The five thousand Shangyong County soldiers under Mengda's command are the elite troops that Mengda has carefully accumulated over the past ten years.
Although Mengda's official position and status meant that he could only recruit 300 elite troops, Mengda had been living in the upper echelon for a long time, and his connections and prestige were not small. It is not difficult for him to rely on his ability and prestige to organize an army willing to obey his command.
In addition, the guarding general of the three eastern counties is Kou Feng.
Kou Feng was a military general and had careless habits. He was guarding Dongsan County and basically only focused on the general direction, leaving all the details to Dong Yun.
But Dong Yun mostly helped Kou Feng with government affairs, and rarely intervened in military affairs. In addition, in the past five or six years, Dong Yun was transferred back to the court by Zhuge Liang, which gave Meng Da Da has the opportunity to take action in Dongsan County.
However, because the Han Dynasty had already fought back to the Heluo area at this time, and the three eastern counties were all in the rear, the situation was already quite stable. Naturally, it was impossible for Mengda to jump repeatedly like in history. If he jumped repeatedly at this time, , even if he had five thousand men in his hands, Kou Feng could easily destroy him.
Therefore, Mengda's little thought was limited to gathering some soldiers who were willing to follow him, and gathered more than 5,000 people. While winning people's hearts with the best treatment, he actively trained the soldiers, waiting for the opportunity for him to rise again.
Strictly speaking, the five thousand men under Meng Da's command are actually much stronger than the average county soldiers in terms of soldiers and organizational capabilities. This is why Meng Da was able to lead these soldiers from Nanyang to Yi in seven days. The basis of Queguan.
However, even though he arrived, Mengda still did not dare to attack the Wei army head-on.
Along the way, Meng Da kept urging the soldiers to hurry up. Relying on his own prestige and personal ability to lead troops, he could barely maintain the marching formation, but the soldiers' physical fitness had basically reached its limit.
Meng Da's original plan was to rush to Yique Pass at all costs, and then let the soldiers rest at Yique Pass and wait for the arrival of the large army. But as soon as he arrived at Yique Pass, he found that the Wei army was attacking.
In fact, Meng Da also knew that in this case, the correct approach should be to launch an attack directly while the Wei army was unprepared for the enemy coming from behind.
Five thousand people faced off against 20,000 people, and the two sides formed a one-on-one formation. Then Meng Da was definitely no match for Sima Yi.
But 5,000 men suddenly appeared behind 20,000 men and launched a sudden attack when the enemy was unprepared. Even if the leader of the army was Sima Yi, he could not withstand the surprise attack of 5,000 men.
Therefore, in fact, when Sima Yi received the scout's report that a large number of Shu troops appeared thirty miles behind him, he was already considering whether to withdraw directly.
If you refuse to retreat and cannot advance, if your rear is defeated again, the consequences will be serious.
Meng Da knew that this was a good opportunity for him to make contributions, but Meng Da knew even more clearly that the five thousand people under his command simply could not do this.
The soldiers are exhausted, and if they launch an attack again, it is very likely that they will not be able to shake the rear defense of the Wei army. If the Wei army sees through their own weakness again and launches a counter-siege, let alone meritorious service, I am afraid that Yique Pass will be His own burial place.
Therefore, Meng Da, who was still clear-headed, thought for a moment and did not directly attack the rear flank of the Wei army. Instead, he chose to go around the edge of the battlefield and try to enter Yique Pass first. It would be safer to defend himself by relying on the pass. .
Meng Da's response also shook Sima Yi.
With such a good opportunity, why didn't the leader of the Shu bandits seize it, but led his troops to take a detour to reinforce Yique Pass? !
Could it be said that there is something fishy? !
Meng Da's strange response made Sima Yi have two judgments in an instant.
One is that the Shu thieves marched long distances and were exhausted and lacked the strength to launch an active attack.
The other is that the Shu thieves deliberately lured themselves to intercept the forward force, causing them to fail to retreat in time and being entangled by the army of Shu thieves following behind.
Sima Yi hesitated for a moment and quickly made a judgment - to withdraw his troops immediately.
There was no hesitation, and even Meng Da, who had just entered Yique Pass, looked a little dazed.
From Meng Da's point of view, he came to Yique Pass too quickly. He was already somewhat out of touch with the rest of the army, and the physical fitness of his soldiers had reached the limit. If Sima Yi really wanted to attack Yique Pass, Meng Da might not be sure that he would be able to defend it. Live.
But considering this matter from Sima Yi's perspective, he still felt that the second possibility was more likely.
First of all, Sima Yi needs to consider the reinforcements coming from Nanyang and the military style of his commander and leading generals.
Nanyang belongs to Jingzhou, and the reinforcements coming from Jingzhou will be coached by either Zhang Xi or Xu Shu. Both of these two people are delicate and decisive in their tactics.
