Sima Zhao, as the general of the expedition to Shu, is the third person in the army this expedition, second only to Cao Shuang and Xiahou Xuan, and is also above Guo Huai, the assassin of Yongzhou, and Xiahou Ba, the protector of Shu.

When Cao Liang's report reached the Wei army camp, Sima Zhao took the initiative to ask Ying to fight.

Cao Shuang was a little hesitant, but he couldn't stand Sima Zhao's soft grinding and hard bubbles, so he agreed that Sima Zhao would lead his troops to Dingjun Mountain to block the Shu army, and at the same time send Guo Huai to assist Sima Zhao and go together.

Originally, such an important task Cao Shuang should not have been given to Sima Zhao, Sima Zhao was the deputy general of the army in this expedition, but in fact, Cao Shuang tied Sima Zhao to his side in order to prevent Sima Yi from doing things in Beijing.

In fact, this is just Cao Shuang and his staff taking it for granted, thinking that holding a Sima Zhao can threaten Sima Yi, in fact, they are very wrong, the reason why Sima Yi can't bear it is just because the time is not ripe, if the time is really ripe, just a Sima Zhao, what a pity, in order to achieve great things, no matter who Sima Yi is, Sima Yi can be sacrificed.

After all, Sima Yi still has so many sons, there are not many more Sima Zhao, and there are not many less than him.

Although Sima Zhao accompanied Cao Shuang on the expedition this time, he had some meaning of being taken hostage, but after all, Cao Shuang and Sima Yi had not fallen out, and it was still necessary to maintain the appearance of a harmonious atmosphere, so Cao Shuang appointed Sima Zhao as the general of Zhengshu, second only to Xiahou Xuan and far above the generals.

Since he is a general, he naturally can't treat Sima Zhao as an ornament, Cao Shuang still arranged a battalion of soldiers and horses to be led by Sima Zhao, but if the soldiers and horses of this battalion go to Dingjun Mountain, they must be insufficient, so at Sima Zhao's suggestion, Cao Shuang sent Guo Huai to lead troops to aid Sima Zhao, and the total strength of the two is about 25,000 people, and these soldiers and horses should be more than enough to guard a Dingjun Mountain.

This time, Sima Zhao's attitude was very positive, and he swore that he would definitely hold Dingjun Mountain and never let the Shu army cross the Lei Chi for half a step.

The reason why Cao Shuang didn't refuse was because he didn't have a few generals at hand now, Xiahou Xuan still had to command the army besieging the second city of Hanle, and Xiahou Ba went to Yangping Pass, the only thing that could be used was Guo Huai, Cao Shuang thought about it, so he decided to send Sima Zhao and Guo Huai together.

Because Xiahou Ba blocked the route of the Shu army in Yangping Pass, Dingjun Mountain became the only way for the Shu army to enter Hanzhong at present, and only by holding Dingjun Mountain and blocking Jiang Wei's Shu army, the Wei army had the opportunity to calmly take Hancheng Lecheng and occupy the entire Hanzhong.

Hancheng and Lecheng are two hard bones to bite, the Wei army has been besieging the two cities for a long time, and has been attacking continuously, but it has little effect, it seems that if you want to break through these two fortresses, the Wei army still needs to be patient enough.

Dingjun Mountain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, as long as you don't make any big mistakes, it is not difficult to hold Dingjun Mountain, although Sima Zhao is the first time to lead the army, but Guo Huai is a battle-hardened veteran, Cao Shuang feels that with Guo Huai's assistance, Sima Zhao should not have any big problem holding Dingjun Mountain.

Xiahou Xuan is currently in Lecheng, and it is estimated that it will take at least a few days to come back, but there is no one waiting for Dingjun Mountain, so without asking Xiahou Xuan's opinion, Cao Shuang made a decision to go to Dingjun Mountain by Sima Zhao and Guo Huai.

Sima Zhao saw that the big thing had been accomplished, and he was secretly proud, in fact, he and Guo Huai had the same thoughts, both for fear that Cao Shuang would make a contribution to Shu this time and take the limelight from Sima Yi in the court, so Sima Zhao saw that the Wei army was winning one after another, so he had to come out to make a stumbling block and sabotage Cao Shuang's plan to cut down Shu.

Sima Zhao saw that this opportunity was good, Xiahou Ba went to Yangping Pass, and Xiahou Xuan went to Lecheng, currently in the Shu army camp in the Hancheng area, only Cao Shuang remained, if Xiahou Xuan was there, it was not necessarily easy to fool, and now only Cao Shuang was left, Sima Zhao was confident that he could be even.

Sure enough, Sima Zhao swore an oath, and Cao Shuang immediately believed it and sent Sima Zhao to the front line of Dingjun Mountain.

Not only Sima Zhao alone, but also Guo Huai, although Cao Shuang was a little uneasy about Sima Zhao, who had never fought, but believed that with Guo Huai's assistance, there should be no mistakes.

But what Cao Shuang never expected was that Sima Zhao had ill intentions, and the real purpose of competing for the task this time was to sabotage Cao Shuang's plan.

After crossing Xingshi Mountain, the situation in Hanzhong is very good, the main force of the Shu army is blocked in the Yangping Pass area, as long as the Dingjun Mountain is held, the Shu army will definitely have no chance to enter Hanzhong, Cao Shuang is only one step away from his life dream.

Sima Zhao brought the arrow and went to Guo Huai excitedly to discuss what to do.

Guo Huai is a close confidant of the Sima family, and before this expedition, Sima Yi instructed Sima Zhao to discuss with Guo Huai more about something, one person is short, and two people are long.

Sima Zhao naturally took Sima Yi's words to heart, so after arriving in Guanzhong, he also met with Guo Huai in private and exchanged ways to sabotage the Wei army's expedition, but he didn't have a good plan for the time being, so he could only wait for a good opportunity.

In order to avoid the suspicion of others, Sima Zhao and Guo Huai usually do not interact with each other.

This time he got an errand from Dingjun Mountain, and the two of them ran an errand together, so Sima Zhao could finally come to Guo Huai justifiably.

After Guo Huai heard the news, he was also overjoyed, he really had nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it took no effort to get it, and he was still thinking about how to find an opportunity to destroy Cao Shuang's plan to cut down Shu, this blink of an eye, the opportunity was actually in front of him, and it was a big surprise.

The two discussed secretly in Guo Huai's tent for a long time, and then Sima Zhao returned to the camp, gathered soldiers and horses, and gathered with Guo Huai's men and horses, and raised troops to look at Dingjun Mountain.

The spring breeze was proud, Sima Zhao sat on horseback, looking at the Wei army team that was rushing in, his heart was so unhappy, he was born in Sima's family, but he did not have the status of Sima Shi, this time he finally had the opportunity to lead the army alone, Sima Zhao's mood suddenly became excited.

Seoul is not too far from Dingjun Mountain, that is, half a day's journey, Sima Zhao and Guo Huai set off at about noon, and when it was close to dusk, they had already arrived at the foot of Dingjun Mountain.