Cao Rong was indeed very unhappy with Sima Yi's behavior of fooling himself, but unfortunately, his uncle was even more unhelpful.

Now Cao Zhen can only guard Shaanxi County, and the Guanzhong reinforcements who contain the Shu thieves cannot reinforce Luoyang, and the rest can't do anything.

In other words, to really conquer Luoyang, it has to fall on the 80,000 soldiers led by Sima Yi.

In addition, Chen Qun, Liu Ye, Man Chong and other old ministers of the three dynasties endorsed Sima Yi in the court and forcibly quelled the discussion between the court and China, so although Cao Yi was extremely unhappy, he still could not shake Sima Yi's command, so he could only temporarily forbear and continue to attack Chang'an with Sima Yi's army.

In this way, Sima Yi survived a small catastrophe.

But the problem is that Sima Yi actually knows very well in his heart - if he succeeds in this counterattack on Luoyang, then he will naturally not be blamed in the past, and he will be rewarded for his merits, but if he can't capture Luoyang, I'm afraid he will face the dilemma of combining punishment for several crimes.

And now, the most realistic problem in front of Sima Yi is how to conquer Luoyang.

No tricks. Except for the method of using ants to attack the city, Sima Yi couldn't think of any better idea.

Luoyang is actually more troublesome than Jiangling.

On the Jiangling side, Zhou Yu gave up the method of water attack, just because the geographical conditions were not dominant, not because the water attack conditions were immature.

But the Luoyang that Sima Yi faced must not be attacked with water.

In the Heluo area, there are many families, and most of the Heluo families have interests in Luoyang, if you break the Yellow River and flood Luoyang, it will artificially create a large number of Yellow Plains.

The water of the Yellow River is easy to release and not easy to harvest, and at the same time as flooding the city, the counties around Luoyang will be affected, not only the casualties of the people, but also the most important cultivated land for the family.

In this way, even if Luoyang is captured in the end, Sima Yi's fate will not be much better.

Not only will he be impeached in the DPRK, but even if he returns to his hometown in Hanoi, he will probably be excluded and disliked by the big families in Hanoi, and the Sima clan will not have a foothold in Hanoi.

The same problem, there is also a fire attack, and to put it bluntly, the conditions for the realization of the fire attack are more harsh than the water attack, and the Great Wei court and the family do not want to harvest a Luoyang City that has been reduced to ruins.

When Dong Zhuo burned Luoyang and Emperor Taizuwu rebuilt Luoyang, how much financial resources and effort were spent, people who experienced that era know it.

The family didn't want to be forced to spend such a large amount of blood in this era, as they did in the period of Emperor Taizu Wu.

As for other means of digging and collapsing walls and tunneling attacks, let's not talk about whether they can hide from Zhuge Liang, even if it can really be done, the time required is not calculated in ten days and half a month, at least in three months or even half a year.

Sima Yi wasn't sure if he had that much time to carry out these siege methods.

From April when Sima Yi took the initiative to counterattack Luoyang, it has been almost half a year since he fought.

Although the siege of Luoyang has been hit, the real progress is still not large, and the army has consumed a lot of grain and grass for another half a year, and I don't know if the imperial court can bear it.

Therefore, Sima Yi, who really had no choice, could only give an order to use siege equipment and the stupid method of ants to attack the city to give Zhuge Liang enough pressure.

At the same time, Sima Yi also sent an order to Wang Ling, who was besieging the south gate of Luoyang, and asked him to keep an eye on the direction of Yingchuan County behind him at any time.

At this time, Sima Yi had already received the news that Zhao Yun led his troops into Hongnong County and fought with Cao Zhen Since the Shu thieves could enter Hongnong County from Tongguan to support Luoyang, it was also possible to enter Nanyang County through Wuguan and take the route of Yingchuan County to come to support.

Don't be careful.

On the one hand, let Wang Ling be careful behind him at all times, so as not to fall into the same fate as Cao Zhen of Hongnong County, and on the other hand, Sima Yi sent an order to Chen Tai of Yingchuan County to launch a campaign to recover Xiangcheng as soon as possible.

As long as Xiangcheng is recovered and the passage from Kunyang to Luyang is watched, Wang Ling's rear can be safeguarded, so that Wang Ling can devote all his energy to attacking Luoyang, and at the same time, he does not have to worry about Shu thieves sending reinforcements from Nanyang County to Luoyang through Kunyang and Luyang.

At this time, whether it was from the interests of Great Wei or from the perspective of his personal future Sima Yi, Sima Yi could no longer tolerate Chen Tai continuing to stay in Yingchuan County.

As for the problem of insufficient troops that Chen Tai has been complaining about. Sima Yi, in the name of the general of the expedition to the west, gave Chen Tai the right to control the troops of Guo Huai in Runan.

The troops have been found for you, and the battle order has been issued to you, if you can't complete it again, then don't blame me for being unkind.

When Sima Yi's order reached Xuchang, Chen Tai knew that he had to send troops no matter what this time.

Before that, Chen Tai really didn't have much motivation to take the initiative to send troops, and only wanted to ensure the interests of the Yingchuan family. This is not only the actual needs of the Yingchuan family, but also Chen Qun's secret instructions to Chen Tai.

After all, for the Yingchuan family headed by Chen's father and son, as long as Yingchuan does not suffer too much damage, what does it matter to me if Luoyang gains or loses? !