Since they sent reinforcements to Luoyang, no matter what the reason was for arriving so quickly, it is very likely that behind the reinforcements, the main army will arrive overnight.
Sima Yi couldn't afford to wait so long.
The leading general of this supporting army, according to the scout report, had the word "Meng" written on his flag.
The general who came from Jingzhou was named Meng. The only person qualified to lead an army was probably the mediocre Meng Da.
Meng Da is also well-known. Although he is not as famous as Fa Zheng, Li Yan and others, no matter in Dongsan County or in Shu, detailed information has stated that this person's ability is not that of Fa Zheng. Under Li Yan.
Sima Yi didn't believe that such a person would be the kind of person who looked forward without thinking about the future.
Therefore, in Sima Yi's view, Meng Da did not choose to actively attack his rear flank, but instead showed an attitude of eager to enter the pass. It was very possible that he was using himself as bait to lure him to continue fighting in Yique Pass. , buying time for Jingzhou's main army to arrive and annihilate themselves.
Secondly, Sima Yi also needs to consider his own actual situation.
To take a step back, even if the soldiers Meng Da brought were exhausted and unable to attack, giving himself a chance to defeat Meng Da's troops, but Meng Da had already arrived, then Jingzhou's main army must be behind him.
This is just a matter of sequence.
Before Sima Yi's counterattack against Luoyang, what he was most worried about was not whether he could capture Luoyang, but that the Shu thieves had also prepared a military plan for almost half a year.
Now Jingzhou's main army came to Luoyang's aid so fast that Sima Yi even suspected that when he attacked Luoyang, Jingzhou's main army had already set off from Nanyang.
If considered from this perspective, the Jingzhou Legion of the Shu thieves was most likely not here to support Luoyang, but they should have appeared in Luoyang at this time.
In other words, when the Shu thieves launched their own attack on Luoyang, they also made military preparations and began to prepare to attack Heluo and Yanzhou.
Under this situation, Sima Yi did not think that he needed to continue fighting under Luoyang City. He should gather his troops as soon as possible, preserve his strength, and prepare for the next defensive battle between Heluo and Yanzhou.
In the Hedong area, Sima Yi was not too worried. After all, they were only responsible for feigning attacks and had many troops. Once they found that something was wrong, they would inevitably choose to shrink and defend their son. Even if he did not have this ability, Sima Yi still believed that Xiahou Ba had this ability.
In the direction of Gongxian, Sima Yi didn't have to worry. With Jia Kui's experience and ability, even if he couldn't defeat Wei Yan, he could still achieve a stalemate with Wei Yan for a while.
So the only thing Sima Yi has to worry about now is his 20,000 soldiers. If he continues to march towards Luoyang City, it is very likely that he will not be able to capture Luoyang, but will be surrounded by the Jingzhou Army.
Based on the above two considerations, Sima Yi decided to withdraw his troops as soon as possible, return to Gong County first, meet up with Jia Kui and others, and then decide on the next step of the invasion plan based on the actual situation.
In this way, Mengda, who led the troops to Yique Pass, escaped and gained a great achievement in vain.
Similarly, Sima Yi, who retreated in time, shortly after leading his troops to withdraw through Dagong Pass, Wen Qin also led the 5,000 people from the front of the Southern Army to arrive here.
Wen Qin actually brought the Confederate forwards to reinforce the defense of Daguguan, but Sima Yi didn't know that.
In Sima Yi's opinion, if he had stayed at Yique Pass for two more days, I am afraid that his escape route would have been cut off by the Shu thieves, and the 20,000 soldiers he led would have been trapped in Yique Pass and Dagu. Guan Jian was unable to move and was surrounded and beaten by the main force of the Shu army.
Therefore, Sima Yi, who received the report from the rear army's reconnaissance cavalry, was frightened for a while, and then quickly continued to lead his troops to retreat. He didn't even want to go to Feng County, and retreated directly to Gong County to join Jia Kui.
In this way, a danger in the south of Luoyang was resolved under such a strange combination of circumstances.
Sima Yi was glad that he retreated quickly enough, while Zhang Xi felt frightened and annoyed after learning the reports of the two forwards on the front line.
What he was afraid of was that Sima Yi really led his troops to take a detour and launch a sneak attack from the south of Luoyang. If Sima Yi successfully reached the city with his troops, Zhang Xi could not even imagine the consequences.
Maybe Prime Minister Zhuge really has to play a song on top of Luoyang City, but only God knows whether Sima Yi can be fooled.
What I regret is that this is really a good opportunity to capture Sima Yi in one battle.
If Jiang Wei could arrive at Dagong Pass faster, or if the main army he led could catch up with Meng Da's forward in time, I am afraid that Sima Yi would not even have anywhere to escape now.
And once Sima Yi can be captured alive in one battle, the Wei army in the entire Heluo and Yanzhou areas will definitely have no fighting spirit, and the fight will not be easy.
It's a pity that such a good opportunity was missed.
(End of chapter)
