Sima Lang led a thousand private soldiers, and fled directly back to the station of his Sima clan, and fled to the north gate with the whole clan. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Big brother, what's wrong?" Zhang Chunhua, who rushed to hear the news, asked in surprise.

Because the Zhang family and the Sima family have a close relationship, the camps of the two families live relatively close, and when Sima Lang called his clan to escape, he also branched out to the Zhang clan by the way.

"The south gate has collapsed, the pottery thief's soldiers and horses are slaughtering into the city, the pot pass can't be defended, we must rush to withdraw before the pottery thief kills." Sima Lang said in a deep voice.

"The South Gate has collapsed?" Zhang Chunhua's face changed in shock, "The south gate is all made of mountains and rocks, and it is impregnable, how can it collapse?" ”

"I can't figure it out, I don't know what magical means the pottery thief used to collapse a solid city wall at the end of the city." Sima Lang said with a bitter face.

Zhang Chunhua's pretty face was stunned, his eyes were filled with deep shock, his towering chest rose and fell violently, and the whole person also fell into the surprise of the potter.

"The people of your Zhang family have already arrived, fortunately, I still have a thousand private soldiers in my hands, just to protect our two families to withdraw, without further ado, let's leave quickly." Sima Lang said, called a horse, and forcibly helped Zhang Chunhua up.

Zhang Chunhua also came to his senses, and just wanted to pat the horse and leave, but suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said: "Big brother, our two families are gone, what about the Zhao family, the Yang family, and the rest of the clans?" ”

Sima Lang was stunned, his face was embarrassed, and after only a slight hesitation, he gritted his teeth helplessly and sighed: "Now that it's happened, I can't take care of them, so I can only save our two families and evacuate first, as for the rest of the clans, they can only look at their own creation." ”

After that, Sima Lang didn't dare to hesitate any longer, and turned his horse away.

Hearing Sima Lang's decision to abandon the rest of the clans, Zhang Chunhua's body was shocked, and his eyebrows showed surprise, and he just wanted to say something, but Sima Lang had already ridden away.

"Alas......" Zhang Chunhua sighed helplessly, and could only follow.

Huguan is captured.

The pottery merchants conquered Huguan, and the Jin army of Shangdang was basically wiped out, and the obstacles restricting the Wei army from going north were basically swept away.

The potters kept going, leaving some soldiers and horses to clean up the battlefield, and immediately led the army to the north lightly and went straight to Jinyang.

……

The realm is closed.

In the camp, Yuan Shangzheng sat on the top with a relaxed face, listening to Feng Ji's report on the battle situation, and he was completely free of his previous panic.

In the south of Jiexiu Pass, although Yingbu's attack was fierce, but after all, there were only 10,000 soldiers and horses, and Yuan Shang easily repelled several rounds of Yingbu attacks with 10,000 Jin troops and the danger of Jiexiu Pass.

Jiexiu Pass is as stable as Mount Tai, and in the direction of Huguan, although the Wei army occupies the entire territory of Shangdang County and turns Huguan into a lonely city, Guo Yuan relied on 3,000 soldiers and horses to defend Huguan into a solid soup, which dragged the potters for more than a month.

If the pot can't be closed, the 80,000 Wei army will have to be crucified under the gate, and they will not dare to go north to invade Jinyang.

Now that the early spring has arrived, the spring rain has fallen, as long as Guo Yuan supports it for another month, Taihang Mountain will become a muddy realm, and the Wei army's grain and grass transportation is unfavorable, so it has to withdraw its troops.

As soon as the Wei army withdrew, he would be able to send troops to recover the entire territory of Shangdang, and his Jin State would be able to survive this crisis without danger.

Listening to Feng Ji's report, Yuan Shang's expression became more and more relaxed, and a smug smile even appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Duke of Jin, General Guo sticks to Huguan and drags down the 80,000 Wei army, if he repels the pottery thief this time, General Guo is really the first merit, and Duke Jin needs to reward him heavily." Sima Yi also smiled and proposed.

"Zhong Da has a point." Yuan Shang nodded again and again, "My duke has always had clear rewards and punishments, Guo Yuan has made great contributions, how can my duke not reward him, as long as the pottery thief retreats, my duke will make him the general of Zhendong." ”

As soon as Yuan Shangfeng said this, he immediately aroused the envy of all the generals, especially Lu Bu and Yan Liang.

