A courier has been sent to Hefei, a military fortress in Huainan.

Originally, all the civil and military forces were still discussing the Jiangdong warships, soldiers and horses of Chen Bing Jianghuai.

For them, this is the most important and urgent thing at the moment.

In addition to Zhang Liao, the second person in the world, Xue Yi, the overseer of the Protector Army, was anxious and irritable.

- It's... It's like a fish in the throat!

Even if he knew that Guan Lin had left Jiangdong, these Jiangdong soldiers were suddenly ready to move, and they crossed the river...

If you say, 'They're direct...

The army pressed the border, and it was just enough to attack Hefei, and with General Zhang Wenyuan's divine strength and deterrence of Jiangdong Qunxiao, it may not be that there is no power to fight.

Can... However, these Jiangdong rats are just crossing the river, but they have not made the slightest sign of attacking, which is a little... I don't let people sleep well.

Xue Yi can be described as... Like a fish in the throat, like a mango on the back, like a pins and needles-

Having said that, Xue Yi, the overseer of the Central Protector Army, was also a great contributor to the power of Xiaoyaojin back then.

At that time, in response to the fact that Sun Quan of Jiangdong poured the country's troops to commit this incident, Cao Cao's supreme instruction was:

- Zhang Liao and Li Dian fight, Le Jin and Xue Yi defend the city!

Of course that's not the point, the point is... Cao Cao specially arranged Xue Yi as the "overseer"...

What does that mean?

Zhang, Le, and Li knew that the three of you were not compatible, so Cao Cao made it clear that Xue Yi was the overseer.

If anyone is a stumbling blocker in secret, then... Under Xue Yi's report, few people will be settled after the autumn.

As for why Cao Cao chose Xue Yi as the "overseer", instead of famous generals like Li Dian, Le Jin, and Zhang Liao!

There is only one reason – trust.

Xue Yi is one of the few subordinates in Cao Cao's mind who can be fully trusted!

Speaking of which, this Xue Yi... But once, when Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou, and Lu Bu stole Yanzhou... almost buried the people of the Great Wei Foundation, and he, Xun Yu and Cheng Yu jointly adhered to Juancheng County, Fan County, and Dong'e County, which gave Cao Cao a chance to turn around!

After pacifying the north, Cao Cao appointed him as the chief of the long history, the leader of the army, and the Taishan Taishou...

When he went to Hanzhong, he was specially transferred to Hefei to participate in the battle of Xiaoyaojin, which can be described as a heavy task and full trust.

Of course, it doesn't matter ...

The important thing is that there are not so many generals in Hefei now, and only Zhang Liao and Zhang Wenyuan can be named!

At the same time, Soochow was destroyed by Jingzhou, and ... In charge of the discourse here is Guan Lin's tricky guy who doesn't spit out bones.

So... Xue Yi can be said to be carrying twelve points of spirit all day long, for fear of... When people sit at home, woe comes from heaven!

On the contrary, it is Zhang Liao... After hearing that Guan Lin left Jiangdong, he suddenly relaxed a lot.

Contrary to Xue Yi's nervousness and panic about the Jiangdong Army's Chen Bing Column, Zhang Liao just said a word.

- "A bunch of rats! Without that Guan Lin, let them make trouble? What tricks can you make?'

This...

Look, General Zhang Liao is a little slack!

Xue Yi could only change his tricks and try his best to remind Zhang Liao that he couldn't be careless, let alone follow in the footsteps of Jiangdong.

Can...

How to persuade it?

How to persuade it?

Do you want to prepare?

Do you want to let the soldiers of the three armies be on standby?

A series of questions surfaced in Xue Yi's mind, and he couldn't help but get entangled.

But... When this urgent report from Luoyang City came, all the nonsense came to an end.

Because:

Something is wrong!

This is... It's about to change!

Xue Yi was busy holding this heavy ... The urgent report that was almost enough to crush him immediately went to Zhang Liao's mansion.

While galloping... I couldn't stop sighing.

"Luoyang City is gone? That... That Huainan? Can you still hold it? ”

Immediately... He quickly took out the map, this is a strategic vertical map drawn by Cao Wei after the Battle of Chibi, a curve divides the whole world into two, Jiangling and Nanjun in the west, Anlu County in Jiangxia in the middle, and then Macheng in the east, is the mall, is Lujiang, is Lu'an, and even the easternmost point is Hefei.

This is... Cao Cao's strategic defense plan is also the bottom line in Cao Cao's heart.

But now...

A hole was opened on the Jiangling side, and the whole of Xiangyang, Xinye, and Xuchang fell into the hands of the enemy, and the "hook" curve in the original strategic map was gone, replaced by a terrible underline.

