Three days later, in the middle of the night, Wei Yan's Han army finally arrived at Huashan, which was less than twenty miles away from Tongguan.

Long before Wei Yan led the main force to arrive, Deng Ai had already rushed to Huashan with a thousand elite soldiers on horseback.

In the dark night, Deng Ai hurried to Wei Yanma with the scout team.

"General Wei Yan." Deng Ai saluted Wei Yan, and immediately said, "Everything is as usual in Tongguan. ”

Wei Yan said: "In other words, no Wei reinforcements have arrived at Tongguan in the past few days, and the defenders have not sent scouts out of Tongguan?" ”

Deng Ai said: "There are definitely no reinforcements, the scout team sent a few, but they were all intercepted and killed by the last general." ”

Wei Yan nodded, and inadvertently raised his head, but saw a lonely crescent moon hanging on the mountain beam in front of him, and then estimated the time, it is now the ugly time in the early morning, and there should be an hour before dawn! Suddenly, a thought popped out of Wei Yan's mind like lightning...... The night before dawn is always when the enemy is most defenseless.

So can the Han army's strong attack on Tongguan make the defenders take it lightly and neglect their defense?

The next moment, Wei Yan turned around and instructed his eldest son Wei Changdao: "You will send troops up the mountain to cut wood, build simple ladders overnight, and use these simple ladders when you take the pass in the morning." ”

Wei Chang exclaimed: "Father! This ......"

Wei Yan waved his hand and stopped his son: "Execute the military order." ”

"No!" The military order was difficult to disobey, and although Wei Chang was puzzled, he still received the order.

Deng Ai quickly guessed Wei Yan's intentions, and immediately gave Wei Yan a thumbs up, and praised in a low voice: "General Wei is well versed in the way of war, Ai admires." ”

Wei Yan laughed and said, "Shi Zai guessed my intentions?" ”

Deng Ai smiled slightly, and said in one sentence: "The general is to show the enemy to be weak!" ”

Tongguan, Wang Chang Xingyuan

Adjutant General Jin Kaizheng reported the military situation to Wang Changyu: "General, the news has been confirmed that the Shu army has left the Meridian Valley and Chang'an has been lost!" In addition, the Anxi general Xiahou Nan was captured, the general Jia Xu was killed in battle, and the general Dai Ning and Yongzhou assassin Guo Huai did not know what happened. ”

"Chang'an has fallen!" Hearing this, Wang Chang frowned for a moment.

After saying this, Wang Chang said again: "What about the scout team sent to Guanzhong, is there any news?" ”

Jin Kai shook his head and replied: "The last general has sent more than a dozen scout teams, but there has been no news back so far, most of them were intercepted and killed by the Shu army, so it is not clear the exact details of the Shu army that captured Chang'an, however, the Shu Han army that has been active in Guanxi in the past two days has been more and more detailed, I think, the Shu army should come to Tongguan soon." ”

"In this way, after taking Chang'an, their next target is us!" Wang Chang's tone became heavy, and his frowning brows shrunk into a ball.

Suddenly, Wang Chang asked Jin Kaidao urgently: "Is the Hongling envoy sent to Luoyang urgent?" ”

"It's been sent! Just in case, I sent several waves of Red Feather Messengers to set off from several different roads. ”

"Good!" Wang Chang had just relieved himself, but at this moment, a hurried footstep suddenly sounded outside the line, and then a personal soldier hurriedly entered, kneeling on one knee and reporting to Wang Changyu: "General, there are a large number of enemy troops outside the pass!" ”

At that moment, Wang Chang and Jin Kai went up to Xiguan at the fastest speed, standing on the enemy tower in Xiguan and looking out, and sure enough, they saw that there was a faint torch dragon on the official road outside Tongguan Pass, and under the dark night sky, this torch dragon stretched for more than ten miles, and it extended to the extreme distance where it was difficult to reach the eyesight.

"General, the enemy army has 10,000 people!" Jin Kaiyao pointed to the long dragon of torches marching in the distance, and said awe-inspiringly.

Wang Chang nodded, and said: "I just don't know if the Shu army has heavy siege equipment such as ladders, wells, siege vehicles, etc., if not, then there is no need to worry about 10,000 rebels at all." ”

Jin Kai said: "General, since the enemy can take Chang'an, which is high and deep, we can't take it lightly!" ”

"You're right, our army can't be careless." Wang Chang said solemnly: "Starting from tonight, the number of night guards on Xiguan will increase tenfold, and the patrol team will increase by fifteen!" ”

"No!" Jin Kai suddenly agreed, and then immediately received the order.

After more than half an hour, Wei Yan's army, which was surging along the official road, finally arrived at the foot of Tongguan.

And in Tongguan, Jin Kai arranged military affairs and came to the enemy tower again.

"General, you better rest." Jin Kai waved at Wang Chang and said: "The last general has verified that the Shu army does not carry siege equipment, and if you want to attack the city, you must cut down trees and build ladders, so it is impossible for them to attack before dawn, and now there is still half an hour before dawn, general, you better go back to Xingyuan and rest." ”

Wang Chang waved his hand and said lightly: "I won't go back." ”

After saying this, Wang Chang said again: "Jin Kai, what do you think of this?" ”

Jin Kai pondered for a moment and then replied: "General, this 10,000-strong Shu army is all in armor and can completely destroy our scout team, so there is no doubt that it is the elite of the enemy army. ”

Wang Chang said again: "I didn't say this, don't you think it's strange? Is this Shu army of tens of thousands of people able to break through the fortified city of Chang'an? ”

Jin Kai shook his head and said, "General, the last general is also puzzled. The Meridian Valley mountain stream is dangerous, and the Shu army that attacked Chang'an from there must not exceed 20,000 people, and it is impossible for an army of at most 20,000 people to capture the strong Chang'an City! Therefore, the last general guessed that the fall of Chang'an was broken from within. ”

Wang Chang said: "You mean that the city gate was won by the Shu army, this is possible." ”

Jin Kai said with a wry smile: "It's a pity that the news of the direction of the Guanxi has been tightly sealed by this Shu army scout, otherwise, you can know the truth of the facts by asking the passing merchants and peddlers, but no matter where this Shu army comes from and where it is going, we just need to guard Tongguan." ”

Wang Chang was silent, just nodded.

Time ticked by, and finally ushered in the first rays of dawn.

Tongguan, on the enemy floor

Jin Kai suddenly pointed his finger at the enemy army and said to Wang Chang: "General, the Shu army is going to attack the city with a simple long ladder!" ”

Jin Kai didn't say that Wang Chang had already seen it, when the eastern sky slightly revealed a trace of fish belly white, the sound of horns continued, and hundreds of Shu troops carried dozens of simple long ladders up to six zhang long, swarming towards the towering wall of Tongguan. Around them were thousands of enemy soldiers, all marching towards the majestic wall.

"The Shu army really plans to attack Tongguan with the improvised simple long ladder?" Wang Chang's thick eyebrows, which had not been released for a short time, suddenly frowned again.

Jin Kai said coldly: "This group of Shu troops really doesn't know whether to live or die. ”

Hearing Jin Kai's words, Wang Chang's heart was inexplicably irritable, and he always felt that something was wrong.