The army coming from the southwest is indeed the main army led by His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Dynasty and Liu Bei.

But not all the 30,000 elites arrived, but the vanguard troops of Zhang Fei's department.

Even Zhang Fei himself did not come in person, but Wu Yi, the deputy general to whom Zhang Fei belonged, led 3,000 troops, marched quickly, and arrived in Meixian.

Actually, in this Northern Expedition, Zhang Fei's real deputy general was not Wu Yi, but Zhang Nancai's previous battle in Wuzhangyuan, Zhang Nan was Zhang Fei's real deputy general.

Wu Yi was Liu Bei's deputy general who was specially assigned to Zhang Fei for this Meixian battle.

There was no way, when Zhang Xi went to Wugong County, he took away Liu Yin, Gao Xiang, and Feng Xi at once, three Mesozoic generals, and another Mesozoic general, Chen Shi, was injured a lot in the Battle of Wuzhangyuan, and he couldn't go into battle in a short time, and Zhang Fei lacked people in his hands.

But even so, with Wu Yi's current status, it is somewhat aggrieved to be a deputy general, after all, Wu Yi is now also the one who leads the army.

More than a year ago, not long after Liu Bei became emperor, because of Liu Bei's actual needs, Zhuge Liang joined Zhang Xi, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Fa Zheng and others to jointly play a request to restore the northern and southern army system of the Han Dynasty.

Generally speaking, the Northern Army was responsible for foreign conquests, while the Southern Army was responsible for defending the capital and securing the imperial palace.

Wu Yi is the commander of the Southern Army.

Such a person, whoever he is a deputy general can be regarded as a Qu Cai, but it is really suitable to be a deputy general for Zhang Fei.

Because Zhang Fei's duty on weekdays is to command the northern and southern armies with the rank of general of the chariot and cavalry.

At least nominally, Wu Yi is really Zhang Fei's subordinate, and now during the war, Liu Bei assigned Wu Yi, who had been by his side to protect his safety, to Zhang Fei as a deputy general, which is really not a condescending talent.

Another one, Wei Yan's deputy general is Wu Ban, who is Wu Yi's brother, and now he is in Meixian County, so that Wu Yi is Zhang Fei's deputy general, and it is also more convenient to contact Wei Yan in Meixian County, so as to cooperate with each other.

Therefore, when Zhang Fei led the 10,000 northern army of the Han Dynasty to march into Meixian, he gave Wu Yi 3,000 soldiers, but he, as the vanguard, arrived near Meixian first.

The purpose is really not to let Wu Yi use these 3,000 northern troops to fight Cao Wei's more than 30,000 or nearly 40,000 troops, but to find a way to break through the encirclement of the Wei army, break into Meixian County, and bring some military intelligence to Wei Yan, who is holding in Meixian County.

In Zhang Fei's view, the current situation in Meixian County is most likely that the Wei army is surrounding Meixian and attacking, and Wei Yan is struggling to defend it.

Zhang Fei has the most say in the combat power of the Wei army, whether it was in the past, or now when he was beaten up and ran all over the map in the early years, although Zhang Fei was not afraid, he was still very afraid of the Wei army's combat power.

Therefore, when Zhuge Junshi and Pang Junshi said that the Wei army might not have the heart to fight, Zhang Fei was skeptical.

This half-belief is still based on the fact that Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong have almost "exhausted their last resort" over the years, if someone else who doesn't know says this, Zhang Fei dares to spray him directly.

Therefore, although Zhang Fei was skeptical, he was still ready to be besieged in Meixian County, and asked Wu Yi to break through the encirclement of the Wei army and break into Meixian at all costs.

To be honest, Wu Yi originally thought so. Don't look at the last Northern Expedition that went so smoothly, but it was only the soldiers of Yongliang County, and the big families had all surrendered, so it was strange that it was not easy to fight.

Later, in Shangqi, in the face of the strict defense of the Great Wei Forbidden Army, even if Liu Bei came in person, he fought for three or four months, and there was no way at all.

