Sima Yi is really depressed.

He led his troops to fight with the Shu thieves in front, and Wu Gou had nothing to do behind him to seize the city, especially under the banner of "fulfilling the covenant", where are you going to reason? !

But no matter what, a fire broke out in the backyard of Yanzhou, and it was inevitable that the Yanzhou soldiers under Sima Yi would not be able to continue to fight with peace of mind, and Jia Kui had already come to discuss with him whether he could divide 10,000 troops and let him return to the army to save Yanzhou first.

At least block the Shu thieves who are raging in the southeast of Yanzhou, and stop the Eastern Wu army from continuing to shamelessly occupy the Great Wei City, right?!

The place that has been occupied is not coming back for the time being, but we must at least stop the loss in time.

In this, Jia Kui also specifically mentioned one point: Now there are already two counties in Qian County that have been broken by Shu thieves, and then occupied by the Eastern Wu army. Fortunately, the county is fine.

The implication is that Sima Yi understands that if something really happens to Qian County, Sima Yi may not be able to bear the consequences.

Qiaoxian is one of the five capitals of the Great Wei Dynasty, although its status is not on the same level as the other four, but it is the hometown of the Emperor of the Great Wei Dynasty.

If this is allowed to be occupied by Dongwu in such an inexplicable way, the face of the Son of Heaven will be gone.

It's all said and done, what can Sima Yi say?!

Jia Kui left the Luoyang battlefield with 10,000 Yanzhou soldiers, quickly returned to Yanzhou, went to Chenguo, and the area of Qian County, while guarding against the Shu thieves from invading again, while preventing Dongwu from continuing to take advantage of the fire to rob.

When things developed to this point, Sima Yi had already begun to consider whether it was time to stop the counterattack on Luoyang.

Cao Zhen, the general of the Western Front, led 30,000 soldiers from Bingzhou County, but was blocked by Zhao Yun in Hongnong County and could not move, unable to complete the siege of Luoyang City from the west.

In Yingchuan County to the south, Sima Yi received the latest battle report that Chen Tai and Guo Huai had gathered their forces and retreated to Xuchang, and were now being besieged by more than 40,000 Shu thieves.

Although this is not something that Sima Yi expected, but. If you continue to fight like this, it doesn't seem to be good for yourself and Da Wei.

This time, Sima Yi really had no choice, he needed to have enough troops to besiege Luoyang, so he had to betray the Yingchuan family and Chen Tai once, but he couldn't really see death and not save him, and he couldn't offend the Yingchuan family too hard.

In case it really annoys them, they just vote. The consequences are very sour.

And speaking of the siege of Luoyang. From the dispatch of troops in April, to the present October, from early summer to early winter, Sima Yi can still only besiege the city, but cannot break the city.

Even now, even the city wall of the outer city of Luoyang has not been climbed a few times.

The efficiency of the ant-attached siege is so low, and Luoyang's special status seriously limits the play of Sima Yi's strategy. The Shu thieves were determined to defend Luoyang, and Sima Yi had no way to completely prevent the Shu thieves from transporting reinforcements to Luoyang, and he couldn't even trap and force the opponent to surrender.

This battle really can't be fought.

It's better to take advantage of the fact that everyone's losses are not much, so let's withdraw for the time being, accumulate strength, and prepare for the next counteroffensive operation.

From a purely military point of view, Sima Yi's idea is correct.

But Sima Yi knew how much uproar his idea would cause if it was sent to the court.

First of all, the first point, Cao Rong, the emperor of the Great Wei Dynasty, will definitely not be willing to give up like this.

You Sima Yi has more than 70,000 troops in your hands, and the general Cao Zhen and Chen Tai of Yingchuan have helped you to contain the reinforcements of the Shu thieves, and now you need to face more than 30,000 Shu thieves in Luoyang City. You told me to quit?!

No matter how enlightened Cao Rong is, I'm afraid he won't agree with Sima Yi's idea so easily.

Again, the political significance of Luoyang City is known to the world.

If Great Wei can raise troops to recapture Luoyang this time, it will at least show that Great Wei still has the strength to fight, and the ownership of this world is still unknown.

But if Luoyang can't be recaptured, let the Shu thieves keep the world, and the hearts of the people will change.

Not to mention anything else, as far as the big families in the Heluo area are concerned, it would be strange if they didn't prepare for both.

Previously, the Great Wei could still have the capital to maintain this counteroffensive, because the clans in the Heluo region were basically still on the side of the Great Wei, and they did not want Shu Han to rule Heluo, after all, it would affect their actual interests.

But if this counterattack on Luoyang is not successful, these clans in the Heluo region will not see the possibility of the Great Wei killing back. In fact, the rule of Shu Han, they are not completely unacceptable.

Once it reaches that point, it will really destroy the foundation of Great Wei.

Sima Yi, as an old fox who is proficient in both military and politics, actually understands these things.

But it's precisely because he understands it that he's hesitant now.

At the military level, it is no longer practical to continue to wear down, and if the existing line of defense can be held, even if this counteroffensive does not fail.

