"Promise." Ma Teng, Han Sui and other princes all agreed and went down to prepare.
"Zhongda, do you think Cheng Yi is fine?" After everyone left, Zhong Yao expressed his doubts.
"This must be a stratagem to alienate someone. If we don't force Cheng Yi too much, Cheng Yi will probably be fine." Sima Yi nodded with certainty.
"Yes." Zhong Yao felt relieved after hearing this and nodded, but then he smiled and said: "Although Liu Feng has many tricks and almost framed Cheng Yi, I also have talented people like Zhong Da here.
No matter how many tricks Liu Feng uses, he can still see through them at a glance."
"Your Excellency, you are exaggerating." Sima Yi said quickly after hearing this. Just now Sima Yi said that everything must be done without departing from one's origins, and the same goes for being a human being. It is always a good thing to be more modest and shy.[
"Hahaha, Zhongda is so humble." Zhong Yao sincerely praised Sima Yi, laughed loudly, and said again.
Immediately afterwards, the two began to chat without saying a word, and Sima Yi was somewhat absent-minded. He always felt that there was something he had overlooked.
Since he trusted Cheng Yi not to have any different intentions and had persuaded the princes, although Yang Qiu had enmity with Cheng Yi, he would not offend the public and become enemies with Cheng Yi alone.
Thinking of this, Sima Yi felt truly relieved.
Soon after, when the time was right, Zhong Yao ordered the Knock Pass, and the nine princes and ten armies in Guanzhong, totaling about 240,000 to 50,000 troops, launched successive attacks on Tongguan.
"Dong dong dong." The sound of drums sounded like thunder, and countless soldiers holding spears and carrying ladders appeared under Tongguan, waiting to attack.
At Tongguan Pass, there were also countless soldiers waiting in formation, either holding bows or preparing to throw down rolling stones and logs. A murderous atmosphere shot straight into the sky.
"Kill." Among the heroes, a warlord general shouted.
"Kill." Immediately afterwards, countless soldiers launched an attack on Tongguan, and the brutal and extremely brutal Battle of Knocking Pass began here.
Half a day passed in an instant, and soon it was evening.
Although the heroes in Guanzhong attacked fiercely, Tongguan was also extremely tenacious. Not only was it not breached, it was not even in a shaky situation.
The Han army defended the area very calmly.
In the coalition camp, near the entrance of the camp, there was a general ordering platform. Zhong Yao and Sima Yi stood on the platform, looking at the sky that was about to enter the night, and then at Tongguan not far away.
Although he was a little helpless, Zhong Yao had to give the order: "Ming Jin withdraws the troops."
"Ding, ding, ding." Following Zhong Yao's order, a rapid sound of gold and iron clashed suddenly. The two sides were fighting, and they might become dead souls under the enemy's blade in the next moment. The atmosphere on the battlefield was actually full of pressure.
The sound of gold and iron clashing sounded, and the soldiers on both sides breathed a sigh of relief, because they knew that the fighting was over for the time being.
Countless soldiers from the Guanzhong heroes retreated from the front of Tongguan quickly and in an orderly manner.
After the heroes and soldiers retreated, it meant that the pass was safe. Liu Feng came to the critical moment with the permission of many civil servants and generals.
At this moment, the situation at the critical moment was even more tragic than what Liu Feng had seen at noon. There were collapsed corpses everywhere, mottled blood stains everywhere, the pungent smell of blood, and painful moans everywhere.
It's one thing to keep the defense calm, but it's another thing for the soldiers to be killed or injured. There is no war without death.[