The Wu army retreated outside the city, and the defenders in the city were filled with joy, running around and telling each other, as if they had an amnesty.

The Wu army was invincible and its reputation for being invincible brought them too much pressure. Although the city was in hand, not many people believed that they could defend the city. Seeing the Wu army's giant stone throwing machine and the duplex tower approached step by step, their despair increased day by day. Suddenly, they saw the Wu army retreating, and suddenly fell into indescribable ecstasy.

Feng Ji, Sima Yi and others heard the news and couldn't believe it. They hurried to the city. Seeing the boat carrying giant stone throwers sailing away, the tall building was burned, with blazing fire and black smoke rolling, and then they breathed a sigh of relief.

No matter what you say in the future, at least there is peace in front of you.

Feng Ji turned around and looked at Sima Yi, thankfully. "Zhongda, we won a small game, you are a person who has made contributions."

Sima Yi said modestly: "It is the command of the enemy as if it is determined, and Yi is just trying his best." He thought about it and said: "Every enemy, although the Wu army retreated, it has not been severely damaged, and its strength is still there, and it may go back at any time. At that time, I am afraid that the offensive will be even stronger. It is better to be prepared for it."

Fighting Ji's beard, smiling. "Zhongda is calm, and victorious but not arrogant. No wonder Yang Ji admires you very much. Heroes are young, Zhongda, I am over fifty years old and my spirit is declining, I am afraid it will not last for a few years. You are just a teenager and have such talent, so you should cherish it."

Sima Yi was also a little moved. Feng Ji's words were not casually said, and they had a vague intention of entrusting future events. In fact, he also knew that Zhongshan Kingdom had fallen, Adou was just a child who knew nothing, and Mao Qian was just a woman with limited knowledge, and without the joy of the clan support, so he could only be a puppet. Life and death were in the hands of Feng Ji, Shen Ying and other Jizhou people. Feng Ji was old and was a native of Qingzhou. He wanted to fight against the Wu army, and he also fought for power with the people of Jizhou and Bingzhou people. His energy was dispersed, and it was expected to find supporters and successors.

But he didn't expect Feng Ji would pin his hopes on him.

"I feel sorry for each other."

Feng Ji waved his hand and signaled Sima Yi not to be humble. "Zhongda, tell me, how should we deal with the Wu army withdraw?"

Seeing that Feng Ji Tancheng was in polite, Sima Yi was not polite. The Wu army had just temporarily lifted the siege of Bicheng and did not withdraw from Hanoi. They would come again sooner or later. It was already the end of July, and it was soon the autumn harvest, but they could not collect crops, so they could only ask for help from Bingzhou, taking advantage of this rare opportunity to replenish food and weapons, and prepare to fight again.

Feng Ji felt it was reasonable. Anyone who had some knowledge of it understood the significance of the gains and losses of Bicheng. Now they have proved that they can defend Bicheng, and believe that Wang Gai and others will not be stingy with money, food, materials, and watch Bicheng fall. In order to save time, he decided to appoint Sima Yi as a general, be fully responsible for Bicheng's defense, and rushed to Shangdang himself to negotiate with Wang Gai. In the future, he would not return to Bicheng again, and would stay in Shangdang and preside over the overall situation. Bicheng was handed over to Sima Yi.

Sima Yi readily obeyed.

Without further ado, Feng Ji left Bicheng that day. After Sima Yi took over Bicheng, he quickly convened the generals to discuss matters and reorganize the city defense. He told the generals that this victory was certainly encouraging morale, but due to accidental factors, Sun Shangxiang was not only a woman, but also very young, just at the age of fourteen or fifteen, and had limited experience in commanding the war. With this experience, the attacks of the Wu army will be more fierce next time the city siege. If they are not prepared, the possibility of defending Bicheng is extremely small. But if they can take advantage of this rare opportunity to strengthen the city defense and defend Bicheng, the contribution can be imagined.

