The Nameless of the Common Clans

On the first day of June, when Chen Mo learned that Zhang Ji had killed Fan Chou and annexed his troops, he quickly summoned the generals to discuss matters. At the same time, new troops from Taiyuan to Hedong were also quickly transferred to Puban to begin crossing the river.

"The situation in Guanzhong is chaotic now, but the most important thing is in the land of Jingzhao. The previous battle between Li and Guo has shaken the vitality of Jingzhao. This time our army sends troops and must capture Jingzhao as quickly as possible to avoid increased casualties. !" Chen Mo said as he sat on the main seat and looked at the summoned generals.

"Please give the order, my lord, I will be the vanguard and take Chang'an directly!" Tai Shici stood up immediately and said.

Chen Mo nodded. He had indeed left the vanguard position to Tai Shi Ci. Among the generals around him, Tai Shi Ci was considered the most capable.

"There's no rush, let's hear how to fight first." Chen Mo looked at Xu Shu and said, "Yuan Zhi, please explain to the generals the current situation in Jingzhao."

"Here!" Xu Shu nodded, asked the two to hang up the map, looked at the crowd and said, "Now that the emperor has been robbed by Guo Si, in Xi County, he also occupied Wugong, Meiyang and other places to confront Li Jue, and Li Jue Occupy Chang'an, holding the ministers of the DPRK in hand. According to the intelligence sent back by our army, Li Jue has more troops, nearly 50,000, and Guo Si has fewer, about 40,000. The two sides have now entered a truce. "

The generals looked at Xu Shu attentively. It was no wonder that Chen Mo was not easily provoked before. Even after the separation of the Xiliang army, the strength of the Xiliang army should not be underestimated. If Li Guo and Li Guo were united, the forces that Chen Mo could mobilize now would really be no match for the two. .

"Our army, including the new recruits trained last year, can dispatch about 60,000 troops this time. General Wuyi stationed in Huayin has 20,000 soldiers and horses. Now that Xinfeng has been determined, the Lord has given orders to General Wuyi to move forward. , passing Xinfeng, pointing directly to Chang'an." Xu Shu drew a red line on the map with a cinnabar pen, pointing to Chang'an: "Although there are only 20,000, it is known to the outside world as 80,000. There is no danger to defend from Xinfeng to Chang'an, and Li Jue will definitely meet. Send troops to block it. We have done some deductions before, and the two sides should meet in the Baishui area. "

"Sir!" Cui Geng looked at Xu Shu and said, "Don't our troops go to Xinfeng?"

"Don't leave." Xu Shu shook his head and pointed at Pu Banjin and said: "Xinfeng's troops are to attract Li Jue's main force. Although Li Jue has 50,000 troops, as far as we know, not all of them are stationed in Chang'an. , at least 20,000 of them are confronting Guo Si. When our army sends troops, Li Jue is attacked from both sides. To reverse the situation, he must reconcile with Guo Si as soon as possible. When confronting General Wuyi, Chang'an will inevitably be empty. At this time, we When he takes advantage of Feng Yi and invades Chang'an, Li Jue's army will be in chaos."

If Li and Guo had not turned against each other, Chang'an's defense would not be empty. But now that the two have turned against each other, and Li Jue wants to block Chen Mo's army, Chang'an will inevitably be empty before reconciliation with Guo Si.

"Of course, Li Jue may not leave Chang'an for this matter. In this case, another strategy will be adopted. General Wu Yi will invade Baling, Changling and other places, and cooperate with the main force of our army to besiege Chang'an. By then, Chang'an will be an isolated city. There will be people in the city who will cooperate with our army to conquer Chang'an, but what we need to do at this time is not to attack the city, but to prepare for Guo Si's reinforcements," Xu Shu said with a smile.

When they did the deduction before, they had already included Li Jue's reaction. Of course, if Li Jue decided to besiege Chang'an, he would definitely reach a settlement with Guo Si. At that time, the focus would be to guard against Guo Si, and then try to eat Li Jue. Jue.

