When the father and son of the Yuan family in Chang'an were still intriguing, Li Dao, who was trapped in Tongguan, was not having a good time, if it weren't for Liu He's intention to release water to him and give him the grain production places in Hongnong, Huxian and Taolin counties, I am afraid that the troops under Li Dao's command would have been scattered long ago.

Hongnong County and Hu County are located on the south bank of the Yellow River, and in recent years, they have resettled several groups of displaced people from the vicinity of Luoyang and Guanzhong, so they have sufficient labor. In this severe drought on both sides of the Yellow River, the two counties were able to divert water from the Yellow River, and the disaster situation was not severe, and although the grain output was reduced, they could barely cope with the more than 10,000 soldiers and horses under Li Wei's command.

Li Wei also thought of secretly expanding his territory to the east and taking a large area of land between Shaanxi County and Hangu Pass, so that his life would be much better, and maybe he could accumulate the strength to counterattack Chang'an after recuperating for a while. However, Li Dao's strategist Jia Xu resolutely opposed Li Dao's risky idea, and even reminded Li Dao in a warning tone that he must not find trouble and get into trouble.

Jia Xu said to Li Wei: "Shaanxi County is garrisoned by Jia Kui's 10,000 troops, and Hangu Pass is garrisoned by 10,000 infantry guarding the Beijing Division, and now Zhao Yun's garrison has nothing to do in Hanoi. ”

Li Dao was unwilling, and said differently: "Jia Kui, the guard general of Shaanxi County, is just a weak scholar, and he has never commanded troops before, and these soldiers in Shaanxi County are all subordinates of Duan Xuan in the past, so they may not really listen to Jia Kui's words. On the other hand, although there are only more than 10,000 soldiers and horses now, they are the elite of a hundred battles left after the big waves and sands, and their combat power is definitely several times that of the defenders of Shaanxi County. Now the troops around Luoyang are busy intercepting the displaced people who are coming from all directions, and the troops under Liu He are also busy with disaster relief, and there is no time to rescue Shaanxi County, as long as I can quickly solve the defenders of Shaanxi County, and then station the troops in Xin'an City, the entire Hongnong County will fall into my hands! ”

Jia Xu saw that Li Dao was very determined to attack Shaanxi County. Knowing that this was not the time to obstruct it head-on, otherwise there would be a catastrophe of death, so he followed Li Dao's words and asked, "Even if the general takes Hongnong County, what can he do?" ”

Li Dao said with some excitement: "If I can capture the entire Hongnong, I can quickly recruit 30,000 to 50,000 troops from the surrounding disaster victims, and then fight back to Guanzhong and drive Yuan Shao out of Chang'an!" ”

Jia Xu knew in his heart that Li Wei's risky plan was based on the realization of all three assumptions. First, Li Dao was able to quickly solve the Jia Kui troops stationed in Shaanxi County; Second. After Li Dao captured the entire Hongnong County, Liu He would not send troops to take revenge; Third, after Hongnong expanded his army, Li Dao was able to defeat Yuan Shao, who was stationed in Chang'an.

It's just that Jia Xu always felt that Jia Kui, who was stationed in Shaanxi County, was not as simple as Li Wei imagined, and according to Liu He's habit of arranging troops in the past, he would never put a general with inability in Shaanxi County, a place like Shaanxi County that held Guanzhong and Hedong.

Because he was not optimistic about Li Wei's sneak attack this time, Jia Xu called his eldest son Jia Mu and second son Jia Wan in front of him when he returned to his residence. Then he whispered: "Li Zhiran wants to sneak attack Shaanxi County, but my father thinks that his operation will not be successful, and it is likely to cause death." This time, when your two brothers waited for your father to go to Shaanxi County with the army, they quietly left here. Take a boat to the east of the river to avoid disaster. ”

Jia Mu asked a little worriedly, "Father, since you know that it is dangerous to go to Shaanxi County, why don't you leave here with the children?" ”

Jia Xu comforted his two sons and said, "You don't need to worry about my safety, your father has his own way out safely!" ”

Jia Wan asked Jia Xu again: "Father." Hedong is now controlled by Lü Bu, and the child and his brother went there, if they were captured by Lü Bu's soldiers. How to deal with it? ”

"This time I went to Hedong, not only should you two brothers not avoid the soldiers under Lu Bu's command, but also find a way to let them catch them, and then go to see Lu Bu, stay in Anyi temporarily, and be able to rescue you from Anyi within two months at the latest!"

The two brothers knew their father's ability, and they believed that Jia Xu would not push them into the fire pit, so they firmly remembered Jia Xu's words, and only left Tongguan when Jia Xu went with the army to attack Shaanxi County.

After a few days, Li Wei felt that he was ready, so he secretly transferred the main force stationed at Tongguan to Huxian at night, and then secretly transferred from Huxian to Caoyangting east of Hongnong. Jia Xu, as Li Dao's chief military advisor, naturally acted with the army and did not show any abnormality.

Li Dao thought that the troop movement was concealed and fast, but he forgot that the little territory that he could settle on now was given to him by Liu He's acquiescence, Li Dao's troops had just come out of Tongguan, even if they were marching in the dark, and the fine work lurking in the villages east of Tongguan immediately discovered the abnormality, and when Li Dao arrived in Huxian County with his troops, there were several fine works belonging to the Luoyang Intelligence Office who quietly took a small boat down the Yellow River and went to Shaanxi County to report to Jia Kui.

