Zhang Ji, Tian Jing and others led the soldiers and horses to escort Emperor Xian and the hundred officials to retreat, temporarily avoiding the edge of the Liangzhou army. Pen fun pavilion www.biquge.info but Zhang Ji is still wondering why Tongguan was lost?

Speaking of the loss of Tongguan, it was actually a complete accident. Li Dao and Guo Yan were burned by Xu Huang and had no choice but to withdraw from Hedong. Because the food rations of the soldiers in Linjin were not sufficient, Li and Guo decided to temporarily withdraw to Chang'an after staying in Linjin for two days, and then fight in Hedong after the next day is corrected.

Li Dao sent a letter to Li Wei in Zaihuayin, asking him to retreat. At the beginning, Li Wei led 8,000 soldiers and horses to serve as suspicious soldiers outside Tongguan, just to contain Zhang Ji's forces and prevent him from going north. Now that the battle in Hedong has been lost, the strategic significance of containing the Hongnong defenders has also been lost, so there is naturally no need to stay in Huayin to waste money and food.

After Li Wei received the order, he ordered the brigade to retreat gradually, who knew that Lei Xu and Zhang Xian had been surrounded for many days, and he was depressed in his heart, thinking that he could take advantage of the opportunity of the retreat of the soldiers and horses in Liangzhou to catch up and kill him by surprise, and it would be better to make some military achievements. He left 1,000 soldiers and horses to defend the city, and brought 2,000 men and horses to kill the enemy.

But who would have thought that although Li Wei was withdrawing his troops, he was well defended, and Lei Xu and Zhang Xian's pursuers did not get any bargains.

Just when they returned to Shitongguan, they didn't want to catch up with Duan Xuan who was defeated by Xu Huang in Fenglingdu, and led the remnants of the army back to Huayin. Now the two soldiers and horses met in one place again. Duan Xuan's soldiers and horses couldn't defeat Xu Huang, but it was easy to defeat Lei Xu and Zhang Xian's 2,000 soldiers and horses. After a while, Lei Xu and Zhang Xian found that their 2,000 men and horses were not Duan Xuan's opponents at all, so they had to retreat quickly, hoping to retreat to Tongguan.

How do you know that when you arrive at Tongguan, your own soldiers and horses dare not open the city, Lei Xu, Zhang Xian and Duan Xuan's soldiers and horses fought a few times, their physical strength was exhausted, and they were defeated and captured.

After Duan Xuan led the army to rest for a while, he shot a letter into the city, and now 10,000 soldiers and horses in Liangzhou are trapped in Tongguan, and the city will be broken sooner or later. Seeing death today and not saving the lord will be the crime of killing the head, and the loss of Tongguan in the coming day is also the crime of killing the head, and the city guard will not surrender early. The two generals, Li Dao and Guo Yan, will inevitably ensure that the defenders in the city will not lose their glory and wealth.

When the defenders in the city were still hesitating, Duan Xuan made a decision immediately, and asked Lei Xu and Zhang Xian to say that the defenders in the city would surrender. The two refused, and Duan Xuan ordered the knife and axe hand to behead the two of them.

This frightened the soldiers and horses in the city, and their morale was much lower. The guards in the city thought to themselves, they were all Liangzhou soldiers and horses before, and they didn't distinguish each other. There is no difference between following Zhang Ji and following Li Dao and Guo Yan. This Lei Xu and Zhang Xian are the cronies of the young general Zhang Xiu, and now that the two are dead, Zhang Xiu will definitely not be able to tolerate himself in the future. It's better to surrender. He surrendered to Duan Xuan, and handed over a complete customs clearance to the soldiers and horses of Liangzhou.

After Duan Xuan occupied Tongguan, he immediately sent a message to Li Wei, Li Dao, and Guo Yan, asking them to postpone their retreat and continue to attack Hongnong in the east.

Li Dao and Guo Yan were naturally overjoyed when they got the news, and the so-called opportunity must not be lost and never come again, so they led the soldiers and horses south to Huayin and joined Duan Xuan at Tongguan. Li Wei also immediately stopped the retreating soldiers and horses and returned to Tongguan.

