Wei Ba soon received Lu Xun's reply, Xiahou Ba and Qin Lang led 20,000 foot cavalry to the vicinity of Suiyang, considering the strength of the two sides, he decided to let Zhu Ran return to defend Shouchun, and retreated to the area of Qian County and Zan County, at present, he himself is stationed in Feiting.

Wei Ba didn't quite understand, and immediately asked people to open the map. Standing in front of the map, he looked at it for a moment, shook his head and smiled.

"General Lu is going to defend again." Yu Yan said with a smile: "Qian County is the place where Cao Wei Longxing is, and Feiting used to be Cao Cao's food place, and he occupied these two places to force the Wei army to take the initiative to attack." ”

"I'm afraid it's more than that." Zhang Yi also said with emotion: "Lu Boyan seems to be heading south, but in fact he is heading east, which means to get closer to our army." Suiyang is an important town, Sima Yi will not dare to relax his vigilance, and he must leave heavy troops to guard it, so that the number of troops who can attack Chen Zan will inevitably be greatly reduced. Our army is united, and the enemy army is divided, one advances and one retreats, and the superior is seen. He looked at Wei Ba, "General, it is the wisest choice for him to lead the army in the middle lane. ”

"Of course, otherwise how could the prime minister agree to this choice." Wei Ba raised his eyebrows slightly, his eyes were still staring at the map, he pondered for a moment, and said: "Have you noticed, the distance he withdrew is not too far, the direction of withdrawal is neither east nor south, if the Wei army pursues, the battle line will inevitably be lengthened, and Chen Liuke will be empty." ”

Yu Yan's eyes shrank, and he suddenly realized: "Then, if there is a large army from Yingchuan to the north, will the Wei army's back road be unbearable?" ”

Wei Ba smiled silently: "Nanyang has Meng Da, Jiangling has Chen Dao, and Wuchang still has twenty or thirty thousand elites of Wu State, aren't they the swords of our army that have not yet been unsheathed." Lu Boyan is not fighting for soldiers. What we fight for is the form, and what we create is the momentum. When Sima Yi saw this situation, he was afraid that he would feel like a chrysanthemum was tight. ”

"Chrysanthemums are tight?" Yu Yan and Zhang Yi glanced at each other, not knowing where the pawn came from.

Wei Ba didn't explain. "Repay the favor, write a letter to Lu Boyan, suggesting that Lu Lan be sent back to Kunyang, he is familiar with Yingchuan."

Yu and Zhang immediately understood. Lu Xun gave Wei Ba a chance, and Wei Ba wanted to repay Lu Xun with a chance. Lu Lan returned to Kunyang and assisted Meng Da, Chen Zhi and others in the battle, if he made meritorious contributions. Later, he was added to the rank of knight. That's a matter of course.

"Whoa." Zhang Yi answered, turned around and went to prepare. His writing is good, and he is responsible for most of the official correspondence in the army.

……

Meanwhile. Sima Yi was also looking at the map at his desk. Xiahou Ba and Qin Lang sat opposite him. The two traveled thousands of miles from Bingzhou. Lu Xun didn't fire an arrow and retreated first. This made them feel like they were punching out the air when they were going to have a big fight. They came to see Sima Yi and study the next battle. Sima Yi lay there and looked at the map, and it took a long time to look at it.

Qin Lang and Xiahou Ba glanced at each other, Xiahou Ba arched his hand and said, "General, do you have a strategy?" ”

Sima Yi straightened his waist, clenched his fists empty, slowly tapped his waist and eyes, and sighed: "Old, old, dizzy, sore back, lack of energy, and there are not many days left." ”

Xiahou Ba frowned slightly.

"My father's health is not very good, and he can't go on an expedition." Sima Zhao, who was sitting on the side, picked up the conversation, a little ashamed: "I'm afraid that the heavy task of pursuing can only be handed over to the two generals." ”

"Pursuit?"

"Of course, Qian County is the land of Cao's Longxing, where the tomb is located, how can you sit back and watch the rebels scare their ancestors." Sima Zhao said lightly: "If there is another incident of exhuming the grave and exposing the corpse, then what is the face of my Great Wei?" It's careless. ”

Xiahouba's face suddenly became ugly. Sima Yi himself refused to chase it, but he forced them to chase it, and with such a high-sounding reason, he couldn't find an excuse to refuse. Do you say that you don't care, I don't care?

"How many men is the general going to allocate to cooperate?"

"The old man is old and can't go out with the two generals, so he stays in Suiyang and supports the two generals." Sima Yi said slowly: "The youngest son Yuan, there is still rough courage to be feared, let him lead 10,000 foot soldiers and attack with the two generals." ”

Xiahou Ba was even more unhappy. Sima Yi asked Sima Shi to lead an army of 10,000 to attack with them, so that they had 30,000 cavalry, including 15,000 or 6,000 cavalry, which seemed to have a slight advantage over Lu Xun and Wei Yan, but Sima Shi had no cavalry, so he would definitely not be able to serve as the main force, and the main pressure still fell on the shoulders of him and Qin Lang.

Xiahou Ba was uncomfortable when he saw Sima Yi's old face, he believed that Sima Yi was pretending, but he was too lazy to bother with him. It's really boring to deal with this kind of person.