This marked the complete collapse and collapse of the battlefield on the Western Front...

If it's the Eastern Front... There is another mistake in Hefei, that... That...

"Luoyang City is lost... That... Then this strategic line of defense is also... Does it still exist? ”

Speaking of which... Xue Yi couldn't help but gasp.

Time... Cold sweat on my back.

…

Zhengdong General's Palace.

Zhang Liao had a rare cold face, his eyes were gloomy, and he didn't say a word.

Luoyang has fallen, and the news that the King of Wei has escaped from Guanzhong has come out... The deputy generals and advisers of the entire Hefei City all gathered in this general's mansion, and everyone was pale, but no one dared to make the slightest sound.

Xue Yi saw that everyone had arrived, and couldn't help but say with difficulty: "In the world of Luoyang, where the dragon veins are located, is where the intelligence of all parties gathers... But now that this defeat has completely collapsed the situation of the entire Great Wei in the Central Plains! Eventually... Those loyal ministers still took action, the Guan family father and son, one article and one martial arts... Such a calculation, such a rush, can be said to be just right..."

"In addition, the flying ball legion that the entire Great Wei had managed to imitate and train was burned down overnight... In this way, from today onwards, the land of the Central Plains... My Great Wei's actions will all leak out under the noses of the Guan family's father and son, which... This..."

As he spoke, Xue Yi sighed... He continued: "This defeat... Great Wei is a complete defeat..."

Zhang Liao's eyes widened, and his elite gaze patrolled around everyone's faces, and the next moment, his hands were clenched into fists, slammed into the table, and said sharply: "Such a combination of inside and outside, it must be Guan Si's plan, it is him, he is the one who destroyed Dongwu, and he is also the one who broke Luoyang, damn... Damn—"

"Now is not the time to complain..."Xue Yi frowned.

"This is..."Zhang Liao's eyes condensed, and he said hatefully, "The top priority, Luoyang has fallen, the Son of Heaven has fallen into the hands of Guan Yu, and the king has escaped from Guanzhong, with his temperament, he will never swallow this breath, the war in the Central Plains is inevitable, and the lost Luoyang and my Great Wei are bound to take it back, and now... We can't sit idly by here in Huainan..."

"Reason? How? Xue Yi frowned, "Not to mention, soon the news of Luoyang City's change of ownership will spread throughout the three armies, and what will be the morale of the three armies at that time?" What will be the fighting spirit of the officers and men of the three armed forces? Alone... That... The sailor warship in Jiangdong that is horizontal by the river? We rushed to the aid of the Central Plains... Is there a move to help? If Huainan is lost, then... Then the entire Xuzhou, Yanzhou, and Qingzhou will be exposed to the soldiers of the Guan family's father and son! ”

This...

This is the first time Xue Yi has dismissed Zhang Liao to a dumb mouth, at this moment... Zhang Liao's mouth is long and huge, but... However, he just has so many words in his stomach, and he doesn't know what to say at this moment.

What Xue Yi said was the truth... The problem of morale and fighting spirit, the problem of Chen Jiang's soldiers and horses on the Jiangdong side...

These, he Zhang Liao is speechless at all!

"It's not good—"

At this moment, Xue Yi suddenly realized something.

"How?" Zhang Liao hurriedly asked.

Xue Yi suddenly became more nervous, his teeth clenched, as if... He thought of something bad, something terrible.

He was about to speak.

"Report...", but I saw a messenger hurriedly breaking into the main hall of the general's mansion, "General Zhang, it's not good... Just now, Koto... All the warships in Jiangdong moved together, and their troops were divided into three routes, all the way from Jianye City, all the way from the Lujiang River, all the way from the mouth of the river directly along the river, and the soldiers were straight... Pointing straight to Huainan! ”

Boom –

Xue Yi subconsciously swallowed a mouthful of spit, and sure enough... Really...

What he had in mind was... It's that he thought of the reason why those Jiangdong warships crossed the river, they were waiting, waiting... The news of the fall of Luoyang City came back, and when the morale of the Wei army collapsed, what we were waiting for was this moment!

- Bad Intelligence, You're Really Bad!

"Oops..."Xue Yi clapped his hands, and stomped his feet in frustration.

Zhang Liao's eyes were condensed, he didn't speak, but walked out of the main hall and walked into the courtyard.

"General? What are you..."A lieutenant general asked Zhang Liao.

