Sima Shi finally abandoned Mengjindu and retreated to Wen County.

Then he left Xiahouba to garrison Wen County to prevent the Shu thieves from penetrating into Hanoi County, and he led 30,000 foot soldiers to the official road of Yi County in the northwest and hurried back to Hedong County.

After the Wei army abandoned Mengjindu, Zhang Xi honestly and unceremoniously occupied here, and with the help of Huang Quan's naval division of the Hui army, he led the army to cross the Yellow River, occupied the north bank of Mengjindu, and officially entered Hedong County, and then directly entered Wen County.

Xiahou Ba was suddenly under great pressure.

Xiahouba wants to defend Wen County, but it is not because this is Sima's hometown, the really important reason is that Wen County is located in the northeast of Hanoi County, and defending this place is equivalent to preserving the entire northeast of Hanoi County.

And how important is the northeast of Hanoi County? Follow the official road in the northeast of Hanoi County, go out of Hanoi County, and enter the Jizhou Thorn History Department, the first big city you encounter is called Yecheng.

In other words, now the thief general Zhang Xi has led 50,000 Shu thieves to a place less than 500 miles away from Yecheng.

Of course, even if Wenxian is lost, Xiahouba still has a way to retreat, he can retreat to Shanyang and retreat to Xiuwu. The northeastern part of Hanoi is not without a castle that can be defended.

But the problem is, in the east, it is still the capital of Great Wei, where the Son of Heaven is.

I can't help but be nervous about Xiahouba.

And Sima Shi left Xiahou Ba to defend the city There are not many troops, only more than 20,000 people, the only advantage for Xiahou Ba is that Xiahou Ba does not have to worry about discordant voices within Wen County, because this is the lair of the Sima family.

If it is possible that other Hedong families chose to sell Xiahou Ba and surrender to the Shu thieves. The Wen County Sima clan is not going to do this.

If the Sima clan wants to sell, he will not sell him Xiahou Ba, and the entire Yanzhou can be sold. But now, these places are still being held by Sima's father and son.

At least at this time, Xiahou Ba still believed that the Sima clan was a loyal minister of the Great Wei.

What's more, in order to defend Hedong and rescue Qin Lang, Sima Shi personally led his troops to Hedong County and handed over his lair to defend himself, even from a personal point of view, Xiahou Ba had to guard this Wen County.

As for Zhang Xi, after leading the troops to Wenxian County and setting up camp, he sent a letter of persuasion to Xiahouba.

The process that should be taken is still to be followed, don't look back and be complained by the children of the old Zhang family. After all, Xiahou Ba is someone's uncle.

Although it is not pro, judging from Xiahou Yuan's attitude towards Xiahou's family, it is an existence that is more beloved than his own daughter, and it is not wrong to say that Xiahou Ba is someone's uncle.

One more. What if it succeeds?!

After all, Xiahou Ba is the general of Ji Han in history, what if this time and space suddenly twitches and a historical line is closed, and Xiahou Ba chooses to surrender? !

Well. I have to say that Zhang Xi is a little too beautiful.

The current Xiahou Ba has no reason to surrender to Ji Han, he is still the general of the Great Wei clan, and he also holds real power.

But to tell the truth, Xiahouba was really a little shocked by Zhang Xi's letter of persuasion.

It was not because Zhang Xi persuaded him to surrender, but because he was shocked by the news written in the letter that his sister was still alive.

Seriously, Xiahouba really didn't know that the gentle and kind clan sister actually married Zhang Fei In Xiahou Ba's impression, the clan sister was accidentally lost after going out for spring.

This is really not to blame Xiahou Ba, he was very young at that time, and he just had a little memory, and he couldn't remember things.

In addition, the matter of Xiahou marrying Zhang Fei is that Cao Cao knows, Xiahou Yuan knows, and maybe Xiahou Yuan also knows, but the other Cao clan generals may not know too clearly.

After all, the two sides were hostile forces at that time, and in the first battle of Hanzhong, Xiahou Yuan was unfortunately killed, and Liu Bei was in a great situation, and the two sides fell into a situation of endless death. No one talks about it anymore.

Therefore, Xiahou Yuan didn't tell his children about Xiahou's family being alive at all before his death, and after his death, Cao Cao, Xiahoudun and others, who knew about it, basically didn't mention it in order to avoid embarrassment, resulting in Xiahou Ba really not knowing.

Now Zhang Xi has made this matter clear. Xiahou Ba can be regarded as experiencing his father's discomfort.

As for family affection, naturally there is, after all, in Xiahouba's impression, that clan sister has always been very good to her brothers, and she is gentle and gentle.

But the problem is that now the two countries are feuding, and Xiahou Ba and Ji Han still have the hatred of killing their father. Now the enemy is using family affection to persuade him to surrender, this Xiahou Ba is really unbearable.

There must be an explanation, not only for himself, but also to prove the loyalty of the Xiahou clan to the Great Wei Emperor.

For this reason, Xiahou Ba had to reply to Zhang Xi in person, not only refused to persuade him to surrender, but also scolded his sister and niece, saying that they were thieves who humiliated the Xiahou family's style and made Zhang Xi look stupid.

No, it's not that big, right, "stooping to be a thief"? !

Is this still the big Han chariot general in history?!

