Chaos continues in Weibei, and Weinan is also unstable.

Huang Mingliao entered Guanzhong and brought a total of 27,000 troops. He first divided Bai Fuyuan's 3,000 troops in Longzhou, and then divided Liang Shuo's 7,000 troops in Chencang. When they arrived at Chang'an City, they had a full attack of 15,000 to 15,600 troops, which was the strongest force.

Overstretched.

At this time, Yuchi Gong stationed troops in Xinfeng to block reinforcements from the east, while Huang Mingliao led the main force to besiege the city.

After learning that Yang Tun was leading the main force of Zhewei's army to the west, approaching Xinfeng, and that Jiang Baoyi was also leading his army to approach the Wei River, Huang Mingliao simply stopped caring about Chang'an and headed west to meet the Tang army's reinforcements.

Huang Mingliao knew very well that Chang'an was a dead end and would not leave without fighting.

Moreover, Li Yuan will come only when Chang'an is here.

As for the garrison in the city, there are only about ten thousand, and they dare not attack at all. If Li Yuan is in the city, it is hard to say. As for the people who are left behind, they are more concerned about the survival of Chang'an. They do not have the courage to fight at all, and they cannot afford to gamble.

Of course, Huang Mingliao is not worried that someone will actually come out.

For the Shenwu Guards, a force with cavalry as its main force, field battles are a more suitable defense than offensive battles at any time.

The city of Chang'an is deep and fortified. In a real offensive and defensive battle, a hundred thousand troops may not be able to break the city.

Once the battlefield reaches the vast Guanzhong wilderness, the initiative of the war will completely fall into the hands of the Shenwu Guards.

After Huang Mingliao joined forces with Yuchi Gong in the east, there were two Tang armies in front of him to attack.

One is Zhewei's army who came from Huayin, and the other is Jiang Baoyi's troops who came from Xiagui.

Among them, Jiang Baoyi's troops arrived on the other side of the Weishui River first.

Huang Mingliao had always attached great importance to Li Yuan's movements on the north bank of the Wei River. Therefore, in order to detect the location and movements of the Tang army in the north of the Wei River, he deployed a large number of scouts on the north bank of the Wei River. The radius of action of these people could even be as long as a hundred miles.

Jiang Baoyi set out on July 26th and arrived at the north bank of the Weishui River on the morning of the 28th, preparing to cross the river.

For the Sui army, the number of the two rescue forces already exceeded the Sui army itself. When facing the two Tang armies at the same time, the Sui army was not dominant in strength.

At this time, many people suggested that they first attack Jiang Baoyi in the north and attack him with fewer troops. If he attacks the enemy when he is halfway across the border, he will have a greater chance of victory. If he moves quickly, he can turn around and attack Yang Tun's Zhewei army.

But Huang Mingliao thought about it and decided to discount Weijun first.

The generals were a little puzzled by this. The strength of the Zhewei Army was not much different from that of the Sui Army, and it was even more elite than the Tang Army. Once the attack failed and the two sides fell into a stalemate, they were likely to fall into a bitter battle. At the same time, they let go of the north.

Department of Jiang Baoyi.

But Huang Mingliao had his own ideas.

Jiang Baoyi's troops only have 6,000 men. Even if they break through the defense line and enter Chang'an, they can only increase the number of troops defending the city, but the defenders will still not attack easily, so it will not affect the battle situation.

But if Zhewei's army enters Chang'an, there will be more than 13,000 people. Li Xiaoji can form a mobile corps at any time without affecting the defense of Chang'an City, and appear behind the Shenwu Guards.

If things go wrong, Shenwuwei will be attacked from both sides.

Moreover, Jiang Baoyi seemed to be easy to fight, but when he entered halfway, he was easy to defeat, but difficult to annihilate. Jiang Baoyi was held back and couldn't get rid of him.

Therefore, Huang Ming and Liaoning could let Jiang Baoyi enter Chang'an, but he had to defeat Zhewei's army in one go.

