The Yingchuan family's surrender was so fast that it not only shocked Chen Tai, but also left Sima Yi speechless.
Sima Yi, who was in Gong County, after receiving Chen Tai's military alarm, sent a lot of reconnaissance cavalry to the south to infiltrate and obtain intelligence from the south.
There is no way. Now Sima Yi is able to stabilize the situation when facing Wei Yan's 30,000 Northern Army attack in Gong County, but repelling Wei Yan cannot be done in a day or two.
If Yingchuan County in the south is completely lost at this time, it will also be a big threat.
But, Sima Yi didn't worry too much at that time.
The Shu thieves have attacked Yingchuan twice. Once they were unable to advance after occupying Xiangcheng, and once they lost troops and generals on the bank of Yingshui River. Therefore, Sima Yi still had certain confidence in Yingchuan's ability to hold on.
Although Chen Tai wrote to him and told him that he hoped he could retreat as soon as possible, Sima Yi expected that Chen Tai should be able to hold on to Yingchuan for at least a month.
During this period, Sima Yi could still seek opportunities to defeat Wei Yan's troops and march to Luoyang.
It's not that Sima Yi thought that he could capture Luoyang with more than 50,000 soldiers in his hands. He was not that arrogant. But this time he sent troops to counterattack Luoyang. If he chose to withdraw his troops without even achieving any results, I'm afraid the imperial court would tell him. past.
Defeating Wei Yan's troops and marching to Luoyang was what Sima Yi needed to achieve.
If it were the previous court, Sima Yi wouldn't have to worry about these issues of success or failure. After all, the ministers in the court could see clearly what the situation was like.
Even if Sima Yi is not in Yecheng, Chen Qun, Liu Ye, Cao Zhen and others will naturally speak for him so that the emperor will not misunderstand him.
But now the people around the emperor are different. Except for Man Chong, who is relatively reliable, the rest are people without strategic vision.
If you choose to retreat without any actual results, I'm afraid the emperor will send someone to hold you accountable.
Not to mention, there is an uneasy thing in his military camp.
Even if he really wanted to retreat to Yanzhou to protect himself, Cao Shuang, that stupid thing, wouldn't agree to it.
Sima Yi was also helpless. Although he didn't want to continue arguing with Wei Yan in Gong County, he had to do so due to practical needs.
But isn’t the Yingchuan side a little too stretched? !
There was no latest military report from Chen Tai, but the scouts sent by Sima Yi to the south came back and told Sima Yi that they had heard rumors that the Shu thieves had easily captured Yangdi and Changshe and were now heading towards Yanling. And go.
This time, Yangzhai and Changshe were lost in less than twenty days? !
Really, Sima Yi was dumbfounded.
Let's put it bluntly, the information the scouts got was just "rumors", and "rumors" may not be credible, but Sima Yi couldn't afford to bet on it.
If the "rumors" are true and Yangzhai and Changshe are lost, then the trouble will be big.
If the Shu thieves march eastward to Yanling, they can cut off the Wei army's retreat in Xuchang and at the same time open up a passage into Chenliu County. If the Shu thieves go northward and enter Henan County, they can completely threaten their flanks and even their rear routes to break the siege of Luoyang.
Moreover, as far as the size of the troops of the Shu bandits attacking Xuchang is concerned, they may not even need to make a choice between the two and can completely divide their forces. Sima Yi did not dare to stay in Gongxian any longer.
Retreat, you must retreat to the east of Hulao Pass, leaving Wang Ling to guard Hulao Pass, and lead your troops to Chenliu County to set up defenses to prevent Shu thieves from breaking into Yanzhou.
But just when Sima Yi ordered to retreat, Cao Shuang entered Sima Yi's Chinese army tent again and loudly questioned Sima Yi's reason for retreating.
"Our army is strong now. If we don't take advantage of the situation, how can we achieve success?!"
These were Cao Shuang's exact words when he asked Sima Yi. Sima Yi didn't even know how to reply to this silly question.
Which of your eyes has seen that we are the "strong" side? !
Is it just because we are better than our enemies? !
How could the beautiful lady Cao Zidan have such a son who looks like a stupid pig? !
Actually, Cao Shuang is really not stupid. Although he does have some problems with the overall situation and strategy and cannot understand the current changes in the situation, he is Cao Zhen's son after all. He can still understand the ordinary battle situation. .
The current battle situation in Gong County can only be said to be a balance of power between the two sides. Although the Wei side has a slight advantage due to its large number of people, it is definitely not "strong".
Cao Shuang had two purposes for questioning Sima Yi like this.
