Now Sima Shi urgently needs to fight a turnaround battle, one is to justify himself and the other is to enhance the morale of the army.

For a long time, Sima Shi has been living under the shadow of Sima Yi. Sima Yi's light is beyond his reach. All the achievements made by the Sima family are inseparable from Sima Yi. Although Sima Shi has been working hard, it seems that the world does not recognize him.

In the eyes of the world, Sima Shi is a typical second-generation official. With his father's mercy, he was able to survive in the court in Luoyang. Many people believe that if he leaves Sima Yi, he might be really worthless.

This undoubtedly made Sima Shi very frustrated. In essence, he was not the kind of second-generation official who only knew how to enjoy it. Sima Shi was ambitious and ambitious, and talented. Among the younger generation, Sima Shi could definitely be called a wrestler.

However, Cao Liang emerged and became the most dazzling one in Cao Wei's political arena. Sima Shi, who was the most direct opponent of Cao Liang, became Cao Liang's background board, was brutally suppressed, and became the most frustrated person.

If Sima Master wants to change his image and prove that he is not a second-generation official who is waiting to die, he must use victory to change people's concepts and let them see that the Sima family is not only supported by Sima Yi, but those who are afraid that even if Sima Yi falls, the Sima family will not fall. They will also be powerful ministers of Cao Wei and even have the ability to usurp the world.

Sima Yi's injury this time was an accident, but even if Sima Yi was not injured, with his age in his seventies, how many times could he fight? The Sima family can't expect Sima Yi to conquer the world alone, right?

So after Sima Yi was injured, Sima Shi stood up with no choice. At this time, the Sima army must have a leader and change this messy situation.

Of course, it is not enough to stand up. If Sima Shi wants to become a backbone like Sima Yi, he must have a record of being able to show off, rather than relying on his father's elegance to suppress everyone. It is not a simple matter to convince the public, especially in such an army that preys on the weak.

However, Sima's army was newly defeated, and Sima's army did not have the courage to counterattack at this time. However, Sima's army felt that the battle of Bingzhou was not over yet. Cao Liang took the remaining power of the battle of Qixian and would definitely invade Hedong and lead the war to the place. If he could successfully resist the attack of Bingzhou army, he would have made great achievements.

Therefore, this is the biggest reason why Sima's division advocates retreat. If he continues to stay in Jiexiu, the Sima army will not only make no progress, but will also have almost no power to fight back after being attacked by the Bingzhou cavalry.

If you retreat to Hedong in Pingyang, the situation will be greatly improved. After all, Chen Qian and Hu Fen have been in these two counties for many years and have a good foundation. The city defense is strong, so that the Sima army will not be afraid of the attacks of the Bingzhou cavalry. As long as they can defend Hedong County and Pingyang County, this battle of Bingzhou cannot be considered a complete failure, at most it will be a 50-50-5 situation, which is considered to be a return to the original situation.

Under this heavy blow, Sima Shi no longer hopes that there will be any chance to counterattack in this battle. As long as he can defend the original boundary, it will be considered a great success.

Although the Sima Division did not personally experience the battlefield, the biggest reason for the failure of Sima Army this time was found, that is, the loss was on the new type of horse harness. These newly invented horse harnesses by Cao Liang had a significant effect on improving the combat effectiveness of the cavalry. Sima Yi only increased the number of cavalry, but Cao Liang improved the quality of the cavalry. The showdown between quantity and quality obviously prevailed, which eventually led to the disastrous defeat of the Sima Army's cavalry.

However, even if he lost, Sima Jun still gained something, that was, he seized these horse harnesses. Sima Shi also saw these horse harnesses with his own eyes. It was very simple and it was not difficult to imitate them. With the current Sima family's financial and material resources, it should be very easy to imitate tens of thousands of sets.

Those who fell from there got up from there and realized the gap, so that they could improve. Sima Yi had already sent samples of these horse harnesses back to Luoyang. I believe that the Luoyang workshop was working overtime to make these horse harnesses. Maybe it won’t take long to make Sima’s cavalry, the cavalry of Sima can also equip these new horse harnesses, effectively improving the combat effectiveness of the cavalry and narrowing the gap with the Bingzhou cavalry.

Even if it cannot be compared with the trained Bingzhou cavalry, at least it will not be as vulnerable as it is now.

As for the destruction of the entire army of 70,000 cavalry, it did have a significant impact on the overall strength of the Sima family, but it was not fatal. After all, Cao Liang only owns one state, and in terms of economic strength, it is completely impossible to compare with the Sima family, which has seven or eight states. Whether it is financial or human resources, the Sima family has enough strength to crush Bingzhou. As long as it takes time to rebuild a cavalry, it will not be difficult.

Therefore, the most urgent task now is to try our best to prevent Cao Liang from growing in victory. He must be kept to Hedong County and Pingyang County, to stabilize the current fronts of both sides, and to win time for the reconstruction of Sima Cavalry.

Fortunately, Cao Liang had not launched an attack yet, which undoubtedly provided convenience for the Sima Division to re-arrange the defense line. After all, Pingyang is more than 300 miles away from Jiexiu, and even further away from Anyi. With the speed of Sima's infantry, it would take at least several days to reach.

It is logical that with an army of 100,000, there is no problem with the scale, but without cavalry, the Sima Division seemed to have a broken arm, and always felt that it was powerful and had nowhere to be used, so it was particularly awkward to command.

Indeed, the army itself is a combination of multiple armies. Infantry has the characteristics of infantry and cavalry has the advantages of cavalry. Only by cooperating together can the best combat power of the army be exerted. Now the Sima Army is like a lame giant. Although it is huge in number, it has lost its advantage in speed and its maneuverability is greatly reduced.

Therefore, after the withdrawal operation began, the Sima Division ordered the entire army to speed up the marching and demanded that the entire army move south as soon as possible, and must return to Pingyang before the pursuers of the Bingzhou Army arrived.

Although the latest news shows that the Bingzhou Army has not taken any further action so far, the Sima Division did not dare to be careless. After all, the maneuverability of the cavalry is too terrible. As long as the Sima Army has not returned to Pingyang, there is a possibility that it will be caught by the Bingzhou cavalry.

Under the strict orders of Sima Shi, the Sima army abandoned its bulky baggage, walked lightly, and rushed towards Pingyang.
Chapter completed!