"Sir, Chen Cang Guard is here!"

The Hanzhong lord promoted Dao's troops to 400,000 in Xiliang, and the whole city was covered with golden armor.

While Zhang Dao continued to recruit troops, Xiliang Governor Xie Ai encircled and suppressed him.

"Chen Cang has only 50,000 defenders. If we defeat Xie Ai, we can even occupy the entire Liangzhou."

Zhang Dao occupied the two counties of Xiliang, with ambitions, and wanted to occupy Xiliang, and had both Hanzhong and Xiliang.

"We have 400,000 rebels, can we be no match for Chen Cang's 50,000 defenders?"

Zhang Dao faced Xie Ai in Baiyi and chose to go out of the city to fight.

"Xie Ai dares to take the initiative to attack, he is probably prepared..."

Zhang Jiao has a bad premonition.

Now the entire Han Empire has become a battlefield, and the victory or defeat of the Liangzhou battlefield is very important.

"The military advisor doesn't have to worry. No matter what Xie Ai is, we are a lot of people. We recruit 400,000 troops and are not responsible for production. If we are besieged in Shangji, the food in Shangji City will be exhausted in less than a month or two."

Zhang Dao sent 400,000 troops, of which the Yellow Turban Army had about 200,000.

One of the disadvantages of the explosive tactic is the lack of food and grass weapons.

Originally, the food and grass in Shangji City were enough for 50,000 defenders to eat for a year, but not enough for 400,000 people to eat for two months. He was not unaware that Xie Ai was prepared, but had to go to war.

Zhuge Liang was also helpless in the Northern Expedition, and wanted to fight and decide quickly with the troops who supported Xiliang in Guanzhong.

Four hundred thousand peasant troops left the city, boundless, and the black troops stretched out one after another for hundreds of miles.

If the terrain had not been expanded ten times, a battlefield would not be able to accommodate 400,000 troops.

Among the peasant army, many newly recruited rebels were dressed in rags and holding simple spears and hunting bows.

"Li Zicheng, you, Liu Zongmin and Song Xiance, go to guard Jieting and hold the city at the foot of the mountain. You cannot set up camps on the mountain, otherwise the water source on the mountain will be cut off by the Qin army and our army will be defeated."

Zhang Dao sent Li Zicheng as the pioneer and guarded Jieting.

In view of the lessons that Ma Su lost Jieting during Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, Zhang Dao specifically reminded Li Zicheng not to repeat the same mistakes.

Jieting is the only place for Zhang Dao to judge and Xie Ai to reinforce.

Li Zicheng led 50,000 people to guard Jieting and bought time for Zhang Dao's 400,000 army.

The Qin army's black tiger-patterned flags were waving, and they marched towards Hanyang County without any rush or slow.

The prefect of Liangzhou, Xie Ai, was sitting in a carriage, holding a volume of military books in his hand, shaking with the bumps of the carriage.

"Soldiers are very fast. I don't understand why you are not in a hurry? Zhang Dao has the ability to bewitch people's hearts and can quickly recruit soldiers and horses. If you step later, Zhang Dao will have 500,000 soldiers and horses. At that time, 500,000 soldiers will be seven times our strength. How to deal with it?"

Opposite Xie Ai, there was a Di leader and a Qiang leader. Among them, the Di leader Fu Jian asked Xie Ai.

"The troops brought out by Zhang Dao from Hanzhong are his elite troops, so when fighting with the Xiliang army, they are brave and fierce. Although the peasant army recruited temporarily is large, they are just a mob that is temporarily pieced together. Apart from consuming food and strengthening momentum, they will not improve Zhang Dao's strength. I have two helpers, as well as the elite forces such as the Western Liang Iron Cavalry, Huangzhong Yiconghu, Di people's cavalry, etc., which can defeat Zhang Dao. By then, both of them will be kings and manage their fiefs and tribes. We will treat them equally."

Xie Ai took the initiative to win over the Qiang people and Di leaders among the Five Barbarians.

If you want nothing happened to Xiliang, you must have a good relationship with the Qiang and Di people.

The leader of the Di people Fu Jian and the leader of the Qiang people Yao Yizhong acquiesced.

Lao Qin promised to give them preferential treatment, and to grant the two the Di kings and Qiang kings, and allocate land for their tribesmen to live in.

Lao Qin's promise was more generous than Chu Tian, ​​and he completely gave them real power.

However, Lao Qin's promise is like a mirror and water moon. If you want to gain real power, the premise is to defeat King Xia.

Fu Jian said: "My generals have two enemies, Zhang Hao and Deng Qiang, who can rush forward. In addition to these two Han generals, there is also Qiang general Lu Guang, who has higher force than Zhang Hao and lower force than Deng Qiang."

"The three of them can be used to defeat Zhang Dao."

Xie Ai knew these three people.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are called enemies of thousands, and so are Zhang Hao and Deng Qiang.

Of course, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are more popular, so Zhang Hao and Deng Qiang are one level lower than Guan Yu and Zhang Fei and are defeated by Lu Bu, but their force is almost the enemy of ten thousand people in the eyes of ordinary soldiers.

There were many powerful Former Qin kingdoms established by the Di tribe.

They lacked a think tank to command their wars, and they lost Wang Meng, the commander of the Former Qin Kingdom in history, and Xie Ai could barely replace Wang Meng to command them.

A Xiliang cavalry came to the carriage and said to the three big men located inside the carriage: "Three masters, we are less than thirty miles away from Jieting. On the way, we found the scout of the Hanzhong army and fought with him."

"Zhang Dao indeed sent people to guard Jieting, intending to stop our troops. We fought with him at Jieting, and broke 400,000 for 80,000."

Xie Ai originally had 50,000 defenders, but the Qiang and Di people sent a total of 30,000 elite troops, and he actually had 80,000 troops in his hands.

