Zhang Xi poured all his thoughts and worries to Zhuge Liang, and hoped that Zhuge Liang could give some instructions or judgments to help him better defend Jingzhou.

But. Zhuge Liang actually didn't have a good way.

After all, Zhang Xi still has 100,000 troops in his hands that can be used for scheduling, and the situation he Zhuge Liang has to face is much worse than Zhang Xi.

Qin Lang was stationed in Hedong County with 30,000 soldiers from Bingzhou County, and there was Sima Shi in Hanoi County, and the 15,000 original Luoyang County soldiers who retreated from Luoyang and crossed the river from Sima Zhao and the two brothers added up to 45,000 people, and it was not a problem to expand the army to 50,000 at any time.

The Han army's guards on the Mengjindu side were only 14,000 land and water coalition troops, with Huang Quan as the main general and Xiang Zhong as the deputy general.

Although it is said that there is a natural danger of the Yellow River, but the navy army is only 4,000, if Cao Wei wants to forcibly cross the river to attack, there is a high probability that the 4,000 navy army will not be able to stop too many Wei troops, and in the end it will have to rely on 10,000 army forces to fight in Mengjindu, and the ratio of defensive forces is more than three to one.

In addition, in terms of Tiger and Wolf Pass, after Sima Yi received the help of Xiahou Ba's army, the strength of the army also recovered to about 30,000, if the county soldiers drawn from Yanzhou were added to support the Tiger Pass, the soldiers under Sima Yi's command could most likely double to more than 60,000.

The combined strength of the two sides has exceeded 100,000, and if Cao Rong draws Hebei soldiers from other places to help, Cao Wei will already have enough ability to counterattack Luoyang.

And the Han is in the Sili area, the entire Henan County and Hongnong County combined, the defenders are only 45,000 people, and the only good news for Zhuge Liang is that among the 45,000 people, there are 30,000 people, which is the most elite army of the Han Dynasty.

20,000 Han Northern Army and 10,000 Wudang Fei Army left behind in Luoyang.

Wang Ping followed Zhang Xi south, and after discovering that the fighting in Jiangling had stopped, he went north again, returned to Luoyang, and re-commanded the Wudang Fei Army, stationed at the border between Yingchuan County and Henan County.

On the one hand, it prevents the Wei army of Yingchuan County from going north, and on the other hand, it is not far from Luoyang, and it can rush to Luoyang to defend at any time.

It's not that Zhuge Liang doesn't want to leave the Wudang Flying Army in Luoyang City, it's true. It's a bit hard to say.

Although the Wudang Flying Army has outstanding combat achievements and strong combat power, most of them are from Nanzhongyi, and a small number of them are from Bajun, no matter from which point of view, in the mainstream concept of this era, they are all alien troops.

And in this place of Luoyang, there are many big families, not to mention, the people of Luoyang, they are not too despised by foreign races, and there is no way, the achievements of the two Han Dynasty against foreign races, so that the Han people have a natural sense of superiority when facing foreign races.

By the way, in order to win over the Luoyang family, Zhuge Liang had nothing to do to find a marriage partner, but Wang Ping's son Wang Xun has never expressed interest in the daughter of the poetry and book heirloom, how can he marry a barbarian who doesn't know etiquette? !

In this case, the Wudang Flying Army was stationed in Luoyang City, which was obviously boring for itself.

The Luoyang family and the people can look down on the Wudang Flying Army, but Zhuge Liang can't, this army is the backbone of his future defense of Luoyang, anyone can treat the Wudang Flying Army as a foreign race, but Zhuge Liang can't.

Therefore, in order to avoid causing unnecessary trouble, Zhuge Liang could only send the Wudang Flying Army to be stationed in other places to avoid direct contact with the clans and people in Luoyang City.

In this way, the 10,000 Wudang Fei troops stationed on the border of Yingchuan were removed, and the 10,000 Northern Han Army stationed in Gongxian County to defend Sima Yi in Hugao Pass, and in the entire Luoyang City, there are now only 10,000 Northern Han Army, and 10,000 Luoyang County soldiers who have been temporarily recruited and trained for less than a year.

