Sima Yi is not lacking in decision-making ability, and he will not needlessly persist in a plan that has been exposed.
Now that there is no way to sneak attack on Xinye, and the enemy in front of us cannot be eaten in a short while, if we continue to fight like this, it will be useless to fight until the soldiers are exhausted and until dark.
Another thing, Sima Yi knew very well that he had brought so many soldiers out, but whether his opponent had only these people or these people were just the vanguard, Sima Yi could not make a judgment.
With Sima Yi's character, he would of course put the option of having a large army first.
So retreat.
There is no need to consider a sneak attack on Xinye. First, retreat to Xudu and defend the city without giving the Shu army any chance.
After all, the Shu army could be found in Yuzhou, and it was the Shu army after changing their uniforms, which meant that the other party was planning a sneak attack.
The only places in Yuzhou that are worthy of a sneak attack by the Shu army are Xudu and Runan County.
Xu is in his own defense zone, and he must quickly retreat to defense.
As for Runan County, Sima Yi had already written to King Wei to remind him before setting off. He believed that King Wei would make his own judgment. What would happen next had nothing to do with him.
Therefore, Sima Yi quickly gathered his troops, suspended the attack, and then slowly retreated while laying out a defensive position.
And Deng Ai also breathed a sigh of relief.
The enemy general on the opposite side has excellent commanding ability and his tactics change very quickly. If it doesn't work once, he will never force an attack. He will immediately recycle and reorganize. The second attack will immediately change his tactics. Deng Ai had a very difficult time coping with it.
But, I finally managed to cope with it.
Now that the enemy was slowly retreating, Deng Ai thought for a while and began to command his soldiers to stay alert and retreat slowly.
Based on the cunning of the enemy opposite, Deng Ai didn't believe that he was a genius in command and an idiot with no knowledge of strategy. Since he had been discovered by the enemy here, how could the enemy not guess that he was going to make a sneak attack?
There are only two places in Yuzhou that can be attacked by sneak attack, one is Xudu and the other is Runan. If you go to Runan for a sneak attack, it will be purely a collision of guns.
Furthermore, the enemy's dress itself also indicates that the opponent is going to sneak attack. In the entire Nanyang battlefield, the only place worthy of a sneak attack is Xinye. The enemy general cannot bring thousands of people and plan to sneak attack Fancheng. ? !
Then Zhang Boqi can definitely teach him how to behave.
Therefore, Deng Ai felt that to be on the safe side, it was better to return to Xinye and guard it for a while, just in case.
After all, Xinye is very important. It is the transfer station for the army's food, grass and ordnance. If there is a loss there, the food route will be cut off, and Guan Yu's army will lose supplies, and the morale of the army will be weakened in the short term.
Deng Ai did not dare to take this risk, and he did not return to defend even though he knew that the enemy was planning a sneak attack. If he was investigated afterwards, Deng Ai would also be punished.
Therefore, Deng Ai had to give up his plan to attack Runan and quickly led his troops back to garrison Xinye. At the same time, he sent someone to report to Guan Yu quickly and inform Guan Yu of his experience.
Guan Yu and Xu Shu were also shocked after receiving Deng Ai's report. They carefully calculated the number of troops they left in Xinye, and found that there were indeed not as many as they had at first. Once they encountered a sneak attack by the enemy, they would not dare to be careless if they were really likely to fall. They did not dare to be careless and directly ordered Deng Ai was stationed in Xinye and was not allowed to leave without permission.
It really wouldn't work without arranging for someone to watch Xinye.
In this way, the battle situation in Nanyang experienced a small fluctuation and returned to a strange calm again.
Under such circumstances, Cao Pi led the army again and prepared to go to Chang'an.
From Luoyang to Chang'an, the march would be faster, and we would arrive in three to five days. This was what Cao Pi originally thought.
But not long after Cao Pi left Luoyang, a battle report from the Huainan area came directly after him, pulling Cao Pi back to Luoyang.
Unexpectedly, Cao Pi did not come back - Hefei guard Jia Kui came to report, and Jiangdong Sun Quan sent general Zhou Yu to lead an army of 50,000 to invade Hefei.
Really, if Sun Quan led 50,000 troops to attack Hefei, then Cao Pi would be too lazy to return to Luoyang. One Jia Kui would be enough to deal with him.
But this time, Sun Quan did not take action personally, but sent Zhou Yu, the only famous general left in Jiangdong to lead the army, to take action. Cao Pi did not dare to be careless at all.
This is not something that Sun Shiwan can compare with.
Moreover, Sun Quan was actually willing to let Zhou Yu lead the army again, which shows that Sun Quan was already determined to win Hefei.
Zhou Yu's deterrence was too great, and Cao Pi had to quickly return to Luoyang and respond - dispatching Cao Xiu, the leader of the army, with 50,000 troops to quickly support the Huainan area.
