Since he had been in Mucheng for nearly twenty days with Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi was under pressure from the military supervisor Cao Shuang almost every day, asking him why he was reluctant to start a war. However, Sima Yi considered that Deng Ai and others were still in the Shu army camp and planned to rescue Sima Zhao, if they advanced at this time, they would be very likely to be in trouble, so he was reluctant to send troops to attack.

But Cao Shuang refused to let go and repeatedly broke into Sima Yi's central military shogunate to show off his power. However, both Sima Yi and Sima Shi put the overall situation first and adopted a method of being able to be tolerant to Cao Shuangxu.

At this moment, Niu Jin walked in from outside the tent, held a small bamboo slip and handed it to Sima Yi. After looking at it, Sima Yi glanced at him and stood in the tent and kept threatening him. Then he said to Niu Jin who reported the news:

"General Niu, you immediately lead 30,000 elite troops to launch a strong attack on the front camp of the Shu army. In addition, you will issue an order to Guo Huai and Zhang He on the left and right wings, and immediately continue to march to the east and west sides of the Shu army, and encircle Zhuge Liang on three sides!"

"The last general will receive the order!"

After Niu Jinling left, Cao Shuang, who was standing in the tent, seemed particularly embarrassed, and Sima Shi walked up to him and said:

"Mr. Supervisor, the reason why the general did not rush to attack before was to wait for the two armies of Zhang He and Guo Huai to be in place. Otherwise, if a forced attack is in danger, it will be very casualties. I think you should still read military books carefully."

"you!"

Facing Sima Shi's sarcasm, Cao Shuang was suddenly angry, but there was no way to deal with him, so she had to leave in anger.

The conversation was divided into two parts. With Guo Huai's timely arrival and response, Sima Zhao and others got rid of the pursuit of the Shu army and gained safety.

Seeing Sima Zhao full of blood and a very dull expression, Guo Huai thought that he must have suffered a lot, so he walked to Sima Zhao and patted his shoulder:

"It's okay, you've already gone home..."

Sima Zhao looked up at Guo Huai who had not seen for several years and murmured:

"Uncle Changjian..."

The reason why Guo Huai appeared here in time was that when Deng Ai, Zhuge Dan and Wang Ji sneaked into the military camp, Fu Yu learned that Guo Huai and Zhang He's army were moving secretly to the left and right sides of Mucheng. In order to avoid being pursued by the Shu army, he went to Guo Huai, who was closer to them, to pick him up.

Seeing that almost no one was injured, but Jiang Wei disappeared, Guo Huai asked Deng Ai and others and said:

"Where is Bejo?"

Deng Ai seemed a little difficult to talk about, but he still told Guo Huai truthfully:

"When I was looking for the second young master, I accidentally saw Jiang Wei in a tent. At that time, I sneaked into the tent and wanted to save him and go out together, but Jiang Wei said that your fate with Da Wei and General has ended, and you have found your true belonging, so he chose to continue to stay with Zhuge Liang's side..."

In fact, Guo Huai admired Jiang Wei's talents very much. He wanted to recommend Jiang Wei to Sima Yi after the operation was over, but unexpectedly, things went against his wishes.

But Guo Huai knew that there was no extra time to make him sigh, so he immediately made arrangements for the next action:

"Okay, we will soon complete the encirclement of the Shu army. This place will soon become a battlefield. It is not suitable to stay here for a long time. I will arrange a small team of people to escort him. You can hurry back to the general."

"Okay, okay, you have troubled by our general's family affairs. Now let's go back to the camp and have a rest..."

After Deng Ai and the others left, only Sima Yi and his son were left in the tent, Wang Yuanji and Cheng Wu.

Wang Yuanji felt that the atmosphere became very unusual, as if the air in the tent was pumped away, and even breathing became difficult...

After Sima Yi turned around and roughly made Sima Zhao feel a lot, he stared at the blood on his clothes and asked lightly:

"Are you injured?"

"No..."

He was holding back all his words and wanted to say to Sima Yi. Seeing that Sima Yi was in such an attitude towards him who had escaped from death, he instantly swallowed all the words back. He found that his father was no different from before, and he was still the cold and ruthless person with only his eyes. What Sima Yi said next just confirmed his conjecture:

"It's good if you don't. I heard that you have been by Zhuge Liang's side for a while. Have you heard of any information?"

