Chapter 453: The Great Retreat

The capture of the Golden Siege opened the passage for the eastward retreat, which was extremely good news for the entire Wei army.

After Cao Shuang got the report from the front line of the Golden Siege, he could finally breathe a sigh of relief, as the supreme commander of the Wei army, Cao Shuang has been under great pressure in the past few days.

Even though the rationing of military rations has already been implemented, the grain and grass stored in the battalion are still gradually depleted, after all, the limited supply of grain and grass is only an expedient measure, and if the problem cannot be fundamentally solved, the grain and grass will eventually be exhausted.

The watershed is basically out of sight, and Cao Shuang's only thought is that Cao Liang can create a miracle in the east.

But fortunately, this miracle finally appeared, Cao Liang lived up to expectations, and it only took four days to take down the Golden Siege, which is known as the strongest pass in Hanzhong, and finally solved the urgent need of the Wei army.

Then it was time to lay out the retreat, which seemed simple, but it was also extremely difficult to implement.

First of all, the Wei army's front was currently too long, and the Xiahou overlord's army was still deep into the Fu Luo Road, which was blocked by the watershed, and this part of the army had to withdraw to Xingshi Chisaka before it could retreat eastward with the main force of the Wei army.

Secondly, after the Shu army learned the news of the loss of the Golden Siege, the plan to encircle the Wei army to death in the area of Xingshi Mountain failed, so the Shu army will definitely launch an attack with all its might, and it is impossible to keep the Wei army, but it is always good to annihilate more, in order to expand the results of the battle, the Shu army will definitely spare no effort.

Therefore, in the context of the great retreat of the Wei army, fierce battles were inevitable.

First of all, as soon as Xiahou Ba retreated, he was closely pursued by Jiang Wei, and the two sides launched a fierce battle on Fu Luo Road.

The more than 4,000 Wei troops who were responsible for the aftermath were all martyred heroically, and none of them survived.

Of course, Jiang Wei was not satisfied with eating more than 4,000 people of the Wei army, originally in Jiang Wei's plan, it was to swallow the more than 100,000 horses of the Wei army, but the unexpected loss of the Golden Siege made Jiang Wei's plan completely fail.

This result was not what Jiang Wei wanted to see, so Jiang Wei led the army to chase after him, chasing Xiahou Ba all the way, and killed Fu Luo Dao.

At this time, Fei Yi was not idle, commanding all kinds of Shu armies to attack one after another, and the entire Xingshi Mountain area was involved in the continuous war.

If it is said that when the Wei army has no way to retreat, it can still make up its mind to fight against the water, but the door to the eastward retreat has been opened, and all the Wei troops are like arrows, thinking about how to withdraw to the three eastern counties, and they have long lost the determination and courage to fight to the death, and the whole battle situation is showing a one-sided situation.

Cao Shuang couldn't care about holding his position, if it weren't for the fact that he had to wait for Xiahouba's troops for these two days, it was estimated that he would not want to stay here, and as soon as Xiahouba's army arrived, Cao Shuang immediately ordered the whole army to retreat, and all the departments of the Wei army set up camps and flocked to Jinjinwei.

The whole retreat was chaotic and disorderly, from Xingshi to Gold, the mountain road was originally narrow and difficult to travel, and the Wei army's many soldiers and horses were crowded together, congested on the road, but the movement was slow.

The pursuit of the Shu army did not stop for a moment, and the news that the rearguard troops were annihilated by the Shu army kept coming, which made the Wei army even more panicked.

Xiahou Xuan looked at it, this is not a way, the chasing soldiers of the Shu army are behind him, if the Wei army retreats so slowly, I am afraid that they will not be able to walk the gold, and they will be eaten away by the Shu army one by one.

Xiahou Xuan personally went forward to check and found that the main reason for the congestion was caused by a large number of baggage vehicles and mules and horses transporting materials in the Wei army.

So Xiahou Xuan made a quick decision and ordered the Wei army to push all the baggage carts, mules and horses, as well as the camp tents, ordnance and appliances carried by the baggage trucks, into the Han River to vacate the road.

Although these baggage materials were very important to the army, they now seemed to have become a burden to the Wei army when they retreated, so Xiahou Xuan simply gave up these things in exchange for the unimpeded road.

As soon as the military ordered, the Wei soldiers on the road started one after another, pushing these vehicles, mules and horses, together with supplies, into the Han River.

Since the road leading to the Golden Siege was close to the Han River, the Wei army still moved very quickly, but in a moment or so, all the extra things had been discarded.

The surging Han water soon swallowed up these supplies, and even a piece of slag remained.

Even if it is abandoned, it must be dealt with, if it is left behind, it will inevitably be obtained by the Shu army, this kind of behavior of the enemy, Xiahou Xuan is unacceptable.

Fortunately, Han Shui's appetite is huge, even if more things are thrown in, it will only stir up a few waves, and it is convenient and clean to handle, and Xiahou Xuan is also very relieved.

After clearing these heavy supplies, the Wei army was able to travel lightly, and the problem of congestion was completely solved, and the Wei army almost trotted all the way and soon arrived under the Golden Siege.

Cao Liang had been waiting here for a long time, and when he saw the Wei army swarming, he ordered the city gate to be opened so that the Wei army could pass through the city.

That's right, it is through the city, because the golden siege path is narrow, just the army led by Cao Liang is already overcrowded, in order to reduce the congestion of the golden siege, Cao Liang only stationed two thousand people in the golden city, and he personally sat in the town, leaving only Yanghu and a general to accompany him, as for the Yue cavalry battalion and other troops have already left the city, under the leadership of Du Pre, Deng Ai, and Shi Bao, they went to Weixing County.

From the Golden Siege to the West City of Weixing County, there are still two hundred miles to go, the most difficult of which is the section of the Golden Gorge, after the Shu soldiers stationed in the Golden Gorge abandoned the city and fled, they became the guerrillas, and they also needed to send troops to clear the Golden Gorge.

Therefore, Cao Liang sent Du Yu and other three generals to set off in advance, which was equivalent to exploring the way for the evacuation of the army, and by the way, cleaning up the remnants of the Shu army, so that the road from Jinjin to Xicheng became unimpeded, so as to facilitate the follow-up Cao Shuang and lead the army to come and facilitate the passage.

After the vanguard of the Wei army entered the city, they did not stop at all, and went straight through the golden city and looked east.

The whole army is endless, with no head in front and no tail in the back, like a long dragon running through the entire Golden Circle.