Sima Yi was surprised that Cao Rong would send himself to Wancheng to deal with Lu Xun, and he wanted to reveal the plan in his heart.

Sima Yi was keenly aware that if he threw out his own strategy to break the game, not only could not change Cao Ei's prejudice against his desire to compete for merit, but also might make Cao Ei more suspicious of himself.

After all, the emperor's mind is a kind of balance. Now that Sima Yi has the power of Liaodong's victory, and his reputation in the Great Wei is in full swing, Cao Yi is bound to be afraid that Sima Yi's merit will be high and shocking the lord, if Sima Yi makes another great contribution to the restoration of Chang'an, I am afraid that Sima Yi will have to be crowned a duke.

This is a situation that Cao Ei absolutely does not want to see.

After figuring out this layer, Sima Yi no longer hesitated, after all, the Wancheng battlefield is also very important, if Wancheng is lost, Luoyang and Xuchang will be threatened, so Sima Yi bowed to the ground and said:

"The minister obeys the order, and the minister will lead 80,000 heroes to sweep away the Lu Xun coalition army, recover the lost land in Jingzhou, and be ashamed!"

Cao Rong saw that Sima Yi obeyed his arrangement, so he said with satisfaction: "If you are alone, you can't be strong for the captain, but the battle ahead is tight, and the captain Lao will set off as soon as possible and rush to the Wancheng battlefield!" ”

Sima Yi hurriedly surrendered his hand, "Your Majesty, rest assured, the minister will not disgrace his mission!" ”

So Sima Yi went out of the palace and soon mobilized an army of 80,000, this time, in addition to participating in the crusade against Liaodong, such as Qiujian, Hu Zun, Chen Qi and other generals who went out with the army, Sima Yi also brought his two precious sons, Sima Shi and Sima Zhao went on the expedition, Sima Yi felt that it was time to train his two sons.

Although Sima Yi also brought his two sons with him when he fought against Zhuge Liang, he was almost burned to death by Zhuge Liang in the upper valley.

So much so that Sima Yi didn't dare to take his son to the battlefield when he went out to Liaodong.

But now against Lu Xun, Sima Yi felt that he always had to win military merit and prestige for his two sons, and he couldn't keep his two sons for a lifetime, so he resolutely decided to take his two sons with him.

In addition, Zhong Hui, who wholeheartedly followed Sima Yi, Sima Yi also gave him the position of secretary Lang, allowing him to accompany the army and counsel the military.

After Sima Yi faced the saint, it only took one day to mobilize the army, and the next day he led an army of 80,000 to roll south.

Almost at the same time that Sima Yi led the army to Jingzhou, the reinforcements led by Wang Ling and Zang Ba also left Tongguan and arrived at Cao Shuang's camp.

The arrival of reinforcements made the troops under Cao Shuang's command reach 120,000 at once, which is already on par with the army of Chang'an City, which makes Cao Shuang's heart surging, as long as His Majesty leads 80,000 elite soldiers to arrive, then Chang'an will be broken.

Then there was a message from Luoyang that His Majesty was seriously ill and could not drive the expedition in person, and at the same time, there were no other reinforcements for the time being, and Sima Yi's 80,000 troops had been sent by His Majesty to the Jingzhou battlefield to fight against Lu Xun's 100,000 Wushu coalition army.

After Cao Shuang learned the news, he was immediately mixed with mixed feelings, worried that Cao Rong was seriously ill, and he didn't know what the illness had become, but he heard that he had vomited blood two or three times in a row, and he couldn't get out of bed. This couldn't help but make Cao Shuang very worried about Emperor Cao Ei's body. In addition, there were no reinforcements, which also made Cao Shuang quite angry.

It's a pity that not only did the emperor Cao Rong not come, but even Sima Yi, the old horseman, did not come, and now he became the supreme commander of the 120,000 army, and no one could steal his limelight anymore.

So he quickly convened a military meeting to discuss the strategy of capturing Chang'an.

At the military meeting, in addition to the two generals Deng Yang and Li Sheng, there were also core staff He Yan, and two generals, Wang Ling and Zang Ba, also participated in the meeting.

Cao Shuang, as the commander of the army, said to everyone:

"Ladies and gentlemen, with the trust of Your Majesty, General Ben, as the commander of the army, commands an army of 120,000 and wants to recover Chang'an. Now that His Majesty is seriously ill, he will no longer be able to drive the expedition in person, and the burden of recovering Chang'an has been handed over to the shoulders of this general, and I hope you can work together with this general to attack Chang'an! ”

Everyone gave up their hands and expressed their willingness to obey Cao Shuang's dispatch.

Wang Ling took the opportunity to ask: "If the general wants to attack Chang'an, he must have a plan in mind, can you say that he will wait with me." ”

Cao Shuang said: "This is natural, the general has already made a plan, the Japanese general will gather outside the city of Chang'an, set up a large array outside the city, send cavalry to invite the battle, and wait for the Shu army to kill, our army will rush up, take advantage of the situation to defeat the Shu army, and then break through Chang'an!" ”

"Ah, this ......" After Zang Ba listened to Cao Shuang's strategy, he suddenly stopped talking.

Wang Ling thought that he had misheard, and hurriedly asked: "What the general said, it should be one of the strategies to attack Chang'an, the premise is that the Shu army is successful in luring and the army is attacking smoothly. If the lure fails, presumably the general army has other strategies to attack Chang'an, right? ”

Cao Shuang was originally very satisfied with his strategy, after all, he achieved six battles and six victories in this way, this trick is very useful, and it is not unpleasant to try! Unexpectedly, Wang Ling suddenly asked himself if he had any other plans, and asked Cao Shuang at once.

Because Cao Shuang hadn't thought of other plans at all, this really didn't happen.

However, as the commander of the First Army, Cao Shuang couldn't say that he hadn't thought about what to do if the Shu Army couldn't lure it out? That would be very shameless, so I fell into embarrassment for a while.

He Yan saw that Cao Shuang was stunned, and hurriedly said: "General Wang Ling, General Wuwei has naturally considered this point, but if the Shu army does not go out of the city to fight a decisive battle with our army, there will only be a strong attack on Chang'an." ”

"Ahh Right! He Yan is right, if Jiang Wei'er doesn't have the courage to come out to fight, we will attack Chang'an, we have 120,000 elite soldiers, and we can also pile him Jiang Wei to death. ”

Zang Ba asked: "Since the general has plans to storm Chang'an, presumably the general has been outside Chang'an for so long, and he has fully prepared all kinds of siege equipment, right?" ”

"Huh? What? Siege engines? Cao Shuang was a little surprised.

"Could it be that for so long, the general has not prepared any siege equipment?" Wang Ling was shocked.

Of course, Cao Shuang did not prepare any siege equipment, and in his opinion, there was no need for this. So he said triumphantly:

"General Ben brought all the cavalry, so naturally he didn't prepare siege equipment. However, there is no need for that, as long as Jiang Wei dares to go out of the city, General Ben will definitely be able to beat him to the ground, General Deng, General Li, don't you say? ”

After that, the two generals, Deng Yang and Li Sheng, both showed smug expressions and kept nodding.

Wang Ling and Zang Ba glanced at each other, and they both saw an indescribable disappointment in each other's eyes.

Wang Ling couldn't help but sigh bitterly in his heart: "Your Majesty, what kind of straw bag did you choose to command our 120,000 army, everyone in the court said that Guo Huai was a straw bag, but I thought that Guo Huai was far better than Xiahou Xuan, Xiahou Nan and others." Now it seems that this Cao Shuang may not even be as good as Xiahou Xuan and Xiahou Nan! ”