Winter went to spring, and after more than half a year of rest, Wei Xuan decided to mercenary again after the end of the summer harvest, and this time the target was Li Dao and Guo Yan, who controlled the Han court and the Son of Heaven.

Wei Xuan's banner is to crusade against the traitor and rescue the Son of Heaven, this is not Wei Xuan's nonsense, he has a secret edict in his hand, the Son of Heaven intends to return eastward, and General Zuo's entry into Chang'an is an edict to beg for thieves.

When Wei Xuan swore an oath at Hangu Pass, he directly took out the secret edict of the Son of Heaven for all the soldiers to see, and more than 30,000 people naturally shouted one by one, saying that they would not take back the Son of Heaven and swear not to return it.

Despite Jia Xu's work, Duan Xuan and Zhang Ji both agreed to submit to the left general Wei Xuan, but the two were very cautious and said that they would only use troops against Li Dao and Guo Yan after seeing Wei Xuan's strength. When the two of them saw the edict of Yuxi, the Son of Heaven, they were also dumbfounded, it turned out that Wei Xuan had already contacted the little emperor.

Wei Xuan's troops stationed in Hangu Pass were Zhao Yun and Tai Shici's two divisions of 30,000 people. This is open to the public, and it is these 30,000 people. The rest included 12,000 troops from Hedong and 10,000 troops from Shangjun,???????????????? 10,000 infantry of Wei Yan's army rushed straight to Wuguan.

Wei Xuan's advisers are now also beginning to get rich, and the five men and horses have Jia Xu, Guo Jia, Fa Zheng, Xu Shu and Pang Tong to join the army, among which Fa Zheng is in the Weitong army, Pang Tong is in the Wei Yan army, Jia Xu is in the Taishi Ci army, Guo Jia is in the Zhao Yun army, and Xu Shu is in the Zhang Liao army. Xi Zhicai was promoted to general of the military division and was responsible for the specific planning of this western expedition.

Of course, because an important purpose is to welcome the Son of Heaven, Wei Xuan will also accompany the army. Leave Wei Yun to guard the Tiger Pass.

When Tai Shi Ci and Jia Xu set off from Hanggu Pass, Duan Xuan and Zhang Ji asked for help from Li Dao and Guo Yan of the Chang'an Imperial Court as soon as possible according to the prior arrangement. Although Li Dao and Guo Yan were mentally prepared, when Dong Zhuo was there, the Eighteenth Route Alliance would rise up to crusade against Dong Zhuo. After the imperial court moved west to Chang'an, it was basically cut off from the Kwantung by Wei Xuan, although Dong Zhuo left behind seventy or eighty thousand Xiliang soldiers, but because Wang Yun and Lu Bu jointly killed Dong Zhuo, the state soldiers and the Xiliang soldiers fought a lot of losses, and last year they fought a battle with Han Sui and Ma Teng, although they won the same time and a lot. The most important thing is that millions of people in Guanzhong fled under the continuous harsh government of Dong Zhuo and Li Dao, and Li Dao and others were forced to prevent their soldiers from looting everywhere, so a vicious circle appeared.

Now there are only 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers and horses who can get together to deal with Wei Xuan, of which Duan Xuan and Zhang Ji have a total of 10,000 people in their hands to guard against Wei Xuan in Henan, Li Wei has 25,000, and Guo Yan has less than 20,000.

Because the Son of Heaven in Chang'an canonized Dong Cheng and others, Dong Cheng now has more than 2,000 troops in charge of the Son of Heaven's honor guard, although these people are not good at fighting, but they are stronger than ordinary people, so Li Dao and Guo Yan must leave manpower to prevent civil strife in the Chang'an court, and also need to leave part of the troops to guard the three.

So the two sides discussed that Li Wei sent 20,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry, and Guo Yan sent 10,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry to assemble in Tongguan. In their opinion, there is a danger in Tongguan, and Wei Xuan will not be able to attack it for a while and a half.

