Xu Rong rode on his horse with an expressionless face, followed the Youzhou cavalry in front of him and marched silently, and did not ask them silently where they were going.

Whoever is a general who abandons the city and flees, must not be in a very happy and happy mood at this time, right?

Yesterday night, Xu Rong made a difficult decision, led the remaining more than 4,000 soldiers to quietly leave from the west gate of Baling City, and then marched north along the east bank of Bashui, and met Zhao Yun who came to meet him at the intersection of Bashui and Weishui.

The only remaining soldiers under Xu Rong's command came from the original Luoyang Forbidden Army, and were assigned by Dong Zhuo to Hu Zhen to command, but Hu Zhen had the intention of surrendering, so he pushed them to Xu Rong, so as not to spoil his own good deeds. Xu Rong belonged to the Luoyang generals, and he treated these soldiers like brothers, so the soldiers were willing to accompany him to defend Baling City.

Zhao Yun knew that Xu Rong was in a bad mood, so he simply said a few words of comfort, and escorted him and the soldiers to quickly cross the Weishui, and then marched east along the north bank of the Weishui.

Chang'an is in the west, and Zhao Yun is heading eastward, naturally getting farther and farther.

Liu He's order to Zhao Yun was to rescue Xu Rong, not to save Chang'an, so Zhao Yun chose to stay away from Chang'an at this time and go to Huayin to join his son who stayed in Tongguan.

Tongguan now has 10,000 troops, of which 5,000 are his own people, and 5,000 are the dishonest Dong Zhuo's old troops after surrendering. Liu He, in line with the concept that no matter how thin the mosquito's legs are, they are also meat, he resolutely refused to give up the five thousand Liangzhou veterans who had already eaten in his mouth, so he had to stay in Tongguan City and guard them closely, so as not to make a fuss about these guys.

In fact, the five thousand Liangzhou veterans can't be called a "mosquito leg", but a fragrant chicken thigh. Liu He had already thought about where they were going, and when Chang'an was finished, he would let Xu Rong personally bring them back to Youzhou, and let them deal with the Xianbei and Wuhuan people who were in trouble in the north!

These soldiers have been mixed with the army for a long time, and it is obviously wishful thinking to send them home to farm, and when the time comes, they will either cheapen other forces or bring disaster to the place, in short, they will never honestly pick up farm tools and become farmers. In these years, even the peasants who were originally honest and dutiful have risen up to rebel and fight the world, and they still expect a large group of soldiers to take off their military uniforms and become farmers?

If all these surrendered troops were secretly executed, regardless of whether Liu He could do it or not, once Liu He really did this, it would not only cause great damage to his prestige, but also it would not be easy to persuade the enemy army to surrender in the future, and it would be a great waste of resources.

The population of the Han Dynasty has been on a downward trend over the years, from 60 million to less than 40 million, and although 5,000 soldiers are not much compared to 40 million, they are an important force that can protect the territory and the people. Liu He obtained 5,000 soldiers here, and he could save 5,000 young and strong laborers for Youzhou to reclaim the famine, which was also a very considerable amount of strength over time.

When Zhao Yun marched eastward to Xiatai County, which was close to the north bank of Weishui, he met Zhang Yi, a messenger sent by Liu He, so he allocated 500 Han cavalry to Zhang Yi and asked him to escort more than 1,000 infantry under Xu Rong's command to Tongguan.

After Zhang Yi left, Zhao Yun and Xu Rong led more than 4,000 cavalry and 3,000 infantry respectively to stay in the small city of Xiaqi, waiting for Zhang He to lead the army from the direction of Tongguan to join him.

After Zhang Yi rushed back to Tongguan with his men and horses, Liu He immediately ordered Zhang He to lead 4,500 cavalry to Xiatai County to join Zhao Yun, and Guo Jia accompanied him.

In this way, there are only two people left in Tongguan City, Liu He and Zhang Yi, as well as 1,000 cavalry of the Youzhou Han Army who are absolutely loyal to Liu He, more than 1,000 of Xu Rong's subordinates, and 5,000 Liangzhou troops who still don't know how to besiege Chang'an. In addition, there is also a Li Meng who was placed under house arrest to recuperate from his injuries.

Although there are no generals around him, Liu He is not too worried about his safety. The few months he spent in the Macheng military camp were not in vain, and now he has mastered the basic essentials of commanding the army, even if something happens inside and outside Tongguan, Liu He is sure that he will carry it for a while. If he really can't bear it, Liu He will decisively give up Tongguan and retreat to Luoyang with only a thousand cavalry, anyway, he will not easily fall into a desperate situation.

