In fact, Zhuge Liang's order for the whole army to suspend the offensive and take a short rest cannot be regarded as bait.

The offensive has not been smooth in the past few days, and although there is no demoralization in the army, it is inevitable that there will be some impatience. In order to prevent some generals from fighting and attacking regardless of it, Zhuge Liang ordered a temporary rest.

Well, these generals are talking about no one else, Guan Ping and Kou Feng.

One thing to say, these two people are really not a qualified commander, they are at most a qualified general, and it has been like this all these years, and it is impossible to change.

If there is someone who can command them and make them do what they are told, then they can also play a very high tactical value, but if you let them command the troops alone, it is fine to encounter small problems, and in a big battle like the current one, which requires coordinated operations, these two are a little bit worse.

It's easy to fight, and you have to put some restrictions on it, otherwise, the first place that will hurt morale because you can't attack for a long time is here.

This is a very realistic reason, Zhuge Liang must intervene to adjust the offensive rhythm of the entire campaign.

On the other hand, the reason does have a lot to do with the imminent arrival of reinforcements led by Wang Chang.

Zhuge Liang asked Zhang Xi for help, originally expecting Zhang Xi to divide some troops to come over to help. can come to one or two hundred thousand people, Zhuge Liang is already very satisfied.

After all, in the war in Hedong, Zhang Xi used 70,000 people to contain 100,000 people, and if he transferred too much, the deterrent effect would also be reduced, and Zhang Xi might fall under the siege of the Wei army.

But Zhuge Liang didn't expect that Zhang Xi actually directly asked Wang Chang to bring 30,000 people to help, and he took more than 10,000 Qianghu cavalry and more than 20,000 county soldiers to retreat to Mengjindu. Then these 30,000 soldiers, Zhuge Liang must be used on the blade.

The suspension of the offensive and a day's rest, on the one hand, was to preserve the morale of the army, and on the other hand, it was also to wait for the arrival of Wang Chang's troops before launching a general attack.

As for Sima Yi, if he wants to arrange the withdrawal of the army now, Zhuge Liang is also sure enough to complete the mobilization in a short time and send troops to pursue, and if he misses this opportunity to withdraw the army, then in the next time, Zhuge Liang will not give Sima Yi any chance to withdraw the army.

Wang Chang's 30,000 people are the signal for Zhuge Liang's decisive battle, as long as he is in place, he will start to attack with all his might.

Therefore, whether Sima Yi withdrew or did not move was actually within Zhuge Liang's plan, and it was not at all Sima Yi thought that it was a bait to lure him to withdraw on his own initiative.

And after a one-day truce between the two sides, the next day, the battle continued.

It is still a third-line attack, but this attack is only a two-day incident, and Guo Huai's side is the first to withstand it.

There is no way, in the past, Guo Huai used 30,000 people to fight against Zhuge Liang's less than 40,000 people, although it was hard, but relying on the defense of the camp and relying on the response of the sour jujube city behind him, it was not too much of a disadvantage.

But now, Guo Huai is using 30,000 people to deal with the attack of nearly 70,000 Shu thieves. Wang Chang has already led reinforcements in place.

The gap in strength has further widened, and the enemy generals that Guo Huai has to face cannot be compared with the other two defense lines.

Zhuge Liang, Wei Yan, Hu Fen, Wang Chang, which of the four people is easy to mess with? !

Zhuge Liang is resourceful and the commander is well-organized.

Wei Yan, Hu Fenwu is brave and fierce.

Now there is another Wang Chang who can write and martial arts and is good at checking and filling gaps. It's strange that Guo Huai's life can be better.

At the beginning, Guo Huai could barely support it, but after three days, the daily casualties were as high as 1,000, Guo Huai really couldn't hold on.

It's not that Guo Huai has suffered heavy casualties to the point where he can't support the situation now, but if the current casualty figure continues to accumulate for a long time. If it holds on for another ten days, the western defense line in charge of Guo Huai alone may cause more than 10,000 casualties.

There were only more than 30,000 soldiers under Guo Huai's command, and there were more than 10,000 casualties, that is, one-third of the casualties.

I'm afraid that before the Shu thieves can't attack for a long time and their morale is low, the soldiers under their command will not be able to hold on first, because the casualties are too large and the morale of the army is unstable!!

Guo Huai must consider this possibility in advance and inform Sima Yi in advance, so that Sima Yi can make a decision.

And Sima Yi's side is actually under a lot of pressure.

Guo Huai has 30,000 people, and his opponent is only Sima Yi, who has only recently risen to 70,000 people, has been using less than 20,000 people to fight against the attack of 50,000 soldiers commanded by Deng Ai.

Sima Yi was able to survive before, on the one hand, Sima Yi's ability to use troops was really strong, and his command and defense did not leak, on the other hand, it was also Sima Yi who shrank motionless in the camp and never did anything superfluous.

In the first four or five days of attack, Deng Ai was still more cautious and rational in using his troops, if the enemy had a defensive gap to take advantage of, Deng Ai would seize the opportunity to break through, but if the breakthrough did not enter, Deng Ai would immediately lead the troops and would not choose to attack.

To put it simply, Deng Ai's style of using soldiers was still influenced by his teacher, and he was not very willing to use the lives of his soldiers to pile up victory.

Sima Yi also took advantage of this, so he could be regarded as blocking Deng Ai's superior forces attacking.

But now, even people like Zhuge Liang have ordered a strong attack on all fronts, so Deng Ai is no longer able to use troops according to his own ideas. As a commander-in-chief, when you should be ruthless, you must also be ruthless.

Well, this is also one of the experiences that Zhang Xi taught Deng Ai in using soldiers.

