Outside Luoyang City, Dongping View

The wind is bleak, and the earth is reckless

In the city and soil flying, the banner covered the sky, and 100,000 Wei troops lined up.

"Woo woo woo ......"

A low and distant horn sounded, and a large endless forest of halberds appeared, and the cold blade almost reflected the cold and gloomy sky.

The general Cao Zhen bundled his armor with a sword, and watched the soldiers in the Dongping Temple.

Behind Cao Zhen, Xiahou Xuan, the supervisor of Yulin, Xiahou Ba, the partial general, Zhu Ling, the general, and Qin Lang, the general of Xiaocai, were accompanied by swords.

The halberd-wielding armor soldier raised his high halberd and stepped in front of the viewing platform with sonorous steps, followed by the Outer Forbidden Army led by the Central Leader, General Wuwei and the Central Protector Army.

Cao Zhen looked at the majestic and high-spirited national economic teacher, stroked his long beard under his chin, and couldn't help but admire: "Liu Bei doesn't know the reason for the rise and fall of the Mandate of Heaven, Zhuge Liang abandoned his parents' state and fled to the poor mountains and bad waters, and the soldiers resisted the king's division." This time the Shu thieves came to attack, and I happened to be angry and pacify the Shu thieves! ”

Hitting the knot hard, Cao Zhen shouted loudly: "Pass on my generals: send troops to Guanzhong, fight thieves!" ”

In the second year of Wei Taichu, in April, the Shu army went out of the Meridian Valley and captured Chang'an, and the Central Plains was shaken. Wei Tingfa Xuchang, Luoyang, Tuntian Army and Wai Forbidden Army, a total of 100,000 people, commanded by the general Cao Zhen, marched west to meet the enemy.

Hongnong-gun, Xin'an County (Hangu Xinguan)

Endless troops, chariots and horses were marching along the official road that stretched to the west, and the front army was no longer visible in the dust, and the rear army was still stretching between the mountain beams behind.

"Tongguan urgent! Tongguan Emergency!! With a few long and terrible howls, several horses galloped towards the Chinese army. As soon as he got off his horse on the saddle, he immediately knelt down on one knee and presented the official document with both hands.

Tongguan?!

Riding on the horse, Cao Zhen's heart jumped, what happened to Tongguan?

When the soldiers turned over and dismounted to get the official document and present it, Cao Zhen immediately couldn't wait to read it. Xiahou Xuan, the supervisor of Yulin, was half a horse's head behind Cao Zhen, and when he heard the urgent report from Tongguan, he leaned forward meaningfully, but he happened to see Cao Zhen's face that was fine a second ago and instantly turned blue.

After reading the report, Cao Zhen was half paid, and then said angrily: "Damn! Tongguan is lost! ”

"Tongguan is actually lost?" Xiahou Xuan was also taken aback, and immediately, he immediately screamed again: "General, Tongguan is lost, what ...... So how do we get in? ”

The fall of Chang'an is nothing, but the capture of Tongguan is a bit beyond Cao Zhen's imagination, he sighed faintly, and a sense of powerlessness suddenly rose in his heart.

"Now it seems that the situation in Guanzhong is much more serious than I expected." However, in an instant, Cao Zhen adjusted his mentality and said: "The report said that although Tongguan was trapped, the number of Shu troops occupying Tongguan was less than 10,000. ”

"What we have to do is to regain Tongguan before the possible reinforcements of the Shu army arrive!"

Xiahou Xuan said: "Take back Tongguan again? ”

Cao Zhen said: "Yes! At present, in terms of time, it is too late to cross the river and enter the customs from Wuguan, and the only way to reoccupy Tongguan is to fight hard! ”

Cao Zhen is worthy of being the only remaining first-class military general of the Cao clan in the Later Three Kingdoms, and in a few words, he analyzed the key to the battle between the two armies of the Qing, Wei and Han dynasties - Tongguan, which is Tongguan!

