Sima Shi finally accepted Sima Lun's suggestion, withdrew his troops in Guanzhong and moved the capital to Chang'an.

Although this was a very painful decision, after repeated weighing, Sima Shi believed that moving the capital would be the only strategy that can change the situation at present. The Sima family's heritage and fundamentally in Guanzhong. Sima Yi had worked hard to manage the Guanlong land for more than ten years, which was the last retreat for the Sima family.

Guanzhong is the former place of pre-Qin. The Zhou Dynasty and Qin Dynasty both made their fortunes in Guanzhong, so there has been a saying that Guanzhong will win the world since ancient times. Moreover, Guanzhong has unique geographical advantages. Zhang Liang of the Han Dynasty once praised Guanzhong: "Guanzhong has left, Han, right, Long, Shu, and fertile fields for thousands of miles, Bashu in the south, and Huyuan in the north, and guarded the three sides, and one side is the east to control the princes. The princes are stable, the rivers and Wei can conquer the world and the west to the capital; the princes have changed and go downstream, which is enough to submit the loss. This is the so-called Jincheng, a thousand advances, and the Tianfu country."

At the end of the Han Dynasty, Dong Zhuo was in chaos, and the eighteen princes of the 18th princes set off to attack him. Dong Zhuo was defeated and had to move the capital to Chang'an. Because of the danger of the 18th princes of the 18th princes, although they had many soldiers and generals, they could not do anything to Dong Zhuo. In the end, the stars scattered and their respective futures went their own way.

In fact, if Dong Zhuo did not commit suicide, he would not have died in the hands of Lu Bu. If Dong Zhuo could really occupy Guanzhong and work hard to govern the world, Cao Liusun might not have the final say.

Since the Yellow River defense line was broken by Cao Liang, the entire situation has taken a sharp turn. The Bingzhou army has been unstoppable and swept across the six states of Yan, Qing, Henan, Xu, Yang and Jing. In just a few months, the territory lost by the Sima army exceeded the sum of the previous losses. Now, the areas controlled by Sima's army, besides Luoyang, are only the two states of Yongliang left.

Luoyang, which has lost its barrier and protection, faces enemies three times, and the situation has long become dangerous. If you want to defend Luoyang, this is probably a knot that Sima Shi refused to admit defeat, because Luoyang is the capital and the foundation of the country. If Luoyang is abandoned, can it still be considered as taking charge of the world?

But Sima Lun pointed out incisively that Luoyang has no danger to defend. Once the Bingzhou army arrives, Luoyang will be doomed. He was defeated in Bingzhou and defeated in Jizhou. Sima's army still has the possibility of recovering its vitality, but if it is defeated in Luoyang, it will lose all of it and there is no chance of flipping.

Think carefully, Sima Lun's suggestion to move the capital was actually the last way for the Sima family to preserve their final strength. Sima Shi still had more than 100,000 troops when he retreated to Luoyang. This time, Sima Lun brought back 100,000 people from Huainan, and intact, plus 70,000 to 80,000 troops in Yongliang. Including Sima Shi's hands, there are still about 280,000 troops that can be mobilized.

Of course, compared with the six or seven hundred thousand soldiers in the heyday of the Sima family, the current military strength has shrunk a lot. Thinking about it, Cao Liang only occupied a small Bingzhou area, barren and desolate, and the Sima family did not take him seriously at all. But more than ten years have passed, Cao Liang grew and grew step by step, and actually encapsulated and swept most of the world. The unpredictable changes in the world are really unimaginable.

Sima Master felt that he was exhausted and it was really hard to persevere. When Sima Yi died of illness, he entrusted the great affairs of the world to him, hoping that he could carry forward the Sima family's great cause and go further.

By the time of Sima Yi, the Sima family was already a great minister, below one person and above ten thousand people. It is naturally not difficult to understand that Sima Shi was indeed striving to move forward in this direction.

Unfortunately, things went against my wishes. Sima Shi cleared countless obstacles, and even the emperor was deposed and re-established. However, he could not remove the thorn in Cao Liang's eyes. He also watched Cao Liang grow stronger step by step, swallowing the world. In the end, he could not see it. He could only listen to the bad news coming from the front in the dark.

Sima Shi was really tired. The double blows of spirit and physical strength made him exhausted. He didn't even know how he played a good hand of cards to pieces.

At this time, Sima Lun's sudden return gave Sima Shi endless hope. If you want to say that Sima Shi's subordinates were full of counselors and famous generals, no one could give Sima Shi a highly forward-looking strategic decision. Only Sima Lun, who was young, dared to think, speak, dared to do, and dared to do. Sima Shi suddenly had an idea, that is, he was old and blind, so why not take the position and give Sima Lun to Sima Lun? Perhaps under Sima Lun's leadership, the Sima family could get out of this darkest moment and reshape glory.

Sima Shi suddenly seemed extremely excited. With Sima Lun's ability now showing completely surpassed him. If all the power was handed over to him, the Sima family would not have embarked on a path of rejuvenation.

In the fight with Cao Liang, he was undoubtedly the biggest loser, but Sima Lun was still young, and so far, the extraordinary wisdom he showed made Sima Shi have reason to believe that in the next few decades, he will become more mature and wise, and Cao Liang will gradually grow old like himself. The contest between this generation has been completely defeated, but the contest between the next generation has just begun, and it is still unknown who will win.

Sima Shi was not in a hurry to tell Sima Lun about his idea. He would naturally make corresponding arrangements for what he would do next. First, Sima Shi adopted Sima Lun's suggestion and ordered the capital to be moved to Chang'an.

This decision immediately caused a sensation in Luoyang City. Moving the capital is not a trivial matter, it is a major issue related to the country. If it is necessary to move the capital, it will have to be carefully planned and formulated as corresponding measures, which will take a lot of time, manpower and material resources.

However, Sima Shi's order this time was extremely hasty. The timetable he gave was only three days of preparation. After three days, all officials, troops and people in Luoyang would move out of Luoyang. Ten days later, if anyone stayed in Luoyang City, they would be regarded as rebellious and would be killed.

Within ten days, the vast capital would be cleared. Everyone thought this was incredible. Many officials went to the General's Mansion and asked Sima Shi to forgive him for a few more days. If they really wanted to move the capital and withdraw their troops, they would have time to clean up.

But Sima Shi refused them selflessly, and did not even give them a moment. On the eleventh day, anyone stranded in Luoyang City would be killed.

Sima Shi can give them time, but will Cao Liang give it?
Chapter completed!