"The soldiers will block, the water will cover the earth, Luoyang will be lost, that is the king's business, but this Huainan... I'm Zhang Wenyuan stationed there, and I can't mess around here! ”

As this sonorous voice fell, Zhang Liao stretched out his hand, "Come on, prepare the war horse, and fetch my crescent halberd..."

Speaking of this, he did not forget to give a loud order to the adjutant general behind him, "Half an hour later, all the departments will assemble, and there will be those who delay military discipline - force to kill!" ”

Loud words shattered the silence of the night.

Once again, Hefei will be Hefei, Huainan ... Bloody carnage shrouded in a thick dark cloud!

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"Defeated? Really defeated—"

When Cao Zhen, who was in Chang'an, received the news of Cao Cao's defeat, his eyes burst out, and he could hardly believe that what he heard was true.

Speaking of which, he and Xiahou Yuan's eldest son, Xiahou Heng, came here to collect soldiers in Guanzhong and raise grain and grass.

This is Xiahou Yuan's precautionary measure, which is to fight to the death with Liu Bei's main force Shu army in Hanzhong.

Can... As soon as I arrived here, I heard the Taishou here, and Zhong Xuan, the secretary of the Dali Temple of the Great Wei, sent the battle report of Luoyang City.

"Zhong Siqing... This..."Cao Zhen hurriedly asked Zhong Xuan, "Is this matter serious?" Luoyang City is... Just lost it? The Han Emperor also... Lost it too? ”

Even if he had read the words on the battle report again and again, and stared at the words on the war report word by word, Cao Zhenyou had an expression of disbelief.

Don't believe it, he still doesn't believe it ...

On the other hand, Zhong Xuan, obviously, he never believed in that stage, he could understand Cao Zhen.

But... There is an egg to understand!

This time it wasn't Xiangyang or Xuchang that was lost... It is Luoyang, which is the Luoyang in the world, the Luoyang that took two years to rebuild in the Great Wei Dynasty, the most prosperous capital in the minds of all the world, and the dragon vein!

It's no exaggeration to say...

The situation is irreversible, and the offensive and defensive trends are different!

Of course, emotion, complaint, or anger are useless.

Zhong Xuan could only calm down and respond to Cao Zhen lightly: "The king is about to arrive in this Chang'an City?" At a time like this, this kind of thing... Could the old man be joking? Is the old man still in the mood to make fun of you? ”

Looking at Zhong Xuan's serious expression...

Cao Zhen can feel it, his frustration and depression, and he can also feel it... The situation is imminent.

"That's... So what to do? Cao Zhen hurriedly asked, his tone a little urgent.

Xiahou Heng was older and more calm, and he asked Zhong Xuan respectfully, "In the past, when Yuan Shao was powerful, Zhong Lao went to this division and united with the princes of Guanzhong to block Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses from the south... It can be said that one horse determines the division, and one person determines the world... It is said that there is a treasure in the family, if there is an old man, at this time... What should I do? I still hope that Mr. Zhong will point out! ”

This... Listening to Xiahou Heng's words, Zhong Xuan's deep eyebrows loosened slightly, and he sighed "sigh", and then said.

"It is imperative that the Xiliang soldiers you raised in Wudu and Tianshui should not be sent to Hanzhong first, you also stay, and in addition, send fast horses to secretly pass the battle report of Luoyang to Mr. Jia and General Xiahou, in addition, blockade... All the official roads of Si Li to Hanzhong, you must not leak the slightest news to Hanzhong! ”

Close the stable door after the horse has bolted...

There's only so much Zhong Xuan can do.

Different from Luoyang to Huainan... There are countless roads extending in all directions, and there is only one road from Guanzhong to Hanzhong, which is a top priority... It is not to let the news of the defeat of Luoyang affect the battlefield in Hanzhong.

"This..."

Cao Zhenba smacked his mouth, and then asked: "Elder Zhong, you said that you blocked the official road to Hanzhong, and you can't leak any news to Hanzhong, can I understand this?" But why do you want to let the newly recruited Xiliang soldiers and horses stand still? At this time, it is not more important to add troops to Hanzhong and draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle... As long as Liu Bei can be defeated, then Guan Yu is no matter how strong he is, and no matter how insidious Guan Lin is, he is just a rootless duckweed, why should I be afraid? ”

Call...

Zhong Xuan exhaled, and sighed in his heart... Young people still think too simply.

