When Wei Yan was caught in the dilemma of the Meridian Valley, Jiang Wei had already started the rest and recuperation work in Chang'an.

Because Chang'an City can be regarded as peaceful to a certain extent, except for some buildings in the outer city that were damaged in the war, the inner city has hardly been damaged.

Moreover, in the process of recovering Chang'an, a large number of Wei troops were captured, and most of these captured Wei troops were willing to join the Han army, so all armies were busy selecting prisoners and replenishing soldiers.

Xiao Zhuge was very angry after receiving the treasury of Chang'an City, and he clearly agreed to leave half of the money, grain and wealth to the Han army, but unexpectedly, the Chang'an treasury was empty everywhere.

According to the Wei army who surrendered, Xiahou Nan was very greedy and had been in the business of reselling military rations, so there was indeed not much grain in the Chang'an City treasury.

This made Xiao Zhuge hate his teeth itch.

But Jiang Wei persuaded Xiao Zhuge to say: "What's so angry about this, Wei has such a big moth, it's really the blessing of my big man, it's just a little less captured, Xiao Zhuge don't be in a hurry, Chang'an is a huge city, and there are many merchants in the city, it's a big deal to spend more money to buy military rations, and then transport a batch of military rations from Tianshui, it's good!" ”

Xiao Zhuge was still a little worried, and said to Jiang Wei with a frown: "Didn't you say the intelligence?" Cao Wei's son Cao Rong will drive the expedition in person, and the 200,000 army will soon attack, maybe we need to defend Chang'an for a long time. ”

Jiang Wei felt that Xiao Zhuge was reasonable, Chang'an is very close to Luoyang, although there are still two major Xiongguan passes in the middle, Tongguan and Bishui Pass, but it must not be able to make Cao Wei feel at ease, after all, how can others be allowed to sleep soundly on the side of the couch? So a large-scale battle is inevitable.

So Jiang Wei said: "That's it, Xiao Zhuge you go back and draft the military order, so that Liang Qian will rush to Chang'an with two thousand Tiefutu within ten days, and there is no need to give them time to train, the battlefield is the best training ground." ”

Xiao Zhuge nodded and wrote it down.

In addition, Yang Yi was ordered to come to Chang'an to preside over the overall situation, and Xu Miao was ordered to guard Lanzhou. There are also Zhang Xue and Pan Ping, who should have almost recovered from their injuries, and brought 10,000 soldiers and horses from Longxi to Chang'an to help. There are also 8,000 Nan'an soldiers under your command, Xiao Zhuge who have also been transferred to Chang'an, so that I can have 150,000 troops in Chang'an. ”

Xiao Zhuge heard Jiang Wei's words and mobilized an army of 100,000, and suddenly felt a lot more stable in his heart, 150,000 against 200,000, the difference in strength does not seem so great, and the Han army still holds the card of Chang'an City in his hand, and he can defend the city.

The battle to defend the city comes with a three-point advantage, which can offset the strength advantage of the Wei army, so after Jiang Wei's planning, Xiao Zhuge felt that it should not be a big problem to defend Chang'an City.

Seeing that the corners of Xiao Zhuge 's mouth were slightly raised, Jiang Wei knew that Xiao Zhuge was anxious, and deliberately asked jokingly: "Xiao Zhuge , 150,000 against 200,000, do you think it is enough?" If that's not enough, then the Governor of Bendu will squeeze 50,000 out of the Western Regions and 50,000 from the South and Central China, and gather enough for you to gather 350,000 troops. ”

Xiao Zhuge said jokingly: "Okay, I, Zhuge Zhan soldiers, the more the merrier!" ”

Jiang Wei said as if he didn't want to answer: "That's okay, the soldiers and horses in the Western Regions and Nanzhong, you can transfer as much as you want, whatever you want!" ”

Xiao Zhuge took the order and left, and as the military orders were conveyed one after another, tens of thousands of Han troops would soon gather in Chang'an City.

Xiao Zhuge didn't plan to transfer the soldiers and horses of the Western Regions and Nanzhong, but Guan Yinping will be in a few months, maybe Hua Guan Suo, who is in Nanzhong, will want to see his little nephew.

