Zhang He led 30,000 wolf cavalry raids on the street pavilion, the main general Ma Tan was defeated and had to flee in a hurry, so far the Wei army completely cut off the Shu army's grain route, the Shu army was lost, Zhuge Liang heard the bad news and immediately ordered the whole army to abandon Chen Cang and quickly defend along the lower line, cross the Han River and retreat to Hanzhong. Zhao Yun also wanted to retreat after getting the order, but was besieged in Fengming Mountain by Cao Ying, the princess of Dongxiang, and the form of the entire Northern Expedition was abruptly reversed, and now the positions of the two armies of Shu and Wei were reversed, and the 50,000 Shu army had become prey, and the first Northern Expedition was also declared a failure.

Zhuge Liang received Ma Tan's layout plan many days ago, and he felt bad in his heart, so he ordered Wu Ban and others to prepare for the retreat. Now Ma Tan and others led the remnants back to the camp, which shattered the last trace of illusion in Kong Ming's heart, and he immediately convened a military meeting to discuss the retreat plan with the generals.

Zhuge put the feather fan on top of the wooden case, and said in a deep voice: "The street pavilion has been captured by Zhang He, and Jiang Wei and Zhang Wei are also missing. The whole army immediately packed up the heavy grain and grass and retreated in the direction of Hanzhong.

(I often didn't listen to me, and I violated the military order and eventually suffered a big defeat, but it is a pity that the first emperor once said that Ma Yan's words were exaggerated and could not be used.) Liang didn't follow this and ended up like this. ）

Wei Yan took a step forward, clenched his fists and said, "The matter has come to this point, it is only advisable to retreat quickly while the enemy has not yet assembled troops." The affairs of His Royal Highness must be entrusted to me. ”

Yang Yi sneered: Hmph...... The stupidest thing is you, you have to come out when the prime minister is discouraged, and it is clear that you are embarrassing the prime minister.

The Northern Expedition, which had been prepared for many years, failed, and it was really worthy of the first emperor. Zhuge Liang's mind gradually became confused, so he had to say, "Please, Wen Chang." General Ma also went to assist Wen Chang after the break. The rest of the people assisted in moving the residents of Longxi into Hanzhong to strengthen our national strength, and although the Northern Expedition was defeated, it would at least narrow the gap between the national strength of the two countries. ”

Seeing that the generals were silent, Wang Ping hurriedly said: "The 8,000 cavalry led by General Jiang Wei has not yet returned to the camp, and the last general thinks that Boyo's troops are a necessary force when retreating, and asks the prime minister to postpone the retreat period. Zhuge Liang turned his back and sighed, and then said: "The battle situation is changing rapidly, and the army will march to Hanzhong tomorrow, and the generals don't need to say much." (Boyo, you must not have an accident, the future of Shu depends on you.) ）

Five days later, the Wei army was in the front line of the camp, and Cao Zhen was overjoyed when he learned that Zhang He had captured the street pavilion, and personally walked out of the camp to meet him in front of the village. Zhang He is the only remaining good general of the five sons, and this bit of etiquette does not affect Cao Zhen's identity. When Zhang He saw Cao Zhen dismount to greet him, he immediately stepped forward and bent down and hugged his fists and said: "The last general did not disgrace his mission, successfully captured the street pavilion, and cut off the grain road of the Shu army. ”

Cao Zhen smiled and invited Zhang He to enter the big tent, and then said with a smile: "General Zhang is really the pillar of my Great Wei, Cao Zhen sincerely admires it." In addition, the princess saw that the strategic significance of the street pavilion was also a great contribution. The snow-like woman stood beside Cao Zhen, and her soft voice was like a spring water: "General, General Zhang has already planned to attack the Street Pavilion, and Cao Ying just echoed it." ”

Zhang He sighed: "It's a pity that two generals were lost in this battle, Deng Xian was killed in the chaos, and Captain Sun seems to have been captured." Cao Zhen touched his chin and said, "Deng Xian was originally ill-intentioned, and it is not a bad thing to get rid of such a scourge by the hands of the Shu people." It's just that Sun Li is a close minister of the Son of Heaven, and his ability is also extremely outstanding, so it's troublesome. ”

Cao Ying chuckled and said, "Brother Huang can naturally distinguish between public and private, Uncle Dan doesn't have to worry about this idea." But what makes me puzzled is that in this one-sided battle, nearly 6,000 iron cavalry have been lost, and the enemy must have unexpected combat strength. ”

Cao Zhen thought so and nodded yes.