And once Deng Ai chooses to attack, Sima Yi, who is at a disadvantage, will be a little unable to support it.

The most important thing is that with Guo Huai, Chen Tai and others successively sending people to report the emergency, saying that the offensive of the Shu thieves has increased and strengthened in the past few days. Obviously, this was not a temporary initiative of the enemy's generals all the way, but an organized assault.

Zhuge Liang is going to use a strong attack to seek a single-point breakthrough, and then break the surface with a point.

In this case, Sima Yi actually has two options to deal with.

One is to stay and hold on, and strive to hold on until the rhythm of this wave of attack of the Shu thieves recedes, and then arrange to retreat. In this way, it is possible to complete the withdrawal without danger.

It's just that it's hard to say how many people can be returned.

Judging from the number of casualties reported on the various defensive lines now, ten days later, the Wei army will suffer at least 20,000 casualties. If you add in the possible casualties caused on the way to withdraw the troops, and finally be able to withdraw the soldiers in Jizhou, it is God to bless you if there are 30,000 people.

Even if the 40,000 people who were withdrawn in the first and second batches are added, a total of 70,000 people can only be withdrawn.

In this battle, not counting the Hedong region, Guangguang Yanzhou, the Great Wei invested about 150,000 troops before and after, and finally withdrew only 70,000 people, and lost the entire Yanzhou. Sima Yi's sin is not ordinarily big.

Of course, the prerequisite for withdrawing these people is that the Wei army must hold any of the three lines of defense, and if one of them is not held, then the end may even be that the whole army will be wiped out, only the first batch, and the second batch of 40,000 people who have withdrawn.

This way of dealing with it is too passive and too risky.

And the second way to deal with it is to break the wrist of a strong man.

Before the Shu thieves did not cause too many casualties, they immediately arranged for the withdrawal of the army, leaving a part of the broken back, and the rest of the main force quickly withdrew to the Yanjin ferry and retreated as soon as possible.

However, considering that the total strength of the Shu thieves has exceeded 150,000 and there are cavalry to help, the arrangement of this withdrawal must be cautious.

It's not that Sima Yi doesn't have a corresponding withdrawal plan, but if he follows Sima Yi's plan, I'm afraid that "selling" a Chen Tai will no longer be able to solve all the problems.

For this reason, Sima Yi had to write a letter about his thoughts and predicament, send it to the city of Suozao and the Western Front, and hand it over to Chen Tai and Guo Huai, and ask the two to make a decision together.

To say that it sounds good, it is the decision of the staff officer, and to say it is ugly. In fact, Sima Yi hopes that these two people can take the initiative to stand up and take responsibility.

In the letter to Chen Tai, Sima Yi actually said it very bluntly.

He hoped that Chen Tai could lead 5,000 people to stick to the sour dates.

I don't ask him to repay the country with his death, I just ask him to delay the withdrawal of the army for three days, and after that, even if Chen Tai surrenders in Kaicheng, Sima Yi will try his best to save his home in Yecheng.

At the same time, Sima Yi also made it clear to Chen Tai in the letter that leaving Chen Tai to guard the sour dates was actually fulfilling Chen Tai himself and Yingchuan Chen.

The fact that Yingchuan County lost so quickly in this war has actually indicated the choice and position of the Yingchuan family, and they have collectively chosen to throw themselves into Shu Han.

Even if Chen Tai returned to the Great Wei Dynasty, without the support of the local family, he would not be able to develop too well.

On the contrary, this time, as long as Chen Tai can stick to the sour dates, delay Sima Yi's withdrawal for three days, and preserve the main force of the Wei army to retreat to Hebei, it is already the Yingchuan Chen clan that shows their loyalty to the Great Wei.

As for whether Chen Tai surrendered to Shu Han in the future, it doesn't matter if he is trapped in a place of death, and he will take righteousness for the country, even if it is Cao Rong, he will not have any idea whether Chen Tai surrendered to Shu Han.

After all, it was Chen Tai who gave up first in Da Wei, not Da Wei who abandoned in Chen Tai first. In these years, it is not required that everyone be able to die the whole festival.

And Chen Tai surrendered to Shu Han later, he can also become the leader of the Yingchuan family within Shu Han again, and the Shu Han court, whether it is out of the position of appeasing the Yingchuan family, or looking at Chen Qun's position of personal friendship with Liu Bei back then, will not embarrass Chen Tai, and even reuse Chen Tai.

To a certain extent, Sima Yi left Chen Tai to keep the sour dates, in fact, he was having a decent opportunity with Chen Tai not to damage the reputation of the Yingchuan Chen family, and at the same time it was relatively reasonable to switch camps.

Of course, the most important thing is that doing so is also good for Dawei.

This is also the reason why Sima Yi can "sell" Chen Tai with peace of mind.

For Chen Tai, Sima Yi can persuade him so straightforwardly, after all, everyone is the spokesperson of the great family, and the things in their hearts are almost the same.

But for Guo Huai, Sima Yi can't say that Guo Huai is also a child of a big family, yes, but Guo Huai is a person who has discipline.

Moreover, Guo Huai, who is the third generation of the Great Wei Dynasty, is completely different from Chen Tai, the second generation of officials.

It is impossible for such a person to convince him with any interests. The only thing that can convince him is righteousness.

In his letter to Guo Huai, Sima Yi said that he preferred the second response to withdraw his troops immediately, and that Sima Yi was willing to personally lead the front to block the cavalry threat for the army, and at the same time hand over the Chinese army to Guo Huai to lead.

And Guo Huai's reply, there is no accident, how can the commander of the army be in danger with his own life? !

(End of chapter)