(The support of the Great Alliance is too strong, which really makes Fifteen Lang ashamed!) Thank you Zhao Wuxian 2014, ufgw, headache is not good, Anxi's disciple 1)

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Since entering the first year of Jian'an, the three giants of the Xiliang Army have been quarreling constantly.

Li Dao was a resolute attacker, and since the beginning of March, he has continuously sent envoys to persuade Guo and Zhang, and tried his best to persuade the second general to join forces with him to capture Hangu Pass and then grab the Son of Heaven. Zhang Ji was a resolute oppositionist, believing that with the strength of the three of them, it would never be possible to capture a Xiongguan in the world such as Hangu. Especially the guards of Hangu Pass are still the hateful Liaodong people.

The strength of the Liaodong White Wolf Army was vividly reflected in the Caoyang Pavilion camp and the 800 Xiliang Iron Cavalry Raid Camp that day. Eight hundred cavalry, night attacks, assaults, and the opponent only had 300 foot cavalry, and finally ran away from more than 100 main forces, and their own losses were not light. How many lives do you have to fill such an army to defend the dangerous pass?

Although Guo Yan also suffered heavy losses in the battle of Ma Han's revenge, this guy can afford to let go, and his Xiliang army has lost fewer battles in recent years? If he jumped like Li Dao after every fiasco, regardless of revenge, his army would have been reimbursed. Therefore, Guo Yan's expression is indispensable, and if Li and Zhang act together, he will of course follow up; But if Zhang Ji doesn't do it, he will also rest.

Of course, what these two people lost was just soldiers, and they didn't feel distressed if they were recruited when they were gone. And Li Dao died of a nephew, can this feel the same?

As a result, in the midst of the quarrel, Luoyang's strength was recovering little by little, and Ma Hao's strength was strengthening little by little. When Liaodong reinforcements landed, the Luoyang army broke the 5,000 mark, and even Li Dao, who shouted the loudest. I didn't dare to say anything.

However, as time went by, Guo and Zhang gradually felt the pressure of not having the big card of the Son of Heaven at hand. Although they all wore the big hats of big horses, hussar generals, and chariot generals, who would take a few of them warlords with only three or five thousand soldiers and horses in their eyes. Without the emperor in his hands, they are nothing.

Just as Guo Yan gradually changed his attitude from neutrality to attack, Luo Yang issued an edict, which completely provoked the horse thief.

The May edict not only stripped Li of his position as the Grand Sima, but also stripped Guo Yan of his position as a chariot general. At the same time, it was declared that the two were rebellious, and everyone in the world was punished. Only Zhang Ji was slightly better, although he was also stripped of his post as a hussar general, but he was given a consolation prize: General Zhaoyi.

This so-called miscellaneous general title has no practical function except for the nominal sound. Of course, compared with Li Ji and Guo Yan, who were beaten to the end and were labeled as rebellious, Zhang Ji is much better.

This is actually Ma Han's strategy to cooperate with Jia Xu to divide the generals of Xiliang. The result of opening one side to Zhang Jiwang.

Sure enough, Li and Guo, who were treated differently by Luoyang, became suspicious of Zhang Ji, and the quarrel between the two sides escalated day by day. There is even a tendency to use swords - it has long been commonplace for the Xiliang army to engage in internal strife. At that time, the world's strongest army in Dong Zhuo's era had been caused by the internal strife of the warlords of all sizes in Xiliang, and it was no longer what Zheng Tai said back then, "The world is brave." are all in the West Cool".

Now, it's time to put an end to this rebellious army.

At the end of May, the White Wolf Army, which had completed preparations for the Western Expedition, had not yet opened Hangu Pass. was blocked outside the gate by the Xiliang Army - that's right, the Xiliang Army came to the door first!

Li Dao and Guo Yan are typical Western Liang military generals, with a mess of politics and strategy, but they have their own hands in military affairs. At the beginning, the more than a dozen armies of the Kwantung Dong Alliance were stopped under the Tiger Prison Pass, although they were Hu Zhen and Xu Rong, who were early Xiliang warriors, but the ones who really galloped and fought on the battlefield were these Xiliang intermediate generals who were only captains and captains at that time. Li, Guo and others have all worked step by step from low-level officers to high-ranking generals, and there is no shortage of military talent.

