Sima Yi immediately reported to Cao Rui, the Son of Heaven, and truthfully recounted the progress of the war in the past few days. Reverse Shu has given up Wuguan and retreated to Shangluo. He was leading the army to chase all the way, but the pursuing vanguard Sima Division was defeated by Wei Ba, the general of the anti-Shu army, and was injured in the ambush, and the three thousand elite cavalry were lost. This is my employment is unknown, please bixia punishment.

Cao Rui immediately issued an edict to appease Sima Yi's father and son, and victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers. Wei Ba is a rare young genius in Shu and cannot be taken lightly. He rejected Sima Yi's petition and asked him not to be arrogant in victory, not to be discouraged in defeat, to fight steadily, march to Shangluo, and recover Guanzhong.

Sima Yi had been prepared for this result for a long time, and when he was in Shangshu, he began to march into the army. After the edict of the Son of Heaven arrived, he accelerated his speed, but it only increased to sixty miles per day, and it was already three days later when he arrived at Shangluo.

Long before the Battle of Wuguan, Wei Ba began to operate Shangluo. Shangluo's city defense is not as dangerous as Wuguan, and there are more disadvantages to defense. However, Shangluo also has a convenience, that is, it is closer to Guanzhong. Passing through the Tsukasa Mountain in the west of the city and passing through the Lantian Pass, you can enter the Guanzhong Plain, and the transportation of various materials is much more convenient.

In contrast, Sima Yi's army was transported from Nanyang, which was nearly 300 miles farther than being transported from Nanyang to Wuguan, which invisibly increased a lot of consumption. Perhaps the increase in these consumption has not yet seen much impact, but Wei Ba believes that with the accumulation of time, these effects will become more and more significant, more and more unbearable for Cao Wei, and the balance of victory will gradually tilt towards him.

Accumulating small victories into big victories and exchanging space for time is a great idea proved by the great national self-help revolution in the early 20 th century, and it is the correct choice for the weak to face the strong.

Through the Battle of Wuguan and the counterattack in this retreat, Deng Zhi's suspicion of Wei Ba was somewhat reduced. After inspecting the outside of Shangluo City, he said to Wei Ba with confidence: "I can hold on to Shangluo for three months." ”

Hahadaxiao: "Three months is enough. I believe that within three months. There will definitely be significant changes. I even think that the change has already begun, but we don't know it yet. ”

Deng Zhi is also satisfied with the hahadaxiao. Up to now. It has been more than three months since Shu Han sent troops, and Guanzhong is still firmly in their hands. Although Cao Wei went all out, it seems that the difference in strength between the two sides is very obvious, but the situation may not be clear. From south to north. Wuguan Dao, Tongguan and Pubanjin were still in the hands of Shu Han, and Cao Wei had no opportunity to take advantage of it except for a strong attack. This is a great victory. Even if Cao Wei Zuihou can recover Guanzhong, they will also suffer heavy losses, and it is very doubtful whether they can take advantage of the situation to recover Longyou next.

Once Cao Wei loses too much, the liliang contrast between the three parties will change, and the combination between each other will appear one after another.

"Still. The last thing I want to hear from Chengdu is right now. Deng Zhi put away his smile and was worried. There is no news in Chengdu, which is good news. ”

Wei Ba gently patted the city wall, and his jaw echoed. There is no news in Chengdu, which means that there is no fighting in the Yongan area. Eastern Wu did not act, at least there was no substantial betrayal of the alliance, so that Shu Han did not need to fight on three fronts. Zhuge Liang changed Jihua and sent troops to Guanzhong, which has complicated the situation, once Sun Quan betrays the alliance again and attacks Yong'an from the Yangtze River, then Shu Han will inevitably be unable to support it.

Therefore, Deng Zhi said that there is no news in the direction of Chengdu, which is good news.

However, neither he nor Deng Zhi could tell if there was any news in the direction of Chengdu. Even if there is news from Chengdu, it will not be sent directly to them, it must be sent to Hanzhong first, and then transferred to Longyou, and then forwarded to Guanzhong by Zhuge Liang of Longyou. In this way, they will not receive the news until at least half a month or even a month after the incident happens.

This is still under the condition that Zhuge Liang is willing to let them know the situation, if Zhuge Liang thinks that they don't need to know the news, then they may have to wait until the dust settles to know what happened.

To be honest, at this point, Wei Ba didn't know if Zhuge Liang would still regard him as a trustworthy object, or if he would regard him as an enemy.

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Zhao Yun rushed up a high slope with a deep gaze across the turbid waves and looking at Cao Ying on the other side of the river. Separated by a river hundreds of widths, the Cao army camp is like a flat chessboard, in the face of the raging river, there is no deterrent, quietly like a pool of stagnant water.

But Zhao Yun didn't think so.

He received a message, one that he was very reluctant to believe.

Zhao Yun helped Wei Ba form a cavalry battalion, with about 2,000 people in front and back. Considering that the place to be defended by Pubanjin was not only a ferry, but also a hundred miles up and down the river, which could become the crossing point of the Wei army, Wei Ba handed over these cavalry to Zhao Yun. Zhao Yun arranged for them to patrol up and down the river every day, one was to practice knights, and the other was to monitor the movements of the Wei army.

