At The Beginning of The Game, The Five Tiger Generals Were Intercepted

On the Guanzhong official road, a war horse is galloping at full speed, with only one goal, the capital Chang'an.

Numerous sentry posts passed by along the way, and no one dared to stop them.

The urgent letterhead from Yizhou State Shepherd's Mansion eight hundred miles represents the most urgent matter!

All forces in Qin State not only cannot interfere, but also provide assistance to the envoy so that he can arrive in Chang'an as soon as possible.

At the same time, in the Weiyang Palace in Chang'an City, Liu Zhang was holding a court meeting in a state of desperation.

Cheng Gongying, the prefect of Dunhuang County, sent news that Ma Chao and Fazheng led the army to defeat the army of the Kucha Kingdom.

This is exciting news, which shows that Ma Chao, Fazheng has lived up to everyone's expectations, and has made great achievements in the Western Regions.

But at this moment, Ma Chao and the Fazheng army lost their news.

Since leaving Yumen Pass and entering the Western Regions, Fazheng has been in contact with Pan Feng, the guard of Yumen Pass, and Pan Feng will immediately report the information to Cheng Gongying, the governor of Dunhuang.

But after defeating the Kucha army, Ma Chao and Fazheng completely disappeared.

Cheng Gongying ordered Pan Feng to immediately send people to the Western Regions to search, but after searching, there was no trace of whereabouts.

How could the 10,000 strong army suddenly disappear?

Cheng Gongying did not believe in evil, and went to the countries in the Western Regions that were friendly to the Han Dynasty to inquire about the situation.

After spending a lot of gold and silver, I got the news that it was Fazheng, and Ma Chao was ambushed!

After Wusun, Kangju, Dawan, and Da Yuezhi learned that the Han Dynasty was once again interfering in the Western Regions, they secretly united to fight against the Qin army.

It just so happened that after the defeat of Kucha, they turned to Wusun in the north for help, and the four countries immediately raised an army of 100,000 and rushed to the capital of Kucha.

Ma Chao and Fazheng were not aware of this situation at all, and were caught off guard and immediately surrounded by a hundred thousand troops.

The geography of Kucha is different from that of Yongliang. Their capital is mixed in the middle of the river and the desert.

Therefore, there are only two paths before and after!

No one knows the specific circumstances of the battle, and there have been rumors in the Western Regions that the Han army fled to the depths of the desert in order to avoid attacks.

However, one thing has been confirmed, Ma Chao and Fazheng's 10,000 cavalry have completely disappeared.

Cheng Gongying's letter mentioned that the four-nation army headed by Wusun is crushing the countries in the Western Regions and is coming to kill Yumen Pass!

The purpose of Liu Zhang's meeting today is to discuss how to deal with the Western Regions.

All the ministers had different ideas, and no one came forward to propose countermeasures.

The officials headed by the Yizhou family were even more critical. At the beginning, they strongly opposed Liu Zhang's interference in the Western Regions.

Sure enough, not only did it fail to achieve results, but it was like stabbing a hornet's nest, and it was about to encounter a crisis.

The Guanlong family has just been activated by Liu Zhang, and they are in the limelight for a while.

But they are in Ma Chao, after Fazheng's western expedition, they don't have much say in this matter.

The entire Weiyang Palace hall was surprisingly quiet!

Seeing this, Liu Zhang became angry immediately, and then roared angrily.

"Why, do you want Gu Gu to lead the army to fight against the Allied Forces of the Four Nations?"

"Hmph! After a long time in the battlefield, which part of Qin's land was not conquered alone?"

"How can I be afraid of a crowd of 100,000 mobs!"

The ministers bowed their hands one after another to comfort Liu Zhang.

"Please, Duke Qin, calm down."

"Calm your anger? How can Gu calm his anger? This group of savages are coming!"

Liu Zhang roared again, his heart was full of anger.

When Han Sui and Ma Teng dominated Liangzhou, there were no changes in these countries in the Western Regions.