As for the last remaining five thousand people. It was not originally the army of the Han Dynasty, it was a reorganized army that surrendered from Cao Wei's side, and it was not stationed in Luoyang, but in Hongnong County.

The general who led this group of people was still Zhang Xi's old acquaintance - the original Cao Wei Hongnong County Taishou, Tongguan Guard, Wang Chang.

At the beginning, Zhuge Liang led the army to conquer Luoyang, Sima Yi retreated to the Tiger Pass, Sima Shi, Sima Zhao crossed the river and retreated to Hanoi County, Zhuge Liang settled Luoyang, and immediately spread the word that the division was subordinate to all places, and those who were willing to surrender were not to blame in the past.

And Wang Chang, who was in Tongguan at the time, naturally also received this document.

Luoyang was lost, and the counteroffensive that Wang Chang hoped for could not exist, and he retreated to Tongguan alone, and he would definitely not be able to wait for reinforcements from Great Wei.

At this time, even if Wang Chang wanted to be loyal to the Great Wei, his subordinates were not necessarily willing.

Accepting what the text said, surrendering to the Han is regarded as taking the initiative to surrender, and everyone has no worries about their lives, and he Wang Chang can still be treated preferentially by the Han.

If you refuse to write the text, you may be faced with the encirclement and suppression of the Han army.

In ordinary times, relying on the defense of Tongguan City, the troops of about 4,000 people on hand are not impossible to defend. But the problem is that now Tongguan is surrounded by enemies on all sides, and the support is cut off, and the soldiers have no heart to fight.

How can this be kept.

Therefore, after careful consideration, Wang Chang finally decided to accept the letter and take the initiative to surrender to the Han army in Hongnong County.

As soon as Zhuge Liang heard that Wang Chang had surrendered to Tongguan, he immediately sent someone to invite Wang Chang to Luoyang to meet him in person.

On the one hand, Wang Chang is the highest-ranking official in the entire Sili region, and although Yang Bing, the highest-ranking official who surrendered to the Han Dynasty, is the head of the Yang family of the Fourth and Third Dukes, his official position in Cao Wei is a senator, and compared with Wang Chang, the Hongnong Taishou, the political significance is much worse.

On the other hand, Zhuge Liang still values Wang Chang's ability very much.

When Zhang Xi was the assassin of Yongzhou, he had a lot of dealings with Wang Chang, and Zhuge Liang naturally heard Zhang Xi mention this Wang Chang.

In addition, at the time of the Battle of Tongguan, although Zhuge Liang was the last to arrive at the front line, the previous battle process, whether it was Zhang Xi, Wei Yan, or Zhao Yun, had been carefully described to Zhuge Liang.

It can be said that if it weren't for Wang Chang repeatedly wiping Cao Zhen's ass at critical moments and turning the tide, how could he Cao Zhen have the opportunity to lead his troops to retreat into the pass!!

Later, when Zhuge Liang was in charge of Chang'an, he also launched a series of tentative attacks on Tongguan, but they were finally resolved by Wang Chang one by one, so Zhuge Liang has a very deep understanding of Wang Chang's ability.

Now that Wang Chang has surrendered, whether it is political significance or from the perspective of talent reserves, Zhuge Liang must meet Wang Chang in person.

After the conversation between the two, Zhuge Liang affirmed Wang Chang's ability even more, and asked him to serve as the Taishou of Hongnong, and took his original soldiers and horses to be stationed in Hongnong County.

In doing so, Zhuge Liang certainly has political considerations, but Zhuge Liang is still a little uneasy about Wang Chang.

Wang Chang's surrender was lowered, but Wang Chang was forced by the situation and had to surrender, which Wang Chang also took the initiative to mention in his meeting with Zhuge Liang.

If there is a choice, Wang Chang certainly hopes to return to Dawei, after all, his hometown is in Taiyuan, and his family is in Dawei's territory.

