In this regard, Yang Qing had already prepared a plan, and he immediately handed it over and said: "Prime Minister, Qing believes that our army has three top priorities.
First of all, we should immediately send armed cavalry and casual cavalry to Shanggui. I predict that after Guo Huai knows the news of Zhang He's defeat, he will not dare to refuse to defend Shanggui anymore. He will definitely abandon the city and flee back to Guanzhong along the Chencang Wei River, so let him The cavalry took one step ahead and quickly stopped them. "
"Well, this statement coincides with mine. Guo Huai is a smart man. It is impossible to save Shanggui under the current situation. He will definitely evacuate." Zhuge Liang nodded and said: "What about the second thing?"
Yang Qing replied: "The second thing is to send troops to Anding to support. Currently, four counties in Anding County have revolted and returned to the Han Dynasty, but the county governments of Linjing County and Jingyin County are still in the hands of Cao Wei. If they don't send troops, they will If these two counties are captured, this county will not be truly recovered."
"Yang Mingzhi is right. The four counties restored in Anding County are guarded by rebels and wandering guards. The Puppet Wei has not yet taken care of them. Once the Puppet Wei sends troops northward, they will definitely be invincible.
Although this county is east of Longshan, it is in the north of Guanzhong and adjacent to Guangwei County. Recovering this county will not only gain a foothold in Guanzhong, but also control the roads in the northern part of Longshan such as Jitou Road and Wating Road. In the hand, it can be said that it kills several birds with one stone. "Wei Yan echoed.
Zhuge Liang hummed and asked, "What about the third thing?"
"The third thing is to let Liao Canjun divide half of his troops back to guard Jieting. In this way, Fanxukou and Jieting City can interact with each other and support each other to prevent Cao Wei's second wave of reinforcements from going to Long." Yang Qing continued.
Zhuge Liang nodded and continued to ask: "Just these three, is there anything else?"
"Qing only thinks of these. For everything else, let the princes and the prime minister decide." Yang Qing smiled and shook his head.
Zhuge Liang thought secretly and laughed loudly: "Haha, what Mingzhi said is exactly what I meant. Do you have any other strategies?"
What Yang Qing said was very comprehensive. No one had any other suggestions, so they all said in unison: "Please give the order, Prime Minister."
"Okay." Zhuge Liang said, "Where is Anguo?"
Guan Xing stood up and responded: "The end will be here."
"I order you to lead the armed cavalry and casual cavalry tomorrow and head to Shanggui to leave Guo Huai behind."
"Follow the order."
Zhuge Liang asked again: "Where is Ziyuan?"
Wu Yi also stood up to obey the order, but saw Zhuge Liang ordering: "I order you to lead four thousand troops to stabilize and recover Linjing and Jingyin counties."
"promise."
Zhuge Liang then said to Yang Yi: "Wei Gong sent an order to Yuan Jian and ordered him to leave two thousand troops to guard Fanxukou, while he himself led the remaining troops to retreat to the street pavilion."
"Yes." Yang Yi accepted the order with her hands raised.
Zhuge Liang looked around at the crowd and continued: "Everyone else will go back to their headquarters to pack their bags and follow me south to Shanggui tomorrow."
"I will obey the Prime Minister's order." Everyone responded.
In the dense forest, more than a hundred people were marching towards the east through thorns and thorns. Judging from their clothes and appearance, they should be a Wei army.
However, almost all of them had incomplete armor, tattered clothes, tired faces, and were in a state of embarrassment. Many of them had wounds wrapped in coarse cloth, and they looked like a defeated army.
This group of people was Zhang He, Dai Ling and others. They had been wandering around Longshan for four days after getting rid of Badi's pursuit. During this period, they did not know the way, so they had to travel across mountains and rivers to escape to the east.
They had already finished their dry food, and they had relied on picking wild fruits and hunting game to survive these days. In fact, eating was relatively easy for them, but they just didn't know when they would be able to get out of Longshan.
Everyone's feet were bruised and bleeding, and they were still wandering around in the deep mountains and old forests. It seemed that no matter how they walked, they couldn't get out of the mountainous mountains.
"Everyone, please stop and rest for a while." At this point, even Zhang He, who has extraordinary will, can't stand it anymore.
After hearing this, everyone sat on the floor and took out the water bags around their waists to replenish water. Only when the cold water moistened their throats did they feel comfortable for a moment.
"Meng Sheng, why don't you take some of the boys out to the front and see if you can shoot some wild animals?" Zhang He said.
Dai Ling responded yes, ordered a dozen sergeants to walk towards the jungle ahead with crossbows.
After a while, a loud cheer suddenly came from the front. Zhang He and others were wondering what was going on when they saw Dai Ling running back with a smile on his face, shouting as he ran: "General, come and see, we have finally escaped."
