Also on March 25, there was another urgent report to Zhengcheng from Hexi, where there was smoke everywhere, saying that the Longmen ferry was lost, and more than 1,000 people from Shaoliang went out to investigate, but they were killed by a group of cavalry. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

It was the cavalry of the Zhao clan, not a loose cavalry from the hole in Peng Ya, but a large cavalry from the Liangshan Trail!

After the loss of Longmen, Shaoliang's side gathered all their forces and planned to recapture the ferry in one go, but it soon became clear that it was no longer necessary. Zhao Qi did not hold on to this place, they burned the ferries and boats, ransacked the surrounding village pavilions, and then quickly moved.

The Zhao army was divided into two, one part was still fighting with the Shaoliang Qin army, and the other part began to move south along the Great River, plundering the provinces, so that the whole of Hexi fell into chaos.

The blow this brought to the Qin people can be imagined, in terms of agriculture, because a large number of Ding shapes were successively requisitioned to the front line, and the farmers in charge of logistics and transportation were also endless, which seriously damaged production in various places. In addition, the grain hoarded in previous years was transported to Hedong to fill the stomach of the Wei army, but the coalition forces have not been able to open the battle, and the war-weariness has spread in the rear of the Qin state.

Now Hexi has been broken one after another, and the enemy cavalry is like entering a no-man's land, which makes many Qin people who were originally opposed to participating in Lianheng no longer believe that this battle can be won, and the mentality of accepting it when it is good is permeated inside and outside the Dashu Shogunate.

"Take it when you see it?" Zipu sneered at the thoughts around him, now it is not a question of whether the Qin people can accept it or not, but whether the Zhao family will let them leave Hexi.

Before Zhao Cai cut off the grain road, he already had some suspicions, but now that the cavalry cut off the Dragon Gate, Zipu's guess became clearer and clearer.

Sure enough, only one day later, a large group of Zhao Qi was found south of Longmen, and their target was indeed Pusaka, which was a hundred miles away......

For a time, Weinan was shaken, and now anyone can see that the thousands of elite cavalry of the Zhao clan not only seriously threatened the grain route of the coalition army, but even cut off the road for the retreat of the Hedong army.

This must not be ignored, and for a time, the call for the chief to let the army in Hedong retreat and solve the enemy cavalry in Hexi first became stronger and stronger.

At this time, the ministers of the Qin State did not know what kind of pressure the chief was under. When faced with a choice, his face was pale and his expression was very ugly.

In fact, two months after the start of the war, the coalition forces failed to break through the old war, and could only use the weakness of the Han family. Although the Qin people did not admit defeat easily, the situation in Hedong was really difficult, and it was impossible to forge ahead, and in Zipu's heart, he knew that it was a wise choice to retreat.

But the problem is that the retreat will make him lose face, and when the time comes, Zipu will go his own way and even attack Zhao, I'm afraid it will really become a joke, and when his prestige is lost, I'm afraid that he won't even be able to keep the position of the chief of the house!

Therefore, Zipu has always been lucky, hoping to take advantage of the chaos of the "killing of the king" within the Jin State and the containment of the Qi State to bite some more flesh from the Jin State, if he keeps Hedong for the Wei clan and prevents Zhao Wuxian from unifying the whole Jin, the Qin State will be safe for ten more years.

But now the situation in Hexi tells him that he can't wait any longer.

"I'd rather be ousted by the Gong clan because of the failure of the Eastern Crusade, than let tens of thousands of Qin people be buried in a foreign land, and make me a sinner for the ages!"

Zipu raised the case, and announced with a painful face: "Draft the paperwork and let Zuo Shu prepare to retire!" ”

The only thing he was worried about now was whether the Qin people could return safely......

……

Five days later, Quwo, the base camp of the Qin-Wei coalition army.

"Retirement?"

Even if he was not on the front line, he was still wearing armor at any time, and the eldest son of Qin Zuoshu, who was carrying a long sword, looked at the messenger with a complicated expression, they came from the rear all night, and now the land route to Hexi has been completely cut off, but the waterway is still smooth - provided that the Pusaka ferry is still in the hands of the coalition forces.

"The chief asked me to retire?"

After reading the letter, a feeling of shame and anger burned violently in Zihu's heart, and along with the other Qin generals in the tent also had the intention of retreating, his anger was completely aroused, and he got up from the couch violently, pointed at the generals and scolded loudly: "The chief is not on the front line, it is easy to be deceived by others, and you have left the courage to stay in Hexi?" A few teams of Zhao Qi scared you into such a look? ”

The generals and captains of the Qin State smiled bitterly, it was not a little cavalry, but a mighty army of thousands.

The defeat of Shaoliang a few years ago was really a great shame for Zihu in his life, the kind of aggrieved feeling of hiding in the city and being bombarded by Shaoliang's cannon and not daring to raise his head, he will never forget it in his life. Fortunately, the Zhao family did not kill him, and after he was released back to Qin, the chief of the concubine also let go of the defeated generals Meng Mingshi, Bai Yibing, and Xi Qishu in the battle of Kun with Qin Mugong, and finally the three of them became the heroes of Qin's domination of Xirong, giving Zihu a second chance.

Unexpectedly, it was Zipu who let him come to the front line to be ashamed, and it was Zipu who ordered him to be a teacher.

He was reluctant, and glanced at every general and lieutenant present, but almost everyone was willing to quit.

"The soldiers have been ominous for a long time, and Wu Zhu in the army also divined that it was not suitable to fight again."

"The chief has made a decision, and we should obey it."

"It is not too late to sweep away the enemy army in Hexi first, and then continue to fight with the Zhao clan for Hedong."

