In fact, the conflict between Jia Xu and Guo Huai has been around for a long time.

To be precise, Jia Xu has been dissatisfied with Guo Huai for a long time.

He thought that Guo Huai was too timid and was beaten by the Shu people in the battle of Xiaoguan.

Therefore, he complained in private more than once that Guo Huai was as afraid of Shu as a tiger.

If the opponent is Feng Thief, it can also be understood as being cautious.

So after Feng thief withdrew from Qiaoshan, facing the unknown thief general, Guo Huai actually suffered the opponent's loss, which was simply extremely incompetent.

Most of the army's chief generals were at odds with their subordinates, which was probably the military tradition of the Wei state.

At that time, Zhang Liao was at odds with Yue Jin and Li Dian, but they all stayed in Hefei to guard against Sun Quan.

Cao Xiu and Jia Kui were at odds, and they were often sent together by the Lord of Wei to fight against Jiangdong.

Now Man Chong is at odds with Wang Ling. At the same time, they each lead an army and guard the front line in Yangzhou.

Therefore, it is not unexpected that Jia Xu and Guo Huai are at odds.

At this time, after Guo Huai asked Jia Xu to stop, Jia Xu immediately felt that the other party was pretending to be public for personal gain and retaliating against him, so he was naturally very angry.

It's just that the military orders are like mountains, and Guo Huai is the commander-in-chief of the army after all. Jia Xu is not angry at all, but he can only obey the orders.

Jiang Wei, who had been observing the hilltop opposite with his telescope, immediately noticed the large-scale mobilization of the Wei army.

So he discussed with Li Qiu:

"I saw the thief's movements, which are quite strange. Is he trying to escape?"

In the past few months, Jiang Wei and Guo Huai have fought against each other many times.

Jiang Wei had the advantage of having sharp soldiers and swords, while Guo Huai had the advantage of having more soldiers. Each had its own victory or defeat, and everyone knew that his opponent was not an easy opponent.

Li Qiu is now regarded as one of the top figures in the Xinghan Association, and he is quite talented.

Normally, he might not accept Jiang Wei.

But my brother has always been very good at understanding people, and this time he personally ordered the general.

In addition, for the sake of the overall situation, on the surface he had no objections, but in his heart he was dissatisfied.

After these few months of working together, and after witnessing Jiang Wei's inferior force, which prevented the other party from daring to attack easily, he finally let go of his prejudices.

So after Jiang Wei asserted that the Wei thieves wanted to retreat, Li Qiu did not object, but asked:

"Why did General Jiang say this?"

Jiang Wei explained:

"I see that the thieves are making a lot of noise. It seems that the whole army is out. If they are not preparing to go out to fight with us, they must have some plans."

"However, over the past few months, the thieves and I have known that unless reinforcements arrive, the forces on hand will not be enough to shake the other side's camp."

"So I think that if the thieves are making such movements, they are not making a large-scale attack, but in all likelihood they are preparing to retreat."

After hearing this, Li Qiu looked thoughtful:

"In this battle to regain Guanzhong, the prime minister sent troops from Hanzhong, and the prince led the army to attack Bingzhou. Could it be that there was a change in Guanzhong?"

"This is exactly what I expected!" Jiang Wei's eyes flashed with excitement, "Who in the world can stop the prime minister and the prince from attacking from east to west?"

"Therefore, the prime minister or the prince must have made some progress and there was an emergency in the pass, so the thieves had to withdraw from Qiaoshan."

The Liangzhou Army has traveled thousands of miles across the desert and is considered an elite soldier rarely seen in the world.

Even I didn't dare to think that after reaching Jiuyuan, the Liangzhou Army would still be able to attack thousands of miles again.

It is even less likely that Wei Thief would have thought of it.

The Battle of Guanzhong has been going on for more than half a year. If the king goes well, not to mention taking over Bingzhou, if he is more bold, he might even try to drink from the Ma Da River.

As long as the princes enter Hedong, the whole country of Wei will be shaken.

If the Prime Minister cooperates to hold back the main force of Wei thieves, then...

Thinking of this, Jiang Wei became more and more excited.

Although it was speculation, Jiang Wei's tone was extremely affirmative. It was obvious that his confidence in the Prime Minister and Feng Governor was much stronger than that of Li Qiu.

"Then...what does General Jiang want?"

Li Qiu asked hesitantly.

Obviously, before getting the exact information about the thief, Li Qiu was more cautious than Jiang Wei.

