Chapter 858: He Dong Gets It (At Noon)

"My lord, if something goes wrong, only I, Lu Fengxian, have the ability to turn the tide."

Lu Bu summoned Li Jue, Guo Si and other generals from Dong Zhuo's faction to discuss the future.

Lao Qin has no chance to determine a successor so far, and all civil servants and generals are panicked.

As the number one general of the old Qin forces, Lu Bu is also the adopted son of the old Qin. In theory, as long as he gets enough support, he has the opportunity to inherit the Guanzhong forces.

Li Jue, Guo Si, Fan Chou, Zhang Xiu and others looked at each other in blank dismay.

Originally, Li Jue and Guo Si had higher status than Lv Bu when they were under Dong Zhuo's subordinates, but Lv Bu's military exploits were higher than those of them. In order to win over Lv Bu, Lao Qin now has a higher status than Lv Bu.

When Lao Qin was healthy, he could still control Lu Bu, but Lao Qin was unconscious, and Lu Bu had no one to order, and he became a force of his own.

A faction needs its own generals. Gao Shun, the most skilled general under Lu Bu's command, was captured by Chu Tian, ​​Zhang Liao rebelled, and Wei Xu, Hou Cheng and others were only third-rate and fourth-rate generals.

Lu Bu needs to win over Li Jue, Guo Si and others.

Lu Bu even found the original Xixia King Li Yuanhao and Li Yuanhao's subordinates.

"The king of Qin has not yet woken up, and the Xia army is aggressive outside. If you want to succeed, you should immediately lead your troops to control Xianyang City and Chang'an City, and call on soldiers and horses from Guanzhong and Xiliang to obey orders. Even if King Qin wakes up by then, it is a foregone conclusion. "

Li Yuanhao encouraged Lu Bu to become the monarch.

As a late general and a member of the party, the probability of Li Yuanhao inheriting the old Qin's foundation is almost zero.

Therefore, Li Yuanhao simply supported Lu Bu's seizure of power in exchange for an improvement in his status, and he was looking for opportunities to restore the country in the future.

"If things come to fruition, then I will make you the King of Yinchuan, Li Jue the King of Hongnong, Guo Si the King of Longxi, Zhang Xiu the King of the North, and Fan Chou the King of Anding... Do you have any objections?"

Holding Fang Tian's painted halberd, Lu Bu glanced at the generals he had invited over.

Li Jue and Guo Si also have ambitions, but in "The Lord", Lu Bu's force is still very scary. When they saw Lu Bu holding Fang Tian's painted halberd, they knew that Lu Bu was not here to discuss with them, but to be forced They agree.

If Li Jue and Guo Si disagreed, they would most likely die under Lu Bu's Fang Tian painted halberd in the next second.

"so be it."

Li Jue was calm on the surface, but he was already sweating profusely.

In Puban City, Wu Qi's army attacked like never before, and Wei Wuzu once again engaged in a fierce battle. The Xiangyang artillery threw a large number of stones and fireballs, and the whole Puban City trembled!

The stones piled up on the city wall, and the defenders didn't even have much foothold.

General Wang Jian of the Qin Army defended the city to the death. Guanzhong had successively supported Wang Jian with 100,000 soldiers and horses. Except for 30,000 of them who were defeated by Chen Qingzhi and Zhao Yun's white-robed army, the remaining 70,000 soldiers and horses entered Puban City.

Even so, Wang Jian still bears unimaginable pressure.

Saint-level commander Wu Qi has the characteristic "Scholars will not oppose the North". Even in adverse situations such as lack of food and besieged, he will not defect, will not be confused, will not retreat without authorization, and will not be affected by fear effects. No less than 50.

Therefore, the continuous combat capability of Wu Qi's army can be called terrifying.

As long as the morale does not drop below 50, it will have no negative effects.

The only way to restrict Wu Qi's army from slowing down the siege is to consume Wu Qi's army's physical strength. Only when Wu Qi's army's physical strength drops below 50, then Wu Qi's army has to slow down the speed of demolishing Puban City.

However, the recovery speed of morale decline is slow, and for the elite troops who often fight on the battlefield, their physical strength can be restored to above 80 or 90 after a day's rest, so Wu Qi only needs to split the army into three groups, and take turns to attack. The offensive against Puban City continued, and the morale of the defenders of Puban City had dropped to an unsustainable level.

Even if Wang Jian, one of the four famous generals of the Warring States period, had the morale of the defenders in Puban City drop below 40, and the recovery speed was slow, it was difficult to turn the tide under such a premise.

The more ominous news is that his lord Jiu Jiu Lao Qin fell ill, and currently Li Si, Jia Xu, and Xun Yu are in charge of the overall situation, and people's hearts are unstable.

Lu Bu and Li Yuanhao are all ambitious people, and they may be rebellious because of the lord's accident.

