Chapter 461: Dilemma
There were only more than 1,000 people left in Zheng County, and Weishui was already frozen.
Ride 20,000 steps to cross the river easily, and take down large and small camps.
Zheng County is only the path for Pang Hui to withdraw to Tongguan, and there is also a way to withdraw to Wuguan through Lantian.
Yang Zheng ordered Meng Yu to lead 8,000 people to take advantage of the wind and snow to attack Lantian.
These cities had already been destroyed during the great plunder, and there were no people, no food, and no value of heavy garrisons.
Zheng County and Lantian were taken one after another, and the second battalions of Bashui and Lishan were already surrounded in the middle.
Of course, Pang Hui could retreat from other places without passing through these two cities.
For example, detour the Qinling Mountains in the south, or cross Weishui in the north and take Feng Yi.
There are even many trails between Zheng County and Lantian County.
The problem is that it is a cold winter, they are infantry troops, and most of the Liangzhou army is cavalry.
No matter how you go, you can't escape the pursuit.
And this kind of weather, walking through the Qinling Mountains is tantamount to looking for death.
Sima Ban of Tongguan also found that something was wrong, and sent two thousand horsemen to investigate, as soon as he saw the banner of the word "Yang", he turned around and ran, and Liu Heng chased after him but did not catch up.
The level of the Sima family has declined all the way from Sima Yi to Sima Shi, and only Sima Fu and Sima Zhao are left after Sima Shi.
Now, killing Sima Fu has already hurt the muscles and bones of the Sima family.
In the big battle of Chang'an, the party has paid a lot.
The loss of 8,000 horses, the number of soldiers killed and the light and serious injuries combined, there were also 5,000 or 6,000 people, the army of 50,000 or 60,000 besieged the city for several months, people ate horses and chewed, and the food consumption was astronomical, and even the heavy cavalry lost more than 100 horses, most of them tripped during the rush, either their legs were wasted or their feet were wasted......
After so many years in Liangzhou, it has only created a thousand heavy rides.
Both humans and horses are very demanding.
There is also a stomach, and horse armor costs more money than human armor.
But it's all worth it.
The battle of Chang'an was crucial, besieging the city and sending reinforcements, not only the reinforcements were destroyed, but Chang'an was also breached.
It has greatly inspired the hearts of the people inside and brought a huge impact to the world.
After all, the Shu army has been on a northern expedition for decades, and it has not reached the city of Chang'an.
Of course, this victory is not only the life of the Liangzhou soldiers, but also Sima Zhao's overwhelming Zhuge Festival with the strength of Mount Tai, which caused Guan and Luo to be empty, and the soldiers were tired, Sima Zhao temporarily had no energy to go west, and Yang Zheng could succeed.
"Has Pang Hui moved?" A snowstorm comes and goes quickly.
"Yu Junhou, Pang Hui will give up the Bashui camp, withdraw to Lishan, join forces with Xu Yi, and General Zhang will be stationed in the Bashui camp." Meng Guan Dao.
"Send someone to find out what Pang Hui is talking about." The retreat to Lishan seemed to strengthen the defense, but it also cut off the back road.
Meng Guan exhaled a breath of white air, "Maybe Pang will defend to the death and wait for Sima Zhao to send troops to rescue?" ”
"Sima Zhao fought in Shouchun for a year, and only returned to Luoyang in May, and in June he ordered Wang Ji to lead 40,000 Chinese troops to aid Luoyang, 20,000 troops to aid Taiyuan, and strengthen the defense of Linjin, Tongguan and Wuguan. If you come less, you will fall into the same situation as Wang Ji, and if you come too much, you will have insufficient food and grass, and the soldiers will be resentful. ”
Fighting a war is by no means a numbers game on paper, and the three armies go ahead before they move their grain and grass.
It is also necessary to judge the situation and consider factors such as the right time, place, and people.
Now at the beginning of November, Sima Zhao brought another army over, just in time for the cold winter wax moon.
The cold-resistant ability of the soldiers of Liangzhou is far higher than that of the soldiers of the Central Plains.
In the past, when Yang Zheng had not yet risen, he often saw Qiang people in ragged clothes and a pair of straw sandals running around in the wind and snow.
