Ma Jian glanced back at the size of the Wei army and saw that something was wrong.

The Wei army did not have 4,000 men at all, only 2,000 infantry and cavalry. Because Ma Tan was targeting Sima Shi, he didn't notice that the number of Wei troops was wrong.

Now when I look at it again, I understand that I was yin by Sima Shi.

Sima Shi had long been ready to be chased and beaten by Ma Tan. Split the troops early, retreated north from two routes, and used themselves as bait to cover the withdrawal of the other 2,000 troops.

When the retreat was cut off, and there was still the Great Demon King Ma Tan in front of him, Sima Shi decisively chose to sacrifice two thousand steps to keep the rest of the trilogy.

Obviously, although Ma Tan attached great importance to Sima Shi, he was still careless and was overshadowed by this young man.

When he found out about this situation, Ma Jian couldn't help but feel a pain in the egg.

This Sima Shi ...... It's really with Sima Yi himself, they are all old yin.

Some Ma Jian who did not accept it led the troops to pursue all the way, after all, he was the only one who took advantage of others, and it was still rare for others to calculate.

However, Sima Shi had already prepared, and when he passed by Zhiyang, he did not enter the city at all, and continued to go north all the way. Ma Tan chased all the way to the border of Wuwei, and finally did not catch up with Sima Shi.

So Sima Shi succeeded in leading the rest of the troops to retreat after losing 2,000 men.

"Sima Shi! What a despicable thing! Ma Tan was very dissatisfied, and snorted angrily and raised his middle finger in the direction of Sima Shi's escape.

Fortunately, this battle was very fruitful, and Sima Zhao and Sima Shi contributed nearly 3,000 cavalry prisoners to Ma Yan. At this rate, it won't be long before Ma Jian can gather 10,000 cavalry.

How cool is it for 10,000 cavalry to charge after him? Ma Tan didn't feel it, but he still wanted to see it.

But just when Ma Tan began to think about how to save his family money next, suddenly his own guards came up to report to him.

"General, the prime minister sent a messenger to deliver a message to you."

"Message?" As soon as Ma Tan heard this, an ominous premonition rose in his heart.

"What are you talking about?"

"The prime minister said that he congratulated the auxiliary general on making a fortune."

Ma Yan: "......"

"Evil!!"

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After Sima Shi abandoned Jincheng and led his troops to retreat north, the Shu army quickly captured the whole county of Jincheng. The surrounding counties and towns all looked down on the wind, and no one dared to resist anymore.

Zhuge Liang led the army into Jincheng and reconvened all the generals to discuss major matters again.

"Now the scouts have detected that the Wei army in Wuwei is moving people in large numbers and destroying the roads. From the south of Cangsong, the road farmland has been basically destroyed. Zhuge Liang frowned, and released the latest information to the generals.

"Not only has the Jincheng Wei army given up, but even the Wuwei front line has begun to clear the wilderness, which is not a normal signal ......"

"Hmm...... Sima Yi: Is this crazy? Doesn't he want Jincheng anymore? Ma Jian was the first to express his anger, and he was very unhappy with Sima Yi's approach.

At the beginning, You Chu was killed by Ma Yan because of the forcible requisition of the people's grain, let alone a strong wall like Sima Yi.

Ma Tan doesn't like the thing of fighting a war and tossing the people the most.

"What does Sima Yi want to do? Such a county that has wreaked havoc on its own territory. Even if he can win this battle, how can he repair this scarf? Compared with Ma Yan, Yang Yi raised her own questions.

Liangzhou is geographically remote, with drought and little rain. Most of the places are not suitable for farming. If Jincheng County and Wuwei County are destroyed, even if the Wei army in Liangzhou wins the war, I am afraid that they will not be able to continue to stay in Liangzhou.

It is precisely because of this that Sima Yi's behavior seems so strange.

Or ...... Sima Yi didn't think about holding Liangzhou at all? ”

Wu Yi's words made all the generals and ministers in the whole army tent feel excited, and they suddenly woke up like a dream.

"I see! Sima Yi didn't want to hold Liangzhou at all! His purpose is only to defeat our army and then completely collapse Liangzhou, so as to drag down the Northern Expedition of the Han Dynasty! ”

If Liangzhou is crippled, displaced people are everywhere, and the infrastructure is destroyed, Shu Han will have to mobilize a lot of forces to restore production. In this way, it will not be able to continue the Northern Expedition in a short time, and it is very likely that the Wei army will recuperate and then push back.

Especially when Cao Zhen is seriously ill now, Cao Wei's next governor of Guanzhong is most likely Sima Yi. With the urine nature of this Iron King Ba, if he is given a few years to guard Guanzhong, I am afraid that the Han army will not want to enter Guanzhong within ten years.

"It's basically certain that Sima Yi has this idea." Zhuge Liang nodded, then spread out the map and said lightly.

"I have received information just now, the west burns when the wolf and the two qiang send troops to respond to the pseudo-Wei, and tens of thousands of troops are sent out of Xiping."

"Guanzhong Chen Tai led 20,000 troops, and he has entered Liangzhou from Qianghu's territory, and now he is engaged in battle with General Wenchang."

"And a large number of Qianghu soldiers and horses in the north are moving southward, which seems to mean south......"

Zhuge Liang told a series of information one by one, and the more he said, the more solemn the generals' expressions became.

Sima Yi basically pulled all the forces that could be won over in the northwest, and almost all of them went to the battlefield in this battle.

Although the 60,000 Shu army has captured Jincheng, it seems that the situation has not improved.

There are Qiang soldiers in the west, Wei reinforcements in the east, and Liangzhou Wei troops and Qianghu cavalry led by Sima Yi himself in the north. At this moment, the Shu army is full of enemies in the east, west and north, and it is already difficult to go north.

But the Shu army has already fought here, and it must not be withdrawn. And once the Shu army stops, Liangzhou is afraid that it will be crippled by Sima Yi.

Shu Han had a rigid need for Liangzhou, and the trade routes and horse farms here were the things that the Shu Han regime needed most.

"Prime Minister! Give the order! Even if there is a crisis, we big men will not frown! Ma Jian stood up and said with a calm face.

"Please get 5,000 cavalry as the vanguard to ensure ......"

"You sit down first, you don't need to be responsible for the affairs of the vanguard." Zhuge Liang didn't say a word, and said lightly with a wave of a feather fan.

"Wu Yi!"

"In!"

"I ordered you to lead 5,000 soldiers as the vanguard, and the light soldiers marched to Wuwei first!"

"Yui!" Wu Yi gladly accepted the order.

"Wang Ping!"

"The last general!"

"I order you to lead 5,000 troops to Yuzhong to defend, and not let a single horse enter Liangzhou!"

"Yes!" Wang Ping nodded and took the order.

"Wei Yan led 10,000 troops to guard the ancestral calendar, responsible for resisting the invasion of the Wei army in Guanzhong."

In the end, Zhuge Liang arranged a task for Ma Yan.

"Ma Yan, I will give you 7,000 infantry and 3,000 cavalry, lead the troops into Xiping County, and be responsible for breaking the Xiqiang soldiers and horses on the flank of our army!"

"Don't worry, Prime Minister! I'm the best at fighting the Qiang. ”

"That's good." Zhuge Liang nodded and made a final decision.

"All the soldiers and horses divided their troops to defend it, and a certain self-led Han army of 30,000 went north to Wuwei. Fight head-on with the Wei army in Liangzhou, strive to complete its work in one battle, and completely break the Northwest Wei army! ”

(End of chapter)