Tongguan is located at the crossing of the Yellow River, located in the key rush, choking the key to the straight road from Chang'an to Luoyi, is the key to enter and exit the three Qins, since the end of the Middle and Han Dynasty, it is the necessary place to enter the Central Plains in the east and the west into the Guanzhong and the Western Regions and the key pass of the pass, and is the place where the soldiers must fight, known as the reputation of "the first danger in Jinnei", "the throat of the four towns", and "one hundred and two passes".

Zhong Hui was ordered by Sima Zhao to guard Yongliang five or six years ago, and supervised the Han Dynasty, but he never thought that he would turn his face with Sima in front of this Xiongguan today.

However, the world is not satisfactory, and when it comes to this position, he can't help it, the key point of Tongguan should naturally not be mastered by Zhong Hui, but at this time it is in the hands of Zhong Hui, as the leader of the world's corporal clan, the Zhong family still has a bit of background.

The crackling of the fire, the sound of killing, the shouts, the shouts of men and horses, and the neighing of horses, went straight to the sky, but it was a brief encounter.

At this time, in the city, the army on the head of the city was lined up here and waited, silent.

On a city wall, Zhong Hui stood in the center, and the generals around him stood on his left and right, watching intently at the battle formation brought by Sima Yan, the commander of the Wei army.

Zhong Hui's eyes flashed, and he looked at it with a calm expression, and at this time, the city gate opened, and his own army had entered the city, and the bows and arrows were shot down on the city, and the enemy army did not chase after him.

In the distance, the drums of war were beating.

At this time, the sun rose in the middle of the heavens, shining on the earth, and on the horizon, armies had appeared one after another, entering the open space in front of the city.

According to today's intelligence, Sima Yan's department plus the auxiliary troops has increased to 80,000 people, which is simply a sea of people.

At this moment, the trumpet sounded loudly.

I saw hundreds of siege engines, began to move towards Tongguan, this siege vehicle is actually a large wooden pillar, with a wooden roof on it, covered with animal skins and straw mats, can defend against boiling water and even ordinary bows and arrows.

Covering the siege car, it was the tower cart, and the tower cart began to advance, and the tower also moved forward, surrounded by groups of infantry.

The building cart is several feet high, the height is the same as the head of the wall, not only can the entire city head be shrouded in the range of arrows, when close to the city wall, soldiers can also directly step on the wall and attack the city, which is equivalent to a strengthened version of the ladder.

Behind them, hundreds of catapults, pushed by the soldiers, slowly advanced.

And as soon as these siege weapons appeared, Zhong Hui's face changed greatly, these siege weapons can even be conquered by fortified cities, not in a day or two, it can be seen that Sima Yan has also been preparing.

Of course, the target may not be himself, but those fortified cities of Yan Han, such as Nanxiang County, Zhong Hui learned that Yan Han resolutely withdrew from Nanxiang County and withdrew into the three eastern counties, which also made Wei Guo's original 50,000 soldiers in Nanyang County transfer 20,000 to this point, giving him great pressure.

Since he had already been persuaded several times to surrender, Sima Yan did not talk nonsense, and after a while, the war drums shook the sky.

"Kill!"

At the sound of an order, tens of thousands of people shouted together, like a tide, and launched a fierce attack.

Suddenly, a rain of arrows enveloped the heavens and the earth, and they pounced.

Gudao County, for Chang'an to Bashu must pass through, has "Qinshu throat, Hanbei lock key" said, so the road, Lianyun, Baoxian three plank road from the county border.

Now that Yang Yi has supervised the division here, the forward headquarters is now a hundred miles away, and it is close to Chencang County and Yi County where the Wei army deployed.

Now Yang Yi occupies the county government of Gudao County, as the department of the Northern Expedition, in addition to Hanzhong County, Guan Yi has withdrawn, and now the superintendent is 20,000, from Hanzhong to the north, Yan Yu is also in Tianshui to supervise 20,000 eastward.

Li Mi hurriedly entered the side hall, there were many scribes sorting out the papers, and when he came in, he saluted, Li Mi asked, "Where is Master Du?" ”

"Master Li, Your Majesty has summoned you, you have already gone to the conference hall, and when Master Du went in, he said, you are here, please go in too, and Your Majesty will summon you together......" Before he finished speaking, Li Mi nodded and turned to go out.

There were only a few steps to the study, Li Mi rushed over, and an internal guard saw it, and hurriedly saluted: "Master Li, Your Majesty is inside, Your Majesty said, you are here, please come in immediately." ”

Li Mi nodded slightly, stepped forward and knocked on the door, and heard Yang Yi's voice inside: "Li Mi?" Come on in! ”

"Yes!" Li Mi agreed loudly, stepped in, the study was still darker than the outside, and after a little calm, he looked up.

I saw Yang Yi sitting on the desk against the wall, and the table in front of him was full of official documents and a pen and inkstone.

In this room now, Ma Ting, Du Zhen, Chen Shou, and Liu Ling are all civil officials, and among the military generals, veterans Jiang Wei, Liao Hua, and Zhang Yi are also there.

