Chapter 295: Continue to march to Chang'an
From Liu Bei slowly telling the battle situation, Tang Xiu already knew how they were defeated.
Hit the trick!
And it was Jia Xu's plan.
In the disaster reported by Pegasus, the names of Niu Fu and Jia Xu were mentioned, Tang Xiu had already guessed probably, and sure enough, this top strategist in the late Han Dynasty, who was as famous as Guo Jia, Zhuge Liang, and Pang Tong, was really outstanding.
It turned out that Zhang Xiu and Liu Guan, the three brothers, as well as Zhang Ji, Fan Chou and other generals, led a large army, arrived outside Hangu Pass, and began to attack.
Although Hangu Pass is a majestic pass, it is only garrisoned by tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. And Zhang Xiu, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others are all rare fierce generals in the world, leading 110,000 soldiers and horses to attack more than once.
The generals have the heart to make meritorious contributions, and they are attacking day and night.
As a result, there are too few troops in Hangu Pass, and there is already a sign of defeat.
Zhang Xiu, Liu Guanzhang and other generals were overjoyed, and they intensified their attacks, attacking day and night.
Finally, half a month later, Zhang Xiu, Liu Guan, Zhang and other generals captured Hangu Pass in one fell swoop! Although some soldiers and horses were lost, it was harmless for such a merit.
After the generals captured Hangu Pass, their heart of meritorious service was even better, and they were ready to take advantage of the victory to pursue and take Chang'an City in one fell swoop!
A big win is followed by a big defeat.
Zhang Xiu, Liu Guanzhang and other generals who pursued the victory fell into the plan of "luring the enemy into depth".
It turned out that Niu Fu and Jia Xu deliberately showed their defeat in Hangu Pass, and took the initiative to give up Hangu Pass, so as to lure the enemy deeper. He set up an ambush in Kunshan early to encircle and annihilate the army of Zhang Xiu and Liu Guanzhang.
Cuishan, also known as Yanyun Mountain, Caishan, often with the nearby Hangu Pass, and called Cuihan.
The terrain of Kunshan is dangerous, and after Jia Xu set up an ambush plan, he waited for Zhang Xiu and Liu Guanzhang's army to enter the ambush area. Immediately afterwards, both ends of the mountain were blocked, and a sudden onslaught was launched.
Niu Fu and Jia Xu personally supervised the battle, and the soldiers fought bravely to kill the enemy.
Zhang Xiu and Liu Guan and Zhang Dajun were trapped in it, unable to advance or retreat, panicked and chaotic, and almost all of them were annihilated.
Of the 80,000 soldiers and horses, only 20,000 remained, and the loss was seventy or eighty percent!
If it weren't for the two generals Zhang Ji and Fan Chou, the 30,000 soldiers and horses led by him were mainly responsible for logistics, and they were not ambushed, but they were afraid of more losses!
As a result, the 20,000 remnants of Zhang Xiu and Liu Guanzhang's defeated generals, and the 30,000 soldiers and horses led by Zhang Ji and Fan Chou, were already defeated and panicked, and did not block the counterattack of Niu Fu's army, and lost Hangu Pass!
Defeated and returned to Luoyang!
After Tang Xiu learned about the battle situation from Liu Bei, he was also speechless for a long time.
The Xiliang Army is an elite class, and he is also very distressed by the loss of so many at once! This is the foundation for him to pacify the world and revive the Han Dynasty!
This time, Zhang Xiu, Liu Guanzhang and others lost so much!
Knowing this, he should have sent Zhang Liao as the main general to attack Chang'an.
I believe that with Zhang Liao's handsome talent, there will not be such a big defeat.
Even if Zhang Liaozhong is defeated, he will not give up the hard-won Hangu Pass when there are still 50,000 troops left!
It can only be said that Zhang Xiu is still too young at this time, and the three brothers Liu Guan and Zhang have experienced too few battle formations!
They are just famous generals in the world, not famous generals at the moment, and there are many battles and growth that need to be experienced!
Guan Yu is not the famous general who flooded the Seventh Army and became a god in World War I in the future, and Zhang Fei is not the general who drank back a million Cao soldiers in Changbanpo! Whether it is Zhang Xiu, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei, they are all too young......
