The chief secretary of the army said helplessly: "I just received the news that His Highness King Chen led his army across Puban with the intention of rushing into Guanzhong. The troops and horses originally planned to be deployed to support us could only temporarily turn north to prevent King Chen from crossing the river and fighting with him.
At the same time, Yuchi Jiong repelled the pursuing Gao Xi at Mang Mountain. Gao Xi has now led his troops back to Taolinsai, while Yuchi Jiong has turned to push the battle line back to the Hangu Pass line, and a stalemate has formed again."
"Mangshan... is really Yuchi Jiong's blessed place." Han Qinhu sighed, feeling that his heart was falling into the abyss.
Yuchi Jiong's famous battle was at Mang Mountain. At that time, the Northern Zhou army was unsuccessful in attacking Luoyang and retreated from Mang Mountain. Facing the pursuing Northern Qi army, the entire Northern Zhou army was in chaos, but Yuchi Jiong stepped out and led the army.
The personal guard on Hengdao Mountain made the Northern Qi army unaware of the true situation and hurriedly retreated after a tentative attack, thus allowing Yuchi Jiong to gain the appreciation of Yu Wenyong.
But now, I didn't expect that it would be in Mangshan again, and Yuchijiong would prove himself once again.
With the changes in the war situation outside Luoyang City and Pu Ban's emergency, Yang Jian will definitely not be able to focus on Yangping Pass in a short period of time. After all, compared to Pu Banjin, which is directly outside Chang'an City, Yangping Pass has not yet
So important.
"How many troops and horses do we have left in Guancheng now?" Han Qinhu asked immediately.
"About three thousand," the chief clerk replied hurriedly, "and the grain and grass can only last for seven or eight days. Some grain and grass from the mountains on both sides have not had time to be transferred down. Now they are cheaper than Xiao Shilian, and there are chaos in Longxi. I am afraid that once
It’s hard to find time to allocate food and fodder.”
Although the Guanlong Group has not blatantly sided with Li Xingchen, troubles have begun to occur within the traditional sphere of influence of the Guanlong family such as Longxi and Anding. The Niu family of Anding took the lead in revolting and conquered Longdong County (today's Longdong County)
Longxian), plundered Qishan, Tianshui, and the Liang family, Ma family and other aristocratic families in Tianshui responded one after another. Although the strength of these aristocratic families was not enough to shake the foundation of the Northern Zhou Dynasty in the entire Longxi and Hexi, it was enough to make the local defenders exhausted
, this also resulted in the Northern Zhou army not launching an attack for so long after Chencang was captured.
After all, Longdong County, Anding County and other counties closer to Chang'an were threatened. How could the Northern Zhou army have time to control Chencang at this time, especially if they didn't know how many soldiers and horses Chencang had.
Therefore, there is no need to worry about the grain and grass in Chencang. Previously, Secretary Hou planned to burn these grains and grass. After all, he could not give the Zhou people any advantage, but later it was discovered that the Zhou people had no intention of attacking with money, so they simply passed the grain and grass through Chencang.
Transport to Hanzhong at a certain point.
What Li Xinchen lacks the most now is food and grass. For tens of thousands of troops to fight, the food, grass and equipment needed are not comparable to the thousands of people fighting in small groups or even fighting on their own territory. This is something Li Xinchen's group has never faced before.
Challenge, now that we have obtained the food and grass from the old warehouse, we can naturally relieve some of the pressure.
Therefore, when Han Qinhu looked at the enemies under Guan City, he was somewhat helpless. The enemies were fighting on the food and grass that originally belonged to the Yangping Pass defenders in Chencang City, but the Yangping Pass defenders had to face the possibility of being cut off at any time.
Dayton's crisis.
It seems that Xiao Shilian has already considered this issue before, so he has no intention of launching a large-scale attack these days.
If you want to save food and grass, there is actually one of the simplest and cruelest ways, which is to reduce the number of soldiers through combat. If more soldiers die in battle, then naturally there will be fewer people consuming food and grass. However, these days, the Northern Zhou army's combat attrition rate is getting higher and higher.
With less and less food coming, the rate of food consumption will naturally not decrease.
Without reinforcements, Han Qinhu really didn't know how long he could last.
Especially the cottages on both sides have fallen into Xiao Shilian's hands, which means that once Xiao Shilian resumes concentrating his forces to attack the city, every move in the city will fall into Xiao Shilian's eyes.
"Go down with the order, assemble two thousand men and horses, and prepare torches and crossbows." Han Qinhu ordered in a deep voice. At this time, if he blindly defended, it would be no different from committing suicide, so he had to find another way.
The chief clerk was suddenly shocked: "General, this..."
Han Qinhu wanted to steal the camp, which was tantamount to suicide in the eyes of the chief. After all, the gap in military strength between the two sides was so great that not everyone could perform the miracle that Huo Qubing did in Hexi and Gan Ning did in Xiaoyaojin.
"If we don't give it a try, we can only watch ourselves trapped and die here." Han Qinhu said coldly, "The northeast and north of Yangping Pass are Tianshui and Anding, and there is no way out. Even if
Can we retreat to Chang'an and still have a way to survive?"
The chief clerk was silent for a moment, then solemnly raised his hands and said: "Yes!"
At this time, Xiao Shilian, surrounded by Tang Zhong and others, strode up to the top of the mountain. The broken walls and ruins all over the place told of the tragic battles that had taken place here. There were even pieces of wood that still had sparks, and Xiao Shilian's flag was
Insert it on the top of the mountain.
Xiao Shilian paused under his own flag. From here, he could already have a panoramic view of the entire Yangping Pass. When he first saw the figure of this majestic city that had blocked him for nearly a month, Xiao Shilian finally couldn't help but sigh.
Take a breath.
Yangpingguan has been the gateway to the north of Hanzhong for hundreds of years, and it makes sense.
Xiongguan lies between two mountains. The cliffs on both sides are straight and drooping. Only winding paths can lead from the top of the mountain to the pass. You don’t need to think about it. When the mountains on both sides fall into Xiao Shilian’s hands, these paths will
It will definitely be blocked.
This pass may not be difficult for a bird to cross, but it is probably more difficult for a living person to cross than to climb to the sky.
Xiao Shilian believed that if Han Qinhu was given enough soldiers and horses, then this guy could really delay the war.
After nearly a month of fighting, Xiao Shilian already knew what kind of opponent Han Qinhu was. If possible, Xiao Shilian would rather choose to be a companion with this guy.
At this time, Niu Hong walked up the mountain quickly: "General, Xiangyang battle report."
After these few days of running-in, Niu Hong is now completely a member of Li Xingchen's group. It is hard to imagine that not long ago he was a powerful general of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
Xiao Shilian was startled for a moment, and everyone around him also looked at him.
Xiangyang is particularly sensitive to these generals under Xiao Shilian. After all, it is not only Li Xingchen and Cao Xiaoda who are setting up a posture there, but also Xiao Mohe...
He stretched out his hand to open the battle report and took a look. Xiao Shilian's expression changed slightly. Pei Zilie and Xiao Mohe had now opened their battle lines along Xiangyang City, facing both Xiangyang City and each other.
Xiao Shilian casually handed the battle report to Tang Zhong beside him, indicating to him to circulate it to the people around him, and he clapped his hands and said with a smile: "What does the war in Xiangyang have to do with this place?" (To be continued)