Chapter Fourteen
The two counties of Longxi and Tianshui were important towns in Longyou, and Li Jue's confidants were even in control, but they were conquered one after another within two days. The remaining three counties of Nan'an, Anding and Guangwei were almost surrendered. Even before Guan Yu's vanguard army arrived in Mei County, good news had already been heard here.
As the main generals who conquered Longyou, Ding Li and Fang Yue felt that it was boring. The new weapon sent to them by Ye Zhao was useless at all. Longyou had already captured it. The victory came too easily, making people unable to get excited.
At the same time, the news that the five counties in Longyou were captured by the Shu army quickly spread to Li Jue's camp.
"Why did the Shu army send troops for no reason?" Li Jue looked at Hu Feng in front of him and said gritting his teeth.
"My Siam detained a batch of property from merchants in Shu last month, which may be related to this matter!" Hu Feng hurriedly bowed.
"What about Li Xian?" Li Jie looked at Hu Feng with a gloomy face and asked coldly.
"This... Now all the five counties in Longyou were defeated by the Shu army. Since Brother Xian has not returned, I am afraid..." He looked up carefully at Li Jue, and Hu Feng lowered his voice and said, "I'm afraid it's already a lot of danger."
"Clang~" Li Jue's eyes flashed with murderous intent when he heard this. He pulled out his sword from his waist and put it on Hu Feng's neck, and said sternly: "Since Li Xian is in trouble, why don't you save him?"
"Uncle, the Shu army came too quickly. When the child escaped from the city, he wanted to go to the brother of Xian to avoid disaster. Unexpectedly, when the child arrived, Longxi had been taken away by the Shu army. In desperation, the child was afraid of being noticed by the Shu army, so he rushed back to Jingzhao to see his uncle. Uncle, the child was young, but some things must be told to know, so he survived so much."
"Pity my Siam, alas..." Li Jue sighed helplessly. The Shu army sent troops to Guanlong this time, which was definitely not because of Li Xian. Zhao Yun had sent troops to Xigu a month ago and stationed troops here. Now it seems that it is obviously a cover for the main force of the Shu army. In other words, the Shu army had already planned this time, and it is ridiculous that he actually sent someone to persuade Ye Zhao to withdraw his troops.
Now it seems that Ye Zhao's wolf's ambition was clearly that he was not satisfied with Yizhou and tried to annex the land of Guanlong.
Turning his head to look at Hu Feng and said, "What's the matter?"
Hu Feng lowered his head silently, not daring to let Li Jue see the strong resentment flashing in his eyes at this moment, and whispered: "The weapons of the Shu army not only have catapults that can be thrown 200 steps away, but also have a well above the city tower, a crossbow with a range of more than 160 steps and an armor that is difficult to hurt. The child led his army to station in Tianshui and gathered all the troops. In a fight, he failed to hurt the enemy at all, but he lost his troops and generals himself!"
"Is this an excuse for you to escape before the battle?" Li Jue looked at Hu Feng, shook his head and sighed.
"Everything that child said is true, and I dare not deceive him at all!" Hu Feng looked up and looked at Li Jue with an incredible look on his face.
"Forget it!" Li Jue shook his head and sighed: "Since the Shu army has captured Longyou, it may soon be in the army. Even if he kills Zhao Yun at this moment, it will be useless. You go down and rest. I want to discuss with Guo Si!"
Guanzhong cannot be in chaos anymore, otherwise Ye Zhao will only defeat him. He is ready to join forces with Guo Si again, at least before repelling the Shu army, the two cannot fight again!
Li Jue turned around and left, Hu Feng clenched his fists, and the eyes of Li Jue looking at Li Jue's back were full of resentment. They were all nephews of the next life, so why were they treated so much?
Li Jue naturally didn't know that his nephew was already resentful to him. This time he saw Guo Si smoothly and set up a pergola between the two big tents.
Speaking of which, there was no deep hatred between the two, and they even cooperated happily before the collapse. The collapse between the two sides was not a political or interest dispute. In the final analysis, it was still with women.
Li Jue has a habit of sending his subordinates and soldiers to some beauties. This is a very common thing, but Guo Si's wife is jealous and afraid that Li Jue will give it to Guo Si's woman and seize his favor, so she often sows discord. At first, Guo Si didn't care much, but the wind on the pillow was blowing for a long time, and it was inevitable that he would be suspicious. In addition, Li Jue killed Fan Chou and Li Meng seized military power, which made Guo Si wary of Li Jue. After a while, misunderstandings were inevitable, and eventually led to the two of them breaking up and even fighting, losing Liu Xie, a civil and military minister. Due to the split between the two, it was difficult for the rest of the generals to suppress the rest of the generals. Many generals led their troops to stand up, which made Guanzhong now in chaos.
"Ye Zhao has attacked Longyou. This time, you and I need to join forces." Li Jue didn't say nonsense and went straight to the point.
"Longyou is your territory, what does it have to do with me?" Guo Si looked at Li Jue and sneered.
"You don't think that Ye Zhao will keep you after he captured Chang'an." Li Jue looked at Guo Si with a sneer and said, "I will talk about the grudge between you and me in the future, but now Ye Zhao's army is coming. If you and I don't join forces, they will be defeated by him one by one. You can decide what to choose!"
"Chang'an has to return to me!" Guo Si looked at Li Jue.
"If I lose, Guanzhong will be yours, but I don't know if you have the chance to get it!" Li Jue sneered: "I want to join forces with you, but don't be too eager to get more and more!"
