After Xu Shu "captured" Yongqiu, he had too many things to consider, and although he also sent chasing troops, as Sima Yi expected, the troops were once again thinned.

Now the only people pursuing Sima Yi's troops are the 50,000 people led by Deng Ai.

And Sima Yi also has more than 50,000 soldiers in his hands.

If it is a field battle, it is difficult to say who will kill the deer, but if it is a battle to defend the city, Sima Yi is already very sure that he will be able to hold Dongjun.

Of course, the prerequisite is that Jia Kui can occupy Puyang in time, and Sima Yi can cooperate with Guo Huai, Jiang Ji and others in a short time to defeat Wei Yan's troops and avoid being attacked from both sides.

Therefore, after Sima Yi retreated to Jiyang to meet Cao Shuang, he made a slight arrangement, and then led his troops to the northwest and went straight to Suojube.

Cao Shuang didn't say a word of real this time. The wood is already in the boat, and it is useless to talk about it.

Again, Cao Shuang was also afraid that he would talk too much, so Sima Yi asked him to stay in Jiyang. That's the most troublesome thing.

Although it is said that Sima Yi has already decided to abandon the entire Chenliu County, but in an important town like Jiyang, it is more or less necessary to keep people to guard for a period of time, at least to give time to get rid of the grain and grass hoarded here.

The garrison candidate left by Sima Yi is Gao Tanglong, after all, Gao Tanglong is good at coordinating grain and grass planning, and he can be regarded as making the best use of his talents if he stays here. If Cao Shuang says more, I'm afraid he will have to be left behind by Sima Yi.

Anyway, Cao Shuang treats others with himself, and he doesn't doubt that Sima Yi will do this kind of thing, after all, the relationship between the two is very poor, and they are only one step away from tearing their faces.

And once Cao Shuang was left in Jiyang by Sima Yi because of his mouth, he would be caught in the whirlpool.

The Shu thieves have already captured Yongqiu, and Jia Kui has also been ordered to evacuate Dingtao, go north to Lihu County, and turn to attack Puyang Jiyang.

Of course, Sima Yi did not ask Gao Tanglong to hold on to Jiyang for many days, but just asked him to hurry up and transport grain and grass in the direction of Lihu County, but after all, this place is about to become a battlefield, and no one can say what kind of accidents will happen on the battlefield.

Anyway, compared to staying in Jiyang, Cao Shuang still felt that it would be safer to follow Sima Yi's main army.

Well, in fact, to put it bluntly, Cao Shuang was afraid of death, so he didn't continue to raise the bar with Sima Yi.

Cao Shuang was obedient all the way, and Sima Yi didn't bother to take care of him After arranging Jiyang's affairs, Sima Yi immediately took Chen Tai to send troops together to Suojube to encircle and suppress Wei Yan's department.

At this time, Jia Kui had already led 15,000 soldiers to Lihu County in the north of Jiyin County.

Here, it is less than a hundred miles away from Puyang, an important town in Dongjun.

Jia Kui originally planned to take a short rest after rushing to Lihu County, but here, Jia Kui met a person he didn't expect.

There is no one else, it is his baby son, Jia Chong.

At the beginning, Jia Chong sold Guo Huai and desperately evacuated the battlefield, and after ensuring safety, Jia Chong finally remembered to collect the rout.

Although, Wei Yan did not choose to pursue Jia Chong, but turned his head to find trouble with Guo Huai, but Jia Chong himself knew that the timing of his order was not right, and the army led by himself was most likely already scattered on the battlefield, and it was not easy to collect it.

Therefore, outside the battlefield, after Jia Chong reluctantly gathered about 2,000 defeated troops, he chose to march in the direction of the nearest Lihu County.

On the one hand, after the soldiers were dispersed, if they had the heart to return to the building, they would definitely go to the nearest county seat nearby, after all, only here could they get food supplements, and according to the Wei law, such a return to the construction would be recognized and would not be punished afterwards.

Here, Jia Chong can continue to gather the rout.

On the other hand, in fact, Jia Chong also knew that if he went back to Dingtao like this, his father would ask, and he was afraid that the end would not be much better.

Whoever understands Lao Tzu, as long as Jia Kui's temper is concerned, once he learns about Jia Chong's defeat this time, he will probably directly order someone to tie him up and send him to Yongqiu to hand over to Sima Yi.

My own Lao Tzu is such a character who recognizes reason and does not recognize relatives.

Therefore, Jia Chong didn't dare to go back to Dingtao like this, and chose Lihu as a temporary foothold to see if there were other opportunities to make up for it.

And the opportunity that Jia Chong fancies is actually Puyang City.

