The city of Shangqi was broken, Guo Huai was captured, thousands of Wei troops laid down their arms and surrendered, the morale of the Shu Han army was greatly boosted, and the war drums of the victory exploded, like a thunderclap, accompanied by the ecstatic cheers of the soldiers, spread throughout the battlefield.

The morale of the Shu Han army is like a rainbow, and the mountain is shouting long live.

The Wei army was demoralized and depressed.

Zhang He's face sank like water, looking at the battlefield with flags flying in the distance, and sighed secretly. Xiang Lang's position was deployed very carefully, leaving him no chance, and now Guo Huai has been defeated again, and Shangtai City has also been lost, even if he defeats Xiang Lang at any cost, he will not be able to recapture Shangqi City. Although the city of Shangtai was broken, he could not attack it without siege equipment. Looking at Lang's ruthlessness, even if he loses, he will not leave these weapons to him, and he will probably burn them in a fire.

fell short, and after all, he still failed to relieve the siege of Tai.

Zhang He sighed, but without the slightest hesitation, he immediately ordered the infantry soldiers who were attacking to retreat.

Fei Yao was the first to retreat from the battlefield with his foot soldiers, his face covered in blood, his helmet missing, his hair in a bun, and a bloody sword in his hand. He strode up to Zhang He and shouted, "General, why are you retreating? ”

Zhang He didn't speak, and pointed in the direction of Shangqicheng. Fei Yao jumped on horseback, wiped the blood on his face with his sleeve, and looked at the battlefield in the distance. He couldn't see the battle flag at the head of Shangqi City clearly, but he found that Guo Huai's battle flag was missing, and at the same time he saw countless war horses, and he was immediately surprised.

"General, they ...... How could they have so many cavalry? ”

Zhang He smiled bitterly, he didn't know where these cavalry came from. It was these cavalrymen who suddenly appeared behind Guo Huai, causing this inevitable victory to slip away from his eyes. He shook his head: "These cavalry are probably Zhuge Liang's long-hidden moves. Although he did not conquer Yuzhong, it was possible to get some war horses and form a cavalry. It's just ......" he sighed, "he hid so deep that we didn't even hear the slightest wind." It was I who miscalculated and was robbed by him. ”

Seeing these cavalry, Fei Yao was no longer surprised. It was meant to be a close fight. Although it has a strategic advantage, the advantage is very weak, and now the unexpected Liliang has joined the battlefield, and his side has not been wary. Guo Huai's entire army was annihilated, and there was no advantage at all, and if he continued to fight, it would only increase casualties. Retreat is the most haode option.

"Withdraw?"

"There's no hurry." Zhang He waved his hand, signaling Fei Yao to be calm and calm. "We can't just withdraw here, Xiahou Ru is still blocking Zhuge Liang's main force, and we have to take him back."

Fei Yao frowned: "How to respond?" ”

"You take five hundred steps back and stand in formation, and I will personally go to meet Xiahou Ru."

Fei Yao thought for a moment and nodded in agreement. He quickly led the infantry to rearrange the defensive position behind the formation, and Zhang He ordered Zhang Xiong to lead two thousand elite cavalry to cooperate with Fei Yao. He personally led five thousand elite horsemen to meet Xiahou Ru. With a sweep of his eyes, he could estimate the number of cavalry of the Shu Han army, leaving the same number of elite cavalry to cooperate with Fei Yao, even if there was a battle, he could support him until he brought Xiahou Ru back. And he himself may have to face Zhuge Liang's main force. It will not work without enough troops.

The Wei army moved quickly, the army was divided into two, and Zhang He personally led 5,000 elite cavalry and galloped towards the south.

Zhao Guang saw all this, and said to Wei Ba with great interest: "Ziyu, should we go to support the prime minister?" ”

Wei Ba glanced at him: "Senior brother, do you think that more than 2,000 of us will be Zhang He's opponent?" ”

Zhao Guang laughed self-deprecatingly and shook his head again and again. He was a cautious man, no matter how arrogant he was, he would not be arrogant enough to use two thousand newly trained cavalry to fight against twice the cavalry led by Zhang He. If this is not careful, and Zhang He blows back, more than 2,000 people are likely to be finished.

"Then we'll watch?"

"There's no hurry." Wei Ba said with a smile: "Although Zhang He is brave, the prime minister is not a vegetarian. When he went, he was afraid that he would respond to the blocking troops, and he might not dare to fight against Cheng. ”

"What if it's going to be right?"

"Even if it's right, if we rush over again, it's too late." Wei Ba said disapprerovingly.

Zhao Guang didn't say anything more, he felt that Wei Ba's intentions were sinister, so he asked the prime minister to use foot soldiers to carry Zhang He's cavalry, and then he went to pick up the cheap. But thinking about Zhuge Liang's letting their father and son guard the pass, he was relieved. The so-called one report and one report, the prime minister can use them, and of course they can also use the prime minister.

In fact, Wei Ba really didn't have this idea. He didn't chase Zhang He, firstly, because he had no strength, and secondly, he felt that it was more important to keep Shangqi. Shang Tai had just started, and the Wei army was still eyeing him not far away, and he couldn't leave easily. As for the possibility of Zhang He and Zhuge Liang fighting, he doesn't think it's big. Zhang He is not the kind of person who fights and rushes, and he will not fight with Zhuge Liang unless he has to.

Zhang He retreated, Xiang Lang also breathed a sigh of relief, he didn't dare to slack off, and immediately retreated his position. In order to prevent Fei Yao from launching another surprise attack when he retreated, he commanded his subordinates to cover each other and gradually retreat, while pouring oil on all the thunderbolts and ballistas that had been damaged, and set a fire, even if Fei Yao came to rob it, he could only get a batch of charcoal.