With Chen Mo's current military strength, he is not capable of swallowing Li Guo and Li Guo in one go. He can only swallow one of them first, and it will be much easier for the other one.

"What Yuan Zhi said is how to fight this battle. In this battle, Taishi Ci will lead five thousand troops as the vanguard, cross the river from Pubanjin, and rush to Chang'an as quickly as possible. I will personally lead an army of thirty thousand, Bai Qiao , Han Kai, and Bao Geng are deputy generals. If Tai Shici is unable to capture Chang'an, he will quickly cut off Li Jue's return and cooperate with Wu Yi to kill Li Jue. If Li Jue is trapped in Chang'an, he will attack Huaili and stop Guo Geng and his army. After leaving, I will promote you to the rank of Commander-in-Chief, and you will be responsible for the security of Bingzhou," Chen Mo said with a smile.

"Here!" All the generals stood up and responded to the order.

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When the news that Wu Yi led his army to cross Xinfeng and attack Chang'an reached the court, Li Jue was shocked: "How could Chen Mo's troops appear here!?"

Sikong Zhao Wen thought deeply and said: "I'm afraid the troops of Fan Chou and Zhang Ji have surrendered. The troops of these two men are 20,000. Together with Chen Mo's, the army of 80,000 is probably true."

When Li Jue heard this, his face looked a little ugly and said: "It's just a mob, why should we be afraid of being killed? Even if he really has 80,000 soldiers and horses, I may not be able to break through the fortified city of Chang'an!"

"The general is wrong!" The waiter bowed and said: "If the general insists on being trapped, all the four-dimensional city of Chang'an will be captured by Chen Mo. By then, Chen Mo's troops will surround Chang'an. With the existing military supplies in Chang'an, it may be difficult to support a whole army. Year, the general should send troops to intercept Chen Mo at this time, and at the same time send people to make peace with General Guo. If the two generals can stop making peace and gather the troops of the two families, how can Chen Mo be his opponent? "

Li Jue also felt that this statement was quite reasonable, but now his soldiers and horses were still confronting Guo Si. There were only 30,000 soldiers and horses in Chang'an City, so the defense was okay, but if he went out to fight in the city, how many men should be left in Chang'an?

"General!" Wei Wei Dong Cheng came out and saluted Li Jue: "The general thinks that Sikong is incompetent in military matters. Even if Fan Chou and Zhang Ji defected to Chen Mo, I am afraid that Chen Mo would not dare to use the two of them at this time. Soldiers."

Dong Chengnai was Niu Fu's former subordinate, and his daughter also married the emperor as a nobleman at Li Jue's suggestion. She was considered a member of his own family. Li Jue could still listen to Dong Cheng's words. He nodded after hearing the words. If it were him, he would also The troops will not be mobilized immediately. Once they defect on the battlefield, the three armies may collapse directly.

Dong Cheng looked at the ugly-faced ministers around him and said with a smile: "Besides, Chen Mo has Bingzhou, and later Hongnong and Luoyang. There are Hu troubles in Yunzhong, Yanmen and other places in the north, General Hua Xiong in the west is restricting him, and in the east there are also Zhang Yang and Cao Cao have recruited some soldiers and horses in the past two years, and they still need to defend themselves from all sides. Moreover, they are all new troops who have not yet fought. How can they resist our Xiliang warriors? Xinfeng's 80,000 soldiers are just a bluff. It is rare to have 40,000 soldiers, not to mention they are all new soldiers. With the strength of our Xiliang army, the general thought that he could easily defeat them with only 20,000 soldiers! "

"Dong Weiwei underestimated Marquis Changling too much!" Zhao Wen heard this and sneered: "Although Marquis Changling started from a young age, have you ever seen him lose in these years?"

