Chapter 293

After Liu Ye broke through Tongguan, Guanzhong was as solid as gold. Except for the Qiang people in the west who needed to be careful, there was basically no need to deploy heavy troops everywhere in Guanzhong.

Therefore, Liu Ye immediately gave the order to order all the troops in Guanzhong to quickly gather towards him.

In the end, soldiers and horses from the counties of Yongliang and Liangzhou were dispatched. After a total of 20,000 troops were assembled in Chang'an, Liu Ye's number one general, General Jin, personally commanded them, and then marched with 20,000 troops starry night, and finally arrived at Tongguan before May.

"Wen Ze, you are finally here!"

When Zhang Jai saw Yu Jin, he greeted him with a smile all over his face, and then gave Yu Jin a bear hug that almost made him breathless.

Yu Jin smiled and said, "Junyi, you have made a lot of contributions this time, right?"

Zhang Jai shook his head: "My contribution is nothing, this time it is mainly due to our young hero that we were able to break through Tongguan."

After finishing speaking, Zhang Jai turned around and said, "Meng Qi, come here, kid."

Ma Chao heard the shout, turned around and walked over.

In the Han Dynasty, at the age of 20, it was a crowning ceremony, so men did not have their inscriptions until they were 20. Ma Chao was only seventeen years old, but because of his bravery, Ma Teng gave him his inscriptions in advance.

When Yu Jin saw Ma Chao, who was a tall man, he immediately smiled and said: "Meng Qi led three thousand cavalry to secretly cross the Wei River and storm Tongguan. I also heard the news, follow the general who conquered the west well, and it will be no problem to be named a marquis in the future. "

Yu Jin can be regarded as a veteran in Liu Ye's army. Hearing Yu Jin praise himself so much, the proud Ma Chao was also quite happy: "Ma has long heard that he is too famous as a general."

"Haha, what are you talking about here? Someone wants to hear it too."

Everyone turned around to look, only to see Liu Ye smiling, with Guan Hai and Xun You on the left and right.

When everyone saw Liu Ye coming, they immediately said solemnly: "Greetings, General Zhengxi!"

Liu Ye waved his hand: "Excuse me, everyone, please sit down."

After the generals sat down, Liu Ye immediately said to Xun You: "Gongda, please tell everyone about Dong Jun's situation."

"Here." Xun You was appointed by Liu Ye as a general in the army, in charge of counseling the military.

Xun You took a step, bowed to the left and right respectively, and then said loudly.

"According to the informant, Dong Zhuo's army, Xu Rong, had abandoned Nanyang and returned to Wuguan half a month ago. Xu Rong defeated Yuan Shu and Sun Jian's 60,000 troops. The 30,000 Liangzhou soldiers under his command are all brave soldiers, but our army's formidable enemy."

"The direction of Hangu Pass is currently being defended by Fan Chou, one of Dong Jun's generals. However, Fan Chou has no fighting intentions and will probably defend Hangu Pass to the death. Therefore, our army's opponent is just Xu Rong who has been sidelined all the way. If we can defeat Xu Rong, The prestige of the army will definitely shake Luoyang, and Hangu Pass will be defeated without a fight."

Hearing this, all the generals also understood that the key now is to defeat Xu Rong, as long as Xu Rong can be defeated, all problems will be easily solved.

But Xu Rong's 30,000 people are a tough nut to crack.

Ma Chao's newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, so he clasped his fists and said, "My lord, please join me in an army of 10,000, and someone will surely capture Xu Rong alive for my lord, and present it in front of my seat!"

Liu Ye smiled: "It's good that Meng Qi has this momentum, but Xu Rong used his troops cleanly, and Yuan Shu and Sun Jian's 60,000 troops were defeated. Our army needs to think long-term."

Zhang Jaw always disapproved of passive defense, so he said, "Instead of waiting for Xu Rong's soldiers to approach the city, it's better for our army to take the initiative to attack and look for opportunities to cut off Xu Rong's army's food road."

