After everyone heard the news, they were very moved and shouted: "The Prime Minister is so kind to us. We are willing to risk our lives to repel the Wei army without going back to repay the Prime Minister's kindness." Kong Ming shook his head and said, "You should When you go home, your family is still waiting for you, why do you want to stay here?"
Everyone wanted to go out to fight and did not want to go back. Kong was obviously helpless and said: "Since you want to go out to fight with me, you can camp out of the city. When the Wei army arrives, don't let them have a chance to breathe. Just attack directly. This is The method of waiting for hard work.”
After receiving the order, everyone took their weapons and went out of the city, ready to fight at any time, and set up their formations to wait for the arrival of the Wei army.
The troops from Xiliang came very quickly, but they spent a lot of energy. When they arrived at the predetermined location, they were tired and exhausted, and they were ready to camp for a rest. Suddenly, the Shu army swarmed up. Everyone was brave. The troops and horses of Yong and Liang were no match at all, so they could only retreat back. , the Shu army tried their best to cover up the killing, and killed him until his corpses were everywhere and his blood flowed into rivers.
Kongming went out of the city and summoned the Shu soldiers to return and give rewards. At this time, an envoy asked to see him and said that it was a letter from Li Yan of Yong'an. Kong Ming opened the letter, and the content was: Recently I heard that Soochow sent people to Luoyang to form an alliance with Wei. Wei asked Soochow to send troops to attack Xishu, but Wu has not yet launched its troops. I have found out this news, and I hope the prime minister can make a decision. I also sent this message to the court, but there has been no reply yet.
After Kong Ming read it, he felt very strange, so he gathered everyone and said: "If Soochow invades Xishu with troops and horses, the situation will be very critical. We can only suspend the Northern Expedition, notify Xiangyang first to prepare, and then send someone to tell His Majesty."
After everyone left, Kong Ming dialed Yu Yi's video. At this time, Yu Yi was on the way to Xiangyang City. Kong Ming told Yu Yi the content of Li Yan's letter. Yu Yi felt strange and dialed Huang Shumin's video for verification. , only to hear Huang Shumin say: "There has been a strange phenomenon in the city recently. Some Soochow soldiers have been fighting out sporadically. They seem not to be afraid of swords and seem to be unkillable, which is very troublesome."
Yu Yi said: "I'm afraid that Soochow Wu saw our long-term Northern Expedition to the Central Plains and was ready to make a sneak attack on Xishu. Fortunately, the Prime Minister got the news. You can stabilize the scene first and wait until I arrive at the scene."
It turns out that the evil power descended into a clone and entered the body of Queen Huang Ruier, disrupting the government and killing some ministers so that the Northern Expeditionary Army, which was gaining momentum, could return. It almost assassinated Prime Minister Kong Ming. Fortunately, Yuyi led Zhuri to fight out in time and dispersed the evil force. With this clone, the ability of the evil force is reduced.
The evil power quickly drifted to Sima Yi, gave some of its power to Sima Yi, and said to him: "Now that Yu Yi has obtained the jade article and combined it with the ancient book, I cannot penetrate into the Xishu people. I can only rely on you. What I just said Give you some power and you can drive the corpse soldiers as quickly as possible."
After Sima Yi obtained this power, his confidence in driving 100,000 corpse soldiers greatly increased. He and Yu Yi fought many times and formed some opinions of his own. He believed that Yu Yi should be bypassed and used corpse soldiers, so he used his power that night to let Sima Yi Thirty thousand corpse soldiers fell from the sky and laid an ambush at the junction of Soochow and Western Shu. They then sent some corpse soldiers to sneak attack some Wu soldiers, changed their clothes, and sneaked into Xiangyang City to cause damage, creating the illusion that Wu was about to attack Xi Shu.
