Before Zhuge Liang could answer, Zhao Yun rushed to say, "Mingzhi's statement is not without reason, but if you drag it on, there may be something wrong. Although this piece of fat meat in Chang'an cannot be moved away, it will still be safe after all.

As for Cao Zhen and his team, their morale was sluggish, lacking food and grass, and their combat power was no longer strong. When siege, they deployed a military guard in the east to ensure that there was no danger in the rear."

"What the Old General Zhao said was so much, and Yang Junhou was a little worried. Cao Zhen's army suffered consecutive defeats and had become a frightened bird and a dog that was lost. It was not worth worrying in a short period of time. Of course, for the sake of caution, our army can divide half of the troops to guard against them when attacking Chang'an, and only 30,000 troops are enough to break the city." Jiang Wei said.

His arrangement sounded comprehensive and immediately won the approval of the majority. After all, there were less than 10,000 Wei troops in Chang'an City, and 30,000 Han troops siege seemed to be enough. There was no need to throw all their troops into the siege.

Although most people agreed with Zhao Yun and Jiang Wei's opinions, Zhuge Liang seemed unmoved and still asked Yang Qing: "Does Mingzhi have something to say?"

"Prime Minister, the advice of the veteran General Zilong and Bo Yi is appropriate, but what if Cao Zhen's army does not come to Chang'an and divide some of the troops and horses to travel eastward to attack Tongguan?

General Yuanxiong had only four or five thousand people in his hands. It was difficult for these troops to block Cao Hong's army. No matter what, they could not resist the Wei army's attack. Once Tongguan fell, Cao Hong's army and even other Wei troops in Guandong could enter Guanzhong continuously. By then, the situation of our army would turn and be in a straight way, and victory or defeat was still unknown!" Yang Qing said.

After hearing this, Zhao Yun felt shocked and was speechless: "This..."

"What my brother said was something we didn't expect. The soldiers of Tongguan were few. If the Wei army really attacked each other from both sides, it would be really hard to resist." Guan Xing said.

Jiang Wei said: "But will Cao Zhen and the others really send troops to attack Tongguan? What if they didn't think of this strategy?"

Yang Qing thought that Jiang Wei was very bold in combat in history, otherwise he would not have turned the original defensive strategy of defending enemies outside the national gate into a radical strategy of gathering troops and gathering valleys and annihilated enemies within the national gate. Unexpectedly, he still had this style in this world, and his brave and risky military use style has begun to emerge.

"Bo Yue, we can't rely on the enemy to be lenient and complete. We cannot rely on the enemy's failure to expect, let alone even if Cao Zhen and Zhang He did not think about this, but I don't expect Liu Ye to see this flaw. This person is a famous scholar in the Wei Kingdom and has always been wise and should not be underestimated."

Ma Zhong interrupted, "Yang Junhou said it well. Liu Ye is very talented and we cannot be careless.

Prime Minister, Zhong had learned from the prisoners that the strange plan that Zhang Hemen had taken to attack Zikou Pass after he walked through the Yugu Road was offered by Liu Ye. If it weren't for this, Cao Zhen's army might have been completely destroyed in Ziwu Valley."

"Oh? It's him. This man designed the southern expedition for Cao Pi back then and showed great wisdom. Fortunately, Cao Pi did not obey, otherwise the situation in the world had already changed drastically. Now this man is in a dilemma with our Han on the battlefield on the Western Front, and he is really a strong enemy!" Zhuge Liang sighed.

Guan Xing punched several cases and said angrily: "I heard that Liu Ye is the great-grandson of King Fuling, the son of Emperor Guangwu. He is also a relative of the Han Dynasty. He does not want this person to betray his ancestors and help the evildoer to abuse him. It is really hateful!"

"Alas, Anguo doesn't have to be angry. There are many unworthy descendants in the world who recognize thieves as fathers, and there is no need to worry about it. Restoring the Han Dynasty is a thorny road, and only the indomitable heroes like the late emperor can lead us to compete with Cao Cao to the end." Liu Yan, the only Han family member in the tent, said with some emotion and nostalgia.

He followed Liu Bei to revive the Han Dynasty for decades. During this period, he saw too many descendants of the Liu family bowed their knees and bowed their heads to the feet of the traitors for peace. After all, a few people dared to rise up and fight.