But now he has no choice, so he Wang Chang can only surrender to the Han, but Wang Chang also hopes that he can stay in the place, or continue to let him guard Tongguan, which is also okay.

In and out of the words, Wang Chang was telling Zhuge Liang that he didn't really surrender to Han, but he had to surrender for this reason, Zhuge Liang could only let him stay in Hongnong and guard the place, and he didn't dare to transfer him to the front line.

After all, it's Wang Chang and Hongnong's Taishou.

At that time, Zhuge Liang might not have been a big problem doing this, but as the situation changed, Zhuge Liang still felt a little inappropriate when he thought about it now.

As Qin Lang led his troops into Hedong County, Hongnong County, which was only separated by a Yellow River from Hedong County, was bound to be threatened.

No matter how good Huang Quan's navy is, it is impossible for him to control all the ferries of the entire Yellow River, not to mention that Huang Quan's navy now has a total of 7,000 people left, 3,000 in Pubanjin and 4,000 in Mengjindu.

Therefore, Hongnong County is likely to be attacked by Hedong County across the river, and at this time, the garrison general of Hongnong County is still a general of Wei. The risk is a bit bigger.

Zhuge Liang admires Wang Chang's ability very much, but he is still uncertain about Wang Chang's current mentality, so he is also considering whether to send someone else to replace Wang Chang in Hongnong County.

For this point, Zhang Xi gave Zhuge Liang a suggestion.

Hongnong County now has only 5,000 people to defend, and the troops are already insufficient, so it is inevitable to send reinforcements.

As for the replacement of the main general, Zhang Xi felt that it was not necessary.

First, it is easy to hurt the hearts of the Han and Wei people, and feel that the Han is crossing the river and demolishing the bridge.

Second, Zhang Xi felt that with Wang Chang's character, since he chose to surrender to the Han Dynasty, he should not easily surrender and rebel.

If you let Wang Chang lead his troops to fight against his former Paoze brothers, Wang Chang may be unbearable, but if the Wei army takes the initiative to cross the river to attack Hongnong, with Wang Chang's character, even if he is unwilling, he will shoulder the responsibility of defending the territory.

Wang Chang still has this kind of morality.

Therefore, Zhang Xi suggested that Zhuge Liang should send reinforcements to Hongnong, and there was no need to send more generals over.

Besides, you Zhuge Liang don't have enough generals to be in charge of his own affairs.

Once Luoyang faces a big war, Deng Ai has to block Sima Yi's march on the front line, Huang Quan has to be responsible for guarding the Yellow River crossing, and he can't leave, and you Zhuge Liang has to stay with a few generals to drive it.

And now among the generals who remain in Luoyang, Zhang Fei's state is obviously impossible to go into battle again, so Wei Yan and Wang Ping are left to be on their own, and Zhang Yi and Hu Fen are still lacking in the meaning. If one more person is assigned to guard against Hongnong, Zhuge Liang will have fewer generals at hand.

It's better to use people without suspicion, and don't use suspicious people.

With Zhang Xi's words as a guarantee, and Zhuge Liang was indeed facing the dilemma of not having enough generals, he could only adopt Zhang Xi's advice and send reinforcements to Hongnong.

The main forces of the Han Dynasty, such as the Northern Han Army and the Wudang Fei Army, cannot be sent out, which is the main force guarding Luoyang.

Moreover, these two armies were sent out and handed over to Wang Chang to command, and it is estimated that Wang Chang will not be able to command these people when he surrenders to the generals.

Therefore, what Zhuge Liang sent could only be the newly recruited 10,000 Luoyang soldiers.

But in this way, in Luoyang City, only 10,000 Han Northern Army was left to garrison, and the troops were seriously insufficient.

For this reason, Zhuge Liang planned to discuss with Zhang Xi and let Xu Shu lead the soldiers of Nanyang County to Luoyang to assist in the defense.

That's it.

(End of chapter)