When he heard the news of Niu Jin's ambush, the first thought that came to Sima Yi's mind was that Zhang Fei did not lead the army to retreat as reported by the scouts.

Otherwise, if it weren't for Zhang Fei, Sima Yi really couldn't think of anyone in the Jingzhou army at the moment who would think of setting up an ambush in the south.

After all, if you want to think of setting up an ambush in the south in advance, you must not only not be confused by his previous weakness, but also have a keen judgment and be able to choose the necessary place for the Wei army to set up an ambush in advance.

This kind of talent is something that no one else can have.

Sima Yi blurted out an exclamation, which was clearly heard by Sima Shi on the side.

And it was Sima Yi's exclamation that made Sima Yi's image of the great shore in Sima Shi's heart a little damaged.

In Sima Shi's impression, his father Sima Yi has always been a far-sighted person.

Sima Yi's judgment is rarely wrong.

Not to mention the act of exclamation.

It's just that Sima Yi's next actions further damaged his image in Sima Shi's heart.

"Quickly give the order, the whole army retreats!"

Sima Yi's order not only surprised Sima Shi, but also made several Wei generals beside him pause to admonish.

"General, General Pingnan hasn't been rescued yet!"

"Am I going to die and not be saved?"

A voice of eager words resounded in Sima Yi's ears.

At present, it is not known whether the strength of the Han army in Nan Juju is above them, in this case, it is necessary to send scouts to carefully investigate before making a decision to retreat!

The generals' thoughts could not be concealed from Sima Yi.

But the reason why Sima Yi did not choose to continue to investigate the enemy's situation, but decisively issued the order to retreat, was not because he did not want to rescue Niu Jin.

Sima Yi was afraid of Zhang Fei.

Sima Yi was able to defend Wancheng before, and a large reason relied on Wancheng's strong city defense.

Sima Yi knew that if it were not for Wancheng's strong city defenses to rely on, the Wei army led by him would have been defeated by the Han army long ago.

And now that he is leading the army on the plain, not to mention the strong city defense, there is no small hill that can build a defense line.

In this kind of terrain, if Zhang Fei, who is an enemy of 10,000 people, leads his troops to kill him, will he be able to resist it?

The answer is obvious.

The answer that emerged in his heart had to make Sima Yi anxious.

In the face of the words of several Wei generals, Sima Yi turned a deaf ear.

"This is a military order, who dares to disobey it!"

Although Sima Yi was born in a civilian position, in recent years he has been in charge of the military many times and has been very strict in governing the army, which makes his prestige in the Wei army not low at all.

Seeing that Sima Yi did not change his mind, although the generals were unbearable, they were helpless.

So soon, under Sima Yi's military order, thousands of Wei troops were about to reach the pass of Nanjuju, when they suddenly made a sharp turn and retreated in the direction of Wancheng.

Looking at his father who was galloping on horseback, and looking at the scattered and restless soldiers behind him, Sima Shi's heart couldn't help but have a metaphor.

It's just that the metaphor was too disrespectful, so it was forced down by Sima Shi with his reason.

But if you think about yourself, what about what do you think?

Sima Shi knew that no matter whether the main general of the Han army gathered in the south was Zhang Fei or not, after today's incident came out, their father and son would become a big joke.

Knowing this, why did they have to come out and laugh at the world?

At the beginning, Niu Jin didn't know that he was abandoned by Sima Yi.

On the contrary, Niu Jin thought that Sima Yi's reinforcements would arrive soon.

Under the influence of this expectation, Niu Jin and part of the Wei army were struggling to support even if they were facing the disadvantage of the battle.

But as the time of the battle gradually passed, not to mention Niu Jin, even Zhang Bao, who chased Niu Jin all the way, also saw the clues.

After stabbing at Niu Jin again, Zhang Bao laughed and said to Niu Jinyan: "Sima old thief, he has abandoned you and fled!" ”

If Zhang Bao said this at the beginning of the battle, Niu Jin would definitely scoff.

Sima Gong is a famous man all over the world, how could he do such a thing.

But time is the best proof.

He was besieged in the middle of the southern gathering, and he couldn't hide from the scouts outside.

And according to the time calculation, Sima Yi should have gotten the news that he was besieged.

But after all this time, he didn't see a trace of reinforcements.

Zhang Bao's words were either dividing his relationship with Sima Yi, or purely mocking him.

Mock his stupidity.

Zhang Bao's words greatly affected Niu Jin's fighting spirit.

Although Zhang Bao's blow was successfully blocked by him, in the face of Zhang Bao's rapid second attack, Niu Jin's reaction was obviously much slower.

The two generals fight, fighting for life and death.

The side that reacts slowly often pays the price with their lives.

I saw that the spear in Zhang Bao's hand penetrated Niu Jin's chest like a long dragon.

