Maybe it's because Cao Pi didn't treat Cao Ei well back then. Therefore, Cao Rong also did not trust the few people that Cao Pi reused back then. In addition, now that Xu Shu has something to rely on, Cao Rong's dependence on Sima Yi has been greatly reduced.

Xu Shu took a deep breath, and then said: "Your Majesty, the situation is not optimistic now, if I am not mistaken, Zhang Fei, who is attacking Wuguan, is likely to be just one of them, and Liu Chan will inevitably send someone to attack Tongguan." ”

"Tongguan? I remember that the guard of Tongguan was Guo Huai, but I didn't know much about this Guo Huai. Prime Minister, what do you think? ”

"Guo Huai's father is Guo Yi, Guo Yi was the Taishou of Yanmen back then, and Guo Huai can also be regarded as a tiger of the gate. Guo Yi has guarded Yanmen for many years, and has attacked several regional Xiongnu, Xianbei and other ethnic groups, so as long as Guo Huai is in Tongguan, there is no problem in guarding it for a year. Moreover, the Tongguan city wall is tall and strong, and it has the advantage of terrain, so Tongguan must be worry-free. ”

"Oh, then I'll be relieved." Cao Rong breathed a sigh of relief. For Xu Shu, Cao Rong still trusts him very much, since Xu Shu said that there is no problem. That should be no problem.

"Your Majesty, what the minister is really worried about is Sun Quan of Jiangdong."

"Jiangdong Sun Quan?" Cao Rong was slightly stunned, and then immediately understood: "What does Mr. mean, does Sun Quan and Liu Chan attack together?" ”

"Your Majesty said yes. If I were Sun Quan, I would definitely choose two ways to send troops, one was to attack Xuzhou from Huainan, and the other was to attack Xiangyang from the north in 6 Xun. ”

"Then if you add Wuguan and Tongguan, wouldn't there be a total of four armies?" There was a hint of solemnity on Cao Rong's face.

"Your Majesty, it's not the fourth, it's the fifth!" Xu Shu said.

"Five-way? How can there be an extra road? Cao Rong immediately asked.

"Your Majesty, I have been friends with Zhuge Kongming for many years, and I know him very well, if I am not mistaken, Zhuge Liang will definitely send someone to find soldiers elsewhere......"

"Elsewhere?"

"Your Majesty, don't forget that there is a Northeast King in the Northeast!"

"You mean Gongsun Gong?" Cao Rong thought for a while, and then said: "Probably not, although Gongsun Gong is a little ambitious, he shouldn't dare to offend my Great Wei." For so many years, their Liaodong Gongsun clan has always been very respectful to my Cao clan, paying tribute every year, coming to the dynasty every year, when I was the king of the plains, that Gongsun Gong would pay tribute to me every year, he should not dare to hold the Great Wei! Besides, isn't that Gongsun Huang still a hostage in Yecheng? ”

"Your Majesty, I'm not talking about Gongsun Gong. Gongsun Gong is ambitious. But I don't have the guts. But as far as I know, Gongsun Kang once left two sons, the eldest son was Gongsun Huang of this Yecheng, and the second son was named Gongsun Yuan. This Gongsun Yuan has the style of his grandfather Gongsun Du, and he can be regarded as a hero! ”

"Sir, are you saying that there is something wrong with this Gongsun Yuan?"

"Your Majesty, this Gongsun family lives in Liaodong, and now it is also the third generation, thinking that Jiangdong Sun Quan relied on the hearts of the people erected by the third generation to fight against the Taizu army, and now it has reached such a point. Maybe this Gongsun Yuan is the next Sun Quan, Your Majesty must be guarded against! ”

After Xu Shu finished speaking, he took a deep breath and continued: "But for the time being, you may not have to worry about Gongsun Yuan." If Gongsun Yuan wants to rebel, he will definitely get rid of Gongsun Gong first. So we just need to keep an eye on the movement of Liaodong, if Gongsun Gong is fine, that's it, if Gongsun Gong has something, His Majesty needs to immediately send troops to Youzhou. In case there is a change in Liaodong. ”

"That's what the gentleman said. I intend to put the main force on Sun Quan's side in the east, and the 6 Xun faced by Sima Yi in the west have fewer troops and should be able to hold it. Tongguan and Wuguan can rely on the convenience of the wall to drag the Shu army with a small number of troops, and as long as the battle of Cao Zhen in the east is over, they can divide their troops to support the western front...... What do you think of this arrangement? Cao Rong asked.

"Your Majesty is wise......"

……

Nanyang.

Deng Ai came to the door of Sima Yi's room, hesitated for a moment, and finally did not push the door in.

At this moment, Sima Yi just pushed the door and walked out, and saw Deng Ai, who was still hesitating.

