Liu Ji handed over almost all the remaining troops to Sima Changren, and asked him to lead his army to recover the two counties of Changyu and Shangpu, however, the battle that took place in the western border of the Mu Kingdom was extremely difficult.

Soon after the general of the Mu State Ming Quan led the army to the west, he was ambushed by the Red Army that had been waiting here, and was defeated and retreated, and in the case of the war being tight and forced to be helpless, Liu Ji, the king of Mu, could only order to call back a part of the troops that were fighting in the Jin State, and it was the 50,000 cavalry led by Li Wei who was selected.

Soon, Liu Ji's order was passed to Li Wei's hands, after reading this order, Li Wei couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh, when he set out on the expedition, he had already made up his mind, this time he was going to assist Sima Changren to defeat the Jin army, in order to repay him for his kindness to his knowledge, but the result was not as good as the sky, but at the most critical moment when the two armies were fighting, the king's order came.

He knew very well in his heart that once he withdrew at this time, it would be a great blow to the remaining soldiers, and the Mu army would no longer be able to compete with the Jin army, which was no different from falling into a well and adding fuel to the fire, how could he open this mouth to Sima Changren?

But he can't disobey the king's order, not to mention that the domestic situation is tense, and it is impossible for him not to go back to help, zuihou, Li Wei can only find the seriously injured Sima Changren, without saying anything about Liu Ji's order, first tell him about the current situation in Mu Guo.

Sima Changren is so smart, as soon as he heard this, he understood Li Wei's intention.

Alas, he lay on the bed, sighed secretly in his heart, and said quietly: "The attack of the Red Kingdom, this is also the ghost of the Jin Kingdom in advance, in fact, I have guessed that the country is not going well, but I didn't expect the war to drag on for so long...... Li Wei, you must not stay in the Jin Kingdom any longer, and go back quickly! There is a Jin army to stop you in the south. Don't be careless, you need to lead your cavalry to the east first, avoiding the Jin army. ”

When Li Wei heard this, he was very moved, his eyes were also rosy, and he lifted his robe. Knelt down on one knee in front of Sima Changren's bed, and said in a trembling voice: "Li Wei failed to help the general to eliminate the gold thief, but now he has to return in vain, it is really ...... I really miss the general's expectations, and I am ashamed of the trust of the general......"

Sima Changren smiled, waved his hand slowly, and said, "Li Wei, don't say that, you have done a good job." Go back home!"

"General......

The sudden withdrawal of the cavalry of the Wood Country can be said to have greatly weakened the combat effectiveness of the Wood Army, and also directly led to the imbalance of strength between the two sides.

Without the assistance of the cavalry, and Sima Changren was seriously wounded, the Zhou side stayed behind in the Mu army camp and did not go north to reinforce for a long time, at this time the Mu army had completely lost the ability to take the initiative to attack, and could only defend passively.

The current situation of the wooden army is extremely embarrassing and wants to withdraw. He was unwilling to lose the opportunity to kill Lin Haotian and did not withdraw. But it has to be in the middle of being flanked by the Jin army, once the other party no longer feints, but attacks with all its might, the wooden army is in danger of being annihilated.

At this time, Sima Changren could only order someone to give Zhou Fang an order again to explain that he was injured. If Zhou Fang is not moved this time, the messenger can directly go to the following generals, capture Zhou Fang, and take over the command of the whole army.

This time, Sima Changren was ruthless. He was afraid that the messenger would have an accident on the road and that his orders would not be conveyed to his camp, so he specially arranged for several messengers to go out to deliver the message at the same time.

Since the southern road had been blocked by the Jin army, the messengers of the Mu army could only make a detour to the Liaodong side.

This was how the Wood Country cavalry took a detour before, and when the First and Second Legions got the news, the Wood Country Cavalry had already run far away.

Ding Feng and Bi Wu didn't understand why the cavalry of the Mu Kingdom suddenly went south, but as soon as the two of them agreed, they would respond to the changes with the same to see what the enemy was going to do.

After the Muguo cavalry withdrew, Ding Feng and Bi Wu also became more cautious and arranged a large number of secret posts on the east side of their camp, not only to prevent the enemy's sudden sneak attack, but also to observe the enemy's movements at the first time.

As a result, the secret sentinel had just been arranged, and the seven messengers sent by Sima Changren were intercepted and killed by the secret sentinel of the Jin army, and two were captured.