"However, Zuo Shu doesn't have to care about the length of this day, now that the road to Hedong is ripe, retire this year, take a little recuperation, and come back next autumn, so it is a long-term strategy."

In fact, what they thought in their hearts was that the Zhao family had always insisted on avoiding the war, and they couldn't even break through the Xinjiang line, so how could they talk about fighting with the Zhao army again?

"Thou shalt wait for ......"

All the generals and captains have already expressed their positions, and Zihu's raised arm finally put it down weakly. He didn't know in his heart that retiring from the army was Zipu's difficult choice, but he was ashamed and brave, and he had studied the weaknesses of the Zhao clan in the past few years, and before he could prove these things on the battlefield, he had to go back in disgrace?

Zihu's gaze shifted to the other commander of the coalition forces, Wei Ju.

"Ziteng, what do you think?"

After only half a year, after his father's assassination, being forcibly dragged into Lianheng, turning his face with Zhao Wuxian, and struggling in Hedong for so many things, Wei Ju seemed to be ten years old. Hearing Zihu's inquiry, he raised his head exhaustedly, hesitated slightly, and replied, "Retreat...... It's a good idea. ”

As soon as Wei Ju's words were finished, Zihu was stunned.

In the hall, the generals and captains of the Qin State, as well as several core retainers of the Wei clan, all showed surprises on their faces.

In Han Hu's words, it was clear that he had agreed to withdraw from the army.

You must know that unlike the people of the Qin State who can leave without worry, Hedong is the territory of the Wei family, and it is also where their ancestors' graves are located!

Did Wei Ju choose to back down so easily and completely turn away from this land?

Even the host felt that Hedong couldn't stay any longer, what else could Zihu say? He got up and raised his feet, kicked the case in front of him several times, and then shouted angrily: "Retreat the army!" It's just that we can avoid it for a while, but we can't avoid it for a lifetime, for the Qin State, the east of the river is the barrier west of the river, even if our army retreats, with Zhao Wuxian's habits, he will not accept any invitation. ”

Zihu prophesied: "The Zhao clan will retaliate violently and introduce the flames of war into the Qin State again, and then we will have to fight to defend the land of Yongzhou." ”

Hexi may gain and lose, and even repeat the humiliation of the fall of all east of Jingshui after the Battle of Masui a hundred years ago.

At that time, where else could Qin Wei retreat?

The generals and captains who were familiar with Zihu's temperament looked at each other, no one dared to offend the reverse scales at this time, and they bowed their heads and exited the hall one by one, only Wei Ju still stayed indoors, with a wry smile on the corner of his mouth.

The homeland where the Wei family has lived and multiplied for hundreds of years is not to be abandoned?

But he can't help it!

Unlike during the civil war of Liuqing, in this farce of attacking Zhao, Wei has fallen too deep and cannot turn back. If you ask who knows Zhao Jun best, it is Wei Ju, and Confucius's disciples described the master as "the height of the high and the depth of the diamond". For Wei Ju, Zhao Wuxian was also a teacher, and the more he emulated, the deeper his fear of Zhao became.

So he knew that although Qin Wei could beat the Han clan, he couldn't fight the Zhao army tactically, and with their current strategic situation, they couldn't create a miracle.

Now that Hexi and Hewai have been defeated, if they do not evacuate, I am afraid that the tens of thousands of troops of Qin and Wei will be like the Qi army in the Battle of Wenshui, and the whole army will be wiped out here.

Between perishing and abandoning his homeland and going elsewhere to survive, Wei Ju would rather choose the latter, and the chief of the Qin State agreed, and after the expulsion of Zhao Qi, the Wei family could still keep this place, and as the head of the Qin State, Yongzhen Hexi!

The Wei clan was already at odds with the Zhao clan, and although he knew that the Qin people were only using themselves as shields, Wei Ju could only continue to play the role that the Zhi clan had played before.

"The Zhi clan has only lasted a few years, how long can I stop Zhao Wuxian?" Wei Ju thought bitterly.

Knowing this, it was better to be willing to live under it back then.

But it's too late to say these things now, what Wei Ju can care about now is how much vitality can be taken away from Hedong, and how many years can Wei continue for a few years?

……

At the end of March, as the Zhao cavalry preemptively opened the situation in Hexi, the next battle plan of the Zhao army was also set on the east side of the river. Under Zhao Wuxian's edict to "strengthen the right flank of our army", thousands more Zhao troops arrived in Xinjiang from Gujiang, and together with the Tian Ben and Taiyuan soldiers here, the offensive was expected to begin on 1 April.

However, on the last day of March, the Zhao army continued to receive information from all sides that the Qin and Wei divisions entrenched in Xunyi and Hancheng seemed to be withdrawing......

A large number of oxen, horses, and vehicles left along the road to the west, and the camp that had been tense with Xinjiang turned out to be empty with birds falling.

Mu Xia, the commander of this wing, said worriedly: "There are still ships on the east bank of Longmen Ferry, and if the enemy forces of Shaoliang cooperate, it is entirely possible for these more than 10,000 enemy troops to retreat to the west bank......

If this is the case, Zhao Wuxian's strategy of catching turtles in the urn will be flawed, and Mucha immediately made a decision and immediately ordered Tian Ben to be the forward and march towards Xuncheng!

PS: There is only one chapter tonight.

"Wei Xuanzi Bingjiao I": "From the above, as for the generals, if there are those who do not follow the law, then the teacher is like the crime of the lawbreaker." "The general is a high-ranking officer of the Qin State, second only to the commander-in-chief, and the next level is the captain, and below the lieutenant is two or five hundred masters. (To be continued.) )