Although the offensive and defensive battle of Wuguan ended with a hearty victory for Mink Xiong, this does not mean that he can sit back and relax. △↗

This life-and-death battle between him and Dong Zhuo is far from over.

Dong Zhuo, who retreated to the camp, was deeply angered by Mink Xiong, but instead of ordering the troops to retreat, he urged Chang'an to transport more grain and grass, forced the village, and put on an attitude of planning to fight a protracted war.

Diao Xiong was naturally not to be outdone, so he transferred grain and grass from Nanyang, Runan, and even Huainan, the area under his control, to the front line of Wuguan, and was also ready to fight a protracted war.

More than 100,000 troops on both sides formed a confrontation on the front line of Wuguan this winter.

This confrontation lasted for more than three months, from the cold winter to the warm spring flowers.

And the situation of the war, during these three months, began to quietly turn to a situation that was unfavorable to Mink.

First of all, there is the issue of grain and grass.

Although the area controlled by Diao Xiong was originally a rich land, the successive wars caused agricultural damage could not be restored in a short time.

Even if Diao Xiong implemented Tuntian, the effect of Tuntian will not be reflected until at least this year's autumn harvest.

Therefore, the confrontation entered the fourth month, and the food and grass supply of the 30,000 or 40,000 troops of Mink Xiong began to show signs of inadequacy.

On the other hand, Dong Zhuo controls the Great Plain of Guanzhong, this rich grain-producing area, it is not a problem to provide grain and grass for the 100,000 army, so naturally there is no need to worry about grain and grass.

In addition to grain and grass, what Mink Xiong cares about more is the development of the situation of the surrounding princes.

Koto direction. Sun Jian, who returned to the division, was invincible. Yan Baihu's rebellion has been put down. Begin to enter the stage of collecting people's hearts.

Once Sun Jian sat firmly in Jiangdong and recovered his vitality, it was inevitable to send troops north to attack Shouchun.

In the direction of Jingzhou, after conquering Xiangyang, Lü Bu marched all the way south, and had besieged Jiangling for several months, once Jiangling was captured. It is equivalent to the destruction of Liu Biao, and the entire Jingzhou will be included in his command.

Although the ability under Lu Bu's rule is far inferior to Liu Biao, his ability to command troops is terrifyingly strong, once he is given all possession of Jingzhou, not to mention that it will be twice as difficult for Mink Xiong to take Jingzhou in the south, and he will even be threatened by Lu Bu in turn.

The current situation is that Diao Xiong's internal grain and grass are beginning to be in short supply, and the external generals are eyeing Hou Hu, and if it drags on like this, he will fall into no grain and grass inside. The unfavorable situation of a siege by a foreign enemy.

Although Mink Xiong was extremely confident, he remained calm. I know that two fists are hard to beat four hands.

The Great Tent of the Chinese Army.

"Lu Bu is about to take Jingzhou, Sun Jian will also sit firmly in Jiangdong, these two people have their hands free, there is no doubt about attacking us, and the grain and grass are starting to run out today, this war has reached the time when it must end, everyone will tell me your opinions." Mink Xiong looked around at the civil and military gathered in front of the tent and asked them for advice.

In the big tent, there was silence, even if it was a resourceful person like Xu Shu, at this time, it seemed that he couldn't think of any clever ideas.

After all, Xu Shu's advantage lies in the tactical aspect, but he has not seen this kind of huge strategic planning that involves the overall situation.

Mink Xiong's expected gaze fell on Pang Tong, and at this time, he could only trust Pang Tong's super strategic outlook.

"The war has reached this point, it is impossible for us to withdraw our troops, so we can only force Dong Zhuo to withdraw our troops." Pang Tong, who had been muttering for a long time, suddenly shook his feather fan and said.

