Tongguan is located at the Yellow River Ferry, and is at the critical junction. The key to the straight road from Chang'an to Luoyi is the key to entering and leaving the Three Qins. It is a must-pass place for entering the Central Plains and entering the westward Guanzhong since the end of the Zhonghan period. It is a must-pass place for military strategists to fight for. It is known as "the first danger within the capital", "the throat of the four towns", and "the hundred and two gates".

Zhong Hui was ordered by Sima Zhao to guard Yongliang and supervise the army to attack the Han Dynasty five or six years ago. He never thought that he would turn against the Sima family in front of this majestic pass today.

However, things in the world are not as satisfactory as others, and he can't help but get to this position. The key points of Tongguan should naturally not be controlled by Zhong Hui. However, at this time, it was in Zhong Hui's hands. As the leader of the gentry in the world, Zhong still has some background.

The crackling sound of the fire, the sound of killing, the shouting of the people and horses, and they rushed straight into the sky, but it was a brief confrontation.

At this time, the troops on the top of the city were arranged neatly and stood by, silently.

A city wall, Zhong Hui stood in the middle, and the generals around him stood on his side, watching the battle formation brought by the Wei army commander Sima Yan.

Zhong Hui's eyes flashed with a calm expression and he looked down. At this time, the city gate opened and his army had already entered the city. The bows and arrows shot down from the city, and the enemy did not chase after him.

In the distance, the war drums were ringing.

At this time, the sun rose to the middle of the sky and shone on the earth. On the horizon, troops had appeared continuously and entered the open space in front of the city.

The army is full of prosperity and the flags are like the sea. According to current information, Sima Yan's troops and auxiliary soldiers have increased to 80,000, which is simply crowded.

At this time, the horn sounded loudly.

I saw hundreds of siege cars starting to move towards Tongguan. The siege cars were actually a large wooden pillar with a wooden roof covered with animal skins and straw mats, which could defend against boiling water and even ordinary bows and arrows.

The siege vehicles were covering the siege vehicles, and the siege vehicles began to advance, and the towers were also moving forward, followed by groups of infantry soldiers.

The tower car is several meters tall and is about the height of the wall. It not only can cover the entire city head within the range of the arrow, but when it is close to the city wall, the soldiers can also directly climb onto the wall and attack into the city, which is equivalent to an enhanced ladder.

Behind them were hundreds of catapults, and they were slowly advancing with the help of soldiers.

As soon as these siege weapons appeared, Zhong Hui's face changed drastically. These siege weapons can even be conquered by a strong city, and they cannot be found in one day or two. It can be seen that Sima Yan has been preparing for it.

Of course, the target may not be himself, but the strong cities of Yan Han, such as Nanxiang County. Zhong Hui learned that Yan Han resolutely withdrew from Nanxiang County and into the three eastern counties, which also caused Wei State's 50,000 combat soldiers in Nanyang County to be transferred 20,000 to this point, which put a lot of pressure on him.

Since Sima Yan had already tried to persuade the surrender several times, he didn't say nonsense. After a moment, the war drums shook the sky.

"kill!"

With an order, tens of thousands of people shouted together, and like a tide, they launched a fierce attack.

Suddenly, arrows and rains covered the world and rushed down.

Therefore, Dao County is the only place to pass from Chang'an to Bashu. It is known as "the throat of Qin and Shu, the key to the north of Han". Therefore, Dao, Lianyun and Baoxie, three plank roads, passed through the county.

Now Yang Yi has supervised the army here, and the vanguard's troops are now a hundred miles away, approaching Chencang County and Mei County deployed by the Wei army.

Now Yang Yi has occupied the Gudao County and the county government office as the headquarters of the generals of various routes in the Northern Expedition. In addition, Guan Yi has withdrawn from Hanzhong County. Now he is in charge of 20,000 troops. From Hanzhong to the north, Yan Yu is also in charge of 20,000 troops in Tianshui to advance eastward.

Li Mi hurried into the side hall, where many civil servants were sorting out documents. When he saw him coming in, Li Mi asked, "Where is Mr. Du?"

"Sir Li, Your Majesty summoned him and has already gone to the meeting hall. When Mr. Du came in, he said, "You are here, please come in, and your Majesty summon him together..." Before he finished speaking, Li Mi nodded and turned around and went out.

Only a few steps to the study, Li Mi rushed over. When an inner guard saw him, he quickly saluted: "Sir Li, your Majesty, your Majesty said, you are here, please come in immediately."

Li Mi nodded slightly and then stepped forward and knocked on the door. Hearing Yang Yi's voice inside: "Is Li Mi? Come in!"

"Yes!" Li Mi agreed loudly, stepped in, and the study room was darker than outside. After calming down, he looked up.

I saw Yang Yi sitting on the desk against the wall, with official documents piled up on the table in front of him, and a pen and inkstone were placed.

