Chapter 203: Gains and Losses (Fifth Update, 740 Votes!) )
Wei Ba's night was tense and fulfilling.
From Sima Shi taking the initiative to attack and setting fire to his tree formation, to Sima Shi being chased like a lost dog and fleeing in panic, the third battle between him and Sima Shi finally came to an end. He won another victory with the record of capturing more than 400 war horses and capturing more than 600 knights of the Wei army. Before and after, he obtained nearly 1,500 war horses from the 3,000 elite cavalry led by Sima Shi.
This is simply a windfall, and we must repeatedly express our high respect to Sima Shi, the captain of the transportation brigade.
So, Wei Ba decided to take six hundred soldiers and ride a war horse to chase Sima Shi.
This is certainly not meant to be a tribute. Wei Ba didn't have any respect now, only killing intent.
He wanted to cut down the grass and eradicate the roots and completely eliminate Sima Shi.
From Sima Shizuihou's abnormal active attack, Wei Ba had a very uncomfortable feeling, and he faintly felt as if he was wearing no clothes, and he was seen as a key point. And Sima Shi is such a person. Such an enemy is terrible, and temporary defeat is just a tempering for them, and they will grow at a jaw-dropping pace, learn from defeat, and eventually become his fierce enemy.
So far, his hidden killer tactics have basically been used, but Sima Shi is not dead, but he has seen something, so how will the next battle be fought? Thinking of Sima Yi, the most outstanding military strategist and master of power in the middle and late Three Kingdoms, Wei Ba shuddered.
Because he personally led six hundred soldiers, one man and two horses, and galloped wildly. He knew that this was very risky, and it was likely to collide with the main force sent by Sima Yi, but he had to take a risk, if he could kill Sima Shi, this victory would be complete enough.
As if sensing Wei Ba's killing intent, Sima Shi ran wildly all the way. He only had less than 400 people left, and he didn't have the strength to compete with Wei Ba anymore. Therefore, he no longer has any luck mentality, and running all the way, and escaping back alive is the greatest victory. As long as people live. There will always be a chance to take revenge in the future, if he dies in the hands of Wei Ba, even if it is a resentment to the sky, he can only cry out in vain.
Sima Shi is also a young man with a good face. But he knows very well when he can and when he can't. At this time of life and death, he didn't think about whether it was a shame to run away in such an embarrassment. He only thought about whether he would lose his life.
Three or four hundred rode wildly on the galloping road, rolling up a puff of smoke and dust, like a raging dragon, being beaten head-on by someone, turning around and running.
Sima Shi ran so fast that Ma Cao and the others, who were rushing to Shangluo, didn't have time to react.
Ma Cao and they rested for a day in Shang County, and heard that Sima Yi's army was approaching. They didn't dare to stay any longer. Taking advantage of the night, he quickly left Shang County with the loot. After a night's journey, at dawn they stopped for a rest. for safety. They did not dare to rest on the gallop, but retreated to a dirt slope more than 100 steps away from the gallop, sat down to catch their breath, drink some water, and eat something.
They didn't have the marching dry food rationed by Wei Ba, so if they wanted to eat, they had to cook with fire. As soon as the smoke rose, a dust dragon rolled up on the gallop. Ma Cao was inexplicable, I didn't know what was going on, and even Geng Ping was a little confused.
The sergeant in charge of the lookout rushed over with a rolling belt, shouting hoarsely: "Cavalry! Cavalry! ”
Ma Cao was so angry that he scolded: "Lao Tzu doesn't know that this is a cavalry? You still need to say it. Tell me, whose cavalry is it? ”
The soldier rolled his eyes: "No...... I don't know. ”
"your mother! Rubbish! Ma Cao flew up, kicked the soldier to the ground, and immediately ordered: "Prepare for battle!" ”
The soldiers who were waiting around the pot to eat were shocked and hurriedly picked up their weapons and lined up. They are all members of the Ma family and the Geng family, although they are strong and strong, and they are also familiar with some martial arts and formations, which is more than enough to deal with some ordinary thieves, but in the face of the real battle formation, they still seem a little panicked. Ma Cao ordered to prepare for battle, and they didn't know how many pots they had kicked over in a hurry, so they barely lined up.
Their speed was too slow, and as soon as the formation was lined up, Sima Shi had already galloped past, and he didn't even stop, leaving only Ma Cao with a dusty face. Ma Cao and Geng Ping looked at each other, a little confused. What's going on? How did Sima Shi run like a rabbit and ...... Why is he only one of these people...... Sima Yi died suddenly, can't you?
Sima Shi didn't know that Ma Cao and Geng Ping were suspecting that he was dead, he only knew to run quickly. It was already dark, and Wei Ba must have known that he had escaped from the blockade, and it was likely that he was on the way to chase him. One more moment of delay is more dangerous. So when someone suggested that he attack Ma Cao and others on the side of the road, he denied it without thinking.
This is not the time to kill these Shu Han troops, even if they kill all these hundreds of people, what is the point? A defeat is a defeat, and killing a few hundred more people is also a defeat. In case they are entangled and Wei Ba catches up, it will be a big loss because of a small loss. Therefore, Sima Shi did not hesitate at all, and whistled past from less than a hundred steps away from Ma Cao, which was somewhat similar to Ben Fu.
Geng Ping seemed to understand something, but he was not sure, he hesitated and said, "Yunlong, it won't be...... Defeated, right? ”
"Defeated, who lost?" Ma Cao asked puzzled.
