Chapter 1197 The situation in the Kansai
Chapter 1195: The situation in Kansai
Yang Guang led his army to attack Hangu Pass for 70,000. It took more than a month and tried all kinds of methods. In the end, nearly 10,000 troops were injured and killed, but he still failed to shake Hangu Pass.
However, the battle between Yang Jian and Li Cunxiao at Hangu Pass shocked the world.
In that battle, after three hundred rounds, Li Cunxiao won by a slight advantage.
After the war, everyone was shocked. No one expected that another peerless general at the top five levels of the military general list would appear so soon.
After withdrawing from Hangu Pass, although Yang Guang''s troops were reduced to 60,000, they were still much more troops than Li Shimin had.
The total strength of the fourth battalion of Chang''an was only 20,000. After Li Shimin subdued the Liang generals, he recovered the scattered forces in Chang''an City, and the total strength was only just reached 30,000.
Although Yang Guang''s troops were twice as many as Li Shimin''s, Chang''an City, as the capital of the Han Dynasty, its defense power was naturally not comparable to that of ordinary cities. Although there are still constant turmoil in the city, it is not something that Yang Guang could attack with eagerness.
While guarding Chang''an, Li Shimin sent envoys to win over the guards from all over the country.
As the news spread that Yang Jian was the murderer of Dong Zhuo, nearly 80% of the officials in Guanxi came to Li Shimin''s side, and most of the land in Guanxi was directly decided by Li Shimin''s edict.
As aware of the truth, but fewer helpers will be lost.
The Liang and Tang dynasties all surrendered to Li Shimin, and even many Sui generals surrendered to Li Shimin, but Li Shimin still underestimated Yang Jian''s prestige in the Sui dynasty.
Most Sui generals still chose to assist Yang Guang, including: Wu Yunzhao, Shi Wansui, Gao Ying, He Ruomian, Yang Jian and other generals.
Yang Jian is still very popular among the Sui clan. In the hearts of many people, their lord is Yang Jian, not Dong Zhuo, so even if they know that Yang Jian had plotted to murder Dong Zhuo, they still have no intention of betraying Yang Jian.
Yang Jian didn''t have much thought about Yang Jian''s murder of Dong Zhuo, after all, he had already hated Dong Zhuo.
Yang Jian’s sense of Yang Jian was not good at first, but although he reversed a lot, he was not as devoted to Yang Jian. However, during this expedition to Hangu Pass, Yang Jian had a considerable personal relationship with Yang Guang.
Now Yang Guang has just died of his father and is at the lowest point in his life, so even if Yang Jian wants to leave, he will not leave Yang Guang at this time.
There were also many Sui generals who turned to Li Shimin, such as the guard general Zuo Tiancheng of Chen Cang.
Zuo Tiancheng''s turnaround not only added 10,000 troops to Li Shimin, but also allowed Li Xiaogong from Hanzhong to lead 10,000 troops into Guanzhong, which also reduced Li Shimin''s military pressure a little.
Yuwen Shu was a mature man. Seeing that Yang Jian was dead, he decisively led the Yuwen family to surrender to Li Shimin.
In this way, Li Shimin had 30,000 troops in Chang''an, Li Ke used 10,000 troops in Lantian, Chen Cang Zuotiancheng, and Li Xiaogong''s Hanzhong army had 10,000 troops directly controlled by 60,000 troops.
Yang Guang had 60,000 troops outside Chang''an City, and Wu Yun summoned 20,000 troops, totaling 80,000 troops;
As of now, although Li Shimin''s military strength is less than Yang Guang, due to the occupation of Chang''an''s Jiancheng, Daoyi, and the support of Guanzhong cities, if Yang Guang cannot conquer Chang''an in a short period of time, he will sooner or later be defeated.
