Faced with Xin Bi's suggestion, Cao Rui couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

Does this suggestion seem feasible?

Over the years, all the deflated food that Cao Wei has eaten in Shu Han has basically been done by Ma Jian and Zhuge Liang. And because of the geographical location advantage of Shu Han, there are only a few places in the combat area of the two sides, so Cao Rui has no way to expand the scope of operations.

But now, as the front advances, the border line between Shu Han and Cao Wei has stretched for thousands of miles. From Nanyang to Hetao, the places where the two sides can fight for battle are very large.

Because of this, the advantages of Cao Wei's large volume can also be revealed. They could attack the Shu army from three directions: Nanyang and Guanzhong at the same time.

For now, in addition to Ma Jian and Zhuge Liang, the few more difficult ones in Shu Han are Wei Yan and Zhang He. As long as the Wei army launched a full-scale attack, Ma Jian would inevitably take care of one and lose the other.

"That's a brilliant plan! It's good to use it to deal with Xishu. Cao Rui nodded, groaned for a while, and suddenly said,

"However, now the situation in Guanzhong is grim, and the morale of the front-line soldiers is low. I think I should go on a personal expedition, and Captain Xin ......"

"No! Your Majesty! Xin Bi was shocked, and hurriedly bowed and persuaded him.

"The situation in Guanzhong has not yet reached the point where His Majesty needs to drive the expedition in person! Besides, now the attitude of the Eastern Wu side is still unclear, and the Central Plains also needs to be vigilant, and His Majesty is sitting in Luoyang! ”

As an old minister in Cao Cao's era, Xin Bi is very aware of the current situation in Guanzhong. Sima Yi used all his skills and tried his best to resist the Shu army. At this time, Your Majesty must not be allowed to add to the chaos, in case something happens, I am afraid that it will not only be Guanzhong.

Don't forget, it's only 200 miles from Tongguan to Hangu to the east!

Now that the front is about to be pushed to the doorstep, there is no room for mistakes to be made in this situation.

What's more, Sima Yi also emphasized to him that for the morale of the Guanzhong Army, His Majesty now has to take the blame in Luoyang. If His Majesty had personally gone to the front, it would not have boosted morale, but it might have an impact on morale.

In the face of Xin Bi's persuasion, Cao Rui frowned and felt a little uncomfortable. However, after groaning, he still chose to obey, just waved his hand and said,

"In that case, then I will wait for your good news in Luoyang first."

"But there is no need to be nervous on the Dongwu side, and now Sun Quan has also sent an envoy to form an alliance. I have already sent someone to reach an agreement with him to unite Eastern Wu to attack Western Shu. ”

"Don't be careless, Soochow is capricious and has no reputation. They can attack Jingzhou and kill Guan Yu, it's hard to guarantee that they won't ......" Xin Bi reminded worriedly, but was interrupted impatiently by Cao Rui,

"It's okay, I've got it!"

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Under the pressure of the offensive in the Shu Han Pass, Cao Wei and Eastern Wu came together again, just like Guan Yu's Northern Expedition in the past.

In Eastern Wu, the envoy Zhang Wen surrendered on behalf of Sun Quan, in exchange for the position of King Wu of the Great Wei for the Marquis of Wu. The two sides reached an agreement to put aside their previous prejudices and deal with the rising Shu Han regime together.

At the same time, Cao Rui issued an edict, appointing Biqiu Jian as a general and supervising the army of the capital to attack Kunyang. At the same time, he ordered the king of the state to join the state army to unite the Shangjun and the Xianbei tribe to launch an attack on the Shuofang side of the northern Shu Han Dynasty.

Finally, let the Xinbi overseer army lead an army of 50,000 from Qinguan Road to the west to support Guanzhong.

Under Cao Rui's edict, the entire Kanto region was mobilized again. Tens of thousands of soldiers set off from the station, and countless civilians began their conscription in advance.

