The Horse of the Three Kingdoms Treads the World

() Dong Zhuo's former troops in Guanwu County didn't know that such a huge change had taken place in their rear, and they didn't have the time to think about it, because they had already encountered great trouble-the Qiang army had already joined the battle with them.

Just the day before yesterday, Zhao Yuan's troops who had been ordered to defend against the enemy retreated back in embarrassment. Not only were they seriously injured, even the main general Zhao Yuan was also severely injured and fell into a temporary coma.And Li Ru also brought everyone an extremely difficult fact to accept-the Qiang people actually attacked from the north, instead of hiding somewhere behind them as they had judged before.

After learning that Guzang was besieged by the Qiang people, everyone has accepted the inference that the Qiang people sneaked into the Xiliang Han land secretly by some means, so they have long focused on this point and countermeasures, and even directly All resistance tactics have been left behind by them.But I didn't expect that the situation would change like this in the blink of an eye, and the Qiang people attacked from the front again, which really caught people off guard.

Moreover, Li Ru also gave out the worse inference he had drawn: "The reason why we made such a judgment this time is because Gu Zang was attacked. That's why we thought of the Ma family in front of the Pai. The soldiers returned to rescue, and then the Qiang people suddenly appeared. There may be some kind of connection between the two, and the Ma family has even colluded with the Qiang people."

This astonishing deduction made everyone feel uneasy, as if struck by lightning.Once this is indeed the case, their situation will be extremely dangerous, because the Ma family has already come behind them, and if they join forces with the Qiang people, they will die without a place to bury them.But from the bottom of their hearts, they are still unwilling to accept this speculation. After all, the Ma family is also a member of the Xiliang army, so there is really no need to betray the entire Xiliang like this.

Just when they were still hesitating and didn't know what to do, the Qiang army had already pressed in front of them.And what appeared this time was not only the [-] cavalry team, but an army of tens of thousands of Qiang people.This was after Zhao Yuan's army was defeated, he came to join forces with Butakon's tribe, and then brazenly launched a sudden attack on Guanwu, who had assembled a large number of Xiliang troops.

At this time, because they have not yet judged and understood what the situation is, and feel that the main force of the Qiang people should already be in the rear, the preparations of the Xiliang army here are still insufficient. The [-] troops left outside the city were beaten to the brim, except for half of the troops who fled into the city to keep them safe, the rest were all killed and scattered, which cut off nearly [-]% of the Xiliang Army's combat effectiveness.

What surprised the defenders in the city even more was that many Qiang people came later, and the strength of the two sides was almost equal for a while. It was canceled immediately.The only thing they can do is to rely on this not-so-tall city to fight a tough battle with the Qiang people, hoping to use this to consume the opponent's strength and vigor, and thus regain the situation step by step.

However, everyone then had another question—since there were tens of thousands of Qiang people in front of them, and depending on the situation, there was a possibility of increasing, it showed that their previous judgment was completely wrong.But the reason for this judgment is based on the fact that Guzang County was besieged by the Qiang people. What is going on?

"This matter is indeed too strange. I'm afraid we have indeed fallen into someone's trick." After a day of hard fighting, just after returning to the city, Li Ru said this to the generals in front of him.

"In your opinion, whose scheme are we falling for?" Although knowing this at this time, it may not help the matter, but the generals still want to know which position they fell into , otherwise it is really impossible to see.

"Then why do you still have to ask? Of course, he fell into the poisonous plan of Ma Yue!" Li Que said full of resentment: "Otherwise, why would the Qiang people kill them as soon as they retreated, and in the past few days, I have never seen him?" They have soldiers from the Ma family to help."

Li Ru nodded and said: "This is exactly what I guessed. Everything was a trap by Ma Yue. As for how he did it, I don't know. But I can be sure of one thing, he It's completely plotting against us, trying to kill those of us who have long had conflicts with their Ma family!"

"It's really sinister, this Ma Yue, I used to think he was a good person, I never thought he was so vicious!"

"I told you earlier, the Ma family has never been of one mind with us, we should have tried to get rid of them long ago."

Thinking of the danger they faced, these generals couldn't help scolding the Ma family, but obviously they had forgotten what they had done before, and completely forgot how they suppressed and plotted against the Ma family.

