The speed of surrender of the Yingchuan family not only shocked Chen Tai, but also made Sima Yi speechless.

Sima Yi, who was in Gong County, after receiving Chen Tai's military report and warning, sent a lot of scouts to the south to infiltrate and obtain information from the south.

There is no way, now Sima Yi is facing Wei Yan's 30,000 northern army attack in Gongxian, but he can stabilize the situation, but to repel Wei Yan, it is not possible to do it in a day or two.

If at this time, Yingchuan County in the south is completely lost, it will also be a big threat.

However, Sima Yi was not too worried at that time.

In this place of Yingchuan, the Shu thieves have attacked twice, once after occupying Xiangcheng, they were unable to advance, and once they lost troops on the bank of Yingshui, so Sima Yi still has a certain confidence in the ability of Yingchuan to hold on.

Although Chen Tai wrote to inform him that he hoped that he could retreat as soon as possible, Sima Yi predicted that Chen Tai should be able to hold on to Yingchuan for at least a month.

During this time, Sima Yi could still seek an opportunity to break through Wei Yan's troops and march to Luoyang.

It's not that Sima Yi thinks that he can capture Luoyang with more than 50,000 soldiers in his hands, but he is not so arrogant, but this time he sent troops to counterattack Luoyang, if he chooses to withdraw his troops without even a little success, I am afraid that the imperial court will not be able to explain it.

Breaking through Wei Yan's troops and approaching Luoyang is the battle record that Sima Yi needs to come up with.

If it was the previous imperial court, Sima Yi would not have to care about these achievements or not, after all, what the situation was, the ministers in the imperial court could see it.

Even if Sima Yi is not in Yecheng, there will naturally be Chen Qun, Liu Ye, Cao Zhen and others to help him speak, so as not to let the Son of Heaven misunderstand him.

But now it's different from the people around the Son of Heaven, except for the fact that the full favor is a little more reliable, the rest are people who don't have any strategic vision.

If you choose to withdraw if you don't have any actual achievements, I'm afraid that the Son of Heaven will send someone to hold you accountable.

Not to mention, there is still an uneasy thing here in his own military camp.

Even if he really wanted to retreat into Yanzhou to protect himself, Cao Shuang's stupid thing would not agree.

Sima Yi was also helpless, although he didn't want to continue to fight with Wei Yan in Gongxian County like this, but there was a practical need, and he had to do it.

Can. Isn't Yingchuan a little too stretched?!

Chen Tai didn't have the latest military news on his side, but the scouts sent by Sima Yi to the south to reconnoiter came back to tell Sima Yi that he had heard rumors that the Shu thieves had taken Yang Zhai and Changshe lightly, and were now heading in the direction of Yanling.

This time and again, in less than twenty days, Yang Zhai and Changshe have already been lost?!

Really, Sima Yi was dumbfounded.

Although let's say it, the information that the scouts heard is just "rumors", and "rumors" may not be credible, but Sima Yi can't afford to gamble.

If the "rumors" are true, and Yang Zhai and Changshe are lost, then there will be a big trouble.

The Shu thieves entering Yanling in the east can cut off the retreat of the Wei army in Xuchang and open the passage into Chenliu County at the same time, while the Shu thieves entering Henan County in the north can completely threaten their flanks and even the threat of the back road to relieve the siege of Luoyang.

Moreover, in terms of the scale of the Shu thieves' attack on Xuchang, they may not even need to make a choice between the two, and they can completely divide their troops for it, and Sima Yi will not dare to continue to stay in Gongxian.

To retreat, you must retreat, retreat to the east of the Tiger Prison Pass, leave Wang Ling to stick to the Tiger Prison Pass, and lead the troops to Chenliu County to set up defenses to prevent the Shu thieves from breaking into Yanzhou.

But just when Sima Yi ordered the withdrawal of the army, Cao Shuang entered Sima Yi's Chinese military tent again and loudly questioned Sima Yi's reason for retreating.

"Our army is strong today, if we don't take advantage of the situation, how can we make contributions?!"

This is what Cao Shuang said when he questioned Sima Yi. Sima Yi didn't know how to reply to this stupid shortage.

Which eye do you have to see that we are the "strong" side?!

Is it because we are more than the enemy?!

Cao Zidan, how can there be such a son like a stupid pig?!

Actually, Cao Shuang is really not stupid, although he does have some problems in the overall situation and strategy, and he can't understand the current situation changes, but he is Cao Zhen's son in the end, and he can still understand the ordinary judgment of the battle situation.

The current battle situation in Gongxian County, the two sides can only be said to be evenly balanced, although the Great Wei side relies on the large number of people to have a slight advantage, but it is definitely not to the point of "strong".

