Sima Lun did not lead his troops back to Luoyang, but instead placed the 100,000 troops he brought back to Nanyang. Obviously, Sima Lun's purpose was to block the Bingzhou army's advance towards Luoyang, so as to avoid being attacked during the Luoyang military and civilians' movement of the capital.

At this time, Luoyang was in an unprecedented chaos due to the ongoing capital migration, and its defense ability was also the weakest. Once attacked, it would definitely suffer heavy losses.

Sima Lun deliberately placed the Huainan Army in Nanyang, blocking the Bingzhou Army's path to the north. Even if the Bingzhou Army could defeat the Huainan Army or go around other paths, the entire capital relocation matter was almost done. Even when the Bingzhou Army fought to the death to the city of Luoyang, it was already an empty city.

It seems that Sima Lun had formulated a plan to move the capital early in the morning, and the withdrawal of troops in Huainan must be a part of this plan. He wasted his time and detours through Jingzhou, with the purpose of persuading Wang Chang to follow in the footsteps.

However, because Wang Chang had considered a little too much, he did not follow Sima Lun's advice, which gave Cao Liang the opportunity to surround Jingzhou and forcefully surrender Wang Chang. Otherwise, Sima Lun would return to Luoyang with Jingzhou troops, which would only increase the remaining power of the Sima army.

Sima Lun's purpose seems to be very clear, that is, not to focus on gains and losses of a city and a place, but to concentrate troops. The current general trend is very unfavorable to the Sima army. After the Yellow River defense line was broken, the Sima army was even more defeated, and lost several states within a few days, with heavy losses. Compared with the forces between the enemy and us, the Sima army could not fight against the Bingzhou army head-on. Relying on Guanzhong and relying on the dangerous terrain of Guanzhong is probably the only good strategy and magic weapon to curb the Bingzhou army's attack.

Sima Lun easily convinced Sima Shi and began to move the capital in a very short time, moving nearly one million soldiers and civilians to Chang'an. Sima Lun was able to handle such a systematic and huge project with ease. Even Cao Liang had to sigh that this son's extraordinaryness, in time, Sima Lun would inevitably become a strong enemy of the Bingzhou Army and become the most important obstacle for Cao Liang to pacify the world.

Judging from the infinite trust of Sima Shi in Sima Lun, Sima Shi will likely hand over power in the future, and Sima Lun will become the new generation leader of the Sima family. Although Sima's army has retreated to Yongliang and nine out of ten of the territory in the world have disappeared, Cao Liang did not dare to think that the Sima family would no longer have any threats.

Since ancient times, there has been a saying in Guanzhong that those who have won Guanzhong will win the world. The Zhou Dynasty became famous on the coast of the Wei River. King Wu defeated Zhou and achieved the great Zhou Dynasty for 800 years in one fell swoop.

Of course, the success of the Zhou Dynasty was based on the premise of being incompetent and injustice in Shang Zhou, but Qin, one of the seven heroes of the Warring States Period, was able to win the world from the powerful six Eastern countries and establish the Great Qin Empire, which proves that those who win Guanzhong will win the world is by no means false.

Later, the Qin Dynasty was destroyed, the Chu and Han Dynasty competed for power, and Emperor Gaozu of Han Liu Bang also took advantage of the first move to seize Guanzhong, and then gradually suppressed the arrogant Xiang Yu, and finally won the Central Plains and achieved the foundation of the Han Dynasty.

Moreover, the capitals of the Great Qin and the former Han Dynasty have been built in Chang'an, which shows the significance of Guanzhong's status. Although Chang'an's status has gradually declined since the Later Han Dynasty, the Yongliang land has always been a military center of Wei. As Shu Han continued to cause trouble on the border, the Wei State could only increase the defense in the Guanlong area accordingly. It was Zhuge Liang who made Sima Yi and made Sima Yi go from a civil servant to a powerful minister in charge of the world's troops.

The land of Yongliang also became the base camp of the Sima family. Sima Yi used Zhuge Liang to make the two prefectures of Yongliang into his own private territory, cultivated his confidants, promoted his direct descendants, and recruited talents, and built Yongliang into an iron plate. Even though the court later realized that Sima Yi's tail was too big, he deliberately transferred Sima Yi from Yongliang and arranged for the royal family to take over his position. However, Sima Yi's major event was completed, and the Yongliang place could no longer be inserted into the needle and could not be poured into it. Even if Xiahou Xuan became the governor of Yongliang, the general of the Western Expedition, he was just a short marshal and bare commander, and he could not play the role he deserved.

After the Gaopingling Incident, the Sima family dominated the world and handed over the land of Yongliang to the hands of its own Guo Huai. It was obviously preparing to use Guanzhong as the last way for the Sima family to retreat. When the Sima family was defeated and retreated, Guanzhong would become the last nest and the last fortress of the Sima family.

Sima Lun obviously saw deeper than others. When everyone was still obsessed with defending Luoyang City and preparing to fight to the death in Luoyang City, Sima Lun had already jumped out of this thinking and concentrated all his troops on the dangerous land of Guanzhong. It would not be scary to give up the whole world. As long as the Sima family could firmly defend Guanzhong, there would be a chance to revive.

The Zhou Dynasty lived on the shore of the Wei River and had a world. The Qin State had 800 miles of Guanzhong and unified the six kingdoms. Liu Bang built a plank road openly and crossed Chencang secretly. He could get the first place in the battle between Chu and Han. So would the Sima family really not have the chance to compete for the Central Plains again?

Retreating to Guanzhong is on the surface, Sima Lun's weakness and incompetence, but in fact it is a trick to retreat to advance. Concentrating the remaining Sima army in Guanzhong, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, will inevitably greatly increase Guanzhong's defense ability and create a solid territory as solid as a rock.

For a long time, due to the excessive territory controlled by Sima's army and the dispersed forces, they have been defeated by Bingzhou army one by one, and they have been damaged again and again. Sima Lun's operation is an excellent stop loss trick, concentrating superior forces, defending the dangerous area, and waiting for the time to ripe in the future, then counterattack and regaining everything lost.

It can be said that Sima Lun has been deliberately implementing this idea, retreating from Huainan to Luoyang, and then from Luoyang to Chang'an. On the surface, it seems that the city and land are lost, and it is destroyed thousands of miles, but in fact it retains the vital strength of the Sima army to the greatest extent so that it can maximize its efficiency in the final decisive battle.

Cao Liang had once exclaimed that this son was not simple. Now it seems that Sima Lun is really not simple. He has great wisdom and courage. If he cannot deal with him in his lifetime, he will inevitably become the biggest threat to the Cao family's territory in the future.

After receiving this news, Cao Liang immediately ordered all the troops to suspend rest, set up camps, and march northward to advance to Luoyang. Anyway, after Bingzhou Army arrived in Luoyang, there was already an empty city and there was no war to fight, so it was not too late for Bingzhou Army to arrive in Luoyang.
Chapter completed!