The next day, White Horse City.

In the city, Zhao Yun and other generals walked in happily, and said to Zhuge Liang, who was dealing with government affairs in the palace: "Da Sima, Uncle Zhi is back!" ”

"Uncle Zhi is back? Let him in! Hearing this, Zhuge Liang hurriedly put down the brush in his hand and stood up.

"I've seen Da Sima!" Chen Zhi walked in behind Zhao Yun and the other generals.

Zhuge Liang greeted him, pulled Chen Zhi and asked, "Uncle Zhi, you are finally back, how are you?" Did the Wei army dig the Yellow River in other river sections? ”

Chen Zhi said with a smile: "Don't worry, the Wei army has indeed dug the Yellow River in Guancheng County. However, I went just in time to stop the Wei army.

Now that the Yellow River has been re-blocked, I left 1,000 cavalry to continue patrolling to prevent the Wei army from taking the opportunity to cross the river and dig the embankment. In addition, I also captured a person, presumably Da Sima must be interested in him. ”

"It's good to block it, it's good to block it!" Zhuge Liang was relieved when he heard this, and immediately asked, "Who did you catch?" Bring him in! ”

"Come on, bring someone for me!" Chen Zhi clapped his palms.

The soldier escorted Sima Zhao in.

I saw that Sima Zhao was very embarrassed, and although the wound on his face had scabbed, the purple-black blood was still coagulated on his face. His hair was messy, and he was covered in gray face, but he was afraid that he wouldn't recognize his son Sima Yi when he came.

"What is this?" Zhao Yun looked at Sima Zhao, and couldn't help but show a puzzled expression on his face.

Ordinary generals are not worth Chen to take up at all, but if they are famous generals of Wei State, he should recognize them.

Zhuge Liang looked at it for a while and said, "You should be Sima Zhao, right?" ”

"Da Sima recognizes him?" Chen Zhi saw that Zhuge Liang directly pointed out Sima Zhao's name and said in surprise.

"Guess!" Zhuge Liang waved his hand, sat back in his seat, looked at Sima Zhao and said: "Your father doesn't know the number of days, brutalizes the people, and even tries to dig the Yellow River, causing the Yellow River to be diverted and forcibly renewing the life of the Wei State.

The people of the world hate it, as his son, and you don't think about atonement for your father, but you are like him, you really deserve to be a father and son. ”

"Win or lose, I don't have anything to say!" Sima Zhao snorted coldly and said: "If you want to kill or chop, listen to it!" ”

"Da Sima, this kid is actually very afraid of death!" Chen Zhi smiled: "Wouldn't it be too cheap to kill him like this?" Yan, countless cities and villages in Yu are waiting to be rebuilt. And he used this man as a servant, building cities and villages for the people, and atoning for the sins he had done! ”

Zhuge Liang nodded when he heard this, and said: "Uncle Zhi, what you said is right, so he sent Sima Zhao as a conscription and sent him to Yuzhou to repair the city." ”

When Sima Zhao heard this, he immediately scolded: "Damn, if you want to kill, you will kill, what kind of hero is it to torture me?" ”

He finally mustered up the courage to die honorably, Zhuge Liang actually asked him to do conscription, is that conscription a human work?

"Take it down!" Zhuge Liang waved his hand.

After Sima Zhao was taken away, all the generals sat down, and Zhuge Liang said to everyone: "Now that Wei has abandoned Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Xuzhou and other places, and retreated to Hebei, Si Li, Guo Huai's soldiers and horses are also about to retreat into Bingzhou.

Wei gave up four and a half states of territory at one time this time, of which Yangzhou Jiangbei and Xuzhou ceded Jiangdong, and my Han currently occupies Yuzhou and Yanzhou, and Sili has not yet sent troops to occupy it because the Wei army has not yet retreated.

The people of Yuzhou, Yanzhou and Sili were poisoned by the Wei State, and now the top priority is to settle the people first, so the war is going to come to an end for the time being. ”

Hearing this, the first general arched his hand and said: "Da Sima, our army forced Wei to retreat to Hebei, and the territory ceded by Wei should be my Han's." Xuzhou, Yangzhou and Jiangbei don't want it? Gave him Koto? ”

Zhuge Liang sighed and said: "Yangzhou, Xuzhou is too far away, we have a new number of states, and there are all kinds of wastes waiting to be rebuilt, so we really don't have the strength to compete with Jiangdong for Xuzhou."

Wait for all places to settle down first, and it's not too late to take Xuzhou from Jiangdong! ”

Zhuge Liang paused and continued: "Now that it is winter, the people urgently need a large number of supplies, but White Horse City is too far away from Jingzhou, and it is difficult to transport the materials in a short time. Therefore, I have already sent a message to your majesty to prepare supplies.

Therefore, it is also necessary to occupy the division as soon as possible and open up the connection with Guanzhong, Deng Shizai has now arrived in Yuzhou, and sent 5,000 cavalry from his department to transport supplies.

Zilong, you will rush to Sili with the 5,000 cavalry early tomorrow morning, march to Luoyang, force Guo Huai to evacuate as soon as possible, and then open the Tongguan Pass and let the soldiers and horses enter the Central Plains.

There are too many affairs in White Horse City, and I still need to deal with the affairs of the people, and the matter of welcoming the holy car will be left to you. ”

"Yes!" Zhao Yun gave up his hand.

Early the next morning, Zhao Yun rushed to Sili with 5,000 cavalry and went directly to Luoyang.

Five thousand cavalry is a powerful force, although Guo Huai has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in his hands, but in the face of cavalry, he can't take much advantage at all.

When Zhao Yun led the cavalry to arrive, even if he could withdraw, he would have to lose part of his troops.

Therefore, if Guo Huai got the news that Zhao Yun and his cavalry had arrived, he would definitely save his strength and retreat immediately.

Luoyang.

The first general hurriedly walked into the general's mansion and reported to Guo Huaiyu: "General Qiyu, just now the scout came Zhao Yun, the Shu general Zhao Yun led thousands of elite horsemen, and is running along the Yellow River to Luoyang to kill, and it is expected that the troops will be in the city in half a day." ”

"Coming so soon?" Guo Huai frowned and said: "The excavation of the Yellow River was revealed, and Sima Zhao was captured by Chen Zhisheng again. I also want to deal with Huang Xu, try to capture him a little bit or two, and exchange him for Sima Zhao.

I didn't expect Zhuge Liang to send cavalry over so soon. ”

"General Zhao Yun is here with the cavalry, if we meet Huang Xu, even if we can withdraw, I am afraid that we will lose many soldiers and horses. I heard that the last time General Sima retreated, Zhao Yun pursued alone, resulting in more than 2,000 casualties in our army. Now he came with cavalry...... The threat is even greater, so let's withdraw! ”

"Damn!" Guo Huai slapped the table and shouted: "Withdraw, withdraw, prepare to retreat immediately, and send another order to Hao Zhao of Tongguan to give up Tongguan and retreat to the state." ”

"Yes, General!"

Guo Huai was actually ready to retreat after digging the Yellow River, but it was only delayed for two days because of Sima Zhao's matter, but if he wanted to retreat, he could retreat at any time.

With Guo Huai's order, an hour later, tens of thousands of Wei troops left Luoyang and headed north.

Sili to the north is the annexation of the state, there is a dangerous pass in the territory of Shangdang County called Huguan, as long as the Huguan is stationed, you can ensure the safety of the annexation state.

After Zhao Yun led his cavalry to Luoyang, Guo Huai had already led his troops across the Yellow River and marched north to annex the state.