Prancing Horse Xiliang

Chapter 265 Expedition, Soldiers Send Out to Guanzhong

While the Central Plains was raging with flames of war, the land of Guanzhong was also peaceful.

Hongnong, the official residence of Zhang Ji.

"Uncle, it's bad!"

Zhang Xiu rushed into the inner hall and said angrily to Zhang Ji: "I don't know that the news of the transaction between our army and Luo Zheng has leaked out. The two hundred elite soldiers sent were also killed."

"what?"

Zhang Ji gasped, Huo Zai got up and said, "Is there such a thing?"

Zhang Xiu nodded repeatedly and said, "It's so true, Uncle, what should we do now?"

Zhang Ji's expression was uncertain, and he asked, "How did the news leak out?"

Zhang Xiu said: "This little nephew doesn't know."

Zhang Ji was a little irritable, and after pondering for a while, he said: "Could it be Luo Zheng's trick?"

Zhang Xiu thought for a while and said: "Although Luo Zheng has had a great harvest in the past two years, Liangzhou is extremely short of refined iron. It is reasonable for Luo Zheng to use golden rice seeds to exchange refined iron with his uncle. However, Luo Zheng has many tricks, so it may not be just It's not this guy who is playing tricks."

Zhang Jidao: "Where is Guo Bang, what does that fellow say?"

Zhang Xiudao: "There's nothing to say, that guy has never put uncle in his eyes because of his large number of soldiers."

Zhang Ji's face turned dark immediately, and he was a little bit pained.

However, within a few days, the situation suddenly became tense.

Hundreds of horse bandits rushed into Guanzhong, burned, killed, and looted in the area of ​​Baling. Just when the autumn grain was in the field, money and grain taxes had just been collected from various places, and they wanted to transport them to Chang'an. Several grain teams were ransacked by this horse bandit.

When Guo Si sent a cavalry to arrive, the horse bandits bypassed Taihua Mountain and rushed into Hongnong territory.

The generals who commanded the army did not dare to cross the border without authorization, so they had to report to Chang'an on a flying horse.

Guo Bang was furious, but he didn't want to start the battle lightly, so he had to order the cavalry to withdraw.

However, the [-] cavalry had just withdrawn, and hundreds of horse bandits continued to plunder Zheng County from across Huayin.

"It's unreasonable, Mrs. Zhang Jipi deceives people too much!"

Guo Si's anger exploded like thunder. Before Zhang Ji and Luo Zheng's secret deal, he was already very upset, so he sent troops to rob a batch of golden rice seeds transported from Yunyang to Hongnong, and taught Zhang Ji a lesson.

It's unreasonable for this guy to dare to send horse bandits to take revenge.

Guo Bang originally thought that he belonged to the old tribe of Xiliang, and he didn't want to start the war lightly, so as not to be taken advantage of by others. He didn't want this guy to come here to tease him again and again, could he be unbearable, so he immediately led the army to Huayin up.

As for whether someone is setting the blame, Guo Bang is not without consideration.

However, I heard that Luo Zheng went to Xiqiang a month ago, and was leading hundreds of households from Xiqiang to expedition to the southern Qiang area. He was not in Liangzhou at this time, so he should not have the time to plot Guanzhong. It should not be what Luo Zheng did.

In addition to Luo Zheng, the only neighbor in the surrounding area is Zhang Lu, the prefect of Hanzhong.

Zhang Lu is an incompetent generation, and he has no ambition to expand abroad.

Guo Si directly ruled out Zhang Lu, thinking that this was really Zhang Ji's revenge.

Moreover, it might be an opportunity to send troops to Hongnong now.

It has been two years since Luo Zheng's pacification of Liangzhou, he must have no ambitions in Guanzhong.That guy is aggressive, Guo Si has always been on guard. It happened that Luo Zheng was on an expedition to the south of Qiang and he was not in Liangzhou. Why not just take this opportunity to destroy Zhang Ji and unify Guanzhong.

When Luo Zheng enters Guanzhong in the future, he can get rid of his worries.

With such thoughts, Guo Bang decided to send troops to Hongnong when he couldn't bear it anymore.

Zhang Ji was shocked when he heard the news, and hurriedly sent someone to explain, but it was useless.Guo Si has decided to take advantage of Luo Zheng's absence to capture Hongnong, and the army has already been dispatched, so how can he easily give up.

In the eighth month, Guo Si defeated Huayin and sent troops eastward to encircle Hongnong.

Zhang Ji led an army of 1 to guard Hongnong, and ordered his nephew Zhang Xiu to guard Wuguan to prevent Liu Biao's surprise attack.

Guo Bang's strong attack on Hongnong was not enough, so he plundered the counties of Hongnong with his troops. At that time, the people of Hongnong mourned everywhere, their families were destroyed, and many people became bandits. Become a bandit, or go into exile.

Long County, General Pingdi's Mansion.

Luo Zheng hurried back, and without taking off his clothes, he went to the meeting hall.