Soon, the secret sentry of the Jin army brought the captured messenger and the captured letters back to the camp of the First and Second Legions, listened to the reports of the soldiers below, and then read the letters found from the messengers, Ding Feng and Bi Wu gasped in unison.

According to the letter, the cavalry of the Mu Kingdom returned to the country to rescue, and Sima Changren was seriously injured when he fought with the adults, is this true or false? Is it true or is it a trick by Sima Changren?

The two immediately ordered the messenger of Muguo to be taken to the Chinese military tent and interrogated by the two themselves.

Under the severe torture and intimidation, without much effort, the two Mu State messengers confessed everything they knew, confirming that the Mu State cavalry had indeed returned to the Mu Kingdom, and Sima Changren was indeed seriously injured and could no longer fight on the battlefield in a short time.

When the Jin generals below heard this, they were all overjoyed, and they clenched their fists and high-fives excitedly, without the cavalry of the Mu Country, the few infantry left in the Mu Army were not the opponents of their own army at all, Sima Changren was injured and could not fight again, and there was no fierce general in the Mu Army who could match his own, so if he did not attack at this time, when would he wait?

However, there was no trace of joy on the faces of Ding Feng and Bi Wu, but they were full of solemnity, very simple, both of them were a little uncomfortable with this sudden advantage, and they also felt too incredible.

As for the Red Army's attack on Mu Guo, they knew, but as soon as the Mu Guo cavalry withdrew, Sima Changren was injured, which is too coincidental, right? Besides, both of them have seen Sima Changren's skills, and Lin Haotian's martial arts are not weak, but if they want to defeat Sima Changren, and even beat him to serious injury, Ding Feng and Bi Wu both think that it is unrealistic.

If all this is true, then the wooden army in front of them is less than 50,000 people, and under the encirclement of their own army of more than 100,000 people, they still dare to hold on and not withdraw, which is too contrary to common sense.

Due to various considerations, the more they thought about it, the more they felt that there was deception, and they suspected that the messenger and the letter were most likely the bait deliberately thrown by Sima Changren, the purpose of which was to lure their own soldiers to attack in a big way.

Ding Feng and Bi Wu have been in the army for a long time, and they have long been accustomed to seeing the deceit in the war, but the more people are like this, the easier it is to think about simple things complicated.

Sima Changren's messenger was intercepted by the Jin army, but Ding Feng and Bi Wu did not believe the contents of the letter, nor did they storm the wooden army camp with all their might, and the battle between the two sides still dragged on.

within the valley.

The wooden army has not launched an attack for several days, Lin Haotian and the hundreds of soldiers under his command did not dare to relax at all, in the past few days, everyone has built the stone wall high and strong, and is waiting for the battle.

It can be said that Lin Haotian and his soldiers are gritting their teeth and persevering, but this is not the case with the wooden army, the huge wooden army camp is completely strong from the outside, and it is almost all supported by the prestige of Sima Changren alone.

Mu Jun knew that Lin Haotian and the others in the valley had reached the end of the crossbow, but he didn't dare to launch a strong attack.

As long as their side attacks, the Jin army on the north and south sides will immediately attack the wooden camp, although the Jin army's attack is a tentative bluff every time, but who knows which time they will come to a real fight, in case the Jin army launches a real attack, the wooden camp will definitely not be guaranteed, and the wooden army will definitely be defeated, Sima Changren does not dare to take this risk.

Now he can only wait, wait for Zhou Fang to come to help, as long as Zhou Fang arrives and drags the first army in the south, he will dare to let go of Lin Haotian and the others in the valley.

At this time, Zhou Fang, who was stationed outside Liaodong City, was still waiting, analyzing the situation on the battlefield and measuring the strength of the two sides, but he still had no intention of leading the army to reinforce.

At this moment, Sima Changren's order came again, and there were three letters.

After reading the letter, Zhou Fang couldn't help but take a breath, his cavalry had returned to China, and Sima Changren was seriously injured, so to speak, now the army that encircled and suppressed Lin Haotian was only an empty shelf, and it was surrounded by more than 100,000 gold troops, not to mention killing Lin Haotian, even self-protection was a problem, in this case, why didn't Sima Changren withdraw from the army, but asked himself to go to reinforcements, didn't he let himself go to wait for death with him?

After reading the order, Zhou Fang's first reaction was to continue to resist and disobey the order, and he had to persuade Sima Changren that he must withdraw his troops immediately, and he should no longer covet the credit of capturing and killing Lin Haotian. (To be continued......)