In a political sense, as a courtier of the Great Wei, Sima Yi also understood the political implications of this counteroffensive, and he could not withdraw lightly.

But. To tell the truth, the surname of the Great Wei Tianzi is Cao, and the surname of the Sima family in Hanoi is Sima.

Of course, the old fox didn't have any disobedience at this time, he just had a heart that the whole family had in these years - the family before the country.

Whether the Great Wei can dominate the world, Sima Yi doesn't pay much attention, but whether the Sima family can survive and be brilliant in this world is what Sima Yi needs to prioritize.

To put it mildly. The minds of the people of the Great Wei world have changed, what does it have to do with my Sima clan?!

For this reason, Sima Yi decided to write to the imperial court and ask for the withdrawal of troops to end the battle in Luoyang.

The old fox here has selfish intentions and writes to ask for a truce, and Zhou Yu in the south is now also considering whether to withdraw from the army.

Zhou Yu is not a sinister old fox like Sima Yi, his idea of retiring from the army is completely based on the development of the current war and the result of national considerations.

There is no way, this battle has been fought so far, except for Lu Xun's road, which is quite smooth, the other soldiers and horses can be said to be a mess.

Lu Xun led 10,000 Eastern Wu soldiers to attack Yidu County, although he has not completely captured Yidu County, but at least he has occupied three county towns on the east side of Yidu County, and Yidu County has only five counties in total.

In other words, even if Lu Xun couldn't defeat the last two counties of Yidu County, he could establish a road defense line on the east side of Yidu County to prevent Shu Han from sending reinforcements from Badong County to rescue Jiangling.

This is the only good news Zhou Yu has received in the past few months.

The rest of the news, it's all terrible bad news.

Quan Cong and Zhu Huan, after having the support of 5,000 soldiers, barely blocked the soldiers of the three eastern counties for ten more days, and finally broke through the gourd mouth by Kou Feng.

Quan Cong and Zhu Huan retreated with all their might, saying that they would continue to block along the line, but in fact, Zhou Yu knew very well that they had not blocked the advantageous terrain like Hulukou, and it was even more impossible to block it later.

And Lu Dai led the troops to encircle and suppress the stone bud that was raging in Wuling County, and the progress was not smooth, Shi Bao's whereabouts were elusive, and when he encountered a bad situation, he immediately retreated into Wuling Mountain.

Lu Dai had set up ambushes several times to lure Shi Bud to take the initiative, but every time he was recognized by Shi Bud, and he couldn't block anyone at all.

Once Shibao withdrew into the mountains of Wuling County, on the one hand, Lu Dai was limited and unfamiliar with the geographical situation, so he did not dare to rush into the mountain, and on the other hand, because the weather turned cold, the risk of entering the mountain was too great, so he had to give up.

In this way, although Wuling County was still able to transport some grain and grass to Jiangling City, the interval was longer and longer, and in the end, Zhou Yu had no choice but to order Zhu Ran's army to take on the responsibility of transporting grain and transport grain from Jiangdong to make up for the shortage of military food.

However, if we continue to fight, the logistical pressure will only become more and more great.

Of course, the biggest problem is that Zhou Yu himself has never been able to completely threaten the defense of Jiangling City.

The Jiangling City built by Guan Yu back then was so difficult to fight, which was also something that Zhou Yu didn't expect when Cao Ren guarded Jiangling, Zhou Yu didn't think that Jiangling City was so difficult to fight.

Of course, it's also about the opponent. Zhang Xi, a bastard boy, is much stronger than Cao Ren, the famous general who defended the city by Cao Wei.

In short, Zhou Yu sent troops for five months and besieged Jiangling for three and a half months, except for the first one and a half months was the preparation period plus the bed crossbow shooting, the remaining two months, Zhou Yu tried his best to attack desperately, although the effect was also there, but there was still a big gap from breaking the city.

Now Zhou Yu still has less than 60,000 soldiers in his hands, and in Jiangling City, according to Zhou Yu's estimates, there should be only about 25,000 troops left. But the problem is that soon Zhang Xi will be able to have reinforcements from the three eastern counties.

If there are only reinforcements from the three eastern counties, then that's it.

If in the next time, the Xiangyang side frees up its hands and successively sends reinforcements south, that is the most troublesome thing.

Even, if the Heluo war in the north ended in the victory of the Shu thieves, a large number of Shu soldiers from the Central Plains went south to Jingzhou. Then it is not a question of whether Dongwu can capture Jiangling, but whether Zhou Yu can retreat with his whole body.

It's not impossible. According to the news from the fine work sent to the north by Eastern Wu, although the Wei State is still besieging Luoyang, the war between the two sides is basically stopped, and it does not look like a decisive battle is going to be held. According to the news from the Huainan region conveyed by the Supreme, now the counteroffensive forces of Shu Han have penetrated deep into the county and the state of Chen.

This is to copy Sima Yi's back road.

Therefore, Zhou Yu judged that the Heluo War would probably end soon, and even if it didn't end, there should be no more wars.

In this way, the Heluo region will be able to free up its hands, not to mention going south, at least there is no problem in supporting Gangneung.

So. This Gangneung should not be able to fight.

(End of chapter)