He pondered for a moment, and then carefully analyzed the situation for Cao Zhen and Xiahou Heng, "Now, the game in the Central Plains... It has already ended with the rout of the Great Wei on all fronts... It is true that if Hanzhong can win, it will be tantamount to injecting a plan to strengthen the heart in today's Great Wei, but Luoyang has been lost, but we can't let it go... The king is in Guanzhong, is it possible, Yanzhou, Yuzhou, and Xuzhou around Sili will all be released? ”

"Oh... I get it! Xiahou Heng seemed to suddenly realize, "What Zhong Lao means is that as long as we Tongguan... Or if there are enough soldiers in Wuguan Chen, it will always be a threat to Luoyang, Xuchang, and Wancheng, and even if Guan Yu captures Luoyang, he will not dare to divide his troops because of the threat from our side... But if we transport the soldiers to Hanzhong, to Yangping Pass... That's instead... Guan Yu can conquer the Quartet unscrupulously! In this way, Dawei is in danger! ”

Xiahou Heng's words made Zhong Xuan show his approving eyes like a teachable son.

Cao Zhen opened his mouth again, "That... The strength of the Han Dynasty is not enough, General Xiahou only has more than 100,000 people on his side, and Liu Bei is dispatching more than 200,000 Shu troops..."

"That's right!" Zhong Xuan, as an old Jianghu, also takes this into account, "There is an old saying, the weight of the two benefits is the weight, and the two evils are the clear..."

Zhong Xuan showed a tired look, "Do what I say... This is already the only way to compromise, the battlefield in Hanzhong will be a catastrophe that the king must overcome, this catastrophe... If Da Wei wins, the old man is sure that Da Wei can still be as bright and prosperous as in the past, but if Da Wei loses... That... I'm afraid it's the Great Wei General..."

Zhong Xuan originally wanted to say that Great Wei would follow in the footsteps of the Yuan family.

But this is obviously not suitable for saying at this time.

Cao Zhen wanted to say something, but was stopped by Xiahou Heng, "Do what Zhong Lao instructs..."

Speaking of this, he arched his hand towards Zhong Xuan, "Zhong Lao, then let's go down and arrange first..."

"Good!"

With Zhong Xuan's words.

Cao Zhen and Xiahou Heng walked out of the room, leaving only the low, heavy footsteps outside the door.

It's Zhong Xuan, after the two of them left... His eyes narrowed even tighter, and he pulled out a letter from one of the chamber's secret chambers.

The handwriting on it... It's Sima Zhongda's words!

He read the letter carefully, and then muttered softly: "Sima Zhongda, you are gambling, betting that if Xiahou Yuan is really dead, the military power of Great Wei should be handed over to our Yuzhou Alliance... You... You're a gamble! ”

Yuzhou Alliance...

To be precise, it should be the Yuzhou Alliance headed by the Yingchuan clan!

The code name of this alliance is - Chilling Cicada!

From the first day of its birth, this alliance inevitably faced a struggle for military power and power in Great Wei with the Qian Peiwu led by the Cao clan and the Xiahou clan!

These clans have developed to this day, and they are intertwined... The cunning rabbit is dead, and the lackeys are cooking, they understand it too well!

They didn't want Liu Bei to win, but they could never accept that Great Wei relied on these warriors to unify so easily.

"Hehe... Huh..."

Zhong Xuan couldn't help laughing lightly, as if he was sighing, Sima Fang is really bold, dare to hand over the "chilling cicada" to such a bold and ambitious young man.

"Hehe..."

With another light smile, Zhong Xuan turned around, his fingers clamped the letter, because of the existence of the engraving, the weight of the letter is not light!

The round hole in the engraving reveals the last line of the letter.

- Only Hanzhong has fallen, and the Cao clan and the Xiahou clan have no generals;

- At that time... The era that belongs to us will come!

This is Sima Yi's handiwork...

This is the ambition of the eagle and the wolf Gu Sima Yi!

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Outside Yangping Pass, surrounded by mountains, Jia Xu stood on a lonely peak.

A black dove flew and landed in his hand, and he took it and removed the letterhead tied to its feet.

When the letterhead was unfolded, a line of shocking big characters jumped in front of Jia Xu's eyes, which made Jia Xu's expression extremely frightened and shocked.

"Daddy? What's wrong? The son Jia Mu on the side saw that his father's expression was wrong, and hurriedly asked...

"Quick, prepare the carriage, leave now, go to Chang'an-"

"Daddy... It looks like it's going to be dusk, if you go now, but it's night..."Jamu scratched his head, "It's not like the sky is falling, so it's not so urgent!" ”

Call...

With Jia Xu's heavy exhalation, he closed his eyes, as if he had woken up from despair, he took a deep breath, and then said, "You're really right-"

"God... It's already collapsed, Luoyang is gone, and the Son of Heaven is... It's gone—"

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… (End of chapter)