"If the lord has three longs and two shorts, only I, Lu Fengxian, have the ability to turn the tide."

Lü Bu summoned Li Dao, Guo Yan and other generals of the original Dong Zhuo faction to discuss the future.

Lao Qin has not had the opportunity to determine the successor so far, and the various civil and military generals are panicked.

As the number one general of the Lao Qin forces and the righteous son of the old Qin, Lu Bu theoretically has the opportunity to inherit the Guanzhong forces as long as he receives enough support.

Li Dao, Guo Yan, Fan Chou, Zhang Xiu and others looked at each other.

Originally, when they were under Dong Zhuo's subordinates, Li Dao and Guo Bi had a higher status than Lu Bu, but Lu Bu's military exploits were higher than the two, and Lao Qin wanted to win over Lu Bu, and now Lu Bu's position is higher than the two.

When Lao Qin was unharmed, he could still control Lu Bu, but Lao Qin was unconscious, and Lu Bu had no one to order, and he became a force of his own.

A force needs to have its own generals, Gao Shun, the most warlike general under Lu Bu, was captured by Chutian, Zhang Liao rebelled, and Wei Xu, Hou Cheng and others were only third- and fourth-rate generals.

Lu Bu needs to win over Li Dao, Guo Yan and others.

Lu Bu even found the original Western Xia king Li Yuanhao, as well as Li Yuanhao's subordinates.

"Now that the King of Qin has not woken up, the Xia army is aggressive outside, if you want to succeed, you should immediately lead troops to control Xianyang City and Chang'an City, and call on soldiers and horses from Guanzhong and Xiliang to obey orders. At that time, even if King Qin wakes up, it will be a foregone conclusion. ”

Li Yuanhao instigated Lü Bu to become the monarch.

As a descendant in the later period and a party member, the probability of Li Yuanhao inheriting the old Qin foundation is almost zero.

Therefore, Li Yuanhao simply supported Lu Bu to seize power in exchange for his own status improvement, and was looking for an opportunity to restore the country in the future.

"If it happens, then I will make you the king of Yinchuan, Li Dao the king of Hongnong, Guo Yan the king of Longxi, Zhang Xiu the king of Beidi, and Fan Chou the king of Anding...... Do you have any objections? ”

Lu Bu held Fang Tian's halberd and glanced at the generals he had invited.

Li Dao and Guo Yan also have ambitions, but in "Lord", Lu Bu's force is still very scary, they saw Lu Bu holding Fang Tian's halberd, and knew that Lu Bu did not come to discuss with them at all, but to force them to agree.

If Li Dao and Guo Yan disagreed, then in the next second, they would most likely die under Lu Bu's Fang Tian Painting Halberd.

"So be it."

Li Dao was calm on the surface, but he was already sweating.

Puban City, Wu Qi's army offensive was unprecedented, Wei Wushu once again plunged into a tragic battle, Xiangyang Cannon threw a large number of stones and fireballs, and the entire Puban City was trembling!

The stones were piled up on the walls, and the defenders didn't even have much to stand on.

The general of the Qin army, Wang Qian, defended this city, and Guanzhong had successively supported Wang Jian 100,000 soldiers and horses, except for 30,000 of them who were defeated by Chen Qingzhi and Zhao Yun's white-robed army, and the remaining 70,000 soldiers and horses entered Puban City.

Even so, Wang Jian is still under unimaginable pressure.

Wu Qi, the saint-level commander, has the characteristic "Shi Wu Rebellion North", even in unfavorable situations such as lack of food and siege, he will not defect, will not be chaotic, will not retreat without authorization, will not be affected by the fear effect, and his morale will not be lower than 50 under any circumstances.

Therefore, the sustained combat capability of the Wu Qi Army can be called terrifying.

As long as the morale does not fall below 50, then it will not have a negative effect.

The only way to limit the Wu Qi Legion from slowing down the siege is to consume the physical strength of the Wu Qi Legion, only if the Wu Qi Legion's physical strength drops below 50, then the Wu Qi Legion will also have to slow down the speed of the forced demolition of Pusaka City.

However, the recovery rate of the decline in morale is slower, and for the elite divisions who often fight on the battlefield, their physical strength can recover to more than 80 or 90 after a day of rest, so Wu Qi only needs to split the army into three groups and take turns to attack the city, and the offensive against Pusaka City continues, and the morale of the defenders of Pusaka City has dropped to an extent that it is difficult to support.

Even if Wang Jian was one of the four famous generals of the Warring States Period, the morale of the defenders in Pubancheng dropped below 40, and the recovery rate was slow, so it was difficult to turn the tide.

What's even worse news is that his lord Lao Qin is ill, and Li Si, Jia Xu, and Xun Yu are currently presiding over the overall situation, and people's hearts are unstable.

Lu Bu and Li Yuanhao are all ambitious people, and they may be rebellious because of the lord's accident.

