The last three kingdoms

Chapter 668 Reinforcement arrives
With 3 people and [-] horses, this kind of configuration can completely guarantee the speed of marching. Liu Yin even followed Deng Ai's suggestion, packed lightly, and threw away all the supplies. Each cavalry only carried seven days on his body. The dry food ensures the marching speed to the greatest extent.

Of course, it is impossible for the Shu army to return to Guanzhong from Liangzhou with seven days of dry food. Deng Ai's solution is to send fast horses in advance to notify the counties and counties along the road to prepare food and grass supplies, and pile them directly on the side of the road. The cavalry of the Shu army arrived At this time, sufficient supplies can be guaranteed without delaying the marching speed at all.

Fortunately, the counties and counties along the road have all belonged to the Kingdom of Shu. After the sentry horse at the front station issued the notice, the prefects, captains, county magistrates and other officials of the counties and counties did not dare to neglect at all, and immediately prepared dry food and fodder.There will be a certain amount of grain and grass in the treasury of each county, and the amount Liu Yin needs is not too large, as long as these counties can provide the needs of 3 to [-] horses between these counties It's okay, even if there is a shortage in the treasury, it is not difficult to temporarily raise some food and grass from the big households.

Starting from Yumen Pass, Liu Yin passed through ten counties including Dunhuang, Jiuquan, Zhangye, Wuwei, Jincheng, Longxi, Nan'an, Tianshui, Guangwei, and Fufeng all the way, and hurried back to Chang'an. It took ten days to create a myth in the history of the march.

Liu Zhan and Liu Yin, who were looking at the magical soldier descending from the sky, were so shocked that their jaws almost fell to the ground. Ten days ago, Liu Yin was still at Yumen Pass in Liangzhou, and now he has returned to Chang'an. Quick, it's unbelievable.

Liu Yin didn't bother to explain more to them. The war on the Eastern Front was tense, and rescue was like putting out a fire. One more day of delay would bring more risks.Liu Yin immediately asked about the situation on the Eastern Front.

The daily battle situation of Tongguan, Wuguan, and Pubanjin will be reported to Chang'an in real time, so Liu Chen has first-hand information at hand.The current situation is quite grim and not optimistic at all.On Tongguan and Wuguan, Jin generals Yang Hu and Du Yu led [-] and [-] troops respectively to attack day and night. Fu Qian and Wang Qi were both standing firm at the end and fighting to the death. Falling, but the situation is already in jeopardy, if there is no more reinforcements, it may be difficult to hold on.

As for Pubanjin, the Shu army repelled the Jin army's first crossing operation and sank many ferries, but the Jin army did not cross the river again. However, judging from the information obtained, Hu Fen did not stop. Instead, they mobilized ferries on a larger scale, and even mobilized warships from other places, trying to prepare for a larger-scale river crossing operation.

The drop in the water level of the Yellow River will undoubtedly be more conducive to the Jin army's crossing operation, while the difficulty of the Shu army's defense has increased exponentially.

After Liu Yin learned about the specific situation on the Eastern Front, he immediately made a decision to divide his troops and ordered Fu Mo to take 5000 people to Lantian to assist in the defense of Wuguan. After all, Wuguan Road is hundreds of miles long. Even if Wuguan is lost, it is not an emergency. As long as Lantian Pass can be defended, the pass will be safe.

But Tongguan is different. Once it falls, the gate in Guanzhong will be lost, and the Jin army will drive straight in and reach Chang'an.Therefore, the importance of Tongguan to Guanzhong ranks first. After dividing the troops to defend Lantian, Liu Yin personally led [-] cavalry to go straight to Tongguan.

As for Pubanjin, Liu Yin didn't send many people, but sent Ajian to Pubanjin with a group of people.

All the generals were puzzled, thinking that although the situation in Pubanjin was not as urgent as Tongguan, the Jin army was sharpening its knives on the east bank and might invade at any time. Liu Yin only sent 200 people to reinforce, which was a drop in the bucket .

Liu Yin just smiled slightly and said, "200 people are enough!"

From Chang'an to Tongguan, it would not take even a day to ride a fast horse. Liu Yin led his army to the west gate of Tongguan very quickly.

When Fu Qian heard that Liu Yin's reinforcements had arrived, he was overjoyed. Faced with the Jin army's fierce attack day and night, the Shu army guarding the pass was really hard to support. The arrival of such a new force at this time was like injecting fresh blood. The army was shocked.Fu Qian opened the city gate and welcomed Liu Yin into the pass.

Don't look at the short and narrow city wall outside Tongguan, but there are caves inside the pass. There are hundreds of hectares of fields alone, surrounded by rivers. This kind of pattern of land in the city is really unique. The [-] hectares of fertile land in the city can feed tens of thousands of troops, so when Liu Yin's [-] cavalry and [-] horses flooded into Tongguan City, the land in Tongguan was still much more spacious and plentiful.

"Wenxuan, I heard that you were still in Liangzhou a few days ago. Why did you rush back to Guanzhong so quickly?" Fu Qian was overjoyed, but he was still at a loss. Even if he was a cavalry soldier, he wouldn't rush back so quickly, would he?
Liu Yin explained with a smile: "It's all thanks to Mr. Ai's good plan. He dressed lightly and took turns riding two horses. He drove four thousand miles in ten days, so he was able to come back."

Fu Qian sighed in admiration: "Mr. Ai is really a good talent in the world. The situation in Tongguan is in danger. It will be three or five days later. It is hard to say how the battle will be."

"What's the current situation?"

"The main general of the Jin army is Yang Hu. He has continued for many days, day and night, and the offensive is extremely fierce. Our army is extremely exhausted, so we can only grit our teeth and reluctantly support."

Liu Yin turned around and told Deng Pu: "Order the whole army to abandon the horse and climb the city, and take over the former army's soldiers to defend the city."

Deng Pu accepted the order generously, and [-] cavalry jumped off their horses in unison, carrying bows, crossbows, knives and spears, and marched towards the city wall in an orderly manner.Although these cavalry are good at fighting on horseback, they are not weak when they abandon their horses and fight on foot. Could it be that a cavalry archer with high cavalry and archery skills can't be an ordinary archer?

The soldiers of the former army were indeed at the end of their battles. The continuous fierce fighting for many days almost exhausted their physical strength and energy. They only persisted with a strong belief. Fu Qian, Zhang Le, Zhao Zhuo, Ma Rong and others A group of generals are always fighting on the front line, and it is precisely because of their existence that the morale of the Shu army can not be broken.

At this moment when the reinforcements arrived, the former soldiers couldn't help cheering. Their perseverance finally paid off, and they could finally go down to the city to eat a warm meal and sleep soundly.The battle was fought so hard that as soon as they relaxed, many soldiers lost the strength to raise their arms. Many fell asleep just after returning to the camp from the city, so sleepy that they couldn't even lift their eyelids.

Zhang Le looked at Liu Yin, and said loudly from a distance: "Brother, you are back, I really want to kill my brother!"

(End of this chapter)