The camp of the Shu army was very calm, and there was no fear because of the rapid approach of the Wei army, or rather, although there was some nervousness, it was not chaotic because of this. The walls were tight, and a team of soldiers with weapons in their hands patrolled back and forth between the barriers, beating the gong in their hands, announcing the change, and the crisp sound of the point was heard far away in the camp, naturally bringing a trace of cold winter coldness.

Zhuge Liang wrote at the desk. He was wearing an old cotton robe, covered with an old frayed edge, lying on the desk, writing stroke by stroke, next to him there were more than a dozen pages of Haode letters, but his handwriting was still meticulous, as if he had just written the first word.

As soon as the tent door was lifted, a cold wind poured in from outside, blowing the lights of the star. Zhuge Liang didn't raise his head, and said softly: "Boyo, what's the matter?" ”

"Prime Minister, Zhang He stopped at Wushi." Jiang Wei glanced at the letter on the case, sat down on the side of the case, and reached out to take it. He glanced at it, and said in surprise: "It's for Wei Ba?" ”

"Well, you can help me see if there's anything wrong." Zhuge Liang answered, took another page, and continued to write.

Jiang Wei was very surprised, he thought it was written to Emperor Bixia or Madame Huang. Write to the emperor Bixia, because the prime minister has the important task of teaching the emperor Bixia, people are not in Chengdu, so they use letters instead, every once in a while, they will write a long letter to the emperor, asking the emperor about his recent studies, dealing with the experience of the court, and commenting. And write to Mrs. Huang, not to mention, he and his wife have a deep relationship, and they care about the growth of his son Zhuge Zhan and grandson Zhuge Pan, of course, he has to write a little more.

Besides. Jiang Wei had never seen Zhuge Liang write such a long letter to anyone.

Jiang Wei took the letter on the case, read it carefully, and smiled bitterly: "Prime Minister, I'm afraid that Wei Ba will not understand the Prime Minister's hard work." He is now in the crosshairs, the prime minister asked him to go back to Chengdu to supervise the transportation of grain and grass, and now he wants him to stay in Jiaozhou, and he wants him to improve relations with Sun Quan, can he be willing? ”

The pen in Zhuge Liang's hand paused, straightened his waist, and gently rested the pen on the inkstone. "I'm afraid that he won't. I'm going to tell him what's at stake. Things are looking good today. But it is a blazing fire, and it cannot last long. His stay in Jiaozhou not only forced Sun Quan not to act rashly, but also ensured that the rice from Jiaozhou could be transported to Chengdu in a steady stream. Transported to Guanzhong. to support the war in Guanzhong. If he comes to Guanzhong. It seems that we have an advantage in troops, but we may lose Jiaozhou, which will increase the pressure on logistics and supply. makes it difficult for us to continue. Weighing the pros and cons, it is more beneficial for him to stay in Jiaozhou for the whole war situation. ”

"The prime minister's concerns are naturally reasonable, but can Wei Ba listen?" Jiang Wei put down the letter, his eyes flashed: "Will he think that the prime minister is deliberately suppressing him and doesn't want him to come to the Xiangyang battlefield to make meritorious contributions?" ”

Zhuge Liang twitched his eyebrows and sighed softly. It was precisely because of this concern that he wanted to write this long letter and explain it to Wei Ba bitterly. It's just that he doesn't know if his efforts are meaningful, will Wei Ba listen to him? When he asked him to return to Chengdu, he didn't listen, but took the risk of fighting Lu Xun in Linhe. Now that he is not allowed to come to Xiangyang after his great victory, will he refuse to accept the order like last time?

"Do your best, let it be the fate of heaven." Zhuge Liang picked up the pen again, lowered his head, and began to write. It's just that his mood is obviously a little uneasy, and his handwriting is also a little hurried, and he is no longer as calm as he was just now.

Jiang Wei saw it in his eyes and sighed secretly.

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Tongguan, the sound of war drums is deafening, and the galloping arrows are flying all over the sky like a group of crows, flying through the sky with a strange roar, shooting on the city wall, shooting on the shield, shooting on the armor, shooting on the living body.

"Release, release!" With a roar, thunderbolts roared, and stone bullets flew over the city wall and smashed into the Wei positions in the distance. The stone bullets smashed into the shield with a bang, and the huge shields were smashed to pieces. smashed on the van, the van groaned and swayed, and the Wei soldiers hiding behind were terrified, but they didn't dare to take a step back. Slammed into the thunderbolt, the thunderbolt shook violently, and the soldiers who were operating it screamed in fright.

"No chaos, no chaos!" Xiahou Ba held a shield, brandished a war knife, braved arrows and stone bullets, and roared loudly in front of the battle, trying his best to control the chaotic battlefield and directing the Wei army to constantly counterattack. "Inform Chen Hujun and ask him to send ten more thunderbolts."

"Whoa." One of the heralds turned to leave, and just as he had taken two steps, a long arrow whizzed at him, striking him in the back of the heart. The herald fell to the ground, twitched twice, and never moved again. Xiahou Ba shouted at the guards beside him: "What are you waiting for, go to two more people, be careful, run with a shield on your back, the faster the better." ”

The two guards answered, put their shields behind their backs, and rushed out. Within two steps, one of them shot an arrow in his thigh and fell to the ground screaming.

"What's it called, like a." Xiahou Ba rushed over, protected him with the shield in his hand, and shouted loudly: "Can you still go?" ”

"I can go." The guard gritted his teeth and stood up, snapped the shaft of the arrow with all his might, and limped forward.

