Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 928 Jia Xu's strategy

  After the fall of Sucheng, the Xiliang series in the Sansuke Land suddenly panicked. Although the surrounding terrain of Sucheng is relatively flat, it is indeed an important node from Diaoyin to the south. Sucheng is like a city blocked on the mouth of a trumpet going south from Luoshui River. After passing this city, it is a relatively flat hinterland of Guanzhong.

   Although this kind of terrain is not as dangerous as Wuzhangyuan or Tongguan, it also represents that the Yimapingchuan, as the Guanzhong area, is within the strike range of Feiqian.

Although Li Jue and Guo Si didn't expect that Li Meng and Wang Fang would be able to defeat Fei Qian, they never expected that Li Meng and Wang Fang would lose so quickly. Then Li and Guo received the news of Sucheng's decline.

  This is the three thousand soldiers who are fighting head-on! It's not the so-called Minzhuang, not to mention that there are a thousand Xiliang cavalry, which are designed to intercept and deal with Fei Qian's cavalry. Diving is also quite difficult to attack!

As for the cavalry, Li and Guo deployed the most in the west, because after all, they were dealing with Ma Teng and Han Sui who were all cavalry, and it would be difficult to resist without sufficient cavalry; while Hu Zhen, who was stationed in Tongguan in the east, would All of them are infantry, because Tongguan itself is a pass, and there is not much room for cavalry, so it is natural for infantry to use their skills.

However, the terrain of Sucheng is mostly mountainous in the north and broad and flat in the south. In addition, Feiqian also has Bingzhou cavalry, so it needs both cavalry and infantry. With a manpower of about 10,000, why can't they keep it for ten months?

   And it fell like this before even a warning signal of its imminent collapse was issued?

  How did Sucheng fall?

The disadvantages of the factions of Xiliang soldiers like tribes are fully revealed. The broken Xiliang soldiers did not return to the headquarters of Li Jue and Guo Si in Chang'an, but were directly broken into parts and dissipated in the countryside. Because they knew that even if they returned to Chang'an, the defeated soldiers would not have a good life, and they might be arrested to sacrifice the flag...

Therefore, Li Jue and Guo Si, who hadn't been able to grasp some conclusive information for a while, couldn't help but feel a little flustered in their hearts, just like when riding a horse, they knew that there were swords, guns, swords and halberds ahead, but they just looked at them dimly. Unclear, this fear of the unknown will produce great psychological pressure.

  How many troops did Fei Qian bring?

   Is it because King Li Meng's ineffectiveness in fighting, or are these local snakes in Guanzhong secretly surrendering to the enemy?

So Li Jue and Guo Si looked around for a while in this daze, and there was no one else to discuss and assist, so they could only find Jia Xu again, hoping that Jia Xu could be like before, when they met Give them answers when they are in trouble...

But when we arrived at Jia Xu's residence, we couldn't find Jia Xu. This was a big deal. When we found Jia Xu's original guard and asked him, he found out that Jia Xu had already set off for Zuo Fengyi, so he quickly chased him back. Jia Xu.

   "I've seen Chiyanghou, Meiyanghou..." After Jia Xu was chased back, he didn't show any impatience. He still greeted Li Jue and Guo Si when they met.

   "...Wenhe, why did you leave Beijing at this time?" After seeing Jia Xu, Li Jue stared at Jia Xu for a few times, but couldn't see anything unusual, but he couldn't let go, so he asked directly.

Some time ago, Jia Xu took Zuo Fengling's position, but he didn't go there at all. He wandered around Chang'an City all day, but now he suddenly left for Zuo Fengling. Li Jue and Guo Si's suspicion

  Jia Xu arched his hands, and said with a serious face: "Why did Marquis Chiyang say this? Someone wants to take office in Zuo Fengyi, so naturally he wants to leave Beijing..."

  Guo Si asked again: "Why didn't you go some time ago and wait until today?"

  Jia Xu smiled a little embarrassedly, and said, "This... there are a lot of sundries, so I cleaned them up..."

  Hearing Jia Xu's words, Li Jue couldn't help feeling somewhat half-believing.

   It was Guo Si who smiled sinisterly, and then called a personal guard, ordered a few words to bring some drinks, cakes, dried fruits, etc., and then chatted leisurely.

It wasn't until the guard returned to the hall and whispered a few words in Guo Bang's ear that the haze on Guo Bang's face seemed to dissipate a little. Then Guo Bang glanced at Jia Xu, and then whispered He said to Li Jue: "...just sent people to investigate, Wenhe has indeed prepared a lot of gold and silver property..."

