After Cao Shuang evacuated from Seoul, he arrived at Lecheng, Lecheng also had a besieging army, but Cao Shuang felt that the situation was no different from Seoul, if the Wei army still stayed here, it would also be attacked by the Shu army, so Cao Shuang felt that this was not a place to stay for a long time, so he discussed it with a group of staff, and continued to retreat eastward, until he retreated to Chisaka, which is adjacent to Xingshi.

The terrain of Chisaka is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, coupled with the close proximity to the Han River, the army has no worries about taking water, so Cao Shuang still attaches great importance to this place, and ordered the main army to be stationed in Chisaka to form a horn with the Xingshi garrison.

After Xiahou Ba and Cao Liang received the news that the main force of the Wei army had withdrawn to Chisaka, they immediately rushed to Chisaka in the starry night, trying to join the main force of the Wei army as soon as possible.

Cao Liang knew that Chisaka was in the south of Xingshi Mountain, and the Wei army was tossing and turning in the Hanzhong Plain, and finally returned to the original point.

Originally, the battle of Xingshi Mountain repelled Wang Ping, and Cao Liang even took the important town of Yangping Pass, and it was entirely possible for the Wei army to capture Hanzhong, open the door to Shu, and then achieve greater results and meritorious deeds.

It's a pity that because of the loss of Dingjun Mountain, the good situation was buried in an instant, and the Wei army not only lost the opportunity to take Hanzhong, but lost its troops and lost its generals.

Xiahou Ba hated Sima Zhao and Guo Huai who lost Dingjun Mountain, if it wasn't for the two of them who lost Dingjun Mountain, how could the Wei army fall into such a situation, and even Xiahou Ba himself was surrounded by the Shu army and almost lost his life, all of which was given by Sima Zhao and Guo Huai.

"After returning to the camp this time, I have to reason with these two thieves, and it is difficult to settle this hatred in my heart if I don't investigate their mistakes." Xiahou Ba is hatred is repeated, if the crime of dereliction of duty of the two is not cured, it is really difficult to calm the anger in his heart.

Cao Liang is indifferent, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, if this time Sima Zhao and Guo Huai have to be held responsible, I am afraid it will be very difficult, even if Cao Liang knows that the two of them guard Dingjun Mountain, and most of them are acting elements, but there is no evidence, who can find out that Sima Zhao and Guo Huai are deliberately collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country?

What's more, this time Sima Zhaoming was a general of Zhengshu on the face, but in fact, Cao Shuang deliberately detained him as a hostage by his side, so as to prevent Sima Yi from making small moves in the back after he left the Beijing Division, if he really wanted to hold Sima Zhao responsible for the defeat, just like Ma Tan was cut off by Zhuge Liang, then this consequence is really not something Cao Shuang can bear.

killed Sima Zhao, wouldn't Sima Yi be angry, but Cao Shuang was self-defeating and forced Sima Yi to the opposite road.

So anyone can ask for Sima Zhao's life, but Cao Shuang cannot, not only can't cut off his head, but also have to send someone to protect him closely, and he can't make any mistakes, so as not to completely anger Sima Yi.

So this time, Cao Shuang knew that Sima Zhao was at fault, but he couldn't hold them accountable, so he could only let them go.

In fact, the main responsibility for the failure of the Battle of Dingjun Mountain this time has to be borne by Cao Shuang himself, knowing that Sima Zhaoming is actually a general and a hostage, he actually let him lead the troops to fight, what are you not looking for excitement?

Even if there were no generals in the Wei camp to command the troops, they should not be sent there.

The big mistake has been cast, and then it is difficult to recover, it is destined to be a failure in the battle of Shu, and now the reinforcements of the Shu army have arrived, whether it is in terms of geographical advantages, or momentum, it is far superior to the Wei army, and the Wei army has lost countless soldiers, morale is sluggish, and the opportunity to win has been lost.

However, this is just Cao Liang's own thoughts, and he doesn't know what Cao Shuang's plans are, so the top priority now is to join the main army as soon as possible.

It is estimated that Jiang Wei has already given up, after all, the Wei army has such a cavalry force, which completely destroyed Jiang Wei's plan, even if he pursues again, it will be difficult to find victory, so Jiang Wei simply stopped the pursuit, and instead entered the second city of Hanle, strengthened the defense force of Hanzhong, waited for the arrival of Fei Yi's army, and then looked for a strategy to completely expel the Wei army from Hanzhong.

Without the pursuit of the Shu army, the Wei army's march became smooth, and they hurried through the stars and nights, and finally reached Chisaka at the foot of Xingshi Mountain, where they joined Cao Shuang's main army.

Cao Shuang and Xiahou Xuan saw that Xiahou Ba Cao Liang was safe and sound, and the heart hanging in their throats could finally be put back into their stomachs, they personally went out of the camp to greet them, and set up a banquet in the big tent of the Chinese army to suppress the dust for Xiahou Ba Cao Liang.

At this banquet, almost all the generals in the Wei army arrived, and everyone gathered together to congratulate Xiahouba on his safe return.

Xiahou Ba was holding back his resentment, this time he was lucky to return, but thousands of people under his robe were buried on the side of the Han River, and he could never return to the Central Plains.

"General, the last general has a reluctant request, I don't know if the general will allow it?"

Cao Shuang was very interested at the moment, and said with a slight smile: "Xiahou Protector has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it. ”

Xiahou Ba took a deep breath, his eyes intentionally or unintentionally swept Sima Zhao and Guo Huai, who were not too far away, and said to Cao Shuang loudly: "This defeat, tracing back to its reason, is because the general of Shu Sima Zhao and Yongzhou Assassin Guo Huai failed to hold Dingjun Mountain, so that all the armies were defeated and the soldiers died, so the last general implored the general to be punished by military law, and held the two swordsmen accountable for the responsibility of the two swordsmen and Guo Huai, so as to comfort the souls of the fallen soldiers." ”

As soon as Xiahou Ba said a word, the whole banquet was a cold scene, everyone stopped talking, looked at each other, Sima Zhao's eyes flashed a look of resentment, but Guo Huai was indifferent, and said calmly: "General, it is indeed the fault of the humble duty to lose the Dingjun Mountain, and the Xiahou Protector is reasonable, so the humble post also implores the general to punish him." ”

After Sima Zhao and Guo Huai came back from defeat, they did have a petition for guilt. It's just that Sima Zhao and Guo Huai did a seamless job in that battle, and after Cao Shuang understood the situation, he really couldn't hold Sima Zhao and Guo Huai responsible.

After all, the battle of Dingjun Mountain was also extremely tragic, and the soldiers and horses brought by Sima Zhao were almost lost by more than half, and the reason for the final defeat was also because of being outnumbered, and Dingjun Mountain, which was forced to give up, which was obviously fundamentally different from those generals who fled without a fight, Cao Shuang had to listen to the advice of his staff, and did not hold Sima Zhao and Guo Huai responsible.

Now that Xiahouba has brought up the old matter again, it was instantly cold, and the atmosphere in the banquet suddenly became weird.