On May 11, Ji Han's army arrived at the city of Tongguan and began to attack the city.

In early September, Guan Yi led an army of 80,000 to cross the Yellow River in Wubao, Shangjun, the former Eastern Han Dynasty, and entered Xihe County, Bingzhou.

At the same time, due to concerns about the situation in the Tongguan battle, under Sima Yan's explicit instructions, Du Yu had no choice but to draw 20,000 Bingzhou troops to move south into Luoyang to relieve Sima Yan's intention. This caused the defense of Jinyang City to be empty.

On the eighth day of the 10th month, Guan Yi fought in an empty Jinyang. Du Yu tried his best to arrange the pocket array for Guan Yi completely lost.

On the 11th, Guan Yi led his army to the south from Jinyang. On the 13th, he arrived in Qi County. On the 16th, he entered Jiexiu. The southern gate of Taiyuan County was controlled by the Han army.

During this period, Cao tried his best to make the introductory commentary from Jin State and finally passed the news to Du Yu on October 15th.

Du Yu, who received the news, was shocked and responded quickly: the Shangdang Army's 70,000 troops were dispatched and quickly headed north to Yangtou Mountain at the junction of Shangdang County and Taiyuan County. This time, the Jin State's advancing Cao basically gave an accurate number: the Han army's troops were about 70,000 to 80,000. With such equal forces, Du Yu dared not put Guan Yi on the plains in Shangdang County to fight, so he could only seize the advantage first and then talk about others.

Du Yu later wrote two letters.

The first letter to Wang Jun of Puban City is probably the meaning of Guan Zifeng's main force now has gone behind us. The Han army on the other side of your shore should be bluffing, try to attack. If the Han army's defense is empty and you attack Fengyi County in an instant, then the three Han army must retreat on its entire line.

The second letter is of course a report to Sima Yan: Your Majesty, there is such a thing... In short, because I, Du, chose the wrong choice of the troops, the enemy took advantage of the loophole. In short, this is all my fault!

However, although we lost Jinyang, we actually have advantages: to maintain Guanzifeng's grain road now, we must cross the Luliang Mountain. Therefore, no matter how strong the national strength of the Shu thieves is, at least it is difficult to transfer Guanzifeng's grain. I first find a steep place to defend it, and then Your Majesty should send the main force of Luoyang's central army to the north and gather in Mianshang to station in this place, and confront Guanzifeng in a corner. Due to the difficulties in the grain road, if Guanzifeng does not want to retreat in shame, he must lead his army to attack the dangerous place guarded by our heavy troops. At that time, it is time for us to defeat the enemy.

On the 19th, Du Yu's report arrived in Luoyang. Then Sima Yan felt as if he was slapped several times in the face, and his cheeks were sore.

In fact, since the end of last month, the Taiyuan King Sima Gui led his army to Luoyang City. Some elders of the Sima family, including Jia Chong, Pei Xiu and others, have repeatedly expressed dissatisfaction with Sima Yan's transfer of Bingzhou troops to strengthen Luoyang's troops: Tongguan is still there! The enemy has failed to pose an effective threat to Tongguan. What is the danger of Luoyang energy? Change the strategy and arrangements like you like. So what is the use of the temple calculation in the past?

Fortunately, although Sima Yan had problems of this and that, he was not as unwilling to admit his mistakes as Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty in later generations. Therefore, at the emergency meeting on the night of the 19th, Sima Yan confessed his mistakes as soon as he came up.

"Everyone, although the young master took the initiative to take responsibility, I know that all this is caused by my own insolent will and lack of confidence in filial piety. Therefore, all kinds of guilt are in my hands."

"Your Majesty, it's no point in pursuing who is responsible now." He looked at Yang Jun, whose face was changing with great significance and threat. Pei Xiu stepped out of the list: "Your Majesty, Taiyuan County has been lost now, but Guan Zifeng jumped out of the pocket prepared by the young tutor for him, but he ran into the cage himself. Therefore, what we should do now is to agree on how to send the central army as soon as possible and attack Guan Zifeng north!"

"This..." Although I felt very regretful that I had drawn troops from Bingzhou and caused Jinyang to fall quickly, when I talked about sending the central army north, Sima Yan hesitated again. It was very simple: It has been found that Guan Yi has 70,000 to 80,000 troops in Taiyuan County. So, how many central army will send? Judging from the current high proportion of new recruits in Luoyang, if more than 50,000 people are not sent, I am afraid that Guan Yi will be photographed as soon as he meets him. But more than 50,000 people are sent? Now, Luoyang has only 100,000 people in the 20,000 prince guards.

Seeing Sima Yan's hesitation, Pei Xiu didn't know what the emperor was afraid of: "Your Majesty, there is indeed no major war in Tongguan now. The main force of the Shu thieves has already appeared. They are not near Huayin County, but have gone to Taiyuan. Therefore, Tongguan has no worries! But the 100,000 troops in Luoyang have been idle in this national war. I think it is inappropriate to do this!"

Unfortunately, in today's meeting, in addition to the emperor being slapped in the face, the ministers were also destined to be slapped in the face. Shortly after Pei Xiu finished speaking, a commentary appeared in a hurry outside the door. Jia Chong immediately walked out and ran in later.