Xun You said to Zhang Jaw: "Xu Rong is very strict about the protection of grain roads. If our army attacks rashly, I'm afraid that stealing chickens will not cost you a lot of rice."

Yu Jin frowned and said, "Then how about our army laying an ambush halfway and sniping the enemy?"

Jia Xu, who was silent at the side, suddenly laughed and said, "General Wen Ze, Xu Rong himself is a master of ambushes. He set up an ambush to defeat Yuan Shu, and he also saw through Sun Jian's plan to set up an ambush. It may be difficult to set up an ambush against Xu Rong." more difficult."

For a moment, the generals in the army fell into silence.

Guan Hai said angrily: "Damn it, is it possible that this Xu Rong is so powerful, can he be more powerful than a million yellow scarves and a hundred thousand Qiang soldiers? We have General Zhengxi to lead the army, General Wen Ze and General Juan Yi , General Meng Qi and I, as well as gentlemen Wen He and Gong Da, can’t compare to Xu Rong?”

Liu Ye couldn't help laughing when he heard Guan Hai's words, but he still made up his mind.

"Passive defense is not acceptable. If we wait until Xu Rong reaches Tongguan, our army will have no choice but to guard against death and fight to the death. This is tantamount to cutting off the way out."

"All generals obey orders!"

"The end is here!"

"Yu Jin led 10,000 troops, and only Hongnong was taken."

"Here!"

"Zhang Jai leads an army of five thousand and kills Benhu County."

"Here!"

"Ma Chao led five thousand cavalry, and took Mianchi within three days."

"Here!"

Liu Ye solemnly said: "No matter which route Xu Rong is attacking, the generals are not allowed to go out of the city to fight with the enemy without authorization, stick to the city and ask for help from all the troops, and are not allowed to rush in lightly. This general will be in command, understand?"

Seeing the generals nodding, Liu Ye immediately ordered the generals to go down and prepare.

And Jia Xu who was at the side suddenly cupped his hands and said, "General, there is one more thing."

Liu Ye nodded: "Wen He said so."

"The main force of our army is concentrated in Tongguan. It is of no use for Colonel Pang De to play the banner of a general in Hexi County. Since the enemy knows that the main force of our army is not in Hexi, Dong Zhuo must order Duan Yao to clean up and attack Pound."

Hearing Jia Xu's words, Liu Ye suddenly realized: "Wenhe, write a letter to Lingming immediately, asking him to send the civilian husband back, don't fight Duan Wei with all his strength, just harass the cavalry."

Jia Xu nodded.

Under Liu Ye's order, more than 20,000 Liangzhou troops rushed out of Tongguan with great fanfare, and turned the Sili area upside down.

On the second day of May, Zhang Jai led the army to conquer Hu County.

On the fourth day of the lunar new year, Yu Jin led 10,000 troops to attack Hongnong. The guard Hu Zhen fled in a panic and beheaded more than 2,000 people.

On the fifth day of the lunar new year, Ma Chao led 5,000 iron cavalry to stand out and conquer Mianchi.

At the same time, Liu Ye drafted the "Letter to the People" with Xun You, and refuted Dong Zhuo's brutal actions with severe brushwork. No crime, the people must not panic.

Dong Zhuo himself was cruel and ruthless, so the quality of Dong Jun can be imagined. Dong Jun even sent troops suddenly when the people were gathering and massacred tens of thousands of people. Directly act as a camp prostitute.

The quality of the Liangzhou army can't be said to be very good, but they are not afraid of comparing people with others, but they are afraid of comparing goods. After the people in the Sili area experienced Dong Zhuo's army, they suddenly met Liangzhou soldiers who did not burn, kill, and loot. This is touching.

Many people even took the initiative to reward Liangzhou soldiers, which can be said to be "eating pots of pulp to welcome the king's teacher".