Sun Li was very hesitant now.

As one of the generals on the front line, Sun Li knew very well what a bad situation it would be for the Shu army to come to Meixian once the Chencang Road was broken through - all the Wei troops along the Weishui River would lose their logistics supply bases, and even the back roads would be cut off.

This consequence is not understood by Xiahou Nan, the son-in-law, but Sun Li, a fierce general in the army who has been in the army for almost ten years, is very clear.

The Shu army occupied Meixian and cut off the logistics supply line of the Wei army, and all the Wei troops deployed along the Weishui line, except for the passes such as Sanguan, which stored grain in advance, would lose the supply of grain and grass in the army in just ten days.

Especially in Wuzhangyuan, Guo Huaijun, who confronted the main force of the Shu army, will bear the brunt of the greatest impact.

Of course, if General Guo Huai could immediately lead the army to retreat east to Wugong County after learning that Meixian County was captured, rely on the supply support of Wugong County, and then make a detour back to Chang'an from Fufeng County, it would not be impossible to get out.

But the risks are still significant.

First of all, the information transmission efficiency in these years is not high, and Meixian County is attacked and lost, and it is an unpredictable thing whether it can transmit the battle situation to Guo Huai in time.

Secondly, even if the news was delivered in time, Guo Huai did not hesitate to lead the army to Wugong County, but the scale of Wugong County was not large, and even if there was grain in the county, it was unlikely to support the supply of more than 40,000 troops led by Guo Huai.

Finally, and the most fatal problem, the Shu army will not watch Guo Huai lead his troops to retreat like this, and will definitely follow and kill.

The Wei army is short of food, and the army's heart will inevitably be shaken, and the soldiers will not have the heart to fight, and the Shu army will not retreat if it is pursued all the way, it will easily become a rout, how much Guo Huai's army can survive, and even whether Guo Huai himself can survive is something that cannot be determined.

Therefore, Meixian really can't be lost.

Meixian is here, even if the Wei army is forced to retreat without the defeat of the Shu army, at least there is a place where it can be retreated, but once Meixian is lost, even if the Wei army wants to retreat, it will have to face the threat of being chased and killed at any time without food and grass supplies.

But the problem now is that Xiahou Nan lost Chencang Road, opening a key passage for the Shu army to enter Guanzhong and go straight to Meixian.

Now that Guo Huai is still confronting the Shu army in Wuzhangyuan, it is impossible to know this news, and Cao Zhen of Chang'an, even if Sun Li noticed that Chen Cangdao was strange and issued a warning, and quickly transported the military report, it would take five or six days to know the news that Chen Cangdao had changed. Looking at the entire Guanzhong, only Sun Li still has the ability to quickly rescue Meixian.

Sanguan itself is not too far from Meixian, and there are 10,000 defenders in Sanguan, and the Shu army attacking outside the pass, except for those Qianghu miscellaneous horsemen, the number of people who can really attack Sanguan is not less than 10,000.

There is still room for dispersion.

The only problem that bothers Sun Li now is that he is just a guard of Sanguan, and his duty is to guard Sanguan, and Meixian, which is more than 150 miles behind Sanguan, is not within the scope of Sun Li's garrison.

In other words, Sun Li had no right to send troops to save Meixian without being authorized by Cao Zhen.

Although there is also a saying that "the general is outside, the monarch's order is not subject to it", but the problem is that this "general" must have a certain level, and Cao Zhen, Zhang He, and Guo Huai can get this level in the entire Guanzhong, and Sun Li's level is not enough qualifications.

If Wang Sheng, the guard general of Meixian County, encountered a crisis, and Sun Li rushed to reinforce Meixian County with his troops in time, then Sun Li could be regarded as a meritorious service, and he could barely hold Sun Li accountable for sending troops without authorization.

But if Meixian didn't need reinforcements at all, and the Shu army didn't attack Meixian as Sun Li judged, but turned around and attacked Sanguan on both sides, because Sun Li sent troops without authorization, which led to the lack of troops in Sanguan and lost it. Sun Li has ten heads, which are not enough to cut off.

Therefore, Sun Li is somewhat hesitant now.

However, this hesitation did not last long.

Sun Li is a very upright and resolute person, and he was able to be recruited by Cao Cao as a military secretary in his early years, which also shows that he has a good strategic vision.

After carefully analyzing the battle situation, Sun Li judged that it was impossible for the Shu army to leave such an important place as Meixian and come to compete with Sanguan. If the decision-making level of Shu is at this level, then it is not a big deal even if it loses the Sanguan.

Although it was a bit risky, Sun Li felt that he should still send soldiers to support Meixian to at least let Meixian hold on for a longer time and give General Guo Huai enough time to react.

Therefore, Sun Li quickly made a judgment - he led more than 4,000 troops to continue to hold the pass, and let his deputy general Zhu Zan lead the central forbidden army of 5,000 people to rescue Meixian.

After Zhu Zan led the troops, he immediately reorganized the army, distributed grain, grass and ordnance, and the next morning, led the army to leave Sanguan.

And Zhao Yun, who was outside Sanguan, found that the guards of Sanguan had decreased significantly and the garrison had decreased when he attacked the city on the third day, and he immediately guessed the arrangement made by Sun Li.

It's just that at this time, Zhao Yun has no other way than to increase the intensity of attacking and dispersing.

