"Your Majesty, if Luoyang can't send reinforcements now, the situation in Guanzhong will be very dangerous!"

"Hey, Ji Yan, although I don't know soldiers, I still know this bit of common sense. But...... Is it possible to call the general's troops to turn around? ”

"Gotta turn! Turn it around now! ”

"But...... Okay, Ji Yan, even if the army of the general of the chariot cavalry turns, is it too late in time? ”

"Your Majesty, the minister didn't mean to let the army of the general of the Che Cavalry go to support Da Sima, because it was really too late in time. What the minister means is to let this army go to Tongguan! ”

"Tongguan? What Ji Yan means is that Da Sima is likely to lose, and will Guanzhong be lost? ”

"Yes, Your Majesty! It is not terrible for this Shu thief to enter the pass from Chencang Road or Bao Chuan Road. Because our army's grain route has not been broken, Da Sima can lead the army to slowly retreat to Chang'an and hold on to the city. But Jiang Boyo's fight from Meridian Valley was completely different. The grain route of the Great Sima Army will definitely be cut off, and in order to return to Chang'an, the Great Sima must start a field battle with Jiang Boyo as soon as possible! And Jiang Boyo's field ability ......"

"This ......" If losing Liangzhou is just a pain in the flesh, then completely losing Guanzhong is really hurtful. In the face of Pei Xiu's straightforward pessimistic attitude, Sima Yan really couldn't accept it.

Seeing Sima Yan's sluggish expression, Pei Xiu let out a long sigh: "Your Majesty, the minister is just thinking about the worst possibility. However, Da Sima's troops are more than the Shu thieves, what if the Shu thieves are defeated in the field? At that time, this force can be transformed into a powerful follow-up to support Da Sima in restoring Longxi. However, Tongguan is too important for Luoyang, so please prepare your majesty early! ”

"Okay, then give an order, let the general of the Che cavalry lead the army back, and then go to Tongguan."

"Uh...... Your Majesty, the minister still has a discussion. ”

"Speak."

"Your Majesty, the ability of the general is not in the military strategy. This time he led the army to Jingzhou, and there should be no harm in having the unified command of the general. But if the decisive battle of Guanzhong really fails, and the enemy army flocks to Tongguan, with the ability of the general to ride the chariot, he cannot take charge alone. ”

"What does Ji Yan mean to change generals? Can there be a candidate? ”

"Yes! Yanzhou Wumeng is engaged in Ma Long Ma Xiaoxing, strong martial arts, outstanding Tao strategy, can be the governor of Tongguan! ”

"Ma Xiaoxing...... I remember that this person is a disciple of Ling Fox Fool, right? ”

Speaking of which, Ma Long, a famous general of the Western Jin Dynasty in the historical plane, should not be too young at this time.

In 251, Cao Wei Taiwei and Wang Ling, the military governor of Yangzhou, prepared to raise troops to attack Sima Yi. As a result, the battle was lost without fighting. Afterwards, Sima Yi wielded a butcher's knife, and in addition to destroying Wang Ling's three clans, he also killed political enemies everywhere in the name of destroying Wang Lingyu's accomplices. Among them, Yanzhou Thorn Shi Ling Fox Foolish, although he had been dead for two years at that time. But he was also considered to be Wang Ling's accomplice, and was opened for three days. Three days later, no one dared to stand up and collect Linghu Yu's body. Only Ma Long, who was a low-level military attache in Yanzhou at that time, felt that Ling Huyu had done a lot of good things for the local area during his Yanzhou assassination, so he pretended to be Ling Huyu's disciple, came forward to collect the remains for him, and rebuilt the tomb for him.

With such a move, Ma Long's personal reputation was brushed out. But it was also labelled as "politically unreliable" and was consciously suppressed by the center. Now, seventeen years later, he is still engaged in Wumeng in Yanzhou - compared with his current official position, he is probably equivalent to the director of a provincial public security department.

Although it has been suppressed for political reasons, who is Bae Xiu? The Jin Empire did not have the position of prime minister, and his Shang Shuling was actually most of the prime ministers. So he actually kept an eye on Malone all the time. In the past, Sima Yan was stubborn and wanted to use his relatives, and he was not easy to recommend. And now, due to the pressure of the times, Sima Yan has reused generals with different surnames. Push Malone out at this time, and it will be feasible.

"Your Majesty, although Ma Xiaoxing did collect the remains for Ling Huyu back then, he was just grateful for the good things he did for the people when Ling Huyu did the Yanzhou Assassin History. Such a person belongs to the one who knows grace. If Your Majesty uses him heavily, he will also repay Your Majesty with loyalty. Of course, more importantly, this person's art of war is the best choice, and with this person sitting in Tongguan, he will be foolproof! ”

"Okay...... Then also give Yanzhou a will, let that Ma Xiaoxing come to Luoyang immediately. ”

"Yes!"

……

On July 29, the Luoyang Imperial Court issued an order to turn around to Jia Chong's team heading south. On the morning of 1 August, Jia Chong received an order, and he did not dare to slack off under the grumbling heart, and ordered the army to turn around. On the morning of August 4, Jia Chong's team, which had marched all the way, returned to Luoyang - of course, there was no need to enter the city, and directly stepped on the official road between Luoyang and Chang'an, and rushed westward.

