yes, what the hell are you anxious about?!

After listening to Wu Yi's opinion, Wei Yan also asked himself in his heart, what was wrong, why was he in such a hurry to use soldiers.

But immediately, Wei Yan thought of a possibility, a possibility that he had to leave the city immediately and act according to his plan.

It's just that Wei Yan also feels that this is a little unreliable, and he doesn't have any evidence to support it, it's just a simple guess.

This made Wei Yan a little afraid to say it clearly.

Really, Wei Yan really didn't want people to think that he had been very seriously affected by a certain turtle, and he had become timid in his actions.

But. If what I think may be true, then this group of Wei troops, who have obviously been blocked between Meixian and Weishui, are really likely to retreat calmly.

Even if we can't withdraw all of these 30,000 people to Chang'an, we can withdraw more than half of them.

In this way, even if Meixian is held, the Northern Expedition Peak is close to Sanfu. Later, when attacking Chang'an, it was still very difficult.

The Wei army still has the strength to fight.

After thinking about it, Wei Yan decided to talk to Wu Yi about this possibility. Although it will be a little embarrassing, you can't miss the big thing.

"What if that Cao Zhen has ordered someone to arrange a ship in advance and go up from Chang'an against the Weishui River to meet him?!"

That's what Wei Yan was worried about.

From the capture of Meixian County to now, about half a month has passed.

Cao Zhen is not the kind of unscrupulous person, after learning that Meixian County is lost, he will not be unaware of what kind of situation this is for Guo Huai's army, and he will not fail to respond.

And Guo Huai was obviously attacking Meixian two days ago, but today he said that he would leave, without hesitation at all, and the marching process was orderly, not at all like he was forced to flee in a hurry. If Guo Huai didn't have enough confidence, why did he do it?!

If there is really no way to retreat, and Guo Huai doesn't want to surrender, then what he should do is not to make a desperate bet and strive to storm Meixian before the main force of the Han army arrives? !

These abnormal performances made Wei Yan really suspect that Guo Huai should have thought of a way out early.

And what Wei Yan could think of, the only way for the Wei army to retreat should be Weishui.

The Northern Expedition of the Han Dynasty has been taking the mountain road, the Yongliang land is newly occupied, and it is too late to stabilize the place, there is no time to develop the combat power of the naval army, and there is no possibility of going down the Weishui from above. In the Northern Expedition, there were no sailors.

However, on the Chang'an side, a large part of the transportation capacity is dependent on Weishui transportation, and Cao Zhen has the conditions to use Weishui water transportation to retreat the Wei army trapped between Meixian and Weishui.

If Cao Zhen had thought of a way to withdraw his troops by water the moment he learned of the loss of Meixian, and at the same time notified Chang'an to collect enough ships. Ten days is enough for Chang'an to form a fleet that can evacuate 20,000 or 30,000 people.

And once that time comes, the Han army will have no way at all.

Based on the above possibilities, Wei Yan still insisted on his own battle plan, asked Wu Yi to lead his troops out of the city, make a detour to catch up with the Wei army's front army, and wait until he launched an attack on the Wei army's central army, and then choose the opportunity to attack the Wei army's front army, striving to break Guo Huai's worst, and also forcing Guo Huai to temporarily stop the confrontation, and not let them join Cao Zhen's army so easily.

As for Wu Yi, he did not raise any objections this time.

First, when Wei Yan said this, he conveyed it in the situation of a military order, and there was no room for Wu Yi to oppose it.

In terms of official positions, Wu Yi is the Central Protector, and Wei Yan is the general of Zhenbei, it is difficult for the two to say who is higher and who is lower, because there is no direct subordinate relationship between them, but in terms of the actual situation of the battlefield, since Wu Yi is here to support Wei Yan, then according to the unspoken rules of the battlefield, Wu Yi is obliged to obey Wei Yan's command.

Besides, Wu Yi didn't know, as far as Wei Yan's stinky temper was concerned, he said so, and he would definitely not give himself room for opposition, even if Wu Yi did not send troops, Wei Yan would probably divide his troops and act according to the plan.

The second reason is that Wu Yi rarely feels that what Wei Yan said this time is really reasonable.

Cao Zhen is not a fool, Guo Huai is a famous general. Knowing that there was an interception in front of him and a chasing army after that, he actually dared to retreat in the direction of Weishui, which was obviously prepared for a long time.

Don't you really arrange a boat to meet you a long time ago, and you plan to give up Meixian and retreat to defend Sanfu, right?!

If this is really the case, Wu Yi did not accept Wei Yan's plan, causing the Wei army to withdraw from Sanfu safely, then Wu Yi was delaying the military plane.

Therefore, Wu Yi did not object anymore in the end, and expressed an attitude of obeying orders.

On the one hand, according to Wei Yan's arrangement, the attack task that Wu Yi needs to undertake is obviously much easier, and the person who really wants to take risks and work hard is Wei Yan, and Wu Yi has nothing to say.

On the other hand, since Wei Yan arranged this matter in the way of military orders, it itself shows Wei Yan's attitude of shouldering responsibility, and if there is really a case or mistake in the future, the responsibility is also Wei Yan's, and it has little to do with him Wu Yi.

