Zhang Xianzhong and Li Jiyu returned to the tent and beat the war drums of gathering generals in the camp.

At this time, the coalition forces took action in Huguang and got Xu Luo, who sent troops from the Qing army, and through the plan of disagreement, Gao Huan became suspicious of Zheng Zhilong.

This series of actions has indeed had a certain effect.

The troops in Ganying the north were restrained by Gao Mingheng and Yuan Shizhong, while Song Xiance and Yuan Zongdi in the south were restrained by Liu Wenxiu. In addition, they were worried that Zheng Zhilong would really rebel, Gao Huan did not continue to draw troops from Jiangnan.

This prevented the Gan Army from increasing troops to Guanzhong continuously.

However, Gao Huan did not react to the actions of the coalition forces.

The troops in Hebei, Datong, Huguang and Jiangnan could not be mobilized, so we welcomed the two armies attacking Pujindu and Wuguan into the pass, and at the same time surrendered the Tang army to alienate the relationship between Zhang Xianzhong and the Tang army, Li Jiyu and the Tang army, and Zhang Xianzhong and Li Jiyu.

Gao Huan seized the contradiction of land, which made the inner members of the coalition shaking and made the soldiers of the Tang army confused.

For them, if they defeated Gao Huan, they would give up the land in Guanzhong and move west to the barren Longxi, but instead surrender to the Gan army and continue to rent land in Guanzhong.

Now Gao Huan's counterattack has also achieved results. Ma Shiying and Huang Degong have attacked Guanzhong with the support of Liu Zongmin. As long as Chen Yongfu, who was attacking Wuguan, comes in, the Gan army entering Guanzhong will have a force of 300,000.

Although Zhang Xianzhong and Li Jiyu were constantly moving, they were not strong enough, and no matter how many moves they were, it was difficult to change the situation. The situation in Guanzhong continued to develop in a direction that was not conducive to the coalition forces.

In the coalition camp, after the three-way drums of the generals gathered, many generals of the coalition gathered outside the tent.

Many generals of the Western Army and many generals of the Tang Army gathered together clearly, whispering to discuss the current situation.

"My generals, you can go in!" As soon as the drum sounded, a guard came out of the tent and said to everyone.

At that moment, a group of people entered in a row, and the guards led them to their respective positions and sat down.

Soon, Zhang Xianzhong and Li Jiyu strode out from behind the screen, followed by Xu Yixian and Niu Jinxing.

The two sat in the middle hall, and several guards in iron armor stood beside them pressing their swords, looking murderous.

As soon as the two sat down, all the coalition generals present stood up together, and all knelt down together and shouted: "See both Your Majesties!"

Zhang Xianzhong waved his hand calmly, "Thank you all for your hard work, please get up."

Many generals of the coalition forces stood up together, Zhang Xianzhong cleared his throat, glanced at the generals in the tent with majestic eyes, and said, "Gao Huan sent Liu Zongmin to bring Ma Shiying and Huang Degong into Guanzhong. Now he sent Li Guo to attack Lantian County, with the intention of opening up the passage to Wuguan and bringing Chen Yongfu's 50,000 people into Guanzhong. If Gao Huan succeeds, we will have no advantage in terms of military strength."

Li Jiyu said, "As a result, we must stop Gao Huan from taking down Lantian and defeat Gao Huan before the Gan Army breaks through Wu Pass!"

When the generals of the coalition army heard the words, they couldn't help but talk in a low voice, but they had no idea about how to defeat Gao Huan.

Now the two armies are fighting along the Ba River, with a coalition of 300,000 troops and a 250,000 troops. The coalition has no absolute advantage in terms of military strength. Gao Huan has another defensive attitude, leaving the coalition without a strategy to win.

Both Zhang Xianzhong and Li Jiyu knew that the decisive battle would be fought as soon as possible. The longer they would get away, the more unfavorable it would be to the coalition forces, but the war still dragged from February to the end of March, and there was no decisive battle because the coalition forces did not have an advantage and were not sure to defeat Gao Huan.

Therefore, Zhang Xianzhong could only delay, hoping to make progress in Huguang, or the Qing army's participation in the war could shake Gao Huan's army and let the Gan army reveal their flaws.

