Seeing Qin Lang and Tian Yu, Sima Yi was crying without tears.) It was such a coincidence that if he was not rushing to Fancheng, he would be able to meet with the cavalry just by waiting for a day. If it weren't for the Shu army's massive counterattack last night, he would wait until today

These 20,000 cavalry could also arrive in Fancheng in time. At that time, no matter how good the Shu army is to fight, they will have to retreat. By chance, by just one day's time difference, he fell into a state of doom and returned in a disastrous defeat.

This time it was even worse than the Battle of Fangling. Although the Battle of Fangling retreated in a embarrassing manner, the troops were finally damaged, and most of the main forces came back. This time, the 30,000 troops died in the battle under Fancheng and were captured

There were only three or four thousand people who escaped with him. Even if the defeated soldiers slowly came back, half of the losses were probably inevitable, and it might even reach 20,000.

This is an unquestionable defeat, to some extent, even worse than Cao Xiu's defeat in Lujiang. Cao Xiu was somewhat at the forefront, and his troops were less than the opponent when he fought, but now he is 30,000 to 20,000.

Moreover, the Shu army has been sieging the city for many days and is no longer vigilant. In this case, he failed to break the siege of Fancheng. Instead, he was defeated by the Shu army and fled with few defeats. It is unknown how famous the soldiers are.

I can't escape no matter how I come.

Sima Yi's mood was worse than his burnt beard, but he said nothing. While writing a memorial to apologize to His Majesty the Emperor, he did his duty and marched towards Fancheng with Qin Lang and Tian Yu, gathering the remaining troops along the way.

.Seeing the exhausted, scarred and depressed soldiers, Sima Yi's mood also fell to the bottom.

Sima Yi was still very calm on the surface and did what he should do in an orderly manner, but he began to wonder in his heart whether he could lead troops. In just one year, he was defeated by the same young man one after another, which could only be destined to be

Explained. If the other party is a long-standing old general, that's fine. Or someone like 6xun is fine, but now it's Wei Ba, a young man who has just been in office for less than two years. Sima Yi is really a little

Can't figure it out.

Just as he couldn't figure out how an arrow could shoot so far.

Sima Yi was puzzled by these giant crossbows that fell from the sky. He knew that such giant crossbows had existed. The classics recorded that there were once giant crossbows of twenty or thirty stones. If only ten stones of crossbows could not leave the capital.

How could a crossbow with twenty stones or thirty stone appear in the army? Even if Wei Ba brought such a powerful weapon to the army, how did he transport it to the front of the formation?

Sima Yi was busy, so he found Ma Jun, told Ma Jun his question, and asked him if he could find the answer. Ma Jun thought for a long time and promised to try it. He had some ideas. But it was not the truth, he had to

Only after verification is done.

Sima Yi said to Ma Jun earnestly, you must solve this matter, otherwise we will not dare to fight Wei Ba in the future. The gap in the weapons is too big, and we will suffer a loss.

...

Xinye. The emperor Cao Rui, who had just arrived, read Sima Yi's apology, his face was as cold as water and he didn't say anything for a long time. Sun Zi, who was with him, was so nervous that he sweated heavily and did not dare to say a word. As the Secretary of the Central Secretariat beside the emperor, Sima Yi

The apology must be reviewed by him. The news is so ominous that he felt that any reaction from the emperor at this moment was understandable.

However, Cao Rui was not angry, nor was he angry, and calm as usual. He just had a blue vein at the corner of his eyes twisting like an earthworm, making his pretty face look a little distorted.

Cao Rui raised his hand, covered his face, and slowly rubbed his sore eyebrows with his fingertips. After a long time, he let out a long breath.

"It seems that the emperor is too worried." Cao Rui suddenly said without a trace.

But Sun Zi understood and replied: "Your Majesty is wise, this is originally a speculation by King Dong'a. He is just resentful to himself staying away from the court, saying something and writing perfunctorily, but he can't know the real situation."

Cao Rui's hand slid down, covering most of his face, and only his eyes were revealed: "Yanlong, Sima Yi was defeated by Wei Ba again, and the general was ill again. Who else can take on this important task now?"

Sun Zi looked at Cao Rui carefully and pondered for a moment: "Your Majesty, I think that although the General of the Cavalry was defeated again, it was not that he was incompetent, but that Wei Ba had many strange skills and sharp weapons, and his army could not defeat him.

.At this time, it is unwise to compete with the Shu army for a while. It is better to avoid the facts and attack the weak, first repel the Six Suspensions, and resolve the siege of Xiangyang. If the Wu army retreats, the Shu army will be unable to be the only one."

Cao Rui was thinking. Sima Yi's apology just now proposed a giant arrow with a range of three or four hundred steps. He was also a little confused, but he was mentally prepared for Wei Ba's skill in mechanical things. Although he had doubts,

It wouldn't be very shocked. He couldn't help but worry when he thought that the gap between the two sides had caused several unfavorable wars.

Ma Jun is smart, but he is still slightly inferior to Wei Ba. Without Xiahou Hui's information, Ma Jun could not keep up with Wei Ba's progress. In the expected future, the Wei army's ordnance will always be at a disadvantage.

The bigger problem is that Wei State can't afford to delay it. Since Cao Xiu's defeat in the southeast last year, the war in more than a year has not only suffered heavy casualties and severe injuries, but also consumed materials. Wei State has not been abundant.

