Just in case, Sima Yi still left Xinbi to guard Luoyang, and left 5,000 soldiers to guard Xinbi.

Secondly, in order to prevent Zhang Xi of Dagu Pass from taking the opportunity to change one for one and storm Luoyang when the back road was cut off, Sima Yi handed over his own cover to his subordinate Wang Lin, and asked him to lead 2,000 troops, bluff in the direction of Dagu Pass, make an offensive posture, and contain Zhang Xi.

Then, after Sima Yi led his troops out of the city with 18,000 soldiers, he quickly marched in the direction of Yique Pass, striving to defeat it in a battle.

Only when he arrived at Yique Pass would Sima Yi know whether his thoughts were right or wrong. In case it is not right, it is still too late to withdraw to Luoyang to defend it.

Originally, it would take at least five or six days to march, but under the urging of Sima Yi, it only took about four days for Sima Yi to lead the troops to Yique Pass.

At this time, there are Shu soldiers guarding Yique Pass, and the city tower is densely covered with flags, and there are defenders patrolling back and forth from time to time. But there's always an eerie atmosphere in there.

According to common sense, Sima Yi has already led his troops to the city, shouldn't the Shu thieves guarding the pass be urgently mobilized and ready for a battle at any time? !

Why are you still patrolling so calmly?!

Sima Yi's heart moved, and he decided not to camp and directly attacked.

And as the advance of the Wei army attacked a distance of 100 steps in front of the wall, they began to shoot arrows at the city tower to suppress the Shu thief defenders. The Shu thieves on the city tower dispersed in a hurry.

It didn't take long for the city gate to be opened, and a group of people similar to the local powerful gentry came out, "eating pot pulp to welcome the king".

Afterwards, Sima Yi learned that the Shu thieves patrolling the city tower were just the last batch of Shu thieves arranged by Zhuge Liang before leaving, and the strength was not even five hundred.

These people are used to bluff and watch the gentry and powerful people in Yique Pass, and prevent them from revealing the whereabouts of the Shu thieves.

And Zhuge Liang, three days ago, withdrew his troops and went south.

When Sima Yi heard this, his eyes immediately lit up.

Really, Sima Yi was worried at first, even if he guessed Zhuge Liang's coping strategy correctly, if Zhuge Liang withdrew his troops too early, he might not be able to catch up. If Zhuge Liang had withdrawn his troops last time he sent troops to Yique Pass, it would have been at least ten days since he went back and forth, which would be enough for Zhuge Liang to withdraw his troops to Luyang.

But now it seems that Zhuge Liang has just withdrawn his troops, and he has only withdrawn for less than three days, so I am afraid that he has not even gone out of the scope of Henan County.

I still have a chance to break the enemy in a fight.

Thinking of this, Sima Yi suddenly did not stay in Yique Pass for a long time, and after appeasing the wealthy gentry in Yique Pass a little, Sima Yi entered the city in the morning, and in the afternoon, he led the troops out of the city again and chased them in the direction of Southern Avenue.

It is necessary to catch up with Zhuge Liang, break the retreating Shu thieves of more than 20,000 in one fell swoop, and then turn around to besiege Zhang Xi's department, and shatter the dream of the Northern Expedition of the Shu thieves in one fell swoop.

The current Sima Yi no longer has the time to think about what is intuitive or inintuitive, as far as he can see and judge the situation, it shows that he has a great advantage now.

Sima Yi led the troops to chase all the way, and chased for another three days, until he reached a place less than thirty miles away from Liang County, and Sima Yi received a report from the scouts in front, saying that he saw the retreating army of Shu thieves, which was less than ten miles to the southeast.

The distance of ten miles is already a very close distance for the army, and it can basically be regarded as within the scope of the battlefield.

In this case, there was only one thing Sima Yi needed to do - speed up the march and attack the Shu thieves from the rear flank as soon as possible.

They are already ten miles away from the enemy, Sima Yi believes that Zhuge Liang must have known the situation of the chasing troops behind him at this time, therefore, Sima Yi cannot give Zhuge Liang the opportunity to adjust the deployment and arrange the broken army, and must launch an attack at the first time to disrupt the retreat formation of the Shu thieves.

Only in this way can the command connection of the Shu thieves be cut off in the fastest time, so as to reap a big victory.

Theoretically speaking, Sima Yi's response did not have any problems, and it was the most correct battlefield response. But the premise is that his enemies are really in the process of retreating unprepared.

In fact, when Sima Yi urged his front army to take the initiative to attack, but was strongly intercepted by the army behind the Shu thieves, Sima Yi realized that the situation was wrong.

In less than a quarter of an hour of fighting on the battlefield, Sima Yi found that a team of 5,000 people suddenly appeared on his flank, and when the leading general's flag was marked with the big word "Zhao", Sima Yi had only one thought.

It's not good, I'm in the middle of it!!

At this time, Zhuge Liang was sitting on his frame, looking at the scene in front of him with a smile, quite emotional. It's not easy, and finally this old fox was fooled.

The moment of the real plan may be so simple, one side withdraws, one side chases, and then the ambush comes out, and the matter is done, but the series of arrangements before the plan is the real key place.

The old fox who can be led to the scheme, Zhuge Liang also spent a lot of effort and paid a lot of price.

