"General Li Dao, perhaps, you won't believe what Zhong says now, and you won't think so. However, Zhong still wants to say, General Li, are you really willing to give up what you currently have? You know, in this world, there has never been a trap cake that fell from the sky, no hard work, no risk crisis, and you want to be a great minister? Or do you want to divide one side of the land as king? Hehe, where in this world can there be such a light thing? Looking at the current Han Dynasty, or the former Great Qin or even the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, which side of the princes can finally control the power of the world, drunk and lying on the knees of beauties, all of them have gone through countless battles, or are far-sighted, long-term planning, do not focus on temporary gains and losses, and do not give up lightly because of the weakness of the moment, they are often in an extremely weak and unfavorable situation, let go, in order to turn defeat into victory and success. ”

Zhong Miao was strong and thoughtful word by word: "There is a sentence, Zhong said it, General Li Wei, you may really not like to listen to it, but I think it does make sense." Life is rich and rich, how can you give it up lightly? Why do you want to keep your wealth? Please think about the beginning. Well, please think about it, General Li, if you can have all the qi qi you have now, how much effort will it take to get it? Could it be that General Li, you still want to go back to the past and live a precarious life? ”

"It's easy to give up, Zhong can also understand General Li's current situation, the New Han Dynasty is powerful, and General Mo Li is indeed an enemy. However, Zhong wants to say that the so-called planning is in people, and success is in heaven, which is nothing more than that. If General Li, you don't even want to do things, and you are even afraid to fight. Do you still want God to have mercy on you? ”

Zhong Xuan said to Li Dao with a casual face: "What Cao Gong is planning is the Han world. It's not to beg for mercy on you, Li Dao is obedient. It can be said that there is no General Li for you. Cao Gong's plan can still be implemented. Are you going to take refuge in Guo Yan? Want to get protection from Guo Yan? Hehe, do you think Guo Yan can shelter you for the rest of your life? Is he willing to shelter you? Don't you think it's a bit naïve to entrust your net worth and life to a so-called colleague with whom you have been friends for many years who only turned against you not long ago? ”

"This ......," Li Dao's face was a little difficult to look at.

"Greedy for a moment of comfort, flee from war, and escape for a while, can you escape for a lifetime?" Seeing that Li Dao had nothing to say, Zhong Xuan was emboldened, and directly mocked: "Gong Cao has a big plan. But he will only value some people who are bold and courageous, and will definitely not reuse the kind of people who are greedy for life and afraid of death, if General Li really wants to abandon the city and flee. This is undoubtedly tantamount to betraying the general's oath of allegiance to Cao Gong, and when the time comes, it will also be equivalent to Cao Gong's fugitive, general, please think. If Guo Yan also joined Cao Gong at that time. You are under Guo Yan's tent, how do you think you should deal with yourself when the time comes? ”

I have to say that Zhong Xuan's words really spoke to Li Wei's heart. Now, he is really afraid of death, and he doesn't dare to fight the New Han Army head-on. However, after Zhong Xuan's lobbying. His heart that was afraid to flee couldn't help but shake a little again. I have to think about the situation after he really abandons Tianshui City.

Moreover, Zhong Xuan's words also made Li Dao unconsciously recall the past and recall his life.

Li Wei, originally a native of Beidi County, Liangzhou, was poor when he was young, and the disaster caused his parents to die early, and he lived by wandering at a young age. Those days were painful memories that he didn't look back on. Later, he had to meet a strange person and worship him as a teacher, so that he could learn martial arts. After completing his studies, he sold it to the imperial family.

He joined the army, starting as a small soldier, and with what he learned, he began to emerge in the army. Of course, even if he has the ability, but because there is no one in the DPRK, he has been excluded in the army and cannot be reused. At that time, he was appreciated by Dong Zhuo, who had just made his career, so that he Li Dao would rise all the way to the top, become Dong Zhuo's henchman, and lead his most elite "Flying Bear Army" for Dong Zhuo.

