372 The state is in turmoil, and Ma Teng fights the princes of the six players!

At the end of February 190, the war against Dong ended, and the game entered the era of "chaos" among the princes. The player princes and NPC princes are intertwined.

In the entire game, there are as many as fifty or sixty players with prince-level strength, half of whom participated in the war against Dong, while the other half were unable to participate in the war due to the limitation of the number of princes and the long distance.

In addition, there are at least a thousand players at the village and town alliance level scattered in various states, and their strength is inferior to that of prince-level players, but their strength is definitely not weak. Through constant annexation wars, they have every chance to become new prince-level players.

It is precisely because of the complexity of the forces that the thirteen states of the world have hardly stopped fighting for a moment. After the end of the war, the Kwantung princes retreated to their bases. The world is temporarily divided into two major battlefields, the Kanto Battlefield and the Kansai Battlefield.

The battlefield in the Kwantung region is extremely complex, after the NPC princes Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Gongsun Zhan, Sun Jian, etc. returned to their respective nests, they quickly began to expand in Jizhou, Gunzhou, Youzhou, Yangzhou and other places. And the Eighteen Road princes such as the Silent Sword of the Player Princes, the Prosperous Han and Tang Dynasties, and the Lonely Shuangcheng, relying on many villages and towns, began to raise troops to the surrounding areas without any scruples. When their spheres of influence bordered, it was when the wars of the princes came.

The Kansai battlefield was mainly a contest between Sanliang Han Sui, Ma Teng, and Zhan Xiaobai, because only they had several heavy cities.

Han Sui owned Jincheng County and Xiping County, and expanded to Longxi County (Longxi City), sitting on three counties;

Zhan Xiaobai owns Wuwei County and Zhangye County, and leads Jiuquan County, Xihai County, and Dunhuang County in the name of the imperial court, appoints the three county guards, and sits on the five major counties of the Hexi Corridor; In addition, he also has more than 20,000 NPC soldiers and horses in the area of Chang'an Sanfu, and Ma Teng's soldiers and horses to protect the Chang'an court.

Ma Teng owns Anding County and Beidi County, and is annexing Hanyang County (Tianshui City, Jicheng), and also has the strength of three counties. and Zhan Xiaobai's soldiers and horses to protect the Chang'an court.

Sanliang has a large and stable territory, as well as a large number of regular troops - this is the reason why they are called Sanliang. Even if Han Sui lost more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, even if Zhan Xiaobai killed 12,000 Xiliang cavalry in one go, they were still Sanliang, and they were still rampant in Liang's two states, and no one could replace them.

In addition to Sanliang in Kansai, there are also imperial court forces, as well as the forces of the players and princes of the seventeenth road in Kansai. There is not much to say about the power of the imperial court, the Son of Heaven is young and has no military power in his hands, and he is basically set aside by the princes of Kanto and Kansai.

The fourth major force in Kansai is the Kansai Seventeen Road Player Princes. The strength of the players of the Kansai Seventeenth Road is actually not weak. Liangzhou has been divided by Sanliang, and they can only be scattered in Bingzhou, Yizhou, and Hanzhong for expansion. Unfortunately, the territory they occupy is at most one or two small and medium-sized cities, as well as large villages and towns, and their territory is not stable, and they may be swallowed up by other opponents at any time.

Zhan Xiaobai, Han Sui, and Ma Teng, the territory of the three forces is distributed in a triangle.

Zhan Xiaobai's territory is in the northwest of Liangzhou, and it borders the territories of Han Sui and Ma Teng. Out of Gulang Gorge, to the south is the territory of Hansui, and to the east is the territory of Ma Teng. The helpless strategic dilemma still exists, and although the war against Dong has gained a lot of benefits, it still has not solved this fundamental "sexual" problem. Unless, Zhan Xiaobai made up his mind to march to Han Sui or Ma Teng.

Han Sui's territory is in the south of Liangzhou, along the Jincheng - Longxi County (Longxi) - Hanyang County (Tianshui) line to reach Chang'an Sanfu. It's a pity that under the "cooperation" of Zhan Xiaobai and Ma Teng, Ma Teng occupied Tianshui in Hanyang County. Han Sui's army could not directly enter Sanfu, and had to borrow from Ma Teng. This is not easy to borrow, Ma Teng and Zhan Xiaobai will not be willing to let Han Sui's soldiers and horses come to Chang'an to share the power that controls the imperial court.

If Han Sui didn't want to start a war with Ma Teng and Zhan Xiaobai, the only way was to send troops to Wudu County, cross Qishan, and enter Yizhou - this was not a very ideal choice. The soldiers and horses of Liangzhou were not very suitable for fighting in Shuzhong.