But now it seems that everything is worth it.

By the way, Sima Yi's nickname of "Old Fox" was given by Zhang Xi, Zhuge Liang actually didn't like Zhang Xi's problem of giving people nicknames at every turn, after all, his nickname really can't be called how elegant Zhuge Fish Head is?! How can Mr. Wolong sound imposing.

was a "victim" before, of course Zhuge Liang was not happy, but this time, Zhuge Liang really felt that Zhang Xi's nickname was really right. Sima Yizhen is like an old fox, it is too difficult to lure him into being fooled.

But fortunately, now this old fox has been tricked after all, and the rest depends on whether he can completely leave this fox and take Luoyang in one fell swoop.

It's really hard to delay any longer, if it drags on any longer, although there are preparations in Jingzhou, but the core figure of the leader of the Eastern Wu side this time, after all, Zhou Yu can't be too careless.

Under such considerations, Zhuge Liang waved his hand, and the rest of the army pressed on, striving to end this battle as soon as possible.

15,000 people were pinned down head-on, 5,000 people attacked the flank, and the old general Zhao Yun was still leading the troops. See where you, Sima Yi, are running!!

At this time, the Wei army had already fallen into a panic, and Sima Yi at this time was still trying to adjust his formation.

This kind of time is the moment that can best reflect the gold content of the commander of the first army.

Striker?!

It's already too deep to get out, so you can only give up.

The 5,000 Shu army on the flank, Sima Yi gritted his teeth and separated 5,000 soldiers from his own middle army to resist on the flank.

Don't seek to retreat from the enemy, just to block it for a while.

Then Sima Yi ordered his Chinese army to move closer to him and withdraw with himself as an arrow!!

When the interruption continues, it is chaotic!!

If you continue to fight hard, you will only be slowly surrounded by Shu thieves, and after the flank is broken, your own Chinese army will inevitably be directly threatened.

At that time, even if you want to withdraw, you will also face the pursuit of Shu thieves.

It is better to take advantage of the fact that the Shu thieves have not been completely encircled now, and the Shu thieves on the flanks have not yet broken the interception troops sent out, and quickly retreat.

How much can be withdrawn.

Sima Yi's decisive decision to survive really caught Zhuge Liang and Zhao Yun off guard. That's a bit shameless, isn't it?!

Yes, the current battle situation, although the Wei army fell into an ambush, the front army was panicked, and there were enemy troops attacking on the flank, so there was no defense, but the problem is that now the strength of the two sides is equal.

Sima Yi did not fail to pass the adjustment, using the Chinese army to intercept the flank Zhao Yun's department, and concentrate his forces to break through the possibility of Zhuge Liang's encirclement.

As long as he can break out of the encirclement, then Sima Yi can not only escape, but may even carry out a wave of counter-killings and counterattack Zhuge Liang's department.

With a force ratio of 20,000 to 18,000, how can you see that a strong man will directly break his wrist as soon as he engages, right?!

Zhuge Liang has already prepared for Sima Yi to attack his own Chinese army, and has prepared a response strategy in advance, but you took the initiative to run away at the beginning of the war, Zhuge Liang really didn't expect it.

But Sima Yi didn't think so.

Yes, 20,000 against 18,000, I still have hope of a war.

But the problem is, Zhuge Liang bothered to design so much Baal, just to lure himself here, and then set up an ambush to besiege him, how could he only have such a little backhand?!

What I see now is the 20,000 people in Zhuge Liang's department, and the flanks are only 5,000 people in Zhao Yun's department for the time being. But are you sure that there are so many ambushes?!

What if Zhang Xi, who was in Dagu Pass, was actually bluffing, and he himself had already led his troops to this vicinity?!

Zhao Yun's 5,000 people, Sima Yi can still block it, but if Zhang Xi joins the battlefield with 10,000 people, he will completely cut off his own back road. I don't even know how I died.

Well, even if you take a step back, Zhang Xi didn't lead the troops over, but Zhuge Liang rushed to set up an ambush in this place, which means that Zhuge Liang has made preparations in advance and occupies the advantage of time and place.

And what Sima Yi can grasp is only one person and . Judging from the current situation, his own soldiers really can't be called "human".

Since the start of the war, the Wei army has been constantly retreating, constantly losing land, although it has safely retreated to Chang'an, the morale has not been too high.

Coupled with Sima Yi's own stubborn strategy, it also hit the morale of the army to a certain extent.

This time he took the initiative to attack, Sima Yi successfully mobilized the enthusiasm of the soldiers and improved some morale, but the problem is that this time he directly fell into the trap of the other party. If you continue to fight like this, the morale of your own soldiers will only get lower and lower.

His own soldiers are not conducive to a long-term battle at all, and they fight hard, but they are just giving away people's heads for nothing, so why does Sima Yi have to fight hard with the Shu thief.

If you don't take advantage of the fact that you can still withdraw part of the army, you should quickly withdraw your troops back to Luoyang, and plant all these eighteen thousand soldiers, including yourself, in this place less than thirty miles away from Liang County. Then Luoyang will be lost.

In the shortest possible time, Sima Yi made what he thought was the most correct decision. The strong man broke his wrist and returned to Luoyang.

(End of chapter)