In mid-July, Wu Min and Liao Hua arrived in Chang'an City, with more than 18,000 people and horses. In addition, Wu Yi's troops and Ma Cheng's Northern Army, the total strength of Chang'an has exceeded 30,000, which is enough to ensure Chang'an's

Safety.

Against this background, after receiving the report from Wei Ba, Wu Yi and Li Yan wrote to the emperor together, requesting to send the Guanzhong army stationed in Tongguan and Puban to attack.

Liu Chan approved the edict.

The edict was sent to Tongguan, but Jiang Wei did not speak for a long time. Finally, he accepted the edict and agreed to lead his army out of Tongguan.

He had no other choice. There were only two ways before him, either giving up military power and slaughtering him, or leaving Tongguan, holding on to the military power, and waiting for Guo Xiu to succeed with a blow. Otherwise, he would have to raise his troops to rebel.

But now, there is no reason to raise troops, and there is no certainty. Wu Yi and Li Yan are already ready for battle. He cannot control Chang'an, but it is possible that Sima Yi will take advantage of the situation.

Jiang Wei had no choice but to take the least of the two evils and chose to lead the army to send troops. As long as the military power is still in hand, there is still hope. If the military power is not available, even if Guo Xiu succeeds, it has nothing to do with him.

As soon as Jiang Wei left Tongguan, Wu Min led his army to settle in and took over the control of Tongguan.

When he heard this news, Jiang Wei was already in Hangu. He was silent for a long time, pulled out his battle knife, gestured for a long time, and slashed on the huge rock on the side of the road with one knife.

With a crisp sound of "dang", the sword broke.

Jiang Wei's heart also sank. He just wanted to stab himself by the knife. Wu Yi had cut off his retreat. Now even if Guo Xiu was assassinated successfully, he would not have much chance to control Chang'an. Wei Ba is still in Luoyang.

Dong, didn't even meet him, just sent Fei Yi to Chang'an to thread the needle, and he kept talking to Wu Yi, and Wu Yi finally knitted a net and trapped him inside.

He raised his head and looked at the remaining sky above the dark valley, wondering if he could see the sunshine.

...

Jinyang, Sima Yi stood in front of the map, his face pale and his eyes were depressed.

Deng Ai and Chen Tai led their troops to attack Bingzhou. The offensive was fierce and they attacked the cities and villages. Two days ago, they defeated the last Xiongnu cavalry in Xinxing County and were approaching Jinyang City.

According to the news received, that battle was not a battle at all. It was a massacre.

Chen Tai led the infantry and the heavy armored cavalry to face the enemy head-on. Deng Ai led the light cavalry to surround the rear wing. When the Huns collided with the infantry phalanx and the heavy armored cavalry, they wanted to re-engage the same trick. They used their speed advantage to escape

At that time, Deng Ai happened to be caught.

More than 20,000 Huns were almost wiped out, and only more than 3,000 people fled to Jinyang City.

All of these made Sima Yi very uneasy. The Jin army's combat effectiveness was so strong that it exceeded his expectations.

Taking Youzhou in one month and Jizhou in one month is almost invincible and defeating everything. This is not just a comparison of the strength of the troops, but also a question of what people want.

Chen Tai from Youzhou and Pei Hui from Jizhou were all families with deep foundations in Cao Wei. Chen Tai's father Chen Qun was even one of the four auxiliary ministers left by Cao Pi to Cao Rui. His surrender to Wei Ba, which shows that

Many questions.

Cao Wei has no hope. In which direction should the Sima family go? Should we follow Chen Tai's footsteps and surrender to Wei Ba, or should we persist for a while and show our strength in exchange for better conditions for surrender?

The sound of a wheelchair came from the door, and Sima Zhao was pushed in. He waved his hand and signaled the guard to retreat. He fiddled with the wheels himself and walked to Sima Yi: "Father, do you still have to hesitate?"

Sima Yi looked back at Sima Zhao and smiled bitterly: "You have to bring some gifts when you visit. Otherwise, the host may not be willing to see you. Even if you see him, he will not be able to attend the hall and there will be no good seat."

"Isn't Jiang Wei a good gift?" Sima Zhao coughed and breathed heavily: "Chen Tai was defeated in Youzhou and was appointed as the general of the army by Wei Ba. He became the deputy general of this army, and his official position is still

It was extremely grand on Wei Ba's brother Wei Feng. Pei Hui lost consecutive battles and failed until Chen Tai persuaded him to surrender, so he could not save the governor of Jizhou and could only obey orders by Wei Ba's side.

The gap with Chen Tai is self-evident. If my father had to wait until Deng Ai Bing came to Jinyang and let him see you, he would surrender again, I am afraid you would be worse than Pei Hui."

Sima Yi frowned slightly, silent.

"The reason is very simple. Your persistence is hopeless persistence. Luoyang can no longer hold on. Jizhou is lost, and Wei Ba will soon return to his troops to siege Luoyang. Currently, there are more than 100,000 Jin troops in Luoyang, and they are led by

Can he stop a famous general like Wei Ba and Lu Xun with the use of Cao Shuang?”

"What about Xiahouba?"

"Xiahou Ba retreated thousands of miles from Yanzhou, but he still had the fighting spirit. I think he should have had a secret conversation with Wei Ba long ago. It's just that the time has not come, or the conditions have not been agreed upon in the end. In short, it is not only impossible for him to be able to do so.

