Just after Zhang Ji led his army to Shangluo County, other teams of the Xiliang Army also came one after another. After Zhang Ji went to Chang'an to make peace, especially after hearing Pei Qing's uprising, Li Jue and Guo Si quickly reached an understanding, and used their daughter and nephew as hostages to ensure that they would no longer attack each other, unite and break through the Kanto Alliance.

In fact, Li Jue and Guo Si agreed to exchange sons for each other as hostages, but because Li Jue's wife loved her son very much and was unwilling to exchange protons, she later changed her name to use her nephew and daughter as the protons.

After the two sides reached an understanding, Li Jue and Guo Si remembered Jia Xu, a great strategist who had helped them through the crisis and persuaded them to counterattack Chang'an, so they invited Jia Xu into the military camp. On the surface, they were asking Jia Xu for advice, but in fact they were forcing Jia Xu to find a way for them. If Jia Xu did not do as he did, then they would attack Jia Xu regardless of their past affection.

Jia Xu knew that he had run away now and the monk could not run away from the temple. Even if he escaped by luck, his family would definitely be retaliated by these people. In desperation, he had to give them an idea, asking them to make peace with Ma Teng and Han Sui, promise a high position, and ask Ma Teng and Han Sui to send troops. At the same time, they would immediately gather troops to Shangluo to fight against Pei Qing.

"I have no choice. Even if I am willing to serve the great man, I have to make up my own safety first. If my life is gone, why don't I do it? Now that I am coerced by Li Jue and Guo Si, I am helpless and have to cheer up and give advice for them, so I can't control my previous agreement with you Pei Qing. If I offend you so cruelly, at worst I will go to Cao Cao."

Jia Xu seriously thought about his way out, feeling that there was no way now, so he could only go all the way to the dark, hoping that Pei Qing could understand.

Although Li Jue and Guo Si had been tricked before, they were not fools. When they heard Jia Xu's plan, they immediately knew it was feasible. They immediately clapped and immediately arranged to contact Ma Teng and Han Sui. So they forced the emperor to issue an order to appoint Ma Teng as the general of the Western Expedition, the governor of Yongzhou, the Marquis of Huaili, and Han Sui as the general of Zhenxi, the governor of Liangzhou, and Yunwu. They used the principle that their lips were dead and their teeth were cold, and asked them to send troops to resist Pei Qing together.

At the same time, they also knew better that although they wanted to fight Pei Qing at this time, they could not relax their control over the court, so they decided to lead more than 10,000 troops to stay in Chang'an. During this period, they ordered the ban on Chang'an City under the pretext of tense situation, and all personnel were allowed to enter and not leave.

So under this circumstance, except for Li Jue's more than 10,000 troops, all the soldiers who could fight were recruited to Chang'an, including Zhu Ye and former Taiwei Huangfu Song, who had been removed from office and forced to revive, the generals of the Western Liang army, Yang Ding, Yang Feng, Guo Si, Jia Xu, Li Li, and Li Jue's nephew Li Li and others, led a total of 130,000 troops to attack Shangluo. Ma Teng and Han Sui were bribed by Li Jue's high-ranking official Xian Jue, and on the other hand, they were indeed influenced by the reason why they immediately agreed to raise an army. So in this case, they summoned the ancestors of Xiliang and the Qiang cavalry of a total of 100,000 to go to Shangluo together to resist Pei Qing's attack. So an unprecedented war began to begin.

Pei Qing actually knew the movements of the Western Liang army now, and he also knew that the most unfavorable situation had occurred. Both sides gathered heavy troops. In this case, it would be not easy to win. Even if he could win, it would definitely be a protracted war. Once Cao Cao quelled the rebellion in Yanzhou in the future and led his army to attack Chang'an, he would be really a marriage for others.

Of course, Pei Qing would not blame Chen Dao for not being able to take advantage of the victory, because although Chen Dao's Bai Li army has strong combat power, half of them are newly recruited soldiers, and there is absolutely no problem in winning small-scale battles. However, if you fight for a long time, the risk will be great. In addition, the 7,000 troops are too small, and it is difficult to withstand the large-scale attack of the enemy.

A more important problem is that Shangxian has a dangerous terrain, easy to defend and difficult to attack, especially for large-scale enemy attacks, it is even more difficult to launch an attack. Shangluo is different. The terrain there is wide, which is conducive to the large army's attack, and it is very unfavorable for Chen Dao, who has only 7,000 defenders.

So based on the above reasons, Chen Dao did not pursue the victory, which was actually correct. This was the best choice in that situation at that time, but this also led to a problem, that is, the future attack will be inconvenient, because the opponent will gather heavy troops in the open area to guard against his own attack.

"If tens of thousands of troops were blocked here, our battle would be in trouble, and the result would be in vain." Kong Rong, Zhou Gan, Fu Qian and others who participated in this battle were all worried, fearing that their efforts would not be rewarded by the court, and they might even have life worries.

However, Pei Qing did not care about this. He ordered all troops to set up camps step by step, and at the same time asked the soldiers of each army to dig several wide and deep trenches in front of their camps.

Although the commanders of the coalition forces were suspicious, they could only do as Pei Qing’s request. Their generals were also dissatisfied, but most of them remained silent. Only Zhang Fei came to Pei Qing and said in a deep voice: "Leader, the Xiliang Army is not far from your camp. We have been here for several days. Why have we not led our army to launch an attack until now? You always ask us to be calm and just prepare for combat, especially digging wide and deep trenches here. In my opinion, it is better to be prepared for a firm defense and have no intention of truly fighting with the enemy. How can it be possible to defeat the enemy in this situation?"

However, Pei Qing smiled and said, "General Yide, please be careful not to be impatient. We are digging trenches now to prepare for defeating the enemy in the future. As the saying goes, be careful to sail the ten thousand-year-old ship. Since we are fighting, we will naturally fail to win and expect to lose first. After all, we have more than 100,000 troops here, so I will be responsible for them, right?"

"Hehe, what a responsible leader, but do you know that now the enemy soldiers are gathering more and more. With so many troops on the other side, it is not easy to defeat them? I really don't know where you have the confidence?" Zhang Fei looked disbelief and sneered at Pei Qing. He is losing trust in Pei Qing more and more now, and he thinks that this guy is just a perseverance. The so-called uprising to defend the king is actually just a pretext. In this way, Pei Qing is no different from Yuan Shao at the time, so he spoke sarcastically: "Are you making excuses for yourself? I really don't know what the difference between you and Yuan Shao at the time? You also wrote a poem to reveal the scene of the Kanto Alliance's attack on Dong Zhuo. Fortunately, we trust you so much, but what I want to ask is, are you planning to write poems to reflect on yourself in a short time?"

However, Pei Qing slowly said: "If I really re-enact the scene of attacking Dong Zhuo, I will not only prepare a poem for myself to satirize myself, but also hand over the position of leader to General Yide. That's great? Hehe, you want to be the King of Chu, but unfortunately I am not Song Yi, and you will be disappointed after all."
Chapter completed!