Changan.

The sound of horses' hooves shattered the silence of the long street.

"Sigh Rhythm ~~"

After the loud and mournful neighing of horses, more than a dozen majestic horses stopped in front of the temporary residence of the captain Zhong Xuan, and more than a dozen knights on horseback turned over and dismounted, and went straight to the gate of the residence. ”

The leader of the dozen knights was seven feet tall, broad-faced, heavy-eared, and majestic, and when he heard this, he glared coldly at the two soldiers, snorted from his nostrils, and shouted murderously: "Get out of the way, don't get in the way of this general." ”

"Qiang Qiang Qiang ~~"

More than a dozen personal soldiers behind the general had already rushed forward, the sword was unsheathed, and before the two guards could react, the cold and shining blades had already reached their necks, and the two guards were dead, and they didn't dare to make a slight move. The leading military general snorted lightly and flicked his sleeves in.

In the hall of the official residence, Zhong Miao was convening Yang Qiu, Cheng Yin, Li Kan, Zhang Heng, Hou Xuan, Zuo Fengyi, Song Yi and others to discuss the matter, when he heard the sound of footsteps, he walked into the door proudly into a dusty Angzang Wufu, Zhong Xuan looked at it urgently, only to find that the general was actually the number one general under Dong Zhuo, Xu Rong.

"General Xu Rong?"

Zhong Xuan stood up in amazement, a little surprised that Xu Rong had come so quickly! According to Zhong Xuan's prediction, it would take at least ten days for Xu Rong to arrive in Chang'an from Bingzhou, but he didn't expect that Xu Rong would arrive in Chang'an in only five days! It was a full five days earlier than he expected.

As if he had guessed the doubts of Zhong Xuan and Cheng Yin, Xu Rong said indifferently: "Lord Zhong Xuan and the generals don't need to be surprised, this general is a shortcut from Shangjun." ”

"Huh?" Zhong Xuan lost his voice and said, "Isn't Shangjun the territory of the horse butcher?" In case~~"

"The military situation is urgent, I can't take care of that much!" Xu Rong waved his hand and said to Zhong Xuan bluntly, "Lord Zhong, please immediately tell General Ben about the latest situation in Liangzhou, where has the horse butcher's army been now?" Are the ten counties of Liangzhou still under the control of our army? ”

Zhong Xuan straightened out his thoughts and said: "Since the general is so straightforward, then the lower officials don't have to hide it, now the situation in Liangzhou is extremely serious, Hanyang County has fallen, Wuwei is too protective of Fu Xie, Wudu is too law-abiding and has an ambiguous attitude, and it is very likely to fall to the horse butcher." ”

"What's even more disadvantageous is that the horse butcher completely abandoned the traditional strategy of attacking city by city and place, but drove straight into Longxi! Although Longxi has Gongzi Huang's 8,000 elite cavalry, there are 20,000 troops under the command of the horse butcher, and Xu Huang's 10,000 rebels are his minions. ”

Xu Rong lost his voice and said: "In this case, you can quickly pass the book to Gongzi Huang, and immediately concentrate all the troops to defend the two big cities of Didao and Lintao, and the rest of the small cities don't have to be defended." ”

Zhong Xuan said: "The general can rest assured, the lower official has already sent the horse to the scholar Huang before the fifth day." ”

"Oh?" Xu Rong breathed a sigh of relief and asked slowly, "What is the situation in the rest of the counties?" ”

Zhong Xuan said: "The rest of the counties are still under the control of our army, but our army needs to hold too many cities, and the troops are too scattered, and they are easily broken by the horse butchers. ”

"Hmm." Xu Rong pondered for a moment, and then asked, "How many soldiers and horses are there in Chang'an City?" ”

Zhong Xuan said: "There are 8,000 foot soldiers and 15,000 cavalry. ”

Xu Rong paced back and forth for a few steps, suddenly stopped his steps, and said to Zhong Xuan: "From the strategy of the horse butcher, it can be concluded that the horse butcher came to Liangzhou not to attack the city and conquer the land, but to destroy the living force of our army. Since this is the case, our army does not have to hold on city by city, but quickly pass on the three adults of Huang Fujian, Li Ju, and Guo Hao, and immediately lead their troops to move closer to Wuwei County, and after the army entered Guzang, Fu Xie was placed under house arrest on the spot, and then the soldiers of the four counties and the Shandan cavalry were collected under the unified command of Lord Huangfujian. ”

Zhong Xuan's expression was shocked when he heard this, and his eyes couldn't help but pass a trace of inexplicable appreciation, thinking that Xu Rong was worthy of being the number one general under Dong Zhuo, and he could think of such a practical countermeasure in such a short time, and he couldn't do this without decades of experience in battlefield battles.

