Liangzhou.
After the end of the last war, Fu Jian and other princes' forces were severely weakened. Bai Qi made a decisive decision and divided his troops again. He ordered Feng Yi to lead Jiang Song, Luo Cheng, Luo Ren and other generals to lead a surprise attack on Xiaoguan with 30,000 cavalry.
Bai Qi himself led the remaining troops and horses to continue to deal with the remaining forces of Fu Jian and other princes.
After Fu Jian and others discovered the movements of Feng Yi's troops, although they passed the direction of Feng Yi's advance, they found out that Feng Yi's destination was to go to Xiaoguan.
It can be said that Fu Jian's remaining strength at this time has no energy to allocate troops to stop Feng Yi's 30,000 cavalry. He can only watch Feng Yi bypass the cities along the way and go straight to Xiaoguan.
Of course, although Fu Jian and the others were unable to separate their troops to stop Feng Yi's 30,000 cavalry, they would never do anything at all.
After discovering the movements of Feng Yi's troops, Fu Jian immediately sent out a large number of messengers to report the news. Although this cannot give any practical help to General Yang Fan of Xiaoguan, it can at least allow Yang Fan to prepare in advance.
In Xue Rengui's Conquest of the West, Yang Fan is a general of the Xifan Kingdom and the second villain in the book. He served as the commander-in-chief of Baihu Pass. Although he was not handsome in appearance, he was extremely powerful. He held a gold-backed machete in his hand and was brave enough to be worthy of any man. He was also closely related to Xue Rengui's death.
At Baihu Pass, Yang Fan designed to injure Xue Rengui and defeated Xue Dingshan. The Tang army was hindered. Later, Xue Rengui was accidentally shot to death by Xue Dingshan.
In desperation, Xue Dingshan invited Fan Lihua three times, and the two officially became husband and wife. Yang Fan set up the White Tiger Formation, but Fan Lihua broke it. He was captured alive by Fan Lihua, and was eventually killed by Fan Lihua's adopted son Xue Yinglong.
In the legend, Yang Fan was the reincarnation of the Five Ghost Stars. After being killed by Xue Yinglong, his ghost was reincarnated in Fan Lihua's belly and reincarnated as Xue Gang, killing more than 300 members of the Xue family.
However, although Fu Jian sent a large number of messenger troops, Bai Qi was obviously prepared for this. In order to prevent Fu Jian and others from affecting the purpose of Feng Yi's trip, Bai Qi also sent out a large number of light cavalry to intercept and kill the messenger sent by Bai Qi.
Although Fu Jian's messenger army had some fish that slipped through the net, after some pursuit and interception, by the time this fish that slipped through the net arrived at Xiao Pass, Feng Yi's army was only dozens of miles away.
Dozens of miles may sound very far, but for the cavalry, it is just a fleeting thing. Under the attack of the cavalry, it will not even last a day. In such a short period of time, Yang Fan had no time to improve his defense.
However, although it would not take long for the enemy troops to approach the city, Yang Fan did not give up. Instead, he actively asked Yongzhou Yang Jian for help to protect Xiao Pass.
Given the current situation, Yang Fan saw clearly that it was impossible to expect Fu Jian to send reinforcements. Then only Yang Jian's forces in Yongzhou were left to come to the rescue.
Although Yang Fan was a general under Fu Jian's command rather than a member of Yang Jian's influence, now was the time when they were uniting to fight against the Jin Dynasty, so it was normal for them to make necessary adjustments.
Moreover, Xiaoguan and one of the gateways in Guanzhong, taking Xiaoguan would be equivalent to opening the way for the Jin army to march into Yongzhou. If Xiao Guan is captured by Feng Yi, then it will be the Yang Jian forces in Yongzhou who cry next. Therefore, Yang Jian had no choice but to help him this time, and he was even more active than the forces in Liangzhou.
However, Yang Jian was in Tongguan after all at this time. Yang Fan's letter for help was sent from Xiaoguan to Chang'an, and then from Chang'an to Tongguan, which must have taken a while.
By the time Yang Jian received the request for help, the battle between Xiao Guan had already begun.
After Yang Jian received the news, he immediately sent reinforcements to Xiaoguan. Xiaoguan was too important to Guanzhong, and he could never afford to abandon Xiaoguan.
However, although Yang Jian wanted to send reinforcements, he did not have enough troops. Except for the troops in Tongguan and the army that was almost gone in Liangzhou, most of Yang Jian's remaining troops were concentrated in Chang'an and Sanguan.
Chang'an is the top priority in Guanzhong, so naturally the troops here cannot be moved. But Yang Jian was also unwilling to mobilize the troops at Sanguan easily. Strategically speaking, Sanguan was more important than Xiaoguan.
In the end, out of desperation, Yang Jian had no choice but to send county soldiers and some of the troops he had just summoned during this period to support Xiaoguan Yang Fan.
Li Xiang's army was approaching, so Yang Jian naturally had to temporarily summon a large number of troops to prevent unexpected events. In fact, not only Yang Jian, but also the two Liangzhou princes Ma Teng and Fu Jian did the same. Only Han Sui was caught off guard by Su Lie at the beginning of the war and had no time to summon more troops.
However, Yang Jian, Ma Teng, and Fu Jian, just like Li Xiang, will not use these recruits in field battles, but only for city defense.
With the combat power of these new recruits, if they faced the elite troops, they would probably be defeated in one blow if they were directly thrown into the field. At that time, it will affect the situation of the entire battlefield.
However, although Yang Jian sent reinforcements, not long after these reinforcements left Chang'an, news came that Xiao Pass had been breached.
Xiaoguan is an important place where Liangzhou passes through Yongzhou. Now Fu Jian and Yang Jian join forces to resist Li Xiang's Jin army. Under this situation, Fu Jian would not arrange too many troops in Xiaoguan, even if it was to avoid misunderstanding by Yang Jian.
What's more, by mobilizing Xiao Guan's troops, Fu Jian can also gather more troops to deal with Bai Qi and Su Lie's army. As a result, Xiaoguan, an important town that once had 20,000 elite troops stationed there, now only has 3,000 troops left to guard it.
Feng Yinai came all the way, so naturally he would not carry large-scale siege equipment such as catapults and manholes. Even the ladders were improvised and simple versions.
With such crude equipment, it is naturally not easy to capture a powerful pass. But Feng Yi arrived too quickly. Even before Yang Fan was fully prepared, Feng Yi's 30,000 cavalry troops were already approaching the city.
As soon as the army arrived, Feng Yi did not give Yang Fan a chance and immediately launched a full-scale attack.
Feng Yi also knew very well that for such an important portal as Xiaoguan, the enemy would not give up easily. In order to prevent any accidents from happening, he must occupy the strong pass of Xiaoguan as soon as possible.
Feng Yi is worthy of being the best among the twenty-eight generals in Yuntai. In this battle, he gave full play to the role of a fierce general in the army. He ordered Jiang Song, Luo Ren, and Luo Cheng in the army to attack from three different places on the wall.
Naturally, Yang Fan did not dare to let these fierce generals climb the city wall easily. After these fierce generals climbed the city wall, it would be difficult to expel them.
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