On May 11, Ji Han's army arrived at the city of Tongguan and began to attack the city.

At the beginning of September, Guan Yi led an army of 80,000 troops to cross the Yellow River at Wubao in the former Eastern Han Dynasty Shangjun and entered Xihe County.

At the same time, due to the fear of the battle situation at Tongguan, under Sima Yan's explicit, Du had no choice but to transfer 20,000 troops south to Luoyang to calm Sima Yan's heart. This caused the defense of Jinyang City to be empty.

On the eighth day of October, Guan Yi fought and fell to the empty Jinyang. The pocket array that Du Yu had painstakingly arranged for Guan Yi completely failed.

On the 11th, Guan Yi led his army south from Jinyang. Arrived in Qi County on the 13th. On the 16th, he entered the realm and rested. The southern gate of Taiyuan County was in the hands of the Han army.

During this time, the Jin state's marching Cao tried his best, and finally reached Du Yu on October 15.

Du Zhen, who received the news, was shocked and also reacted quickly: all 70,000 people of the Shangdang Army were dispatched and quickly went north to Sheep's Head Mountain on the border of Shangdang County and Taiyuan County. This time, Cao basically gave an accurate figure for the Jin state's march: the strength of the Han army was about 70,000 to 80,000. With such an equal number of troops, Du Yu did not dare to put Guan Yi into the plains in Shangdang County to fight, so he could only seize the land first, and then talk about other things.

After that, Du pre-wrote two letters.

The first letter to the king of Pusaka City probably means that now Guan Zifeng's main army has gone around behind us. The Han army on the other side of you should be bluffing, you try to attack it. If the Han army's defense is empty, and you attack Feng Yijun at once, then the three-way Han army must retreat on all fronts.

The second letter, of course, is a report to Sima Yan: Your Majesty, there is such a thing...... In short, due to the wrong choice of troops by our Du someone, the enemy took advantage of the loophole. In short, it's all the minister's fault!

However, although we lost Jinyang, we actually have an advantage: if Guan Zifeng's grain road is to be maintained, we must cross Luliang Mountain. Therefore, no matter how strong the national strength of the Shu thieves is, at least now Guan Zifeng's grain transshipment is very difficult. The minister's side should first find a steep place to hold on, and then His Majesty's side should send the main force of the Luoyang Chinese Army to the north, and camp in this place in Mianshang, and confront Guan Zifeng with the minister's troops in Sheep's Head Mountain. Due to the difficulties of the grain route, if Guan Zifeng did not want to retreat in disgrace, he had to lead the army to attack the dangerous place heavily guarded by our troops. At that time, it will be the time for us to break the enemy.

On the 19th, Du Pre's recital arrived in Luoyang. Then Sima Yan was like being slapped a few times, and his cheeks hurt hotly.

In fact, since the end of last month, Sima Gui, the king of Taiyuan, led his army to Luoyang City. Some elders of the Sima family, as well as Jia Chong, Pei Xiu and others, have repeatedly expressed their dissatisfaction with Sima Yan's transfer of troops from the state to strengthen Luoyang's troops: Tongguan is still there! The enemy has failed to pose an effective threat to Tongguan, what danger can Luoyang have? Like you, you change the strategy and layout at every turn. So what is the use of the previous temple?

Fortunately, although Sima Yan said that he had such and such problems, he was not like Ming Shizong in later generations, who would never admit his mistakes. Therefore, at the emergency meeting on the night of the 19th, Sima Yan confessed his mistake as soon as he came up.

"Zhongqing, although the young master took the initiative to take responsibility, but all this, I know very well, is caused by my own lack of will and lack of confidence in Xiaoxing. Therefore, all sins are sinful, and sin is bowing. ”

"Your Majesty, it no longer makes sense to hold anyone accountable now." Meaningfully and threateningly, he glanced at Yang Jun, whose face was uncertain, next to him. Pei Xiu came out of the ranks: "Your Majesty, now Taiyuan County has been lost, but although Guan Zifeng jumped out of the pocket prepared for him by the young master, he also ran into the cage by himself, so what we should do now is to agree on how to send the Chinese army as soon as possible and go north to attack Guan Zifeng!" ”

Although this ...... was very remorseful in his heart, he drew troops from Bingzhou and led to the rapid fall of Jinyang. But when it came to sending the Chinese army north, Sima Yan hesitated again. It's very simple: now it has been found that Guan Yi's troops in Taiyuan County are seventy or eighty thousand, so how many will the Luoyang Chinese army send? Judging from the current situation that the proportion of recruits in the Chinese army in Luoyang is so high, if more than 50,000 people are not sent, I am afraid that Guan Yi will be photographed in a single photo. But send more than fifty thousand? Now Luoyang plus 20,000 princes' guards is only 100,000.

Seeing Sima Yan's hesitation, Pei Xiu didn't know what the emperor was afraid of: "Your Majesty, there is indeed no major war in Tongguan now, and the main force of the Shu thieves has already appeared, and they are not near Huayin County at all, but have gone to Taiyuan." So, Tongguan is worry-free! And Luoyang's 100,000 army has been idle in this national battle. I don't think it's appropriate to do this! ”

It's a pity that in today's meeting, in addition to the emperor being slapped in the face, the minister is also destined to be slapped in the face. Not long after Pei Xiu finished speaking, a marching Cao hurriedly flashed outside the door. When Jia Chong saw it, he immediately walked out, and then ran in again.