Originally, Li Dao asked himself that he was also a pure and good young man, but since he followed Dong Zhuo, he has learned to be cunning and fierce, and he does all kinds of evil. Only in this way can he be Dong Zhuo's confidant since he became Dong Zhuo's confidant, he has always been Dong Zhuo's most trusted and important favorite general. Of course, under Dong Zhuo's hands, it was not easy. Or rather, he lived every day with a sense of trepidation. This is the so-called companion like a tiger.

Under Dong Zhuo's account, if you make a slight mistake, no matter whether you are Dong Zhuo's henchman or not, he still wants you to die. has been following Dong Zhuo for twenty or thirty years, and Li Dao has seen how many of Dong Zhuo's henchmen were executed by Dong Zhuo because of their incompetence or because they did something wrong? Anyway, Li Dao is walking on thin ice, and he never dares to have a half-point difference.

Finally, when Dong Zhuo died, he had the opportunity to replace Dong Zhuo and become the overlord of Chang'an after Dong Zhuo with the elite division of Dong Zhuo in his hands. However, it is a pity that Guo Yan, who has a good personal relationship with him, disobeys him, and has the intention of sharing the dynasty with him, as well as Fan Chou, Zhang Ji, Niu Fu, etc., who also palm Dong Zhuo's elite military horses, all of them are ambitious, and they can't be twisted with him, so that he can only control a quarter of Chang'an City at that time.

Among them, there was also Lu Bu who made him feel jealous, and the New Han Army suddenly descended from the sky, which shattered his dream of owning Chang'an. In the end, he had to flee back to this Tianshui City, occupying this small land and becoming a small prince.

However, no matter how small Tianshui City is, it can really become a country of its own, and Li Dao is in Tianshui City, but it is the happiest day in his life. Every day, the wine and beauties wait, and they live happily like a fairy.

He no longer has to tremble and walk on thin ice like before, my territory is my decision. In Li Wei's heart, if there was no Liu Yi in this world, there was no New Han Dynasty, and there was no New Han Army, how good it would be. After the tempering of the first half of his life, he felt that he was enough, to be able to sit on the land and be his own prince of Anle, even if he was still breathing, this was much better than when he was under Dong Zhuo before.

Because he has been indulging in pleasure all these years, coupled with his vision, and because of his nature, and being subject to the princes of Xiliang, he has long gone. In other words, he has never looked at the world and intended to dominate the world. He only wants to enjoy his current status, to have what he currently has.

So. Without the ambitious Li Dao, he would be so cowardly and no longer have the courage of the fierce. As soon as the New Han army arrived, he planned to abandon the city and flee. He planned that as long as he brought the only remaining elite Flying Bear Army and the wealth he had looted over the years, he would be able to ensure that he would be prosperous and wealthy for the rest of his life. As long as he enjoys the glory, then why should he risk his life to fight to the death against the New Han army?

But, now. Zhong Xuan's words made him have to think about his future situation. Vote for Guo Yan, he knows that this is not a long-term solution, he has had enough of the trembling days under Dong Zhuo's account back then. He didn't want to vote for Guo Yan. Every day I have to worry about my survival.

And what Zhong Xuan said was exactly what he was worried about, worried that Guo Yan, who had turned against him, really couldn't tolerate him.

"Mr. Zhong Xuan, it's not that Li doesn't believe you, but ......" Li Wei seemed to be a little difficult to say: "It's really good to plan things in people, and it's really good to succeed in heaven, but Mr. Zhong, what you are planning." In Li's eyes, it is equivalent to painting a cake on paper, which is unattainable. In particular, what you said, Mr. Zhong, there is no sign of success, how can you ask Li to risk his net worth and life to fight against the Xinhan army? You must know that once Tianshui City is broken, I Li Dao will die and have no place to be buried. What do you mean is that you want Li to continue to stay in Tianshui City, as long as he guards Tianshui City for ten days and a half months? What would happen if Li stayed until that time? ”

When Zhong Xuan heard Li Dao's question, he couldn't help but be secretly happy. Knowing that he had already moved Li Dao, his plan could still succeed.

