Li Xingchen is definitely one of the most resolute and resolute emperors.
The day after inspecting the army in Xiangyang, he led 5,000 light cavalry to Nanyang. This team was the core force of the bodyguard army and was the only such large-scale formation of the Han Dynasty besides the cavalry of the Northwest Army.
The cavalry was formed entirely to cope with Li Xinchen's personal expedition.
After all, the opponent has a large number of cavalry, especially the potential opponent Yu Wenxian.
If there were no cavalry, especially if there were no cavalry to protect Li Xingchen, the ministers in the court would never dare to let him go.
If there is any real danger, the cavalry should run faster.
Li Xingchen did not stay too long in Nanyang, because the battle report from Shangluo had been transmitted. Yang Jian mobilized at least 50,000 troops and horses to prepare for the attack on Shangluo. If it were not for Yuchi Jiong launching a new round of attack on Huayin, I am afraid that
The war that broke out around Shangluo had already happened.
Even Xiao Shilian probably had no way to guarantee that he could defeat the enemy when the number of people was almost the same and the enemy still had a large number of cavalry, so he decisively informed Li Xingchen of the battle situation and his intention to ask for support was already very obvious.
Naturally, Li Xingchen led this group of cavalry and turned directly to Wuguan without stopping.
"Yang Shangxi, who is staying at Wuguan, is here to see Your Majesty." The person who greeted Li Xingchen outside Wuguan City was also a young man.
Yang Shangxi was born in the Yang family of Hongnong, a younger brother of Yang Su, and a Confucian general who respected both literature and martial arts. At a young age, he was favored by Xiao Shilian and stayed to guard Wuguan. Of course, he was not an easy person. Historically, Yang Shangxi
He once served as the governor of Puzhou, and he was considered a local official, especially since he was the gateway to Beijing like Puzhou.
Li Xingchen smiled slightly: "Yang Qing's family is safe. Let's go up to the Guanlou."
Yang Shangxi hurriedly made a gesture of invitation. His Majesty's other identity is no secret within the Hongnong Yang family. Although His Majesty has not recognized his ancestors and returned to the clan, Yang is still flowing in him no matter what.
It is the blood of the Yang family of Hongnong. Therefore, both Yang Shangxi and the other young people of the Yang family of Hongnong have a good impression of this legendary majesty.
After all, what Li Xinchen did was something that made young people excited, and these young people were willing to follow Li Xinchen. With the blood relationship, it was naturally impossible for Li Xinchen to treat the Hongnong Yang family badly.
It's just that now that Li Xingchen is the ninth-level emperor, it may not be so easy for him to change his surname. After all, the people and ministers have become accustomed to the Li family's world, not the Yang family's world. Once there is a change, they will naturally
Caused more turmoil. But it does not mean that the Hongnong Yang family has no relationship with the imperial relatives. What the Hongnong Yang family wants to become now is the Xiahou family of Cao Wei.
Although their surnames are different, who dares to treat them as outsiders to the royal family?
It is such an exciting thing to go from being a princely family to being a relative of the emperor. After sixteen generations, the Hongnong Yang family finally wants to realize this dream, and it is still in their own hands. Therefore, the Hongnong Yang family
These young people are also extremely motivated.
Because this is His Majesty's world, naturally it is also the world of their Hongnong Yang family.
However, these ambitions of the Hongnong Yang family must be put aside first. The world is not unified yet, and there are still too many variables. Under the leadership of Yang Su, the Hongnong Yang family still remains calm and silent and low-key.
Li Xingchen stepped onto the city wall of Wuguan and looked northwest.
The long Wuguan Road winds and extends until it disappears into the mountains.
After passing here, it is truly Guanzhong.
I finally set foot on the land of Guanzhong.
Perhaps it is difficult for future generations to understand Li Xinchen's mood. You must know that in this era, Guanzhong and Chang'an are still symbols of the core of the world. Li Xinchen walked and fought hard all the way, looking northwest to Chang'an, and finally it was time to see it.
He is getting closer and closer to this unification of the world.
"Your Majesty, this is the current battle situation in Shangluo. Perhaps Your Majesty does not know that just half an hour ago, I received the battle report that Yang Jian had already launched an attack. However, it was just a probing attack by the forward, which had been repelled by the hussar general.
"Yang Shangxi pointed at the markings on the sand table.
Li Xingchen frowned. He noticed that the flag representing Yuchi Jiong on the Huayin side had retreated to Tongguan. He couldn't help but point to the Huayin side first: "When I was in Nanyang, wasn't Yuchi Jiong still attacking Huayin? Why?
Are you retreating now?"
"Yang Jian first mobilized his troops and horses to support Huayin. Yuchi Jiong did not want to confront Yang Jian, so he took the initiative to retreat, and Yang Jian also directly launched an attack on Shangluo," Yang Shangxi said helplessly, "That's right.
It’s because the main force hasn’t been fully mobilized yet, so Yang Jian can only test it as a forward.”
Li Xingchen nodded slightly, and Yuchi Jiong's reaction was what he expected. Compared with Xiao Shilian, Yuchi Jiong had fewer troops, only thirty or forty thousand, and Yu Wenxian's reinforcements had not arrived yet.
Before, it was impossible for Yu Chijiong to face Yang Jian head-on. It must be said that Yang Jian's move really seemed to be successful in the east and in the west, and it indeed achieved the strategic purpose.
Of course, Yuchijiong didn't have many soldiers and horses in his hands, so the possibility of directly capturing Huayin was actually not great. But after the army was drawn out, it was naturally impossible to just go out and sneak around. After all, Yuchijiong also wanted to attack Yu Wenxian.
There was an explanation. And now Yang Jian has indeed given him a step down.
Li Xingchen looked at Lantian intently and couldn't help but smile bitterly. Yang Jian had obviously grasped the mentality of both the Han army and Yuchi's troops who wanted to be fishermen, so he was able to complete this seemingly impossible transfer.
You must know that whether Yang Jian goes to the northeast to attack Yuchi Jiong or to the southeast to attack Xiao Shilian, the camp behind Lantian must be very empty. As long as you have the courage to attack, you may have a chance to capture it directly, but whether it is Yuchi Jiong or Xiao Shilian,
No matter what, they didn't attack, but expected Yang Jian to fight with the opponent and hurt both sides, but in the end they waited until Yang Jian came to attack again.
With such a handle on people's hearts, Yang Jian is still Yang Jian.
"Prepare food and fodder, I will rush to Shangluo now." Li Xingchen said decisively, "There is no room for failure in Shangluo."
"Yes!" Yang Shangxi and Li Ping agreed at the same time.
"How many troops and horses are there in Wuguan now?"
"There are eight thousand defenders." Yang Shangxi said hurriedly, "Your Majesty, do you want to mobilize more troops?"
Li Xingchen nodded: "Deploy another 3,000 infantry, and I will leave a message. When Chen Zhishen arrives, let him supplement the troops in Wuguan to 10,000. Remember, Wuguan is the focus of our attack on Guanzhong.
We must guard it well. Nanyang can be lost, but Wuguan cannot be lost, otherwise our army will have no way to retreat!"
"Promise!" Yang Shangxi promised hurriedly.
"Let's go!" Li Xingchen walked decisively towards Guancheng.