In the Meridian Valley, Wei Qiu took off his armor at this time, rested for the time being, and looked at the 3,000 people under his subordinates, all wearing soft armor, holding short crossbows, and the soldiers also had ring-headed knives and short thorns, and they all had a small round shield, and each soldier still had food.

There were still livestock, but now they have almost been eaten.

Most of the rest are all kinds of military rations, and there are still a few days to eat, according to the map, they are not far from their destination, and their destination is not elsewhere, but Lantian County.

Chang'an is useless with their thousands of lightly armored infantry troops, but Lantian County is a vital place.

……

On the Wuguan Road

At this time, there is a group of people and horses, walking on a hidden path near the left side of Wuguan Road, although the number of people is not large, but they are all elite, and the horses that sit down are all high-quality horses.

The first person, looking at the nearby Wuguan, sighed for a long time before he sighed: "Be careful, our trip is very important!" ”

"General, I'd like to go to the front to find out the situation." At this time, one of the people took the initiative to ask: "Let's see if I can still get in touch with the shadows." ”

"Be careful." The general nodded in agreement.

The leader kicked the horse's belly and urged the horse to go in the direction of Wuguan.

And this group of men and horses was waiting in a remote place nearby, and naturally it was impossible to make a fire at this time, so everyone took out the dry food from the horse bag, which was fried rice, dried meat, ham, and the like.

Even if they take a temporary rest and let the horses graze and draught, this team of people and horses is still vigilant at any time.

Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, two hours passed, and finally the figure who had just gone appeared from the front, still a man and a horse, and quickly came to everyone.

"General, I have been contacted, this is Yinxin, according to the intelligence, there are still 1,000 soldiers in Wuguan, most of them are old and weak!" The man turned over and dismounted, and said what he had learned: "After General Guan withdrew from Nanxiang, the Wei people also withdrew from Wuguan. ”

"In this case, go back and report the news, and we will continue to march and take this martial pass." The general nodded and gave an order: "Zhang Dou, since you are an explorer, it is up to you to take a few people back to negotiate, just in case." ”

"No!" Zhang Dou responded, this is a military order.

After resting for a while, the army and horses galloped towards Wuguan.

……

Chang'an City, thick smoke billowing, the sound of killing, this sound can be seen even from miles away, countless people rushed up through the ladder and arrow tower, and kept falling, turning into a mass of broken flesh under the city, blood splashing.

Another tidal wave of attacks stopped.

It's just that, standing in Chang'an City and looking out, the entire outside of the city is densely covered with troops waving flags, retreating enemy soldiers, sorting out soldiers and weapons an arrow away, and in the distance, there are craftsmen with the army tinkling and repairing siege vehicles and ladders.

The front is noisy, the back is immovable, quiet and indifferent, and at a glance you know that the commander of the Wei people has managed the army well.

At this time, Chang'an City was already in a busy mess.

A battle had just ended, and the wounded soldiers were being treated.

From time to time, people died, and the sound of groans and screams was heard on the towers.

Dead soldiers are dragged down to be burned, and in such a hot season, if the corpses are allowed to pile up and decompose, it will not only break morale, but also bring plague.

Zhong Hui's nephew, Zhong Yi, after inspecting the city, returned to the hall with a gloomy face, looked for a seat, and threw his body up.

Although Zhong Yi is a fierce general, and there are personal guards, but in the face of the 200,000 horses pressed by Sima Yan, he is still under great pressure.

He felt that if he continued like this, he might not be able to support it in less than half a month.

"I wonder what my uncle will do?" Thinking of Zhong Hui, Zhong Yi's mood calmed down a little.

Pick up the tea cup placed next to him, raise his head and drink, the tea has already cooled down, who cares about so much at this time, the hot bubbles in his mouth due to the internal fire, the surging blood, has already made him angry.

At this time, even if you drink a cup of agar jade liquid, you can't taste the wonderful taste, but this herbal tea has slightly calmed down this restless fire.

At this moment, someone came in to report that the handsome man wanted to see him, Zhong Yi immediately breathed a sigh of relief when he heard it, and asked, "Where is the handsome now?" ”

"It's coming this way." The man replied.

After this person said this, Zhong Yi had already rushed out.

Zhong Hui, who was tired and surrounded by guards, was coming in from outside, and when he saw Zhong Yi, his eyes noticed Zhong Yi's injured left arm.

"Yi'er, are you injured?" Depending on the situation, the injury is not light.

"Yes, when the enemy attacked the city today, he accidentally hit a cold arrow." Zhong Yi said lightly.

Knowing that his nephew is always charging forward, he is never greedy for life and afraid of death, and he has resisted and attacked vigorously in the past few days, not inferior to those generals, although Zhong Hui did not say anything, his face was already satisfied.

