Zhang Baiqi, the governor of Xiliang, led 100,000 Xiliang troops in two groups to attack Long County and Qixian County in Longxi County respectively! The 5,000 defenders in the two places only resisted for one day before they surrendered! The Guanzhong Gate was completely opened!
Then the two armies attacked the city all the way to conquer the terrain. The right army captured Chencang in three days and Mei County in five days. The left army also captured Yongshou County and Qian County all the way. The two armies were directed towards the Great Wall!
However, the 30,000 defenders did not exert any influence along the way. Instead of finding ways to resist the Daqian army, they directly killed the officers who asked them to resist, hung up white flags, opened the city gates and surrendered to the Daqian army.
It can be said that Zhang Baiqi did not encounter any fighting along the way, and he surrendered 30,000 Guanzhong troops! The march and fighting went so smoothly that Zhang Baiqi couldn't believe it.
When they faced the Central Army of the Han Dynasty, even though they had an advantage of more than ten times, they were still beaten to a pulp most of the time. Now, although they are not more than ten times as good as the Xiliang Army, the gap in combat effectiveness is greater than that between the Yellow Turban Army and the Yellow Turban Army. The Central Army of the Han Dynasty was inferior. At least they dared to fight. But now the Guanzhong Army has no fighting spirit at all. The only thought when seeing their flag is to surrender.
Zhang Baiqi couldn't help but sigh: "This is really a good reincarnation!"
Li Ru, who was following him, sneered: "Yuan Tan, this boy has ruined his Yuan family's foundation. He thought that only with his own army and abundant food and grass, he could withstand our large army. He never thought that the soldiers were also composed of ordinary people." Composed of common people, now that Sili is angry and resentful, how can the soldiers still be loyal to him! Do these soldiers want Yuan Tan to continue to occupy Sili and starve his family to death!"
Zhang Baiqi thought that he had won food along the way and Jing followed. He sighed and said: "No one is a fool. Yuan Tan's soldiers also know that only by occupying Sili can we save their families. So along the way, Guanzhong The soldiers don’t want to fight anymore!”
Thinking of this, Zhang Bai rode on horseback and asked: "Does our army have enough food and grass? The people in the counties and counties along the way need us to feed them. Don't let these people finally survive Yuan Tan, only to starve to death in our hands!"
Li Ru sneered and said: "Commander, don't worry. Although we are short of food in Xiliang, there is plenty of food in Guanzhong. I have asked people to get it. I dare not say how much it is. I guarantee that as long as the people who join us will get a year's rations, !”
In a fortress not far from Zhang Baiqi and the others!
Niu Fu led tens of thousands of people to completely surround the fort, and asked the people to dig a trench more than one foot deep and three feet wide, trapping the people in the fort to death!
Niu Fu led his personal guards and said loudly: "Everyone dig faster, don't let these bastards escape. Whether we can survive this year depends entirely on the food in Wubao!"
At this time, a young man shouted loudly: "The Zuo family's Wubao has hundreds of thousands of stones of grain, but they would rather the grain get moldy than lend it to us to survive. He won't let us live, and now we want them to die too!" "
Niu Fu laughed loudly when he heard this and said: "The people of the Zuo family can be given to you. We will take half of the food and money for the army, and the remaining half is yours!"
"Thank you, sir!" Everyone cheered. They are all locals and they naturally know how wealthy the Zuo family is. It is said that half of Zuo's city and half of Chencang belong to their family!
Niu Fu continued: "Everyone, hurry up. There is more than one Wubao of the Zuo family in Guanzhong. We have conquered the Wubao of the Zuo family and then look for the next one. If we are slow, the Wubao may be captured by others!"
When everyone heard this, they speeded up the excavation. The Zuo family also wanted to break out with their guards, but Niu Fu led the soldiers and forced them back with crossbows. However, Wubao was completely trapped. Niu Fu let Use the dynamite pack to light it!
"Boom!" A huge gap was opened in Wubao, and the people rushed into Wubao with cheers!
Seeing this, Niu Fu smiled happily and said: "Prime Minister, we can avenge you again. This time we will not let go of any of our enemies!"
In this way, the auxiliary soldiers of the Daqian Army led the entire people in Guanzhong to pry open the turtle shells in Guanzhong one by one. Then Zhang Baiqi discovered that not only did his food and grass not decrease along the way, but it continued to increase!
After receiving the food support, Zhang Baiqi smiled happily and said: "The Guanzhong Army can't help but fight. At this speed, it will only take less than a month for us to reach Chang'an City! If we had known it would be like this, we and the government would not have to pay so much attention to it." Sili's defenders should mobilize their main forces to deal with Yuan Tan in Yuzhou!"
