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Chapter 42: Salary from the bottom of the pot

At the same time, the Wu army camp.

Zhuge Ke slapped the table heavily and said angrily: "The Gongsun family in Liaodong is really shameless. This is the case for the father and the son. He agreed to divide his troops to fight. He surrounded Sima Yi in the Liao Tunnel, and I blocked Wang Chang's aid troops in Liaokou. This kid actually withdrew his troops halfway through the battle."

Once Gongsun Xiu withdrew his troops, Zhuge Ke was able to take care of his head and his tail. He was attacked by the Wei army from both sides and left and right. He was dependent on his troops for nearly three months, and the losses were difficult to predict.

In the military tent, Zhuge Jin sat in the middle and Yang Wei was on the left. Listening to his complaints, he felt the boss's anger: Who can match my Dongwu in the world? Today, he was stabbed by the Allied forces.

He began to understand how frustrated Guan Yu was when he died.

Zhuge Jin pondered for a long time and frowned and said, "Yuan Xun, the generals can't calm down. How can we do a big thing? No one would have expected this matter, so there is no need to say much. However, Sima Shi and Wuqiu Jian have led 50,000 reinforcements to come. If the reinforcements of Wei State arrive, we will be in a situation where there are many enemies but we are few, and we will be more passive."

Yang Wei snorted, "Your Majesty is preparing to order the general to attack Hefei, but he is unable to reinforce Liaodong. It is better to stay here and fight with the Wei army in one go."

Zhuge Jin couldn't help but look at him blankly and shook his head and said, "You can't fight with impulse at the moment. Your Majesty ordered us and other old ministers to help Liaodong in name, but in fact they robbed the materials and returned to Wu. Now if they continue to waste, they will lose their wife and their troops. According to my husband, it is better to withdraw the troops as soon as possible."

Zhuge Ke said with hatred: "It depends on my father."

This battle far away from local wars was a huge consumption for the Eastern Wu. Not to mention the people chewed horses along the way, the logistics pressure for the logistics of the baggage was huge. Now most of the warships and tower ships have been destroyed, and the war horses promised by Gongsun Xiu have become empty talk.

The Wu army entered Liaodong for three months and found nothing, which was a shame.

Zhuge Jin slowly walked out of the camp and couldn't help but think in his heart: "Wu State will not be the sword in Yan State's hand. Although I retreated, Sima Yi will still conquer Liao. It depends on how you defend it? Gongsun Xiu succeeded to the throne of King Yan, and in the future, it will be a border problem in the north of Wei State. Sima Yi will fill this hole by himself."

The withdrawal came in a hurry. The Wu army packed their bags and took them away. Those who could not be taken away were piled up in a concentrated manner. The fire was burned completely and Sima Yi did not dare to keep it.

Just after learning that the Eastern Wu was withdrawing his troops, Sima Yi breathed a sigh of relief and said with a forced smile: "Zhuge Jin is a scheming man after all. Once he withdrew his troops, no one would restrain him. I can free up his hands and wipe out the remnants of Liaodong."

Hu Zun looked happy and said, "I just wait for reinforcements to arrive and join forces to attack him."

Sima Yi nodded happily and said with a smile: "There is no problem in conquering Liaodong, but the time promised by Your Majesty has been delayed and you cannot return to the court as scheduled."

Hu Zun said: "The situation of war is unpredictable. If it is urgent, it can be urgent. If it is slow, it can be slow. Your Majesty should be polite to the Taiwei."

Sima Yi felt that he had no choice but to make a decision in his life, and refused to speak easily. He insisted on carefully calculating the feasibility of the situation, and then put the enemy to death. His original intention was to conquer Liaodong in one year and return to the court as scheduled, but he felt that he was not waiting for me to sigh, "I hope that Your Majesty can give me another half a year to give me the opportunity to destroy Liao in one fell swoop. Expedition to Liaodong was originally a time-consuming and labor-consuming battle. Your Majesty sent 40,000 troops to conquer Liao, which was already suppressing the obstruction of the ministers. Now, 50,000 troops are to save me in a hurry. If I cannot obtain Liaodong, I will return to Luoyang without any face."

