Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 550 544. The Evil Plan to Cut Off the Rear
"Wang Shuangxiu, go! Do you think you can hurt anyone with just a hidden weapon?"

Guan Xing swung his sword and directly chopped off the meteor hammer shot by Wang Shuang. Without any hesitation, Guan Xing spurred his horse and chased after Wang Shuang.

Feng Xi had analyzed some of the threatening people in the Wei army and handed them over to Zhuge Liang. Among them, Sima Yi and Zhang He need not be mentioned much, but Wang Shuang was also mentioned by Feng Xi, and the focus of this is naturally Wang Shuang's meteor hammer.

Zhang He and Sima Yi can only be reminded of their threat, but Feng Xi can't say anything specific. Wang Shuang is just the opposite. Apart from the fact that he can use the meteor hammer hidden weapon, there is nothing much to say.

Guan Xing naturally remembered Wang Shuang. When they met just now, Guan Xing saw that Wang Shuang was a burly, black-faced man, and he vaguely guessed his identity. Seeing that Wang Shuang pretended to be defeated and fled before he was at a disadvantage, he was sure that Wang Shuang was going to attack with a meteor hammer, so he simply took advantage of his leisure time and broke the meteor hammer with one sword.

Guan Xing chased after him with a sword in hand. This was also a secret move of their Guan family. The next strike would be earth-shattering.

However, although Wang Shuang is a reckless man, recklessness does not mean stupidity. On the contrary, Wang Shuang also has some peasant-like cunning. He realized from the first fight that he could not be Guan Xing's opponent. His most proud meteor hammer was also broken by the opponent. So what's the point of fighting?
This meteor hammer is only a one-trick pony. Its effect will be greatly reduced if used a second time against the same person. What’s more, the opponent’s martial arts is better than yours?

Unless Wang Shuang was crazy, why would he run away now? As for turning his horse around and continuing to fight Guan Xing, wasn't that just courting death?
"This man is Guan Xing! Anyone who kills Guan Xing will be rewarded with a thousand gold coins!"

As Wang Shuang ran, he encouraged the Wei army around him to block the bullets for him. Some of them were not afraid of death and came up to stop Guan Xing, so Wang Shuang disappeared in the Wei army in a flash.

"Damn it, this guy looks like a reckless guy, but I didn't expect he has so many thoughts!"

Guan Xing cursed inwardly and could only vent his anger by picking on the ordinary officers of the Wei army.

Although Zhang He on the other side could not resist Zhang Bao, Zhang Bao would have to be more than a hundred miles away from him if he wanted to capture or kill him. So Zhang He felt that it was almost time, so he simply used a tactic that would injure both sides, forcing Zhang Bao to return to defense. He then took the opportunity to ride his horse out of the battle circle, and like Wang Shuang, he dived into the Wei army's formation and disappeared.

Zhang Bao and Guan Xing did not kill the Wei generals, but the Han army fought fiercely with the Wei army. The Han army rushed forward with great vigor, while the Wei army was well rested and had long physical strength.

Both sides had their own advantages, and with Zhang He commanding from behind, Guan Xing and Zhang Bao did not gain much advantage. In the end, both sides had to be wary of each other, retreat, and go back to their own homes.

"Greetings, Prime Minister. The two of us were incompetent and failed to stop Cao Zhen. Cao Zhen left Zhang He behind to cover the retreat. Zhang He led the Wei army to fight with our army for a while. We could not gain any advantage, so we had no choice but to come and join the Prime Minister."

Guan and Zhang joined forces with Zhuge Liang's army, and they met Zhuge Liang in person to apologize.

"No problem. Since Cao Zhen's entire army has retreated, there must be many talented generals in his army. In addition, Zhang He is a man of outstanding talent. It is not easy for the two generals to fight him for a while. What crime have you committed? But you two came from Anding, it seems that you have already pacified Anding County?"

Zhuge Liang comforted the two and asked about their mission. According to the previous mission assignment, Ma Chao and Ma Dai were to lead their troops westward to recover the western part of Liangzhou, while Guan Xing and Zhang Bao were to march northward to control Guangwei and Anding County.

"Prime Minister, Guangwei County surrendered without a fight, and Anding County surrendered directly by presenting a letter, so the two of us dared to go south from Qi County to support you." Zhang Bao patted his chest, very proud of this. Zhuge Liang also knew that these local counties survived like this, so he didn't care, just smiled and nodded.

"Since the two young generals have returned, they will serve as the vanguard. We are ready to march to Chang'an."

Zhuge Liang shook his goose feather fan. Now that Cao Zhen was retreating all the way to Luoyang, he had completely lost the opportunity to decide his own fate.

It would be fine if Cao Li was a little more flexible and allowed him to besiege Wei to save Zhao and attack the Jingzhou army from Wuguan, or even give Cao Zhen the right to decide for himself. However, forcing Cao Zhen to return to Luoyang would be like sending a sheep into the tiger's mouth.

Feng Xi's Jingzhou army has already defeated the 110,000 Wei troops in Nanyang. Now, wouldn't it be a drop in the bucket for Cao Zhen's 70,000 or 80,000 Wei troops to go back?
Zhuge Liang had no doubt that Cao Zhen's army would not be able to make a single wave. Zhuge Liang and his men did not need to do anything else, they only needed to follow Cao Zhen to capture Chang'an and Hongnong and attack Luoyang from the west.

Cao Zhen's army returned all the way and arrived at Chang'an City. However, Cao Zhen was very concerned about whether Chang'an should be left or not, so he specifically asked Sima Yi for his opinion. However, Sima Yi believed that it was a critical moment now. If the Wei Dynasty did not exist, what would be the use of Chang'an? It would be better to burn Chang'an and let the Han army spend time rescuing the people of Chang'an, which could delay the time.

"Burn down Chang'an? Sima Yi, are you crazy? In the past, Li Ru advised Dong Zhuo to burn down Luoyang, and his name will be cursed for all eternity. Now Chang'an is more prosperous than Luoyang in the past, and you actually suggested burning down Chang'an? Aren't you afraid that the wronged dead souls will seek revenge on you after you die?"

As expected, Sima Yi's proposal was opposed by all the generals, among whom Zhang He had the strongest opinion. Although Zhang He usually admired Sima Yi's plans, he naturally did not admire this somewhat crazy plan.

"General, we are rushing to Luoyang from thousands of miles away, and Zhuge Liang's Sichuan army is right behind us. If we don't design a plan to stop them, I'm afraid Zhuge Liang's army will follow us right after we get back to Luoyang. By then, the situation in Luoyang will change from 20,000 to 30,000 troops facing 70,000 troops from Jingzhou to 100,000 of us facing 200,000 troops from Feng Xi and Zhuge Liang."

Sima Yi did not care about Zhang He's rebuke. He also knew that Zhang He could not make the decision, so he was just persuading Cao Zhen.

"General, it doesn't matter if we die. It is our duty to die on the battlefield. But if you are too soft-hearted and the Wei Dynasty is destroyed, how will people judge you a hundred years later? A soft-hearted fool? Or did you give up an opportunity to bring the Wei Dynasty back to life?"

Sima Yi's words were like the devil's whisper, which silenced Cao Zhen. He was not afraid of his own death, but he was indeed afraid of the demise of Wei, and that it would be due to his own decision.

"Okay. I'll follow Mr. Sima's advice."

Cao Zhen lowered his head and remained silent for a long time, but finally nodded.

"But we should still issue an order to the whole city, and let the people flee for their lives. If we set fire directly, it would be against the harmony of nature, and I would feel guilty about it."

In the end, Cao Zhen still held back a little and did not go to the extreme.

(End of this chapter)