Jiang Wei arranged for Chen Tai and Xiahou Ba to work with Wen Yuan to rescue Shangyong with Ma Dai's 20,000 Liangzhou iron cavalry, so that it was the reinforcements of the Wei army on the surface, so as not to break the Han-Wu alliance, and through the speed advantage of the cavalry, it could quickly rescue Shangyong.

After several battles between Tianshui and Chang'an, there were already tens of thousands of Wei prisoners in the Han army, and the Wei army's military uniforms had always been lacking, so Jiang Wei ordered Ma Dai's 20,000 Liangzhou iron cavalry to change into Wei army uniforms.

In order to achieve the fastest rush to the aid of Shangyong, Jiang Wei decided to let the army set off directly from the territory of Cao Wei, instead of taking the meridian road, which is heavy in mountains and narrow roads.

Instead, it started from the east of Chang'an, took Lantian to the south, crossed the Huangni Pass, and galloped directly south to help Shangyong. After all, Wen Yuan is a real general of the Wei army, and after Wen Yuan rescued Chen Tai and Xiahou Ba, Xiahou Nan sent three people to lead 20,000 cavalry to help Shangyong, and he should be able to pass through the Huangni Pass smoothly.

As long as you pass through the Huangni Pass, there is a smooth road to the south, which can reach Shangyong as quickly as possible, and the reinforcements from the territory of Cao Wei will not arouse the suspicion of Eastern Wu.

After Jiang Wei decided on the strategy, he taught Wen Yuan, Chen Tai, Xiahou Ba, and Ma Dai face-to-face, and all four of them felt that this strategy was feasible.

When parting, Wen Yuan gave Jiang Wei a rare grateful look and said softly:

"Jiang Wei, thank you!"

Jiang Wei waved his hand generously and said to Wen Yuan: "What is this thing that Sister Wen Yuan said, you and I are a family, a family does not speak two words, your business is my business, rescue the old man, I Jiang Boyo is duty-bound!" ”

Wen Yuan knew that Jiang Wei was taking advantage of him, but this time Wen Yuan did not fight with Jiang Wei, but looked at Jiang Wei with gratitude, arched his hand to Jiang Wei, and then followed Ma Dai all the way out of the south gate of Chang'an.

After sending Wen Yuan and the others away, Jiang Wei immediately found Zhuge Zhan and said to Xiao Zhuge Zhan:

"Xiao Zhuge , you quickly get a letter to Tianshui Liaohua, let him lead 10,000 troops back to Hanzhong, and order Hanzhong guards Hu Ji and Dong Ju, once General Ma Dai rescues Shangyong and rescues my old father-in-law Wen Qin, immediately send troops from Hanzhong to attack Shangyong, then General Ma Dai will naturally join forces with Hanzhong soldiers and horses, then you can easily take Shangyong."

Xiao Zhuge couldn't help but give Jiang Wei a thumbs up when he heard this: "Brother Boyo, before you wanted to save Wen Qin, I once suspected that you were forgetful and wanted to do things for Cao Wei, but now it seems that Brother Boyo, you are still loyal to the Han, on the surface you are saving the mediocrity, but in fact you are seeking the mediocrity!" Wonderful! Wonderful! ”

Jiang Wei said with a smile: "The governor of Pontus has always been loyal to the Han, but Zhao Riyue, I am such an honest and honest person, the starting point of everything is naturally for the Han, Xiao Zhuge You have to learn more in the future!" ”

Xiao Zhuge nodded very chickenly.

Jiang Wei was eager to know what the result of Xiahou Xuan's entry into the inner city to persuade Xiahou Nan was? If you can't persuade Xiahou Nan, you will have to fight another tough battle.

However, after Xiahou Xuan entered the city, it was like a stone sinking into the sea, and there was no news coming out, and Jiang Wei had no choice but to wait for the news to come out of the city.

By dawn the next day, Jiang Wei still hadn't received any news, Jiang Weixin said that it was bad, Xiahou Xuan should not have persuaded Xiahou Nan, and it was estimated that he would have to fight a tough battle, so he was ready to gather the generals to discuss the attack on the inner city.

At this time, a scout suddenly reported that an important piece of information had been intercepted.