"Keep attacking, keep attacking!" Xiahou Ba returned to the front of the formation, crouched behind a broken van, staring intently at the Tongguan city wall in the distance, his eyes almost erupting with fire.

It has been two months since the attack on Tongguan, and despite the help of a large number of siege equipment built by Ma Jun, more than 10,000 people still fell here. Tongguan City looks crumbling, but it still can't be conquered. Among them, the thunderbolt of the Shu Han army is the most terrifying, the stone bullets flying out of the city seem to have eyes, and the thunderbolts of the Wei army will not be pushed up for a long time, they will be violently bombarded, and they will be disabled if they don't fire many stone bullets. Although the Wei army tried their best to counterattack, their thunderbolts were slightly inferior in terms of range and accuracy, and more importantly, they could not hide like the thunderbolts in the city, and could only use vans and giant shields to cover, which were obviously not as strong as the walls of Tongguan.

After a long attack, the casualties were heavy, and the blow to the soldiers of the Wei army was very large, but Xiahou Ba and Chen Tai did not dare to stop the attack, they knew very well that although they attacked Tongguan without any possibility of breaking the city, they must attack with all their might, so as not to let the Shu Han army have time to breathe. Only in this way can the main force led by Zhang He and Qin Lang have a chance.

"Keep attacking—" Xiahou Ba hissed and roared.

"Kill!" Wei Wu shouted, stepped forward, and slashed at the Wei army who had just climbed to the top of the city. The Wei army's face was covered with blood, and in the face of the slashed war knife, he was not afraid, and raised the shield in his hand to parry. With the sound of "dang", the war knife in Wei Wu's hand slashed the shield and rebounded, and the Wei army took advantage of the situation and jumped onto the city wall, and at the same time took the war knife from his mouth and slashed with a swing.

Wei Wu was furious, swung his knife and smashed away the war knife of the Wei army, and slashed three times in one breath. The Wei sergeant was not on a stable footing, and could not stop Wei Wu's onslaught, so he took two steps back, turned over and fell off the city wall. Wei Wu spat and rushed at Xiangxia an enemy.

More than a dozen Wei family soldiers followed closely behind him, slashing and slashing the endless Wei army. After more than two months of hard fighting, although the enemy repelled many attacks, but the losses on the city wall were not small, with nearly three thousand casualties.

However, in this way, the casualties of the Wei family soldiers were also very staggering, and there were only more than 300 Wei family soldiers left who had really been trained for many years, and the others were all just selected, and their strength was greatly weakened, and the war became more and more tense.

Wei Wu killed a back and forth on the city wall, walked back with a bloody war knife, and one of the Wei soldiers just showed his head, and he cut off his palm with a knife, screaming and falling off the city wall. Everywhere he went, the Wei army avoided it, and some people even took the initiative to jump off the city wall without waiting for him to rush over.

In the past two months, the prestige of the third young master of the Wei family has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and few people dare to face him face to face. Jumping off the city wall may lead to death, but there is always a glimmer of life, but there is almost no life against the three young masters of the Wei family.

Wei Yan stood on the city tower, looking at the ruined city wall, and then at the Wei army's position outside the city, which was also in a mess, his thick eyebrows locked tightly. He didn't know how long this battle would last, Zhuge Liang had not moved, and he didn't know how the battle was going.

In addition to the Guanzhong battlefield, he was more worried about Jiaozhou, Wei Ba was fighting in Jiaozhou, and his situation was more dangerous than Guanzhong. In any case, Guanzhong is guarded, there are city walls, and there are well-trained soldiers, but Wei Ba only has more than 100 soldiers around him who are really well-trained soldiers, and the rest are some rabble, fighting a good fight, fighting guerrilla warfare in the mountains, there will be no problem, but to fight a decisive battle with the main force of the Wu army in the open area, Wei Yan is really not very optimistic.

However, Jiaozhou and Guanzhong are thousands of miles apart, and he can't help Wei Ba at all, and he doesn't even know whether Wei Ba is alive or dead now. Wei Ba asked Guan Feng to return to Chengdu, he already knew, in his opinion, this was undoubtedly a sign that Wei Ba was not sure about this battle.

Thinking of this, Wei Yan regretted a little, he shouldn't have let Wei Ba go to Wuling in the first place, or he should have strictly ordered Wei Ba to come to Guanzhong last time, instead of being bewitched and ambiguous, and letting Wei Ba face a famous general like Lu Xun alone.

"Bun Chang." A familiar voice came from behind him, and Wei Yan turned his head, squeezing out an unnatural smile on his face. "Youchang, how did you get here? Afraid that I won't be able to hold Tongguan? ”

Ma Tan hahadaxiao, he glanced at the city and shook his head. "Wen Chang, I have confidence in you, and you should have confidence in me too."

Wei Yan grinned, and stopped talking.

Ma Tan walked up to him, stood side by side with him, and said in a low voice, "I have come here to tell you good news. ”

"What's the good news?"

"Ziyu defeated Lu Xun in Linhe, captured Pan Jun again, killed more than 10,000, Lu Xun fled in embarrassment, and now he has withdrawn to Linxiang."

Wei Yan was startled, his eyes widened: "Really? ”

"Am I going to lie to you again?" Ma Yan's shoulders shook with laughter, looking even more surprised than Wei Yan, and he couldn't control the ecstasy in his heart. He patted Wei Yan's shoulder vigorously: "Wen Chang, Ziyu's victory, our chance will come." As long as Ziyu arrives, we will definitely be able to turn defense into offense, defeat Cao Rui, and maybe have a chance to enter Luoyang. ”

Wei Yan was ecstatic and nodded again and again...... (To be continued......)