At that moment, Zhong Xuan said with a firm face: "General Li, I won't tell you that since Cao Gong has formed an alliance with Liu Jingsheng of Jingzhou, he will send troops to attack the New Han Dynasty. This has caused the princes of the world, who also see that the New Han Dynasty is sitting on the throne and may threaten their power in the future, they have sent envoys to negotiate with the Duke of Cao, preparing to pour out the soldiers and horses of the princes of the world, and must destroy the New Han Dynasty. This matter can soon become a reality, at least, the princes of the world, no matter who it is, they are not willing to see the New Han Dynasty Liu Yi sit big, as long as they can give the New Han Dynasty a certain amount of containment or suppression, everyone is willing to do it. General Li, please think about it, if Xiliang falls into the hands of Liu Yi of the New Han Dynasty again, then how difficult it will be for Cao Gong to gather with the princes of the world to destroy the New Han Dynasty in the future? Xiliang and the Northwest Desert, these places can be used by the New Han army to escape. Therefore, Xiliang is actually the key to being able to restrain Liu Yi of the New Han Dynasty. ”

Zhong Xuan raised his three-inch tongue and said: "As I said before, the princes of Xiliang, due to their limited vision, selfish character, and the character of not scattering eagles when they don't see rabbits, under the premise that General Li did not give them certain benefits, they did not send troops to help them for the time being. It doesn't matter. Let me tell you, Zhang Lu of Hanzhong and Liu Zhang of Yizhou, they also have concerns about the New Han Dynasty, although they did not openly ally with Cao Gong to send troops to attack the New Han Dynasty, but in private, they agreed to many conditions of Cao Gong. That is, they can give Cao Gong support in other ways. For example, they could supply a portion of the military rations to finance Cao Gong's use of troops against the New Han Dynasty. However, Zhang Lu in Hanzhong and Liu Zhang in Yizhou can bypass the Qishan area and reach the upper valley. They may not have to send troops to help, but they can provide us with a lot of food and grass. Therefore, General Li, the matter of grain and grass is not a problem, I believe that Zhong's envoy will soon inform the Xiliang princes of the truth, and when the time comes, they will naturally send troops to support. ”

"What? Yizhou Liu Zhang and Hanzhong Zhang Luneng funded Li? Li Dao said with a look of surprise.

He has never had anything to do with Liu Zhang in Yizhou and Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, but he is a little like in a dream and a little bit less convinced that these two princes will fund him Li Dao.

"Wrong! General Li, they are not helping you, but helping Cao Gong, if there is no Cao Gong, how can they care about you Li Dao dead or alive? Also, they don't really want to help you, but they want to help themselves, because once Xiliang falls into the hands of the New Han Army, then the New Han Army can directly threaten their power territory. Therefore, Liu Zhang of Yizhou and Zhang Lu of Hanzhong, they would rather Xiliang always be in your hands, but they would not like to see the New Han army seize Xiliang. Zhong Xuan said.

"I see...... Li Wei nodded silently, but this is enough, if there is material help from the princes of these two sides, then there is no need to worry about Guo Yan, Niu Fu and others not sending troops.

"General Li, Zhong has ordered Han Sui. He was ordered to take Longxi City within two or three days at any cost. Otherwise. Zhong will tell Cao Gong, telling Cao Gong that he Han Sui is not sincerely obedient to Cao Gong, from then on, he Han Sui will no longer get any funding from Cao Gong, with Han Sui's current situation, if there is no funding from Cao Gong, he will be buried immediately. To know. He turned against Ma Teng and led an army from Longxi to occupy Jincheng, but. When he led the army to leave Longxi, he failed to get too many supplies from Ma Teng, and his military horses did not continue with grain and grass. Therefore. It wasn't that long ago. Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu had already transported a batch of grain and grass from Qishan to Han Sui, which made Han Sui dare to turn against Ma Teng. Therefore, it only takes three days, Longxi will definitely fall, and in addition, there are two or three days, Guo Yan, Niu Fu and other princes. will also send troops to Longxi to attack Jicheng. ”

"Is it just that Li needs to defend Tianshui City for three days?"

