Two days later——
Sima Yi's letter was really delivered to Meng Da's hands, Sima Yi said in his heart.
Zidu, now someone has revealed that you, the governor, want to surrender to Shu, but don't worry, our Emperor of Wei is wise and powerful, and he has seen through it at a glance. This must be Zhuge Liang's trick.
Don't be afraid. Our Majesty believes in you. The Emperor will not believe these slanders and become suspicious of you...
Meng Da looked at the letter in his hand and felt a chill on his back. If Li Jie hadn't informed him in advance.
After receiving this letter at this time, he must have relaxed his vigilance. When Sima Yi arrived, he was unprepared.
Now that we know the situation is serious.
Mengda immediately sent someone to banquet Shen Yi.
Shen Yi didn't know that Meng Da already knew that he was the informer, but he readily accepted the invitation.
March 18, noon.
Shangyong City Prefecture.
"Take it!"
As soon as Shen Yi entered the prefect's mansion, Meng Da suddenly gave orders, and dozens of warriors quickly rushed out.
"Why did Zidu arrest me?"
Shen Yi was being held tightly by the warrior, but he pretended to be confused and asked Meng Da.
"Shen Yi is a common man," Meng Da glared at Shen Yi fiercely and roared, "How can you betray me?"
Shen Yi was shocked when she heard this.
He naturally knew what Meng Da said, and Meng Da must have already known what he had revealed to Sima Yi.
But now that he has been captured, if he resists, something will happen. Shen Yi quickly explained: "Zidu must not listen to other people's slanders and alienate you and my brother. How could I betray you?"
"Bah!"
"No need for sophistry," Meng Da said with a sneer: "You revealed to Sima Yi that I wanted to rebel against Wei, and you wanted to cooperate with Sima Yi to capture me alive."
"Hahaha!"
"Drag it down!"
"Cut!"
Meng Da didn't want to talk nonsense with him. Now that the matter had been exposed, even if he wanted to regret it now, Cao Wei would not tolerate him.
In that case, what are you waiting for?
Surrender to the Han——
After beheading Shen Yi, Meng Da quickly took over the entire Shangyong County. At the same time, he mobilized his troops and set up ambushes at major intersections, waiting for Sima Yi's arrival.
In the past two days, the three counties of Shangyong were actually quite peaceful.
It wasn't until March 18, after Meng Da killed Shen Yi, that he began to become nervous.
On the surface there seems to be no difference.
But in fact, Mengda has changed his banner, but he has not officially announced it to the world.
He is waiting for Sima Yi.
After defeating Sima Yi, it was officially announced that the three Shangyong counties had surrendered to the Han Dynasty.
But these two days in Guanzhong were very lively. First, the Han army in the south of Chang'an City confronted Guo Huai's five thousand cavalry.
Xia Houmao in Chang'an City was in a very good mood because he was waiting for reinforcements. He originally wanted to lead his army out to cooperate with Guo Huai to annihilate the Shu army.
But Guo Huai asked him to stick to Chang'an.
Because Guo Huai discovered that the number of Shu troops here was not large, only five thousand at most.
At the same time, Guo Huai also received news.
The Shu army in Qishan has marched towards Guanzhong.
Cao Zhen also led 20,000 troops and was heading towards Chang'an. Guo Huai felt that the Shu army's intention was very obvious. Their purpose this time was to capture Guanzhong.
In the process of winning——
Hahaha!
Isn’t this suicidal?
If they were in Longyou, the Shu army could still rely on the mountainous terrain to tangle with the Wei cavalry.
But if you arrive at the Guanzhong Plain.
This is the world of the Wei cavalry.
He already has five thousand cavalry outside Chang'an City, and Cao Zhen's army also has two to three thousand cavalry. However, the Shu Han army is basically infantry. Even if there are some cavalry, the total number is only five thousand at most.
Therefore, Guo Huai did not attack the Shu army led by Lu Peng outside Chang'an City, but maintained a confrontation.
He has to wait.
The Shu army waiting for Qishan will all enter the Guanzhong Plain. It would be best if they all rush to the vicinity of Chang'an.
