Ten days later, Zhang Xi finally led 50,000 soldiers to Luoyang.

In the battle of Yique Pass, Zhang Xi received the news, and Zhuge Liang also received the news.

To be honest, Zhuge Liang was also a little afraid.

Although Zhuge Liang was also ready to use 5,000 people to hold Luoyang for help, the news that Sima Yi really appeared in Yique Pass and almost drove straight in made Zhuge Liang a little surprised.

Sima Yi's grasp of the fighter and his judgment of the current situation are really too accurate.

Zhuge Liang originally thought that with only a window period of ten to fifteen days, Sima Yi, who was far away in the Tiger Prison Pass, might not be able to receive the news in time, and even if he received the news in time, Sima Yi might not choose such a radical way to attack Luoyang.

Unexpectedly, Sima Yi not only came, but also came very quickly.

If it weren't for Meng Da who also came too quickly and caught Sima Yi off guard, this Luoyang would really be in danger.

But. Zhuge Liang is afraid of returning, but he is not without his own hole cards.

Now that the foundation of the Han is thick, Zhuge Liang doesn't have to be so picky with soldiers, but after all, Zhuge Liang is a cautious person, if he doesn't have a hole card, he doesn't dare to use 5,000 people to guard Luoyang.

And Zhuge Liang's hole cards, Zhang Xi after arriving in Luoyang, can be regarded as seeing. A Yuanrong crossbow on the city wall.

Well, that is, the Zhuge Repeater.

It is not the small repeating crossbow that Zhang Xi is holding, it is a large repeating bed crossbow that can be used to defend the city.

Over the years, Zhuge Liang finally got this big killing weapon out, so many Zhuge crossbows were put on the city, and Sima Yi only brought 20,000 people to attack the city, I am afraid that there are not many opportunities to even get close to the city wall.

This is Zhuge Liang's confidence to defend Luoyang City with 5,000 people.

And Zhang Xi is greedy.

There are so many Zhuge crossbows, if you take it to rescue Meng Jindu, this kid Sima Shi will be in big trouble.

Then Zhang Xi began to pester Zhuge Liang with a dead face, asking him to divide a thousand crossbowmen and two hundred Zhuge crossbows for himself, and follow the army to use them.

This directly made Zhuge Liang laugh Luoyang has a total of only 1,000 crossbowmen and 200 wall crossbows, do you Zhang Yuanchang really dare to speak, all at once? !

Then this Luoyang is still guarded?!

As soon as Zhang Xi saw Zhuge Liang's posture, he immediately changed his smiling face, and then continued to persuade. Didn't I bring you reinforcements?

There are 20,000 southern troops, Jiang Wei, Wen Qin, and Biqiu Jian to assist you in guarding Luoyang, not to mention Sima Yi, even if Cao Cao came in person, he didn't have the certainty of capturing Luoyang.

Besides, when he led the troops to support Zhang Yi, he immediately asked Wang Chang to lead the troops back to help, and when Wang Chang led the troops back to Luoyang, there would be 45,000 people guarding Luoyang City, and it didn't matter if there was this Zhuge crossbow to defend the city at that time.

Zhang Xi was easy to say, but in the end, Zhuge Liang did not let go and agreed.

It's not that Zhuge Liang is stingy, but these Zhuge crossbows fixed on the city wall are all large bed crossbows, which are very inconvenient to disassemble and transport, and they need to be operated in a group of four, one person is in reserve, and they have not undergone professional training, and they really don't understand this thing.

This is also the reason why Zhuge Liang has been in Luoyang for so many years, and there are only two hundred Zhuge crossbows and a thousand crossbowmen in total.

This thing is very powerful, but there are also many restrictions, it can be used to defend the city, but it is not suitable to use it to fight with the army.

Zhang Xi was very skeptical of this explanation at first.

After all, in history, when Zhuge Liang was fighting four times, he shot Zhang He in Mumendao, and it is said that he used Zhuge Lianba. But in the process of withdrawing the army, if the Zhuge crossbow is really not conducive to transportation, how can it shoot Zhang He?!

But then, Zhang Xi understood that it was the Zhuge Repeater, but it was not the large bed crossbow installed on the city wall that Zhang Xi saw now.

Rather, it is a small repeater that requires two people to operate.

Zhuge Liang made a Zhuge repeater, and actually made two different models at once Well, if you count the miniature hand-held repeater in Zhang Xi's hand, there are three models.

Zhuge Liang took Zhang Xi and saw this small Zhuge repeater in the Luoyang arsenal.

This repeater, it's not very accurate to say that it is small, it is twice as large as the general military bow and crossbow, and the appearance is similar to the bow and crossbow commonly used in the army now, but it is slightly larger, and there is also a strange box to accommodate the crossbow arrows. After all, the Zhuge Repeater can fire ten crossbow arrows in a row.

Because of this, this repeater is much heavier than ordinary bow crossbows, and cannot be operated by one person, requiring two people to work together.

And this small repeater is not the same as the miniature repeater that Zhang Xi used for self-defense.

