On the sixth day of November 267, Jiang Wei, the general of Shu Han, and Hu Fen, the general of Zhenxi of the Jin State, fought in Jieting. Hu Fen was defeated, and the entire Longxi Army was almost wiped out. Wen Yang and Wen Hu surrendered to Han, Hu Yuan went east to Guanzhong, and Hu Fen and Wang Shen took more than 1,000 remnants of soldiers to Jincheng. Jiang Wei left Zhang Yi to build a new Youchang Pass just in case, and he selected 40,000 elites to enter the Longshan Gorge, preparing to enter the Guanzhong through Qinchuan.

Although the thickness of Longshan Mountain is not as good as that of Qinling, the canyon in the mountain is not easy to walk. At the beginning, it took Guan Yi nine days before and after crossing the Qinling Mountains on the Bao Slope - this is still the premise that the plank road of the Bao Slope has been repaired and strengthened over the years. Therefore, Jiang Wei expected to spend three days crossing Longshan.

However, plans can never catch up with change.

On the seventh day of November, Jiang Wei led the army to set off.

On the eighth day of the first month, Jiang Wei, who was still in the Longshan Canyon, received a report from the scout ahead. A team of extremely large numbers, roughly estimated to be no less than 50,000 Jin troops, has already occupied Qinchuan first!

This is the great Sima Shibao of the Jin Kingdom who has arrived!

As a member of the poor, he can't rely on his ancestors at all, and this official position is all an old veteran who has fought out with a knife and a gun, and Shi Bao's generals are slightly stronger than Sima Wang, Sima Yong and others.

On October 21, he received Sima Yan's consent that he could lead an army of 50,000 to support the Yongliang battlefield. Then immediately rushed to the Chinese army in Luoyang, and directly asked Yang Jun to make a request: You guys have completely abandoned the fine tradition of the Chinese army in the past to recruit and fight: the order to pull out the army has been issued, and it will take more than ten or dozens of days to launch. What kind of battle is there to fight like this? Don't talk nonsense about anything else, immediately order me 20,000 cavalry, one man and two horses, and bring three days of dry food. Troops now! What to do with supplies, you ask? Are you stupid? The old man has been marching on his own land all the way, and you ask me what to do with supplies? In all the counties along the way, the magistrates prepared food for me in advance, and the old man who didn't do well directly chopped it with a knife! I don't care which family you are from this county order or Taishou? This is a battle of national fortunes, and whoever dares to drag his feet and wipe out the three clans is nothing!

Oh, by the way, how many pairs of the two-sided stirrups have been made out of the master's side? Give it all to me!

But unfortunately, after the fiasco of the Jin State more than four years ago, the vitality of the Jin army was greatly damaged. Many of the soldiers were now newly recruited from various places. And because the military commander was a waste, although Shi Bao repeatedly urged, it was the 20,000 cavalry that still delayed until the 29th before setting off from Luoyang.

It only took four days, that is, the third day of the first month of November, to arrive in Chang'an City.

"Xiaguan has seen King Yiyang, huh?! Why is the prince of Anping here? ”

"How did Shi Gong come so fast? My brother's troops had just arrived yesterday and had not yet moved out of the city. Hearing that Shi Gong was coming, of course they came to greet him together. ”

"What?!" Hearing the news, Shibud almost fell off his horse. The right hand instinctively raised the horsewhip and wanted to greet Sima Wang. Finally, he remembered in time that now the world has changed, and none of the people surnamed Sima can be beaten. The string in his body finally helped him stop in mid-air.

"Hey! King Yiyang, you and the prince of Anping are both surnamed Sima! This is the surname of Dajin! Why does it seem that the old man, a person with a foreign surname, is more anxious than you? ”

"Hehe......" Sima Wang smiled awkwardly: "Shi Gong, please get off the horse and rest for the time being." In the evening, when I went to my house for a banquet, I had a confidant to discuss with Shi Gong. ”

"No need!" Firmly pushed out a hand towards Sima Wang, and then Shi Bao suddenly raised his voice: "Where are Du Yuankai, Wang Xuanchong, Wang Shizhi, and Zhou Zimei?" ”

With the roar of Shi Bao, Du Pre, Wang Rong, Wang Jun, Zhou Zhi and others hurriedly crossed the two Simas and bowed down: "I'll wait to meet Da Sima." ”

"The military situation is like fire, and the old man doesn't say anything more. Er and the other four immediately began to prepare for the 30,000 Luoyang Chinese troops that arrived in the early stage. The old man took the first step after changing the horses here, and the troops you were waiting for could only be one day behind the old man's troops at most. If you don't come, huh! The old man made this trip, and His Majesty granted the right to make a holiday, and these two princes and old husbands had no choice. But you, the old man, can punish you all! ”