Jiang Wei's somewhat radical and adventurous temperament was fully exposed at this time:

"According to the art of war, if you want to retreat, it's best to win and then retreat, so that you don't have to worry about chasing troops."

"The next best thing is to show war and then retreat. This can make the enemy have doubts and not dare to pursue them with all their strength."

"Thirdly, if we retreat without fighting, the rear army will be in danger; if we retreat after defeat, we will risk the entire army being annihilated."

"Therefore, if the thieves go out to fight in a big way tomorrow, they are really guilty. We must fight hard, and it is best to win the battle so that the thieves do not dare to retreat easily;"

"If the thief does not go out to fight, then we must pay attention to the fact that the thief has escaped. It is the time for us to achieve great success."

Such a determined tone made Li Qiu a little worried:

"In case the thief doesn't retreat..."

"It doesn't matter." Jiang Wei knew what he meant and suggested: "If there is a battle tomorrow, I will personally lead the Tiger Infantry into battle. General Li, you can guard the rear camp, not only to respond, but also to prevent the thieves from committing fraud."

The terrain of Qiaoshan Mountain is complex. Unless they are surrounding the mountain and attacking from above, the two armies will fight among the mountains, forests or valleys. The number can range from more than a thousand to two or three thousand. No matter how many, it will be difficult to deploy.

Even if they are divided into front and rear echelons and take turns going into battle, there will not be more than 10,000 people.

Under such circumstances, Jiang Wei, as a general, actually had to go into battle himself.

Li Qiu said tactfully:

"General Jiang is the commander-in-chief of the army, how can he easily visit the enemy's formation in person?"

"E Shun of Modao Camp is a fierce general. Tomorrow we can let him lead the front army of Modao Camp, and General Jiang can lead the Tiger Infantry in the center. In this way, we will have no worries."

Before Governor Feng left, he left the entire Modao camp behind, especially the leader of Modao camp, Mo Dao's hand E Shun, who was born with supernatural powers but was as ugly as a ghost.

Even without a ghost mask, it can still scare the faint of heart like a ghost in daylight.

Jiang Wei received Li Qiu's support and said with great joy:

"So good."

On the second day at three o'clock in the morning, they saw a Wei army and came to the flat ground under the Han army's stronghold to set up a formation. At the same time, they sent people to provoke and scold them.

Jiang Wei smiled and said to Li Qiu:

"The thief is just as I expected."

Li Qiu couldn't help but admire him.

Seeing that Jiang Wei was eager to lead others to fight, he quickly reminded:

"If the thieves want to win and retreat, this battle will be like a battle between trapped animals. General Jiang must still be careful that the thieves are ambushing."

Jiang Wei responded with his mouth full.

Just when Jiang Wei and Li Qiu were concentrating on dealing with the provocative Wei army, they did not know that Guo Huai in Xinglong Pass had quietly led the army before dawn and began to cross Qiaoshan along the Qin Straight Road.

The mountain behind the main peak.

The main peak of Qiaoshan where Xinglongguan is located is higher than other peaks.

The so-called climbing high and observing far distances means that although the Han army took advantage of telescopes, they could detect the enemy's movements in advance.

But the telescope cannot penetrate the mountain and see the real movements of Guo Huai behind the main peak.

Guo Mo, who was riding away with Guo Huai, couldn't help but look back at Xinglong Pass, which was getting farther and farther behind him, with a look of admiration on his face:

"How did the general know that Jia Xu would not listen to the general's order and stick to the camp, but went to meet the enemy without authorization?"

Guo Huai smiled proudly:

"Jia Xu talks a lot about me being afraid of the enemy. He seems to despise me, but in fact he doesn't take Shu captives seriously."

"He was dissatisfied when I suppressed him before. Now I specifically let him lead the army alone, and before leaving, I deliberately used words to provoke him. How could he not be angry?"

"How can he listen to my words? As soon as I leave, even if he doesn't lead the army to fight without authorization, he will open a stronghold to meet the enemy when the Shu captives come to test him."

Speaking of this, he sneered:

"But he doesn't know that the more he behaves like this, the more he will follow my will! Otherwise, how could he confuse the Shu captives and willingly cover our retreat?"

Jiang Wei understood the principle of withdrawing troops after victory or withdrawing troops after fighting. How could Guo Huai, who had been fighting for so many years, not understand?

Jiang Wei guessed from the large-scale mobilization of the Wei camp that Guo Huai might withdraw his troops.

But he never expected that Guo Huai would retreat in this way.

It can even be said to be a kind of strong man's arm breaking.

This wrist is a little different.
To be continued...