General Cheng Yin was confused at first, but after contemplating for a while, they also realized it! The army left behind in Liangzhou did not have an advantage in terms of strength, if the troops were divided to guard the cities, it was easy to be broken by Ma Yuejun, since the division of troops to guard the city was inevitably broken, so why not gather all the troops and fight to the death with Ma Yuejun?

If you lose, the outcome will not be worse, but if you win, you can completely turn the situation in Liangzhou.

Yang Qiu couldn't help but feel excited in his heart and asked, "Then what about us, what should we do?" ”

Xu Rong's eyes were cold, and he said in a deep voice: "All the generals can lead the elite soldiers of their headquarters to kill Ben Wudu County with this general, first seize the military power in the hands of Fazhen, and then go north to Longxi to join forces with Gongzi Huang, and fight to the death with the main army of the horse butcher!" ”

Zhong Xuan reminded: "General, our army actually doesn't have to fight hard with the horse butcher, as long as the horse butcher's army can be dragged in Longxi for about a month, Lord Wang Yuan's Western Regions Alliance will be killed, and then the horse butcher's retreat to Hetao will be completely cut off, and then the three-way army will be divided into a joint attack, and the horse butcher will die without a place to be buried!" ”

"Hmm!" Xu Rong nodded and said in a deep voice, "This is exactly what General Ben thinks."

……

Yiwu, the chief historian of the Western Regions.

Wang Yuan, the chief of the Western Regions, is the son of Wang Jing, the chief official of the Huan Emperor Dynasty, and the adopted son of Zhang Yan, the chief of the Ling Emperor Dynasty. Wang Yuan grew up in the Western Regions since childhood, Zhang Yan died of illness in the third year of Zhongping (186), Wang Yuan was a long history at the beginning, in order to resolve the grievances between the front and rear of the car division, he married a princess of the former and rear car divisions.

The following year, he got the eldest son and named Wang Shuang.

In June of the first year of Emperor Jian'an of the Han Dynasty (188), the Taishi Dong Zhuo urgently sent a letter to Yiwu in the name of the Son of Heaven for 800 miles, and ordered Wang Yuan to quickly connect with the volunteers of the 36 countries in the Western Regions and go out of Liangzhou to defeat the rebel Ma Yue. Wang Yuan did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly started the 800 elite soldiers of the Changshi Mansion to march to Dunhuang first, and ordered the front of the Che Division, the rear of the Che Division, and Shanshan that were good with the Han Dynasty to send troops to converge.

At the beginning of July, a total of 50,000 cavalry from Cheshi, Shanshan and other countries crossed the Yumen Pass into Liangzhou and officially began to intervene in the warlord melee in the Central Plains.

……

The night was deep, and the majestic city outline of Longxian County was shrouded in a vast haze.

Suddenly, a rapid sound of horses' hooves came from far and near, galloping, which could shatter the quiet night, and the two soldiers guarding the enemy tower immediately became vigilant, shrank behind the battlements and looked out of the city, only to see that the curtain outside the city was vast, the wind and sand were blowing, and a vague figure was approaching the city gate.

"Who?"

"Stop!"

"If we don't stop, we're going to release our arrows!"

The guards on the enemy tower shouted fiercely, and the galloping knight did not dare to slack off, and tried his last strength to pull the reins of the horse, and the mount under the crotch suddenly hissed and stood up, and it took two sharp spins in a row to stop the momentum, and the knight on horseback looked tired, his face was pale, and there was a wolf tooth feather arrow obliquely stuck in his shoulder, and the feathers at the end of the arrow were trembling slightly in the evening breeze.

Blood seeped out from the knight's back, and the green shirt on the knight's body was already blackened, and the blood stains on it had already coagulated.

The knight gasped violently and shouted towards the city tower: "Open the city gate quickly, Luoyang is urgent!" ”

"Huh?"

"Luoyang Urgent?"

The two guards were shocked, wondering how could Luoyang's urgent report be sent to Longxian? Could it be the fast horse of the imperial court? Don't say that these two soldiers have just been put into Ma Yue's command not long ago, even if it is Ma Yue's three thousand old departments, few people know that Ma Yue still has Diao Chan, a super secret spy lurking in Luoyang!

