Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 169
In the last year of Yan Han, that is, the first year of Jian'an, Prime Minister Cao established Tongguan and abolished Hangu Pass.Since then, Tongguan has been on the stage of history. It became famous for the first time when Ma Chao (nicknamed Ma Silian) and Han Sui fought Prime Minister Cao in Tongguan.

Later, Tongguan, which replaced Hangu Pass, appeared more and more frequently in the history of wars, and its title of natural danger in Guanzhong became more and more resounding.Although Tongguan has been breached more than once, no one doubts that this place is a natural danger.

After Yuwentai implemented the Guanzhong standard system, Tongguan's defense level rose geometrically.Basically, Tongguan can be regarded as the east gate of Guanzhong.

After Li Yuan entered the customs, the military generals guarding this place changed after another, and the replaced generals were all Li Yuan's former confidantes.The reason why he kept changing generals was because this place was so important that Li Yuan didn't dare to let the same person guard it all the time.

In case one day the gate guard can't resist Wang Shichong's temptation and turns against the water to offer the gate, then the trouble will be big.

Right now, the main general guarding Tongguan is Taiyuan Yuancong, Li Sixing.

Speaking of which, Li Zhiyun and Li Sixing are also old partners, they cooperated when they joined forces to fuck Qu Tutong.

However, at that time Li Sixing was the one who was sold.

Of course, after the end of that battle, Li Sixing did not lose any credit, so Li Sixing didn't have much opinion on Li Zhiyun.

Rebellion, isn't it just the head tied to the waistband of the trousers?

He was willing to cut himself to pieces, and dared to pull the emperor off his horse.

At the top of Tongguan City, Li Zhiyun inspected around and found that Li Sixing was fairly strict in managing the army, at least he was not lazy.The spirit of the soldiers is not bad, and there is no decadence of excessive indulgence and lack of energy.

After the routine praise, Li Zhiyun asked: "General Li, have you found the whereabouts of Wang Shichong's soldiers and horses recently?"

Hearing this, Li Sixing shook his head, "His Royal Highness is joking, and now General Manager Yu and General Zhang are stationed in Shanzhou, even if Wang Shichong has great ability, he can't come across Shanzhou."

The border between Datang and Wang Shichong's territory is not on the line of Tongguan, but on the line of Shanzhou east of Tongguan.

The reason for this is that when Li Yuan first entered Chang'an, he sent three brothers, Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, and Li Zhiyun, to crusade against Luoyang, hoping to take advantage of the battle between Wang Shichong and Li Mi to steal chickens.

It turned out that the result was not so good, but not bad.Because when Li Zhiyun was in the rear, he stabilized the defense line of Shanzhou.Later, Zhang Shigui played well here and barely held Shanzhou.

"How many soldiers and horses are there in Shanzhou?" Li Zhiyun asked.

"Five thousand horse infantry."

Five thousand?

Li Zhiyun was slightly taken aback, frowned and said: "I remember that Wang Shichong once attacked Shanzhou with [-] troops. How did the [-] troops defend?"

There is no natural danger in Shanzhou, basically it is a real swordsman, and [-] people can beat [-] people?

Li Zhiyun expressed doubts about this.

Li Sixing explained: "Your Highness does not know, General Zhang guarding Shanzhou is quite capable. He once defeated many with less and repelled Wang Shichong's invasion."

Li Sixing was not very enthusiastic about things like praising his peers, and kept his words as simple as possible.

"Oh?" Li Zhiyun smiled slightly, stroked his chin, and said thoughtfully, "I never thought that there would be such a capable person in my Tang Dynasty."

Li Sixing smiled and nodded in agreement.

Li Sixing didn't know if he could be human or not, he only knew that he was stuck in Tongguan without a fight, and he could only fish every day.

"This time, with Zhang Shigui guarding Shanzhou, this king should have no worries."

"That's natural." Li Sixing agreed with a smile.