"My lord is back!"

Xun Yu, Cheng Ying, Zhang Liao, Yan Xing and others would have been waiting outside, and they all breathed a sigh of relief.

"Go, go in and talk!"

Luo Zheng waved his hand and strode into the meeting hall first.

Jia Xu also had a dusty face, followed in with Xun Yu, Cheng Ying and others, and took their seats.

Luo Zheng took a sip of the hot tea held by the soldiers before asking: "How is it, Guo Si and Zhang Ji are fighting?"

Cheng Ying replied: "The fight has already begun. Guo Si led an army of [-] to attack Hongnong. Huayin has been broken. Now the soldiers have been besieging Hongnong and attacking Hongnong for nearly a month. They are looting Hongnong's counties. The people in Guanzhong are suffering Unspeakable."

Xun Yu asked, "My lord, why did you miss the time?"

Luo Zheng waved his hand and said tiredly, "Don't mention it, the Qiangnan area is really not a place for people to go. The mother is full of mountains and mountains. If you are not careful, you will get lost. Often hundreds of miles are uninhabited. It is really a barren land .”

Jia Xu also smiled wryly and said: "What's worse is that the terrain is too high, many soldiers are not used to the climate, and they can't even get up there, so it was delayed for nearly two months."

It dawned on everyone that they had never been to Babaili Qiang Plain, so they were not familiar with the situation.

Luo Zheng asked: "What about the other princes from all walks of life, how is the fight?"

Cheng Ying quickly talked about the situation of the princes in various places, focusing on the battle between Yuan Shu and Cao Cao and others.

"Yuan Shu lost most of Yuzhou?"

When Luo Zheng heard this, his eyes froze.

Cheng Ying nodded and said, "That's right, Yuan Shu was miserably cheated by Cao Cao this time. Not only was he extorted a large sum of money and grain by Cao Cao, but Cao Cao also took several counties in the northern part of Yuzhou, which can be described as a heavy loss."

Luo Zheng rubbed his brows and said: "Yuan Shu seems to have never suffered such a big loss. This time, he was so miserably deceived by Cao A, how could he let it go, that fellow is not a generous person, didn't he dig Cao A's ancestor's grave to vent his anger? ?”

Everyone looked at each other, speechless.

Cheng Ying couldn't help laughing and said: "I heard that Yuan Shu really had this plan, but Cao Cao took advantage of the victory to pursue him, and he didn't even have time to enter Qiao County. He didn't have a chance to gather the defeated soldiers until he led the remnant soldiers and fled to Runan."

Luo Zheng 'um' and asked: "How is our army preparing?"

Zhang Liao hurriedly replied: "Long County's army is ready to march at any time!"

Xun Yu also added: "All the food and supplies have been secretly mobilized, and the lord can rest assured to go out."

Luo Zheng asked again, "How many soldiers and horses did Guo Si leave to guard Chang'an?"

Cheng Ying replied: "Guo Bang originally had more than [-] soldiers and horses. Quicang and Qixian each had [-] defenders, and Sanguan and Xiegu each had [-] soldiers to defend Zhang Lu. There should be [-] garrisons in Chang'an for soldiers and horses in Baling, Zhengxian and other places. However, Guo Si attacked Hongnong and took away [-] troops, so Chang'an should have [-] garrisons now."

"Five thousand defenders!"

Luo Zheng pondered for a while, and said: "Chang'an City has high walls and thick walls, but it is a real fortified city. Even if there are only [-] defenders, it may be difficult for our army to attack and break Chang'an. You may have a clever strategy based on it. The general attacked Chang'an in one battle?"

Jia Xu shook his head and said, "There is no other way!"

Xun Yu couldn't help persuading: "My lord, a surprise victory doesn't work every time. It's impossible to attack Chang'an without Guo Bang's eyes and ears. The raids reached Chang'an, but the cavalry did not have any supplies to attack the city, so even if they could reach Chang'an, they would not be able to break through the city!"

Everyone nodded in agreement, and felt that the lord was a little too dependent on the surprise soldiers.

It is necessary to know the way to use troops, which lies in the combination of odd and positive.

Every time I want to win by surprise, how can there be such a good thing in the world.

Luo Zheng said in a low voice: "Forget it, this general is wishful thinking, then send troops according to the immediate plan, and quickly order Gao Shun to lead [-] soldiers from the field to the south of Linjing. Chang'an."

"As ordered!"

A messenger had already received the arrow order and rushed out quickly.

Luo Zheng said in a deep voice: "The rest of the generals will prepare quickly and go out in three days!"

"As ordered!"

Zhang Liao, Yan Xing, Li Meng, Wang Fang and others responded solemnly and dispersed immediately.

Luo Zheng went back to the inner courtyard to look at the eldest daughter Luo Yan who was just born for more than six months and was learning to speak. He hurried to the military camp to sit in the town in person. The army was about to go out, so he couldn't afford to slack off.

(End of this chapter)