While Yongzhou and Liangzhou were in chaos, Sizhou in the east was relatively stable, and no troubles had occurred for the time being.
In fact, when news of the Yongliang chaos came, Li Xiang once thought of taking advantage of this opportunity to decisively send troops.
But unfortunately, Yang Jian was also a very shrewd person and did not give Li Xiang half a chance.
Stationed in Tongguan is Yang Jian's tribe Yang Lin, and the 40,000 soldiers and horses under Yang Lin's command are naturally one of Yang Jian's forces, and they are his largest force.
However, even though he was eager to stabilize the situation in Yongzhou, he did not mobilize every soldier of this army, even when he sent troops to fight Niu Fu.
After he defeated Niu Fu, Yang Jian had a comprehensive advantage in the chaos in Yongzhou, and there was no need to use Yang Lin's troops.
Under such circumstances, Li Xiang would naturally not attack Tongguan easily. Yang Lin's ability is not bad, plus he has soldiers and food. If he is not sure enough, he will only get a head-on collision.
Although in terms of commander-in-chief, there are many people on Li Xiang's side who are higher than Yang Lin, but with Xiong Guan in hand, Yang Lin is not that easy to fight.
Like the Battle of Diaoyu City, the Mongols besieged Diaoyu City in Sichuan for decades. As a strong city on the front line of Sichuan, guard Wang Jian even completed the feat of killing Mongol Khan Mengge here. At that time, artillery existed.
There was also the battle of Chencang between Zhuge Liang and He Zhao. Even though Zhuge Liang, an almost deified man, led the army to fight, there was no success in the end.
In Zhu Wenzheng's defense battle of Hongdu, Chen Youliang led an army of 600,000 to besiege Hongdu, which had only 20,000 defenders. Zhu Wenzheng and Deng Yu held on tenaciously, holding on to Hongdu for 85 days. In the end, Chen Youliang was forced to withdraw.
It can be seen that in the era of cold weapons, a strong city or a strong pass will bring great advantages to the defender.
As for Liangzhou where Fu Jian is located, although there is no powerful pass like Tongguan to block it, Li Xiang has no plans to attack Liangzhou for the time being.
Although Yang Jian and Fu Jian seemed to be at odds with each other after Dong Zhuo's death, they looked incompatible. But if Li Xiang forcibly intervenes between them and shows enough threat to them, the two of them will definitely not mind temporarily joining forces to deal with Li Xiang.
Moreover, Liangzhou is also a border state and faces threats from surrounding foreign races. Even if Li Xiang captured Liangzhou, he would have to deploy a large number of troops to defend again, just like Wentao and Yanmen are doing now.
Therefore, before successfully conquering Yongzhou, Li Xiang should leave Liangzhou here for the time being. Two years ago, the reason why Li Xiang did not let Su Lie insist on attacking Liangzhou was precisely for this reason.
What's more, Fu Jian, who stayed in Liangzhou, could also cause some trouble for Yang Jian. Fu Jian can be used to contain Yang Jian. Since these two people are not dealt with now, Li Xiang can't let Yang Jian live too comfortably, right?
No, although it is temporarily difficult to attack Guanzhong, Li Xiang will not do nothing. Hongnong and Hedong are two places that Sizhou Li Xiang has not yet controlled, and Li Xiang has been coveting them for a long time.
It is a trivial matter to expand the territory by taking over the land of these two counties. The key point is that as long as the land of these two counties is successfully taken into hands, then Li Xiang's Sizhou will be complete. If he successfully controls a state, Li Xiang will be rewarded quite a lot.
Li Xiang glanced at the generals in the hall and said slowly: "Hongnong and Hedong counties, which general is willing to lead the army to attack?"
"I will go there eventually."
The two generals Bai Qi and Qin Qiong were the first to step forward. With Yueyang guarding Hangu Pass, among the generals present, these two were the best in terms of commanding the troops.
Although Qin Qiong's ability is far inferior to Bai Qi's, but this is compared with Bai Qi's full commander. In fact, Qin Qiong's basic commander of 98 points is not too low. Moreover, Qin Qiong is not comparable to Bai Qi in terms of qualifications. He is also one of the first generals to follow Li Xiang.
After seeing Qin Qiong and Bai Qi asking for a fight, Li Xiang was not surprised at all. The candidates in his mind were these two people.
Wang Kuang and Zhang Yang are probably the most capable among the remaining princes in the world. With Li Xiang's current lineup, they can easily deal with them.
"Bai Qi, Qin Qiong and others obey orders!" Li Xiang said seriously.
"The last general is here." Bai Qi and Qin Qiong responded together.
"Since you two have asked for a battle, then you two will each lead 20,000 troops and go to attack Hongnong and Hedong respectively."
"General, take your orders!" Two steady and powerful voices sounded at the same time.
Of course, these two are just the main generals, and Li Xiang naturally has to send some other generals to help them. Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Gao Changgong, Yuchi Gong, Hu Luguang, and Ge Congzhou are Bai Qi and Qin Qiong's lieutenants this time. Six people, exactly three to each person, no one can take advantage of anyone else.
These two men did not disappoint Li Xiang. They easily captured the place they wanted to attack, and this also marked the demise of two more princes!
Compared with Bai Qi, Qin Qiong did not have many tricks in using his troops. He first lured the enemy out of the city to fight in the field, and consumed as much of the enemy's vitality as possible in the field battle. Then he fought steadily, leading the army to push forward step by step.
And Bai Qi had more tricks. Xu Huang was in charge of the frontal attack, while Zhang Liao focused on the enemy's weak points and carried out surprise attacks. Feint attacks, deception, and combination of virtual and real tactics were endless, directly beating the enemy to death. Want to die.
Moreover, Bai Qi also used the tactic of encircling a point for reinforcements during this attack. He tightly surrounded the place where Wang Kuang was and refused to let go, while Wang Kuang's other men had to lead troops one by one to come to the rescue.
Bai Qi made good use of the time difference between these troops coming to rescue Wang Kuang. In addition, Li Xiang's army had a large number of cavalry. Through the cavalry attack, he eliminated these troops who came to rescue Wang Kuang one by one. Achieved maximum results with minimum losses.
Although both Bai Qi and Qin Qiong successfully completed their goals in the end, Bai Qi's own casualties were much smaller than Qin Qiong's. The difference between the two can be seen by a discerning person at a glance.
"Ding, congratulations to the host for successfully occupying Sizhou and obtaining a god-level talent summoning card and a historical beauty summoning card."
Another god-level talent summoning card and a historical beauty summoning card are obtained. He wakes up to hold the power of the world and lies drunk on the knees of a beautiful woman. Beautiful. Now, there are talents who can help him strive for world domination, and beauties can also be in place.
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