Zhang Dao's population is still much worse than Guanzhong.

Xie Ai's 80,000 troops were all professional soldiers. The leader of the Di people Fu Jian and the leader of the Qiang people Yao Yizhong sent 15,000 cavalry to be the elites of the Di people and Qiang tribes.

Jieting, Li Zicheng guarded this place, remembered Zhang Dao's advice, did not make the mistakes of Ma Su in history, and waited for Zhang Dao to arrive.

Xie Ai was not in a hurry to attack. He wanted to fight Zhang Dao at Jieting and defeat Zhang Dao in one fell swoop.

Behind Xie Ai is Guanzhong, and Zhang Dao only occupied Wudu County and Hanyang County in Liangzhou. Behind him, he may be attacked by Xu Huang, Pang De and three Yi Ren Prefects at any time.

After being defeated by Zhang Dao in Qishan, the three prefects retreated to Longxi County and reorganized their troops.

Xie Ai believed that Zhang Dao's supply pressure was five times his own force, and Zhang Dao could not afford it.

In addition, if you defeat Xie Ai, Zhang Dao may occupy the entire Liangzhou, which is a fatal temptation for Zhang Dao.

The troops from both sides gathered in Jieting, and Xie Ai simply gave up a plain east of Jieting to facilitate Zhang Dao to arrange troops and then stationed in the east to confront Jieting.

Xie Ai did not move, and Zhang Dao did not dare to attack Longxi County. He still had to bear five times the consumption of food and grass.

Zhang Dao's 400,000 troops gathered in Jieting one after another.

"Xie Ai's troops are more than I imagined, 70,000 or 80,000? It seems that the Di people and Qiang people are standing on Lao Qin's side, and Lao Qin has given them favorable conditions."

Zhang Dao led a team of cavalry to a mountain in Jieting to observe Xie Ai's military situation.

"Lord, all the soldiers and horses commanded by Xie Ai are elite. The subordinates can use the skills of changing colors to change the weather and change the sun, and they may win."

Zhang Jiao was worried.

Xie Ai's troops seem to be only one-fifth of Zhang Dao's, but half of Zhang Dao's troops are the peasant uprising army that he just recruited, and his combat effectiveness is worrying. The real main force is the 200,000 peasant army brought out by Zhang Dao from Guanzhong.

There is also a team of Xiliang Iron Cavalry where Xie Ai.

"No, the price to pay for changing the time is too high..."

Zhang Dao did not allow Zhang Jiao to use his abilities.

In "Lord", every ability that goes against the sky has to pay a price. Just like Alexander seems to be afraid of something so far, and his characteristic "king army power" has only been activated once.

Zhang Jiao's storm has only been activated twice in the past ten years.

Only a few people know what the price of these special abilities is.

"We can use the human sea tactics."

The 400,000 peasant army began to set up its formation, and it looked endless. All the peasant army was densely packed with dense peasant army.

If Zhang Dao was allowed to occupy Liangzhou, maybe a million troops would really explode in Xiliang.

"Eighty thousand vs. 400,000, how many opportunities are there in the past and present? Regardless of the outcome, it doesn't matter."

Xie Ai was also observing the peasant army.

Since the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army was suppressed, it has rarely seen such a large-scale peasant uprising army.

Ordinary governors and prefects, witnessing the huge army of 400,000 peasant troops, might turn around and flee.

Xie Ai also began to arrange troops.

When the two armies face off, a war may be about to break out at any time.

"Zhang Hao, Deng Qiang, you two, after I get my order, lead the Di cavalry to trap the battle."

Xie Ai called Zhang Hao, the sixteen countries of the Jin Dynasty, who had ten thousand enemies, and Deng Qiang and Deng Qiang came. Deng Qiang's force was higher than Zhang Hao.

These two generals are both fierce men. In each battle, they rushed into the enemy formation several times and assassinated hundreds of people.

Xu Huang and Pang De were also defeated by them.

Only when Lu Bu arrived and captured Zhang Hao alive, the Di tribe rebelled within the internal rebellion, then surrendered.

Deng Qiang said, "Unless the governor has signed me as General Pingxi after the battle, Deng Qiang is willing to attack the enemy's formation regardless of life and death."

"General Pingxi, this official is too big..."

Xie Ai didn't expect that Deng Qiang was unruly and set a price on the ground.

Ten thousand enemies seem to have some tempers.

Deng Qiang couldn't help but be furious and sat on the ground: "Those who join the army are just fame and fortune. Could it be that I am not afraid of life and death, and I charge for the King of Qin, breaking 400,000 troops, and still cannot obtain the position of General Pingxi? If the governor does not agree, don't let me fight!"

Deng Qiang directly asked for an official position, which made the Di leader Fu Jian quite embarrassed. After all, he was also Deng Qiang's boss.

"Okay, I will submit a letter to Chang'an City and appoint you as General Pingxi. If the court does not agree, then I will resign from the position of governor of Liangzhou."

Xie Ai also had a headache when facing such a powerful general, so he had to agree.

Fortunately, Deng Qiang just asked for General Pingxi, otherwise if he asked for the throne, Xie Ai would not be able to mobilize Deng Qiang.

Deng Qiang was overjoyed after hearing this: "Please rest assured, Lord Governor, I will definitely defeat the army on the other side!"

Deng Qiang not only asked for an official position, but also sent someone to move the wine jar to the camp. He drank with Deputy General Xu Cheng and another enemy of 10,000 people, Zhang Hao, and finally smashed the wine jar to pieces, with great enthusiasm: "Although there are tens of millions of people, we are leaving!"

Three powerful generals leaped on their horses with guns and led the Di cavalry to attack the 400,000 army on the opposite side!

"It's really a fierce general."
Chapter completed!