Chapter 1223 is here

   "General, the thief has retreated!"

  A young man with a knife reported to Wang Ping.

  The madness in his eyes has not completely subsided, his face is not sure whether it is stained with his own blood or someone else's blood, faint excitement, kind of inexplicable weirdness.

   Today's Wei thief's offensive strength is very weak, which is completely different from yesterday.

  Wang Ping glanced at the young schoolboy with a frown, and criticized:

   "Wang Junhou, how many times have I told you, don't rush to the front every time! Why don't you always listen?"

  During the First World War in Guanzhong, Zhongduhu moved to Wanli to attack Bingzhou.

The army led by   , in addition to the Liangzhou iron cavalry, also has a group of Liangzhou volunteers.

  The Liangzhou volunteers were under the command of the army Sima sent by the Liangzhou governor's office.

   And these army Sima are actually the reserve officer corps of the Liangzhou Army.

  They were either from the Martial Arts Hall or the Staff Group. Hu Qiyi was brought by Feng Duhu to practice for them.

  Wang Ping's family military lord, followed General Guan from Jiuyuan, and fought every battle along the way. His classmates called him "Crazy Wang".

   It was precisely because of his recklessness that he made military achievements in the battle of Guanzhong.

  So he became a regular in advance, and he was transferred from the Sima of the Yi Congjun Army to the Marquis of the Han Army.

  The generals who are similar to "Crazy Wang" are basically admirers of Feng Duhu, and they are also supporters of the New Deal of the Han Dynasty.

  Facing the biggest enemy of the Han Dynasty, the Wei thief, they have the strongest will to fight.

  Wang Ping was able to strengthen Sima Yi's tens of thousands of troops with thousands of people. These generals with firm beliefs played an extremely important role.

  At this moment, Wang Junhou heard Wang Ping's criticism, he just grinned and didn't speak.

  Wang Ping doesn't have much literacy, and his self-knowledge is not high, so he is narrow-minded and suspicious, and he is self-deprecating.

  But over the years, Feng Duhu not only did not despise him, but instead reused him.

   Even asked him to lead these young generals who came out of the staff group or lecture hall.

  So in Wang Ping's heart, besides gratitude, there is also fear. In order not to make mistakes, he always reminds himself to strictly abide by and implement the laws and regulations promoted by Feng Duhu in the army.

  He knows very well that these young generals under his command are direct descendants cultivated by the Central Guard.

   Moreover, these people did play an immeasurable role in the army, and Wang Ping himself valued them very much.

  Although on the battlefield, no one can guarantee what they will encounter in the next moment.

  But in the battle at Dagukou, these young generals had already suffered a lot of casualties, which made Wang Ping feel distressed.

  The ordinary soldiers are gone, and at worst, a batch of soldiers from the local county will be transferred over.

   But these brave and resourceful young generals who dare to fight and work hard, but the future of the army, Wang Ping would twitch in his heart without any of them.

  Looking at Wang Crazy, Wang Ping knew he didn't listen.

   He was so angry that he took the scabbard and drew it fiercely, cursing:

   "If you don't listen to me, do you even dare to forget what Zhongduhu said? Hmm? How did Zhongduhu tell you before?"

  The scabbard hit Crazy Wang's body, making a "dangdang" sound of metal clashing.

   "General, I'm wearing fine armor, I'm fine..."

  Hearing what Madman Wang said, Wang Ping became even more angry, so he stopped showing mercy, found the gap between the armor skirt and the calf, and slapped it hard:

   "The fine armor made by Pingcheng is for you to put on to protect you, not for you to test the pros and cons of thieves!"

   This time, Crazy Wang was finally knocked out with an "Aw".

   Thanks to Lai Xinghan's investment regardless of cost, and the continuous improvement of ironmaking technology over the years.

  The iron smelting workshop in Pingcheng can finally produce steel in small batches that is better than fine iron.

  Using these steels to forge a weapon, it can already be called a magic weapon, and it is very sharp.

  An armor made of steel is not only lighter, but also stronger than an armor made of refined iron.

  Faced with heavy weapon strikes from thieves, steel armor also has higher protection ability and is more impact-resistant.

  In Feng’s words, the fourth-generation machine is evolving to the fifth-generation machine.

  Of course, such weapons and armor made of steel may not be able to cover the entire army.

   Only the most elite battalion will be qualified to equip in the future.

  Besides the high cost—the landlord’s family has no food surplus—the bandit army is still in the era of third-generation machines.

   Similar to MiG 23 versus F22?

  The army guarding Xianbei Xiaowei's army stationed in Pingcheng, because they are close to the water and towers, they get the moon first.

  Of course, it is also possible that Feng Duhu did it on purpose.

  After all, the replacement of military equipment is a matter of life and death before the battle.

