However, Jiang Wei did not completely abandon Xiahou Ba, for fear of making Xiahou Ba feel cold, so he ordered Xiahou Ba to guard Sanguan and block the entrance of Chencang Road to prevent the Wei army from attacking.

The importance of San Pass is no less than that after Jiming Mountain was cut off, more than 70,000 Shu troops retreated from Jiming Mountain, they had to pass San Pass to enter Chencang Road. This is the only throat passage they passed through. If San Pass is lost, the retreat route of the Shu army will be completely cut off. Therefore, when Jiang Wei built a defense line in Jiming Mountain, he had already considered San Pass and sent troops to garrison to prevent the Wei army from attacking.

If Longxi had not been attacked, the Shu army would have the retreat route of Longxi, but now Longxi is about to be lost, and the Shu army has no other retreat route. It is crucial to protect Sanguan.

Although there are heavy troops stationed in Sanguan, there is a lack of a powerful general in charge. So Jiang Wei sent Xiahou Ba to Hui to guard Sanguan to ensure that there is no accident.

Xiahou Ba got the order and led three thousand troops to set off immediately and headed straight for Sanguan.

Xiahou Ba originally wanted to cut off the rear, but he didn't expect Jiang Wei to appoint him as the pioneer. No matter which task it was, it was very important. Xiahou Ba happily took the order to go there.

As for the candidate for the rear, Jiang Wei arranged for the general Zhao Guang to take the role.

Zhao Guang was the second son of Zhao Yun, the general of the army. Zhao Yun was brave and good at fighting. He was known as one of the five tiger generals of the Shu army. He had great military achievements. When he was in Changbanpo, he had saved the latter leader Liu Chan and Zhouquan in the chaos and had the merit of saving the emperor. Zhao Yun had two sons, the eldest son Zhao Tong, who served as the chief of the Hu Ben Zhonglang, led the army and died early. His second son Zhao Guang was the general of Yamen and followed Jiang Wei to fight in the northern expedition.

The tiger father has no dog son, and Zhao Guang is also brave and good at fighting, outstanding, and is highly valued by Jiang Wei. In this critical moment, Jiang Wei naturally thought of Zhao Guang as the famous general.

The general who cuts off the rear is loyalty first. If he is very skilled in martial arts and abilities but is greedy for death, it will be useless. Therefore, without a loyal heart to Shu Han and without the courage to take the death as if he is ready, it is not enough to take on the heavy responsibility of cutting off the rear.

Zhao Guang accepted the orders, and his father Zhao Yun was famous, so Zhao Guang would never lose his reputation.

After arranging the matter of severance, Jiang Wei began to arrange the withdrawal of troops. Since the Chencang road was narrow and the carriages were difficult to move, the 70,000 troops of the Shu army could only enter in sequence, which took a lot of time to increase the difficulty of withdrawing troops.

However, Jiang Wei should be the most experienced in withdrawing troops, so even if the battle is difficult, Jiang Wei is still confident.

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After the Battle of Hei Suwon, the Wei army successfully captured Chen Cang, but Cao Liang did not enter the city, but instead set up the camp in Hei Suwon.

After all, Chen Cang was a small city, and after a big fire, it had almost burned into an empty shell. There was no need to station Chen Cang now, so Cao Liang set up his troops in Heisuwon to rest for a while, and prepare to move west at any time.

Although Hei Suyuan won the battle, it was a deviation from what Cao Liang expected, that was, he failed to completely wipe out Jiang Wei and Sima Lun. The Wei army almost concentrated all the main forces, but in the end he only wiped out more than 30,000 Shu troops, and the record seemed a bit unsatisfactory.

The main reason is that the strength of the Shu army was somewhat beyond Cao Liang's expectations, especially the outstanding performance of the Wudang Flying Army, which completely destroyed Cao Liang's plan to encircle and annihilate the Shu army. Although the Cavalry Camp eventually annihilated the Wudang Flying Army, the Wei army suffered a considerable loss. It seems that this world-famous elite journey is indeed outstanding.

If there was no Wudang Flying Army's rear hike, with the speed of the cavalry camp and the powerful roundabout maneuverability, Jiang Wei and Sima Lun would not have the chance to escape. Even if they did not die, they would have to take off at least a layer of skin.

Wudangfei's army used the price of the destruction of the entire army to exchange for the escape of the main force of the Shu army. While Cao Liang was regretful, he was also a little relieved. The biggest gain that could wipe out the Shu army in this battle should be the biggest gain.

After all, the Wudang Flying Army is best at mountain combat, and plain combat is their weakness. If the Wudang Flying Army is not annihilated this time in Heishuyuan, it would be the most troublesome thing to encounter them in the mountains of Shu Kingdom in the future.

The Wei army's powerful cavalry capabilities were not exerted, while the Wudang Feijun was like a tiger, which was like a tiger's wings. It was one to the other, and even Cao Liang gathered three ace main cavalry battalions, but he might not be able to encircle and annihilate the Wudang Feijun.

Therefore, Cao Liang was quite satisfied with the achievement of such a battle. However, after Jiang Wei retreated to Jiming Mountain, he used the terrain of Jiming Mountain to build a new line of defense. If Cao Liang marched in a large scale, the cavalry would not be able to use their strength. Relying on infantry alone would be a hand-to-hand combat, and the Wei army would definitely pay a great price.

So Cao Liang stopped moving, but instead sent Qian Hong to lead the Yueqi camp, Ruiqi camp and Zuowei camp to Jieting, trying to detour into Longxi, and form a front-and-back attack on the Shu army in Jiming Mountain.

When Qianshibao attacked Jieting with two cavalry battalions, he was blocked by the Shu army and failed to enter Longxi. Therefore, this time Cao Liang deliberately added another Zuowei battalion to attack the tough. Hu Fen, who was stationed in Jieting, suffered heavy losses in the battle of Huangtupo, and Jieting's defense was much empty. It should be no problem to send an infantry battalion to take down Jieting.

However, unexpectedly, the Zuowei Camp was useless at all. When the Wei army arrived at Jieting, the defenders of Jieting were already empty and there was no one to defend. Qian Hong was overjoyed and asked the Zuowei Camp to advance towards Longxi at the normal marching speed. He personally led the Yueqi Camp and Ruiqi Camp to attack Lueyang and went straight to Ji County.

The Wei army suddenly entered Longxi, completely disrupting the deployment of the Shu army. You should know that the main force of the Shu army was basically concentrated on the Longshan line, and the rear of Longxi was completely empty. There were only a small number of county soldiers in each county to serve as garrisons, and they could not resist the powerful Wei cavalry.

After the Yueqi Camp and the Ruiqi Camp entered Longxi, they were like two wolves breaking into the flock of sheep. The entire Longxi land was galloping and trampling on them, as if they had entered a no-man's land.

The Wei army entered Longxi and completely disrupted the retreat plan of the Shu army. The officials and soldiers of various counties fled one after another, without any idea of ​​resistance. They even threw down a large amount of food, supplies, and weapons, and became the spoils of the Wei army.

Qian Hong was so busy that he couldn't handle it. Now he had a headache about taking that city first and then taking that city. How can he maximize the harvest of victory? The Wei army was defeated too quickly, which is also a happy worry.
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