Li Rui said: "How much effect these two thousand people can play depends entirely on you."

Sima Fan was stunned: "Me?"

Li Rui said: "Yes, if your army fights well and the offensive is fierce enough, it will create the illusion that our army will go north with all its might, pass through Xuchang and Xinzheng, and attack Xingyang, and attack Wang Mi and Shile, forcing these two armies to turn around to deal with you. The pressure in Luoyang will be reduced by half immediately. At that time, the two thousand cavalry led by General Beigong and I can capture the fighter planes, give the Hu people a heavy blow, and rescue the emperor and civil and military officials besieged in Luoyang City."

Sima Fan sneered: "Do I look like I'm very lying?"

Li Rui said: "Chinese people don't lie to Chinese people, everything I say is true!"

The two sides argued fiercely for a long time, but in the end, Jia You came out to convince Sima Fan. He analyzed the current situation for Sima Fan and told Sima Fan directly that Luoyang could no longer be saved. If they insisted on saving it, they would only compensate Qingguang for all the money that they had earned for three months. Even if the emperor was rescued, they would be called Tiantian and unsatisfied under the crazy pursuit of the Hu people. The best way is to use the army to attract Wang Mi and Shi Le's main force to reduce the pressure in Luoyang. At the same time, a fierce iron cavalry sneaked into Luoyang through the Wanluo Ancient Road to rescue the emperor, the royal family, and the civil and military officials, and transfer them to Nanyang to establish a small exiled court.

There is only this road to go.

Finally, Sima Fan was convinced...

Because he couldn't think of a better way.

So the plan was finalized, with officers such as Zhang Xuan, Qiang Yu and others staying at the Nanyang Base Camp. Sima Fan led 10,000 imperial guards, 3,000 Jingzhou veterans and 1,000 Wuhuan cavalrymen. They set out from Kunyang and rushed straight to Xuchang. Beigong Chun and Li Rui led 2,000 cavalry from Luyang, crossed mountains and ridges along the Wanluo Ancient Road, and headed straight to the new city.

Sima Fan's army was imposing. He was timid in front of Li Rui and Beigong Chun, but he attacked hard in front of local tyrants. Before setting off, he sent an envoy to send powerful people from all over the country to ask them to lead their own private armed forces to join the war. Those who participated in the war can get half of the spoils except the land, and those who do not participate in the war...

Oh, he didn't say what would happen if he didn't participate in the war, but the local tyrants clearly heard the implication: If he doesn't participate in the war, don't let me catch you, otherwise I will kill you!

Out of awe of the powerful armed forces in the prince's hands and the desire for spoils, the lightning attack on Zhaoling successfully gave everyone the courage. The local tyrants in Nanyang responded enthusiastically, and pieced together seven thousand troops to follow the army and launched a fierce attack on the Hu people. Sima Fan commanded the army to Xuchang, and these powerful armed forces rushed to Xiangcheng County viciously. The whole family surrounded his father city, Xiangcheng and Jia County and launched a fierce attack. It was so dying that the number of Hu people in this area was pitifully small, and many of them were simply adapted by refugees. They were not opponents of these fierce powerful armed forces, and they were beaten to shout for help.

Sima Fan was not vague. He commanded the army to advance to Xuchang City in just two days and nights, and swept Linying and beheaded more than 800 people. He could lead more than 10,000 troops to march for more than 100 miles in two days and nights, and also captured a county town. His troops were really like wind, fire, thunder and lightning, which was quite the true teaching of his ancestor Sima Yi. From this, it can be seen that this prince was not an incompetent person, and the incompetent person could not make such a beautiful blitz. In history, he did nothing in the battle of Ningping City, largely because the morale of the army was too chaotic at that time, and several people who could speak stumbled each other, and there was no way to reach a consensus. He no longer had to nod to recommend him as a general. He secretly didn't know how much bad water was holding on to him, so he didn't dare to take on this hot potato.

The situation is relatively simple now. The strength of the Jin army in Nanyang is far from that of the Jin army in Ningping City, but there are not so many messy forces that restrict each other. Even the ten thousand imperial guards have been dispatched to other newly formed troops to serve as officers and generals, and they have calmed down a lot and become a stalwart.

Without spending a lot of energy on internal intrigue, Sima Fan naturally felt much more worry-free. He was like thunder and lightning when he took action. Before the Hu defenders in Xuchang could react, he was already at the city. Wang Yang was left behind in Xuchang. He climbed up to the city wall and looked into the distance. He saw the black helmet, black armor and black flag of the Jin army, like dark clouds driven by the strong wind, as if they were about to collapse the city wall in the next second. He couldn't help but be shocked: "Aren't the elite of the Great Jin Dynasty completely wiped out in Ningping City? Why are there such powerful elite soldiers??"

Guo Ao said: "This imperial guards unit that escaped from the Battle of Ningping City by chance. They came to us for revenge. What should we do?"

Wang Yang asked: "How many people do we have?"

Guo Ao said: "Not less than four thousand."

Wang Yang said: "The walls of Xuchang are strong, the moat is wide and deep, enough to withstand for a while, so there is no need to panic. You should send someone to Yingyang to report to the general, and say that the last military ban troops of the Jin army have been dispatched and asked him to send a cavalry over. We cooperate with each other and destroy this fish that has escaped the net in one fell swoop!"

Guo Ao took the order and took advantage of the fact that the Jin army's encirclement had not yet been completed, he sent a team of light cavalry to rush out and ran all the way to Yingyang to find Shi Le to report.