During the time that Liu He was stationed in Tongguan, in addition to eating and sleeping, the rest of the time stayed with the surrendered troops, using his mouth that should have stood on the podium to teach and lecture, doing propaganda and agitation work to disintegrate the enemy army, although the effect was not as powerful as Xu Miao's pervert, but it had basically eliminated the vigilance and estrangement of this group of Liangzhou surrendered troops, making them less dangerous.

Although the number of troops guarding these surrendered troops has been reduced by half, the resistance consciousness of the Liangzhou surrendered troops has also been reduced to a minimum, so it is still easy for a Youzhou cavalry and a Luoyang forbidden army soldier to take care of two surrendered troops.

Zhang He threw off Liu He's "big burden" and led the army to Xiatai County in only one day to join Zhao Yun.

Zhao Yun, who had already finished resting, immediately led more than 10,000 soldiers and horses to cross Weishui and went straight to the foot of Lishan Mountain.

Xu Rong, who wanted to return to Chang'an to find Li Dao and Guo Yan to take revenge, was very puzzled by this, and he asked Zhao Yun: "Chang'an is in the west, why did Zilong lead the army to the south?" ”

Zhao Yun replied: "General Xu, don't worry, when you arrive at the foot of Lishan Mountain, there will be a surprise waiting for you!" ”

On the seventh day of the Li Guo coalition army attacking Chang'an City, Zhao Yun led the crowd to the foot of Lishan Mountain, where he saw Li Yan, as well as Tian Chou, Deng Hai, Chen Gui, Qu Meng, and a whole 10,000 infantry!

Liu He inadvertently left a chess piece when he left Nanyang, but today he has become a pawn crossing the river, even if Xu Rong, a veteran of leading troops, sees Shen Xijun, he can't be despised it.

It turned out that the Shen Xi army, under the leadership of Tian Chou and Li Yan, first easily captured Wuguan, and then went all the way up against Danshui, passing through Shangxian and Shangluo, passing through Lantian Valley, crossing Zunling Mountain, and then quietly stationed at the foot of Lishan Mountain, quietly waiting for the cavalry led by Zhao Yun to come to meet the division.

Although compared with the 70,000 rebels besieging Chang'an, the arrival of the 10,000 Shenxi army did not fundamentally reverse the situation, but the Youzhou cavalry has the cover of the Shenxi infantry, and the role it can play is incalculable, and it will definitely not be as simple as one family equals two.

According to Liu He's intentions, Zhao Yun handed over the command of the 10,000 Shenxi Army to Xu Rong, and also assigned Li Yan and Tian Chou to him as left and right military advisors, which made Xu Rong speechless with excitement.

Deng Hai and Chen Gui, who came with Shen Xijun, were appointed as captains of the left and right capitals, and Qu Meng, the young master of the Qu family, was transferred to Guo Jia's side to learn the art of strategy from Guo Jia.

The more than 300 backbones who first joined the Shenxi Army in Qujiawu Fort have now become the leaders of the army, some of them have been promoted to military marquis, some have been promoted to team leaders, and some have been promoted to tun commanders.

After Xu Rong took over the command, he organized 13,000 infantry into four battalions, of which 3,000 in the front battalion were mainly veterans brought by himself, and the leader was led by Li Yan, a military advisor; The 3,000 men of the left battalion were commanded by Commander Deng Hai; The 3,000 men of the right battalion were commanded by Commander Chen Gui; The 4,000 men in the middle battalion were commanded by the military division Tian Chou.

Xu Rong's arrangement is equivalent to the fact that none of the soldiers in the four battalions directly obeyed his dispatch, which shows that he is not selfish. Liu He handed over the command of the 10,000 Shenxi Army to him, and he handed over the dispatch of 3,000 subordinates to Li Yan, which can be regarded as a silent statement.

Li Yan learned from Liu He's original practice in Macheng, and urgently selected 500 soldiers from among the 3,000 veterans of the Luoyang Forbidden Army, and assigned them to serve as the lowest level of the Shenxi Army, and they were to assist the commanders and team leaders in training and managing the troops, and supplementing the lack of experience in the Great War of this army.

