Sima Zhao is definitely stronger than Ma Su. He will not be like Ma Su, who clearly has the most suitable strategy but insists on setting up camp in the mountains without knowing how to protect the water source in advance. Sima Zhao has no mountain to climb at all.
Sima Zhao arranged for Xia Houhe to continue to guard Hangu Pass, and he took five thousand soldiers to guard the north road. When he arrived at the place, he took a closer look and found that it was really a wide road to the sky! ! !
What's even more terrible is that this avenue is surrounded by cliffs on one side and the Yellow River on the other. Not only is there no mountain to climb, but it doesn't delay getting water.
Sima Zhao had no choice at all. He had to go down to the stronghold directly, otherwise he would not be able to seal the entire road.
This is a completely exhausting and time-consuming battle with no way out.
Sima Zhao had no choice. He knew that he would face many difficulties in guarding Hangu Pass, but he did not expect that the difficulties would be so great now.
Now, Sima Zhao's only hope is that Xinpi can mobilize reinforcements as soon as possible, or that his father can return reinforcements as soon as possible.
At this time, Xinpi was also anxious and could not sleep all night long. This was a fatal thing for an old man who was almost seventy years old.
There is no way, Luoyang is in danger, but there are not enough reinforcements around, not to mention the reinforcements from Hebei can't come for a while.
I don’t know what the imperial court was thinking. Why did it decide to temporarily shelve the war in Luoyang and let Cao Zhen take the order to go north to quell Gongsun Yuan’s rebellion? !
Who is that Gongsun Yuan? Even if he was allowed to be arrogant for a while, he would not have the courage to attack south.
But the Shu thieves are different. Once the Shu thieves are allowed to take back Luoyang, the meaning will be completely different.
If the two capitals of the Han Dynasty, Chang'an and Luoyang, were taken back by the Shu thieves, then the Shu thieves would no longer be a peaceful local government. They would have the strength and qualifications to claim legitimacy and realize the three prosperity of the Han Dynasty.
At that time, it will be hard to guess what the world's aristocratic families are thinking.
The reason why Emperor Shi Zuwen was able to accept Zen on behalf of the Han Dynasty back then was because the families in the world believed that the Han Dynasty was coming to an end and that Cao Wei was destined to return. If Luoyang was lost, what would the families in the world think? !
The Han Dynasty has been inherited for four hundred years. Even after more than thirty years of war, people's hearts will not be completely dispersed in such a short period of time. Liu Bei has always been under the banner of reviving the Han Dynasty, which also played a role in gathering people's hearts. Function, announcing the existence of the Han Dynasty to the world.
In the past, the Shu thieves lived in the southwest and lacked influence. Even if they captured Hanzhong, it would only be a peaceful outcome. It would be too difficult to revive the Han Dynasty.
But now in the past ten years, the Shu thieves have captured Yongliang Pass, and they have the capital to conquer the world. Let them capture Heluo again. Their power is uncontrollable.
At that time, the world's aristocratic families will definitely have a swing in attitude. Whether it is a Central Plains aristocratic family or a Hebei aristocratic family, they will be undecided between Han and Wei. This is what really digs into the foundation of the Wei Dynasty.
In this era, a political power without the support of aristocratic families cannot last long.
This idea is Xin Pi's most direct idea now. At the same time, it is also the true thinking of the aristocratic families in this era. Let's not say whether it is right or not. At least that is what the aristocratic families really think.
In short, Xinpi was really in a hurry now. On the one hand, he appealed to Yecheng again for reinforcements. On the other hand, he continued to dispatch soldiers to Hedong and Hanoi counties to defend Luoyang in the name of maintaining discipline and discipline.
This time, Xinpi was not going to argue with those Hedong aristocratic families, and told them bluntly that there were only two choices before them.
Or, you continue to wait and wait until the Wei Dynasty secures Luoyang, and then come back to deal with you.
At that time, it can no longer be fooled by one or two sentences of explanation. It will take a few heads to come up with it.
Or, if you hurry up and bring troops to support now, then the past things will be forgotten, and the benefits that will be obtained after the war in the future will still be indispensable for you. Xinpi even made a promise to Cao Rui without permission and promised to provide a lot of benefits in exchange.
Of course, the premise is that Luoyang must still be in the hands of the Wei Dynasty.
If Luoyang falls and the Shu thieves occupy Luoyang, you should consider whether the Shu thieves will fulfill these promises for the Wei Dynasty.
In fact, to put it bluntly, Xinpi was forcing these Hedong aristocratic families to express whether they were on the side of the Wei Dynasty or whether they planned to "eat the pot of pulp to welcome the king's master."
Regarding this point, Xinpi is actually quite sure.
After all, since Emperor Taizu Wu "obeys the emperor's orders but refuses to submit", the Hedong family has firmly stood on the side of Cao Wei. All their vested interests are based on supporting Cao Wei.
There is no reason for these people to put aside their existing vested interests and go to negotiate with Shu Han to seek some unknown benefits.
