On the right side of the wind, Liu Bei's main army and Cao Wei's Yongzhou army confronted each other in Huaili, preparing to dam and flood the city of Huaili.

Zuo Fengyi, Zhang Xi took Liu Yin, and the light troops went straight forward, and they also arrived outside Changling City.

Wang Chang, who was stationed in Changling, was very anxious about this.

There are still more than 20,000 soldiers and horses in the right Fufeng, and in his hands Wang Chang, the soldiers guarding Zuo Fengyi are left, and only the 6,000 soldiers who have retreated from Wugong County are left.

Actually, it wasn't like that, Zuo Fengyi originally had five thousand county soldiers left behind, with these county soldiers in hand, plus the city defense of Changling and Weicheng, Wang Chang was not sure to defeat the enemy, but he insisted on delaying time, Wang Chang felt that he could still do it.

Although his opponent is the world's famous general Zhang Xi, there are not many soldiers under Zhang Xi, but there are more than 10,000 people, who are used to attack the city, and the advantage is not obvious.

But the problem is that Manzhong wants to move millions of people into the customs, and it is impossible to have no soldiers at hand without the escort of these soldiers, these people and families, who will obediently go to the customs by themselves? !

Therefore, Feng Yi on the left, Feng on the right, and all the county soldiers left behind in Chang'an were all recruited and transferred to Chang'an by Manzhong, responsible for the armed escort of the people to relocate.

Therefore, in Wang Chang's hands, there were only 6,000 central forbidden troops who had retreated from Wugong County.

Of course, the combat effectiveness of these 6,000 Central Forbidden Army is still guaranteed, and it can be proved when I was in Wugong County that with the combat strength of the Cao Wei Central Forbidden Army, even if it is a field battle, it is not a problem to fight with one enemy and two, let alone defend the city.

But. Wang Chang is also unlucky.

The left Fengyi area is completely different from the right Fufeng.

In the right Fufeng area, as long as Cao Zhen and Guo Huai lead the troops to Huaili, even if the Shu thieves want to bypass Huaili to attack Chang'an, they must worry about the Wei army in Huaili at any time.

Because Huaili is blocked on the southwest side of Chang'an, like a screen, it guards Chang'an City.

But the left Fengyi area is different, this place, Changling is located on the north side of Chang'an, and Weicheng is located on the west side of Chang'an, these two places, are on the north bank of Weishui, and what is more terrible is that not far behind these two cities, there is also a Wei Bridge, which can cross Weishui and lead directly to Chang'an.

This led to the fact that Wang Chang had to divide his troops to guard the two places, otherwise if any place was lost, the Shu thieves could cross the river and directly threaten Chang'an.

There are only 6,000 soldiers, and the troops have to be divided, and the face is still more than 10,000 soldiers led by Zhang Xi, a famous Shu thief general, how can this be defended? !

Wang Chang is not a person without courage, nor is he a person without strategy, but this matter is really difficult to handle.

And the most headache for Wang Chang is not the problem of the dispersion of the soldiers, but the guard sent from Chang'an to assist him in defending Weicheng, Hu Zun.

Zhang He was seriously injured and was sent back to Luoyang for treatment by Cao Pi's urgent edict, and Wang Chang, as Zhang He's deputy general, naturally had to take on the task of defending Zuo Fengyi.

But after all, Wang Chang's qualifications are too shallow, his military experience is too short, and he has to guard the two places, and he is afraid that he will have problems if he can't command alone, so he sent a helper to Wang Chang.

This is also a good thing, Wang Chang really can't hold two cities alone, and a helper comes over, and he can help Wang Chang share the defense of one city after all.

But Wang Chang didn't understand a little - did you have a bad brain, and actually sent a local military general to help me guard Zuo Fengyi?!

Hu Zun is from the Anding Hu family, and in the Anding area, he can be regarded as a strong party.

And Anding itself is close to Zuo Fengyi, the Hu family has a great relationship with the families in Zuo Fengyi, and now Anding County itself is also very vacillating, although it is still nominally under the jurisdiction of Great Wei, but it may surrender to the Shu thieves at any time. You are full of favors to send such a person to guard Weicheng, are you sure you are not here to open the door for the Shu thieves?!