The northwest wind drinks too much, and the ability to resist the cold also comes up.
Chang'an has Sima Fu and Wang Ji in charge, more than 10,000 elites in hand, and hundreds of thousands of people, under normal circumstances, it is difficult for the Liangzhou army to fall, but a rain and snow, one eliminates the other, and the advantages of the Liangzhou army are highlighted.
In a word, Sima Zhao will not send troops at this time, even if he really sends troops, Yang Zheng is not afraid, he can eat if he can, if he can't, he will run......
Lishan Camp.
learned that Chang'an was breached, Sima Fu and Wang Ji were beheaded, and the camp was miserable.
Wang Ji is not a person from the same line of the Chinese army.
Therefore, when Chang'an City was at its most dangerous, Pang Hui stood by and got the tacit approval of most of the generals.
In their opinion, Wang Ji has been famous for decades, and he has just leveled Shouchun, which is when he is in the limelight, even if he can't win the Liang army, there is absolutely no problem in holding Chang'an.
But in a blink of an eye, Chang'an was broken.
Their fear of the Liang Army rose again.
For Pang Hui, the more serious is in the back.
This fiasco requires one person to take responsibility.
If it was an ordinary defeat, Pang Hui would still be able to get over, and Sima Zhao would also pardon him for the sake of Renjun's character.
But now that Chang'an is lost, Sima Zhao's own uncle, Sima Fu, the pillar of the Sima family, has died.
Do you think Sima Zhao will let him go?
"What do you think Ben will do? Chang'an City was not lost. Pang Hui didn't know where to vomit with bitter water, feeling that since he met Yang Zheng, he had never encountered anything good in his life.
The flickering eyes of the generals made Pang Hui's heart cold.
These people either have family backgrounds or backers, but Pang Hui has nothing, his father Pang Dening died and did not fall into the hands of Guan Yu, and the Pang family is not a scholar family, except for meritorious service, but this meritorious service was given by Cao Wei, not Sima Zhao......
"What the general said is very true, if you abandon the second battalion of Bashui and Lishan that day, there will be a lonely city in Chang'an, and sooner or later it will not be able to hold it." Xu Yi, who was sympathetic to the same disease, raised his hand.
Seeing that the Sima family is about to replace Wei, their old status as former dynasty lords is the most embarrassing.
"What the general said is that the city of Chang'an is broken, not because we are not doing our best, but because the western thief is too cunning, he will return to Luoyang in the future, and he will definitely tell the general the truth." The left echoed one by one.
The more Pang Hui listens, the more wrong it becomes, what is the truth?
But now is not the time to worry about this, defend the Lishan camp in order to survive until that time.
"Each battalion will hold the camp tightly for ten days and a half months, and the general will send reinforcements." Pang Hui didn't believe it himself.
The generals are also lazily responding.
Everyone retreated, and Xu Yi stayed, "Boguang, you and I are in trouble!" ”
Pang will be even more upset.
"For today's plan, Yang Thief divided his troops into Zheng County and Lantian County, Chang'an is empty, you and I gather troops, and capture Chang'an in one go, or we can redeem the merits!" Xu Yi has been escorting grain and grass in the rear, and has not been to the front line in person, so he has never seen the scene of destruction when the Liangzhou Iron Cavalry charged.
But Pang Hui saw it and was silent.
Xu Yi sighed and said: "If you don't want to attack the city, you can quickly attack Lantian and withdraw to Wuguan, if you can bring these 20,000 people back to Luoyang, the general may spare your life, as for the future, it will end here." ”
Pang Hui's eyes widened, he has repeatedly jumped sideways over the years, and his utilitarian heart is extremely heavy, in order to soar, the future is gone, what is the meaning of his life?
"The big husband has no power and no power, like a pig and a dog!"
"If you don't attack, don't leave, don't fight, stay in Lishan, sooner or later the whole army will be wiped out." Xu Yi kindly reminded.
"I have 50,000 stones of grain and grass, more than 20,000 elites, and now I refuse to defend the location, what can Yang Zheng'er do to me? Defend for two or three months, and the general will send troops to rescue! "Pang Hui has made up his mind.
"Report to the general, the thief of the west...... Someone is coming. "The soldiers came in to report.