However, nearly two months have passed, Gao Huan responded to counterattacks, not only did not reveal obvious flaws, but instead further expanded the gap in force with the coalition forces.

Now Gao Huan is going to pick up the troops outside Wu Pass into the pass, which forces Zhang Xianzhong and Li Jiyu to fight to the decisive battle.

Li Dingguo stepped out of the line and said with his fist: "The longer the war is, the more unfavorable it is for us. Taking advantage of the fact that there are only 250,000 troops in Guanzhong, we still have the advantage of military strength. I think I can no longer hesitate and must launch an attack immediately."

Zhang Xianzhong looked at Li Dingguo and asked, "Gao Huan's 250,000 troops set out in a row in the west of the Ba River. How should Dingguo fight this battle?"

Li Dingguo said in a deep voice: "Gao Huan camped down the east bank of the Ba River and built many fortifications on the east bank. We forced our crossing from the west bank to attack the Ganjun camp and had no chance of winning."

Zhang Xianzhong nodded slightly and looked at Li Dingguo, "Continue to say!"

Li Dingguo walked into the tent, and in front of the hanging map, pointing at Lantian and said, "Gao Huan sent Li Guo to seize Lantian with the intention of opening up the passage to Wuguan. This is the place we must defend. My opinion is that the army enters Lantian County from the upper reaches of the Ba River, besiege Li Guo, and lead Gao Huan to come for a decisive battle."

Li Jiyu frowned and said, "The army detours to Lantian, what if Chang'an doesn't care?"

If the main force of the coalition forces swam across the river from the Ba River and headed to Lantian County, then the frontal defense was empty, and Gao Huan could break through the coalition forces' defense on the west bank and conquer Chang'an to the west.

Li Dingguo shook his head and said, "Lantian's terrain is high in the south and low in the north. We move to Lantian, and the army moves to the flank of the Gan army. Gao Huan dares not order the army to attack Chang'an west. If he attacks Chang'an, we will rush north and take back Tongguan and Pujin Ferry, Gao Huan will be defeated."

Zhang Xianzhong walked over, stared at the map, pondered for a while, and suddenly waved: "Go to Lantian to take a look!"

At that moment, Zhang Xianzhong arranged the defense of the camp, let Li Jiyu guard the camp, and led Li Dingguo and others to Lantian County to check.

At this time, the Gan army was fighting fiercely with the Lantian defenders. The cavalry on both sides carried out a large-scale cavalry and whistle battle in the wilderness. The Ganchao cavalry and the dragon cavalry forced the coalition cavalry back to Lantian City, and the infantry was conducting a tentative attack on Lantian.

With the experience of being captured by the Gan Army in Tongguan, the coalition forces realized that it would be very dangerous to just guard the county town and let the Gan Army artillery directly bombard the city.

Therefore, the coalition forces built multiple positions outside the city to prevent the Gan Army from pushing artillery under Lantian City.

The coalition forces dug trenches outside the city, buried mines and cannons on the road, sprinkled caltrops, soldiers hid in the trenches and fired guns, and the army squads in the wilderness stepped on mines and cannons from time to time, and a ball of white light burst out.

At this time, behind the Lantian County coalition forces built a position, a team of more than a thousand cavalry were stationed on a hill. The man in a green battle robe and Fan Yangmao was the Western Emperor Zhang Xianzhong.

At this time, he used a thousand-mile mirror to observe the battlefield in the distance. From time to time, artillery shells fell into the coalition's positions, splashing out the soil. In front of the coalition's positions, hundreds of red corpses of the dry army fell among the weeds, which looked very eye-catching.

Zhang Xianzhong observed the battlefield. The hills near Lantian County were undulating and complex, with a high terrain in the south and low terrain in the north. He was at a glance at the situation where he stood on a high place and facing the south.

"Your Majesty! We are in the south and Gao Huan is in the north. We rush down, so Gao rushed down, and the Gan Army attacked south and attacked upwards." Li Dingguo pointed to the front with a horse whip and explained: "The decisive battle here will definitely be able to defeat Gao Huan!"

Zhang Xianzhong looked at the inclined terrain that had been in front of him for dozens of miles long and slowly lowered altitude, and nodded firmly, "Just as Dingguo say, the decisive battle will be fought here!"

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