"How to join forces?" Guo Si was silent for a moment and looked at Li Jue.
"The road to Shu is difficult to move forward, so Ye Zhao likes to take risks. This time, the troops will not be too strong. We will join forces to call on the generals of Guanzhong to come and gather our Xiliang army to fight Ye Zhao in decisive battle!" Li Jue said directly.
"Have you forgotten that Ye Zhao is best at defeating more with less?" Guo Si frowned.
"Win the few with the few?" Li Jue sneered: "What kind of people do he win? When Dong Xiang fought with the princes of Guandong, why didn't he win with the few with the few? He was even driven into Hanzhong by the princes? The generals of Xiliang joined forces, and there were 300,000 troops. The total number of soldiers and horses in Shu was probably not as many as that!"
The negotiations between the two were not very similar to negotiations, but rather like a quarrel. After repelling Ye Zhao, the territory would be re-divided, how to deploy defenses and how to regain the military power of the generals. Ye Zhao's army was in a dilemma, and there was not much time to worry about the distribution of interests. This time, it was to defend the territory rather than plunder, and there was not so much distribution of interests. After each roughly divided the territory, he quickly sent people to contact the generals of Guanzhong, preparing to gather the elite troops in Xiliang to fight with Ye Zhao. Even if Ye Zhao could not be destroyed, he would still drive Ye Zhao back to Guanzhong.
After reaching the agreement, Li Jue didn't talk much nonsense and gave up on his continued besieging Zhao Yun, leading his army to Mei County, preparing to assemble troops to block Ye Zhao first.
On the other hand, Guo Si also began to contact Zhang Ji, Duan Wei, Yang Ding, Zhu Ci and others to gather troops and prepare to fight Ye Zhao with all his strength.
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On the banks of Hongnong, a middle-aged man fished on the banks of the river, enjoying the warmth of the sun, and pulled the ropes into the river endlessly, and the man ignored it.
A sound of horse hooves sounded behind it, and after a while, footsteps sounded again. It was obvious that the knight on the horse's back had already dismounted and came behind the man.
"We are busy with official duties, but sir is very leisurely." Zhang Xiu, wearing armor, came behind the man, looked at the man's comfortable look and shook his head.
"Now, Hongnong is in accordance with the laws of the Taiwei, and hundreds of officials can share the worries of the general. When will the major general need to worry about these trivial matters?" The man changed into a comfortable position and did not get up and asked.
"The Grand Marshal led his army out of Shu. My uncle was invited by Li Jue and Guo Si and prepared to lead his army to fight. I want to let the sir accompany you." Zhang Xiu bowed and bowed.
"Has the Taiwei sent troops?" The man sat up, thought carefully for a moment, and nodded with a smile: "This is a good opportunity. The heroic general of the Central Plains appears. If he cannot leave Shu before the Central Plains is settled, even if the Taiwei has the ability to be able to heaven, he may have to be trapped in Shu in this life."
"Don't say all this, sir, please follow me." Zhang Xiu wanted to pull the man up.
"Xu won't go." The man shook his head and signaled Zhang Xiu not to pull him. He turned over and got up from the ground, patted the grass and dust on his body, and looked at Zhang Xiu seriously and said, "Major General, you should persuade the general not to send troops?"
"Why is this?" Zhang Xiu looked at the man in surprise and said in confusion.
"Because this battle will definitely be defeated, and if you go, you will only increase casualties." The man shook his head and said.
"Not necessarily?" Zhang Xiu frowned and said with some dissatisfaction: "I have 300,000 elite soldiers in Xiliang in Guanzhong. It is difficult to move through Shu Road, so the Taiwei can't bring many soldiers."
"The Major General was wrong. There were so many before the 300,000 Xiliang Army, Li Jue, and Guo Si were in chaos. Now, the generals are independent. Even if they accept the invitation from Li Jue and Guo Si, they will not be able to send all their troops out. In recent years, the generals in Guanzhong fought openly and secretly and annexed each other. How many people have been lost during this period? Has the Major General ever calculated? According to Xu's opinion, it would be good to have 200,000." The middle-aged man smiled.
"Even so, our troops are far more powerful than the Shu army. Why do you say you will be defeated?" Zhang Xiu frowned.
"The number of winners and losers never depends on the number of soldiers." Middle-aged man shook his head and smiled: "The Taiwei entered Shu for ten years, and the news has been closed for ten years, which has left the outside world unaware of the current situation in Shu, but do you know how many people have moved from Guanlong to Shu in recent years?"
Zhang Xiu shook his head blankly, but he didn't know this.
"The power of the Grand Marshal should have heard of the power of the Grand Marshal. Ten years into Shu is enough to allow him to integrate the power of Shu. Moreover, the Grand Marshal is good at governing the army. Ten years are enough to allow him to integrate the army. The generals of Guanzhong join forces and each have their own thoughts. Just like the former Guandong princes, people are uneven and have their own plans. Even if they are pressured to gather together, Li Jue is suspicious, Guo Si is timid, and the two are split. Now there is no one who can truly command the generals. It can be said that they are a mess. Even if the Xiliang army is brave, the Grand Marshal only needs to use some means to secretly divide and win over them, and then they can cause the generals in Guanzhong to collapse or even kill each other." The middle-aged man put away the fishing rod, let the fish on the hook go, and turned his head and said, "So, I would like to advise the Major General not to get involved in this matter."
"How should we refuse?" Zhang Xiu asked hurriedly when he saw that the other party was about to leave.
Chapter completed!