Everyone rested in the city for a while, and after Cao Xiu and the army walked away, they launched a mutiny, and without killing anyone, they controlled the entire Jicheng. "Top" point "small" said,

However, there was still a fish that slipped through the net, Cheng Yu inspected the city gate that day, saw the Huns rushing in, and knew that it was irresistible, so he immediately withdrew from the city and came to find Xiahou Yuan to report the matter.

After Xiahou Yuan and Xu Shu listened to what Cheng Yu said, they were all resentful. Now that Ma Chao is behind and Sima Yi is in front, I am afraid that the army of nearly 30,000 is still in the ice and snow, which makes everyone's hearts cold.

"For now, just go to the nearby city for a while to rest, and then wait and see what happens." Xu Shu thought about it and immediately said to everyone.

Xiahou Yuan said: "Go to Longxi County, Longxi is close to Qiangzhong, occupy Longxi first, and then use the strength of the Qiang people to counterattack." ”

Xu Shu said: "Then let's go, I'm afraid that if I go a little later, Ma Chao will catch up, and Sima Yi will inevitably take action." ”

"The whole army set off, Longxi direction, accelerate the advance!" Xiahou Yuan gave an order, and all the 28,000 horse infantry troops headed towards Longxi, and the one who remained was responsible for guarding the mountain road and ambushing Ma Chao.

…………

Ma Chao and Wang Shuang chased to the Wei army, and when they were about to arrive at the first place where Pang De and Chu Yan were ambushed, Ma Chao ordered the whole army to stop, and his falcon-like eyes swept over the entire snowfield, and suddenly said to Wang Shuang: "You take people to divide on both sides, detour behind the hillside, I pass through it, this place is dangerous, the Wei army will inevitably set up an ambush, and then work together to kill." ”

"No!" As he spoke, Wang Shuang led a wave of troops into two teams, separated from the left and right, and made a detour behind the hillside.

Ma Chao led a thousand cavalry and galloped forward, and said to his subordinates: "Everyone is always carrying it." ”

The group quickly rushed into the mountain road, and was about to rush out of the mountain road crossing. The Wei army ambushed the troops, and five hundred archers were ambushed on each side, and shot towards Ma Chao in the middle of the mountain road.

Ma Chao and the others had already taken precautions, and they all secretly held the crossbow in their hands, and when they saw the ambush, they shot towards the hillside.

A contest of arrows. The two armies suffered casualties on each other. At this time, Wang Shuang and the others came out from behind the hillside, attacked from both sides, and killed all the ambush soldiers in a short time.

After that, Ma Chao and Wang Shuang joined forces and chased forward for a distance, and saw a fork in the road, one to Longxi and the other to Hanyang.

Ma Chao didn't even think about it. He rode his horse and chased in the direction of Hanyang, and said: "This must be Xiahou Yuan's suspicious formation, so that we think that he is heading towards the west of Longxi, come with me and catch up with Xiahou Yuan." ”

So, the group continued to run in the direction of Hanyang, and after less than ten miles, they saw a group of cavalry rolling in front of them. Ma Chao saw that the cavalry was menacing. Hurriedly ordered: "The whole army stops and prepares to fight." ”

There were no flags on the opposite side. Looks like a Qiang person, Ma Chao stood on the road single-handedly, letting Wang Shuang and the others separate in unison behind him.

Among the cavalry coming from the opposite side, the leader was Sima Yi, and he saw that the Huaxia army in front of him had already set up a posture. Hurriedly ordered the army to stop, and he galloped forward a few steps, stood outside the firing range, and shouted: "Isn't it Ma Mengqi, the general of Zhengxi, in front?" ”

"It's Ma! Who are you? ”

"In the next expedition to the Southern General Sima Yi, I have seen General Ma." Sima Yi hugged his fists.

"Sima Yi?" Ma Chaohu looked at Sima Yi suspiciously. Five years ago, I was a child, and now I have grown so big. He immediately rode forward and asked, "You are from Hanyang County, could it be that Jicheng has been captured by you?" ”

"Exactly!" Sima Yi nodded and said, "Now that I'm looking for Xiahou Yuan, have you ever seen General Ma?" ”

"Suffered! That Xiahou Yuan must have gone to Longxi, I was careless for a while, and he missed it. Ma Chao said.

