Just when the war was raging in the Central Plains, the land of Guanzhong was also calm.

Hongnong, Zhang Ji's official residence.

"Uncle, it's not good!"

Zhang Xiu hurriedly ran into the inner hall and said angrily to Zhang Ji: "I don't know that the news of our army's transaction with Luo Zheng has leaked, Guo Yan dog thieves sent troops to rob two hundred stone gold and rice seeds east of Yunyang, and even the two hundred elite soldiers sent were killed. ”

"What?"

Zhang Ji was taken aback, Huo Zai got up and said, "Is there such a thing?" ”

Zhang Xiu nodded again and again: "It's true, uncle, what should I do now?" ”

Zhang Ji's face was cloudy, and he asked, "How did you leak the news?" ”

Zhang Xiu said: "This little nephew doesn't know. ”

Zhang Ji was a little irritable, and after a long silence, he said, "Could it be Luo Zheng's trick?" ”

Zhang Xiu thought for a while and said: "Although Luo Zheng has had a bumper harvest in the past two years, Liangzhou is extremely short of refined iron, and it is reasonable for Luo Zheng to exchange golden rice seeds for refined iron with his uncle. However, Luo Zheng is scheming, so it may not be that this guy is making trouble. ”

Zhang Jidao: "What about Guo Yan, what do you say?" ”

Zhang Xiu said: "There is nothing to say, there are many soldiers in that fight, and I have never put my uncle in my eyes." ”

Zhang Ji's face suddenly turned gloomy, and his anger was a little painful.

However, within a few days, the situation suddenly became tense.

A horse bandit of hundreds of people rushed into the pass, burned and looted in the area of Baling, just when the autumn grain went to the ground, the money and grain taxes in various places had just been collected, and they wanted to be transported to Chang'an, and several grain teams were looted by this horse bandit.

When Guo Yan sent a cavalry to arrive, the horse bandits bypassed Taihua Mountain and entered the territory of Hongnong.

The generals did not dare to cross the border without authorization, so they had to fly to Chang'an.

Guo Yan was furious. But he was unwilling to start the battle lightly, so he had to order the cavalry to withdraw.

However, three thousand cavalry had just withdrawn. Hundreds of horse bandits continued to plunder the area of Zheng County from Huayin.

"How can this be reasonable, Zhang Jipifu deceives people too much!"

Guo Yan's anger was like thunder. Zhang Ji and Luo Zheng's secret transaction had already made him very unhappy, so he sent troops to rob a batch of golden rice seeds transported from Yunyang to Hongnong to teach Zhang Ji a lesson.

I don't want this guy to dare to send horse bandits to retaliate, it's simply unreasonable.

Guo Yan originally thought about the old division of Xiliang, and he didn't want to start the war lightly, so as not to be picked cheap, and he didn't want this guy to come to tease him again and again, whether it was unbearable. immediately led the army to kill Ben Huayin.

As for whether someone is planting dirt and blame, Guo Yan is not without consideration.

However, I heard that Luo Zheng went to Xiqiang a month ago, and is leading hundreds of Xiqiang households to expedition to the southern Qiang region, not in Liangzhou at this time, there should be no effort to plot Guanzhong, it should not be Luo Zheng's doing.

In addition to Luo Zheng, there is only one neighbor in the surrounding area, Zhang Lu, who is the Taishou of Hanzhong.

Zhang Lu is incompetent, and he has no ambition for external expansion.

Guo Yan directly ruled out Zhang Lu, feeling that this was really Zhang Ji's revenge.

And. Now it is not an opportunity to send troops to Hongnong.

It has been two years since Luo Zheng pacified Liangzhou, and he can't be unambitious. That guy is aggressive, Guo Yan has always been on guard, and it happened to be Luo Zheng's expedition to Qiangnan. If it's not in Liangzhou, it's better to simply take this opportunity to destroy Zhang Ji and unify Guanzhong.

Wait until the future Luo Zheng into the military pass. It's also good to get rid of worries.

With such an idea, Guo Yan couldn't bear it. Resolutely sent troops to Hongnong.

Zhang Ji was shocked when he heard the news, and hurriedly sent someone to explain. But it didn't work at all. Guo Yan had already decided to take advantage of Luo Zheng's absence to capture Hongnong, and besides, the army had already been dispatched, so how could he give up lightly.

In August, Guo Yan broke through Huayin and marched east to besiege Hongnong.

Zhang Jizi led an army of 12,000 to guard Hongnong, and ordered his nephew Zhang Xiuzhen to guard Wuguan to prevent Liu Biao from sneaking attack.

Guo Yan attacked Hongnong strongly, and then plundered the counties of Hongnong, for a time the people of Hongnong wailed, the family was ruined, and the people became bandits, but more than a month, more than 100,000 people in Hongnong went to Ercheng, or became bandits, or went into exile.

Longxian, General Pingdi's Mansion.

Luo Zheng hurried back, and before he could untie his clothes, he went straight to the conference hall.

"The lord is back!"

Xun Yu, Cheng Ying, Zhang Liao, Yan Xing and others were already waiting outside, and they were all relieved at this time.