After thinking about this, Wu Yi immediately led his troops to set off and made a detour to pursue the retreating advance of the Wei army.

But Wei Yan didn't act immediately.

Although Wu Yi led a small number of troops and marched faster than the Wei army, it took some time to catch up with the forward troops of the Wei army.

Wei Yan must ensure that Wu Yi is in place before launching an attack on the Wei army. In these years, there is no telephone, telegraph thing, this kind of cooperation can only rely on the Lord's own psychological estimates, if the cooperation is not good, it is really possible to end in failure.

Therefore, Wei Yan tried his best to give Wu Yi more time to exercise, and he set off a little late Wu Yi half a day, and took the 7,000 soldiers who could still go out of the city to fight in Meixian County to pursue the Wei army, and by the way, he also took Wang Shuang and Zhuge Qian two generals, leaving Wu Ban and less than 500 old, weak, wounded and disabled soldiers to guard the city.

Soon, Wei Yan was thirty miles away from the bank of the Weishui River and saw the rear wing of the Wei army.

As for Wen Qin, he also learned through the scouts that there was a Shu army chasing after him in the rear.

Wen Qin knew what his duty was, so he didn't hesitate, and immediately led the five thousand people of his department to set up a position on the road, preparing to intercept Wei Yan's department.

But. Wen Qin was dumbfounded again.

When Wen Qin saw Wei Yan's department, Wei Yan didn't even look at him at all, and directly bypassed Wen Qin's department at the place where they gathered five miles, and continued to pursue.

Wen Qin was the one who wondered at the time. What is Shu Jun going to do?!

Guo Huai had made detailed arrangements for the retreat, and the 5,000 soldiers of Wenqin's department were to try their best to intercept the Shu army chasing from the rear. No matter how many Shu troops there were, Wen Qin had to do his best to block them and create time for the main army and Cao Zhendu to converge.

Can. Why don't these Shu troops play cards according to the routine one by one? !

Generally speaking, the purpose of the pursuing army is not to bite the rear flank of our army, strive to break it in one fell swoop, and then quickly catch up with the main force that is eager to retreat, and take advantage of the unpreparedness of the main force to fight.

Why did you all choose to bypass me one by one?!

The previous Shu army of 3,000 people still has an understanding, it is aimed at Meixian, and if you don't fight with me, you can talk about the past, but you Wei Yan don't fight with me, and choose to bypass, are you really not afraid that I will outflank the past and cut off your retreat? !

Or are you sure that under the threat of Biqiujian's 2,000 cavalry, with such a small number of people at hand, you can completely defeat our army?!

This is too underestimating General Guo Huai's ability to use troops, right?!

Although it is a retreat, General Guo Huai is not defenseless, the marching team is very compact, once it encounters an enemy attack, it can immediately turn the troops into a long snake formation to resist the enemy, although the defense is not as strong as the phalanx and the circle formation, but it is not something you can break through with a few thousand people.

So Wen Qin really didn't understand why Wei Yan did this, bypassing himself and completely exposing the back road to himself. What is the purpose of such a use of troops?!

Could it be said. In fact, this is Wei Yan's deliberate trick to lure the enemy?!

Maybe the main force of the Shu army is not far from him, and Wei Yan is doing this to lure himself to pursue him, to cut off his back road, to divert his protection of the rear wing of the army, and to create conditions for the main force of the Shu army to raid the rear wing of the army?!

If that's the case, it can explain Wei Yan's strange way of using troops.

To be on the safe side, Wen Qin did not interfere with Wei Yan's bypassing of him, but immediately sent a large number of scouts in the direction behind him, demanding that the scouts must find out the distance of twenty miles before reporting back.

Wen Qin must first find out whether the main force of the Shu army has really arrived behind him.

As for Wei Yan's army, Wen Qin sent a fast horse in the army, on the one hand, to find Biqiu Jian and let him prepare in advance, and on the other hand, he also hurriedly informed Guo Huai so that Guo Huai could be prepared.

At this time, Wei Yan finally let go of the heart that had been hanging.

In fact, Wei Yan is really taking a risk, gambling that the interception troops of the rear army of the Wei army will not dare to leave their posts without permission, and they will not dare to pursue themselves. If Wen Qin really chose to chase and kill, then Wei Yan really had no choice but to reflexively engage Wen Qin's subordinates, and strive to defeat Wen Qin's subordinates before marching.

If Wen Qin had been hanging from afar and found himself attacking the Wei army, Wen Qin would definitely have covered up from the rear.

But if he fought with Wen Qin, Wei Yan was really not sure that he would be able to defeat him in one battle, or get rid of the entanglement of Wen Qin's subordinates.

This will delay the timing of his cooperation with Wu Yi to attack the Wei army.

Fortunately, Wen Qin hesitated and didn't catch up at the first time, which gave Wei Yan a little time.

As long as Wei Yan can take advantage of this time difference, launch an attack on the Wei army in time, mobilize the defensive center of gravity of the Wei army, and create an opportunity for Wu Yi to attack the forward Guo Huai's headquarters, even if he will be deeply encircled, Wei Yan feels that it is worth it.

If the eldest husband doesn't even have the consciousness of dying on the battlefield and the horse leather shroud, what kind of battlefield will he go to!!

(End of chapter)