Chapter 2208 Who will take the blame
Ning Sui led more than a thousand remaining soldiers to the Tianting at night. Fortunately, the Wei army did not chase after him, Ning Sui felt more at ease. At dawn, he finally arrived at the Tianting and met Sima Lun.
Sima Lun was very surprised when he saw Ning Sui. Ning Sui was arranged by Jiang Wei in Sifeng Mountain as a reserve team. If the singting encounters a crisis, Ning Sui's troops will come in handy.
But although the battle situation on the Yiting side is more intense now, Sima Lun thought he could withstand it, so he did not ask Jiang Wei for reinforcements. Why did Ning Suihui suddenly appear here?
Moreover, Sima Lun also knew that Ning Sui had at least 10,000 people. Even if he came to help the qiting, what would happen if he only brought one thousand people here?
One thousand people will not have any effect on the current chanting, which is just a drop in the bucket.
Sima Lun also noticed Ning Sui, with his helmet crooked and slanted, dusty, and awkward. Although he had no blood on his body, Sima Lun could also conclude at a glance that he had just experienced a life-and-death battle, which could be seen from his panicked eyes.
"General Ning, where did you come from?" Sima Lun asked.
Ning Sui bowed to Sima Lun with a bitter look and said, "General Sima, Beizhi was originally ordered by the general to station in Sifeng Mountain. Yesterday afternoon, he suddenly received the order from the general and asked Beizhi to lead his troops back to Xiling immediately. Beizhi did not dare to neglect it. When he led his troops to Baishazui, which was more than twenty miles away from Xiling, he was suddenly ambushed by the Wei army, and most of his troops were lost. Beizhi fought desperately to break through the encirclement and rushed to the Venting Pavilion, just to report to General Sima that Xiling was in trouble, so he asked General Sima to send troops to rescue quickly."
Sima Lun couldn't help but be stunned. Xiling is in trouble? How is it possible? He stationed in the Qiting to prevent the Wei army from attacking Xiling. If Xiling is really attacked by the Wei army, what is the significance of Qiting's defense?
Moreover, Ning Sui was ambushed by the Wei army in Baishatsui. This is obviously the usual trick of siege and attacking aid by the Wei army. However, Sima Lun still has considerable doubts, that is, Ning Sui's men and horses had at least 10,000. How many troops would the Wei army have to set up an ambush in Baishatsui to wipe out Ning Sui's men and horses?
In this way, the Wei army's troops appeared near Xiling City were a very large army. With such a large number of troops, they could bypass the pavilion and directly attack Xiling and could be silent. Sima Lun thought about it and felt a little incredible.
"The Wei army sneaked into Xiling? What happened? How did they send troops? Where did they go, and how many soldiers there are?" Sima Lun asked in a whim.
Ning Sui looked confused. To be honest, he just received Jiang Wei's order to return to Xiling immediately. As for what was going on in Xiling, he really didn't know, so Sima Lun asked him several questions in a row, but Ning Sui couldn't answer any of them, and he was speechless and didn't know what to say.
When Sima Lun saw it, he asked Ning Sui that he would not be able to find out any of them. He ordered people to arrange food and said to Ning Sui: "General Ning is exhausted all the way, so he should go and rest first, and then discuss the matter of returning to Xiling to help.
Ning Sui had been traveling all night, but the water had not yet entered, and he was really tired and exhausted at this moment. Seeing Sima Lun's arrangement, he was overjoyed and thanked him for his gratitude.
At that time, Hu Lie was on the side. After Ning followed, Hu Lie said, "Your Highness, Ning Sui was speechless, and the defeat in the Battle of Baisha Tsui was so strange. Is there anything hidden in this?"
Sima Lun nodded gently and ordered Hu Lie to go down to Ning Sui's army and find a few middle and lower-level officers to come. Sima Lun wanted to ask about the situation of the Battle of Baisha Tsui in person.
Soon Hu Lie found several Sima and military marquis in Ning Sui's army and brought them to Sima Lun.
These officers were taken to Simalun's central tent. He obviously didn't know why Simalun, the General of the Cavalry, summoned them. He secretly made some murmurs in his heart, and they all seemed uneasy.
Simalun was kind and patiently asked about the details of the Battle of Baisha Tsui. The officers did not dare to hide it and sued him. After all, if you lie, you would easily be killed. Simalun only needs to ask a few more people, so he will definitely be able to obtain the details.
High officials like General Cavalry, all hold high positions, and have the power to kill and seize life and death. If they dare to lie in front of Simalun, they must be prepared to lose their heads.
Even to be honest, they were all nervous, afraid that if they said something wrong, they would make Sima Lun angry. Now they were talking to Sima Lun, and they were really trembling as if they were covered with thin ice.
Simalun did not make things difficult for them, but repeatedly asked about the details of the Battle of Baisha Tsui. After getting the exact answer, Simalun showed a hint of anger on his face and ordered Hu Lie to take these officers down.
The facts are clear. The reason why the battle of Baisha Tsui was so miserable was caused by Ning Sui. If Ning Su had not escaped in the face of the battle, how could the Shu army be so defeated? Obviously, Ning Sui had an unshirkable responsibility for the defeat of Baisha Tsui.
As for the situation in Xiling, Sima Lun was also in a dark state. The officers under Ning Sui were obviously even less aware of this. Sima Lun could only infer what happened in Xiling.
Judging from the situation where the Wei army ambushed the Shu army in Baisha Tsui, they must have launched an attack on Xiling City. It was precisely because of the emergency in Xiling City that Jiang Wei mobilized Ning Sui's reserve team to urgently reinforce Xiling.
But the key problem is that Ning Sui lost the chain. His performance in this battle was completely different from a mature commander. He just encountered an ambush from the enemy and issued a retreat in panic. Moreover, it was not the kind of orderly and organized retreat. In the end, the defeated Shu army was intercepted by the Wei army in the middle, and 10,000 people were actually lost, and the entire army was almost destroyed.
According to Sima Lun's search for other officers, it can be confirmed that the Wei army had only about 10,000 troops, and more than 10,000 Shu army was surrounded and annihilated by more than 10,000 Wei army. This battle was really humiliating.
If Ning Sui had any brains, he would not have been defeated so badly. Originally, Jiang Wei was referring to such a group of people to save his life, but Ning Sui's failure led to the further deterioration of the battle situation in Xiling. If Ning Sui did not take the blame, who would take the blame?
Chapter completed!