The sun is three poles, and the south bank of Weishui is already red.

The Wei-Shu War continued, but the situation had been turned upside down.

Since Guo Huai's Beiyuan camp was burned down, the situation of the Wei army has taken a sharp turn for the worse, and the battle line is precarious.

Wu Yi even led tens of thousands of Qiang Hu soldiers to kill from behind Guo Huai's Yongliang army, and defeated Guo Huai, who was unprepared, and fled with his face.

Now that Zhuge Liang's worries have been solved, the Wudang Fei Army led by Wang Ping can also be put into the front of the battle and fight a decisive battle with the Wei army.

Coupled with tens of thousands of Qiang Hu soldiers, the momentum of the Shu army was greatly boosted, and the morale of the front-line soldiers was extremely high, and there were faint signs of pushing back the Wei army's battle columns.

Sima Zhao looked at the changing situation on the field in shock, but he didn't expect that in just a quarter of an hour, the originally good situation reversed in an instant.

The Wei army, which had the advantage of troops, was somewhat inferior to the Shu army with fewer troops at this moment.

Seeing this, Sima Yi no longer hesitated, and ordered again:

"Immediately Mingjin, withdraw to the camp!!"

"Father, now the victory is not decided, although our army has suffered heavy casualties, but the Shu army has also reached the end of the strong crossbow."

Sima Zhao was unwilling, although he had now lost the momentum of the two-sided attack on the Shu army, but now it was still an equal situation.

But if the army is withdrawn, it will inevitably give the Shu army a chance to pursue the victory, and the casualties of the Wei army will be more than that.

Sima Yi looked at Sima Zhao with some hatred, and shouted:

"Do you think Zhuge Liang will only have this trick?"

"Quickly Mingjin, withdraw to the camp on the east bank of Wugong Water."

Although Sima Zhao was not convinced, Sima Yi's voice was violent, and Sima Zhao didn't dare to talk nonsense, so he had to go to Mingjin slowly.

But Sima Shi didn't speak again this time, because after Sima Shi guessed Zhuge Liang's back hand, he knew that it would be such a result.

After Sima Yi mentioned it, Sima Shi realized that he had missed one person, and that was Ma Dai.

Ma Dai is under the aura of his father and brother, although he is not famous, but Ma Dai's personal martial arts are not to be underestimated.

After Ma Teng and Ma Chao passed away one after another, Ma Dai undoubtedly inherited the inheritance of the two.

Even after so many years, the name of Liangzhou Ma Teng, General Shenweitian, is still a well-known name among the Qiang tribes.

Especially after seeing Guo Huai defeated by the cavalry, Sima Shi was even more sure of his opinion.

Ma Dai did not appear, so he must have contacted the Qiang people of Liangzhou, as Zhuge Liang's surprise soldier, to attack the weakness of himself and others.

Now that Wu Yidu has appeared, Ma Dai must also appear.

Just as Sima Shi was thinking, a scout came to Sima Yi urgently and reported urgently:

"Report to the Metropolitan Governor, there is a large force on the north bank of Weishui, suspected of being a Shu army, and they are building a pontoon bridge, intending to cross the Wei River."

Here it comes!

Sima Shi thought to himself, presumably this force must be a strange soldier led by Ma Dai.

"Father, withdraw the troops."

Sima Shi sighed, although he didn't think that the Qianghu soldiers led by Ma Dai could have much combat effectiveness.

However, as long as Ma Dai crossed the Weishui and led the army to cut off the retreat of the Wei army, without having to fight with himself, he was afraid that it would cause the army's morale to fluctuate, which would cause the army to collapse.

Sima Yi held his breath and looked in the direction of Zhuge Liang, with mixed feelings in his heart.

There is loss, appreciation, unwillingness, and loneliness.

After all, he was defeated by Zhuge Liang, but although he was defeated on the battlefield, he Sima Yi was not defeated.

Because he discovered a secret of Zhuge Liang, which will definitely determine the fate of Shu in the future, and even his own fate.

Sima Yi didn't speak, but Sima Zhao, who heard the scout's report, didn't dare to rub it anymore and hurriedly withdrew his troops.

On the battlefield, the Wei army, which was still fighting bravely, was stunned at first after hearing the sound of gold, and then began to shrink the formation and retreat.

Sima Yi supervised the Yongliang army for nearly ten years, and since Sima Yi sat in Chang'an, he resumed production and reclaimed Tuntian.

The originally withered Guanzhong was once again turned into a fertile field.

During Sima Yi's tenure, he cultivated land everywhere, and wherever he went, which allowed Guanzhong to recover a little vitality.

In terms of governing the army, Sima Yi was even stricter, treating everyone equally, so that the originally unruly Yongliang army was suppressed.

Yongliang has been a hero since ancient times, since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty defeated the Xiongnu, Qianqiang, Di, Xiongnu, Xianbei and other ethnic groups are attached.

Among them, these alien races were placed in Youzhou, Bingzhou, Liangzhou and other border areas as imperial barriers.

Since then, Liangzhou has become a gathering place for Qiang, and these Qiang and Di people have also become the most commonly used mercenaries in the future Han Empire.

Every time the empire goes on an expedition, it will recruit the Qiang, Di and even the Huns, and the Wuhuan people as mercenaries to go out with the army.