These cavalry are commanded by Zhao Yun, but in fact, from Sima Tang Qianyu to Qu Junhou, they are basically Wei Ba's military pawns. They knew very well the importance of this war to the Wei family, so no one dared to slack off, and patrolled responsibly every day, and the defense line went all the way to the north of Longmen upstream, and the entire eastern front of Feng Yi County was within their warning range.

With their frequent patrols, the Wei army's scout movements were limited, and it was almost difficult for them to gain a foothold on the borders of Hexi, unless they went far around to Shangjun. Shangjun was originally the border of the Han Dynasty, but after years of war, Cao Wei's energy was in the south, and Shangjun had actually fallen under the control of Qianghu. Moreover, the detour to Shangjun is a long way, and the news obtained will be delayed, which will not have much effect.

This was originally good news, but soon Tang Qianyu and the others found that there were signs of an increase in the number of Cao Wei scouts who had detoured from Shangjun, and they seemed to be not afraid of the raids of the Qianghu people. Tang Qianyu ordered a few scouts to fight, but heard a piece of news that puzzled them.

There are not many Qianghu in Shangjun, as if all the Qianghu fled north overnight.

Tang Qianyu didn't dare to slack off, and immediately reported the news to Zhao Yun. Zhao Yun also felt incredible, and immediately rushed to investigate. He knew that he had no cavalry, which was not enough to deter those Qianghu who only obeyed power and did not understand benevolence and righteousness, and there was only one possibility for them to escape, that is, Liliang, who they could not resist, entered Shangjun.

With such a liliang, not only will the Qianghu people flee away, but Zhao Yun also does not dare to take it lightly. He had to figure out what liliang was and whether it would be dangerous. The sudden appearance of an unknowable liliang on the battlefield is a major event for any general to be wary of.

Zhao Yun took the fine horse and went deep into Shangjun along the Luoshui River Valley, and finally found some clues. He found traces of tens of thousands of cavalry passing by, and judging from the objects picked up sporadically on the road, these cavalry were Cao Wei's forbidden army elite cavalry.

This discovery surprised Zhao Yun, and he immediately brought the captured scout for re-interrogation. The scouts didn't know what the specific situation was, but they mentioned a problem, not only did they not see any traces of cavalry in the camp recently, but the right general Zhang He had not appeared for half a month. Don't look at his battle flag is still in the camp, but his camp is empty.

Zhao Yun gasped and didn't speak for a long time. Although he has never fought with Zhang He, he is no stranger to Zhang He. On the contrary, he and Zhang He used to be good friends who had a deep friendship. Zhang He is a native of Hejian, he is a native of Changshan Zhending, both belong to the north of Jizhou, and when they listened to the order under Yuan Shao's account, they were familiar with each other because of the proximity of their hometown, and because they were all martial artists, they were sympathetic to each other. The temperament of the two is also very similar, both are warriors and respect the scribes, and they have a good reputation among the scribes.

Later, he followed Liu Bei, Zhang He surrendered to Cao Cao in Guandu, and the two sides never met again, but Zhao Yun knew very well what Zhang He fought with Zhang Fei in Bashu. He knew that that defeat was not representative of Zhang He's own ability.

If he took away Cao Zhen's cavalry, bypassed the northern part of Yongzhou, and raided Longyou, what would it mean? 10,000 elite horsemen under the leadership of Zhang He are enough to be worth 50,000 foot soldiers.

In other words, Longyou's forces have been reversed, and all this is happening right under his nose. Dahe blocked Cao Zhen, and likewise blocked his eyes.

Zhao Yun immediately alerted Zhuge Liang, Zhang He led more than 10,000 elite cavalry to Longyou, Longyou's forces are likely to reverse, please be careful. After issuing the warning, he was not at ease, and issued a warning to Wei Yan, Wei Ba and his son, that there was a change in Longyou, and the western defense line in Guanzhong might be tight, and it was necessary to prepare for a two-front battle.

After Wei Ba received Zhao Yun's news, he was really taken aback. Deng Zhi was also frightened. More than 10,000 fine horsemen, under the leadership of Zhang He, rushed to Longyou? Cao Zhen really dares to do it. More than 10,000 people have left the army and have no logistics, and if they can't be hit with one blow, their future is worrying. Suffice it to say, the risk of doing so is very high. But the greater the risk, the greater the benefit, Zhuge Liang of Longyou is not good for attacking the city, and can only rely on the siege to win, now it is almost a hundred days, the Wei army in the city must have collapsed, but Zhuge Liang who besieged the city is also not easy. At this time, Zhang He led 10,000 elite cavalry to arrive, even if they were very tired, it was enough to affect the entire situation.

What made Wei Ba even more nervous was that in history, it was Zhang He who defeated Ma Tan in Jieting, quickly entered Longyou, destroyed Zhuge Liang's Jihua who took Longyou, and made Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition return in vain. This Northern Expedition was also the most prosperous situation among Zhuge Liang's several Northern Expeditions, and he was corrupted by Zhang He. Now, he seized Guanzhong, I thought that history would not repeat itself, but I didn't expect history to have such a big inertia, Zhang He actually led 10,000 elite horsemen, bypassed Guanzhong, and rushed thousands of miles to attack Longyou.

Will he become Cao Wei's savior and Zhuge Liang's nightmare, as he did in history?

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