In fact, the conflict between Jia Xu and Guo Huai has been around for a long time.
To be precise, Jia Xu has been dissatisfied with Guo Huai for a long time.
Thinking that Guo Huai was too timid, he was beaten to death by the Shu people in the battle of Xiaoguan.
Therefore, he complained in private more than once that Guo Huai was as afraid of Shu as a tiger.
If the opponent is Feng Thief, it can also be understood as being cautious.
So after Feng thief withdrew from Qiaoshan, facing the unknown thief general, Guo Huai actually suffered the opponent's loss, which was simply extremely incompetent.
Most of the army's chief generals were at odds with their subordinates. This was probably the military tradition of the Wei State.
At that time, Zhang Liao was at odds with Yue Jin and Li Dian, but they all stayed in Hefei to guard against Sun Quan.
Cao Xiu and Jia Kui were at odds, and they were often sent together by the Lord of Wei to fight against Jiangdong.
Now Man Chong is at odds with Wang Ling. At the same time, they each lead an army and guard the front line in Yangzhou.
Therefore, it is not unexpected that Jia Xu and Guo Huai are at odds.
At this time, after Guo Huai told Jia Xu to stop, Jia Xu immediately felt that the other party was pretending to be public for personal gain and retaliating against him, so he was naturally very angry.
It's just that the military orders are like mountains, and Guo Huai is the commander-in-chief of the army after all. Jia Xu is not angry at all, but he can only obey the orders.
Jiang Wei, who had been observing the hilltop opposite with a telescope, immediately noticed the large-scale mobilization of the Wei army.
So he discussed with Li Qiu:
"I saw the thief's movements, which are quite strange. Is he trying to escape?"
In the past few months, Jiang Wei and Guo Huai have played against each other many times.
Jiang Wei had the advantage of having sharp soldiers and swords, while Guo Huai had the advantage of having more soldiers. Each had its own victory or defeat, and everyone knew that his opponent was not an easy opponent.
Li Qiu is now regarded as one of the top figures in the Xinghan Association, and he is quite talented.
Normally, he might not accept Jiang Wei.
But my brother has always been very knowledgeable about people, and this time he ordered the general in person.
In addition, for the sake of the overall situation, he had no objections on the surface, but he was actually dissatisfied in his heart.
After several months of working together, and after witnessing Jiang Wei's inferior force, which prevented the other party from daring to attack easily, he finally let go of his prejudices.
So after Jiang Wei asserted that the Wei thieves wanted to retreat, Li Qiu did not object, but asked:
"Why did General Jiang say this?"
Jiang Wei explained:
"I see that the thieves are making a lot of noise. It seems like the whole army is out. If they are not preparing to go out to fight with us, they must have a plan."
"However, over the past few months, the thieves and I have known that unless reinforcements arrive, the forces on hand will not be enough to shake the other side's camp."
"So I think that if the thieves are making such a move, they are not making a large-scale attack, but in all likelihood they are preparing to retreat."
After hearing this, Li Qiu looked thoughtful:
"In the battle to regain Guanzhong, the prime minister sent troops from Hanzhong, and the prince led the army to attack Bingzhou. Could it be that something happened in Guanzhong?"
"This is exactly what I expected!" Jiang Wei's eyes flashed with excitement, "Who in the world can stop the prime minister and the prince from attacking from east to west?"
"Therefore, the prime minister or the prince must have made some progress and there was an emergency in the pass, so the thieves had to withdraw from Qiaoshan."
The Liangzhou Army has traveled thousands of miles across the desert and is considered an elite soldier rarely seen in the world.
Even I didn't dare to think that after reaching Jiuyuan, the Liangzhou Army would still be able to attack thousands of miles again.
It is even more impossible for Wei Thief to imagine it.
The Battle of Guanzhong has been going on for more than half a year. If Junhou goes well, not to mention taking over Bingzhou, if he is a little bolder, he might even try to drink from the Ma Da River.
As long as the princes enter Hedong, the whole country of Wei will be shaken.
If the Prime Minister cooperates to hold back the main force of Wei thieves, then...
Thinking of this, Jiang Wei became more and more excited.
Although it was speculation, Jiang Wei's tone was extremely affirmative. It was obvious that his confidence in the prime minister and Feng Governor was much stronger than that of Li Qiu.
"Then...what does General Jiang want?"
Li Qiu asked hesitantly.
Obviously, before getting the exact information about the thief, Li Qiu was more cautious than Jiang Wei.
Jiang Wei's somewhat radical and adventurous temperament was fully exposed at this time:
"According to the art of war, if you want to retreat, it's best to win and then retreat, so that you don't have to worry about chasing troops."
"The next best thing is to show war and then retreat, which can make the enemy have doubts and not dare to pursue with all their strength."
"Thirdly, if we retreat without fighting, the rear army will be in danger; if we retreat after defeat, we will risk the entire army being annihilated."
