After Xu Shu "captured" Yongqiu, he had too many things to consider. Although he also sent chasing troops, as Sima Yi expected, the troops were divided again.
Currently, the only people pursuing Sima Yi's troops are 50,000 men led by Deng Ai.
And Sima Yi also had more than 50,000 soldiers.
If it's a field battle, it's hard to say who will win, but if it's a city defense battle, Sima Yi is already very confident that he can defend Dongjun.
Of course, the prerequisite is that Jia Kui can occupy Puyang in time, and Sima Yi can cooperate with Guo Huai, Jiang Ji and others in a short period of time to defeat Wei Yan's troops and avoid being attacked from two sides.
Therefore, after Sima Yi withdrew his troops to join Cao Shuang in Jiyang, he made some arrangements, and then led his troops to the northwest, heading straight for Jujube.
Cao Shuang really didn't say a word of nonsense this time. The deal is already done, and there's no point in talking more.
Furthermore, Cao Shuang was also afraid that he would talk too much, causing Sima Yi to ask him to stay in Jiyang. That was the most troublesome thing.
Although Sima Yi is determined to abandon the entire Chenliu County, for an important town like Jiyang, it is still necessary to leave some people to guard it for a period of time, at least to give time to get rid of the food and grass stored here.
The garrison candidate left by Sima Yi was Gao Tanglong. After all, Gao Tanglong was good at coordinating food and fodder planning. He could be considered as making the best use of his talents by staying here. If Cao Shuang said anything more, I'm afraid Sima Yi would have to stay.
Anyway, Cao Shuang judged others by himself, and he had no doubt that Sima Yi would do such a thing. After all, the relationship between the two was very bad, and they were only one step away from breaking up.
Once Cao Shuang is left in Jiyang by Sima Yi because of his talkativeness, he will be in a deep whirlpool.
The Shu thieves have already captured Yongqiu, and Jia Kui has also been ordered to evacuate Dingtao, go north to Lihu County, and divert to Puyang to attack Jiyang. There is no protection on the east and west sides. The Shu thieves can attack from both sides. Can't hold on.
Of course, Sima Yi did not ask Gao Tanglong to hold on to Jiyang for how many days. He just asked him to seize the time to transport food and grass to Lihu County. But after all, this place is about to become a battlefield, and what kind of accidents will happen on the battlefield? No one knows Can't tell.
Anyway, compared to staying in Jiyang, Cao Shuang still felt that it would be safer to follow Sima Yi's main army.
Well, to put it bluntly, Cao Shuang was still afraid of death, so he didn't continue to argue with Sima Yi.
Cao Shuang was obedient all the way, and Sima Yi was too lazy to pay attention to him. After arranging Jiyang's affairs, Sima Yi immediately sent troops with Chen Tai to Suanzao to encircle and suppress Wei Yan's troops.
At this time, Jia Kui had led 15,000 soldiers and marched to Lihu County in the north of Jiyin County.
Here, it is less than a hundred miles away from Puyang, the important town of Dongjun.
Jia Kui originally planned to rush to Lihu County and take a short rest, but here, Jia Kui met someone he didn't expect.
There is no one else but his precious son, Jia Chong.
At first, Jia Chong sold Guo Huai and desperately evacuated the battlefield. After ensuring safety, Jia Chong finally thought of gathering the defeated troops.
Of course, Wei Yan did not choose to pursue Jia Chong, but turned to look for trouble with Guo Huai. But Jia Chong himself also knew that the timing of his order was not right. The army he led had most likely collapsed on the battlefield. It’s not easy to put it away.
Therefore, outside the battlefield, Jia Chong reluctantly collected about 2,000 defeated troops and chose to march towards the nearest Lihu County.
On the one hand, after the soldiers were defeated, if they wanted to return to the army, they would definitely go to the nearest county. After all, only here could they get food supplies, and according to Wei law, such return to the army was recognized and would not be punished afterwards.
Here, Jia Chong can continue to gather the defeated troops.
On the other hand, Jia Chong actually also knew that if he went back to Dingtao like this, if his father asked him, he would probably end up not much better.
Who knows Jia Kui's temper? Once he learns about Jia Chong's defeat, he will probably have someone tie him up and send him to Yongqiu to be punished by Sima Yi.
I have such a temperament that ignores reason and family.
Therefore, Jia Chong did not dare to go back to Dingtao, so he chose Lihu as a temporary stop to see if there were any other opportunities to make up for his mistakes.
The opportunity that Jia Chong saw was actually Puyang City.
