Farmer of Shu Han

"Tie Feng retreated?"

Jiang Ji, who was waiting in full force at Zhiguan, was a little unbelievable when he received the news from the scouts:

"Are you sure? Are you sure you really went back?"

This battle between the Han and Wei dynasties has exceeded everyone's expectations, both in terms of scale and time.

There have been two rains in the Hanoi area of ​​​​Hedong.

The coolness after the rain seems to be announcing that autumn has officially entered.

In the Central Plains, although unlike the Hanzhong area, in August and September, there are often continuous autumn rains.

But there will be a few autumn rains more or less.

After several batches of scouts reported in succession, saying that the West Thieves had indeed retreated, Jiang Ji could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

But I was still puzzled:

"Why did Bandit Feng retreat halfway through?"

Could it be that it was because of the autumn rain that made it difficult to walk on the mountain road, which made Feng thief retreat when he knew it was difficult.

Back then, when Cao Zidan wanted to go to Longyou, the partial teacher sent by Cao Zidan walked in Ziwu Valley for a month because of the heavy rain, and only managed to complete half of the distance.

Could it be...Feng Shui turns around?

Now it's Thief Feng's turn to be stumped by Qiu Yu?

Jiang Ji himself felt that this idea was a bit ridiculous, but for a while, he couldn't think of any other reason.

However, his doubts did not last long.

Wei Guo's news transmission may not be as smooth as Ji Han's.

However, the critical military situation on the southern front was related to the gains and losses of the Central Plains. Three days after Feng Yong withdrew, it was finally delivered to Jiang Ji as quickly as possible.

"Has something happened between Hangu Pass and Shan County?"

Holding the military newspaper, Jiang Ji suddenly felt dizzy.

"Didn't Maojindu always take precautions? How could something happen?!"

Jiang Ji's lips were trembling. If it hadn't been for all these years of self-cultivation, he would have almost cursed.

Hangu Pass is understandable. After all, it is normal for someone to attack Tongguan.

But the inexplicable loss of Shan County really made him feel a little unreasonable-strictly speaking, it has not been lost yet, but basically it will happen sooner or later.

The defenders in Shan County have their back route cut off. How many days can they defend?

"What are the defenders of Maojindu doing for food! You don't even know how the western thief army crossed the river?"

Mao Jindu was thrown so fast that none of the defenders escaped.

As a result, Luoyang only knew that the Han army had crossed the river from Maojindu, but how they got here is still a mystery.

Not to mention why the defenders in Shan County allowed the army of western thieves to cross the river without any reaction, but let the opponent cut off their retreat, which is even more of a mystery.

Jiang Ji was about to scold to his heart's content when he suddenly thought of something:

Where did Maojindu's army of western thieves come from?

Feng thief?

Feng thief has been making a big show these days, making a gesture of attacking Zhiguan.

Now it's anticlimactic again, retreating in a very strange way.

Could it be that he is cheating on me?

In fact, it was to cover the bandit army who went to Maojindu illegally?

As soon as he thought of this, Jiang Ji's eyes widened and his mouth opened wide in fright on the spot, he was stunned, and his back was covered with cold sweat.

After a long time, Jiang Ji finally closed his mouth, and squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth:

"Feng thief, treacherous!"

All he could hear was a "wheezing, wheezing" sound from his mouth and nose.

The feeling of dizziness struck again.

"Teacher, Ji is incompetent, bullied by thieves, Luoyang... can't hold it anymore!"

At this time, he has fully understood.

Feng thief was simply using himself as a bait to make such a big show, and deliberately walked slowly on the Zhiguan Road, just to focus all eyes on him.

In fact, he had already dispatched another army from Hedong, quietly passed through the pass between Wangwu Mountain and Taihang Mountain, and ambushed at Maojindu.

Just wait until the time is right to cross the river in one fell swoop.

No wonder, no wonder Feng thief suddenly retreated.

Just because he has already achieved his goal, he doesn't need to act for himself in Zhiguandao.

Thinking about myself in my sixties, I was actually played by a child in the palm of my hand.

Having figured this out, Jiang Ji couldn't help feeling ashamed, ashamed, angry and angry:

"Tie Feng, you are too deceitful!"

