too great, and there would definitely not be too many troops, and he had these 30,000 or 40,000 horses, even if he couldn't recapture Jicheng, he could at least block Ma Chaojun's attack on Tianshui City. In his heart, he didn't think that Ma Chao could rely on his not too many troops to immediately launch an attack on Tianshui City.

Zhao Ang's heart was unwilling, he must counterattack and recapture Jicheng.

Over the years, (to be continued......)