However, it was said that after Jia Kui received the urgent report from Xizuo, he immediately realized the severity of the problem, and he immediately found Fu Gan and Zhang Ji's two staff members to discuss how to deal with it.

When Jia Kui had just taken over the army left by Duan Xuan, there was no one available around him, so he sent an invitation to Wang Ling and Sima Yi in Chang'an, but Wang Ling stayed in Chang'an to help Huangfu Jianshou, while Sima Yi did not fancy the position of Jia Kui's staff. Although Sima Yi and Wang Ling did not come to Shaanxi County, they recommended Fu Gan and Zhang Ji to Jia Kui. At that time, after receiving the news, Fu Gan came to Shaanxi County, while Zhang Ji stayed in the county to continue to serve as a scribe. Later, Lü Bu, Li Dao, Guo Yan, Zhang Ji and Yuan Shao had a big melee in Guanzhong, which completely disturbed the peace of the counties in Guanzhong.

However, it is said that although Jia Kui, Zhang Ji and Fu Gan are all from scribes, they are not just silver-like pewter spear head decorations as Li Wei imagined, they not only understand military affairs, but also are especially good at defensive counterattacks. Historically, Jia Kui once held the county seat of Jiangyi with hundreds of soldiers, and Zhang Ji made the Xiliang Ma Teng family so that only Ma Chao and Ma Dai brothers were left in the end, although Fu Gan was not as famous as the other two, but he also saw his father Fu Xie die in the city when resisting the Xiliang rebels.

It can be said that there are these brothers guarding in Shaanxi County, not to mention that Li Dao is here to sneak attack, that is, Li Dao is stubbornly coming to attack the city with tens of thousands of troops, and they can also guard until the arrival of the Yuan army sent from the direction of Luoyang.

Jia Kui was not worried about Li Ji's attack, but he had some bold ideas in his heart, so he discussed with Zhang Ji and Fu Gan and said: "Brother Derong (Zhang Jizi) and Brother Yancai (Fu Ganzi), Taifu and his son value us, hand over tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to us, and place our family in Luoyang City to avoid the suffering of military disasters. Being a man should know how to repay his kindness, and now that Li Dao is leading the army to attack, it is time for us to repay our kindness! ”

Zhang Ji and Fu Gan nodded in unison, and said together: "Liang Dao just let it go, we will definitely follow the side!" ”

"I think so, if you just repel Li Dao's attack, you won't be able to show your skills and talents, let alone repay your kindness. If this time we not only repelled Li Dao's attack, but also ate Li Dao's troops in turn, and then swung our army westward and captured Chang'an in one go, it would be a great achievement. ”

Zhang Ji and Fu Gan were not surprised after hearing Jia Kui's bold idea, because they hated Li Dao and Yuan Shao from the bottom of their hearts, thinking that it was the existence of these warlords that made a good pass miserable and depressed.

Zhang Ji pondered for a moment and said, "There are still thousands of elite cavalry under Li Wei's command, if we can't cut off his retreat, it will be difficult to eat all his soldiers and horses." Now there are 10,000 soldiers and horses in Shaanxi County, which is more than enough to defend against the attack of more than 10,000 people of Li Dao. Lu Bu in Hedong is now rejuvenated, and he has recently divided his troops to Jiangyi to seize the territory left by the northward movement of Lu Yi, so he has no ability to cross the river to attack us at this time. In my opinion, we might as well take advantage of the fact that before Li Dao has attacked, divide 5,000 soldiers and horses, cross the river by boat into the east of the river, and then travel west along the north bank of the Yellow River, and wait until we reach Fenglingdu and then come to the south bank of the river to attack Tongguan, so that we can completely block Li Dao's retreat! ”

Fu Gan added: "De Jong's plan is feasible, since we want to eat Li Dao's soldiers and horses, we must try to avoid killing and injuring Li Dao's soldiers when defending the city, as long as we defeat him." At that time, Li Dao was blocked by us between Tongguan and Shaanxi County, like a rat burrowing into the bellows, and it would not be long before his military spirit would collapse, and at that time, as long as he sent someone to persuade him, he was at least sixty percent sure that Li Dao would surrender. ”

Jia Kui nodded and said: "Sixty percent is not enough, I can also send a message to the friendly troops stationed in Hangu Pass when I see it, and ask them to come to help in the battle!" The army stationed at Hangu Pass had fought several battles with Li Dao and Guo Yan in Zhongmu with General Zhu Jun at the beginning, and suffered a great loss from Li Dao. ”

The three of them checked and filled in the gaps, and soon formed a complete plan for Li Dao. After discussion, Zhang Ji led the army to cross the river to counterattack Tongguan, Fu Gan went to Hangu Pass to invite battle, and Jia Kui stayed in Shaanxi County to deal with the menacing Li Dao.

Since Jia Kui took charge of the army, he has vigorously promoted the three chapters of the new covenant law in the army, which has not only won the support of all officers and men, but also received a notice and commendation from the Jicheng Command. In order to enhance the combat power of this army, Zhao Yun transferred a large number of high-quality armor and weapons from Luoyang's arsenal to arm them.

Now the soldiers heard that Li Dao had taken revenge and led the army to attack Shaanxi County, and they were full of enthusiasm one by one, vowing to meet Li Dao fiercely. (To be continued......)