The Zhewei Army, a cavalry army built with the Beidijun soldiers and the remaining troops from the Jingyang Camp as the core, is the only unit among the Twelve Guanzhong Army that has nothing to do with the Jinyang Revolt.

The 12th Guanzhong Army, the Shenqi Army, the Drum Flag Army, the Jingyue Army, the Cavalry Army, the Yuanyou Army, the Tianji Army, and the Tianjie Army were all established with the Hedong Army as the backbone due to their location and generals.

.The Xuange Army, Pingdao Army, Zhaoyao Army, and Yulin Army were established with the Guanzhong rebel forces as their backbone.

The Zhewei Army has become a maverick.

Yang Tun was General Ying Yanglang of the Jingyang camp. He had an old relationship with Li Yuan in his early years. After defecting to Li Yuan, he gained the position of general of the Zwei army. However, within Li Tang, because he did not participate in the Hedong mutiny and the Guanzhong rebellion, his status was not

high.

Since the Battle of Guanzhong broke out, it has not been easy for Yang Tun and the Wei army.

The Zhewei Army was sent from the Jingyang Camp to guard Ningzhou Road, the least important of the twelve roads, because of insufficient loyalty.

The state defenders, because of their location, perfectly avoided the Jingzhou battlefield on the left, the Tongguan battlefield on the right, and the Binzhou battlefield in the south.

But that's not entirely a good thing.

The whole of Guanzhong was surrounded by enemies, and Li Yuan, who was seriously short of troops, treated Zhewei's army as a brick, which he could move wherever he wanted.

After the Battle of Qianshuiyuan, the Zhewei Army was first ordered to go south to Binzhou. After Li Yuan sent troops to Tongzhou, he was ordered to rush to the front line of Huayin.

The distance from Binzhou to Huayin was nearly five hundred miles. Starting from July 14th, Yang Tun led 13,000 soldiers of Zhewei Army and walked for ten days before finally arriving at Huayin.

But before he could take a breath, Li Yuan sent another order, ordering Yang Tun to lead the Wei army to the west to rescue Chang'an.

Yang Tun did not dare to delay and immediately led his army back west.

From Huayin to Xinfeng County, it is another one hundred and eighty miles away. Zhewei's army traveled day and night and almost broke their legs.

Chang'an was in danger, and Yang Tun ran almost desperately in order to hurry.

The officers and soldiers of the three armies were exhausted and the army was full of complaints. Many people said bluntly that they would rather die of exhaustion than die in battle.

The entire Zhewei army's morale was in chaos.

On the evening of the 28th, after two days of rapid march, Zhewei's army arrived at Lingkou, with Xinfeng County in sight.

Lingkou is bounded by the loess plateau at the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains to the south, and the vast and flat Weihe River Plain to the north. It is surrounded by water to the west and Weinan County to the east. From here to the west, the entire Guanzhong Plain south of the Weihe River begins to open up.

stand up.

After evening, the army stopped.

With the mottled bonfires and the sultry night light, the whole world seemed quiet.

Yang Tun looked at the world and suddenly felt a little confused.

He is Li Yuan's friend, but not Li Yuan's confidant.

The original surrender to Li Yuan was just the result of the general trend. After Li Yuan entered Guanzhong, the entire Guanzhong people defected to Li Yuan. How could he, a small general like Yingyang Lang, survive alone?

But thinking about it carefully, Yang Tun didn't know whether this path was the right one.

To this day, Longmen is lost, Pujin Pass is lost, Yuanzhou is lost, Jingzhou is lost, Yongfengcang is in danger, Tongzhou is in danger, Weibei is in danger, Chang'an is in danger... In this huge Guanzhong, how can

Is there a safe place?

Looking at Xinfeng from a distance, the layers of trees are faint and cannot be seen clearly.

Opposite Huang Mingliao, he was a ruthless man who fought from Fengzhou to the grasslands and from Hedong to the Western Regions. Is it possible to win this battle?

Yang Tun doesn't know.
Chapter completed!