"Force Dong Zhuo to retreat?" Wen Ping immediately questioned, "Dong Zhuo is vengeful, and he looks like he will not take the martial arts pass and will not give up, how can he take the initiative to withdraw from the army." ”

"Didn't Zhongye hear clearly, the military advisor said that it was 'forced' Dong Zhuo to retire." Mink Xiong heard the mysterious sound outside the words, and his spirit suddenly perked up, "Strategist, tell me what to do." ”

Pang Tong stood up, pointed to the map, and said unhurriedly: "Lord, please see, my Nanyang is adjacent to Yanzhou, Dong Zhuozhi is in the Central Plains, if he defeats us and takes a county in Nanyang, then he will inevitably send troops from Luoyang and Nanyang to the Central Plains, and the first to be attacked at that time must be Yanzhou occupied by Cao Cao." ”

After a pause, Pang Tong continued: "Cao Cao is extremely knowledgeable, so he must understand the truth of heavy lips and cold teeth. It was thought that the lord could send an envoy to Puyang immediately, explain the benefits and disadvantages to Cao Cao, and ask him to send troops to attack the Tiger Prison Pass and threaten Luoyang, and Dong Zhuo would inevitably save him at that time. ”

With the help of Cao Cao, Dong Zhuo's troops were divided, and Pang Tong's strategy was secretly in line with Mink's ambitions.

Diao Xiong nodded slightly in agreement, but Wen Ping said: "Cao Cao's own strength is limited, even if he can attack Luoyang and how many troops Dong Zhuo can have, I am afraid that he will still not be able to force Dong Zhuo back." ”

"Shiyuan Junshi shouldn't have finished talking yet, Zhongye is not in a hurry, let him continue." Mink Xiong smiled with a smile.

Pang Tong cleared his throat, and the feather fan suddenly turned from the east to the west, pointing to Hanzhong: "Zhang Luxin is based in Hanzhong, does not serve the Chang'an court, and is very close to Chang'an, Dong Zhuo has long been dissatisfied with him. Now the lord can send people to Hanzhong to spread rumors, that is, after Dong Zhuo conquers Nanyang, he will send troops from Nanyang, Guanzhong and Longxi at the same time, capture Hanzhong in one fell swoop, and completely quell the flank threat of Chang'an.

And Zhang Lu has a strategist Yang Song, who is extremely wealthy, so the lord can send someone to bribe him with a lot of money, and ask him to persuade Zhang Lu to send troops to attack Longxi, threatening Dong Zhuo's flank and rear, and then he will be able to force Dong Zhuo to divide his troops again. ”

"Induce Zhang Lu to send troops, well, yes, this is also a way." Mink Xiong nodded slightly, more and more agreeing with Pang Tong's strategy.

After analyzing the situation on the two wings, Pang Tong pointed to the word Chang'an, "Dong Zhuo raised an army of 100,000 to attack Wuguan, and the rest of the army was mostly deployed in Luoyang and Longxi, Chang'an must be empty and neglected to take precautions." In the previous Chang'an Rebellion, Dong Zhuo purged most of the ministers who were from the state, and the anti-Dong forces among the courtiers were not fatally hit. As long as the lord sent someone to Chang'an to lobby the ministers, induce them to launch a mutiny in Chang'an, escort the Son of Heaven to escape from Chang'an, and return to the Central Plains, it was equivalent to stabbing Dong Zhuo in the heart. ”

"At that time, Dong Zhuo's troops were not in Wuguan, Luoyang and Longxi were attacked on both sides, and the hinterland of Chang'an was in turmoil, even if he forcibly refused to withdraw his troops for the sake of face, it would inevitably be turbulent, at that time, if he did not retreat, it was when we took the initiative to attack and kill him in defeat." Pang Tong's last words cut the railway.

Hearing Pang Tong's strategic analysis, Wen Ping was naturally speechless and questioned again, even Xu Shu nodded slightly, admiring Pang Tong's resourcefulness.

Diao Xiong's blood was already burning, and he was even more suspicious, so he immediately patted the case and said: "According to Shiyuan's military division, the old thief will not retreat, then I will light a few fucking fires on the old thief's ass, I will see if he will retreat!" ”

The plan has been decided, and Diao Xiong should go down even if he is instructed to act according to the plan.

On Cao Cao's side, Mink Xiong wrote a letter in his own hand, and sent the newly recruited scribe Chen Zhen to Yanzhou with his letter to persuade Cao Cao to send troops.