Then he only felt a sweetness in his throat, and with a "wow", he spat out a mouthful of blood, turned over and fell down, out of breath, and fell into a coma.

Just when Jiang Ji fell into a coma, Sima Shi, who was still staying in Gaodu City, had not received news of Luoyang's crisis for the time being.

At this time, he had just had his sarcoid cut, and he covered his left eye with a white cloth, somewhat resembling a one-eyed pirate's attire.

Niu Jin, who was by his side, was quite worried about his health, and had persuaded him more than once to return to Luoyang to recuperate.

Sima Shi naturally refused.

So Niu Jin persuaded again:

"The Central Supervision Army is in poor health. If you don't want to return to Luoyang, you can retreat to Tianjing Pass."

But Sima Shi pointed to the north and sighed:

"General Niu, why don't I want to retreat, but the bandits had a large army going north a few days ago, and nine times out of ten they wanted to attack Shangdang."

"Shangdang is in danger, and I am sitting on the strength of the army. If I retreat without fighting at this time, and just sit and watch the bandits attack the friendly army and ignore it, how will I gain a foothold in the army in the future?"

Sima Shi is not a stupid person, he knows why the adults let him lead the army alone this time.

Things were going very well.

Wei Yan's reputation in the Western Bandit Army is extremely high, and it is his first time leading an army, so he dare not expect to defeat this person head-on, but your lord has already paved the way for himself.

As long as Wei Yan is defeated in the end, he can naturally get some credit for this matter.

But in the end, something went wrong.

In the battle at Gaopingguan, all the soldiers saw my embarrassed appearance, and I lost a lot of prestige.

If I retreat without fighting at this time, I am afraid that it will be difficult for me to have the opportunity to lead the army in this life, let alone be entrusted with a heavy responsibility by the adults.

So Master Sima knew that even if he couldn't cross Gaoping Pass to support his eldest son, he still had to pretend to attack Gaoping Pass again at any time.

At least on the surface, we should try our best to delay the thieves living in Gaoping Pass, so that they dare not leave the pass and go north without any scruples.

It's not that he doesn't want to retreat, but that there is no way to retreat now.

In other words, if there is no chance to retreat, at least there must be a reasonable reason, right?

Master Sima certainly knew about Sima Yi's plan.

Moreover, Shangdang has also sent the latest news to himself through Hanoi.

Sima Division is waiting, waiting for the news that the Shangdang defenders have returned to Hanoi, so that he can retreat in a legitimate manner.

Niu Jin couldn't persuade Master Sima, so he could only sigh helplessly:

"The Central Supervisory Army, shall we go to test it today?"

Master Sima smiled and said:

"Why don't you go? The thieves dare not go out to fight. It's time to boost the morale of our army, and it's time to wash away the humiliation of previous defeats."

After learning the news that the army of western thieves in Gaoping Pass had gone to the north, Master Sima did not dare to be negligent. He sent a team, making a gesture of attacking Gaoping Pass again.

Unexpectedly, the guards in the Gaoping pass are only concerned with guarding the pass and protecting the rear of the bandits in the north, and have no thought of leaving the pass to fight at all.

After Sima Shi's first attempt was fruitless, he sent troops there several times.

Even the last two times they directly provoked the pass, even if the sergeant on his side yelled insults at the pass, the western thieves in the pass seemed to be deaf and ignored them at all.

After these days of probing, even if Master Sima is inexperienced, he can still see it:

The western thief is determined to cross the Danshui by force and capture the eldest son!

Thinking about it, the main force of the army must be in the north, and nine times out of ten there are only bandit troops left in the pass city.

It is estimated that the general guarding the western thieves in Gaoping Pass knew that he had few soldiers, so he retreated to avoid the battle.

But even if he guessed the other party's reality, there was no good way for Master Sima to face the bandit soldiers hiding in the pass.

After all, he neither dared to attack the city with an army, nor did he dare to bypass Gaoping Pass and go north.

Because when the army is attacking the city, let alone whether it can be captured, if the main force of the bandit army in the north suddenly turns around, it will be a dilemma.

