Wang Yan asked Hu Peng to go to Tongguan.

How did Wang Yan and Hu Peng know that Sima Zhong didn't have good intestines for them this time.

Hu Peng is also very grateful to Sima Zhong.

Because this idea was Sima Zhong's idea, if it weren't for Sima Zhong to protect him in front of the emperor, he wouldn't be so beautiful.

In order to thank Sima Zhong, Hu Peng also promoted Sima Zhong in front of the emperor Wang Yan. He wanted Sima Zhong to be his staff officer. Wang Yan also agreed.

In this way, Hu Peng happily ordered his troops to go.

Sima Zhong was even happier.

Sima Center said: It's better for me to go with Hu Peng, Hu Peng is a stunned boy, he is so foolish. In that case, I can help Li Tang even more.

******

Hu Peng's soldier quickly let Marshal De Yihai know.

De Yi Haixin said: What? The emperor asked Hu Peng to fight Tongguan? This ......, is this good?

De Yihai went to find Wang Yan.

As soon as De Yihai saw Wang Yan, he said: "Your Majesty, you let Hu Peng go to Tongguan this time, is this okay?" ”

Wang Yan said: "What's wrong? ”

De Yihai said: "Before we sent troops this time, the minister told the emperor that we have three preparations this time. Prepare with one hand, after we lay down Qinchuan, we will use Qinchuan as a springboard, and then fight other places in Li Tang; Second-hand preparation, after we lay down Qinchuan, we will always get the place of Qinchuan; Prepare with three hands, let's fight Qin Chuan this time, we can plunder some of their property. If it is a first-hand preparation and second-hand preparation, it will be useful for us to play Tongguan this time. If it is a one-handed preparation, we want to get the whole world, of course, it is necessary to take Tongguan; If it is a second-hand preparation, it is also necessary for us to take Tongguan, because we want to occupy Qinchuan permanently, Tongguan is the throat road from Qinchuan to Li Tang, and after occupying Qinchuan, in order to prevent Li Tang from recapturing, we also have to occupy Tongguan. But if you want to prepare with three hands, there is no need for us to occupy Tongguan? The three-handed preparation is to obtain some of their property, most of their property is in Chang'an, there is nothing in Tongguan, what are we going to do with Tongguan? ”

Wang Yan said: "Could it be that we sent troops this time just to plunder their property? ”

"It's ......."

De Yihai is out of words.

De Yihai knew that if he wanted to say more, the emperor would be unhappy.

"Three-hand preparation", of course, is to get as many things as possible. It's better to get the whole world. If you can't get the whole world, at least you can get Qinchuan. I really can't get it, I can't do it. Now that the results have not come out, I think about the worst place, of course the emperor is not happy.

Now Wang Yan is thinking that after getting Qin Chuan, he will get the whole world and become the emperor of the whole world. At least after you can get Qin Chuan, you can occupy Qin Chuan permanently, and be the emperor of the entire Qin Chuan and Xishu, and now you have to pour cold water on him, saying that he can only be like a robber, fighting Chang'an just to grab some property, of course he is not happy.

De Yihai couldn't do it, so De Yihai had no choice but to leave.

After De Yihai left Wang Yan, the more he thought about it, the more problematic this Sima Zhong became. But, no.

Hu Peng led 50,000 horses away.

*******

After that, the men and horses of Xishu continued to move forward.

On this day, the people of Xishu came to Chang'an.

When the men and horses of Xishu came to Chang'an, they attacked the city.

Xishu is also afraid that if the time drags on, Li Tang's reinforcements will arrive!

Li Tang's territory is bigger than ours, and there are more people than us, in case their reinforcements arrive, it will be repaid!

Now Xishu means, the sooner the better.

*******

How was Chang'an at this time?

Since Li Cunba, the envoy of Chang'an, learned that Xishu was going to send troops to Chang'an, he first wrote letters to the prefects of Fengxiang, Lingzhou, and Yanzhou, asking them to raise men, and at the same time, he also sent a message to the prefect of Chang'an, Lin Zhen, and also asked the prefect of Chang'an to raise men.

After Lin Zhen, the prefect of Chang'an, received Li Cunba's message, he consulted with several of his subordinates.

At this time, someone gave Lin Zhen an idea: "Let's be under the nose of Master Li, you might as well ask him directly." ”

Lin Zhen went to find Li Cunba.

Lin Zhen and Li Cunba are in the same city, he is not like Yu Baoshan, Yubaoshan, and Yu Baofan. Yu Baoshan, Yubaoshan, and Yu Baofan are all far away from Li Cunba, and they can't ask Li Cunba directly if they have something, but Lin Zhenxing.

After Lin Zhen saw Li Cunba, he asked Li Cunba, and Li Cunba said, of course, the more people the better.

Lin Zhen listened: The more people and horses, the better? Since the more people the better, let all the young adults come!

In this way, Lin Zhen also let all the young adults on the ground in Chang'an pick up knives and guns.

Lin Zhen also raised 30,000 horses.

