After confirming that the Han army was heading towards Chang'an, and returned to the central army's tent, Yang Hu held an emergency meeting and asked everyone to offer suggestions to solve the current dilemma that the Jin army was facing - if Chang'an is not saved, Chang'an is likely to be unable to defend. Returning to Chang'an will definitely give the Han army a chance to launch a decisive battle.

Unfortunately, although Yang Hu repeatedly asked the Jin army's civil and military personnel to speak freely and express their opinions, the Jin army's civil and military personnel led by Sima Jun, Sima Lun, Wang Hun and Hu Lie were all like wooden Buddha statues, shutting their mouths and not saying a word.

"Everyone, why don't you speak?" Yang Hu asked again: "If you have any good ideas, please just say it. As long as it is feasible, this governor will definitely adopt it."

It was still at this time that Wang Hun, who had followed Sima Wang to fight with the Han army as early as the Nanzhong period, spoke and said with a wry smile: "Governor, it's not that the generals of the United States are unwilling to offer suggestions, but that the generals of the United States are really helpless. The thief army is good at siege and decisive battles. Rescuing Chang'an is to fight the thief army, and not saving Chang'an is to fight the thief army. If you can't defend the city, you can't beat the thief army. What can we do if we can't defend it?"

The civil and military officials of the Jin army agreed, all of them were helpless about the current situation. Only Sima Yi's youngest son Sima Lun spoke and said tentatively: "Governor, can you do something in the Wei River? The traitors went west to Chang'an and must cross the Wei River to launch an attack. We should be sure to win when they launched an attack when they were halfway through."

"Ninth brother, don't talk nonsense." Sima Yi's seventh son Sima Jun quickly spoke and said, "Once we send troops to pursue and leave the protection of Jianying, the bandit army will definitely take the opportunity to go back and fight to the decisive battle. Will it give us a chance to attack halfway?"

Sima Lun stopped embarrassedly, and Sima Jun turned to Yang Hu and said, "Governor, don't ask us for advice. If we have a solution, we will also offer suggestions without you saying that we really have no choice. So you decide, whether we decide to return to Chang'an or Chang'an, we will follow the orders, and there will definitely be no word of opposition."

"What King Ruyin said is very true." The civil and military officials of the Jin army quickly agreed and said, "Please make a decision by the governor. No matter what decision you make, we will follow the order."

Seeing that Sima Jun took the lead in kicking the ball back to him, Yang Hu, who had originally expected his subordinates to share some responsibility for him, had no choice but to grit his teeth and said, "Since King Ruyin said that, I will decide. I just thought about it and felt that we only had one safe choice now, that is, to ignore Chang'an and withdraw from Xinfeng to get food."

After resolutely making this decision, Yang Hu quickly added: "Everyone, it is definitely not that we are afraid of death if we don't save Chang'an, but because our army is the main force of the Great Jin court in Guanzhong and the only main force. If there is a mistake in the decisive battle, not only will Chang'an not be able to protect it, but the entire Guanzhong will be in danger. Therefore, what we should do most at the moment is to protect our main force so that we can restrain the main force of the thief army. In this way, the pseudo-Han thief army will not be able to quickly annex the entire Guanzhong, and our Great Jin court will have the hope of launching a counterattack in Guanzhong."

They were all afraid of being beaten by the Han army, and seeing Yang Hu taking the responsibility directly, the civil and military officials of the Jin army nodded and said yes, and they all understood Yang Hu's difficulties. Only Sima Lun said, "What should I do if I withdraw the food directly from Xinfeng? If the thief army takes Chang'an and turns back to fight Huaili, then will our Fufeng County be completely finished?"

"There is no choice." Yang Hu said with a wry smile: "Our food and grass are all supplied by Chang'an. If Chang'an is lost or surrounded, our food route will be cut off. So there is no choice. We can only withdraw Xinfeng and rely on the Wei River to obtain food."

"What should we do in the future?" Sima Lun asked: "If the thief army further takes three steps. If we continue like this, wouldn't we have to go back to Tongguan to get food and give the entire Guanzhong to the rebels?"

Yang Hu was completely speechless and said for a while: "No, first of all, we will definitely ask Your Majesty for help and ask Your Majesty to send us more reinforcements; secondly, Eastern Wu has already attacked the rear of the thief. As long as the rear of the thief is in a hurry, Zhang Zhi will definitely return to the army to rescue Yizhou, and we will have the opportunity to launch a counterattack."

"Your Majesty can send reinforcements now."

Sima Lun murmured quietly, Yang Hu pretended not to hear it, and just said, "It's settled. Everyone should go down and make preparations for withdrawal. As long as the traitor crosses the Wei River, we will immediately go to Chiyang to return to Xinfeng."