The Wei army is also divided into levels, Cao Wei's forbidden army is really difficult to fight, not to mention the more than 30,000 people under Guo Huai's command, most of them are the elite of the Great Wei forbidden army.

This is Wu Yi's cognition, he also believes that he personally led 3,000 troops, and if he wants to break through the encirclement of the Wei army and enter Meixian County, it is impossible to achieve it without some means and strength.

But. What's going on?!

As soon as Wu Yi approached Meixian, he saw that the Wei army in Meixian County began to pull out the camp and prepare to retreat.

Strictly speaking, this is a taboo on the battlefield.

When the soldiers were preparing to retreat, they suddenly encountered a surprise attack by the enemy, so it was easy to suffer heavy casualties in an unprepared situation.

Wu Yi couldn't believe it was true. Judging from the rumors, Guo Huai should not be such a brainless commander.

In fact, Guo Huai was indeed not, and soon Wu Yi saw a young general, leading 5,000 Cao troops, who came to intercept him.

Obviously, this is Guo Huai's prepared response.

Indeed, in this way, it is basically impossible for Wu Yi to raid Cao's army. But Wu Yi's original intention was not to raid the Wei army.

Wu Yi is also a veteran general in the army, and after thinking about it, he made a decision in an instant - to get rid of these entanglements of the Wei army, quickly enter Meixian County, and join Wei Yan.

His purpose was only to contact Wei Yan in Meixian, not to compete with these Wei troops, and he had to figure out what his combat purpose was.

To tell the truth, Wu Yi's ability is very strong, and the only thing he lacks is his lack of fame.

And Wen Qin's ability is also very strong, but what he lacks is not only fame, but also battlefield experience.

Wen Qin originally thought that this Shu army was the vanguard of the Han army, in order to launch a surprise attack on the Wei army from the rear, entangled the main force of the Wei army, and Guo Huai, who bought time for the main force of the Shu army, also judged this way, so he asked Wen Qin to lead the troops to intercept it.

But Wu Yi did not fight against Wen Qin at all, but turned around, and before the two armies came into contact, he turned around and went straight to Meixian. Wen Qin really didn't expect it.

Wen Qin was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to deal with it, Wu Yi had already led the troops to open the distance, got rid of the possibility of contact between the two armies, and went straight to Meixian.

This direction is not in a straight line with the direction of the Wei army's retreat.

In this way, Wen Qin's combat goal seemed to be unattainable, but in fact it had been accomplished.

Moreover, Wen Qin didn't dare to stay in the southwest of Meixian for too long, in case the main force of the Shu army was not far from him, and he retreated a little slower, and then let people surround him like a zongzi, then it would be wronged.

Wen Qin didn't want to be captured twice in a row in ten days.

Therefore, Wen Qin saw that Wu Yi's march direction was not the direction of the retreat of the army, and he did not make an entangled gesture, but simply retreated and went to join Guo Huai's army.

And as soon as Wen Qin withdrew like this, Wang Ping, who was sent out by Wei Yan to harass the rear wing of Guo Huai's army, would be really dangerous.

There were only more than 600 people, and it was already very difficult to delay the speed of Guo Huai's withdrawal of troops.

Guo Huai's withdrawal was not a hasty retreat, he began to think about the retreat strategy when he realized that the Shu army was coming, including when to move the camp and what kind of response he needed to make during the retreat.

Therefore, for the defense of the rear flank during the retreat, Guo Huai was also fully prepared.

Not only did he retreat uncharacteristically, allowing the grain and grass battalion to walk in the middle of the ranks, but he also sent Biqiu Jian and his remaining cavalry team of less than 2,000 to strengthen patrols and escorts along the way to ensure the safety of the flanks and rear of the army when retreating.

Two thousand cavalry Wang Ping, even if there were three thousand Wudang Fei troops with a full formation, he would not dare to fight the two thousand cavalry head-on, let alone only more than 600 people now.

