Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 848
In the camp, all the generals had dispersed, only Liu Chan paced around alone.

Now Liu Chan needs to make a decision whether to pursue Sima Yi's army day and night.If you chase after him, you may defeat Sima Yi, and the battle will progress better; if you don't chase him, let Sima Yi go north, I don't know if Jiang Wei can resist.

Of course, if they pursue him, it may be Sima Yi's trick, and the soldiers he sends may be ambushed.The current situation is difficult to decide.

Liu Chan stared at the flickering candlelight and sighed inwardly. Sure enough, for a leader, it is not difficult to make a strategy, but to make a decision.

"His Majesty!"

Du Yu opened the curtain and said, "General Hussars, please see me!"

"Please!"

"promise!"

Liu Chan picked up the warm towel provided by the attendant, wiped off the oil on his face, and tried to make himself more awake.

Putting down the warm towel, Liu Chan asked, "Shaoxian left not long ago, why did you come here again?"

Huo Yi cupped his hands in salute, and replied in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, please send troops to pursue Sima Yi."

"Oh?" Liu Chan was quite surprised. He didn't expect that Huo Yi, who was worried about chasing him before, would now ask him to pursue him when he came back.

"Could it be that Qing has a different opinion?" Liu Chan asked.

Huo Yi shook his head slightly, and said: "Your Majesty, I am still worried that the pursuit of Sima Yi may be a strategy."

"Then why did Qing ask to pursue Sima Yi?"

"Although it is dangerous to pursue Sima Yi, it is also dangerous not to pursue it! And the only way to break Sima Yi's strategy now is the current strategy." Huo Yi said.

How could Liu Chan not know what Huo Yi said.It's just that Liu Chan has a burden on him now, and he dare not make a decision lightly. If he makes a wrong decision, the prestige he has accumulated before will be lost and people will question him.

After all, he was the one who insisted on sending troops this time and refused to withdraw after Wang Ping's death.Moreover, since Liu Chan ascended the throne, he has almost never missed his decision, seized almost every opportunity precisely, and brought Ji Han, who is in a state, to what he is today. This is why the officials are so convinced of Liu Chan.

Seeing that Liu Chan hadn't spoken, Huo Yi continued: "Although there is a crisis here, there is also a chance of victory. I would like to make a gamble. I hope His Majesty will allow me to send troops."

Liu Chan raised his eyebrows and asked, "Want to win in danger?"

"Exactly!"

Huo Yi nodded slightly, and said in a deep voice: "If this battle is fruitless, your Majesty will punish the minister for his crime; if it is successful, it will be your Majesty's wise act."

Liu Chan smiled, this Huo Yi is worthy of his own childhood, he can think of himself.Isn't it because Liu Chan was worried about making a mistake in his decision-making at the moment, Huo Yi directly told Liu Chan not to worry, if he failed, he would blame him; if he succeeded, Liu Chan would be credited.This completely protects Liu Chan's wise image.

With a few chuckles, Liu Chan said, "I will accept what you say. I don't know how many soldiers and horses you need, but I will agree to them all?"

Huo Yi pondered for a while, and said: "I think you can send [-] cavalrymen to pursue Sima Yi first, and then send [-] elite soldiers to follow behind. If cavalry pawns fall into Sima Yi's plan, you can have [-] troops to help; As Xiu said, he can join forces with an army of [-] to attack Sima Yi. If we win this battle, all of Hebei will fall into the hands of my great man."

"Yes!" Liu Chan made up his mind and ordered: "Order Yuan Hong to command tens of thousands of cavalry soldiers, and pursue Sima Yi in the starry night, and Qing leads an army of [-] as backup."

"No!" Huo Yi replied.

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Zhao Guo, Zhongqiu.

Standing on the mound, Sima Shi looked at the rangers of the Han army in the distance, with a serious expression on his face.After he received Sima Yi's military order, he marched northward in a hurry. He wanted to seize the Bairen, relying on the Lishui River as a line of defense, and built a fortification with Bairen City as the core to resist the Han army led by Jiang Wei.

He didn't expect that Jiang Wei marched very fast. He drove straight in with Hu Qi as the vanguard, crossed the Li River first, and prepared to attack him to cover most of the Han army who was about to cross the river behind him.If these Hu Qimen succeed, how can they stop Jiang Wei's tens of thousands of troops with only ten thousand soldiers!

When Master Sima's face was serious, Shi Bao next to him made a suggestion and suggested: "General Wei, most of the rangers in the Han army are Huqi from the Southern Huns. Their troops are not strict in discipline and greedy for property. We can send soldiers to carry Food, grass, money, fight against them. During a battle, our army can pretend to retreat and throw property along the way. Hu Qi will definitely pick up the property when he sees it. At this time, our army will turn around and fight back, and we will definitely defeat Hu Qi."