The Jin army and civil and military officials sang their promises, and then they all surrendered one after another. As a result, after the outsiders were basically exposed, Du Yucai said to Yang Hu: "Uncle, if you don't save Chang'an and return to Xinfeng, the governor of Wei Guan will be furious and impeach you. You must be prepared for it."

"I can't do anything." After all, she was a librarian. Yang Hu answered a classic saying, "If you have lost your land, you will be left alone; if you have lost your land, you will be left alone. In this situation, I can only give priority to the army."

"For caution, uncle, you'd better submit to the court immediately to explain the reasons to Your Majesty, so that Your Majesty can be mentally prepared." Du Yu suggested: "Otherwise, once Wei Guan reported to you as the governor of the three states and did not save Chang'an, your Majesty would be angry and would probably be directly exempted from your position."

Yang Hu nodded slowly and after a brief calculation, Yang Hu quickly ordered: "Yuan Kai, take advantage of the time now, and arrange a major event for me immediately. Choose a few capable craftsmen and give them a reward. Let them immediately go on the road on the south bank of the Wei River to join the bandit army, let them find ways to participate in the construction of the siege equipment of the siege army, take the opportunity to find out the structure of the siege army's city cart and new stone catapults, draw it into a pattern and bring it back to us. This matter is very important. You should do it quickly, and it is necessary to do it."

Du Yu agreed and immediately went to Huaili City to find a suitable craftsman. Yang Hu also quickly picked up his pen and wrote a memorial to write the current situation and the reason why he did not save Chang'an, and sent a quick horse to Luoyang immediately for Sima Yan to know.

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Wei Guan's reaction was just as Du Yu expected. Seeing the Han army suddenly approaching Chang'an again, Wei Guan of course sent people to Huaili to ask for help as soon as possible. He received Yang Hu's order to defend himself. He also learned that Yang Hu took the main force of the Jin army to flee to the east, and Wei Guan, who had played Jiang Wei, Zhong Hui and Deng Ai to death, of course, immediately realized that he had become Yang Hu's abandoned son. In a furious manner, Wei Guan also wrote the situation into a memorial and sent a quick horse back to Luoyang to complain to Sima Yan.

Next, of course, Sima Yan was furious. He just received a memorial from Yang Hu that explained the reason why he did not save Chang'an. Before Wei Guan's complaint was sent to Luoyang, Sima Yan was already roaring in front of the ministers in anger: "Excuses! All are excuses!"

"How nice it was said before? How nice it was? He said that he was not afraid of the strong, willing to go to the national crisis, and that he was not afraid of hard work, and willing to fight the thief army to the end! He was begging for nothing and insisted on taking office on the Western Front! So what if I transferred him to the Western Front? He threw away half of Fufeng County in one breath, but he was also afraid of death and did not dare to return to Chang'an. He only dared to hide in Xinfeng for food! Why did I use such a three-state governor, and why did I use such a three-state governor?!"

Seeing that Sima Yan was completely red from his eyes, all the officials in the Jin court dared not say anything. Then, after Sima Yan had vented enough, Zhang Hua, a famous minister of the Western Jin Dynasty, stood up and said carefully: "Your Majesty, please stop the wrath of thunder. Governor Yang dared not return to Chang'an. Although he was indeed a little greedy for life and fear of death, he also had his own difficulties. I hope Your Majesty will understand it a little."

"What are his difficulties? What can he have?"

Sima Yan was angry again, and Zhang Hua said with a thorn in his mouth, "Your Majesty calm down, please listen to the memorials. Governor Yang took over this time when he took office in Guanzhong, and his hands were a mess. The Guanzhong army had just experienced the defeat in Longxi, with a sluggish morale and unstable morale. He caught up with the severe drought in Guanzhong, and the disaster victims were everywhere, which was internal and external troubles. Then Zhang Zhi's rebels suddenly sent troops to Guanzhong, and did not give Governor Yang the opportunity to recuperate and replenish reinforcements at all. It is naturally not surprising that the war in Guanzhong is not good."

After hearing Zhang Hua's bitter advice, Sima Yan's anger was slightly relieved. Jia Chong, who had never liked Yang Hu, came out and said, "Your Majesty, Yang Hu dared not return to Chang'an, lost his territory and humiliated the country. Although there was a reason, he could not escape the blame. I suggest that you might as well remove Yang Hu from his position as the governor of the three states, choose another general to take over Guanzhong, and take over the Guanzhong army and continue to fight against the bandit army."

