Sima Zhao's decision was closely related to the trend of the world, but how could the fate of the world be determined by one person?

The battle at Hangu Pass ended like Zhong Hui's imagination. The Shu army rose up to break through without hope of guarding the pass. Zhong Hui was busy rushing to seize the pass and had no time to chase the Shu army. Who knows when Jiang Wei will come?[]

After a fierce battle with the foreign races, the Wei army, who remained outside Hangu Pass, also began to retreat, seeking the support of the Wei army in Luoyang.

Tufa Shoutian and Yao Guna saw that Hangu Pass were lost and understood that the situation was hopeless, so they responded to the defeated army at Hangu Pass and retreated to Xinfeng.

Zhong Huide was overjoyed when he took Hangu Pass. When he saw the Shu army easily withdrawing, his heart was sank again. Jiang Wei was a casual person, and he ignored Hangu Pass so much? Could there be anything more important than Hangu Pass?

Wang Guan and Wei generals were not sure about this, and they watched Zhong Hui pace back and forth on the city wall and wondered nothing, but they didn't dare to disturb him. After a while, Zhong Hui suddenly slapped his hands on his thighs and shouted: "No! Come with me!"

Leave the necessary forces to protect Hangu Pass, Zhong Hui led the 20,000 Wei troops and more than 30,000 people from Luoyang to rush to the river bank with him.

"Why is the general so panicked?" Wang Guan asked on the side of Zhong Hui.

"There is something strange about the Shu army's easy departure. If I expected it would be that I would cut off my retreat and attack the Bingzhou area!" Zhong Hui's forehead was sweating, and his heart was beating. There were not many troops left behind in Bingzhou. Although Zhuge Xu had tens of thousands of people under him, he could not stop Jiang Wei from seeing Zhuge Xu's appearance.

The capture of Hangu Pass opened a channel for head-on confrontation with the Shu army, but if the important town north of the Yellow River was lost, it would be a bit unworthy of the loss.

"Look, General, there is no fire in front of you. It seems that the Shu army has not come here to burn the ship." Wang Guan couldn't help but shout happily when he saw that this place was not far from the river.

Zhong Hui looked a little hesitant and said, "If the Shu people took the ship and went to Hebei, it would be even worse!"

"Tell the troops to be careful!" Wang Guan had quite a combat experience. When he saw Zhong, he quickly ordered the troops to prepare for combat.

When the Wei army rushed to the river, they did not find any trace of the Shu army, and the ships that were originally staying on the river bank had disappeared!

Zhong Hui's face became even more ugly, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Jiang Weipian! I will kill you!"

Wang Guan advised from the side: "If the Shu army crossed the river and went to the north bank, they might not be able to catch up with it. What should we do?"

Zhong Hui kept a little calm in his heart and said, "The Shu army here must cross the Hebei region, and quickly send people back to Luoyang to recruit ships to support Bingzhou with all their strength and protect Hangu Pass."

"Yes!" Wang Guan hurriedly sent his followers back to pass the order.

Zhong Hui continued: "The main force of the Shu army went north, and Xinfeng's guards would inevitably be empty. Follow me to seize Xinfeng and cut off its retreat."

Wang Guan frowned and said, "Jiang Wei took the ship, probably just to prevent us from going to Xinfeng...this..."

"Hmph! Jiang Boyue has only a few troops, and there are 50,000 troops here, and they are still afraid of the small ambush!" Zhong Hui shouted angrily.

"Yes! I'll be willing to be the pioneer!" Wang Guan was shocked when he heard this. He knew that it was useless to say too much, and what Zhong Hui said was not unreasonable, so he asked for a fight.

Zhong Hui did not hesitate at the moment, so he asked Wang Guan to lead 10,000 troops as the pioneer, and he led 40,000 Wei troops to Xinfeng!

At this time, Dongfang fish belly turned white, and the Wei army was mostly empty in their stomachs after fighting overnight.

I don’t know how the battle situation in Bingzhou is, but the Shu army in Xinfeng was indeed prepared as expected by Zhong Hui. Tian Guan led ten thousand Wei troops to rush to the front and repelled the Shu army’s three ambushes, and it was a rush to attack Huanglong!

The Shu army had only three or four thousand ambushed soldiers, and it seemed like it was scratching the surface in front of the strong military force of the Wei army, which could not cause any trouble at all. What's more, behind these ten thousand Wei troops were the 40,000 Wei troops led by Zhong Hui to be in the formation. If you have such confidence, you will naturally not be afraid of mere ambushed soldiers.

Seeing the convenience of Xinfeng City, Wang Guan sent people to spread Zhong Hui, while the vanguard Wei army slowed down, and Guang sent scouts and spies to investigate the surroundings. Zhong Hui's army also followed. After a night of siege in Xinfeng City, the city walls and gates were still in a mess. The damaged city gate barely stood there. Everyone knew that this was the best breakthrough.

The Shu soldiers at the top of the city were nervously deploying defenses. Faced with the siege of 50,000 Wei troops, Xinfeng City was shaking, as if facing a great enemy.

The spies reported that there were no traces of Shu soldiers around and there were no ships stationed at the ferry. Although there were not many Shu soldiers in Xinfeng City, they were estimated to be six or seven thousand.

"Jiang Boyue is really cruel and has transferred all his troops to Bingzhou?" Wang Guan couldn't help but say.

"Divid your 10,000 troops to set up defenses along the river, and I personally command the attack on the city." Zhong Hui ordered.

Wang Guan understood that the Wei army had no supplies all night. No matter how the Shu army arranged it, the Wei army always had to capture Xinfeng City but had to get food and get rest before continuing to act. Otherwise, if they continued to chase and kill the Shu army according to their current physical strength, they would probably be exhausted sooner or later.

The siege battle began again. Perhaps the defenders of Xinfeng did not expect that they would encounter two fierce attacks by the Wei army in a short period of time from night to early morning. On the top of the city, Ning Sui, general of Shu, was frowning and commanded the Shu army to defend the city bravely. The Wei army's siege was limited. In addition to ants, they cut down trees and manually held the trunks to hit the city gate.

Zhong Hui rode a horse around the city and kept observing the Shu army on the city. After a few rounds, he couldn't hide his disappointed expression and said, "The catapult cart is not in the city, Jiang Boyue is perfect."

There was neither a counterattack from a catapult in the city nor a Zhuge crossbow. All of this proved that there was not much defense in the city. Perhaps Jiang Wei did not expect that Zhong Hui would still dare to attack Xinfeng after fighting overnight, or perhaps to transfer the elite combat power and military equipment to attack Bingzhou, but no matter what, Jiang Wei did not seem to be a master without any special arrangements.

Zhong Hui was like a lightning, constantly calculating the backup plan left by Jiang Wei. Wang Guan was on the shore with 10,000 Wei troops to set up defenses. At this time, even if Jiang Wei returned from the north shore to rescue Xinfeng, he would not be able to land on the shore easily. Faced with 50,000 Wei troops, the Shu army dared to land on rashly, so he could only seek death!

At this moment, bad news came from the rear! Just as Zhong Hui was urging his army to attack Xinfeng, an unknown number of Shu troops appeared on the east and west sides of Hangu Pass, and were setting up stone-catted cars to slam the pass. The flag was the army of Jiang Wei, Tufa Shoutian and others!

"Oh?" Zhong Hui said differently: "Jiang Boyue did not go to Bingzhou! Haha, God helps me!"

A deputy general came up and said, "General, if Hangu Pass is lost, wouldn't we let the Shu people cut off their retreat? Why would the general laugh?"
Chapter completed!