And if you bypass Gaoping Pass and go north to support... At that time, the thieves will cut off the back road from Gaoping, then you will really be like a bird, and you will become the second Zhao Kuo.

Faced with this kind of shrinking tactics, Master Sima was helpless, all he could do was to send people to the pass to yell and provoke every day, to see if he could attract the bandits out of the pass.

Hearing Master Sima's explanation, Niu Jin thought about it too.

The defeat of the former army broke a little morale in the army.

Now that they are bullied under the eyes of the bandit army, the bandit army can't shrink back.

Over the past few days, the soldiers have taken turns to yell and scold, which can be regarded as a breath of anger.

"Okay, then the general will lead the army forward."

"Hey, General Niu, these days, every time you go there in person, you are also tired. Now that the soldiers in the army have recovered, you can take a good rest."

Sima Shi waved his hand, he knew that if it wasn't for Niu Jin, even the Tianjing Pass would have been stormed by the bandits last time.

"This time, let me go."

As the main general, he should also show his face.

Niu Jin persuaded with some worry:

"No, the Central Superintendent's health is unwell, how can I go to the front of the battle in person?"

It is because of my appearance now that I went to the front of the battle to let the soldiers have a look!

If the face lost in the previous defeat can be recovered, it is natural to try to recover as much as possible.

But seeing Master Sima's firm attitude:

"Needless to say, after recuperating for so many days, I feel much better and no longer feel pain."

"Besides, I haven't shown up in the army these days. Going in person this time will also make the soldiers feel at ease."

When Niu Jin heard the words, he felt that there was some truth, so he stopped persuading:

"It's the most important thing for the supervising army to be careful."

Master Sima smiled and said:

"It's just calling you a thief, why worry?"

After speaking, Sima Shi personally led the front army, and then went to Gaoping Pass.

According to the old rules, more than a dozen soldiers with loud voices swaggered forward and shouted.

At the same time, Master Sima asked people to set up the table, and sat in front of the table, watching the sumo wrestling of the soldiers in the army.

Because the main general came in person, the sergeants of the Wei army seemed to work extra hard today.

Not only was his voice a bit louder than before, but even the generals watching the sumo wrestlers laughed loudly on purpose, quite unscrupulously.

Compared to those generals laughing wildly, Master Sima sitting behind the table was more careful.

Although these days, the western thief dared not go out to fight, but he still asked the soldiers behind to set up their formations, just in case.

Appreciating the sergeant's sumo wrestling, listening to the soldiers yelling and cursing in different ways, and watching Gaoping close the city gate tightly,

At the beginning, Sima Shi felt that it was a bit novel, and he was quite interested.

Coupled with the fact that he had suffered a loss at Gaoping Pass before, and now he returned with the army again, looking at the thieves who couldn't shrink back, he felt a little more comfortable.

It's just that as the sun passes by the top of the head, after the novelty passes.

The thief army on the opposite side seemed to be all dead, and there was no movement at all.

This made Master Sima gradually feel a little bored.

It has rained for the past two days. Although it is not too hot, the weather in autumn is always relatively dry, which makes people feel dry easily.

After sitting for an unknown amount of time, Master Sima finally stood up impatiently, set up an awning and looked towards Gaoping Pass.

Apart from being able to see the banner of the bandit army that hangs down lazily and doesn't want to move, even the bandit soldiers didn't stick out their heads to look at it.

It is estimated that the other party has gotten used to it in the past few days, so he might as well come out of sight.

Sima Shi turned around again to look at the soldiers behind him.

After standing for nearly half a day, although the sun was not too high, the soldiers were no longer as energetic as they were at the beginning, and even the formation seemed a little scattered.

Some even took off their armor privately and sat on the ground to rest.

Even the general who had been laughing out loud before was already laughing a little weakly.

As for the scolding sergeants, they have changed several batches.

Anyone who knows soldiers should know that this is an expression of impatience, laziness and exhaustion of soldiers.

It's just that I don't know if Sima Division is inexperienced, or he thinks that the defenders in the pass are afraid to come out, so he doesn't care.

He even went to the place where the sergeant shouted and scolded, trying to let the thieves on the pass see him clearly.

