Full of favor in Chang'an to move people, such a big movement, Zhang Xi, who is in Zuo Fengyi and only one step away from Chang'an, it is impossible not to receive information.

To be honest, for a moment, Zhang Xi also thought about whether to wait for the favored relocation team to leave the city, follow the pursuit, and intercept some of the people down.

But Zhang Xi hesitated again and again, and finally gave up.

It's not that Zhang Xi doesn't know the importance of Dingkou, but the strategic location of Tongguan is too important, and from a military point of view, the priority is higher.

Only by seizing Tongguan can we truly grasp the initiative of Sanfu defense, and at the same time open the passage to the Central Plains.

Although there is still a Hangu Pass in front of this passage, it is better to have Tongguan in your own hands than to fail to grab Tongguan and need to face two Xiongguan.

Again, if Man Pet doesn't know whether he is alive or dead, or escorts the people into the pass from Tong Pass, then as long as Zhang Xi can seize Tong Pass and close the first gate leading from Guanzhong to Guannei, then Man Pet will take the 200,000 people and have no place to run.

Therefore, after Zhang Xi entered Zuo Fengyi, he did not go in the direction of Chang'an at all, but directly changed the lane and went straight to Tongguan behind Chang'an.

This time in the army, it was still Zhang Xi and Liu Yin's partner, and Hu Zun was left by Zhang Xi to guard Weicheng as the back road of the entire army.

The surrender of Weicheng has proved Hu Zun's sincerity, and even if Zhang Xi is cautious, this trust will still be given to Hu Zun. Otherwise, who will surrender in the future.

Along the way, Zhang Xi was most worried about the speed of the march.

If you want to seize Tongguan, you must buy enough time before Chang'an reacts.

Tongguan is such an important place, the Wei thief will definitely send troops to guard it, and Chang'an, knowing that he has broken through the direction of Zuo Fengyi, and after entering Zuo Fengyi, he will inevitably choose to send reinforcements in the direction of Tongguan.

What Zhang Xi had to do was to take advantage of the fact that Chang'an's reinforcements had not arrived, directly break through Tongguan, and then defend Tongguan, so as to completely close the retreat of the Chang'an Army to Zuo Fengyi.

But. Marching in the snow is not such a convenient thing after all.

In addition, the weather in Guanzhong began to clear up, which was good news for Liu Bei's main army on the right to support the wind, and it was possible to use the spring flood to flood Huaili City, but it was not good news for Zhang Xi's seizure action.

If it is still a cold and snowy day, although the speed of the march cannot be compared with the normal march, it is not impossible to march with the help of sleds to transport grain and grass.

But when the weather gets warmer and the snow begins to melt and become soft, sleds are of little use in such weather.

If you are not careful, the grain truck will easily overturn because of the uneven force, which will affect the speed of the march.

What's even more unfortunate is that in the time when the snow is slowly melting, but it has not completely melted, the board cart can not transport grain, and if you want to seize Tongguan, unless Zhang Xi abandons the supply of grain and grass, let the soldiers only bring a few days of grain and grass for emergency, and then the whole army rushes forward.

However, this is not realistic.

From Chang'an to Tongguan, a distance of more than 300 miles, you have to consider the problem of attacking the city when you get to Tongguan. This is not three or five days, but half a month to a month, and it is impossible for Zhang Xi to risk running out of food to hurry.

A normal march can walk more than 50 miles a day, and a rapid march on a snowy day can walk 30 to 40 miles a day. But in this kind of snowy weather, Zhang Xi led the army, and he couldn't even walk twenty miles.

With such a slow marching speed, Zhang Xi was really anxious, and at the same time he was helpless.

But Zhang Xi always had a self-consolation that he couldn't raise the speed of the march, and the reinforcements sent by Chang'an to Tongguan couldn't be fast.

I still have a sled board to help, at least on some smooth roads can also transport grain and grass, Chang'an's Wei army wants to support Tongguan, first of all, we have to find a way to solve the problem of grain and grass supply along the way.

So theoretically speaking, when Zhang Xi led the troops to Tongguan, the Chang'an reinforcements in Tongguan might still be near Chang'an City, and they didn't actually set off.

Can. When Zhang Xi really led the army halfway, he saw a scene that made him worry.

A group of people, about a thousand people, men, women, and children, with wooden hoes in their hands, stood in front of his army.

Seriously, it's pretty incredible.

Zhang Xi led an army, and it was a large-scale army of 10,000 people.

After forty or fifty years of war, whether it is the army of the Han Dynasty or the army of the princes, in fact, there is really not much difference in morality, and the people who have experienced such a long time of war still dare to stand in the way of the army's advance, there are almost none.

The most terrible thing is that these people are here to block the road and rob, and the target of the robbery is still military rations.

The people gathered around the army to rob. Zhang Xi doesn't know what kind of trouble this is, could it be that the great sage and good teacher have been resurrected? !

But these people didn't wear yellow scarves either.

Really, it is really good to take advantage of the luck of these people, Zhang Xi is very strict in governing the army, especially for the behavior of harassing the people, it has always been a heavy punishment under Zhang Xi's rule, otherwise these people will not see Zhang Xi at all, and they have long been scattered by the former sergeants.

"Little Lao'er really doesn't dare to offend General Huwei, but I just heard that Uncle Liu Huang has always been benevolent and righteous, and I really can't wait."

