Sima Yi withdrew to Luoyang, but there were less than 5,000 soldiers who withdrew, and the remaining Xinbi troops added up to only about 9,000 soldiers.

To rely on these soldiers, or return defeated, and the demoralized soldiers guarded Luoyang, Sima Yi really didn't have this confidence.

But. For a while, where can I find reinforcements?

The reinforcements of the imperial court have disappeared until now, and only God knows how long it will take to reach Luoyang.

And the surrounding Wei army, basically in an important position, although Meng Jindu is now unharmed for the time being, but I don't know how long I can hold it, the Tiger Prison Pass is the channel for Hebei reinforcements to come to help, and it is also the last retreat for himself and others, and it cannot be easily lost.

There's no more soldiers to adjust.

And since Sima Yi was defeated and retreated to Luoyang, Xin Bi's attitude did not talk about him first, Sima Yi believed that no matter what happened, Xin Bi would not choose to surrender to the Shu thief.

But the clans in Luoyang City, even in Hedong, which is separated by a Yellow River, can the clans of Hanoi still support the Great Wei as before. Sima Yi has no bottom of his own psychology.

Anyway, if he Sima Yi was not the general of Luoyang, but the head of the Sima family in Hanoi, he would really mumble at this time, is there a possibility of surrendering to the Han.

The situation of each family is different, and the situation of the Sima family that pressed the chips on Cao Wei early, Hedong, Hanoi, including Luoyang City, there are also many big families, but in fact, they have not completely fallen to Dawei.

Once these people make a mess, they will give it a go for their own interests. Sima Yi may really not be able to suppress it.

In the final analysis, Sima Yi still lacks enough troops.

Therefore, after thinking about it, Sima Yi decided to transfer troops from Mengjindu.

It's a big deal, I don't want Mengjindu, Hedong, and the contact and material supplies of the Hanoi family don't want me, so I just point to Luoyang to live.

As long as Luoyang is held and the soldiers of Hebei County come to the aid from the Tiger Prison Pass, then the Shu thieves will retreat, and at that time, Meng Jindu will naturally come back.

Even, it doesn't matter if the Hebei soldiers can't arrive, as long as the Dongwu side gives a little force, and it really threatens Xiangyang or Jiangling, then the Shu thieves will inevitably take the initiative to withdraw their troops in order to prevent the loss of the back road, and at that time, Luoyang can be regarded as defending.

As for the Tiger Prison Pass. This really can't be adjusted, Sima Yi always has to leave the last one for himself.

If Luoyang really can't be held, then the troops can only be withdrawn from the direction of Tiger Pass and withdrawn into Yanzhou.

After careful consideration, Sima Yi gave an order to Meng Jindu, who could still keep in touch, and asked them to abandon Meng Jindu and retreat to Luoyang to hold on.

In Sima Yi's opinion, on Mengjindu's side, since he sent 10,000 reinforcements, there should still be about 20,000 people guarding, and the Shu thieves who attacked Mengjindu were probably about 17,800 troops. Even if you count the cannon fodder temporarily recruited by Hongnong County, there will not be more than 25,000 people.

As long as his two sons are not wasted, it should not be a problem to withdraw more than 15,000 people.

In this case, the total strength of the Shu thieves on the periphery is about 50,000 people, and the strength of their own troops guarding Luoyang City is also about 25,000 people. In this way, Luoyang still has the confidence to defend.

As for the imperial court, this Sima Yi can't be counted on.

After all, the Shu thieves have been launching the Northern Expedition for more than three months, and they have all been fighting Taihe for six years from the fifth year of Taihe, and the imperial court has not even made any movement, what can you expect Sima Yi to expect?!

Actually, at this point, Sima Yi is really a little wrong to blame the Great Wei court.

From November of the fifth year of Taihe, after the news of the siege of Luoyang by Shu thieves reached Yecheng, Cao Rong hurriedly summoned Chen Qun, Liu Ye, Man Chong and others to discuss the plan to rescue Luoyang.

According to Cao Ei's idea, it was to use the original means in Luoyang again, gather the people of Tuntian as soldiers, form a temporary army, and go south to rescue Luoyang.

The Tuntian system left by Cao Cao can really save the life of Great Wei at a critical moment.

But the problem is that the land of Hebei is different from Heluo, the Heluo area is the earliest implementation of Cao Cao's Tuntian people's system, and it is also the most perfect place to implement it.

But in Hebei, this was originally Yuan Shao's territory, and the power of the family was very huge.

Later, Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao, successively recovered all parts of Hebei, and moved to Yecheng, where he governed as his lair. Although the Tuntian system was also promoted one after another, at that time, Cao Cao was no longer in the Yanzhou and Xuchang periods, and the Cao Cao with a relatively iron head.

Cao Cao was well aware of the characteristics of this era, and without the help of the family, even he could not fully control everything.

If Cao Cao had won a complete victory in the first battle of Chibi and conquered Jiangnan in one fell swoop, then Cao Cao's prestige of the great victory might have been able to suppress some of the families in Hebei and other places and promote policies favorable to Cao Wei.

But in the battle of Chibi, Cao Cao was defeated, and later faced with the interests of the Hebei family, Cao Cao also made a lot of concessions.

Otherwise, why did Cao Cao recover the vitality after the defeat of Chibi in such a short period of time, and he would be able to use troops against the Liangzhou group entrenched in Guanzhong the next year.