Jia Chong's ability is still not bad, he just lacks experience in leading troops, coupled with excessive selfishness, his character is not good, and he loves to be smart, okay, this person is really not good.

But bad character is bad character, Jia Chong can still see that there are not too many defenders of Puyang today, so if he wants to make up for his mistakes, the only hope is to capture Puyang.

It's just that the number of troops in Jia Chong's hands is also small. No matter how much they collected the remnants, the Wei army that finally retreated to Lihu County to join up did not exceed 5,000 people.

On the Puyang side, according to the intelligence intercepted by Jia Chong and his own reconnaissance, the defenders were probably between 1,000 and 2,000 people.

After all, Puyang is a strong city, but Jia Chong's soldiers are all defeated soldiers, not to mention low morale, and the supply of grain and grass is only barely enough. Using such soldiers to attack Puyang City, which is garrisoned by 2,000 people, I am afraid that it may not be able to defeat it.

After experiencing a defeat in the battle array, Jia Chong finally learned something, and he didn't have the blind confidence and optimism when he first sent out the army.

Therefore, Jia Chong stationed in Lihu County, continued to collect the defeated troops, seized the time to restore the morale of the soldiers, replenished the grain, grass and ordnance, and waited for the opportunity to attack Puyang City.

As a result, Jia Chong has not yet completed these preparations for "making up for his merits", and his father has arrived at Lihu with 15,000 soldiers.

Okay, this Jia Chong's matter can't be concealed at all.

Jia Chong didn't know that Sima Yi had withheld Guo Huai's military report, and he thought that Jia Kui had already known about his defeat.

Therefore, when Jia Kui asked "why is my son here" in surprise, Jia Chong thought that his father was questioning himself in a weird way, and he wanted to clean up his precursors.

In the face of his own Lao Tzu, Jia Chong didn't play any cleverness, and he didn't expect Sima Yi to hide the defeat for him.

But after Jia Kui listened to Jia Chong's story, he almost fainted with black eyes.

How could he teach such a bastard thing to be a person in his life?!

Disobeying military orders, making assertions, commanding no party, and selling teammates, it is better than Cao Xiu.

The old face that he has accumulated for most of his life has been lost to his son.

Jia Kui was angry, and directly pulled out the sword on his waist, but thinking about it, this was his son, threw the sword to the ground, picked up the scabbard, and pumped it at Jia Chong.

Jia Chong didn't dare to hide. Although Jia Chong's character is not good, the deep-rooted concept of "filial piety" in this era still has a profound impact on Jia Chong.

He was beaten firmly.

In the end, Jia Kui was also tired, sat down breathlessly, and began to think of countermeasures.

After all, this is his own son, his own son, who has been raised for eighteen years. It is one thing to be loyal to the country, but it is another thing to be loyal to one's own son's life.

If there is a chance to make amends, Jia Kui does not want to send his son to death.

And soon, Jia Kui thought of a way - to conquer Puyang.

If his son can personally lead the troops to conquer Puyang, and then show his old face to plead with Sima Yi and Guo Huai, I am afraid that this matter will be covered up like this.

After all, Sima Yi didn't write to inform him of such a big matter, so it can be seen that Sima Yi doesn't necessarily have to hold Jia Chong responsible.

And the matter of conquering Puyang, in Jia Kui's opinion, is actually not difficult.

According to intelligence, the defenders of Puyang are probably only about 1,000 people, and the guards are not well-known, and the main army of the northern line of the Shu thieves is all concentrated on the line from Sujube to Yanjin. This is not a difficult task in the first place.

Therefore, Jia Kui allocated 5,000 soldiers to Jia Chong, plus the 5,000 remnants of Jia Chong collected during this time, enough 10,000 soldiers and horses, and now set off immediately to attack Puyang.

He temporarily rested in Lihu County, and then headed for Puyang four or five days later.

If he arrives in Puyang and Jia Chong has already captured it, then needless to say, this credit must be his, and there is a chance to make up for it.

But if Jia Chong hadn't captured Puyang when he arrived, then there was no need to trouble others, Jia Kui himself tied up his son, and Sima Yi would decide after the war.

You can't do anything like this, what's the difference between dead and alive?!

In this way, Jia Chong had a bruise and purple scar that was beaten out by Lao Tzu, and he didn't care about the strange eyes of others, so he immediately went to reorganize the army, and then led the troops out of the city to attack Puyang.

Two days of rapid marching, three days of siege Jia Chong spent five days, and finally rushed to conquer Puyang before his father personally led the troops.

Well, the little fate was saved.

(End of chapter)