He looked at Pei Xiu first with a sorry voice, and then said to Sima Yan: "Your Majesty, Xiaoxing just sent a war report from Tongguan. The Sichuan thieves changed their attack methods, and the first city wall in Tongguan was threatened."

"Ah? What's going on? Show me quickly!"

Ma Long also made it clear in the newspaper: "I have completely understood the name of cement now. This method of first throwing stones to lay the foundation, and then casting liquid cement as a binder is indeed very effective. However, the enemy's troops under Tongguan City are actually insufficient (even if the troops are 100,000 and 200,000, the terrain here in Tongguan also determines that they cannot expand). So, although Tongguan has encountered a real threat, the overall situation is still under the control of our army. Your Majesty is at ease. I am just reporting you here, and there is no other meaning."

From Ma Long's perspective, a new situation on the battlefield must be reported to the emperor truthfully. But Ma Long really doesn't think that Zhang Zunguang can win Tongguan with this. Moreover, as a good general, Ma Long's vision has never been limited to Tongguan, but is always paying attention to the situation of the war in the country. Therefore, Ma Long's report has very little space to talk about facts, and more to comfort Sima Yan: It's really okay here! Your Majesty, don't transfer too much troops here!

It can be said that in the late Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms era, and in the future, there were really fewer and fewer such ministers.

Unfortunately, after reading Ma Long's report, Sima Yan was not moved by Ma Long's courage to take responsibility at all. Instead, he felt that Ma Long underestimated the enemy too much.

"Hey! This Ma Xiaoxing did make great contributions to repel Jiang Wei at Tongguan City. But this is too confident, right?"

"Your Majesty, Xiaoxing said it very clearly!"

"Hey, you guys, you don't understand." Sima Yan sighed and stood up: "I have been thinking about these years, what would happen if our country would move immediately after the Guanzhong was lost? After thinking about it, I felt that if the capital was moved at that time, the situation today would not be so passive. Unfortunately, Guan Zifeng's words that day, "The emperor guards the country's gates, and the king dies in the country." If we moved the capital to Yecheng that day, how could we be so restrained like today."

It can be said that Sima Yan is the emperor after all, standing at the highest point of a country. What he sees is indeed different from many people.

The capital is bound to be the national defense focus, and there must be no loss. Since Luoyang is now a border, a large part of the limited military force of Jin State was involved in Luoyang. What if the capital of Jin State moved to Yecheng? Let’s take a look at the east-west confrontation between the East and West Wei and Northern Zhou and Northern Qi in later generations. Neither the Eastern Wei nor Northern Qi would confine a large number of troops in one place because of Luoyang. This can fully mobilize the national troops to carry out mobility.

"Of course, it's too late to move the capital now. However, Luoyang is the capital of the Great Jin Dynasty. The people around Luoyang are no less than 600,000,000, and tens of thousands of officials, hundreds of royal family members and their industries are all in Luoyang. If the troops in Luoyang are pulled out at this time, there will be no Shu bandits coming to the city. Just a few officials and Cao Cao can make the Great Jin Dynasty shake!

"...Your Majesty has far-reaching thoughts, and I am not able to do anything."

"Oh, if you really have far-reaching thoughts, you won't be what you are now. The young tutor still needs to give reinforcements. But not too much, just 20,000. Then, a conscription order was issued again, allowing Yuzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou and other places to recruit another 50,000."

In this way, most of the production in these three states would collapse. Although she thought so in her heart, Pei Xiu did not say it after all: "I obey the order, and the Shangshutai immediately set out to handle this matter."

"In addition, we ordered Wang Shizhi to cross the river as soon as possible to test it. If the Sichuan thieves really defended themselves in Fengyi County, our army could move directly to Chang'an. Chang'an was also the pseudo-capital of Shu thieves, and Guan Zifeng could not bear the consequences of the fall of Chang'an."

"I obey the order and immediately issue an order to the King Shizhi."

"Maoxian, I will immediately go to the Eastern Wu to go tomorrow. Sun Hao wants to sit and see that I and Guan Zifeng are both injured. Humph, this idea is really stupid. Tell him that if the Eastern Wu sends troops to attack Shu within this year, Shouchun, I will give it to him!"

"His Majesty?!"

"When the country is in a dilemma, I will overcome the difficulties first. Everyone, I have always been very clear that the only thing that can pose a threat to our Great Jin Dynasty is the Han Kingdom, which is still in the country, which is still in the arms of the ideals, not the corrupt Wu Gou! So, as long as we block the attack of the Han Kingdom this time, I can get it back at any time if I want to get it back in Shouchun!"

When he heard that his Majesty changed the Shu thief who had been calling for decades into the Han State, the people in the venue only frowned slightly: This country is so powerful that it can afford the name Han.

"Your Majesty..." Jia Chong, the general of the chariot and cavalry, took a deep breath: "Your Majesty's painstaking efforts, I understand. What Your Majesty said just now, I will do my best to do it. However, Bingzhou still lacks military strength. I have a plan to add tens of thousands of elite soldiers to our Great Jin Dynasty!"
Chapter completed!