Jiang Wei took it and saw that it turned out to be a holy decree of reprimand, to the effect that Xiahou Xuan was reprimanded as the governor of Yongliang and his command was ineffective, resulting in the loss of Tianshui, an important town in Yongzhou, and he was dismissed from his post and investigated.

Xiahou Nan sat on an army of 50,000, but sat back and watched the fall of Tianshui and did not actively attack, which led to the situation in Yongzhou falling into a predicament, and he returned to Beijing with his dismissal, and handed over the military power to Cao Shuang, the general of the military guard who was about to replace him.

The letter also mentioned that this time Cao Wei's son of heaven Cao Rong will lead an army of 200,000 to march in person, and the vanguard of the Wei army reinforcements has set off, and the vanguard army is led by Cao Shuang, the general of Wuwei, who is expected to arrive in Chang'an in three days.

When Jiang Wei saw this letter, he immediately cried and laughed, Yulinwei under Xiahou Xuan's command was generally annihilated by himself, and the other half had already surrendered to Shu Han, Xiahou Xuan had already become a commander of the light pole, what is the difference between dismissal and non-dismissal?

The most important thing is that at the moment of the great enemy, he still has to punish Xiahou Nan, and he is not afraid that Xiahou Nan will be unhappy to surrender to the big man?

However, seeing that Cao Shuang was going to lead the reinforcements to Chang'an in three days, Jiang Wei suddenly panicked, and it seemed that he couldn't wait any longer, and wait to take Chang'an as soon as possible.

So Jiang Wei returned the letter to the scout and asked the scout to send it into the city. He believed that after reading the letter, Xiahou Nan and Xiahou Xuan in the city should accept Jiang Wei's conditions.

Instead of fighting to the death with the Han army in Chang'an, and then waiting for Cao Shuang to pick the fruits of victory, it is better to take the army out of Chang'an, anyway, they are all dismissed, why do you want to work hard in Chang'an City?

Sure enough, everything was as Jiang Wei expected, less than an hour after the letter was sent into the inner city, Xiahou Xuan came out, and he took Xiahou Nan's decision and was willing to accept Jiang Wei's conditions: the inner city treasury took away half of the money and grain, and then handed over Chang'an City to Jiang Wei, as long as Jiang Wei could ensure that the Wei army left Chang'an safely.

Jiang Wei has always valued credibility, and this time is naturally no exception, and he happily withdrew all the defenders in the outer city in the east, while Xiahou Nan could smoothly lead the army to withdraw from Chang'an.

At the beginning, Xiahou Maozhi sent 2,000 people out of the city, and after seeing that the Shu army really did not have any obstacles, he sent the main force out of the city one after another, everything went smoothly, and the Shu army did not get in the way at all, even if Xiahou Mao used all the carriages under his command and moved everything that could be moved, the Shu army did not stop it at all.

It took half a day for the Wei army to finally withdraw from Chang'an, and the Shu army entered Chang'an City one after another to take over the defense of Chang'an City.

This former capital of the Han Dynasty, a giant city in the world, has finally returned to the hands of the Han army.

Ten miles out of Chang'an City, Xiahou Xuan saw that the Shu army was also in pursuit, and if he walked forward for a day, he could reach Tongguan, Xiahou Xuan suddenly grabbed Xiahou Mao and said:

"Brother Zilin, we can't just go back to Luoyang like this, if we go back like this, you and I will be dismissed, not only will we lose our military power, but we will also be in prison."

Xiahou Mao said with some indignation: "Then what do you say? ”

Xiahou Xuan pointed to the south and said: "While we still have 30,000 troops in our hands and plenty of food and grass, we will take a gamble!" ”

"Bet on what?" Xiahou Mao asked curiously.

"Gambling that Hanzhong is insufficient, our army attacks Hanzhong, as long as Hanzhong is captured, it is a miracle achievement, then you and I are not only not guilty, but also the great heroes of Great Wei."

Xiahou Mao thought for a while and said: "Okay, Hengzhi is a death, it's better to fight, Chang'an wants to go to Hanzhong, there are four feasible roads, the nearest of which is the Meridian Valley, let's lead 30,000 troops to go to the Meridian Valley into Hanzhong, and give Shu a surprise attack on it!" ”

Xiahou Xuan nodded solemnly.