"Captain, the front is Bi County, and beyond that mountain is the boundary of Jingzhou." One of his officials pointed to a low mountain in front of him and said to Sima Lun.

Sima Lun nodded lightly, looked back at the long queue that could not be seen to the end, and Sima Lun ordered: "Speed ​​up, we must reach Pingchun before dark."

With more than 100,000 men and horses carrying a large amount of food, grass and baggage, the marching speed cannot be too fast. Although Sima Lun has planned the withdrawal route and plan in advance, he also knows the speed of the Bingzhou Army cavalry. Once

If Cao Liang discovers that the Huainan Army has withdrawn, he will definitely send cavalry to pursue it. If the Huainan Army does not speed up its journey, it is likely that the time gained in the past few days will be wasted, and once the Huainan Army is entangled by the Bingzhou Cavalry,

, it will not be easy to escape again.

When the Yellow River defense line fell, Sima Lun had already made preparations to evacuate Huainan. This decision, in the eyes of many people, was a crazy move. The Bingzhou Army had just reached Yanzhou and was still far away from Huainan. What happened to Sima Lun?

How could you have such a crazy idea?

In fact, instead of being crazy, Sima Lun has always had a clear understanding. Although the territory of Huainan is very important to the Sima family, it is still much inferior to Luoyang, and the Yellow River

The loss of the defense line led to the collapse of the Sima Army's defense system. When the Sima Division retreated, it dug up the Yellow River embankment. Although it successfully used floods to block the Bingzhou Army's attack, it also destroyed the territory east of the Yellow River Flood Area.

It has become a foregone conclusion to separate from Luoyang, and the Bingzhou army swept through Yanqing, Yuxu, and the fall of half of the Sima family has become an indisputable fact. Next, Sima Lun will have to compete face-to-face with Cao Liang.

Although Sima Lun's hatred for Cao Liang is overwhelming, Cao Liang is his father-killing enemy and the biggest obstacle to the Sima family's success in the world. Sima Lun wholeheartedly wants to confront him on the battlefield and avenge his father, but Sima Lun does not

He was not blinded by hatred. He knew very well the gap between himself and Cao Liang. If Sima Lun insisted on holding Huainan, his fate would be the same as that of Sima Shi of Baima.

The territory in Huainan can be lost, but the soldiers and horses in Huainan cannot be lost. Now the Sima family's army has suffered repeated heavy losses. The number of troops is getting smaller and smaller, and Cao Liang has defeated them one by one. If Sima Lun's Huainan army is in Huainan,

If it is destroyed, then Sima Division will have fewer soldiers and horses in his hands, so Sima Lun would rather lose Huainan than lose the soldiers and horses in his hands.

However, under the current situation, it is not easy for Sima Lun to escape unscathed. Since the White Horse crossed the river, the Bingzhou Army has divided its forces and advanced rapidly. It can march hundreds of miles in one day. The Yuzhou Army is

Invincible, it was impossible to resist the southward march of the Bingzhou Army.

Calculated at this speed, it will only take a few days for the Bingzhou Army to arrive in Huainan. Although Sima Lun has plans to withdraw, it has not yet been implemented. If the entire Huainan Army wants to retreat, it must be complicated.

, it will take at least ten days of preparation time, and the Bingzhou Army will not give him so much time. Once he is entangled by the Bingzhou Army, Sima Lun will not be able to leave even if he wants to.

So Sima Lun came up with a plan and decided not to retreat but to advance. He sent the main force to Qiao County and set up an ambush in the Ku County area. He seized the opportunity of the Bingzhou Army's backbone camp to penetrate deep alone and surrounded and annihilated it in one fell swoop. This way, he could advance

Boost the morale of the Sima Army. Now that the Sima Army has been defeated again and again, the morale of the entire army has reached an extremely low level. It desperately needs a victory to boost the morale of the army.

Secondly, it can also block the offensive momentum of the Bingzhou Army. After breaking through the Yellow River defense line, the Bingzhou Army was very arrogant, sweeping and crushing them all the way, as if they were in no one's land. If this battle can give the Bingzhou Army a head-on blow,

It will definitely deter the Bingzhou Army, delay the offensive momentum of the Bingzhou Army, and win some valuable time for the Huainan Army to retreat.

Sima Lun also knew that his move was a risky move, but if he did not do it, the withdrawal of the Huainan Army would be difficult to implement, so the risk was worth it.

The battle in Kuxian basically went as Sima Lun expected. In order to pursue Chen Jun's army, the Zhongjian Battalion rushed all the way and fell into an ambush by the Huainan Army. Sima's army with 70,000

The large number of people had an overwhelming advantage against the backbone camp of only 15,000 people, and the entire battle process was very smooth. However, towards the end of the battle, a small accident occurred, and the Bingzhou Army Xiaoqi Battalion

Came to the rescue.

Sima Lun was not eager to fight, because he knew very well that Xiaoqiying was one of the main trump cards of the Bingzhou Army. The Huainan Army had the opportunity to capture the Zhongjian Camp, but was unable to capture the Xiaoqiying Camp. Once the battle between the two sides entered a stalemate, Bingzhou Army

Other troops of the Huainan Army will hear the news and rush over, and the situation of the Huainan Army without backup will become quite difficult.

Therefore, Sima Lun decisively ordered the Huainan Army to withdraw from the battle. Fortunately, the purpose of the Xiaoqi Battalion was only to rescue the Zhongjian Battalion and had no intention of fighting with them, so both sides took a step back and stopped their troops.

The Bingzhou Army withdrew to Chen County, while Sima Lun decisively headed south, doubling the route and returning to Huainan.

At this time, the army staying in Huainan was ready to set off, and all the supplies and baggage had been loaded onto the trucks. The army led by Sima Lun did not even enter Shouchun City, but just formed a circle outside Shouchun, allowing Shouchun's

The army left the city in the middle of the night to meet up with the main force, and then headed west all the way to Jingzhou.

Sima Lun expected that after the defeat of the Bingzhou Army, they would definitely put away their arrogance and become more cautious. As long as the Bingzhou Army was slow to advance, Sima Lun's goal would be achieved. By the time Cao Liang discovered that Shouchun was already an empty city

By the time they arrived, Sima Lun had already led the Huainan army and flew far away, and was beyond his reach.

After Sima Lun left Shouchun, it stands to reason that he wanted to return to Luoyang. There were two ways to go. One was to cross the Huaihe River from Anjin to Runan County, and then follow the west path of the Yellow River Flood Area and go north back to Luoyang.

; The other route is to detour through Jingzhou and return to Luoyang from Nanyang.

Compared with going through Runan County, going to Jingzhou is relatively far away, but Sima Lun did not take the shortcut to Runan. Instead, he led his army westward along the Huaihe River and went straight to Jingzhou. Many of his subordinates were wondering about Sima Lun.
Chapter completed!