The generals were so excited that Sima Yi said that they were so excited that they agreed.

Soon, Sun Shangxiang had a conflict with the military advisor, and the news of being forced to reflect on the door and introspection reached Bicheng. The generals were happy and realized that Sima Yi's analysis was reasonable. Sun Shangxiang's invasion of the city, and Sun Ce would likely adjust the general to command the army. Perhaps Sun Shangxiang's military advisor Lu Xun directly commanded the army, or sent another general. No matter who it was, the subsequent battle would be even more difficult and there would be no negligence. Under Sima Yi's command, they strengthened the city defense day and night, trained the soldiers, and prepared to fight again.

When Lu Xun received the news, he was also thinking about a plan to break the city. He found a place with a terrain similar to that of Bicheng to train troops, figure out attack tactics, and urged Mo Ze and others to step up the development of siege weapons, trying every means to overcome the disadvantages of the terrain.

The two sides were staring at each other only ten miles apart, sharpening their swords.

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In the late July, Lu Xiaohuan rushed to Mengjin Camp.

When she learned that Sun Shangxiang was going to lead the elite attack, the King of Wu ordered her to fight, and Lu Xiaohuan was happy. In the battle of Hedong, she tried her best and was not satisfied with the fight. She refused to withdraw with Zhang Liao. She wanted to follow Lu Meng's main force to march into Bingzhou. Now the opportunity was placed in front of her. She wanted it and patted her chest to promise that she would complete the task.

Looking at Lu Xiaohuan's heroic expression, Yuan Yao said speechless. After a few months, Lu Xiaohuan seemed to have become a different person. Not only did he lose his depression before, but his figure became more and more agile and graceful, walking with a wind and heroic spirit.

Sun Ce then formally incorporated Lu Xiaohuan into the establishment of the Yulin Guard, and was directly commanded by Sun Shangxiang, and granted Wang Yi the position of joining the army with a salary of 600 stones, which was equivalent to Xu Jie.

Lu Xiaohuan was very excited and didn't bother to reminisce about the past with Yuan Yao, so he rushed to Sun Shangxiang's tent to discuss military affairs. After listening to Sun Shangxiang's plan and carefully studying the terrain, Wang Yi put forward his own views.

The courtyard is at the highest point of the Taihang Mountains, and is the main road from Bingzhou to Hanoi. Guannan is the famous Yangchanban. It is more than ten miles long and easy to defend but difficult to attack. When the two armies are fighting, even if Linghu Shao has no military practice, he will not be prepared at all. There is no problem with a few meticulous works infiltrating, but hundreds of elite troops cannot enter quietly. Once the defenders are alarmed, the beacon will convey the news. If Guanzhong is prepared, the surprise attack will be ruined.

Wang Yi suggested that he needed to find a way to distract Linghu Shao from the spot so that he had no time to take care of the situation in the direction of Yangchanban, or even if he received an alarm, he would not have time to respond. If this could be done, even if the surprise attack failed, he could still attack.

Sun Shangxiang felt it was reasonable and urged Wang Yi to say it quickly. Wang Yi pointed to the Danshui on the map. The Danshui was dozens of miles east of Tianjingguan and originated from Yangtou Mountain in the north of Xuanshi County. It went up the Danshui River Valley and could go around the back of Tianjingguan and send small groups of people there to move. Linghu Shao was worried about the safety of Tianjingguan, so he must send people to search and deploy defense. The mountains and rivers were heavy, so it was not easy to find a few people, which was enough to distract Linghu Shao and divide his troops. However, this measure must be well controlled, and it was not to make him feel that he could not cope with it, so he asked the county governor for help.

"I didn't expect that there would be a strange woman like you in Liangzhou." After listening to Wang Yi's suggestion, Xu Jie admired her very much and said sincerely: "With your help, this surprise attack on Tianjing Pass will have a few more chances of winning." She said to Sun Shangxiang again: "The king has recommended a good helper this time."

