"Qiyu Governor, at present, there are 50,000 soldiers in Tongguan City, 3,500 people and craftsmen who have been with the army for a long time, and 7,000 people brought by Jia Cheqi. The original storage and the war horses brought by Jia Che are now a total of 30,000. At present, there are 250,000 stone of grain stored in the customs. ”

"In terms of city defense, there are two sets of urn cities facing the west of the Kansai, that is, on the west side, Tongguan has three city walls. Of these three city walls, one was built by Emperor Wei Wu of the former Han Dynasty. One is built by Emperor Ming of Wei during the Wei Dynasty. One is the end of the new construction this year. The new one is in the outermost layer, imitating the fortress structure of the Shu thief. Tongguan is surrounded by the Qinling Mountains to the south and the Yellow River to the north. Therefore, the length of each of the main walls of the castle is not too long. The longest section is the third wall newly built by the last general, which is only four zhang (9.24 meters). In addition, there is a city wall that extends to the foothills of the Qinling Mountains for fifteen zhang. As for the height of the city wall, since the city wall built by Emperor Wu of Wei was only six zhang, the subsequent two city walls were only six zhang. ”

"In terms of materials for defending the city, there are millions of bows and arrows, and there are three trebuchets at the head of the city. After receiving the drawings of the Soochow trebuchet seized in the Yangzhou battlefield sent by the imperial court, the craftsmen of the city are actively copying them. If there are another ten days and a half months, there should be a physical ......"

"Good!" After listening to Wang Tao's introduction, Ma Long suddenly had the bottom in his heart: "Everyone, the country has suffered such a big defeat and lost Yongliang all of a sudden. Ben didn't want to say much more about how much it hurt. The only thing we can do now is to defend Tongguan, ensure the safety of Luoyang for the country, and leave a glimmer of hope for the future counterattack on Yongliang. ”

"Report ~~~ Governors, generals, generals. The scouts from the front are coming. The soldiers and horses of the Shu thieves are still less than twenty miles away from my Tongguan. ”

"How many soldiers and horses does the Shu thief have? Who leads the troops? ”

"Looking at its size, there are about 20,000 people. The person who led the troops should be Jiang Wei, the pseudo-general of the Shu thieves. ”

"Hey, hey, it's this old horseman. Herald! Immediately take down all the flags of Jia Cheqi and Du Changshi on the checkpoint. Well, the general's flag probably didn't do it, right? ”

"The Governor forgives the sins, and the production has not yet begun."

"Hahaha, it's okay, just find a blank flag and draw it by hand. Hurry up, execute it now! ”

"No!"

Watching the herald leave in a hurry, Jia Chong and Du Yu both smiled slightly, and then Jia Chong said: "Is Xiaoxing's intention to show weakness to the enemy?" ”

"General Takami. The lower official position is humble and shallow, and it is greatly inferior to Jia Cheqi, who has been famous in the world for decades, and General Du, who forced Jiang Thief to retreat in Chang'an. Jiang Thief is an old veteran who has been fighting for decades, and the lower officials want to use this method to make him careless first. Then, whether attacking or defending, you should be able to find opportunities in this way. However, when the lower officials first came, they removed the banners of the two, and if they were offended, please be more lenient. ”

"Hahahaha, it doesn't matter. As long as you can kill the spirit of this old thief, Xiaoxing can do anything. Well, Xiaoxing, since His Majesty's will is for the official to return to Luoyang as soon as he receives the order, then the official will leave. If the military situation is urgent, don't send it. ”

"Thank you General Che Cavalry for your understanding."

Jia Chong was very smart to leave at this time. Sima Yan had clearly ordered him not to stay in Tongguan to interfere with Ma Long's command, so it would be too risky for him to stay here: he would not benefit from the victory, and he would be jointly and severally responsible for the defeat. So what is he doing here?

"Hey, our emperor seems to be gradually enlightening? Sure enough, war, or setbacks, is the most important thing that can make a person grow. ”

With such emotions, Jia Chong quickly left Tongguan. Ma Long, on the other hand, led a group of his men to climb the third wall of Tongguan (counting the third from east to west). Otherwise, it's the first course).

Ma Long had just landed at the top of the city, and Jiang Wei's army had already arrived.

Seeing the crowd on the upper floor of Tongguan City from afar, Jiang Wei certainly knew that the possibility of a surprise attack was completely gone. However, this was also expected, so Jiang Wei was not frustrated. On the contrary, among the many big banners on the head of Tongguan City, he almost laughed out loud when he saw the largest and tallest commander's flag.

