Jiyang is the main road from Xinye to Wancheng, but the main road does not mean the only way.
If you want to lead the army northward from Xinye, there is actually another passage.
That passage takes the road through Nirvana.
However, compared to taking the Jiyang road, there are swamps and mountains and forests near Niyang, making it very difficult for a large army to march.
Therefore, when Liu Biao was still alive, the few Northern Expeditions he launched occasionally in his life were all aimed at capturing Jiyang.
After repeating this several times, it seems that Jiyang has become the only way from Xinye to Wancheng.
This became the common understanding of successive Wancheng and Jingzhou defenders.
This understanding cannot be miscalculated. After all, Nie Yang's geographical disadvantage is clearly there.
But this knowledge became Zhang Fei's breakthrough.
Perhaps for ordinary generals, taking the road from Niyang to Wancheng is a dangerous thing.
But looking at Zhang Fei's military use in his life, isn't he a famous general who is good at taking risks?
The road outside Nirvana is difficult, but it is not impossible. This is enough for Zhang Fei.
Niyang is currently still within the control of Cao Wei, and Niyang's terrain disadvantages also make Niyang Chang full of confidence.
In this place where birds don't poop, can there still be Han troops?
Anyway, this kind of thing has never happened in more than ten years.
The agreement that lasted for more than ten years was terrible, so terrible that Chief Nie Yang did not follow Sima Yi's instructions and sent out scouts to explore around the county every day.
So when Nie Yangchang, who was enjoying singing and dancing in the county town, learned that a large number of Han troops had appeared outside the county town, he was so frightened that he dropped the wine glass in his hand.
"How can it be?"
Under the severe shock in his heart, Nie Yangchang could only repeat these words blankly in the end.
But perhaps because he was still holding on to a bit of luck in his heart, Chief Nie Yang finally went up to the city with trembling steps, accompanied by the county lieutenant, hoping to explore the enemy's situation.
But it was better not to investigate. When he saw groups of Han troops appearing below the county seat, the look of fear on Nie Yang's face became even stronger.
As the Han troops below dispersed, when Chang Nie Yang saw a majestic general standing on horseback and holding a gun at the foot of the city, the fear in his heart reached its peak in an instant.
The heroic general was eight feet long, with a leopard's head and eyes, a swallow's jaw and a tiger's beard. When the general saw the appearance of Nie Yang Chang under the city, he immediately raised his gun to the sky and shouted:
"But you still remember Zhang Yide!"
This loud shout was as loud as thunder and as powerful as a galloping horse. It frightened Niyang Chang so much that he staggered and fell to the ground.
Niyang Changnai is a scholar from Jingzhou, and among all the scholars from Jingzhou, who has not heard the words of Zhang Fei when he blocked the water and broke the bridge: "I am Zhang Yide, so come and fight to the death together!"
Originally, Nie Yangchang only thought that tens of thousands of enemies like Zhang Fei would only exist in legends, but when the legend in his heart appeared before his eyes, how many people in the world could remain calm?
You must know that during the Battle of Changbanpo, tens of thousands of Wei army cavalry were so frightened by Zhang Fei's shouts that they did not dare to move, not to mention the Nirvana of Nirvana!
Although in recent years, whenever the world talks about Dahan, they always inevitably mention Mi Yang, as if Mi Yang single-handedly forged the current glory of Dahan.
But in fact, everyone in the world clearly remembers that the earliest legend of Ji Han was created by three brothers with a sword and a gun!
Niyang's long fall to the ground frightened the surrounding county soldiers.
Originally, after seeing a large number of Han troops appearing under the city, the county soldiers on the city were already very frightened.
Now they saw that Commander Niyang was frightened to the ground by the enemy general who had just appeared, which made their military morale even more chaotic.
The county captain on the side wanted to help Niyang Chang up and cheer him up to command the county soldiers to defend the city.
But after hearing the county captain's request, Chief Niyang pushed the county captain away as if he heard some big joke.
The Niyang county captain was born as an Orion, and the county soldiers on the city had almost never left Niyang city in their lives. They didn't know who Zhang Yide was, let alone what kind of deeds he had.
But they don’t know it, but Chang Niyang knows it!
A group of people on the city wall explained the principle that the ignorant have no fear, but after Niyang took a deep breath, he made an instant decision.
"Open the city gate."
Nie Yang's decision made the county lieutenant open his eyes wide.
