Although he didn't understand what Sima Yi said, Cao Rui naturally believed that Sima Yi must have his own idea.

For Sima Yi, Cao Rui still wants to use him, but at the same time he is also very afraid.

But now, he must rely on Sima Yi.

"Ai Qing!" Cao Rui said calmly: "Now that the Wei Dynasty is in danger, I ask Ai Qing to help me."

Sima Yi saluted and said: "This matter is not difficult.

Zhuge is determined to contain our army. As long as our army postpones its attack on Wu, the Han army will retreat soon!"

"Is this true?"

Cao Rui couldn't believe it and asked: "Hongnong is the gateway to Luoyang. Now that the Han army has captured it, how can it be easily surrendered?"

"Your Majesty is wise!" Sima Yi said: "I want Zhuge Liang to take the initiative to withdraw Hongnong's troops.

Naturally, it is impossible to achieve...but..." He paused and then said: "But if our army gathers a large army and intends to attack Hongnong,

Now that Liu Chan is far away in the Western Regions, Zhuge Liang naturally does not dare to hold on to the city."

"Oh???" Cao Rui seemed to think there was some truth.

Liu Chan went to the Western Regions and took away 200,000 infantry and cavalry. Although the Han Dynasty had added a lot of new troops due to the re-population in recent years, Liu Chan not only took away 200,000 infantry and cavalry, but also took away the Han Dynasty's large number of soldiers. Some generals.

At this time, the war between Han and Wei broke out.

Zhuge Liang, do you dare?

......

Five days later.

Hongnong Prefecture.

"Report!"

A small colonel quickly rushed into the prefect's mansion. As soon as he entered the house, he hurriedly said: "General, the Wei army is coming."

"Wei Jun?" Wu Yi was stunned.

"How many people are here?"

"Countless." said the principal.

"Got it!" Wu Yi nodded. After the principal left, he turned to look at Xiahou Ba and asked, "General Xiahou, what do you think of this matter?"

Xiahou Ba surrendered to the Han Dynasty for the first time. He has been following Wu Yi these days and is now the deputy general of Hongnong County.

After hearing this, he thought for a moment,

Said: "It must be Sima Yi who is here."

"Sima Yi?" Wu Yi was stunned for a moment.

"Yes!" Xiahou Ba nodded: "Sima Yi gave advice to the Emperor of Wei earlier.

Now that the main force of the Han army is marching westward, Prime Minister Zhuge is cautious and will not dare to send troops easily. This is a great opportunity to regain compound fertilizer."

"This time the old general quickly captured Hongnong;" Xiahou said domineeringly: "Hongnong is the gateway to Luoyang, so the emperor of the Wei Dynasty must be nervous. Now that the Wei Dynasty can conquer those who are good at fighting, Sima has one ear."

Wu Yi also nodded, he recognized Xiahou Ba's words.

The importance of Hongnong to Cao Wei is probably understood by ordinary people. Once Hongnong is captured by the Han army, Luoyang will be under the attack of the Han army.

"Then..." Wu Yi asked again: "If Sima Yi comes to attack, what will our army do?"

"This -" Xiahou Ba hesitated. At present, Hongnong's Han army, plus the surrendered troops, totaled less than 30,000 people.

Although the city of Hongnong is high and the walls are deep, it is by no means a place to be defended for a long time.

If Sima Yi comes to attack, Xiahou Ba is really worried.

"Can't our army stop Sima Yi?" Wu Yi asked.

"That's not necessarily true..." Xiahou Ba said, smiling: "If the Prime Minister can send more reinforcements in time, Hongnong may be able to be defended."

Wu Yi fell into silence.

Because he knew very well that at this time, the Han Dynasty still had reinforcements to send,

The 35,000 people he took away this time were all the soldiers and horses that the Han Dynasty could mobilize now.

Also, the emperor is now marching to the west.

The Han Dynasty was not ready for a large-scale battle with Cao Wei.

March 2, the fourth year of the Han Dynasty (AD 243).

Chang'an.

Prime Minister's Mansion.

"Prime Minister!" Yang Yi said anxiously: "Sima Yi besieged Hongnong, and General Wu may not be able to withstand it."

Zhuge Liang nodded slightly, but did not speak.

Yang Yi said again: "If Cao Wei takes advantage of the situation and uses troops to attack my Han Dynasty..."

Yang Yi is very worried.

Early this morning, Wu Yi sent a message saying that Cao Wei's general Sima Yi personally led an army of 100,000 to attack Hongnong. Wu Yi was leading his army to resist desperately, but the Wei army's offensive was fierce. Wu Yi was worried that the war would be protracted and the Han army would be outnumbered and unable to resist the Wei army.<

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If the Wei army defeated Hongnong, would Sima Yi take the opportunity to attack Guanzhong?

Just when Yang Yi was frowning, Zhuge Liang said: "Send people to Daijun quickly to inform Wei Yan and order him to attack Youzhou."

"???" Yang Yi was suddenly shocked.

At this time, you still want Wei Yan to send troops to attack Youzhou?

"Order Ma Dai to leave Huguan and attack Wei County!"

"Prime Minister!" Yang Yi's eyes widened.

What kind of confusion is the Prime Minister making? This means he wants to attack Wei in a big way.

But, does the big man really have the confidence now?

"There is no need to panic, Mr. Wei -" Zhuge Liang said calmly: "Sima Yi must have thought that I was being cautious and did not dare to start a war with Cao Wei without authorization when the emperor was marching westward."

"Prime Minister, then..." Yang Yi was a little suspicious.

"The main force of our army is in the Western Region, so naturally we cannot break out a full-scale war with Cao Wei..." Zhuge Liang said calmly: "But we can scare Sima Yi."

"Tell Liao Hua and Chen Dao to send 10,000 people each to support Hongnong."

"No!" Yang Yi responded, and then left the Prime Minister's Mansion.

...

One month later.

The entire Central Plains was panicked.

Luoyang was even more shaken by both the government and the public.

Because this month, the Wei Dynasty was full of wars. First, Shanggu fell half a month ago and was captured by Han general Wei Yan in a surprise attack. After Wei Yan captured Shanggu, he led his army south to besiege Yuyang without stopping.

On the other side, Ma Dai led 30,000 troops out of Huguan to attack Wei County.

In addition, 20,000 Han troops from Hedong and Tongguan rushed to the aid of Hongnong, which blocked the general Sima Yi in Hongnong.

"Your Majesty!"

"Move the capital!"

"It will be too late if we don't move the capital."

Cui Lin couldn't bear it anymore. After the fall of Hongnong, he proposed to move the capital to Xudu, but the emperor was dissuaded because General Sima Yi returned to Beijing.

Cao Rui was also panicked.

I originally thought that Zhuge Liang would not dare to break out a full-scale war with the Wei Dynasty because Liu Chan was far away in the Western Regions, but now it seems that this Zhuge Liang is not cautious at all, but is as bold as a tiger.

Outside Hongnong City.

Wei Jun's tent.

Sima Yi also had a frown on his face. The various battle reports that kept coming in made him miserable. Is Zhuge Liang going to launch a war to destroy Wei?

"Edict from the Emperor!"

Just when Sima Yi was feeling worried, a sudden singing and shouting outside the tent woke him up from his meditation. When she looked up, a eunuch walked in from outside.

"General!" said the eunuch, "Your Majesty has a decree to ask the army to return to Beijing quickly to discuss the matter of moving the capital."

"Move the capital?" Sima Yi paused.

It happens day by day. Today we have to move the capital, and tomorrow we have to move the capital.

Sima Yi was really speechless.
To be continued...