Half an hour passed in a blink of an eye. Wei Jun managed to satisfy his hunger with dry food and cold water. He regained some of his strength and was finally able to continue escaping to the north.
After marching three or four miles, Wang Ling, who was walking at the front of the army, saw the scouts who had been sent out not long ago leading dozens of cavalry. The costumes of the horses they led seemed to be the standard uniform of his own cavalry.
"Report, General Wang, the stone has been occupied by Jia Shijun of Yuzhou. This is Captain Chen sent by Jia Shijun to meet our army." The scout captain rode forward and said excitedly.
Wang Ling was overjoyed when he heard this. He quickly looked at the captain surnamed Chen on the right side of the scout captain and asked, "Isn't Jia Shi guarded by Wu thieves? When did Jia Shijun lead the Central Army to break through?"
The lieutenant surnamed Chen immediately told Jia Kui in detail how he had used the trick of suspecting soldiers to scare off Wu Jun who was fighting against the enemy. Then Wang Ling suddenly understood and quickly took him to see Cao Xiu.
"I see. I asked why I didn't meet any Wu soldiers when I passed the trailer. It turned out that they all gathered around the rocks.
The enemy wanted to concentrate their forces on Jiashi to stop us, but they were frightened away by Jia Shijun. This was really an unexpected surprise! "Cao Xiu said happily after hearing the report.
Sun Li also smiled and said: "Da Sima is right, this is indeed a surprise. I have not seen any trace of Wu Jun along the way. I think they escaped by another way."
"Yes, if there are no more reinforcements, our army may not be able to survive for a few days with the little food and grass we have." Wang Ling also looked happy.
Xue Qiao also said happily: "Now it seems that our army made the right move in retreating with trailers and rocks. Not only did it avoid the trap of no strong words, but it also coincided with Jia Shijun and the others. What a blessing. Don’t destroy our army!”
After Cao Xiu and others finished expressing their emotions, Captain Chen clasped his fists and said, "The main force of the Wu army is still on the way to pursue us. I would like to ask Da Sima and all the generals to quickly go to Jia Shi to meet my envoy."
"Colonel Chen is right to remind you. We are still in danger now. We should not be happy too early. It is better to rush to Jia Shi to meet with Jia Shi." Cao Xiu nodded.
All the generals responded in unison: "Promise."
Hearing that reinforcements were coming in front, the morale of the Wei soldiers was slightly boosted, and their pace could not help but speed up a bit.
About an hour later, Cao Wei's East Route Army, which had been defeated and fled, finally arrived at Jia Shi. Jia Kui and Man Chong had already received the news, and when they saw Cao Xiu and others approaching, they hurriedly greeted them.
Cao Xiu saw Jia Kui coming with his horse, but he couldn't help showing a bit of embarrassment on his face. Just now he was only happy that the reinforcements had arrived, but he forgot that he had always been at odds with Jia Kui, who led the army to come for reinforcements. Rescue, it is a bit difficult to meet.
The relationship between Cao Xiu and Jia Kui has always been at odds. He often slighted Jia Kui because he was Cao Wei's clan general, and there were many conflicts between the two.
The most serious incident was that when Cao Pi was in power, he wanted to grant Jia Kui the Talisman Festival. Unexpectedly, after Cao Xiu heard about it, he interfered and reported to Cao Pi, saying that Jia Kui had a strong temperament and always looked down on the generals. Such a person should not be the commander-in-chief.
After hearing this, Cao Pi gave up the idea of re-employing Jia Kui. Impeding someone's official career is the most offensive thing, but Cao Xiu could do it, which shows that the relationship between him and Jia Kui was extremely discordant.
However, now that Jia Kui was able to ignore the past grievances and rush to rescue him, it really made Cao Xiu ashamed.
When he saw that Jia Kui had dismounted from his horse and saluted him, he wanted to dismount and meet him, but he couldn't save face, so he could only sit upright on the horse and nodded and said: "Jia Shijun, there is no need to be polite. If I don't arrive in time, our army will be in danger." "After that, he greeted Man Chong again.