Cao Shuang asked Sima Yi for two purposes.

One, Cao Shuang really didn't understand why Sima Yi wanted to withdraw from the army, although the situation is deadlocked now, it is not without the strength to fight.

The other is that Cao Shuang must say that if Sima Yi's withdrawal leads to the failure of the counterattack on Luoyang in the future, then he, the protector, will not have any responsibility.

These two purposes, the first purpose can also be said to be Cao Shuang's lack of strategic vision, unable to see the passive situation that Yanzhou will face after the fall of Yingchuan, but the second is purely Cao Shuang's selfishness.

At this time, Sima Yi really didn't have the heart and energy to explain too much to Cao Shuang, so he just handed over the military report of the front-line scouts to Cao Shuang, and then arranged the withdrawal of troops without saying a word.

Withdrawing troops from Gongxian is not a problem that can be solved by simply giving an order.

First of all, it is necessary to guard against Wei Yan's possible follow-up pursuit, and it is necessary to arrange the troops and personnel after the break.

Secondly, it is necessary to inform Sima Shi and Xiahouba, who are fighting in Mengjindu, so that they can choose the opportunity to retreat, and not continue to fight in Mengjindu stupidly, which is meaningless except for wasting troops.

This is actually Sima Yi's biggest headache, and communication is too inconvenient.

Deliver a military order to Meng Jindu, you can't take the direction of Luoyang to turn north, you have to go around from Dongjun, the speed is much slower, and many strains have to rely on Sima Shi and Xiahou Ba to adjust the battle, which is too troublesome.

Even now, Sima Yi didn't know that these two people were ambushed by Zhang Xi, and thought that these two people were still feintting to attack Meng Jindu.

All in all, after Sima Yi arranged these things, he left Wang Ling in the center, and Jia Kui led the army to rush back to Chenliu first. Orderly withdrawal of troops.

As for Cao Shuang, Sima Yi really didn't care, and he didn't bother to care.

And Cao Shuang's response to this is much simpler. He directly wrote to impeach Sima Yi, impeaching him for disobeying the king's orders, fearing the enemy in battle, being greedy for life and fearing death, and delaying the warplane.

This time, he really can't blame Cao Shuang, because he really can't understand the hidden information in the military newspapers handed over to him by Sima Yi, so Cao Shuang really doesn't understand why Sima Yi concluded that the Shu thieves had conquered Yingchuan County and were about to invade Yanzhou based on some "rumors".

In Cao Shuang's view, the place of Yingchuan, since the time of Emperor Taizu Wu, has been a staunch supporter of the Great Wei, even if the Shu thieves have sufficient troops, but if they want to conquer the entire territory of Yingchuan, it will take at least two to three months.

Even if Chen Tai is incompetent, occupying the two natural barriers of Rushui and Yingshui, relying on the county town to resist, how can it be delayed for so long.

How could you lose Yang Zhai and lose the Changshe in less than half a month?!

Therefore, in Cao Shuang's opinion, this "rumor" is obviously false, and it was deliberately spread by Shu thieves to confuse the public, and Sima Yi withdrew because of such a fake and obvious "rumor". Cao Shuang really couldn't find a reason to explain except for "being afraid of the enemy in battle, greedy for life and afraid of death".

Well, although Cao Shuang and Sima Yi are very incompatible, Cao Shuang still believes in some of Sima Yi's character, and does not believe that he is the kind of person who can "communicate with foreign countries", and combined with Sima Yi's record in facing Shu thieves over the years, "fear of the enemy" may be the real reason.

Therefore, Cao Shuang had to write a letter to impeach Sima Yi, which was Cao Shuang's duty.

As for his other right, Cao Shuang didn't want to do it to directly take over Sima Yi's military power, after all, doing so would be tantamount to completely turning his face with Sima Yi.

Obviously, the current Cao Shuang is not arrogant to this point, and feels that he can replace Sima Yi's position in Yanzhou.

Impeachment was impeached, and when the army was withdrawn, Cao Shuang still followed Jia Kui and was the first to withdraw to Yanzhou.

And when Sima Yi withdrew from the Tiger Prison Pass and returned to Yanzhou Mengjindu, the latest battle report finally bypassed most of the eastern county and was sent to Sima Yi's hands.

showed Sima Yi that he almost vomited blood.

In the battle report, it not only tells about the pursuit of Sima Division's light troops, carelessly ambushed, and the battle loss of more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, but also a more important thing - the Shu thieves occupied Mengjin and crossed Fuzhou, and cooperated with the naval army to cut off the food supply line of the Wei army crossing the river.

Well, this bad news, one after another.

(End of chapter)