Thinking that with the strength and qualifications of Lu Bu and Yan Liang, they were just officials and miscellaneous generals under Yuan Shang, but Guo Yuan was young, but he was promoted several levels in a row and stepped on their heads directly, so he could not make them jealous.

Yan Liang and the others knew that Guo Yuan was a big clan in the state, and Yuan Shang's resealing was not as simple as a reward, but also related to the intention of taking the opportunity to entrap the Guo family.

Thinking of this, although General Yan Liang was unhappy in his heart, he could only sigh secretly.

"The Duke of Jin is wise and martial, and the rewards and punishments are clear, how can we not serve the Duke of Jin." Sima Yi took advantage of the situation and complimented.

Yuan Shang was proud, laughed, and said with a brush: "As long as you serve the Great Jin Dynasty well, my father will never treat you badly, today it is Guo Yuan, and tomorrow's reward may be any of you." ”

As soon as the subordinates heard this, they hurriedly spoke out one after another, showing their loyalty to Yuan Shang, and they all patted their chests and claimed that they would go to the soup for the Great Jin Dynasty, and they would not hesitate to do anything.

Yuan Shang was complacent, his emotions were getting higher and higher, and his face was so smiling that he couldn't close his mouth.

At this time, the pro-army hurriedly entered and exclaimed: "Duke of Jin, Huguan has been broken by the Wei army, the pottery thief is leading the army to approach Jinyang, General Guo was killed by the pottery thief, Sima Gongzi has just fled and returned, and is asking to see him outside the tent." ”

The pot pass is lost!?

This thunderbolt-like intelligence hit the heads of the monarchs and ministers of the Jin State in an instant, shattering all the futures they imagined.

Yuan Shang's originally proud face was instantly frightened and deformed, and the whole person was stunned in an instant, and said in a trembling voice: "Huguan City is as solid as gold, even if the pottery thief has a heavenly thunder cannon, he can't think of breaking it, how can it be captured?" ”

In the big tent, he fell into an unprecedented panic and was in a state of shock and confusion.

Sima Yi's calm face was also occupied by astonishment at the first time, but in the blink of an eye, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard that his brother had escaped smoothly, calmed down, and hurriedly called Sima Lang in.

A moment later, the gray-faced Sima Lang walked into the tent gloomily.

"Big brother, how did the pottery thief break through the pot pass?" Si Yi was the first to ask.

Sima Lang sighed for a long time, and then he silently told how the potters secretly dug tunnels, collapsed the wall of the south gate of Huguan, and how they attacked Huguan.

Yuan Shang and other monarchs and ministers, one by one, listened to the dumbfounded, as if listening to the Arabian Nights, never imagined that the potter could use such a means similar to "whimsical" to break through the pot pass.

"I originally wanted to protect the clans from withdrawing, but there were too many enemy troops, and I was invincible, so I could only protect my Sima family and the Zhang family from withdrawing, and the rest of the clans didn't have time to escape, and they were all killed by the cruel animals of the pottery thief." Sima Lang said indignantly.

The ministers of the Jin State, from Yuan Shang down, were completely in a panic.

The loss of Huguan meant that the Wei army could cross the Shangdang danger and easily enter the Bingzhou Basin, and the army of more than 80,000 people could easily kill Jinyang.

Yuan Shang wanted to stop the Wei army, it was necessary to divide the troops to rescue, but the Wei army had entered the plains, and on the way to Jinyang, there was almost no danger to defend.

Moreover, if there is a division of troops, and the number of troops in the Jiexiu is small, the pressure on the enemy's south will be multiplied.

If he is not careful, Yuan Shang will fall into a dangerous situation of losing both sides.

It's just that if you don't divide your troops to block the pottery merchants, you can only sit and watch Jinyang be captured by pottery thieves, Jinyang is the core of the state, if it falls, it means that his Jin country is finished.

Yuan Shang had no choice but to send troops to stop the potters.

It's just that with the little soldiers and horses at hand, it is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, how can it be stopped.

Yuan Shang's face was gloomy as iron, his expression changed uncertainly, and he lost his sense of proportion for a while, and he didn't know what to do, so he had to look at Tian Feng and Feng Ji.

