Tongguan Guancheng.

At the head of the West Gate, Zhuge Liang was standing on the city tower, looking far away in the direction of the north, letting the cold wind blow, but he didn't move.

"Wu Ban, does Your Majesty have any latest news?" Zhuge Liang suddenly asked.

"Prime Minister, Your Majesty has been cursing in front of the enemy camp for days, and the Su thieves have always refused to fight, Your Majesty has sent someone to Tongguan to ask the Prime Minister to carry more grain and grass to Pusaka." Wu Ban replied.

Zhuge Liang frowned deeply, and his face was a little more worried.

"Isn't the prime minister worried about something?" Wu Ban saw some clues.

Zhuge Liang sighed: "Everyone knows that the Su thief is treacherous, and now he has obviously entered the Guanzhong Plain, but he has been reluctant to fight, but has put on a posture of sticking to no battle, how can he not worry me." ”

Wu Ban realized something, and hurriedly said: "Could it be that the prime minister is worried, what kind of conspiracy and tricks are the Su thieves brewing to deal with our army?" ”

Zhuge Liang nodded slightly, and sighed: "For the Su thief, the head of the Nine Wonders, no matter when, you must not underestimate it, otherwise you will pay the price." ”

Wu Ban gasped, didn't dare to speak, and deep fear appeared between his eyebrows.

"The prime minister's worries are reasonable, but there is no need to be too anxious."

A confident voice sounded behind him, it was Sima Yi who stepped onto the city tower and stood side by side with Zhuge Liang.

Sima Yi also looked to the north and said with a smile: "The Ma family's fish scale cavalry formation, combined with their javelin tactics, can be described as both offensive and defensive, I really can't think of any way to restrain the Su thief." ”

Zhuge Liang frowned, and asked rhetorically: "Zhongda, didn't you have a lesson from the death of the Vine Armor Army, the Giant Elephant Soldier, and the Xiqiang Iron Lock Heavy Armor Ride?" ”

Sima Yi was stunned and dumbfounded for a while.

Zhuge Liang said in a deep voice: "Su Zhe is unpredictable, the wisdom of you and me combined, we may not be able to guess what he will do next, isn't the price we paid painful enough." ”

Sima Yi was silent.

After a while, he sighed: "Su Thief is indeed an extraordinary person, but then again, no matter how unpredictable he is, he is still a human after all, he will always make mistakes if he is a human being, is it possible, he will not even make a mistake?" ”

This time it was Zhuge Liang's turn to be silent.

He looked to the north and muttered, "I really hope that the thief can really make a mistake once, even once, so that it can give us a little respite......

While he was sighing and praying, a scout from the north galloped towards the castle.

The scouts came from the north, there must be an emergency military situation, and the nerves of Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi immediately tensed.

The city was opened, and the scouts hurriedly climbed to the top of the city, and before they had time to catch their breath, Sima Yi asked: "How is the battle in the north, can Your Majesty defeat the Su thief?" ”

The scout said with a bitter face: "Prime Minister, Lord Sima, Your Majesty fought a decisive battle with the Wei army thirty miles south of Puban Pass the day before yesterday, and the result was that the enemy army was broken, losing nearly 20,000 soldiers, and had retreated in the direction of Chang'an. ”

Liu Bei was defeated!

As soon as these words came out, Zhuge Liang's body stiffened, Sima Yi changed color in shock, there was an uproar in the city, and everyone fell into panic.

"Your Majesty has brought a fish scale heavy armor horse, how can you be defeated!" Sima Yi shouted.

The scout said with a bitter face: "Lord Sima, when the battle was about to be fought, the Wei army suddenly appeared a giant crossbow called the 'bed crossbow', which easily pierced the silver shield of my fish scale riding array, and our army was defeated." ”

Bed crossbow?

Hearing this unheard of term, Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi glanced at each other, and their eyes were full of confusion and surprise.

"What kind of crossbow is a bed crossbow?" Zhuge Liang asked.

"Back to the Prime Minister, what kind of crossbow it is, I don't know very well, I only know that the crossbow is extremely powerful, the crossbow arrow alone is two people long, it can shoot a thousand steps away, and it can even pierce four people at a time, the power is incredible!"

Can shoot a thousand steps?

And shoot through four people at once?

Zhuge Liang's heart was shocked, and a terrifying picture immediately appeared in front of him, and his face froze in a moment of shock again.

Sima Yi was shocked and gasped, and said in a trembling voice: "The Ma family's silver shield is three times that of an ordinary iron shield, and it is also covered with three layers of cowhide, and the bed crossbow of the Su thief can not only shoot through, but also shoot through four people at a time?" How is this possible! How could there be such a powerful crossbow in the world! ”

Sima Yi couldn't accept this unbelievable fact, and Wu Ban and other generals present couldn't accept it.