On the Hanzhong side, Mink Xiong sent a detailed work to go deep into the area of Nanzheng in central China, spreading rumors everywhere that Dong Zhuo would attack Hanzhong.

At the same time, he sent people to Nanzheng with a lot of money, secretly met with Yang Song, and induced him to take advantage of Zhang Lu's trust in him and encourage Zhang Lu's troops to go out of Longxi.

In Chang'an, Diao Xiong also sent envoys to secretly infiltrate Chang'an, meet with the national ruler Fuwan and other courtiers, encourage them to cooperate with the outside and take the opportunity to oppose Dong, and protect the Son of Heaven to escape from Chang'an and return to Luoyang.

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Time passed day by day, and the confrontation on the front line of Wuguan had entered its fifth month.

Diao Xiong endured for more than a month, and finally waited for the good news he wanted.

Cao Cao, who was ravaging Tao Qian in Xuzhou, finally decided to return to Yanzhou after receiving a request for help from Mink Xiong, a nominal "ally", and after some weighing, he led an army of 30,000 soldiers to take Luoyang.

The Xiliang defenders on the Tiger Prison side were only more than 5,000 people, and when they saw Cao Cao's army attacking, they naturally asked Dong Zhuo for help as soon as possible.

Dong Zhuo had no choice but to send Fan Chou to lead an army of 10,000 to Tiger Prison Pass to assist in the defense.

Not long after Dong Zhuo had just dispatched 10,000 soldiers and horses, there was an urgent report from Longxi, and Zhang Lu sent Yang Ang, a general, to lead 20,000 Hanzhong soldiers out of Qishan to threaten the counties of Longxi.

Dong Zhuo, who was depressed, was afraid that Longxi would lose, so he had to send Duan Xuan to lead an army of 10,000 to Longxi for reinforcements.

In the fierce battle in the past few months, Dong Zhuo launched several strong attacks, losing nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses, and then transferred nearly 30,000 soldiers, and the 100,000 troops stationed on the front line of Wuguan were actually only 60,000 people left.

Moreover, after a long period of attack, the Xiliang army has exhausted its spirit, coupled with the unfavorable news that has come one after another, it has made the Xiliang soldiers unstable and rumors.

Whoa, whoa, whoa—

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Dong Zhuo angrily tore apart the bad news one after another and threw it all over the tent.

"It's hateful, it's just that Cao Cao, this kid, attacked the Tiger Prison Pass, and now even Zhang Lu, a stinky Taoist, dares to offend the old man, and dares not to take the old man in his eyes, which is really hateful!" Dong Zhuo gritted his teeth and scolded with hatred.

The subordinates on the left and right all bowed their heads and did not dare to come out, for fear of angering Dong Zhuo.

Only that Li Ru coughed a few times, and said cautiously: "Now that our army has been under the old city, the soldiers are tired, and there are Cao Cao and Zhang Lu two small threats to the flanks, the son-in-law thinks that we might as well withdraw the troops back to Chang'an first, pacify the flank threat, let the soldiers recuperate, and wait for the autumn high horse fat, and then attack the military pass." ”

"Fart!" Dong Zhuo scolded angrily, "The old man personally led an army of 100,000 to come, but now if he loses his troops and returns in vain, what is the prestige of the old man?" The old man said that if he didn't take the Wuguan and destroy the thief of Minkxiong, the old man would never give up. ”

Li Ru was reprimanded like this, his body was shocked, his face was a little embarrassed, and he didn't know what to say.

"Pass the order, tomorrow the army will be exhausted, and the old man will attack the martial arts pass again." Dong Zhuo, who was angry, instead of listening to the advice, planned to attack again.

At this moment, the soldiers hurriedly entered and shouted: "Master Yu, the big thing is not good, the courtiers of Chang'an launched a mutiny, killed our generals defending the city, and have taken the Son of Heaven and the queen hostage to escape from Chang'an, and fled all the way east in the direction of Hangu Pass. ”

"What!" Dong Zhuo, who was originally angry, changed color in shock. (To be continued, please search, the novel is better and updated faster!)