The Liupan Mountain Range lies in the northwest of Guanzhong and is its northwest barrier.

The passage into Guanzhong from Longshang is mainly the valley lowland cut by the Wei River, Jing River and other rivers.

The direction of the Wei River is more steep, while the direction of the Jing River is relatively gentle.

Xiao Pass stands in the Liupan Mountain Pass, guarding the passage from the direction of the Jing River into Guanzhong.

At the same time, Xiaoguan is also an important pass in the northwest direction of Guanzhong, protecting the safety of Guanzhong and Northwest.

Now.

Shuofang Jiedu made Wang Zhonghe, Hexi Jiedu made Xiao Jiong, and Longyou Jiedu made Huangfu Weiming three people are riding horses and standing in front of Xiao Pass.

"The enemy army has 30,000 troops in Xiao Pass, and 70,000 troops in the camp outside the city, and the two are fighting each other, do you have a good strategy to take Xiao Pass as soon as possible?"

Shuo Fang Jiedu made Wang Zhongsi speak first.

Of the three knots, he was the youngest, in his early thirties.

His army was also the least, 10,000 fewer than the other two Jiedu envoys, only 60,000.

But the relationship between him and Li Longji is the closest, and it is the relationship between a father-in-law and a son-in-law.

So he wanted to see if he could dominate.

Xiao Jiong said proudly: "Your Majesty ordered us to launch a general attack on Xiao Pass today, and we must take action." I would have thought that Wang Jiedu would lead your headquarters to watch the enemy troops in the camp outside the city, and Brother Huangfu would follow me to attack Xiao Pass. ”

It's clear that he's confident in his quality.

On the surface, it seems that he is gnawing the hardest bones, but in fact, he doesn't want Wang Zhongji to get the slightest credit.

After all, there were only 30,000 enemy troops in Xiao Pass, while Xiao Jiong and Huangfu Weiming's troops combined had a full 140,000 troops.

With such a huge gap in numbers, even if one person spits on it, it can drown the people in Xiao Guan.

Wang Zhongsi knew what the old thing in front of him had in mind, so naturally he wouldn't let him get his wish.

"Is Ben General a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death?"

"So be it! Xiao Jiedu has been worried about the country recently, and even half of his hair is white, so he should take a good rest first. In the event of an accident during the siege of the city, Your Majesty will definitely condemn me and the Emperor in the future. ”

"The matter of gnawing hard bones is still left to the general and the emperor!"

The meaning of Wang Zhonghe's words is that you are already old and unsuitable to lead troops to fight, so beware of being broken and your teeth broken.

"You ......"

Xiao Jiong was suddenly furious, and was about to have a seizure but was stopped by Huangfu Weiming.

"Xiao Jiedu doesn't need to say more, Wang Jiedu is also thinking about you. You have a good rest first, and if we can't attack for a long time, we will ask you to send troops! ”

The white-haired Emperor Fu Weiming said conclusively.

He is the oldest of the three and the oldest in qualifications, so he naturally has the confidence to say so.

Xiao Jiong saw that the two of them were crowding out themselves, and he knew that it was useless to talk more, so he turned around and walked towards his own military camp.

Wang Zhongsi and Huangfu Weiming looked at each other and smiled, neither of which took Xiao Jiong's reaction to heart.

In the twenty-second year of Kaiyuan, Li Linfu recommended Xiao Jiong as the head of the household, but Zhang Jiuling was demoted to the history of Qizhou on the grounds of his lack of knowledge.

In the twenty-fourth year of Kaiyuan, Li Linfu gradually gained the upper hand in the political dispute with Zhang Jiuling, so he remembered Xiao Jiong again, and found an opportunity to promote him to the envoy of Hexi Jiedu.

This is the reason why Wang Zhongsi and Huangfu Weiming want to squeeze out Xiao Jiong.

They didn't worry about Xiao Jiong at all, and they couldn't say it clearly, so they sang this scene and didn't join forces with him.

