Chapter 1018 Fight or flee?(2/2)
"Don't ask so many questions, go quickly!"
Wei Yan felt bored and did not dare to ask any more questions, so he had no choice but to go down.
When he led the army to the water's edge, he still hesitated. The current was so fast that it was difficult to build a pontoon bridge. Would Sima Yi really let him go?
Is there no fraud?
With this in mind, Wei Yan watched helplessly as the people from the engineering camp drove their boats to the other side.
On the other side, no one came out to stop him.
Before Wei Yan could react, the Prime Minister on Wuzhangyuan had already sent a messenger over with great urgency:
"General Wei, the Prime Minister has ordered us not to wait for the pontoon bridge to be built, but to cross the water immediately on a bamboo raft!"
As an old man in the army, if Wei Yan still couldn't see that there was a problem on the other side at this time, then he would have lived in vain for so many years.
"Cross the water, cross the water immediately!"
Wei Yan was the first to jump on the raft and rowed towards the other side.
The rushing martial arts water made the raft stagger, but because there was no rain of arrows from the other side, it was much easier to cross than before.
When they arrived at the east bank, Wei Yan jumped out without waiting for the raft to stop.
After hastily gathering hundreds of soldiers, he led his men and rushed toward the Wei army camp.
The muddy water underfoot was sticky, and a group of people stepped on it, making a creaking sound, which made me feel very uncomfortable.
While running, soldiers fell from time to time, but this did not make Wei Yan have any intention of slowing down.
His eyes were just staring ahead, staring at the camp where the Wei army had set up in advance to prepare for the decisive battle.
Until he rushed to the front of the Wei Jun camp, the gate of the Wei Jun camp was already wide open. There was already an old soldier standing in front of the gate with a bow and a white flag, nodding and bowing:
"General, we surrender, we are willing to surrender..."
Wei Yan stared blankly at the Wei camp in front of him with the village gate wide open. It took him a while before he came back to his senses.
He looked at the old soldier in front of him who seemed to be knocked down by a gust of wind, his face gradually distorted, and he said sternly:
"Where are the people? Where are your people?"
"Go back to the general and run away. He ran away a long time ago. He ran away in the heavy rain ten days ago."
What the Han envoys saw outside the camp were just a hundred people who were just showing off.
After they saw the Han army starting to cross the water, they also ran away.
"How could he run away? How could he run away?"
Wei Yan rushed into the camp, looked at everything empty, and muttered to himself.
What about the promised decisive battle?
He actually ran away secretly in the rain?
Like a wounded beast, he walked around in the empty village a few times, growling with red eyes:
"How could Sima Yi run? How dare he run?"
In front of the two armies, they agreed to a decisive battle, and he just ran away. Aren't he afraid of the ridicule of the world?
Not to mention Wei Yan, even the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty was stunned for a long time when he heard Wei Yan's report that Sima Yi had run away.
"A man cannot stand without faith. Sima Yi, in front of hundreds of thousands of soldiers, betrayed his faith and lost his integrity as a human being. Even if he fled back, how could he have the dignity to stand in the world?"
Although the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty had long seen that something was wrong on the other side, he just thought that Sima Yi was trying to pull some tricks during the decisive battle.
He never thought that Sima Yi would escape quietly.
Being born into a noble family represents the reputation of the Guandong noble family. To do something like this is already shocking.
More importantly, there were originally 20,000 Wei troops in Qian County to the west of Wuzhangyuan, and Qin Lang brought another 50,000 people there.
Sima Yi actually abandoned these 70,000 troops as soon as he said he would abandon them, and he abandoned them maliciously.
Qin Lang's 50,000 horses are Cao Rui's imperial guards!
How could the Cao family's reputation be so worthless in front of Sima Yi?
As a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, the Prime Minister simply cannot imagine:
Someone, with a superior force and still able to fight, deliberately asked the Royal Guards to die in order to cover his escape.
"Prime Minister, what should we do? Do we want to pursue him?"
Wei Yan asked anxiously, obviously furious.
Zhuge Liang stood in front of the sand table, staring closely at the mountains and rivers on the sand table. When he heard Wei Yan's words, he shook his head:
"If we can't catch up, if Sima Yi really wants to run away, I'm afraid he's already in Wuguan by now."
"In addition, the road is muddy and the ground is slippery. How can we pursue him? The most we can do now is to send out scouts to see if Sima Yi retreats to Chang'an or heads to Wuguan or even Tongguan..."
Before he finished speaking, Zhuge Liang didn't know what he was thinking of. He suddenly turned around and said loudly:
"Someone's coming!"
"What are your orders, Prime Minister?"
"Immediately send someone to inform General Wu to send out manpower to check the bandits' camp and see if the bandits in the east have also escaped in the rain!"
"promise."
If Qin Lang also ran away, then Sima Yi was determined to escape from Guanzhong.
However, the 70,000 troops in the west would have to take a long detour to get to Wuguan, so they might not be able to escape.
"If Qin Lang didn't run away, then Sima Yi may not have escaped either."
Zhuge Liang's face became more and more gloomy, "He may have gone to Hexi."
"Hexi?"
"Yes, it's Hexi." Zhuge Liang held a long whip and pointed it at the area between the river and Luoshui. "If Feng Mingwen has crossed the river at this time, he will most likely run into Sima Yi's army."
The more the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty spoke, the deeper his voice became: "Or, Sima Yi will ambush the Liangzhou Army led by Feng Mingwen somewhere..."
No matter what the facts are, Sima Yi is obviously better in this fight.
This person has been in Guanzhong for a long time, knows the climate of Guanzhong well, and made perfect use of this autumn rain.
If Feng Mingwen had really entered Hexi, facing the sudden appearance of Sima Yi's army, the river behind him would have become a fatal noose.
There is a large army in front, a large river behind, and a tired army that has fought thousands of miles...
Zhuge Liang's face was so gloomy that he almost shed tears.
Wu Ban's camp is only a few dozen miles away from Wuzhangyuan. Normally, it would not seem that far away. However, at this moment, the Han Prime Minister felt that his days were like years, and his heart was already burning with fire.
Just when he was about to lose control and was about to send out more troops, Wu Ban finally sent back the news: Qin Lang's army was still stationed in place.
This news, instead of making the prime minister happy, made him even more worried.
In this case, unless Sima Yi completely abandoned the 70,000 troops in the west.
Otherwise, it will only be more likely that the main force of the Wei army will go to Hexi.
"Feng Mingwen is good at Jedi counterattacks and is not afraid of back-and-forth battles. This is the case with Jieting, Jincheng, and Xiaoguan. I believe he will not disappoint this time!"
If we catch up at this time, not only will we not be able to save Feng Mingwen, but I am afraid that all the thieves in the west will run away.
Zhuge Liang gritted his teeth and said, "Wei Yan, quickly lead 20,000 troops, cross the Wei River, capture the high plateau of Weibei, and prevent Qin Lang from escaping from Weibei."
Since Sima Yi's army has retreated, the defenders of Gaoyuan in Weibei have probably also withdrawn.
Chapter completed!