Li Ru smiled and said: "It is not impossible for the commander to completely eliminate Yuan Tan at once. Judging from the current situation, the army in Guanzhong is lifeless. Even if there are 30,000 troops in Chang'an City, it will be difficult to stop us. Zhang He, the defender of Chang'an City, must also understand this, so we simply surrender Zhang He, so that it will only take less than half a month to capture Guanzhong, and the government can mobilize the troops to attack Sili to attack Yuzhou!"
Zhang Baiqi looked at Li Ru and said: "I remember that you have stayed in Sili for several years. If there is any way to make Zhang He surrender, use it. If Zhang He really sacrifices Chang'an City, I will report your contribution!"
Li Rudao: "Subordinate, please find someone to contact Zhang He!"
In order to avenge Dong Zhuo, Li Ru has been paying attention to Sili's situation. The spies sent to Guanzhong in recent years are even more unknown! And now that Yuan Tan has been defeated like a mountain, he naturally has to find a way to find a relationship with those who don't want to be buried with the Yuan family. Survive, which makes the spies sent by Li Ru even more comfortable!
Soon Li Ru contacted Zhang He and asked him to donate the city of Chang'an to save his life!
Zhang He was a little moved. Historically, he didn't want to be buried with Yuan Shao, and now he didn't want to be buried with Yuan Tan. It's just that the conditions offered by the Daqian Army were too poor. He didn't want to struggle for decades, lose everything once and become an ordinary person again. He wants to use the 30,000 soldiers in his hands as bargaining chips to get a good treatment! After all, the city he dedicated is Chang'an City, the capital of the Han Dynasty, which is of great significance!
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! But Li Ru lost his patience. He solemnly warned Zhang He that if he did not decide to sacrifice his army before they came to Chang'an City, Daqian's army would capture Chang'an. City, when the time comes, he can only become a prisoner and be sent to an overseas island to dig struvite. You will go to accompany Yuan Shao and Gao Lan!
Zhang He turned a deaf ear to Li Ru's threat. After all, he had 30,000 elite troops, 50 artillery pieces and hundreds of flying thunder cannons. There was enough food and fodder for the army in Chang'an City for a year. If he resisted desperately, Not to mention that Chang'an City can be defended, but it can still be done within half a year!
These alone are of infinite value, but Da Ganjun doesn't want to promise anything. He just wants to annex these ordnance in the entire Chang'an City. Even if he agrees, his subordinates cannot agree!
They can surrender. Lei Gong will either let them continue to join the army, or he will convert Chang'an City's food, weapons and equipment into money and give them to them. Otherwise, there is no need to discuss anything, and everyone will fight according to their own ability.
Li Ru had no choice but to tell Zhang Baiqi the terms he had negotiated with Zhang He and the others!
Zhang Baiqi said: "It is not acceptable for Zhang He and others to join the army. Our army must maintain the purity of the army. We generally will not accept big men like Zhang He who help the Han princes to do evil!"
"If Zhanghe is not enough, they said they would convert Chang'an City's weapons and food into money and give it to them. Isn't that unacceptable! You can ask the governor!"
Li Rudao: "Chang'an has Yuan Tan's largest arsenal and granary. The total amount of these grains, weapons and equipment may be more than one billion yuan. This is a sum that makes the country rich. Instead of giving Zhang He and the others so much money, we should give them so much money." It is better to use a large army to conquer Chang'an City. Anyway, with the morale of Yuan Tan's soldiers now, Zhang He and others cannot resist for a few days!"
Zhang Baiqi smiled and said: "The government said something to us, and now I will tell you, it is all things that can be solved with money, it is not a problem, I will do it without any shortage of money!"
Li Ru was speechless, yes! Most of the problems in this world are caused by money. Back then, if the big men had not lacked money, they would not have brutally oppressed the people, so that people rebelled every year in the world. In the end, even Zhang Jiao appeared. .
When the Prime Minister was in charge of the Han Dynasty, he was most worried about money. He even had a falling out with the Kanto clan and Kansai clan because of money. The Prime Minister was eventually assassinated by Wang Yun and others. Money may not be involved!
And if there is a God of Wealth in this world, Lei Gong must be the God of Wealth. He seems to have never worried about money. Only a leader like Lei Gong can cultivate such subordinates who don't even care about billions of dollars. You know back then Emperor Ling was very concerned about even millions of dollars, and he felt that he had lost money even if he got less money from selling his official position!