After doing all these things, Cao Pi was shocked to find out that Gu had brought out 150,000 troops. How come they hadn't even arrived in Chang'an yet, and only 50,000 were left among them? !
But thinking about it, it doesn’t seem like a loss.
Although the Huainan side was an accident, the 50,000 sergeants Zhang He took away were to rescue Longyou, so they were not considered scattered.
Well, well, there was a slight delay, but it didn't stop him from continuing to head west to have a showdown with Liu Bei. Cao Pi set off again, preparing to go to Chang'an.
This time the journey went quite smoothly, and no battle reports came in. This shows that all the troops are making good progress.
But Cao Pi had just entered Chang'an, and his buttocks were still hot. Another battle report came from the east.
Sun Quan led an army of 50,000 men. They cut through the ice in the winter and broke through the river. They collapsed the river and raided Guangling. Guangling fell. Sun Quan led the army to attack Xuzhou with Xu Sheng and Ding Feng as the vanguard.
Jiang Dong's combination of punches made Cao Pi dizzy for a while, and he almost lost consciousness.
After finally digesting the news, Cao Pi was furious.
"Where is Zang Ba?! What on earth is he doing?!!!"
The entire palace was filled with Cao Pi's roar.
Indeed, the responsibility for this matter must be traced to Qingxu Governor Zang Ba.
When Cao Cao was on the throne, Zang Ba was in a semi-independent state, serving as the local emperor in Qingxu.
Cao Cao tolerated Zang Ba's behavior because he was still peaceful and could pay his taxes on time. But Cao Pi couldn't tolerate it.
Controlling the military and political affairs of the two states was originally a situation that was too weak to lose, but now there are problems even in defending the territory. What use is there for such a person? !
But Zang Ba was actually quite unjust.
As the governor of Qingxu, Zang Ba has never relaxed about possible attacks from Jiangdong to overthrow the river. He has repelled similar attacks from Jiangdong several times before.
But this time, Jiangdong's raid was really unexpected.
It is winter now, and the river is completely frozen, making it unsuitable for ships to sail. If we insist on sailing, the consequences will definitely be that the ship will sink and people will die. There is no possibility of a second result.
And the river is so wide, all covered with ice, and the hydrological conditions are complicated. Unless Jiangdong is crazy, he will never launch an attack in winter.
But who would have thought that Jiangdong would actually make a surprise attack.
I don’t know who came up with the idea in Jiangdong. The front ends of the two Mengchong were covered with iron sheets, and the iron sheets were used to protect the sides of the warships. The two Mengchong were used as the vanguard to cut through the ice and break the river. It really collapsed in the winter. Jiang made a sneak attack.
The prefect of Guangling never thought that Jiangdong would invade again in winter. The soldiers were hiding in the barracks warming themselves by the fire. Guangling was caught off guard and fell.
After the fall of Guangling, Sun Quan's army was not slow to respond this time. He divided his troops into three groups. Ding Feng and Xu Sheng were the vanguard along the way, and Sun Quan was the commander. They personally attacked Xiapi County, and Lu Xun led the army to attack Langya. Kingdom and Pengcheng Kingdom, and the other group is led by veteran Lu Fan to attack Donghai Kingdom and threaten Qingzhou.
At this time, Zang Ba was also caught off guard due to the delay in the transmission of the news. Now he could only lead his troops to defend Xiapi and wait for help.
Now that Cao Pi is numb, the entire Qingxu and Huainan are rotting at the same time, and Yanzhou and Yuzhou are seriously under-strength. If someone doesn't pay attention, half of the Central Plains will be lost.
What should I do now? !
I have just arrived in Chang'an. Are you going to go back to Luoyang to take charge, or personally lead troops to rescue Xuzhou? !
Not to mention how humiliating it is to run back and forth like this, as if someone were toying with you, not even the soldiers' physical strength can withstand such a torment.
But in Xuzhou, if you say you won't save it, if Jiangdong really gets a firm foothold, then you can't even think of saving Huainan. It's a two-sided attack.
And once Xuzhou and Huainan are lost, Qingzhou will definitely be lost as well, and there are no dangerous places to defend in Yanzhou and Runan. All the troops have been transferred to the Nanyang battlefield, and there is almost no defense or rescue. Half of the Central Plains.
Cao Pi had no choice but to quickly divide his 10,000 troops and let Jiang Ji lead them to support Zang Ba first to see if Zang Ba could withstand it.
As long as Zang Ba can withstand this period and buy time for himself to defeat Liu Bei, then it is not impossible for him to continue to be the emperor of Qingxutu.
After all, the most important thing now is that Liu Bei is much more threatening than Sun Quan in this war involving the two states of Yongliang.
Statistics of outstanding chapters: 3 chapters in total.
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