Because of the mutual distrust between the two, Li Dao and Guo Yan chose to lead the troops to Tongguan in person at the same time.

In the eyes of Li Dao and others, he and Guo Yantun soldiers outside Tongguan, Duan Xuan and Zhang Jitun soldiers, Wei Xuan's 30,000 troops do not have an advantage, although the individual combat effectiveness is stronger, but their own side has a geographical advantage, at most it is a stalemate.

Huayin, Duan Xuan's camp, Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu were sitting, and they were waiting for Jia Xu's arrival. Although Wei Xuan has been secretly providing food and grass to their soldiers for the past six months, and most of the lieutenants and Sima also know about it, but now Wei Xuan wants to fight a decisive battle with Li Dao and Guo Yan, and they need to make a final decision.

About half an hour later, Jia Xu came to the camp under Guan Hai's escort, and when he saw this Xiliang fellow, Duan Xuan, Zhang Ji and other Xiliang Susu would have a natural sense of closeness. In addition, Jia Xu also had a lot of brilliant strategies in Dong Zhuojun's army before, and they admired Jia Xu very much. Therefore, when they heard the news of Jia Xu's coming, Duan Xuan and the others all put down their bodies and came to the gate to welcome Jia Xu into the camp.

When it came to the military tent, Duan Xuan and Zhang Ji said that they would let Jia Xu sit in the main seat,???????????????? Jia Xu also sat down politely, and Guan Hai stood behind Jia Xu.

Duan Xuan and Zhang Ji glanced at Guan Hai and looked at Zhang Xiu at the same time, Zhang Xiu was also looking at Guan Hai, the eyes of the general guarding Mr. Jia in front of him were very sharp, and he put a lot of pressure on him.

Jia Xu saw a few people and said with a smile: "When I was in Henan, Xiangguo's troops were about the same as General Zuo, and they lost to General Zuo head-on. Now General Zuo owns the three rivers of Bingzhou and Sili, plus the two counties of Yingchuan and Nanyang, with a population of nearly seven million, which is seven times that of Guanzhong Sanfu! How many soldiers do you think General Zuo can support, and how many tiger and leopard cavalry and heavy infantry can be equipped? ”

Duan Xuan, Zhang Ji and others smiled bitterly, the most embarrassing thing in the Chang'an Imperial Court was that there was no one, and Liangzhou was sparsely populated or a rebel. Li Dao, Guo Yan and others have long been unable to take care of the two of them and these 10,000 soldiers, if it weren't for Wei Xuan's help, they would have to plunder the local people like Li Dao and others, Hongnong is poorer than Sanfu, and the common people will flee into the mountains as soon as they see the Xiliang soldiers.

Wei Xuan's population was 7 million, and the Wei family earned a lot of money from various luxury goods, and the prefecture and Sanhe area were full of people from Tuntian. How many soldiers can Wei Xuan support? 100,000, or 200,000?

Seeing that Duan Xuan and the others didn't speak, Jia Xu continued: "On that day, Xu Rong's 2,000 cavalry lost to Tai Shici's 3,000 cavalry and almost completely annihilated. Because of what? ”

Duan Xuan and the others continued to smile bitterly, what else could it be, it was just well equipped, and that kind of cold light shining one-person-tall big sword formation was simply the dream demon of the Xiliang cavalry. There is also the range and lethality of the one-man tall longbow that is also the dream demon of all enemies.

Jia Xu continued: "The Bingzhou, Hanoi and Nanyang counties occupied by General Zuo all produce fine iron, and Guanzhong seems to have no money to buy fine iron in recent years. ”

Duan Xuan nodded, he couldn't eat, where was the money to buy equipment and weapons. Jia Xu continued: "On that day in the Monkey Clan and Yin Que Pass, there were six or seven people under General Zuo who could take turns to fight against Lu Bu, I don't know if Li Dao, Guo Yan and others, who are not in charge of Lu Bu now, killed the brave Fan Chou, who else can be sent to resist these generals under General Zuo?" ”

Duan Xuan and Zhang Ji looked at Zhang Xiu at the same time, Zhang Xiu blushed a little, he knew that he was not Zhao Yun's opponent in marksmanship, even if he was not nominated by Jia Xu in front of him, Guan Hai might not be able to distinguish the winner for a while.