"Shizai, is there anything wrong with me?" Sima Yi asked.

"Captain, Your Majesty has issued an order for General Zhang He to go to Wuguan to replace General Xiahouba."

"What?" Sima Yi's face changed suddenly, and then he asked, "Is the news true?" ”

"It's absolutely true, it's news from Luoyang. The day before yesterday, Zhang He had passed through Luoyang, calculating the time, and now General Zhang He should have arrived at Wuguan! ”

"It's over, I'm afraid Wuguan will be difficult to protect!" Sima Yi looked up to the sky and sighed.

"Lord Taiwei, General Zhang He is battle-hardened after all, and he should be able to defend for a while! Tai Lieutenant, you can immediately write to Your Majesty, ask for a replacement to guard Wuguan, if it is really not possible, the last general will go to Wuguan to help General Zhang He. ”

"No, the divisive trick used by Zhuge Liang a few days ago made His Majesty suspicious of Xiahouba. Your Majesty's substitution to guard Wuguan is not unexpected to me! If Your Majesty is exchanged for a mediocre person who does nothing, I can send you to secretly help the trouble and preside over the overall situation. But it's Zhang He who came! Zhang He is in a high position and arrogant, if you go, it will make Zhang He feel that I sent you to point fingers. That's not good. Besides, don't talk about you, even I myself may not be able to command that Zhang He! ”

"Captain, what should we do then?"

Sima Yi lowered his head and thought for a while, and then said, "Your Majesty's will, we can't refuse. I will write to Your Majesty now and recommend suitable people to go to Wuguan to guard. ”

"The right person? Taiwei already has the right candidate in mind? Deng Ai hurriedly asked.

"Sun Li, the governor of Xingyang, was the general of Taizu himself, quite talented, I am ready to write to Your Majesty, recommend Sun Li as Zhang He's deputy general, and help Zhang He. This Sun Li was also a general in Hebei back then, and he had some friendship with Zhang He, if Sun Li went, Zhang He would not embarrass him. I hope that Sun Li can check and fill in the gaps and help Zhang He hold the Wuguan. ”

As soon as Sima Yi's words fell, he heard hurried footsteps coming from outside.

"Report ......" the small colonel pulled a long voice. rushed in, came to Sima Yi, knelt down and said, "Lord Taiwei, Jiangxia is urgent!" ”

"Where is Wenpin? It seems that 6 Xun has attacked! Sima Yi sighed lightly, and then continued: "I estimate that there should be movement on Sun Quan's side, but I didn't expect this Sun Quan to be so breathless, pass the order, raise the account!" ”

……

Compared with Adou, Sun Quan was indeed much more anxious, when the envoy returned to Jiangdong. Sun Quan immediately gave the order to attack Cao Wei.

On the eastern front, Sun Quan wanted to attack Xuzhou, first out of Hongze Lake to attack Huai'an, and then Huaiyin and Pengcheng. On the Western Front, 6 Xun either attacked Jiangxia or Xiangyang. These two roads are not far, but they are still much farther than Chang'an.

From Chang'an to Tongguan, it will arrive in one day, and it is only a little more than a day's journey to attack Wuguan. It can be said that Adou sent troops on the front foot, and Tongguan and Wuguan were the best combat preparations. Because of the distance, Sun Quan will inevitably take the lead in attacking.

To the east, under the cover of the navy, Sun Quan went out of Hongze Lake. And Cao Zhen also knew that the Wei army of the fighting water army was far inferior to the Wu army, but when it was put on the 6th ground, the Jiangdong infantry could not resist the attack of the tiger and leopard cavalry, so Cao Zhen simply let Sun Quan out of Hongze Lake and prepared to fight Sun Quan on the 6th ground.

Sun Quan camped according to the lake, and connected the naval army and the 6th Army battalion together, which could be attacked and defended. And Sun Quan also knew that on the frontal battlefield, unless it was several times larger than the Wei army, it would be difficult to take advantage, so Sun Quan sent a small group of water troops out to harass the Wei army along the Huaishui River, preparing to use tired tactics to make the Wei cavalry exhausted.

In Jingzhou to the west, the 6 Xun army went out to conquer Xiakou, and then used the naval division to block the banks of the Yangtze River, and then the army marched and went straight to Xiangyang. Sima Yi hurriedly personally led his troops to the front line of Xiangfan and confronted 6 Xun. And because the Yangtze River was completely blocked by the water division, the nail of Jiangxia could not play a role in containment, and there were frequent unfavorable news from Chang'an in the west. Sima Yi made a strategic choice to abandon Jiangxia, leaving only 500 remnants to defend the town, while the general Wen Ping was dropped back to the front line of Jingxiang.