One is that Cao Shuang really doesn't understand why Sima Yi wants to retreat. Although the situation is now deadlocked, it is not without the strength to fight.
The other thing is that Cao Shuang must say this. If Sima Yi retreats in the future and the counterattack on Luoyang fails, then he, the guard, will not have any responsibility.
Of these two purposes, the first purpose can be said to be Cao Shuang's lack of strategic vision and his inability to see the passive situation Yanzhou would face after the fall of Yingchuan, but the second purpose was purely caused by Cao Shuang's selfishness.
At this time, Sima Yi really didn't have the time or energy to explain too much to Cao Shuang, so he just handed the military reports from the frontline scouts to Cao Shuang, and then went to arrange the withdrawal of troops without saying a word.
To withdraw troops from Gong County is not a problem that can be solved by simply issuing an order.
First of all, we must be prepared for Wei Yan's possible pursuit, and we need to arrange the troops and personnel in the rear.
Secondly, we must notify Sima Division and Xiahou Ba who are fighting at Mengjindu to let them choose the opportunity to retreat. Don't foolishly continue to fight at Mengjindu. This is meaningless except for wasting troops.
This was actually Sima Yi's biggest headache because communication was too inconvenient.
To deliver a military order to Meng Jindu, he could not go northward in the direction of Luoyang, but had to make a circle from Dongjun. The speed was much slower, and many contingency plans had to be made by Sima Division and Xiahou Ba on the battlefield, which was too troublesome.
Even now, Sima Yi still doesn't know that the two men were ambushed by Zhang Xi, and thought that the two men were still pretending to attack Mengjindu.
All in all, after Sima Yi arranged these things, he left Wang Lingduan behind and placed himself in the middle. Jia Kui led the army and rushed back to Chenliu first to withdraw the troops in an orderly manner.
As for Cao Shuang, Sima Yi really didn't care and didn't bother to care.
Cao Shuang's response to this was much simpler. He directly wrote a letter to impeach Sima Yi, impeaching him for disobeying the emperor's orders, fearing the enemy in battle, coveting life and fearing death, and delaying the war.
This time, I really can't blame Cao Shuang, because he really couldn't understand the hidden information in the military reports that Sima Yi gave him. Therefore, Cao Shuang really didn't understand why Sima Yi concluded based on just some "rumors" The Shu thieves have captured Yingchuan County and are about to invade Yanzhou.
In Cao Shuang's view, Yingchuan has been a staunch supporter of the Wei Dynasty since the time of Emperor Taizu Wu. Even though the Shu thieves have sufficient troops, it will take at least two to three months to conquer the entire territory of Yingchuan. .
No matter how incompetent Chen Tai was, he occupied the two natural barriers of Rushui and Yingshui, and relied on the county town to resist continuously, but he could still delay it for so long.
How could Yangzhai and Changshe be lost in less than half a month? !
Therefore, in Cao Shuang's view, this "rumor" was obviously false and was deliberately spread by Shu thieves to confuse the public. Sima Yi withdrew his troops because of such a false "rumor". Cao Shuang, in addition to "being afraid of the enemy in battle, greedy and fearful" Other than "death", I really can't find any explanation.
Well, although Cao Shuang and Sima Yi were very at odds with each other, Cao Shuang still believed in some of Sima Yi's character and did not believe that he was the kind of person who could "connect with foreign countries". Considering Sima Yi's record against Shu thieves over the years, , "Fear of the enemy in battle" is probably the real reason.
Therefore, Cao Shuang had to write a letter to impeach Sima Yi. This was Cao Shuang's duty.
As for his other right, Cao Shuang has not yet thought of taking over Sima Yi's military power directly. After all, doing so would be tantamount to completely falling out with Sima Yi.
Obviously, Cao Shuang is not yet so arrogant as to think that he can replace Sima Yi's position in Yanzhou.
Impeachment was impeachment, and when the troops were withdrawing, Cao Shuang followed Jia Kui and was the first to withdraw to Yanzhou.
And when Sima Yi withdrew through Hulao Pass and returned to Mengjindu in Yanzhou, the latest battle report finally bypassed most of Dongjun and was delivered to Sima Yi's hands.
I almost vomited blood when I showed it to Sima Yi.
The battle report not only tells about the Sima Division's light pursuit, careless ambush, and the loss of more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, but also a more important thing - the Shu thieves occupied Mengjin and crossed Fuzhou, cooperated with the navy, and cut off the Wei army crossing the river. food supply line.
Well, this bad news comes one after another.
(End of chapter)
