I have to say that this is Zhong Hui's smart hand, when Le Cheng was lost, Zhong Hui was far away in Yecheng, and he couldn't specifically command Le Cheng's battle, if it was another commander, he would definitely find all kinds of reasons to shirk his responsibility.

But Zhong Hui knew that shirking responsibility would only make Sima Shi disgusted, and since Sima Shi handed over all the military power in Hebei to him, Zhong Hui would be to blame for any failure.

Therefore, Zhong Hui took the main fault on himself in the recital, and took the initiative to ask for punishment and punishment.

However, Zhong Hui also knows that Sima Shi has always been suspicious of people, and he is not suspicious of employing people, since he appointed himself as the governor of Hebei, it shows that Sima Shi still fully trusts him.

Even if he made a major mistake in the defense of Jizhou, it has been a taboo for soldiers to change generals since ancient times, and now when the war in Jizhou is fierce, Sima Shi resolutely does not dare to easily change to a person who knows nothing about Jizhou's defense, so there is a high probability that Sima Shi will not remove himself, at most he will give some symbolic punishments, such as demotion or punishment.

In the recital, Zhong Hui asked Sima Shi to send cavalry troops to balance the Bingzhou cavalry, otherwise any of his military ideas would be an empty talk, and the strength of the Bingzhou cavalry would restrict the realization of his plan, and only after containing the Bingzhou cavalry, Zhong Hui could realize his next battle plan.

This can be regarded as Zhong Hui's decision to eat Sima Shi.

This recital was rushed to Luoyang at an accelerated speed of 600 miles.

Sima Shi had just abolished the emperor and set up a new monarch, and when he was proud of the spring breeze, he suddenly received the news of the loss of Lecheng, Sima Shi was confused, and he didn't get the news of the attack of the state army in advance, how could Le Cheng say that he lost it?

After reading Zhong Hui's recital, Sima Shi finally understood that the main reason why he didn't get any news in advance was that Le Cheng lost it too quickly, and in less than two days, Le Cheng was lost, more than 2,000 people were killed, more than 18,000 people were captured under Jiang Xiu, and Le Cheng'an's army was destroyed.

Zhong Hui did not shift the responsibility to Jiang Xiu in the chapter, but took the initiative to take on most of the responsibility, the most important thing is that he underestimated the power of the catapult of the Bingzhou army, the newly built masonry city wall failed to withstand the attack of the catapult of the Bingzhou army, and the city of Lecheng was lost, the main reason is here, so Zhong Hui took the initiative to ask for the punishment of the imperial court.

Sima Shi was shocked, but also fell into contemplation, if Zhong will be responsible, it is not false at all, after all, the defense plan of Jizhou was formulated by him, and the newly built city wall was also built by him, and now there is a problem, who will take the blame if he doesn't take the blame?

But Sima Shi also knew that it was not appropriate to attribute all the blame to Zhong Hui, after all, it was impossible for Zhong Hui to estimate the extent of the destructive power of the catapults of the Bingzhou army, and when building the city wall, Zhong Hui could only try his best to achieve the highest standards, but it turned out that Zhong Hui, including everyone, still underestimated the power of the catapults of the Bingzhou army. Is there a difference?

So it can't be said that Zhong Hui didn't do his best, but the merger of the state army is too perverted, in the previous wars, catapults were only an auxiliary means of attacking the city, but what really relied on was manpower, and Cao Liang subverted this concept and used the catapult as the main means of attack.

According to the data provided by Zhong Hui, within two days, the state army threw tens of thousands of stone bullets at Lecheng, just these stone bombs were piled together, it was enough to pile up into a hill, and how did the state army manage to transport so many stone bullets to the front line?

The loss of Le Cheng also plunged Sima Shi into a deep crisis, and Zhong Hui mentioned in the recital that the imperial court must increase troops to Jizhou, especially cavalry, otherwise the situation in Jizhou will be completely out of control.

In fact, the cavalry of Sima Division has already been formed, and after three years of training, it is already completely equipped with combat effectiveness.

It's just that according to Sima Division's plan, this cavalry has other plans, Sima Division is ready to use it when counterattacking and merging states, he secretly swears that those who fall there will get up there, and if he wants to take revenge on Cao Liang, he must defeat the Bingzhou cavalry in Bingzhou, and then sweep through Bingzhou in a grand manner, and be ashamed.

As for the Jizhou side, Sima Shi felt that with an army of 350,000, how could he resist the offensive of the Bingzhou army, so in Jizhou, Sima Shi decided to focus on defense, and there was no preparation for a decisive battle with the Bingzhou army for the time being, and he wanted to leave the battlefield of the decisive battle to Bingzhou.

But the plan can never catch up with the changes, Jizhou's defense after the battle of Lecheng, has been on the verge of collapse, don't look at the Jizhou army has an army of 350,000, but lost the ability to fight in the field, can only stick to the city, and in front of the catapult of the Bingzhou army, these cities have become precarious, and the state army can use various methods to break through, one by one to capture the city.

Sima Shi immediately convened the ministers to discuss the matter, and the loss of Lecheng did cause a great shock in the court, and most of the ministers supported the decision to reinforce Jizhou, after all, the gains and losses of Jizhou were very important, if Jizhou was lost, then they had to accept the situation of rowing the river and ruling the country, and the survival of Sheji was fought here.

Sima Shi listened to everyone's opinions, made up his mind, and decided to mobilize all the mobile forces and go to Jizhou, and he would also personally take command and lead the army to conquer in person.

This decisive battle will be a battle related to the future and fate of the Sima clan, of course Sima Shi does not dare to take it lightly, if he sends someone else to go on the expedition, Sima Shi will definitely have trouble sleeping, so this time he will not fake the hands of others, and must go out in person.