Sima Yi didn't wave, he was really seriously thinking about how to break the enemy.

After receiving Xin Bi's first letter of recall, Sima Yi began to seriously consider the situation in Luoyang after getting up.

Sima Shi lost Pubanjin, Sima Yi was actually not unprepared, and he didn't expect Sima Shi to rely on 5,000 people to withstand the onslaught of Shu thieves.

But the problem is, no matter how prepared Sima Yi was, he never thought that Sima Shi would be directly defeated by 10,000 Shu thieves in one day.

Sima Yi had an expectation in his heart that Sima Shi would lose Pubanjin, and that he was delaying the Hedong area enough time to establish a second line of defense, or that he was forced to retreat to Hedong to continue commanding the battle under the concentrated attack of the Shu thieves with more than ten times the superior forces.

In any case, it cannot be a rout.

This was the first thing Sima Yi didn't expect. In one day, not to mention Luoyang, even the families in Hedong couldn't deal with it immediately.

The second thing that surprised Sima Yi was that the Shu thieves did not attack Hedong, but went down the Yellow River and directly attacked Hongnong.

This was somewhat unexpected by Sima Yi.

In Sima Yi's view, if you want to completely occupy the Sili area, you must first cut off the wings of the Wei army near Luoyang, and the most important of them is to capture the two counties of Hedong and Hanoi.

These two places are directly connected to the important transportation arteries of the Hebei region, when the princes of the Eighteenth Road discussed Dong, Emperor Taizuwu proposed a strategy to occupy Mengjin in Hanoi on how to attack Dong Zhuo in Luoyang.

Although the situation is different today, the importance of the geographical location of the two counties of Ha Dong and Hanoi is still self-evident.

Why do you just put Hedong and Hanoi don't fight, and attack Hongnong?!

Then Sima Yi encountered the third thing that he didn't expect - the entire county of Hongnong County defected, and all the west of Hangu Pass fell.

Seeing this, Sima Yi had the idea of retreating and returning to Luoyang at that time.

The whole county of Hongnong defected, and the Shu thieves not only had a springboard and foothold to enter Henan, but even the problems of logistics supply and expansion of troops were solved.

Relying on the little strength he left in Luoyang, if he wants to stop the Shu thieves from marching to Luoyang, I am afraid that he really can't do it.

Even, if Xinbi, who was sitting in Luoyang, reacted a little slower and did not send reinforcements to Hangu Pass in time, let the Shu thieves break through Hangu Pass, and then poke north along the direction of Gucheng to capture Mengjinna, Henan, Hanoi, and the connection between the two counties in Hedong would also be cut off.

No wonder the Shu thieves did not march to the east of the river and Hanoi at all, and their calculations are here. As long as you enter Hangu Pass through Hongnong County, you can not only greatly shorten the route of attacking Luoyang, but also occupy Mengjin, and cut off the reinforcements sent to Luoyang from Hedong and Hanoi.

Even, if the Shu thieves have enough troops, they will bypass Luoyang and go to attack Luoyang, the Tiger Prison, and Luoyang will be completely isolated.

Therefore, when Sima Yi got Xin Bi's first recall document, he actually thought more than Xin Bi and looked farther. He wanted to retire at that time.

However, why did Sima Yi still want Xin Bi to hold on to Luoyang for ten days in this situation? !

On the one hand, it was because Sima Yi didn't know how far the Shu army in Hongnong County had progressed at this time, and whether it had broken through Hangu Pass, so his bottom line was to ask Xin Bi to hold Luoyang for at least ten days.

After all, he can't wait for him to return to the army, but he finds that there is no place for him to hold on, Luoyang has to be kept by Sima Yi, right?!

On the other hand, the withdrawal of troops also requires skill, and it is not necessary to withdraw at the same time.

Not to mention anything else, just the more than 50,000 Shu thieves outside the city, can they let you leave Luyang so easily?!

Sima Yi bet that as long as he withdrew his troops on the front foot, the Shu thieves would inevitably come up on his heels, and this pursuit would definitely be indispensable.

And with the distance between Luyang and Luoyang, this way to withdraw the army, if you don't pay attention to it, it will turn from an active withdrawal to a panicked rout. Even if Luoyang can be successfully withdrawn, there will be nothing left in the morale of the army.

Therefore, it is necessary to find a way to prevent the Shu thieves from having the courage to continue to chase after them, and at the same time, they must also make their own soldiers retreat with high morale.

Fighting a big and small victory is what Sima Yi needs the most now.

And it just so happened that after being beaten passively for more than half a month, the morale of the army slowly began to become a little low, more than 40,000 people were beaten in the city, and many officers and men in the army refused to accept the fight and vented their emotions, which is not necessarily a bad thing.

