Chapter 267 The Liangzhou Army’s report is sent back to the Central Plains!
Chapter 267: Liangzhou Army’s report is transmitted back to the Central Plains!
"That's fine!"

"Liu Xuande! As long as I, Pang Shiyuan, am here, there is no way I will let you take over Yizhou!"

Now Liu Wu went on a western expedition and entrusted Jingzhou to Lu Xun and Guanzhong to Pang Tong.

Jingzhou has been operating for a long time, has a strong army and horses, and has Jiangdong as an ally, so it can be said to be very stable.

Guanzhong is not like that. Neither its territory, population nor its soldiers can be compared with Jingzhou, and its location is dangerous.

Mr. Fengchu Pang Tong was in charge of Guanzhong, so naturally he would not allow any accidents to happen in Guanzhong under any circumstances.

He turned his gaze to the map on the wall: "Guanzhong is the base of the emperor. I must protect it for my disciple no matter what."

Taking Guanzhong as the core, scan the four directions, the East!
Opposite Tongguan is Hangu Pass. In order to block Liu Wu from leaving from Guanzhong to the east, Cao Mengde deployed an army of more than 100,000 in the area with Luoyang as the core, including Hangu Pass.

To the west is Liangzhou. Now Liu Wu has entered Liangzhou to fight, and the battle situation is still unclear.

"If Guanzhong is lost, it will be equivalent to cutting off my disciple's way back to the east..."

Liu Wu is now fighting in Liang Province, and he will come back whether he wins or loses.

But once Guanzhong was lost, it would be equivalent to blocking Liu Wu's way back home, and then everything he had in the Central Plains would be wasted.

The price is simply too high.

After seeing through this, Pang Tong's expression became more serious than ever before.

"To the north of Guanzhong is Bingzhou..."

It seems safe, but after crossing the Loess Plateau, there are five tribes of Huns stationed. The five tribes of Huns are Cao Mengde's running dogs.

Fortunately, Xiaoguan is guarding the pass, so the Southern Xiongnu cannot get in...

Finally, only the south was left, and the south of Guanzhong was Yizhou.

The entire Yizhou is composed of three relatively independent regions, namely Hanzhong, Bashu, and Nanzhong.

Hanzhong is now occupied by Zhang Lu.

The high mountains and steep cliffs in the south are all inhabited by the southwestern barbarians, who have been unable to control them since the decline of the Han Dynasty.

The core Bashu area of ​​Yizhou has always been in the hands of Liu Yan and his son Liu Zhang.

"Liu Xuande wants his subjects to seize the land of Bashu..."

"I may take advantage of the chaos to seize Hanzhong..."

"If we can have Hanzhong, Guanzhong and Jingzhou will be completely connected, and there will be no need to rely on only the Wuguan Road to maintain the connection."

"We should retreat and defend it to prevent Liu Xuande from advancing northwards, and use Hanzhong as a barrier to the south of Guanzhong."

"We can then take it and attack Liu Bei from Guanzhong. We can also use Hanzhong as a base to enter Bashu!"

"Zhang Lu, Zhang Lu..."

He is the third generation Zhang Tianshi.

The Master of the Five Pecks of Rice Sect,
He has dominated Hanzhong for decades, and has more than a million followers...

Pang Tong's gaze finally stopped on the area of ​​Hanzhong on the map.

"The situation in Liang Province is still undecided, and Cao Mengde is lurking in Guanzhong. We cannot mobilize a large army to attack Hanzhong at this juncture."

"It seems that I, Pang Shiyuan, am the only one who will go there in person."

Pang Tong finally made up his mind. He walked out of the watchtower and looked outside.

Just then, Pang Tong saw Zhang Fei and Zhou Yu riding their horses side by side into the city. He knew that Zhuge Liang's situation was completely settled.

I think Pang Tong is known as the Phoenix.

Zhuge Liang called himself Crouching Dragon.

Scholars all say that if one can find one of the two, the world will be at peace.

Zhou Gongjin also joined forces with Zhuge Liang to defeat Cao Mengde at the Battle of Chibi, and since then his reputation has greatly increased and he was known as the Yuliang of the time.

They are all people with similar status in the martial arts world. Thinking of this, Pang Tong wanted to invite Zhou Yu to drink...

however,
Also at this time,

In the inner city of Tongguan, the west gate suddenly opened wide!

A scout rushed in on horseback. He was extremely excited. He took out a scroll from his bosom, held it above his head, and shouted with all his might: "Great victory in Liangzhou!!"

"Great victory in Liangzhou!!"

"The King of Chu has already annihilated Liangzhou, Hehuang, and all the Hu tribes in Hexi!!"

"Behead a million people!" Pang Tong on the top of the city was stunned, and his whole body fell into a daze.