"It doesn't matter, Xiahou Yuan went to Longxi, he must have wanted to use the power of the Qiang people to counterattack Liangzhou. Now that Xiahou Yuan has given up the east side of Liangzhou, then we can take it at will. General Ma, how about you attack Anding County? Sima Yi's tone when he spoke was not an order, but a discussion, he knew Ma Chao's temper, so he tried not to provoke.

Ma Chao said: "Then I will leave." ”

With that, Ma Chao took Wang Shuang and other 5,000 cavalry and couldn't wait to go in the direction of stability.

Sima Yi led the army to continue to march forward, and after traveling less than ten miles, he happened to encounter Pang De's army. Pang De didn't know Sima Yi, and when he saw Sima Yi coming with the Huns, he mistook it for a Qiang and hurriedly put on a posture.

"It's General Pang Lingming in front?" Sima Yi reined in his horse and asked.

"Exactly, who are you?" Seeing that Sima Yi was wearing a strong suit and leading a group of Hun soldiers similar to the Qiang people, Pang De felt curious in his heart and asked.

"In Xia Sima Yi, I have seen General Pang!" Sima Yi rode on horseback and hugged his fists.

"Sima Yi?" Pang Dehu hesitated for a moment and asked, "But Sima Yi, the general of the expedition to the south?" ”

"Exactly!"

Pang De immediately withdrew his defense, walked forward quickly, and hugged his fists towards Sima Yi and said, "Lord Sima, Pang De has missed the distance, please forgive me!" ”

Sima Yi's grade is one level higher than Pang De, and the so-called official level crushes people to death, so Pang De naturally wants to come forward to worship. Ma Chao is different from Pang De, except for seeing Lin Nanxing kneeling, the rest of the people don't worship, no matter how high you are, don't want him to worship.

"No need to be polite, General Pang is here, it must be that Yuzhong City has been taken by General Pang, right?"

"Exactly, Yuzhong City has been captured three days ago, and now we are pursuing Xiahou Yuan, has General Sima ever seen General Zhengxima?"

"Well, I did. I have asked him to attack Anding, Xiahou Yuan fled to the west of Longxi, just in case, I also asked General Pang to work tirelessly to attack Jincheng County, here are 10,000 cavalry, all Hun warriors, please General Pang to lead them to capture Jincheng County, late will change. ”

"The subordinates understand, the subordinates will go, but these 8,000 infantry ......"

"I'll take it back to Yuzhong City."

Pang De didn't say anything more, immediately turned over his horse, and headed towards Jincheng with 10,000 Hun soldiers. Sima Yi returned to Yuzhong City with 8,000 infantry, cleaned up some chaotic battlefields along the way, and buried all the corpses.

After Sima Yi returned to Yuzhong City, he also felt sorry when he heard that Chu Yan had died in battle. Then they were buried. Subsequently, scouts were sent to urgently inform Tai Shi Ci and Wei Yan in Wuwei, suggesting that Wei Yan lead an army of 50,000 to the west to capture the three counties of Jiuquan, Zhangye and Dunhuang, and suggested that Tai Shi Ci should only leave 10,000 soldiers and horses to guard Wuwei City and lead all soldiers and horses to the south.

Other than that. Sima Yi temporarily ordered the 50,000 Dongyi soldiers stationed in Lingzhou to take advantage of the situation to go south and capture Gaoling County in Qinzhou, garrisoning troops on the Weishui line to exert pressure on Qinzhou, and at the same time to achieve the purpose of assisting the Kwantung Army to capture Qinzhou.

Sima Yi himself stayed in Yuzhong City, waiting for the arrival of Tai Shici's army.

Two days later, Ma Chao and Pang De respectively captured Anding and Jincheng counties, and Hou Cheng and Song Xian led 40,000 Dongyi soldiers to the south and also captured Gaoling. In addition, Chen Bing and Xu Huang's Kwantung Army formed a joint encirclement of Chang'an City in Qinzhou in the Weishui area. Wei Yan led an army of 50,000 troops to the west, and Tai Shici led an army of 120,000 troops to Yuzhong City.

