The Battle of Wei County ended hastily in an anticlimactic atmosphere.
Seeing that Sima Yi was still in Wei County, Zhang Xi always felt that he had fallen into a trap. He was worried that Wei troops might come from behind or on his flanks at any time. At the same time, he was also worried that Wei Yan and others might be ambushed by Wei troops.
For this reason, Zhang Xi was a little distracted, and he was always a little constrained in commanding and responding to the siege, and did not dare to attack with all his strength.
As for Sima Yi, he was actually no better than Zhang Xi.
When Sima Yi saw that only Zhang Xi outside the south gate took the initiative to attack the city, while Wei Yan and Jiang Wei at the east gate and west gate had no movement. Even the scouts observed that there were no flags of the two men in the two camps, and he immediately realized that, The soldiers he sent out to attack Cangshan Ridge might be in big trouble.
What Sima Yi hopes most now is to end the current battle as soon as possible, and then send troops and horses to meet the surprise attack troops to avoid heavy casualties.
Sima Yi could actually afford the casualties of five thousand soldiers. What really worried Sima Yi was that the person who sent troops to attack Cangshan Ridge this time was the veteran Guo Huai and Sima Yi's precious second son Sima Zhao.
If anything happens to these two people, Sima Yi really can't afford the loss.
One is a veteran of the Wei Dynasty, a famous general in the DPRK. If Guo Huai died on the battlefield due to his wrong decision-making, it would be a huge blow to the morale of the army.
The other was his own son. Although Sima Yi had six or seven sons, the problem was that only the eldest son Sima Shi and the second son Sima Zhao were truly successful. The other sons were very average.
Now Sima Division is fighting in the east of Hedong, and the outcome is unpredictable. If something unexpected happens to his second son, then Sima Yi will cry to death.
Therefore, Sima Yi and Zhang Xi each had their own concerns and distractions, which led to the battle of Wei County starting with great fanfare and ending in a hurry.
Neither side focused on the offensive and defensive battle of the city. Continuing to fight hard would only waste the lives of the soldiers in vain. It would be better not to fight and return to camp.
After returning to camp, both Sima Yi and Zhang Xi immediately sent out their own scouts to find out how the war was going in the direction of Cangshan Ridge.
Zhang Xi's side is better. After all, he has already made a response before and sent Jiang Wei to deploy defense support. If the battle ahead changes, Jiang Wei's ability can completely adapt to the situation and adjust tactics to meet Wei Yan and Wen Qin. It was too late to ask for help from myself.
But Sima Yi's side is more troublesome.
He originally had few soldiers, and he was under siege. There were not many responses he could make. To go out of the city to respond, he had to break through the siege of the Shu thieves. But the problem was that now in Wei County, who had the ability to lead troops? There are only one and a half generals left.
One of them is Sima Yi himself.
But Sima Yi obviously could not risk leaving the city to support him. Whether it was to cope with Zhang Xi's siege or to stabilize the morale of the army, Sima Yi had to stay in Wei County.
The other half is about Jia Kui.
In fact, Jia Kui had the ability to lead troops, but the problem was that there was something wrong with Jia Kui's physical condition.
In fact, if the historical process is followed, Jia Kui should not be alive at this time. Jia Kui in history died of illness shortly after the Battle of Shiting.
And Jia Kui in this time and space is still alive to this day, and has lived for several more years. But now, his physical condition is really not very good.
Not long after the army left Yecheng, Jia Kui began to feel unwell, but at that time Sima Yi led an army to raid the Shu soldiers besieging Wei County and handed over the main army to Jia Kui. Jia Kui had a heavy responsibility, so he never dared to neglect it.
But after Jia Kui managed to bring the army to Wei County, he could no longer hold on and fell ill.
It has been almost two months since the fierce battle in Wei County, and Jia Kui's condition has still not improved, but is gradually getting worse. Under such circumstances, how could Sima Yi still ask Jia Kui to lead troops into battle? !
Of course, there are no alternatives. For example, Malone.
In fact, Jiang Ji once recommended Ma Long to Sima Yi. However, Ma Long's time to join the army was too short. Sima Yi didn't know his specific abilities, and he didn't know whether he was loyal. How could he accept such an important offer? Leave the task to Malone? !
And just when Sima Yi was thinking that if it didn't work out, he would leave the defense of the city to Jiang Ji and personally lead his troops out of the city to respond. Jia Kui fell ill and asked to see Sima Yi.
Jia Kui came to ask for a fight.
According to Jia Kui, his whole life was given by the Wei Dynasty from scratch. Now that the general died in a hundred battles, it can be regarded as his destiny.
Another one. Jia Kui felt that the Wei Dynasty had reached such a point. As a minister of the Wei Dynasty, if he didn't even have this last bit of determination, he would be serving as a minister in vain.
For this reason, Jia Kui took the initiative to ask for a battle, led his troops despite his illness, broke through the siege, and went to meet Guo Huai and Sima Zhao.
