Rescued Sima Zhao, which can be regarded as a great stability of the army's heart, although Sima Jun paid a lot of price for it and lost a lot of people, but for Sun Li, it is all worth it, after all, Sima Zhao's status is noble, far from these ordinary soldiers like grass mustard can be compared, even if it costs a lot, it is not hesitant.

Now although Sima Jun is retreating, they are getting closer and closer to the West Mountain, if it weren't for rescuing Sima Zhao, I'm afraid they have arrived at the foot of the mountain now.

Hope is just around the corner, all the people of Sima Jun have forgotten their fatigue and pain, and they are desperate to rush forward, as if when they reach the West Mountain, they can really turn defeat into victory.

Compared with the anxious panic of Sun Li and Sima Shi, the main general of the Sima Army, Yang Hu, the main general of the Bingzhou Army, seemed calm and calm, and he saw clearly the intention of Sun Li and Sima Shi to seize Xishan, but he did not stop it because of this, but deliberately opened the net and let them withdraw towards Xishan.

The reason why Yanghu is so calm is because he has already been prepared, Sun Li and Sima Shi can see the strategic points, Yanghu as a generation of famous generals, how can he not know that as early as when the infantry battalion arrived at Lingshi to set up an ambush, Yanghu has already surveyed the surrounding terrain, he not only knows the terrain well, but also has formulated a detailed battle plan, and now the battle direction of Lingshi Pass is almost exactly the same as Yanghu expected, no wonder he will be confident.

Xishan is a flaw deliberately left by Yanghu, if the Bingzhou army launched an attack on the Sima army from the east and west from the beginning, it would be completely forcing the Sima army to retreat, there is no problem in winning this battle, but it is difficult to say how much success has been achieved.

Yanghu was planning with the determination to fight a war of annihilation, and it was easy to defeat the Sima army, but it didn't make much sense, and the Sima army after the rout would soon regroup, and it would not play a role in breaking the enemy.

It is better to cut off one of its fingers than to hurt its ten fingers, so Yanghu has been planning to maximize the effect of destroying the enemy. But in fact, this battle was not easy to fight, 10,000 against 30,000 people, the disadvantage in strength made it difficult for Yanghu to completely annihilate the opponent, so Yanghu deliberately changed his strategy, gave up the two-sided attack style, put most of the troops on the east mountain, and launched an attack from the east.

Sun Li was naturally unwilling to retreat like this, this was the first battle after Sima Jun invaded and annexed the state, and he lost a battle in the situation of occupying an absolute superiority in troops, what kind of face did he have to go back to see Sima Yi.

So Sun Li has been looking for an opportunity to counterattack under the disadvantage, and when he saw that there was no movement on the Xishan side, he decided to occupy this commanding heights first, so that Sima Jun could have a place to settle and breathe, and when he took this breath, it was time for them to launch a counterattack.

As for whether there will be ambushes on the Xishan side, Sun Li has not doubted it, but according to normal reasoning, if the Bingzhou army has ambushes on both sides, it should be killed at the same time, and the two sides can be flanked, so as to achieve the best combat effect and more effectively kill and injure the enemy.

Why didn't the Bingzhou army adopt this tactic, Sun Li deduced that it was very likely that the Bingzhou army did not have many troops, which was not enough to support them to fight on both sides, otherwise they would have no reason to give up this more effective way of fighting.

As for whether this inference is correct, Sun Li can't care to delve into it, now that the battle is so fierce, there is really not much time left for him to think, he must immediately determine the direction of the withdrawal of the army, so as to reduce the casualties of the Sima army, every time there is an additional delay, I don't know how many Sima soldiers will die.

In fact, under normal circumstances, regardless of whether he suspected whether the Bingzhou army had an ambush in Xishan, Sun Li should have sent scouts to reconnoiter it, so as to get accurate information.

But it's not that Sun Li doesn't want to, he really doesn't have time to carry out such an operation, if he sends scouts to reconnoitre, this time and again, it will definitely delay a lot of time, now Sun Li has everything, but he doesn't have time, and he can't make such a decision to hang these 30,000 horses here and wait to be slaughtered.

So Sun Li decided to take a gamble, and although he had never been a clever gambler, at this moment, he had no choice.

Sima Jun fought and retreated, and soon came to the foot of the West Mountain.

Although the west mountain of Lingshi is not the kind of steep and steep mountain, it also has an extremely high steep slope, and you also need to climb the mountain, but the difficulty of climbing is relatively low.

Such a mountain is perfect for Sun Li, if it is too steep, Sima Jun will not be able to climb on a large scale, so that the troops of the rear guard will be intercepted and killed by the state army, and now this mountain is just right, and there are more paths to climb the mountain, and Sima Jun can go up the mountain at the same time.

And once they occupy the top of the mountain, condescending, it is naturally very advantageous to defend, and the state army dares to follow them up the mountain, for fear that they will suffer even more.

Sun Li did not hesitate, and as soon as he arrived at the bottom of the mountain, he immediately ordered Sima Jun to climb the mountain with all his might, while the follow-up troops continued to break off and block the pursuit of the Bingzhou army.

Sima Jun, whose physical strength was already completely overdrawn, arrived at the foot of the West Mountain, his legs seemed to be filled with lead, and he couldn't take a step, but the desire to survive made them muster up the courage and rushed towards the top of the mountain.

The mountain road is rugged, and many Sima soldiers have to use both hands and feet, which is indeed "climbing" the mountain.

Climbing a mountain is originally a kind of hard work, even if it is physically strong and energetic, when climbing the mountain, it will take a lot of energy.

At this moment, Sima Bing was exhausted and exhausted, and climbing this not too high West Mountain was also a difficult task for them.

However, at the moment of life and death, the potential of people is really endless, and all the soldiers of Sima Jun know that staying at the bottom of the mountain must be a dead end, as long as they climb up the mountain, they will have a chance to live.

The desire to survive overcame the extremely exhausted body, Sima Jun swarmed towards the mountain, this steep mountain road, greatly tested Sima Jun's willpower, they all gritted their teeth, the strength of the milk was used, in order to reach the top of the mountain safely, these soldiers were like crazy, desperate to rush forward.

No matter how many thorns there are, they can't stop their way forward, and no matter how dangerous the mountain road is, it can't stop their desire to survive, and seeing that they are getting closer and closer to the top of the mountain, these soldiers can finally breathe a sigh of relief.