Sima Yi personally greeted Tai Shi Ci into Yuzhong City, and when the two met, Tai Shi Ci said first: "It turns out that you are Sima Yi, I have heard about your outwitting of Jicheng, and now the counties of Liangzhou have heard the wind." Only Longxi and Wudu have not yet been captured, and Wei Yan's troops have also sent troops to the west. Dunhuang, Jiuquan and Zhangye will inevitably fall to the wind. The countries of the Western Regions and the Wusun Kingdom also rebelled against the Wei State together, and the form was very good. It's just that if you can come a few days earlier, maybe General Chu will ...... Ay! ”

"People can't be resurrected after death, and I hope that the general's day will be smooth." Sima Yi knew that he was the general of the expedition to the south. It was temporary, no better than Tai Shici's Tiger Wing General, with 250,000 soldiers under his command, and he was the number one person in the Northwest Field Army and a first-class marquis. The status is prominent, which is beyond his comparison, so he can only say in a low voice.

"That's it, it's just that Chu Yan is too reckless. The emperor sent you over to be a supervisor and a military advisor, do you have a strategy to kill Xiahou Yuan? Tai Shi Ci asked.

"Don't be in a hurry, now that the snow is closed, half a person deep, the march is extremely difficult, Xiahou Yuan fled to Longxi, backed by the Qiang people, is to use the power of the Qiang people to counterattack Liangzhou. However, I don't think the Qiang people will send troops easily at this time. The general can also put Liangzhou aside for the time being, if it is too tight, Xiahou Yuan and the Qiang people will naturally be connected. If we don't force each other and guard strictly, Xiahou Yuan won't be able to make any big waves. The top priority now is Chang'an, as long as the capital of Wei is captured, it can still shake Wei than taking a Liangzhou. ”

Tai Shi Ci asked, "What do you mean...... First slow down the attack on Liangzhou, and the army will go south to take Chang'an? ”

"No, the soldiers and horses of Liangzhou can't retreat. The general can send 20,000 troops to help General Pang garrison Jincheng, let General Ma's subordinate Wang Shuang garrison Hanyang, and then send 50,000 soldiers and horses to Wang Shuang's dispatch, so that the 20,000 Hun soldiers I brought can continue to be dispatched by me, and the general will sit in Yuzhong City, surround Xiahou Yuan on three sides, and Xiahou Yuan will not dare to act rashly. ”

After hearing this, Tai Shici felt that what Sima Yi said made some sense, so he asked, "What about you?" Listening to what you mean, you don't seem to be staying in Liangzhou? ”

Sima Yi said with a smile: "I took the 20,000 Huns to assist the Kwantung Army in capturing Chang'an City, but I need to borrow a good general from the general." ”

Tai Shi Ci asked, "Who?" ”

"General Ma Mengqi of the expedition to the west!"

"This ...... I can't be the master, General Ma has always been arrogant, if it weren't for the emperor giving me a fake festival, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to mobilize him. This is a tiger trapped in a cage, and if you don't get it right, it will bite. "Tai Shici and Ma Chao have fought, and although the two of them now look very harmonious on the surface, in fact, neither of them is convinced.

When Lin Nan chose the generals of the Northwest Army at that time, he also thought about it carefully, and decided to take Tai Shici as the mainstay, supplemented by Ma Chao, Pang De, Wei Yan, and Chu Yan. In the past five years, although Ma Chao has been unruly, he can still obey Tai Shici's command, which can be regarded as relatively harmonious. Even if there is a slight verbal dispute, it is only a disagreement.

Sima Yi said: "Because of this, I have to use his strength and ask the general to complete it." ”

"Since that's the case, then that's it, I will send 10,000 people to garrison Anding, and give Ma Chao an order to attack Chang'an. Strategist, if there is any bad influence, then I will not be responsible. ”

"If something goes wrong. In front of the emperor, I will bear it with all my might. ”

Tai Shici stopped talking, Sima Yi had already said this, and he immediately wrote a letter by himself and asked people to pass it on to Ma Chao.

Sima Yi suggested that Tai Shici should only defend and not attack, and wait for the beginning of spring. Clean up Xiahou Yuan again. Tai Shici nodded in agreement, and sent someone to convey the order, and at the same time sent someone to Lingzhou to take his daughter-in-law Tian Xin over, sooner or later, there would be a discussion, so as not to make any big mistakes. Sima Yi first returned to Jicheng and waited for the Huns to withdraw from Jincheng.

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Qinzhou, Bashang.

Xu Huang, Guo Jia, Liao Hua, Lin Yang and others all gathered together, looked east on the official road, and quietly waited for the arrival of reinforcements.

Not much. But when I saw a blond man in thick armor and riding on a horse, the infantry phalanx behind him was so neat that it rose and fell, and with every step forward, you could hear the sound of sonorous and powerful steps, and it was very strong.

