As the same goes, the limited force is destined to make it impossible for the Han army to quickly eat the Jin army. Even if the Jin army was defeated again in the Changshui Airport area in later generations, there were still a large number of defeated Jin soldiers who successfully fled back to Guchang. In addition, the Jin army prisoners of war released by the Han army after disarming, the defeated Jin army quickly filled the small town of Guchang, so that all the houses were forced to be expropriated, resulting in a large number of Jin soldiers who could only sleep on the streets.

It was at this time that the Jin army had the opportunity to count the number of soldiers and count the total losses on the battle and defeat in Wei County. The statistics also made Mr. Wang pale. More than 84,000 Jin soldiers who arrived at the battlefield in Wei County finally fled back to Guchang. More than 53,000 soldiers died or disappeared in battle and escape. The heavy losses of troops have far exceeded the total losses of Qian Hong Nan's last expedition.

Not only that, among the remaining 53,000 soldiers of the Jin army, more than 10,000 people lost their armor and weapons while fleeing. In addition, the Jin army basically lost all the supplies of the accompanying army, so the tens of thousands of soldiers directly lost their combat power and were basically unable to fight before regaining their weapons and equipment.

Knowing how the Han army treated the captives of the Jin army, Hu Lie and Wang Hun and other Jin generals were of course very suspicious of these soldiers who lost their armor and weapons. Many of them must have been prisoners of the Han army. They replaced the armor and weapons with instant noodles and candy and fled back. They suggested that Sima Wang investigate the matter strictly and arrest some typical representatives to kill chickens and warn monkeys, so that the soldiers of the Jin army knew the price of deliberately surrendering to the Han army.

"Leave these things to you, just don't kill too much."

He was impatient to hand over the typical task to the generals for processing. Sima Wang said again: "The most important thing at the moment is how to withdraw from Nanzhong. The food in Guchang City is less than one day, and the location is too close to Wei County. We will definitely not consume the food in the thief army in confronting the thief army. We can only retreat quickly. How can we withdraw from Nanzhong at the lowest cost? What are your good ideas?"

"Old Governor, the best way is to leave an army to defend Gu Chang, hold down the main force of the bandit army, and buy time for our main force to retreat north." After all, it is a future famous general to destroy Wu. Although he has never led the army, Wang Hun immediately came up with a very reliable idea.

"The best strategy." Hu Lie immediately agreed: "Gu Chang tightly blocks the thief army's pursuit of the food route. As long as there is an army left here, the thief army will definitely not pursue us too far."

Sima Wang nodded and said, "But this mission is likely to be a mission to die. Who do you think can take on this burden?"

"Pang Hui can take this position!" Wang Hun immediately said: "Pang Hui, who killed Guan Yu's whole family, had a deep hatred with Shu people, and it would never be possible to rebel and surrender the thief. He could be absolutely at ease to stay in Gu Chang. In addition, Shu people also hated Pang Hui to the core, so that he would stay in Gu Chang. Zhang Zhi's thief army might give up the pursuit and give priority to siege the city and take revenge."

After all, Mr. Wang was Wang. After all, he was Wang. After a moment of calculation, Sima Wang ordered Pang Hui to be called in front of him, and then he pulled Wang Hu Lie to ask Pang Hui about his well-being, caring and making various promises. Then he handed over the important task of staying at Gu Chang to Pang Hui with a serious face. Although Pang Hui knew that staying would be equivalent to dying, he knew that no one would let him go if the Han army let him go, but because his wife, children and brothers were all hostages in Luoyang, Pang Hui still took over the mission with a serious face.

"General Pang is worthy of being a loyal minister of our Great Jin Dynasty. I did not misunderstand the person." Sima Wang said happily: "Please rest assured, General. After returning to the court, I will definitely report to Your Majesty your loyalty and ask Your Majesty to grant a title to the general. In addition, I do not require General, you to defend Guchang to the end. As long as we confirm that our main force has retreated through Lushui, General, you can lead the army to break through immediately and withdraw back to Yueli to meet with me."

"Thank you, the old governor." Pang Hui quickly thanked him, and sighed in his heart: "If the thief army really sieges Gu Chang with all its strength, I can still escape, which is really a miracle."

In this way, after Pang Hui led 3,000 elite troops to stay in Gu Chang, just the next night, Sima Wang, Hu Lie and others led more than 50,000 defeated Jin troops out of the city. They retreated to Qin Zang's direction overnight according to Sima Wang's arrangement. According to Sima Wang's arrangement, Pang Hui sent envoys to send letters in the early morning of the next day, scolding Zhang Zhi's ancestors with letters, deliberately angering Zhang Zhi, trying to lure the Han army to siege Gu Chang with all their strength, and buy time for the main force of the Jin army to retreat.