Regardless of whether Zhang Shigui is happy or not, it is right to lick the king of Chu anyway.This time the king of Chu brought [-] soldiers and horses here, and they didn't come here for tourism, so maybe they could follow along with some performance.In this way, when he is transferred at the end of the year, he might be able to get into a higher position.

Li Zhiyun didn't think much about it, he was just interested in Zhang Shigui, so he praised him.

Unexpectedly, at this time, a rider suddenly rushed from afar under the city.

The cavalry yelled under the city: "Urgent report, Wang Shichong's [-] troops attacked Shanzhou. Generals Yu and Zhang were defeated. They have retreated to Tongguan and asked for support!"

The sound was so loud that everyone in the city could hear it.

Li Zhiyun: w(Д)w
Li Sixing: (lll￢ω￢)
Everyone: (°ー°〃)
The slap in the face came too fast like a tornado, making people defenseless.

Li Zhiyun gave a dry cough and ordered: "Command the generals to prepare for discussion."

Everyone: "Yes."

Wang Shichong played a trick this time. It was true that he promised Ashina Simo to attack Li Yang, but it was also true that he planned to plot Tongguan.

Originally, Wang Shichong planned to cross the river, but Dou Jiande was too aggressive and directly occupied a large area of ​​Hebei.At this time, Wang Shichong gave up crossing the river, because he didn't want to turn against Dou Jiande yet.

In Wang Shichong's mind, the biggest enemy right now should be Li Tang.As long as Li Yuan does not die, he cannot fight Dou Jiande.Unless Dou Jiande himself is brain-dead and wants to fight him to the death.

Obviously, Dou Jiande is not brain-dead.

After Dou Jiande defeated Li Shentong, he chose to march to Hanoi County. This news was captured by Wang Shichong, who understood what Dou Jiande meant.

Let's fight our own way, don't interfere.

As long as Dou Jiande crossed the river and attacked Luoyang, Wang Shichong said he would accept it.Therefore, he ordered the troops attacking Li Yang to retreat immediately.After receiving the news that Qin Wang Li Shimin led his army to conquer Hebei, Wang Shichong attacked decisively and sent a large army to attack Tongguan.

If Tongguan can be defeated in this battle, his requirements are not high. He doesn't want to destroy Li Tang all at once, but only wants to be able to hold Tongguan, the springboard for attacking inside the pass.

What prompted him to make up his mind was mainly what Ashina Simo said to him. The Turks were going to attack Li Tang, and Li Tang's various armies were being restrained in all directions. This is the best time to attack Tongguan.

This time leading Zheng Guo's [-] troops is Wang Shichong's elder brother, Wang Shiyun who was granted the title of King Qi.Pei's father and son failed to restore Yang Tong, because Wang Shiyun encouraged Wang Shichong to kill Yang Tong.

Like Li Yuan, Wang Shichong trusted his brothers, so all the military power was handed over to the brothers.

Regardless of whether Wang Shiyun is strong or not, how can Zhang Shigui defend himself with only [-] soldiers and horses if he has an army of [-] forcibly covering his face.

Shanzhou fell and chased all the way to Tongguan, Wang Shiyun just stopped.

Tongguan is not easy to fight, Wang Shiyun is also clear, so he did not attack Tongguan rashly, but chose to wait and see and inquire about Tongguan news.

Soon, he knew that the main general of Tongguan was no longer Li Sixing, but Li Zhiyun, king of Chu.

"Everyone, do you have a plan to defeat the enemy?" Wang Shiyun looked at the servants and generals in the account.

Wang Shichong attached great importance to the attack on Tongguan this time, so the horsemen who came over were also the most capable group under his command.

Including Guo Shiheng, Zhang Tongren, Shan Xiongxin, Yang Gongqing, Dugu Ji, Dugu Wudu and others.

After hearing Wang Shiyun's words, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing what to say for a moment.

(End of this chapter)