After Xu Huang looked at it, he couldn't help frowning. Xin said: "It turns out that the Flying Guards that the emperor has been secretly training are such a force, and they are indeed different from other armies......

"Is this the legendary Flying Guard? Sure enough, it is majestic and mighty. It seems that the Roman still has some skills. After Liao Hua saw it, his psychological side kept praising him.

Guo Jia looked at the expressions on the faces of Xu Huang, Liao Hua, and Lin Yang around him, and secretly thought in his heart: "The emperor sent Yang Maozi to help, it seems that the day of the emperor's imperial expedition is not far away, I don't know what the reorganized Flying Feather Army will look like when the time comes, it's really exciting." ”

Soon. When the two met, the blond-haired and blue-eyed man raised his hand slightly, and the infantry phalanx behind him all stopped, and even the pace was the same, very strict.

The blonde man rolls over and dismounts. Dressed in armor, he could hear the sound of metal clashing with every step he took forward, and the armor on his body was shining silver, which was made of sterling silver, expensive and completely Roman-style armor.

When he walked to Xu Huang and the others, the blond-haired and blue-eyed man hugged his fists at everyone and said, "Down there is Anita Partridge, the emperor's own general Feiwei, and I have seen a few marquis!" ”

Xu Huang, Guo Jia, Liao Hua, Lin Yang and others listened to Anita Patridge's Chinese dialect well, and they all glanced at each other, and this foreign hairy man was undoubtedly with them in terms of etiquette, and he was even more humble.

In Anita's heart, these people are all people with marquises, and if he doesn't have a marquis in Huaxia, he is one level lower than people, so the necessary etiquette must be there.

Xu Huang said: "Welcome General An......"

"Nope! It's General Partridge, my surname is Partridge, not Ann, Anita is my name, you can call me Anita, it's more affectionate. Anita Partridge retorted.

Xu Huang, Liao Hua, Lin Yang, and Guo Jia welcomed Anita Patrich into the camp on Bashang, while the 20,000 flying guards brought by Anita Patrick set up another camp outside Xu Huang's Kwantung Army camp, and the two camps echoed each other.

As soon as Anita Patrick entered Xu Huang's camp, he took the lead in asking: "Ladies and gentlemen, I was ordered by His Majesty the Emperor to help in the war, and I brought siege weapons and many explosives to General Tongguan Zhou, I want to know the current situation of Chang'an City, I don't know if you marquis, can you tell me?" ”

Guo Jia said: "Let me tell you." Today's situation is very favorable to our army, Hou Cheng and Song Xian of the Northwest Army sent troops to occupy Gaoling, which means that Sima Yi's strategy was successful, and there is no threat to Liangzhou, and now the top priority is to take a quick attack on Chang'an City, if it is delayed for a longer time, the more beneficial it will be to the Wei army. Therefore, I thought that when the whole army pressed, Chang'an City would be surrounded on three sides, and then attacked in turn. ”

"Surrounded on three sides? Why not on all sides? Xu Huang asked.

"On the other hand, let Sima Yi fight, we don't have to work. General Xu is still the main general here, General Partridge, you are sent by the emperor to help in the war, and when the time comes, a city gate will be left for you to attack, do you have no opinion? Guo Jia asked.

"No, it's all up to the Captain." Anita Partridge said.

Guo Jia, as a lieutenant, has the highest official rank, so what he says here still has a great weight. In terms of planning, with him as the main leader, Xu Huang is the soul of the army in the siege of the city.

Xu Huang saw that Anita Patrick did not refute, so he said: "Since this is the case, then it is decided, tonight I will rest for the night, and tomorrow morning I will set up camp and attack Chang'an." ”

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Inside Chang'an City. It was already panicked, Chang'an City was plagued by disasters five years ago, and it took Cao Cao five years to recover. Some people wanted to escape from Chang'an City, but unfortunately the Wei army sealed all the city gates. Only allowed to enter, not to go out, and vowed to hold on to the city.

In the palace, the news that Liangzhou was conquered came to Cao Ang, who was in charge of the country as the crown prince, was even more shocked, and when he got the battle report, he slumped in his seat and said: "The Huaxia army is in full swing, and even Uncle Xiahou can't resist it?" ”

"Prince Qiyu. Zhang Xiu reported urgently. A member of the Prince's Mansion presented a letter to Cao Ang.

