Chapter 294 (1/2)
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.
Therefore, Liu Ye immediately ordered all the troops in the central part of the pass to assemble quickly.
Finally, a total of 20000 soldiers were dispatched from the counties of Yongliang and Liangzhou. After gathering in Chang'an, Liu Ye's No. 1 general, Yu Jian, personally led him. Then, he led 20000 troops to Tongguan before May.
”Wenze, you are here at last!”
Zhang jaw saw Yu Jin and immediately welcomed him with a big smile. Then a bear hugged him almost out of breath.
Yu Jin said with a smile: ”meaningful meaning, did you make a lot of contributions this time?”
Zhang jaw shook his head: ”my credit is nothing, this time we can break Tongguan mainly rely on our young heroes.”
After that, Zhang jaw turned and said, ”Meng Qi, you boy, come here.”
Ma Chao heard the cry and turned to come over.
In the Han Dynasty, when he was 20 years old, he had to be crowned. Therefore, a man could not write until he was 20 years old. Ma Chao was only 17 years old, but because of his bravery, Ma Teng gave him his writing in advance.
Seeing Ma Chao at the head of an expert, Yu Jin immediately said with a smile: ”Meng Qi led 3000 iron cavalry to cross the Weihe River and attack Tongguan. I heard about it. I'll follow the general of the western expedition well. In the future, it's no problem to seal Marquises and pay homage to generals.”
Yu Jin can be regarded as an old man in Liu Ye's army. When he heard that Yu Jin praised himself so much, Ma Chao, who was naturally proud of himself, was also very happy: ”Ma has heard that he is too famous as a general.”
”Ha ha, what are you talking about here? I want to hear it
They turn around to see Liu Ye with a smile on his face. Guan Hai and Xun you are on the left and right.
When they saw Liu Ye coming, they immediately said, ”see the great general of the western expedition!”
Liu Ye waved his hand: ”no ceremony, please sit down.”
After the generals were seated, Liu Ye immediately said to Xun you, ”Gongda, tell us about Dong Jun's situation.”
”Here it is.” Mr. Xun Ye was appointed military counselor Liu Ye.
Xun you took a step and bowed to the left and right respectively. Then he said in a loud voice.
”According to the news reports, Xu Rong of Dong Zhuo's army had given up the army of Nanyang to return to Wuguan half a month ago. Xu Rong defeated Yuan Shu and Sun Jian's 60000 army, and all the 30000 Liangzhou soldiers under his command were valiant soldiers, but our army's strong enemy.”
”The direction of Hanguguan is currently the defense of fan Hou, one of the general of Dong army. However, fan Hou has no intention of fighting and will probably stick to Hangu pass. Therefore, the opponent of our army is only Xu Rong's partial division. If we can defeat Xu Rong, the prestige of the army will certainly shake Luoyang, and Hanguguan can go down without fighting.”
Hearing this, all generals understand that the key is to defeat Xu Rong. As long as we can defeat Xu Rong, all problems will be solved easily.
However, Xu Rong is a tough nut to crack.
Ma Chao's newborn calf is not afraid of tigers. He clasped his fist and said, ”please master and I will capture Xu Rong and present them to your seat!”
Liu Ye smiles: ”it's good that Meng Qi has this momentum, but Xu Rong's troops are clean and efficient. Yuan Shu and Sun Jian's 60000 troops have been defeated. Our army needs a long-term plan.”
Zhang jaw has always been opposed to passive defense, so he said: ”rather than wait for Xu Rong to come to the city, it is better for our army to take the initiative to find opportunities to cut off Xu Rong's food supply channel.”
Xun you said to Zhang jaw: ”Xu Rong is very strict in protecting the grain road. If our army attacks rashly, we are afraid that stealing chicken will not make rice.”
Yu Jin frowned and said, ”well, how about our army ambush on the way to snipe at the enemy troops?”