Behind the street pavilion camp, outside a cave at the foot of a mountain.

"Your Majesty, this cement is really powerful, just dusty, and so hard when it comes into contact with water. The walls made out of this cement will be impregnable. ”

Lin Yuan held a concrete block that had dried in his hand and said to Liu Chan with a surprised expression.

Lin Yuan's hand strength was very strong, but this concrete block, Lin Yuan wasted the boss's strength and failed to crush it.

Liu Chan smiled and said, "That's nature!" Even if you keep bombarding with a return cannon, it will be difficult to do any damage. At present, a lot of cement has been burned, and when Ma Zhong brings people back, the city wall can be built. ”

Deng Ai said with a smile: "As soon as the city wall is erected, we can free up more soldiers and horses to pacify Liangzhou, and General Zhang Ren can also withdraw his troops." ”

"Zhang Ren?" Liu Chan raised his eyebrows when he heard this, but he thought that Zhang Ren was still holding back the Wei army in Wuzhangyuan.

Liu Chan hurriedly ordered Deng Ai: "Quickly send someone to cross the Longshan Road and take the path to inform Zhang Ren and ask him to withdraw and return to Hanzhong!" ”

Deng Ai was puzzled when he heard this: "General Zhang Ren is still holding back the Wei army, if the troops are withdrawn, the Wei army can come to attack the street pavilion with the whole army." Not right......"

Deng Ai reacted suddenly: "I still have to withdraw, Cao Pi wants to besiege Wei to save Zhao and attack General Zhang Ren." ”

Zhang Ren was responsible for going out of the valley to contain the soldiers and horses in Guanzhong, and he had been stationed in Wuzhangyuan for almost two months. Now that Longyou has been won, Zhang Ren's stay in Guanzhong has no effect, but is a disaster.

If Cao Pi was annoyed and ashamed to deal with Zhang Ren, his 20,000 soldiers and horses would have to suffer heavy losses. If the army is defeated, Wei sends troops to Hanzhong, so the situation has changed.

Therefore, at this time, Zhang Ren had to return to Hanzhong to garrison, and there was no need to contain the Wei army, so he could stabilize the master.

And Liu Chan has plenty of troops here, and Liu Chan's Wei army is attacking with all his might, so there is nothing to worry about.

Half a month later, Ma Zhong returned to Jieting with the craftsmen gathered from Guangwei County.

There are not many craftsmen, only nearly 100, these are technicians, mainly responsible for technical work, the main labor force is still soldiers, soldiers are responsible for transporting materials, watering walls and other hard work.

During this time, a lot of cement has been burned, and there are mountains and forests everywhere, and stones, bamboos and wood are inexhaustible, and the materials have been prepared sufficiently.

Now there are 50,000 soldiers and horses brought by Liu Chan in the street pavilion, as well as the remaining 3,000 soldiers and horses of Deng Ai, and the 6,000 Wei troops who surrendered.

Originally, these 6,000 Wei troops were very good laborers, but it was a pity that they were from Guanzhong, and they were not loyal enough at present, Liu Chan did not dare to use them, if they were the soldiers of Longyou, they could be used to build a city.

These 6,000 soldiers and horses stayed in the street pavilion in vain, and they had to send people to watch them, so Liu Chan ordered a partial general to take 3,000 people to send them to Linwei, the administrative office of Guangwei County.

As a result, there are only 50,000 horses left in the street pavilion.

The city wall needs a lot of materials, Liu Chan sent 10,000 people to Wei Yan, still asked him to burn paper cement, collect materials, and sent 10,000 soldiers and horses to Chen Zhi, so that Chen Zhi was responsible for leading the troops to build the city wall.

The remaining 30,000 horses remained in the camp.

Cao Wei did not have many soldiers and horses in Guanzhong, although Cao Pi brought 50,000 soldiers and horses to Chang'an, but even if he used all these 50,000 soldiers and horses to attack Jieting, Liu Chan defended with 30,000 troops, which was enough.