"Let's go, let's go inside!"

Luo Zheng waved his hand and strode into the conference hall first.

Jia Xu was also full of dust, and Xun Yu, Cheng Ying and others followed in, and each sat down.

Luo Zheng took a sip of the hot tea held by his own soldiers, and then asked, "How is it, Guo Yan and Zhang Ji have a fight, right?" ”

Cheng Ying replied: "The fight has started, Guo Yan led an army of 20,000 to attack Hongnong, and has broken through Huayin, and the current army is besieging Hongnong and attacking for nearly a month, and is plundering Hongnong counties, and the people of Guanzhong have been miserable. ”

Xun Yu said: "Why did the lord miss the time? ”

Luo Zheng waved his hand and said tiredly, "Don't mention it, the Qiangnan region is really not a place for people to go, my mother's is full of lofty mountains and mountains, and if you are not careful, you will get lost, often hundreds of miles of uninhabited, it is really a barren land." ”

Jia Xu also smiled bitterly: "What's worse is that the terrain in that place is too high, and many soldiers are not adapted to the climate, and they can't even get up when they get to that place, so they lost time and delayed for nearly two months." ”

Everyone suddenly realized that they had never been to the Qiang Plains for eight hundred miles, so they were not familiar with the situation.

Luo Zheng asked, "What about the other princes, how is the fight?" ”

Cheng Ying hurriedly talked about the situation of the princes in various places, focusing on the great battle between Yuan Shu and Cao Cao and others.

"Yuan Shu lost most of Yuzhou?"

As soon as Luo Zheng heard this, his eyes froze.

Cheng Ying nodded and said: "Exactly, Yuan Shu can be said to have been miserable by Cao Cao this time, not only was he extorted a large amount of money and grain by Cao Cao, but he was also taken by Cao Cao from several counties in the north of Yuzhou, which can be described as a heavy loss." ”

Luo Zheng rubbed his eyebrows and said: "Yuan Shu doesn't seem to have suffered such a big loss, this time he was so miserable by Cao Apu, how could he give up, that guy was not a generous person, didn't he dig Cao Apu's ancestral grave to vent his anger?" ”

Everyone looked at each other, a little speechless.

Cheng Ying couldn't help laughing and said: "I heard that Yuan Shu really had this plan, but he was pursued by Cao Cao and didn't even have time to enter the county, until he led the remnants of the defeated army to flee to Runan, and then he had a chance to collect the defeated army." ”

Luo Zheng let out an 'um' sound and asked, "How is our army prepared?" ”

Zhang Liao hurriedly replied: "The army of Longxian County can go out at any time!" ”

Xun Yu also added: "All the food and baggage have been secretly mobilized in place, and the lord can rest assured that he will go on the expedition." ”

Luo Zheng asked again, "How many soldiers and horses did Guo Yan leave to guard Chang'an?" ”

Cheng Ying replied: "There were more than 40,000 soldiers and horses under Guo Yan's command, except for 3,000 defenders in Cang and Qi County, and 2,000 soldiers and horses in Sanguan and Xiegu to defend Zhang Lu, and then remove the soldiers and horses stationed in Baling, Zheng County and other places, Chang'an should have 25,000 defenders. However, Guo Yan attacked Hongnong and took away 20,000 troops, and Chang'an should now have 5,000 defenders. ”

"Five thousand defenders!"

Luo Zheng groaned and said: "Chang'an City has thick walls, it is a real fortified city, even if there are only 5,000 defenders, if our army wants to raid Chang'an, it is difficult to break the sky, do you have a clever plan for this general to attack Chang'an in a war?" ”

Jia Xu shook his head and said, "There is no other way!" ”

Xun Yu couldn't help but persuade: "Lord, a surprise victory doesn't work every time, Guanzhong is a horse in Pingchuan, and it is impossible to attack Chang'an without Guo Yan's ears and eyes." Although the cavalry can use Guo Yan's army to react and run long distances to Chang'an, the cavalry does not have the burden of attacking the city, even if they can kill Chang'an, they can't break the city! ”

Everyone nodded in agreement, and they also felt that the lord was a little too dependent on the strange soldiers.

It is necessary to know the way of using soldiers, which lies in the combination of Qi Zheng.

Every time I want to win by surprise, how can there be such a good thing in the world.

Luo Zheng muttered: "That's it, it's some wishful thinking on the part of the general, so let's send troops according to the immediate plan, and quickly order Gao Shun to lead 20,000 Tuntian soldiers out of Linjing to the south, and after breaking through Qi County, you don't have to pay attention to the cities along the way, and go straight to Chang'an." ”

"Yes!"

A herald had already received the arrow order and rushed out.

Luo Zheng said in a deep voice: "The rest of the generals will quickly prepare and set off in three days!" ”

"Yes!"

Zhang Liao, Yan Xing, Li Meng, Wang Fang and other generals responded to the order and dispersed immediately.

Luo Zheng returned to the inner courtyard to see his eldest daughter Luo Yan, who had just been born for more than six months and was learning to speak, so he hurriedly went to the barracks to sit in charge in person. (To be continued......) R1292