Since then, Liangzhou has produced many heroes, Dong Zhuo, Li Dao, Guo Yan, Ma Teng, Han Sui, these Liangzhou people, are all Liangzhou heroes.

Although the people of Liangzhou fought bravely, they were lax in military discipline and refused to obey discipline.

However, since Sima Yi took office, he has strictly enforced military discipline, rectified the army, and disobeyed from top to bottom, and since then the Yongliang army has become the elite of the world and the most difficult mountain to cross in Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition.

At this time, the Yongliang army, which was originally fighting, was stunned for only a moment after hearing Mingjin, and slowly retreated according to the military regulations set by Sima Yi.

Naturally, the Shu army could not let the Wei army retreat like this, and pursued closely behind.

Xiahou Ba, Xiahou Wei and Sun Li, who were still fighting desperately, saw this, and hurriedly abandoned Jiang Wei and Liao Hua, and retreated frantically backwards.

Jiang Wei and Liao Hua led the army to cover and kill from behind, but although the Wei army retreated, the formation remained unchaotic, and it was difficult for the Shu army to expand the results.

Sima Yi and his son led a large army to personally protect the pontoon bridge on the Wugong River, and the Wei army slowly retreated to the camp on the east bank of the Wugong River.

Since then, this Wei Shu duel, the decisive battle of the world's top strategists, has finally come to an end.

Although the Shu army was victorious, it was also a tragic victory, except for the 30,000 Yongliang army led by Guo Huai was defeated, and the Shu army was pressed and beaten by the Wei army throughout the battle, and was at a disadvantage.

In the end, the Shu army killed and captured more than 40,000 Wei troops, including the 25,000 Yongliang troops under Guo Huai.

And the casualties of the Shu army were also more than 20,000.

Sima Yi's 120,000-strong army can be said to have retreated with his whole body, and he did not break his muscles and bones.

Although the Shu army did not defeat Sima Yi in one fell swoop, the Shu army was still the one who won an unprecedented victory in this decisive battle.

It can even be said that the previous Northern Expeditions were not as important as such a victory.

Because Zhuge Liang finally occupied this part of the Northern Plains through this decisive battle.

Beiyuan is located on the north bank of Weishui, a key place, through the north plain to the west can follow the Weishui River valley, straight to Longyou.

To the south, you can cut off the road to Longyou and completely isolate Longyou from Guanzhong.

Now that the Shu army occupies the north and south of Weishui, the next step is to firmly hold the North Plains and Wuzhang Plain, these two places, they can isolate Longyou.

Send another general to the west to capture the counties of Longyou, then the hegemony can be profitable, and the Han family can prosper.

This is Zhuge Liang's strategy, since he has made a move, he must decide the winner in one fell swoop, and seize the opportunity to give the other party the most fatal blow.

This time, as long as Zhuge Liang personally sticks to the north and south of Weishui and does not repeat the changes in the street pavilion, then Shu Han's occupation of Longyou will be an ironclad matter.

After all, there are still many powerful families in the counties of Longyou, and they are still oriented to the Han family.

As long as the road between Guanzhong and Longyou is cut off, after a long time, these wealthy families will respond in groups, turn their backs on Cao Wei, and defect to Shu Han.

...

Shu Han camp.

Zhuge Liang sat on the main seat, his face was ruddy, and his mouth couldn't close with a smile.

For the first time since this expedition, he showed a hearty smile, and he no longer had the sad face of the previous few days, and his face was gray.

Now that the Shu army has won the first big victory since its expedition, Zhuge Liang summoned the generals, naturally to reward them for their merits.

All the generals knelt in the big tent, talking and laughing with each other.

After all, after such a big victory, the Northern Expedition is expected, and you can be promoted to the knighthood because of your merits, why not.

Only Wei Yan knelt alone and sat in the first place under Zhuge Liang, sullen.

After all, all the generals have made meritorious contributions, but he is the only one who has lost his troops and lost his generals, and his face has not been accomplished.

Liu Yu stood behind Wei Yan, bowed his head, and didn't say a word.

After all, there are so many bigwigs present, and he doesn't have a part to speak, just listen obediently.

Zhuge Liang saw that all the generals had arrived, and said with a smile:

"Today's victory over the Wei army has dealt a blow to Sima Yi's arrogance, which is gratifying."

"It also occupied the north bank of Weishui, opening the way for our army to go north, and from then on, our army can take Longyou to the west, and Chang'an to the east."

"Cao Wei rebelled against the thief in the future, but I am afraid that I will not be able to sleep well, this is all the credit of the kings."

"Thanks to the prime minister's exhaustive strategy, otherwise how could we have the opportunity to make a contribution!"

"The prime minister's clever plan is to settle the world!"

The generals kept praising Zhuge Liang, after all, the sedan chair carried people.

"Since ancient times, meritorious deeds must be rewarded, and mistakes must be punished."

"All of you have great merits, and you will be rewarded for your merits next."

Zhuge Liang smiled and said to everyone:

"Where is Liu Yu?"

Hearing his name, Liu Yu was stunned for a moment, then reacted, hurriedly came out of the ranks, came to Zhuge Liang, knelt down on one knee, and said loudly:

"Humble duty."

Everyone in the tent looked at Liu Yu with envy and jealousy, and everyone knew that Liu Yu was about to develop.

After all, as the first person to come out to accept the reward, Liu Yu must be the first merit, and he can get the prime minister's weight, and his soaring prosperity is just around the corner.