Cao Ang took the letter, opened it and read it, he couldn't help but be furious, slapped the table hard, shook the things on the table, and threw Zhang Xiu's letter far away, and scolded loudly: "Zhang Xiu'er, dare to bully me like this!" ”

Then. Xiahou Heng walked in from outside, just in time to see Cao Ang angry. picked up the letter on the ground and hurriedly read it, but saw that Zhang Xiu refused to lead the army to King Qin, Chang'an, on the grounds that there were few soldiers in Wudu and he was afraid that the Huaxia army would attack Wudu. He frowned, walked up to Cao Ang, and said, "Prince." Don't be angry, what Zhang Xiu said is indeed the truth, I thought that my father would be able to resist the Huaxia Army for a year and a half, but in just ten days, more than half of the counties and counties in Liangzhou were all planted with the banner of the Huaxia Army. Now my father is in Longxi. Zhang Xiu was in Wudu, both of which were important places, and he contained nearly 200,000 soldiers and horses of the Huaxia army, so it was indeed not appropriate to come to King Qin at this time. However, Hanzhong should send troops, and the scouts sent out in the next few days will have news back, and please ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince not to be angry. ”

Cao Ang heard Xiahou Heng's consolation, so he asked, "What about Cao Zhen?" ”

"Cao Zidan is patrolling the various city gates, and strengthening the city defenses, inspiring morale, and now all the soldiers in Chang'an City are united in one heart, and they have sworn to surround the imperial capital with death. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can rest assured that Cao Zidan is a talented general, and he will definitely be able to help my Great Wei tide over the difficulties. It's just ......"

"Just what?"

Xiahou Heng said: "Please ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to pardon the minister's innocence first, and the minister will dare to say it." ”

"You and I have been friends since childhood, what else dare you not say? But it doesn't hurt to talk about it, this prince forgives you not guilty. ”

"Thank you, Your Highness the Prince." Xiahou Heng bowed to Cao Ang and continued, "It's just that Your Majesty thinks that the Huaxia Army can even break through Huayin Pass, and Chang'an City is only afraid of ...... Even if you are afraid, you will not escape the doom......"

Cao Ang sighed and said, "I am also worried, General Zhendong's 20,000 iron army can't stop the footsteps of the Huaxia army, can we do it here?" ”

"Therefore, His Majesty thinks that he should first prepare for the bad and send people to escort the royal family, ministers, and generals to Hanzhong safely, so that even if Chang'an City is broken, we can fight our way out of the encirclement without any scruples, and then set it on fire, even if the Huaxia Army gets Chang'an City, it is a ruin." Xiahou Heng suggested.

"That's a good suggestion of yours, and it can be taken. Now I will order you to take full responsibility for this matter, and then secretly go out of the city at night, all the way to Hanzhong. ”

"Won't His Royal Highness the Crown Prince come with me?"

"As the crown prince, my father ordered me to supervise the country, I am the backbone of all the soldiers, I must not retreat at will, I will not leave Chang'an City until the last resort. Boquan, you just do what I say. ”

Xiahou Heng frowned, he knew Cao Ang's character, so he no longer dissuaded him, and immediately hugged his fists and said: "That Boquan will mobilize the family members of the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs and the royal family to evacuate tonight." ”

"Well, it's going to be done in secret. I will have someone send you a decree in a moment, and you will act in accordance with it. In the past, the Huaxia army drove us from Changyi to Chang'an, and now it is the Huaxia army that drives us away from Chang'an. There you go. ”

Xiahou Heng retreated slowly, and then Cao Ang drafted a holy decree and asked him to hand it over to Xiahou Heng, and he personally put on his horse and took the Tiger Guards to inspect the situation in Chang'an City.

In Chang'an City, there are mobile soldiers everywhere, the whole city has entered a state of emergency readiness, and the newly recruited recruits have also been issued weapons, some of them have brought stones from outside the city, and some are repairing the city wall at the head of the city, increasing the height and reinforcement, and they are all doing a good job.

When Cao Ang arrived at the south gate, he saw Cao Zhen taking the lead in repairing the city wall, so he walked over and asked, "You are the governor of the prince himself, how can you do such a lowly job?" You should be with Chen Qun and Yang Xiu and formulate a plan to defend the city! ”

When Cao Zhen saw Cao Ang, he stopped what he was doing, and visited with the soldiers around him: "Knock to see His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

"Excuse me, you all go about your business."

Thereupon. Cao Zhen welcomed Cao Ang into the gatehouse on the city tower and let people serve tea, which seemed very humble.