After all, the Shu Han's attitude and policies towards the aristocratic families in recent years have also been regarded by the Hedong aristocratic families as a relationship of both suppression and dependence.
Obviously, it is far less than what Cao Wei, or in other words, has given as much since Cao Pi.
Now that Cao Wei is not at the end of its rope, aristocratic families will not easily abandon their vested interests and seek cooperation with Shu Han.
And the facts also proved that Xinpi's understanding of the aristocratic family was very correct.
After Xin Pi issued a stern edict on restraint, the Hedong family chose to compromise. Sima Division was able to lead 15,000 Hedong County soldiers to cross the river south to support Luoyang.
Of course, they are said to be Hedong County soldiers, but they are actually just private soldiers cobbled together by aristocratic families. They are labeled as County soldiers. Their individual combat effectiveness may not be as bad as that of ordinary County soldiers, but their organization and training are completely incomparable to standing County soldiers. .
To put it bluntly, if we really go to the battlefield, we can still fight the battle with the wind. How far we can fight the battle with the wind can only depend on the general's command ability and God's will.
But, it's enough.
Luoyang is really short of men now, and Xinpi is eager to take all the strong men, not to mention that these private soldiers of the aristocratic families have had some training, and they are also brave and ruthless people, and they are always stronger than ordinary people.
After finally settling the matter with the wealthy Hedong family, a new problem arose again.
Sima Division led these fifteen thousand people southward. After crossing the river at Mengjin, they did not go directly to Luoyang, but turned a corner and headed towards Gucheng.
In this direction, no need to ask, he is going to support the Hangu Pass battlefield.
Xinpi, who is so anxious, can you please save your worries one by one?
Can I not know the importance of Hangu Pass? ! Don't you know the dilemma Sima Zhao is facing now? ! Don't you know that as long as Hangu Pass is defended, Luoyang will not be in danger? !
But the question is, what if you can't hold Hangu Pass? Master Sima, you little bastard, have you ever considered this issue? !
You soldiers came to Luoyang to consolidate Luoyang city defense. Even if Hangu Pass is lost, Luoyang still has the capital to hold on. But now you run to support your brother. If you two are defeated by Shu thieves, then I will really be in trouble here. There is no way out.
Fifteen thousand people, why don't you come to Luoyang first to improve the morale of the army and the people in Luoyang, and then I will let you lead 10,000 troops to support Hangu Pass, isn't that okay? !
In this way, you can not only rescue your brother, but I can also improve the morale of the Luoyang garrison. Why do you have to do it on your own to kill two birds with one stone? !
Xinpi's depressed Sima Shi behaved like this. No matter what excuses he found, he refused to obey orders. According to military law, it would not be too much to just kill the capital.
But Xinpi couldn't really kill him. After all, Sima and his son were now relying on him to guard Sili Heluo. Xinpi had to send people to Gucheng to deliver transfer documents to Sima Shi and wipe his ass.
After solving the problem of the two sons here, Xinpi turned around and sent Sima Yi another document of returning to the army.
Don't waste your time. If you continue to waste your time, Luoyang should let your two unlucky sons die. Hurry up and return to the army to defend Luoyang.
This is not the first time that Xinpi has issued a recall document to Sima Yi who is on the Yingchuan front line. The first recall document was issued five days ago.
However, the recall document issued that time was only to inform Sima Yi of the situation behind him. At that time, Simpi did not know that Hedong County would disobey the order and act slowly. He also did not know that the imperial reinforcements from Hebei would not be coming for a while.
Therefore, in the document that recalled Sima Yi, Xinpi just briefly described the situation and let Sima Yi decide whether to withdraw troops from the front line.
But now it's no longer possible and the situation has reached this point. If you, Sima Yi, don't come back, I'm afraid you won't have a chance to come back.
Therefore, without receiving a reply from Sima Yi, Xinpi issued a second recall document, and the wording this time was relatively urgent.
Xinpi believed that Sima Yi would not shirk anything after seeing his second recall letter.
But three days later, Xinpi received Sima Yi's reply.
Sima Yi expressed the hope that Xinpi could persist in Luoyang for at least ten days to create opportunities for him to defeat the Yingchuan Shu thieves.
When Xin Pi saw this reply, he was so angry that his eyes darkened. None of the things in the Sima family were worry-free.
It's okay if the son doesn't obey orders, but you, the father, are starting to procrastinate, right? !
After finally regaining his composure with the help of his servants, Xinpi picked up Sima Yi's reply and read it carefully. Then he carefully calculated the reply time before Xinpi breathed a sigh of relief.
This reply should be in response to the recall edict he first issued. At that time, Xin Pi himself was not too anxious. It was not an accident that Sima Yi asked him to stick to Luoyang for ten days.
But when he looked at the second half of the reply, it said that Sima Yi wanted to defeat the Yingchuan Shu thieves. Xinpi suddenly became anxious again.
Come on, don't waste your time. What I need most right now is soldiers! ! !
I've had a headache all day, and typing is like killing me. There are two chapters first, and there should be more later, but I’m not sure whether it’s one chapter or two.
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