Chapter Forty-Seven: It's All Counted

With the sound of a long military trumpet, the Xiliang army besieging the city immediately withdrew from the battle and retreated to Chang'an.

"Strategist, why did they retreat?" Li Dian gasped, stuck the knife in, looked at the Xiliang army in the distance, his face was full of doubts, just now his physical strength was about to run out, and the Xiliang army actually retreated?

"Withdrawn?" Guo Jia looked at Xiliangjun suspiciously, looked around again, and suddenly found that the beacon tower was still burning with majestic fire.

"Man Cheng, why hasn't the fire in the beacon been extinguished?" Guo Jia pointed to the beacon tower and questioned Li Dian.

"Military division, the fire is too big, and the river has been destroyed by the Xiliang army, so there is no way to divert water to fight the fire, only."

"Oh no, it seems that the real purpose of the Xiliang Army is not my Tongguan, but Chang'an City, at this time, the reinforcements of Yuan Chang and the Roast Goose King are estimated to have rushed to Tongguan, and Chang'an is afraid that it will fall into the hands of the Xiliang Army again." Guo Jia shook his head, Zhang Baiqi's trick was obvious, his real purpose was Chang'an!

"Strategist? So what should I do, I will immediately lead the army to catch up and recapture Chang'an? When Zhu Ling heard this, he was anxious and hurriedly asked for help.

"Wenbo, it's too late, Zhang Baiqi must have done an ambush, Yuan Chang's army will definitely be attacked, and it will definitely retreat to Tongguan when the time comes, you immediately send a letter to Wancheng Taishou Zhang Xiu, and ask him to step up the supervision of transporting a batch of grain and grass over, the two armies retreated to Tongguan at the same time, and military needs are a big problem.

"No! Zhu Ling clenched his fists and led the order.

"Military Division, what is the ultimate goal of Zhang Baiqi, what is the significance of seizing Tongguan for the Western Liang Army, their Liangzhou is already in the pocket of our army" Li Dian was stunned for a moment, if the rear of the Western Liang Army had not been raided. According to the Chen Cang. Take Tongguan. You can claim the king in the west, but now that the Xiliang army has no backup, what's the point of attacking Tongguan?

"Man Cheng, the situation on the lord's side is unclear now, and I can't guess Zhang Baiqi's plan, let's wait for the news to see. Go down and rest first. "The latest information Guo Jia has received now is that Cao Cao has captured Chencang and marched to Tianshui with a large army. The information was not updated in time, and it was difficult to judge Zhang Baiqi's plan.

"Yes. Strategist! Li Dian also felt that his body could not hold on, and with the support of his own soldiers, he also went down to the city tower.

In the early morning of the second day, Zhong Xuan and the army of the roast goose king also retreated to Tongguan, Zhang Bai rode at night, and raided the army of the two with the camouflaged Cao army, and the two armies suffered heavy losses, especially the roast goose king, whose own leg was also broken.

Everything else was as Guo Jia expected, and Chang'an was captured by the Xiliang army again. The large forces of the Western Liang Army were all stationed in Chang'an. Guo Jia saw that the roast goose king was injured and personally comforted him. The king of the roast goose and Zhong Xuan entered the city, and the two armies were stationed in the north and south of Tongguan.

At noon three days later, Guo Jia, Zhong Xuan, Li Dian, and Zhu Ling were in the conference hall to study Zhang Baiqi's true intentions, and a piece of tortured information was placed on the desk.

"Strategist, this white horse really dares to think that he actually wants to get out of my Tongguan, raid Xinye, and unite Liu Biao and Sun Quan in the south to fight against our army." Zhu Ling exclaimed with the information, Zhang Baiqi's plan was really unexpected.

"Target Shinno?"

"Yuan Chang, what do you think of this information?" Guo Jia looked at the information that came out of the torture, half-convinced, and very uncertain in his heart, this is really Zhang Baiqi's plan, if it is true, now he is only half of the success, then what will be the next step.

