Perhaps it was because Dai Fang said it very happily, Sima Yue let go of his worries and turned around and prepared for meals. Maybe he was worried too much, and wasn't there any King Fan Yang from Xuchang? Although he was at a disadvantage, he still held Sima Ji's army in his headquarters. As long as Sima Ying got serious and defeated the Hu cavalry, it would be no problem.

There are two mistakes in this idea. The first is that he did not know that Sima Su had been defeated, and the second is that Sima Ji could choose not to fight Sima Ying head-on, and this is not a problem of strategic direction.

In the Yongzhou Governor's Department, Sima Teng walked back and forth with his hands behind his back, looking at the door from time to time, his expression gradually showed an impatient look. Finally, a sound of horse hooves came in. A soldier wearing armor hurriedly ran in. Before he could speak, Sima Teng hurriedly asked, "How is it, is General Tang Chen already on the road?"

"Governor, General Tang Chen said?" The sergeant spoke with some difficulty, "He said that against both sides of the Great Jin vassal kings, he also needs to be on guard against the Tuoba clan outside the Great Wall. Once the entire Hetao is evacuated, it will be lost. For the safety of the entire Hetao, he cannot go south, otherwise the situation in Yongzhou will be dangerous."

"This Tang Chen didn't even listen to me." Sima Teng cursed fiercely, "When is it now? He is still thinking about guarding against the Hu people north of Hetao. The Hu people have been put in by Yan thieves. The general is just a rough man without brains. He really can't count on him at all. When the situation stabilizes, I will see that I will not remove his head."

But at present, Sima Teng is just venting. Half of the troops in Yongzhou are in the hands of Tang Chen. He does not have an advantage except being a royal family. If Tang Chen doesn't care about his identity, he can only stare at him. Suddenly, Sima Teng remembered that Tang Chen had fought with King Yan Nan for a conspiracy. Is there any conspiracy?

My Royal Family of Jin was born with a full-level skill in conspiracy. When he thought of this, Sima Teng sucked a chill. If the truth was the same as he thought, it was no longer a question of whether he could get the help of Hetao soldiers, but whether Tang Chen would fight back at a critical moment and endanger his safety. Think about it, this seemed very likely.

"Go to find General Tang Chen again, bring some money, cloth and politely persuade him, and say that the governor wants to talk to him, remember to respect him, and say that the governor swept the bed to greet him, hoping to meet the general." Sima Teng, who felt that something was wrong, changed his face instantly, and felt that he should take action to test the other party's loyalty, whether to stand on his own side or Sima Ji's side, but no matter what, as long as the other party arrives, kills it first and cuts out the troubles.

Killing a general from the army is not a big deal in Sima Teng's eyes, let alone he already doubted the other party's loyalty. Even if he said it out with Tang Chen following Sima Ji Nan's expedition, no one would say anything. He knew what kind of existence Sima Ji was among the gentry now, and he wished that God would drop thunder and strike this bastard.

Compared to the intrigue in the north of the capital and the enemy in the east of Hulaoguan, the direction of Taiguguan was another scene. The 30,000 Jurchen cavalry led by Li Shan had already arrived outside Taiguguan. Although he agreed to Cao Gan's division, Li Shan still arrived here with his troops and horses according to the original route. After a little rest, he began to prepare for the attack. This is not contradictory. Cao Gan has Cao Gan's goal, and Li Shan naturally has Li Shan's goal.

He concluded that there would definitely not be many defenders in Taigu Pass. There would be eight passes around the capital that were as important as Taigu Pass. If there were 30,000 defenders in each pass, it would require 240,000 troops to defend. How could this be possible? Besides, most of the army in the capital are led east by Sima Ying, and there would definitely not be many defenders in other passes. We must take this opportunity to attack the city as soon as possible.

Cao Gan also led his Longque camp to march in the dense forests of the mountains and approached the target bit by bit. Li Shan was already ready to start a fight. The frontal combat and surprise attacks were not contradictory, so it could be carried out at the same time. Wu Hou could decide the strategy, but whoever said that Wei Yan could not leave Ziwu Valley. Li Shan at least had Cao Gan, is not the superior-level relationship between Zhuge Liang and Wei Yan, and is also a general who is easy to talk to. If you hit yours and I hit me, you can completely avoid interference with each other.

He was calm and composed, but the guards of Taigu Pass were not in such good mood, because he only had six or seven thousand defenders in his hands, which was already a large number, because the southeast should be very safe. After all, with Sima Zuo’s troops, Taigu Pass did not need many soldiers to defend. If the enemy appeared here, then the fate of King Fan Yang? Thinking of this, Li Meng felt a sank in his heart, "Is King Fan Yang already in danger? The Xuchang City, with nearly 100,000 soldiers and the strong help of the gentry's high sect, was defeated so quickly? How could it be?"

