Since the Qianghu rangers led by Ma Dai have arrived in Luoyang, the naval army under Huang Quan will go to build a pontoon bridge near Heyang County to help Ma Dai cross the river from that place and attack Hanoi County.

Without the assistance of the naval army, it would have been impossible to carry out the operation of attacking Hexin Prefecture again.

Therefore, what Zhang Xi has to do now is to increase the intensity of the offensive in the front of Mengjindu, attract the attention of Sima Shi and Xiahouba, and create an opportunity for Ma Dai to smuggle across the Yellow River.

The battle plan of Hexin Prefecture was abolished, and the frontal assault began.

And once Zhang Xi entered the state of frontal attack, the pressure on Sima Shi and Xiahou Ba, who were firmly guarding Mengjindu, was reduced a lot.

After all, Meng Jindu is now a semi-military fortress, and the defense facilities are still very perfect, if Zhang Xi is only a frontal attack, Sima Shi can deal with it relatively easily, and the threat is not big.

In this way, they attacked and defended each other for seven or eight days, and Sima Shi and Xiahou Ba got together again and had a small meeting.

This Zhang Yuanchang, known as the world's famous general, is there only this way of exchanging life for life and storming the city? !

If that's the case, then this so-called famous general is a bit too watery, right?!

Anyway, Sima Shi didn't believe that Zhang Xi's reputation as a famous general was blown out, and he must have his reasons for doing this.

But the question is what the hell is Zhang Xi doing?!

River Heartwater?!

The Sima Division in that place had already strengthened its vigilance and arranged for 5,000 soldiers to be garrisoned, and if he wanted to capture Hexin Prefecture, it would not be as easy as before.

Moreover, now Huang Quan's Yellow River naval army is also unknown, and without the response of the naval army, it is not so easy to land in Hexin Prefecture again.

After thinking about it, Xiahouba felt that the problem might lie in the Yellow River army, whose whereabouts were unknown.

To attack Mengjindu, in addition to a frontal attack, the strategy of the naval army is also very important, at least from the area along the river from Mengjindu.

Now that Huang Quan's Yellow River army has suddenly disappeared, it is obvious that this is a Shu thief playing ghosts.

As for what the hell Xiahou Ba also guessed, whether the Shu thieves had the idea of attacking the east and the west, pretending to attack Mengjindu in the front, but in fact, the main force changed the direction of attack and sought a way to cross the Yellow River in other places.

Don't say it, Sima Shi also agrees with Xiahouba's speculation.

Although it is said that it is not so simple to cross the Yellow River, not everywhere is suitable for transportation by the army, but the opponent of the two of them is Zhang Xi after all, who knows if this world-famous general has some whimsical ideas to solve this problem, they don't dare to take it lightly.

Therefore, Sima Shi, with the support of Xiahou Ba, launched a frontal tentative attack on the Shu thief camp in front of him.

The purpose is just to test and understand whether the Shu thieves are bluffing, but in fact, they have divided their troops elsewhere.

Then, Sima Shi was driven back with a disgraced face.

On the one hand, Sima Shi only attacked tentatively, so he only brought 5,000 soldiers into battle, and his troops were too small to suffer.

On the other hand, the crossbowmen of the Shu thieves were too strong, and before they could get closer, a wave of continuous fire directly damaged hundreds of people, and when they finally got a little closer to the enemy walled city, Sima Shi was beaten by tens of thousands of Shu thieves who poured out from all directions.

It was also with Sima Shi to test the attack, and he didn't dare to get too close, plus Xiahou Ba sent troops to retreat in time, which made Sima Shi retreat to Mengjindu. But even so, the casualties of this exploratory attack were as high as about 2,000.

If you feel sorry for Sima Shi, don't want it.

However, after this temptation, Sima Shi also understood that the number of Shu troops on the opposite side had not decreased. Anyway, there are really a lot of Shu thieves who participated in the beating of him.

Therefore, Sima Shi judged that it should still be impossible for the frontal Shu thieves to divide their troops to smuggle across the Yellow River.

As for whether the Shu thieves have other reinforcements to smuggle across the Yellow River, this Sima Shi does not dare to guarantee.

But no matter what, with the idea of just in case, Sima Shi still passed a message to the direction of Heyang County, hoping that the guards of Heyang County could always be vigilant and pay attention to whether there were signs of Shu thieves smuggling across the river.

Heyang County is on the west side of the north bank of the Yellow River in Mengjindu, which is not far from Mengjindu and Wenxian County, these two places, one is the place where Sima Shi is fighting, and the other is Sima Shi's lair, therefore, the defense of Heyang County, Sima Shi is still more concerned, let his own uncle Sima Jin serve as the general of Heyang County, leading 3,000 soldiers to garrison.

Once the Shu army is found crossing the river, not to mention retreating from the enemy, it is still possible to hold on to the reinforcements.

After such a trial and arrangement, Sima Shi finally felt a little relieved.

Can. Within three days, Sima Shi received an urgent report from the direction of Heyang County.