Wang Chang really can't believe this Hu Zun, but this person is sent by Manzhong, and the person who recommended this General Hu to join the government is still a famous minister in the northwest who died of illness in the northwest just the year before last, Zhang Ji and Zhang Derong.

Therefore, even if Wang Chang can't believe it, but after all, his military qualifications are too shallow, and his foundation is insufficient, plus in these years, although the Taiyuan Wang clan has a rising trend, it is still far from reaching the influence of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Sui and Tang dynasties, and he Wang Chang is in Chang'an in the northwest, and he really can't speak.

When Hu Zun arrived, he still took 2,000 soldiers from Wang Chang's side to guard Weicheng.

This is still such a result when Wang Chang is not at ease.

Wang Chang only has a total of 6,000 people on hand, if only 1,000 people are assigned to Hu Zun to defend Weicheng, even if Hu Zun has no dissent, he will be forced by Wang Chang to have dissenting intentions, how can he face the attack of more than 10,000 Shu thieves? !

But if half of the three thousand people were to guard Weicheng, Wang Chang himself would not be at ease. If Hu Zun really invested, then he Wang Chang didn't even have the capital to resist.

Therefore, Wang Chang could only give Hu Zun 2,000 people.

Anyway, Changling and Weicheng are not far away, less than a hundred miles away, in case Hu Zun encounters a fierce attack in Weicheng, he only needs to hold on for four or five days, Wang Chang can lead troops to rescue, theoretically, there is still the possibility of holding on.

As for Hu Zunma. Hu Zun didn't say a word, led two thousand Wei soldiers, and went to Weicheng to defend without even a word of complaint.

This matter, on the surface, Hu Zun gives people a feeling of loyalty to national affairs, not like a two-five-boy look. But Wang Chang always felt uneasy.

If you are really loyal to your duties, at this time, even if you complain twice, it is normal for 2,000 people to guard a city, and you may face the siege of more than 10,000 enemy troops.

But Hu Zun walked so simply, which made Wang Chang feel a little uncomfortable.

But the matter has come to this point, and Wang Chang can't question Hu Zun openly what, what if people are confident, or are they really dedicated to the country? !

Therefore, after completing the division of troops, Wang Chang could only let Hu Zun go to besiege the city and defend it, and support each other.

Since Hu Zun went to garrison Weicheng, Wang Chang has always been uneasy, for fear that he will get the news that Hu Zun Weicheng has surrendered to the enemy, so he pays special attention to the intelligence in the direction of Weicheng.

But after more than ten days, no strange movements were found in the direction of Weicheng, but in the direction of Changling, Zhang Xi had already arrived in the city.

Although Wang Chang was also a little surprised that Zhang Xi appeared under Changling City at this time, after all, the snow had not yet melted, and the road from Wugong County to here was also very long, and there was no place for Zhang Xi to rest and replenish military rations in the middle.

However, because Wang Chang had fought directly with Zhang Xi in Wugong County, Wang Chang's impression of Zhang Xi's whole person could be said to be too deep.

People in the world say that Zhang Xi uses soldiers, is cautious and changeable, and is a famous general in the world. In terms of caution, Wang Chang didn't realize it, but in terms of machine changes, Zhang Xi's impression on Wang Chang was too deep.

It only took a few words to probe, and he saw through the reality of Wugong County where he was stationed, and immediately made a decision, galloped to the aid of Dachangji, and completely blocked General Zhang He in the mountain road. This strategy is decisive, and he is indeed called a famous general in the world.

Therefore, Wang Chang can be said to be very jealous of Zhang Xi, even if Zhang Xi is now very unreasonable to fight hundreds of miles, from Wugong County to Changling City, although Wang Chang is surprised, he does not feel that this is something unacceptable.

Next, it's nothing more than defending the city.

Wang Chang ordered the whole army to be under martial law, climbed the city tower, and prepared to defend the city. As a result, the next day, Wang Chang received a distress report from Weicheng.

