In fact, the situation was similar to what Sima Lun expected. The Wei army's army in Xiling was indeed dispatched, and the goal was quite clear, that is, to intercept the only way to retreat westward to prevent the meeting between the Qianting Shu army and the Ma'anshan Shu army.

However, what is strange is that before the arrival of the Shu army, the Wei army suddenly evacuated and retreated quite cleanly. On this necessary road, no soldiers were left behind. All the Wei army retreated back to Xiling and never showed up again.

The Wei army's magical operation made the Shu army a monk who was two feet tall - confused. Could it be that this was just a training exercise for the Wei army in the wild? It didn't look like it!

But this time, the Wei army came suddenly and retreated faster, which was seriously inconsistent with the usual combat style of the Wei army. What is the purpose of the Wei army's operation?

Others may not be able to guess, but for Simalun, this seems not a difficult problem.

The biggest attempt of the Wei army to intercept the Shu army halfway was to use the means of attacking front and back to eliminate the Shu army halfway.

However, after the Battle of Dengyingxia, the Wei army suffered a severe blow, and the troops pursuing behind were gone. However, the troops intercepted in front could not stop the pace of the Shu army. Therefore, the Wei army simply gave up the idea of ​​intercepting halfway, opened the net and released the Shu army in the Qiting.

This is probably a choice that the Wei army had no choice. After all, the battle in Dengyingxia still had a great impact on the Wei army. The Wei army pursuing behind suddenly fell behind, which naturally affected the situation ahead.

Without the certainty of winning, the Wei army gave up interception. After all, with the strength of Pingjiang Camp and Pinghu Camp, if they want to confront the main force of the Shu army head-on, they will not have any advantage.

Cao Liang's positioning of the navy and marines is to rely on the navy to conduct long-distance landing operations, and use surprise attacks to attack the enemy's weaknesses in order to achieve the effect of surprise and unpredictable attacks.

But the Marine Corps itself has its own weaknesses. For example, it is not suitable for independent combat on the front battlefield. Without the support of the navy's catapult, it is not good at fighting city battles, nor is it good at field battles.

To put it bluntly, the Marine Corps is just an auxiliary military, only suitable for use in some specific occasions or to cooperate with other troops to fight. It does not have the ability to launch large-scale combat.

After the Wei army lost in Dengyingxia, the plan to attack the Shu army from front to back failed. With the ability of Pingjiang Camp and Pinghu Camp, it was not enough to intercept the Shu army, so Cao Liang finally chose to give up the interception and allowed the Shu army in the Qiting to retreat westward.

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Shi Bao and Liu Jing both arrived at Dengying Gorge. At this moment, it was already bright and the rain stopped. There was no open fire in the entire canyon, only smoke was curling. The entire canyon was in chaos and shocking.

In the canyon, burned corpses were lying everywhere, one of whom was a human body and one of a horse, but they were basically coke and the shape was difficult to distinguish.

After many of the cavalrymen were burned to death, their heavy armor still remained the same, but the corpses in the armor had shrunk to a height of only half the size of the original one. It can be seen how much pain these soldiers suffered before they died.

Shi Bao's face was as pale as paper, and the muscles on his face could be clearly seen twitching. He asked slowly and in a deep voice: "How many people were injured or killed in total?"

Although Wang Hui escaped from death, his eyebrows and beard were burned all over, and even his face was burned with countless blisters, making him feel smoky and embarrassed.

However, Wang Hui did not care about anything else. As soon as the fire was extinguished, he began to rescue the injured and clean up the scene. So when Shi Bao asked about the casualties, Wang Hui immediately replied without hesitation: "Report to the Governor, a total of 732 people were killed in the Tunqi Camp, 415 people were injured, of which 189 were seriously injured, and a total of 324 people were injured in the Jinqi Camp, 367 people were injured, of which 95 were seriously injured, and may not be cured."

"What? Nearly two thousand people were injured or killed? You..." The blue veins on Shi Bao's face suddenly burst out, and his eyes instantly became extremely sharp. Two cold lights swept towards Wang Hui and Zhang Qiao. At this time, Shi Bao was probably thinking that he had eaten them raw.

Seeing Shi Bao's terrifying eyes, Wang Hui and Zhang Qiao couldn't help but take a step back, feeling uneasy, afraid that Shi Bao would kill them in anger.

As the deputy governor of the Right Army, Shi Bao, General Zhendong, had the power to kill officials below 2,000 stones in the last battle. This time, the Tunqi Camp and the Jinqi Camp suffered such a crushing defeat in Dengying Gorge. Wang Hui and Zhang Qiao obviously had an unshirkable responsibility. Shi Bao killed them in anger, and there was nothing to say.

No wonder Wang Hui and Zhang Qiao were afraid. They finally escaped from the gates of hell. If it weren't for the heavy rain, the Wei army would have lost more than a thousand people. Including Wang Hui, the Wei army trapped in the canyon would probably have no chance of survival. At least tens of thousands of people would be buried in the fire, and the losses would be immeasurable.

Wang Hui was already in a state of silence at this moment. When the Wei army suffered such a failure, as the general of the cavalry and the vanguard, he naturally had an unshirkable responsibility. If Shi Bao really wanted to punish him, Wang Hui would have nothing to say.

However, Shi Bao's sharp gaze only lasted for a moment, and then dimmed again in an instant, his expression seemed depressed and gray. He sighed silently and said nothing more.

Although Wang Hui and Zhang Qiao have great responsibilities for this failure, is Shi Bao really not responsible for the fact that he is the front-line commander?

He issued the order to pursue the Shu army, and at least Shi Bao was responsible for tactical responsibilities. In fact, Cao Liang had repeatedly emphasized before that the enemy should not be pursued, especially for an organized and orderly non-defeated retreat like the Shu army. We must pay close attention to the movements of the Shu army and do not advance lightly to avoid being ambushed by the Shu army.

But at that time, Shi Bao and Liu Jing were both a little nervous and had long since thrown away Cao Liang's warning. None of them wanted to give up this excellent opportunity to make meritorious contributions, so they sent troops to pursue him in large numbers. As a result, they were ambushed by the Shu army and almost destroyed the entire army. If there was not such a timely rain that was pitiful.
Chapter completed!