However, these horses are not known at the moment, but even if they do, he will only be more excited.

At this moment, Ma Tan had just joined the main force of the Han army at Lian Lao, and successfully pushed the battle line to the area of the Fen River.

Chen Tai encountered an ambush at Beigu, and the whole army suffered heavy losses, and most of them were scattered. After Chen Tai himself was hit by an arrow in the knee, he was even more frightened, and he ran all the way to Linjin before stopping.

This caused Chen Tai's wound to deteriorate when he returned to Linjin, and he fell directly ill on the bed, his life hanging by a thread. And the Wei army under his command was even more panicked and their morale was very low.

This can be said to be the best time to attack Linjin and attack Feng Yijun. However, Ma Tan ordered the front army to be stopped at this time, and the vanguard army was stationed in Chongquan County to confront the Wei army across the river.

Because in addition to Linjin, Ma Jian also needs to deal with a threat on his side first.

That is, Xiao Guan, who did not surrender in Xinping County.

Xiaoguan is located in Xinping County, the terrain is dangerous, and it is one of the four major dangers in Guanzhong. In particular, the location of Xiao Guan is in the upper reaches of the Shen River, which is completely located on the flank of the Han army, and poses a great threat to Ma Tan's logistics and grain routes.

As long as Ma Jian didn't pay attention, Xiao Guan's Wei army could go down the river to Chiyang at any time and directly cut off Ma Tan's grain route. If the Wei army set out from Bingzhou, it could even directly flank the Han army from the rear.

Although Ma Jian is not afraid of this, it is a trouble after all, and Ma Jian does not plan to leave such a hidden danger.

In this regard, Ma Tan ordered Zhang He and Zhang Yi to lead more than 10,000 troops to Chongquan and confront the Wei army in Linjin. At the same time, Shu Ji and Zhang Wei were assigned to each lead 2,000 troops to receive the rest of the Beidi County in Pingding.

After deploying these, Ma Jian took Jiang Wei and Deng Ai with 15,000 people to fight Xiao Guan.

Xiao Guan was under the jurisdiction of Chen Tai before, and when Chen Tai withdrew, Xiao Guan was allowed to stick to it, and the guards were old acquaintances.

Not...... The son of the Baidi general Xiahou Yuan, the Great Wei Zhenwei general Xiahou Ba.

After Cao Zhen's death, Xiahouba's promotion speed slowed down rapidly. At the beginning of the Northern Expedition of Shu Han, he was only a general of Zhenwei, a subordinate general of Chen Tai, the general of Zhenxi of the Great Wei Dynasty.

Chen Tai was defeated, and this one was ordered to hold Xiao Pass, ready to threaten the rear of the Shu army at any time.

For Ma Yan, it is imperative to win Xiao Pass. And he was ready to defend the Wei army, and he was ready to fight to the death with the Wei army.

But when Ma Tan returned to Chiyang with his soldiers and horses, and went north along the Shenhe River to the vicinity of Xiaoguan, he received an unbelievable news.

"The Wei army of Xiaoguan not only did not defend according to the danger, but took the initiative to fight and closed the battle behind the pass?" Ma Tan looked at the battle report sent by the scout, and couldn't help but feel a little stunned.

It's been too long since the last time Cao Wei took the initiative to fight? It had been a long time since Ma Tan had encountered the Wei army that had taken the initiative to meet him.

The last time the Wei army was so reckless was the last time......

"General, that's true. Thousands of people from the Wei army in Xiao Pass have their backs to Xiao Guan, and they are in formation, and it seems that they are going to fight us! The scout nodded, and reported to Ma Jian in the affirmative.

"Courage is commendable! After Xiahou Ba is worthy of being a famous general, he is a stunned person like his father. Ma Jian nodded, not stingy in his praise of Xiahouba.

After all, he wished that all the Wei generals were so heroic, so that he could have a lot of things left.

(End of chapter)