In fact, Zhang Ji is also a fierce general, but without the guidance of a master, he is just a puppet, a little better than Duan Xuan, Li Dao and others, but he is still not as good as Fan Chou.

Jia Xu glanced at a few people and continued to search: "Look at Xu Rong today, and then look at Le Kai and Li Feng in Nanyang, General Zuo did not treat the generals who were sincerely obedient. There are still a lot of big battles to be fought in Guanzhong and Liangzhou, and now that General Shun Weizuo is the vanguard, he may be able to win a general name for himself, and his own children can also enter Luoyang Academy. ”

Duan Xuan, Zhang Ji and others have also heard of the proximity to Henan, which is a shortcut to improve a family.

Seeing that the fire was almost over, Jia Xu stood up and said: "Zhongming, Shidu, the old man will not hide it from you, this time General Zuo went west to Chang'an, and his ambition was to win, not just our 30,000 horses along the way. As early as a few days ago, General Zuo's younger brother, General Weitong, had already led the ???????????????? The cavalry battalion of 10,000 cavalry marched south from Shangjun, and General Zuo led 12,000 tigers and leopards from his brother-in-law General Zhang Liao to cross the river from Hedong. And General Wei Yan led 10,000 infantry from Nanyang, preparing to cross the Wuguan and go straight to Lantian to threaten Chang'an. Even if the two of them retreat to Tongguan now, they can only be close to General Zuo in terms of numbers, and besides, our army's giant catapults have been transported through the Yellow River to the south bank of the Yellow River near Tongguan, and the situation that Niu Fu faced at Yuyuan Pass will be staged in Tongguan at that time.

What's more, this time General Zuo still has a back hand, and Xu Rong, the first person under Dong Zhuo in Xiliang, has not yet gone into battle, and now he has fifteen or six thousand people under his command. Whether these people enter the customs from Wuguan or from the Yellow River, what resistance do Li Dao, Guo Yan and others have. Don't forget that General Zuo was ordered to beg for thieves, and now it is needless to say how the wealthy clans and the scholars of the imperial court in Guanzhong choose. ”

Duan Xuan glanced at Zhang Ji, Jia Xu was able to give them a lower price, and they were also very daring to accept this fellow.

Jia Xu glanced at Zhang Xiu again and said: "Now General Zuo's army is Tong Yuanxia, Bingzhou Gun King, Hebei Gun King, and Zhonglang General, Captain and Sima are innumerable, with this friendship, Shidu and General Xiao Zhang will not be excluded in the Xiliang Army like Lu Bu, and Zhongming You are a famous family, and you don't have to worry about General Zuo's contempt, than continue to follow Li Dao Guo Yan I don't know how much the wall will come out." ”

Zhang Ji thought about it, got up from his seat and came to the center and knelt on one knee: "Zhang Ji is willing to serve General Zuo, and ask Mr. to help introduce him." ”

Jia Xu smiled and nodded, took two quick steps to help Zhang Xiu up and looked at Duan Xuan, Duan Xuan had the intention of surrendering, and now that Zhang Ji took the lead, he immediately learned from Zhang Ji to express his attitude: "Duan Xuan is willing to follow General Zuo to beg for thieves." ”

Jia Xu picked up Duan Xuan and said with a smile: "General Zuo told the old man before he was fortunate that the two of them would be promoted to Zhonglang generals if they returned to Shun, but the expansion of the headquarters needs to wait until the end of this war, and the scale should be around 10,000 people, which is equivalent to giving up the treatment of Xu Rong when he joined General Zuo." As for General Xiao Zhang, being a general means that you will be asked to join up with the Xiao Cavalry Battalion and lead 3,000 cavalry as a captain. ”