Chapter 858: Hedong arrives (make up noon)

"If the lord has three strengths and two shortcomings, only I, Lu Fengxian, can turn the tide."

Lu Bu convened generals from the Dong Zhuo faction, such as Li Yu and Guo Bang, to discuss the future.

Lao Qin has not had the opportunity to determine the successor, the various civil servants and generals, people are panicked.

As the number one warrior of the old Qin forces, Lu Bu is also the righteous son of the old Qin. In theory, as long as he receives enough support, he has the opportunity to inherit the Guanzhong forces.

Li Si, Guo Bang, Fan Chou, Zhang Xiu and others looked at each other.

Originally under Dong Zhuo's subordinates, Li Yu and Guo Bang had a higher status than Lu Bu, but Lu Bu's military achievements were higher than the two. In order to win Lu Bu, Lao Qin now has a higher position than the two.

When Old Qin was innocent, he could still control Lu Bu, but when Old Qin was unconscious, Lv Bu had no one to order, and he became a force on his own.

A force needs to have its own generals. Gao Shun, the best combat general under Lu Bu's command, was captured by Chu Tian, ​​Zhang Liao rebelled, and Wei Xu, Hou Cheng and others were only third-rate generals.

Lu Bu needs to win over Li Yu, Guo Bang and others.

Lu Bu even found the original Xixia king Li Yuanhao and Li Yuanhao's men.

"Now that King Qin hasn't woken up yet, Xia Jun is aggressive outside. If you want to get things done, you should immediately lead your troops to control the cities of Xianyang and Chang'an, call on soldiers and horses from Guanzhong and Xiliang to follow the orders. Even if King Qin wakes up, it is a foregone conclusion. "

Li Yuanhao urged Lu Bu to become a monarch.

As a later general and party member, Li Yuanhao's probability of inheriting the old Qin's foundation is almost zero.

Therefore, Li Yuanhao simply supported Lu Bu's seizure of power in exchange for the promotion of his status, and he was looking for opportunities to restore the country in the future.

"If it succeeds, then I will designate you as the king of Yinchuan, Li Yu as the king of Hongnong, Guo Bao as the king of Longxi, Zhang Xiu as the king of Beidi, and Fan Chou as the king of Anding... Do you have any objections?"

Lu Bu held Fang Tian's painted halberd and scanned the generals he had invited over.

Li Zhang and Guo Bang also have ambitions, but in "The Lord", Lu Bu's force is still very scary. They saw Lu Bu holding Fang Tian's halberd, and they knew that Lu Bu did not come to discuss with them, but was forced to They agree.

If Li Zhang, Guo Ben and the others disagree, then in the next second, they will most likely die under Lu Bu's Fangtian halberd.

"so be it."

Li Su was calm on the surface, but was already sweating.

In Puban City, Wu Qi's army had an unprecedented offensive. Wei Wuzu once again entered a fierce battle. The Xiangyang Cannon threw a lot of stones and fireballs, and the whole Puban City was shaking!

The stones piled up on the city wall, and the defenders didn't even have much foothold.

The general of the Qin Army, Wang Jian, defended the city. Guanzhong has successively supported Wang Jian with 100,000 soldiers and horses. Except for 30,000 of them were defeated by Chen Qingzhi and Zhao Yun's white robe army, the remaining 70,000 soldiers and horses entered Puban City.

Even so, Wang Jian still bears unimaginable pressure.

Saint-ranked commander Wu Qi has the characteristic of "Students are not against the North". Even in adverse circumstances such as food shortage and siege, they will not defect, will not be confused, will not retreat without authorization, will not be affected by the effect of fear, morale in any situation It will not be lower than 50.

Therefore, the continuous combat capability of Wu Qi's regiment can be called terrifying.

As long as the morale is not lower than 50, then there will be no negative effects.

The only way to restrict the Wu Qi army from slowing down the attack is to consume the Wu Qi army's physical strength. Only if the Wu Qi army's physical strength drops below 50, then the Wu Qi army has to slow down the speed of demolishing Puban.

However, the recovery rate from the decline in morale is slow. For elite divisions who often fight on the battlefield, their physical strength can be restored to above 80 or 90 after a day’s rest. Therefore, Wu Qi only needs to split the army into three groups and attack them in turn. The offensive against Boban Castle continued, and the morale of Boban Castle’s defenders had fallen to an unsustainable level.

Even though Wang Jian, one of the four famous generals of the Warring States Period, the morale of the defenders in Puban City fell below 40, and the recovery speed was slow. Under such a premise, it is difficult to turn the tide.

Even worse news is that his lord, Lao Qin, is ill. Li Si, Jia Xu, and Xun Yu are currently presiding over the overall situation, and the hearts of the people are unstable.

Lu Bu and Li Yuanhao are ambitious people, and they might be rebellious because of an accident with the lord.