The four people, who had already been on fire for a long time, were not panicked at all, but were very happy to bow down again: "Oh! We will immediately begin preparations for the opening of the Chinese army. ”

After saying this, Shi Bud turned over and dismounted, and handed the reins of his mount to a soldier at the gate of Chang'an: "Go and change the old man's horse immediately." Tell your Shangguan that the old man's cavalry has 20,000 men and 40,000 horses. Within two hours, complete all the horse changes, otherwise they will all be killed! ”

"Whoa!" It's really time of the essence. Under the roar of the stone bud, the defenders of Chang'an quickly moved into action.

Looking at the two blank Simas, Shi Bao sighed: "Both, there is still some time, find a place and talk about your thoughts." ”

……

After a while, in a remote and secret room in the Chang'an City Tower, there was a faint roar.

"You two, how can you think that? If Liangzhou and Longxi are abandoned so simply, then Guanzhong will always be threatened from the west and south. And even if the two of them said, Liangzhou and Longxi have been in drought for ten years and nine times in recent years, the burden on the imperial court is getting heavier and heavier, and the pressure of internal migration of foreign races is increasing...... But why don't you want to think about it, when the alien race moves inward, will you offend the powerful Xishu, or will you come to deal with us who have lost a lot of land and seem to be easier to bully? ”

"What about Da Sima?"

"I just flipped through the battle report over there in Longxi. I don't think the same way I see both. Indeed, from a purely military point of view, after the fall of Shangqi, Hu Xuanwei's best response was to go to Jincheng, stretch Jiang Wei's supply line, and at the same time, contain the main force of the Shu thieves with a small number of troops. But I don't expect Hu Xuanwei to be like this. He will definitely go to the street pavilion and wait for our reinforcements. ”

"Huh? Da Sima, why is that? Obviously, it is safe to go to Jincheng and can play a greater role, why would he go to the death place of the street pavilion? ”

Because neither he nor his subordinates have the surname Sima! Where can you, the people of the Sima family, understand the distress of us people with foreign surnames living under this regime.

Of course, it's not easy to say this clearly, not only that, but it's not even convenient to hint at it.

"Hey, in short, two, here in Guanzhong, there are 30,000 or 40,000 people in Guanzifeng, and it is the limit when you arrive in Yixian. As long as he held Chang'an, he would not dare to advance eastward. Therefore, the old man should go to support Hu Xuanwei first. Well, Anping Shizi is not in good health, so he stayed in Chang'an for the time being to recuperate. The old man took the first step and said goodbye! ”

Looking at Shi Bao, who left in a hurry, Sima Yong felt that it was nothing—on the contrary, he breathed a sigh of relief and felt a little relieved. But Sima Wang's face was not very good-looking.

"Zichu, why do you think this guy is so brave to do anything?"

"Hmph, where is he brave to do things. It's clear that he wants to use this to regain military power! Brother, since the Wei Dynasty, my Sima family has taken all the military power into the hands of my family. These generals with foreign surnames are very dissatisfied! Okay, let this old man go to meet Jiang Wei. Let's continue to defend Chang'an City. ”

"What if the old horseman wins?"

"Hehe, to be honest, although I want to kill him with a knife when this old horseman's domineering appearance makes me, I still hope that he will win. After all, this Dajin is our Sima family. However, the elder brother relaxes, if this old man wins, he will enter Longxi to accept the five counties of Longxi again, and Guan Zifeng will inevitably retreat. At that time, we will naturally take advantage of the situation to regain lost ground and fight a rear-end battle, and we will not be able to run with the same great achievement. ”

"What if he loses?"

"If you lose, it means that the street pavilion is lost, and Longxi can't get it back. Doesn't that go back to what we had planned? ”

"I see. Good, then let's sit and watch success or failure in Chang'an. ”

……

On the afternoon of the third day of the first month of November, Shi Bao led 20,000 cavalry from Chang'an, and the whole army continued to gallop all night with torches on the official road on the west side of Chang'an.

In the early morning of the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, the whole army dismounted and went to eat. After eating, get on the horse again and continue to gallop. At this time, Shi Bao met the messenger sent by Wenhu.

"Hehehe, it's really to stick to the street pavilion, so, Longxi still has something to do. The whole army continues to march! ”

On the night of the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, the original 30,000 Luoyang Chinese troops led by Wang Rong and others caught up with Shi Bao's troops. Shi Bao's military strength reached 50,000 men.

In the early morning of the eighth day of the first lunar month, the Shibao team that had been running for many days arrived in Qinchuan!