Zhong Yi was originally the son of his brother, and now he is the adopted son of Zhong Hui, just to inherit the strength of Zhong Hui's military.

"Now that you're injured, you can rest!" Zhong Hui said comfortingly.

Hearing this, Zhong Yi immediately said: "Uncle, my nephew's injury is nothing, and he can still solve problems for his uncle." ”

The tone was very serious.

Zhong Hui has no sons, but there are a lot of brothers, and there are four sons-in-law, Zhong Yong and Zhong Yi passed on to Zhong Hui as adopted sons, and Zhong Hui still likes Zhong Yuan very much.

Zhong Yu didn't care, his son Zhong Jun also gave birth to a lot, and he was also a successor, and Zhong Hui also had a foundation that needed to be inherited.

It's just that no one expected that the situation would develop to such a point, and they would turn their faces with Sima and face each other.

Now it is the difficulty of the Zhong family, Zhong Hui regretted it, but this regret has been cut off by him from the moment the war started, he knows very well that if he surrenders at this time, then the Zhong family is full of people, and I am afraid that they will become the victims of the Sima family's "killing chickens and monkeys".

Fortunately, there are several sons, Zhong Yong is the main man in Chang'an City, Zhong Yi is the main general, and Zhong Yuan is inside and outside the traffic, Zhong Hui likes these three sons very much.

Hearing Zhong Yi's words, Zhong Hui rarely showed a smile: "Do you still want to be strong in front of your uncle?" It's just to let you rest for two days, this city is defended, but it is a protracted war, and the generals who go into battle will not be consumed like this all the time? There's always a rotation, you just rest! ”

Hearing his uncle say this, Zhong Yifang no longer insisted, and he saluted respectfully: "Yes, I listen to my uncle's order." "Lazy people listen to books

Looking at Zhong Yi's departing back, Zhong Hui showed a rare smile of relief even at this moment.

"All of you, come in with me and tell me about the situation here." At this time, the rest of the generals who had been summoned had received the news and came to the front of the hall.

Glancing at them, Zhong Hui was the first to walk towards the hall.

As the sun had set, a soldier stepped into the hall, lit the lamp, and served tea again.

Because it was to discuss military affairs, the hall was guarded by personal guards, and no one was allowed to approach it.

In the hall, the generals stood below, and the main Bo Zhong Yong had also arrived and took a seat below the bell meeting.

First of all, the generals will explain the battle situation here one by one.

"Marshal, the soldiers under my command are now killed and wounded more than 400 people."

"Marshal, more than 300 of my subordinates have been killed in battle, and one-third of the stone bullets prepared in advance have been consumed."

"Dashuai, the city wall of our department is a key attack area, although it is being repaired, but there are many cracks, and I ask Dashuai to send people to support the repair."

“……”

"Of the 35,000 defenders in the city, more than 3,000 have been killed or wounded, and this battle is really fierce!" Zhong Hui listened to the report at this time, grinding the cup with his fingers, and quickly calculated in his heart how likely his side was to win.

Naturally, there is no chance of victory, it just depends on how long it can last, if it lasts for a month or two, then Sima Yan should be in a hurry, 200,000 troops are stationed here, which is an extremely difficult thing in terms of logistics.

If Yan Han dares to surprise the army to attack the grain road, then the 200,000 army will be defeated immediately!

If you can't attack it, Sima Yan should withdraw, and then he will want to change Guanzhong and merge the state, how dare Sima Yan not give it?

After a moment, he said, "You don't have to be anxious, I will collect strong men from the people in the city to replenish the troops, you can retreat!" ”

"No!" Although the people present knew that the newly recruited strong men were far inferior to the original soldiers, this was also a helpless thing, so they had to deal with it.

When the crowd will retreat, there will be two men left in the temple.

Zhong Yong first wanted to bow and say goodbye, and then he was about to say goodbye, Zhong Hui waved his hand and said: "Don't go, there is no one here now, just talk about it, how to deal with this situation?" ”

Zhong Yong listened, pondered for a moment, and said: "Father, if I don't destroy my morale, this time Sima Zhao has already made a bloody investment, although he has lost twenty or thirty thousand, I think he will still insist on fighting, looking at this situation, with the strength of my family, I am afraid it will be difficult to hold this Chang'an City for a long time." ”

Hearing this, Zhong Hui couldn't sit still, he was furious, and wanted to scold, but he swallowed half of the words back into his stomach.

This is a son, although he is not a relative, but he inherits the family business, he has always been stable, and Zhong Yong knows all the situations in the city, Zhong Hui can still listen to him.

"How is the connection between Yuan'er and the outside world?" Zhong Hui's face was completely gloomy, his thick eyebrows were horizontal, and he asked faintly.

