The Wei army battalion.

In the imperial tent, Su Zhe was drinking a small wine, listening to the general report on the recent loss of grain and grass.

Listening to tens of thousands of stones of grain and grass being destroyed by the enemy, and listening to the Xiqiang light cavalry coming and going like the wind, the generals of the Wei army were hateful and angry, and the word indignation was written on their faces.

Only Su Zhe didn't seem to be in pain at all about these losses, and the wine was still relaxed.

"Hateful, these Xiqiang dog thieves, it's really hateful!" Yan Liang couldn't help but scold.

Tai Shi Ci said with a solemn expression: "Your Majesty, although my Great Wei national strength is strong, we can't afford such a loss, we must do something, either break through the Tong Pass quickly, or we have to find a way to solve the dilemma of the grain road being disturbed." ”

The generals said yes.

Wen Chou said: "Xiqiang light cavalry comes and goes like the wind, the minister led the cavalry to protect the grain last time, obviously has hit the enemy, but failed to catch up, want to relieve the attack of the grain road, I am afraid it is not so realistic, it is better to think about how to capture Tongguan as soon as possible." ”

"Your Majesty, can you use your immortal method to rain down thunder and lightning to collapse Tongguan?" Zhang Xiu asked.

Su Zhe shook his head: "Don't you see, Tongguan City is all covered with boulders, and no matter how powerful the lightning is, it can't collapse such a thick city wall." ”

Zhang Xiu sighed helplessly, looking disappointed.

For a while, the mood of the generals couldn't help but darken, and the mood in the big tent fell into a depression.

"What are you discouraged and discouraged, in fact, if you want to solve the problem in front of you, there is no way, and it is very simple." Su Zhe took a sip of wine and said lightly.

The generals' expressions perked up, and they looked at Su Zhe excitedly.

Su Zhe said lightly: "Let's just take the initiative to retreat, lure Liu Bei out of the pass, and destroy their Xiqiang Iron Cavalry, won't everything be solved." ”

The excitement in everyone's eyes suddenly dissipated a little.

Zhang Xiu said: "It is not difficult to lure the enemy army into battle, the key is that the iron lock heavy armor of the Xiqiang people is powerful, could it be that Your Majesty has a way to crack it?" ”

The corners of Su Zhe's mouth raised a treacherous color: "Didn't I tell you before, I have my own way to crack it, and what we have to do now is to lure the big-eared thief out and lead him to a terrain that is conducive to our army, and then it's not too late to make a move on him." ”

Wen Chou said: "Your Majesty, with all due respect, the terrain of the first line of Hongnong County is narrow at both ends and wide in the middle, once we retreat and let the enemy out of the pass, the terrain is not good for us, we can't withdraw to Hangu Pass in one go, then those previous victories are not equivalent to fighting in vain." ”

The generals nodded yes.

Su Zhe said confidently: "Then you don't have to worry, since I dare to let Xiqiang's group of mad dogs out, I naturally have the means to clean them up, so let's go to their respective battalions and prepare to withdraw our troops." ”

The generals had no choice but to speculate and act according to the order.

Two days later, the company camp of the Wei camp outside Tongguan was successively withdrawn, and the 280,000-strong army began to retreat in the direction of the east.

On Tongguan, the Han army was boiling.

The formidable Wei army was finally forced to retreat eastward under their harassment tactics, and it seemed that they had given up their intention to attack Han, which could not help but excite them.

Liu Bei was naturally overjoyed, and even had a fierce fighting spirit and was full of confidence.

The retreat of the Wei army made him see the lethality of the Xiqiang Iron Cavalry, holding such a sharp blade in his hand, how could he only be satisfied with Su Zhe's retreat.

So, soon after the Wei army retreated, Liu Bei decisively led the army out of the pass and began to follow the Wei army for a "pursuit".

Liu Bei was so big that he wanted to see if there was a chance to use the sharp blade of the Xiqiang Iron Cavalry to break the 280,000 Wei army in one fell swoop.

Once this Wei army was defeated, his iron cavalry could take advantage of the situation to cross the Hangu Pass and take Luoyang, the capital of the Wei state that was close at hand.

Luoyang is the heart of the Wei State, as long as it can be defeated, the entire Wei army will definitely be terrified and morale will collapse.

At that time, Liu Bei had the opportunity to take this opportunity to take advantage of the situation to attack the two rivers.

Such a God-given opportunity, Liu Beiyan can miss it!

However, Liu Bei did not get carried away, he still remembered the lessons he had learned from Su Zhe before, and did not dare to let the army chase after him wantonly, so as not to fall into Su Zhe's ambush plan.

As a result, Liu Bei's 100,000-strong army only retreated after the Wei army, and every time the Wei army withdrew from a city, he occupied a city and advanced step by step tactics.

