Yuan Tan, who had been forced to hide in Funiu Mountain, knew that the main battlefield had now moved to Yingchuan. If Liu Bei was defeated, he would die without a burial place, so he gathered his few elites and led the three soldiers.
Ten thousand reinforcements rushed to Yingchuan County to support Liu Bei.
When Huang Long led his army to Yingchuan, he was surprised to find that Liu Bei's army was not much inferior to his.
The two sides had a tentative battle. Huang Long found that Liu Bei brought elites this time, and their combat effectiveness was also very strong. He even made up for the gap in artillery. It would be difficult for him to break through this coalition army in a short time.
What surprised Huang Long the most was that after a few days, another army of 20,000 troops came to the upper reaches of the Han River. Liu Bei had more and more troops, even more than Huang Long's army. Huang Long knew that he had already
He lost the chance to defeat Liu Bei, so he immediately asked Xu Wei in Luoyang for help.
At the same time, Huang Long ordered the army to retreat to the line of Rushui River and confront the Han company across the river, intending to wait until reinforcements arrived before fighting Liu Bei.
Mid-June, Luoyang City!
"What's going on? Where did Liu Bei get so much food and grass? Can he actually support a war of 100,000 troops?" Xu Wei was surprised by the changes in the battle situation in Yingchuan County.
Xu Wei originally thought that Liu Bei could only play soy sauce this time, but he did not expect that Liu Bei quietly assembled an army of 100,000 to fight back against him. Huang Long was caught off guard by Liu Bei, and most of the entire Yingchuan County was lost. Now Huang Long's force alone
They are actually not strong enough to defeat Liu Bei and the others.
Jia Xu immediately said: "The information coming from Jingzhou is that the grain ships from Hanzhong to Jingzhou have not stopped since last month. Our spies found out that Zhang Lu of Hanzhong County supported Liu Bei with 1 million shi of grain, so that Liu Bei would have
He had enough food and grass to mobilize a large army to support Yuan Tan, and Zhang Lu even sent his own general Zhang Wei to lead 20,000 Hanzhong troops to support Liu Bei!"
"Zhang Lu has been recuperating in Hanzhong over the years, and Hanzhong has absorbed hundreds of thousands of refugees. When Liu Bei conquered Chengdu, he did not dare to continue to attack Hanzhong because he was afraid of Zhang Lu's strength in Hanzhong. Hanzhong's food, grass and financial resources can really support this
A battle involving hundreds of thousands of troops!"
Wang Ge was surprised and said: "Isn't Zhang Lu from our group? How could he support Liu Bei?"
After speaking, Wang Ge looked at Zhang Baiqi and other senior generals. It is better to say that Zhang Lu is a Taoist and has a close relationship with the great virtuous master. Why is it that Zhang Lu doesn't help them, his own people, but instead helps an outsider like Liu Bei?
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Zhang Baiqi is also full of question marks. Although they are all Qushuai of the Yellow Turban Army, their status is actually not too high. The original 36 Fangqushuai did not have their names at all, and they are not considered high-level figures in the Taiping Religion at all.
Of course, it was also because of this that they escaped the pursuit of the traitors and survived until now. Now they have to ask Zhang Baiqi and others about the relationship between Zhang Lu and the great virtuous master. They really don't know.
Jia Xu said: "It's not surprising that Zhang Lu supports Liu Bei. Everyone knows the relationship between lips and teeth! Our Daqian army aims to annex the world, but Zhang Lu is now the king of Hanzhong. As long as he does not want to give up this identity, he will definitely stand
Go on the opposite side of us!"
"And now that Sili has been captured by us, Hanzhong has become the frontline county resisting our army. Even if Zhang Lu wants to protect his own Hanzhong, he will definitely support Liu Bei."
Xu Wei firmly said: "A mere Zhang Lu is nothing. If he wants to support Liu Bei, just support him. Without such scruples, we can justifiably attack Hanzhong."
"And Liu Bei led the army to Yingchuan County, which is exactly what I wanted. Now that Luoyang City has been captured, the army in our hands completely exceeds the number of Liu Bei's coalition forces and is enough to defeat them!"
"Zhang Baiqi, Wang Yong!"
"exist!"
