Wei Yan finally chose Jiang Wei's withdrawal route, which Jiang Wei really didn't expect.

According to Jiang Wei's original intention, it was to give Wei Yan a withdrawal route with the highest risk, so as to prompt Wei Yan to make a choice among the first two relatively low-risk withdrawal routes.

You must know that the biggest drawback of this withdrawal route is that it is impossible to contact Zhuge Liang in front of the Tiger Pass, and can only rely on Zhuge Liang's own judgment to cooperate with the battle.

And Wang Ling, this person, is not low, although it is difficult for 5,000 people to guard a tiger prison pass, it does not mean that he can't hold it, if Wei Yan and Zhuge Liang can't form a joint offensive force, this tiger prison pass is not so easy to break.

And as long as Wang Ling can hold on to the Tiger Prison Pass for ten days, then what awaits Wei Yan, in addition to the dilemma of insufficient grain and grass, there is no place for the main force of the Wei army to flee from the direction of Suojube and Fengqiu.

Once there is no Wei Yan's response, if the main force of the Wei army rushes to the Tiger Prison Pass, I am afraid that Prime Minister Zhuge has the ability to reach the sky, so he can only give up attacking the Tiger Prison Pass and continue to retreat to Gongxian.

In this way, the main force of the 30,000 Han forbidden army may really be wiped out.

Therefore, Jiang Wei still has to persuade. Although I came up with the idea, the risk of this idea is too high, why don't General Wei think about it again?!

But Wei Yan insisted on choosing this plan, and Wei Yan's confidence lies in his belief in Zhuge Liang's military acumen and ability to adapt to emergencies.

Wei Yan believes that as long as he launches an attack behind the Tiger Pass, Zhuge Liang on the front will definitely understand what is going on and will definitely attack the Tiger Pass with all his might.

Well, this is Wei Yan's trust in Zhuge Liang.

But this trust is too unreasonable, and Jiang Wei, who is a disciple of Zhuge Liang, feels that Wei Yan's trust is a little too blind. Doesn't it mean that there are often arguments and frictions between Wei Zhengxi and his teacher, and they don't get along with each other?!

Well, Jiang Wei doesn't understand.

The friendship between Wei Yan and Zhuge Liang, Zhang Xi and others is difficult to describe in simple words.

Wei Yan did not get along with Zhang Xi, but it did not prevent Wei Yan from believing in Zhang Xi's ability, and Wei Yan and Zhuge Liang did not have a particularly close relationship, but Wei Yan believed that once he needed to believe in Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang would definitely not let himself down.

This is the relationship accumulated for more than 20 years, especially as there are fewer and fewer brothers and comrades-in-arms who fought together in the early years, the trust between these remaining people has become more profound.

Even if the relationship between them is not harmonious, at a critical juncture, Wei Yan will still subconsciously choose to believe Zhuge Liang.

Of course, it's the same with Zhang Xi.

This is where Wei Yan's confidence in choosing Jiang Wei's strategy lies. He really believed that Zhuge Liang could cooperate with him to attack the Tiger Prison without any intelligence support.

Can. To be honest, if Zhuge Liang was at the scene and knew Wei Yan's thoughts, he would really say a sentence - Wei Lao Pifu, it is too embarrassing.

Zhuge Liang is a mature military strategist, and he is notoriously cautious in the use of troops, many of his strategies are based on the support of sufficient intelligence, and only in rare cases will he choose to give it a go.

In this rare case, it is usually when Zhang Xi insists that a certain strategy is feasible.

This is almost the only exception in Zhuge Liang's military career. Anyway, Zhuge Liang doesn't know why, anyway, as long as Zhang Xi insists on doing the strategy, the success rate is often outrageously high, even if there is no intelligence support, he can still get things done.

This is the person Zhuge Liang is willing to choose to trust and retreat. Wei Yanke really isn't.

Moreover, Zhuge Liang at this time really didn't pay too much attention to the direction of the Tiger Prison Pass, and he himself was not even in Gong County.

Wang Ling of Tiger Prison Pass only has 5,000 people stationed in the Tiger Prison Pass, and he is unable to send troops to pose any threat to Luoyang, and Zhuge Liang only has 10,000 people in Gongxian County, and only 3,000 people in Luoyang, and the troops are also quite tight.

Otherwise, Zhuge Liang would not have been left without troops in Luoyang.

It was also a smooth ride for Xu Shu to go all the way on Chen Liu's side, and Zhuge Liang did not need to send mobile contingency forces, otherwise, there would only be so many soldiers guarding the Luoyang area, and it would not be very safe to look at it.

But even so, Zhuge Liang really can't afford to go east to 10,000 people, a fart tiger prison.

So, during this time, Zhuge Liang has actually been staying in Luoyang to deal with government affairs, sort out front-line intelligence, do a good job in logistics and intelligence transmission, and prepare in advance for post-war pacification.