A few years ago, Guo Bang, who was born as a horse thief, would be tempted to see Jia Xu get so much gold and silver property, but after all, Guo Si is no longer the horse thief king who galloped around Xiliang, but Marquis Meiyang, who is a majestic man, especially stayed in Chang'an for a while, saw a lot of gold, silver and jewelry, and his desire for property was not as strong as when he was young.

  Li Jue nodded slightly upon hearing this.

  At this moment, Li Jue and Guo Si felt a little relieved. Regarding Jia Xu, Li Jue and Guo Si couldn't figure it out at all, so they could only make some guesses based on Jia Xu's behavior. Since Jia Xu brought a lot of belongings, besides showing that Jia Xu may be more greedy for money, it must also prove that Jia Xu is not planning to take the opportunity of going to Zuo Fengyi to run away directly...

   It can’t be blamed that Li Jue and Guo Bang are now a little bit like soldiers, but they don’t know who to trust or not to trust. They really have no idea about governing the government, or even how to run the entire country.

  So when Jia Xu behaved as before, a little greedy for money, it made Li Jue and Guo Si feel more trustworthy. Isn’t it just asking for gold and silver, which is still affordable!

  Li Jue said to Jia Xu: "Wenhe doesn't have to be in such a hurry, I and the Marquis of Meiyang have some other things, so He Wenhe's appointment is just... don't refuse, it's a little reward for Wenhe..."

  Then Li Jue slowly said: "...There is a difficult matter here, I hope Wenhe can enlighten me...I just got the news yesterday, this...Northern Route Army has suffered a crushing defeat, and Sucheng has fallen. I don't know...Wenhe can have a good strategy?"

   "Ah? Ah..." Jia Xu was a little surprised, and said, "...Then what about the two generals of King Li?"

  Guo Bang shook his head, and said: "I don't know the specific situation...but I haven't returned so far, so it's more likely to be bad luck than good..."

Jia Xu raised his head slightly, turned his eyes upwards, stroked his beard, and then sighed: "So...it's really difficult... Chiyanghou, Meiyanghou, once Sucheng falls, Heyang, Both Pinyang and Niyang are under the front of the soldiers, and among the horses, it may be difficult to stop..."

Guanzhong has been the granary of the Qin Dynasty since ancient times, so this area is relatively flat, and the water system is not as turbulent as the mountains and mountains. In addition, there are Warring States canals to communicate, creating a fertile field thousands of miles away. After the pass, war horses are galloping in it, and it is indeed not easy to defend.

The four fortresses in Guanzhong, now not only Xiaoguan in the north has fallen, but even Sanguan has not been repaired for many years. Since Bingzhou was occupied by Xianbei, the defensive significance of the four fortresses in Guanzhong to Guanzhong has become less significant, because The barbarians outside the Great Wall don't need to go through the steep three passes, but can go directly to the Hedong and Sanfu areas from Shangjun, Wuyuan, and Yanmen.

Therefore, whether it was during the period of Emperor Heng or Emperor Ling, in fact, there was basically not much operation on the defense of Guanzhong. As a result, many cities and passes in Guanzhong have not been repaired as they should be, whether it is city defense or in the city. The garrison forts on the hills in between are much different...

Sucheng was captured, and among the surrounding counties, there was no dangerous terrain for defense, and most of the nearby garrison fortresses and military fortresses were abandoned, basically equal to a piece of white land. Naturally, it was very difficult to defend against the Fijian cavalry from Bingzhou.

   "...For the current plan, it can only be..." Jia Xu paused, and then said slowly, "...Let's implement the strategy of strengthening the walls and clearing the wilderness, high ridges and deep ditches..."

   Li Jue and Guo Si looked at each other, and then said to Jia Xu: "Please tell Wenhe in detail."

Jia Xu scratched his fingers and said: "Since Sucheng has fallen, if Pinyang is no longer safe... the horses of Bingzhou can cross Chongquan to the east, fight Linjin, and attack Tongguan; go west to Niyang and go down to Chiyang. Pushing towards Chang'an... Now the situation is irreparable..."

   Both Li Jue and Guo Si nodded with serious expressions.

Jia Xu arched his hands and said: "...At the moment, a general is dispatched to lead the army to Pinyang, to fortify the walls and clear the fields, with high ridges and deep ditches to avoid the sharp edges... Bingzhou soldiers come from far away, and it is not easy to transfer food and grass. It only needs to be stationed for ten months. Their rations were exhausted, so they retreated naturally..."

   Li Jue frowned and asked, "If he advances with cavalry, why stop him?"

