The winter of the seventh year of Jianxing was really a warm winter, and with the time coming to January of the eighth year of Jianxing, not only did it begin to rain in the land of Jingxiang, but also began to rain in the Central Plains.

This is a good thing for Sima Yi, he can finally breathe a little easier.

But for the Northern Expeditionary Army, this was not good news.

Seeing that Luoyang City is close at hand, the Wei army does not have many troops to defend it, and it is raining at this time. It's not good for the attacker.

Zhang Xi was somewhat anxious According to the information from the north, the counterinsurgency army led by Cao Zhen had begun to withdraw from Xiangping and returned to Yecheng, according to the conventional marching route, it would take about two months, and Cao Wei's reinforcements should arrive.

Can Luoyang be conquered in two months?!

Zhang Xi was a little anxious and circled around in the Chinese military tent.

But Zhuge Liang still had a light face, sitting in the tent, and still thinking about stroking the piano to entertain himself. Zhang Xi really can't stand it.

"Cheng is really not worried, Luoyang is in trouble for a while?!" Zhang Xi couldn't help but asked.

Zhang Xi believes that he is a cultural person, and he can't do anything about snatching the piano, but he can still do it if he interrupts Zhuge Liang's thoughts and asks at the exit.

And Zhuge Liang didn't get angry after being interrupted by Zhang Xi Fuqin, he just looked up at Zhang Xi, smiled with a fox face, and then said, "Yuan Chang knows, what is a general, what is a handsome talent?!" ”

This sounds familiar, when you were in the Battle of Chibi back then, you had nothing to say to Lu Zijing, right?!

What "know the time, understand the location, know the yin and yang, know the gossip".Wait, the time of the day?!

This dead fish head, did you guess a long time ago that it would rain in the Heluo area at this time?!

Seeing Zhang Xi's enlightened look, Zhuge Liang didn't sell it anymore, got up directly, and said, "In the land of Heluo, it is common for it to rain in January, but according to Liang's investigation, even if it rains in January in Heluo, there has not been a time in 20 years for more than ten days. Can't the chief even wait for these ten days?! ”

Sure enough, this dead fish head likes to play this kind of tricky thing, if you knew it, then you would have said it earlier, causing others to worry in vain.

As soon as Zhang Xi heard that Zhuge Liang had checked the weather data over the years, he was not in a hurry, sat down in front of his case, and said angrily, "Even if I can afford to wait for these ten days, I am afraid that Sima Zhongda will not have the opportunity to become prime minister." ”

Anyway, Zhang Xi thinks that if he is Sima Yi, he must be strengthening the Luoyang city defense now, and at the same time trying to find a way to mobilize troops from other places.

Even if it's cannon fodder, it's okay.

At this time, Zhuge Liang still looked calm and light, and said, "This is also what Liang is doing now!! ”

Then, Zhuge Liang began to tell Zhang Xi what he should do during this time.

In fact, it is very simple, Zhuge Liang plans to use this time to get in touch with the clans in Luoyang City.

Don't ask them to create a rebellion immediately and "welcome the king", at least, to persuade them not to respond to Sima Yi's call and provide Sima Yi with cannon fodder to defend the city.

At the beginning, the big families in Luoyang City waited for Zhang Xi to come to the door to discuss the conditions, but they were put on a show by Zhang Xi, thinking that Shu Han didn't care about the attitude of these Heluo families at all, and they were somewhat frightened, and they also changed their attitudes a little. Now that Zhuge Liang is here, of course he has to find a way to win over these big families again.

At least it has to be neutral, it's okay not to help Dahan, but you can't help Cao Wei either.

Zhang Xi was very dissatisfied with this. All the things I said in my previous letter to you were in vain?!

Don't take advantage of the current situation to try to grasp the initiative as much as possible, and seek the support and help of those big families, I'm really not afraid of turning back, they are very difficult to control?!

In this regard, Zhuge Liang was helpless.

"The shortcomings of the family can not be cleared up at one time!" Zhuge Liang sighed first, and then gave his own explanation.

Zhuge Liang is also very clear about Zhang Xi's worries, but Zhuge Liang does not agree with Zhang Xi's methods.

For example, if the two areas that are undecided today are all places where the big families live, if the world's families can't accept the Han again, then the Han Dynasty will not have the so-called fifty years of time.

