(The support of the alliance is really too strong, which really makes Shiwulang embarrassed! Thank you Zhao Wuxiu 2014, ufgw, you can't have a headache, Anxi's disciple 1)

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Since the first year of Jian'an, the three giants of the Xiliang Army have been quarreling constantly.

Li Jue was a firm attacking faction. Since the beginning of March, he has been sending envoys to lobby Guo and Zhang, and tried his best to persuade the two generals to join forces with him to capture Hangu Pass and then grab the emperor. Zhang Ji was a firm opposition and believed that with the strength of their three families, he would definitely not be able to capture a world-class pass like Hangu Pass. Especially those who guard Hangu Pass were still the hateful Liaodong people.

The strength of the Liaodong White Wolf Army was fully reflected in the battle of the 800 Xiliang Iron Cavalry Attack Camp that day. Eight hundred cavalry attacked at night and assaulted, while the opponent only had 300 staging cavalry. In the end, more than a hundred main forces ran away, and their own losses were greatly damaged. How many lives would you have to spend to keep such an army guarding the dangerous pass?

Although Guo Si also suffered heavy losses in Ma Han's revenge battle, this guy could take it and let it go. His Xiliang army had fewer defeats in recent years? If he jumped like Li Jie after each defeat and took revenge at all costs, his army would have been reimbursed. So Guo Si's performance was irresistible. If Li and Zhang acted together, he would of course follow up; but he would also take the blame for the situation?

Of course, these two people lost only soldiers, and they would recruit them again after they were gone, so they didn’t feel sorry for them. But Li Jie died but his nephew. Can he feel the same?

As a result, amid the quarrels, Luoyang's strength was recovering little by little, and Ma Han's strength was increasing little by little. When the reinforcements from Liaodong landed, Luoyang's strength broke through the 5,000th barrier, and even Li Jue, who was calling the loudest, dared not say anything.

However, as time went by, Guo and Zhang gradually felt the pressure brought by the big card of the emperor. Although they were all under the hats of Grand Sima, General of Cavalry, and General of Carriage, who would take the warlords who were only three or five thousand soldiers and horses seriously? Without the emperor in hand, they were nothing.

Just as Guo Si gradually changed his attitude and changed from neutral to attack, Luoyang issued an edict, which completely angered the horse thief.

The May edict not only deprived Li Jue of the position of Grand Sima, but also removed Guo Si from his position as General of the Cavalry. At the same time, he declared that the two were rebellious, and everyone in the world could be punished. Only Zhang Ji was slightly better. Although he was also stripped of the position of General of the Cavalry, he at least gave him a consolation prize: General Zhaoyi.

This so-called miscellaneous general title has no practical function except for being nicer in name. Of course, compared to being beaten to the end, Li Jue, Guo Si and Zhang Ji are much better than being labeled as rebellious.

This is actually the result of Ma Han's plan to cooperate with Jia Xu to divide the generals of Xiliang and discuss with Zhang Ji.

As expected, Li and Guo, who were treated differently by Luoyang, became suspicious of Zhang Ji, and the quarrels between the two sides were gradually escalating. Even the Western Liang army had an internal strife, which was common. In the era of Dong Zhuo, the most powerful army in the world had been caused by the internal strife of warlords of all sizes in Xiliang, and it was no longer the same as Zheng Tai said back then, "The world's boxing and bravery are all in Xiliang."

Now, it is time to end this Han and riot army.

At the end of May, the White Wolf Army, which had completed the preparations for the Western Expedition, had not yet opened Hangu Pass. It was right that the Western Liang army was blocked outside the gate. The Western Liang army rushed to the door first!

Li Jue and Guo Si are typical Western Liang generals. They have a mess of political and strategic strategy, but each has its own military skills. At that time, they were more than a dozen troops from the Guandong Alliance to fight against Dong under Hulao Pass. Although they were early Western Liang generals such as Hu Zhen and Xu Rong, the ones who really galloped and fought on the battlefield were still the only lieutenants and the intermediate military generals of the Western Liang lieutenants. Li, Guo and others worked from low-level officers to senior generals step by step, and there was no shortage of military talents.