Not to mention anything else, there are only 300,000 households in the entire Hebei region, and they are distributed in Jizhou, Qingzhou, Youzhou, and Bingzhou.

The fertile land occupied by the Hebei families could not be easily shaken by Cao Cao, and they could only carry out the work of relocating displaced people in some ownerless or mountainous lands.

Now, if we want to gather the people of Tuntian in these places and gather in Yecheng, I am afraid that it will not be a problem that can be solved within a month.

Not to mention, they also have to distribute ordnance and carry out some simple drills, and the people of Tuntian are peasants in the end, they don't understand the military formation, they don't know how to cooperate, if they are just let go to the battlefield like this, I am afraid that they will be scattered in a hurry if they encounter a little setback.

It also takes time.

And after these trainings and drills, the marching distance from Yecheng to Luoyang will take at least a month. Before and after, without three months, it is simply impossible to accomplish these things.

In these three months, perhaps Cao Zhendu has already led the Hebei army soldiers to quell the Gongsun Yuan rebellion and go south to support Luoyang.

After all, according to Cao Zhen's military report to the court, after entering Youzhou, he directly advanced with light troops, and fought with the generals Beiyan and Yang Zuo under Gongsun Yuan, who were in a hurry to fight, in Liao Tunnel, and won a complete victory.

Now Cao Zhen has turned around and approached Gongsun Yuan's old nest Xiangping, and near Shouyang Mountain, he forced Gongsun Yuan to fight a decisive battle.

Even, Cao Zhen swore to the imperial court that by about the end of December, he would be able to put down the rebellion of Gongsun Yuan, and then return to the south, return to Yecheng in a month, and go south to support Luoyang in a month.

Therefore, Cao Zhen hopes that Sima Yi, who is stationed in Luoyang, can last until the end of February and the beginning of March next year.

After Cao Rong received Cao Zhen's battle report, he carefully calculated the time and found that even if he gathered the people of Tuntian to form an army now, he would finally arrive in Luoyang, as if it would take until mid-March at the earliest.

In this case, it is better to wait for Cao Zhen to return to the army.

But the premise is that Cao Zhen must be able to defeat Gongsun Yuan as soon as possible. If there is any delay, it is still a troublesome thing.

For this reason, Cao Rong decided to wait and see for the time being, if Cao Zhen's battle report was still in a stalemate with Gongsun Yuan in early December, then he had to give an order to call the people of Tuntian as soldiers.

At the beginning of December, Cao Zhen sent the battle report of Liaodong again, and this time, it was a complete good news - on November 28, the fifth year of Taihe, Cao Zhen broke the main army of Gongsun Yuan in Shouyang Mountain, Gongsun Yuan and his son Gongsun Xiu, only fled with more than 100 cavalry guards.

Cao Zhen personally led the troops to chase after him, and finally caught up with Gongsun Yuan's father and son eighty miles southeast of Xiangping City, and killed them with his own hands.

At this point, the rebellion of Gongsun Yuan's father and son in Liaodong was roughly over.

Of course, there are some other things in the war report, such as Cao Zhen, in order to quell the rebellion of Gongsun Yuan's remnants as soon as possible, and deter the Liaodong careerists and the surrounding Qianghu aliens, he killed more than 2,000 Xiangguo-level officials appointed by Gongsun Yuan in one fell swoop.

There is no way, in the current situation, Cao Zhen does not have enough time to stay in Liaodong all the year round to pacify the place, what he can do is to deter for a while, so that all people with different intentions dare not take action, so that Cao Zhen can withdraw his troops from Liaodong in the shortest possible time and go south to support Luoyang.

Cao Ei also understood what his clan uncle meant, or rather, if Cao Zhen didn't do this, causing frequent riots in Liaodong, then Cao Ei would have to blame this clan uncle in the end.

It's not that there is no better way, it's just that the timing is not right, and Cao Rong also understands the truth of using extraordinary means at all times.

And in this way, Cao Rong can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Cao Zhen quelled the Liaodong rebellion, and soon he could wave his army south to support Luoyang, so there was no need for Cao Rong to use any Tuntian people.

After all, Cao Rong didn't want to lose another year's income from Tuntian like he did in Luoyang, and he was forced to bow his head to the Hedong family and the Yingchuan family, and exchange the benefits for enough money and food to ensure the stability of Heluo.

Since Cao Zhen could go south within the predetermined plan, Cao Rong immediately issued an order to Sima Yi, who was guarding Luoyang, and told him to hold Luoyang until March.

At that time, even if Luoyang is lost in the end, it is not his Sima Yi's responsibility, but if he can't keep it, then even if Luoyang is not lost in the end, he Sima Yi will be held accountable.

After all, the complaints of the Heluo family have now reached the ears of him, the son of heaven, through the channels of some big families.

When it really came time to find a scapegoat, Cao Rong really didn't mind and pushed Sima Yi out.

And Sima Yi, who received such an edict, almost threw the edict directly to the ground in front of Xin Bi.

Really, Sima Yi really almost couldn't hold back.

I'm not even sure if I can stay until the end of January now, and I still want to stay until March?!

The Son of Heaven, well, no, it is the court, and there must be traitors in the court, and the king is confused!!

(End of chapter)