"Did Gong Lu see anything?" Sima Zhao asked.

Jia Chongyu said: "Some time ago, the military government received a report from the captain of the military academy, Qingniao, saying that the Shu State had strengthened the defense of Fucheng Jiangyou and other cities behind its Sword Pavilion, which was obviously aimed at the possible sneak attack of Yinping Xiaodao. The report arrived in Luoyang on the eighth day of October, and the Hanzhong side learned of the report earlier. The humble position gave rise to a question, did Deng Shizai get the news when he sent troops to smuggle across the Yinping Trail? If Deng Shizai still insisted on going his own way and risking himself when he knew that the Shu army had already taken precautions, then he would be to blame for his defeat. If Deng Shizai did not know the news and sent troops, it is obvious that someone deliberately concealed the news. ”

Sima Zhao frowned and said, "You mean that it is possible for Zhong Hui to conceal the news and want to borrow a knife to kill someone?" "Sima Zhao knows very well that this level of top-secret information, on the front line of Hanzhong, only people of Zhong Hui's level can see it, if Zhong Hui gets the news in advance but deliberately conceals it, it is obvious that he has the intention of killing people with a knife.

Jia Chong laughed dryly and said: "This humble position is not easy to assert, according to the time of information transmission, it is extremely close to the time of Deng Ai's departure, when Zhong Shiji got this information, even if Deng Ai had already set off, it would definitely not be far, if Zhong Shiji had the heart to send someone to recover it, it was obviously not difficult." However, it is not clear what lies ahead, and perhaps as Zhong Shiji's book says, it is not known whether Deng Ai refused to listen to persuasion and insisted on going his own way. ”

What Jia Chong said was ambiguous and vague, which was not unrelated to his consistent way of dealing with the world, which was speculation. It is impossible for Jia Chong to say the words to death. Anyway, I said what I should say. How to draw conclusions is the monarch's business, and I have nothing to do with it.

Sima Zhao's face became gloomy, he snorted heavily, and said angrily: "This Zhong Hui, I really think that he is getting full-fledged, so he can do nonsense, so he harbors evil intentions, and his heart can be punished!" Gonglu. You may send someone to investigate this matter as soon as possible, and whoever is involved in this matter will be severely punished. ”

Before Jia Chong received the order, Pei Xiu said on the side: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin is angry, this matter must not be allowed." ”

"Why?" Sima Zhao was puzzled.

Pei Xiu said: "Not to mention that Deng Shizai was wiped out in the Yinping Trail, and his life and death are uncertain, how to investigate this death without evidence?" More importantly, once His Royal Highness the King of Jin sent someone to Hanzhong to investigate, if Zhong Hui really had a ghost in his heart. It must not be at ease, has King Jin forgotten about Xiahou Ba? ”

After Sima Yi killed Cao Shuang. Xiahou Ba's cousin and nephew Xiahou Xuan, the general of Zhengxi, was relieved of the military power, and Guo Huai replaced him. Now that Pei Xiu is bringing up this matter again, it is clearly implying that Sima Zhao should not act rashly, once he forces Zhong Hui, he is likely to follow in the footsteps of Xiahou Ba.

Sima Zhao immediately understood what he meant, now the three-way army of Shu is only left Zhong Hui all the way, in Hanzhong, Zhong Hui has all the power, 150,000 soldiers and horses are under his command, if Zhong Hui once perceives the unfavorable situation, it is likely to choose the road of Xiahou Ba to flee to Shu, although the Wei soldiers under his command may not be willing to follow him, but as soon as the main general falls, the entire army will have the possibility of collapse, and the Shu army will come to a large-scale counterattack at this time, not only the Hanzhong that has just been taken is difficult to preserve, but even Guanzhong Longxi may be lost, Such a situation is not what Sima Zhao wants to see.

Jia Chong also said: "This is also the intention of the humble position, Zhong Hui is in charge of the front-line military power at this time, and the slightest change will definitely shake the morale of the army, His Royal Highness the King of Jin might as well put this matter aside for the time being, and appease Zhong Hui, and be sure not to rebel." The battle of Shu has reached a critical moment, and it is not too late to investigate this matter after the destruction of Shu in the future. ”

Sima Zhao nodded and said, "Okay, just follow Zhu Qing's words." This time Zhong Hui wrote a book, and the book proposed to retreat as a strategy to lure the Shu army out of the Sword Pavilion and then ambush and annihilate it, I don't know what you think? ”

Xipeng Cao Shao said: "The Sword Pavilion is the first Xiongguan in Shu, the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, Zhong Shiji takes retreat as the way to advance, but it is also wonderful, luring the enemy out, gathering and annihilating it, it is for the plan." ”

Sima Zhao shook his head and said: "Zhong Huichu is in charge of the army, but he doesn't know how powerful Jiang Wei is, Jiang Wei has been good at fighting for a long time, how can he hide from him by retreating?" What's more, if our army is newly defeated, its morale will inevitably be low, and once it retreats, the army's morale will be even more unstable, which will give Jiang Wei an opportunity to take advantage of. Thinking that the army in the Sword Pavilion should not be moved lightly, he sent an order to Zhong Hui, asking him to continue to maintain the momentum of attacking the Sword Pavilion, and the lack of food and grass did not matter, so he would send someone to dispatch. ”

Sima Zhao has the right to make decisions, and when everyone hears about it, they all bow down and obey orders.

When Sima Zhao was young, he followed his father to fight in Longxi for many years, and Jiang Wei had dealt with him more than once, knowing Jiang Wei's strength, although Zhong Hui was strategic, but in actual combat, he was much worse than Jiang Wei, the morale of the soldiers, one drum, and then declined, three and exhausted, now the morale of the front-line soldiers is deeply affected by the defeat of Deng Ai's Longxi army, once the retreat begins, the morale of the soldiers will definitely be low, because no general will notify his marching intentions to the ears of every soldier, This will inevitably send a wrong signal to the soldiers that their own army has been defeated, and in this case, the army will be disheartened, and once it is attacked by the Shu army, the Wei army is likely to have a major collapse.

Therefore, Sima Zhao did not approve of Zhong Hui's strategy of retreating as advance, he believed that the only way to do this was to maintain enough pressure on the Sword Pavilion to gather the military hearts of the front-line soldiers, after all, the Wei army had an absolute superiority in strength, and even if Jiang Wei was resourceful, he might not be able to shake the Wei army.

The only thing that bothered the Wei army was estimated to be the problem of grain and grass, the Shu road was difficult, the grain and grass transportation was difficult, and there were still Han, Le, and Gold in Hanzhong, which were always a threat to the Wei army's grain route. Since Sima Zhao was determined to deal with Shu Han, it was naturally impossible to retreat from these small joints of grain and grass, so he ordered Yongzhou Thorn Shi to increase the grain and grass transfer force to ensure the supply of the front line. Now the Wei army has at least 200,000 troops in Guanzhong, enough to eat a year's worth of grain and grass, and the only difficulty is how to transport this grain and grass to Hanzhong.

Although Sima Zhao did not send someone to investigate Zhong Hui, it does not mean that he has completely believed in Zhong Hui, and the military power in Hanzhong, Sima Zhao obviously did not have full authority to pay Zhong Hui.

"Jia Yun listened to the order and ordered you to be the central protector, command the army of 50,000, and reinforce Hanzhong." (To be continued......)