Cao Liang calculated Sima Yi's final retreat, but what he didn't expect was that Sima Yi would retreat decisively at this time, and when he found out, Sima Jun was already running in the canyon of Taihang Mountain.

At this time, due to the great dispersion of the Bingzhou army, it was too late to assemble to fight a pursuit battle, and Cao Liang could only watch Sima Jun march away from Baicheng.

This time, Sima Yi chose to retreat, and it was not Shimen Pass, which they had previously entered, nor Yangjiban, which had been hit hard, but Baicheng in the southeast direction of Huguan.

This abnormal behavior really surprised Cao Liang, which can only prove that Sima Yi is indeed a ghost, and at this point, he is really unconvinced.

Jiang is still old and spicy, and Sima Yi used his veteran experience to teach the Bingzhou army a lesson. When Sima's army moved to the southeast, it was under the banner of searching for the hidden troops of the Bingzhou army, and for this reason, a Bingzhou army stationed near Baicheng was also forced to move to avoid the edge of Sima's army.

But no one expected that when Sima's army arrived at Baicheng, it suddenly walked eastward along Baicheng, and in a very short time, it was completely withdrawn, and when the Bingzhou army stationed in this area understood the taste, Sima's army had already left Shangdang and returned to Hanoi.

If the state army wants to pursue it again, it is already beyond the reach of the whip.

However, the retreat of Sima Jun also means that the battle of Shangdang, which has been fought for several months, has come to an end, Sima Yi took advantage of the excitement and returned in defeat, this time, even if he retreated perfectly, without losing a single soldier, but throughout the entire battle of Shangdang, Sima Yi still lost.

I think that at the beginning, Sima Yi gathered an army of 150,000, and the three-way men and horses attacked together, and the momentum was compelling, but after Cao Liang broke the two-way army in a row, Sima Yi's momentum converged a lot, and finally restored his essence of shrinking the turtle, shrinking the defense line, and no longer giving the Bingzhou army a chance to take advantage of.

It's just that Cao Liang is puzzled that in the battle of Huyukou, strictly speaking, the two sides only ended in a draw, and it doesn't matter who loses and who wins, the main force of Sima Yi's army has not suffered much loss, and it is fully capable of fighting again.

But what is surprising is that Sima Yi actually withdrew his troops at this time, which is completely inconsistent with Sima Yi's consistent character, why did this happen?

Huan Fan said firmly: "If there were no special circumstances, Sima Yi would never retreat easily, presumably something must have happened in Huainan, Yanzhou, so Sima Yi would be in such a hurry to withdraw." ”

Previously, Huan Fan was ordered by Cao Liang to go to Yanzhou and have contact with Ling Huyu, with Cao Liang's meaning, that is, he hoped that Ling Huyu and Wang Ling could raise troops earlier, echo with the Bingzhou army, and attack Sima Yi on both sides of the north and south at the same time.

But Ling Huyu played a little clever at this time, he didn't want to rush to raise troops, he didn't want to set himself on fire, anyway, Sima Yi and Bingzhou, there must be a battle, at least when both sides are defeated, they will raise troops again, so the chance of success will be much greater.

Huan Fan was also helpless, he put forward all the suggestions he could, including the plan to set up a new king, but he hoped that even if Linghu Yu and Wang Ling raised their troops later, it would be better than nothing.

After going back, he told Cao Liang about the situation, Cao Liang didn't care, with help or without help, the battle between himself and Sima Yi was absolutely inevitable, if you want to defeat Sima Yi, you still have to rely on yourself after all, and it is definitely unreliable to build hope on others.

At this time, Sima Yi suddenly withdrew without warning, presumably it was also related to something happening in Huainan, if Ling Huyu and Wang Ling supported the new monarch to raise troops, Sima Yi would definitely not sit idly by.

If Sima Yi withdraws his troops back to Luoyang, it must be the same way to return, and it will take a long detour to Baicheng, and if he attacks Yanzhou directly, I am afraid that there is no way to call it a shortcut.

Between two points, the straight line is the shortest, of course the smart Sima Yi will not waste any time and distance, in fact, Cao Liang has already mourned Ling Huyu in his heart, with Sima Yi's resolute speed, Ling Huyu, who thinks he has a plan, is probably another Meng Da.

Never underestimate your opponent, although Sima Yi is old, he still has the heart of an eagle, and an opportunistic little sparrow like Ling Huyu cannot be Sima Yi's opponent in any case.

It's not that Cao Liang fell into the ground, but after he understood Sima Yi's intentions, even if he wanted to inform Ling Huyu, it would be too late, with Sima Yi's speed, it would only take a few days to pounce on Yanzhou.

I hope that Linghu Yu will have a certain vigilance and precautions for this matter, so that he can dodge Sima Yi's long-distance attack, at least he will not be defeated.

However, Cao Liang also felt that there was not much hope for this kind of person, Ling Hu Yu was a person like Linghu Yu, who was only clever and had no overall view, and in front of the old and spicy Sima Yi, his IQ was estimated to be only crushed.

In any case, as soon as there was a movement on the side of Linghu Yu Wang Ling, Sima Yi heard the wind and moved, and would rather give up the attack and merge the state, but also turn back to deal with the Huainan side first, which can be seen in Sima Yi's mind, the Huainan side is the most important, and there is absolutely no room for loss.

In this way, the pressure on the state will disappear temporarily, and as for how long it can disappear, it depends on how long it will take for Sima Yi to quell the Zhunnan Rebellion.

But in any case, for Bingzhou, this will be a rare opportunity, you can breathe a little sigh of relief, if you are continuously pressed by Sima Yi and beaten, sooner or later something big will happen.

During this time, it should be enough to restore the vitality of the state, replenish the troops, adjust the defense, in these limited time, Cao Liang still needs to do a lot.

The cavalry has always been Cao Liang's biggest reliance, but this time when the cavalry on both sides of Huyukou fought fiercely, the number of cavalry and opponents in Bingzhou was similar, and their strength was only between Bozhong, and they did not show superior combat effectiveness, which couldn't help but make Cao Liang frown a little.

Yes, in the past few years, the Yue cavalry battalion has developed too smoothly, and they have not encountered a really strong opponent, and now they have encountered Sima cavalry with equal strength, which makes Cao Liang understand the importance of improving the combat effectiveness of the cavalry.

This time, the number of cavalry on both sides was equal, and the Bingzhou cavalry did not suffer a loss, but if Sima Yi mobilized more cavalry to attack next time, how would the Bingzhou army respond?

Therefore, in the case that the number cannot be increased in a short period of time, the top priority is to improve the combat capability of the cavalry, and Cao Liang is confident in this.

(三七 Chinese )