Sima Yi said: "Jiang Wei is in charge of the army for the first time, and he doesn't dare to slack off when he encounters such a major event. What's more, I am guarding Longxi in order to open up the main road between Xiliang and Guanzhong, Jiang Wei should understand that sending troops to support me is to support the prime minister. ”

Guo Huai said: "In this way, it is really possible for him to come to help, but..." ”

"You want to say that he doesn't have many troops at his disposal?"

"Sir wise. Chang'an has less than 30,000 troops, and Jiang Wei has to ensure that the Weihe defense line is not broken by Yuan's army, how dare he be transferred to Longxi? Guo Huai was far-reaching.

Sima Yi said with a smile: "What I value is not the garrison of Chang'an, but the large amount of fire oil transferred from Luoyang last year. If Jiang Wei can send some, I will have a way to deal with Yuan Xi's snake. ”

"The Admiral understands." Guo Huai responded.

.........

Sima Yi is still not worried about the current war. Even if Jiang Wei sent fire oil to help him destroy the python and defeat Ma Yunlu, and he led the army to Jincheng, is Jincheng still there? Can the 100,000 army led by Cao Cao withstand the strong attack of Ma Chao and other alien races? In addition, Cao's army did not carry much grain and grass, and could not continue to fight, which was a very serious problem.

"I must win this battle!" Sima Yi said to himself in his heart.

A few days later.

Yuan Xi found that Sima Yi was cowering in Longxi City, not moving, and let Ma Yunlu challenge him, but he didn't react at all. He locked the gates of the city every day, hung up the free battle card, and refused to fight.

Yuan Xi thought to himself that it was time to go to Jincheng.

So he instructed Ma Yunlu to garrison the main road in Longxi to prevent Sima Yi from rushing to Jincheng to support. Yuan Xi took advantage of the cover of night to let the giant python move towards Jincheng that night.

this day.

In the south of the Golden City.

Ma Chao's army has all been assembled. Among them, there are 15,000 iron cavalry transferred from Longxi, 17,000 iron cavalry of various Qiang branches, 8,000 Di infantry troops, and 4,000 Rong iron cavalry, a total of 44,000 infantry cavalry.

With such a powerful military power, it is not much better than Cao Cao.

Of course, in terms of the number of soldiers, Ma Chao is still not as good as Cao Cao. Because Cao Cao had an army of 100,000.

But on the combat effectiveness of the army. The Xiliang Legion, with more than 30,000 iron cavalry, is still composed of brave men from other races, which is definitely stronger than Cao Cao's infantry army.

What's more, before that, Cao Cao fought a defeated battle, and there were some problems with morale.

This is the other, and the horse supernatural is stronger.

It is precisely because of this reason that Cao Cao did not dare to order the army to go out of the city to meet the battle, but only temporarily held Jincheng and thought about a strategy to break the enemy. At the same time, inquire about Sima Yi's news.

"The Xiliang Army that Sima Yi faced was led by Ma Yunlu, but there were only more than 3,000 people, and the combat effectiveness was not strong. But... Yuan Xi went to Longxi and fought with Ma Yunlu. His giant python has defeated our army many times, and according to the general, Sima Yi will not come to meet in a short time. In the mansion hall, Xiahou Yuan said.

Cao Hai, Xiahoudun, Xu Chu, Jia Xu, etc., also stood in front of Cao Cao.

Jia Xu said: "We can no longer count on Sima Yi, we should plan to break through immediately!" ”

"Breakout? What do you mean... Xiliang doesn't want it? Cao Cao asked irritably.

"Prime Minister, the situation is very delicate right now. We originally wanted to take advantage of Ma Chao's absence to surprise Xiliang, but we were unsuccessful, first defeated by Ma Chao, and then blocked in Xiliang. The western cool land is vast and sparsely populated, and there is a lack of grain and grass, so it cannot supply our army. If we don't break through and withdraw from Xiliang, there will be a danger of running out of food, isn't the prime minister clear? ”

"Of course I do." Cao Cao said: "It's just Ma Chao's iron horse, just outside, he can stop us from evacuating at any time." In other words, if we want to evacuate, we must defeat him! But if I did defeat him, why evacuate? ”

Cao Cao's words sound like tongue twisters, but they make perfect sense.

Jia Xu slowly calmed down, and even nodded: "Prime Minister Gao Jian, the minister is worried too much..." ”

"If you care, it's messy."

"Yes."

Cao Cao thought for a moment and said: "As I said just now, if you want to break out of the encirclement, you must first defeat Ma Chao, because Xiliang is his territory, and he has a large number of cavalry in his hands, and he can catch up with us at any time." But if I have the ability to beat Ma Chao, why bother thinking about breaking through? By then, Xiliang will have no opponents, and we will already occupy Xiliang. Therefore, I think... We can no longer think about breaking through and escaping, we should think about how to defeat Ma Chao and capture Xiliang! ”

Xiahou Yuan said: "Prime Minister, there will be a word at the end, I don't know if I should say it or not." ”

"Miaocai, you have something to say."

Xiahou Yuan said: "Compared with Xiliang, the last general is now more worried about Yanzhou and Jingzhou. The prime minister has transferred all the elites to Xiliang, and the two states of Yanjing are empty. Will Yuan Xi and Sun Quan take the opportunity to use troops, and how can we resist? The last general thinks... The prime minister can leave Xiliang first, rush back to Yanzhou, and preside over the overall situation. ”

Jia Xu came out and said, "The minister also wanted to talk about this just now. The current situation is delicate, Yuan Xi personally participated in the Battle of Xiliang, he knows our situation very well, if he feels capable of winning the Central Plains, it is possible to launch a big war. The war was catastrophic for us. Because we can't resist it! ”

Jia Xu and Xiahou Yuan's worries, Cao Cao did not think of them. He had no choice, he didn't want to leave Xiliang at this time, and he didn't want to give up Xiliang.

"Yuan Xi has just obtained half of the Central Plains, and the political situation has not yet stabilized; The alien race in the north is ready to move, and I believe that he will not send troops at this time to attack our Yan and Jing states... Cao Cao explained slightly, and then said very firmly: "In the battle of Xiliang, we have no choice but to put it to death and come back to life, and try all means to defeat Ma Chao." ”

"Wenhe, you are my most relied on military advisor, and you should have a strategy to break the enemy.

"Yes, please think..." Jia Xu thought hard for a long time, and finally came up with an idea: "Prime Minister, the only way to do this is to set up a bureau in Jincheng and lead Ma Chao into the urn." Trap him in the Golden City. And my main force jumped out of Jincheng, moved to the south, and set up ambushes in the area of Collapse and Yinping, which is close to the Qinling Mountains and the terrain is dangerous, which is an excellent place to annihilate the Xiliang army. ”

"Set up a bureau?" Cao Cao asked, "What kind of bureau?" ”

"This..." Jia Xu said: "This matter, leave it to the minister." Within three days, Ma Chao must be led into the urn and trapped him overnight, and the prime minister took the opportunity to break through and move to the area of collapse and Yinping. ”

"Okay."

Cao Cao felt that Jia Xu's idea was good, and directly agreed.

.................

The Xiliang military camp was stationed in the east of Jincheng, and according to the habits of the aliens, it was divided into countless teams, each team governed a piece of territory, and formed this large military camp. Ma Chao was in the middle, coordinating the various tents.

In recent days, Ma Chao has sent a large number of scout teams to monitor the surroundings of Jincheng. Four teams of cavalry, each with 500 cavalry, were sent to block the official road outside the city, and the water in the siege of Jincheng was blocked.

Once Cao Cao has plans to break through, even if he sends a horse out, he can be discovered.