"Two generals, Suiyang is an important town, don't be negligent." Sima Zhao took over the conversation again, and explained in a helpless tone: "Moreover, the main force is advancing eastward, and the west is empty, in case Meng Da and others from Nanyang go north to attack Luoyang and Chenliu and cut off the rear road of our army, Luoyang will be in danger, Bixia will be in danger, and the two generals will not be able to concentrate on fighting." My father left 20,000 people to guard Suiyang, hoping to share the worries of Bixia and the two generals. ”

"Then thank you, General." Xiahou Ba arched his hand, stood up, and walked away.

Qin Lang gave an apologetic salute and retreated. He caught up with Xiahou Ba and complained: "Zhongquan, how can you be rude in front of the general? ”

"This old horseman, cowering in Suiyang for a few months, sitting and watching Lu Xun grab the surrounding grain, motionless, now that Lu Xun has retreated, he is still motionless, he is simply a coward, but he still has to speak righteously, as if he has taken on a lot of responsibility." Xiahou Ba spat indignantly: "I think he was broken by Wei Ba, and he didn't dare to fight Wei Ba again, so he hid in Suiyang." Such a person will not live up to Bixia's hard work? ”

Qin Lang sighed repeatedly: "Then how about us?" ”

"What else, pursue Lu Xun and drive him out of Qian County, you can't let the ancestors of the Cao family be disturbed." Xiahou Ba scratched his head helplessly: "The strength of our army is not superior, in case Wei Yan's department is equipped with horse armor, our army may still suffer heavy losses." Yuan Ming, we have to be cautious. I guess Sima Yi was afraid of encountering this situation, so he simply didn't send cavalry into battle and put the responsibility on us. ”

Qin Lang frowned and bowed slightly. He also guessed so, but he didn't dare to say anything like Xiahouba, he just kept it in his heart and was secretly angry. He knew that Sima Yi couldn't get along with them, Xiahou Ba was a clan, he was a minister, in Sima Yi's eyes, they were not worthy of leading the army at all, and it was not easy to perfunctory them.

In the hall, Sima Shi was silent for a long time, but Zuihou still couldn't hold back and asked, "Father, won't Weishenme give me three thousand cavalry?" ”

"If Wei Yan doesn't have horse armor, without these three thousand cavalry, you can still have an advantage. If Wei Yan has horse armor and these 3,000 cavalry, you will not have an advantage either. In that case, why didn't Weishenme leave these 3,000 cavalry in Suiyang for backup? ”

Sima Yi raised his head and looked at Sima Shi playfully: "Although three thousand cavalry is not much, it is used well, and it is also a sharp knife." Now that Liangzhou has changed hands, Youzhou is between gains and losses, and the war horse is becoming more and more tense, so I have to reserve a little vitality for Bixia. ”

Sima Shi couldn't help but laugh and shook his head. He knew what his father was thinking. He was worried that the cavalry under the command of Wei Yan was equipped with horse armor, and if he did not have any experience, he would suffer heavy losses if he rashly fought against it. He hoped that Zhang He or Xiahou Ba would fight against Wei Yan first, and after gaining experience and then studying countermeasures, he would have more chances to win, just like after the battles of Wancheng and Kunyang, he studied a way to deal with the fire bomb and held Luoyang.

After losing several battles with Wei Ba in a row, their father and son summed up their experience and agreed that it was not how amazing Wei Ba's soldiers were, but that he could always come up with unexpected weapons. This unsuspecting weapon is the most dangerous because you have no way of preparing for it. In order to avoid such a setback, it is a safer option to strike later.

……

Wu County.

Sun Quan moved the capital of Wu back to Wu County, and Wu County, which had been neglected for more than ten years, began to be lively again. Wu was a vassal to the Shu Han court, which was a sorrow for Sun Quan, but it was a great good thing for the people of Wu. The south of the Yangtze River was merged into one, and there was no need to guard against each other, and the garrison of Wu was greatly reduced, and the burden on the people was reduced a lot. There are fewer generals stationed along the way, and there are many less checkpoints to collect taxes, and now the cost of doing business is much less, the most obvious is that the price of Shu brocade and lacquerware has dropped, and more people can afford it.

As a result, those businessmen who could not rush to Chengdu to sell and buy in person could make a little profit even if they repurchased in Wu County, and the transaction volume rose sharply, and several big cities in Wu County began to be lively again, ushering in many businessmen from Qingzhou, Xuzhou and even Jizhou and Youzhou.

Even though Pengcheng and Suiyang are fighting, the people-to-people trade is still very lively.

On this day, a young man of thirteen or fourteen years old, following a few merchants, walked into the city gate of Wu County. Outside the city, he said goodbye to the merchants, and took a few strong retinues, they asked for directions everywhere in the accent of Qingxu, if Lu Yi was still alive, I am afraid that someone would stop them now. Now that Lu Yi has been killed, the school affairs are like rats crossing the street, everyone is shouting and beating, not as arrogant as before, so no one has stepped forward to interrogate.

However, it is not okay not to pay attention to such a dazzling person, and several school officials quietly followed, preparing to catch a big fish and wash away the bad luck caused by Lu Yi's killing. They followed a few steps and found that something was wrong, and the place that the other party was looking for was actually the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Someone came from Qingxu to find Prime Minister Gu Yong? The school officials who followed were a little puzzled while their adrenaline was soaring. Qingxu came to the people, not looking for Zhang Zhao, the general of Fuwu, but looking for Gu Yong, the prime minister? What does this mean, could it be that Gu Yong and Wei Guo have a deal? …… (To be continued......)