Such examples are not uncommon.

As soon as Qin Shi Huang died, the Qin Dynasty was immediately in turmoil.

Later Zhou Emperor Chai Rong died of illness, Zhao Kuangyin and Chen Qiao mutinied, and the yellow robe was added.

Not to mention that Lao Qin has no heirs.

"Perhaps surrender is the best option for me. But as a minister, he should do his best, and the lord has not died of illness, how can he surrender without a fight, it is really too humiliating. ”

Wang Jian thought about it for a while, and finally decided that at least after it was determined that the lord was sick and dead, he could not surrender.

No one knows if there will be a miracle.

"General, Li Si and Jia Xu, have ordered General Meng Tian to meet on the other side of Puban City, and the two adults have suggested that the general withdraw to the Luoshui area. Pusaka City is no longer defensible. ”

When Wang Jian hesitated, Li Si and Jia Xu, who were in charge of the overall situation, recalled him.

Although Li Si and Jia Xu are difficult to become convincing successors, their ability to grasp the overall situation is still quite amazing.

"The two of them must have known that the morale of our army is not available, so they need to retreat to Luoshui to rest, withdraw their troops tonight, and give up the land east of the river."

After Wang Qian's army was demoralized by Wu Qi's army, it had to escape from Puban City overnight, which was undoubtedly a complete relief for the Qin army.

The next day, Wu Qi successfully entered Puban Castle and occupied the last city in Hedong County.

Puban City is close to the Yellow River, and crossing the Yellow River is Guanzhong, so this city is a bridgehead for attacking Guanzhong.

Wu Qi did not live up to Chutian's expectations, and the Battle of Hedong and the Battle of Liaoxi ended almost at the same time, successfully taking Hedong County, an important place, for Chutian.

The Xia army could not be assembled in Luoyang City, but in Puban City.

The important thing about Puban City is that it is Tongguan in the south, and Luoshui in the west, followed by the Yellow River in the middle, and it is not far from Chang'an City and Xianyang City.

"In the battle of Hedong, 100,000 Qin troops were annihilated, and our troops lost 80,000 due to the siege of the city, most of which were low-level troops."

Wu Qi transferred a large number of low-level troops from Jizhou and Bingzhou as cannon fodder to attack the city, instead of taking the lead in considering Wei Wushu, so the casualties seemed to be almost the same as Wang Qian.

Wei Wushu was used by Wu Qi in field warfare, and in general, sieges were carried out with low-level troops to drain the number and morale of the defenders.

"King Xia has arrived!"

Wu Qi had just entered Puban City, looking at the rolling Yellow River South, and Chu Tian had already come out of the teleportation array in Puban City.

I have to say that the existence of the teleportation array makes the mobilization of soldiers and horses very fast.

Chu Tian's wealth was generous, and he directly used the teleportation array when he went to various places, and learned that Wu Qi had captured Puban City, so he came directly to Puban City to fight against the forefront of the Guanzhong army.

If there was no teleportation array, then it would take several months for Chu Tian to travel from Liaoxi to Hedong.

Chutian met Wu Qi, as well as Chen Qingzhi and Zhao Yun, who cooperated with Wu Qi to capture Hedong County.

The pacification of Hedong can be regarded as a great achievement.

"There are seven counties under the division, of which Hanoi County, Hedong County, and Henan Yin have been captured by our army, and only Hongnong County, Zuo Fengling, Jing Zhaoyin, and Right Fufeng are left. Ordered the Luoyang defenders to seize Hongnong County, I personally led the army to cross the Yellow River to the west, and then crossed the Luoshui, a partial division crossed the Yellow River in the south, attacked Tongguan, opened up the mountain road between Chang'an and Luoyang, and met in Chang'an. This is the safest way to deploy. ”

Chu Tianbing divided into two ways and did not give the Qin army a chance.

The Guanzhong Army and the Liaodong Army were different.

The main force of the Guanzhong Army has not been completely disabled in the Battle of Pishan, and after the old Qin turtle retreats back to Guanzhong, this time is enough to recruit a group of new recruits to supplement the troops.

If the lone army goes deeper, with the Yellow River behind it, it will be difficult for the Xia army to get support, and there is a certain probability that they will be besieged in Guanzhong.

Assign a partial division to capture Tongguan and open the passage between Luoyang and Luoyang, so that the legions in the direction of Luoyang can continue to enter Guanzhong and cooperate with the Xia army in the direction of Hedong to attack Chang'an City.

At this time, the importance of Wu Qi's insistence on taking Pusaka City was highlighted.

Capturing Puban City, you can cross the Yellow River in the south and attack Tongguan from behind, which is undoubtedly much less difficult than attacking Tongguan from the front.

Moreover, the defenders in the direction of Luoyang can send an army to attack from both sides to force the defenders of Tongguan to surrender.

That's why some cities must be captured.