As the largest country among the Three Kingdoms, the Wei State had no less than 400,000 troops with armor and string control. However, the Wei State bordered Shu Han, Eastern Wu, and Liaodong. In order to prevent sneak attacks and invasions, the troops had to be dispersed in a few places. Among them, there were also imperial guards who defended the imperial capital, and the troops that could be allocated at will were greatly reduced.

The small Liaodong has invested nearly 100,000 troops, which is incredible.

Sima Yi knew that if he could not recover Liaodong as soon as possible, the prestige of the elders of the three dynasties would be greatly reduced, and the pressure in his heart could be imagined.

On the third day, reinforcements from Wei State arrived in Liaokou.

Cao Rui intended to conquer Liaodong last year and specially ordered the four prefectures of Youji to build large-scale sea ships. These 50,000 troops were also composed of militias recruited from Youzhou and Jizhou.

The leader was Wu Qiujian, the governor of Youzhou. He was around forty years old, with a majestic appearance, deep nasolabial folds, and was drooping to his chin. He was always serious from beginning to end.

The deputy general is Sima Shi, the attendant of Sanqi. He was in his prime at the age of 30. His cheeks were thin and tall. His expression was very similar to that of Sima Yi. He looked around for a few times and frowned and said, "Sir, you have conquered Liao for the second time and have had a lot of dealings with the Gongsun clan in Liaodong. I wonder what tricks are there?"

Wu Qiu Jian looked ahead and said softly: "The Gongsun family was able to be content with this, all due to the natural dangers of mountains, rivers and rivers, and the bad weather. In the third year of Qinglong, the old man wrote to the court to confess his plan to attack Liao. In the fourth year of Qinglong, the old man used his diplomatic achievements to surrender Wuhuan Shanyu Koudun of Youbeiping, Wang Huliu, the governor of Wuhuan in western Liaoning, and more than 5,000 tribes who followed Yuan Shang to exile in Liaodong. After removing Gongsun Yuan's potential allies, he secretly led Youzhou, Xianbei, and Wuhuan coalition forces to Xiangping..."

When Sima Shi heard this, he couldn't help but admire Wu Qiu Jian and thought to himself: "This person can lead the position of General Liao and the governor of Youzhou, not because he has a good personal relationship with His Majesty, but because he has outstanding talents-"

Wu Qiu Jian talked about this old opponent and talked freely: "I led my army to secretly hide in Liao Tunnel, and took letters and seals to conquer Gongsun Yuan to Beijing to report his work, just waiting for Gongsun Yuan to submit or leave the city. However, the army went on the expedition to leak the news. After learning about it, he became a frightened bird, and said that I had falsely passed the imperial edict and intended to harm him. On this grounds, I refused to obey the imperial edict and sent troops to fight with me."

Sima Shi echoed: "This person is very alert."

Wu Qiu Jian nodded: "I have been fighting with Gongsun Yuan in Liao Tunnel for a long time. Suddenly, it rained heavily for ten consecutive days, which greatly dampened our army's spirit and could not occupy the right time, place and people. I had to withdraw my troops and return to Peking. The battle against Liao naturally delayed."

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but sigh.

The young man who rode a horse and followed Wu Qiujian with a long bow on his back, with a precious sword hanging around his waist, a thin sword eyebrows and a gallbladder, and a faint look of Wu Qiujian when he was young. He only heard him swearing: "Father, this time he sent troops, he will definitely defeat the Yan bandits in Xiangping."

Wu Qiu Jian looked back at the young man and frowned and said, "Zi Ren, a real man should not speak hasty easily. He should pay attention to the word "strategy" and "reason" in everything. If you speak empty words, how can you help the big things?"

The boy smiled disappointedly: "You didn't bring me with me in the fourth year of Qinglong. Now you have a father and Sima Gong. Restoring Liaodong is just around the corner."

Wu Qiu Jian glared at him: "Don't talk big."

This young man was his eldest son Wuqiu Zong. He has been with the army since he was a child and has always regarded his father as an example.

Sima Shi said thoughtfully: "The governor doesn't have to worry. We all work hard to eliminate the enemy in Liaodong, and hope to achieve success in one battle and pacify the Northeast."
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