Liucheng is the exit of the other end of the Liaoxi Corridor, and its importance is self-evident, because after the Bingzhou army occupies Liucheng, it is equivalent to opening a door into Liaodong, and the entire Liaodong has no danger to defend and no soldiers to defend, and if the Bingzhou army attacks Liaodong, the entire five counties of Liaodong are completely at your fingertips.

The loss of Liucheng means that the defense of Linyu Pass has lost its effect, Wang Ji has made a lot of calculations, and gathered a large number of troops in Linyu Pass to make a careful defense, but in the end it is still useless, Cao Liang's unexpected hand, so that Wang Ji's defense plan is in vain.

It's not that Wang Ji didn't consider another route into Liaodong, but this route has to pass through the territory controlled by the Xianbei people, no matter from that point of view, this is not an easy way to go, so Wang Ji didn't worry at all, he desperately deployed all the main forces in Linyu Pass, it seems that using the danger of Linyu Pass, he can block the offensive of the Bingzhou army.

But the wise man thinks a thousand times, there must be a mistake, Wang Ji thinks it is impossible, but in front of Cao Liang is nothing at all, he not only passed the road from Lu Longsai to the Daling River, but also passed in a very short time, so short that after Wang Qi and they got the news of the loss of Liucheng, they knew that Cao Liang had defeated the three major tribes of Xianbei in the east.

Such a short period of time, so short that they didn't even have time to let Wei Qian and Wang Qi re-arm, if they could know in advance that Cao Liang might go to the territory of the Xianbei people, then it would be too late to strengthen the defense of Liucheng as soon as possible and make up for it.

But now, Liucheng was negligent in guarding against it, and was successfully attacked by the Bingzhou army, and the heavy troops gathered on the Linyu Pass side did not play any role, and the situation in the entire Liaodong took a sharp turn for the worse.

What now? Wang Ji seemed a little helpless, and continued to stay in Linyu Pass, he could only watch Liaodong lose, and if he returned to Liaodong, Liucheng would become a hurdle that they could not bypass, Liucheng had fallen into the hands of the Bingzhou army, and the Youzhou army must recapture Liucheng before it was possible to return to Liaodong.

This is obviously an impossible task, not to mention, even if they return to Liaodong, the Liaodong region is flat, what will they use to resist the cavalry of the state?

In the original plan, relying on the danger of Linyu Pass to resist the danger, the Youzhou army still has the strength to fight, and now this condition no longer exists, and the defense of Liaodong will inevitably fall into a dead end, and there is no solution at all.

Wei Qian said in a deep voice: "Since the general trend of Liaodong has gone, there is no point in defending Linyu Pass anymore, it is better to take advantage of the opportunity that the main force of the Bingzhou army is still in Liucheng, break through to the south, return to Jizhou, and still protect this army and horses." ”

Wang Ji hesitated: "Evacuating Linyu Pass, it means that Youzhou has no more land, and the responsibility for losing Youzhou is on you and me, in case the court investigates it, how can it be good?" Why don't you send someone to report to the imperial court, and General Sima will decide? ”

Wei Qian shook his head and said, "It's not proper." Youzhou is thousands of miles away from Luoyang, this back and forth, at least a month, now the situation in Youzhou is changing rapidly, Cao Liang has occupied Liucheng in western Liaoning, we are back to the enemy, in case Cao Liang has a plot against Linyu Pass, and then want to evacuate but it will be too late, will be outside, when the situation is judged, the opportunity to decide, Linyu Pass is a lonely city, and there is no value, what is the benefit of guarding? Even if the general will be held accountable in the future, he will be willing to bear it with all his might. ”

Wang Qi was silent, in fact, he was not as good as Wei Qiang, Wei Qian was the confidant of the Sima family, and he was deeply used by the Sima family, no matter what Wei Qian did right or wrong, the court would not pursue it, so Wang Qi did not dare to call the decision on this matter, he handed over the leading power to Wei Qiang, and he decided it.

Although Wei Qian is not proficient in military affairs, but in terms of strategy, it is above Wang Ji, he has a good view of the overall situation than Wang Qi, and now the situation in Liaodong has fallen into a dead end, so there is no point in holding Linyu Pass, even if you can't go north, then simply go south and give up the entire Youzhou, but at least you can exchange Sima Shi for an army of forty or fifty thousand people, Wei Qian believes that Sima Shi is also a person who focuses on the overall situation, and analyzes the pros and cons clearly.

It is safe to ask the imperial court, but the time does not allow it, and when the will of the imperial court comes down, I am afraid that the daylilies will be cold, so Wei Qian took out the courage at this time, and made a plan to withdraw the army alone.

However, the withdrawal of troops is easier said than done, and it is more difficult to do, because their current location is far from Bohai County in Jizhou, and there are Liaoxi County, Youbeiping County, and Yuyang County in the middle, and the journey is hundreds of miles.

The only favorable condition is that the main cavalry of the Bingzhou army is in the Liucheng area, and most of the troops stationed in the three counties of western Liaoning are infantry, and the degree of threat is small, and there is always hope of a successful breakthrough.

If the Bingzhou cavalry is deployed in western Liaoning, Wei Qian may not even have the courage to go out of the city, and in the battle of Liangxiang, the Youzhou army not only lost most of the cavalry, but also lost the confidence to fight with the Bingzhou cavalry.

This is also an important reason why Wei Qian wants to evacuate Linyu Pass as soon as possible, the situation in Youzhou is changing rapidly, once Cao Liang transfers the cavalry of Liucheng back, they will have no hope of breaking through.

Since the plan to break through the siege has been decided, it is necessary to quickly prepare for the evacuation, and Wei Qian, as the governor of Youzhou, issued an order to retreat.

The Youzhou army didn't know what had happened in Liucheng at the moment, so when they heard the order to withdraw the army, everyone was in an uproar, because Wei Zong's order was very clear, and the withdrawal was not to Liaodong, but to Jizhou.

Wei Qian didn't bother to explain, and more importantly, he didn't want to explain that he didn't want to announce the news of the loss of Liucheng in public for the time being, so as to avoid the phenomenon of floating military morale.

Such an important pass, a few months of careful defense, but not to a battle, not to fight, so easy to give up, all the sergeants are confused, but Wei Xuan's order is very resolute, he requires all people within one day, must complete the preparation for evacuation, tomorrow four watch cooking, five watch departure, not more than a moment.

The Youzhou army could only pack up in a hurry, and in such a hurry, many heavy equipment and items could not be carried, and everyone could only travel lightly, although it was difficult for everyone to understand, but they had to obey orders.

By the fourth watch, the whole army was already ready to stop, after eating the war meal, it was already close to the fifth watch, Wei Qian gave an order, opened the city gate, and the whole army rushed out and ran to the southwest.