"Zidan, as a minister of the imperial court, you always go to do some small things, how can this work? You should plan to defend the city. Operational deployment, that's what you should do. Cao Ang taught.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Qiqi, these things have already been done, there is nothing left to do, and now there is only one thing left to repair the city gate, and the minister feels that there is nothing wrong with doing this. What's more, the minister also started from a soldier step by step, since he could do it when he was a soldier before. Why can't you do it when you become a metropolitan governor? The reason why the identity of the minister is prominent is that it was given by His Royal Highness the Prince, but the minister did not dare to forget, those who were at the bottom and made silent contributions to my Great Wei, if there were no them, the minister alone would never be able to set off any big waves. So. The rest of the soldiers saw it. Naturally, it will dry in full swing. ”

Cao Ang was speechless by Cao Zhen's words, and looked out the door, those soldiers were indeed very energetic. He didn't say anything more, took a sip of tea, stood up directly, and said, "You can do it well." I'm leaving. ”

"Congratulations to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Cao Ang walked out of the gatehouse, looked at the soldiers around him, and couldn't help but feel that Cao Zhen was indeed a good general, and maybe he would become the backbone of Great Wei in the future. Cao Chun, Cao Hong, and Cao Ren sacrificed their lives for the country successively. Cao Xiu is far away in Liangzhou, and there are not many people left in the Cao family who can have talents. A thought suddenly flashed in his heart, if Chang'an was breached, he would also try to get Cao Zhen to leave and keep the remaining generals of the Cao family.

……

"Uncle! You just let me go, I only borrow 500 cavalry, as soon as I rescue Yin Yin, I will come back immediately! Cao Xiu knelt in front of Xiahou Yuan and kowtowed in prayer.

Xiahou Yuan's face was pale, and there was a bandage wrapped around his arm, and the blood soaked through the bandage, which was given by Ma Chao. He glanced at Cao Xiu, who was kneeling in front of him, and said, "Yin Yin is my own niece, and I care more about Yin Yin than you." But what time is it? You don't see it clearly, the Huaxia army has surrounded us on three sides, and the Qiang people have not heard back for a long time, you have already escaped death once, how can you go to the tiger's mouth again? ”

"But Yin Yin ......," Cao Xiu retorted.

"I know you are affectionate, but don't worry, I have always heard that Huaxia Kingdom will not destroy people's houses, and it will definitely not do anything to Yinyin. If you just gave up your life for a woman, then you are the number one fool in the world! What is a woman? It's just a piece of clothing on your body, and if it's gone, you can change it again. If you need a woman, your uncle can find you one or two in the city, and let your birds have a nest first. ”

"I don't want it, I want Yinyin! I don't want anyone but Yinyin! My team Yin Yin is sincere, I am not like my uncle, I have three wives and four concubines......"

"Bastard thing, shut up! Come on, take Cao Wenlie down for me, and no one is allowed to let him out without my order. ”

As soon as the words were stacked, I saw that the two wrestlers directly took Cao Xiu away.

At this time, Xu Shu came from outside, saw this scene, didn't ask much, and immediately said to Xiahou Yuan: "King Qiang has already heard back, and within ten days, he will lead elite troops to help in the battle." ”

Xiahou Yuan was overjoyed at the moment: "Great! Ma Chaoxiaoer, I have to avenge this arrow! ”

In 197 A.D., on the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, on a cold morning, before the sun came out, tens of thousands of troops of Huaxia had all arrived outside Chang'an City, and surrounded the eastern, southern, and northern gates of Chang'an City.

Xu Huang and Guo Jia were at the east gate, Liao Hua and Lin Yang were at the north gate, and Anita Partridge was at the south gate with the Flying Guards.

At the same time, Sima Yi, Ma Chao, and Hu Chuquan led 20,000 Hun cavalry to attack all the way from Liangzhou. In addition, Hou Cheng and Song Xian led 40,000 Dongyi archers to cross the Weishui from Gaoling to the city of Chang'an, and were assigned to garrison outside the four city gates in the southeast, northwest and northwest.

In this way, the Huaxia army completed the situation of encircling Chang'an City with 100,000 troops, and the entire Chang'an City was surrounded by water.

The sky over Chang'an City was suddenly overcast, and the people and soldiers in the city were breathless due to the tense atmosphere. The ancient city of Chang'an, which has suffered many vicissitudes, may become a pile of ruins in an instant.