Zhong Yong shook his head and said: "Father, it's not going well, now the world is calculating, there are three families, to make Sima Zhao order the withdrawal of the army, one is Sun Wu, my father must also know that this Sun family has been fierce and timid for several generations, and he is scheming and indecisive, doing big things and sparing his life, and forgetting his righteousness when he sees small profits, it is really impossible to send troops." ”

"As for those Cao people who are trapped in Liaodong, the land is narrow and there are few people, and they may not be willing to send troops, even if they do, it is useless." Before he could continue, Zhong Hui interrupted and said, "Don't say it!" ”

sneered: "It seems that it is difficult to do anything at this time." ”

Zhong Hui sneered, but his tone was very calm: "Now in this world, there are no heroes. ”

"Tell me what to do!" Seeing that Zhong Yong wanted to speak and stopped, Zhong Hui said clearly: "Say, at this time, what is the best way to solve the siege?" ”

"Father, maybe consider forming an alliance with the Han Lord, Yan Han is ...... after all" Zhong Yong hesitated, and finally opened his mouth to speak.

Of course he knew that this alliance was fake, and the surrender was true, and sure enough, Zhong Hui, who had a calm expression, slapped the table and said coldly: "Hugh wants to mention this Han lord to me!" I'm in this situation now, and so is she! ”

Seeing that Zhong would be furious, Zhong Yong didn't dare to say more.

Thinking of what he had just said, Zhong Hui waved his hand a little irritably: "That's it, you stand down first, let me think about it again." ”

Zhong Yong retired, and in the huge room, only Zhong Hui was left in the hall to close his eyes and recuperate.

A moment later, a teacup fell to the ground, and it came from inside the hall.

In the next few days, the war continued, and every day, the siege and defense of the city were tireless, and the two sides fought to the death.

Sima Yan's method was very simple and cruel, that is, with one-third of the regular army, he drove the auxiliary troops to attack the city, and those who dared to retreat were beheaded.

The 10,000 auxiliaries were almost killed and wounded, and another 10,000 auxiliaries were transferred, and he had 50,000 auxiliaries.

The big banner on the head of the city was shattered, and the black Wei army, in the more and more rapid drum beats, rushed upward, and crashed into the city wall for a moment, and with a "boom", the battle broke out again.

"Put!" At the sound of an order from above, a rain of arrows fell, and there were stones of different sizes, smashing down in the crowd, splashing blood-colored waves.

But more crowds, in the sound of drums, go forward and follow the impact.

"Boom", another flying stone, smashed on the city wall, and a piece of soldiers, hit the flesh and blood sideways.

The commander of the Wei army is nominally Sima Yan, but in fact it is Yanghu, the door of the Yang family is similar to the Sima family, and it is also the lord of the Gaomen of the two thousand stones of the generation, and in several replacements, the Yang team has never made a mistake, three years ago, when the battle of Shu broke out, Yanghu finally threw himself under the Sima family.

Yanghu was appointed as the leader of the central army; This position was held by Cao Cao, who was the prime minister in the twelfth year of Jian'an, and was held by Shi Lian, a close general, to lead the guards and forbidden army.

After Shi Lian's death, Xiahou Yuan acted as the leader of the central army, and then Han Hao served as the leader of the middle army (once signed in the persuasion of the Jiuxi table: Long live the Zhongjunjun Pavilion Marquis Han Hao); Twenty-four years after Jian'an, Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu succeeded him.

Cao Wei followed the Han Dynasty and had a battalion directly under him, responsible for commanding the Zhonghu Army, the five lieutenants, and the new forbidden troops such as Wuwei, Zhongli, Xiaocai, Zhongjian, and Guerrilla, and became the supreme commander of the forbidden army.

As the senior leader of the army named the general, plus as the leading general, in the middle of the leading army, the power and responsibility is quite heavy, Cao Wei period to the clan cronies for it, such as Emperor Wen of Wei, Cao Xiuqian as the leading general.

He was later succeeded by Cao Yan, the son of Cao Chun, the former tiger and leopard riding governor, and after Cao Fang, the king of Qi, ascended the throne, Jiang Ji filled this position.

During the Cao Wei period, the Zhongling Army was the third rank, and its status was the same as that of Siping, Si'an General, Long Xiang, Zhengzhu General, and Auxiliary General, and higher than the rest of the miscellaneous generals.

The ministers of Cao Wei who served as the leader of the Central Army were: Cao Xiu, Cao Zhen, Xiahou Shang, Chen Qun, Cao Xi, Xu Yun, Wang Su, Huan Fan, Wang Guan, etc.

Yanghu has won the trust of the Sima clan, which can be seen from this position, and now he is the position of the military advisor of the Han army, counselor of all military affairs, the commander of the 200,000 Han army, in fact, he is.

The soldiers of Yanghu and Zhonghui are considered to be chess opponents, and they are all accurate and sophisticated, and they are almost consuming life and time together as if they have a tacit understanding.