Therefore, Sima Yi decided to take the initiative to go out of the city and fight against the Shu thieves.

Of course, the scale of the battle still needs to be controlled, this is a battle to retreat, but it is not to let the soldiers come out to die in vain, so it must not be greatly damaged.

There were 10,000 people, and Sima Yi himself did not lead the army to fight, but Wang Ling led the troops to fight. This can avoid the situation that the commander's defeat will lead to damage to the morale of the army.

Moreover, Wang Ling, this kid, didn't he always ask himself to fight before, okay, this time I will give you this opportunity.

Wang Ling was a little depressed, but he still lifted his spirits and led the troops to battle.

Although the matter of seeking war is somewhat for the sake of face, Wang Ling is not a master who is afraid of things, and he really dares to go on something. led 10,000 soldiers out of the city and came to the Han army camp to challenge.

That's it, it's a little bit of a hassle.

Wang Ling was guarding the south gate, and what he was facing was Zhuge Liang, but if he went to the west gate to find Zhang Xi to make an appointment, maybe Zhang Xi might go to war directly.

Can you win and put it aside first, but at least it won't be like Zhuge Liang, leaving Wang Ling and his 10,000 army outside the camp for a real day, and don't care at all!!

Zhuge Liang is a person who is a chicken thief. The Wei thief, who has been guarding for more than half a month and has never been closed, actually took the initiative to go out of the city to challenge at this time? !

If there is no greasy here, Zhuge Liang can swallow the case in front of him.

And Zhuge Liang's IQ, after a little pondering, suddenly guessed the possibility. Calculating the time, it should be Wenchang and Shiyuan, who are making a noise in Hongnong County.

And judging by the Wei thief's current response, I am afraid that this momentum is not small, at least it threatens the safety of Luoyang in the rear.

Obviously, the current Sima Yi has two possibilities for dealing with it - either a quick decision, or an immediate return to the army to rescue Luoyang.

Anyway, no matter which possibility it is, it's always right to fight a battle first to boost morale. This is probably the reason why Wang Ling took the initiative to go out of the city to fight.

Since that's the case. Zhuge Liang ordered the whole battalion to do a good job of vigilance and avoid fighting.

At the same time, someone was sent to send a message to Zhang Xi, so that Zhang Xi could prepare for the same response.

Before, you Sima Yi didn't fight as a turtle, but now you want to fight, I'm sorry, it's our turn not to fight!!

Okay, now, not only Wang Ling is depressed, but Sima Yi is also depressed for this year, and the retribution will come so quickly? !

But when Sima Yi thought about it, this was actually not a bad thing.

You Shu thief is the attacker, and you have chosen to stay out of the door, so isn't it normal for me, the defender, to go out behind closed doors?!

Sima Yi pondered, in the past two days, he continued to let Wang Ling lead his troops out of the city to challenge, using this as an illusion to confuse the Shu thieves, in fact, he took advantage of the time when the Shu thieves were closed, and directly and quietly withdrew the troops.

As long as you give yourself two or three days to withdraw your troops in advance and open up the distance, it is not so easy for the Shu thieves to catch up.

It's just that if you do this, you're a little sorry for Wang Ling. His 10,000 people wanted to withdraw, but it wasn't so easy.

Even, once the Shu thieves are recognized, it is very likely that Wang Ling will fall into the siege of 60,000 Shu thieves.

So let's do it. Sima Yi still wouldn't sell his teammates on the battlefield, so he took the initiative to find Wang Ling and had a showdown with him about the withdrawal plan.

Anyway, in this Luyang City, those who have the ability to lead the troops to retreat, just the two of us, there must be one person who leaves a bluff.

It's either you or me. Who do you think is suitable?!

Faced with Sima Laofox's inquiry, Wang Lingxin said, do I have a choice?!

You are staying in Luoyang, and you are the commander of the first army, how can there be any reason for the coach to stay behind.

No matter how dangerous this thing is, in the end, I have to bear it, I take the initiative to stand up, and I can get out and return to Luoyang in the future, this size can also be regarded as a military achievement, if I don't shirk it at this time, in case Sima Yi turns his face and gives himself a charge of retreating, he has nowhere to reason.

So. Let's just do it, how else can it be dropped!!

Just when Wang Ling accepted his fate and continued to lead his troops out of the city to challenge the next day. The gate of the Shu thief camp suddenly opened.

It was not that the Shu thieves went to war, but that the Shu thieves sent a military envoy with a letter and handed it to Wang Ling.

In fact, it was not really given to Wang Ling, but it was hoped that Wang Ling would be handed over to Sima Yi.

This is a letter written by Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, to Sima Yi, the general of Luoyang who stayed behind in Luoyang of the Great Wei Dynasty and conquered the west.

(End of chapter)