But under such circumstances, they can only enjoy the Ma family so much, and it is impossible to cause substantial harm to them.Also, they have nothing to do with the ever-increasing Qiang army outside the city, or they can fight the Qiang people with a lot of damage, maybe they can win the final victory, but this will make them hurt after all They suffered heavy losses, making it difficult for them to gain a foothold in Xiliang, which was obviously not what they wanted.

Then the only thing to do next is to stick to the city.Fortunately, these Qiang people have limited knowledge of the methods of attacking the city, and they have their own ideas, so it is impossible to attack the city with all their strength, so the situation is temporarily stalemate, and neither side can do anything to the other.

But as time passed, the cost of the war also increased for both sides.The Qiang people didn't have much food in the first place, and this time they used all the strong men of all the tribes to get a vote from Xiliang, but they fell into a tough battle, which made it difficult for them to guarantee the supply of each soldier. Ration is gone.

Fortunately, they are the active party, so they haven't sent some troops to plunder the people of Liangzhou to supplement food, so they can survive for a while.

But the Xiliang army in the city was not so lucky.Because they never thought that they would be trapped in the city, so they didn't have enough food here, and there were so many people consuming it, but after a few days, the granary in the city was bottomed out, and it seemed that it would be unsustainable.It is impossible for them to obtain food from other sources, which makes the situation even worse, and it will not last long.

"What should I do?" After looking at the little granary left, Niu Fu looked at the comrades in front of him with a serious face: "Once the food runs out, we will never be able to hold the city. We are afraid that the Qiang people will take the opportunity to pursue us and cause us heavy losses, so we are really in a dilemma."

The rest of the people also looked anxious. Everyone's chips are in the city, and they really don't want to lose all of them just like this.But neither of the two ways will work. The only way may be to negotiate with the Qiang people and use their benefits to eliminate this war with them.But in this way, their reputation in Xiliang will definitely be completely tainted, so what will they use to compete with the Ma family?

At this moment, these people clearly felt the taste of the Jedi, no matter what they choose, what awaits them will be helpless.Seeing that everyone was silent, Li Ru had no choice but to stand up. He coughed and said, "The only one we can rely on now is the Ma family. Presumably they should still be in Guzang now. If we can let them lead troops to deliver food If you come in, there may still be a glimmer of life. Back then, when the Lord was trapped in Wangyuan Kip by the Qiang army and ran out of food, they were the ones who brought the food in."

"It's easy for you to say, we're all thanks to him today, would he be so kind? And didn't you infer that his Ma family colluded with the Qiang people? How could he send me food again? ?” Li Que shook his head again and again, expressing his refusal to accept such a proposal.But he was the only one who objected, while the others looked at Li Ru quietly, waiting for his further explanation.

Sure enough, Li Ru continued: "I have thought about it for the past two days, and it seems too arbitrary to say that the Ma family colluded with the Qiang people. Not to mention that it is difficult for them to reach a consensus. It is possible to make such a move that does more harm than good. In that way, even if he can eradicate us, it will be difficult to deal with the consequences of the Qiang people entering Xiliang. Moreover, once the matter is known, the reputation of their Ma family in Xiliang will inevitably be destroyed. It's hard to make a difference after a plummet.

"That's why I think that maybe he was plotting against us before, but when it comes to the Qiang people, their Ma family is still on the same side as us. As long as we bow our heads to him this time, ask him to take action in terms of affection." If we help each other, the Ma family should try their best to help us."

Everyone was silent for a while, and it was really too much to ask them to bow their heads to the Ma family again.But compared with his own life and future, this is not too difficult a choice.What's more, they still have an idea in their hearts: since we can use up the Ma family a few times and don't admit it, we can naturally do it again this time.Anyway, as long as this time passes, they can completely eliminate the Ma family on the pretext of collusion with the Qiang people, so there is no need to have too much psychological burden.

After exchanging a few glances and confirming everyone's thoughts, Niu Fu said: "Brother Wen You's words are also reasonable. After all, their Ma family is also our comrades in Xiliang, so it is only natural for us to ask them for help. However, In terms of intimacy and relationship, your brother Li is better than us and the Ma family, why don't I trouble you to go to Guzang for help this time, what do you think?"

Li Ru had already guessed that they would have such a request, so he didn't refuse. He nodded and said, "Since I proposed this idea, I will naturally not refuse. But it is not an easy task to get out of the city, so I would like to ask everyone The general can clear the way for me and send hundreds of elites to escort me there."

"Of course! Mr. Hope, don't let us down!" The generals looked at Li Rudao expectantly.