However, Zhong Hui did not refute in person. After all, the Sima Army generals are now full of enthusiasm and fighting spirit. If Zhong Hui stands up and pours cold water on his face, it will inevitably make everyone hate him. Therefore, Zhong Hui, who is so smart, keeps his mouth shut and does not refute Hu Fen's question in person.

Sima Shi saw that Zhong Hui wanted to speak but stopped, so he suspended the discussion today, and discussed it again a day, and retreated everyone, but he left Zhong Hui alone and said, "Shi Ji, there are no one else now, so if you have anything to say, you might as well say something."

Zhong Hui said: "General, the Beizheng is not an exaggeration. After the fall of Yecheng, our army is in a critical situation. The current situation cannot tolerate any optimism. If we deal with it improperly, we may experience the pain of the defeat in Bingzhou again. Therefore, at this moment, we must stop blind actions. Although the counterattack of Yecheng is very fast, Beizheng believes that it is absolutely impossible. Cao Liang's attack on Yecheng was originally a long-planned action, and he could also expect that our army would launch a counterattack on Yecheng. If our army rushed south at this moment, it was just right to fall into Cao Liang's trap. Yecheng's city is solid and has strict defenses. Even if he put all his strength into it, he would not be able to take it in a short period of time. Once the attack was frustrated, it would be a difficult internal and external relationship and a dilemma. How could there be a reason for invincibility?"

Sima Shi nodded silently. Zhong Hui's words made sense. Cao Liang's capture of Yecheng was just a link among many plans. If Sima's army led its troops south to counterattack Yecheng, it would probably really fall into Cao Liang's trap.

Zhong Hui has always been responsible for the defense of Yecheng, so Zhong Hui knows more than anyone else how powerful the defense of Yecheng is. On the surface, Sima Yichang lost Yecheng in less than half of the night. So from this, it is really a big mistake to infer that Yecheng's defense is like paper.

The walls of Yecheng use a double-path city wall structure, and the inner and outer city walls are as strong as the inner and outer city walls. Although the Bingzhou Army can destroy the city walls, it is because the Bingzhou Army's catapult car is powerful enough, but the Sima Army is not equipped with such catapult car, and the solid bricks through the city walls are equivalent to a nightmare existence.

In order to defend Yecheng, Zhong Hui personally supervised the construction of Yecheng, and he wanted to make the solid and solid soup of Yecheng. Now the feng shui changes, and Sima's army wants to attack the city wall he built, which is really a cocoon.

Sima Shi said: "You proposed to withdraw to Yangping and Qinghe areas just now. Are you sure you have any confidence?"

Zhong Hui shook his head gently and said, "We have no confidence in the current situation. The main reason why Bei Zhi chose to withdraw to Yangping and Qinghe was to consider that the third young master was currently leading the remaining troops to Yangping. Our army went to Yangping, which was also considered as a response. But Cao Liang may not have been unable to consider this. He is likely to send troops to intercept him halfway. The general must be prepared for a bad war."

Cao Liang endured for so long, and probably waited for such an opportunity for a long time. Now that the opportunity is coming, Cao Liang will definitely attack without hesitation, so this retreat is destined not to be very calm. It is not easy for Sima Shi to escape unstoppably.

Often when retreating, the army's morale and morale are at its lowest point. If it is attacked by the enemy at this time, it is undoubtedly a troublesome thing. Sima Shi has been looking for a secret to fight Cao Liang's main force, but has never been able to do it. This time, Cao Liang will definitely come uninvited. Regardless of whether Sima Shi is willing or not, this battle is inevitable.

In fact, there are only two choices in front of Sima Shi. The first is to counterattack Yecheng, and the second is to withdraw troops to the Qinghe area of ​​Yangping.

Zhong Hui had already given his advice, believing that counterattacking Yecheng was completely unfeasible. Not to mention that Sima's army could not send all its troops to attack Yecheng. Even if all its troops were used to attack, it might not be able to take Yecheng in a short time. If the attack was frustrated, it would be an enemy from both sides and would almost fall into a desperate situation.

However, there was no such concern in the withdrawal of troops from Yangping Qinghe. After all, Sima Yichang still had an army in Yangping, which could give Sima's army some support, and at least give them a place to settle down.

But the prerequisite is that the Sima Division has sufficient ability to break through the encirclement and blockade of the Bingzhou Army. At this point, Sima Yichang was not helping at all. With his remaining troops, he would leave Yangping County and be crushed by the Bingzhou Army in minutes.

In the end, Sima Shi repeatedly thought about it and accepted Zhong Hui's suggestion. First of all, Zhong Hui was his confidant general, and there was no reason to collude with Cao Liang to frame him. Secondly, Zhong Hui's opinions were very pertinent. Zhong Hui had been in charge of defense in Jizhou for more than two years. Although there were gains and losses, the entire Jizhou defense system was not satisfactory, but it is undeniable that no one knew Jizhou better than Zhong Hui and knew the defense situation of Yecheng better. In fact, from the suggestion that Zhong Hui gave up the counterattack of Yecheng from the beginning, Sima Shi felt that Zhong Hui's suggestion was more detailed and meticulous, and was much stronger than other generals' brainless counterattack of Yecheng.

So Sima Shi said to Zhong Hui: "That's as your plan, you are going to withdraw your troops to Qinghe, Yangping, but I don't know if you have any good suggestions for this withdrawal of troops?"

Zhong Hui said: "The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and Huyi cannot predict the movements of the Bingzhou Army in advance. It is just a changeable situation and responds randomly. However, Huyi believes that since the general has decided to withdraw his troops, he should not hesitate anymore. The matter of withdrawing troops should be early rather than late, fast rather than slow, because he is afraid that it will change if it is too late."

Sima nodded. Indecision has always been a taboo in military strategists, so why can Sima not know? Since he has determined to withdraw his troops, he must act quickly so that he will not give Bingzhou troops time to react.

Sima Shi immediately ordered the camps to set up camps and evacuate immediately.

However, before evacuation, Sima Shi still needed to send people to inform Chen Tai who was attacking Jingxing Pass, asking him to immediately give up attacking Jingxing Pass, collect his troops, and rushed to the Zhending area to meet Sima Shi, and then set off together to go to the Qinghe River on Yangping.

Before determining the withdrawal plan, Sima Shi did go through repeated discussions and considerations and listened to different opinions from the generals. However, once it was determined, Sima Shi immediately showed his decisive and decisive side of killing. Every order was issued, it was strong and loud, and no one was allowed to argue at all.

After receiving the order, the generals were also in a state of solemnity. They also knew Sima Shi's character well. Once the military order was issued, it was an iron rule and could not be changed.
Chapter completed!