Luoyang issued an edict announcing that the two were rebellious, and Chang'an was in chaos, but at this time Hongnong sent a messenger. Just as Li Dao bared his teeth and Guo Yan rolled up his sleeves, ready to scold the street and fight, he found that the Hongnong envoy did not come to quarrel or declare war, but to ask for peace.

Well, it is normal for the Xiliang Army to shout and kill today, and to shake hands and make peace tomorrow.

In addition to asking for peace, the envoy also offered advice and advice, Li and Guo wanted to recover the current decline, and the only way was to attack first. If they wait for Ma Han to lead the army to Chang'an, they will be convicted of being a traitor. The only way to attack Luoyang was to attack Luoyang first and block the White Wolf Army at Hangu Pass. In this way, two purposes can be achieved: first, if the White Wolf Army goes out of the pass to face the battle, it will lose the advantage of Xiongguan, and the Xiliang Army can win a decisive victory with it; Second, if the White Wolf Army does not hold out, it will cause strong psychological pressure on the monarchs and ministers of Luoyang, and people will panic. At that time, as long as the Son of Heaven was asked to forgive him for the crime of rebellion, he could be reinstated and reinstated, and the army could be withdrawn, and the court would inevitably give in under pressure.

Zhang Ji said that although he could not send troops to help as the two generals wished, he could fund the grain and wipe it, and be optimistic about the rear road and the left flank (Yellow River) barrier for the Xiliang army.

Li Dao and Guo Yan were overjoyed when they heard this, and even claimed that they were good, and immediately raised the troops of Chang'an, with a total of more than 5,000 people and horses in the two armies, and came to Hangu Pass.

I have to say that Li and Guo are in arrears of IQ, and they don't want to think about it, Zhang Ji and them are both characters on the same line, how can Zhang Ji think of things they can't think of? And so methodical and well-founded?

In fact, leading the Xiliang army to attack and divide the three generals of Xiliang was the policy set by Ma Han, Jia Xu and Guo Jia, and the executor was Jia Xu.

Jia Xu personally went to Hongnong, conveyed the will of the imperial court, and persuaded him: "The general's repeated offenses to the Son of Heaven during the Xingping period are a great crime. ”

Jia Xu's prestige in the Xiliang Army is quite high, and Zhang Ji has always respected him, and nodded again and again when he heard this: "What Mr. said is extremely true." ”

Jia Xu said again: "If General Wei waves his army to attack, the general's Hongnong army will bear the brunt, and Li and Guo may not be willing to go out of Chang'an to help." If this is the case, Li and Guo are not destroyed, and the general dies first, so why bother to block the shield for others? ”

Zhang Ji and his nephew Zhang Xiu glanced at each other when they heard this, knowing that what Jia Xu said was reasonable. If the White Wolf Army attacks Chang'an. Then they must pull out Hongnong first, and no one dares to let an army with unknown friends and enemies in the rear of their own army. But the uncle and nephew are also nerve-wracking, they have been operating in Hongnong for a long time, so they can't give up a good foundation and wander around in order to avoid the king's soldiers, right?

Jia Xu's attitude of thinking about Zhang Ji's uncle and nephew everywhere won the trust of his uncle and nephew. Zhang Xiu saluted respectfully and said, "Why did Mr. teach me?" ”

Jia Xu "put his heart in his heart" and said: "There is only one way to do both." The general could send envoys to persuade Li and Guo to attack Hangu Pass first. In this way, Li and Guo Dajun Chen soldiers are under the pass, and the general can laugh at the success or failure in the rear. ”

Zhang Ji's uncle and nephew suddenly opened. After getting Jia Xu's ear to mention the face, he immediately sent an envoy to Chang'an, and said this - with Jia Xu's familiarity with the personality weaknesses of the Xiliang generals, it is not a piece of cake to fool these two guys with less than ten political and intellectual points. He didn't need his old man to go out in person, he just instructed Zhang Ji's envoy to run and pass a word, and the two bull demon kings, Li Dao and Guo Yan, were led out obediently by the nose.

Why did the Western Liang Army have to attack Hangu instead of the White Wolf Army to attack Chang'an?