What kind of banner is this? Well, the flag is very big, and even the flagpole is a foot long. There is no problem with the flag itself: white background with gold edges, the traditional color of the Jin Kingdom. But the word "horse" in the middle of the flag was not embroidered at all, but directly written with a brush, oh, drawn. And the ink didn't dry and hurriedly put it on the flagpole. The white flag was covered with stains.

"This general is Jiang Wei and Jiang Boyo, the general of the Han Dynasty, who is in charge of the city tower, come out to answer!"

On the city tower, there were faint orders such as "put down the bow and arrow", and then a voice full of anger but mixed with a little panic sounded: "General, uh, guarding Ma Long Ma Xiaoxing in the Lower Jin Tongguan, I have seen General Jiang. ”

Ma Long Ma Xiaoxing? Where do weak chickens come from? I've never heard of it.

(Shu Han Si Wencao: Blame me?) But we didn't have time to get the intelligence of the main military generals of the Jin Kingdom, so how could we pay attention to the public security director of a district? And is it also the director of the public security department of the inland state like Yanzhou, who has not fought for decades? ）

"Forgive me Jiang Weijiu in Yizhou, lonely and unheard. Unknown: Where is General Ma from? What was your position before you came here? ”

"Don't dare. Below is the people of Dongping Pinglu. He has been serving in Yanzhou for the early years. Fortunately, my country's Shangshu Ling recommended me to come here to Tongguan. After saying this, Ma Long smiled proudly: "Hahaha, General Jiang, you are one step late!" You would have arrived no more than an hour early. Although the time is still short, as long as Ben will come here, Tongguan is a moat that you will never be able to overcome! ”

"Huh~~~" What a stupid, arrogant fool. After shaking his head and secretly laughing at Ma Long, Jiang Wei raised his head again: "The Jin Kingdom was defeated in Guanzhong, and the loss of troops was 250,000. At this time, the rise and fall of the Han Dynasty is already the general trend of the world! Why didn't General Ma recognize the situation and switch to surrender? ”

"What a word! Thinking of me Ma Long, I was originally just a martial artist in Yanzhou, and I was appreciated by Shangshu Ling, so I was asked to guard the key places of the country, how could I easily surrender? General Jiang, Ma Long respects you as a senior on the battlefield, so I will say a few words to you. If the old general does crazy things again, Hugh blames Malone for serving you with a bow and arrow! ”

After returning to the main formation, Jiang Wei smiled at Zhao Tong: "Now the Jin Kingdom is really not as good as the generation. If Du Yuankai is here, I should be cautious. But he didn't expect that Emperor Jin actually listened to the recommendation of a person like Pei Xiu who had never been on the battlefield, and sent a person who didn't know soldiers at all to guard Tongguan. That's it, let the old man teach this guy how to behave. ”

"Hehehe, General, what are we going to do next?"

"First send people up the mountain to cut down trees and build siege equipment. In addition, Namaron was young and vigorous, and it was the first time he had gone to the battlefield. This kind of person is either timid or reckless. So, in the last few nights we have to watch out for each other to steal the camp. ”

"Got it, the last general will pass the order."

……

And on the other side, Tongguan Guancheng.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Ma Long also focused on studying the life and battle examples of ginger thieves in Yanzhou before. This person can indeed be called a contemporary master in terms of military strategy. But there are two big weaknesses. First, be bold! Adventurous! Second, if there is a big victory, it is easy to be arrogant. In the past, he defeated the Yongzhou Assassin Wang Jing of Wei in the Battle of Taoshui, and after beheading 30,000 levels, he was so complacent that he did not want to return to Yizhou to recuperate, but stayed in Liangzhou and did not leave. At the same time, Deng Cheqi had just been sent to Longxi at that time, and his reputation was not obvious, so he ignored Deng Cheqi's various deployments. As a result, it finally led to the defeat of Duan Gu. Today I have deliberately shown weakness to him on the wall, that he may make him despise the enemy. ”

"The Governor has just done a good job on the city wall, if he didn't know in advance that the Governor showed the temple calculation of the enemy, even we would have to despise the Governor. In that case, Governor, shall we go to the camp tonight? ”

"Hehehe, the stealing camp is going to be stolen, but not now. Ben must try his best to leave the impression that the ginger thief is timid and afraid to fight before going to the camp. The order went down, and the whole army closed the gate tightly, and it was not allowed to provoke the Shu thieves on the gate. ”

"No!"

"Order again, gather craftsmen, and build a new trebuchet according to the drawings sent by Luoyang overnight!"

"No!"