"Therefore, if the thieves go out to fight in a big way tomorrow, they are really guilty. We must fight hard, and it is best to defeat them so that the thieves do not dare to retreat easily;"
"If the thief does not fight, you must be aware that the thief has escaped. It is the time for us to achieve great success."
Such a determined tone made Li Qiu a little worried:
"In case the thief doesn't retreat..."
"It doesn't matter." Jiang Wei knew what he meant and suggested: "If there is a battle tomorrow, I will personally lead the Tiger Infantry into battle. General Li, you can guard the rear camp. You can not only respond, but also prevent the thieves from committing fraud."
The terrain of Qiaoshan is complex. Unless they are surrounding the mountain and attacking from above, the two armies will fight in the mountains, forests or valleys. They can range from more than a thousand to two or three thousand. No matter how many there are, it will be difficult to deploy.
Even if they are divided into front and rear echelons and take turns going into battle, there will not be more than 10,000 people.
In this case, Jiang Wei, as a general, actually had to go into battle himself.
Li Qiu said tactfully:
"General Jiang is the commander-in-chief of the army, how can he easily visit the enemy's formation in person?"
"E Shun of Modao Camp is a fierce general. Tomorrow we can let him lead the front army of Modao Camp, and General Jiang can lead the Tiger Infantry in the center. That way, we have no worries."
Before leaving, Governor Feng left behind the entire Modao camp, especially the leader of Modao camp, Mo Dao's hand E Shun, who was born with supernatural powers but was as ugly as a ghost.
Even without the ghost mask, it can still scare the faint of heart like a ghost in daylight.
Jiang Wei received Li Qiu's support and said with great joy:
"That's very good."
At three o'clock in the morning on the second day, they saw a Wei army and came to the flat ground under the Han army's stronghold to set up a formation. At the same time, they sent people to provoke and scold them.
Jiang Wei smiled and said to Li Qiu:
"The thief is just as I expected."
Li Qiu couldn't help but admire him.
Seeing that Jiang Wei was eager to lead people to fight, he quickly reminded:
"If the thieves want to win and retreat, this will be like a fight between trapped animals. General Jiang still has to be careful that the thieves have an ambush."
Jiang Wei responded with all his heart.
Just when Jiang Wei and Li Qiu were concentrating on dealing with the provocative Wei army, they did not know that Guo Huai in Xinglong Pass had quietly led the army before dawn and began to cross Qiaoshan along the Qin Straight Road. The main peak is behind the mountain.
The main peak of Qiaoshan where Xinglongguan is located is higher than other peaks.
The so-called climbing high to see far away means that the Han army could detect the enemy's movements in advance with the help of telescopes.
But the telescope cannot penetrate the mountain and see the real movements of Guo Huai behind the main peak.
Guo Mo, who was riding away with Guo Huai, couldn't help but look back at Xinglong Pass, which was getting further and further away behind him, with a look of admiration on his face:
"How did the general know that Jia Xu would not listen to the general's order and stick to the camp, but went to meet the enemy without authorization?"
Guo Huai smiled proudly:
"Jia Xu talks a lot about how I'm afraid of the enemy. He seems to despise me, but in fact he doesn't take Shu captives seriously."
"He was dissatisfied when I suppressed him before. Now I specifically let him lead the army alone, and before leaving, I deliberately provoked him with words. How could he not feel indignant?"
"How can he listen to my words? As soon as I leave, even if he doesn't lead the army to fight without permission, I'm afraid he will open a stronghold to meet the enemy when the Shu captives come to test him."
Speaking of this, he sneered:
"But he doesn't know that the more he behaves like this, the more he follows my will! Otherwise, how could he confuse the Shu captives and willingly cover our retreat?"
Jiang Wei understood the principle of withdrawing troops after victory or withdrawing troops after fighting. How could Guo Huai, who had been fighting for so many years, not understand?
Jiang Wei guessed from the large-scale mobilization of Wei camp that Guo Huai might withdraw his troops.
But he never expected that Guo Huai would retreat in this way.
It can even be said to be a kind of strong man's arm breaking.
This wrist is a little different.
People with high emotional intelligence are more assertive and very persistent in doing things.
The statement of low emotional intelligence is one-sided, a bit naive, and stubborn...
Since Liu Bei's death and Zhuge Liang's first trip to Qishan, Wei has never defeated the Han army on the battlefield.
The emperor of Wei, the chief minister, generals, governors, etc. were all defeated by the Han army.
But Jia Xu thought he could make an exception.
Guo Huai is not Jia Xu. He does not have Jia Xu’s confidence, let alone trust Jia Xu:
"We have to go faster, otherwise, if Jia Xu is defeated too quickly, the Shu captives will catch up soon."
Guo Huai used Jia Xu as bait to stop Jiang Wei's pursuit.
What he didn't know was that Sima Yi also used him as bait and planned to use him to catch a big turtle, a big turtle fishing by the river.
Not only that, while Guo Huai was retreating, he did not forget to follow Sima Yi's instructions and send fast horses to the northwest along the Jing River.
