The person who spoke was Situ Gaorou, and at this time he stood up to relieve Chen Qun. At the same time, he also pointed out the most critical and urgent problem of the moment.

How do you stop Ma Tan......

Shangdang County fell, and even Huguan, the first dangerous pass in the state, fell. All the wells leading to Hebei from the state have been exposed, and as long as Ma Tan wants, he can attack Hebei at any time.

And Yecheng, the capital of Cao Wei's new relocation, is only two or three hundred miles away from Taihang Mountain. And at this distance, Ma Jian is afraid that he will come over in a day and a night!

Don't talk about Cao Rui in this result, I'm afraid Sima Yi will be angry. It took TMD only three years to move the capital, and then in the blink of an eye, it became the front line again.

How can Cao Wei be tense!

"Quickly dispatch the captain to come to reinforcements, and transfer all the troops in Jizhou Youzhou to plug the well with all your might!" At the moment of crisis, Cao Rui quickly made a judgment and ordered all the troops of Hebei to be dispatched, and it was necessary to keep the Shu army out of Hebei.

"Your Majesty, now that the situation is urgent, please ask Your Majesty to hunt Linzi in the east to avoid the Shu army!" At this time, Chen Qun also reacted and made suggestions as soon as possible.

Yecheng has become the front line again, and it is no longer safe. If you stay in Yecheng at this moment, I'm afraid it will be easy for Ma Tan to reproduce the Luoyang Yin Rebellion.

But for this suggestion, Cao Rui did not hesitate to veto, and said resolutely,

"No! Yecheng is the capital of the Great Wei Dynasty, and I am the Son of Heaven! I swear to live and die with Yecheng! ”

Come on, it's another emperor.

However, when Gao Rou proposed to bring back the main force attacking Xishu, Cao Rui refused again and only agreed to withdraw the troops attacking Hongnong.

Among them, especially Sima Yi, Cao Rui specially sent his close ministers with an edict and strictly ordered him to come to help.

Therefore, no matter what, Cao Rui can't go, and he has to die in Yecheng!

At Cao Rui's insistence, the entire Cao Wei court briefly stabilized. Then Cao Rui quickly issued an edict, ordering all the forces of Great Wei in Hebei to gather and desperately block Taihang Mountain.

"If Ma Tan is determined to invade Hebei, I'm afraid that even if the army withdraws, it won't be able to stop him! The only chance at the moment is probably only Guo Huai's Nanyang battlefield. Cao Rui smiled bitterly, shook his head and said.

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"Spread my will, and ordered the Biqiu Jian Department that attacked Hongnong to withdraw to Luoyang, and defend Luoyang Yin with Jiang Ji. At the same time, he ordered Sima Yi to return to Yecheng as soon as possible, as the commander of the eastward advance of the Shu army, and control the entire Hebei Qu! ”

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In time, the political foundation of the Cao family is likely to be shaken, and when the time comes, the opposition of the Central Plains will be enough to destroy his Cao family.

During this period of time, I am afraid that Yecheng will be sleepless all night......

And this force is the key to whether he can sit firmly on the throne of the Cao family, and it must not be messed up. If he, Cao Rui, ran away with the cultural relics at this time, once Ma Jian came over, Yecheng would inevitably be in chaos.

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However, Cao Rui's refusal this time was not without reason, and he also had his own reasons. At present, it has taken so many resources to relocate most of Luoyang's political forces, and it is difficult to move them in a short period of time.

On this side, Cao Wei's whole country is shaken, and on that side, Ma Yan has begun to calm down.

With the conquest of Shangdang, the territory of the Han Dynasty expanded to Hebei. On the one hand, Ma Tan reported the victory to Chang'an, and applied for the central government to send officials to take over the annexation of the state, and on the other hand, he sent scouts to reconnoiter the reaction in the direction of Hebei.

It is worth mentioning that Cao Rui's highly-anticipated role in the Nanyang battlefield is actually meaningless at all. Because when Zhuge Liang left Chang'an to personally supervise Nanyang, he specifically instructed Huang Quan that he did not need to inform Ma Jian about this matter.

"Let Yu Chang concentrate on fighting in Bingzhou, as long as he goes well, Nanyang's pressure will naturally be relieved."

It was precisely because of Zhuge Liang's words that Ma Jian did not know that the military pressure in Nanyang had increased sharply. If he knew, maybe he would have rushed to Nanyang single-handedly to help.

But at the moment, what Ma Tan needs to do is to stabilize the results of the merger and wait and see if Jizhou has a chance. If you're lucky, Ma Jian still wants to go to Yecheng for a visit.

However, the news from the direction of Hebei soon extinguished Ma Yan's hopes.

"Pseudo-Wei is already crazy at the moment, and the troops of the entire Hebei are being mobilized. It is said that Cao Rui wanted to drive the expedition in person and ordered Sima Yi to be the commander-in-chief. Zhang Wei handed the news that the scouts had found to Ma Jian and reported it specifically.

"Shhh...... Cao Rui should not be so stressed, I am just here to recover the state, and he can't wait to take out all his family funds. Ma Jian took the information and glanced at it, and was immediately shocked.

The Wei army not only pulled all the professional troops and Tuntian soldiers up, but even the Hao clan soldiers from all over the country began to recruit. Relying on the large population of Hebei, it is not a problem to recruit two or three hundred thousand people.

The well in Taihang Mountain is only a few feet wide, does Cao Rui want to use crowd tactics to block the road, and then squeeze Ma Tan out of the well?

Vicious calculations!

"In short, general, it is estimated that there is no chance to march into Hebei at the moment." Zhang Wei spread his hands and reported honestly.

"There are only a few wells in Montenegro, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack. If Lao Wang Ba Sima Yi is still in charge, Hebei estimates that there will be no chance at all. ”

"What's more, the troops we brought are not only few, but they are all Hu soldiers from the six towns in the north. It's okay for this combat power to be mixed with the general, but if it really fights a tough battle, it still can't work. ”

You must know that the Han army was able to take the entire annex state so overwhelmingly, and the credit of the Xuanfeng battalion under Ma Jian was even greater than that of the 20,000 Hu soldiers. So in this situation, I really can't expect the six towns to be in charge alone.

Moreover, now that the reserves of the six towns are about to run out, there is no way to support Ma Jian to continue to move forward.

"That's true, General, although the road to Jizhou has been opened now, the time is not yet ripe." Deng Ai also nodded and said approvingly.

"So if the general wants to continue to move forward, it is better to see if there are any flaws in Sizhou. After all, now that we occupy Shangdang, there is only one Yellow River and one Beibi Mountain left from Sizhou. ”

"Sizhou...... It's not impossible. Ma Jian groaned, and he was still moved by Deng Ai's suggestion.

At this time, the Shangdang Basin had been controlled, but the Gaodu region in the south was still in the hands of the Wei army. Moreover, most of the ancient road was also in the hands of the Wei army, and these circumstances were not conducive to the eastward advance of the Han army.

Therefore, taking advantage of the current morale of the army, it is the best choice to take the opportunity to go south to attack Hangu and completely take down the ancient road.

As for Hebei...... Let Cao Rui and Sima Yi eat soil in the well.

So, while Cao Wei poured the power of Hebei and blocked Taihang Mountain with all his might, Ma Jian also officially ordered the whole army to go south and take the Cuihan Ancient Road!

(End of chapter)