The Summoning of the Troubled Times at the End of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 309 Fighting for Hanchuan, confronting Xiguan

In the end, Li Xiaogong took advantage of the terrain of Dingjun Mountain to defeat Li Dingguo's troops.

Although Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu led the remnants out of the siege by virtue of their bravery.

But after this battle, the situation in Hanchuan has been established, and the Tang army occupying Dingjun Mountain has already occupied Hanchuan and other places.

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It is only said that after Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu suffered the defeat of Dingjunshan.

Li Dingguo made a decisive decision, withdrew the Daokou army, and then withdrew to the middle of Sichuan.

Afterwards, Chai Shao led the army to follow up urgently and formally joined the troops of the main general Li Xiaogong.

Subsequently, Li Xiaogong led the whole army to advance towards Nanzheng in the hinterland of Hanchuan.

Since Li Dingguo had already given up Hanchuan and other places, it was only two days.

The entire territory of Hanchuan became the territory of the Tang army.

At this time, Li Xiaogong thought that Hanchuan had been firmly established, and was about to arrange the officials to govern Hanchuan.

Strive to operate Hanchuan in the shortest possible time and turn it into a solid rear in the Guanlong area.

However, a few days later, an urgent battle report came from the west of Hanchuan.

It turned out that Dong Zhuo, the leader of the Qiang people who dominated Hanyang, agreed to form an alliance with Zhang Xianzhong's troops and send troops to Hanchuan.

After the matter is completed, Hanchuan and other counties will be divided equally!
Therefore, now the scouts of the Tang army have found out that Dong Zhuo personally led [-] Qiang soldiers to gallop towards Hanchuan.

Hearing the news, Li Xiaogong didn't dare to be negligent, and hastily summoned all the generals to issue orders.

"This time, the Qiang army entrenched in Hanyang and other places has joined forces with Zhang Xianzhong."

"Now Dong Zhuo, the leader of the Qiang people, personally leads [-] Qiang soldiers to attack Hanchuan like me!"

As Li Xiaogong reported the real battle report to the generals, the generals were shocked for a while.

After all, the Tang army that conquered Shu this time had only [-] troops.

Although Hanchuan was surrendered and the soldiers were surrendered, the force has reached [-].

But its combat effectiveness cannot be compared with Tang Jun at all!

In addition, the newly descended people will be unstable, and if they are allowed to join the battlefield rashly, there may be a mutiny.

Immediately, Chai Shao on the side said slowly: "Jun Wang, can I ask His Majesty for reinforcements?"

Hearing this, Li Xiaogong shook his head and sighed bitterly: "There is no reinforcements!"

"Now my Tang Dynasty is surrounded by all the separatist forces, and Li Guangbi, the king of Xin'an County in the west, is guarding Qinzhou."

"And His Royal Highness the King of Qin led the army to station in Tongguan to guard against his Luoyang Wang Shichong."

"As for the northern area, now that the violent Sui Dynasty has been restored, the Tang Dynasty also needs troops to guard it."

"Therefore, His Majesty has no troops to support Shu."

For a while, Li Xiaogong's voice was low, and every word revealed the future of Datang.

After all, although Tang occupies the land of Guanlong now, it seems that he occupies the geographical advantage, and the scenery is infinite!

However, the separatist forces in the surrounding areas are still not to be underestimated. Almost all the armed forces in the southeast and northwest have separatist regimes.

Therefore, although Guanlong is known as the land of kings and overlords.

But once he was trapped in it and couldn't get out, Guan Long might form a real cage.

Therefore, now Li Xiaogong is also very depressed. On the one hand, he doesn't want to bother the court and increase the burden.

But on the other hand, the strength of the Qiang army is not weak, and now Li Dingguo has not withdrawn to Shu County.

Instead, the garrison is in Qinghua County, eyeing Hanchuan.

Don't think too much, as long as the Tang army and the Qiang army start a fierce battle, Li Dingguo will definitely lead the army again to compete for Hanchuan and other places.

In the end, after Li Xiaogong and Chai Shao combined, Li Xiaogong personally led the army and sent the army to Xiguan to resist the Qiang army.