"Nope. Three days is not enough, in order to give Han Sui, Guo Yan, Niu Fu and others more time to prepare, therefore, General Li must hold Tianshui City for at least ten days, and at most for half a month. ”

"Ten days is too long, three days!" Li Dao said undoubtedly: "I, Li Dao, only guarded Tianshui City for three days, if after three days, I have not received the good news that Mr. Zhong said, Li will definitely leave Tianshui City without saying a word, and whoever likes to occupy it will occupy it." ”

Although Li Wei was persuaded by Zhong Xuan to stay and defend Tianshui City, he also had reservations, he naturally would not all listen to Zhong Xuan's words, and holding Tianshui City for three days was already the maximum time limit in his opinion.

"Three days...... Well, then three days! Zhong Xuan knew that this was the case now, if Li Wei held Tianshui City for three days, and Han Sui could not take Longxi City, his entire plan would only be aborted, and there would be no way to stop the New Han Army from recovering Xiliang.

However, not all of what Zhong said was true.

It is true that the grain from Yizhou and Hanzhong was transported to Xiliang, but it has nothing to do with Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu, it is just that the grain he purchased was sent to Xiliang through Yizhou and Hanzhong.

For Liu Zhang of Yizhou and Zhang Lu of Hanzhong, they never thought that the New Han army would be able to send troops from Xiliang to attack their territory after they captured Xiliang.

You must know that the Shu Kingdom, which is known as the country of abundance, does not have to worry about military horses coming in from the direction of Xiliang. The mountains are not something that can be easily crossed. In fact, even when the later Great Yuan attacked Sichuan, there was no way to send troops from the direction of Xiliang. If you can send troops from Xiliang to Yizhou, you don't have to wait until now, Shu has already been occupied by countless foreign ethnic groups in the northwest. In the same way, Hanzhong is the same, although there is a road to Xiliang, and even through the mountains to Chencang Pass. However, the mountain road in it was too dangerous to walk, and it was extremely difficult for military horses to pass. Therefore, Zhang Lu was not worried that he would be attacked by the New Han Army from Xiliang.

Because of Cao Cao's kindness, Zhong Miao tried every possible way to win Xiliang for Cao Cao, so that when Cao Cao and the New Han Dynasty were fighting, he could contain the New Han Dynasty for Cao Cao in Xiliang, and even send troops to harass the New Han Dynasty, so that the New Han Dynasty could not focus on fighting with Cao Cao.

However, as Zhong Xuan himself said, it is up to people to plan things, and it is up to heaven to make things happen, he has already made efforts for Cao Cao, if he can't achieve it as planned, he has nothing to do, and he can be regarded as doing his best.

Let's say that Liu Yi saw Huaxiong and Xu Rong and was overjoyed. I didn't expect that my military horse would come so quickly.

However, seeing them coming lightly, he knew that they might not be here to attack Tianshui City.

After asking, sure enough, they came lightly at Ma Chao's request, preparing to go to the rescue of Longxi City.

With Liu Yi restraining Li Dao in front of Tianshui City, Li Dao didn't dare to go out of the city at all, so that the passage that had been opened up didn't have to worry about being taken back by Li Dao again.

Liu Yi also knew that Ma Chao and Ma Teng father and son had special feelings for Longxi, so Liu Yi did not leave Huaxiong and Xu Rong, and did not let them immediately take Tianshui City, but let them immediately lead the army to Jicheng to join Ma Teng, and then, together with Ma Teng, returned to Longxi to ensure that Longxi was not lost.

Liu Yi, who had already been to Longxi, knew that Longxi City could no longer withstand the devastation of a war, and if his ability was not lost, it would not be easy to let it fall into the hands of Han Sui.

Therefore, Hua Xiong and Xu Rong immediately led the 50,000 troops who came first, did not stop in Tianshui City, and went directly through the city.