After hearing the words, everyone ran forward quickly, passing through dozens of big trees with deep roots and leafy leaves, and their vision suddenly became wider. There were no dense forests or steep mountains in front of them, and there was a vast expanse in front of them. of plains.
It turned out that they had unknowingly walked out of Longshan and returned to Guanzhong. Zhang He and others were ecstatic and couldn't help but cheer and shout, as if they wanted to vent all their anger, resentment, and bad luck these days.
Suddenly escaping, everyone was immediately energetic, unaware of fatigue and hunger, and walked out of the mountain quickly. After walking for a short time, they finally saw someone smoking a house in front of them. After asking, I learned that this place is located in Qian County.
Qian County is located on the eastern slope of Longshan Mountain, and is the westernmost county of Fufeng County. Zhang He secretly thought that although he and others had been wandering around in the mountains and forests these past few days, the general direction was finally right. It seemed that God would never stop him.
The group rested in this small village for a night, and hired a local guide to take them to Qianxian County the next day.
When they arrived at the county seat, Zhang He and others were surprised. It turned out that they were not the first Wei army to flee back to Guanzhong. Pan Yu had brought dozens of people to Qian County to rest two days ago. More and more sergeants came here, including hundreds of them.
Upon seeing this, Zhang He immediately raised the banner of General Zuo in Qian County. While sending envoys to Yicheng and Chang'an to report to Cao Zhen and Emperor Wei, he also sent sergeants to various exits of Longshan to pick up the remaining defeated troops. According to his estimation, most of the defeated troops were killed. Some of the defeated soldiers will flee back to Guanzhong from Longshan in Qian County.
But three days before Zhang He fled back to Guanzhong, Guo Huai, who was huddled in Shanggui, had already received the news that the entire army of 50,000 cavalrymen in Jieting had been wiped out. He was immediately stunned and couldn't believe it for a long time.
The last battle between Zhang He's army and the Han army was unfavorable, which frightened him. He didn't expect that the entire army had disappeared in just a few days. Could it be that the elite divisions of the imperial court now couldn't even hold on to the camp in front of the Han army? Yet?
Guo Huai did not dare to think deeply about this idea. He could not accept that the combat effectiveness of the powerful army that had fought with Emperor Taizu Wu in all directions and was invincible in the world had declined so drastically.
But if the combat power of his own army had not declined, then the Han army's combat power had soared, even surpassing that of the Wei army?
Guo Huai also found this explanation somewhat unacceptable, but the current situation no longer allowed him to study this issue in detail.
Now that Zhang He's reinforcements have been defeated by the Han army, even if Wei Ting sends a second wave of reinforcements, they may not be able to go to Long within a month or two.
Guo Huai knew that the destruction of 50,000 elite troops would be a serious blow to Cao Wei, who occupied several states. In the short term, the imperial court would no longer be able to take care of Longyou. Therefore, it is meaningless for them to continue to defend Shanggui, not to mention that they cannot defend it if they want to.
Therefore, Guo Huai immediately summoned the civil and military officials in the city and announced in public that the army would immediately withdraw to Guanzhong. Everyone knew that the situation was urgent and agreed one after another.
Soon, thousands of Wei troops and civil and military officials in Shanggui City packed up their belongings, left the city and retreated eastward along the Chencang Wei River to Guanzhong.
Before the evacuation, some people suggested that all the treasuries and granaries in the city should be burned down, leaving not a cent to the Han army. However, under Ma Zun's dissuasion, and because Guo Huai considered that he would have to rely on the people's support to regain Longyou in the future, he rejected this proposal.
The sergeants were only asked to take away all the goods they could and distribute the goods they could not take away to the people in the city. This would also ensure that the money and grain in the treasury would not fall into the hands of the Han army.
When Guan Xing came with his cavalry, Guo Huai and others were already far away. In desperation, he had no choice but to leave 300 soldiers in the city to calm the people, while he led the army to pursue Guo Huai as hard as possible, hoping to retain Guo Huai.
Unexpectedly, Guo Huai had expected it and left an ambush force behind the enemy in a dangerous place. When Guan Xing rushed to the valley, fortunately he remembered what happened to Zhang He and kept an eye out, so he sent his front team into the valley to explore the way. .
When an ambush came out, he secretly said he was lucky and quickly led the rear team to respond, so as to avoid heavy losses. Although the two armies worked together to kill all the hundreds of Wei troops who stayed behind, the road in front was blocked by rocks and large trees, so the troops could not advance.
In addition, it was getting late, and Guan Xing was worried that Guo Huai was ambushing him in front, so he did not dare to pursue him deeply, so he had to sigh with regret and withdraw his troops back to the city.