Therefore, Wang Ping began to give full play to his advantages, and after leaving the city, he took advantage of the mountainous terrain around Meixian, while avoiding the patrols of the cavalry, while giving full play to the advantage of foot strength, looking for the weak defense of the rear wing of the Wei army, and fighting coldly, and leaving after the battle, never falling in love with the battle, and not giving the cavalry of Biqiu Jian a chance to block himself.

Biqiujian's cavalry had to protect the entire retreating army, and it was impossible to keep an eye on the rear flank all the time, so Wang Ping could always find an opportunity to sneak attack coldly, and retreat immediately after getting more than ten or twenty kills.

The number of casualties is not much, and this loss is not distressing at all in Guo Huai's opinion, but Wang Ping's sneak attack is always so cold, and the blow to the morale of the army is still very big.

You must know that the Wei army is retreating now, and the soldiers basically know that the Shu army has chased after them, and they know that the military rations are seriously insufficient. In this case, the figure of the Shu army always appears behind him, which has a great impact on the morale of the army.

Every time a dozen or twenty people die, Guo Huai doesn't have to care, but Wang Ping's several sneak attacks back and forth will convey a panic in the Wei army, feeling that the Shu army will kill at any time.

This was very unfavorable to the retreating Wei army.

To a certain extent, Wang Ping's battle this time can be regarded as touching the threshold of the true combat style of the Wudang Flying Army.

Hard-hitting operations have never been the purpose of the Wudang Flying Army at the beginning of its formation, such as sneak attack, harassment, disturbing the morale of the army, and fighting behind enemy lines, which is what the Wudang Flying Army should be.

At this time, the Wudang Flying Army, in terms of the concept of army building, has been fundamentally different from the Wudang Flying Army in history.

Therefore, Guo Huai was quite jealous of this small army, and repeatedly demanded that Biqiu Jian must find this army as soon as possible, and then besiege and kill it, so as to completely calm the morale of the army.

But Wang Ping is not stupid.

There are only 600 people, and he can still wave with you and let you catch a fat beating?!

Wang Ping this time, really took the foot strength of the Wudang Flying Army and the use of terrain to the extreme, running around the mountain roads and woods, if you have the ability, then take the cavalry to search the mountains into the forest, do you dare? !

Biqiu Jian really didn't dare.

For the use of cavalry, in fact, Biqiu Jian is not too good at it, he only knows that when commanding cavalry battles, there are two taboos that must be paid attention to - every mountain detour, and when encountering forests, do not enter.

Cavalry, should be on the wide plains, give full play to the advantages of mobility, run into the mountains to fight, that is really to find their own death.

After all, the cavalry of these years was not a complete cavalry of later generations, and without the assistance of horseshoe, Takahashi saddle and bilateral stirrups, it was too difficult for the cavalry to fight in the mountains and forests.

Therefore, Biqiu Jian was also anxious, but he really couldn't stop Wang Ping's elusive 600 Wudang Flying Army.

But all this, with the withdrawal of Wen Qin's army, was completely resolved.

Wen Qin's retreat to the army, for Biqiu Jian, did not need to run back and forth, taking care of the flanks and neglecting the rear wings, and neglecting the flanks after taking care of the rear wings.

Biqiu Jian and Wen Qin briefly bumped into each other, and the two made a division of labor - Wen Qin was specifically responsible for the protection of the broken back, and Biqiu Jian only needed to be responsible for the protection of the flanks.

In this way, Wang Ping's trouble will be big.

Sneak attack on the rear wing?!

How could 600 people beat the 5,000 Wei army led by Wen Qin?!

Sneak attack on the flanks?!

Biqiujian's cavalry is on the flank, and they come and go like the wind, and if you delay for a quarter of an hour, Biqiujian will be able to surround you!

Wang Ping thought about it and felt that the rear flanks and flanks were not suitable for sneak attacks. As soon as Wang Ping gritted his teeth, it really didn't work, so I went to sneak attack the forward troops.

Desperately fighting for his own life and the 600 Wudang Flying Army, he carried out a "decapitation operation" and directly took Guo Huai's main formation.

(End of chapter)