Zhang Zhi's shamelessness gave Pang Hui a big surprise. After reading Pang Hui's letter, Zhang Zhi, who was already trying to get the Han army soldiers to pull out the camp, was too lazy to write a reply, so he told the envoy sent by Pang Hui: "Go back and tell Pang Hui, that he is lucky. This governor will temporarily spare his life this time. He will wait until Sima Wang's old man turned around and settled the score with him."

"Also, ask Pang Huiman to clean his body. After the Governor captured him alive, he would lock him in a coffin, then put a hundred unpoisonous snakes, let the snake bit him to death, and avenge our great general Guan family. Let's go, the Governor is very busy and has no time to pay attention to you."

He sent away the envoy sent by Pang Hui in an understatement. Zhang Zhi immediately led the Han army to pursue him. He first covered the baggage brigade led by Huo Yi and Yan Yu and crossed Gu Chang City. Then he had just opened the distance from Gu Chang. He immediately took the main force of the Han army to pursue him lightly, killing the main force of the Jin army, which must have crossed Jishui and Lushui, allowing Pang Hui to temporarily cut off his connection with Wei County, leaving Pang Hui to be secretly happy in Gu Chang, glad that he had escaped a catastrophe.

Because it took some time to draw the camp and cover the baggage team, and the Jin army also got rid of the burden of baggage, the Han army was unable to catch up with the main force of the Jin army on the south bank of Jishui, and missed a half-way opportunity to attack. However, Zhang Zhi was not discouraged. He just led the army to quickly cross the Jishui and continued to pursue northwards. Finally, he defeated Qianhong's Yuanmou Basin and once again caught up with the main force of the Jin army in the retreat, which surprised Mr. Wang, who was expected to hold Pang Hui to hold the Han army's pursuers, and could not help but curse Zhang Zhi for not understanding the military - the reckless commander in the world who dared to lead the army to pursue so far with light?

No matter how much it is cursed, it is useless. When things come to this point, Wang and the main force of the Jin army were completely scared by the Han army, so Sima Wang did not dare to go back and fight. He just ordered Xiahou Xian to lead the three thousand fresh forces to fight the palace, and to flee north quickly with the main force. At the same time, he sent cavalry to the riverside to cross the reinforcements of the defenders there, so as not to repeat the same mistakes, and was robbed by the Han army and cut off their way back.

The Han army also fought an extremely beautiful annihilation battle in the Yuanmou Basin. Under Zhang Zhi's command, the Han army used its local military strength advantages to completely encircle the Jin army's rear army. The Jin army, which fought fiercely from all directions, successfully wiped out the three thousand rear teams of the Jin army after a fierce battle, and killed Xiahou Xian, who participated in the battle to destroy Shu, and exhaled a vent of the former main army of Shu Han.

Then, the most critical moment came, and it was still the riverside crossing near Sancang. The main force of the Jin army, who fled north in a panic, encountered the most troublesome problem of crossing the river that had been martyrs of all dynasties. Zhang Zhi and Han army encountered the problem of how to use the opportunity that the enemy had to cross the river and to eliminate the enemy's living forces to the greatest extent.

Unlike Qian Hong, who was directly cut off by the Han army, Sima Wang and the main force of the Jin army were undoubtedly much luckier. He learned lessons before and left three thousand troops to guard the riverside ferry. The riverside ferry has always been firmly in the hands of the Jin army. In addition to building a very strong floating bridge on the river surface, the army can directly cross the river, and there are also a large number of ships to assist in transporting troops across the river. Therefore, as long as the Jin army sacrifices part of the army to fight to the death, it will definitely be a big problem to let the main brigade cross the Lu River.

The generals of the Jin army who were anxious to flee north also made suggestions to Sima Wang, suggesting that Sima Wang take advantage of the opportunity that the Han army pursued soldiers was still more than ten miles away from the ferry, and quickly lead the army to cross the river. How many troops can be saved can be counted. However, after Sima Wang bit his nails and calculated for a while, he shook his head and said, "You can't cross the river now."

"Now, we can withdraw some of the troops across the river." Sima Wang said slowly: "But the floating bridge is too narrow, and it is difficult for the army to pass quickly. Our army has lost battles and morale is sluggish. Once the bandit army launches a surprise attack during the crossing of the river, we are very likely to be defeated and lose more than half or even more troops, so we cannot take this risk."

"Governor, what should we do?" Wang Hun asked hurriedly.

"Form a formation with the back of the water!" Sima Wang gritted his teeth and said a military saying that was not very common, and then gritted his teeth and said, "Fight to the death, kill the thieves, and then cross the river calmly!"

Wang Hun's face turned pale and said hurriedly: "Old Governor, please think twice about this move. We have fought with the bandit army many times in a row, and each time we ended with defeat. Now we form a formation with the backs. If we lose, the consequences will definitely be even more unimaginable."

