Liangzhou City, Royal Palace.
Dong Wen, who was dressed in dust, walked into the palace with a cold face. After only walking a few steps, the substitute who was sitting in the palace and lying on the concubine was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt down and trembled.
Dong Wen had no expression on his face. As he passed by, he suddenly drew his sword and slashed the double to death in the palace.
Sitting slumped on the throne and expelling the concubines, Dong Wen closed his eyes bitterly. A confidant came in hurriedly and carried the body out.
"Yu Rong, what did you say before?"
With just one sentence, a Liangzhou general who followed him into the palace quickly knelt down and begged for mercy.
"You told me that there is a country in the Western Regions less than a thousand miles away. I went there without stopping -" Dong Wen's face turned ferocious, "Damn it, it's just a small town of barbarians settling in an oasis!"
"My lord, let's investigate first. The leader there does say that he is a country."
"Two hundred thousand taels, only fifteen thousand troops and horses! If it had been last year, I, Dong Wen, would have sent a large army to destroy these barbarians and dogmen!"
Clang.
Dong Wen raised his leg angrily and kicked over the jade table in front of him.
"I think you still have a little bit of success, go back to the camp and prepare to go to war!"
Just after Yu Rong exited, the feeling of deathly silence in the empty palace enveloped Dong Wen again.
Without calling his attendants, Dong Wen trembled his hands and silently put on his robes and armor, tied on his cloak, took out his gold-plated spear, and put on his wolf sinew bow.
He remembered that when he was a child, every time his father went to war, there would always be many people surrounding him, telling him to be careful and not to be careless, and then they would pray to God for peace and victory.
He has nothing now. Sima Xiu, who was like an old friend, also died in Shuzhou. If at that time, he had been more stable, more stable, and listened to Sima Xiu's strategy, he might not be where he is today.
"Come on!"
After putting on the armor, Dong Wen's entire face became crazy and ferocious. In the flickering candlelight, it looked like an angry beast.
…
"My lord, Dou Tong and Fan Lu from Wenlang City have already brought their army to join us."
Xu Mu was overjoyed when he got the news. The only pity is that Yu Wen's army has not arrived yet, but the intelligence says that it is not far away.
"Don't worry, my lord, I have sent 300 scouts to the Wenlang City area to be on guard against Liangzhou's invasion."
Xu Mu smiled and nodded.
Under such circumstances, Dong Wen would definitely not go to great lengths to reoccupy Wenlang City. It would be like a commodity that has expired and cannot be eaten.
Dong Wen's Liangzhou defensive circle, if there are no accidents, will still be dominated by Ling Juguan.
"My lord, have you come up with a good plan?" Dou Tong asked anxiously. As a general in Shuzhou, he had the same worries as Xu Mu, which was nothing more than the tens of thousands of Liangqi.
"Yes, but we still need to prepare."
Dou Tong wanted to ask again, but suddenly he heard the sound of tong drum outside Lucheng. Only when everyone turned around did they realize that in the direction of Lucheng towards Shuzhou, under the bright morning light, a huge army, like a giant snake, was winding its way between the sky and the earth.
"Lord, Muyun State's army has arrived!"
"Okay." Xu Mu clenched his fist and turned around, "Six Heroes, it's time, go make the announcement."
Yin Hu clasped his fists, he naturally understood what Xu Mu meant, and immediately stepped away.
"Send the order, as soon as General Yu enters the city, all generals please enter the tents, and the army meeting to conquer Liang will begin!"
…
Within a few days, the Lingjuguan area was already well prepared.
Wearing armor, Dong Wen, together with many Liangzhou generals and counselors, stood at the top of the city of Lingju Pass, overlooking the scenery outside the pass.
Liangqi horse racing, one camp after another, will raise yellow sand all over the sky from time to time. Countless civilians also began to rush to repair the city gate and lay down a series of fortifications.
"Uncle Clan, have all the stone throwing camps been mobilized?" Dong Wen looked away and asked with a smile.
Dong Yuan, who was nearby, only heard the word "Uncle Clan" and his face was full of flattery. Previously, at the west gate of Lucheng, he and his eight thousand fine cavalry were attacked by Shu cavalry. Although he survived, he never thought that Dong Wen did not punish him.
"Don't worry, my lord, more than ten more have been shipped from Anzhou. Now there are more than thirty stone-throwing camps in Lingju Pass, which is enough to defend it. In addition, there are city crossbows and arrow pots, as well as the collected stone-throwing camps. Everything is available, if the Shu people try to knock the pass, they will definitely suffer a lot."
Dong Wen shook his head, "Uncle Clan, this is wrong. What I want is for you to send the stone-throwing camp to Lingju Pass, and build an earthen city about twenty miles outside the pass to place it."
Dong Yuan was startled and said, "My lord, it will be beneficial to defend the city."
Dong Wen smiled and said, "Uncle Clan, you must not fall into passivity when fighting commoner thieves. Once you fall into passivity, you will be led away by the commoner thieves."
"Outside the pass, there is a flat river. We have countless fine cavalry in Shuzhou. If we want to defeat Shu, we should charge with our cool cavalry and kill the Shu people."
"As long as the Shu people approach Lingju Pass, with the cooperation of the Shishi Battalion, they will first bombard them repeatedly, and then wait for the Shu people to panic, and then use the Liangqi army to sweep behind them, and the Shu people can defeat them."
He was ordered to live in Guanli and garrisoned 100,000 Liang troops. Of course, these are just superficial numbers. Based on Dong Wen's understanding, if you don't have any backup plan in a fight with commoner thieves, it's likely to be a defeat.
"Yu Rong, pass the order. In this decisive battle with the Shu people, if you kill a Shu general, you can be promoted to a county general. If you kill a Shuzhou general, you will be promoted to Liangzhou title general. If you take the commoner thief's Goutou, I, Dong Wen, hereby swear an oath to be the first general of the three states in Liangdi, and I will be rewarded with five thousand gold coins, a fiefdom and a fief!"
This reward is already somewhat astonishing.
Even Yu Rong, who delivered the order, was a little surprised.
Standing on the top of the city, Dong Wen fully understood. The common thieves in Shuzhou in southwest China are the biggest obstacle to his great cause of hegemony.
Facing the cold wind, Dong Wen stood coldly for a while, then suddenly remembered something and turned to ask Dong Yuan.
"Uncle Clan, it seems too late for the Fuxun tribe to join forces."
Dong Yuan nodded, "I sent an envoy earlier, saying that I would arrive at Lingju Pass in two or three days. But now, it has been more than five days."
Dong Wen frowned. The scimitar riders of the Fu Xun tribe were also a big help to him. If we give up the fight at this time, we may miss a chance.
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In the windy desert, King Fu Xun just wanted to scold his mother. In order to help Liang and give the Fuxun tribe a chance to enter the Central Plains. As early as winter, he mobilized more than 30,000 Xiqiang scimitar riders.
But he never thought that just two days after leaving the tribe, he heard the news of King Yu Dang's attack. There was no other way, so King Fu Xun had no choice but to send back eight thousand Scimitar Riders to protect the tribe.
But not long after, the bad news came that the eight thousand warriors had been defeated.
"Old Yu Dang, don't let me catch him, or he will be roasted alive." Riding on the horse, King Fu Xun gritted his teeth.
"Your Majesty, Prince Liang is still waiting to join forces——"
"Go back to the tribe first. If the women, children, and foals are robbed by Yu Dang, how can I help the tribe grow stronger!"