Let's see if there is any way to get Deng Ai, who is approaching Xiao Pass, to try to return to Chang'an from Jingshui.
There is absolutely no way to go back to Qian County.
In Guo Huai's view, Da Sima had already made plans to abandon most of Guanzhong, and was preparing to shrink his troops and rely on Chang'an or Tongguan to fight the Shu captives to the death.
It's just that Xiaoguan is too far away from Chang'an. Whether Deng Ai can lead his army back is still a question.
But this is not within the scope of Guo Huai's consideration. After all, he has problems with his own retreat.
As for Qin Lang, the Cavalry General, that is not something Guo Huai should consider. I believe that Grand Sima has his own arrangements.
What Guo Huai didn't know was that Da Sima had arranged it, but in Da Sima's eyes, not only was he, Guo Huai, a bait, but Deng Ai, who was under Xiao Guan, was even more a bait.
As for Qin Lang... he is a bait bigger than himself, and this bait is about to be swallowed by the Han Prime Minister.
Forty miles to the west of Wuzhangyuan, Wei Yan of the Han army had already led his army around Weibei and could cross the river at any time and insert himself diagonally into Qin Lang's rear.
On Qin Lang's two wings, the Han army's northern and southern armies had finally regained their mobility. Their armored cavalry had been wandering around, ready to attack.
Directly opposite, the Tiger Infantry pressed forward step by step, constantly demolishing the perimeter of Qinlang's camp.
"General, we can't stop it from outside!"
"I saw."
Qin Lang stood on the command platform inside the camp, looking calm as he watched the last ditch being filled in by the Han army.
He was born of Du family and inherited his mother's excellent genes. As his name suggests, he has a handsome face that is always a bit soft, making people feel like they want to get close to him.
It's not without reason that Cao Rui always likes to let him stay in the palace.
It's just that at this time, Qin Lang's face no longer had the usual softness, only calm, with ashes in it, and despair in the ashes.
They agreed to attack the Shu army together, but after a heavy rain, the Shu army attacked themselves.
What about Da Sima? !
Where is Sima Yi? !
How dare he? !
"Where are the people who were sent for help today?"
Qin Lang asked in a low voice.
Until the Han army came to the gate of the camp, Qin Lang still couldn't believe that Sima Yi had left him and ran away.
He would rather believe that Sima Yi was defeated by Zhuge Liang.
Over the past few days, he has been thinking of ways to rescue outside.
"General...General, there are no soldiers willing to break out and ask for help. Moreover, we have sent out so many groups of troops to ask for help. It has been so long, but no news has come back..."
The deputy general muttered, unable to speak any more.
To the north is the Weishui River, to the south is the Qinling Mountains, to the east is the Shu army, and the only place to go is Chencang in the west.
But there are only a few thousand people in Chencang, so what can they do?
Even if all the garrison troops from Qian County come over, it won't help much.
The only one who can really save the current situation is the east.
"General? How about we..."
The deputy general said tentatively.
Qin Lang turned his head, his eyes cold:
"What?"
The lieutenant swallowed a mouthful of saliva:
"Since there has been no news from Da Sima, why don't we retreat to Chencang?"
Qin Lang had a bitter look on his face and pointed to the side:
"Can't retreat."
That's where the Shuqiu cavalry appeared.
If it had been before, I couldn't defeat him, but at least I could outrun him. After all, where did the war horses come from in Shu?
But since the loss of Longyou, especially Liangzhou, Shu's cavalry has become the best in the world.
Anyone who dares to escape with the Shu captives on their backs will be doomed.
If he is defeated and flees, he may not be able to turn his horse back when the time comes.
When the deputy general heard this, he also had a sad look on his face:
"General, what should we do?"
"What should I do? I can only repay the king with my heart!"
Qin Lang seemed to have made his choice long ago, with firm eyes:
"We have received great favor from Your Majesty and have already dedicated our lives to Your Majesty. Now that we encounter a strong enemy, we must fight to kill the enemy to repay Your Majesty's kindness!"
With that said, Qin Lang pulled out the sword from his waist and shouted:
"I, Qin Lang, swear here that I will fight to the death with all the generals in this battle, but if I have one breath left, I will fight to the death with all the generals!"
Infected by the general's emotions, the generals of the Imperial Guard standing around and under the high platform roared:
"Fight to the death!"
They were loyal to Cao Rui, and their families were being held hostage in Luoyang, so there was no room for surrender at this time.
There was huge resentment in Qin Lang's eyes:
Sima Yi, if I am lucky enough to return to Luoyang, I must avenge you for not saving me today!
"Pass my military orders, and the generals will return to their camps, mobilize their elites, and obey orders at any time!"
"promise!"
Outside the camp, the Shu captives had filled in a section of the last ditch, and at the same time rolled out huge bridge carts to build two wide roads.
A ramming car made of logs whittled into sharp points was pushed in front of the ditch.
It seemed that Shulu didn't want to give himself any chance to breathe.
Qin Lang gritted his teeth.