Such examples are not uncommon.

When Qin Shihuang died, the Qin Dynasty immediately went into chaos.

Later Zhou Emperor Chai Rong died of illness, Zhao Kuangyin and Chen Qiao mutiny, and the yellow robe was added.

Not to mention that Lao Qin has no children.

"Perhaps surrendering is the best choice for me. But as a minister, I should do my best as a minister. The lord has not died of illness. How can I surrender without a fight? It is too shameful."

Wang Jian thought about it for a while, and finally thought that he could surrender at least after he was determined to have died of illness.

No one knows whether there will be a miracle.

"The generals, Li Si and Jia Xu, have ordered General Meng Tian to meet on the other side of Puban City. The two adults suggested that the generals withdraw to Luoshui area. Puban City is no longer able to defend."

When Wang Jian hesitated, Li Si and Jia Xu, who presided over the overall situation, recalled him.

Although Li Si and Jia Xu can hardly be convincing successors, their ability to master the overall situation is still quite amazing.

"The two of them must have known that the morale of our army is unavailable, so they need to retreat to Luoshui for rest and retreat, withdraw troops tonight, and give way to the land of Hedong."

After Wang Jian's regiment was demoralized by Wu Qi's regiment, they had to escape from Puban city overnight. For Qin Jun, it was undoubtedly a sigh of relief.

On the next day, Wu Qi successfully entered Poban City and occupied the last city in Hedong County.

Puban City is close to the Yellow River. Crossing the Yellow River is Guanzhong, so this city is a bridgehead for attacking Guanzhong.

Wu Qi did not live up to Chutian's expectations. The Battle of Hedong and the Battle of West Liaoning ended almost at the same time, successfully taking the important place of Hedong County for Chutian.

Xia Jun does not need to be assembled in Luoyang City, but in Puban City.

The important thing about Puban City is that Tongguan is to the south, Luoshui is to the west, and the Yellow River is in the middle, and it is not far from Chang'an and Xianyang.

"In the Battle of Hedong, 100,000 Qin army was wiped out. Our troops lost 80,000 due to the siege, most of which were low-level arms."

Wu Qi transferred a large number of low-level arms from Jizhou and Bingzhou as cannon fodder to siege the city, instead of taking the lead in considering Wei Wuzuo, so the casualties appeared to be the same as Wang Jian.

Wei Wuzu was used by Wu Qi in field operations. Generally speaking, low-level troops were used to siege the city and consume the number and morale of the defenders.

"Xia Wang is here!"

Wu Qi had just entered Puban City, looking at the billowing Yellow River south of the water, Chutian had already emerged from the Puban City's teleportation formation.

I have to say that the existence of the teleportation array allows the mobilization of soldiers and horses very quickly.

Chu Tian was wealthy and he used the teleportation array directly when he went to various places, and learned that Wu Qi had captured Puban City, so he went directly to Puban City to fight the front line of the Guan Zhong Army.

If there is no Teleportation Array, it would not take a few months for Chutian to travel from West Liaoning to Hedong.

Chu Tian met Wu Qi, and Chen Qingzhi and Zhao Yun who cooperated with Wu Qi to capture Hedong County.

Pinging down Hedong is also a great achievement.

"Sili has seven counties. Among them, Hanoi, Hedong, and Henan Yin have been captured by our army. Only Hongnong, Zuo Fengling, Jing Zhaoyin, and You Fufeng are left. Let Luoyang defenders seize Hongnong County, I personally led the army to cross the Yellow River to the west, and then to Luoshui. A partial division crossed the Yellow River in the south, attacked Tongguan, opened up the mountain road between Chang'an and Luoyang, and met in Chang'an. This deployment is the most secure."

Chu Tianbing divided into two groups and did not give Qin Jun a chance.

The Guanzhong Army is different from the Liaodong Army.

The main force of the Guanzhong army had not been completely maimed in the Manangshan battle. After the old Qingui retracted back to Guanzhong, this period of time was enough to recruit a group of new soldiers to replenish his strength.

If the lone army goes deep and the Yellow River is behind it, Xia Jun can hardly get support, and there is a certain probability that he will be trapped in Guanzhong.

Dispatch a partial division to take down Tongguan and open up the passage between Luoyang and Luoyang, so that the army in the direction of Luoyang can continuously enter Guanzhong and cooperate with the Xia army in the direction of Hedong to attack Chang'an City.

At this time, the importance of Wu Qi's insistence on taking Poban City was highlighted.

To capture Puban City, you can cross the Yellow River south and attack Tongguan from behind, which is undoubtedly much less difficult than attacking Tongguan from the front.

Moreover, the defenders in the direction of Luoyang can send an army to attack on both sides, forcing the defenders of Tongguan to surrender.

This is the reason why some cities must be conquered.