The thing Zhang Xi is holding is okay within twenty steps, but the range is only more than thirty steps, and if you want to hit, you can only rely on fate.

This thing is something that is better than nothing, it is specially made by Zhuge Liang, and it is used for Zhang Xi, a coach who has no martial arts to defend himself but still needs to go into battle in person, and the practicality is very poor.

But this Zhuge Repeater No. 2 machine, after Zhuge Liang's previous improvements, the maximum range can reach 180 steps, within 120 steps, and the difference in accuracy is within 5 steps.

This is very valuable in real combat.

And this No. 2 machine also has a great advantage, that is, there is no need for additional training, and the crossbowmen in the army can be directly used in pairs, which reduces a lot of trouble.

As soon as Zhang Xi saw this thing, and then listened to Zhuge Liang's introduction to the power of this thing, he did not hesitate, and once again said with a dead face. I want them all.

Laughed at Zhuge Liang again, and gave half at most.

For this reason, the two had a "fierce and friendly" exchange, and Zhang Xi finally took 800 Zhuge Repeater No. 2 machines, you know, Zhuge Liang's Luoyang Mansion Treasury, there are only 1,000 such No. 2 machines.

After solving this problem of "sharing the spoils", Zhang Xi didn't have the time to grind with Zhuge Liang any longer.

Sima Yi retreated fast enough, but on Meng Jindu's side, the pressure was still very high.

According to Zhuge Liang's introduction, Zhang Xi learned that Wang Chang had led 20,000 Hongnong soldiers to support Zhang Yi, but because Zhang Yi's troops were insufficient in the early stage, the Wei army had too many troops, which caused Zhang Yi to abandon the banks of the Yellow River and retreat to the periphery of Mengjindu to continue to hold on.

The navy led by Huang Quan, although it is still trying to intercept the Wei army's boats crossing the river, but Meng Jindu is in that place, the water is gentle, and there is a Fuzhou in the center of the river, and the Wei army occupies this Fuzhou.

In addition, the Wei army has too many troops, and it is completely acceptable for the Wei army to turn over a dozen or twenty ferries, but for Huang Quan, he only has a total of fifty warships, and turning over five warships can make Huang Quan feel distressed for a long time.

Of course, the most important thing is that the enemy forces are too many to stop.

Zhang Xi actually had his own thoughts on this issue on the way here.

When he learned that Mengjindu was besieged by a large number of Wei troops, although Zhang Xi also agreed with Zhuge Liang's judgment that it was impossible for the Wei army to take Mengjindu as the main direction of attack, but for the next step of the Northern Expedition, it was obviously impossible to continue the implementation without repelling the Wei army of Mengjindu.

According to the Northern Expedition plan, not only Zhang Xi would cross the river at Mengjin to attack Hanoi County, but Wei Yan would also go down the river at Mengjin to land in Dong County if necessary.

Not to mention that the Wei army is attacking Mengjindu, it is simply across the river from Mengjindu, and Wei Yan can't go down the river in this situation.

As soon as there is a move, it will be immediately discovered by the Wei army on the other side.

Therefore, Zhang Xi must first find a way to repel the Wei army besieging Mengjindu, and at the same time, he must first cross the Yellow River and burn the war to the hinterland of Hanoi County, so that all the Wei troops who were deployed along the Yellow River will shrink to the counties of Hanoi County to defend, so as to create opportunities for Wei Yan to go down the river.

But now, intelligence shows that the strength of the Wei army attacking Mengjindu is more than 70,000.

This force, even if Zhang Xi is now rushing to the aid of Meng Jindu and joining forces with Wang Chang and Zhang Yi, the strength is only holding on to the Wei army, and it will not only be difficult but also time-consuming to defeat them.

Therefore, along the way, Zhang Xi looked at the map and carefully studied it for a long time before he thought of a barely feasible solution.

After arriving in Luoyang, Zhang Xi immediately consulted with Zhuge Liang.

Zhang Xi's method was to follow the old road of Dong Zhuo to enter Beijing, cross the river in Heyang County, and enter Hanoi County.

It's just that this place is close to the official road, and Dong Zhuo took this road to enter Luoyang, which is known to the world.

Therefore, in the case of occupying Luoyang, but not Hedong, Zhuge Liang ordered the stone bridge to cross the river on this side to be demolished early to prevent the Wei army from entering the Luoyang territory from Hedong County along this road.

The waterway of the Yellow River in this place is relatively narrow, so it is possible to build a stone bridge to cross the river here, but in the same way, because the waterway in this place is narrow, the water is turbulent, and once the stone bridge is demolished, it is not so easy to restore it.

If Zhang Xi wants to cross the river from here, the only way is probably to let Huang Quan's naval warships be connected and build a pontoon bridge for warships.

It's just that in this way, without the containment of the water army, I am afraid that the pressure on Meng Jindu's side will become very great.

Therefore, Zhang Xi also wanted to ask Zhuge Liang if there was any way to take care of both sides.

(End of chapter)