The people in the city were panicked, and although the soldiers were inspired by Cao Zhen, in the face of such a large army, the psychological defense line was still broken. The battle of Huayin Pass. Cao Zhen's extremely 20,000 iron troops were all killed on the battlefield, and such an impregnable fortress was taken by the Huaxia army within three days, not to mention Chang'an City.

In the prince's mansion, Cao Ang summoned Cao Zhen, Chen Qun, Yang Xiu, Liu Ye, Man Chong and others to discuss countermeasures.

"The Huaxia army has surrounded Chang'an City, with a strength of up to 100,000, which is far beyond my expectations. Now people in Chang'an City are even more panicked. What are your strategies for retreating from the enemy, so why don't you tell them all? Cao Ang asked.

Chen Qun, Yang Xiu, Liu Ye, and Man Zhong all glanced at each other, on this occasion, what other way to retreat from the enemy is to fight hard.

Cao Zhen hugged his fists and said: "His Royal Highness the Prince of Qiqi, the minister thinks that Chang'an City can be temporarily abandoned to avoid its edge, and now Liangzhou and Qinzhou have already fallen after hearing the wind." There are only 30,000 elites in Chang'an City, although many soldiers have been newly recruited, but these people are just a rabble, once they encounter a strong attack, it is very likely that they will collapse in an instant, once they turn against each other, they are afraid that it will be very unfavorable to our army. ”

"Cao Zidan! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ordered you to be the Metropolitan Governor, so that you can retreat from the enemy. Didn't let you escape, you actually made such a big rebellious statement? Yang Xiu shouted angrily.

"Lord Yang. I didn't just think about my future plans, the Huaxia army came prepared, and in a short period of time gathered 300,000 troops in the northwest, which no country can do at present. Before Lord Yang persuaded the emperor to attack Bashu, I once objected to the expedition of the Void Kingdom. I am afraid that it will bring great trouble to the Wei State, and the 250,000 Northwest Army is eyeing it, even if it adopts a suspicious strategy, it will be ineffective if it is used too much. Now it seems. When the southern part of China conquered Jinghan, it was expected, and the attack on the northwest was also planned early. ”

"You know what? The emperor has a unique vision, he has long looked at Bashu, Guanzhong and Liangzhou have been in war for many years, the people are tired, it is not a long-term development plan at all, Bashu is known as the country of abundance, and capturing Bashu is equivalent to an extra arm. Yang Xiu retorted.

"Now it seems that the thoughts of the emperor and the ministers are only afraid that they will be guessed by the people of Huaxia early in the morning, and they will get Bashu, but they will lose Qinzhou and Liangzhou.

"Bastard thing! You dare to ...... like this" Yang Xiu was annoyed and ashamed, his face twitched, because the plan to attack Bashu was put forward by him vigorously, he thought that Cao Cao would take him there, and he would make meritorious service again, who would have thought, but he left himself here, and inexplicably ran over an ugly man named Pang Tong, and Cao Cao actually took the ugly man and Xun Yu together and left him here.

However, what Yang Xiu, Chen Qun and others did not expect was that the Huaxia army's troops were too strong, and they thought that even if Cao Cao went on an expedition to the virtual country, relying on the dangerous places of Qinzhou and Liangzhou to strangle, and encountered the Huaxia army to attack, he could hold out for a year and a half, and Cao Cao's army had already returned at that time. However, who would have thought that the Huaxia army would conquer Huayin in only three days, and defeat half of Liangzhou in half a month, this speed is really amazing.

"Enough! Isn't it noisy enough? Chen Gong, what kind of opinion do you have? ”

"Thirty-six plans, go for the upper plan. Now Qinzhou has no place for our army to gain a foothold, and General Xiahou may be able to compete with the Huaxia army with the help of the Qiang people in Liangzhou, but the area of Chang'an is already embattled, and only by fighting out of the encirclement and fleeing in the direction of Hanzhong is the best policy. After Chen Qun thought about it, he also felt that what Cao Zhen said was extremely reasonable, so he suggested.

"We are also unanimous!" Liu Ye and Man Pet said in unison.

"You ...... You ......" Yang Xiu actually wanted to leave, but if he proposed to go at this time, it would mean that his suggestion to attack the land of Bashu was completely wrong.

"Then it's settled. Governor, you look at the arrangement, make a plan for a breakout, and then report it. Cao Ang said.

