Chapter 74: Li Lizhen guards the long level
Historically, Ma Teng originally had no fixed place for the people to live because there was not enough food in Liangzhou, and Ma Teng thought that Dong Zhuo had prepared a large amount of food in Chang'an City in the past.
Ma Teng decisively asked Li Dao, hoping that Li Dao could give him some food, but how could Li Dao agree.
So Ma Teng was angry and decided to lead his troops to Chang'an and confront Li Li, Li Wei's nephew, at Changpingguan.
Han Sui, who also lived in Liangzhou, heard that Ma Teng was attacking the Xiliang army, and hurriedly came to persuade him, but he did not succeed, but was persuaded by Ma Teng to join the team attacking the Xiliang army.
In the end, Ma Teng Han Sui was defeated by Li Li due to the lack of food, soldiers and horses, etc., Li Dao did not want to lose the support of Liangzhou, so he made a statement to Emperor Xian, and named Ma Teng as the general of Zhengxi, and Han Sui as the general of Zhenxi.
And allowed Han Sui to manage the affairs of Liangzhou, and set Ma Tengtun in Yi County, Ma Teng is a person in Fufeng Jinyi, and Yi County is in Fufeng, and there is a sense of returning to his hometown.
And in history, the three strongest people in the Western Liang Army, collectively known as the "Three Prefectures of Liangzhou", are Li Dao, Guo Yan and Fan Sui.
And now because Zhang Ji has helped Jia Xu many times, Jia Xu is willing to give advice to Zhang Ji, so Zhang Ji succeeded in the third force of the Xiliang Army and put Fan Silk in the fourth.
And under Liu Bowen's calculations, Ma Teng's attack on Chang'an City this time was on the order of the emperor, and Han Sui naturally wanted to join it.
Yizhou Liu Yan also had 30,000 soldiers and horses, a total of nearly 80,000 troops, as long as Ma Teng and they did not die, they could still come to Chang'an City.
Now that Guo Yan has recruited 30,000 soldiers and horses back to Chang'an, Ma Teng's chances of victory this time are even greater.
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Changping outside the view.
In a camp of 40,000 soldiers and horses, Li Li wore armor and looked at the map around Changping to see if he could come up with a strategy to break the enemy.
At this time, a lieutenant walked in, Li Li frowned, and when he saw this lieutenant's face was flustered, he immediately felt that something was wrong.
The lieutenant entered the camp tent and hurriedly clenched his fists and said, "General, something is wrong."
Li Li sighed secretly, raised his hand and asked, "Have the soldiers and horses of Yizhou converged with Ma Teng?"
In Li Li's heart, the biggest problem now is their convergence, in this way, Li Li is facing 80,000 soldiers and horses, and he has no confidence to defeat so many soldiers and horses.
The lieutenant swallowed violently, and said in a panic: "No, it is Guo Yan's generals who have already withdrawn, and I heard that they are going to return to Chang'an City."
"What?"
Li Li hurriedly walked over, grabbed the lieutenant's shoulder, his eyes were already red, and asked again, "Really?"
If it is true, this will not only affect their current battle situation, but also consider why Guo Yan's soldiers and horses returned to Chang'an.
Li Li's eyes flashed, remembering that his uncle Li Dao asked Li Ying and Uncle Li Huan to go back, and now there are 30,000 soldiers and horses in Chang'an City.
Li Li immediately thought that now maybe his uncle was going to fight with Guo Yan, Li Li sighed deeply.
Now Ma Teng Han Sui is outside Chang'an City, but the Xiliang generals are still fighting openly and secretly in Chang'an, not realizing the seriousness of the matter at all.
However, Li Li knew that the generals of Xiliang no longer had the ambitions they had before, since Dong Gong died, they also had no tigers in the mountains, and the monkeys were just overlords, and when the male lord appeared, they would all die.
"General, what now?"
