Return to the Three Kingdoms with the Empire System

Chapter 406
Ye Mo and Dian Wei gave up the carriage on the third day after leaving Luoyang City, switched to horses, and headed towards Tongguan at high speed.

The main reason why the two of them abandoned the carriage was because Ye Mo thought about how to solve the siege of Tongguan in the carriage for a long time, and then realized that his head hurts.

In order to relax himself, Ye Mo finally decided to ride on the horse.

It's not that Ye Mo doesn't know how to ride a horse, it's just that there was a crack in Ye Mo's state of mind before, which made his martial arts realm loose, and even showed signs of martial arts regression.This also caused Ye Mo's physical condition to decline sharply.

If Ye Mo really didn't want to think about Tongguan at this time, he wouldn't have offered to ride a horse to Tongguan.

But this is also a good thing. Over the past few days, Dian Wei has been daydreaming carelessly for a few days, which stopped Ye Mo's leaking momentum.

Although it is said that Ye Mo's current momentum has been vented and has not been replenished, but fortunately, Ye Mo's state of mind is slowly recovering.Based on this, even if Tongguan has fallen, it will be a huge gain for Ye Mo.

Of course, if Ye Mo arrives at Tongguan and can only watch Tongguan fall, maybe Ye Mo's mood will completely collapse at that time, and it will really be over.

At this moment, another war broke out in Tongguan.

The day before, Ma Chao thought he could win Tongguan in one fell swoop, but he didn't expect that Tongguan actually had hidden power.

Since Ma Chao personally went into battle and attacked Tongguan, Tongguan has been almost breached several times.But that's it, Tongguan still has hidden power that has not been used.

"Brother, are we still going to fight today?" Ma Dai looked at Ma Chao, who had been sitting in the tent with a gloomy face and said nothing, and asked tentatively.

Ma Chao was careless the day before, and was injured by the backhands arranged by Fazheng.Although it was not a serious injury, it also demoralized the soldiers under him, and they had no choice but to return in the end.

"Ma Dai, call the general." It was rare that Ma Chao didn't hold back at this time, but began to reconsider the rashly launched battle of Tongguan this time.

Hearing what Ma Chao said, Ma Dai was almost moved to tears.This elder brother of mine finally remembered the military advisor who possessed the ability to conspire and judge ghosts. "Brother, I will go to the military division in a moment later."

Before Ma Chao could say anything, Ma Dai hurriedly went to find Guo Jia.

But above Tongguan, the soldiers of the imperial army were tense at the moment.According to the practice of the previous few days, the Yizhou army has already started to tackle key problems at this moment, but why is there no movement today?

The unknown is what scares the most.Who knows, what kind of idea is the Yizhou army playing at this moment?
Seeing the calm outside the pass, Qu Yi frowned at the moment. "Xiaozhi, what do you think the Yizhou army is up to? Why haven't they come yet?"

Fazheng is also thinking about this matter at the moment, but he can't think of it.If it was said that Ma Chao couldn't bear the loss and had to retreat, then Fazheng would not believe anything he said.If this is the case, the Yizhou Army should have retreated a few days ago.

In the past few days, the Yizhou Army has abandoned no less than [-] corpses. If they retreat without getting anything, the blow to the Yizhou Army can be imagined.

"General Xu, what do you think?" Fazheng didn't answer Qu Yi's question, but looked at Xu Rong who was staring outside the pass, and asked.

Xu Rong arrived when the fierce battle at Tongguan was in full swing the day before, but it injected a strong morale into the defenders at Tongguan.After all, although Xu Rong didn't bring many people, they were also reinforcements.

When Xu Rong first arrived in Tongguan, he saw a scene that he will remember forever.

It was only five hundred elite spear-throwing fighters, but because they had prepared enough short spears, they created a slaughter field under the wall.

Countless short spears poured down from the wall like raindrops. No matter where the guards of the Yizhou army hid, they couldn't hide from the deadly short spears.Even the giant shield, under the distance of those short spears, was poked holes like thin wood chips.

If it weren't for the fact that there were not many elite spear-throwing fighters and they couldn't cover the entire wall, the soldiers of the Yizhou Army might not even be able to get close to the city wall.

Now Xu Rong heard Fazheng's questioning, and suddenly woke up from his own shock. "Xu only arrived yesterday, but he still doesn't understand this."

After Xu Rong finished speaking, the three people on the wall fell silent.The scouts reported that the Yizhou army hadn't left, but this meeting hadn't happened yet. Is it a good thing or a bad thing?

Outside Tongguan, inside the Yizhou Army's camp, Guo Jia followed Ma Dai to Ma Chao's camp.

"I have met my lord." After Guo Jia arrived at Ma Chao's camp, he bowed but stopped talking.

Guo Jia was called by Ma Chao, so he knew why Ma Chao called him.But Guo Jia just didn't point it out, he just wanted to see if Ma Chao would pull down his dispensable face this time.

As a vassal, Ma Chao regards his face, which is so cheap that it is hardly worth a few copper coins, as valuable. If this is the case, how much can he achieve?

It's fine if it's in public. Ma Chao should maintain his majesty as the lord of a state, but at this time, there are no outsiders.

Ma Chao looked at Guo Jia and felt a little angry when he saw that Guo Jia just looked like he was fine.How could Guo Jia have suffered such a defeat in these days if Guo Jia hadn't failed to come up with a plan?
However, Ma Chao also knew very well that Guo Jia had persuaded him not to pay attention to Tongguan before.It's just that Ma Chao was so energetic at the time, how could he listen to Guo Jia's opinion?
"Tongguan could not be attacked for a long time, Meng Qi begged the military master to come up with a plan." Ma Chao suppressed the anger in his heart, stood up, saluted Guo Jia, and then spoke his purpose.

When Guo Jia saw Ma Chao say this, a smile suddenly appeared on his face. "Guo Jia dared to ask my lord, even if Tongguan is captured, how long does it take for lord to capture Hangu Pass?"

When Ma Chao saw Guo Jia asking this, he was immediately speechless.The Yizhou army attacked Tongguan directly, but they were unable to capture Tongguan in a short time. On the contrary, they lost troops and generals.Attacking Hangu Pass from the direction of Tongguan is more difficult than attacking Tongguan.

Seeing that Ma Chao was silent, Guo Jia continued: "If Hangu Pass can't be conquered, it won't make much sense to capture Tongguan. Instead, it will make the court more wary of the lord. What's more, winter is not suitable for using troops. If we continue to fight, Then the grain stored before may not be enough for next summer’s harvest.”

Although Yizhou is in the land of Sichuan and Shu, the land of abundance, food is not picked from the ground, it still needs to be grown.It's just that Yizhou can have two harvests a year because of the climate.

After Ma Chao heard Guo Jia's words, he also sat back on the chair behind him. "Then according to the military division, what should we do?"

"Take the initiative to retreat, pay tribute, ally with Jiangdong, and accumulate strength!" Sixteen words came out of Guo Jia's mouth one after another.Ma Chao and Ma Dai listened, but they couldn't say a word for a long time.In the camp, one could only hear the heavier breathing of Ma Chao and Ma Dai.

(End of this chapter)