Chapter 1197: Kansai War Situation
Chapter 1197 The Battle of Kansai
Chapter 1195: The Battle of Kansai
Yang Guang led 70,000 troops to attack Hangu Pass. It took more than a month and he tried all kinds of methods. In the end, he suffered nearly 10,000 casualties, but he still failed to shake Hangu Pass in the slightest.
However, the battle between Yang Jian and Li Cunxiao at Hangu Pass shocked the world.
In that battle, after 300 rounds, Li Cunxiao won with a slight advantage.
Everyone was shocked after the war. No one expected that another peerless general, one of the top five in the military generals list, would appear so soon.
After withdrawing from Hangu Pass, although the number of troops in Yang Guang's hands dropped to 60,000, they were still much more than those held by Li Shimin.
The total strength of the Chang'an Fourth Battalion was only 20,000. After Li Shimin subdued the Liang generals, he also recovered the scattered troops in Chang'an City, and the total strength only just reached 30,000.
Although Yang Guang has twice as many troops as Li Shimin, as the capital of the Han Dynasty, Chang'an City's defense strength is naturally not comparable to that of ordinary cities. And although there are still constant commotions in the city, it is not something that Yang Guang can attack if he is eager. of.
While Li Shimin was guarding Chang'an, he sent envoys to win over the generals in various places.
As the news spread that Yang Jian was the murderer of Dong Zhuo, nearly 80% of the officials in Kansai soon came to Li Shimin's side, and most of the land in Kansai was directly decided by Li Shimin.
Moral support from many, scant support.
Liang Clan and Tang Clan all surrendered to Li Shimin, and even many Sui Clan generals also surrendered to Li Shimin. However, Li Shimin still underestimated Yang Jian's prestige among the Sui Clan.
Most Sui generals still chose to assist Yang Guang, including: Wu Yunzhao, Shi Wansui, Gao Ying, He Ruomi, 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 and not Dong Zhuo. Therefore, even if they know that Yang Jian murdered Dong Zhuo, they still have no intention of betraying Yang Jian.
Yang Jian didn’t have much thought about Yang Jian’s plot to murder Dong Zhuo. After all, he already hated Dong Zhuo.
Yang Jian’s feelings towards Yang Jian were not good at first. Although they reversed a lot later, they were not completely devoted to Yang Jian. However, during the expedition to Hangu Pass, Yang Jian and Yang Guang formed a close personal relationship.
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 Chencang guard Zuo Tiancheng.
Zuo Tiancheng's defection not only added 10,000 troops to Li Shimin's army, but also allowed Li Xiaogong of Hanzhong to lead 10,000 troops into Guanzhong, which also slightly reduced Li Shimin's military pressure.
Yu Wenshu was an old man. When he saw that Yang Jian was dead, he decisively led the Yuwen family to join Li Shimin.
In this way, Li Shimin had an army of 30,000 in Chang'an, Li Keyong in Lantian had an army of 10,000, Zuo Tiancheng in Chencang had 10,000, and Li Xiaogong's Hanzhong army had 10,000, and the number of troops under his direct control had reached 60,000.
Yang Guang had 60,000 troops outside Chang'an City, and Wu Yun summoned 20,000 troops, totaling 80,000 troops;
From the current point of view, although Li Shimin has fewer troops than Yang Guang, due to the stronghold of Chang'an, Daoyi, and the support of the cities in Guanzhong, if Yang Guang cannot capture Chang'an in a short time, he will definitely be defeated sooner or later.
After Yang Guang attacked Chang'an for several days to no avail, he also realized that with the force in his hands alone, it might be difficult to capture Chang'an in a short time. If he wanted to win the final victory, he had to launch attacks in places other than Chang'an. Only strength will do. Most of the cities in Guanzhong have sworn allegiance to Li Shimin. Although it is too late for Yang Guang to win over him at this time, he can always get some support as long as he promises huge benefits.
It is true that many places in Guanzhong surrendered to Yang Guang, but this help was almost insignificant to him, so Yang Guang's final saviors were only Yang Su, Hou Yi, and Lu Bu of Liangzhou.
After Yang Jian became the lord of Guanxi, he appointed Yang Su as the governor of Liangzhou. Together with Hou Yi and Lu Bu, he went to command Liangzhou's 80,000 troops, and was also responsible for lending the road to Yuan and Meng.
After arriving in Liangzhou, Yang Su quickly took the position of governor with the help of Hou Yi and Lu Bu's reputation, but Liangzhou was the place where Dong Zhuo started his career after all.
After the news from Li Shimin's side, most people in Liangzhou fell into Li Shimin's arms, and even Hou Yi and Lu Bu had strange thoughts.
Yang Su knew very well that if Hou Yi and Lu Bu both defected to Li Shimin, Li Shimin would completely own Liangzhou, and the Sui clique would have no chance of winning.
So Yang Su spread rumors in Liangzhou and Guanzhong, saying that Hou Yi and Lu Bu were also involved in the murder of Dong Zhuo. Even if Li Shimin could tolerate it for the time being, he would settle the score sooner or later.
Hou Yi and Lu Bu were originally prepared to wait and see, but when they saw the rumors getting more and more intense, they gave up the idea of joining Li Shimin. After all, the arrow that killed Dong Zhuo was shot by Hou Yi, and Lu Bu also fired the arrow at that time. There are also suspicions.
Yang Su easily tied Hou Yi and Lu Bu to Yang Guang's chariot through the simplest means of rumors, and then personally led his troops out to suppress the rebellion in Liangzhou.
Although Yang Su had won many battles, there were too many people who had taken refuge with Li Shimin, and it was impossible to conquer them all in a short time. In addition, he received a letter from Yang Guang asking for help, so he took Hou Yi and Lu Bu to lead an army of 60,000 to support him. Yang Guang.
Yang Su planned to capture Chang'an first, and after occupying Guanzhong, he would turn around and deal with Liangzhou.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Yang Su led the army and left, Ma Teng and Han Sui raised their troops from behind.
They didn't dare to take a breath when Dong Zhuo was around. Now that Dong Zhuo is dead and the Liang army is fighting among themselves, they naturally can't hold it anymore and are ready to raise troops to seize some of the benefits.
Ma Teng and Han Sui had lived in Liangzhou for a long time, and were suppressed by the Liang army. Therefore, the strength of the two families was not very strong, but they could still raise an army of 20,000 by selling iron. However, in order to prevent Yang Su from irritating When they came back, their troops were all directed at the counties that had turned against Li Shimin.
After the two families agreed to send troops together, Ma Teng successively occupied 8 counties in Zhangye County and 13 counties in Wuwei County;
Han Sui also successively occupied 9 counties in Jiuquan County, 6 counties in Dunhuang County, and Xihai County under 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 to it. After all, the top priority was to deal with Li Shimin first.
When Li Shimin learned that Yang Su was leading the army to help Yang Guang, he was immediately shocked and quickly asked Li Ru and Du Ruhui for advice.
Although Li Shimin's military strength is not as good as that of Yang Guang, he is at an absolute advantage in the battle situation in Guanzhong. However, once Yang Su's 60,000 troops arrive in Guanzhong and the gap between the enemy's and our own forces is too large, the situation may be reversed.
After long discussions with Li Ruhui and Du Ruhui, Li Shimin finally decided to send Li Ru as an envoy to seek help from Dong Zhuo's eldest son-in-law, the Qiang overlord Yelu Abaoji.
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