In fact, this messenger was sent by Diao Chan to deliver emergency military information to Ma Yue! After offering the maid Cicada to Wang Yun as a concubine, Diao Chan gave another maid Liu Er to Li Ru as a concubine, and it was this Liu Er who sped on Dong Zhuo's Liangzhou plan for Diao Chan, because it involved the armies of the 36 countries in the Western Regions and the matter was very important, Diao Chan did not dare to slack off, so he sent his henchmen to Liangzhou to deliver the letter.

Unfortunately, the secret envoy sent by Diao Chan encountered a small group of horse thieves who were ravaging Liangzhou on the border of Hanyang County and robbing people when they saw them.

When the defenders on the enemy tower were in shock, several sharp sounds suddenly sounded in the night sky, and more than a dozen sharp wolf's tooth arrows had already swept into the air.

"Puff~~"

More than a dozen sharp arrows shot coldly through the body of the envoy, one of them even pierced his throat, penetrating from the left neck to the right neck, but no blood spilled out, the envoy's gaze soon began to scatter, his body shook twice, and fell from the horse's back.

However, before dying, the envoy still took out the bamboo slip from his bosom and threw it into the air.

"Poof!"

At this time, a horse thief rushed to the air like a gallop, caught the pen thrown by the secret envoy with one hand, unfolded it and hurriedly looked at it, and suddenly scolded angrily: "Bah, I thought it was something valuable, but it was a sealed letter, it's really unlucky." ”

……

Liangzhou.

Xiangwu, county hall.

Jia Xu had just finished reporting to Ma Yue on the situation in Hanyang County. Regarding the personnel appointment and dismissal of Hanyang County, and how Jia Xu gained the trust of the Hanyang Shi clan, Ma Yue did not ask too much, as the so-called suspicious people do not need, and the employment of people is not suspicious, for these aspects that are not his own strengths, Ma Yue still dares to let his subordinates do it.

In fact, this is also related to Ma Yue's experience after coming to this world.

In Ma Yue's view, as long as the army is firmly controlled, even if someone under him wants to plot against him, he will not be able to turn the world upside down.

In the sound of heavy footsteps, Xu Huang walked in with a solemn face, clenched his fists and said, "The last general will see the lord and the military advisor." ”

Ma Yue nodded and asked, "Is there any news?" ”

"Tanma has just sent back the news that Dong Huang, the Taishou of Longxi, has shrunk all his troops into the two big cities of Didao and Lintao, and the remaining more than ten small cities have been abandoned, and~~" Xu Huang took a breath, the worry on his face became more and more intense, and said, "And Dong Huang also plundered the whole county of Longxi in a frenzy, and robbed the people of the only rations." ”

"This Dong Huang doesn't seem to be just a gentleman." Jia Xu muttered, "In this way, the difficulty of our army to attack Longxi will be greatly increased." ”

"Hmm." Ma Yue nodded, and said in a condensed voice, "Di Dao and Lintao are Dong Zhuo's lair, and the old thief has been operating in Longxi for many years, and his power can be described as deep-rooted!" Moreover, the two cities are high and thick, and the army defending the city is the best of the old thief's clan, and the strength should not be underestimated, so our army must have the best and most cherished plan. ”

Jia Xu said in a condensed voice: "If Longxi can't be solved in a short time, the old thief will inevitably send reinforcements from Guanzhong to reinforce, and this war is likely to drag on for several months, so the grain road from Shangjun to Lingzhou, from Lingzhou to Thirty-six Qiang, and then from Thirty-six Qiang to Longxian is very important!" ”

"Not bad." Ma Yue said, "If the grain road is cut off by Dong Zhuojun, our army will fall into a dilemma. ”

Jia Xu said: "Lord, now our army has two choices, the more prudent strategy is to return to the east, first lay down stability, the north, and then fight for the wavering Fazhen and Fu Xie, if Fazhen and Fu Xie can lead the crowd to go along, our army can form an encirclement of Longxi from the north, east, and south, Dong Huang is isolated and helpless, and defeat is a matter of time." ”

"It's not appropriate." Ma Yue said categorically, "Fazhen and Fu Xie may not be willing to surrender, even if the two of them are willing to surrender, when the time comes, with the land of Hanyang, Wuwei, Wudu, Anding, and Beidi, dozens of cities of all sizes will be guarded by troops?" Regardless of the division of troops, Dong Zhuo's army can be attacked and returned, and the grain road is still worried about being cut off. And if the troops are divided, our army will lose some of its strength advantages, and it will be even more difficult to turn back and attack Longxi. ”

Jia Xu muttered: "That is the only way to storm Di Dao and Lintao at any cost." ”

……

(To be continued)