Jia Chong's ability is not bad, he just lacks experience in leading troops, is too selfish, has a bad character, and likes to be clever. Well, this person is really not good.
But a bad character is a bad character. Jia Chong can still see that there are not too many defenders of Puyang now, so if he wants to make up for his mistakes, his only hope is to capture Puyang.
However, the number of troops in Jia Chong's hands was also small. No matter how hard he gathered the remaining troops, the total number of Wei troops who finally retreated to Lihu County to rendezvous did not exceed 5,000.
On the Puyang side, according to the intelligence intercepted by Jia Chong and his own investigation, the garrison was probably between one thousand and two thousand people.
After all, Puyang is a fortified city, but Jia Chong's soldiers are all defeated, their morale is low, and their food and grass supplies are barely enough. If they use such soldiers to attack Puyang City, which is garrisoned by 2,000 people, they may not be able to defeat it.
After experiencing a battle failure, Jia Chong finally learned something. He no longer had the blind confidence and optimism he had when he first sent out troops.
Therefore, while stationed in Lihu County, Jia Chong continued to collect the defeated troops, seize the time to restore the morale of the soldiers, replenish food, grass and ordnance, while waiting for the opportunity to attack Puyang City.
As a result, before Jia Chong completed these preparations to "make up for his past mistakes", his father had already arrived in Lihu with fifteen thousand soldiers.
Well, now Jia Chong's matter can no longer be kept secret.
Jia Chong didn't know that Sima Yi had withheld Guo Huai's military report. He thought that Jia Kui had already known about his defeat.
Therefore, when Jia Kui asked in surprise, "Why is my son here?" Jia Chong thought that his father was questioning him in a strange way, and it was a sign that he was going to deal with him.
Facing his father, Jia Chong was not too clever to play tricks, and he did not expect that Sima Yi would conceal the defeat for him. When his father asked, Jia Chong naturally did not dare to hide anything, and said what should and should not be said. , said it all.
But after Jia Kui finished listening to Jia Chong's story, he almost fainted with a black eye.
How could I teach such a bastard in my life's behavior? !
He disobeys military orders, makes his own decisions, has no command and betrays his teammates. He is worse than Cao Xiu.
All the good looks he had accumulated over most of his life were lost to his son.
Jia Kui was so angry that he pulled out the sword from his waist. But after thinking that this was his son, he threw the sword to the ground, picked up the scabbard, and slapped Jia Chong on the head and face.
Jia Chong didn't dare to hide. Although Jia Chong's character was not good, the deep-rooted concept of "filial piety" in this era still profoundly influenced Jia Chong.
He received a good beating.
Finally, Jia Kui was also tired from convulsions. He sat down panting and began to think of countermeasures.
After all, this is his own son, his own son who he has raised for eighteen years. Loyalty to the country is one thing, but his son's life is another.
If there was a chance to remedy the situation, Jia Kui did not want to send his son to die.
And soon, Jia Kui thought of a way-to conquer Puyang.
If his son could personally lead the troops to conquer Puyang, and if he went out of his way to plead with Sima Yi and Guo Huai, I'm afraid this matter could be covered up like this.
After all, Sima Yi did not write a letter to inform him of such a big matter. It can be seen that Sima Yi does not necessarily want to hold Jia Chong responsible.
In Jia Kui's opinion, conquering Puyang is not difficult.
According to intelligence, there are only about a thousand people in the Puyang garrison, and the garrison is unknown. The main force of the Shu thieves on the northern front is all concentrated on the line from Suanzao to Yanjin. Even if Puyang is in emergency, it will not be able to return reinforcements for a while. This is not such a difficult task in the first place.
Therefore, Jia Kui allocated 5,000 soldiers to Jia Chong. Together with the 5,000 remaining soldiers that Jia Chong gathered during this period, there were 10,000 soldiers and horses. Now he set off immediately to attack Puyang.
I will take a short rest in Lihu County for the time being, and then head to Puyang four or five days later.
If Jia Chong had already captured Puyang when he arrived, it goes without saying that the credit must be his, and there would be an opportunity to make up for it.
But if Jia Chong hadn't captured Puyang when he arrived, there would be no need to trouble others. Jia Kui would have his son tied up, and Sima Yi would decide after the war.
If you can't accomplish such a thing, what difference does it make whether you are dead or alive? !
In this way, Jia Chong, with bruises all over his body from being beaten by me, ignored the strange looks from others, immediately organized his army, and then led his troops out of the city to attack Puyang.
After two days of urgent marching and three days of siege, Jia Chong took five days to finally capture Puyang before his father personally led the troops.
Well, my life was saved.
(End of chapter)