If the war is delayed, there will inevitably be public grievances in the country, and the barbarians on the frontier will also take the opportunity to cause trouble.

Cao Rui is really worried about internal and external troubles now. The crown on his head is like a mountain, which makes him breathless. He feels that his bones are almost broken. If he persists, he may be crushed to the point of blood at any time.

If he hadn't been growing up by his grandfather's side since childhood and had long seen his grandfather's tenacity in the face of internal and external troubles, he would not know if he could still hold on now.

Cao Rui thought about it for a long time, but still couldn't make up his mind. He sent someone to find Liu Ye and Jiang Ji to see if they had any good plans.

After Liu Ye and Jiang Ji arrived, they were shocked when they heard the news. Unlike others, they were very clear about Sima Yi's ability. Especially Liu Ye, who once followed the orders with Sima Yi in Cao Cao's tent, and said this

A colleague knew very well about his scheming. Now that he heard that Sima Yi was defeated by Wei Ba again, he frowned, thought for a while, and came to a conclusion.

This battle was not Sima Yi's mistake in the war, but the sharp weapons of the Shu army, which made it unexpectedly fail. This kind of thing can only be effective for a moment. If it were invincible, why would they have to wait until now and should have used it long ago? Now we have prepared for the defense.

, What else do they have? Be careful and build the podium more firmly and further away. Why bother to be afraid?

As for attacking Xiangyang or Fancheng first, the two are actually one, and there is no question of sequence. Without the support of the navy, it is not easy to break through the Han River. It is better to take Fancheng first and repair the floating bridge. Fancheng is easy to do

It is also easy to lose. Although the Shu army won, the losses were not small. If there were no more reinforcements, they could not defend Fancheng. If Fancheng was recovered and the floating bridge was built again, Xiangyang would naturally be as solid as a god.

Jiang Ji also expressed similar opinions to Liu Ye, believing that it is safer to retake Fancheng. After Cao Rui weighed the matter, he adopted their opinions and ordered Sima Yi and others to take Fancheng first, be careful not to repeat the same mistakes. At the same time, he ordered Chen Qun from Xuchang.

Lead the army to advance towards Xiangyang.

...

When he received the edict, Sima Yi had already returned to Fancheng. Wu Yi entered the city and defended the city. He was connected with the navy. He could attack and retreat. Sima Yi had insufficient troops and could only maintain the pressure on Fancheng, but could not

Siege the city.

Fancheng has temporarily calmed down, but war has ignited on Xiangyang on the other side.

The Shu army defeated Sima Yi and conquered Fancheng. Even if there was no episode of the Shu army humiliating the Wu army, the Wu army could not sit still. According to the agreement between the two sides before the war, the Shu army had completed the task, creating favorable conditions for the Wu army to capture Xiangyang.

Under such circumstances, the Wu army was not strong enough to attack the city, and not only would the Shu army be ridiculed, but the Wu people themselves also felt that it was unreasonable.

In this case, 6 Xun did not wait for Wei Ba to go. He took the initiative to send someone to discuss with Wu Yi and asked Wu Yi to give them the large siege equipment used to attack Fancheng before to attack Xiangyang. Wu Yi

He agreed readily and took the initiative to ask Wei Ba to go over and guide Wu Jun to repair it.

At this moment, Wei Ba was in the Wu army camp. Of course, he didn't want to do the specific matters. 6xun sent a lot of people to cooperate with him. He just had to talk and give some advice. He knew that 6xun was doing this.

If you want to learn his skills, he will not tell some tricks. Just tell the other party how to do it. Why do you do this yourself? How much you can think about it depends entirely on your own talent.

There were two people who were interfacing with him, one was 6 Lan next to 6 Xun, and the other was Zhang Zhao's nephew Zhang Fen. 6 Lan was a little scholarly and didn't know much about technology. Many times, they just watched from the side and made drawings.

The custody is a escort. Zhang Fen knows a lot about machinery. He has also made siege cars before, but compared with the siege cars built by Wei Ba, it is far behind. In theory, he is even more

It's more than a little bit worse than Wei Ba.

However, this is not because of Zhang Fenben, but because he is self-taught, unlike Wei Ba who has undergone systematic basic education in natural sciences. On the contrary, Zhang Fen is very smart. He vaguely feels that Wei Ba's strengths are in mathematics.

Especially metaphysical attainments.

"I don't know enough about morphology, so I can only know the reason for joining the army, but I don't know why." Zhang Fen shook his head and said, "Maybe please come, who is proficient in Yixiang, he will have a lot of understanding of the principles and understand more.

Some."

"Duke Yu, which Duke Yu?"

"Of course it is Yu Fan Yu Zhongxiang from the Yu family in Kuaiji."

Yu Fan? Wei Ba was shocked: "Where is he now?"

Zhang Fen looked around, lowered his voice, and smiled bitterly: "He is now in Jiaozhou."

Seeing Zhang Fen's strange expression, Wei Ba was stunned for a moment, then understood and couldn't help laughing secretly. Yu Fan was a prominent clan in Jiangdong. He has been an important official since Sun Ce's time. Now he has been assigned to Jiaozhou, which shows that Sun Quan is also

It’s not peaceful. It’s hard to be the top leader. Whether it’s Zhuge Liang, Cao Rui, or Sun Quan, they are all over. If you want to say it’s relaxing, it’s the most relaxing Majesty Adou. Otherwise, why would he say that he is the best person in the Three Kingdoms?
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