Xu Weidao: "You two will lead an army of 100,000 people to Yingchuan to support Huanglong first. After I have sorted out the affairs of Luoyang City, I will go over to support you immediately."
Zhang Baiqi and Wang Yong said: "No!"
At the same time, the allied forces of the Han princes also learned about the fall of Luoyang.
"Luoyang City is the best city in the world, and there are 8 levels of defense. How could Lei Gong attack Luoyang City so quickly!" News of the fall of Luoyang City reached the camp of the allied forces of the princes, and Yuan Tan couldn't believe it at all.
The hundreds of thousands of troops he left behind in Sili could not even stop Lei Gong for two months. This simply made Yuan Tan's world spin.
"The Point Guard Is Here"
Most of Yuzhou has fallen, and only a few small counties close to Funiu Mountain are still left in Yuan Tan's hands. Most of his troops are also hiding in Funiu Mountain, relying on geographical advantages to resist Lei Gong's attack.
When Sili fell again, it almost declared that he had become a lost dog. This reduced him from one of the top three princes in the world to a lost dog that was worse than even Zhang Lu.
But the spies reported back: "I heard that there was a mutiny inside Luoyang City. The defenders of Luoyang City wanted to join Lei Gong, which aroused the dissatisfaction of the second young master. The second young master massacred the defenders of Luoyang City, Chun Yuqiong, Hao Meng and more than a dozen
All the captains were brutally killed, so the entire Luoyang City defenders were in panic. Han Meng led the remaining Luoyang City generals to launch a mutiny, killed the second son, and sacrificed Luoyang City."
Upon hearing the news, other generals of the coalition of princes looked at Yuan Tan.
This Yuan Xi and his eldest brother Yuan Tan are really a pair of sleeping dragons and phoenixes. They kill the generals in front of the battle, and they kill them all. This is not forcing the people under them to rebel.
Yuan Tan felt embarrassed when Zhang was looking at him like this.
At this time, Liu Bei came to the rescue and said: "Now is not the time to complain. Luoyang City has been completely captured by Lei Gong. Now the entire Sili has fallen into the hands of Lei Gong. Lei Gong's 200,000 troops who attack Sili will definitely attack us. Let's discuss the next step for us.
How to act?”
After Liu Bei said this, they remembered that now the company army already had 200,000 more enemies. Suddenly there were 200,000 more enemies. It was like a huge mountain, weighing down everyone and making it hard for them to breathe. The army was already strong.
, and now the number of troops exceeds theirs by three times, so there is no need to fight this battle.
Now Zhang Wei regrets it, why did he jump into this pit of fire?
Zhang Fei immediately said: "This battle can no longer continue. Sili has fallen, and most of Yuzhou has also fallen. It is useless for our army to stay in Yingchuan. Instead, it will be vulnerable to the attack of Lei Gong's 300,000 troops.
If you are not careful, our army will be completely wiped out. I propose to withdraw our troops now. The generals of Chariots and Cavalry can hide the main force in Funiu Mountain to resist Lei Gong. The court will send grain and grass to support you. With the terrain of Funiu Mountain, even if Lei Gong is
Even if a 300,000-strong army attacks, it is impossible to destroy you!"
Yuan Xi said excitedly: "It is absolutely impossible. If our army flees without fighting, the entire Central Plains will be occupied by Thunder Lord. Since ancient times, whoever wins the Central Plains will win the world. General Zhang's proposal is to give up the world to Thunder Lord. We
If we retreat this time, what do you want Cao Cao in Qingzhou to think of our Han alliance?"
"Seeing that we don't dare to fight face to face with Lei Gong, he might just lead Qingzhou and Xuzhou to join Lei Gong. When the time comes, Lei Gong accounts for 70% of the Han Dynasty. Who can stop Lei Gong from dominating the world?"
"General Zhang's proposal is to completely destroy me, the great Han!"
Yuan Tan doesn't care if the Han Dynasty is destroyed, but if Liu Bei really listens to Zhang Fei's opinion, his Yuan family will be really doomed. Even if he still has tens of thousands of troops in his hands, it is impossible to support them if Yuzhou is lost. From now on, he will only
Being able to become Liu Bei's guard dog is something Yuan Tan absolutely cannot accept.