Ma Su received a reply from Zhuge Liang, and said nothing, handed over the troops to Wei Yan. He only brought his personal guard camp and Cheng An, who was guarded by dozens of warriors, to Chang'an. ¤Website: sp;¤

He knew Zhuge Liang's intentions very clearly, but he could not find any reason to object, so he could only accept it.

In front of Wei Yan, Cheng An promised to cooperate with Zhao Su to mobilize the Tianshi Taoist people in Guanzhong to help Ma Su defend Chang'an and the eastern passes. Cheng An has been an official for most of his life, and now he has finally become an official, and he has also jumped.

To become the prefect of the 2,000-stone, of course, it is clear what the price it will cost to remove the word "temporary leadership".

Wei Yan was also very satisfied with Zhuge Liang's arrangement. In this way, the eastern part of Guanzhong has no worries, and he has enough autonomy and no longer has to discuss with Ma Su in everything. No matter how close he and Ma Su are, he is not as good as he can decide by himself.

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After Ma Su left, Wei Yan kept guarding the Meiwu and sent a large number of scouts to closely monitor Cao Zhi's movements. Cao Zhi rested in Wuzhangyuan for three days, set off again, headed west along the south bank of the Wei River, and rushed straight to Chen Cang.

After receiving the news, Wei Yan did not leave the city. Apart from sending people to Zhuge Liang, he had no plans to leave the city. Instead, he focused on strengthening the city defense.

Wuzhangyuan is more than 100 miles away from Chencang, and Cao Zhi walked for three days. This was completely normal marching speed, which was very different from the previous marching more than 100 miles a day. His calmness surprised Wei Yan very much. You must know that it was impossible for Cao Zhi to lead him to break into Guanzhong.

If there are too many supplies, even if he robs some supplies and food from Ma Su, he can last for a few more days, but it is very limited and cannot tolerate him being so gentle.

In fact, he has no way back to this point, and he is not in a hurry to conquer Chen Cang. It is really surprising that he is calm and even cold-hearted when he can still rush through the road so slowly.

Only those who do not take their lives seriously can be so calm. This is completely different from the romantic talent in their impression.

It can be seen that rumors are sometimes unreliable.

Although Cao Zhi was mentally prepared and somewhat disappointed when he learned that Wei Yan had not caught up, he was not discouraged. Instead, he became a little more generous and tragic. During the march, he was still interested in writing poetry and essays. After arriving at Chen Cang, he

There was no rush to attack the city. Instead, he asked someone to set up defense lines in the north and east of the city first to prepare for stopping the aid, and at the same time ordered his subordinates to log wood and build siege equipment.

Chen Cang is north of the Wei River, and the Li River flows into the Wei River in the east of the city. It is a small city facing water on three sides. Chen Cang originally had no city, and it was only after Zhuge Liang entered Guanzhong that he built a city in Chen Cang.

From Chencang to the south, you can enter Sanguan and pass through the ancient path to Hanzhong; when going west, you can go up against the current and up to Linwei. When passing through Jigu, you can enter Longyou; when going north, you can go upward through the water and up to Xiaoguan

And Liupan Mountain; facing east, you can follow the Wei River to Chang'an.

The importance of Chen Cang's geographical location can be seen. It can be said that the eastern part of Guanzhong is centered on Chang'an and the western part of Guanzhong is centered on Chen Cang. Zhuge Liang ordered the construction of the city in Chen Cang. This was undoubtedly an extremely wise decision. Now, Chen Cang is still guarding Linwei.

The nearby military farmlands. The scale of military farmlands in Linwei is not large, which is incomparable to the military farmlands in Lishui. However, after the military farmlands on both sides of Lishui were greatly damaged by Xiahouba, the military farmlands near Linwei seemed extremely precious.

What's more, Chencang City also has a lot of food stored.

Cao Zhi's intention to attack Chen Cang was also very obvious. After taking Chen Cang, he could not only get food supplements, but also get the results of Linwei's military farming, cutting off Zhuge Liang's path to support Longyou. Once Shangqi fell into the hands of the Wei army, Hao Zhao would

You can go down the river and contact him.