To defend Luoyang, it may instead insert the first sharp knife into Luoyang."

Sima Yi blinked his eyes and smiled at the corner of his mouth: "Chen Tai, Pei Hui surrenders, is it reasonable. Do you think it is possible for Xiahou Ba to surrender?"

Sima Zhao sighed again: "The weirdest thing lies in this. I thought about it and felt that the problem was still with the emperor."

"What's wrong with the emperor?"

"The emperor... maybe it's not the blood of the Cao family." Sima Zhao looked at Sima Yi, with an unstoppable fear in his eyes. Although there were no outsiders in the room, he subconsciously lowered his voice. "Only this is the reason that he can make it happen.

Xiahou Ba decided to give up Yanzhou easily and lead the wolf into the house."

Sima Yi smiled, laughing happily, and laughed cheerfully. He patted Sima Zhao on the shoulder: "Zi Shang, you have finally surpassed Zi Yuan. It is a blessing to have a loss of horses. You are just an example in front of you.

.Look, breaking two legs does not mean that you are a useless person. On the contrary, you have more time to think, and you may not be able to walk freely, but your heart is free and you cannot stand above others.

Go higher and run faster, but you can see deeper and farther than others. You are now a wise man who can compete with the heroes of the world."

Sima Zhao was stunned for a moment, and suddenly understood his father's good intentions and couldn't help but cry like rain. The huge rock that had been pressing on his heart after being injured was suddenly lifted up. He was like being pressed into a huge rock.

The grass suddenly saw the bright sunshine and no longer had to struggle under the shadow of the huge rocks.

He looked at Sima Yi's white hair and cried in tears. He knew that half of his father's white hair was due to his brother's death in battle, and half was due to his self-confinement.

"You stay with King Jin and write a letter to Chen Tai to reminisce about the past. Leave the matter of Jiang Wei to me." Sima Yi patted Sima Zhao on the shoulder and laughed loudly: "Remember, Jinyang City cannot be compromised."

"Sure." Sima Zhao nodded understandingly.

...

Jiang Wei walked very slowly. It had been nearly a month since he left Tongguan, but he had not yet reached Hangu Pass.

Because he didn't want to go to Luoyang at all, the closer he was to Luoyang, the more dangerous he was. God knows whether Luoyang is a pit, God knows that Lu Xun and others are surrounding Luoyang without attacking, are they waiting for him to enter the trap?

He always felt that this period of Hangu was the last journey of his life. When he arrived in Xin'an, Dongshou, whether he could see the sunshine was a questionable question. He had been hesitating, even if Guo Xiu successfully assassinated Wei Ba,

I'm afraid it's useless. There may be variables in the world, but the chances are slim for him.

Instead of doing this, it is better not to go to Luoyang and go back to Liangzhou directly. With his prestige in Liangzhou and his friendship with the Qiang people, he would be a grass-headed king like Song Jian, which is actually quite good.

As soon as this thought came to my mind, Jiang Wei felt very ashamed. I have always taken the responsibility of inheriting the Prime Minister's will and always aimed at supporting the Han Dynasty. How can I be satisfied with being a king of grass-heads that will turn the emperor of Chang'an into

Where? I have always wanted to get rid of Wei Ba because he was unjust, but why did I become him?

Is it because he is afraid of death? Jiang Wei was sweating profusely and his heart was palpitations. Suddenly, he found that he was not as fearless as he thought, and he was also afraid.

If I do this, even if I can be rich and live a life of my life, how can I face the prime minister's heroic spirit in a hundred years?

Jiang Wei stood up, bursts of uneasiness, wishing he could hit the huge rock on the side of the road, and end his life.

It was here that the sound of war drums suddenly exploded, like a surging flood, rushing around in the narrow valley, whizzing past, and pulling everyone into it. The 30,000 army stretched for dozens of miles, but was shocked by the sudden sound of war drums.

It was in chaos, like a giant python, suddenly attacked, twisting its body unconsciously.

"What's the matter?" Jiang Wei shouted sternly.

The messenger boarded the baggage van, waved the flag desperately, and asked for information from the rear of the sound of war drums. After a while, he jumped out of the baggage van, his legs weakened, and he fell to the ground. He didn't care about shouting.

, rushing to Jiang Wei, cried and shouted, "General, Sima Yi blocked our retreat."

Jiang Wei took a breath of air. Isn’t Sima Yi in Jinyang? Why did he arrive in Hangu and block his retreat? Aren’t he afraid that Wu Min, who is stationed in Tongguan, will intercept his retreat?

Either Sima Yi knew that I had no way to go and had no help, or Sima Yi had surrendered to Wei Ba and now he would use my head as a meeting gift.

Jiang Wei suddenly became furious. Is my head so easy to get? If you want to get it, it depends on whether you have the ability.

He drew out his long sword and roared: "Prepare to fight and defeat Sima Yi!"

The rumbling drums sounded in the valley. The advancement of the Shu Han army stopped and turned around and rushed towards the Wei army led by Sima Yi.

Hearing the sound of the war drums of the Shu Han army, Sima Yi sneered: "The crossbow chariot and the thunder chariot stepped forward to block, establish a defensive position, and use defense instead of attack. I want to trap Jiang Wei in this Han Valley."
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