It is a pity that there is still no movement in Guancheng.

Master Sima frowned, and couldn't help cursing inwardly:

"Is this thief general a tortoise? Is he so tolerant?"

Seeing that the sun began to drift westward, he finally gave up and ordered: "Retreat."

After the military order was passed down, Wei Jun, who looked a little tired, immediately regrouped, how could he still look as lazy as before?

And behind these Wei soldiers, there was actually a phalanx of Wei soldiers, who were waiting in full force from the beginning to the end.

It wasn't until they got the military order that they began to relax.

Just when Wei Jun was about to return to the division, Gao Ping closed it. Someone put down the binoculars, looked up at the sky, and suddenly said:

"It's overcast."

At some point in the sky, a dark cloud came and covered the sun.

A gust of autumn wind blew up, and the banner of the Han army, which had been hanging down at the top of the city, was finally blown up with a sound of hunting.

"got windy."

"Isn't it going to rain?"

"possible."

"Will it rain and thunder?"

"How can it rain without thunder?"

"What if we don't fight?"

"Then we'll call them."

"Hahaha……"

Some people laughed wildly, some people smiled.

"I wish General Zhang a great victory!"

"According to Jiang Taishou's auspicious words."

Just when Wei Jun turned his head and returned to the division, the gate of Gaopingguan was suddenly opened.

At the same time, rumbling thunder began to emanate from the Guancheng, and even the ground was shaken faintly.

"Master Sima, General Anhan Zhang Bao is here, hurry up and die!"

With dark clouds and snow, Zhang Ba Snake Spear, Zhang Bao, who was in his prime, led the most elite cavalry of the Southern Army, one of the Eighth Army of Jihan Guanzhong, and rushed out of the Guancheng.

Gathered the army formation towards Kankan, ready to pull out the battalion and rush back to the Wei army.

Standing on the top of the wall, Jiang Bin looked at Wei Jun who wanted to lure the enemy, but was plotted against him. He was completely unprepared at this time.

In a hurry, the infantry wanted to resist the charge of the cavalry, which was simply delusional.

As soon as the two sides came into contact, Wei Jun was immediately rushed out of a huge gap.

Jiang Bin sighed rather regretfully:

"It's a pity, it's a pity, the terrain here is not conducive to the deployment of the cavalry army, otherwise, this time, none of the bandit army can escape back."

The terrain near Gaoping Pass is undulating, surrounded by mountains.

Bai Qi outflanked Zhao Kuo's rear, but he mobilized thousands of cavalry.

This time, Zhang Bao's rate was only two thousand riders.

Two thousand riders is not the limit of the southern army, but it is the limit of the terrain in this area.

So this raid is destined to only destroy the enemy, not wipe out the thieves.

The defeat of the rear troops made Master Sima's mind go blank:

"How could there be cavalry in the pass? Did the thief's cavalry fall from the sky?"

The riots in the rear began to spread among the Wei army like a plague.

How happy it was to yell and scold before, how painful it is now.

"Block them, stop them quickly!"

"I can't stop it, general, let's go!"

...

"Where is Master Sima? Come out and die!"

Zhang Bao wields a spear, picks, stabs, dashes left and right, like a god of killing.

The Wei army in chaos could not organize an effective defense at all.

"General, the banner of thieves!"

"Kill it!"

Seeing the cavalry of the Han army stabbing straight at his central army like the tip of a knife, Master Sima felt his heart beating faster and his forehead throbbing.

"Capture and kill Master Sima!"

"Capture and kill Master Sima!"

Master Sima screamed "Ah", covered his bandaged left eye, and cried out in pain, "My eye!"

In September of the fourth year of Yanxi, Feng Yong finally mobilized the last strategic reserve team after learning that Zhang Yi led the military guards to successfully attack Maojindu at night.

That is the southern army that has been guarding the east of the river.

After Zhang Bao received the emergency military order, he secretly led the Southern Army to Gaoping Pass as quickly as possible to raid the Sima Division.

Sima Shi was so frightened that his eyeballs popped out of their sockets.

Nearly half of the Wei army lost, and retreated to Tianjing Pass in embarrassment.