After Zhao Yun, Xu Rong, Li Yan, Tian Chou and others quickly reorganized their troops at the foot of Lishan Mountain, Zhao Yun led 9,000 cavalry to the west of Chang'an, and Xu Rong led the infantry to follow.

A day later, Zhao Yun's cavalry appeared five miles east of Chang'an City. The isolated defenders at the head of the city were overjoyed when they saw the big banner of Liu Zi flying high, and hope was ignited in their hearts.

Feeling threatened in the back, Li Wei immediately dispatched 20,000 infantry to form a square formation to intercept Zhao Yun, but Zhao Yun did not fight with this intercepted force at all, but circled around Chang'an City far away.

The infantry under the command of Li Dao and Guo Yan could not catch up with Zhao Yun's cavalry at all, and the cavalry with less than three or five thousand cavalry was unable to confront Zhao Yun head-on, and the Flying Bear Army, which had already suffered a big loss, hid and did not dare to let Zhao Yun see it.

Zhao Yun was not in a hurry to have a head-on battle with the rebels, and every day he was like a tiger patrolling the territory, sometimes leading the army to appear at the Xuanping Gate in the east, sometimes leading the army to appear at the Luocheng Gate in the north at dusk, sometimes leading the army to appear at the Zhicheng Gate in the west in the middle of the night, and sometimes leading the army to appear at the Anmen Gate in the south at dawn. In short, there is no pattern to the time and place of each occurrence, but it can always come and go like the wind, which is difficult to guard.

Although Zhao Yun's move was not beneficial to killing the enemy, it caused great psychological pressure on the rebels besieging the city, because they had to be on guard against threats from behind them at any time, so the actual effect was far better than killing thousands of rebels on the battlefield. At the same time, Zhao Yun often led the army to appear outside Chang'an City, which also greatly encouraged the fighting spirit of the soldiers defending the city.

What the troops guarding Chang'an City lack now is not reinforcements, but the ruthlessness and determination to defend to the end.

Chang'an, the western capital, has been operated by the Han monarchs and the people for generations, not only tall and strong, but also extremely complete with various protective facilities, even if Li Dao, Guo Yan, Zhang Ji, and Fan Chou are entangled in the siege of 100,000 troops, as long as the defenders in the city defend to the death, they will not be able to break through for several months.

In history, the reason why the combined forces of Li Dao and Guo Yan captured Chang'an was because they bribed Lü Bu's subordinates as internal responses, let them open one of the city gates, and led the rebels outside the city into the city, which drove Lü Bu away, forced Wang Yun to death, and held the emperor and hundreds of officials hostage.

Now Chang'an City has not been breached by Li Dao and Guo Yan, but Zhao Yun led nearly 10,000 cavalry to go and go outside the city like the wind, eyeing the tiger, which made Li Dao, who has always been good at using soldiers, feel a serious threat and even danger.

Li Wei sent people to summon Guo Yan, Zhang Ji, Fan Chou and other generals to the big tent of the Chinese army, and said with a gloomy face: "This cavalry outside the city comes and goes freely, and it has caused serious interference to our army's siege in recent days, if it cannot be removed as soon as possible, there will be endless troubles!" ”

Guo Yan echoed and said: "The grain and grass brought by our army is limited, and if we can't conquer Chang'an as soon as possible, the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

Zhang Ji said: "Captain Li has always been good at using troops, and it is up to you to decide how to deal with this cavalry." ”

Fan Chou said: "Everything is under the orders of Captain Li and Captain Guo!" ”

Li Dao was quite satisfied with everyone's statement, so he continued: "The most effective way to deal with cavalry is naturally to ride against ride, so I decided to transfer all the cavalry in each battalion outside the city to form a cavalry army, and when the army appears again, chase it all the way, let him see the power of our Liangzhou iron cavalry!" ”

Guo Yan followed and said: "I completely agree with Captain Li's strategy, I hope you don't hide your secrets, contribute all the cavalry of your headquarters, and focus on the overall situation!" ”

Zhang Ji said: "There are 4,000 cavalry in my battalion, and they are all dedicated this time. In addition, I recommended Congzi Zhang Xiu as a pioneer to deal with Zhao Yun. ”

After some bargaining, Li Dao finally pulled out the cavalry under the command of all parties and concentrated them in one place, with a total of more than 15,000 cavalry, which was personally commanded by him, and Zhang Xiu was the vanguard, and Wang Fang and Li Huan were divided into left and right cavalry captains.

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