This not only made Sima Zhao feel extremely heartbroken, but even Wang Yuanji, an outsider standing aside, felt how cold Sima Yi was towards Sima Zhao, so she couldn't help but stand up and ask Sima Yi and said:

"Did the general go all out to save his son, but to go to the Shu army to catch up with the details?"

Wang Yuanji's words seemed like a thunderous sound, which not only attracted Sima Yi's gaze, but also surprised Sima Shi and Cheng Wu on the side. Even Sima Zhao, who was already disheartened, had to stare at her with wide eyes.

Whether it was Sima Zhao or Sima Shi, Sima Yi, the father, was like an unshakable colossus, pressing on their heads. Even Sima Zhao, who had always had a tense relationship with Sima Yi, rarely openly resisted him.

However, today, Wang Yuanji, the young boy, was refuted openly, and Sima Zhao also changed her view slightly.

After a brief suffocating silence, Sima Yi did not blame Wang Yuanji for this, but said to Sima Shi:

"Okay, you all retreat. Cheng Wu and I have important matters to discuss."

Sima Zhao turned around and left straight, while Wang Yuanji and Sima Shi followed him.

After leaving the camp, Sima Zhao took a long breath of fresh air outside. He turned around and said to Wang Yuanji:

"Thank you so much..."

Sima Shi was also very impressed by Wang Yuanji's courage, because she was the only junior who dared to contradict Sima Yi after Sima Zhao, not to mention a woman: "Yes, but I was really worried about you just now..."

But Wang Yuanji seemed very calm: "I just said something fair. Look, I scared you brothers. Could it be that the general will really eat me?"

Sima Zhao expressed his gratitude for Wang Yuanji's help, and his prejudice against him was wiped out. He directly reached out and hooked Wang Yuanji's neck and pulled him into his arms:

"I officially apologize to you for saying you were a sissy before. It seems that you are not only brave but also loyal. We will be good brothers from today!"

Wang Yuanji, who had never had such close contact with a man, suddenly felt like a red soldering iron on her cheeks, and her heartbeat became wild and uncontrollably turbulent. She pushed Sima Zhao away, then lowered her head and left quickly.

Her reaction made Sima Zhao feel uncomfortable:

"I just felt that this kid had some advantages, why did she start to get nervous again?"

Sima Shi, who knew Wang Yuanji's true identity, naturally understood that her reaction was normal, so he walked to Sima Zhao with a smile, patted his shoulder and said:

"You will know in the future..."

In June of 231 AD (the fifth year of Taihe in Wei), shortly after Sima Zhao and others returned to Shangmu City safely and soundly, Niu Jin led his army to launch a bait-like attack on Zhuge Liang's Xiamu City.

Sima Yi's original intention was to use Niu Jin to challenge and lure Zhuge Liang to fight, and then Guo Huai and Zhang He, who were located on the east and west sides of Xiamu City, divided their troops to Zhuge Liang's rear, completed the encirclement on all sides, and completely annihilated Zhuge Liang.

At this time, news came from the Shu military camp that Zhuge Liang was also deeply saddened by the death of his daughter. At this time, Li Yan from the CD direction sent Hu Zhong. Cheng Fan told Zhuge Liang that the food and grass were tight in the rear and begged Zhuge Liang to retreat quickly.

After making comprehensive considerations, Zhuge Liang ignored Niu Jin's provocation, but quickly pulled the camp and retreated towards Lucheng along Mumen Valley. Before the encirclement net set up by Sima Yi, he quickly jumped out of his encirclement.

Shortly after the news reached Zhang He's office, Zhang He, who wanted to transfer troops back, received an urgent order from Sima Yi's royal family, which was to order Zhang He to take advantage of the opportunity when Zhuge Liang's heartbroken daughter was heartbroken and the Shu army was short of food and the morale of the army was disintegrated, and to pursue him decisively along Mumen Valley.

But Zhang He believed that Zhuge Liang was a cautious person and he could not be unprepared. Moreover, "The siege must be in siege, and the army must not be pursued" is common sense. Such a rash pursuit will easily lead to Zhuge Liang's ambush, so he planned to let the envoy who came to pass the order back and express his opinion to Sima Yi and beg him not to pursue him.