Guan Xingwu said angrily: "If this thief is like other Han family members, he is afraid of death, and it would be fine if he wants to spend food and clothing. Now, our Han Dynasty king army is fighting against rebellion and the army is coming to the old capital. This thief does not think about returning to the Han Dynasty anyway, but still helping Cao thief. It is really shameless. When we meet on the battlefield in the future, we will capture this thief alive and present it to the spirit of the 24th generation of the late emperors. What does this thief have to say?"

Yang Qing smiled and said, "Haha, An Guozhen is a man of temperament, and he is indeed a respectful person. Yes, Liu Ye is not only a thief in the Han Dynasty, but also has outstanding talents. In terms of danger, it is much greater than the scum of other thieves who surrender to the thief. If he can try to get rid of it, he can be defeated by Cao Zhen.

He paused slightly, then bowed to Zhuge Liang and said, "Prime Minister, although Liu Ye served the Cao thief sincerely, the three generations of Cao Cao, Cao Pi, Cao Rui, were not completely relieved by him. After all, this person is a descendant of Emperor Gaozu, and Cao thief was still very afraid of him. Otherwise, Liu Ye's talent would have already been in the Tai Pavilion, so why was he only appointed as the Minister of the Service?

Therefore, the Qing Dynasty thought that it could set up a counter-split plan to alienate Cao Rui and Liu Ye, the monarch and ministers, or eliminate a strong enemy and reduce the resistance of the royal army to win."

"Well, you can try to counter-espionage Liu Ye, but I won't talk about this now, so I'll discuss it later." Zhuge Liang nodded and said, "We should decide the strategy for the army first. I wonder what you think Mingzhi said in the moment, but there are any opponents?"

Everyone knew that Yang Qing was very reasonable and they were silent. Zhuge Liang smiled when he saw this: "It seems that you and others have been convinced by Mingzhi. Haha, in fact, I am the same as Mingzhi's concerns. Although Cao Zhen was defeated, there were still tens of thousands of soldiers, and his strength should not be underestimated. He is close to him. If he does not defeat him first, there may be changes.

Therefore, I want to leave some soldiers to attack Chang'an tomorrow, and the large group of troops rushed to Lantian, forcing Cao Zhen to take the initiative to attack and engage in a dignified main battle with our army, and completely defeat Cao Zhen's army." After saying that, the glory of confidence showed on his face, which showed that he was extremely at ease with the Han army's field capabilities.

Yang Qing and others were all excited after hearing this and accepted the order in unison. On the second day, Zhuge Liang kept Liu Yan, Yuan Lin led more than 10,000 Jiangzhou troops to attack the city, and he and Yang Qing, Zhao Yun, Guan Xing and others led nearly 50,000 infantry and cavalry to the city of Lantian.

Although Liu Yan's troops attacked Chang'an only with loud thunder and small raindrops, they still scared Xiahou Ru and others in the city to fear. They tried their best when defending in the city, and did not dare to slack off at all, for fear that the Han army would turn false attacks into real attacks.

When the news reached Lantian, Cao Zhen was anxious. Although after collecting the defeated soldiers, his troops had recovered to more than 50,000, the soldiers were already scared. If they had not stopped for a few days, it would be difficult to fight with the Han army.

So when the Han army attacked, Cao Zhen hurriedly ordered the four gates to be closed, and the troops stationed outside the city must also guard the camp gate. Without military orders, they must not attack.

Fortunately, there were 20,000 stones of military rations in Lantian City. In addition to the previously stored grains in the army and some forced levies from the people last night, tens of thousands of Wei troops could survive for more than ten days.

Seeing that the Wei army could not leave, Zhuge Liang retreated ten miles to the camp and ordered people to go to Lantian City to yell and scold, inciting Cao Zhen and others to fight.

When Cao Zhen and the others heard the sarcastic words of the Han army, they were both ashamed and angry, and they were willing to go out of the city to fight, but the army had not yet recovered, so they had to bear the anger and turn a blind eye.

"I don't care much about the Shu thieves calling out outside the city for several days, but Chang'an is being attacked by the Shu thieves. Maybe one day it will be broken. By then, the situation in Guanzhong will be powerless to return to the sky, and I will no longer have the face to pay homage to the emperor.
Chapter completed!