In this room, Ma Ting, Du Zhen, Chen Shou, and Liu Ling are all there, among the military generals, veterans Jiang Wei, Liao Hua, and Zhang Yi are also there.

Li Mi quickly saluted.

"Get up, sit down first." Yang Yi was reading a document. After a while, he raised his head and said, "The carrier pigeon was sent by a hundred miles, and Sima Yan was in charge of 80,000 troops. He was not strong enough. Now he may have conquered Tongguan, and of course he may still be in an offensive and defensive battle. However, it is not good in the north. The Northern Huns' army has conquered several counties in a row."

"According to information, Sima Yan has hundreds of siege vehicles, tower vehicles, and trenchers, which can even conquer a strong city, which is really shocking."

At this time, Li Mi looked carefully, Yang Yi's eyes were bright and his face was solemn, and he said again: "Everyone, what to do now, everyone will share their opinions."

Jiang Wei pondered for a while and said steadily: "Your Majesty, the last general still thinks that the current strength of our country is not enough to interfere in such a large-scale battle situation. It is better to accumulate grain and stabilize the foundation. There will be Chang'an City after Tongguan. Chang'an City is high and thick. If Zhong Hui withdraws one place, there will be tens of thousands of soldiers. Even if Sima Yan can capture it, he will be greatly damaged.

It is impossible to have the strength to advance north and south again. When next year, the country will have enough savings. Your Majesty will make the most of the plan!”

Hearing this, Liao Hua nodded in agreement. Zhang Yi did not comment, but Chen Shou stood up at this time. After a bow, he said with a smile: "The governor's strategy is to consolidate the foundation and cultivate the country. It is indeed a good strategy for governing the country. But if you sit and watch and miss the opportunity, Sima Yan swallows Chang'an, how can he stay? He will take advantage of this victory to attack me. Even if the consumption is very large, there will be at least 100,000 troops of 200,000 troops. The food and grass soldiers are accumulated in the Central Plains. If they do not attack this year, they will also attack the next year. I suggest that you first sit in the mountain to watch the tiger fight, swallow the Zhonghui team, and then force the Wei army to retreat with the Chang'an city."

At this time, Zhang Yi coughed lightly and said, "What Mr. Chen said is that he must grasp the measure when sitting in the mountain watching the tiger's fight. Although Zhong Hui stimulated his blood and fought against Sima Yan, if we just sit in the mountain and watched the tiger's fight, this person may not have surrendered to Sima Yan."

After the people present said that, Li Mi bowed and said calmly: "I think that troops will be sent in this battle. Judging from the current situation, if the troops are not sent, the Chang'an Zhonghui army will be destroyed or surrendered, and there will be no physiological consequences." v5

"Wei originally occupied five parts of the world, and already occupied most of them. If we get Guanzhong, our country will be in turmoil and in danger, so we will definitely go to war!"

"Zhong Hui is the leader of the gentry and has a strong personality. This can be seen from Sima Yan's persuasion to surrender and force him to kill him. If we sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight, we are afraid that Zhong will hate us, and will be more powerful than Sima Yan, and will force us to the opposite side. Even if we surrender, it will be a disaster in the future."

"Besides, Your Majesty wants to rule the world, and there are two rulers: one is king, and the other is domineering. Your Majesty is the orthodox of the Yan Han Dynasty. Only by practicing the kingly way is to defeat Sima Yan with a dignified and upright army. In this way, who dares not accept the world? Wei State has been submissive, how can Wu State compete for the battle? Only in this way can it be the Lord of the World."

Ma Ting frowned slightly at this time and said, "But our army only has 100,000, while Sima Yan has 200,000. How can we defeat the strong with the weak?"

Everyone present is a real political and military talent. He knows that the weak defeats the strong is mostly a trick and cannot be a single bet at the strategic level.

Although there are benefits of military and armor, this cannot make up for the number of doubles. Moreover, Wei State also has elite soldiers. In the 200,000, as long as there are half of the elite, the gap between the hard power of the two sides is still very large.

"Tongguan and Chang'an are both tall and thick. Even if there are sharp weapons to attack the city, they will be damaged. Zhong will ask us for help, and even if he implies surrender, it will be a time when he suffers huge losses. We just need to send troops immediately when he is asking for help."

Chen Shou stood up and said again: "At this time, although Sima Yan has 80,000, he will lose 10,000 when he attacks Chang'an. In the battle of siege, the entire army will be exhausted."

"At this time, the decisive battle, although the enemy had 180,000, it was a tired army. Our army had only 100,000, but it was a good time to make up for it. From the army, it was actually a draw."

"But Sima Yan was a defeated general, and he was not brave enough. My wise and powerful man, and he was as strong as the sun, how could he not win?"

"However, we are just a staff officer, whether to fight or to reconcile, please make a decision!"

After hearing this, Yang Yi nodded slightly. This was not a dispute, but a unified opinion. Seeing that Jiang Wei and others would have nothing to say, that was to agree to the battle.

