Sima Yi's withdrawal plan has actually begun a long time ago.

Jia Kui and others in Puyang were the first batch of people to withdraw their troops, with a total of about 20,000 people, who withdrew from the direction of Baima Ferry to Jizhou, which lasted about four days.

This time is not long, and this is already the result of the desperate collection of ferries along the Yellow River in Jizhou, and the full favor has been doing it very desperately, and even for this withdrawal, the full favor was forced, and he had to be a cool official again, just to collect enough ships for Sima Yi to withdraw the army.

The Yellow River is not a small ditch, and the ferry capacity in these years is also limited, and 20,000 people can be evacuated in four days, which is already a very successful retreat.

The second group of people who were arranged to withdraw the army were Cao Shuang's 20,000 soldiers who withdrew to Yanjin Ferry.

This batch was actually not within Sima Yi's arrangement, after all, Sima Yi didn't expect that Cao Shuang would retreat directly to Yanjin Ferry so shamelessly.

According to Sima Yi's original arrangement, it should be that after the remaining 80,000 soldiers are assembled in Suozao, they will first stalemate with Zhuge Liang and others for a period of time, and then arrange Cao Yu, Xiahou and others as the second batch of withdrawal teams.

It's a pity that this arrangement was broken by Cao Shuang.

And since Cao Shuang has arrived at the Yanjin Ferry, it is naturally impossible to come to the sour jujube to help Cao Shuang What kind of courage is that, Sima Yi still has some understanding of himself.

In this way, instead of letting Cao Shuang stop the army at Yanjin Ferry and shake the morale of the army, it is better to simply arrange for Cao Shuang to cross the river first and join Man Chong and Jia Kui.

Out of sight is out of sight.

As for sour jujubes, in fact, Sima Yi really feels very tricky now.

It's not that you can't hold it, it's just that it's just this hard support, and the risk is not small.

On the one hand, after all, the opponent this time is Zhuge Liang, but now no one thinks that Zhuge Liang is just a civil official engaged in internal affairs, and several battles of Heluo have proved that Zhuge Liang also lacks ability and talent in military planning.

At least, when Sima Yi faced Zhuge Liang, there was basically no time to take advantage.

On the other hand, the two sides have hoarded too many troops near the small county town of Suojube.

As Deng Ai led his troops to Suojube and joined Zhuge Liang's army, the Han army had nearly 130,000 infantry cavalry in terms of total strength.

On Sima Yi's side, as Chen Tai abandoned Fengqiu and got rid of Pang De's cavalry interception and retreated to Suojube, the total strength of the Wei army was about 63,000 people.

In terms of the difference in troops, the ratio between the two sides is about two to one, and this ratio, if judged according to conventional military common sense, in the battle to defend the city, Sima Yi still has a little advantage.

But the problem is that the current sour jujube battlefield is no longer a conventional siege and defense battle.

The total number of troops on both sides is nearly 200,000 people, gathered near Suozao County, which is not a big city, what kind of siege battle is this, this is a general battle.

In the Battle of Guandu that year, the total strength of Yuan Cao's two sides was only 200,000.

As long as there is one carelessness, both sides may encounter unforeseen situations, and the probability of encountering unforeseen circumstances, as far as the current situation is concerned, is a little greater on Sima Yi's side.

The current defensive situation of the Wei army in Suozao is basically that Guo Huaitun's troops are on the east side of Suozao City, against Zhuge Liang's main camp, while Sima Yitun's troops are on the west side of Suozao City, protecting the flank and the northern retreat channel, and at the same time containing Deng Ai, Chen Tai is responsible for holding on to Suojube and dealing with the onslaught of Guan Ping and Kou Feng's leading troops.

There are quite a few times when Cao Cao was in the battle of Guandu, and he was beaten by Yuan Shao and could only passively defend the posture.

But in the battle of Guandu that year, Cao Cao was like heaven's help, Yuan Shao turned a flat war into a war of attrition, not to mention, Xu You, an important strategist under his command, also chose to defect at a critical moment, giving Cao Cao the opportunity to attack the black nest at night.

Now Sima Yi, his opponent is not Yuan Benchu, but Zhuge Kongming, and no one will turn back halfway to send him important strategic information.

Therefore, Sima Yi now has only one choice, and that is the hard top.

And such a top. Casualties came up.

Not only did the casualties of the Wei army come up, but the casualties of the Han army also began to slowly increase.

However, in just four or five days, each side suffered more than 2,000 casualties.