And this fatal blow also caused Niu Jin to fall from his horse after letting out a scream.

Niu Jin, who fell to the ground, saw that he had more air out and less air in, and it was impossible to escape death.

Niu Jin's fall also directly collapsed the morale of the Wei army, which was still resisting.

When Niu Jin's life was completely gone, the remaining Wei troops abandoned their weapons and surrendered.

After the dust settled on the battlefield, Deng Ai came to the battlefield from the mountain on the side.

As soon as Deng Ai came to the battlefield, he saw Zhang Bao excitedly carrying Niu Jin's head to him.

In his years in the army, this was the first time he had eaten meat.

Looking at Zhang Bao's excited appearance, a smile appeared on Deng Ai's face.

It's just that Zhao Tong, who came later, didn't look very good.

The friend is not having a good time, he is not happy.

His friends are doing better than him, and he doesn't seem to be happy.

But no matter what Zhang Bao and Zhao Tong's mood were, they looked at Deng Ai with admiration at the moment.

When Deng Ai had deduced that Sima Yi would attack again, the two of them didn't believe it to be honest.

And when Deng Ai arranged the ambush in the follow-up, the two of them felt that Deng Ai was doing more than that.

But what I didn't expect was that all of Deng Ai's inferences came true.

Excitedly, Zhang Bao couldn't help but ask Deng Aidao:

"The general's art of war, was it taught by the general?"

Because Deng Ai was born under Mi Yang, he has a strong brand of Mi Yang's lineage, so it is not unusual for Zhang Bao to ask this question.

In the face of Zhang Bao's inquiry, Deng Ai just smiled and did not speak.

In the eyes of Zhang Bao and Zhao Tong, Deng Ai's reaction undoubtedly represents acquiescence.

Seeing this, Zhang Bud couldn't help but want to give herself a slap.

Zhang Fei had intended to send him to Mi Yang's side to train, but he felt that Mi Yang was surrounded by many talents, and it was difficult for him to get ahead, so he politely rejected Zhang Fei's proposal.

If he had known that Mi Yang also had a hand in training, how could Zhang Bao refuse at that time?

Compared with Zhang Bao, Zhao Tong's idea was more direct - after he was ready to return to Jingzhou, he immediately wrote to Mi Yang Mao Sui to recommend himself.

In the interval between the Han army's cleaning of the battlefield, Zhang Bao couldn't help but ridicule Sima Yi after carefully pinning Niu Jin's head to his waist:

"I didn't think that when I was besieging the city before, today I watched Sima Yi's behavior of fearing the enemy and not saving him, which is really no different from a woman!"

Zhang Bao's tone was full of disdain for Sima Yi.

Compared with Zhang Bao's disdain, Deng Ai has another view on Sima Yi's behavior today.

Judging from the process, Sima Yi's behavior today is really laughable.

But judging from the results, Sima Yi preserved the vitality of the Wei army as much as possible.

Originally, Deng Ai's plan was to use the vanguard of the Wei army as bait to lure Sima Yi into an ambush circle.

In the past, by the side of the great general, the great general used similar methods and achieved many victories.

But it is clear that this approach is not working today.

Compared with Cao Ren, Cao Zhang, Cao Zhen and other famous generals of the Cao Wei clan, Sima Yi is like an old fox who only focuses on the result, he does not drag his feet when he should attack, and he does not think about anything else when he should retreat.

Such enemies are sometimes the most difficult to deal with.

It seems that before he left the general's side, the general said to him right: "Controlling change in the face of danger is also Sima Yi's ability." ”

It can be seen from this sentence that the general attaches great importance to Sima Yi.

Deng Ai did not say what he thought, and after the Han army cleaned up the battlefield, Deng Ai led the army to escort a group of Wei prisoners and continued to retreat towards Jingzhou.

Zhang Fei, who had just led the army to retreat to Xinye City, soon learned the news of the battle of Nan Ju.

After hearing that Deng Ai set up an ambush to severely damage the Wei army, and even the Wei army's general Niu Jin died at the hands of Zhang Bao, Zhang Fei happily said to the left and right:

"Ai Zhen is also broken!"

The original meaning of the fold rush refers to the enemy's retreat, and judging from the results of the battle of Nan Juju, Zhang Fei's praise of Deng Ai is indeed worthy.

Of course, Zhang Fei's words were not only to praise Deng Ai, but his words also made the word "line" on Deng Ai's head officially removed.

After praising Deng Ai, Zhang Fei immediately arranged the defense of Jingzhou.

On this point, Mi Yang also gave advice in previous documents.

Jingzhou's territory is too large, and there are enemies on both sides of the east and north, Mi Yang thinks that after Zhang Fei leaves Jingzhou, it will be difficult for Jingzhou to find a person who will coordinate the overall situation.