"Da Sima and the generals must be extremely tired from traveling all the way. I have prepared some food and grass three miles ahead. I also asked Da Sima and the generals to rest in front. Lu Xun and others will be dealt with by us."
Jia Kui didn't seem to care much about Cao Xiu's rude behavior while sitting on his horse, and still spoke politely.
When Cao Xiu saw that he could actually share the food and grass of the Central Route Army with him, he was both happy and ashamed. He finally got off his horse, cupped his fists slightly and said, "Thank you very much."
"You're welcome, Chief Sima. Let the soldiers go and have a rest." Jia Kui returned the salute.
"There are eighty or ninety thousand Wu troops behind, with high morale and high fighting spirit. There are only about ten thousand people under the command of the Duke. How can we resist them?" Cao Xiu asked Wang Ling, Sun Li and other generals to lead the army to receive supplies first, while he stayed behind and continued to fight. I asked worriedly.
Jia Kui smiled slightly, turned around and pointed at the looming banner ambush in the dense forest behind him and said: "There is no other way but to repeat the old tricks!"
After hearing this, Cao Xiu looked around at the surrounding terrain, then nodded, asked no more questions, and immediately led his guards forward.
In the afternoon, Lu Xun finally led the army to catch up with Jia Shi. On the way, he met the sergeant who was scared away by Jia Kui's trick yesterday. Therefore, he knew that Cao Wei's reinforcements from the middle had arrived, but he didn't know how many troops they came with.
At this time, he could not see a Wei soldier on the stone pass in front of him. However, when he looked carefully, he found the flag horns vaguely emerging from the mountains and forests on both sides, and he immediately suspected that the Wei army had set up an ambush here.
Lu Xun couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "Oh, it's still a step too late and failed to keep Cao Xiu." Then he said to the generals: "Send the order to withdraw the troops."
"Why is the Governor like this? Cao Xiu and others are right in front and haven't gone far. Even if we can't stop them at the stone, as long as we work hard and pursue it, we will definitely achieve great success." Zhu Huan was the first to refuse after hearing this.
Lu Xun explained: "The Wei army has an ambush in front, how can we take risks?"
"Even if there is an ambush, we can't just leave like this. I am willing to lead my troops to rush over and must open a passage for the army." Zhu Huan also discovered the whereabouts of the ambush, but he thought this was not a retreat. reasons.
Lu Xun retorted: "Jia Kui's middle army has 30,000 troops. They occupy a dangerous terrain. How can our army defeat them quickly? What's more, Cao Xiu still has more than 80,000 troops in his hands, even if they are already remnants. Defeated, but not without the strength to fight.
How can we easily step into danger when we come here on the king's orders? We have already won a complete victory in the previous round, so we must not advance rashly out of greed. If we are defeated instead, how can we see the Supreme Being again? "
At this time, Quan Cong, who had been silent for a long time, agreed: "What the Governor said is reasonable. We should stop as soon as possible and never give Cao Xiu and others a chance to turn defeat into victory."
"I think this is a great opportunity to accomplish all my achievements in one battle. We must not waste it because of fear of failure. Our army has been chasing us all night, and we cannot just withdraw without firing an arrow." Zhu Huan remained unmoved. Continue to argue.
Lu Xun said: "I have made up my mind, no need to persuade anymore, just carry out the order." After saying that, he turned his horse's head and led the sergeant back. Quan Cong also quickly followed and rushed to his own army to give the order to withdraw.
Seeing this, Zhu Huan had no choice but to raise his head and let out a long sigh. He reluctantly looked north and then led his troops to retreat.
Jia Kui on the pass was relieved when he saw the Wu army retreating. He waited for a while, and after the scouts found out that the Wu army had really withdrawn, he led his troops to join Cao Xiu.