As soon as Lin Zhen had raised the men and horses, the army of Xishu arrived.

*******

When Li Cunba and Lin Zhen saw that the army of Western Shu was coming, they stepped up their defense of the city.

Li Cunba and Lin Zhen also didn't fight, and they also knew that it was useless to fight. Can the 150,000 army of Xishu be defeated by going to war?

Li Cunba and Lin Zhen knew that as long as they could hold Chang'an City, even if they could hold it for a few more days, it would be a victory.

Li Cunba and Lin Zhen knew that the various magistrates and emperors in Qinchuan would never watch the Western Shu army attack the city. As long as the reinforcements arrive, the Xishu army will be finished. Our territory is greater than theirs, and we have more men than theirs, and are we still afraid of them? The magistrate looked at the festival and made it difficult for the adults, but he had never heard of it. They don't have the guts. If the magistrates knew that I was in trouble, they would have come to my rescue. What about the emperor? The emperor will not watch his hard work, or even the loss of the country in exchange for his life.

Li Cunba and Lin Zhen stepped up their defense of the city.

The army of Western Shu tossed outside the city for a while, and they did not take the city.

Why?

First, the army of Xishu came from afar, they were tired all the way, and their energy was not as good as that of the Li Tang army. The army of Xishu came all the way from Xishu, they were already exhausted, and they immediately let them attack the city, and they were a little exhausted.

Second, the army of Xishu is not as brave as the army of Li Tang. Li Tang's army swore to defend his homeland to the death. They knew that if the Xishu army entered the city, they would definitely not have a good life. Li Tang's army had long known that the Xishu army was notorious. And what about the Xishu army? The army of Xishu was basically captured by Wang Yanrang, the emperor of Xishu, from the common people, and they couldn't do it if they didn't come. Therefore, the combat effectiveness of the Xishu army is also insufficient.

******

The Xishu army tossed for a while, and it was evening.

And they withdrew their troops.

At this time, Wang Yan was a little anxious.

Wang Yan originally thought that this time he would fight Chang'an, he would have more people and horses, and fewer people and horses in Chang'an, so he could easily take Chang'an, and after taking Chang'an, he would be able to get the entire Qinchuan immediately. I didn't expect it to be so difficult to win Chang'an! It's so difficult to take Chang'an, how can I take other places in Qinchuan in the future? If you want to take down the whole world, it's even harder!

Wang Yan asked De Yihai: "De Yihai, it was your idea to raise troops this time." You said that if we raise troops this time, even if we can't get the whole world, we can get Qinchuan. You also said that if we raise troops this time, even if we can't get Qinchuan, we can at least get some of their things. Now, how do you explain it? ”

De Yihai said in his heart: What do you still ask me? If you hadn't asked Hu Peng to take away those 50,000 horses, maybe we would have been able to take Chang'an today! These 150,000 horses attacked Chang'an, and 200,000 horses attacked Chang'an, but the proportion is quite different! Maybe this time you've fallen for that kid in Sima's trick!

However, these words were all in De Yihai's heart, and he didn't say them in his mouth.

Can you talk to the emperor in front of him?

De Yihai said: "Your Majesty, I think the reason why we didn't capture Chang'an today is mostly because we came from afar and were sleepy and lacking horses. From the minister's point of view, our army will have a good night's rest tonight, and by the next day, the men and horses will be relieved, and it will be almost over. ”

Wang Yan said, "Okay. ”

At this time, Wang Yan only said that.

At this time, Wang Yan remembered something again.

Wang Yan said: "If we all lie down and rest tonight, and Li Tang's men come to rob our camp, what can we do?" ”

De Yihai said: "That's okay, we have a lot of people!" Can we let some people rest and some people stay camped! ”

At this time, De Yihai asked the person next to him: "How many people are there in Li Tang's Chang'an?" ”

The person next to him replied: "Back to the marshal's words, their Chang'an originally had 10,000 horses, and after they learned that we were going to fight him, they just recruited 30,000 horses, and now his Chang'an has almost 40,000 horses." ”

De Yihai said: "Okay! We'll leave 40,000 men to camp tonight, and the rest rest!" ”

*******

The night's work passed quickly.

This night, Li Tang's men and horses did not come to rob the camp.

Now Li Cunba and Lin Zhen are thinking about how to keep Chang'an for a few more days and how to preserve their strength. They knew that robbing the camp would not completely defeat the men and horses of Xishu, and of course they would not do unnecessary damage.

The next day, the men and horses of Xishu attacked the city again.

Don't say it, after the people and horses of Xishu rested for a night, it really worked.

The siege of Xishu's soldiers, Li Tang's soldiers were really a little overwhelmed.

There are many people and horses in Xishu!

How can 40,000 compare with 150,000!

Not long after, De Yihai saw that some people had rushed to the city.

At this time, De Yihai was "ha" and "ha" laughed.

However, as soon as De Yihai's laughter fell, someone suddenly came to report that a pair of people came in the distance.

The newborn calf Yubaoshan wants to challenge the marshal of Xishu, De Yihai.