But no matter what, the daughter-in-law and children of the old Zhang family can't bear this grievance, especially now that the three generals are gone, Zhang Xi, as a former comrade-in-arms, should seek justice for the old Zhang family.

Therefore, Zhang Xi wrote a letter and scolded him back!!

Who is the "thief", our Han is the orthodoxy of the world, the national thief of the Han is the old Cao family, your Xiahou clan is the descendant of Xiahou Baby, but the world receives the country's favor but does not want to repay it, but helps Cao to abuse, you Xiahou Ba is the real "stooping thief".

Okay, as soon as Zhang Xi replied to this letter, it immediately became a dispute of orthodoxy in the world, and Xiahou Ba couldn't fight anymore, so he immediately replied to Zhang Xi and continued to scold.

Just like this, the two main generals, Zhang Xi and Xiahouba, did not start a serious war, but on the contrary, it was a letter from you and a letter from me, and it was a pleasure to scold. Meng Da really couldn't stand it.

Meng Da's injuries have not yet healed, and he is still wearing a linen bandage, but it no longer affects his activities and deliberations.

Seeing that Zhang Xi is under the city of Wenxian, he doesn't attack the city, and he doesn't do the siege, so he is busy writing letters and scolding people, why do you feel a little too idle to do anything, right? !

"Now that the army is in Wen County, why doesn't the general want to forge ahead?!"

Meng Da was very tactful and persuaded Zhang Xi.

Of course, the most important thing is that if Zhang Xi does not attack Wen County, he Meng Da will not have the opportunity to lead the troops into battle again, if he does not have the opportunity to lead the army into battle, he will not have the merits of rising again Meng Da still hopes to establish meritorious deeds.

As for Zhang Xi, he glanced at Meng Da with a smile, and then said, "Don't forget, old general, what is the purpose of my march to Hanoi this time." ”

As for the strategic purpose, Meng Da was clear, and after crossing Mengjin, Zhang Xi disclosed to his generals the real purpose of this operation - to contain the Wei army in Hedong.

Therefore, Zhang Xi is telling Meng Da, don't be in a hurry to make meritorious contributions, our purpose is just to contain the Wei army.

Now the Wei army's more than 80,000 troops are all contained in Hedong and Hanoi counties by Zhang Xi, Ma Dai and others, and the goal has been achieved.

And siege warfare has never been so easy to fight, we have more than 50,000 people in our hands, but Xiahou Ba also has more than 20,000 defenders in his hands, but it is not so easy to fight.

Of course, Meng Da also knows this, but Meng Da also has his own ideas.

"General, please look!" Meng Da said, while pointing to the military map hanging in Zhang Xi's tent, and then said, "Although Wen County is anxious and difficult, there are only more than 1,000 people guarding east of Wen County, Pinggao, and Huai County. At that time, the old man made a state of going north to attack Shanyang County, and Xiahou Ba was bound to rush back to defense, so not only Wen County could be broken, but the general would follow and pursue, and Xiahou Ba could also be broken. Xiahou Ba was defeated, and he would inevitably flee eastward, and we would take advantage of the victory to pursue, and the pacification of the entire territory of Hanoi was just around the corner. ”

The more Zhang Xi listened to what Meng Da said, the tighter his brows wrinkled This Meng Da, really, I don't know what to say about him.

It's not that Meng Da's plan is not feasible, it's just that Meng Da's plan is based on the premise that he has obtained meritorious service by himself, completely ignoring the overall strategic deployment of the Northern Expedition.

Of course, Zhang Xi knew that Pinggao County and Huai County were easy to fight, but he couldn't fight.

These two counties are on the banks of the Yellow River, and if Zhang Xi goes to attack, Sima Yi, who is in Yanzhou, will inevitably worry that Dongjun, which is across the river, will also be threatened by Zhang Xi. What if there is a breakthrough on the Yingchuan side, and Sima Yi shrinks his forces to defend Chenliu County, and no longer transfers soldiers and horses from Dongjun? !

Wei Yan still has to lead a partial division to attack Dongjun and Taishan County.

Again, Ling Mengda led the army to conquer the two counties, and then went north to attack Shanyang County, Xiahou Ba would indeed abandon Wen County, because once Meng Da conquered Shanyang County and occupied the key points of the official road, Meng Da could even go east directly along the official road to threaten Yecheng.

But the problem is that once you Meng Da attack here, not only Xiahou Ba in Wenxian will retreat, but Sima Yi in Yanzhou, Bi Liang in Bingzhou, and even Cao Rong in Yecheng will gather troops to strictly guard against both sides of the Yellow River, so that the entire Northern Expedition plan will be completely disrupted.

At that time, it will really become a fight of each other, a complete chaotic battle, and no one knows what the final result will become.

Anyway, Zhang Xi didn't dare to take this risk, he couldn't afford to take the responsibility in case he made a mistake.

Therefore, for Meng Da's battle plan, Zhang Xi only has two words - no approval.

Meng Da really can't understand this is a very good battle plan, why is Zhang Xi so timid, he doesn't dare to take this risk?!

In this regard, Zhang Xi didn't explain it, anyway, Lao Tzu is this combat style, back then, Wei Yan, that old horseman blew his beard and stared at me, he didn't have a problem with me, you Meng Da can try it if you have the ability.

See who can grind whom.

(End of chapter)