Sima Jin mentioned in the war report that the Shu thieves had about 20,000 troops, and they smuggled across the river in Heyang County, and after some looting, they did not attack Heyang County, but chose to go northwest.

This report directly stunned Sima Shi.

It's not that Sima Shi was stunned by the news that the Shu army smuggled across the Yellow River, Sima Shi was still a little prepared for this, what Sima Shi really didn't understand was why these Shu thieves would go northwest after smuggling the Yellow River.

From a military point of view, these Shu thieves who smuggled across the river should now attack Heyang County and Wen County with all their might, and after capturing Wen County all the way, they can directly threaten the north bank of the Yellow River in Mengjin, attack the rear wing of the Wei army led by Sima Shi, and cut off the grain and grass supply of the Wei army.

This, combined with the strong attack of Zhangxi in the front, Meng Jindu would inevitably be unable to hold it, and Sima Shi could only choose to withdraw his troops to the interior of Hanoi County to hold on.

At least Sima Shi's prediction was like this, so he actually made a strategic deployment in advance to let Heyang County and Wen County stick to it and support him in time.

But what are the Shu thieves doing in the northwest?!

Heyang County is already located in the west of Hanoi County, and the Shu thieves go northwest along Heyang County, isn't that equivalent to entering the territory of Hedong County?!

If the troops of Hedong County are empty, then Sima Shi still has to be anxious, but in Hedong County, there are still 10,000 Bingzhou cavalry and 20,000 Hedong County soldiers led by Qin Lang.

The Shu thieves relied on 20,000 soldiers to enter Hedong County, what threat could they pose to Qin Lang?!

Sima Shi really couldn't figure it out, but since the Shu thieves went northwest after crossing the river instead of coming in his direction, then Sima Shi naturally didn't have to care too much about those Shu thieves who entered Hedong County, and naturally Qin Lang had to deal with them.

Now, Sima Shi still decided to lead his troops to stand still at Mengjindu and intercept Zhang Xi's headquarters head-on.

Sima Shi's response was really out of Zhang Xi's expectations, and Zhang Xi was stunned.

According to Zhang Xi's estimate, Sima Shi would definitely choose to retreat to rescue Hedong County after learning that Ma Dai led his troops across the river and went deep into Hedong County. Why do you still have such a big heart to confront yourself here?!

Could it be that this Sima Shi has a grudge against the Hedong family, so he will not save him? !

The same question, which is also hovering in the hearts of the heads of the Hedong family, the little cub of the Sima family, has he forgotten which family he is, and why don't he come back to rescue him in such a critical situation? !

Or is it that your Sima family didn't care about the interests of our fellow villagers in Hedong at all, and only guarded their own Wen County? !

For this reason, the heads of the Hedong family circled around Qin Lang, hoping that Qin Lang would come forward and send Sima Shi back to the army to rescue in Hedong.

To be honest, Qin Lang's heart was secretly happy. Let you guys look down on me at the beginning, but now it's okay, please come to me!!

But it is cool, but the interests of the Hedong family, Qin Lang still can't ignore it.

Similarly, Qin Lang couldn't figure it out, what was Sima Shi thinking?!

20,000 Shu thief cavalry ravaged Hedong County, although it did not pose any threat to the big city, but the manors, fields, money and grain of the major families outside the city were all looted by this group of Shu thief cavalry.

Even if it wasn't for the sake of these big families, for the sake of the people of Hedong, Qin Lang couldn't be so indifferent to these Shu thief cavalry.

Therefore, while Qin Lang sent reinforcements to the counties in Hedong to defend the city, he released the only 10,000 Bingzhou cavalry he had at hand, and asked these Bingzhou cavalry to search for the whereabouts of the Shu thief cavalry, and if he could, defeat these Shu thief cavalry in the wild.

However, Qin Lang also knew that he only had 10,000 cavalry on hand, and the total number of cavalry of the Shu thieves was 20,000.

Therefore, Qin Lang also had to give an order to Sima Shi, asking him to choose the opportunity to retreat to Hedong County and encircle and suppress this Shu thief cavalry that broke into Hedong County.

And when Sima Shi received the order from Qin Lang, he compared it with the military report from Heyang County before.

The reason is very simple, the military newspaper in Heyang County only said that it was 20,000 Shu thieves who crossed the river, and even half of the cavalry did not mention Sima Shi and thought that it was only 20,000 foot soldiers crossing the river.

20,000 foot soldiers broke into Hedong, facing Qin Lang, who had 10,000 cavalry and 20,000 county soldiers in hand, of course, it was not a big threat, but 20,000 cavalry broke into Hedong, and the result could be completely reversed.

The special Heyang County guard delayed the military plane, he should be killed, forget it, it's okay.

It's not that Sima Shi doesn't want to hold the Heyang County guard accountable, it's just that it's his own uncle Sima Jin, and if he wants to be held responsible, it should be his father, and he doesn't have that qualification.

So. Let's make amends.

Order, withdrawal.

(End of chapter)