   It is impossible to implement it in the army without going through the actual combat test.

  That's why they are equipped with new weapons and armor that can only be regarded as experimental products.

   At the same time, this battle is also an actual battle to test the latest weapons and armor.

  The effect cannot be said to be very good, but very good.

  The high and fearless morale, the unyielding soldiers, equipped with magical weapons, and the extremely high armor rate, caught Sima Yi off guard and broke his teeth.

   "General, general, the last general looks at the thief, it seems that something has changed!"

   Crazy Wang raised his arm to cover the scabbard, and yelled again and again.

  Wang Ping gave Crazy Wang a hard look.

  If it weren't for the ethos brought up by this guy, the lieutenant general, at least 30% of the casualties could be reduced.

  It is a good thing for soldiers to use their lives, but it is rare for these generals to fight their lives to make the chief general feel distressed.

   "Sima Yi intends to bypass us and attack Jinyang."

  Wang Ping raised his binoculars, looked at it for a while, and understood Sima Yi's plan.

   "Then what shall we do?"

   Crazy Wang became a little anxious, "General, why don't you let me lead people down..."

"you shut up!"

  Wang Ping shouted, "Go down and guard your position!"

   Can attacking camp and defending camp be the same thing?

  The difficulty of the two differs by several times.

  Wang Ping has the confidence to defend the camp, but he doesn't have the confidence to attack the camp, let alone those who can fight now, there are only about 2,000 people.

   Moreover, these two thousand people have been exhausted after several days of hard work.

   Not even a siege implement.

  Dare to go down to the high ground to attack the Wei thief camp at this time. Isn't this courting death?

  Looking at the Wei army on the high ground, the former army has already set off from the camp, bypassing the high ground, and heading towards Jinyang.

  But even if he sees Sima Yi's plan, what can he do?

  Wang Ping sighed, then turned to the southwest direction, with worry in his eyes.

  Reinforcements, can we still wait?

  But no matter what, Sima Yi adjusted the direction of the battle in time, so that the guarding Xianbei Xiaowei's army, who was guarding the last high ground, finally got a temporary respite.

   At the same time, Dahan's last stronghold in Shangdang, that is, Gaoping Pass in Shangdang, is in a critical moment.

  After Dong Zhuo's rebellion, Shangdang moved to the county.

  Combined with Shangdang and Hedong, it has been Cao Wei's territory for decades.

  So Gaopingguan has no strategic position over the years, resulting in no one to take care of it, and it is already in a dilapidated state.

  However, Gaoping Pass is also the most important pass from Hedong to Shangdang, and the terrain is considered dangerous.

  Although the Hedong Dudu Mansion has suffered heavy losses these days.

   First stormed Gaodu City, and then rushed to attack the eldest son city.

   Not to mention casualties, it is difficult to count the separated and missing soldiers.

  In Gaoping Pass, the total number of soldiers that can be gathered now is no more than ten thousand.

  But relying on the location, and Wang Han still has a complete engineering battalion on hand.

   It was enough for him to build Gaoping Pass into a dangerous place that made Sima Shi daunting and hesitant to move forward in the shortest possible time.

   Sima Shi tried two attacks, but was repelled by Wang Han, so he temporarily stopped thinking about taking down Gaopingguan immediately.

   But before Wang Han could breathe a sigh of relief, another remnant army came from the north.

   It was none other than Wei Chang who went to meet Wei Yan.

   Sima Shi was regretting that he missed the good opportunity to capture Gaoping Pass. Now seeing Wei Chang's remnant army, how could he let him enter Gaoping Pass safely?

  So an army was sent out, intending to wipe out the remnant army.

   Wei Chang, who was anxious to retreat to Gaoping Pass, was almost wiped out when he was unprepared.

   Fortunately, the people Wei Yan left behind are all elite soldiers with the will to die.

  The person Wei Chang brought over was also a trusted old man brought out by Wei Yan.

  Under the desperate cover of these soldiers, Wei Chang led less than a thousand soldiers in a panic, escorted Wei Yan, who was seriously injured and unconscious, retreated to a hilltop, and guarded from a high place.

  Wang Han had seen what happened in the north on the pass city, but Sima Shi also guarded against the defenders in the pass city to come out to respond.

  So the Wei army in front of Guancheng is already ready for battle.

   "In Guancheng, there are all soldiers of the Governor's Mansion in Hedong. Now General Wei and his son are in danger. If we don't try to save each other, the hearts of the soldiers may be shaken."

  Wang Han knew very well that he was not originally from the Governor's Mansion of Hedong, so at this time, he could make these remnants of the Governor's Mansion of Hedong obey the military orders.

  One is because the enemy is present, and the other is because of Wei Chang's entrustment.

  But this does not mean that everyone is convinced of themselves.