"Humph! Wait for the old man! ”

On the way back to the camp in Hexi, Xiao Jiong also figured out the reason why the two excluded themselves.

Where could he stand this kind of anger?

As soon as he returned to the camp, he wrote a letter and sent his cronies to take the path to Guanzhong.

In real history, Xiao Jiong is also a traitor.

In the twenty-seventh year of Kaiyuan, he was defeated by Tubo as the envoy of Hexi Jiedu.

In the twenty-eighth year of Kaiyuan, after being demoted to Henan Yin, he did not reflect, but still relied on the powerful and committed many illegal acts.

In the early years of Tianbao, Xiao Jiong, who had such a poor official reputation, was actually promoted again, and was promoted to the secretary of the criminal department and concurrently served as Jing Zhaoyin.

The initiator of all this is his backstage Li Linfu.

It is precisely because Li Linfu has always supported him that Xiao Jiong can do whatever he wants locally.

"I hope it's too late to reply!"

Xiao Jiong sat on the handsome chair and muttered to himself.

As early as after Li Mao pacified Chang'an, he immediately ordered Li Linfu to write a letter of persuasion to the familiar frontier generals.

Xiao Jiong naturally received it as soon as possible.

It's just that the situation has been unclear, and he has never replied.

Now that he has been ostracized, he also feels the deep malice among his colleagues, and naturally wants to find another way out.

Judging from the current situation, even if Li Longji of Luoyang wins the final victory, he will definitely be implicated by Li Linfu.

Thinking of this, Xiao Jiong's heart became even more impatient, and he desperately thought of a way to solve the current dilemma in his mind.

……

Outside the city of Wuguan.

Shi, the governor of Jingzhou, and Zhang Jiuling, the former prime minister, have also arrived with troops.

At this time, he was scolding Ge Shuhan at the head of the city.

"You nonsense, you don't know shame, you ignore Your Majesty's kindness, and you actually serve the thief!"

Zhang Jiuling is over sixty this year, but he is still full of temperament when he scolds people.

The loud voice sounded louder than the young man.

Brother Shuhan is naturally not his opponent, and he was scolded all morning after his face was blue on the city tower.

Zhang Youfu retorted: "Zhang Jiuling, do you really not know, or do you pretend not to know? ”

"The first emperor has passed away, and now the puppet emperor in Luoyang City is a dog thief, Niu Xianke and Pei Kuan asked people to pretend."

"Your Majesty once issued an edict to make you the prime minister of Shangshu Zuo, and participate in political affairs."

"As a result, instead of receiving the order, you obeyed the false edict of the anti-thief and rebelled."

"Let's see that you are old and confused!"

After Zhang Youfu finished scolding, he raised his right hand.

The Wuguan defenders in the rear immediately shouted in unison: "Zhang Jiuling, old fool!" Zhang Jiuling, old and confused! ”

This neat sound is clearly rehearsed.

There was only Zhang Jiuling shouting in the city, and the momentum was overshadowed in an instant.

The Jingzhou soldiers who were brought over by him suddenly couldn't tell which side was telling the truth, and they all looked at Zhang Jiuling with puzzled eyes.

"Let's camp on the spot!"

Zhang Jiuling commanded the guards beside him.

The soldiers have no fighting spirit and no combat power, and as a generation of celebrities, he naturally understands that he can't attack at this time.

When the soldiers who came from Jingzhou heard that there was no need to attack the city, they immediately breathed a sigh of relief and shouted in unison: "Zhang Xianggong is wise!" ”

Zhang Jiuling shook his head and smiled bitterly.

There were only five or six thousand miscellaneous soldiers in the city, and there were 50,000 Jingzhou soldiers he brought with him.

But now they are blocked by this danger.

If his subordinates were elite soldiers from Shuofang, Fan Yang and other places, it would be absolutely impossible for him to make the other side so arrogant!