"Military advisor, I think that the credibility of this information is relatively high, Zhang Baiqi planned my Tongguan and Chang'an at the same time, seized Chang'an materials for military supplies, opened the gate of Tongguan as a way out, and raided Xinye, there is a great chance of success, which is also a good strategy for the Xiliang army to get out of the predicament." After Zhong Xuan read the information, he felt that Zhang Baiqi's plan was very high, and it was very likely that it was his true intention.

"This?"

"Guo Junshi, you must give me an explanation today!" Before Guo Jia had time to think, a loud voice came from outside the door, and the roast goose king brought someone to ask Guo Jia for an explanation.

It turned out that the Xiliang army disguised itself as Cao Jun and deceived Zhong Xuan's subordinates, retreated to the rear army, and suddenly launched an attack, which caught the roast goose king in the rear by surprise, and did not expect that he was also raided in the rear army and suffered heavy losses, and now there are rumors among the Qiang army that this is a ploy of the Cao army to weaken the strength of the roast goose king.

"Jia has seen the king, but I don't know the king?" The Roast Goose King quickly broke into the council chamber.

"Guo Junshi." The roast goose king grabbed Guo Jia and told all the rumors he had heard in the army.

Guo Jia listened to the words of the roast goose king, and he thought about it in his heart. The problem is just that there are rumors that Cao Jun wants to weaken the strength of the Roast Goose King, and deliberately puts the Xiliang Army to the rear army to raid the Roast Goose King. This kind of childish trick is not worth mentioning in Guo Jia's eyes, and it is obvious that someone is just spreading rumors.

Although Cao Jun will weaken the strength of the Roast Goose King sooner or later, this time it is definitely not Zhong Xuan's doing, after all, the time is not ripe, and everyone still has a common enemy to deal with. Without Cao Cao's order, Zhong Miao did not dare to do it privately.

"The king, this is the trick of the Xiliang army, it is all the Xiliang army envy the king's gains in our army, so they are framed here, if our army frames the king, why are Yuan Chang's troops also suffering heavy losses?" Guo Jia took the hand of the roast goose king and explained.

"This?" The roast goose king was stunned for a moment, Zhong Xuan's troops also suffered heavy losses, this is a fact he saw, Guo Jia did not deceive people, if he planned himself, I am afraid that his own army would not joke.

"The king, do you know, Lord Sikong has an order, in order to reward the king's merits, he specially prepared countless treasures in Chang'an, baggage and beauties, to be sent to the king to bring back to the Qiang Department. It's a pity that these were obtained by the spies of the Xiliang Army, and they raided Chang'an, and the king's things were also taken away. Guo Jia turned his back to Zhong Xuan and made a hook gesture with his fingers behind his back.

"The king, what the military advisor said is true, Lord Sikong prepared 50,000 people and 100,000 taels of gold, and 5,000 beauties to send to the king, but unfortunately just arrived in Chang'an, and such a thing happened before it was handed over to the king." Zhong Xuan saw Guo Jia's gesture and hurriedly stepped forward to echo.

"Is this true?" Hearing the words of the two, the roast goose king was stunned for a moment, those things are all temptations!

"If the king doesn't believe it, he can bring the text and let the king see it, how dare I disobey Lord Sikong's orders, but now." Zhong Xuan is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and he is very accurate in the heart of the roast goose king.

"Hmph, Ma Chao actually dares to take away my baggage, treasures and beauties, this king will definitely not let him go, military advisor, when do we counterattack Chang'an, I must take back my things!" Seeing that Guo Jia and the two of them answered each other fluently, it didn't look like a fake, and immediately became angry, Ma Chao actually took what Cao Cao gave him.

"Don't worry, the king, I have already contacted Lord Sikong and asked his army to return to the division and attack Ma Chao, and the things of Chang'an will still be the king's at that time." Guo Jia appeased the roast goose king, boasted a few more words, and sent the roast goose king out of the council room.

Guo Jia and Zhong Xuan have a tacit understanding in their hearts, and they are going to start dealing with the roast goose king, otherwise it will always be a scourge to stay here. (To be continued......)

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