: Retreat to advance

That night, the Liangzhou Army Camp.

Li Ru said to Guo Si with annoyance: "Oh, I didn't expect that there were such terrifying cavalry in Gao Shun's army. It's such a mistake."

Guo Si said: "Military advisor, how long does it take to rebuild the well railing?"

"It will take at least one month." Li Ru said this and continued, "But Ru thought that rebuilding the well railing was not the best countermeasure."

Guo Si said: "How do you say this?"

Li Rudao: "Even if the well railing is rebuilt, how could Gao Shun not send this terrifying iron-armored cavalry to attack again? Our infantry can't stand the enemy, and the well railing will inevitably be destroyed."

Guo Si sighed: "I didn't expect that more than 200,000 Liangzhou troops could not help Gao Shun's three or five thousand troops, which was a shame. It was really a shame."

Li Rudao: "There is only the only way left now."

Guo Si said: "What method?"

Li Rudao: "The general can condemn the logistics and supplies troops to split the mountains along the south bank of the river and open a road to Guanzhong again! Although this is protracted, it can avoid Gao Shun's obstacle! Fortunately, the gains from our army's plunder from the four counties in the capital can support the two-year expenditure of the 200,000 army, and the supply of food and supplies is worry-free."

Guo Si said: "It seems that I have to do this."

Shang County, the official residence of Duan Wei, the Zuo Zhonglang general.

Duan Wei's eyes flashed and he said to Guo Tu: "Sir, are you here to be a lobbyist?"

"No." Guo Tu shook his head, sat down on the mat carelessly, stroked Liu Xu and said slowly, "I came here not to lobby the general, but to save the general's life."

"Sir, joking." Duan Wei said in a bad tone and said in a deep voice, "I am fine, how can I worry about my life?"

"If a general does not have a long-term plan, he will have immediate worries." Guo Tu said, "If a general does not listen to his good words, he will sooner or later be harmed by Guo Si, Li Kuai, Li Ru and others."

"Hmm?" Duan Wei said, "What does this mean by sir?"

Guo Tu said: "The general did not follow Li Ru's intentions, and had not led his army to Hangu Pass to Hangu Pass to meet Guo Si. Li Gui's troops must hold grudges. This time, Guo Si and Li Guizheng led their troops to attack the ancient road of Chang'an. Although General Gao Shun was good at fighting, his troops were limited, and it would be a matter of time to be broken through the defense line. If Guo Si, Li Gui, Li Ru and others led their troops into the pass and seized the three auxiliary guards of Guanzhong, would they still have a good life as a general?"

“This ~~”

Duan Wei was speechless.

Duan Wei is very clear about the personalities of Guo Si, Li Gui and others. They are all arrogant and domineering masters. If these two people really occupy the three auxiliary servants of Guanzhong, it would be impossible for Duan Wei to be let go easily.

Guo Tu said again: "The general's command is only 5,000 soldiers, and less than ten generals are under his command. However, Guo Si, Li Kui, Yang Feng, Fan Chou and others have hundreds of thousands of riot troops in Liangzhou. It is just a small task to destroy the general. What do the general think?"

Duan Wei finally changed his face and asked respectfully: "Yuan is stupid and almost missed a big deal. Now the situation is urgent, so please give me some advice."

Guo Tu said: "In the past, Dong Zhuo disrupted the court. Generals and others were accused of tigers and had already cut themselves off from the court. Liu Biao, the governor of Jingzhou in the south, was a descendant of the imperial family, and it was impossible to take in the general. Moreover, the Liangzhou army and the Kwantung army had been fighting for a long time, and the hatred was extremely deep. Sun Jian, the prefect of Nanyang, could never forgive the general. Zhang Lu, the prefect of Hanzhong, might take in the general, but unfortunately Zhang Lu had few soldiers. Even if he took in the general, he could only keep his peace for a while. After all, it was not a long-term solution."

The more Duan Wei heard it, the more he felt that what Guo Tu said made sense. He hurriedly said: "In my opinion, what should Wei do?"

Guo Tu stroked the willow beard and said, "The way for the general to survive should be in the northwest!"

"Hmm? Northwest?" Duan Wei's expression moved and he said thoughtfully, "Ma Butcher?"

Guo Tuyao clasped his fists to the northwest and said, "My lord is a wise and talented princess, and the princess of the Yiyang princess. He is also the governor of Liangzhou, who was appointed by the imperial court. He has a high position and a powerful position, and his identity is extremely noble! The three generals under his command include Jia Xu, Ju Su, Guan Ning, Wu Ma Teng, Gao Shun, Fang Yue, Xu Huang, Xu Chu, and Dian Wei, who are even more enemies of thousands of people. They also have a fertile land of Hetao, a fierce land of Liangzhou, and a glimpse of the Central Plains based on the northwest. This is the foundation of kings and dominance."

Duan Wei said: "But why did General I hear that there are only ten horse butchers and generals, and only 20,000 soldiers. How can such a single person achieve great things?"

