Xie An said: "I heard Xiao Lin say, according to him, the national teacher has practiced a kind of magic, he can make the dead resurrect under his magic, but this person is the puppet of the national teacher, under his magic this person only listens to his words and becomes a tool for killing." Therefore, I think you see your father, to put it bluntly, using your father's corpse to be a tool for the national teacher to kill you and us. This is the greatest affront to the dignity of a deceased, and how vicious it is to kill us soldiers with the ghost of loyalty. Therefore, I suggest that in the future, when you encounter such a situation, you must not be soft and not allow the outdated conspiracy to succeed. Laying in the ground is the greatest comfort to a deceased. ”

Liu Yuying heard this and said loudly: "No, I want my father, even if he is a puppet." At this time, Sima Rui, who had not spoken, said: "We understand your feelings, but you should remember that when you went to meet your father with enthusiasm, did he know you? No, he did poison you, if Wang Daolin had not rescued you, what would you have done now? Xie An was right just now. But Liu Yuying still can't accept this reality. Xie An said worriedly: "I'm worried about more than that, I think when the national teacher uses these puppets again, will there be any bigger conspiracy on them?" Sima Rui said: "It's not that there is a conspiracy, but there must be." But what should we do to deal with it now?" At this time, someone came to report, and the statistics came out, and we suffered nearly 7,000 casualties, and Sima Deren suffered more than 10,000 casualties. We took 5,000 prisoners.

Although Sima Deren suffered more casualties, Xie An and the others were limited in number after all. In any case, it was a big victory for Xie An and them, so Sima Rui ordered the whole army to celebrate the victory in Tucheng. Reward the three armies with a large banquet, try to persuade the prisoners to stay, and if they really don't want to stay, they will be sent home. Tucheng raised the city to celebrate, but Sima Deren was depressed, due to his negligence, only the grain and grass in the army were burned, and he originally wanted to use one day to defeat Xie An and them, but he didn't expect to be burned by Wang Daolin and the only bit of food they had. From the morning to the present, every soldier was exhausted, and some of them had not eaten water and rice, and their morale was low. At this moment, someone suddenly reported that more than 30 truckloads of grain had appeared in a ravine, and they killed the guards and pulled them back to the army. Sima Deren was overjoyed when he heard it, although there were very few, but something was better than nothing. So on the one hand, he ordered the magistrate to send food to the army as soon as possible, and on the other hand, he prepared to send a letter to the national teacher to inform him of the situation here. But what puzzled him was, how did Xie An know that the military rations were in Liucheng?

He told this question to the strategist beside him, this person usually couldn't get used to Zhao Guokai's arrogance, so he took the opportunity to say: "Who else is this? Lord Wang, think about it, can you know how many people our military rations are in Liucheng?" He reminded him, Sima Deren patted his thigh and said: "It must be that Zhao Guokai, this ungrateful thing, he actually harmed me, it really chills me." So in the letter to the national teacher, he emphasized that Zhao Guokai defected to Xie An and sold the location of the military rations, resulting in a large number of military rations being burned and suffering heavy losses. At the same time, he also suggested to the national teacher to eradicate Zhao Guokai's family. After writing it, he sent people to ride 800 miles on horseback and send it to the capital in an expedited manner.

At this time in Tucheng, Xie An and Sima Rui discussed the strategy of retreating. Sima Rui said: "Although he won this time, the threat of Sima Deren is still there, and although he is demoralized, he still has an absolute advantage in numbers, and I am afraid that he will make a comeback." Xie An said: "This is also what I am worried about, don't look at the fact that he has suffered a defeat now, and there is a great shortage of military food, but he will order the local magistrates to collect food as a prince, and then the military food will continue to be delivered, and then we will fall into unprecedented passivity." Xie An said: "Lord Wang, I have a plan to contain the enemy army," Sima Rui said: "Is there a clever plan of gods and demons?" Xie An said: "Tonight, I can send a group of men and horses to sneak into the enemy camp quietly and catch him by surprise." Sima Rui said: "I also have this intention, I don't know who to send?" Xie An said: "Wang Daolin, Wang Qiang and Wang Daohe led five hundred cavalry to attack the enemy camp at night. I count that they have just lost the battle, and they are depressed, but they are sure to succeed. "Sima Rui was overjoyed when he heard this, and he said, 'I will personally see them off tonight.' ’

Sima Rui instructed: "Please Wang Daolin, Wang Daohe, and Wang Qiang." "Time does not fight, and the three of them came to the big tent of the Chinese army. After the ceremony, the guest and the host sat down. Sima Rui said: "Although we have won the battle today, but our situation is still very grim, Sima Deren's army still has an absolute advantage in numbers, although they are now temporarily retreating thirty miles because of lack of military rations, but as long as he gathers the military rations, Sima Deren will soon come back, and then we will be passive." "How clever these three are, they understand as soon as they hear them.

Wang Daolin stood up and bowed and saluted: "Lord Wang, if you have anything to say, just say it directly." Xie An said, "I know the three of you are working hard. I want to ask the three of you to lead 500 cavalry and go to Sima Deren's camp at night, today they have lost the battle and their morale is low, it is a good time for us to use our troops, you break into their camp, which can play a role in damaging their morale. I don't know what the three of them think?" When the three of them heard this, they all stood up, and Wang Daolin said, "The military advisor, please give orders." Xie An said: "Okay, the five hundred strange soldiers have been gathered, just wait for you to pass, and the prince will personally see you off in a while." The three of them said in unison, "As long as you can defeat Sima Deren, you will not hesitate to break your bones." After saying that, the three of them walked out with solemn expressions, everyone knew that this expedition was more auspicious and less auspicious, and there were 20,000 people anyway, but we only had 500 people, and if we got it right, we could come back, and if we didn't get it right, we would die with the enemy.

The three of them followed Xie An and Sima Rui to an empty field outside the big tent of the Chinese army, where five hundred cavalry stood together, don't look at them after a bloody battle during the day, but now standing here, a majestic and spirited man. Sima Rui came to these soldiers and said loudly: "Brothers, now that our enemy Sima Deren is stationed thirty miles outside the city, do you have the confidence to smash his hard drive and crush his army? When these strange soldiers heard this, they immediately replied loudly: "Yes" "Okay, this is my Sima Rui's soldiers, as long as we defeat them, we can be safe." After saying that, he said in a loud voice, "Bring me the wine."

There was not much time, someone reported more than ten jars of wine, Sima Rui asked someone to pour the wine into the bowl, the short knife was handed to a soldier in front of both hands, Sima Rui held the wine high above his head, and said loudly: "Brothers, this is a bowl of Zhuangxing wine, I will finish this cup first, it is considered to be a send-off for everyone." With that, he raised his head and drank it all. Then he bowed and said, "I, Sima Rui, thank you again. After saying that, he fell to his knees and said, "Thank you." When you are triumphant, I will also build a triumphal arch for everyone to drink celebratory wine. When he said this, the people present burst into tears, they drank the wine, and then threw the wine glass to the ground, Wang Daolin and the three of them moved the saddle and got on the horse, and said to Sima Rui: "Lord, goodbye when you turn back." After saying that, a dozen horses walked away.

In the second half of the night, the east gate of Tucheng quietly opened, and a group of men and horses galloped out of the city and disappeared into the vast night.

(End of chapter)

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