Cao Rong announced that he was going to drive the expedition in person, apparently he had realized that if Chang'an was lost, then Chang'an was very close to Luoyang, as long as the Shu army captured Chang'an and broke through Tongguan, Luoyang would receive a direct threat from the Shu army.

Luoyang is the capital of the Great Wei Dynasty, Cao Rong has poured too much effort into Luoyang, and has built so many majestic and gorgeous palaces according to the "Secret Techniques of Hundred Crafts", how can it be coveted by Shu?

Therefore, Chang'an must not afford to lose, in order to defend Chang'an, Cao Rong did not hesitate to drive in person.

Cao Ei ordered continuously:

"Ling Taiwei Sima Yi led an army of 80,000 to return to the aid in the starry night and rushed to the Yongzhou battlefield. ordered Yuzhou to assassinate Shi Wang Ling, led 50,000 Yuzhou soldiers and horses, and entered Yongzhou to fight; Ordered Qingzhou Assassin Shi Zang Ba to lead 50,000 Qingzhou troops into Yongzhou to fight, and ordered Wuwei general Cao Shuang to lead 20,000 Yulin Wei to fight in Yongzhou. ”

Cao Rong issued a series of orders, and he wanted to mobilize 200,000 troops in one go.

Cao Shuang was excited, he finally had the opportunity to go to the battlefield, and he was accompanying the emperor to drive the expedition in person, Cao Shuang suddenly looked proud, and replied:

"Obey the order!"

Chen Qun was a little worried, "Your Majesty mobilized 200,000 troops in one go, is it too much, even if Jiang Wei has 120,000 troops under his command, but Chang'an Xiahou Mao and Xiahou Xuan should have more than 55,000 troops together, is it too much to think of Jiang Wei?" ”

Gao Tanglong also said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Jiang Wei is just a martial artist, even if he has the ability to fight in battle, as long as the Taiwei leads the army back to help and fights against him, with more than 50,000 defenders in Chang'an, plus 80,000 elites under the command of Taiwei, there will be more than 130,000 troops, and the ability of Taiwei is enough to repel Jiang Wei'er." Your Majesty's golden body, why bother to recruit it yourself? ”

Cao Rong's complexion was very bad, but he still respected Gao Tanglong's words very much, so he said:

"Gao Aiqing's words, Lone is clear, but Lone heard that Jiang Wei is Zhuge Liang's descendant disciple, in just two years, he has continued to encroach on the territory of my Great Wei Yongliang, and now he can gather an army of 120,000, which shows that this son has become a big problem for my Great Wei. If this battle does not defeat him with the strength of the tiger and the rabbit, there will be endless troubles in the future. ”

Cao Shuang also said: "Yes, this Jiang Wei has become the biggest threat to my Great Wei after Gongsun Yuan, and he must strike hard and strive for the rest of the battle." The minister agreed with His Majesty's strategy. ”

Chen Qun was still worried: "But Your Majesty, in this way, it is to mobilize almost the entire territory of Great Wei, and such a mobilization of troops will greatly consume the national strength of my Great Wei!" ”

"Yes, yes, natural disasters have continued in the past two years, and such a lot of labor will cause a deficit in the treasury!"

"Your Majesty, please think twice......"

“……”

All kinds of doubts came one after another, so that Cao Rong, who had just vomited blood, was tired of it, he slapped the dragon chair and shouted:

"Don't say it, the decision has been made, immediately send an order to all the armies, quickly gather the army to Luoyang to converge, limited to the fifteenth, after the army converges in Luoyang, the lone general will drive the expedition!"

Seeing that Cao Rong had made up his mind, the ministers of the court knew that it was pointless to persuade him any longer, so they all bowed their hands and said:

"Your Ministers obey!"

At the same time that Cao Wei had listed Jiang Wei as a major confidant, Jiang Wei had also completed the final preparations for attacking Chang'an.

On April 20, at the stage of the full completion of spring ploughing, Jiang Wei began the first general attack on Chang'an City.

For this siege, Jiang Wei and Zhuge Zhan prepared a large number of siege equipment, in addition to thirty thunderbolts, they also prepared twenty siege towers as high as four zhang, which can be level with the outer city wall of Chang'an.