Guo Tu said: "Soldiers are more important than elite troops. Although my lord only has four or fifty thousand troops under his command, they are all elite troops of a hundred battles, which can be enough to block a hundred! Didn't you hear that when my lord Rong guarded the northern border, I often used weak soldiers to defeat various Xianbei troops, and the armor was not flowing. Since Huo and Wei, no one has been able to be as powerful as my lord, and the barbarians are intimidated."

After saying this, Guo Tu said: "When the eight hundred bandits swept across the Central Plains, they defeated 20,000 elite soldiers with eight hundred elite soldiers. Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song were known as famous generals of the Han Dynasty, but they were still defeated and executed! Since the general thought that my lord was not enough to accomplish anything, Tu would ask back, which heroes in the world can accomplish great things?"

"This~~" Duan Wei hesitated and said tentatively, "I want me to join the horse and slaughter~~Uh, it's not impossible to join the horse, but I have three conditions."

Guo Tu said: "But it's okay."

Duan Wei said: "First, the general's troops must be independent of the subordinates under the governors, and form a system."

"Can."

Guo Tu agreed without thinking, but thought coldly in his heart, "I really have to wait until you surrender and become your lord's subordinate. How do you deal with you and how to deal with your lord's division?" Isn't it just a lord's words? How can you be picky and talk about conditions and reason, hum.

Duan Wei said again: "Secondly, Lord Ma must ensure the supply of our department's food and supplies, and the soldiers' weapons and equipment must be treated equally with the rest of the departments, and do not make things difficult for them on purpose."

Guo Tu pretended to ask for a moment and reluctantly responded: "It's OK."

Duan Wei said last: "The last one, this general needs to lead the prefect of Wudu."

Duan Wei's abacus was very precise. He himself knew that the first two conditions were too harsh. The butcher Ma might swallow his anger and agree to it when he was using people, but once he recovered, he would definitely take Duan Wei to take action, so Duan Wei had to make plans early.

He asked to guard Wudu, Duan Wei left a way out for himself. Once the situation was wrong and the butcher Ma showed signs of taking action, he could immediately lead his troops to retreat into Hanzhong and seek refuge with Hanzhong Prefect Zhang Lu.

Guo Tu pretended to say, "This matter is of great importance. I dare not make decisions without authorization. I need to ask the lord for instructions."

Duan Wei said calmly: "Since this is the case, I'm sorry. The sir can send someone to Guanzhong to ask Lord Ma for advice, but General Ma Teng's army can only stay outside Wuguan and wait for a while! However, if this general is not wrong, if General Ma Teng's army cannot arrive at Chang'an Ancient Road to reinforce in time, I'm afraid General Gao Shun will not be able to withstand it?"

"You~~" Guo Tu said angrily, "You are taking the opportunity to threaten it."

Duan Wei smiled and said, "Yun is not allowed, it's all for sir. I have no intention of coercion at all, haha."

"Okay!" Guo Tu gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice, "I am fair to you, I hope the general will trust you."

Duan Wei stretched out his hand and said, "A gentleman's word."

Guo Tu reached out and patted Duan Wei's hand heavily, and said loudly: "It's hard to chase after all!"

In the gentry class at that time, this kind of gentleman agreement was quite effective. Once a high-five was a vow, few people broke the vow. Unlike modern society, this kind of verbal gentleman agreement had long become inferior.

"Okay!" Duan Wei waved his hand and said sternly, "Come."

Two personal soldiers stood inside and said quickly: "What are the instructions of the general?"

Duan Wei said: "Immediately send an order to Li Meng, open Wu Pass, and let General Ma Teng's army pass!"

At the end of September, the first year of Jian'an (188) of Emperor Xian of Han.

After a month of unsuccessful attack on Wuguan, Guo Tu took the risk of entering the pass alone. With his words of no desolation, he finally convinced Dong Zhuo's old general Duan Wei to surrender. Ma Teng's army was able to successfully pass through Wuguan and enter the land of Guanzhong. At this time, Ma Yue had already recruited all the people in the densest areas within 300 miles around Chang'an, and was intensively recruiting people from remote areas of Guanzhong to the northern part of Liangzhou.

However, before Ma Teng led the army to reinforce, Gao Shun led his army to retreat to Guanzhong.

In October of the first year of An of Emperor Xian of Han, it took more than two months to open a new simple official road on the north side of the Chang'an Ancient Road, close to the south bank of the river. Finally, he bypassed the obstruction of Gao Shun's army and led more than 200,000 Liangzhou rioters into Guanzhong in a mighty manner.

However, the one left for Guo Si and Li Gui and other more than 200,000 Liangzhou chaos troops was an empty Guanzhong! The originally densely populated Guanzhong area was already deserted at this time, and there was no rooster crowing or smoke from a cooker for thousands of miles! The Liangzhou chaos troops who returned to Guanzhong were full of hope to suffer a heavy blow.

