Guo Huai is almost sixty years old, it can be said that he has been through personnel for a long time, and his heart is actually the same as Spiegel.

As the commander of the first army, Sima Yi took the initiative to put forward two plans to consult Guo Huai's opinions, but he wanted to be the commander in chief, threatening to open the way for the army, and instead let Guo Huai lead the relatively safe Chinese army. Do you need to speculate more about the meaning?!

Sima Yi is the commander of the First Army, and now the military heart of the Yanzhou Wei Army is concerned.

In today's Yanzhou war situation, no one can let Sima Yi take risks, once Sima Yi has a mistake, in the current severe situation, the army may collapse at any time because of the loss of the commander.

Therefore, Sima Yi's letter to Guo Huai, Guo Huai read it very clearly, in fact, he asked Guo Huai to take on the responsibility of opening the way for the army and blocking the assault of the Shu thief cavalry.

It's just that this task is so risky that Sima Yi is even willing to put together 5,000 pikemen to open the way. 5,000 pikemen went to fight against nearly 20,000 Liangzhou cavalry, no matter how you think about it, it will be the end of nine deaths and one life.

But Guo Huai had to agree.

On the one hand, it is his own life and death, and on the other hand, it is the life and death of the main force of the 100,000 Wei army.

Guo Huai is an old minister of the Three Dynasties of the Great Wei Dynasty, and he is deeply favored by the Great Wei When it comes to such a critical moment, Guo Huai knows how to choose.

It's just that Sima Yi's approach still makes Guo Huai very unhappy to some extent.

Yes, you Sima Yi is important, as the commander of the first army, you can't make mistakes, you can't take risks easily, Guo Huai understands this truth.

If you Sima Yi said it frankly, I hope that Guo Huai will take the responsibility of opening the way, with Guo Huai's character and temper, as well as his loyalty to Dawei, Guo Huai will not disagree. But you Sima Yi playing this trick is really chilling.

But no matter how cold he is, what should be done, Guo Huai still won't escape. It's not for Sima Yi, it's just to be worthy of Great Wei.

Therefore, he replied to Sima Yi and took the initiative to take this responsibility.

In the next three days, Guo Huai still held on to the camp on the west line of sour jujube. This is also Sima Yi's plan.

According to Sima Yi's plan, the three defense lines still have to hold on for three days, and on the fourth day, the eastern defense line where Sima Yi is located will make a posture that cannot resist the offensive and has to retreat to the defense in Suojube City.

This is actually not surprising, Sima Yi has always maintained the defense of the eastern front with the least number of troops, and always faces twice the enemy army of his own, if there is one of the three days of defense line that is easier to break through, it must be the eastern defense line that Sima Yi is responsible for.

It is normal for Sima Yi to retreat into the city, and as Sima Yi retreats into the city, Deng Ai will inevitably choose to join forces with Guan Ping and Kou Feng in front of Suojube City to attack Suojube, and Zhuge Liang will not only stare at the Wei military camp on the west side in front of him, but will also pay attention to Suojube City.

After all, if you capture Sujube City, the defenders of the camp on the west side will have no way back, and they will quickly disperse.

At this time, Guo Huai will hand over military affairs with Xiahou He, return to Sujube City in advance, and prepare to undertake the preparations for the retreat of the army.

After making these preparations, Sima Yi will order Xiahou He to withdraw his troops into the city, in this case, Zhuge Liang of the Shu thief will inevitably be on guard because he suspects Xiahou He's withdrawal, and while Zhuge Liang hesitates, Sima Yi can immediately start the withdrawal action.

This is the first step in the success of this withdrawal. If this step is not successful, then the subsequent withdrawal will not be carried out effectively.

And the key to this step, on the one hand, is to arouse the vigilance and hesitation of the Shu thief, and on the other hand, Sima Yi's side must act quickly enough.

There won't be too much time and opportunity left for Sima Yi, after all, the opponent is Zhuge Liang.

And the Han army is on this side. When Sima Yi suddenly led his troops to retreat to Suojube City, in fact, not only Zhuge Liang, but even Deng Ai felt that this matter was a bit strange.

After all, it was indeed a little strange that Sima Yi retreated before he was at the end of his life.

Of course, at best, it may be that Sima Yi doesn't want to make senseless sacrifices, and the pressure on the sour jujube defenders is too great, so Sima Yi retreats in advance to help the sour jujube defend.

Think about it badly. This old thief Sima Yi may not have any bad ideas.

Actually, Deng Ai and Zhuge Liang both thought about whether Sima Yi had other plans, but considering that Sima Yi did have a reason to withdraw the army, and his "ulterior motives", the two of them didn't think of it for a while, so the two of them only doubted, rather than seeing through Sima Yi's tricks.

But when Xiahou and the leading troops retreated from the sour dates, Deng Ai and Zhuge Liang both discovered that something was wrong.

Sima Yi's retreat can also be said to be the insufficient strength of the defenders on the Eastern Front, and it is of little significance to continue to consume. But there are nearly 30,000 people on the Western Front defending, and even if they are a little damaged, they are not to the point where they can't be consumed.

Thinking of the current recovery of the third line of the Wei army, it is obvious that Sima Yi cannot resist the attack of the Han army with just one sour jujube city, so Zhuge Liang and Deng Ai have come to the conclusion that Sima is an old thief who wants to run.

The conclusions were correct, and Zhuge Liang and Deng Ai also began to prepare in advance, drawing out the reserves they could use to form a pursuit force to guard against Sima Yi's possible withdrawal.