"There is no one in the Central Plains, so children rule the roost. Has Sikong ever thought about who Chen Mo has encountered over the years? The Gebei bandits in Runan and the Baibo bandits in Hedong are both bandits who do not know the art of war. They fought with Yuan Shu at Yique Pass. , You just borrowed the power of my Xiliang army, how can you fight against my Xiliang general?" Dong Chenglang laughed, and then saluted Li Jue: "General, I am willing to lead the army to fight against Chen Mo. With 20,000 elite soldiers, we must teach him that our Xiliang army is by no means comparable to the rabble like the Yellow Turban bandits."

This made Li Jue feel comfortable, but 20,000 soldiers and horses accounted for most of Chang'an's current strength. Fan Chou and Zhang Ji probably surrendered Chen Mo, which also made Li Jue suspicious of these generals. He shook his head and said: "In this battle, I We should fight against Chen Mo personally to establish military prestige."

Although what Dong Cheng said was not unreasonable, Li Jue had worked with Chen Mo for a period of time. Although this man was young, he was quite good at leading troops in battles. He was also full of tricks and tricks, and he quietly took Fan Chou to his side. He and Zhang Ji had instigated a rebellion. Apart from himself, Li Jue couldn't think of any of his generals who could fight against Chen Mo. It was better to lead the troops himself to be safe. In this world, outsiders were unreliable.

Li Jue wanted to lead the troops in person, so naturally everyone had no objection.

This time Li Jue sent 20,000 troops, almost half of his troops. The choice of those who stayed in Chang'an was naturally crucial. The ministers in the court might have thought that they would die in the battle and let outsiders guard it. Li Jue was worried, and finally Li Jue let his family guard it. Nephew Li Xian served as the right middle man and was responsible for guarding Chang'an.

Li Xian had been on the battlefield. Although he lost Dagu Pass, Li Xian was not defeated in battle. He also successfully stole Yuan Shu's camp. However, Yuan Shu had more soldiers, and Li Xian suffered the disadvantage of insufficient troops. Naturally, one's own family is more trustworthy than outsiders. Three of my cousins ​​are leading the army to guard against Guo Si. Now they can only choose the shorter one and the taller one. Among the next generation of the Li family, only Li Siam is the leader. The soldiers are pretty good.

Before leaving, Li Jue also summoned Li Xian and told him: "Don't trust the ministers in the court. My son must keep the general power in his hands. If the enemy invades, be careful of the ministers in the city causing trouble."

"Uncle, don't worry, the kid knows what to do!" Li Xian hurriedly patted his chest to assure him.

Li Jue nodded, and summoned his nephews Li Li, Li Jin, and nephew Hu Feng to order them to cooperate with Li Xian in defending the city. Li Shi was taken by Li Jue to accompany the army on the expedition.

After arranging the affairs of Chang'an, Li Jue gathered his troops and led the army to attack Ba River.

As soon as Li Jue left, Li Xian summoned his three brothers and said, "Before my uncle left, he asked us to be on guard against the families of these ministers in the court. You said that since these people are unreliable, why keep them here at this time?"

Li Li smiled on the side and said: "Brother means..."

"I thought I should help my uncle clear the obstacles in the court." Li Xian laughed and said, "For example, the Xie family!"

Li Li and the three of them all laughed when they heard this.

Others may not know it, but as brothers, they know why Li Xian wants to deal with the Xie family. The Xie family is a powerful family in Sichuan. As for the grievances with Li Xian, it starts with the Huangfu family. Huangfu Song has a daughter who is very beautiful. , Li Xian had been in love with Li Xian for a long time, but Huangfu Song refused without hesitation when he came to propose marriage, and then married the Xie family to thank him. Li Xian has always been worried about this matter, but the Huangfu family is a wealthy family in Guanzhong, and the Xie family has Huangfu family. Li Xian did not want to cause trouble, so Li Xian did not dare to make a mistake, but he always held a grudge against Xie Yuan. Now that Li Jue has left, Li Xian has become the actual person in power in Chang'an. I don't know the importance, but he is I thought about packing up and thanking him for his help.

The three of them were used to being arrogant in Xiliang, so they quite agreed with this. Once Li Jue left, wouldn't Chang'an belong to them?