A decree in Luoyang declared the two of them to be rebellious, and Chang'an was in chaos. At this time, Hongnong sent an envoy. Just as Li Jue grinned and Guo Si rolled up his sleeves and prepared to curse and fight, he found that Hongnong's envoy was not here to argue or announce the war, but to ask for peace.

Well, it is normal for the Xiliang Army to fight and kill today, and it is a normal thing to shake hands and make peace tomorrow.

In addition to asking for peace, the envoy also offered advice. Li and Guo wanted to restore the current decline, so they had to take the lead in attacking. If Ma Han led his army to Chang'an, they would be confirmed as a traitor. Only by attacking Luoyang first and blocking the Bailang Army at Hangu Pass can achieve two goals: First, if the Bailang Army leaves the pass to fight, it will lose its advantage in the pass, and the Xiliang Army can win the battle; Second, if the Bailang Army does not stand, it will cause strong psychological pressure to the monarch and ministers of Luoyang, and people will panic. At that time, as long as the emperor is asked to forgive his rebellion and restore his official position, he can withdraw his troops, and the court will inevitably surrender under pressure.

Zhang Ji said that although he could not send troops to help as the two generals wished, he could provide funds for the food and to make the Xiliang army optimistic about the rear route and the left-wing (Yellow River) barrier.

Li Jue and Guo Si were overjoyed when they heard this and claimed good. They immediately raised all the troops from Chang'an. The two armies had a total of more than 5,000 troops and rushed to Hangu Pass.

I have to say that Li and Guo have severe political IQ arrears, and they don’t think about it. Zhang Ji and they are both people on the same starting line. How can Zhang Ji think of something they can’t think of? And it’s so organized and well-founded?

In fact, it was Ma Han, the strategy set by Jia Xu and Guo Jia, to lead the Western Liang army to attack and divide the three generals of Xiliang, and the executor was Jia Xu.

Jia Xu personally went to Hongnong to convey the imperial decree and persuaded: "The general repeatedly offended the emperor during the Xingping period, which was a great crime. Today, I will be kind to you. General Wei will only cut off his empty titles and do not investigate the past. The general should increase the quota to congratulate him. How can he join the two devils again?"

Jia Xu had a very high prestige in the Xiliang army, and Zhang Ji also respected him very much. He nodded repeatedly after hearing this: "What sir said is very true."

Jia Xu said again: "If General Guards will lead his troops to attack, the general Hongnong army will be the first to be the brunt of it, and Li and Guo may not be willing to come to Chang'an to help. If so, before Li and Guo are destroyed, the general will die first. Why do you have to block the shield for others?"

Zhang Ji and his nephew Zhang Xiu looked at each other after hearing this, knowing that what Jia Xu said was right. If the White Wolf Army attacked Chang'an, they would definitely attack Hongnong first. No one dared to let an army with unknown enemies and friends be in the back of their own army. But the uncle and nephew were also worried. They had been in Hongnong for a long time, so they could not give up their great foundations and wander around to avoid the king's army's army, right?

Jia Xu always thought that Zhang Ji's uncle and nephew's consideration had won the trust of his uncle and nephew. Zhang Xiu bowed respectfully and said: "Why did sir teach me?"

Jia Xu said "heart-to-heart": "The only way to achieve both worlds is to have one strategy. The general can send envoys to persuade Li, and Guo will attack Hangu Pass first. In this way, if Li and Guo's army are stationed at the gate, then the general can smile at the success or failure in the rear."

Uncle and nephew Zhang Ji suddenly realized his mind. After receiving Jia Xu's order, he immediately sent an envoy to Chang'an. With this and such argument, Jia Xu was familiar with the weaknesses of the generals of Xiliang. He fooled these two people who had less than ten points of wisdom. He didn't need to take action himself. He only ordered Zhang Ji's envoy to go and pass on a message, Li Jue and Guo Si, the two bull demon kings, were led by the nose and came out obediently.

Why did the Xiliang army have to attack Hangu instead of the White Wolf Army rushing to Chang'an?