Hu Zun claimed that Zhang Xi personally led more than 10,000 troops to storm Weicheng, hoping that Wang Chang would immediately send troops to help, otherwise Weicheng would hold out for less than ten days.

Wang Chang was stunned at the time, and his first reaction was to jump like thunder.

This nonsense, when I'm an idiot?!

There are more than 10,000 people led by Zhang Xi to attack on your side, so who is in the Shu thief camp outside my city?!

Even if he Zhang Xi really has a doppelganger method, he doesn't have the ability to split all the more than 10,000 soldiers under his command, right?!

Wang Chang almost subconsciously thought that this was Hu Zun's surrender to the enemy, and wanted to lure him out of the city to rescue in this way, so that Zhang Xi outside the city could take advantage of the situation to capture Changling, or set up an ambush for himself halfway.

Sure enough, this Hu Zun is unreliable.

Wang Chang had the heart to ignore this military newspaper and let Hu Zun act by himself. But when you calm down and think about it, this is not right.

If Hu Zun really surrendered to the Shu thieves, then how could he send himself a report for help when Zhang Xidu had already arrived in the city?!

Normal tricks, shouldn't there be no Shu thieves on his side, and then Hu Zun asked for help, and he rashly led the troops to rescue, and encountered an ambush of Shu thieves halfway? !

How can anyone use a trick that is not logical from the beginning?!

Zhang Xi, in addition to being cautious and changeable, I heard that the strategy is also quite good. Can he come up with such a heartless scheme?!

The more Wang Chang thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong, and then he looked back and pondered carefully, this is not Zhang Xi's virtual plan, right?!

set up a suspicious soldier on his side, and made a posture of a large army approaching the city, scaring himself, so that he did not dare to act rashly, but in fact, the real Zhang Xi really led the army to attack Weicheng.

If this is the case, it is a very reasonable thing for Hu Zun to send a distress report at this time.

And Wang Chang thought about it carefully, as if he really only received a battle report, and learned that Zhang Xi led a large army to come, but due to the snow blocking the road, even if it was a scout to investigate, he couldn't be too far away from the city.

As soon as he thought of this, Wang Chang immediately called the scouts who went out of the city to investigate, and after careful inquiry, he learned that in fact, the scouts did not see with their own eyes how many soldiers were in the camp outside the city, but only judged by the size of the enemy camp and the amount of cooking smoke, how many enemy soldiers came.

But one thing, the scouts can be sure, they all saw Zhang Xi's handsome banner.

But this evidence, on Wang Chang's side, really can't prove that Zhang Xi himself is in the Shu military camp ten miles outside the city.

After all, when Wang Chang himself was guarding Wugong County, he had also borrowed Zhang He's bluff, Zhang Xi and other cunning people, he could come up with ideas he could come up with? !

After having such suspicions, the more Wang Chang thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong, don't look back, Hu Zun was really besieged by Zhang Xi.

If Hu Zun was besieged by the enemy in a hurry, and he did not move in Changling, Hu Zun saw that the reinforcements were not available, and finally had to vote for the responsibility of losing Weicheng, but it was his own.

Therefore, Wang Chang thought about it and decided to personally lead 2,000 soldiers out of the city and take the initiative to attack the Shu thief camp ten miles away.

With the combat strength of 2,000 forbidden troops, as long as they are not surrounded by more than 5,000 enemy troops in a field battle, it is still possible to break through the encirclement.

Besides, if you are tempted, take a look at the situation, if you really can't retreat, there will be no great danger.

Then Wang Chang almost didn't encounter any resistance, and easily occupied the camp of the Shu thieves, and it was at this time that Wang Chang found that most of the Shu soldiers in the camp were straw men, and the ones who could really move were only about 3,000 people.

At this time, Wang Chang suddenly realized that he had really fallen for the suspicious plan of the Shu thief.

At this time, Wang Chang no longer hesitated, and hurriedly returned to the city to rectify the army and horses, leaving 1,000 people to defend the city, and personally led 3,000 people to rescue Weicheng Hu Zun.

(End of chapter)