However, Sima Yi did not give it in vain, and his reaction speed and withdrawal speed also exceeded Zhuge Liang and Deng Ai's expectations.

Xiahou He had just led the troops back to Sujube City, and Sima Yi didn't even give him a chance to rest, and directly let him enter through the west gate, go out to the north gate, and withdraw the army immediately.

Guo Huai had already set off with five thousand pikemen.

And as the soldiers led by Xiahou and left the north gate, Sima Yi also led the remaining 20,000 soldiers, with Cao Yu, Du Shu and others, to evacuate the sour dates.

Chen Tai was left with 5,000 soldiers and stayed behind to guard the sour dates.

The withdrawal of 50,000 troops before and after, Sima Yi only took half a day to do it, and by the time Zhuge Liang and Deng Ai reacted, they had just organized the pursuit troops, and Sima Yi had already led the main force and left Sujube City.

Zhuge Liang is better here, he has the cavalry led by Pang De Zhuge Liang immediately ordered Pang De to lead the Liangzhou cavalry, bypass Sujube City, and go north to pursue Sima Yi.

The Han Forbidden Army led by Wei Yan took a short rest, replenished their ordnance, and immediately followed.

And Deng Ai's reaction speed is actually similar to Zhuge Liang's, but unfortunately, Deng Ai has no cavalry in his hands, so he can only gather 20,000 foot soldiers as soon as possible, and also bypass Sujube City and go north to pursue.

As for the task of conquering Sour Jujube City, it still has to be handed over to Guan Ping and Kou Feng.

On the one hand, it was a planned withdrawal operation, and on the other hand, it was a temporary response to the pursuit, and Sima Yi finally grabbed about half a day.

And more importantly, the sour jujube is only three days away from Yanjin, and the normal march is only three days, and if the army is withdrawn in a hurry, it may be possible to reach the Yanjin ferry in two days. As long as we arrive at the Yanjin Ferry, this withdrawal will be considered more than half of the success.

This is also the reason why Sima Yi is not worried about the pursuit of the Shu thief infantry, but only the Shu thief cavalry.

After a two-day march and a half-day reaction time difference, at such a short distance, the infantry of the Shu thieves could not catch up at all, and only the cavalry could threaten.

And the threat of cavalry was handed over to the pikemen led by Guo Huai to deal with.

As long as Guo Huai can withstand the temporary cavalry impact and buy the main force of the army led by Sima Yi another half a day, then Sima Yi can retreat to Yanjin, relying on the defense facilities of the Yanjin ferry, while defending, and cooperating with the ferry in Hebei to withdraw the troops.

It can be said that Sima Yi's withdrawal strategy has been carried out very smoothly in all aspects.

Chen Tai, who stayed behind in Sujuo, not only still held on to the walled city and delayed part of the Han army's siege troops, but he even took the initiative to divide his troops to attack, disturbing the Han army's pursuing foot soldiers, trying to slow down the pursuit of the Han army's foot soldiers.

Guo Huai also set up an ambush sixty miles away from the official road outside Yanjin City, blocking Pang De's cavalry pursuit corps, and buying enough time for Sima Yi to lead the main force of the army to quickly complete the last forty or fifty miles.

Chen Tai and Guo Huai have both completed their strategic goals excellently, but the fate of the two of them is not too good.

Chen Tai held on to the sour jujube city, but due to the disparity in strength, Chen Tai also failed to hold on to the night of the third day, he was in the early morning of the third day, under the hard work of Kou Feng, the Han army captured the city wall and opened the city gate. The sour jujube was lost, and Chen Tai himself was captured.

And Guo Huai. is missing.

Guo Huai took 5,000 pikemen to ambush Pound's cavalry legion, which really caught Pound a little off guard at first. Pang De was in a hurry to pursue, but he didn't expect that a general of Guo Huai's level would personally lead the pikemen to break off, and he would be somewhat inferior in command and response.

Therefore, the Liangzhou cavalry did not only delay Guo Huai's pursuit time at the beginning, but was also hit by the spear array led by Guo Huai.

However, when Pang De realized that if he didn't solve Guo Huai's troops, he might not be able to pursue them with peace of mind, the rest of the matter became much simpler.

If the pikemen want to block the cavalry corps, they must line up in advance, seize the favorable terrain, and base themselves on the defense in order to pose a certain threat to the cavalry.

If in an open area, the pikemen do not occupy the advantage of the terrain and face the cavalry, in fact, there is not much difference from ordinary infantry.

After all, the cavalry of the Han Dynasty has never been a cavalry that mainly charges and kills in groups. Even if it is a heavy cavalry, the cavalry of the Han Dynasty will be equipped with a certain number of bows and crossbows.

When the battle arena is open and the cavalry has a roundabout space, the cavalry of the Han Dynasty will not be stupid to hit the muzzle of the spear by itself, and will inevitably choose to ride and shoot at the enemy.

As long as you pay attention to keeping a good distance from the spearmen phalanx, so that the lancers do not have the opportunity to change formations and approach the cavalry, then the spearmen phalanx is just a live target.

Therefore, when Pound adjusted his tactics and used cavalry to consume the spear formation led by Guo Huai, Guo Huai no longer posed any threat to Pound's cavalry.

However, Guo Huai's goal was also achieved, and he restrained Pang De's main cavalry.

And at the cost of . When the spear phalanx broke up due to excessive casualties, Guo Huai was unable to restrain the troops, so he could only take advantage of the chaos to break through under the escort of his personal guards.

Finally, the whereabouts are unknown.

When the infantry legion was defeated, it was pursued by the cavalry legion. This missing whereabouts basically means nine deaths.

(End of chapter)