Because outside Chang'an City, there is an endless plain. If all the Shu troops come and kill them, they will never come back.
Moreover, not long after Guo Huai arrived in Chang'an, he had already sent people to Luoyang to bring reinforcements.
Luoyang is hundreds of miles away from Chang'an.
The cavalry of the Wei Dynasty would reach Chang'an in five days at most after coming all the way, but the Shu army came from Qishan. Even if they traveled day and night, it would be difficult for them to arrive in less than ten days and a half.
If the Shu army in Qishan knew that the troops who unexpectedly attacked Chang'an had been wiped out, they would immediately retreat back to Hanzhong.
It may be a good choice for the Shu army to return to Hanzhong.
But——
If the entire main force of the Shu army can be directly annihilated in the Guanzhong Plain, Yizhou will definitely be shaken. When the Wei Dynasty sends its troops south again, the main force of Yizhou will have been annihilated.
It is logical to destroy Shu.
Guo Huai wants to establish unparalleled achievements.
Now I want to give hope to the Shu army coming from Qishan, so that they feel that they still have a chance.
The other side.
Zhuge Liang, who led an army of 40,000 from Qishan, traveled day and night along the Weishui River. He chose to detour through the cities he passed. There were not many troops stationed in these cities. They had no other choice but to hold on to the cities. They could not lead them.
With thousands of county soldiers, come out and fight with tens of thousands of troops.
Therefore, Zhuge Liang's marching speed was also very fast.
And that Cao Zhen.
He left Yi County with 20,000 people. Later, Zhao Yun and Deng Zhi led their troops to attack Yi County. They learned that Cao Zhen had led more than 20,000 people to Chang'an.
Zhao Yun was also very anxious.
Because he already knew that Liu Chan had entered Guanzhong from Ziwu Road.
Moreover, the order given to him by the prime minister was to contain Cao Zhen near Yi County and not give him the opportunity to return to Chang'an.
But Cao Zhen was one step ahead of him and had already led an army of 20,000 to Chang'an.
This is not a good thing.
Once Cao Zhen arrived in Chang'an, the danger to Liu Chan was self-evident, so Zhao Yun left 4,000 men for Deng Zhi to pretend to attack Yi County, while he took 6,000 men to pursue Cao Zhen in a detour.
The Han's tens of thousands of troops hurriedly marched toward Guanzhong in several groups. Cao Zhen of Cao Wei also rushed to Chang'an day and night.
On the other hand, Liu Chan in Tongguan and Guo Wei in Pubanjin are relatively relaxed.
Because after they captured the pass, they did not replace the Cao Wei flag at the top of the city, and they also suddenly defrauded the pass.
They have not been discovered yet, at least the Wei army in Guanzhong and Luoyang should not know about it yet.
If they had known about it, they would have sent troops to fight.
In the past two days, Liu Chan from Tongguan intercepted several waves of Wei soldiers delivering messages.
They may have been ordered by Guo Huai.
Or it was ordered by Xiahou Mao.
There are also those sent by Cao Zhen.
Their purpose is very simple, which is to go to Luoyang to report the news. Strictly speaking, they are going to Luoyang to move reinforcements.
It's just that they don't know.
Tongguan has fallen into the hands of Liu Chan. These sergeants who delivered the message happily entered Tongguan, but were arrested by Liu Chan's men as soon as they entered Tongguan.
"Cao Rui, Cao Rui!"
Liu Chan stood at the top of Tongguan City, looked towards Luoyang and said with a smile: "Just stay well in Luoyang. I need you to give me some time. I don't want to see you brat now, and neither do your Wei Jun."
See."
Liu Chan looked relaxed, but he already had mixed feelings in his heart.
Although Tongguan had been captured by him at this time, he became more and more nervous and would always pay attention to the movements of Luoyang.
Because he knows.
It was possible to hide Cao Wei's secrets for a short period of time, but he really didn't know how long he could hide them.
If Cao Rui from Luoyang knew about it.
The army will definitely be mobilized immediately.
The urgent march from Luoyang to Tongguan will take no more than three days.
Can I, with my five thousand new troops, defend Tongguan?
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This chapter has been completed!