At this time, Feng Ji had long run out of ideas, so he could only make a bitter face.

Tian Feng sighed and glared at Sima Yi, "I said a long time ago that it is important to go to save Huguan first, who would have thought that someone was smart and persuaded Jin Gong not to save it, and let Huguan be surrounded, which caused today's disaster, and Shu Feng could not do anything." ”

The person Tian Feng complained about was naturally Sima Yi.

"Sima Zhongda, what do you say to do?" Yuan Shang immediately glared at Sima Yi, and his tone only revealed reproach.

At this time, Sima Yi's brain was also a little confused, and he couldn't think of any countermeasures for a while.

"Jin Gong is not in a hurry, even if the pottery thief captures the pot pass, I have a plan, I will definitely be able to repel the pottery thief." Sima Lang, who was originally having palpitations, suddenly said loudly.

"You...... What's your strategy? Yuan Shang looked at Sima Lang in surprise, with a look of disbelief.

Sima Lang raised his hand and pointed to the east, "Shangdang Mountain Road is rugged, when the pottery thief surrounded the Huguan this time, he did not bring cavalry, and now he has broken through the Huguan, he will advance lightly with the infantry army, and he wants to break through Jinyang quickly, as long as his infantry comes out of Shangdang and enters the flat area, we only need more than 10,000 iron cavalry, and we will be able to easily break the pottery thief." ”

"There's some truth to what you're saying." Yuan Shang's eyes lit up, and he nodded, but he made another difficulty, "It's a pity that the main force of the Huns has been destroyed, where did we get so many cavalry to deal with the pottery thieves." ”

A sly smile rose at the corner of Sima Lang's mouth, as if he knew that Yuan Shang would ask this, and he opened his mouth to answer.

Before the words were spoken, Sima Yi had suddenly realized, so he preemptively said: "The black mountain thief Zhang Yan has tens of thousands of soldiers, and has been entrenched in the Taihang Mountains for a long time, and there are 10,000 iron horsemen under his command, we can borrow Zhang Yan's cavalry to stop the pottery thief." ”

Zhang Yan.

Yuan Shang's eyes lit up, and suddenly a glimmer of light flashed, as if he saw a glimmer of hope.

In Xuan's eyes, Yuan Shang's brows furrowed again, and he shook his head and said: "That Zhang Yan has always been an enemy of my Yuan family, and he helped Gongsun Chan back then, and he has fought against our Yuan family several times, even if Gongsun Chan is destroyed, after my Yuan family unified Hebei, he refused to surrender, how could he send troops to help us deal with the pottery thief now." ”

"One time, another."

Sima Yi raised a confident smile on his face again, and said unhurriedly: "Zhang Yan's ambition is nothing more than to divide Taihang, and when Yuan Gong had the tendency to unify Hebei, he would threaten him, so he would help Gongsun Zhan." And now, Hebei is divided into the three families of Jin, Yan and Wei, which is convenient for him to maneuver in the Three Kingdoms and be invincible, so the situation in front of him is exactly what he wants. ”

As soon as the conversation changed, Sima Yi continued: "If my Jin Kingdom is destroyed by pottery thieves, Hebei will most likely be unified again, which must be what Zhang Yan does not want to see, so, for his own interests, I expect that he will send troops to help us." ”

's words completely dispelled Yuan Shang's suspicions and made him feel great.

As Sima Yi said, although the pottery merchants had many soldiers and horses, most of them were infantry, and if Zhang Yan could go out of the mountains to help, it would not be inconceivable to defeat the 70,000 or 80,000 Wei infantry with 10,000 cavalry.

Taking a step back, even if Zhang Yan could not repel the Wei army, he could rely on the mobility of the cavalry to constantly harass the Wei army, making it impossible for it to advance smoothly.

As long as Zhang Yan can delay the Wei army for a month, when the heavy rain falls, and the Taihang Zhucheng is not smooth, even if the potters take the Huguan, they will have to withdraw their troops in the same way.

After weighing it for a long time, the corners of Yuan Shang's mouth regained a hideous sneer, and immediately ordered Sima Lang, who had offered his advice, to go to Montenegro with his handwritten letter to invite Zhang Yan to help in the battle.