This attack on Luoyang, how to treat the large families in the Central Plains, is a model for the Han to play in the world. Too much persecution of the family will only make them fall more to Cao Wei or Sun Wu, bringing unnecessary resistance to pacifying the world.

Zhuge Liang agrees with suppressing the family, but suppressing the family too much will cause the family to centrifuge the Han, which is not what Zhuge Liang wants to see.

It is necessary to grasp the balance from it, which is Zhuge Liang's coping strategy for the family.

As for the rest of the matter, when Luoyang is defeated, it can be slowly liquidated by political means, and there is no need to force these families to rush when the two armies are at war.

To tell the truth, in terms of political talent, Zhang Xi thinks that he is inferior to Zhuge Liang.

Therefore, although Zhang Xi still didn't agree with Zhuge Liang's words, Zhang Xi chose to acquiesce to Zhuge Liang's approach. In terms of the way to govern the country, if you look for Chinese history, you can find characters alongside Zhuge Liang, and there will be no more than one hand.

Therefore, in the rainy Heluo area, Zhang Xi could only wait patiently for the rain to stop, while Zhuge Liang was busy communicating with the clans in Luoyang City to make them change their attitude towards the Han Dynasty.

In fact, Zhuge Liang's approach is Sima Yi's biggest headache now.

The lack of troops is the biggest problem that Sima Yi is facing now.

And to solve this problem, the first thing Sima Yi has to do is to win the hearts of the big families in Luoyang City, so that they can support Great Wei with peace of mind, of course, if they can provide some support from private soldiers, it would be great.

Yes, these soldiers may not be strong in combat and don't know much about military formation, but they are used as cannon fodder to defend the city, which is also good.

If we can produce more than 10,000 cannon fodder, not to mention whether we can hold it until March, at least in January, the certainty is still relatively large.

It's been raining in the past few days, Sima Yi has not been idle, he and Xin Bi acted separately and visited almost all the big families in Luoyang City.

However, it did not go well.

These families in Luoyang City, they uphold basically one attitude - ask for money and food, although you mention it, but you want people.

We are all good people who have inherited poetry and books, there are only a dozen people in the family, if you like any of the generals of the west, just pull them away. If the general is still not satisfied, although the old man is sixty years old this year, he still has the heart to serve the Great Wei

But Sima Yi was disgusted!!

is really superb in all acting skills, it seems that Sima Yi is a big villain who comes to pull Zhuang Ding, even the sixty-year-old man does not let go, if it is not for Sima Yi himself to be from a big family, maybe he will really believe it!!

Several big families in Luoyang City all expressed their stance in this way, and some of those small and medium-sized families were willing to provide private help, but these troops were too small, not to mention, Sima Yi did not dare to use them.

The big families are all looking on the wall, you small and medium-sized families are really so kind-hearted, dedicated to the Great Wei?!

Don't have already colluded with Zhuge Liang, plan to control a city wall area, and then accept the Shu thieves into the city!!

Give it a go, maybe you will be glorious and rich. This kind of thing, he Sima Yi is not less seen.

In this way, Sima Yi's progress is really not smooth, and even now, he is under more and more pressure.

And as the light rain fell for seven days, and then the rain stopped and the sun rose, Sima Yi's pressure was even greater.

The Shu thieves began to attack Luoyang again.

This time, it was not a symbolic use of arrows to suppress the head of the city, but a cloud ladder, a rushing car, and a hook ladder were all up, and the siege was in full swing.

Of course, Luoyang City has thick walls, and Sima Yi only needs to focus on defending the South City Gate for the time being, and the troops are not enough to support it, and it can still be supported.

But what's worse is that in this attack of the Shu thieves, two counterweight catapults also appeared.

This kind of siege equipment, with Zhang Xi's series of achievements, has long been famous all over the world.

The range is long, the power is great, and the stone-throwing is accurate, and even the bed crossbow cannot fight against it, which is simply a big killer on the battlefield.

And the shortcomings of this weapon are also obvious, it is too bulky, it is not easy to manufacture, it is not easy to move, it can only be built from local materials, and it cannot be carried with the army.

But now, the Shu thieves took advantage of the gap of more than ten days to build two catapults, which made the threat to the defenders of the city even greater.

God knows how many of these big killing weapons the Shu thieves can create if they continue to defend like this.

To crack this kind of catapult, there is no other way but to divide the troops out of the city and burn this siege equipment, but what Sima Yi is most afraid of now is to divide the troops to attack.

He's really underarmed!!

(End of chapter)