Master Sima's expression brightened, and he ordered: "Hold my banner, and do this strategy!"

"promise!"

"Come with me!"

Shi Bao took Sima Shi's banner, led [-] cavalrymen, took their belongings, and galloped out.And the Hu Qi in front had already spotted Sima Division's cavalry, the leader Zuo Guli King Liu Fan, who was calling for his Hu Qi to gather.

"Kill the thief!"

Shi Bao held the spear tightly in his hand, braved the arrows shot by Hu Qi, and led Wei Qi straight to Hu Qi's phalanx.

"Continue to charge! Continue to charge!" Shi Bao shouted loudly.The distance between the two sides was already extremely close, and Hu Qi, the Huns, had no time to open their bows and arrows.

"Spear!"

Liu Fan, who led Hu Qi, was not afraid, grabbed the spear hanging on the victory hook, and led Hu Qi to charge up.

After a few breaths, the two cavalry teams slammed into one place.As the war horses staggered, the cavalry dodged the spears stabbed by the opponent, or were unable to dodge in time, and were thrown to the ground by the spears.

As the two sides entered into hand-to-hand combat, Wei Qi had obvious advantages in armor and weapons, while Hu Qi was mostly leather armor.You slashed me and didn't die, but I slashed you and you died.Under the slashing of swords, guns, swords and halberds, the blood of both sides flew into the air, and then dyed the ground red.

After fighting for a while, Shi Bao turned his horse's head and shouted loudly: "Withdraw!"

"promise!"

On the battlefield, Sima Division's banner retreated sharply, and Wei Qi also retreated, throwing the grain, grass, money, and silk that they carried along the way.

Hu Qi, the chasing Hun, saw the property all over the ground, and could no longer walk. A large number of Hu Qi got off their horses to pick up the money, and even caused quarrels over the distribution of spoils.

Chen Can, the lieutenant of the Han army who supervised the army, changed his expression greatly, rushed to Liu Fan's side, and shouted: "General Liu, this is a strategy of pretending to be defeated by the Wei army. Immediately organize the army. In the current situation, if we are attacked by Wei cavalry, we will be defeated." The army should be defeated!"

Liu Fan wiped off the blood on his face, woke up with a start, rode his horse into the chaotic army formation, whipped the pawns who picked up the money with a whip, and shouted anxiously: "Get on the horse!"

"Put down the money in your hands!"

But how could Hu Qi give up the belongings on the ground, the whip didn't hit himself, and he just picked up the belongings there.

Just as Liu Fan shouted hoarsely, the sound of the horse's hooves that had gone away resounded in everyone's ears again.

Liu Fan turned his head to look back, and saw that Wei Qi who had just left turned his head and came back to kill him. His scalp was numb with fright, and he didn't dare to stay in the front line, so he rode back.

And those southern Xiongnu knights who buried their heads in picking up their belongings hurriedly put the money into their arms, got on their horses and prepared to flee, but after walking a few steps, they were caught up by Wei Qi and directly poked to the ground.

On the north bank of the Lishui River, Jiang Wei, who had just rushed to the riverside, saw the scene in front of him, and was so angry that he broke the wooden handle on the horsewhip in his hand.

Jiang Wei threw the broken whip on the ground, and cursed: "Daiguo Huqi is useless, the first time the money is paid, and the first to run when the battle is fought, what else can they do besides waving the flag and shouting. Now let us They cross the river, and they will not be able to cover the army to cross the river."

As soon as this remark came out, the Dai Guo general who was accompanying him showed shame and did not dare to refute.These cavalry soldiers of the Southern Huns had little experience in wars, and most of the sons and daughters had been softened by An Yi, and they couldn't even beat the Xianbei who harassed their homes.For example, the Huns on the right were beaten to the ground, abandoned their home in Xinxing County, and moved south to Taiyuan County.

Looking at the chaos in Nan'an, Hu Qi and Jiang Wei were also speechless. These Southern Huns are really useless. They don't have the bravery in the history books. Instead, they are greedy for money and afraid of death, and dare not fight to the death.

Sighing, Jiang Wei said, "Military law is not strict enough! These cavalry must be made to fear military law more than wealth and cowardice."

"Send archers forward to cover the cavalry and return to the army!" Jiang Wei ordered: "Order the whole army to set up camp on the spot and look for opportunities to cross the river!"

The best chance to cross the river was lost at the moment, so Jiang Wei had to temporarily give up the river crossing plan.

"promise!"

(End of this chapter)