Zhang Baiqi rode a flying pigeon to deliver a letter to Taiyuan County. Xu Wei saw Zhang Baiqi's letter and laughed and said: "You can use the enemy's money to buy the enemy's city. This is a business that guarantees profit without loss. Why not do it!"
Wang Ge and Jia Xu looked curious, Xu Wei showed them the letter!
Jia Xu was surprised and said: "Zhanghe also worked with Huangfu Song back then. It is said that he was very praised by Huangfu Song and said that he had the qualifications of a famous general. How come he has become so greedy for money now that he is even willing to betray his master? !”
Wang Ge said disdainfully: "What kind of good lord is Yuan Tan? Look at what he has done in the past year. He is completely a prodigal son. If Zhang He was really capable, he would not recognize Yuan Tan as his lord. Now we are all Qianjun won’t take him in, so it’s normal for him to fight for some benefits for himself and his subordinates, right?”
Xu Weidao: "Send a message to Zhang Baiqi and ask him to accept Zhang He's conditions, but the price of these materials must be calculated according to our Da Gan. Ask Zhang He whether he wants our Da Gan's banknotes or gold and silver!"
Then Xu Wei asked Wang Ge: "Now Zhang Baiqi is unstoppable in Guanzhong. When can we break through Hedong?"
Wang Ge said distressedly: "Most of the Hedong Army are private soldiers of powerful families. They block our way forward like madmen. Even if we have artillery, it will take some time to invade Hedong County, but as long as the channel is opened, The defenders of Hedong County are like lambs waiting to be slaughtered!"
In the mountains and rivers of Bingzhou, it is difficult for the Han Dynasty to conquer Taiyuan County from Hedong, but it is also difficult for the army from Taiyuan County to conquer Hedong County. Hedong is the place where the Han nobles and nobles are most concentrated. These noble nobles may not have many confidants, but they do With tens of thousands of private soldiers blocking a canyon, it is difficult for Taiyuan County soldiers to invade Hedong County!
Xu Wei said at this time: "Now the people in Hedong County are miserable. The situation in Hedong can be said to be full of rebellion. We can arrange some elites to enter Hedong County and lead the people to rebel against the nobles. In this way, Hedong County can be conquered from within. Got it!"
Wang Ge said: "I will do it according to the method of governing!"
While Zhang He and his subordinates were discussing the surrender, Fengji hurried to Chang'an and brought Yuan Tan's letter!
Yuan Tan said in the letter that the Han Dynasty was going to form the Kwantung Allied Forces again, and that General Liu Bei had sent 50,000 troops to support them. Yuan Tan asked Zhang He to hold on to Chang'an City for half a year to buy time for the Han Allied Forces to concentrate their forces to support them! As long as Zhang He can persist for half a year, he will definitely recommend him to the court to become a prince of the Han Dynasty!
After listening to Feng Ji's words, Zhang He smiled bitterly and said: "General Chariot and Cavalry wants us to persist for half a year. It is impossible to do it. Let alone half a year, it is difficult for us to persist even for half a month!"
Feng Ji was surprised and said: "How is this possible? No matter how powerful the Daqian army is, this is Guanzhong, and the golden city is thousands of miles away. At that time, the princes of the six countries could not attack with millions of troops. How come we couldn't hold on for even half a year!"
Zhang Heque said: "On April 15th this year, the Xiliang Army began to attack Guanzhong, but they captured Longxi in one day, and then they became even more unstoppable, hitting all the way to Wugong County. The Xiliang Army would arrive in three days at most. Below Chang'an City!"
Feng Ji couldn't believe it and said: "It has only been a few days. The ordinary army is not marching so fast. Is it possible that there are no soldiers on the front line to resist the attack of the Daqian Army?"
Zhang He said helplessly: "How can there be no soldiers? Our army has already captured 30,000 people by the Daqian Army!"
"The 30,000-strong army, as well as the geographical advantage, actually suffered defeat after defeat without creating any hindrance to the army. Zhang He, how did you train your troops and defend the city! Even with 30,000 pigs? Defending the city, it is impossible for the Daqian army to capture them all in half a month!" Feng Ji said angrily!
At this time, Zhang He's men mocked: "It's not the trouble caused by you big shots. The banknotes have wiped out all the family property we have accumulated for decades. The soldiers can't even feed their own families. How can they fight with peace of mind?" The current situation in Guanzhong is that the Daqian army has invaded. The families of the soldiers can still receive relief from Lei Gong, but if they help us defend the city, the families of these soldiers will starve to death because of their actions. Tell us what the soldiers will do. select?"
"If you dare to go up to the wall of Chang'an and say that you will resolutely resist Duke Lei's attack on Guanzhong, you will be beaten to death by the soldiers on the wall immediately!"