No one believes that the passes protected by six thousand can withstand the attack of tens of thousands of troops! Li Meng was in a very unbeautiful mood when standing on the city wall! For this situation, he really could not have imagined that it would come so quickly and so fiercely. "These are tens of thousands of enemy troops, fortunately they were cavalry..."

Li Meng looked at the black rebels outside the pass and felt a little numb. If there were tens of thousands of people, he could rely on the defenders to recruit village warriors, build high city walls, and repel them. However, the people coming were almost several times that of the defenders. Not to mention that the enemy was strong, they could flood Taigu Pass with just one mouthful of spit!

Fortunately, these people are cavalrymen and are definitely not good at siegeing the city. Just when Li Meng was cheering up his left and right confidants, the cavalry he became had already dismounted and formed a formation without any embarrassment.

"The guards of the pass must be only tens of thousands. I believe you know what the King of Yan treats the Jurchens for many years. Apart from the Dragon Birds of Jin, the world is not treated more favorably than you. Even the cavalry of Youzhou is not as good as you. Today is when you report to the King of Yan. If you conquer the pass ahead, the King of Yan must have a heavy reward." Li Shan shouted loudly in Jurchen words and cheered up at the Jurchen cavalry who had already dismounted.

As soon as Li Shan arrived at Taigu Pass, he couldn't wait to lead the army to fight towards Taigu Pass. The collective impact was like the sound of hooves, rumbling, like thousands of horses galloping. He made people's hearts tremble and frightened. The horse's hooves stepped on the official road, but they were like stepping on the hearts of people, drilling into their souls, announcing the arrival of war.

"Send someone to the capital to report to the King of Donghai, and say that Yan thieves appeared outside Taigu Pass. Go quickly!" Li Meng hurriedly looked at the enemy who was gradually pressing over, and ordered people to go to the capital to report the news at the top of his voice, and he finally organized the soldiers to resist. There was no other way except facing the face. He had done everything he should do, collecting arrows, carrying huge rocks, building high walls, gathering weapons, and allowing all the power that could be used to go to the city wall, hoping to withstand this wave of attack so that the opponent's momentum would be exhausted. However, judging from the opponent's thick armor, this is a very difficult task.

The defenders standing on the city walls set bows and archers to cover the enemy troops like tides, but they didn't seem to have much effect. The two layers of armor on the Jurchens were almost no less than plate armor, but they were even heavier. Sima Ji always used such elites as animals, and as long as he felt that they were within the range of manpower, he never cared about whether the other party was tired or not.

Because he did not expect that there was a dangerous situation in Taigu Pass, Li Meng, the guard here, was also a little inadequate. Although Li Shan came from afar, he was not a tired army. Under his command, the Jurchen infantry did not underestimate the enemy and advanced step by step, and the troops were approaching the city. Compared to the last time the Jurchens were asked to dismount in the siege battle under Julu City, Li Shan was obviously much more skilled this time, and the defenders of Taigu Pass seemed not as fierce as Zhang Fang.

Seeing that the Jurchen infantry was within the range of shooting, Li Shan shouted loudly, "Shoot the arrow!" Tens of thousands of arrows flew into the sky, mixed with the fierce murderous aura, and roared. Seeing that thousands of arrows were fired, the defenders were frightened and hurriedly raised their shields. They were slightly slower and half a beat, and immediately became targets. In a moment, they screamed in pain, and more than a hundred people died on the spot. Many heavy arrows were directly inserted into the city wall, looking like a javelin fixed on the city wall.

Fortunately, although there were not many defenders in Taigu Pass, the construction of the pass did not cut corners. If it were facing the city walls of the Sanhan period, the Jurchen infantry should have been climbing upwards. Li Shan came straight to Taigu Pass and did not prepare any siege equipment. This was his disadvantage. Now he could only count on these Jurchen infantry to make a move.

"Smash the Hu man who helped King Zhou torture!" Li Meng, hiding behind the battlements, waved his arms and directed the defenders to throw down the wooden and rocks that were not accurate. The defenders were breathing and prepared to counterattack. The huge stones were thrown out and smashed heavily under the city. Some of the Jurchen infantrymen could not dodge and their brains were broken, which was terrible. The heavy armor could not make them immune to such damage, and the fight between the two sides began with mutual damage.

In the end, Li Shan had to order a retreat. The losses were naturally not large compared to the number of infantry under his command. However, he came too hastily and indeed lacked siege equipment. You should know that the last time was Shi Chao's troops and horses to protect him, and the Jurchens under his subordinates were still too single. As an important pass, Taigu Pass was indeed not a place that could be taken by hard rushing alone.

"It turns out that the capital of the Great Jin Dynasty was the capital of peace. Now it seems that the capital is really safe to defend." Cao Qian had just walked out of the dense forest and couldn't help but sigh when he saw the sun, "There are too many paths that can enter the capital."
Chapter completed!