Let’s talk about Yong’an Li Yan. Ever since Gou An was beheaded by Kong Ming over grain and grass transportation, he felt uncomfortable. When Gou An spread the rumors, he became even more passive. In addition, he also faced a very serious problem, which was frontline grain transportation. Obstacle, as the new emperor, criticized him many times for food issues. In this context, Li Yan had the intention to defect to Wei, so he sent someone to find Sima Yi. After Sima Yi learned about the situation, he was very happy and asked the envoy to reply to Li Yan, telling him that as long as Li Yan was willing to spread the news about Soochow After hearing the news that he had formed an alliance with Wei and was preparing to attack Xishu, he would accept his surrender. Li Yan readily agreed. Only then did Kong Ming receive a letter to stop the attack. At the same time, Sima Yi also arranged corpses at the border. With 30,000 soldiers, they were ready to test the enemy and then launch a massive attack, creating the illusion of an attack on Soochow and containing the Northern Expeditionary Army.
In the evening, Yu Yi called back Kong Ming's video again, stating what happened to Huang Shumin in Xiangyang City, confirming the authenticity of the contents of Li Yan's letter. Yu Yi suggested that the Northern Expedition should not be interrupted, and that he would go to Xiangyang, take command from the front, and defeat Soochow. However, Kong Ming put forward a different view. He believed that the power of Xishu was the weakest among the Three Kingdoms. If enemies were made on both sides, they would inevitably be unable to care about each other and insist on retreating back.
Yu Yi sighed. After all, the army described by Huang Shumin was very strange. Yu Yi could not make up his mind. If it really failed and the Northern Expedition made no progress, Xi Shu would be really in danger. So he accepted Kong Ming's suggestion and let Kong Ming ease it. Withdrawing step by step, Yu Yi went to Xiangyang. If he could be repelled, the Northern Expedition would be resumed. If not, then he would join forces. Kong Ming planned to continue to repair relations with Soochow and focus on appeasing him.
So Kongming sent an order for the men and horses in the Qishan camp to slowly retreat to Xichuan, saying: "Sima Yi knows that we are stationed here and will not pursue us." So Wang Ping, Zhang Yi, Wu Ban, and Wu Yi divided their troops into two groups and headed for Xichuan. Direction back.
When Zhang He saw the Shu soldiers retreating, he was afraid that it was Kong Ming's plot and did not dare to pursue him. He took his troops to find Sima Yi and said, "Now the Shu soldiers suddenly retreated. I don't know what happened?"
Sima Yi probably knew the inside story, so in order to keep it secret, he had to pretend not to know, and replied: "Kong Ming has many plans. We can't act rashly. It's better to stick to it. When they run out of food, they will naturally retreat to Xishu."
General Wei Ping came out and suggested: "Shu soldiers suddenly pulled out the camp in Qishan and retreated. There must be some problem in the rear. The governor stood still and feared the Shu army like tigers. Aren't you afraid of the ridicule of the world?" Sima Yi just smiled and said, I absolutely refused to follow this advice.
Kongming knew that Qishan's soldiers and horses had returned, so he asked Yang Yi and Ma Zhong to enter the camp and taught them a strategy. They first led 10,000 archers to the wooden gate of the Jiange and set up two ambushes. If the Wei army came after them, they would hear the cannons. After the two men left with their soldiers and horses, they called Wei Yan and Guan Xing and asked them to lead their soldiers and horses to cut off the rear. Flags were placed on all sides of the city, and many people were piled up in the city. Firewood, pretending to set off some fireworks, the other soldiers and horses walked towards the wooden doorway.
The Wei army patrol came back and reported to Sima Yi, saying: "The main troops of the Shu army have left, but I don't know how many troops are left in the city."
Sima Yi went to see it in person and found flags on the city and smoke rising from the city. He smiled and said, "This must be an empty city." He sent someone to investigate and found that it was indeed an empty city.
Sima Yi was very happy and said: "I guess Kong Ming has really retreated this time. Which of you dares to pursue him?"
Pioneer Zhang He said: "Let me go this time."