The protection of these heavy ordnance has always been a tacit understanding of the Shu Han soldiers.

Xiang Lang finally stood on the city of Shangqi, looking at Ma Zun with a complicated face and waiting for Tianshui Taishou Mansion Peng, Xiang Lang sighed with emotion. Although Tianshui County was not taken, and Ji County, the county was also immediately in the hands of Zhang He, but the surrender of Tianshui Taishou Ma Zun and the capture of Guo Huai, the assassin of Yongzhou, were somewhat gained, but these gains were also achieved with the help of Wei Ba, and compared with Wei Baquan's record of winning Guanzhong, it was not worth mentioning. At the beginning, he suggested that Zhuge Liang retreat to Longshan, Zhuge Liang refused, he must defeat Zhang He, and take the entire Longyou into his pocket, in order to suppress everyone's dissent, he even compared him to those people who persuaded Sun Quan to surrender to Cao Cao in Jiangdong.

In fact, how wrong were those people back then? Who would have thought that Zhou Yu would win more with less in Chibi and defeat Cao Cao. After all, this kind of thing is rare, Zhuge Liang wanted to replicate Zhou Yu's success back then, but he forgot that Jiangdong still had the advantage of water warfare back then, while in Longyou, the advantage was on Cao Wei's side. There may be some advantages in fighting against cavalry with foot soldiers, and fighting after battle, but when it comes to competing on a large scale, there is no doubt that the advantage is on the cavalry side.

Say a thousand, say 10,000, it's not enough if you want to work hard, it depends on whether people are willing or not. Just like arranging the bait, it depends on whether the prey is fooled or not. Zhang He is not fooled, then you can only be led by his nose, how can a two-legged foot soldier catch up with a four-legged war horse.

Thinking of the post-war situation, Xiang Lang did not have a trace of joy in his heart, but a deep sense of worry. He is a Jingxiang person, and he is an old man who has been rolling in the officialdom for many years, how can he not know how many complicated relationships are involved behind the war exploits. Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, the main force fought for a long time without success, but the partial division occupied Guanzhong, and when discussing merit in the future, it is inevitable that there will be various criticisms. If he wants to suppress these criticisms, he can't expose the contradictions with Wei Ba's father and son in front of others, and only by temporarily maintaining the superficial unity of the Jingxiang family can he suppress the voices of other interest groups.

However, Wei Ba's father and son are not dangerous, as a Jingxiang person, Xiang Lang also has a lot of complaints about Wei Ba's actions, but he has never had any contact with Wei Ba and has not shown it.

Even if he is in the same city as Wei Ba now, he is not willing to show closeness to Wei Ba. He is the prime minister's long history, he is an elder, Wei Ba is an ordinary member of the prime minister's mansion, and he is a junior, he doesn't have to go to the master to take the initiative to get close to Wei Ba.

He now represents not only himself, but also the prime minister, the dignity of the prime minister's mansion, the face of the Jingxiang people, and the integrity and etiquette of the scholars.

Xiang Lang inspected every city defense on the city wall and arranged the responsible personnel, but ignored the cavalry such as Wei Ba and Zhao Guang who came to help, and neither stepped forward nor said anything, as if they did not exist. This attitude angered Zhao Guang, Zhao Guang blushed and sneered: "It seems that this Xiang Changshi is not very welcome to us." ”

Wei Ba laughed jokingly: "What, do you still expect him to praise you twice?" ”

Zhao Guang pouted: "I don't dare to expect that." I'm not a descendant of Jingxiang, where can I afford his support. But you, a rising star in Jingxiang, he doesn't take it seriously, so he can't help but be a little out of sight, right? ”

"Alright, alright." Wei Ba took Zhao Guang's shoulders and walked out of the city. The city was too chaotic for the cavalry to enter the camp, and when they entered the city, they originally wanted to discuss the follow-up war with Xiang Lang, but since Xiang Lang didn't want to be close to them, he didn't want to stay in the city. "Let's go and see the results. Senior brother, your credit this time is very great, you captured Guo Huai, the assassin of Yongzhou, how can you be promoted to a captain. ”

At the mention of credit, Zhao Guang became happy and patted Wei Ba's shoulder vigorously: "Ziyu, this is also thanks to you." If you hadn't put the most elite knights under my command, I wouldn't have had the opportunity to make such a great achievement. ”

"You are stronger than me in riding, and if you leave it to you, you can play a greater role, and you won't leave it to you?" Wei Ba hahadaxiao, and Zhao Guang went out of the city shoulder to shoulder.

On the city tower, Xiang Lang stood with his hands in his hands, just hearing Wei Ba's words clearly. He sighed to himself, and just as he wanted to say something, he hurried over to Xiang Tiao and whispered a few words in his ear. Before Xiang Tiao's words fell, Xiang Lang's face changed: "Really? ”

Xiang Tiao smiled helplessly and nodded.

Xiang Lang gasped and clenched his fists involuntarily. He glared at Xiang Tiao for a long time, turned around and hurried down the city tower, and came to the city gate hole. A big man with a dusty face was standing by the city gate, and when he saw Xiang Lang, he hurriedly greeted him.

"...... to the public"

Xiang Lang interrupted him with a wave of his hand. "Where's the child?"

The person who came was Xie Guanglong, the personal guard general beside Ma Yan, he looked around, hesitated, Xiang Lang was anxious, and roared in a low voice: "What are you hesitating about, hurry up and say, the Wei army is not far outside the city, and if you stay outside the city for a while, it will be more dangerous." ”

Seeing Xiang Lang say this, Xie Guanglong breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said: "Ma joins the army not far outside the city. ”

"Wen Leopard, take ten guards and bring you in immediately." Xiang Lang said hurriedly, paused, and added: "Don't let anyone see it." ”

Xiang Tiao answered and hurried away.

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