Rescuing Sima Zhao can greatly stabilize the morale of the army. Although Sima army paid a considerable price for it and lost a lot of people, it was worth it for Sun Li. After all, Sima Zhao's status is noble and far from comparable to these ordinary soldiers like grass. Even if he pays a great price, he will be willing to pay.

Although Sima's army is retreating step by step, they are getting closer and closer to the West Mountain. If it weren't for the rescue of Sima Zhao, they would have probably arrived at the foot of the mountain now.

Hope is right in front of us, and everyone in Sima Jun forgot their fatigue and pain, and rushed forward desperately, as if they were on the western mountain, and they could really turn their defeat into victory.

Compared with the anxiety and panic of the Sima Army commander Sun Li and Sima Shi, the Bingzhou Army commander Yang Hu seemed calm and calm. He clearly saw Sun Li and Sima Shi's intention to seize the Western Mountain, but he did not stop it. Instead, he deliberately opened his arms and asked them to retreat to the Western Mountain.

The reason why Yang Hu was so calm was because he had already made preparations. The strategic points that Sun Li and Sima Shi could see. As a famous general of a generation, Yang Hu would not have known that when the infantry battalion arrived at the spiritual stone ambush, Yang Hu had already surveyed the surrounding terrain. Not only did he know the terrain and terrain well, he also formulated a detailed combat plan. Now the battle direction of Lingshi Pass is almost exactly the same as what Yang Hu expected, so it is no wonder he is confident.

Xishan was a flaw that Yang Hu deliberately left behind. If the Bingzhou Army had launched an attack on the Sima Army from both east and west from the beginning, it would have been completely forcing the Sima Army to retreat. There was no problem in winning this battle, but it was hard to say how much the results were achieved.

Yang Hu planned with the determination to fight an annihilation war. It was easy to defeat the Sima army, but this did not make much sense. After the retreat, the Sima army would soon regroup and would not play a role in breaking the enemy.

It is better to cut off one of his fingers than to hurt his ten fingers, so Yang Hu has been planning to maximize the effect of annihilation of the enemy. But in fact, this battle is not easy to fight. Ten thousand people are against 30,000 people. The disadvantage in military strength makes it difficult for Yang Hu to wipe out his opponents completely. Therefore, Yang Hu deliberately changed his strategy, gave up the attack of two sides, placed most of the troops on the east mountain, and launched an attack from the east.

Sun Li was naturally unwilling to retreat like this. This was the first battle after the Sima army invaded Bingzhou. He was defeated in a dust-like situation with absolute military strength. What kind of face did he have to go back to see Sima Yi?

So Sun Li was looking for an opportunity to counterattack at a disadvantage. When he saw that there was no movement in the west mountain, he decided to occupy this commanding heights first, so that Sima Jun could have a place to settle down and breathe. After taking this breath, it was time for them to launch a counterattack.

As for whether there will be ambushings from the Bingzhou Army on Xishan, Sun Li has doubted it, but according to normal reasoning, if the Bingzhou Army has ambushings on both sides, it should be attacked at the same time and attacked in both directions. This will achieve the best combat effect and more effectively kill the enemy.

Why did the Bingzhou Army not adopt this tactic? Sun Li inferred that it is very likely that the Bingzhou Army has a small number of troops, which is not enough to support them in fighting on both sides, otherwise they would have no reason to give up this better-effect style of fighting.

As for whether this inference is correct, Sun Li didn't care about delving into it. The battle is so fierce now that he doesn't have much time to think. He must make a quick decision to determine the direction of the withdrawal, so that the casualties of the Sima army can be reduced. Every time he delays for a moment, he will not know how many Sima soldiers will die in a bad life.

In fact, under normal circumstances, no matter whether the Bingzhou Army had an ambush in Xishan, Sun Li should send a scout to investigate so that he could get accurate information.

But Sun Li didn't want to do it, and he really didn't have time to do such operations. If he sent a scout to reconnaissance, it would definitely take a lot of time to go back and forth. Now Sun Li has everything, but he just has no time to leave these 30,000 people here to wait for slaughter. It would be impossible for Sun Li to make such a decision.

So Sun Li decided to go for a gamble. Although he was never a clever gambler, at this moment, he had no choice.

The Sima army fought and retreated, and soon arrived at the foot of the Western Mountains.

Although the West Mountain of Lingshi is not a steep and steep mountain, it also has extremely high steep slopes and you also need to climb up the mountain, but the difficulty of climbing is relatively lower.

Such a mountain is the most suitable for Sun Li. If it is too steep, the Sima army will not be able to climb on a large scale, so that the defenders will be intercepted by the Bingzhou army. Now the mountain is just good, and there are many paths to climb the mountain. Sima army can go up the mountain at the same time with multiple people.

Once they are allowed to occupy the top of the mountain and be condescending, they will naturally take advantage of their defense. The Bingzhou army dares to follow them up the mountain, for fear that they will suffer greater pain.

Sun Li did not hesitate. As soon as he arrived at the foot of the mountain, he immediately ordered the Sima army to climb the mountain with all his might, and the subsequent troops continued to cut off the rear to block the Bingzhou army's pursuit.

Sima Jun, who had already been completely overdrawn in physical strength, arrived at the foot of the West Mountain, and his legs were as if they were filled with lead, and they could not even take steps, but the desire to survive made them muster up the courage and rushed towards the top of the mountain with all their might.

The mountain road is rugged, and many Sima soldiers have to use it together, and they are indeed "climbing" the mountain.

Climbing a mountain is originally a kind of strength. Even if you are full of energy and energetic, you will spend a lot of energy when climbing the mountain.

At this moment, Sima Bing was exhausted and exhausted. Climbing this not-too-high mountain was also a arduous task for them.

But at least at the critical moment of life and death, human potential is really endless. All the soldiers of Sima Army knew that staying at the foot of the mountain would definitely be a dead end. Only by climbing up the mountain would you have the chance to survive.

The desire for survival defeated his extremely tired body. Sima Jun rushed up the mountain like a swarm. The steep mountain road greatly tested Sima Jun's willpower. They all gritted their teeth and put all their energy into their feeding. In order to reach the top of the mountain safely, these soldiers rushed forward like crazy.

No matter how many thorns there are, they cannot stop their way forward, and no matter how dangerous the mountain road is, they cannot defeat their desire to survive. As they are getting closer and closer to the top of the mountain, these soldiers can finally breathe a sigh of relief.
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