Jiangxia only has 500 remnants, and it is definitely a commodity that surrenders as soon as it encounters an attack, but 6 Xun did not divide his troops to capture Jiangxia, but continued to put pressure on Sima Yi on the front line of Xiangfan, after all, Jiangxia is no longer a strategic focus, and at the same time, 6 Xun is waiting for the Shu army to send troops. Once the Shu army sent troops to attack Wuguan, Nanyang would be attacked on both sides, and that was the best time for 6 Xun to start a war.

And after several months of gathering and rectifying, Adou in Chang'an finally began to act.

The Shu army was divided into two routes, one with Wei Yan as the commander, Guan Ping as the vanguard, leading 30,000 troops to attack Tongguan, and the other way was led by Adou himself, Zhao Yun as the vanguard, leading 60,000 troops, attacking Wuguan.

The wall of Tongguan is taller and stronger than Wuguan, and the defenders are also more than Wuguan, so it stands to reason that more soldiers and horses should be sent. But the place where Tongguan is built is very dangerous, by the mountains and rivers, easy to defend and difficult to attack, there is only so much place in front of Tongguan, so no matter how many people come, it is impossible to completely expand the formation in front of Tongguan, it is useless to have more people, it is better to send some elite soldiers and horses, with siege weapons, the effect is greater.

Also because in the direction of Wuguan, Adou drove the expedition in person, so he had to bring more people and horses, which also meant to protect the emperor.

With the attrition of decades of war, it is no longer possible to fight four or five hundred thousand or even one million people in the war in the Central Plains as before. Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the displacement of the people has not increased much, and the medical level of the Three Kingdoms period was relatively backward, and many wounded soldiers were left disabled because they did not have time to treat or improper medical treatment, and could no longer go to the battlefield. This also led to a sharp reduction in the number of soldiers.

Forty years of war have also depleted productivity. In the previous decades, it was possible to rely on old foundations to fight wars, but as time went on, these old foundations became less and less, and all three countries felt the pressure of logistical burdens. The war between the countries is still a matter of consumption, and now the three countries are slowly a little unable to afford it, so the three countries have consciously begun to take the elite route, and repatriate a large number of soldiers with low combat effectiveness to their hometowns or for the Tuntian soldiers, which also makes the number of soldiers decrease sharply, and now the battle of 100,000 people is a big scene, not to mention that this is a big war involving three parties.

……

Tongguan.

Liao Hua came to the front of the pass and looked at the pass.

After a stick of incense, Guo Huai walked out, looked at Liao Hua below, and knew that this must be the vanguard officer of Shu who came to explore the terrain.

"It's Liaohua?" Guo Huai shouted loudly.

"Yes, I'm Liao Hua? Are you Guo Huai? Liao Hua replied.

"Hehehe, I'm Guo Huai!" Guo Huai said, pouting slightly, and then said: "There is no one in Shudi, and he actually sent you, a bandit, as a pioneer!" Hahahaha......"

Liao Hua was born as a bandit, and the so-called exposing people is not short, and Guo Huai is also enough to lose.

"Hmph, who told you I was a pioneer!" Liao Hua said unwillingly.

"Huh? You're not a pioneer, aren't you still a manager? Let a bandit be the boss? Hehe......" Guo Huai then laughed.

"Hmph, I'm not the boss either! Guo Huai, listen up, I am Liao Hua, the pioneer officer of Wei Yan under the command of the Great Han Expedition to the East, and the pioneer officer under Guan Ping! After Liao Hua finished speaking, he also felt a little ashamed.

When he was under Guan Yu, Liao Hua was the vanguard, but now Guan Yu is old and no longer goes to the battlefield, but Liao Hua has descended. This Wei Yan is the commander, Guan Ping is the vanguard, and Liao Hua can only be a pioneer under Guan Ping.

On the city tower, Guo Huai was secretly frightened when he heard it.

Guo Huai deliberately squeezed Liao Hua before, just to take advantage of some tongues, anyway, Liao Hua couldn't attack Wuguan. But Liao Hua's ability, Guo Huai did not dare to underestimate it at all. After all, he has been a pioneer officer with Guan Yu for several years, and he has made many achievements under Guan Yu at the beginning, if Liao Hua is a mediocre talent, he will not be reused by Guan Yu.

Originally, Guo Huai thought that Liao Hua was a pioneer, but he didn't expect that the pioneer was Guan Ping, and Liao Hua was just a pioneer officer for Guan Ping.

Suddenly, Guo Huai felt the pressure increase dramatically. Although he has the advantage of Tongguan's terrain, Guo Huai still feels uneasy in the face of the elite of the Shu army. Tongguan is the gateway of the division, if Tongguan is lost, then the division is not guaranteed, this responsibility is still quite large.

