Xiapi City, the capital of the Wei State.

Because the time to become the capital of Wei was still short, and Wei's finances were also quite stretched, and the limited funds were invested in military research and development and production, so the palace of the king of Wei was not built on a large scale.

The Wei Palace was only expanded on the basis of the original Thorn Mansion, adding an imperial garden and a large hall.

However, the city wall of Xiapi City has been greatly heightened and thickened, and several newly produced artillery pieces have been placed to fill the façade.

A few days ago, the news of the landing of the Han army in Guangling had reached Xiapi City.

Cao Pi, the prince of the prison state, has ordered the entire city of Xiapi to enter a state of emergency, and implement military control and curfew.

There were many more heavily armed troops patrolling the streets, and the defense at the city gate was also extremely tight, and ordinary people were only allowed to go out but not enter, so as to prevent the spies of the Han army from mixing into the city.

It was nearly noon, and the Wei army at the north gate was carefully inspecting the people leaving the city.

I heard that there was going to be a war, and there were still many people who were afraid and wanted to go to the countryside to hide.

The inspection was very careful, but I was afraid that there would be spies of the Han army mixed in, and the name of the Central Army Intelligence Department was a household name.

Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves was heard in the distance, apparently running extremely fast.

The captain of the city gate, turned around, looked carefully, and saw a knight wearing a Wei army uniform galloping from a distance, with three small red flags behind his back and a yellow silk package on his back.

Of course, the captain of the city gate knows this dress, three red flags, representing that this is an eight-hundred-mile urgent military situation, I just saw it once two days ago, that time it was from Guangling County, this time I don't know where it came from?

The people queuing up at the gate to leave the city were also in a commotion, what kind of military situation is this? It looks like it's really going to be called, so let's get out of the city quickly!

However, regardless of whether the person came or not, he could not be directly let into the city, and the lieutenant gave an order, and his soldiers had already driven the people aside and lined up in a horizontal line at the city gate.

There were more than a dozen people standing in the front row, pointing their spears at the people who came, they were just ordinary state soldiers, and they had not yet changed their firearms, and they still used spears.

There were also more than a dozen archers standing behind, all of them bending their bows and arrows, aiming at the incoming people.

The galloping cavalry saw that the city gate was heavily guarded, and hurriedly shouted, "Eight hundred miles in a hurry!" Emergency military intelligence! Tokai County Emergency! ”

While reining in his horse and breathing heavily, he took out a waist card from his bosom and threw it to the captain of the city gate.

Du Wei inspected it, and it was indeed the token of the Wei Junzhou Army, which was specially used to enter and exit the county defenses of various counties, and it had the mark of Donghai County on it.

Then he waved his hand, told his subordinates to get out of the way, and returned the token to the messenger.

The herald nodded, and urged the horse into the city, galloping all the way, this is the privilege of eight hundred miles of urgency, it is impossible for ordinary people to ride horses and gallop in the city, and when they encounter passers-by, their lives are in danger.

The prince Cao Pi was in the main hall of the palace, discussing with Xun Yu, Xun Yu and others who stayed in Xiapi how to deal with the landing of the Han army in Guangling.

Yesterday, he had already sent 20,000 reinforcements to Guangling, led by the clan general Cao Xiu.

The most powerful tiger army has been taken to Xiangyang by his father, Cao Cao, and there are not many troops left in Wei that can be mobilized.

He first received a flying pigeon from Wu State, informing him of the Han army's entry into the Yangtze River, and then received an urgent military information from Mao Jue, and the Han army had landed in Jiangdu.

Cao Pi has already sent a book to Cao Cao, hoping that his father can lead the army back to help, and Xiangyang City can't hold it, so don't do it.

Just when he was worried about the matter of Guangling, an urgent report came from outside the palace gate, "Eight hundred miles are urgent, Donghai County is urgent!" ”

Cao Pi frowned, the military situation of Donghai County must be related to Langxi County, and Zhao Yun, the famous general of the Han Army, has been eyeing Langxi County!

Just now, I was discussing with Xun You and others that after the Han army landed in Guangling, it would definitely send troops from Langxi County as a response, and I really couldn't help but chatter!

Cao Pi took the military situation report handed over by the little eunuch, quickly flipped through it, and after reading it, his face changed greatly.

He handed the military emergency report to Xun You and others to circulate it, and everyone took a deep breath after reading it.

Sure enough, Zhao Yun sent troops from Langxie County, and four divisions were dispatched at once.

According to the scouts' reconnaissance, the numbers found included the 8th, 11th, 12th and 4th Cavalry Divisions of the Wehrmacht, and the 60,000 Han troops advanced extremely quickly and had surrounded the county of Donghai County.

Tan County is not far from Xiapi, only more than 100 miles, and the cavalry can reach it in one day.

Although Donghai County was the main defensive direction of Wei, Tan County was garrisoned by Cao Pi's hair, the nephew of the general Xiahou Yuan, and the 30,000 troops of Xiahou Shang.

However, these 30,000 troops are all state troops, and only 5,000 of them have been reloaded with muskets, so I am afraid they will not be Zhao Yun's opponents.

Reinforcements must be sent as soon as possible, but when Cao Cao left, only 60,000 people were left for Cao Pi to guard Xiapi, half of whom were recruits who had only been recruited last year, had not yet fought and had seen blood.

What Cao Xiu brought to Guangling was such 20,000 people, and their combat effectiveness was worrying.

But if reinforcements are not sent, how can Xiahou Shang hold Tanxian?

In the end, Cao Pi decided to send his brother, Cao Zhi, Marquis of Linzi, to lead 20,000 people to reinforce Xiahou Shang.

But in this way, there were only 20,000 defenders left in Xiapi, and it is not known whether Cao Cao sent reinforcements after receiving the news from the flying pigeon.

Cao Pi could only learn from Mao Jue's practice and issued an emergency mobilization order, requiring all men of appropriate age in Wei to be called into the army.

The quality is not good, and it can only be made up for by quantity, but fortunately, after Cao Wei's main army was reloaded with muskets, a large number of broadswords, spears and bows and arrows were sealed in the warehouse, so that people would not worry about being recruited and had no weapons.

It was in such a nervous mood that Cao Pi returned to his prince's mansion, and he no longer had the passion that Cao Cao had just made him prisoner.

I didn't have the leisure to enjoy singing and dancing, I just drank a few glasses of wine, and I wanted to go to bed early with the strength of the wine and relax the nerves that had tensed for a day.

Just when Cao Pi was in a daze and didn't know how long he had been asleep, he was awakened by a knock on the door, and it was his own relatives who shouted outside the door: "Your Royal Highness, there is a military situation!" ”

Cao Pi heard the military situation in a daze, and immediately sobered up a lot, he turned over and sat up, put on his clothes, and opened the door.

It was his cronies who stood outside the door, "Your Royal Highness, there is a convoy outside the south gate, there are dozens of carriages, all hiding from large wooden boxes, saying that they have come from Jiujiang on the military order of the King of Wei and sent artillery to Xiapi City." ”

"Oh?" As soon as he heard that the artillery was sent from Jiujiang, Cao Pi immediately became excited.

Although Cao Cao had never heard of this matter, he knew that Jiujiang could make artillery, and the artillery pieces at the head of Xiapi City were made by Jiujiang's military workshop.

Tan County (Tanxian)

(End of chapter)