Ma Teng's territory is in the east of Liangzhou, Anding County, Beidi County and Hanyang County. There is no spare territory in Liangzhou, and if Ma Teng does not want to start a war with Han Sui and Zhan Xiaobai, but wants to continue to expand, he can only send troops in the direction of Bingzhou.

At the end of the Battle of Dong, the princes of all walks of life entered a period of recuperation, stabilized their territory, recruited soldiers, repaired cities, treated the wounded, stockpiled grain and grass, and manufactured armaments.

Zhan Xiaobai transferred Zhong Xuan and Xu Rong, two NPC historical generals who are good at internal affairs and local governance, as well as NPC historical generals who independently lead the army, to Zhangye County, and together with Zhangye Taishou Jiang Jiong, they began to enter the three counties of Jiuquan County, Dunhuang County, and Xihai County to take over the military and political power. The process of taking over will inevitably lead to some turmoil, and possibly even military resistance, which needs to be handled at their discretion. With the talents of three historical-level generals, it was only a matter of time before they took over the three counties.

In addition, Zhan Xiaobai sent Li Ru, Gao Shun, and Yang Feng to Wuwei County to conduct internal affairs, recruitment, and training. We should expand our troops as much as possible and increase our food and money reserves. Chang'an, leaving only Zhang Liao, Jiang Xu, Xu Huang, Jia Xu, Huangfu Li and other historical-level civil and military generals.

After a month-long rest, at the end of March, the vitality of the princes of all walks of life in the world gradually recovered, and with abundant food and grass, military movements became more and more frequent.

More than half of Zhan Xiaobai's million-player army was dispersed, leaving only more than 300,000 troops in Chang'an. Among his million player troops, only 100,000 are regular legions of the Xiaobai Alliance, nearly 100,000 Zhangye County Alliance Legions, and nearly 100,000 players from Hexi counties. Most of the remaining fifty or sixty were free players who joined Zhan Xiaobai's command halfway to participate in the war against Dong, and it was natural for them to disperse afterwards. After all, players need to level up and develop, and the leveling points in Chang'an are limited, and without a large-scale war, they can't stay in Chang'an all the time and return to various states and counties in Kansai.

Zhan Xiaobai's player strength has been greatly reduced, and the military pressure on Ma Teng and Han Sui has gradually weakened.

Huangfu Song and Ma Teng also came and went closer.

Maten was the first to take military action.

He did not attack Jincheng and Gulang Gorge, but sent troops from the north to Bingzhou, and 30,000 Xiliang iron cavalry quickly captured Shangjun, crossed the Yellow River, and captured Hexi City, directly threatening Jinyang, Shangdang, Jiangxian, Yanmen, Jieliang, Pingyang and other places in the capital of Bingzhou. Marten's military campaign was very obvious to annex the entire annexed state. Once the annexation is successful, with the vast territory of the annexed state, Sanliang will have the strongest strength in Ma Teng.

One thing to note is that the remnants of Lu Bu's army rested in Shangdang and recovered a little bit of vitality.

The six Kansai player princes, including the Yellow Turban World, the Uplift, the North Wind Blow, the Ghost King, the Dark Emperor, and the Second in the World, were shocked and panicked when they received the military information that Ma Teng had sent troops to merge with the state. Their cities are scattered all over Bingzhou, the uplift occupies the heavy city of Jinyang, the north blows occupies Yanmen, the Yellow Turban occupies Jiangxian, the dark emperor occupies Xie Liang, and the second in the world occupies Pingyang.

Ma Teng didn't come, and they fought with each other for territory, which was also quite lively. However, as soon as Ma Teng's army arrived, they immediately felt the terrorist threat of Ma Teng's army, and hurriedly stopped the internal fighting, and letters were quickly passed between the princes from all walks of life, discussing countermeasures.

They quickly came up with one of the simplest, most effective, and tried and tested countermeasures—an alliance. The Six-Way Player Princes quickly concluded an alliance and assembled a large army of players and NPCs to prepare to resist the invasion of the Ma Teng Army.

Early April.

The princes of the six players each led their troops, and nearly 200,000 troops fought a decisive battle with Ma Teng's army on the side of the Yellow River, which was closest to Jinyang. Several small battles were fought, and the player lost tens of thousands of troops, and the winner was not decided. Ma Tengjun didn't give them a chance to close, and fought and left.