But the messenger's attitude was extremely tough:

"The general said that the bandit army is now in chaos. This is a thousand-year opportunity to annihilate the Shu army and capture Zhuge Liang alive. General Left (i.e. Zhang He) must implement this order to prevent the bandit army from fleeing back to Hanzhong. Those who violate the order shall engage in military laws!"

For some reason, Zhang He always felt that such words that violated military tactics were not like what Sima Yi said. He was extremely puzzled about this. However, after all, he could not violate the order in front, and he had no time to confirm and verify with Sima Yi, so he had to lead 10,000 cavalry deep into Mumen Valley to pursue the Shu army.

When he learned that Zhuge Liang had jumped out of the encirclement and retreated, neither Guo Huai nor Niu Jin pursued him and withdrew his troops and returned to Shangmu City to report.

Seeing that he had not seen Zhang He come back for a long time, Sima Yi felt a little uneasy, until the scout who had gone to investigate came back and reported:

"Report to the general, General Zuo led his army to pursue the Shu army along Mumen Valley!"

"What did you say! Master is familiar with military tactics, how could he do such stupid behavior as pursuing the Shu army!"

Sima Shi and Sima Zhao were all surprised when they heard this, especially Sima Zhao, because he remembered that when he sent troops, Zhuge Liang told him that the Mumen Valley mountain road was narrow and it was the best place to set up troops to ambush. Zhang He actually followed Mumen Valley to pursue the Shu army. The danger can be imagined...

Sima Yi couldn't believe his ears. In fact, Sima Yi had not issued an order to pursue the Shu army at all, but he didn't have time to surprise him. He immediately said to Guo Huai who had just returned:

"Boji, you will lead 20,000 troops to Mumen Valley to pick up Zhang He!"

Sima Zhao, who was concerned about Zhang He's situation, stood up and said to Sima Yi:

"Father, I'm going there too!"

Sima Zhao did not stop this.

Although Sima Yi responded and remedial measures as soon as possible, he knew very well that it was probably too late...

Unfortunately, when Zhang He led his troops into the Ziwu Valley to the interrupted mountain road, the Shu army ambushed above the two sides of the mountain road suddenly appeared. In an instant, he shot Zhang He and his men and horses at one go. As a result, Zhang He's knee was shot by a poisonous arrow and fell off his horse immediately.

Although Guo Huai's troops tried his best to chase him, when Niu Jin arrived, he found that Zhang He's troops had been completely wiped out by the Shu army, and Zhang He himself was also killed by several arrows.

Seeing Zhang He lying in a pool of blood with a spear in his hand, Guo Huai and Sima Zhao were both sad and shocked for a moment.

Sima Zhao was walking on corpses everywhere. He was too confused and tripped by the corpses inadvertently. However, he didn't care. After getting up, he continued to walk with Guo Huai to Zhang He's corpse.

"General Zhang..."

Thinking of the help and care that Zhang He gave him in the past, but now he ended up in such a cowardly way of death, Guo Huai knelt down regardless of the sharp stones on the ground.

Although Sima Zhao has not been with Zhang He for a long time, he is his teacher after all, and his brother with a deep friendship with his mother, and he is also a person he respects very much. Looking at the feather arrows pierced on him, he remembered Zhuge Ling, who died not long ago to protect him. This was undoubtedly the second blow to him...

He stretched out his hand and pulled out the feather arrows one by one. When the thickest feather arrow that was stuck in his chest, Sima Zhao accidentally discovered something seemed to be in Zhang He's arms, so he carefully pulled out the weaving fabric similar to cloth, and found that it was exactly what Sima Yi ordered Zhang He to pursue the Shu army...

The words and sentences recorded on the cloth all reveal Sima Yi's cold ambition to use Zhang He to capture Zhuge Liang alive and seize credit, but he did not mention the huge danger hidden in the pursuit.

Sima Zhao's hands were trembling. At this time, he was extremely disappointed with Sima Yi, and even hated him to the core...

After seeing Sima Zhao's strangeness, Guo Huai snatched the cloth from his hand and watched it. Then he quickly understood the reason why Sima Zhao was so angry.

Knowing Sima Yi's character, he knew that there must be some conspiracy, so he immediately explained Sima Zhao and said:

"Zhaoer, don't think about it. Your father won't do this. There must be...

"Something must be conspiracy or misunderstanding?"

Sima Zhao, who lowered his head, sneered:

"Uncle Changjian, do I not even recognize my own father's handwriting..."
Chapter completed!