Such examples are not uncommon.

As soon as Qin Shihuang died, the Qin Dynasty immediately fell into chaos.

Emperor Chai Rong of the Later Zhou Dynasty died of illness, Zhao Kuangyin and Chen Qiao mutinied, and the yellow robe was added.

Not to mention that Lao Qin has no heirs.

"Perhaps surrender is the most beneficial choice for me. But as a minister, I should do my duty as a minister. The lord has not died of illness, so how can I surrender without a fight? It is really too shameful."

Wang Jian thought about it for a while, and finally decided that at least he could surrender after confirming that the lord died of illness.

No one knows if a miracle will happen.

"General, the two lords Li Si and Jia Xu have ordered General Meng Tian to meet him on the other side of Puban City. The two lords suggest that the general retreat to the Luoshui area. Puban City is no longer defendable."

When Wang Jian hesitated, Li Si and Jia Xu, who presided over the overall situation, recalled him.

Although it is difficult for Li Si and Jia Xu to become convincing successors, their ability to grasp the overall situation is quite amazing.

"The two of them must have known that the morale of our army is not available, so they need to retreat to Luoshui to rest and withdraw their troops tonight to give up the land in the east of the river."

After Wang Jian's army was demoralized by Wu Qi's army, they had to escape from Puban City overnight. For the Qin army, it was undoubtedly a complete sigh of relief.

On the next day, Wu Qi successfully entered Puban City and occupied the last city in Hedong County.

Puban City is close to the Yellow River, and Guanzhong is just across the Yellow River, so this city is the bridgehead for attacking Guanzhong.

Wu Qi also lived up to Chutian's expectations. The Battle of Hedong and the Battle of Liaoxi ended almost at the same time, and successfully won the important place of Hedong County for Chutian.

The Xia army does not have to gather in Luoyang City, but in Puban City.

The importance of Puban City is that Tongguan is to the south, Luoshui is to the west, and the Yellow River is in the middle. It is not far from Chang'an City and Xianyang City.

"In the Battle of Hedong, 100,000 Qin troops were annihilated, and our troops lost 80,000 due to the siege, most of which were low-level troops."

Wu Qi transferred a large number of low-level troops from Jizhou and Bingzhou as cannon fodder to attack the city, instead of taking the lead in considering Wei Wuzu, so the casualties seemed to be almost the same as those of Wang Jian.

Wei soldiers were used by Wu Qi in field battles. Generally speaking, low-level troops were used to consume the number and morale of the defenders when attacking a city.

"King Xia is here!"

Wu Qi had just entered Puban City, looking at the rolling Yellow River and the passing water, Chu Tian had already come out from the teleportation array in Puban City.

It has to be said that the existence of the teleportation array makes the mobilization of soldiers and horses very fast.

Chu Tian was rich and powerful, so he used the teleportation array directly when he went to various places. He learned that Wu Qi had captured Puban City, so he went directly to Puban City to fight against the front line of the Guanzhong Army.

If there is no teleportation array, then Chutian may take a few months to travel from Liaoxi to Hedong.

Chu Tian met Wu Qi, and Chen Qingzhi and Zhao Yun who cooperated with Wu Qi to capture Hedong County.

It is also a great achievement to pacify Hedong.

"Sili has seven counties, of which Hanoi County, Hedong County, and Henan Yin have been captured by our army, leaving only Hongnong County, Zuo Fengling, Jing Zhaoyin, and You Fufeng. Let the Luoyang defenders take Hongnong County, I personally led the army to cross the Yellow River to the west, and then to Luoshui, and a part of the army crossed the Yellow River to the south, attacked Tongguan, opened up the mountain road between Chang'an and Luoyang, and joined forces in Chang'an. This deployment is the most secure."

Chu Tian's soldiers divided into two groups and did not give Qin Jun a chance.

The Guanzhong Army is different from the Liaodong Army.

The main force of the Guanzhong army was not completely disabled in the Mangshan battle. After Lao Qin retreated back to Guanzhong, this period of time was enough to recruit a group of recruits to replenish his troops.

If the lone army goes deep, with the Yellow River behind it, it will be difficult for Xia's army to get support, and there is a certain probability of being besieged in Guanzhong.

Assign a partial division to capture Tongguan and open up the passage with Luoyang, so that the army from Luoyang can enter Guanzhong continuously, and cooperate with the Xia army from the east to attack Chang'an City.

At this time, the importance of Wu Qi's insistence on taking down Puban City was highlighted.

To capture Puban City, you can cross the Yellow River south and attack Tongguan from behind, which is undoubtedly much less difficult than attacking Tongguan from the front.

Moreover, the defenders in the direction of Luoyang can send an army to attack from both sides, forcing the defenders of Tongguan to surrender.

This is why some cities must be captured.