"Zhang Liao is powerful, why don't you retreat?" Pei Mao said to Duan Xuan. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Zhang Liao attacked the Tiger Prison Pass with great momentum, suddenly attacked Tongguan, and defrauded Tongguan away without Duan Xuan's preparation. Duan Xuan was furious and sent troops to counterattack and was defeated by Zhang Liao, Duan Xuan knew that there was a huge disparity in strength, so he gathered Pei Mao of Weinan to send troops together, and the two of them had a total army of more than 20,000 troops as soon as they arrived in Huayin, and they received an urgent report from Zhong Xuan's new acting Jingzhao Yin Zhang, ordering all the forces near Chang'an to gather in Chang'an, so as not to be broken by Lu Bu.

Pei Mao's reputation in Guanzhong is no lower than that of Zhong Xuan, but his time has passed, and he is the hero of the Guanzhong forces' crusade against Li Dao last year. Now the Son of Heaven is completely in the hands of Cao Cao, not to mention that he is an envoy appointed by the Son of Heaven. Zhang Ji's order is Zhong Xuan's order, and Zhong Xuan's order is Cao Cao's order, and Pei Mao cannot oppose it.

"Nope. can't retreat, Lu Bu's intention to send heavy generals to guard Tongguan is very obvious, that is, he wants to rely on the natural danger of Tongguan to keep the prime minister's army outside the pass. Zhang was timid and a Confucian student, but he didn't know that the battle situation was unpredictable. Tongguan was lost, and Chang'an was difficult to protect. If Tongguan is conquered, the prime minister's army will drive straight into and attack Lu Bu from many sides, and Lu Bu will be undefeated. Duan Xuan said. At this time, Lu Bu's intentions could be seen from his arrangement, as long as he was not a fool, he could guess what Lu Bu was planning.

"That's not what I said, General Duan has a way back to retreat, if it is unfavorable to conquer Tongguan, General Duan has the duties of General Zhenyuan and Beidi Taishou, and he can escape to Beidi, but he has to take responsibility for the disrespect of the order, and his life is not guaranteed." Pei Mao said.

"General Pei is too worried, as the so-called general will not be subject to the foreign monarch's order, you and I will advance and retreat together. Moreover, the inner city of Tongguan was completely destroyed by our Xiliang army, and it was easy to break through from the inside, as long as Tongguan was taken, it would be a great achievement, how could the prime minister punish the meritorious people! Duan Xuan persuaded him.

"Okay." Pei Mao's brows furrowed, and he reluctantly agreed. The two led the army to Tongguan.

Lü Bu's cavalry caught up with Huang Zhong and Zhang Xiu. When Zhang Xiu heard that Lu Bu was coming, he hurriedly came to confess his guilt.

"The sin will be Zhang Xiu's entrustment to the Ming Gong, and the sin deserves death!"

"There will be many people who will intercede to spare you from the death penalty. I hope that General Zhang will not live up to my intentions again, otherwise he will be punished for two crimes. Lu Bu looked at Zhang Xiu coldly. Now it is indeed bleak enough, in Lu Bu's vision, there are only Huang Zhong's five hundred school swordsmen and Zhang Xiu's more than eight hundred pikemen.

Lu Bu handed over 5,000 soldiers to Zhang Xiu, and Lu Meng left 1,000 to defend the city, and the remaining 3,100 elite soldiers were gone.

"I don't dare to live up to Ming Gong in embroidery."

"General Zhang, get up." Xu Shu played a round and said, "Tell me about the military information you have discovered." ”

Duan Xuan sent troops to counterattack General Zhang Liao a few days ago and returned defeated. Today, Pei Mao was mobilized to send troops together, and the two of them combined more than 20,000 troops to go to Tongguan. Zhang Xiu said.

"How many cavalry, how many infantry?" Lu Bu interjected and asked.

"The spies came to report that there were less than 2,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry." Zhang Xiu said.

Guanzhong is broken, Duan Xuan and these two can feed 20,000 soldiers, and they have to scrape countless people's fat and people's ointment, and they have no spare strength to support war horses. Guanzhong is not Xiliang, Xiliang is a land that produces horses, and Guanzhong does not produce horses.

"There is not much difference between the strength of troops and Zhang Liao, as long as you don't go out of the field battle, Duan Xuan's war horse will not be useful, and he will not defeat Zhang Liao." Lu Bu is very confident in Zhang Liao.