It's a pity that the Luoyang Chinese Army at this time only had a piece of the skin of the Chinese army, and compared with its peak during the Wei Ming Dynasty, the overall quality was too far behind. More than 400 miles from Luoyang to Tongguan, Zhang He only took less than two days to complete it all in the past, but what about Jia Chong's team at this time? It was not until the night of August 7 that he hurried to Tongguan. That's it, it's already the result of abandoning some of the stragglers and all the baggage teams.

(At this time, there is a sentence about the speed of the ancient cavalry's march.) "Five hundred in three days, one thousand in six days" These are the words that praise the extremely mobile cavalry of Commander Xiahou Yuan. Basically, this speed was the extreme speed of cavalry advance in that era. With stirrups, maybe this limit will be a little bit more. The first half of Zhang He's street pavilion assault at that time was mainly by water. In ancient times, the waterway was much faster than the land route. ）

In the early morning of August 8, Pang Ding and others arrived at Tongguan with Du on their backs.

Jia Chong, who knew the result of the Huaili-Maoling battle, of course did not dare to go west at this time. At this time, Du Yu was still there, and at his suggestion, Jia Chong reported to Sima Yan in Luoyang, and at the same time ordered his army to try their best to improve the garrison of Tongguan with the original Tongguan garrison.

And on the side of Shu Han......

"General, Yi really doesn't think that going to take Tongguan at this time can be successful. It should be known that the fighting has been going on for almost a decade. Our soldiers are extremely tired, not to mention, the casualties are not small. The general can't attack with fewer troops, and there are more troops, and there are still many things to do here in Chang'an......"

On August 6, the vanguard of Shu Han entered Chang'an City. How many are there? Less than 30,000.

Speaking of which, this time the Northern Expedition of Shu Han invested 120,000 troops in the early stage, and continued to invest 15,000 after receiving the full support of Nananqiang and looting the last military strength of the country. So the total number of troops participating in the battle was 135,000.

In the Huaili-Maoling battle, Jiang Wei invested 60,000 troops, and finally killed more than 20,000, plus some wounded soldiers could not go to the battlefield. There were only 33,000 people in the whole army who could continue to fight. As for Guan Yi's side, the 30,000 people who shook Zhou Zhi with 32,000 people on the outskirts of Yixian County also fought extremely fiercely, and more than 10,000 people were killed. There were also a certain number of casualties in the first battle of Maoling, and in the end, there were only more than 13,000 people left on Guan Yi's side.

Excluding the 10,000 in Longxi, the thousands of people who cleaned up the battlefield in Yixian, the thousands between Meridian Valley and Chang'an, and the 10,000 people of Zhang Yi's team who had entered Fengyi County. In this war, the number of soldiers killed and seriously wounded in the entire Shu Han also reached more than 57,000. The battle loss rate was more than 40 percent.

Of course, the sacrifices are enormous, and the achievements are remarkable. The Jin Empire originally had an army of 110,000 in Yongliang, and then invested another 160,000. A full 270,000 people, except for Wang Jun's 20,000-strong army, all of the other 250,000 stayed in Yongliang.

These 250,000 people certainly not all died in battle, and there were a large number of surrendered troops everywhere in Jieting, Yixian, Maoling, along the Weihe River, and even in the Meridian Valley. I'm afraid there will be no less than 100,000 of them! This is also the reason why after Jiang Wei and Guan Yi joined forces, they could only lead 30,000 people into Chang'an in advance, even though they had close to 50,000 troops.

And because of the locust plague in Guanzhong, now on the Guanzhong Plain, there are at least 40,000 deserters scattered in the Guanzhong Legion of the original Jin Kingdom! It's impossible for these guys to gather again for the Jin Empire, but they don't have anything to eat! There is no food, but it can be organized, and the combat effectiveness is not weak, this is the seedling of the bandit group!

So now that Guan Yi has entered Chang'an, he only feels a splitting headache, and he only feels that there are too few troops: hurry up, don't fight, there are so many things to do!

But Jiang Wei just asked him to ask for soldiers to fight Tongguan!

"Zifeng, I have ordered Zihui not to be in a hurry to return to the team, and let him lead the five thousand people who originally protected the grain road in the Meridian Valley to fetch the Qingni Pass. You agree to that. But why don't you let me take Tongguan? ”

It's different, my general. Qingni Pass is just a checkpoint linking Jingzhou in the Guanzhong region. First, the Jingzhou Army had land resistance to contain it, and secondly, Cao Wei's remnants threatened the flank, so it was impossible for them to send heavy troops to defend Qingni Pass. Long Yu went to an armed parade at this time. And the most important thing is that the importance of Qingni Pass and Tongguan can be compared? There is also a martial pass between Qingni Pass and Wancheng in Nanyang County! We took the Qingni Pass, and it is estimated that the Jin Kingdom will be finished with an "oh". If you take Tongguan, then the whole Jin Kingdom will definitely go crazy collectively!

Besides, I really don't think you can take Tongguan!

Speaking of the director of public security, I think of Director Qi Tongwei's children's shoes and raise your hand!