Sima Wang, who returned to Chang'an, was still immersed in the shadow of failure, and as a powerful general, he suffered two consecutive defeats in this most familiar land, which made Sima Wang's mood unable to calm down for a long time.

Could it be that the land of Guanlong, which was regarded as the northwest barrier by the Wei State, really couldn't be defended?

No! No! Sima Wang was shouting countless times in his heart, he must not allow this kind of thing to happen, once Guanzhong is lost, the entire world of Great Wei will be like a thorn in the back, and it will be difficult to have peace.

This time Sima Wang served as not only the governor of Yongliang, his shoulders, but also bear Sima Zhao's ardent expectations, at this critical moment, Sima Zhao put this burden on his shoulders, the first is the trust of his loyalty, the second is the recognition of his ability, although the Wei State is full of talents, but the real leaders are not too many, choose a person who is both loyal and capable to take on this important responsibility, Sima Zhao naturally regards Sima Wang, who is the same ancestor and ancestor, as the first choice.

But what made Sima Wang embarrassed was that the two defeats of Jieting and Wuzhangyuan made him lose face, and more than half of his troops were lost, and now the counterattack on Longxi has become a bubble, and even whether Guanzhong can be defended is a huge problem.

"Governor Qiyu, Chen Cang is lost." The Chinese officer hurried in and reported to Sima Wangyu.

At this moment, Sima Wang was sitting upright on the brocade seat, rubbing his swollen temples with his fingers, for a period of time, he often felt a splitting headache, hearing the news, Sima Wang's fingers instantly froze.

The failure of Wuzhangyuan made the rescue of Chen Cang come to naught, and Chen Cang was isolated and helpless, and it would definitely be difficult to escape the bad luck of being lost. This is not surprising to Sima Wang. But what he didn't expect. Chen Cang's loss would be so fast, as soon as he arrived in Chang'an on the front foot, the news of Chen Cang's loss came from the back foot, so Chen Cang still had nearly 10,000 defenders, why did he lose it so quickly?

The lieutenant officer continued: "The news of the defeat of Wuzhangyuan reached Chencang, and Su Yu, who joined the army, ignored Wang Hun's dissuasion and insisted on leading 7,000 men and horses to break through, and Chencang only had less than 3,000 defenders left. Unable to resist the all-out attack of the Shu army, the city was broken, and Wang Hun was also killed. ”

Sima Wang was a little angry, and said sharply: "Where is Su Yu? ”

The Chinese officer said: "After Su Yu broke through the siege of Chencang, he took a small road to return to Chang'an, but was ambushed by the Shu army in Wugong Mountain, and the whole army was annihilated, and Su Yu was also killed by random arrows. ”

Sima Wang's expression was stunned, his eyes were a little gloomy, and Su Yu had already died in battle. Naturally, he can no longer be held accountable for leaving his post without permission, in the final analysis. It was still his own use of non-human beings that led to Chen Cang's quick defeat. Sima Wang sighed heavily, when Su Yu was put in charge of the army, some people raised objections, thinking that Su Yu's words were exaggerated and could not be used, this kind of comment was just like Liu Bei's evaluation of Ma Jian back then. Although it is said that there were not a few civilian officials in charge of the army during the Han and Wei dynasties, civilian officials were indeed inferior to those experienced generals in terms of combat experience and willpower.

At the beginning, Sima Wang only took a fancy to Su Yu's Wentao martial arts strategy and was resourceful, but he didn't think too much about his ability to withstand adversity, and as a result, Su Yu became the second Ma Jian in what was really said.

The defeat of Ma Tan's army in Jieting led to the failure of Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition plan, and Su Yu's escape made Chen Cang lose quickly, although Chen Cang's loss was only a matter of time, but only if Chen Cang could hold on for a few more days, he could delay Liu Yin for a few more days, so that Chang'an's defense had time to prepare more.

Because Chen Cang was lost so quickly, Liu Yin's army was probably already on the way to Chang'an, and Sima Wang's army had just withdrawn to Chang'an, and it had not yet had time to complete the defensive deployment of Chang'an, which almost caught Sima Wang off guard.

"This Su Yu, I'm not shallow!" Sima looked up to the sky and sighed, this time he was really blind, which would lead to such a defeat.

When Sima Wang entered the Guanzhong, he had 100,000 male soldiers in his hands, but the successive defeats of the Street Pavilion, the defeat of Wuzhangyuan, and the loss of Chencang, Sima Wang's military losses reached more than 60,000 people, and now there are less than 40,000 soldiers and horses left to guard Chang'an, Liu Yin's Shu army is getting stronger and stronger, Sima Wang's Wei army is fighting less and less, and the next battle of Chang'an has become extremely difficult for Sima Wang.

"Don't worry, according to the last general's opinion, it is better to withdraw the soldiers of Xinping, Meixian, Wugong, and Huaili, and strengthen the defense of Chang'an, Chang'an is the capital of the former Han Dynasty, the city is high and deep, and it is by no means comparable to a small city like Chencang, and now Chang'an is full of grain and grass, enough to support the needs of hundreds of thousands of people for a year, as long as the governor sticks to Chang'an, there is nothing to be done about Liu Yin. His Royal Highness the King of Jin can't sit idly by and ignore Chang'an, he will definitely recruit soldiers and horses from all over the world to come to the rescue, the governor only needs to endure in Chang'an City for a few months, and when the reinforcements from the eastern part of the country arrive, the inside should be combined with the outside, why worry about Liu Yin not breaking? Hu Shixian said.

Sima Wang nodded, Hu Shi's strategy coincided with him, after several defeats, the Wei army was no longer able to divide troops to defend various places, although important towns like Meixian and Wugong were often battleground, but now the enemy is strong and I am weak, Sima Wang has no spare strength to do more defense, and the top priority now is to think about how to concentrate all the troops, defend Chang'an, and build Chang'an into a fortress city, as long as Chang'an is not lost, there is still hope in Guanzhong. As for the surrounding small cities, Sima Wang really has no spare energy to take care of them at the moment.

Hu Shi's strategy was exactly what Sima Wang wanted, and Sima Wang nodded yes, and handed over the important task of withdrawing troops from various cities and deploying Chang'an to Hu Shi.

Hu Shi bowed down and promised, there are fewer and fewer generals around Sima Wang, and now he finally has a bright future, as long as he fights this battle to defend Chang'an, it will definitely be a matter of being promoted to a higher rank. Hu Shishi was overjoyed, and went down to actively command and arrange, and fighting this battle well would be the most important step in his career.

Fortunately, there are still about 40,000 troops in Chang'an, and if you just defend a city, it is more than enough, even if Liu Yin has 100,000 troops, he may not be able to do anything about Chang'an City.

The walls of Chang'an City are tall, just the moat, there are ten zhang wide, strong city walls, and then equipped with a complete defense system, a large number of soldiers and horses, as well as sufficient materials and grain and grass, Sima Wang is full of confidence in holding Chang'an, he has suffered three consecutive defeats, the so-called thing is not three, the well-defended Chang'an City will definitely end Liu Yin's winning streak.

"If you want to break through Chang'an, there are no three years and five years, it's just wishful thinking!" (To be continued.) )