Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Although Yan Yan was still a little worried, he agreed when he saw that Wei Yan was determined.

Immediately, Wei Yan led the 5,000 elite troops of Ba County who had rested for a while and headed straight for Chang'an.

At this moment in Chang'an City, the Qiang people were fighting with the Huns.

To be precise, it was the Qiang people who launched a surprise attack on the Xiongnu.

The people of Chang'an were conquered by the joint efforts of the Qiang people and the Southern Xiongnu. Although the Hu army did not have time to rest and loot in Chang'an for a long time, Yu Furuo and King Midang both left some elite troops in Chang'an.

This was not only to ensure a retreat, but also to plunder money and food in Chang'an City.

Before that, the Qiang people and the Southern Xiongnu who stayed in Chang'an plundered money and food around Chang'an every day. These thousands of Hu people plundered for more than half a month and still had a lot of money, which allowed the Qiang people and the Xiongnu to live in peace.

However, as King Midang sent fast horses to deliver the news of the fire in Luoyang back to Chang'an, this also made the Qiang people in Chang'an city become interested.

All the elite troops of the Southern Xiongnu were left in Luoyang, so those Xiongnu people who had plundered a large amount of wealth in Chang'an naturally became a piece of fat meat.

Immediately, the Qiang people in Chang'an City took advantage of the fact that the Huns were still unaware and chose to strike first and launch a surprise attack, which caused the Huns, who had relaxed their vigilance for more than half a month, to suffer heavy losses in an instant.

If there were no other unexpected events, the Xiongnu people in Chang'an would be completely destroyed by the Qiang people in just half an hour.

But just when the Qiang people mobilized all their forces to besiege the Huns and inevitably relaxed the city defenses, Wei Yan led 5,000 elite troops from Ba County and attacked Chang'an City.

The mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole is behind.

Even though the elite troops of Ba County were unarmored, they happened to be fighting with the Qiang and the Xiongnu at the time, and they had no way to take advantage of the cavalry even inside the city.

On the contrary, the Han army's formation had a far greater advantage than that of the Hu people in street fighting.

After a fierce battle, Wei Yan and Yan Yan led the troops and successfully captured Chang'an at the cost of 500 deaths.

Afterwards, Wei Yan quickly collected the usable war horses left by the Hu people in Chang'an City, and then barely selected about two thousand soldiers from the elite troops of Ba County who could ensure that they would not fall off the horses.

Wei Yan chose to leave the battlefield and defense of Chang'an City to Yan Yan, and then led two thousand elite troops from Ba County straight to Tongguan.

Tongguan is about 300 miles away from Chang'an. It is the eastern gate of Chang'an and the throat of the Guanzhong Plain and the Central Plains. It tightly guards the passage from Luoyang to Chang'an.

Capturing Chang'an had naturally achieved certain strategic goals, but Wei Yan knew better that if he could take control of Tongguan, not even a single Hu person would be able to escape.

This journey of nearly three hundred miles is too far for the infantry.

Especially for the already exhausted elite troops of Ba County, it would take three or four days to get there on foot even if the road was flat.

But they had the war horses left by the Hu people to keep going. Even if the horsemanship of these selected elite soldiers of Ba County could only ensure that they would not fall off the horses, and they were far from being cavalry with the war horses, it was enough to greatly shorten the marching time.

For a small group of cavalry, traveling 300 miles a day on the plains is not a difficult task at all.

As Wei Yan continued to fight along the way, Tongguan became visible from afar.

In order to launch a surprise attack on Tongguan, Wei Yan had these 2,000 elite soldiers from Ba County change into Qiang clothes and raise the flag of the Qiang leader who stayed behind in Chang'an.

It was at this time that the Qiang army was approaching Tongguan.

The Qiang generals who stayed behind in Tongguan were preparing to welcome King Midang and other Qiang leaders when they heard from their subordinates that the tribal leader who was supposed to be in Chang'an appeared outside the pass.

This made the Qiang general unable to help but secretly curse "flattering villain", so he ignored it and acquiesced to the other party's entry.

No matter what, the tribal leader who stayed in Chang'an was a close confidant of King Midang, otherwise he would not have been given such a lucrative position. Therefore, the Qiang general did not intend to offend him, so he just let him enter the pass to welcome King Midang together with him.

But less than a quarter of an hour later, the Qiang general suddenly heard a chaotic shouting and killing coming from the west side of Tongguan.

"what happens?"

No one answered the Qiang general's question for a while.

At this moment, King Midang, who was less than 20 miles away from Tongguan, was hurrying all the way from Luoyang to Tongguan. Finally, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The defense of Tongguan in the direction of Chang'an is quite limited, but in the direction of Luoyang it can be regarded as a natural barrier.

Moreover, unlike a majestic pass like Hulao Pass, Tongguan can be considered a dangerous pass, especially the terrain east of Tongguan is narrow and difficult to navigate, making it difficult to deploy even with an advantage in military strength.

Of course, King Midang also knew that it was impossible to defend against the fierce attack of the Han army by relying on Tongguan, but it was possible to hold out for a month by relying on the strategic location of Tongguan.

This month was enough time for the Qiang people to plunder the Sanfu area and the eastern part of Liangzhou. It would be best if they could burn the area to the ground and destroy all the official roads, bridges and fields along the way.

This will also make it more difficult for the Han army to advance into Xiliang in the future.

"At least, we need three to five years to allow the tribes to digest the spoils of the looting and make up for the lost troops. This way, we will have more confidence whether we are fighting the Han army or competing with the Xianbei for the grasslands in the future..."

Just as King Mi Dang was thinking, until Tongguan was already visible in the distance, he suddenly saw that the city gate of Tongguan, which had been wide open to welcome the Xianbei army, was now slowly closing.

"what?"

King Midang was stunned for a moment.

Just when King Midang was feeling confused, he saw the flag belonging to the Qiang people above Tongguan was kicked directly off the city wall by a figure.

Immediately, the figure planted another flag on the Tongguan city wall.

King Midang looked carefully and saw the word "Han" (Chinese: 汉) and his face suddenly changed.

Tongguan changed its owner?
Moreover, it happened right in front of the King Mi Dang...

This made King Midang feel dizzy and he even suspected that he was seeing the splits.

But the Han flag above Tongguan, fluttering in the fierce wind, was like a sharp sword stabbing in front of King Midang and the Qiang army, blocking their retreat.

This scene was also seen by many Qiang people, causing an uproar.

"No, that's the flag of the Han people?"

"Where did the Han people come from? Where did the Han people come from?!"

"Impossible, this is simply impossible. Even if the Han people had wings, they would not be able to appear here..."

……

When King Midang reacted, he roared almost hysterically.

"Attack the city! Attack the city!!!" (End of this chapter)