In this way, Li Wei, who thought that the Xinhan army would attack Tianshui City as soon as it arrived, was greatly relieved, at least, he thought that it was possible for him to hold Tianshui City for a few days.

Besides, Han Sui, he is really in a dilemma now.

Zhong Xuan's slightly threatening order made Han Sui extremely worried.

At this time, it was not that he was unwilling to order the attack to seize Longxi City, but after the "confession before the battle" incident under Longxi City, his military horses had suddenly lost their fighting spirit. Overnight, countless sergeants became deserters, and his people were not able to catch too many.

The generals under him seem to have a little bit of a distraction from him, at least, occasionally he will hear a lot of people complaining, thinking that he betrayed Ma Teng and left Longxi too hastily. Now, Jincheng has not had time to develop, and the foothold is not stable, so he has returned to Longxi, so that many generals do not know much.

In fact, Ma Teng and Han Sui, the military horses of the two, are inextricably linked to each other, and they suddenly turn against each other, swords and soldiers face each other, and ordinary soldiers still have a little pimple in their hearts. In particular, almost all of the cities they want to attack are guarded by some Longxi people, so how do they attack and kill?

However, earlier, in addition to some incidents of confessing relatives before the battle, there were also many soldiers of Han Suijun, who were scolded by some people in the city.

For example, a military general under Han Sui's account, although he has followed Han Sui for many years, he has always been Han Sui's henchman. However, he is an authentic native of Longxi City. When he was young, he lost his relatives at a young age, and he was brought up by the villagers in the city. When he was in Longxi City, he often got together with these villagers. Now, he helped Han Sui to attack Longxi City, and the villagers who happened to be at the head of the city to help guard the city recognized him and scolded him for being a white-eyed wolf and ungrateful.

This directly made this general's mood low, and he used drunkenness to dispel his sorrows all day long.

And so on, there are really a lot, anyway, Han Sui is really difficult to ride a tiger now, and he is anxious.

However, Han Sui had nothing to choose from.

Zhong Xuan had already sent a letter urging him again, telling him to take Longxi City within two or three days. If Longxi City cannot be captured within two or three days, then Zhong Xuan's relationship with him will be terminated, and he will no longer be Cao Cao's minister, but a traitor who does not respect Cao Cao's orders.

Of course, these are not the most important and critical things, the most critical, if Zhong Xuan terminates relations with him, then where will the food and grass of his current nearly 100,000 military horses come from? Relying on him Han Sui to raise the army by himself, he can't afford to raise so many military horses at all. Once there is a shortage of numbers in the army, then his military horses will definitely collapse without a fight and collapse.

So, he really didn't have a choice.

He couldn't care too much anymore, just when Hua Xiong and Xu Rong led the army to Tianshui City, Han Sui summoned the generals of the whole army and made a pre-war mobilization, asking his military horses, no matter who was guarding Longxi City, to resolutely launch a siege war. It is necessary to take Longxi City.

Of course, when he ordered this attack on Longxi City, the generals under his account talked a lot, and many generals advised Han Sui to think twice.

However, Han Sui gave a death order, forcibly coerced the generals under the tent, and if there was any objection, he would be immediately killed.

In this way, Han Sui's army, the battle bean was raised, and its military horses drove out of the camp again and advanced to Longxi City.

However, I don't know why, the sound of Han Suijun's battle beans doesn't seem to be so exciting, and even the sound of the marching horn seems to be a little weak.

Looking at the Han Sui army who came out of the barracks, most of the battle flags were wilted and did not have any look. Most of the sergeants under the battle banner had confused eyes and complicated thoughts, and even the weapons they were holding seemed to be powerless to lift and hang down, as if they were hanging their heads.

This is an unrighteous battle, and it is boring for those old and weak women and children, even some soldiers who are used to being wicked and burning, killing and looting, so that they can't raise the slightest morale for war.

However, Han Sui personally led his most confidant pro-army to supervise the battle behind the battle, and ordered that whoever dared to retreat without a fight would be immediately beheaded! (To be continued......)