After Yang Guangqiang''s attack on Chang''an for several days but failed, he realized that it would be difficult to conquer Chang''an in a short time with the troops in his hands alone. If he wants to win the final victory, he must also make efforts outside Chang''an. Most of the cities in Guanzhong have sworn allegiance to Li Shimin. Although it was too late for Yang Guang to win over it at this time, as long as he made huge benefits, he would always get some support.
There are indeed many places in Guanzhong who surrendered to Yang Guang again, but this help was almost insignificant to him, so Yang Guang''s last saviors were Yang Su, Houyi, and Lu Bu from Liangzhou.
After Yang Jian became the lord of Guanxi, he appointed Yang Su as the governor of Liangzhou, and went with Houyi and Lu Bu to command the 80,000 troops in Liangzhou, and was also responsible for lending the entries to Yuan Meng.
After Yang Su arrived in Liangzhou, he quickly took the position of governor with the reputation of Houyi and Lu Bu, but Liangzhou was Dong Zhuo''s place of origin after all.
After the news from Li Shimin came, most of Liangzhou was thrown into Li Shimin''s arms, and even Houyi and Lu Bu had strange thoughts.
If Yang Su knew well that Houyi and Lu Bu both surrendered to Li Shimin, Liangzhou would be completely owned by Li Shimin, and the Sui clique would have no chance of winning.
So Yang Su spread rumors in Liangzhou and Guanzhong that Houyi and Lu Bu were also involved in the murder of Dong Zhuo. Even if Li Shimin can tolerate it for the time being, he will settle the score sooner or later.
Houyi and Lu Bu were originally ready to wait and see, but when the rumors became more and more intense, they stopped thinking of joining Li Shimin. After all, the arrow that Dong Zhuo was caught was shot by Houyi, and Lu Bu also shot the arrow at that time, so it was also suspected.
Yang Su easily tied Houyi and Lu Bu to Yang Guang''s chariot through the simplest rumor, and then personally led his troops out to suppress the rebellion in Liangzhou.
Although Yang Su won many battles, there were too many people who defected to Li Shimin, and there were too many conquests in a short period of time. In addition, he received a letter of help from Yang Guang, so he took Houyi and Lu Bu to support Yang Guang with 60,000 troops.
Yang Su is preparing to conquer Chang''an first, and after occupying Guanzhong, he will turn around and deal with Liangzhou.
Little did they know that as soon as Yang Su led the army, Ma Teng and Han Sui rose up.
When Dong Zhuo was there, they didn''t dare to breathe. Now that Dong Zhuo is dead, the Liang army is in constant internal struggle, so they naturally can''t hold on and are ready to raise an army to seize some of the benefits.
Ma Teng and Han Sui lived in Liangzhou for a long time and were suppressed by the Liang army and could not afford to surrender. Therefore, the strength of both families was not strong, but they could still make up 20,000 troops. However, in order to prevent Yang Su from stimulating him back, their troops were pointing to Li Shimin''s counties.
After the two families made an appointment to send troops together, Ma Teng successively occupied the eight counties of Zhangye County and the 13 counties of Wuwei County;
Han Sui also successively occupied the nine counties of Jiuquan County, the six counties of Dunhuang County, and the Xihai County, which was established by Dong Zhuo and Zhangye and Juyan.
Yang Su saw that Ma Teng and Han Sui were not attacking his own territory, so he didn''t pay too much attention. After all, the most urgent task was to solve Li Shimin first.
When Li Shimin learned that Yang Su was leading the army and wanted to help Yang Guang, he was shocked and hurriedly asked for advice to Li Ru and Du Ruhui.
Although Li Shimin''s troops are not as strong as Yang Guang, he has an absolute advantage in the battle situation in Guanzhong. However, once Yang Su''s 60,000 arrives in Guanzhong, the gap between the enemy and us will be too large, the situation will probably be reversed.
After discussing with Li Shimin and Li Ru and Du Ruhui for a long time, he finally decided to send Li Ru as an envoy to ask Dong Zhuo’s eldest son-in-law, Yelu Abaoji, the overlord of the Qiang tribe.
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