And for Chen's father and son, Shu Han also has a bit of incense - Chen Qun came to Xuchang to meet Cao Cao in order to intercede for Liu Bei, who was still in Xuzhou, and in the end, Chen Qun did say that the relationship between Liu Bei and Cao Cao was reconciled.

Therefore, for the Chen father and son, as long as they do not stimulate Shu Han too much, then even if Yingchuan is ruled by Shu Han in the future, their family will still be indispensable to high-ranking officials.

This is also one of the reasons why Chen Tai has been staying in Xuchang and standing still.

But now, Sima Yi did not allow the Chen father and son to go down at both ends of the rat, and gave Chen Tai an order to attack Xiangcheng.

For this reason, Chen Tai had to pass an order to Guo Huai of Runan, asking him to lead the soldiers of Runan County to join him and attack Xiangcheng together.

However, it will take a certain amount of time for Guo Huai to go north, not to mention. Chen Tai deliberately told Guo Huai that it was Sima Yi's order to transfer him to fight north this time.

Chen Tai knew that there was a lot of contradiction between Guo Huai and Sima Yi, and Guo Huai changed from the Liangzhou Assassin to the Runan Taishou, so there was Sima Yi's problem in it.

Although Sima Yi didn't think he did it on purpose, how Guo Huai understood it was Guo Huai's own business.

Chen Tai deliberately did this, in fact, he hoped to take advantage of the contradiction between Guo Huai and Sima Yi to make Guo Huai refuse to go north, so if he really wants to be held accountable in the future, it has nothing to do with him Chen Tai.

It was Guo Huai who was slow to send troops, not that I, Chen Tai, had selfish intentions and didn't want to attack Xiangcheng.

But Chen Tai somewhat underestimated Guo Huai's character and open-mindedness.

It is true that there is indeed a contradiction between Guo Huai and Sima Yi, and after receiving Chen Tai's order to transfer troops, and at the same time learning that Sima Yi was forced to do it, Guo Huai was indeed extremely dissatisfied.

Before, Guo Huai saw that he was also a minister of the Great Wei and served the country, and the implementation of several orders was in place, and he did not make a mistake because of this.

But this time. The main force of the Eastern Wu Army in the south has almost been withdrawn, and the Eastern Wu Army in Runan County, under the command of Zhu Ju, has already shrunk its forces and is huddled in Ruyin County and does not dare to move.

The threat from the south has been largely eliminated.

And the battle in Luoyang in the north, with the distance between Runan and Luoyang, no matter how much Sima Yi draws troops, he will not be transferred to Guo Huai, so what Guo Huai is doing now is to recruit troops and expand the army in Runan, and when the time is right in the future, he will directly send troops to sweep the Eastern Wu army in the south and recapture Runan.

Now it's okay, Chen Tai suddenly gave an order, asking Guo Huai to lead the Runan County soldiers to the north, join the Yingchuan County soldiers, and attack Xiangcheng together. This order was still given by Sima Yi, who lacked morality.

Guo Huai's mood at that time didn't know what to use.

Sima Yi, you can't see that I'm a little good, right?!

But then again, Sima Yi was a formal military order in the name of the general of Zhengxi, and Guo Huai couldn't help but obey, and Guo Huai was transferred to attack Xiangcheng, not Guo Huai was transferred to support Luoyang, from a military point of view, it was reasonable In addition to letting Guo Huai be restrained by Chen Tai, which made Guo Huai very uncomfortable, Guo Huai could not find any reason to refuse.

In addition, Guo Huai's own feelings for Dawei are still relatively deep, and with Guo Huai's strategic vision, he can indeed understand what Sima Yi's purpose is in doing this. To stop the Shu thieves who support Luoyang from Nanyang, then Xiangcheng must indeed be taken.

Therefore, despite being full of resentment, Guo Huai still ordered the army to be reorganized as soon as possible, prepared enough food, grass and ordnance, and rushed to Xuchang from Runan within half a month.

It took seven days to prepare ordnance, grain and grass, and eight days to march. Chen Taidu was surprised at how Guo Huai could come so quickly.

Didn't this old general say that he didn't agree with Sima Yi?!

Is it really so loyal to the country, and he directly led the troops to help without any complaints?!

Hawkers, no matter what Guo Huai is thinking, since he has already led the troops, Chen Tai has no reason to continue to grind in Xuchang.

Send troops and march to Xiangcheng.

At the same time, Zhang Wei, who was guarding Xiangcheng, also received a military report from the scout, and learned that Chen Tai, the Taishou of Yingchuan County, led a total of 20,000 soldiers and horses to Xiangcheng.

But Zhang Wei was not in a hurry at all.

Yes, now the defenders of Xiangcheng are only 5,000 people, and in terms of strength, Xiangcheng is at an absolute disadvantage.

But the problem is that Zhang Wei has already received a military report from Nanyang - the 30,000 Shudi soldiers led by Wu Yi will arrive in Xiangcheng within ten days.

And once Wu Yi's Hanzhong soldiers arrived in Xiangcheng, it was not a question of whether Zhang Wei could hold Xiangcheng, but whether Chen Tai's Yingchuan soldiers could hold Yingchuan.

Ten days, not to mention this time, but also to remove the time when Chen Tai's army arrived in Xiangcheng. Even if Chen Tai's divine soldiers descended from the sky now and immediately appeared under Xiangcheng City, Zhang Wei was confident enough to hold on for these ten days.

(End of chapter)