In this way, Guanzhong and Longyou reconnected.

Cao Zhi had another plan. Zhuge Liang certainly would not sit idly by the way with such an important terrain. He was not in a hurry to march, just to give Zhuge Liang enough time to come and rescue. As long as Zhuge Liang moved his troops to Chen Cang, he would not be able to take care of the north.

Zhang He had a chance.

He believed that with Zhang He's sophistication, he would not be unable to seize such an opportunity.

Three days later, Cao Zhi officially began to attack the city. However, his attention was not on Chencang City, but on the direction of the Lishui River. The Lishui River was always quiet, and there was no sign of reinforcements at all. Zhuge Liang seemed to have no plans to rescue Lishui County.

This made Cao Zhi very uneasy, but it also strengthened his determination to conquer Chen Cang. Since Zhuge Liang was not deceived, he would attack Chen Cang. After taking Chen Cang, he would see if Zhuge Liang was not in a hurry.

Chen Cang is a new city, not big, and with water on three sides, he cannot deploy troops, so although Cao Zhi only has 15,000 troops, he still has enough troops to launch an attack.

Chen Cang had three thousand soldiers and two guards, one was Huo Yi and the other was Liao Hua.

Huo Yi was ordered by Prime Minister Zhuge Liang to lead two thousand troops to reinforce Chen Cang. Liao Hua did not lead troops. He was Fufeng Prefect, stationed in Yong County, and was responsible for the military farming on both sides of the Lishui River. Cao Zhi came, and Ma Dai was surprised again.

The defeat at Xiahou Ba was so badly defeated that his military farming soldiers could not defend Yong County at all, so Zhuge Liang ordered him to give up Yong County and withdrew to Chencang with more than 300 military farming soldiers and all the food to cooperate with Huo Yi.

Defend the city.

At this moment, Huo Yi and Liao Hua stood side by side on the city wall, looking at the Wei army lined up outside the city, and looking at the tall thunderbolt chariots, Liao Hua frowned: "Is Ma Jun also in the army?"

Huo Yi was silent. He didn't know if Liao Hua was right. Judging from the ordnances that the Wei army was deploying, the level of these ordnances was not inferior to the Shu Han army. This inevitably reminded people of the ability of Wei.

Ma Jun, a mechanical genius who is comparable to Wei Ba.

"It shouldn't be." Gongcao Mazun also stood on the city wall. Seeing the scene in front of him, he remembered the Battle of Shangqi that year. But now he was turned upside down. He was from Shu Han, but the one who attacked the city was

Ma Jun, a native of Wei, was his fellow clan. He was familiar with Ma Jun's situation. When he heard Liao Hua suspected that his clan members might be outside the city, he quickly explained.

"Ma Jun is east of Tongguan, Emperor Wei... Cao Rui ordered that he should not participate in any military operations." Ma Zun looked at Huo Yi and Liao Hua awkwardly: "Cao Zhi went deeper alone, obviously seeking death, and this would mean death.

He can't take Ma Jun with him in action."

"So, your tribe is quite valued by the Emperor of Wei."

Ma Zun smiled reluctantly: "A craftsman, of course it is more popular at this time. Speaking of which, this is also because Wei Ba. If it weren't for his great victory in Xiangyang, no one would have noticed him. He was in Luoyang.

At that time, it’s just to make some gadgets to please noble people.”

Huo Yi's eyes twitched, and he suddenly remembered a sentence that was reposted from different channels, which was said to be one of Wei Ba's many strange and strange theories.

Wei Ba once told people that even a trivial move may have an unimaginable consequence after being layered with various factors. A butterfly in Chengdu flapped its wings and may cause waves in the East China Sea.

The sky is huge waves.

