Chapter 775: Meeting Xu Rong

On September 25th, Yongzhou's troops finally made some movement. Seeing that the princes of Guandong and those on the border with Sizhou had already mobilized troops, Guo and Li from Chang'an were finally tempted, so after discussion, they decided to jointly send troops until Attack Qin Hangu Pass controlled by Sizhou Army in Hongnong.

After carving up the three counties of Yongzhou, Guo and Li found that they could do nothing about each other, so they had to temporarily cease their activities. In addition to the garrison defense of three to five thousand people in the cities below, most of the two men's forces are concentrated in Chang'an and several surrounding cities, each with an army of 60,000. Among them, there are about 10,000 Xiliang cavalry and about 30,000 infantry. In addition, Fan Chou still has 20,000 troops in Chang'an City. This time, after the two troops each sent 25,000 troops, there were 10,000 infantry and cavalry in the city. Five thousand troops stayed behind.

For the safety of Chang'an City, the two persuaded Fan Chou to send 10,000 troops, and a total of 60,000 troops were sent to Hongnong.

A few days later, the 60,000-strong army finally arrived at Tongguan. After resting for half a day, the army marched eastward again and arrived at Qinhan Valley Pass.

After the army rested for a day, on September 30, the three-man coalition began to attack Hangu Pass, and the fighting in the west of Sizhou finally ignited.

As early as when Chang'an's soldiers and horses were dispatched, Huangfu Chaobo received the news from Chang'an. Seeing that Guo and Li finally couldn't stand it anymore, Huangfu Chaobo knew that the Yongzhou ambush he had arranged had to be dispatched. . But how Xu Rong's troops could safely pass through the heavily defended Guanzhong Plain was a headache.

You must know that Guo Bang still has three to five thousand troops defending each city in Youfufeng, while Xu Rong only has 20,000 troops, but nearly 50,000 family members are dispatched with the army. Huangfu Chaobo's purpose is to take advantage of this opportunity Take Xu Rong's soldiers, horses, and family members out of Guanzhong and place them in separate places.

If Xu Rong leads his troops to Chang'an, there is no guarantee that the cities will send troops and horses to harass the rear of the army. For Xu Rong's 20,000 troops, it is very likely that they will ignore the rear.

However, the matter has come to this point, and we can no longer look forward and backward. Once Guo and Li Fan attack Hongnong with all their strength, the pressure on Sizhou will double. If Hongnong is really lost, Henan County will also be unstable. Therefore, Huangfu Chaobo just thought for a moment and ordered Xu Rong to prepare to send troops. Once the time was right, he would send troops to Chang'an and attract Guo Lifan's 60,000 troops back to Chang'an.

Following Huangfu Chaobo's order, Xu Rong of Chencang immediately prepared the army to send troops. At the same time, Zhou Tai's Hengjiang Camp of Feng Lingdu also made preparations, waiting for the time to come. , the Hengjiang Battalion defeated the Tongguan Water Village, and then led the navy into the Wei River, making a gesture of marching westward along the Wei River to attack Chang'an.

One day after the Xiliang army attacked Hangu Pass, they discovered that they had suffered heavy losses. After being reminded by someone, Guo and Li suddenly remembered that they had forgotten the best candidate for cannon fodder, so they rushed to send Xu Rong of Chencang to stay. Five thousand troops guarded Sanguan and Chencang, and fifteen thousand troops came to Hangu Pass for support.

In their opinion, given the grudge between Xu Rong and Huangfu Chaobo, Xu Rong would definitely come to Hangu Pass to join the battle as soon as possible after receiving the order. What they didn't expect was that it was their order that allowed Xu Rong to find a grand reason to pass through the hinterland of Guanzhong, which was tightly defended by the Xiliang Army, and the army reached Chang'an City.

After the order was issued, Guo and Li ordered the army to stop attacking and quietly waited for Xu Rong's army to arrive.

What they didn't expect was that a few days later, the two of them were waiting for news that Xu Rong had mobilized tens of thousands of troops and was attacking Chang'an City with all his strength. According to the news from Chang'an, Xu Rong's army seemed to number between 50,000 and 60,000, far from the only 20,000 troops they knew.

Although there are three people and a total of 40,000 troops in Chang'an City today,

But there was no general who could match Xu Rong, and the two of them were not in the city. After receiving the news, the two men no longer bothered to attack Hangu Pass, and quickly set up camp and returned to rescue Chang'an.

Before the army arrived at Tongguan, the two received an urgent report from the Tongguan Navy. The Sizhou Army and Navy suddenly attacked the Tongguan Water Village, seemingly intending to invade the Wei River.

How could the two of them not know that Xu Rong had already taken refuge in Huangfu Chaobo? Although they missed his sister, the two news scared the two of them to death. After ordering their trusted generals to lead the infantry to quickly return to Chang'an to aid Chang'an, the two of them Each led his own 10,000 cavalry back to Chang'an for rescue.

A few days later, when Guo and Li led their cavalry to rush to Chang'an, Xu Rong's troops had stopped attacking the city, and 20,000 troops retreated to Weiqiao. However, at the other end of Weishui Bridge, next to a town called Duyou on the Weishui River, a A camp of tens of thousands of people was formed. At this time, the Sizhou navy's fleet had also broken through the Tongguan water village and was heading towards Chang'an.

According to what the Tongguan guard saw from the gate, the Sizhou navy was escorting dozens of large boats all the way west. Considering that one large boat can carry more than a thousand soldiers, the Sizhou army heading west this time There are as many as fifty or sixty thousand.

This news frightened Guo and Li. Although they had returned to Chang'an, they were so frightened by the news from the Tongguan defenders that they hid in the city and did not dare to leave the city. While they were desperately strengthening the city defense, they kept urging Shang Shang in Huayin. More than 50,000 infantrymen returned to support as soon as possible.

The two of them couldn't figure it out. Where did Xu Rong get the 50,000 to 60,000 troops? The Sizhou Army was already surrounded by enemies on all sides, so where did they gather the 50,000 troops? How difficult was it? Huangfu Chaobo really wanted to capture Chang'an, and then learn from the Grand Master. It was normal back then to retreat to Chang'an?

Thinking of this possibility, Guo and Li were even more afraid to leave the city to fight.

Three days later, when 50,000 infantrymen arrived in Chang'an, the two men became more courageous, because with their troops and Fan Chou's 20,000 troops, there were 80,000 to 90,000 troops in Chang'an. Even if Xu Rong and the Sizhou navy brought an army of only 100,000, it was simply a fool's dream to capture Chang'an, which was defended by nearly 100,000 troops.

Then the two led tens of thousands of cavalry out of Chang'an, but when they arrived at Wei Bridge, they found that Xu Rong's tens of thousands of troops and Sizhou navy disappeared overnight.

The two men, who were furious, realized that they had been fooled by Xu Rong. The two sent thousands of cavalrymen eastward along the Wei River and finally caught up with the Sizhou navy fleet at the Wei River in Zheng County.

However, even so, the two men gave up the idea of ​​sending troops to Hongnong again. Anyway, the two men had already fulfilled Cao Cao's promise and sent troops to attack Hangu Pass.

After this incident, the two men found that it was not difficult for Huangfu Chaobo to attack them, so it was better not to provoke him. Afterwards, the two men sent troops to assist the Tongguan defenders in retaking the Tongguan Water Fort, while also sending troops to take over the defenses of Sanguan and Chencang.