The situation has taken a turn for the worse, what strange thing is there that cannot be accepted? What slowly rose in Sima Cuo's heart was a feeling of weakness and powerlessness, and a boundless fear that was surging out more and more.

As a battle-hardened general, as the supreme commander of the Qin Army's Michi front line at this moment, of course he understands: once Jiaoyang City and Baishi City are lost at the same time, what will it mean?

These two cities fell into the hands of the joint column led by Su Qin, so Michi, which was tightly besieged in the three cities of Shangguan, Jiaoyang, and Baishi, would be a "dead city", and the Qin army fell into a dangerous situation from which it was difficult to escape.

The Hezhong army hardly had to come to attack the city, they only needed to cut off the supply of grain and grass for the Qin army, and they could trap the Qin army alive in Michi City.

And the only way out for the Qin army may be in the direction of Xipi, where Lü sent false information, however, where did the Qin army go? Why don't you want to visit Korea? Isn't that a big joke that can't be realized!

When Sima Coo heard the news from Baishi City, he scolded Gongsun Yan for his incompetence and hated him for ruining the Qin army's plans. Once Baishi City was also lost to the combined vertical coalition army, the Qin army's support was blocked, and the "source of living water" was cut off, so it became a lonely fish and meat to be slaughtered.

Sima Cuo just opened his mouth to scold Gongsun Yan a few times, but then he felt chest pain because he was worried about the safety of the Qin army's Michi troops, and it was difficult to continue.

He stretched out his hand to cover his chest, and felt dizzy, and his body shook a few times, and finally he couldn't support it, and he actually fell directly from the military vehicle.

Pang Ci and Ji Fen were originally kneeling on the ground to plead guilty, but when they saw Sima Cuo falling straight from the military cart to the ground, they hurriedly stood up and came forward to visit. The guards of the Chinese army were even more anxious, and they quickly surrounded Sima Cuo.

Ignoring the sharp pain from the old wound on his body's ribs, Pang Ci picked up Sima Cuo and shouted with a crying voice: "General Sima wake up, General Sima wake up." ”

Although Pang Ci knelt on the ground just now, he also heard the news of the battle in Baishi City, and of course he also understood the dangerous situation of the Qin army at the moment, and he was shocked into a cold sweat. Seeing the appearance of the main general, Pang Ci and all the other Qin army soldiers who were surrounding Sima Cuo, that person could not be anxious.

The Qin army was already extremely dangerous, and the main general Sima Cuo fainted on the spot after hearing a series of bad news, isn't this even worse? As a result, several Chinese guards began to sob.

Ji Fen reminded Pang Ci: "General Pang, you hold him, I'll pinch his acupoint, let's wake up General Sima." ”

As he spoke, he lowered his body, stretched out his right hand, and pinched Sima Fen's middle hard, while Pang Ci hugged Sima Cuo's shoulder, straightened his body, and tried to cooperate with Ji Fen's movements.

After about a quarter of an hour, Sima Cuo finally woke up faintly, and he opened his eyes, and there was confusion in his eyes. Sima Cuo saw a large group of people around him, and asked Pang Ci puzzled: "What's wrong with you, what happened just now?" ”

Pang Ci heard Sima Cuo's question, and thought to himself, "Why doesn't he know anything about his fainting?" General Sima was probably in a hurry, so he was dizzy, and he didn't know what to do just now. ”

Pang Ci pondered for a moment, tried his best to consider the wording, and replied: "Just now, the general heard the military intelligence report from Baishi City, and because he was in a hurry, he fainted. ”

Sima mistakenly heard Pang Ci's mention, and suddenly realized the reason why he fell to the ground, and he remembered the news that Jiaoyang City and Baishi City had been lost one after another, and his heart was anxious again, and said: "This, how is this good!" ”

As soon as he said a word, he felt a sweet throat again, and something rushed to his mouth, his breath was choked, his lips expanded, and with a wow, Sima Cuo actually spit out a large stream of blood.

Because the blood flow of the vomit was very fast, spraying a piece, Pang Ci and other people around him were not spared, some people were stained with blood on their robes, and some people were splashed with blood drops on their faces. The worst thing was Pang Ci, he was almost sprayed by Sima Coo, his face was immediately covered with blood, and he couldn't even open his eyes for a while.

Pang Ci hurriedly wiped the blood on his face with the sleeves of his robe, Sima Cuo saw this scene, he also felt guilty, reluctantly smiled bitterly at Pang Ci, and said weakly: "No, no." "Count it as your own apology.

At this time, it was difficult for Sima Cuo to concentrate on Qin Jun's way out, his face was pale, distressed, but at a loss.