What should be done has been done in advance, and now, it depends on whether Wang Ping can intersperse behind the Sanguan in time and stop this part of the reinforcements that Sun Li has distributed.

As for Wang Ping Wang Ping's current mood, it is not too good.

It's not that Wang Ping is still wandering around the mountains now, in fact, at this time, Wang Ping has already led more than 2,000 Wudang flying troops over the mountains and mountains and came to the back of Sanguan.

There are two reasons why Wang Ping is in a bad mood.

The first is that the mountain roads in the Qinling Mountains are not easy to walk, and the local guides do not know much about the situation in the depths of the Qinling Mountains.

Missing in such a mountain, even if it is a soldier who is not a flying soldier, it is impossible to come out of the mountain with his own ability.

And the second is that Wang Ping found that behind today's Sanguan, there is quiet.

This is not normal.

According to Wang Ping and Zhao Yun's inference, Wei Yanjun should have started attacking Chencang Dao in mid-November, so Wang Ping also began to lead the army at that point in time, and after five days of wandering around in the Qinling Mountains, Wang Ping detoured to the back of Sanguan, and at this time, Wei Yanjun should still be storming Chencang Dao.

Chen Cangdao was attacked, even if Chen Cang was sure that he would be able to hold Chen Cangdao, but the messenger military horses and the convoy transporting grain supplies back and forth along the way should not be invisible? !

Now Wang Ping is quite skeptical that there is some accident delayed by General Wei, and he has not launched an attack on Chen Cangdao until now.

In Wang Ping's view, this is a very reasonable thing, after all, there are not a few cases where the leading army encounters an accident and misses the deadline, and there are not a few on the battlefield, and if it is only a day or two sooner or later, it is unlikely to affect the entire combat process.

Yes, Wang Ping didn't expect to kill him, Xiahou Nan guarded Chencang Road, and only defended for half a day before ordering a retreat, and at this time he was chased and killed by Wei Yan's troops and fled in the direction of Meixian.

Even the 10,000 rear army led by Wu Ban had passed through this place a day earlier.

Now Wang Ping is still wondering if Wei Yan has not launched an attack yet, and whether he has come a little early.

This made Wang Ping more difficult.

Although the personal weight-bearing capacity of the non-commissioned officers of Wudangfei is much stronger than that of ordinary soldiers, this time the interception of troops is a surprising victory, and the Wudangfei army did not carry a large amount of grain and grass supplies, but only relied on their personal weight-bearing capacity, when they set off, each person brought ten days of dry food over, and there was no spare ordnance at all.

According to the original plan, the Wudang Fei Army should have been interspersed behind the Sanguan, unexpectedly occupying some of the fortress camps behind the Sanguan, relying on the defense facilities and military food supplies of these fortress camps, and trying to hold on as much as possible.

But if Wei Yan hadn't launched an attack on Chen Cangdao at this time, and Wang Ping had taken the lead in launching an attack behind Sanguan. It is very likely that the grass will startle the snake, so that the defenders of Chen Cangdao will be on guard.

Wang Ping hesitated for a while. The attack may cause trouble for Wei Yan to attack Chen Cangdao, but if he does not attack, the sergeants he brought will only have five days of military rations left.

Although Wang Ping doesn't know a single big word, he is still a bold and careful person after all.

Since we don't know the current situation, let's find a way to figure it out first.

Wang Ping ordered the whole army to suspend and recuperate, and at the same time sent scouts to take the mountain road as much as possible, avoiding the eyes of the Wei scouts, and reconnoitering the nearby situation, especially the situation in the direction of Chencang Road.

And these, it only took one day, and Wang Ping got a lot of information.

First of all, it is twenty miles to the east where Wang Ping's army is located, there are traces of the battle between the two armies, judging from the scattered flags on the battlefield, they are basically the banners of the Wei army, and most of the corpses of the soldiers on the battlefield who have not had time to clean up are the corpses of the Wei army.

Secondly, in the direction of Chencang Road, the scouts sent by Wang Ping found traces of the march of the army near the exit of the entrance of Chencang Road, judging from the number of earthen stoves left behind, the number should be about 8,000 to 10,000 people.

These two pieces of information easily made Wang Ping come to the conclusion that Wei Yan's army had broken through Chencang Dao and led his troops into Guanzhong.

If there is still the possibility that Cao Zhen took precautions in advance and sent 10,000 soldiers to support Chencang Dao with an army of 10,000 people, then the traces of the battlefield twenty miles away are enough to prove that it was General Wei Yan who led the army to break through Chencang Dao.

If Wei Yan had not broken through Chencang Road, then at the exit of Chencang Road, near Guanzhong, it would be impossible for the two armies to fight, let alone have only the Wei army flag and no Han army flag on the battlefield, and it would not be possible for only Wei soldiers and soldiers to collect the corpses.

As soon as these two pieces of intelligence were combined, Wang Ping came to a correct judgment.

On the one hand, Wang Ping also sighed that how General Wei managed to break through Chencang Road in such a short period of time.

On the other hand, Wang Ping sent a messenger to Chen Cangdao to inform him of his current situation, and at the same time began to prepare for an attack on the camp behind Sanguan.

Chen Cangdao's defeated troops no longer need to intercept them, and now Wang Ping's main task is to intercept the reinforcements that Sanguan may send.

(End of chapter)