Chapter 307: Chang'an
Maybe it will be a few decades later, when all these people are old, that the Han will disappear in the hearts of these people.
In the main hall in Chang'an City, Cao Rong knelt on the soft collapse of the top with a blue face.
Below stood Sima Yi, Sun Li, and Qin Lang. Among the four auxiliary ministers left by Cao Pi, Cao Xiu was in Xiangyang and Cao Zhen had already led his troops to the battle.
Chen Qun stayed in Luoyang. Only Sima Yi remained alone in Chang'an.
In addition to Sima Yi, only Sun Li and Qin Lang were reluctantly handy to the several generals in the hall.
"Zhongda, now that Shu generals Zhao Yun and Wei Yan are secretly attacking Meridian Valley and approaching Chang'an City, do you have any countermeasures to retreat from the enemy?"
Although Cao Rong's face was ugly, he still kept calm and set his eyes on Sima Yi. At the moment, he can only count on Sima Yi's advice.
Sima Yi's face was very calm, and after Cao Yi succeeded to the throne, he faintly felt that he was not very well treated by the other party, and he only had the right to make ideas in the court.
His current position is the general of the Fu army, but he does not have the general of soldiers and horses, and his power is not as good as that of a deputy general.
"Your Majesty, Shu generals Zhao Yun and Wei Yan will not have too many soldiers and horses, as long as our army strictly guards Chang'an, the Shu army will be helpless. Sima Yi said lightly.
He was undoubtedly talking nonsense, and there was no useful strategy. What is the strict defense of the city, so that the Shu army is helpless, even if it is a stupid person, he knows that Sima Yi is perfunctory.
"Before the death of the first emperor, Zhong Da was the auxiliary minister, and now the situation in the Great Wei is critical, and I hope that Zhong Da will focus on the overall situation, I know that Zhong Da has always wanted to personally lead the troops to make meritorious contributions, if Zhong Da can offer a plan to repel the Shu army, I will let Zhong Da get his wish, how about it?"
Of course, Cao Yi knew Sima Yi's thoughts, so he put down the shelf and took the initiative to submit to the other party.
Seeing Cao Rong behaving like this, Sima Yi was shocked in his heart.
These days, he has seen Cao Rong's character and ability, the new emperor has been smart since he was a child, has both Cao Cao's courage and Cao Pi's mental skills, and is a bright monarch.
Now Cao Rong took the initiative to put down the shelf, as the emperor, he actually negotiated conditions with his courtiers, which is not a good thing.
"Don't dare!"
Sima Yi hurriedly knelt down and hurriedly said: "The minister is His Majesty's courtier, and it is his duty to give advice, how dare he threaten His Majesty!"
After he said this, he lowered his head and didn't dare to raise his head, but his keen spiritual sense could feel the cold aura in Cao Ei's heart slowly dissipating.
"Since you don't dare, let's talk about it, how to deal with the current situation?" Cao Rong retracted his gaze, pinched his slightly swollen eyebrows, and felt a burst of boredom.
After Cao Zhen set out on the expedition, except for Sun Li and Qin Lang in Chang'an City, there was no third innate general, and Sun Li and Qin Lang were simply looking for death in the face of Zhao Yun and Wei Yan.
Sima Yi showed bitterness on his face and said: "At the moment, except for defending Chang'an, the minister really has no strategy to retreat from the enemy, and now he can only send a message to Luoyang and continue to recruit soldiers and horses from the Central Plains and Hebei to come to support!"
"In addition, Your Majesty will also send someone to inform the general, so that he should stop besieging Liu Bei's army, and must withdraw as soon as possible, and use Chang'an as a basis to confront the Shu army for a long time!"
Cao Rong was shocked when he heard this, and said: "Let the general withdraw his troops? Wouldn't that give up Chen Cang to Liu Bei? Liu Bei has Chen Cang, and the entire Guanzhong will be unstable!"
"Your Majesty, it is better for Guanzhong to be unstable than for the general to be defeated, and Guanzhong is not safe! If the general does not withdraw, Your Majesty will be threatened by Zhao Yun and Wei Yan in Chang'an. Moreover, these two people can also cut off Chang'an's grain and grass support for the general! If the 150,000 army led by the general is cut off from the grain route, it will be destroyed soon!"
Sima Yi is scheming, and his strategy is not inferior to anyone in this world, but even if he sees Yang Yun and Zhuge Liang's strategy, there is no way.
I have to say that the eight thousand soldiers and horses of Zhao Yun and Wei Yan are like fish bones that pierce the throat, which are easy to solve in normal times, but at a certain time, they can kill people.
"I think again...... Think again!"
Cao Rong was in a dilemma at this time, of course he didn't want to see Cao Zhen collapse because of the lack of food. But if Cao Zhen is allowed to withdraw the army, it will really give up half of the Guanzhong to the Shu army.
Without the cover of Chencang, Sanguan, and Longxi, Guanzhong was exposed to the front of the Shu army.
How long has he only succeeded to the throne? Once the civil and military officials of the Great Wei know that he had lost a large part of the country as soon as he succeeded to the throne, what prestige would he have as an emperor?
"Your Majesty, you must make a decision as soon as possible!" Sima Yi reminded.
Cao Rong's face turned pale, and he spit out a few words after a while. "Pass the edict and let the general Cao Zhen withdraw to Chang'an!"
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Zhao Yun and Wei Yan led the soldiers and horses to see the city walls of Chang'an from afar.
Since the time of Dong Zhuo, this city has been repeatedly fired, and later restored by Zhong Xuan, and restored to the appearance of a giant city in the world.
The towering city walls resemble a continuous mountain peak.
On the city wall, there are a large number of Wei soldiers, and two congenital-level generals appear at the head of the city. The city gates were closed, and the Wei army was in full array.
"General Zilong, are you sure to take Chang'an?" Wei Yan asked in a low voice.
Zhao Yun looked at the towering city wall with a serious expression and slowly shook his head. Although he had condensed the nine acupuncture points, his true qi cultivation had increased dramatically. But no one person can take such a huge city.
Outside Chang'an City, there were no woods to make siege equipment. And ordinary siege equipment did not have much effect in the face of such a huge city.
"No! Chang'an City is too high. Even if I can rush up, you and all the soldiers can't go up, we don't have siege equipment, and our troops are insufficient, so let's start attacking the grain road that Chang'an and Chen Cang only saw according to the will of His Majesty!"
Zhao Yun also wanted to capture Chang'an and make miraculous achievements, but the reality was like this, and he had no choice.
Moreover, after the two of them appeared in Guanzhong with their soldiers and horses, Shu Han's spies in Guanzhong came to the door and passed Yang Yun's latest instructions.
"It's a pity! You and I have worked hard to come to Chang'an City, but we can't attack it!"
Wei Yan sulked. Before the Northern Expedition of the Great Army, it was a straw bag general of the Xiahou family who guarded Chang'an, and he became a high-ranking official by nepotism.
To deal with this kind of person, as soon as the army arrives, Chang'an will take advantage of the situation.
But he didn't expect that after the Northern Expedition of Shu Han, Emperor Cao Rong of Wei actually rushed to Chang'an in person.
With the emperor guarding the city, the morale of these Wei soldiers will always be high. No matter how arrogant Wei Yan was, he didn't dare to say that he could break through Chang'an City, which was guarded by Cao Rong and Sima Yi.
"I can only cut off Cao Zhen's grain route according to His Majesty's will! After defeating Cao Zhen, I must come to Chang'an again and be the first to attack the city!" Wei Yan gritted his teeth.