For a time, the entire Han army in Guancheng fell into a state of panic and panic.

In the midst of a sound of surprise, Zhuge Liang let out a bitter sigh, looked up at the sky, and sighed gloomily: "Su Zhe, are you really a god descending from heaven?" I, Zhuge Liang, am I really not able to measure myself and can't fight with God? ”

Sima Yi struck the battlements with his fist, gritted his teeth and said: "Prime Minister Zhuge Cheng, how smart are you, can you believe those rumors, there is no god in this world at all, even if there is, it will never be the one surnamed Su!" ”

Zhuge Liang's figure shook slightly, looked at Sima Yi's resentful expression, and didn't know what to say for a while.

"Prime Minister, Your Majesty has broken for the Su thief, what should we do now?" Wu Ban asked in a panic.

Zhuge Liang gradually calmed down, pondered for a long time, and sighed: "Your Majesty is defeated, we can no longer stop the Su thief from going deep into the hinterland of Guanzhong, and this Tongguan will lose its meaning. ”

At the head of the city, all the generals looked awe-inspired, and all of them were in a heavy mood.

They never imagined that the impregnable Tongguan would be lost in such a way.

Not by the Wei army, but by his own abandonment.

Just because Puban Pass was lost, just because Liu Bei was defeated, they wanted to give up this gateway to the Han State to the Wei army.

The generals were unwilling, but they were helpless, even Sima Yi couldn't say anything, so he could only disagree with Zhuge Liang's approach with silence.

So, the order was handed down, and the generals dispersed, ordering the soldiers of the headquarters to pack up and prepare to abandon the city and retreat westward.

Zhuge Liang also returned to his own breath and asked his brother Zhuge to pick up his luggage and be ready to set off at any time.

Just as he was busy evacuating, Zhang Fei, who received the message, hurried over.

As soon as he entered the door, he yelled at Zhuge Liang angrily: "Prime Minister, are you crazy, you want to abandon Tongguan, once this Tongguan is lost, the main army of Su thieves, you don't have to take a long detour, you can directly kill Chang'an along the avenue, what do you think?" ”

Zhang Fei was visibly agitated and did not fully understand the situation he was facing.

Zhuge Liang was not annoyed, but said silently: "The news of His Majesty's defeat to the Su thief, Yide must have already known, the current situation is that we no longer have the strength to stop the Su thief from going south, if we still defend Tongguan, his army will drive south, and he can go straight to the side of Tongguan and block us here, what will be the consequences at that time, have you ever imagined?" ”

Zhang Fei's body was shocked, and his stomach was full of resentment, and he was suddenly suppressed by Zhuge Liang's words.

Bang!

Zhang Fei's fist slammed into the door of the room, his face full of unwillingness.

"Tongguan is no matter how it can't be defended, we still have more than 40,000 soldiers and horses, and then withdraw the soldiers and horses on the front line of Wuguan, plus the soldiers left behind in Chang'an, as well as His Majesty's defeated soldiers, we can barely put together about 80,000 soldiers and horses, we alone have half of the soldiers and horses here, do you want these 40,000 soldiers and horses to be trapped in Tongguan?"

Zhang Fei completely lost his temper, looked at Zhuge Liang helplessly, and said with a bitter face: "But, even if we abandon Guancheng, there are only 80,000 soldiers and horses left, how can we fight with Su thieves?" ”

Zhuge Liang was secretly relieved when he was moved, but a little confidence appeared on his face, and he said lightly: "Although Tongguan is lost, we still have Chang'an, with 80,000 soldiers and horses in our hands, backed by Chang'an, we may not be able to fight a fierce battle with the Su thieves, as long as Xianbei and the Huns send troops, we still have hope to drive the Su thieves out of the Guanzhong!" ”

These words gave Zhang Fei this confidence, he thought about it for a long time, and couldn't think of a better half-way, so he had to sigh: "Okay, at this point, what else can I say, it's all up to the prime minister." ”

Zhang Fei no longer objected.

So, after half a day of preparation, Zhuge Liang led 40,000 infantry troops, quietly withdrew from Tongguan, and retreated along Weishui Avenue all the way to Chang'an City in the west.

Due to the hasty retreat, there were still a lot of grain and grass materials in the city that could not be taken away, Zhuge Liang was of course unwilling to give them to Su Zhe, so he ordered to set fire to the pass, and burned everything that could not be taken away with a fire.

At night, this world's first Xiongguan turned into a raging sea of fire.

Zhuge Liang looked at the fading firelight, let out a helpless sigh, turned his horse back, and walked away, unable to bear to look back.