Li Mi hurriedly saluted.

"Get up, sit down first." Yang Yi was reading a document, and after a while, he raised his head and said: "The carrier pigeon is a hundred miles away, Sima Yan has 80,000 teachers, and he is unstoppable, and now he may have conquered Tongguan, of course, he may still be in the offensive and defensive war; In the north, however, it is not good, and the army of the Northern Huns has already connected several counties. ”

"According to the intelligence, Sima Yan has hundreds of siege vehicles, building vehicles, trebuchets and other siege weapons, and even the fortified city can be conquered, which is really shocking."

At this time, Li Mi looked closely, Yang Yi's eyes were blazing, his face was solemn, and he said: "Everyone, how to deal with it now, everyone will give their opinions." ”

Jiang Wei pondered for a long time at this time, and said steadily: "Your Majesty, the last general still thinks that the current strength of our country is not enough to interfere in this kind of war situation on a large scale, it is advisable to accumulate grain and stabilize the foundation, there is Chang'an City after Tongguan, Chang'an City has thick walls, if Zhong Hui collects troops in one place, there are tens of thousands of soldiers, even if Sima Yan can capture it, he will be greatly injured."

It is impossible to have the strength to go north and go south again, and wait for next year, when the country's savings are enough, Your Majesty will go north again, which is a foolproof strategy! ”

Hearing this, Liao Hua nodded in agreement, Zhang Yi was noncommittal, but Chen Shou stood up at this time, and after a salute, he said with a smile: "This policy of the governor is to consolidate the foundation of Peiyuan, and it is indeed a good policy for governing the country, but if you sit and watch, you miss the opportunity, Sima Yan swallowed Chang'an, how can he stay, he will take advantage of this big victory to attack me, even if the consumption is very large, there are at least 100,000 troops of 200,000, and the grain and grass soldiers have the Central Plains as the accumulation, this year will not be cut, and the next year will also be cut, the minister suggested, first sit on the mountain to watch the tiger fight, swallow the Zhonghui Department, and then use Chang'an Jiancheng to force back the Wei army. ”

At this time, Zhang Yi coughed lightly and said: "What Master Chen said is very true, but it is just necessary to grasp the balance of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, although Zhong Hui is excited to fight with Sima Yan, but we blindly sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, this person may not fall Sima Yan." ”

After the people present finished speaking, Li Mi also bowed his hand at this time, and said calmly: "The minister thinks that this battle will send troops, according to the current situation, if there are no troops, Chang'an Zhonghui will either break or surrender, and there will be no physiology." ”v5

"Wei already occupies five points of the world, and it already accounts for most of it, and if it is reweighted, our country will be in danger and in danger, so we will fight!"

"Zhong Hui is the leader of the scholar clan and has a strong personality, which can be seen from Sima Yan's persuasion to surrender, and the brazen killing of the envoy, if we sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight too much, I am afraid that Zhong Hui will hate us, more than Sima Yan, but forced to the opposite, even if it falls to us, it will be a disaster in the future."

"Besides, Your Majesty wants to rule the world, there are two ways to govern the world, one is the king, the other is the tyrant, Your Majesty is the orthodoxy of the Yan and Han Dynasty, and the only way to do it is to do the royal road, this royal road is to defeat Sima Yan in one fell swoop with a dignified and upright teacher, so, looking at the world, who dares to disagree? The Wei State has been served, how can the Wu State compete? So it is Allah under heaven. ”

Ma Ting frowned slightly at this time and said, "But our army only has 100,000, but Sima Yan has 200,000, how can we defeat the strong with the weak?" ”

The people present are all real political and military talents, and they know very well that the matter of defeating the strong with the weak is mostly a trick and cannot be desperate at the strategic level.

Although there is the advantage of soldiers, but this cannot make up for the double number of differences, not to mention that Wei also has elite soldiers, among the 200,000, as long as there are half of the elite, the gap between the hard power of the two sides is still very large.

"Tongguan and Chang'an are both high and thick walls, even if there are siege weapons, there will be damage, Zhong will ask us for help, that is, to imply surrender, and it must be when he has huge losses, I just need to send troops immediately when he asks for help."

Chen Shou got up at this time and said again: "At this time, although Sima Yan has 80,000, he will lose 10,000 when he attacks Chang'an, and the whole army will be tired in the siege battle. ”

"At this time, in a decisive battle, although the enemy has 180,000, it is a tired army, and our army only has 100,000, but it is a good spare time, which is actually a draw from the army."

"But Sima Yan was originally a general of the defeated army, not enough to be brave, my lord is wise and martial, like the sun rises in the east, how can he not win?"

"However, we are just staff officers, whether it is war or peace, please ask Your Majesty to decide!"

Hearing this, Yang Yi nodded slightly, this is not an argument, but a unified opinion, seeing that Jiang Wei and the others have nothing to say, that is, they agree to this battle.