Chang'an.

Guo Si, Li Kui, Yang Feng, Zhao Cen, Li Ru and others stood on the long street, and they were all stunned. Originally, this was the most lively and prosperous street in Chang'an City, and there were often traffic, merchants and pedestrians, but at this time it was a desolate and crowded.

The whole street was dead, and even a mouse could not be found.

"Where are people?" Guo Si shouted in disbelief, "Where are the people in Chang'an City? Where have they been? Isn't they all killed by the butcher Ma? "

Li Gui also shouted: "Baling, Yangling, and Pingling counties are like this. I didn't expect that Chang'an is the same. What is going on? What exactly happened in Guanzhong? If the people of Guanzhong were not controlled, what would our 200,000 troops eat? What should we wear? Should we let the soldiers grow food by themselves?"

Hearing Li urging his words, Li Ru suddenly shivered with excitement and shouted: "People plan! This is Ma Butcher's Household Poison Scheme!"

Guo Si, Li Gui and others turned their heads and asked, "What kind of vicious plan?"

Li Ru sighed and said, "It's a powerful butcher who retreats to advance!"

Guo Si said in confusion: "What is to retreat to advance?"

Li Ru lamented: "Although the butcher Ma quitted out of Guanzhong, he did not withdraw from Guanzhong."

Li Kui frowned and said, "The military advisor is not confused, right? Why are he talking in a mess?"

Li Rudao: "It is said that the horse butcher withdrew from Guanzhong. It is because the horse butcher's army has indeed evacuated from Guanzhong. It is said that the horse butcher did not evacuate from Guanzhong because the horse butcher moved the entire Guanzhong people to Hetao!"

Guo Si finally understood and said with a sniff: "You mean~ Ma butcher sent all millions of people in Guanzhong to Hetao? Is this possible?"

"Ninety-one is like this."

Li Ru lamented, his heart was ashamed.

When Li Ru offered Dong Zhuo a plan to recruit two million people from the four counties in Luoyang's capital and capital, he tried to use the same household poisoning scheme to dismantle the 18th Guandong coalition forces. Unfortunately, Dong Zhuo died suddenly, and the plan ultimately failed. Unexpectedly, when he turned around, Ma Butcher successfully implemented the household poisoning scheme on the Liangzhou army, and confiscated millions of people in Guanzhong to Hetao.

This really responds to the old saying that retribution is unhappy.

"What should I do now?" Zhao Cen said, "The Three Auxiliary of Chang'an has become a dead place. Wouldn't the army stay here be able to sit and eat the whole country?"

Guo Si said: "What should I do? Of course, it is to go north to attack Hetao and take back the people."

"No." As soon as Guo Si finished speaking, Li Kui opposed, "Since the butcher Ma dared to recruit the people of Guanzhong to Hetao, he must have been fully prepared. Moreover, the butcher Ma has been in Hetao for many years and has a deep-rooted power. If our army rashly attacks, it will inevitably be planned by him! I think that now we should be rushing south to enter Hanzhong. Hanzhong Yinfu is expected to collect enough military rations to support the military's cost."

"What are you going to Hanzhong?" Guo Si obviously did not expect Li Kuai to openly challenge him and said furiously, "Our army has an army of 200,000, and the horse butcher has a maximum army of 200,000 to 30,000 troops, ten times the enemy's military strength advantage. Are you still afraid that you can't win?"

During Hangu Pass, because 300,000 Kwantung Army threatened the survival of the Liangzhou Army at all times, Li Gui could only swallow his anger and obey Guo Si's command in order to take into account the overall situation. But now the army has entered Guanzhong, and 300,000 Kwantung Army has been blocked from Hangu Pass far away. Since the danger has been eliminated, Li Gui no longer willing to obey Guo Si's command.

As soon as Guo Si finished speaking, Li Kui turned his lips and said hungryly: "You should go, I will go, anyway, I will not go."

"Li urging you are too presumptuous." Guo Si said angrily, "Don't forget that this general is the chief general of the Liangzhou Army! Do you dare to disobey?"

"Main General?" Li urgingly said, "Guo Si, what are you, and you are worthy of being the chief general of the Liangzhou Army!"

"court death."

Guo Si was furious and drew his sword to chop.

"I'm afraid you won't do it." Li Gui didn't give in, drew his sword to greet him, shouting loudly, "Don't think that you killed General Fan Chou, but others didn't know your intentions. Now I want to attack this general again, hum! Don't think that General will be like Fan Chou and wait for death and dream!"

Seeing the two men facing each other, Yang Feng and Zhao Cen hurriedly came up to persuade each other.

Only Li Ru shook his head and sighed, thinking that the current situation is the real sinister thing about Ma Butcher's trick! This move takes retreat as an advance, not only can it move the entire Guanzhong to Hetao, but it can also cause more than 200,000 Liangzhou troops to collapse and be destroyed in the blink of an eye.
To be continued...