Although Xiahou Wei's brothers, like his father Xiahou Yuan, are all hot-blooded rectums, especially Xiahou Wei is still known as Ren Xia and is never afraid of causing trouble, but now, Emperor Wei Wudi's words of admonishment to his father sounded in his ears: As a general, when you are afraid, you can't just think about rushing before you die; Although being a military general is based on bravery, you still have to know how to use your brain and learn to use strategy when you act; Otherwise, it's a horseman!

After all, his father and brother had suffered a lot from the current group of enemies, and Xiahou Wei had to think about it for a while.

Cao Pi asked him to stay and temporarily guard Luoyang City, in order to respond to the retreating Jia Kui and his men. Those people were in a critical situation and retreated urgently, so they naturally traveled lightly, and it was inevitable that food and equipment would be lost, and they would need to rely on the materials in Luoyang City to replenish them, and they would also need to use the fortified city for a short rest.

But, but, since I was left behind to meet them, if they were intercepted by the enemy outside the city and could not come back, then what am I still doing here? Why don't you burn it down and walk away?

After thinking about it for a while, Xiahou Wei decided to send a fast horse out of the city to follow the enemy first, and then see what was going on in the west: "The terrain around Luoyang is open, and the enemy can't completely block it at both ends, if we find that our army is indeed close to Luoyang, then we will rush out to meet them back to the city." ”

At the same time, he also instructed: "Send some more men to the ferry to keep an eye on them, so as to prevent the enemy from having their successors come ashore from there and take advantage of the city." ”

He was quite thoughtful and wanted to plug all possible loopholes.

Ji Han's army retreated for nearly twenty miles in one go, and it was dark for a while before Wang Ping asked everyone to stop: "Enough is enough, in case we really encounter the enemy who has fled back, we are not prepared for anything, and we will suffer a big loss." There are a few mounds here, so let's set up camp here. ”

The sergeants hurriedly moved into action, unloading timbers from the carts and digging pits and burying piles on the spot.

The timber had been dismantled from the rafts and boats that had previously been used as their tools, and both ends had already been sharpened, saving a lot of effort.

Jiang Wei caught up from behind and reported to Wang Ping: "There were more than a dozen groups of people ambushed along the way. The scouts sent by the defenders in Luoyang City, in order to report the news as soon as possible, will definitely come on horseback, and we will definitely hear the movement first. ”

Wang Ping was also sending scouts to the front: "Those who come from behind will definitely be a little hesitant, but don't worry too much, those who come from the front must have spread their legs and fled for their lives, and they will definitely rush over quickly." You said that we went ashore from Mengjin and ran so far west to Luoyang, and the journey on this day was much farther than the normal march, and the sergeants must be tired, and they were afraid that they would suffer losses when the time came. ”

Jiang Wei shook his head again and again: "I'm not tired, I've been sitting on the boat for several days, my legs are numb, and I'm just running around." The enemy who withdrew was fleeing for his life, and he must have been more tired than us at this point. ”

said the same, Wang Ping said: "We have set up five camps, and the front camp and the middle camp will be responsible for burning the fire and making noise at that time. If the enemy in front of you attacks and can't resist it, the front battalion can move closer to the middle battalion. The left and right battalions were not allowed to light up the lights, so they had to rely on the battalions to hold on and set up strong crossbows to block the enemy's outflanking. You will be responsible for guarding the rear camp and resisting the enemy troops rushing out of Luoyang City. ”

Jiang Wei received the order, and at the same time said: "I will send two more troops to ambush outside, if the enemy in the city rushes out, let them take advantage of the chaos and go straight to Luoyang City." Even if you can't attack Luoyang, you can still make the men and horses rushing out of the city frightened and retreat. ”

Wang Ping smiled: "When I first heard your strategy, I had a feeling of déjà vu, but now I think of it, when Da Sima attacked Nanzheng City, he deceived the defenders in the city in this way. ”

"So, I still want to go with Da Sima?" Jiang Wei was still quite happy.

Wang Ping nodded: "You learned from Da Sima, right?" ”

Jiang Wei replied: "No, it's just that I heard about the situation in the city, and I made a temporary decision, if there are still a large number of defenders in the city, we should do this, it's too risky." ”

"No wonder Da Sima also attaches so much importance to you, a newly descended person......" As soon as the words came out, Wang Ping remembered that he had just surrendered and was taken by Ge Liang to act, it was really strange, how dare he trust us so much?

At the moment, he changed his words, "Okay, let's hurry up and prepare, maybe there will really be a large number of enemies coming in front of us, and we will really be flanked from the front and back." ”

Xiahouwei was in the city and sent several people out to reconnoitre, but it was not until after midnight that he received the news: "General, the enemy is camped more than 20 miles outside the city. Now there is a fire in the sky, shouts of killing, and it seems that there is really a fight with our withdrawn men. ”

Xiahou Wei's heart tensed, and he hurriedly asked, "Do you really see clearly?" Is it our men who are already at war with them? ”

The scout didn't dare to talk nonsense: "The night is too dark to see clearly, but the killing is really fierce there, and the fire is very strong, perhaps, you can see the fire from here." ”

Hearing this, Xiahou Wei hurriedly looked into the distance, and it was true, the sky over there seemed to be brighter.

"Why did you come back alone? Didn't I send someone else? "He's still a little uneasy.

"I don't know." The scout shook his head, "However, the enemy was ambushing in our direction, and I almost tripped over the tripping rope and almost caught them. Fortunately, my horse got up again as soon as it rolled on the ground, and I was fortunate that my hands were on the ground, and the reins of the horse did not take off, so I quickly got on my horse and came back. ”

That is to say, since the enemy has also set up an ambush on our way to the west to intercept the Tanma, naturally he does not want us to know the news that the Western Route Army has returned to help.

Besides, the information received during the day was that the retreating people and horses on the Western Road would arrive during the day tomorrow, and now it is early in the middle of the night, which is reasonable.

Hmph, these enemies are really cunning! No wonder they were reluctant to hold out outside the city at the beginning, because they were worried that our men and horses would withdraw, and if we took the opportunity to kill them from the city, then they would be defeated, so they deliberately hid away first, so that they would have time to take precautions when we sent troops in the city.

Hmph, I even ran out of more than 20 miles in one go! You are really willing to run, and you are really well prepared!

Xiahou Wei hurriedly ordered to prepare all the men and horses, and immediately went out of the city to respond, and personally led the troops out of the battle.

In the end, it is Xiahou Yuan's son, and he always has to go out in person to fight.

The names of tyrant and power are not taken for nothing!

Xiahou Wei ordered the remaining generals to close the city gate tightly to prevent accidents, and then led half of the defenders, a total of 3,000 men and horses, out of the city.

It's just that when he arrived outside the city, he still kept a hand, and let a deputy general lead a thousand men and horses to rush to the front with torches, and he led 2,000 people to follow in the dark, so that once he encountered an enemy ambush, he could also counter-encircle.