"This is the moment, and that is the moment." Sima Wang gritted his teeth and said: "We lost consecutive battles in the past, either because the bandits were waiting for their labor or when they were in a situation where their physical strength was severely reduced. Now we arrived at the ferry first, and had time to rest and eat to recover their physical strength. There were three thousand new forces who could act as vanguards to attack the enemy formation and defeat the bandits who were chasing long distances. We would definitely have great hope!"

"What the old governor said is very true. After marching so quickly, he fought a fierce battle with Xiahou Xian. Even if the soldiers of the thieves were fought by iron, they would definitely not be able to hold on!" Hu Lie, known for his bravery, echoed loudly and said: "According to the last general's view, we might as well follow the example of Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, burned the floating bridge on his own, dispersed the ships, and forced our soldiers and the thieves to fight to the end!"

Hearing this, Sima Wang was inevitably a little moved. However, Du Xin, who was barely able to speak in front of Sima Wang, was shocked and hurriedly stepped out to bow to Sima Wang and fell to the ground, saying, "Old Governor, please forgive me for being brave enough to say that you must not use the tactic of burning the boats. Zhang Zhi's rebels were extremely hypocritical. He not only did not kill our soldiers, but also distributed food and dismissed them. This has long been well known in our army. If we burned the boats, if the war situation was unfavorable, our soldiers would not only not fight to the end, but would also surrender one after another, which would be even more unfavorable to our army."

Hearing this, Sima Wang's face changed suddenly, but Hu Lie said furiously: "Stop it! A little guard, there is no place for you to speak here!"

"Xuanwu, calm down." Sima Wang sniffed, and then said, "This young man's words make sense. Zhang Zhipian's hypocritical methods do have a great impact on our soldiers. Therefore, the floating bridge cannot be broken, and the boats cannot be dismissed. Let's stay here to prevent it."

"Old Governor, can you let the general dare to speak out again?" Du Xin said with courage again: "According to the general's view, we'd better cross the river quickly and try our best to protect the army. Otherwise, if the decisive battle fails, our losses will be destined to be even heavier."

Sima Wang did not listen to Du Xin's unpleasant words this time, but just shouted: "I ordered the three armies to form a fish scale formation immediately, and the cavalry were in front of them, and the defenders at the ferry were the second team. When the bandit army chased, they immediately launched a raid, killing the bandit army without firm foothold! Tell the soldiers of the army that they said that if they wanted to survive, they would fight the bandits to the end!"

However, Mr. Wang seriously underestimated Zhang Zhi's thickness and slutty degree. After waiting at the ferry for a while with the determination to die, the scout sent to explore the movements of the Han army actually came to report, saying: "Report to the Governor, the thief army stopped seven or eight miles south and formed a round formation to rest. In addition, the thief army also sent people to move out a lot of lunch meat and coke from the Dala Valley next to the road and distributed it to the thief soldiers."

"I'm a bitch! I'm so shameless! I found that I was about to fight, but I stopped to rest and avoid the battle, and formed a round formation..."

It was still halfway through the scolding that the old man suddenly realized that the situation was serious and hurriedly asked the scout: "What did you say? What did the thief army move out of the Dala Valley next to the road?"

"Reported to the old governor, he brought out a lot of lunch meat and coke, and the kind of crisp noodles that can be eaten directly, and urgently distributed to the soldiers of the thief." The scout replied truthfully.

"The valley next to the road?" Sima Wang was completely stunned and said, "How is it possible? How can there be so much lunch meat and coke in the valley next to the road?"

"Governor, can the thief army have a secret warehouse here, right?" Hu Lie pointed out the only possibility and said: "The last time when Qian Hong's expedition, the thief army was stationed in this area for a long time. It is very likely that some caves were used to build a secret warehouse to stockpile lunch meat and coke that could be preserved for a long time so that it could be used in an emergency. Therefore, the thief army did not worry that Pang would cut off their food route and insisted on chasing us until here."

Uncle Wang nodded slowly, and at the same time, the greed gene hidden in his bones gradually broke out. After a little calculation, Uncle Wang made a decisive and amazing decision and said, "Send the whole army to form a formation and go south to fight the thief army to the south!"

"Getting into a formation and heading south?" Wang Hun next to him was shocked and hurriedly said, "Old Governor, do you want to take the initiative to attack?"

"What other than taking the initiative to move south?" Sima Wang asked back: "Zhang Zhi's thief army stationed in the brigade to rest. It is clearly to avoid the enemy's edge and refuse to fight to the death with us at the ferry. It is also clearly to compete with us for patience. When we cross the river, we will launch a surprise attack. We will basically lose all our military tents and supplies. It is impossible to station at the ferry for a long time and not take the initiative to attack. We fight to the thief army to fight to the death. Do we still have to give the thief army a chance to attack us halfway?"