"No!" After Cao Zhen clenched his fists, he turned around and left.

Cao Ang sighed, and secretly thought in his heart: "Fortunately, I sent all my family members out last night, leaving a way back." I think this is the main reason why the ministers agreed that they should withdraw their troops. I have no shame to face my father, Chang'an is a lonely city, let me live and die with this city. ”

……

Outside the east gate of Chang'an City, in Xu Huang's big tent, Xu Huang, Guo Jia, Sima Yi, Ma Chao, Liao Hua, Lin Yang, Anita Patridge, Hu Chuquan, Hou Cheng, and Song Xian all gathered together, and it was very lively in a big tent.

"Today, all the armies are besieging Chang'an, and the 100,000 army Chen soldiers are outside Chang'an City, thanks to Sima Zhongda's strategy, which took the strategy of going down to Liangzhou first, and then encircling Chang'an...... "As the captain of the Privy Council, Guo Jia has a high status and is also the person with the most right to speak, so at the beginning, this meeting was presided over by him.

Guo Jia, who is young, calm, calm, and intelligent, has gradually played an indispensable role in the Huaxia Army.

"No, no, no, this is still the credit of Lord Taiwei, Lord Taiwei has already seen this strategy, but he just doesn't say it. Actually, I did what the Captain wanted. Sima Yi hurriedly interrupted Guo Jia's words and said modestly.

Guo Jia smiled, but he had more respect for Sima Yi in his heart, and secretly shouted: "The children can be taught." ”

"The Divine Decree has arrived!" At this moment, a shout came from outside the big tent.

Everyone hurriedly went out to receive the decree, and when they saw that it was Bian Xi who was in charge of the decree, they were all shocked, and they were all unanimous in their hearts, probably guessing that Bian Xi personally passed the decree, but they were afraid that the emperor would not be far away.

"Listen to the decree on your knees!" Everyone was represented by Guo Jia, and then according to the rank of the official position, they lined up in turn, knelt on the ground in unison, and shouted loudly.

Bian Xi held the holy decree in his hand, and immediately read it out: "The holy decree, the right chariot cavalry general Xu Huang, hard work, I am grateful for his kindness, and I am specially awarded the title of hussar general, fake Jieyue, the general leader of all kinds of soldiers and horses, and attack Qinzhou." Taiwei Guo Jia was the supervisor of the army, Sima Yi, the general of the expedition to the south, was the military division, and Ma Chao, the general of the expedition to the west, was crowned as the general of the right chariot cavalry, which temporarily belonged to Xu Huang's account, and after conquering Qinzhou, he returned to the Northwest Field Army. The army of all roads must work together, and within seven days, it will definitely capture Chang'an City, and after the city is broken, another reward will be awarded. Chinchi! ”

After the reading of the holy decree, everyone shouted: "The ministers and ministers are grateful, long live our emperor, long live, long live!" ”

Everyone got up, Guo Jia walked to Bian Xi's side, and quietly asked, "Where has the emperor arrived?" ”

Bian Xi smiled and said: "Lord Taiwei, I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you, the emperor hasn't arrived." The emperor has been roughly clear about the affairs of the northwest, and after the war, he also asked Lord Taiwei to stay for the time being, and take charge of all matters in Qin and Liang Prefectures. ”

Guo Jia took the edict, although it was not clear what Lin Nan wrote on it, but it was not difficult to hear from Bian Xi's words that the emperor wanted him to command the 300,000 soldiers and horses in the northwest. He smiled, clenched his fists and said, "There is Lao Bian Shangshu." ”

Bian Xi said: "Lord Taiwei, I still have important things to do, so I will leave first." ”

With that, Bian Xi turned over and got on his horse and galloped away.

Guo Jia put away the edict and said to Xu Huang: "Congratulations to General Xu on his promotion to general, now all the soldiers and horses of the four roads belong to the general, and the emperor has a deadline of seven days to break the city, let's make a long story short, let's discuss the strategy of breaking the city first." ”

Xu Huang nodded and said, "It's okay!" ”

……

Yizhou, Xicheng.

"Your Majesty, please use tea." Zhao Yun personally served a cup of hot tea and respectfully brought it to Lin Nan.

Zhao Yun was very surprised by Lin Nan's sudden visit. However, in his heart, Lin Nan came in person, and it was definitely not for a special trip to visit him, but he was afraid that there was something very important that made him faintly feel that the time for him to show his strength was coming again. (To be continued......)