In history, Cao Cao, Cao Pi, and Cao Rui ruled Liangzhou for three generations, and countries in the Western Regions dared not make mistakes.

Why can't these bastards sit still if they rule Liangzhou by themselves?

After cheating Ma Chao, Fa Zheng was not finished yet, yet he dared to sweep the Western Regions and kill Yumen Pass!

It's true that Qin Gong and Liu Zhang can't be pinched from mud!

"Gu wants to lead the army to conquer, and these bandits are bound to be wiped out!"

Hearing Liu Zhang's decision, Shang Shupu She Xun You immediately stood up.

"Duke Qin can't!"

Liu Zhang frowned, a little dissatisfied with Xun You's obstruction.

"Xun Shangshu, the enemy is coming, is it possible to sit and wait for death?"

Xun You hurriedly bowed his hands and bowed down, and once again spoke out to persuade him.

"Reporting to Duke Qin, the armies have just started to improve, and elite veterans are assisting in the training of new recruits. It is really inappropriate to act rashly!"

"Kangju, Dawan and other countries are still on the west side of the border of the Western Regions, how many miles away from Yumen Pass?"

"How terrible is the food and grass consumed by a 100,000 army every day, how can those small countries afford it?"

"At this time, being brave is nothing but looting everywhere. Once there is nowhere to loot, they don't even have food to go back!"

"Qin Gong only needs to order General Pan Feng to guard the Yumen Pass tightly, relying on natural dangers is enough to resist the mobs of the four kingdoms!"

After hearing Xun You's words, Liu Zhang immediately became melancholy.

The remark that he wanted to personally recruit just now was just a moment of anger.

Liu Zhang was so angry that no one was willing to speak out, especially the Yizhou faction who had won the position of Shangshutai and the Guanlong faction who had just been promoted.

At this time, Tai Shici, the head of the generals, also stood up.

"Report to Duke Qin, I am willing to lead the Northern Army's Wufeng Battalion to defeat the enemy!"

After all, Ma Chao, Fazheng and Ten Thousand Liangzhou Jingqi belonged to the Northern Army. It would be too much if the commander of the Northern Army refused to let go.

Tai Shici had long wanted to ask to send troops to attack the Allied Forces of the Four Nations, but Tai Shici, who was familiar with Guanzhong's military strength, really couldn't open his mouth.

After half a year of replenishment, the military strength of each military region has not formed at all, and no effective combat power has been formed.

Especially because the Northern Army and the Central Army needed to snatch the cavalry, the progress was very slow.

Later General Zhao Yun even went to Liangzhou to recruit soldiers, but he has not returned yet!

The effective combat strength of the Northern Army is still the remaining 7,000 men in the Wufeng Battalion.

After Xu Huang led the army to leave, the imperial guards had only more than 20,000 elite soldiers.

Today's Chang'an City has gathered all the elite soldiers and horses, but it can barely make up 30,000.

How can such a stretched force be used on a large scale?

Tai Shici had no other choice. He couldn't let Liu Zhang march west in person, so he could only ask for orders to go instead of Liu Zhang.

It happened to be an explanation to Ma Chao, Fazheng and the ten thousand cavalry.

The rest of the ministers didn't know what Tai Shici's real thoughts were, and they were quite shocked by the situation before them.

Tai Shici and Xun You are Liu Zhang's most trusted generals and advisers respectively, and at this moment they actually put forward completely opposite opinions.

Liu Zhang suddenly became embarrassed. Originally, he wanted to go down the donkey along the slope, and took advantage of Xun You's persuasion to take back what he had just said.

Unexpectedly, Tai Shici suddenly stood up and caught Liu Zhang by surprise!

However, Liu Zhang had already made up his mind that if he launched the Western Expedition, he must personally serve as the commander-in-chief.

Ma Chao and Fazheng disappeared, which made Liu Zhang heartbroken.

(end of this chapter)