Guo Huai took a step forward, hugged his fists and said: "Yes, according to reliable information, the enemy army has a general named Jiang Wei, who led the troops out of nowhere, and General Sun Li was defeated at his hands." Guo Huai told all the things that had happened in Jieting in the past few days, and Cao Zhen's brows gradually tightened after hearing this, and he shouted angrily: "Ma Zun villain, causing my Great Wei to lose such talents." ”

Guo Huai slandered: It's not because of the imperial court's indifference to the Kansai clan for many years, who else was promoted and reused besides Yang Fu for the Kansai clan that Zhang Ji took his life? Boyo is a poor family of the Guanxi Wang clan, and I appointed him to win over the Kansai clan, who knows that in the end it was still a failure, and he was taken by the Shu people.

Zhang He Zhengse said: "It is said that the support of the Western ethnic groups behind the Shu people's sneak attack is not to investigate this matter thoroughly to set an example." ”

Guo Huai's face changed greatly, and he hurriedly said: "No, the Shi clan is the root buried in this land, and digging them up is equivalent to cutting off an arm." Now the Yongliang tribes are becoming more and more centrifuged from my Great Wei, and slowly fall to the side of the Shu people. A thorough investigation of this matter will only cheapen the Shu people. ”

Cao Zhen pondered for a moment before he said: "Don't worry about Jiang Wei and the Guanxi clan first, after all, the Shu people are still in Longyou." Now that he has captured Jieting, Zhuge Liang has no reason not to retreat, in order to avoid the comeback of the Shu people, we must pursue and destroy their living forces. ”

Zhang He took the initiative to ask Ying to serve as a vanguard officer and pursued southeast from Guangwei County. Cao Zhen was overjoyed when he heard this, so he ordered Guo Huai to cooperate with Zhang He and be sure to inflict heavy damage on the Shu army. To the surprise of the generals, Princess Cao Ying deliberately led the army to pursue Zhao Yun: "I also participate in this pursuit mission, otherwise the general will not be able to concentrate on recovering the lost territory." Now it is a top priority to recover the three counties of Longxi, and the general is also asked to cooperate with the Liangzhou Assassin Shi to expel the remnants of the Shu army in the territory. ”

Ten days later, Jiang Wei led the soldiers back to the Qishan camp, but found that the camp was empty, Jiang Wei asked the nearby medicine farmers to know that the main force of the Shu army had hurriedly evacuated this place three days earlier and fled to Hanzhong. Seeing this, Jufu immediately snorted coldly and said: "When the catastrophe was coming, the people of Jingzhou clearly abandoned us. ”

Jiang Wei didn't think much about it, compared to the often defeated army, preserving the main force of the Shu army was the key. Although he was unhappy in his heart, he could also understand Kong Ming's difficulty, so he said: "Don't be impatient, things are not as simple as you imagined, follow me to the big tent to find out first." ”

Sure enough, Jiang Wei found a bag embroidered with a unicorn on the wooden case, and this bag was placed in the wooden case, which was obviously intentional by someone. Jiang Wei opened the bag, read it roughly, and then burned it. Liu Yin was very gossipy and stuck behind Jiang Wei to take a look: "Boss, let's take a look at it as a junior brother." ”

Jiang Wei then ordered the soldiers to rest in the camp for a day, and borrowed some food from the residents on the spot with horses, and the army marched to Keigu the next day to rescue Zhao Yun. Kong Ming did not mention the number of Wei troops in his bag, but only vaguely stated that there were 30,000 people, but spent a lot of ink on the main general of this partial division.

To Jiang Wei's surprise, the main general Cao Ying is not only a young woman, but also Cao Rui's sister, the princess of Dongxiang of Dawei. What's even more interesting is that Zhuge Liang also wrote at the end of the seemingly picturesque snake: It is said that this female commander of the army is quite Cao Mengde's style.