Hearing this, he remembered the report Feng Yan beaten. Sima Yan was of course immediately moved, and Zhang Hua quickly opposed: "Your Majesty, you must not. Not to mention that changing commanders at the last minute is a taboo in military strategists. Even if Your Majesty barely does it, among the civil and military officials in the court, who can take on the burden of the Western Front now?"

Zhang Hua's words reminded Sima Yan, reminding Sima Yan that although there are many court officials, he can no longer choose one to fight and take office on the Western Front - from Qian Hong to Sima Wang, to Shi Bao, Wang Chen, Sima Liang, Wei Guan, Chen Qian and Yang Hu, the famous generals and generals who can fight in Jinting have been beaten up by Zhang Zhi one by one. If he continues to change his commander next, Sima Yan had to ask his third uncle, Ma Fu, who is 90 years old, to take the battle.

It is precisely because of this that after gritting his teeth and thinking for a long time, Sima Yan said helplessly: "I issued an edict to demote Yang Hu to the governor of Yizhou, and still led the military affairs of the three states, so that he could make meritorious service."

The ministers sang their promises, and then Xun Xu said: "Your Majesty, it may not be helpful to just demote Yang Hu and make meritorious service. The most important thing at the moment is to increase troops to Guanzhong as soon as possible, so that we have hope to stop the traitors and counterattack and regain the lost land."

"You asked me to go there to transform the army?" Sima Yan's tone was almost moaning, and he said, "The Western Army was disabled, and the Central Army was also disabled. I used new recruits to exchange 50,000 elite troops from the front line of the Yangtze River to advance west, but it was useless. Can I still draw troops from there to send reinforcements to Guanzhong?"

"Your Majesty, don't worry." The prince's tutor Li Yun came out and bowed to Sima Yan and said, "I have a plan to enable Your Majesty to establish tens of thousands of soldiers and solve the urgent needs in front of you."

"What's your trick in your family? Tell me quickly." Sima Yan urged quickly.

"Report to Your Majesty, Liu Yuan, the son of Liu Bao, the left wise king of the Xiongnu, is currently serving as a hostage in Luoyang." Li Xian replied: "The five Xiongnu tribes have strong soldiers and strong horses, and their subordinates are brave and good at fighting. Your Majesty only needs to make Liu Yuan the general and allow him to recruit the soldiers of the five Xiongnu tribes to go west to Guanzhong to assist in the war, and he will definitely be able to easily quell the rebellion."

"Your Majesty, you must not!"

Before Li Xing could finish his bad idea, court officials Kong Xun and Yang Yu jumped out to object and said, "Your Majesty, Liu Yuan is extremely talented and well-versed in military tactics. He is also a barbarian of the Huns. If he entrusted important tasks and let him take the opportunity to become a big shot, it will not only be difficult to restrict in the future, but I am afraid that the disaster will be far above Zhang Zhi's rebels!"

"Nonsense!" Li Xing was furious and said, "Liu Yuan is loyal to His Majesty. How could he do such a rebellious thing?"

"If you are not my race, your heart will be different!" Kong Xu said coldly: "Liu Yuan looks loyal now because he is in Luoyang, and his Majesty can decide in one sentence. If he is put back to the five tribes of the Huns, and he will lead the people of the Huns to enter Guanzhong, go south to Yizhou or Liangzhou, then he will let him return to the mountain and the dragon swims the sea, and no one can control it."

"Nonsense!" Li Ying, who helped the Taiyuan Wang family to fatten Liu Yuan in history, was even more furious and simply said: "Your Majesty, I am willing to protect my family's lives and let Liu Yuan lead the five Xiongnu tribes to fight the rebellion south. Not only will it be able to quell Zhang Zhi's rebels, but Liu Yuan will definitely not rebel."

"Teacher Li, if you really lead the wolf into the house," Yang Yu said sarcastically: "Not to mention killing you all over the family, even if you are abducting your three tribes, it will be useless."

Li Ying jumped three feet high and quickly continued to argue with Yang Yu. However, Yang Yu ignored the old turtle who led the wolf into the house. He turned to Sima Yan and said, "Your Majesty, you must not use Liu Yuan, nor should you put the Huns into the Central Plains. We are fighting with the pseudo-Han thief army, but we are just fighting with each other. If the same tribe fights and asks for help from foreign races, even if we win, it will be a bad reputation for a thousand years."

Sima Yan didn't say anything, and after a long time, he suddenly asked: "What's going on in the Eastern Wu side?"

"Report to Your Majesty, Lu Kang, the general of the Zhenxi of the Eastern Wu, has personally led 40,000 troops to launch an attack on Yong'an." Zhang Hua quickly replied: "The bandit army in Yizhou has also advanced eastward and fought with the Eastern Wu in the Yong'an area."