  Jia Xu smiled and asked, "If you dare to ask Marquis Meiyang, how do you want to stop him?"

   "This..." Li Jue was also a little difficult to answer.

As the commander in Xiliang for a long time, he naturally knows that to resist the cavalry's activities in the vast area, he can only use the cavalry, and the rest can only eat the soil in the back, but there are really not many cavalry on hand now. Yes, there are still soldiers, but there are not many war horses. After all, war horses don't just come when they say they come.

   "...isn't this just letting it come and go?" Guo Si also had a headache for the current situation, thinking that Bingzhou's cavalry might shuttle back and forth in this area, and there was no way to resist it, his brain ached a little.

   "So we need to fortify the walls and clear the wilderness first..." Jia Xu explained emphatically again, "...riding is good for the wild, not good for the city. If the wild has nothing to gain, the city can't go down. Even if you come and go, what can you do?"

   "..." Li Jue and Guo Si looked at each other with a slightly disappointed expression.

   Seeing this, Jia Xu suddenly said: "...this Feiqian Feiziyuan, I heard it is a branch of the Heluofei family..."

   Li Jue opened his eyes wide when he heard the words, looked at Jia Xu and said, "Wenhe means..."

  Jia Xu smiled and said: "I just mentioned it casually... The situation is urgent now, and Xu also left for Linjin immediately to supervise Tongguan's military supplies... Farewell, farewell..."

   After finishing speaking, Jia Xu saluted again, and then taking advantage of the gap between Li and Guo who hadn't fully reacted after thinking about it, he stepped back and said goodbye.

  Jia Xu resumed his journey to Zuo Fengyi, and when he got into the carriage, lowered the curtain of the carriage, and hid his face in the shadows, the corners of Fang's mouth twitched inadvertently...

Naturally, there is no problem with the strategy. It can even be said that Li Jue and Guo Si do not understand the importance of guarding Pinyang next. , and can solve the present problem.

  However, where are there so many best of both worlds?

  In the current situation, Jia Xu’s strategy is naturally a better way to deal with it, but the problem is that a good strategy also needs a good executor. Will Li Jue and Guo Bang be good executors?

  Strengthen the wall and clear the field in Guanzhong?

   Of course, from a strategic point of view, there is no problem, but in fact, such behavior is doomed to Li Guo will lose the hearts of Guanzhong forever...

  I lost the hearts of the officials before, and now I have lost the hearts of the people. Now that Dong Zhongying is gone, what's the use of keeping the Xiliang Army?

  The strategy is right, but will Li Jue and Guo Bang do it or not?

   Hey hey hey.

  I'm looking forward to it...

   That Fei Qian in Pingyang seems to have some skills, but facing the current situation in Guanzhong, what will he do? If you know that it was me who proposed it, I don't know if you will be cruel to me, or will you thank me?

   Hey hey hey.

   I'm looking forward to it too...

  Jia Xu walked out of Chang'an with staggering chariots and horses, and left all the difficult choices in Chang'an, in front of Li Jue and Guo Si.

  Send a general to garrison Pinyang, well, this is naturally no problem, but the question is who will go?

  Naturally there are some other generals in the government and the opposition, but Li Jue and Guo Si are not at ease. If these people are really sent to Pinyang, can they be guaranteed not to have any crooked thoughts?

   But now Li Jue and Guo Si have no other suitable generals in their hands. Wuzhangyuan has to be stationed, and Tongguan has to be stationed, so it is naturally impossible to transfer troops from Tongguan and Wuzhangyuan...

  Li Jue looked at Guo Bang, was silent for a while, and said, "...Marquis of Meiyang, who do you think is more suitable for us to send to Pinyang now?"

  Guo Si also frowned, pondered for a long time and said, "Why don't you lead the troops to Pinyang, and you sit in Chang'an?"

Ok?

   Li Jue couldn't help being a little surprised when he heard this, it seems that I still took Guo Bang too lightly, after all, he is a good brother for many years!

All of a sudden, the scene of fighting with Guo Bang for many years, and supporting each other in the wind and rain, flooded Li Jue's heart, which made Li Jue a little excited, and waved his hand and said: "How can I let my brother take risks? I'd better let my brother come! A certain leader goes to Pinyang!"

   "...This...is also good..." Guo Si blinked slightly, then nodded in agreement.

  Li Jue: "..."

Although he felt that something was wrong, since he had already said what he had said, he would not regret it immediately, and Li Jue couldn't help it, so he gritted his teeth, slapped the table, and said, "Okay! Go to Pinyang and meet this Fei Zhonglang for a while!"

  (end of this chapter)