Therefore, in order to prevent Jingzhou's defense from failing, Mi Yang's suggestion was to divide Jingzhou into three major theaters.

The first war zone, naturally, is dominated by the two counties of Yiyang and Xiangyang, and is mainly responsible for the task of guarding against Cao Wei.

The chief general of this theater has no other suitable candidates except Li Yan.

As for the second theater of war, it is mainly based on Nanjun and Changsha County, which are mainly responsible for the task of defending Jiangdong.

The chief general of this war zone, Liu Bei had an arrangement early on, and that was Zhendong General Chen Dao.

The remaining third war zone is dominated by the three counties of Lingling, Guiyang and Wuling.

Compared with the other two theaters, the third theater is mainly responsible for the combat mission of stabilizing bandits.

In order to stabilize the bandits, military talent alone is not enough, but also political talent.

At present, the only one in Jingzhou who can meet this requirement and is qualified to lead the three counties is Deng Zhi, the assassin of Jingzhou.

In Zhang Fei's view, Mi Yang's suggestion is generally not problematic.

Although the practice of dividing Jingzhou into three theaters of war will put Jingzhou in a situation where it will fight on its own in the long run.

However, such a division method can evenly distribute Jingzhou's combat power to the greatest extent in the short term.

And it won't be a long time for him to leave Jingzhou.

It's just that for Mi Yang's suggestion, Zhang Fei has some adjustments.

Among those adjustments, the most important point is that Zhang Fei intends to make Deng Ai the deputy general of the first war zone in Jingzhou.

Li Yan has ability, but his personality is too rigid and self-serving.

In the past, Zhang Fei did not arrange deputy generals for Li Yan, but those deputy generals were all squeezed out by Li Yan without exception.

But Deng Ai is different, Deng Ai is a person sent to Jingzhou by Mi Yang.

Since Fa Zheng's death, Mi Yang has become the new leader of the Dongzhou faction of the Great Han Dynasty by virtue of his meritorious deeds and Liu Bei's intentional support.

Li Yan is also a member of the Dongzhou faction, so it is impossible for him to choose to fight against Mi Yang.

With Deng Ai's assistance, the defense of the first theater will be even more impregnable.

As for the second war zone, with the two important cities of Gong'an and Jiangling, plus there are good guards like Chen Zhi, what can a blue-eyed thief do?

After having specific ideas in his heart, Zhang Fei quickly turned the thoughts in his heart into military orders and spread them all over the counties of Jingzhou.

Jingzhou is adjacent to Jiangdong, and the big movement in Jingzhou naturally can't hide from Jiangdong's spies.

Soon after, news from Jingzhou was on Sun Quan's desk.

Looking at the news he had just received, the expression on Sun Quan's face was very complicated.

Joy, excitement, apprehension, doubt, all kinds of originally contradictory looks, but at this moment they were unified on Sun Quan's face.

Why did Liu Bei suddenly recall Zhang Fei back to Chang'an?

Could it be that something major has happened in Chang'an City?

But no matter what happened, Zhang Fei's sudden departure from Jingzhou was good news for Jiangdong.

Thinking of this, Sun Quan hurriedly asked Lu Xun to be summoned.

After Lu Xun arrived, Sun Quan handed over the news he had just received to Lu Xun to see.

After reading the news in his hand, even Lu Xun's face showed some doubts.

At this moment, Sun Quan couldn't wait to ask Lu Xun, "What does Bo Yan think about this matter?" ”

After hearing Sun Quan's inquiry, Lu Xun replied:

"Judging from Zhang Fei's adjustment of Jingzhou's defense, I think Zhang Fei will not leave Jingzhou for too long."

Lu Xun's answer made Sun Quan nod thoughtfully.

Sun Quan quickly asked again: "After Zhang Fei leaves Jingzhou, our army may take advantage of the situation to capture Jingzhou?" ”

This is what Sun Quan really wants to know.

When he asked this, the excitement and apprehension on Sun Quan's face flickered.

He has this thief's heart, but the thief's courage needs Lu Xun to give him.

The look on Sun Quan's face, Lu Xun also looked at it.

But at that moment, Lu Xun's heart was not excited.

Attacking Jingzhou?

Again?

Lu Xun, who had some scruples in his heart, coughed lightly a few times and said to Sun Quanjin:

"Supreme An can be sure that this is not Mi Yang's plan to lure the enemy."

Sun Quan is obsessed with Jingzhou.

And Jingzhou, which has an opportunity, is a huge temptation for Sun Quan.

But just when Sun Quan's excitement was constantly surging, the word "Mi Yang" was like pouring cold water on Sun Quan.

Can you still have a good chat?

(End of chapter)