The reason is very simple. First, the surrounding area of ​​Luoyang is not stable. The situation is unstable. Ma Han and his main force cannot leave the center for a long time to avoid changes. Second, whether it is a defensive counterattack at Hangu Pass or a pass to meet the enemy. In terms of logistics supply, it is far better than a labor force to go to Chang'an. At present, Luoyang is most short of food. Compared with the decisive battle in Hangu Pass, food can be saved at least half. Anyone can calculate this account.

Sure enough, when he heard that Li Jue and Guo Si were fighting. Zhang Ji provided food and fodder to help Hongnong, the monarch and ministers in Luoyang were panicked for a while. For the past six months, he always thought that during the Xingping period, the emperor was shamed for a few pairs of cow bones. The carriage returned east and was wandering all the way, unable to feed his food, and his life was in the evening... Whether it was the emperor Liu Xie or the ministers, everyone had a sense of being out of the sea of ​​suffering and being a human being again. No one wanted to fall into the boundless sea of ​​suffering again, so a storm aroused the court, demanding that Ma Han write a letter to apologize, urge the emperor to dismiss the edict and pardon the two generals of Xiliang.

The news reached the Xiliang Army camp at Hangu Pass. Li Jue and Guo Si were all proud, and their troops showed off their power at the pass and called for battle.

Hangu Pass guards the throat of Wuhan, connects to Hengling in the west, Juejian in the east, Qinling in the south, and Yellow River in the north. The terrain is dangerous and the roads are narrow, and it is known as "the carriages do not have square tracks, and the horses do not reincarnate together." However, this refers to Qin Pass, which is Hangu Pass during the Qin Dynasty, which is located west of Caoyang Pavilion in Hongnong County. Hangu Pass in the Han Dynasty was east of Xin'an.

Since the rise of the Han Dynasty, Guanzhong was the imperial capital, and it was called outside the pass to the east of Hangu Pass. People were proud to be a Guanzhong person. Yang Pu, the general of Louchuan, was originally from Xin'an County east of Hangu Pass. Others said that he was a outsider of the pass. He felt very unhappy and donated all his family's resources. In the third year of Yuanding in the Han Dynasty (114 BC), a majestic city was built east of Xin'an, facing Jianhe in the south and Mangshan in the north. There was a dangerous situation where "one man should be the pass, tens of thousands of men should not open", which was for Hangu Pass. With this new pass, Yang Pu became a Guanzhong person.

If Qin Pass was controlled by danger, Han Pass was purely a product of vanity, so it was far from being compared with Qin Pass. There was a large area of ​​flat land outside Han Hangu Pass, and the terrain was fluctuating and smooth, which was very suitable for large army combat. However, the Xiong Pass was a Xiong Pass, outside the pass was like a bellows, and in front of the pass was like a pot mouth, and the walls on both sides were ten feet high, so you could squeeze into pieces of paper. In other words, Hangu Pass could not be taken by a large number of people.

Li Jue and Guo Si were not trying to capture Hangu Pass with just five or six thousand troops. Their purpose was just two words: forcing the palace.

Force the emperor, force all officials, force the horses, force the White Wolf Army.

Zhou Cang, who was guarding Hangu Pass and Bailang Camp under his command, had to attack head-on as early as before the Xiliang Army appeared, but the General's Mansion then sent a strict order, strictly prohibiting attacks. Those who violated the orders were engaged in military laws. As a result, Zhou Cang watched the Xiliang Army's formation at the pass every day, and was full of anger.

The reason why Ma Hanzhi was slow to attack was not because of insufficient preparation, but because of other reasons, he was waiting for a crucial news.

In early June, a whistle eagle swept across the newly-capped Chongde Hall, and the long-awaited news came.

After taking the translation sent by Hawkeye, Ma Han looked at his generals with a longing, and said only one sentence: "Let's start."

When the hustle and bustle of the court and the arrogance of the Xiliang army reached the top, Ma Han, who had completed various arrangements, left Guo Jia to stay in the General's Mansion and personally promoted three thousand troops to fight the Xiliang army!
Chapter completed!