He probably didn't expect that he would become the butterfly now. Ma Zun said this at all. He was in Xiangyang, because of the sudden rise of the technology of the modified warship, and he captured more than ten Wei's tower ships with a tower ship, almost

It was from scratch that rebuilt the Hanzhong Navy, which had a very obvious impact on both Wei and Wu. The Wei State valued Ma Jun and Wu State valued Zhang Fen, both of which had a great relationship with him.

The one with the greatest influence was Shu Han. Prime Minister Zhuge Liang invested a lot of energy and effort in technological transformation and was personally responsible for the design and manufacturing of military ordnances. The equipment quality of Shu Han was so high that he was the leader among the Three Kingdoms.

"There is only one Ma Jun in the State of Wei. But our great Han Dynasty has not only Wei Ba." Huo Yi laughed softly and patted the big crossbow beside him: "These city-guarding crossbows designed by the Prime Minister are going to taste the flesh and blood today.

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Ma Zun looked at the murderous crossbow guarding the city and said nothing more. He knew that Cao Zhi was a desperate person. Once the attack began, it would be a thunder attack. Neither Huo Yi nor Liao Hua had fought a war, they could defend it.

Is Chen Cang? Logically speaking, if Zhuge Liang's main force came to support, Cao Zhi would not say siege the city. It would be good if he didn't die. He couldn't figure out why he hadn't seen the reinforcements yet. Is it because Zhuge Liang had confidence in Huo Yi and Liao Hua or because

He wanted to give up Chen Cang to ensure that Zhang He could not enter Guanzhong?

Ma Zun was worried.

Just when Ma Zun was worried, Zhuge Liang also faced many doubts. They couldn't understand why Zhuge Liang didn't rush to Chen Cang immediately. Their troops were twice as powerful as Cao Zhi, and they had the strength to kill Cao Zhi and eliminate this trouble.

, and Chen Cang should not be put under Cao Zhi's threat. Once Chen Cang is lost, the consequences may be more serious than the consequences of Ma Dai's defeat.

Zhuge Liang was indifferent to this. He worked until late at night every day, sometimes even stayed up all night. Scouts were like butterflies passing through flowers, and they were constantly appearing in the camp day and night. They were like silk threads, woven into a big net.

Zhuge Liang was the spider entrenched in the middle of the net, waiting quietly for the prey to surf the Internet.

Guan Xing couldn't help it anymore. He took the initiative to ask Zhuge Liang to lead troops to support Chen Cang. Unexpectedly, before he could speak, Zhuge Liang raised his head from the desk, with a tired and haggard face, but his eyes were burning.

"Dingguo, you are coming just right. I'm about to send someone to find you."

"Look for me?" Guan Xing was stunned for a moment, and then felt a chill on his back: "The Prime Minister has a task to give me?"

"Yes." Zhuge Liang nodded with a smile: "There is a very important and very dangerous task. I think it is difficult to win or lose without Dingguo."

"Prime Minister..." Guan Xing became confused and subconsciously thought that Zhuge Liang was happy with him. When did the Prime Minister pay so much attention to me? Yes, the Prime Minister praised him before, but that was just a verbal statement. For so many years,

Zhuge Liang did not regard him as a confidant. In Xiangyang, after he became friends with Wei Ba, the Cheng became even more distant from him. Guan Feng led his troops out of Chengdu and secretly helped Wei Ba to seize Wuling, which was even more like breaking up with the Prime Minister.

The layer of cloth between the Guan family and Zhuge Liang has been completely torn apart.

It is precisely because of this that Guan Xing did not complain about the situation in front of him, which is normal, and the Prime Minister's performance today was somewhat abnormal.

Feeling Guan Xing's suspicion, Zhuge Liang handed over a military newspaper. Guan Xing took it in his hand, and he couldn't believe it. Will Zhuge Liang show him such an important military newspaper? This is something I have never seen before.

In the past, only Ma Su was the only one who could enjoy the treatment now. When people like him learned about such news, most of them were already the last batch.

"Look, I need your advice." Zhuge Liang responded to Guan Xing's surprise with a tolerant smile and urged gently.
Chapter completed!