Sima Yi bowed to Jia Kui with tears in his eyes, and then agreed.
Although Sima Yi, an old fox, has a really bad character from a historical perspective.
But, he was still a man who was deeply baptized by the values of this era. Can he say two things? But for such an old minister who was willing to sacrifice his life for the country, Sima Yi still admired him very much. He fell to the ground and worshiped, which was indeed out of emotion.
Of course, half of the reason was that Jia Kui was ill and went to war not only for Wei, but also to save his second son.
So, Sima Yi paid his respects sincerely, and then personally selected five thousand soldiers, including Sima Yi's own personal guards, and handed them all over to Jia Kui, who asked Jia Kui to go out of the city to meet him.
About six days later, Zhang Xi and Sima Yi both received reports from their own scouts and learned the results of the Cangshan Ridge battle.
Guo Huai led his troops to raid Cangshan Ridge. Although there were only 5,000 men, Guo Huai accepted Sima Zhao's suggestion and boldly assigned 2,000 troops to Sima Zhao.
Following Sima Zhao's suggestion, Guo Huai led 3,000 men to attack the frontal defense line of Cangshan Ridge, attracting 5,000 soldiers led by Wen Qin to block it. Sima Zhao, on the other hand, detoured from the side via a small road, avoided the granary defense line established by Wen Qin, and penetrated into Cangshan Mountain. Inside the ridge, they raided and set fire to the Han army's food and grass in Cangshan Mountain.
After all, this plan was implemented very smoothly at the beginning.
Wen Qin really didn't expect that Guo Huai would dare to lead a surprise attack with only 3,000 men. He thought that since Guo Huai appeared, it must be the arrival of the main force of the Wei army. Therefore, the defense deployment was indeed a bit top-heavy and focused too much on frontal defense.
There was no way, who could tell that this was Guo Huai, the famous general of the Wei Dynasty. Wen Qin had heard about the reputation and rumors of this general for a long time, so he naturally did not dare to neglect him.
When Wen Qin discovered that Guo Huai had only brought about 3,000 men for the raid, he immediately realized that he had fallen into a trap and would inevitably encounter threats behind him.
Thanks to Wen Qin's ability, he was able to adjust quickly before the battle. He immediately divided his forces to rescue the rear and strengthen the defense of the rear. This temporarily delayed it for a while.
Of course, if Wen Qin only had these 5,000 men in his hands, then there would probably be a big problem with this defensive response.
Wen Qin was dragged behind the front army by Guo Huai's attack. He divided his troops to support the rear army. However, the rear army did not have a qualified general to command it. He only relied on the captain of the rear army. Even though he could temporarily hold back Sima Zhao with his superior strength. , but it certainly won't last too long. Once Sima Zhao breaks into Cangshan Ridge, it may be all over.
And just when Wen Qin couldn't take care of himself, Wei Yan appeared behind Guo Huai with five thousand soldiers.
This time, the person who was attacked from both sides became Guo Huai.
At the same time, Wen Qin finally had his hands free and turned around to direct the rear army's defense to block Sima Zhao's path.
After a melee, Wen Qin finally blocked Sima Zhao's attack route to the rear army, and forced Sima Zhao back before he broke into the Cangshan Ridge grain field.
In the direction of the front army, because he encountered the attack of Wei Yan's troops, Guo Huai knew that the raid had been failed and fell into a trap, so he did not stop too much and chose to break out to the north, waiting to join Sima Zhao before returning to Wei. county.
Originally, when things got to this point, at most the Wei army failed to attack Cangshan Ridge and suffered only minor damage.
But when Guo Huai and Sima Zhao reunited and retreated north, they happened to encounter Jiang Wei who was leading 10,000 troops south.
Behind the two of them was Wei Yan, who had finished cleaning up the Cangshan Ridge battlefield, assisted Wen Qin in re-arrangement of defenses, and then caught up again.
It was another pincer attack, but this time, Guo Huai and Sima Zhao were completely blocked and turned into sandwich biscuits. It was no longer a melee. After a fierce battle, Guo Huai and Sima Zhao were finally defeated.
In the end, Guo Huai chose to go all out and fight to the death, which gave Sima Zhao a glimmer of hope and broke out of the encirclement.
Guo Huai's idea is very simple. He is already over sixty anyway and has lived long enough. But Sima Zhao is different. He is less than thirty years old. This is the future of the Wei Dynasty and we cannot let him die like this. On the war zone.
Therefore, Guo Huai deliberately used his life as a bet to attract the Han army to besiege him in exchange for preserving hope for the Wei Dynasty.
As for his final fate, Guo Huai never thought about surrendering, and it was impossible for him to surrender. He could only fight to the death.
As a result, Sima Zhao escaped, but Guo Huai had no hope of escape after being surrounded and fought hard until he was the only one left.
In the end, Guo Huai committed suicide and martyred his country under the witness of Wei Yan and Jiang Wei.
(End of chapter)
