MTL - Farmer of Shu Han-Chapter 1249 defeat again

  Chapter 1249 Another defeat

   "Has Bandit 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 it was really returned?"

  The 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 announce that autumn has officially entered.

  In the Central Plains area, although unlike the Hanzhong area, in August and September, there will often be 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 Western 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 the mountain road was difficult to walk due to the autumn rain, which made Feng Zei retreat.

  Thinking back then, when Cao Zidan wanted to go to Longyou, the partial teacher he sent had to walk 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?

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

  Jiang Ji himself felt that this idea was 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.

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

   "An accident happened between Hangu Pass and Shan County?"

  Jiang Ji held the military newspaper and suddenly felt his world spinning.

   "Didn't Maojindu always take strict 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.

  Hanguguan 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 rear route cut off. How many days can they defend?

   "The guards at Maojindu, what are they 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 response, but instead let the opponent cut off their retreat, that is even more of a mystery.

  Jiang Ji was about to curse, but suddenly thought of something:

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

   Feng thief?

  Feng Thief these days has been making a big splash, making a gesture of attacking Zhiguan.

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

   Could it be that he is deceiving me?

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

   As soon as he thought this, Jiang Ji's eyes widened and his mouth opened wide in fright on the spot.

  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 and wheezing" sound from his mouth and nose, like a cow panting.

   The feeling of dizziness struck again.

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

   At this time, he has fully understood.

   Feng Zei simply used 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 sent another army from Hedong, quietly passed through the pass between Wangwu Mountain and Taihang Mountain, and ambushed at Maojindu.

   Only when the time is right, 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 being over sixty years old, I was actually being manipulated by a child in the palm of my hand.

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

   "Feng thief, you are too deceptive!"

   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.

   When Jiang Ji fell into a coma, Sima Shi, who was still staying in Gaodu City, had not received any news of Luoyang's crisis.

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

  Niu Jin, who was by his side, was quite worried about his health, and 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."

   Sima Shi pointed to the north and sighed:

   "General Niu, why don't I want to retreat, but the bandits have a large army going north a few days ago, and nine out of ten are going 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?"

  Master Sima was not a fool, he knew very well why the Lord let him lead the army alone this time.

   Things were going very smoothly.

  Wei Yan has a very high reputation in the Western Thieves Army, and it is his first time to lead the army. He dare not expect to defeat this person head-on, but the Lord has 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.

   During the Battle of Gaoping Pass, all the soldiers saw my embarrassed appearance, and 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 my life, let alone be entrusted with important tasks by 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, try to delay the bandit army at 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 plausible reason, right?

   Master Sima certainly knew about Sima Yi's plan.

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

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

  Niu Jin could not 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, just to wash away the humiliation of previous defeats."

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

  Who would have expected that the guards in Gaoping Pass are all focused on guarding the pass and protecting the rear of the bandits in the north, and have no thought of going out 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 in Guanxia. Even if the sergeant on his side insulted loudly in Guanxia, ​​the western thieves in Guancheng seemed to be deaf and ignored them at all.

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

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

   I think the main force of the army must be in the north, and nine 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 truth of the other party, there was no way for Master Sima to deal with the bandits 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.

   If you bypass Gaoping Pass and go north to support...then the thief will cut off the back road from Gaoping, then you will 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 lure the bandits out of the pass.

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

  The former army was defeated, which broke a little morale in the army.

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

  These days, the soldiers have taken turns to yell and curse, which can be regarded as a bad breath.

   "Okay, then this will lead the army."

   "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 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 Supervision Army is in poor health, how can I go to the front of the battle in person?"

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

  The face lost in the previous defeat, if it can be saved a little, naturally it should be done as much as possible.

  But see 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 there in person this time also reassures the soldiers."

  Niu Jin heard the words and felt that there was some truth, so he had no choice but to stop persuading:

   "The supervising army is careful in everything."

  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 someone to set up a table, and he sat in front of the table, watching the sumo wrestling of the soldiers in the army.

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

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

  Compared to those generals who were 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.

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

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

   In addition, the previous team suffered a loss in Gaoping Pass, and now they are leading the army back again. Looking at the thieves who can't shrink back, they feel a little more comfortable.

   It's just that the sun is over the top of the head and the novelty is gone.

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

   This gradually made Master Sima feel a little bored.

  It rained two days ago. 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, Sima Shi finally stood up impatiently, set up a pergola and looked towards Gaoping Pass.

  Besides being able to see the banner of the bandit army that hangs down lazily and doesn't want to move, none of the bandit soldiers raised 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.

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

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

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

  As for the sergeants who shouted and scolded, they have changed several batches.

  Anyone who knows soldiers should know that this is a sign 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.

  Unfortunately, there is still no movement in Guancheng.

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

   "Is this 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 can he still look lazy like before?

   And behind these Wei soldiers, there is actually a phalanx of Wei soldiers, who are 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:

   "The sky is 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."

   "Does it rain and thunder?"

   "How can it rain without thunder?"

   "What if you 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 as Wei Jun turned his head and returned to the division, the gate of Gaoping Pass suddenly opened.

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

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

  Dark clouds covered snow, Zhang Ba snake spear, Zhang Bao, who was in his prime of fighting, led the most elite cavalry of the Southern Army, one of the eight armies in Jihan Guanzhong, and rushed out of the pass city.

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

  Jiang Bin stood on the top of the wall, looking at Wei Jun who wanted to lure the enemy, but was plotted by himself, and he was not at all prepared at this time.

  The infantry is in a hurry, and it is simply delusional to resist the charge of the cavalry.

  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, otherwise, this time, none of the bandits can escape back."

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

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

  This time, Zhang Bao led 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 left Sima Shi's mind blank:

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

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

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

   "Block them, block 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 **** of killing.

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

   "General, the banner of thieves!"

   "Kill the past!"

  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 immediately led the Southern Army in secret, rushed to Gaoping Pass as quickly as possible, and raided the Sima Division.

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

  The Wei army lost nearly half, and retreated to Tianjing Pass in embarrassment.

  (end of this chapter)