The reason why he wanted to take the descending army away was because he was afraid that when Li Dingguo counterattacked Hanchuan, the descending troops would strike back!
And Chai Shao is responsible for guarding Hanchuan and other places, and always pays attention to Li Dingguo's dynamics.

Moreover, in view of Li Dingguo's leadership and his own bravery, he is the best choice.

Therefore, Li Xiaogong also personally asked Zhuge Liang, hoping that he could help defend Hanchuan.

Hearing this, Zhuge Liang agreed without thinking too much.

After all, now that the two armies are united against the enemy, if Hanchuan falls and the Tang army is defeated, it will be difficult for the Qi army to conquer Shu.

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Under Xiguan, Dong Zhuo's army had arrived at the pass and began to attack.

Since Xiguan was originally built to resist Qiang soldiers, its walls are not only hard and strong.

Moreover, it is located above the danger point, and the terrain on both sides is very narrow.

Each attack can only accommodate hundreds of people, so Xiguan is easy to defend and difficult to attack!

In addition, the Qiang soldiers were not good at attacking fortifications. Although they were strong, they could not capture Xiguan in a short time.

Until the end, Li Xiaogong led his troops to Xiguan, and once again perfected the defense line of Xiguan.

At this time, the Qiang army attacked again several times, but each time they lost troops and lost generals, but they still couldn't do anything about Xiguan.

Afterwards, Dong Zhuo no longer ordered to continue the attack, but retreated thirty li and set up camp.

Start a confrontation with the Tang army in Guannei!

For a while, Li Xiaogong didn't understand the Qiang soldiers' intentions.

After all, Dong Zhuo is now leading the invasion of states and counties, but he is neither advancing nor retreating.

Such a behavior is really puzzling and extremely weird!
Although the Qiang soldiers did not launch an attack, Li Xiaogong did not dare to neglect at all, and he still raised his vigilance every day to defend Guancheng.

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With the fierce battle between the Tang army and the Qiang army in Xiguan, Li Dingguo, who was stationed in Qinghua, secretly hoped that the time would come.

Make a decisive decision and lead the army to Hanchuan again, intending to retake Hanchuan and other places.

Chai Shao, who was sticking to Hanchuan, heard about it and led the army to arrive.

For a while, due to the superior force of Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu's troops, plus the bravery of the two generals.

Therefore, after days of fierce fighting, Chai Shao's troops gradually fell behind, unable to compete with them again and again.

Seeing that the balance of victory is tilting towards his own army, the chief general Li Dingguo stepped up to fight fiercely with the Tang army.

As Li Dingguo's troops fought more and more bravely, the pressure of Tang Jun's resistance gradually increased.

In the end, Chai Shao had no choice but to lead the army and retreat while fighting, moving closer to Nanzheng.

Immediately afterwards, Li Dingguo also waved his army to attack behind him!

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Suddenly, as the Qiang army joined the battle, the Tang army's rule in Hanchuan was immediately threatened.

However, Li Xiaogong is helpless now, so he can only wait for the opportunity to change the situation of the battle.

But a few days later, an urgent battle report spread to Xiguan.

It turned out that a few days ago, Chai Shao led the army to retreat towards Nanzheng.

Li Dingguo, who was pursuing from the rear, ordered Liu Wenxiu to lead the light army to secretly bypass the two armies and lie in ambush in front.

In the end, Liu Wenxiu led the army to intercept the Tang army, and Li Dingguo led the army to outflank it.

With the attack from both sides, Tang Jun couldn't resist it at all.

After fighting for a long time, Chai Shao finally led his troops out of the siege and led the remnants to escape.

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For a while, after completely defeating the Tang army in Hanchuan, Li Dingguo was overjoyed.

Because, this means that the obstacles to occupying Hanchuan again now have been completely removed.

Our own army can march unscrupulously to the hinterland of Hanchuan, without any troops resisting on the way.

After marching for a long time, Li Dingguo's troops finally arrived at the city of Nanzheng.

I thought that after defeating the Tang army, Nanzheng must be empty at this time, and it is at your fingertips!

But at this time, an army with distinctive armor was standing upright on the city, staring wantonly.

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Suddenly, Li Dingguo felt an ominous premonition!

(End of this chapter)