When the two armies were facing each other, Lu Bu, who was stationed in Shangdang, suddenly led five thousand iron cavalry to attack Jinyang, although it was not captured, but it brought great panic to the six-way player army, which was the supply place of the six-way princes, and a large number of armaments were transported to the army from here. was robbed by Lu Bu, and it was difficult to transport the materials urgently needed on the front line.

The army of the princes of the Six-Way Players was stunned, they didn't understand how Lu Bu could suddenly attack Jinyang, and it would not be good for Lu Bu to capture Jinyang at this time.

Under the blow of Lu Bu, the army of the princes of the Six Routes was chaotic and was defeated by Ma Teng. Subsequently, Ma Teng's army marched into Jinyang and besieged Jinyang City. Lu Bu was defeated, and he withdrew from the Jinyang area in a panic and returned to Shangdang.

More than 100,000 troops of the six-way player princes were trapped in Jinyang, and they urgently asked for reinforcements from all over the country. Although Jinyang City is an important city, it has been cut off from the outside world by a large group of cavalry, and it is difficult to defend it for a long time. There were only two ways, one was to transfer troops from their respective territories to Jinyang, and the other was to ask for help from other forces.

Messengers who urgently asked for help sent letters to various places asking for help.

In Chang'an, Tianbao took the letter from the princes of the Six Roads, found Zhan Xiaobai, and after reporting the situation of the princes of the Six Roads in the state, he said: "Boss, do you think we are sending troops to fight Ma Teng?" ”

Zhan Xiaobai read the battle report and the distress letter, and said lightly: "I warned them as early as February, be careful of Han Sui and Ma Teng, these two are very dangerous, much more dangerous than me. It's just that they didn't take it seriously, thinking that I was scaring them and wanted to use them to deal with Han Sui and Ma Teng. ”

He smiled and looked at the distress letter, "Now that Ma Teng has called, they have just woken up, know the danger, and hope that I will send troops to help them." But can I send troops? As soon as I mobilize my troops and horses, Ma Teng will know about it and turn against me. What good can they give me to go to war with Ma Teng? Han Sui's army hasn't moved yet, and his move must be a big move, in case his target is coming towards me, can I start a war with Han Sui and Ma Teng at the same time? ”

Zhan Xiaobai thought for a moment and asked, "By the way, why did Lu Bu suddenly attack Jinyang?" ”

Tianbao explained: "I checked all kinds of recent information of the Shangdang, and Lu Bu raised 5,000 soldiers in a short period of time in the Shangdang and purchased a large number of horses to form cavalry. The recent surge in grain prices by nearly 20 times is directly related to this. It can be judged that Lu Bu was short of food and grass for the troops due to the large-scale expansion of the army, and knew that the army had no salary because of the purchase of horses. If this dangerous situation continues, it is likely to lead to the direct collapse of Lü Bu's army. This forced him to take advantage of the fact that the troops of the Six Routes were fighting with the Ma Teng army, and took the risk of robbing Jinyang's grain and grass supplies. Robbing Jinyang is not good for Lu Bu, but he must do it, otherwise Ma Teng will not attack Shangdang, and he will be finished first because of lack of food and grass. ”

Zhan Xiaobai groaned for a while, and said:

"Lu Bu is short of food...... That's easy to do. Bao, you go to do three things, one is to send someone to inform Ma Teng, I don't stop him from sending troops and merging with the state. But he must give me 5,000 war horses, otherwise tomorrow in the court, I will add to him the charge of treason, and Huangfu Song will not be able to help him. Five thousand war horses and the justifiable merger of states, which is more important Ma Teng should think clearly; The second is to send an envoy to tell the princes of the Six Roads that I will help them resist Ma Teng, and even drive Ma Teng away. But they had to provide 10,000 cavalrymen with food, grass and salaries, and I would help with that. The food and grass of 10,000 troops is not much, but it is much better than losing their city; After the first two things were done, you finally sent an envoy to contact Lu Bu, and we secretly supplied him with 5,000 war horses and 10,000 troops' grain, grass, and money, and asked him to stop disturbing the princes of the Six Routes, and assist the princes of the Six Routes to deal with Ma Teng and drive Ma Teng out of the state. With Lu Bu's ambition, after having 10,000 soldiers, horses, and grain and grass, he would never want to see Ma Teng claim the throne and hegemony in Bingzhou.

These three things must be done well in order to drag Ma Teng on the battlefield of the state. I estimate that Han Sui won't be able to settle down for a few days. Recently, our main focus is still on Han Sui. ”

The Heavenly Leopard nodded cautiously and immediately sent envoys to contact all parties.