Acting vigorously and resolutely, Cao Zhen immediately shouted to the herald: "Herald: Xiahou Ba is the main general, Zhu Ling is the deputy general, immediately lead 10,000 elite horsemen to Tongguan to reconnoiter the enemy!" ”

Immediately, Cao Zhen turned to Xiahou Xuan and said: "At the beginning, you can lead an army of 5,000 to rush back to Xuchang, and transfer the siege equipment such as catapults, wells, and ladders from the Xuchang arsenal to Tongguan." ”

"No!" Xiahou Xuan agreed respectfully, and said: "The military situation is like fire, then I will immediately select and transfer people back to Xuchang." ”

Cao Zhen nodded and promised, and instructed: "Go early and return early." ”

After Xiahou Xuan turned his horse's head and left, Cao Zhencai came back to his senses.

The edict ordered the whole army to speed up the march and arrive at Tongguan in four days.

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Nanyang County, Wancheng, the general of the chariot cavalry

The left general Zhang He received an order from Wei Ting, returned from the Xiangfan front, and was bidding farewell to Sima Yi.

Above the lobby, Zhang He clenched his fists slightly, and said proudly to Sima Yi: "Sima Gong, the Shu thieves have invaded Guanzhong, and His Majesty has issued an edict to order He to ride 30,000 on foot and rush to Guanzhong in the starry night." Today, he came to bid farewell to Sima Gong! ”

Sima Yi said: "The general's order has already been delivered to me, and I have also allocated 30,000 troops for the general, but the general can directly lead the troops to set off." ”

"Hmm." Although Zhang He was dissatisfied with Sima Yi's military supervision of Jing and Henan Prefectures without leading troops, he still admired Sima Yi's administrative skills in arranging materials and allocating military horses. I didn't want to have just returned from the front line, and Sima Yi, the army that led the army, assembled it for me.

Throwing a peach and hugging Li, Zhang He hesitated for a while, but still reminded Sima Yi: "Sima Gong, He has been on the front line for a long time, observing all kinds of signs, it seems that there are also undercurrents surging under the seemingly calm water surface of Jingzhou. Wu Jun's actions are alarming! ”

"When He returned from the front line, the Wu army in Jingzhou seemed to be gathering!"

Hearing Zhang He's talk about the Wu army's movements, Sima Yi quickly asked, "Does the general mean that the Wu army is likely to attack?" ”

"When Sun Quan was proclaimed emperor, the two thieves of Wu and Shu did not return to the confluence, and agreed to share the world. The Shu thieves have already been exposed, so it is natural for the Wu army to take action. Zhang He spoke, a hint of schadenfreude flashed in his eyes, if Wu Junxing's division came to attack, he would like to see if this Sima Yi, who had not led a day of soldiers but was above him, could still sit firmly!

"Thank you General for reminding me, Sima Yi has written it down!" Sima Yi was not frightened by Zhang He's news, and was still as calm as a mountain.

Zhang He got up suddenly, arched his hand slightly, and said quickly: "So, I quit!" ”

Before the words fell, Zhang He reflexively and hurriedly left.

Zhang He had not been gone for a long time, and a figure flashed from behind the screen in the lobby.

He looked at the direction in which Zhang He left, walked in front of Sima Yi, and frowned: "Zhang He's attitude is really annoying!" ”

Sima Yi patted his son on the shoulder and smiled: "For my father to add a general of chariots and cavalry, and to supervise the military of Erzhou, although Zhang He and his ilk have been on the battlefield for a long time, it is difficult to reach the state of being a father throughout their lives, Ziyuan, do you know why?" ”

Sima Shi thought for a while, and then blurted out: "It's just because the Son of Heaven values it!" ”

Sima Yi smiled with relief and said, "Not bad! The Cao family and Xiahou have been married for generations, and they are each other's in-laws, and those who command the military of the border states have always had these two surnames. The exceptions are only my father and Zhang Liao'er! ”

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Xiangyang, downstream of the river

In the thin morning light, hundreds of Dongwu ships are tracing the river upstream, the partial general Ling Tong is fully equipped with his habitual belt, pressing the sword to stand on the bow of the ship, the fresh river breeze blows head-on, the cold dew has wet his battle robe, not far ahead of the river, more than 100 ships and more than a dozen ships are looming in the river fog, one of them has a striking military flag hanging on the mast - the flag is embroidered with the word "Wei".