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Chapter 1710 The golden cicada escapes its shell

Du Yu asked in detail. Sima Yiqiang hurriedly led his troops away overnight after receiving Sima Zhao's edict. Obviously, it must be that there was a major change in Chang'an that forced Sima Zhao to give up Wuguan.

This time, the three major armies of the Wei army attacked Wuguan, Tongguan and Pubanjin at the same time. Since there was a situation in Chang'an, there was no doubt that the Wei army had attacked the Guanzhong Plain. However, Du Yu still didn't know whether it was Deng Ai who succeeded in Tongguan or Yang Hu who broke through Pubanjin. However, this obviously did not matter. The Wei army invaded Guanzhong this time and it was a great victory. It would be difficult for the Jin army, which lost the dangerous situation in the Guanhe River, to stop the Wei army's offensive.

Of course, Du Yu would not let Sima Yichang get away easily. According to time, it has only been more than a dozen hours since Sima Yichang left Wuguan. If the Wei army rises up and catches up, there is still a high probability that he will catch up.

Therefore, Du Yu did not stay in Wuguan for much time. In addition to leaving a battalion of troops to take over Wuguan, the other main army rushed westward and rushed towards Chang'an along the Wuguan Road. Du Yu's intention was also very obvious, that was, to catch Sima Lun up before he arrived in Chang'an.

After all, the situation in Chang'an is still unclear, and Du Yu doesn't know how much impact Sima Yichang will have on the situation in Chang'an after returning to the army. However, since Sima Yichang is Du Yu's dish, Du Yu will never allow him to escape from his sight.

The Right Legion traveled westward. Although there were two fast cavalry teams, Tunqi Camp and Jinqi Camp, the Wuguan Road was rugged and narrow and difficult to move, so the cavalry's speed advantage could not be exerted, and it was not much faster than the infantry.

For Du Yu, this was helpless. If this road was relatively flat, the two cavalry battalions would have arrived in Chang'an soon at this time.

Along the way, many abandoned old clothes, armor, weapons and other objects by the Jin army were found, which seemed to prove that the Jin army had just passed here, and from the direction, they did escape towards Chang'an, so no one in the Wei army doubted anything wrong with this? They drove straight along Wuguan Dao until they arrived at the foot of Shangluo City.

There are three passes on Wuguan Road? The first pass is Wuguan? You can travel about 200 miles northwest along Wuguan Road? Is Shangluo, which is a county town? It is also the second pass on Wuguan Road. There is also a pass that is Lantian Pass more than 100 miles away. After leaving Lantian Pass, it is not far from Chang'an City.

However, compared with the tall and sturdy city walls of Wuguan, Shangluo are much more ordinary? They are built just by rammed earth, and due to their disrepair, the city walls also appear to be much more broken.

What is even more exaggerated is that Shangluo's defenders had only a few hundred people? And they were not the kind of regular army, just the local tycoons recruited from the local area, with simple equipment and scattered military disciplines. They usually maintain order in the city and scare the civilians? I'm afraid even those larger bandits and robbers can't deal with it? At this moment, seeing the Wei army rushing like a tide, all the defenders were confused. Didn't it mean that Sima Yichang's army was blocking it in Wuguan? How could the Wei army reach the foot of Shangluo?

If Wu Pass was lost, Sima Yichang's army should have fled to Shangluo first. Why did the Wei army arrive in Shangluo first? Could it be that Sima Yichang's army was destroyed?

The county magistrate of Shangluo was extremely frightened and was so scared that he was trembling. Looking at the army of Wei like locusts and ants, the county magistrate of Shangluo was urinating. He thought that such a situation was not something he had resisted. If he didn't want to die, he would open the city as soon as possible to surrender. In this way, he would have a chance to save his life. If he blocked his arms and cars, he would have to die suddenly in the chaos.

Therefore, the magistrate of Shangluo County had no intention of resisting at all. Before the Wei army rushed to the city, he opened the city gate and surrendered.

After the Wei army entered the city, they quickly controlled Shangluo. However, after a little investigation, no trace of Sima Yichang and his army was found here. At this time, the Wei army only thought that Sima Yichang did not stop in Shangluo, but went straight to Chang'an. However, after the Shangluo County Magistrate was brought to Du Yu, Du Yu's question completely confused him.

What Du Yu asked was naturally Sima Yichang's whereabouts. The Shangluo County Magistrate had never seen Sima Yichang at all. Not to mention Sima Yichang, even his soldiers and horses were not seen. The Shangluo County Magistrate could only answer truthfully, and even he couldn't figure out why Du Yu asked him like this.

This time it was Du Yu who was confused because he could see from the eyes of the Shangluo County Magistrate that he did not lie, but Shangluo was the only channel to Chang'an. Sima Yiqiang had not come to Shangluo and disappeared in vain?

Du Yu realized that he had been fooled. It turned out that Sima Yichang was not ready to return to Chang'an, but fled elsewhere halfway. As for the surrendered troops from Wuguan and the abandoned armor and weapons on the road, it was Sima Yichang's unquestioning formation so that he could escape calmly.

It seems that he is still too careless. Sima Yichang is not as incompetent and cowardly as he seems on the surface. He actually played with a golden cicada under his nose.

Du Yu immediately summoned Deputy Governor Shi Bao and Liu Jing to discuss what to do next, whether to continue to march towards Chang'an, or search for Sima Yichang's whereabouts?

Shi Bao believed that anyway, they had already broken through Wu Pass and had already reached Shangluo, and were not far from Chang'an. It would be better to take Lantian Pass directly and approach Chang'an. Sima Yichang was just a partial army, so just escape. As long as they marched into Chang'an and destroyed the main force of the Jin army, no matter how big the world is, there is no place for Sima Yichang to stay.

Liu Jing believed that Sima Yi had not escaped back to Chang'an, so it must be that the situation in Chang'an had changed. Deng Ai or Yang Hu might have conquered Chang'an. Sima Yi felt that returning to Chang'an was also a death sentence, so he chose to run away directly. If this is true, it would be meaningless for the Right Army to rush to Chang'an. It would be better to search for Sima Yi in this area, eliminate the roots, and leave no future troubles.

Du Yu thought that both of them were right, so he simply divided his troops into two groups, and Shi Bao led the Tunqi Camp and the Jinqi Camp to Chang'an. If the Left Army and the Central Army have not yet taken Chang'an, Shi Bao can also help them with his help. Anyway, the Wuguan area is full of mountain roads, and the cavalry can't exert combat power. If they enter the Guanzhong Plain, they can show off their might.

Du Yu and Liu Jing stayed on the Wuguan Road and carefully searched for Sima Yichang's whereabouts, so that he could not easily let him escape like this.
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