Even if Cao Pi sends troops now, he will have to march for a while, and the city wall will be almost done at that time, and Liu Chan can retreat to the city after a few days of defense, and then the Wei army can only look at the city and sigh.

After Liu Chan chose an auspicious day and personally presided over the ceremony of worshiping heaven and earth, the construction of Jieting City officially began.

At this time, Cao Pi, who was far away in Chang'an, finally learned the news of the annihilation of Zhang He's 50,000 soldiers and horses.

In the palace of the Imperial City of Chang'an, Cao Pi's hysterical voice roared: "Waste, waste, 50,000 soldiers and horses, 50,000 soldiers and horses, I put 50,000 troops into their hands, not only did not recapture the street pavilion, but the whole army was wiped out, and there were only more than 10,000 Shu soldiers, how did this battle be fought?" Rubbish! A bunch of rubbish, hateful, hateful! ”

Cao Pi sat on the dragon chair, his chest rising and falling, his eyes red, like an angry lion.

Jiang Ji arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty is angry, according to Sima Zhongda, originally they were about to take the Shu military camp, but Liu Chan drove the expedition in person, secretly took advantage of the night to enter the camp and ambush, the soldiers guarding the camp suddenly retreated, and General Zhang He did not guard against the pursuit of the army, so that the ambush was lost, so that the whole army was annihilated. ”

Cao Pi shouted: "Anger? How do you want me to appease my anger? 50,000 soldiers and horses, that's 50,000 soldiers and horses, how many 50,000 soldiers and horses can I lose in Great Wei?

Moreover, Zhang He's defeat means that the west of Liupan Mountain no longer belongs to my Great Wei, and the Great Wei Jiangshan lost the city and land in my hands, how do you want me to calm my anger? Yes? At that time, a hundred years later, what face will I have to see the first emperor? ”

In history, the Wei State had a peak strength of about 500,000, but now, the Wei State has successively experienced the defeat of Hanzhong, the defeat of Guanzhong, the defeat of Jieting, and the defeat of Fancheng, and lost many soldiers and horses, and now there are only more than 400,000 troops left, and 50,000 soldiers and horses are already one-eighth of the troops, which is an extremely serious loss.

This kind of defeat is fought twice, and the Wei State is not far from destruction.

Jiang Ji kept silent, now that Zhang He was killed in battle, Cao Pi was still so angry, obviously it was not a few words that could persuade him well, so he could only calm himself down.

After a long time, Cao Pi gradually calmed down, and he asked everyone: "Now that Zhang He's soldiers have been defeated and died, Sima Yi has only led a thousand people to garrison Huating, and Shu has occupied Longyou. ”

Jiang Ji had already thought of a countermeasure, and arched his hand: "Your Majesty don't worry, now is not the time for the imperial expedition." The Shu army had just defeated General Zhang He, and Liu Chan's reinforcements had arrived again, and the morale was high.

His Majesty brought 50,000 soldiers and horses from Cong Li, plus the remaining 10,000 soldiers and horses in Guanzhong, and 60,000 soldiers and horses. Your Majesty can now give a quick order and continue to transfer troops from Bingzhou and Jizhou.

Now Zhang Ren's army is stationed in Wuzhangyuan, after the temptation of General Sun, its strength is only 20,000 people, His Majesty can first concentrate on attacking Zhang Ren, Zhang Ren has few soldiers, our army will attack, and it will be defeated, and then His Majesty can send these soldiers and horses to take advantage of the situation to kill into Hanzhong.

In this way, Liu Chan will send troops back to help Hanzhong, and at that time, the reinforcements from Jizhou will also arrive, and His Majesty can use the soldiers and horses of Jizhou to attack the street pavilion.

Liangzhou assassin Xu Miao, the general Xiahou said that they are all loyal and righteous, loyal to His Majesty, will not surrender, although its regular soldiers and horses are only 10,000, but there are a lot of county soldiers around the country, then Liu Chan divided his troops to save Hanzhong, the Longyou defenders must be insufficient, and the east and west can be flanked, and they can recapture the street pavilion.