The main casualties on the Han army's side were caused in the process of attacking sour jujubes.

If you can conquer the sour jujube, then whether it is Guo Huai's department or Sima Yi's department, it will become a rootless Ping, and there will be no second choice except to retreat.

Therefore, Guan Ping and Kou Feng's attack on sour jujube is really quite costless.

Especially Kou Feng, his combat style is known for his ferocity, and once he is ruthless, his casualty rate will never be too low.

And Chen Tai's sour jujubes, in the face of Deng Ai and Zhuge Liang, he may be at a disadvantage, but in the face of Guan Ping and Kou Feng, he can still parry.

In addition, in the siege battle, the defender has the advantage in the end, and the attacker must pay at least twice as many casualties before it is possible to cause some damage to the defender.

In the attack and defense of Suozao City, the casualties of the Han army were actually greater than those of the Wei army.

But. On the other two fronts, the casualties of the Han army were much smaller than those of the Wei army.

On the Eastern Front, Sima Yi not only had to face the attack of Deng Ai, who was twice his size, but also had to worry about the sneak attack of the elusive Pound cavalry at any time.

Without the cover of the city wall, they could only occupy the camp for defense, and the cavalry's cavalry fire was not small in the lethality of the defenders in the camp.

As for abandoning the camp and taking the initiative. Sima Yi would only do this unless he was brain-dead.

This is simply to send war merits to the cavalry on the opposite side.

Therefore, under the passive defense, the defense of the eastern front commanded by Sima Yi was that the casualties of the Wei army were greater than those of the Han army.

As for the Western Front, in fact, it is a similar concept, and Guo Huai also did not dare to leave the camp to fight the Shu thieves.

After all, Guo Huai is a great Han forbidden army who knows the combat effectiveness of his opponent very well, and under normal circumstances, one fight is not a problem at all.

Not to mention, Guo Huai's opponent is Zhuge Liang, this old fox, if you relax a little, he can find a chance to bleed you or stick to it honestly.

In this way, although the Wei army was passively defending on the front of the two flanks, and the casualties were higher than those on the opposite side, fortunately, the battle of defending the city in Suozao was okay, resulting in similar losses on both sides.

If you continue to keep it like this, although it is hard, it is not impossible.

As long as it lasts for another ten days or so, it frustrates the spirit of the Shu thieves, and after the Shu thieves can't attack for a long time, they will inevitably temporarily recycle and recuperate, which is a good opportunity for Sima Yi to withdraw his troops.

But. What kind of calculation Sima Yi made, in fact, Zhuge Liang also knew.

Although Zhuge Liang did not expect the Wei army's defense to be so tight, but the most excellent commander, it is an inevitable choice to take precautions.

After attacking for five days without success, Zhuge Liang ordered the whole army to suspend the attack for one day and take a short rest.

Sima Yi saw that there was no movement on the other side, and began to ponder. In the end, whether to take the opportunity to arrange the withdrawal of troops.

This really made Sima Yi hesitate about the time node of the Shu thief's pause in attack, which was very delicate.

Indeed, in the past four or five days, the attack of the Shu thieves was indeed unfavorable, but it did not reach the point where it could not be attacked for a long time and hurt morale.

Secondly, according to the military report sent back by the scouts, the Shu thief reinforcements from Luoyang will probably arrive at the front line of sour jujube in a day or two.

At this point in time, the card is very ingenious.

Even if the Shu thieves really rest and recuperate, there is no way to arrange the pursuit in a short time. But it will take at least a day for Sima Yi to arrange the withdrawal of troops.

Retreat early tomorrow morning, isn't it just in time for the arrival of the enemy's reinforcements, Zhuge Liang is afraid that he has already calculated this, so he will order a suspension of the attack today and a temporary rest, right?!

Withdrawing the army, I am afraid that it will inevitably be pursued by the enemy, and the casualties are not small, but if you do not withdraw, the Shu thieves who have recuperated will inevitably attack more fiercely next time, and their casualties are still not small.

Sima Yi frowned, paced back and forth in the military tent, carefully weighed the gains and losses, and finally decided, and stood still.

Sima Yi himself could not estimate how many casualties would be caused by the withdrawal, but Sima Yi had some points in his heart about the casualties caused by continuing to hold on.

Continue to hold on, hold on for ten days, and wait until the morale of the Shu thieves declines, and then withdraw the army.

This opportunity may not be an opportunity, but it is just a bait put up by Zhuge Lao Thief.

(End of chapter)