Chapter 498: A Difficult Choice

Listening to Sima Yi's muffled words, all the generals in the tent at this time were so shocked that their mouths opened widely, and for a while there was a deathly silence in the tent, no one knew how Liu Feng did it, and no one knew what to say at this time.

"It's getting late, so it's better to ...... Ordered to temporarily stop the attack on Shangyong, General Xu Chu was the most relied on general when the former King of Wei was alive, and my Wei army has a very high reputation both in the army and the people, at this time, once I wait for the death and do not save General Xu Chu's life, return to the Ye City Lord to punish the matter is small, the morale of our Wei army and the prestige of the people are lost! ”

After a long time, Zhang Liao gritted his teeth and said his opinion, these days he followed Sima Yi and Cao Zhang to Jingzhou, he has seen too much of the cold-blooded of the two of them, at this time I am afraid that they will ignore the life and death of Xu Chu and Yu Ban, this time even if they ignore the lives of Xu Chu and Yu Ban and forcibly attack Shangyong and take Shangyong down, then who will be able to fight for Sima Yi and Cao Zhang in the future war, after all, with Liu Feng's ability, everyone is afraid that they will become the next Xu Chu and Yu Ban.

After Zhang Liao's words fell, Sima Yi glanced at the generals in front of him, obviously speculating in his heart about how to deal with this matter in order to minimize the loss, for a long time, Sima sighed, looked at Cao Zhang, who was already flushed with anger in front of him, and asked in a low voice: "General Ziwen thinks that how should we deal with this matter?" ”

After Cao Chang listened, he took a few deep breaths, and finally spoke out in the eyes of everyone, obviously, at this time, his words are very likely to affect the life and death of Xu Chu and Yu Ban, since this dispatch, Sima Yi still attaches great importance to Cao Zhang's words, and rarely speaks against it, not to mention that this is a matter that determines the life and death of two important generals of the Wei State, Sima Yi naturally does not dare to act arbitrarily, otherwise once the result is not good and annoys Cao Zhi, he is very likely to lose his life.

"If it is according to the style of my battle against Wuhuan, once our general is captured by the enemy, then he is no different from the dead, what I can guarantee is that if Zhong Da does not give the order to stop attacking Shangyong, I can lead an army of 80,000 to block Liu Feng's army in the place where he is now before Shangyong City is broken, as for how to act, since the lord general Zhong Da appointed the main general to go on this expedition, it is naturally up to Zhong Da to decide, no matter how Zhong Da orders, I will support it!"

Cao Zhang didn't say his opinion this time, which really surprised the generals including Sima Yi, especially Sima Yi, the reason why he asked like this was obviously to let Cao Zhang give some opinions, so that Cao Zhang could also become a shield for him in case of any disaster in the future because of this matter, but obviously Cao Zhang's words failed to make his thoughts come true.

At this time, Sima Yi had a balance in his heart, so he tilted uneasily, if he really sent Cao Zhang to lead an army of 80,000 to block Liu Feng on the outskirts of Shangyong City, as Cao Chang said before, and he ordered the remaining 80,000 or 90,000 Wei troops to still intensify the attack on Shangyong, then it was almost certain that Shangyong City could be captured, and then Cao Zhang's battle and retreat into the city would still be able to achieve their previous vision.

But if this is done, Xu Chu and Yu Ban's lives are almost certainly guaranteed, with Sima Yi's understanding of Liu Feng, if he does that, Liu Feng will most likely show Xu Chu and Yu Ban their heads to the soldiers of the Wei army after they are killed, so that they can see how cold-blooded Sima Yi is, in this way, even if he wins the battle of attacking Shangyong, what he loses may be the military heart of the Wei army, of course, he may face the punishment he may face after going back, after all, Xu Chu is indeed too important to Cao Zhi.

On the other hand, if Sima Yi agreed to Liu Feng's request in the letter and stopped the attack on Shangyong, then the initiative would undoubtedly fall into Liu Feng's hands, although Liu Feng would not fail to fulfill his promise to release Xu Chu and Yu Ban, but it is almost certain that Liu Feng would lead his army to Shangyong City first, and then release Xu Chu and Yu Ban.

Sima Yi's mind was running at a high speed, and suddenly, a spiritual light flashed in his mind, and his nervous expression dissipated, and then he looked at Cao Zhang and the others, and said slowly: "Since General Ziwen gave me the right to make decisions, then I will say it bluntly, General Xu Chu and General Yu Ban are the founding heroes of our Wei State, especially General Xu Chu, who fought for the foundation of my Wei State as early as when we were still young, and survived several times by near death, and now it has fallen into the hands of Liu Feng because of our strategic mistakes, how can we not save it?" ”

After Sima Yi's words, Zhang Liao let out a long breath, but Cao Zhang asked, "What does Zhongda mean that we should immediately withdraw from Shangyong?" ”

"That's true, but General Ziwen still has to trek, although Liu Feng's plan is subtle and has forced us to such a dilemma, but it is not without flaws!"

After Sima Yi said this, he summoned Cao Zhang, Zhang Liao and others to him, and whispered in his ear, obviously Sima Yi did not want others to know about such confidential matters.

After listening to Sima Yi's words, Cao Zhang, who was still full of regret before, suddenly became excited again, obviously agreeing with what Sima Yi said.

"I'll go and prepare, don't worry, Zhongda, this matter is on me!" After finishing speaking, Cao Zhang walked out of the tent quickly, obviously preparing for the task assigned to him by Sima Yi.

Since Liu Feng sent the scout of the Wei army back, he ordered the sergeant to wait in place, just sent the shadow guard to observe the situation of Sima Yi's camp and Shangyong, at this time it was not far from dark, Liu Feng's eyes were full of confidence, at this time he was standing in a place where he could attack and retreat, and he did not believe that Sima Yi, who wanted to be cautious, dared to risk Xu Chu's life.

Sure enough, half an hour after he sent the scout back, news came from the front that the Wei army had stopped attacking Shangyong and had withdrawn the entire army to their camp.

Hearing this, Liu Feng breathed a sigh of relief, but he did not relax, and ordered the army that had been rested and recuperated to go straight to the direction of Shangyong City.

At this time, Shangyong City, there was already a cheer, the Wei army was in a hurry to retreat when the attack was strong, how could Pang Tong not know that Liu Feng's strategy worked, at this moment he knew that there were only nearly 20,000 tired divisions left in Shangyong, and he held on, and his task of coming here was temporarily completed.