Geng Ping pointed to the elite horsemen of the Wei army who had gone away: "Of course it is...... They. They were joined by Wei in the army...... Defeated. ”
"Won't it?" Ma Cao grinned, wanting to laugh, but he didn't laugh. Geng Ping also felt that this was a bit incredible. Wei Ba has nearly a thousand people, including more than 800 Wei family soldiers, and they are indeed the elite of the elite, but it seems a little incredible that they can beat Sima Shi, who has 2,000 elite horsemen, to fight so embarrassed. Compared with this conclusion, Ma Cao would rather believe that Sima Shi rushed back to mourn.
Geng Ping also felt unlikely. Yesterday morning, Wei Ba had just sneaked up on a thousand Wei army elite cavalry, which was to harass the people all night, and then blocked them in the camp, unable to give full play to the advantages of the cavalry, so he was lucky to succeed. Sima Shi is two thousand elite cavalry, and it is a field battle, will he lose to Wei Ba, who is only half of his number? Could it be that the Wei family's martial arts are actually so strong?
Ma Cao and Geng Ping started again while conjecturing, they felt that this thing was too strange and did not dare to stay any longer. If Sima Shi came back and attacked them again, they would have little way to live.
They were back on the road, hurrying all the way, half an hour later. They met Wei Ba, who had caught up, and told Wei Ba what they had witnessed. As soon as Wei Ba heard that Sima Shi had passed over half an hour ago, it was estimated that he had already passed Shang County. And Sima Yi's army is coming, and the risk of chasing and killing Sima Shi has increased dramatically. He weighed it, but Zuihou decided to give up and gave a part of the war horse to Ma Cao and Geng Ping to ride. Xiangshang Luo rushed together.
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Sima Shi met Sima Yi's army fifty miles east of Shang County, and when he saw the battle flag fluttering in the camp, Sima Shi's heart fell to the ground. His nose was sour. Tears almost flowed from my eyes. Still, he held back, tightened the reins of his horse, and walked towards the camp with the smoothest and most calm pace possible.
Sima Yi had received a report before that he knew that Sima Shi's 1,000 elite cavalry left outside Shangxian County was attacked by Wei Ba and the entire army was annihilated. At this moment, I heard that Sima Shi was back, and there were only more than three hundred riders around him, so I roughly guessed the result. He sat quietly in the tent. Unhurriedly flipped through the official documents, until Sima Shi walked in, he slowly closed the official documents, raised his head, and looked at Sima Shi.
Sima Shi bowed his hand: "Father." I lost again. His face was covered with dust, but his eyes were bright, and he didn't see a hint of frustration, but rather some excitement.
Sima Yi let out an "oh", pointed to the seat opposite, and commanded, "Come on, get some water." ”
A guard fetched water, Sima Shi got up and washed his face, washed the dust off his face, revealing his white and straight face, which looked more and more handsome.
Sima Yi smiled: "Hungry, right?" ”
"Yes."
"Then eat something first and fill your stomach."
"Whoa."
The guards brought breakfast again, with wine and meat. Sima Shi picked up the chopsticks, paused on the table, looked at the food on the case, first picked a piece of fish, carefully removed the fish bones, put it in his mouth, chewed slowly for a while, and laughed softly: "I didn't expect the taste of Danyu to be so delicious, I didn't notice it before." ”
"Because your heart was too impetuous before, you only saw the sky, not the water, and you were not in the mood to taste the delicious Danyu." Sima Yi nodded approvingly, "Now you should know, the most haode taste is actually around you, just see if you can find out." ”
Sima Shi put down his chopsticks and bowed down to thank him: "Thank you father for your teachings, my son will remember it, and he will be engraved on the motto and remembered at all times." ”
"Engraved on the motto, but it is just a bare appearance, engraved in the heart, is the most important thing." Sima Yi pointed to his heart and smiled slightly: "Now, you can tell me what these three thousand elite horses have given you in exchange, whether it is a priceless treasure or worthless grass." ”
"Oh, dare to ask my father for advice." Sima Shi began to tell his story from the beginning, from his camping outside Shang County, Wei Ba sent people to harass him, how he made a plan, and how Wei Ba was not fooled, until he and Deng Zhi fought on the river beach, and Zuihou talked about his initiative to attack and use the opportunity to burn Wei Ba's tree formation to escape. He even talked about the hundreds of Shu Han troops such as Ma Cao on the road, including how he thought about it at that time.
Sima Yi listened quietly and said nothing. After Sima Shi finished speaking, he sat silently in front of him, waiting for his comments. Sima Yi was silent for a long time, and Zuihou exhaled softly. "Ziyuan, I can give you an assessment of your battle. However, considering the loss of the three thousand elite riders, I can only give you a lower rating. ”
Sima Shi secretly breathed a sigh of relief and understood what his father meant. Excluding the loss of the three thousand elite horses, his performance can reach up and down, this is according to the current evaluation of the nine-grade system of the Great Wei, it should be said that the evaluation is not low, indicating that his father is satisfied with his performance. However, reporting to the emperor that the loss of 3,000 elite horsemen cannot be ignored, so the official evaluation can only be from the bottom to the top.
"Father, can you give Wei Ba an assessment?"
"He." Sima Yi smiled: "Let's go to the middle." ”
Sima Shi bowed and saluted: "That son will continue to work hard and strive to catch up with him next time." ”
"I believe in you, there will be this day." Sima Yi leaned over and patted Sima Shi on the shoulder.
Father and son looked at each other and smiled.
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