The current situation can indeed be delayed, but the Han Kingdom is saving, and Wei and Wu are also saving. Wei dominates five points in the world, and it accounts for six points in Guanzhong. However, Han Kingdom only has two points, and it must have a three-fold saving speed to be equal to Wei. In this era, the ability to accumulate is limited, and Wei can also save.

If you delay this, you will lose the most precious strategic time. If you delay this time, how much difference is there between her and Liu Chan? How much difference is there between Sima Yi?

If you want to win the world, there will be such a battle. At this time, it will be 100,000 vs. 200,000. If Zhong Hui is saved in time, it may be 150,000 vs. 200,000.

Previously, he defeated Jia Chong with a dignified army and completely laid the foundation for his rule. Now he must defeat Sima Yan with a dignified army in order to tell the world who is the Lord.

Of course, just like the last time when Jia Chong fought, the so-called defeat of Sima Yan with a dignified army does not mean that he has to defeat the strong with the weak, but rather that Sima Yan is weakened to the point of equality or even weakening in terms of comprehensive factors, so he will win the decisive battle.

He stood up, laughed, and said, "I have decided to order all departments to ask me for help. I will immediately raise an army. You can arrange the food route immediately, gather the medical staff, and make all preparations.

I took Chen Cang first and wait here.”

Seeing that Yang Yi had made a decision, everyone agreed: "Yes!"

After a while, several groups of Jinyiwei and inner guards hurriedly passed by and sent orders to go.

In the conference hall, many futures were gathered soon.

Now there are several routes, and Guanyi District has two routes, divided into Wei Qiu, and three thousand partial commanders have been sent out by Ziwu Valley, and the rest are led by Guanyi.

Yang Yi gathered more than 50,000 troops, including two generals, Da Luo and Xiao Luo, Tao Jun, Meng Ben, Ning Yi, Zhang Wei, etc.

Among the civil servants, all the scholars of the Imperial College had already arrived in various armies, the Imperial College Priest Jiu Quyuan, and the Imperial College Priest Ruan Xian came to the hall.

In the middle, Yang Yi sat safely.

"People, please sit down."

"Thank you for your seat!" After Yang Yi sat down and signaled, the second class of civil and military personnel sat down.

"Everyone, after receiving the new information, Sima Yan has fought with Zhong Hui in Tongguan. At present, the two sides should be in a stalemate. Guanzhong is connected with our country. If Sima Yan is allowed to occupy Guanzhong, it will pose a great threat to Hanzhong and Liangzhou."

"According to my will, if Sima Yan captures Tongguan, our army must be prepared and wait for my order to send troops to seize Chang'an at any time. Sima Yan must not succeed." Yang Yi said, and ordered people to spread out the simple map, point out the current location of the two armies, and state the interests, and tell the decisions and goals of each unit.

"Your Majesty, this Wei thief is very powerful, but we are not afraid. Your Majesty, the last time the general was unhappy. Please be sure to use the general as the pioneer this time." Luo Shang stood up and said.

Now that Luo Shang has accumulated achievements as a general of miscellaneous titles, it is extremely difficult to go further, so he naturally needs to show himself even more.

"General Luo, let me leave the vanguard this time!" Meng Ben stood up and knelt down to Yang Yi: "Please give me a chance and let me be the vanguard, so that the people of the world can also see how we Southern Barbarians."

Meng Ben was the commander of the Southern Barbarian Army in the northern border at this time. He was in a general position, but his troops were not fully organized. However, the auxiliary army was enough. However, the treatment of the Southern Barbarian Army was better than that of the auxiliary army and was not considered the main force. At this time, he wanted to perform and strive for better treatment.

Better treatment means better military armor and stronger soldiers, and naturally more military achievements. Meng Ben also has the ambition to be a marquis. Now he is only at level 11, and he is still far from the rank of marquis at level 20.

Several generals around wanted to seize the vanguard, but when they saw Luo Shang Mengben's attitude, they immediately kept silent. The Mo Dao Army and the Crossbow Soldier were not suitable for being vanguards. The Tiger Infantry Army was the central army, and only Luo Shang and Mengben could compete for the vanguard. Yang Yi was very happy. The general was warlike and was better than the one who fled in the battle.

This is a good thing. Yang Yi saw two people who asked for battle, one was the leader of the flying army and the other was the leader of the Baili army. After considering it, he said: "General Meng asked to get up. If a general is the vanguard, he will be able to win the championship."

He decided on this matter and had to comfort others a little. Upon hearing this, the generals had to agree, and even Luo Shang no longer competed for the vanguard with Meng Ben. His mission was to lead the Baili army to resist the Huns' knights.

"Everyone, this battle must be won. The Wei thief is a great enemy. In addition to the vanguard, there is also great potential. Everyone should not slackew. Go back and reorganize the army!"
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