He understood that the last sentence, which was intended to boost morale and behead a million people, might be a false report.

After all, Cao Mengde claimed to have an army of 800,000 at the Battle of Chibi, but in reality, he only had 200,000 or 300,000 troops.

But the first two sentences, about the great victory in Liangzhou and the fact that the King of Chu had annihilated Liangzhou and all the Hu tribes in Hehuang and Hexi, could not possibly be false.

Destroy Liangzhou, Hehuang and the various Hu tribes in Hexi?

This is really unbelievable, even for Pang Tong Pang Shiyuan!
What does it mean to annihilate Liangzhou, Hehuang and the various Hu tribes in Hexi, and behead a million people?
This means that all the Hu people in the entire Liangzhou, as well as the Hehuang area south of Liangzhou and the Hexi area north of Liangzhou, were wiped out.

What a vast area this is?
Much larger than the entire Jingzhou...

This was the origin of the Han Empire's decline, the Qiang Rebellion.

The Qiang people invaded the vicinity of Chang'an several times, causing the three prefectures of the capital to be placed under the jurisdiction of the Liangzhou Inspectorate.

The hundred years of war between the Han Empire and the Qiang people consumed a huge amount of the country's national strength. The national treasury was emptied time and time again, and men were repeatedly drafted to quell Qiang rebellions, and taxes became increasingly heavy.

It is becoming increasingly difficult for the people.

The situation is becoming increasingly volatile.

Finally, the Yellow Turban Rebellion...

"He actually did it!" Pang Tong punched the top of the city wall, his inner excitement was beyond words.

How could Zhou Gongjin, who had just entered the city, not hear it?

He was a little bit unbelieving at first, but when he thought about all the things Liu Wu had done, he felt that it made sense.

"He is indeed different from us."

"Cao Cao only conquered the Wuhuan, and Jiangdong only suppressed the Shanyue. His first expedition to the frontier completely quelled the Qiang rebellion that had lasted for a hundred years."

Zhou Gongjin was shocked...

When Zhou Yu came to his senses, he found that Zhang Fei beside him had already run out a long way and intercepted the scout. He excitedly snatched the bamboo slips and said, "Let me take a look first!"

"Let me see it first!!"

After about half an incense stick of time,
In the central army tent,
Pang Tong, Zhang Fei, and Zhou Yu looked at the map, kept giving instructions, and began to reversely deduce according to the information received:
"Awu was chasing Ma Chao through Guanzhong and into Liangzhou."

"Han Sui was allowed to take his men away first, and spread the word that the Qiang would not be left in Liang. He joined forces with Ma Chao and summoned all the Qiang people in Liangzhou. He also gave the Hexi Xianbei and the left wing of the Xiongnu..."

"Right here, they lured together three or four hundred thousand Hu men, and then set a huge fire..."

"There were still more than 100,000 people who escaped. They were gathered by Ma Chao and went to Longxi City to fight the final battle with Awu."

"At that time, the King of Chu only had 10,000 Danyang soldiers. Taishi Ci and Lu Meng fought to the death with the King of Chu..."

"Fortunately, Gao Shun's trap camp returned in time."

"Han Sui arrived in Longxi earlier and also fought very hard."

"Yes, otherwise, how could we push these Qiang and Hu people into the Tao River..."

"All the Qiang and Hu men died, but their tribes are still there, along with their horses, cattle, sheep, wives and daughters... By this calculation, it doesn't seem too much to say that a million people were beheaded."

"This is probably the greatest victory of our Han Dynasty in a foreign war since the defense of Qinghuo."

They were all filled with shock.
I couldn't help but marvel at it.

Such a huge victory in the war against foreign races was so shocking even to people like them.

Pang Tong was the first to come back to his senses:

"Gongjin, after the battle, the King of Chu needs replenishment."

"There are 20,000 cavalrymen in Guanzhong. I'll give you 10,000 of them. Take them to Liangzhou as soon as possible."

Zhou Yu was slightly startled, knowing that Pang Tong had tricked him.

Sending him to Liangzhou was for the safety of Guanzhong, because neither Pang Tong nor Zhang Fei had the confidence to suppress him as the Grand Commander of Jiangdong.

Who can suppress Zhou Gongjin?
The King of Chu in Liangzhou...

However, Zhou Gongjin had no reason to refuse: "I just returned to Tongguan, and I will rest for a day and set off tomorrow."

"Yes!" Pang Tong took a deep breath, took out the wine gourd from his waist, took a big gulp, and felt extremely refreshed: "I really want to know, after the Liangzhou Army's report is transmitted to Xudu, what will those people's reaction be?!"

　Sorry, I owe you one chapter. I have something to do these two days, I will make up for it later.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)