Wang Yang was still full of confidence at this time. After all, Xuchang is a mighty city in the world, with a high city and a deep pool, which is not easy to fight. Shi Le and his army were led by tens of thousands of troops to fight. Now Sima Fan’s men cannot have as many as Shi Le. Want to capture Xuchang in a short time? Don’t even think about it!

But he soon found himself overly optimistic.

After the imperial guards surrounded Xuchang, Sima Fan did not stop here, but led his three thousand Jingzhou veterans and one thousand Wuhuan cavalry to continue northward. Halfway through the way, he followed the five hundred Hu cavalry who came to support Xuchang to encounter face to face. There was nothing to say. He personally led the Wuhuan cavalry to charge with his sword. In one round of charge, the five hundred Hu cavalry were all sent back to his hometown. The army surrounded Changge and quickly assembled the counterweight catapult to bombard the city wall. In a few strokes, it blasted a hole several feet wide on the city wall. Three thousand Jingzhou veterans roared and rushed into the city, wiped out the Changge defenders in one fell swoop, and easily captured the city.

Afterwards, a thousand imperial guards took over Changge, and he continued to lead the veterans of Jingzhou and Wuhuan cavalry to turn around and advance eastward and head straight to Yanling.

Now Wang Yang knew what he wanted to do. This was the rhythm of completely isolating Xuchang! Linying had been lost, Changge was also lost. Xiangcheng, Jiaxian and other places had no time to take care of themselves under the fierce attack of powerful armed forces. If Yanling was lost, Xuchang would become an isolated city! As a last resort, he personally led the elite light cavalry out of the city to help Yanling, and the Hu people in Yanling City also went out to attack Sima Fan.

The feeling of being attacked by both sides is undoubtedly very uncomfortable, and the clear-headed generals will try their best to avoid it. The problem is that Sima Fan is not clear-headed, and now he is red-eyed. In Yanling, thirty-six royal royals died under Shi Le's butcher's knife. How could he calm down? With red eyes, he chose to be more tough on the front, asking Jia You to command the veterans in Jingzhou to form a dense square formation to fight Wang Yang, and command the Wuhuan cavalry to clean up the Hu people who came out of Yanling City.

Jia You had many ideas. Although commanding wars was not what he was good at, it did not prevent him from playing new tricks. Before receiving the enemy, he asked Jingzhou soldiers to use Luoyang shovels to dig thirty steps on the ground from the front of the formation, digging 10,000 holes of the size of a bowl and a foot and a half deep. The density was enough to make the patient with intensive phobia die on the spot. These holes were harmless to infantry, and it really required some skills to trap them, but it was fatal to the cavalry. Once they were trapped in at high speed, one leg would be 100% broken. This was not over yet, and this guy also let someone throw a large number of stones on the flank that was easily attacked by cavalry. These stones were not very big, a few or dozen pounds apart, which was not conspicuous at all, but the number was fatal. The cavalry running at high speed stepped on it, even if they did not twist their legs, their hooves would break and blood flowed. Waiting was useless.

Wang Yang immediately felt the pain of fighting with a guy who was not good at commanding wars but was full of bad water. When he was commanding the cavalry to charge, the dense pits and holes on the ground and the stones thrown randomly became huge obstacles. The horses and horses kept sinking into the hooves and twisting their legs, or stepped on stones and twisting their hooves. The sad neighing sound of the war horses resounded throughout the battlefield. The Jiehu cavalry had to slow down and keep their feet under their feet at all times, for fear that they would be caught if they were not careful. Jia You took the opportunity to direct the Jingzhou veterans to shoot fiercely on them with crossbows, and even threw javelins, causing huge casualties to the Jiehu cavalry. Wang Yang launched several charges in succession, but could not break through the Jingzhou veterans' phalanx, and was still in front of the phalanx.

As for the Hu cavalry that came out of Yanling City, it was even more difficult. Sima Fan commanded the Wuhuan cavalry to rush to them head-on, and with a charge, they were knocked to pieces. Then he used a single-edged sword and a scimitar to harvest. In just one meal, the Hu cavalry threw down more than 700 bodies on the battlefield and fled in a panic, even Yanling did not dare to return.

After dealing with this cavalry, Sima Fan ordered Wuhuan to change his horse, and then bypassed the formation of the veterans in Jingzhou to attack Wang Yang's troops. He himself charged forward with a long sword and rushed to Wang Yang's helmet with a sword. Wang Yang had never encountered such a desperate madman, so he turned around and ran away. The cavalry under his command was defeated and was chased and killed by Wuhuan's cavalry, which was slashed wildly, with heavy casualties. There were less than one ten people who had the fate to follow Wang Yang back to Xuchang.

At night, attacked Zhaoling, blitzing Linying, defeated Changge in three days, and bloomed on both sides of Yanling. These battles commanded by Sima Fan were not big battles, but they were undoubtedly very beautiful, which made the Hu people and local tyrants in Henan realize that the Sima family, which once had many talents, was not dead yet, could still give birth to heroes! For a moment, the powerful people in Yingchuan raised troops to respond and launched a fierce counterattack on the Hu people. This dazzling spark immediately sparked a prairie fire in the entire Yingchuan!

Unfortunately, even he himself did not realize that this battle was the last roar of the entire Sima family in northern China. The last wisp of the essence of the Sima family had disappeared with Sima Yi's death in the fire. No matter how hard he could fight, he could not restore the Sima family's decline.
Chapter completed!