In addition, in order to deal with the wide moat of Chang'an City, Xiao Zhuge also found a siege vehicle from "Hundred Crafts" and successfully produced it. The siege vehicle had four wheels and was topped by a long ladder with five folds, which could be extended until it crossed the moat.

Zhuge Zhan only made sixty of these siege vehicles in one go, which greatly reduced the pressure on the soldiers to fill the moat, and to a certain extent, there was no need to fill it at all.

In addition, Jiang Wei also ordered the army to bring a lot of bed crossbows from various cities, adding up to a total of two hundred, Jiang Wei wanted to use bed crossbows to form a strong fire suppression of the defenders of Chang'an City, through the bed crossbow's ultra-long range and strong lethality, in order to suppress the threat of the Wei army to the Han army at the head of the city.

In addition, for the weakest link of the city gate, Zhuge Zhan also made a new siege vehicle in accordance with the "Hundred Crafts Technique", shaped like a fire-breathing beast, and the head of the ram is equipped with a fire-breathing device, which can be used to spew fire to the city gate at the same time as the city gate, in order to burn the city gate, Zhuge Zhan called it a fire beast siege vehicle, a total of ten units were prepared.

In the case of all kinds of siege equipment prepared, Jiang Wei also built several huge watchtowers in the camp outside Chang'an City, each of which is as high as six zhang, standing on the watchtower, the layout in Chang'an City can be seen almost at a glance.

After making full preparations, 120,000 troops gathered under the city of Chang'an, including 60,000 Hanzhong soldiers, basically all kinds of infantry. Coupled with the 10,000 infantry and 50,000 cavalry under Jiang Wei's department, when all the armies gathered, the armies of each phalanx were arrayed under Chang'an City, and there was a terrifying and powerful oppressive force.

Jiang Wei has always hoped that the Wei army can go out of the city to fight, after all, the Shu army has as many as 50,000 cavalry, which is already on par with the Wei army defenders, as long as the Wei army dares to go out of the city, Jiang Wei has absolute confidence that he can eat them.

Therefore, during the construction of the camp by the Shu army, Jiang Wei has deliberately released a lot of stragglers, hoping to lure the Wei army out of the city to attack, but the camp from digging the foundation to the initial completion, a total of five days and five nights under the nose of the Wei army, the Wei army was stunned that he did not go out of the city to attack the Shu army, and almost sat back and watched the Shu army build a walled fort outside Chang'an City.

In fact, it's not that the Wei army didn't want to go out of the city to attack, at least Xiahou Xuan had this idea, seeing the skirmishers outside who didn't even have weapons and armor, Xiahou Xuan wanted to attack the Shu army, but unfortunately Xiahou Mao was unwilling to live or die.

Xiahou Mao said that Zhuge Liang used this trick to deceive the Wei army out of the city and lose in the field, and he resolutely did not fall for it.

Xiahou Xuan was very angry, but he had too few troops in his hands, and he couldn't suppress Xiahou Mao if he wanted to use the position of the governor.

So the Wei army could only watch with hatred as the Shu army made all the siege arrangements outside the city.

Seeing that the army was ready, Jiang Wei stood on top of a chariot, with Wang Ping and Zhuge Zhan beside him, and he shouted loudly:

"Zhang Yi led 20,000 infantry, as the Chinese army, responsible for attacking the front, and Jufu and Jiang Bin each led 10,000 Han soldiers to be responsible for the left and right flanks."

Zhang Yi, Ju Fu, and Jiang Bin took the order and left.

"Fu Yan led two thousand Bai'er troops and Liang Xu led two thousand Qilin troops, as reserves, and when there is progress in the siege, they will quickly follow up!"

Fu Yan and Liang Xu gave up their orders and left.

"Oh He Yaoge led 20,000 Qiang cavalry to press the formation on the left flank, and Liu Bao led 10,000 Hun archers to press the formation on the right flank."

He Yaoge and Liu Bao took the order and left.

"Ma Dai, you lead 20,000 Liangzhou iron cavalry, and together with General Wang Ping's 20,000 elites of Hanzhong, you will press the formation for the Chinese army!"

"Yes!" Mardai Angers commanded.

After the armies were arranged, Jiang Weimeng waved the flag and shouted:

"Attack with all your troops!"