The reason is very simple, first, the surrounding area of Luoyang is not stable. The situation was restless, and Ma Han and his main army could not leave the center for a long time, so as not to cause changes. Second, it is good to play a defensive counterattack under Hangu Pass, or to meet the enemy when you go out of the pass. In terms of logistics and supply, it is far better than the labor division expedition to Chang'an. At present, the most scarce thing in Luoyang is grain, and compared with the decisive battle in Hanguguan and the decisive battle in Chang'an, the grain can be saved by at least half. Anyone can calculate this account.

Sure enough, I heard that Li Dao and Guo Yan were coming to kill. Zhang Ji provided grain and straw to help in Hongnong, and the monarchs and ministers of Ruoyang fell into a panic for a while - in the past six months, every time I think about the Xingping years, for a few pairs of cow bones, the Son of Heaven has been humiliated; The car drove back, wandering all the way, hungry, and dying...... Whether it is Liu Xie, the Son of Heaven, or the ministers and ministers, everyone has a sense of getting out of the sea of suffering and being reincarnated. No one wanted to fall into the boundless sea of suffering again, so the court set off a storm and demanded that Ma Han write a letter to apologize, urging the Son of Heaven to cancel the edict and pardon the two generals of Xiliang.

When the news reached the Xiliang army camp under Hangu Pass, Li Dao and Guo Yan were all triumphant, and the soldiers under their command showed off their might all day long under the pass, calling for a battle.

Hangu Pass guards the throat of Cuihan, Hengling in the west, Jiejian in the east, Qinling in the south, the Yellow River in the north, the terrain is dangerous, the road is narrow, known as "the car is not on the track, the horse is not the same as the bridle". However, this refers to the Qin Pass, that is, the Hangu Pass during the Qin Dynasty, which is located west of Caoyang Pavilion in Hongnong County. The Han Dynasty's Hangu Pass was east of Xin'an.

Since the rise of the Han Dynasty, Guanzhong was the imperial capital, and the east of Hangu Pass was called Guanwai, and people were proud to be Guanzhong. Lou boat general Yang Fu, originally from Xin'an County, east of Hangu Pass, others say that he is a foreigner, he is deeply unhappy, so he donated family funds, in the third year of the Han Yuan Dynasty (114 B.C.), in the east of Xin'an also built a majestic city, south of the Jianhe River, north of the mountain. There is the risk of "one husband is a pass, ten thousand people are not open", it is for the Hanhan Valley Pass, with this new pass, Yang Fu will also become a person in Guanzhong.

If the Qin Pass is made because of the danger, the Han Pass is purely the product of vanity, so in terms of danger, it is far from being compared with the Qin Pass. There is a large area of flat land outside the Hanhan Valley Pass, and the terrain is gently undulating, which is very suitable for large armies to fight. However, Xiongguan is Xiongguan in the end, outside the pass is like an ampulla, before the pass is like a pot mouth, the walls on both sides stand ten thousands, let you have thousands of troops and horses, and you have to squeeze into pieces of paper here. In other words, this Hangu Pass cannot be won by relying on a large number of people.

Li Dao, Guo Yan and Chen Bing were not delusional to take Hangu Pass with only five or six thousand troops, their purpose was just two words: to force the palace.

Forcing the Son of Heaven, forcing hundreds of officials, forcing horses, and forcing the White Wolf Army.

Zhou Cang, who guarded Hangu Pass, and the White Wolf Battalion under his command were about to meet the attack when the Xiliang Army appeared in front of the pass, but the general's mansion then issued a strict order strictly prohibiting attack. Violators are court-martialed. As a result, Zhou Cang watched the Xiliang army shine under the pass every day, and he was angry.

And Ma Hanzhi's delay in attacking was not because of insufficient preparation, but for another reason, he was waiting for a crucial news.

At the beginning of June, an eagle's cry swept over the newly capped Chongde Palace, and the long-awaited news came.

After Ma Han took the translation sent by Hawkeye, he only said one sentence to the generals who were looking at him: "Let's start." ”

When the hustle and bustle of the DPRK and the arrogance of the Xiliang army reached the top, Ma Han, who had completed various deployments, left Guo Jia to stay in the general's mansion and personally raise 3,000 troops to meet the Xiliang army! (To be continued......)