   "I will lead the army out of the city to meet them and rescue them."

   "Impossible!" Wen Shi quickly stopped Wang Han, "Now the safety of the Guancheng depends on the general, how can the general lightly venture into dangerous places?"

   "If there is a discord, who can guard the city? I'm afraid it will be handed over to the thieves."

  Although he knew that Wen Shi was telling the truth, Wang Han smiled wryly:

   "Lieutenant Wen, if I just sit and watch in the city, I'm afraid this closed city will be difficult to defend!"

  After a series of incidents, the remnant soldiers in Gaoping pass, facing the morale of the Wei army outside the pass, mustered up the courage to repel the attack of the Wei army and defend Gaoping pass, which is considered rare.

  If we ignore the life and death of Wei Yan and his son outside Guancheng at this time, I am afraid it will be another heavy blow to the soldiers in Guancheng.

  The morale of the army, which had been stabilized with great difficulty, was once again floating.

   At that time, Wang Han really has no confidence in whether these soldiers will obey his orders.

   Maybe he will obey, but Wang Han dare not bet.

  Because this is betting on the Engineering Camp and Gaopingguan, he cannot afford to lose.

  It's just... what the text said makes sense.

  Wei Yan's original intention was to ask Wei Chang to guard Gaoping Pass, and Wei Chang transferred this task to Wang Han.

  Who can Wang Han transfer to?

   Changing coaches just before the battle is a big taboo.

   Not to mention that the morale of the army is low, and two generals have been replaced in a row.

   Then replace it, what Wen Shi said about handing over Gaopingguan to the thieves is not alarmist.

  So, this is a dead end in a dilemma.

  Wen Shi gritted his teeth, lowered his voice, and said to Wang Han:

   "General Wang, please forgive me, the engineering battalion is of great importance and must not fall into the hands of thieves."

   "In my opinion, it is better to lose Gaoping Pass than to let the engineering battalion make mistakes."

  Wang Han was taken aback.

  He actually forgot this.

  Wang Han took two steps back and forth, and finally made up his mind:

   "Wen Xiaowei, from Gaopingguan to the west, although they are all mountain trails, it is safe to go directly to the east of the river."

   "I sent 1,000 people to escort, and you immediately return to Hedong with the engineering battalion."

  Wen Shi's heart skipped a beat when he heard Wang Han's words:

"how about you?"

  Wang Han shook his head:

   "I can't go. I'm here, if I can defend the city, that would be the best."

   "If you can't keep it, at least you can delay it for some time. How much time you can buy for Chang'an, you must try your best to buy it."

  The change in the Shangdang was too unexpected.

  In addition, the Central Guard is not in Chang'an, but the leader is outside.

  Wang Han was really not sure when the court would be ready.

  So he can only do his best.

   And take a step back and say that it is not necessarily a bad thing to personally lead the army out of the city.

   If Wei Yan and others can be rescued, that would be a great thing.

  Even if you can't, you can still express your attitude and establish your prestige.

  Wen Shi couldn't help sighing when he heard Wang Han say this, and seeing his resolute expression.

   I want to say something, but I can't say it.

  Knowing that this is not the time to be hypocritical, Wen Shi can only whisper in the end:

   "Then be careful."

  Although cold-blooded, Wen Shi also knows that Wang Han's decision is probably the best way at the moment.

  Wang Han grinned:

   "You have to be careful. Although there shouldn't be any enemy situation from Gaoping Pass to Hedong, it's all mountain roads and it's not easy to walk."

  The two have cooperated for such a long time, and the tacit understanding has already emerged. Besides being comrades-in-arms, they are also friends.

  Even though I have been used to watching life and death over the years, but I feel a little uncomfortable about being separated at this time.

  It was not until the second day that Wang Han sent Wen Shi away, returned to Guancheng, and ordered:

   "Come here, organize the army, follow me to the pass, and prepare to meet the left hussar general!"

   "Here!"

   There was the sound of whining ox horns, followed by the beating of war drums.

  Wang Han had arranged things in the pass and was about to go out of the city, but he didn't expect that there was a sudden noise from behind.

   "What's the noise?"

  At the critical moment, Wang Han naturally didn't want any surprises.

  The soldiers in the rear were noisy, he only said that there was a change in the army, and his heart sank.

   "Come on, hurry up and inquire!"

  Before the person sent to inquire came back, someone from the rear ran over ecstatically to report:

   "General, Zhongduhu, Zhongduhu sent people over!"

   "Zhongduhu?!"

  Wang Han suddenly widened his eyes when he heard the words:

   "Has the Central Guards sent someone over?"

   "Yes, the person who came here claimed his surname Shi, and said he was sent by the Central Guard, and he also brought the warrant and the Tiger Talisman of the Central Guard!"

  (end of this chapter)