Sun Shangxiang was so happy that she couldn't stop her ears, and her head was like a chicken pecking at rice. Although Wang Yi didn't think that Sun Ce's recommendation of Lu Xiaohuan had anything to do with him, he reminded Sun Shangxiang and others that this operation was mainly responsible for the four women. Success and failure were not only related to the gains and losses of Bingzhou, but also to the gains and losses of women joining the army. Cai and Huang have proved that women are not inferior to men in literary affairs, and created opportunities for women to enter the school and workshop. If the four of them could seize the patio, it proved that women could also join the army to fight, and it would become a common thing for women to enter the military camp in the future. Both civil and military affairs, the king's view on equality between men and women will be able to gain a foothold from now on.

Sun Shangxiang and the other two agreed, thinking that Wang Yi was older after all, he saw a little further and understood more deeply.

After the adjustment plan was approved by Sun Ce, Sun Shangxiang immediately took action and selected a few female guards who were strong and simple in appearance from Lu Xiaohuan's subordinates, who looked more like working women, and were responsible for hiding into Tianshui Pass as an insider. In order to make them look more like peasant women, Sun Shangxiang asked Guo Jia for help and sent someone to teach them the skills of Shangdang dialect and disguising, which particularly strengthened their ability to master short sword fighting, rope climbing, lurking, spying on news and other detailed works.

Sun Shangxiang, Lu Xiaohuan and others were no exception, and they followed the training together. Knowing their mission, they trained very hard. Yuan Yao went to visit the set and saw Lu Xiaohuan struggling in the mud and water. He was both distressed and proud, and tried every means to add food for them and improve the food.

After half a month of intense training, in early August, when the autumn harvest in Hanoi was in full swing and the war was about to restart, Sun Shangxiang set out, quietly crossed the Yellow River, crossed Hanoi, and sneaked into the Taihang Mountains.

Before leaving, Sun Shangxiang performed another full-scale martial arts campaign, causing Sun Ce to furiously and ordered to stay in the door and think about his mistakes indefinitely. Even Lu Xun was implicated and was dismissed from military power, and Zhu Huan replaced him to command the Hanoi army.

Sima Yi received news from General Yi of Wu Jun that he knew that the war was about to begin, so he commanded the soldiers in the city to actively prepare for the war, and at the same time asked Bingzhou for help, asking Feng Ji to send all the required food and weapons to Bicheng before Zhu Huan besieged the city. If they missed this opportunity, they could not deliver it. The more food and weapons they were, the longer they could last.

Feng Ji received the news and asked Wang Ling to provide money, grain and weapons, while asking Sima Yi to seek help from the Hanoi family, collect and hire some civilians to rush to Tianjing Pass to receive grain. It was the time of autumn harvest, and the people of Gaodu and Xuan were busy with autumn harvest. They did not have enough manpower to transport grain, and at most they sent grain to Tianjing Pass. Sima Yi could only be responsible for the transportation south of Tianjing Pass.

Without saying a word, Sima Yi immediately contacted some old friends who had contact and asked them to help hire people. In order to prevent them from being mixed up, Sima Yi repeatedly reminded the relevant personnel in charge to check carefully and not be buried in the courtyard by Wu Jun. In order to prevent accidents, he personally wrote a book to Linghu Shao, asking him to send more troops and strengthen defense.

Sima Yi knew Wu Jun's ability to do it carefully and wanted to supervise this matter himself, but he was unable to do anything and dared to leave Bicheng. He could only hope that Linghu Shao and others would be more careful. However, even he himself did not realize that they all had a blind spot in thinking: they all focused on men, and no one paid attention to the strong but taciturn women in the Minjie.

The news that Sun Shangxiang thought about his mistakes behind closed doors made Sima Yi’s originally few vigilance towards women dissipated invisibly.
Chapter completed!