He was very sorry to glance at Pei Xiu first, and then said to Sima Yan: "Your Majesty, the battle report from Xiaoxing over there in Tongguan just sent me. The Shu thieves changed their means of attack, and the first wall of Tongguan was threatened. ”

"Huh? What's going on? Bring it to me! ”

Malone also made it very clear in the report: "I now thoroughly understand the name of cement, and this method of throwing stones to lay the foundation first, and then projecting liquid cement as a binder is indeed very effective." However, the enemy's troops under Tongguan City are actually insufficient (even if there are 100,000 and 200,000 troops, the terrain here in Tongguan determines that they cannot be expanded). Therefore, although Tongguan has encountered a real threat, the overall situation is still under the control of our army, and Your Majesty is at ease. The minister here is to report you, and there is no other meaning. ”

From Ma Long's point of view, a new situation on the battlefield must be truthfully reported to the emperor. But Ma Long really didn't think that Zhang Zun could win Tongguan with this alone. And as a good general, Ma Long's vision has never been limited to Tongguan, but always pays attention to the national war situation. Therefore, there is very little space in Ma Long's recital to talk about the facts, and it is more to comfort Sima Yan: The minister is really okay here! Your Majesty, don't bring too many troops here!

It can be said that it is the era of the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, and in the future, there will really be fewer and fewer such ministers.

It's a pity that Sima Yan read Ma Long's recital and was not moved by Ma Long's courage at all. On the contrary, he felt that Malone was too underestimated.

"Hey! This Ma Xiaoxing, who repelled Jiang Wei under Tongguan City back then, really made a great contribution. But that's too confident, isn't it? ”

"Your Majesty, Xiaoxing said it very clearly!"

"Well, guys, you don't understand." Sima Yan let out a long sigh and stood up: "I have actually been thinking about it all these years, what if my country moved the capital immediately after Guanzhong was lost. After thinking about it, I felt that if the capital had been moved at that time, today's situation would not have been so passive. It's a pity that he was blinded by Guan Zifeng's sentence that day, 'The Son of Heaven guards the country, and the king dies'. If we had moved the capital to Yecheng that day, where would we have been so restrained like today. ”

It can be said that Sima Yan is the emperor in the end, standing at the highest point of a country. He really saw things differently than many people.

The location of the capital is bound to be the focus of the country's national defense, and there must be no mistakes. Since Luoyang is now the border, as a result, a large part of the limited forces of the Jin State are involved in Luoyang. What if the capital of the Jin Kingdom was moved to Yecheng? Let's take a look at the confrontation between the Eastern and Western Wei and the Northern Zhou and Northern Qi in later generations. Neither the Eastern Wei nor the Northern Qi would have confined a large number of troops in one place because of Luoyang. This makes it possible to fully mobilize the forces of the whole country to carry out the maneuver.

"Of course, it's too late to move the capital or something. However, Luoyang is now the capital of the Great Jin Dynasty. There are no less than 600,000 people around Luoyang, and tens of thousands of domestic officials, hundreds of clansmen's families, and industries are all in Luoyang. If a large number of Luoyang's troops are withdrawn at this time, don't let the Shu thieves come to the city at that time, just a few Si Wencao can make me shake the mountains and shake the mountains! ”

“…… Your Majesty's thoughts are far-reaching, and the ministers are beyond their reach. ”

"Well, if it was really thoughtful, it wouldn't be what it is now. On the young master's side, reinforcements still have to be given. But not too much, just 20,000. Then, a conscription order was issued again, allowing Yuzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou and other places to recruit another 50,000 soldiers. ”

As a result, most of the production in these three states will collapse. Although he thought so in his heart, Pei Xiu didn't say it after all: "The minister obeys the order, and Shang Shutai immediately started to handle this matter." ”

"In addition, order Wang Shizhi to cross the river as soon as possible to probe, if the Shu thieves are really empty in Fengyi County's defense, our army can make a posture of driving directly to Chang'an. That Chang'an is also the pseudo-capital of Shu thieves, and Guan Zifeng can't afford the consequences of the fall of Chang'an. ”

"The minister obeyed the order and immediately issued an order to Wang Shizhi."

"Mao Xian, tomorrow will immediately send an envoy to Soochow. That Sun Hao wants to sit and watch me and Guan Zifeng lose both, hmph, this idea is really stupid. Tell him that if Dongwu sends troops to attack Shu within this year, Shouchun, I will give it to him! ”

"Your Majesty?!"

"When the country is in trouble, we should get through it first. Ladies and gentlemen, I have always known very well that the only one who can pose a threat to my Great Jin is the Han Kingdom, which still has ideals throughout the country. And not the erosive Wu dog! Therefore, as long as we block the attack of the Han Kingdom this time, in that place of Shouchun, I can get it back at any time if I want to get it back! ”

Hearing that His Majesty had changed the Shu thief who had been called for decades to the Han Kingdom, everyone in the venue only frowned slightly: This country is already so powerful that it can afford the name Han.

"Your Majesty......" Jia Chong, the general of the chariot cavalry, took a deep breath: "Your Majesty's painstaking efforts, the minister understands." As His Majesty said just now, the ministers will do their best to do it. However, there are still insufficient troops on the side of Bingzhou, and the minister has a plan to add tens of thousands of elite soldiers to my Great Jin! ”