In the end, Pang Ci was calmer, and he gently reminded Sima Cuo: "General, don't worry, for the sake of today's plan, we have to think of a plan to get out of trouble as soon as possible." In vain, it's useless. ”

Sima Cuo nodded to Pang Ci and said, "What General Pang said is very true. However, how do we deal with the suddenness of the incident? ”

Pang Ci thought for a moment and replied: "We are trapped in the pond, and the danger will increase by one point if we delay for one day. If Su Qin Xiao'er led the joint column army to attack Mianchi from the four directions of Xipi, Shangguan, Jiaoyang, and Baishi at the same time, I am afraid that we will not be able to defend against it, and the loss of Mianchi will also be overnight. ”

Sima misheard Pang Ci's analysis, and his heart was extremely anxious again, he grabbed Pang Ci's hand and said, "It's not! Can we sit idly by? ”

Pang Ci was actually physically injured at this time, and he tried his best not to fall. He was also sweating profusely, but out of concern and worry about Qin Jun, he endured it and gave Sima the wrong idea.

Pang Ci said: "I think the way out for the Qin army is still in the direction of Hangu Pass, and the first thing we should do now is to urgently report the military situation to the monarch and let the monarch think of a way." or to increase the troops at Hangu Pass, come to the rescue; Or find a way to make the coalition forces in White Rock City mess up their own positions. In short, in the end, it is necessary to raise the strength of the entire Qin State to rescue the lone army in Michi. ”

When Sima Cao heard this, he couldn't stop nodding his head, he tried his best to break free of Pang Ci's support, stood on the ground, and shouted to the Chinese guards: "Go and call the captain in charge of the messenger among the generals, I will assign him a task." ”

Pang Ci was in a hurry to issue an order when he saw Sima Cuo sitting on the dirt outside the city, so he hurriedly persuaded Sima Cuo: "General Sima, why should we be in a hurry, we might as well return to Mianchi City for the time being, and the general will rest for a while, and then it is not too late to make plans." ”

Only then did Sima Cuo realize that he was still in an embarrassed state, he struggled to stand up, and said to Pang Ci: "Then let's go back to the city immediately, General Pang, please come with me." ”

The Chinese army guards then stepped forward to support Sima Cuo and Pang Ci, almost holding them and sending them to the military vehicle. At the same time, Sima Cuo also issued an order: "All the soldiers who have built positions outside the city should immediately pack up their tools and return to the city, leaving no one outside the city." ”

The reason why Sima Cuo even abandoned the already large-scale ambush position was also a helpless move forced by the situation. Imagine that if the combined forces attacked Mianchi from other directions, such as Jiaoyang or Shangguan, wouldn't this so-called frontal defense line built outside the city become the tomb of the Qin army?

originally thought that Su Qin would come from the west, so he worked hard to build a hidden position to ambush the army led by Su Qin, but now it has become a waste of time and military decoration. How could this not make Sima misplaced! After giving the order, he slipped back into the carriage of the troop wagon, not wanting to take another look at the position.

Sima Cuo took Pang Ci to the Chinese army camp located at the west gate of the city in Michi, and he had just returned to the Chinese army hall in the camp, and he kept ordering the herald to find the messenger captain.

Sima Cuo immediately wrote an urgent document and instructed the messenger lieutenant: "You immediately start the special letter transmission, whether it is with carrier pigeons or send someone out of Lu, you must send this document out of Lu and put it in the hands of the king." There must be no mistake, otherwise you will see you! ”

Seeing that Sima Cuo's face was extremely gloomy, where did he dare to slack off, he hurriedly stepped forward respectfully to take the paperwork, turned around and ran away from the lobby of the Chinese army.

Seeing the messenger captain leave, Sima Cuo turned back again, he asked Pang Ci to sit tightly beside him, and said: "From today on, General Pang and I will eat and live together, and I will always discuss the military situation with General Pang to deal with this dangerous situation." As he spoke, he ordered the Chinese guards to prepare the luncheon.

At this time, Sima Cuo was already the master of the six gods, and when he saw Pang Ci, it was like grasping a life-saving straw, and he obeyed Pang Ci's words. And Pang Ci also won the trust of Sima Cuo, one of the monarch's most favored generals, for the first time, and he also knew that the opportunity was rare, and he couldn't wait to advance and retreat with Sima Cuo to solve the crisis of the Qin army in Michi.

Almost as Sima Coo returned to the camp of the Chinese army in Mianchi City, Su Qin also received the news of the victory from Baishi City. He had received the good news from Jiao Yang before, and now that he had received the good news from Qu Xin again, Su Qin couldn't sit still for a moment. He stood up behind the handsome case of the big tent of the Chinese army, and paced back and forth in the big tent with joy.

The Chinese military cadets were all smiling when they saw the coach so happy. The good news spread quickly, and it didn't take long for Zhou Shao to come to the Chinese army's treasure tent. The guard outside the door said to Su Qin: "Report!" General Zhou Shao asks to see! ”

Su Qin heard the sound of the report in the tent and replied, "I invite General Zhou to meet in the account." Before the voice landed, Zhou Shao couldn't wait to step into the big tent.

Su Qin saw Zhou Shao's eagerness, and smiled secretly in his heart: "This is probably because I didn't assign him a task, and he came to me to settle accounts." ”

Sure enough, as soon as Zhou Shao entered the tent, he hurriedly bowed to Su Qin, and then said with a little dissatisfaction: "The last general heard that the prime minister has begun the second phase of combat operations, and the two generals, Ning Jun and Qu Xin, have made miraculous achievements, but I don't know why I am alone in the army and don't have any tasks?" ”