"It may be good to transfer Guan Suo to the Yongzhou battlefield, you can take the opportunity to let him meet his sister Guan Yinping, and he can also meet his little nephew."

Xiao Zhuge thought to himself, so he added an extra military order, and transferred Guan Suo to lead 10,000 elite soldiers to and from Chang'an to participate in the Battle of Chang'an.

At this time, Guansuo belonged to Jiaozhou, and Jiang Wei originally had no right to mobilize Jiaozhou soldiers and horses, so Xiao Zhuge also wrote a report to Chengdu, and at the same time reported the good news of Chang'an's recovery, he also reported the request for this transfer of troops to Chengdu for approval.

The generals of Chang'an City all knew that Cao Rong would soon lead an army of 200,000 to attack. Although the number of 200,000 troops is very scary, the generals of Chang'an City do not seem to be so afraid.

After all, there is Jiang Wei in Chang'an City, and Jiang Wei is a legendary general who can always lead everyone from victory to victory. Two years ago, Shu Han didn't even have an enemy in a county of Yongliang, but now he has won Chang'an and taken the two major states of Yongliang, and all these victories are like a dream.

Although after the recovery of Chang'an City, the governor Jiang Wei did not hold a celebration banquet, everyone's faces were filled with the joy of victory, because they knew that Chang'an was not just a city, and the meaning of these two words was very heavy.

Perhaps after defeating Cao Ei's 200,000 army, the capital of the Han Dynasty would soon be moved back here.

In the past, although everyone called themselves the Great Han, Wei and Wu both called their countries Shu Han or Shu in Shu. I don't think that my country can represent the whole of Han.

And now that Chang'an has been laid, everything is different, as long as Chang'an is still lived, you can justifiably call yourself a Han, if anyone calls himself the Shu Army again, then it will be a meal to clean up, and scold the other party for not being knowledgeable, can't you see that the Han Dynasty is already in the hands of the Han Army?

The armies were busy resting their armies, repairing the city defenses, and preparing for the ensuing Cao Heng personal campaign, and the whole city of Chang'an was filled with a sense of joy and nervousness.

While the Han army in Chang'an City was busy, Cao Shuang's 20,000 Lin Wei vanguard army had arrived at Tongguan.

Wuwei General Cao Shuang, as an outstanding representative of the clan and Cao Ei's most trusted minister in the clan, this is the first time to lead troops out of Luoyang.

This time, he was ordered by the Son of Heaven to enter Chang'an to seize the power of Xiahou Xuan and Xiahou Nan, the two wastes, Cao Rong has appointed Cao Shuang as the governor of Yongliang, Chang'an Taishou, and take over all the command of Chang'an City.

Cao Shuang was about to lead 20,000 Yulin Guards to the west from Tongguan to receive the defense of Chang'an City, when the bad news came, Chang'an City was defeated by the Shu army.

This made Cao Shuang very shocked and angry, shocked that Jiang Wei could actually defeat Chang'an in such a short period of time, it was a giant city in the world, how could it be a giant city that could not be defeated every one or two months! What is angry is that Xiahou Xuan and Xiahou Nan, the two wastes, actually threw away Chang'an so quickly, they should really be cut with a thousand knives.

If it weren't for the fact that these two people were from the clan, Cao Shuang really wanted to devour these two people alive, but now these two people are missing, and they don't know whether they are dead or alive.

The two generals Deng Yang and Li Sheng, who followed Cao Shuang on the expedition, as well as He Yan, the core staff, all believed that since Chang'an had been lost, they should retreat to Tongguan and wait for Cao Rong's army to arrive, and then another 200,000 troops would go out of Tongguan together and defeat Jiang Wei in one go.

But Cao Shuang knows that when His Majesty comes, basically Sima Yi will also come, if Sima Yi comes, then what chance does he Cao Shuang have to show his face?

So Cao Shuangli overrode public opinion and insisted on meeting Jiang Wei for a while, so he led an army of 20,000 to the foot of Chang'an City, lined up the formation, called Jiang Wei, and wanted to compete with Jiang Wei outside Chang'an City.