The Conquest of the Three Kingdoms

General's Mansion in Chang'an City

Zhong Yao sat there quietly, without saying a word, falling into a kind of silence, a kind of fearful silence.

Not only Zhong Yao, but also the entire hall fell silent in the blink of an eye.

Shock and suspicion flashed on everyone's face. They couldn't figure out why Wang Shuang, Han De, and Hao Zhao, these powerful generals in the world, would be beheaded, and how the Xiegu Dazhai, which was naturally dangerous since ancient times, was easily breached Woolen cloth?

This is an unprecedented humiliation for Zhong Yao and even the entire Sili area.

"Xiegu is a dangerous place in the world. The five sons under Han De's tent can be called the five tigers of the Han family, and they are also commanding an army of [-]. How can a young Ma Chao break through Xiegu in an instant?"

Zhong Yao's face was gloomy, and he had strong doubts about the battle report he just got.

The soldiers who reported the letter then told how Ma Chao joined forces with the Xiliang army to attack from both sides and launched an attack at the same time, and the action was so fast that the entire Han family army was caught off guard, and how Han De fought and was finally outnumbered one by one.

After hearing the whole process, Zhong Yao lost his temper and could only accept this cruel reality bitterly.

In the hall, the atmosphere was deadly silent, and a thick shadow was cast on everyone's face.

Zhong Yao originally planned to send troops to Xiegu, and after forcing the Chu army back, he would flatten Xiliang in one fell swoop, and then march into the Western Regions to complete the Western war, but now that Chu Jun has defeated Cao's army, all plans seem to be in vain, and even worse Yes, it is very likely that they will attack Chang'an directly, break through their central position directly, and then point east to Luoyang and Xuchang.

In the silence, someone let out a disapproving sneer.

Everyone saw that the person who sneered was Zhong Hui.

Zhong Hui disagreed, and then said with a smile, "Although Xiegu was lost, Generals Ma Chao and Lu Bu had to cross the Wei River and the rolling Qinling Mountains if they wanted to attack Chang'an. These two places are easy to defend but difficult to attack. As long as they stick to one of them, Ma Chao and Lv Bu will have nothing to fear if they come with their own troops.”

Zhong Hui's words were like a ray of sunshine, piercing the haze that shrouded everyone's hearts.

Zhong Yao turned his head to look at his son, and nodded slightly, his face improved a lot.

Zhong Hui continued: "Father, there is no need to worry that the enemy will attack our important area of ​​Chang'an. Instead, we should transfer the heavy troops to these two passes. Once the enemy army is defeated, we must go all out to climb the valley and regain the initiative of the war. right."

Zhong Hui's eloquent and confident words made Zhong Yao suddenly enlightened, as if he was born with self-confidence, which appeared on his face again.

However, just when Zhong Yao's confidence had just recovered, the words of Han Hao, the leader of the army, dealt another heavy blow to Zhong Yao's self-confidence.

"Zhong Hui's words are right, but it's a pity that he was one step too late. Several groups of soldiers from Nan'an, Tianshui and other places went to attack the Chu army's stronghold in Xiegu, trying to take back the natural danger of Xiegu, but they all retreated in defeat. Now our army's morale is already low. At bottom, the troops on all sides of us are now defeated, and there are now few defenses left."

As soon as this statement came out, everyone was shocked.

Zhong Yao's expression changed drastically, and he said in shock, "Why are the three-way defenders so impulsive!"

Han Hao said silently: "The generals of the three routes are adjacent to the direction of Xiegu. If the Chu army is fully assembled, the force will be far from the strength of these three counties. They say that it will never be possible to defeat the Chu army, so they choose The Chu army wanted to take advantage of the Chu army's unsteady foothold to take back Xiegu, so they sent troops to attack the Chu army."

Only then did Zhong Yao suddenly realize.

"Ma Chao, Lu Bu, you idiots, are so powerful that you turned our Sili area into this."

In anger, Zhong Yao gritted his teeth with hatred.

And Zhong Hui, who had always thought otherwise, could not help but be shrouded in clouds on his leisurely face at this moment.

He pondered for a while, then said solemnly: "Since the three armies have been defeated by the Chu army, and the soldiers and people in Chang'an City are in panic, under such circumstances, it is absolutely impossible for Prime Minister Cao to lead his troops in person to end it."

At this moment, in the face of such a crisis, a Zhonghui known as a think tank also fell into a kind of contemplation.

"Chu Jun, Chu Jun."

In Zhong Yao's sunken eye sockets, endless anger surged.

At this time, he stood up slowly, and then slowly walked to the door of the main hall. Standing inside the door of the main hall, he looked at the direction of the inclined valley, and there was a bit of unwillingness hidden in his angry eyes.

The Sili captain of Cao Jun was tortured by anger and unwillingness, and after a long time, he could only let out a helpless sigh.

"Order the whole army to move into the north bank of the Weishui River."

Zhong Yao finally chose to enter the army helplessly, and the faces of the civil and military personnel present also showed unwillingness.

That night, the [-] troops pulled out their camps and set up camp on the north bank of the Weishui River.

Chang'an Avenue.

Zhong Yao personally led an army of [-] to pass through Chang'an Avenue, accompanied by generals including Han Hao, general Xu Zhi, Wang Zhen and others.

Zhong Yao sat in the carriage, opened the curtains lightly, looked outside through the window, and saw that there was no one on the empty street, but the street was in a mess, small merchants and hawkers came not only All sorts of business transactions, and some rooms with doors that seem to be closed and open.

Zhong Yao put down the curtains, only to hear the son next to him say: "Father, don't look at it, there must be chaos outside, the entire city of Chang'an has already run away, nine out of ten."

Zhong Yao asked in surprise: "We still have 20 troops, what are these people worried about, why are they running away?"

Zhong Yao still didn't understand that these people left not only because of the prestige of the Chu army, but also because the Chu army did not collect any taxes from the newly occupied areas, which was the fundamental reason for them to leave.

Zhong Hui said lightly: "Father, do you know where these people have fled to?"

"where?"

"They all fled west."

"West?"

"Yes, they all ran to the place newly occupied by the Chu army,"

The more Zhong Yao listened, the more confused he became. He still couldn't understand why these people left him and chose to follow the murderous Chu army?

Zhong Hui told him that it was because the Chu army would promulgate their new land law every time they occupied a land. The new land law did not charge any land fees for three years, and after three years, the tax method of ten taxes was adopted. Of course Countless people turned to the Chu army one after another.

Zhong Yao finally said impatiently: "Stop talking, these damn southern barbarians, let me teach them a good lesson this time and beat them back to their hometowns."

The whole army then drove to Weishui.