If Liu Chan does not save Hanzhong, then our army can take Hanzhong, and if it is exchanged, Liu Chan will lose. ”

Jiang Ji is right, at present, Liu Chan has defeated Zhang He, and his morale is booming, and the possibility of raising troops to recapture Jieting is very low.

And Zhang Ren is stationed in Wuzhangyuan, only 20,000 soldiers and horses, if you concentrate the superior forces to attack Zhang Ren now, Zhang Ren will definitely be defeated, so the Wei army took advantage of the situation to kill Hanzhong, Liu Chan will divide troops to rescue, with the importance of Hanzhong, at least 40,000 or 50,000 people are safe.

After Liu Chan divided his troops, the reinforcements from Jizhou and Bingzhou also arrived, and Liangzhou, Xu Miao and Xiahou said that they must have also concentrated their forces.

And if Liu Chan didn't save Hanzhong, then Wei would seize Hanzhong and exchange Yongliang for Hanzhong, and Wei would not lose, because in this way, Liu Chan would not even have a way back to Yizhou.

Cao Pi was overjoyed when he heard Jiang Ji's strategy: "Okay, good, Aiqing has a good plan!" Cao Zhen, I order you to immediately lead an army of 50,000 to Wuzhangyuan to attack Zhang Ren, be sure to defeat Zhang Ren, and then march to Hanzhong! ”

Cao Zhen arched his hand and said: "The last general will take the order!" ”

Cao Pi nodded and said, "Quickly lead the army to the expedition, and we must recapture Longyou as soon as possible." ”

Cao Pi ordered Jiang Ji again: "Jiang Ji, pass on my order, immediately send someone to Liangzhou to inform Xu Miao, Xiahou said, let them be fully prepared, and then act with me to flank Longyou."

Ordered to merge with the state, Jizhou, and the state to transfer 20,000 troops, Jizhou to recruit 30,000 soldiers and horses, a total of 50,000 soldiers and horses to come to support. ”

The ministers were about to retreat and prepare, when suddenly a chamberlain hurriedly ran in and said to Cao Pi with a happy face: "Your Majesty, a great joy, a great joy." ”

Hearing this, Cao Pi hurriedly asked: "What kind of happy event, could it be that the battle situation in Longxi has changed." ”

The waiter handed the fold to Cao Pi as he spoke: "It's not Longxi, it's Wuzhangyuan, Zhang Ren has withdrawn!" ”

Originally, he wanted to take the fold with a smile on his face, but after listening to the words of the waiter, his face suddenly darkened.

Now I have just discussed, I want to send troops to fight Zhang Ren, so as to defeat him to attack Guanzhong, and force Liu Chan to retreat, so as to establish an advantage for the attack to recapture Longyou, and now you came to tell me that Zhang Ren has withdrawn?

Zhang Ren has withdrawn from the army, so how can he beat him? The premise of attacking Hanzhong is to defeat Zhang Ren in Wuzhangyuan, so as to take advantage of the situation to enter Hanzhong.

Now that Zhang Ren has retired from the army and returned to Hanzhong in advance, even if all 60,000 soldiers and horses go to Hanzhong, it will have no effect.

Zhang Ren retreated, Jiang Ji's strategy won't work, you dead eunuch still came to say that this is a good thing?

"Bastard!" Cao Pi snatched the fold and grabbed it, threw it heavily on the face of the waiter, pointed at the waiter and shouted: "Come on, drag this person out for me and cut it down!" ”

The waiter was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he couldn't figure out why Cao Pi wanted to kill him, so he fell to his knees with a thud and kowtowed repeatedly: "Your Majesty, the slave and maid are wronged, Your Majesty spares your life, Your Majesty spares your life!" ”

Cao Piqi's chest rose and fell, and in the face of the inner attendant's pleas for mercy, several soldiers stepped forward and dragged the inner attendant down, but after a while, a miserable scream came out from outside.