No one else is even in Gong County, even if something happens in the Tiger Prison Pass, Zhuge Liang can't know it at the first time.

And the person who is in charge of military affairs in Gong County, while defending, has nothing to do to contain Wang Ling, Tiger Prison Pass, is Hu Fen.

Hu Fen's father, Hu Zun, followed Xu Shu on the expedition, and now he is also the only person who leads the soldiers and horses Hu Fen is Hu Zun's son, Zhuge Liang naturally wants to leave him in Luoyang.

On the one hand, Luoyang also needs to be guarded, and Zhuge Liang cannot be completely left as a bare-bones commander.

On the other hand, not everyone is like Guan Junhou, who likes to fight with the whole family. It's easy to die with a household register.

Hu Fen stayed in Luoyang, and Zhuge Liang also valued and maintained the Hu family.

It's just that Hu Fen is not very happy.

There is one thing to say, Hu Fen's career is actually much smoother than his father's.

Although let's say it, in terms of official position, Hu Zun must be higher than Hu Fen, as early as ten years ago, Hu Zun was too guarded by Zuo Fengyi, but there are some things that really can't be compared so simply.

After this Northern Expedition, Hu Zun's official position will not be greatly improved, after all, there is no position above, at most, there will be an improvement in the military position.

Well, according to the size of the merit and the political balance, Hu Zun will probably be able to get to the position of a Quartet general.

But the problem is that in recent years, whether it is Han, Wei, or Wu, Sizheng, and Sizhen, temporary official positions have become more and more permanent, resulting in the status of the generals of the four expeditions and four towns getting higher and higher, and there is a faint meaning of surpassing the generals of the four directions, second only to the four generals.

In short, the Quartet generals, now they are not worth much.

And Hu Fen's situation is different from Hu Zun. Hu Zun only took the initiative to surrender to Zhang Xi back then, and did not fight under Zhang Xi, but Hu Fen was a person who was promoted by Zhang Xi's subordinates.

Nowadays, the Han Dynasty has a consensus, that is, the people under Zhang Xi can basically take on great responsibilities, starting with at least one county Taishou, such as Deng Ai, Jiang Wan, Fei Yi, Wang Ji, Shi Bao and others, and even have the talents of the four generals.

Hu Fen has also received a lot of attention because of this, and even Zhuge Liang is paying attention. The invisible political assets are much stronger than his father's, and his future will be much greater.

In short, Hu Fen, who has such good conditions and realizes that his ability is not bad, is very dissatisfied with the life of being able to only garrison in Gongxian County, occasionally go to the Tiger Prison Pass, routinely wave the flag and shout, and show off his might.

Hu Fen also wanted to establish meritorious deeds.

But here's the problem. I really don't have any troops on hand.

Hu Fen is not the kind of stunned young man who has a hot brain in order to make meritorious contributions, he still has brains, and he knows that with the little force in his hands, it is impossible to pose a substantial threat to the Tiger Prison Pass.

However, Hu Fen has been actively making preparations, and during the time he was stationed in Gong County, he built some siege equipment such as cloud ladders, hook ladders, and chariots.

The purpose is actually quite simple, Hu Fen just thinks that if there are reinforcements in Luoyang one day, Zhuge Liang will send troops to attack the Tiger Prison Pass, and he will take out these siege equipment by himself, which is more or less a credit.

Anyway, I'm idle now.

Really, from Sima Yi's withdrawal from Gongxian County and the start of the Battle of Yanzhou to the present, it has been about five months, and Hu Fen has built siege equipment when he is idle in Gongxian County. Let's put it this way, except for the counterweight catapult Hu Fen doesn't know how to build, Hu Fen has almost built other siege equipment that should be built.

And going to walk around the Tiger Prison every once in a while is also Hu Fen's daily life.

Then, one day, Hu Fen found that the situation seemed to be a little wrong.

Wang Ling, who was locked in the tiger prison, actually took the initiative to appear.

Isn't that right?!

Hu Fen vaguely remembered, except for the time when Sima Yi had just withdrawn his troops, when Hu Fen led the troops to show off his might outside the Tiger Prison Pass, Wang Ling would come out to take a look. In the months that followed, Wang Ling knew that Hu Fen was also routine, and he couldn't even come out to see it.

Why did this product actually climb the gate building in person today?!

Listen carefully, how can it seem that behind this tiger prison, there is a faint sound of shouting and killing?!

Could it be that someone is tackling the problem behind the scenes?!

Not. It seems that there is a chance to make meritorious contributions.

As soon as Hu Fen thought of this, he immediately excitedly ordered people to go back to Gongxian County to get siege equipment, and the whole army camped to prepare for the siege.

By the way, Hu Fen did not forget to order someone to hurry back to Luoyang and inform Prime Minister Zhuge Cheng.

(End of chapter)