In terms of the ability to command troops to fight, they are much worse than Zhang Liao at this moment.
If Zhang Liao is replaced, after the defeat of Zhongji, he can collect the remaining 50,000 defeated soldiers and defend Hangu Pass. Instead of being frightened and chaotic, he retreated to Luoyang City.
Tang Xiu sighed, the matter has come to this point, and there is nothing to do.
Of course, the ability of Zhang Xiu, Liu Guanzhang and others cannot be belittled, it can only be said that Jia Xu's strategy and deployment are too clever. From designing an ambush to counterattacking and recapturing Hangu Pass, they are interlocking and very much within the reach of people.
Zhang Xiu, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhang Ji, Fan Chou and other generals all stood in the lobby with ashamed faces, waiting for the disposal of General Tang Xiu.
This time, they carelessly planned to cause the court to lose 60,000 soldiers and horses, which is already a big crime!
Tang Xiu just groaned, he didn't blame these people, eating a trench and growing wisdom is relatively good. I believe that Zhang Xiu, Liu Guanzhang and others will lead the troops to fight, and they will no longer be careless and fall into such a scheme.
It's just a little bit more expensive......
Tang Xiuxin said that these prices are still acceptable, because if you don't accept it, there is no way, the matter has come to this!
And then, he still has to use troops against Niu Fu!
There is no way, if you want to calm the world and help the big man, you have to get rid of Niu Fu, a big trouble!
Otherwise, Niu Fu guarded Chang'an and wanted to attack Luoyang City, so he could send a letter to Guguan to fight. If you want the turtle to retract, you can follow the Hangu Pass and guard it.
Tang Xiu killed Niu Fu's father-in-law Dong Zhuo again, and the two sides were even more mortal enemies.
Only by eliminating Niu Fu's confidant can Tang Xiu free his hands to deal with all the princes, calm the world, and shout. Otherwise, it is equivalent to a time bomb in the lair all the time.
Tang Xiu planned to continue to use troops against Niu, mainly with the 50,000 Bingzhou army under Zhang Liao, supplemented by the 30,000 army under Zhang Ji and Fan Chou, responsible for logistics.
A total of 80,000 troops continued to attack Hangu Pass and Chang'an!
Although the strength of the troops is not as good as the previous Zhang Xiu and Liu Guanzhang and others, in the previous battle, although Niu Fu and Jia Xu won a big victory, they also relatively lost some soldiers and horses.
The garrison in Hangu Pass is not as good as before.
At the same time, Tang Xiu ordered Mi Zhu to be appointed as the Taishou of Xuzhou, and the two generals Guan Hai and Gao Shun were the main generals to guard Xuzhou, recruit troops and horses, and begin to expand the army.
And Beihai Taishou Kong Rong, in the name of Tang Xiu, recruited Tai Shici as a general, and also began to recruit troops and horses to expand the army.
With these two armies as foreign aid, listening to the tune at any time, Tang Xiu's command is equivalent to another 100,000 troops, but it will only take some time.
In this way, it can be regarded as making up for the losses of Zhang Xiu, Liu Guan, Zhang and the three brothers.
Tang Xiu was about to go to Chang'an, and his cheap father-in-law, Wang Yun, actually gave him a big surprise.
Wang Yun had already sent a confidant and friend "Chen Gong" to act as a lobbyist to persuade Lü Bu to submit to the imperial court.
Lu Bu was originally a general under Dong Zhuo, and in the name of Dong Zhuo, he led 50,000 Xiliang troops to attack Ma Teng, Bian Zhang, Han Sui and others, and the results have been reported.
Lu Bu is worthy of being the first flying general in the world before, very brave, and has 50,000 elite Xiliang cavalry.
Whether it was Ma Teng, Bian Zhang, or Han Sui, they were not Lu Bu's opponents, and they were all defeated by Lu Bu.
After Lu Bu's victory, he found that his "father-in-law" Dong Zhuo was killed by Tang Xiu, and he had nowhere to go for a while, and he already had the intention of becoming independent.
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