The old man who was brought to Zhang Xi, on behalf of the more than 1,000 people behind him, told Zhang Xi about his hardships.

These people were all the people of Sanfu who were escorted from Chang'an to Guannai by Man Favor earlier.

Originally, for these people, it was impossible for them to reason with the government with knives, and the government forced them to migrate, and they had no choice but to pack up their fines, prepare enough food to eat on the migration road, and follow the large army on the road.

But no one knows, I don't know where a group of military masters came out, and suddenly appeared in front of them, saying that the war situation was urgent, and if they wanted to requisition the food in their hands as military rations, these military masters really dared to kill people.

And the military masters who escorted their people into the customs were obviously in the same group as this group of murderous military masters, and no one cared about them at all.

Let's say, although the group of murderous military masters were a little ruthless, in the end, they still gave these people a way to live, and only levied half of their food, so they still left them a way to live. But the military masters who originally escorted them, as soon as they heard that the Shu soldiers were coming, directly after the murderous military masters left, they snatched away all their remaining food, and then roared away, ignoring them.

Pity these people, the food has been robbed, even if they want to return to their hometown, they have been gone for less than two days, and they are all hungry and dizzy.

Then these people saw the army led by Zhang Xi.

The young people in the ranks of the people are bold, of course, the most important thing is that they are hungry and there is really no way, thinking, the military master can rob us, why can't we rob these military masters?!

In the end, it is still the older generation that is experienced, and they stopped this group of young people and did not let them die in vain, but the older generation also knows that it is not a way to go on like this.

Seeing that the color of the flag is different from the flag of the government, I probably guessed that this should be the Shu army in the mouth of the government.

And I have always heard that the Shu thieves over there in Hanzhong. Uh, no, it's the Han army, that's Uncle Liu's team, and Uncle Liu Huang has always been benevolent and righteous, if it really can't work, let's go forward and ask for help, let Uncle Liu's army share a little food for us, maybe it can really work.

Of course, if it doesn't work. We can't help it, being killed by the military master and starving to death, both are dead, at that time, let's fight to see if we can fight for a way out.

That's why there is such a posture of people blocking the road, and it feels like they want to grab military rations.

After understanding the ins and outs of this passage, Zhang Xi had only one thought in his heart except for sighing-full of favor, you are simply not a son!!

After thinking about it a little, Zhang Xi can know that the military masters who killed people and requisitioned food in the mouths of the people must be the reinforcements sent to Tongguan by Manzhong, and in order to grab time, they must have only carried a small amount of military rations, and went directly on the road without baggage.

And the supply of grain and grass along the way must be supported by robbing the rations of these migrants.

Obviously, this is a race against yourself, but no matter what, the person who came up with this idea is definitely a person with no conscience.

You have robbed the people of their rations, they are in such a wilderness, and it is winter, and they don't even have a chance to survive by hunting and digging wild vegetables, isn't this forcing people to death?!

Zhang Xi didn't know who the general of this support army was, but he knew that this force must have been sent out by Man Favor, and Man Favor must be the main responsibility.

But Manzhong is indeed wronged, this matter is really not an idea he came up with.

And Wang Chang, Wang Chang actually felt that he was quite wronged.

Full Favor asked himself to support Chang'an as soon as possible, but he did not give himself enough support, and ordered himself to set off immediately, otherwise the military law would be engaged.

But what should I do about the problem of food and grass?!

From Changling to Weicheng, but four or five days away, Wang Chang went to the rescue, thinking that there would be replenishment when he entered Weicheng, so he could carry some dry food without baggage.

And retreat from Weicheng to cross the Weiqiao and retreat into Chang'an, it is only three or four days, and the remaining dry food is saved, plus the full of pets, but there is no worry about being able to go from Chang'an to Tongguan, more than 300 miles.

You don't give me any solution to the logistics of food, nor do you give me any support, you just urge me to go on the road. What can I do?!

If it weren't for the sake of maintaining the dignity of the Taiyuan family, Wang Chang would have gone straight to Weicheng after leaving the city and talked to Zhang Xi about the conditions for surrendering.

But it's a pity that Wang Chang has to think about the family's reputation, and it would be a bit absurd to surrender because of such a problem.

Therefore, Wang Chang can only find a way to solve this problem by himself.

Soon, Wang Chang thought of a good solution.

From Chang'an to Tongguan, along the way, there must be some slower migrants, and these people should have a lot of grain in their hands.

Of course, Wang Chang didn't really want to force these people to death, but just requisitioned them for emergency purposes, and when they arrived at Tongguan and had logistics supplements, when these people passed through Tongguan, they would be compensated back.

And in order not to let these people really starve to death halfway, Wang Chang only levied half of the rations, and the people relied on the remaining half of the rations to hold on to Tongguan, which was not a problem at all.

The real Wang Chang didn't expect that the county soldiers who were in charge of escorting would rob the people and disperse in a hurry as soon as they heard that the Shu army was coming.

This kind of thing is unimaginable in Wang Chang's heart, and it is impossible for it to happen in the forbidden army led by Wang Chang, he really hasn't experienced it.

But no matter how Wang Chang feels that he is wronged, this account, Zhang Xi has already been counted on the head of the full favor, if he knows that Wang Chang led the army to do this, Zhang Xi can even hate Wang Chang together.

I don't treat the people as human beings.

(End of chapter)