"Our task is to attack the empty Weinan and Huayin, cut off the return route of Duan Xuan and Pei Mao, and their army will collapse without a fight." Xu Shu said.

"The opponent's city is empty, the defenders must be more careful, our army has a total of more than 2,000 troops, how to attack the city?" Huang Zhong said.

"You don't have to attack Weinan, as long as you take Huayin, you can also cut off the way back." Lu Bu said.

"Huashan has been a road since ancient times, and there is no path to bypass Weinan, how to attack Huayin?" Xu Shu directly rejected Lu Bu's proposal: "We must defeat Duan Xuan quickly, and there is no time to make a detour to attack Huayin."

"What do you mean by storming?"

"What Hansheng said is good, it must be attacked. Of course, it was not a forcible siege, General Zhang Liao's strength was almost the same as that of Duan Xuan's coalition army, and he led the enemy head-on, and the lord took the cavalry as a surprise soldier, and rushed Duan Xuan's army from behind, Duan Xuan was undoubtedly defeated. Xu Shu said.

"And the infantry blocked the ancient road of Chang'an and erected more flags, and Duan Xuan, who was defeated, must suspect that Huayin has been lost, so he can only cross the river and go to Feng Yi, and the east and south sides of Chang'an City will be in the hands of the lord, and Chang'an can be drawn."

"Okay, just according to Yuan Zhi's words. General Huang Zhong and I rushed into battle, Xu Shu temporarily led General Huang's swordsmen to besiege Weinan, Zhang Xiu led 800 people to surround Huayin, and Hugh let the news spread in the city. "Lu Bu listened to Xu Shu's suggestion, his troops were not able to attack the city at all, it was better to cooperate with Zhang Liao to defeat Duan Xuan's army first, and it would be very easy to turn back and attack.

"Even so, the army is still overstretched, and besieging the city can only bluff." Xu Shu said.

Lu Bu waited until it was dark before marching to Weinan and walking around the city, and the cavalry did not wait for a reaction from inside the city, and quickly pinched outside the east gate. Lü Bu did this in order to prevent the soldiers in the city from spreading the news of Lü Bu's attack from the west to Huayin.

When Xu Shu and the three of them arrived, they divided their troops to defend all four gates, looking like they were trapped in Weinan. Overnight, an empty camp was set up outside the four gates, pennants were hung, two or three soldiers were left in the camp to beat the war drums, and hundreds of people were lined up outside the camp as sentinels, bluffing.

As soon as the sky was bright, Lu Bu led his troops to the city gate and shouted: "The army of the auxiliary general is pressing, why don't the enemy generals open the city and surrender!" ”

The movement outside the city has already alarmed the city, and the atmosphere in the city is very tense, and preparations for war are being intensified.

"The general of the auxiliary country is known as the great Han Zhongliang, and the general of my family, Pei Mao, is also determined by the Son of Heaven and is loyal and good, why did the general of the auxiliary country kill Zhongliang for no reason?" The county commander Liu Jiang did not dare to surrender easily, Pei Mao and Lu Bujun did not know the battle situation, he surrendered in a daze, in case Pei Mao won, then he is not a bamboo basket to draw water?

"The princes of Xiliang are fighting, the people are not happy, Pei Mao is called to urge all walks of life in Guanzhong, but he actually does nothing, and he is a certain soldier to share the worries of the Son of Heaven, and he deserves his name. If you surrender to Kaicheng, you will be crowned with a wife, if not, you will be slaughtered for three days! "Lu Bu very much hopes to panic this county order, in case the other party is timid to open the city and surrender.

Liu Jiang was able to get a county order in the chaotic pass, he had his own advantages, this person was very good at opportunism, he did not want to offend Lu Bu, and he did not dare to surrender easily, so he decided to delay for a few days, and then make a decision after seeing the battle situation between Lu Bu and Pei Mao.

"A certain general who has admired the majesty of the auxiliary country for a long time, and has long admired it, however, the surrender of Kaesong is not something that one person can decide, why don't you let me discuss for ten days and then reply?" Liu Jiang felt that Lu Bu and Pei Mao should be able to distinguish the winner within ten days.

Seeing that the other party was determined to engage in speculation, and also gave Lu Bu a ten-day buffer time, Lu Bu promised: "I hope I can give a satisfactory answer at the moment." ”

Lu Bu raised his voice and shouted towards the city: "Fence the four gates, if anyone wants to get out of the city, attack the city immediately!" ”

Of course, Lu Bu is intimidating the city, where does he have the spare strength to attack the city.