At this time, there were more than 20,000 soldiers and horses in Liangzhou in Tongguan. Coupled with the cavalry of Wu Xi, Ma Chao and Cheng Gongying, which were later torn off, the soldiers and horses were more sufficient. And the news brought by Wu Xi that Emperor Xian's southern crossing of the Yellow River had reached Hongnong, and that the temporary palace should be located in Hongnong County made Li Dao and Guo Yan even more determined to march eastward.

Hongnong is not as good as Hedong, and the power that Tian Jing can use is very limited. And Zhang Ji, the actual ruler of Hongnong County, still had no idea of starting a war with the soldiers and horses of Liangzhou in Hongnong County, so Tian Jing naturally couldn't interject.

When the team withdrew to Shaanxi County, Tian Jing asked Zhang Ji to order all the boatmen to sail all the ferries to the north bank of the Yellow River, so that Xu Huang could lead his troops south to fight in the future.

Then the team continued to retreat eastward, although there were Liangzhou soldiers and horses pursuing along the way, but fortunately, after the cavalry of Tian Jing and Zhang Ji was broken, they fought while retreating along the way, and did not let the enemy take advantage.

Ten days later, the army escorted Emperor Xian and the hundred officials to Hangu Pass, and everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief. Because the defense of Hangu Pass is strong, it is not under Tongguan, and this way to the north has also gathered nearly five or six thousand Hongnong soldiers and horses.

Now guarding Hangu Pass is Hu Che'er, a general under Zhang Ji, who is brave and good at fighting, but he is also a fierce general. However, now Hangu Pass is the last barrier to reach Luoyang, so it is natural to be careful to defend it. Zhang Ji and Tian Jing personally stayed at Hangu Pass to defend, and Yang Feng, Dong Cheng and others escorted Emperor Xian and the hundred officials to Luoyang.

As soon as Tian Jing arrived at Hangu Pass, he remembered that Li Dang had apprenticed with Xu Huang under Hangu Pass. On that day, I wanted to pass through the old road north of Chang'an, and return to Youzhou through the north of Saiwai, but I didn't know that under the fate of the meeting, Emperor Fubao Xian became the general of Zhendong.

However, the current situation is not clear, and whether it can withstand the attack of Liangzhou soldiers and horses is still between the two. Naturally, I don't have that much time to think about the past.

The soldiers and horses of Li Dao and Guo Yan not only captured countless cities in Hongnong County all the way, but also continued to collect military rations and materials in the process of attacking. Li Dao and Guo Yan set up camp under the Hangu Pass, and at the same time ordered the people to cut down trees and prepare siege equipment.

Zhang Ji wanted to use the scorched earth strategy to not leave a grain of grain for the soldiers and horses in Liangzhou, but in order to save the lives of the people, the acting Taishou Wangyi used his life to block it, so he did not adopt this strategy.

But in this way, Liangzhou soldiers and horses were also given enough food. Tian Jing also agreed with Wang Yi's idea, because in his heart, as long as the situation in Luoyang stabilized, he would have to lead troops back sooner or later.

But now, both Hongnong and Liangzhou have chosen a stalemate, and they are all waiting for a better time to start the war.

Emperor Xian's car drove to Luoyang, saw a depression, and thought that there was no place to live. Who knew that in the ruins, the east and west palaces and the emperor's palace were built.

This did not come out of thin air, but was written by Emperor Xian to Hanoi Taishou Zhang Yang, and Zhang Yang sent someone to supervise and build it.

The emperor was overjoyed to see it, named this palace as Yang An Palace, and sealed Zhang Yang as the Marquis of Guannei. At the same time, a holy decree was issued, ordering Zhang Yang to rush to Luoyang, lead the post of Henan Yin, and lead the civil affairs of Henan.

The current Luoyang can be said to be in need of reconstruction, and it almost needs to be rebuilt. And the first thing to bear the brunt of all kinds of problems is nothing else, but food. Now in Luoyang City, it is still difficult for hundreds of officials to feed themselves, let alone ordinary soldiers and ordinary people.

Emperor Xian couldn't, so he made another will to let Zhang Yang bring some grain to Hedong. Although Zhang Yang has a heart, but Hanoi to Luoyang to transport grain through the Yellow River, after all, the same thing, only a small amount of grain was transported after several rounds.