At the same time, Liu Bei also put his main Han army behind the Xiqiang cavalry, and at the same time sent a large number of scouts to reconnoiter before the army to prevent any traps and tricks of the Wei army.

As for Su Zhe, in order to create the illusion that he was ready to withdraw his troops, when he retreated, he moved all the people in the city with every city he passed, pretending not to leave any of the people to Liu Bei.

It's just that the Wei army retreated in a hurry, so it couldn't stay too long, and it could only move the people in the cities along the way, but it couldn't move all the people in the nearby countryside and villages.

These remaining people unfortunately became the lambs burned and looted by the Xiqiang people.

When the Qiang people were in Xiliang, they had been robbing for a living, but now they have come to the hinterland of the Central Plains, and their nature is naturally difficult to change, and every time they pass by, there is no grass.

For a time, the countryside west of Hongnong became a hell on earth, and the Xiqiang people killed people when they saw them, and robbed them when they saw women, and they didn't let go of anything valuable.

These countryside belonged to Liu Bei not long ago, and the people in the countryside were also Liu Bei's Han people.

It's a pity that in order to please and please the Xiqiang people, Liu Bei can only choose to pretend not to see it, and let the Xiqiang people wantonly burn and loot on his land.

A company retreated more than 100 miles, and on the seventh day, Su Zhe's army returned to Huxian.

More than 200,000 troops stopped retreating and went down to the village around Hu County.

In the imperial tent, Su Zhe listened to the scouts and reported the latest movements of the Xiqiang Iron Cavalry.

What Su Zhe got was a series of reports on the bloody killings of the Xiqiang people, and each report was stained with the blood of at least hundreds of people.

In the tent, the generals of the Great Wei were all indignant, all of them gritted their teeth and clenched their fists.

"These Qiang dogs, they dare to burn and kill them like this on our territory, it is really hateful, Your Majesty, we can't retreat anymore, we have to destroy these Hu dogs!" Yan Liang scolded hatefully.

Zhang Xiu also said angrily: "What General Yan said is extremely true, my Great Wei Tianwei cannot be offended, although the cavalry of Qianggou is strong, the minister is willing to fight with his life and fight them to the death!" ”

The rest of the generals shouted for war, and the cries of anger filled the tent with such a cry that it almost toppled the top of the tent.

The anger in Su Zhe's heart was also burning, and the generosity of the generals made him feel even more angry, and he had an impulse that couldn't control his reason.

He was well aware of Liu Bei's hypocrisy, but he didn't expect that Liu Bei could be shameless enough to test this kind of process, and in order to deal with him, he did not hesitate to connive at the Xiqiang people to burn and loot his own people.

At this time, he had already pronounced the death sentence to Liu Bei in his heart:

After capturing Liu Bei alive, it is necessary to break his body into thousands of pieces to thank the world.

It's just that, although there is endless anger in his heart, Su Zhe always keeps calm, only staring at the bloody information in his hand silently, but he has not given the order for a decisive battle.

The killer weapon he prepared for the Qiang people has not yet been sharpened, and now is not the time to fight out of anger.

At this moment, the Imperial Forest Sergeant outside the tent entered and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, General Gao Shungao has arrived." ”

Su Zhe's eyes lit up, the hesitation in his eyes disappeared in an instant, and he said happily: "Gao Boping, you came just in time, quickly pass him in." ”

The Royal Forest Sergeant retreated, and a moment later, Gao Shun stepped into the big tent and bowed down in front of Su Zhe.

This person used to be one of Lu Bu's eight strong generals, a general who conquered Xuzhou for Su Zhe and made a lot of contributions, but now in the star-studded group of Great Wei Mengjun, his strength has been a little mediocre, and he has no chance to perform.

Therefore, in recent years, Su Zhe's southern and northern campaigns did not take Gao Shun to the expedition again, but only left Gao Shun to guard the rear and train soldiers and horses.

After all, as a cattle man who once trained out of the trapped camp, Gao Shun's ability to lead the army to fight on the battlefield and attack cities and seize land is far inferior to his ability to train troops, and using him to train troops is also to give full play to his strengths.

It is precisely because of this that nearly one-third of the country's army is trained by Gao Shun, so that it can be so elite.

Therefore, although Gao Shun's official position is not the highest, he has a very high prestige in the Great Wei army.

In order to deal with the Xiqiang Iron Cavalry, Su Zhe asked Gao Shun to secretly train a strange soldier in the suburbs of Luoyang a few months in advance.

Su Zhe got up himself, helped Gao Shun up, and asked, "Peping, since you are here, that strange army must have been trained." ”

Gao Shun arched his hand and said angrily: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister has trained into five thousand hook sickle soldiers, and he can go into battle at any time!" ”