The Sima Army's defense in Chen Cang can be said to have reached its peak. The number of troops that a small Chen Cang Pass can accommodate is extremely limited. When Hao Zhao was in charge of Chen Cang, he blocked Zhuge Liang's 100,000 troops with only a few thousand soldiers. It can be said that one man is at the pass, and tens of thousands of men cannot open it.

With such an impressive record, I'm afraid that only Zhang Te can compare with Zhuge Ke in Hefei New City. Zhuge Liang encountered such a strong city during the second Northern Expedition and eventually returned in vain. He was even more sloppy than the first Northern Expedition. From then on, he never dared to touch Chen Cang again.

Compared with the thousands of people at the time, Sima Lun equipped Zhoutai with 30,000 troops to defend the Wei army, which almost reached the limit of the number of Rongs in Chencang City. If there are too many, it will really not be able to accommodate it.

With a full army and sufficient and excellent fortifications, Zhoutai had no reason to have no confidence in Chen Cang's defense. There was still more than 100,000 troops behind Zhoutai to reinforce him at any time. Zhoutai was not afraid of the powerful attack of the Wei army.

Although he also knew that the terrible combat effectiveness of the Wei army, especially the cavalry and catapults of the Wei army, had already caused Sima army to suffer repeated losses, defeated again and again, lost the city and lost the land, and failed the army, and gave all the great rivers and mountains to Cao Liang.

But the Chen Cang he guarded this time was completely different from the cities that the Sima army had lost. First of all, although Chen Cang was not big, it was an extremely strong fortress. All the city walls were built with stones. The most powerful weapon of the Wei army, the stone caster, could not help it. What's more, Chen Cang City still stored food and grass for at least 30,000 troops to eat for a year and a half. Today, Chen Cang City has no ordinary people. In the entire city, there are soldiers who can fight, with sufficient soldiers and sufficient food and complete defense. Zhou Tai had no reason to think that Chen Cang could not defend it.

Because there were too many defenders in the city and they could not let go of the city walls at all, Zhoutai divided the army into two shifts, one shift on duty and one shift on the other. In this case, even if the Wei army came to launch attacks day and night, Zhoutai would have sufficient troops to deal with it.

In short? Chen Cang was ready and ready to fight, just waiting for the Wei army to attack.

The news of the attack of the three Wei army also reached Ji County. When Sima Lun heard the news, he immediately rushed to the Shu army camp and met with Jiang Wei? To discuss the plan to retreat to the enemy.

This period of time was indeed enough for Jiang Wei to be busy? After Guo Huai evacuated the counties of Longxi, according to the agreement reached by him and Sima Lun? All the government affairs of these five counties in Longxi were handed over to the Shu Kingdom for jurisdiction.

Isn’t Jiang Wei fighting desperately and fighting to expand the territory of the Shu Han Dynasty? Jiang Wei naturally had to do his best to win the five counties in Longxi, which he had obtained with his help. Before the five prefects sent by the court took office, Jiang Wei still needed to personally accept and handle the affairs of the five counties? Just moving between the five counties without stopping, Jiang Wei was so busy that he was so busy that he was dizzy.

The affairs of the five counties had just become a little surprised? Then I got the news that the Wei army invaded Chen Cang again? Chen Cang's gains and losses were related to the safety of the entire Longxi? Jiang Wei had to put down the affairs at hand and sit down with Sima Lun to discuss the plan.

Simalun believes that Chen Cang is the gateway to Longxi, and Chen Cang's gains and losses are related to whether Longxi can defend it. Therefore, they must do their best to ensure Chen Cang's safety. Once Chen Cang has a critical situation, the two armies need to work together to carry out rescue.

At the same time, they must strengthen the defense of the Longshan line, such as Jieting, Liucheng and other places. When Zhuge Liang first made an Northern Expedition, it was because Zhang He broke through Jieting, which led to a sharp decline in the situation in Longxi. Therefore, Jieting's gains and losses were second only to Chen Cang. Sima Lun proposed that general Hu Fen lead 20,000 troops to guard Jieting. At the same time, the Shu army sent a general to lead troops to garrison Liucheng, and support the Jieting defenders to defend the northern end of Longshan.

Jieting is very special. It is a broken entrance to Longshan. The Longshan Mountains extend here, as if they were broken by an axe to open the mountain, leaving a gap. In the middle of Jieting, there is a dirt mountain that is not connected to the surroundings. When Zhuge Liang sent Ma Su to Jieting to guard him, Ma Su did not establish a camp in the road, but stationed troops on Tushan. Zhang He surrounded the mountains on all sides, cutting off the water source of the Shu army. The Shu army was in trouble without water, so Ma Su could only choose to break through. Jieting was obtained by Zhang He, which eventually led to Zhuge Liang's most likely success in the first Northern Expedition.

Sima Lun arranged for Hu Fen to guard Jieting, so he would not repeat Ma Su's mistakes. Sima Lun believed that although Jieting was a road to Longxi, its location was relatively remote compared to Chen Cang and there was no benefit of canal transportation. Therefore, even if the Wei army sent troops to attack Jieting, it would have to be dominated by cavalry. Just like the 50,000 cavalry led by Zhang He, the possibility of attacking with the main force of infantry was relatively small.

However, the attack power of the Wei cavalry was extremely terrifying. It was difficult to stop the Wei army's offensive by establishing a camp alone.

However, Sima Lun has accumulated rich experience in dealing with the Wei cavalry, that is, digging deep trenches. If one does not work, digging two, and four. Countless trenches form natural dangers, which will inevitably block the attack of the Wei army.

Sima Lun did this in Pubanjin's defense system. The Sima army could not stop the Wei army from landing, but digging deep trenches in the depths of the Yellow River bank could effectively resist the impact of the Wei cavalry.

If it weren't for Sima Liang, the idiot who caused the situation of Tongguan's loss to Guanzhong, the Wei army would not have easily crossed Pubanjin. In general, Sima Lun's defense in Pubanjin was relatively successful, so if he wanted to defend Jieting this time, he would also need to transplant Pubanjin's successful experience.

Before the Wei army came, Simalun had already made arrangements for Jieting's defense. He sent a lot of troops and civilians to dig countless trenches in Jieting, cutting off the passage. Now that Hu Fen is sent to Jieting, Simalun repeatedly reminded him of the key points of defense and avoid making the same mistakes as Ma Su.

Jieting is a completely lingering nightmare for Shu Kingdom. Jiang Wei also attaches great importance to Jieting's defense. However, after listening to Sima Lun's plan, Jiang Wei nodded slightly. Sima Lun's defense plan is indeed perfect, and Jiang Wei is also quite satisfied.

In order to cooperate with the Sima army to defend Jieting, Jiang Wei also sent Zhang Yi to lead 10,000 troops to garrison Liucheng, cutting off the Wei army's plan to attack Jieting from the flank, and could also provide reinforcements when Jieting is in crisis.
Chapter completed!