Just when Emperor Xian and the hundred officials were worried about food, they suddenly heard a report from the defenders of Luoyang, and Cao Cao, the pastor of Yanzhou, transported hundreds of thousands of stone grain and grass to Beijing by land.

Emperor Xian was overjoyed and immediately prepared to summon Cao Cao, who knew that it was Cao Cao's Jiyin Taishou Cheng Yu who was transporting grain. Cheng Yu met Emperor Xian, and Emperor Xian asked where Cao Cao was now? Cheng Yu said that Cao Cao led his troops west to Hangu Pass, and was preparing to break the soldiers and horses of Li Dao and Guo Yan, so he could not come to visit the saint in person. However, it is hoped that Emperor Xian will issue an order to inform the defenders of Hangu Pass and cooperate with the actions of Yanzhou soldiers and horses.

Emperor Xian was very happy when he heard this, and felt that Cao Cao was a person who was loyal to the country, so he wanted to reward Cao Cao. How do you know that Cheng Yu stopped him, saying that Cao Cao had said before leaving that he would not be rewarded, and it would not be too late to defeat Li Dao and Guo Yan if he had a gift. Emperor Xian even had a high opinion of Cao Cao in his heart.

Cao Cao defeated Lu Bu's soldiers and horses just a month ago. Lü Bu started Yanzhou and fled east to Xuzhou. Xuzhou Mu Taoqian also died of illness at the beginning of this year, and it is Liu Bei who now leads Xuzhou.

Cao Cao's original intention was to continue eastward into Xuzhou, defeat Liu Bei and Lü Bu, occupy the land of Yanzhou, Yuzhou, and Xuzhou, and compete with the other princes.

However, Xun Yu, the chief strategist invited by Cao Cao in Yuzhou, advocated going west to Chang'an to welcome the emperor to return to Luoyang, "serving the Son of Heaven to please not be a minister", so that he could have the righteousness of the court in everything, and he could be bullied.

Other strategists Cheng Yu and Guo Jia all supported this view, and Cao Cao followed the advice and immediately led his troops westward without waiting to completely stabilize the situation in Yanzhou.

As the vanguard, it was none other than Xiahou Yuan, the number one general under Cao Cao. Xiahou Yuan commanded 5,000 soldiers and horses, known as "500 in 3 days, 1,000 in 6 days", and was known for its fast march. In addition to Xiahou Yuan, Cao Cao led 10,000 Chinese troops to the west, including the world-famous tiger and leopard horseman.

After Xiahou Yuan arrived at Hangu Pass, he met Zhang Ji and Tian Jing, and after a short rest, he was going to lead the army to battle.

Tian Jing knew that he would definitely not be able to stop Xiahou Yuan, although he did not want Cao Cao's troops and horses to make contributions, but he had no choice if he had few soldiers. He suggested to Zhang Ji that Xiahou Yuan lead the troops into battle, and Tian Jing responded from the side. Zhang Ji guarded the city with soldiers and horses, so that he could not lose it.

Xiahou Yuan has been fighting for more than ten years since Cao Cao's crusade against the Yellow Turban, and it can be said that he has experienced a hundred battles, so he naturally does not take the soldiers and horses of Liangzhou in his eyes.

He led 5,000 men and horses out of the city, and named him to engage the enemy's commander. Li Dao and Guo Yan didn't know the details of Yanzhou's soldiers and horses, and sent a few generals to fight, but they were all cut down by Xiahou Yuan before Shihe.

Li Dao and Guo Yan had no choice but to send 10,000 soldiers and horses to fight against Xiahou Yuan, but the training and equipment of the soldiers and horses in Liangzhou were not as good as the elite soldiers under Xiahou Yuan's command, and although the number was large, it was not helpful. Xiahou Yuan's several charges down the large array of Liangzhou soldiers and horses were torn into a mess, and they lost their defensive power at once.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Li Dao and Guo Yan hurriedly withdrew their troops.

Although Xiahou Yuan was unwilling, he still withdrew.

Tian Jing watched the enemy's battle this time, and finally knew the strength of Cao Cao's elite soldiers, and his soldiers and horses were like paper paste compared to Yanzhou soldiers and horses, and they could not be said to be the same at all. also knows more about the gap between himself and Cao Cao.