Hearing the captain's inquiry, Li Li snorted coldly: "There is no way but to hold the position now."
Li Li thought for a while, and then said: "You immediately send someone back to Chang'an, and you must tell your uncle that Guo Yan has asked people to return to Chang'an with an army of 30,000, and let him be careful of Guo Yan."
The lieutenant hurriedly shouted: "No! The last general will definitely send the news back. ”
Seeing that the captain just wanted to leave, Li Li said again: "Let my uncle send a large army to support."
The lieutenant hesitated for a moment, then clasped his fists again and said, "No."
After Li Li looked at the captain and went out, he also went out, and now he had to change his tactics, from the previous attack to the current defense.
If you want to defend, you must naturally make good use of the terrain and establish a stable defense line, so that Ma Teng, Han Sui and others can be dragged in Changpingguan.
Li Li knew that there was only one way out now, that is, his uncle Li Dao would take all the Western Liang troops under his command, and then send troops to defeat Ma Teng Han Sui, and finally occupy Liangzhou and achieve unification of Guanzhong.
Then the Li family can become a status under one person and above tens of thousands of people, and even the Yuan family, the Yang family, and the Sima family of the fourth and third princes may not be comparable.
However, Li Li can only take care of Changpingguan, otherwise Ma Tenghan will enter Chang'an, and the rest will depend on Li Wei.
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Outside Changping Temple, Ma Teng Han Sui's military camp is not far away, and now they have a total of more than 50,000 soldiers and horses, which is Ma Teng and Han Sui combined.
The other Ma Teng accounted for 30,000 and Han Sui 20,000, but not all of these soldiers and horses were elite, at most only half.
There are also many strong people among them, such as Ma Chao, Pang De, and Yan Xing, who are all famous in history, especially Ma Chao, as one of the five tiger generals, the Shenwei general of the Han Dynasty.
Ma Xiu hurriedly ran into the barracks, the joy on his face was not hidden, and he said happily: "Father, the Yang family spies came to report that Guo Yan had returned tens of thousands of soldiers and horses from Changpingguan to Chang'an, and now Changpingguan only has 40,000 soldiers and horses under Li Li."
Ma Teng and Han Sui looked at each other, and immediately laughed, "God really helps us!" ”
The current Ma Chao is just a teenager, and when he heard the news, he hurriedly stood up and said: "Father, otherwise, let me charge with the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, and the child is confident that he can directly break through Li Li's defense."
Ma Teng's face suddenly sank, and he felt that Ma Chao was not stable at all, and said in a deep voice: "Now Li Li's 40,000 soldiers and horses are enough to defend Changpingguan, and the Xiliang Iron Cavalry has always been used in the plains, and Changpingguan is not suitable for cavalry combat at all."
Ma Teng was furious, and he could see Ma Chao's disappointed look, and added: "Li Li is good at defense, and he also knows that we have more troops than them, so he will definitely be on guard against us."
Seeing Ma Chao like this, Pang De also hurriedly comforted: "Meng Qi, there is no need to be like this, I believe that my uncle is ready for a big battle, and he will definitely let you go, and your Xiliang Iron Horse will be well prepared."
Ma Chao's commander is the most elite Xiliang Iron Cavalry under Ma Teng, and he wants to make a record for the current Ma Chao, but in the face of these circumstances, the cavalry has no chance to participate in the war at all.
Ma Chao finally nodded helplessly, but still said angrily: "Then let me be the pioneer and be the first to enter Li Li's army."
Ma Teng has always relied on the bravery of Ma Chao and Pang De, and naturally agreed to Ma Chao's request.
Han Sui's eyes showed the fierceness of the snake in his eyes, if he had the opportunity to leave Ma Chao in the battlefield forever, Liangzhou would be his world in the future, but this idea was quickly dispelled by him.
After many discussions, Han Sui and Ma Teng had already arranged the deployment and decided to launch an attack early tomorrow morning.