After refuting Wang Hun's questioning, Wang Lao ordered again decisively: "Immediately send an order and set up a formation to go south and tell our soldiers that there is a secret warehouse of the thief army in the valley to the south. After killing the thief army, half of the lunch meat and coke in the warehouse will be distributed to them equally!"

The military order was like a mountain, although they were very clear and not very sure, after the powerful Wang issued this order, more than 50,000 Jin soldiers still took the south and rushed towards the Han army that had formed a round formation to rest, including those soldiers who had no weapons and armor, and were ready to pick up the weapons of their dead companions at any time to continue fighting.

Another fierce battle with flesh and blood began. Near the Dala Valley where the Han army was resting, the infantry and cavalry of the Jin army took turns to fight. Fighting against the dense rain of arrows launched by the Han army, a crazy attack of the Han army that was higher than the waves towards the tight circular formation of the Han army. The sharp spear kept piercing the bodies of the soldiers of the two armies, and the shiny steel knife slashed the heads and limbs. The whistling feather arrows continued to shoot on the faces of the soldiers of the two armies. Blood spilled into the wilderness, and the corpses lie all over the battlefield. The degree of tragic and fierceness was even greater than the battle of Weixian in the most prosperous Jin army in the Southern Expedition.

However, it is impossible. The round formation of the Han army was too strong. Coupled with the gap in physical strength and weapons and equipment of the soldiers, the Jin army soldiers who took turns to charge desperately, never defeated the solid round formation of the Han army. As time went by and the continued war, the soldiers of the Jin army, who used rice and wheat as the staple food, gradually showed signs of fatigue. The Jin army's offensive slowed down significantly, and the decline from top to bottom was revealed, and the threat to the Han army's round formation was almost zero.

Seeing this scene, Sima Wang's heart gradually began to panic. He had to order the attack to stop when the sun began to set and arrange the army behind the hall to retreat towards the ferry. Zhang Zhi was waiting for this opportunity. While waving the flag, Wu Ma's troops, who were previously strictly protected inside the circular formation, immediately took turns forward and pushed to the forefront of the team. Then the circular formation of the Han army quickly changed into Zhang Zhi's best cone formation, releasing a signal that the Han army had from defense to attack.

The Jin army was indeed afraid of Zhang Zhi's attack. After the Han army quickly completed the formation change, before Zhang Zhi ordered the advance war drum to be sounded and command the Han army to launch an attack, Sima Wang was already busy ordering the Jin army to withdraw the troops. The Jin army hurriedly retreated, and the Han army advanced step by step and launched an attack on the Jin army's rear team led by Xun Kai.

There was no suspense. The relatively physically abundant Han army elites had no time to successfully defeat the Jin army's palace-behind army, forcing Xun Yu's great-grandson Xun Kai to escape. Then the Han army continued to strode forward, rushing towards the Lushui Ferry like a tiger. When the Han army rushed to the vicinity of the ferry, the defeated Jin army, who had already begun to cross the river, had completely turned into a group of lambs to be slaughtered.

The desperate crying sounded across the Lushui Ferry. In order to cross the river and escape, the soldiers of the Jin army rushed to the floating bridge and snatched the ships. During this period, they pushed each other and fell into the water and countless people died. The Han army took advantage of the situation to launch a general attack. Zhang Zhi pretended to be a knife and joined the charge, leading the Han army soldiers to crazily kill the Jin army soldiers who had only one narrow retreat. The Jin army had no intention of fighting, and they were all fighting to fight to the bridge. The river surface was quickly filled with Jin soldiers struggling to seek help, densely packed, almost covering the river surface.

The large-scale surrender of Jin soldiers also reappeared. Many Jin soldiers represented by Wang Heng were very clever and did not rob bridges and ships. They just fled to the distance in a mess, then threw down their weapons far away from the battlefield, knelt down on the ground and waited for the Han army to distribute candy and instant noodles.

Then, when the Han army warriors successfully cut off several pillars of fixed pontoon bridges, the already overwhelmed pontoon bridge immediately poured into the water. The dense soldiers on the bridge also screamed in large groups of water. Before they had time to cross the river, the Jin soldiers who had completely despaired, threw down their weapons, knelt on the ground and screamed, "Surrender! I surrender! I surrender-!"

At the same time, Sima Wang, who took the lead in escaping from Lushui, rushed directly to Lujiang in pain and was ready to commit suicide by jumping into the water and apologizing for his death. After being held tightly by his personal soldiers, Sima Wang cried in pain: "Let me go! Let me go! If I lose like this, what face do I have to go back to see Your Majesty? What face do I have to go back to meet my colleagues in the court? What face do I have to go back to meet my ancestors in the Sima family?!"
Chapter completed!