"Send someone to contact the Eastern Wu." Sima Yan said coldly: "Ask them to send someone to take over Gaoshan, Gaoyou and Dongyang counties immediately to prove our sincerity in forming an alliance with them, and then tell Sun Hao clearly that as long as he can take Yong'an, I will ced the four counties of Xuzhou immediately!"

"Your Majesty's wise!"

The ministers called Shan Hu, and Sima Yan said in his heart: "Although Kong Qing and Yang Qing's words make sense, on that day, I have to drink even a cup of poisonous wine. Anyway, it takes time to recruit soldiers from the five Xiongnu tribes, so I should rely on the Eastern Wu to make a breakthrough first. As for Guanzhong, I hope Wei Guan can defend Chang'an and survive until the pseudo-Han thief army retreats on their own. Alas, I didn't expect that a small acting county magistrate, Wu Lian, could force me to this point."

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Sima Yan hoped that Wei Guan could defend Chang'an by himself, but unfortunately, this still became a silence. After a fierce battle, the Han army finally broke through Chang'an City again.

The re-defeat of Chang'an City is also inevitable. Although there are more than 10,000 defenders in the city, the army of more than 10,000 people is still spread on the city wall with a circumference of nearly 60 miles, but it is still like scattering a handful of sand in the sea. In addition, the pointed wooden donkey that specializes in rammed earth city walls was released in advance, and the help of gunpowder weapons and counterweight trenchers, the Jin army led by Wei Guan only held on for more than 20 days, and the Han army dug the city wall with the pointed wooden donkey and captured the city.

After the city was broken, the soldiers of the Jin army who were completely beaten by the Han army fled one after another. Wei Guan also gave up his efforts in street fighting and fled eastward with his cavalry early, and fled directly to Xinfeng City. When he saw Yang Hu, Wei Guan also shouted directly: "Governor Yang, you are a good governor. The subordinates led the army to fight to the death in Chang'an. You are happy and happy in Xinfeng. Where are the reinforcements you promised to give me? Where are the reinforcements?"

Knowing that he was in the wrong, Yang Hu could only bow to Wei Guan and said with tears in his eyes: "Your Majesty, I have let you down, but I really have no choice. If you are in my position, you will definitely give priority to protecting the army and keeping our hope of counterattack."

"It sounds nice!" Wei Guan roared in anger, "Chang'an is lost, and the military rations in the city are also lost. I think what counterattack you will use? What counterattack?"

Yang Hu lowered his head and let Wei Guan roar and roar without even a glance. Fortunately, Wei Guan knew that he was in a good position and was ordered. After getting angry, he covered his face and cried, leaving Yang Hu to sigh helplessly, knowing that he had no face to be ashamed of the Jin army soldiers who were defending Chang'an.

Fortunately, although Chang'an fell again, Du Yu'an inserted into the Han army's craftsmen, but he successfully learned the Han army's pointed wooden donkey and counterweight trencher. After Du Yu was sent to Yang Hu, Yang Hu was overjoyed and quickly ordered Du Yu: "Immediately organize craftsmen to imitate, and then how to restrain and crack these two siege weapons will be left to you. No matter what method you think, you must come up with a way to deal with these two siege weapons."

A nicknamed Du Wuku, Du Yu, immediately agreed and suggested: "Uncle, since these two weapons are so powerful, why don't you send someone to Lu Kang immediately to send one to Lu Kang and let Lu Kang imitate it to fight Yong'an?"

"What if the Dongwu rats learn to attack our Hefei or Xiangyang?"

Yang Hu asked back, Du Yu regretted taking the forehead and quickly admitted that he had forgotten this big thing. Yang Hu said again: "If you come up with a solution to restrain yourself, we can help Lu resist, but before that, for the sake of caution, we'd better not take risks."

Du Yu nodded quickly, and Yang Hu sighed: "It depends on Lu Kang's side now. If he can successfully conquer Yong'an, then everything is easy to say, but if he cannot conquer Yong'an and cannot threaten the hinterland of the pseudo-Han thief army, then Zhang Zhi's thief will probably stay in Chang'an and refuse to leave."

The key to the victory and defeat of Guanzhong is Yong'an. Yang Hu understands this, and Zhang Zhi also understands this. As early as when he successfully captured Chang'an, Zhang Zhi looked at the towering city of Chang'an and said to himself: "Since Yang Hu would rather lose Chang'an than dare to fight to the decisive battle, we can take the opportunity to gain a foothold in the hinterland of Guanzhong. I hope that Luo Xian of Yong'an will continue to strive for success, and also hope that Fu Gong's tactics can succeed and create a miracle of defeating the strong with the weak."
Chapter completed!