The current situation can indeed drag on, but the Han State is accumulating, Wei and Wu are also accumulating, the Wei State dominates the world for five points, accounting for six points in Guanzhong, and the Han State only has two points, and it has to have three times the speed of accumulation to be on par with the Wei State, and in this era, the accumulation capacity is capped, not to mention, the Wei State can also accumulate.

If it drags on like this, it will lose the most precious strategic time, if it drags on at this time, what is the difference between her and Liu Chan? How much is the difference between it and that Sima Yi?

If you want to win the world, there must be this battle after all, at this time it is 100,000 against 200,000, if you save Zhonghui in time, maybe it will be 150,000 against 200,000.

Previously, he had defeated Jia Chong in one fell swoop with a righteous division and completely laid the foundation for his rule, and now he must also defeat Sima Yan with a righteous division in order to tell the world who is Allah.

Of course, just like the last time he fought with Jia Chong, the so-called defeat of Sima Yan with a dignified division is not to defeat the strong with the weak, but to weaken Sima Yan to the point of equality or even the weak side in terms of comprehensive factors, then the decisive battle will be won.

Immediately got up, laughed, and said: "I have made up my mind, send an order to all the departments, the Zhonghui department to ask me for help, I will immediately raise troops, you and others immediately arrange the grain route, gather the doctors, and make all preparations."

I took the warehouse first, and waited here. ”

Seeing that Yang Yi had already made a decision, everyone promised together: "Yes!" ”

A moment later, several groups of brocade guards and internal guards hurried by, and the order went.

In the council hall, the future was soon assembled.

Now it is divided into several roads, Guan Yi is part of the two roads, Wei Qiu is divided into one road, three thousand divisions are sent out of the Meridian Valley, and the rest is led by Guan Yi.

And Yang Yi here, gathered more than 50,000 troops, two generals of Da Luo and Xiao Luo, Tao Jun, Meng Ben, Ning Yi, Zhang Wei and so on.

Among the civil officials, at this time, all the scholars of the Guozijian have already arrived in the army, the Guozijian Jiuquyuan, and the Guozijian Cheng Ruan Xian have all arrived in the hall.

In the middle, Yang Yi sat safely.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please take a seat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" After Yang Yi sat down and signaled, the second class of civil and military affairs took a seat.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have newly received information that Sima Yan has been fighting with Zhonghui in Tongguan, and the two sides should be in a stalemate at present, and Guanzhong is connected to our country, if Sima Yan is allowed to occupy Guanzhong, it will pose a great threat to Hanzhong and Liangzhou."

"According to my intentions, Sima Yan captures Tongguan, and our army must be ready to wait for my order to send troops at any time to capture Chang'an, and we must not let Sima Yan succeed." As Yang Yi spoke, he ordered someone to spread out a simple map, point out the current location of the two armies, and state the interests and disadvantages, and state his own decisions and the goals of each department.

"Your Majesty, this Wei thief is so big, but we are not afraid, Your Majesty, the last time the last general was not happy, this time please be sure to take the last general as the vanguard." At this time, Luo Shang got up and said.

Now that Luo Shang has accumulated merit as a miscellaneous general, it is extremely difficult to go further, so naturally he has to have the opportunity to express himself.

"General Luo, this pioneer, leave it to me!" At this time, Meng Ben got up and knelt down solemnly in front of Yang Yi: "Please Your Majesty give me a chance, let me be the vanguard, and let the people of the world also see how we Southern Barbarians are." ”

Meng Ben was the commander of the Southern Barbarian Army in the Northern Border Army at this time, and he was in the position of a partial general, but his department was not fully staffed, but it was enough to count the auxiliary army, but the treatment of the Southern Barbarian Army was stronger than that of the auxiliary army, and it was not an elite main force.

Better treatment means better armor, stronger soldiers, naturally more military merits, Meng Ben also has the ambition of being a marquis, and now he is only an eleventh level knighthood, far from the position of a twenty-level marquis, but there is still a lot of difference.

Several generals around wanted to snatch the vanguard, but at this time, when they saw Luo Shang Meng Ben's attitude, they immediately kept silent, the Modao Army and the Lian Crossbowmen are not suitable to be the vanguard, the Hubu Army is the Chinese army, and only Luo Shang and Meng Ben can compete for the vanguard, but Yang Yi is very happy in his heart, the general is belligerent, it is better than fleeing from the battle.

This is a good thing, Yang Yi looked at the two who asked for battle, one led whether he was a flying army, and the other was a white soldier, and after thinking about it, he said: "General Meng invites you to get up, and if you have a general as a vanguard, you will be able to win." ”

This matter was decided, for others, I had to appease a little, and when I heard the words, the generals had to promise, and even Luo Shang no longer competed with Meng Ben for the vanguard, and his task was to lead the Bai Yu soldiers to resist the Hun knights.

"Everyone, this battle must be won, the Wei thief is a great enemy, in addition to the vanguard, there is also a lot to do, everyone must not slack off, go back and reorganize the army!"

"No!" The major generals all agreed, and the meeting was dispersed, and they all hurried back to deploy.