On the other side, Zhao Yun has also arrived at Wuguan City.

On the Wuguan, a big flag fluttered in the wind, and on the big flag, a big "Zhang" character was particularly conspicuous.

"Well, it's really Zhang He!" Zhao Yun muttered.

Zhang He is from Hejian, and Zhao Yun is from Changshan, and the two are still fellow villagers in Hebei. However, there is a great hatred between these two people.

Zhang He was the first general under Han Fu, and later Yuan Shao destroyed Han Fu, Zhang He took refuge with his friend Gao Ran, and the folk generals Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhang He, and Gao Ran became the "Four Pillars of Hebei".

After Yuan Shao eliminated Han Fu, he naturally wanted to kill Gongsun Zan in Youzhou and unify Hebei. In Yuan Shao's campaign against Gongsun Zhan, Zhang He made many military exploits. At that time, Zhao Yun was a general under Gongsun Zhan, and it was inevitable that there would be some intersection between Zhao Yun and Zhang He.

At that time, although Zhao Yun was not at his peak, he was also very powerful, but in the battle, it was Wen Chou and Zhang He who defeated Zhao Yun. As a result, Zhang He was still injured by Zhao Yun and was stabbed in the arm with a shot.

It's a pity that Gongsun Chan was still defeated, and Zhao Yun broke out from the ten thousand armies, Zhang He wanted to chase, but Zhao Yun was good, and Zhang He didn't catch up.

Originally, Zhang He thought that he would never have contact with Zhao Yun again. But he didn't expect that when he was in Changbanpo, Zhang He met Zhao Yun again.

At that time, Zhao Yun's martial arts had reached their peak, and he was far stronger than Zhao Yun, who had just graduated from the school not long ago in Youzhou. In addition, on the slope of Changsaka, Zhao Yun has already been put to death and survived, and his combat effectiveness is a few points more than usual. Therefore, Zhang He and the other four generals were stunned and did not stop Zhao Yun alone, but looked high, in order to help Zhang He avenge a shot, they attacked too far forward, and Zhao Yun caught a flaw and stabbed him under the horse.

Zhang He and Gao Ran have been friends for more than ten years, and Gao Ran can be called the "Four Pillars of Hebei", and his martial arts are also quite powerful, and he has fought with Xu Chu for dozens of rounds. is such a character, who was killed by Zhao Yun like this, and was killed in front of Zhang He's eyes.

When his friend was killed, Zhang He was heartbroken, and this hatred was even greater. In the following decades, Zhang He practiced martial arts diligently, the purpose was to seek revenge on Zhao Yun, and finally, Zhang He found another opportunity, that is, when Cao Cao conquered Hanzhong.

At the beginning, Zhang Lu surrendered, Cao Cao returned to the army, leaving Zhang He and Xiahou Yuan, Xu Huang and others to guard Hanzhong to reject Liu Bei. In the same year, Zhang He led his troops south to attack Pasir County, intending to relocate the local people to Hanzhong. Liu Bei sent the captured general Zhang Fei to defend the Brazilian county to fight against Zhang He. As a result, Zhang He was defeated by Zhang Fei, and only a few dozen people left of Zhang He fled back. Immediately after Liu Bei attacked Hanzhong, Xiahou Yuanding was killed in the battle, but Huang Zhong and Yan Yan were ambushed by Zhang He because of their greed for merit, but Zhuge Liang sent Zhao Yun to help Huang Zhong, which was the second battle between Zhang He and Zhao Yun.

The result can be imagined, Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong, Zhang He were defeated again and retreated to Yangping Pass. Later, Cao Cao came in person, but was defeated by Liu Bei and lost Hanzhong, and then Zhang He began to guard Chencang.

But Zhang He never gave up looking for Zhao Yun to take revenge. Over the years, Zhang He has practiced martial arts diligently, and now Zhang He, in terms of martial arts, has no opponent in Cao Ying.

Finally, after waiting for so many years, Zhang He once again waited for the opportunity to fight Zhao Yun.

looked at the big banner under the gate, with the three big characters "Dingguo Gong" on it, Zhang He pursed his lips slightly, it seems that Zhao Yun has been promoted again.

Unconsciously, Zhang He touched the scar on his arm that was injured by Zhao Yun, and Gao Lan's voice and smile appeared in his mind.

"Dingguo Gong? Hmph, you're a Dingguo Gong! Zhao Yun, you, the Duke of Dingguo, didn't just step on the bones of many of our brothers! Zhang He took a deep breath.

"Brother Gao Lan, look at it, you have a spirit in the sky, you must bless my brother and me, and avenge you!" Zhang He's eyes flashed coldly, and he only held the sword at his waist.