He couldn't believe that Chang Niyang, whom he always respected, would make such a decision.
Isn't this treason?
Looking at the shocked eyes of the county captain, Niyang said in a deep voice:
"Back then, I was also a Han official."
After saying this, Chief Niyang directly passed over the county captain and issued the order to open the city gate.
Although the county soldiers on the city were as shocked as the county captain by the order of Chief Niyang, due to the prestige of Chief Niyang, the county soldiers quickly and faithfully carried out the order of Chief Niyang.
Niyang Chang stood up again, listening to the sound of the city gate slowly opening, his face full of bitterness.
The real reason why he opened the city gate and surrendered was not because of the words "Hanchen" he said, but because he knew that Niyang City could not be defended under the current situation.
The defenders of Niyang City were county soldiers, and their combat effectiveness was incomparable to the regular army of the Han army.
Even the poor and weak Niyang City didn't even have a moat, and its walls were even lower.
Niyang Chang thought that he was not a great talent and could not defend Niyang County under Zhang Fei's fierce attack under such weak conditions.
Since the result cannot be maintained, why try it?
He was first the guardian of Nirvana, and then a minister of the Wei Dynasty!
Zhang Fei below watched the city gate slowly open with a smile on his face.
Although facing a small city like Nieyang, he doesn't need to expend too much energy if he wants to capture it. It may be best to avoid casualties as much as possible.
And with the opening of the Nirvana City Gate, a fact was unknowingly formed.
From then on, there was no longer any barrier between Zhang Fei and Wancheng.
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Sima Yi's reaction speed was not unsatisfactory.
His military orders were not decisive.
After learning that Zhang Fei probably wanted to attack Wancheng by surprise, many things gradually became clear in Sima Yi's mind.
Zhang Fei had the map, and Sima Yi naturally had it too.
At this moment, Sima Yi had already anticipated where Zhang Fei would choose to march.
Worried about Niyang's safety, Sima Yi kept sending envoys to Niyang when he led his army to Wancheng.
But before the envoy to Nirvana could return, a piece of news came from Wancheng, which made Sima Yi's heart feel like it was falling into an ice cave.
Dai Ling, the garrison of Wancheng, reported urgently: A large number of Han troops appeared hundreds of miles away from Wancheng. The number of Han troops was at least 20,000.
This news undoubtedly directly proved that Sima Yi's previous worries were true.
Zhang Fei really found another way to bypass Jiyang and directly led his army to attack Wancheng!
After realizing this, Sima Yi kept urging his troops to rush to Wancheng to return reinforcements.
Although Sima Yi left 5,000 Wei troops in Wancheng before leaving Wancheng.
Wancheng City is high and thick, and there are five thousand Wei troops stationed there. Even if Zhang Fei leads ten times more troops, it will be difficult to capture Wancheng in a short time.
But what if?
If Wancheng is lost in his own hands and the Han army threatens Luoyang, Cao Rui will definitely not spare him no matter how deep his connections in the court are.
Out of the urgency in his heart, Sima Yi directly ordered the entire army to abandon their baggage and return to Wancheng with light equipment.
After abandoning the baggage, the Wei army's speed increased a lot.
It originally took five days to rush back to Wancheng, but it only took Sima Yi three days to rush back outside Wancheng.
After Sima Yi led the Wei army back to the outside of Wancheng, the scouts he sent reported something.
There is a large Han army camp in the west of Wancheng.
And similarly, in the Han army camp, Zhang Fei's flags were planted everywhere.
Sima Yi knew that Zhang Fei was really there in the Han army camp outside Wancheng.
Sure enough, Zhang Fei, who had detected the direction of Sima Yi's march in advance before Sima Yi could lead his army closer to Wancheng, led tens of thousands of Han troops to block Sima Yi's only way back to Wancheng.
If Sima Yi wanted to lead his army back to Wancheng at all costs, the Wei army led by him and the Han army led by Zhang Fei would definitely encounter each other halfway.
But after learning that Zhang Fei personally led the Han army to block the road ahead, Sima Yi directly ordered the entire army to camp on the spot and not to advance rashly.
The Wei army suddenly stopped advancing, which was beyond Zhang Fei's expectation.
Just like he didn't expect Sima Yi to lead his army back so quickly.
Judging by the time, Sima Yi was able to rush back to Wancheng in such a short period of time. Almost on the first day outside Jiyang City, he saw through his plan to deceive the soldiers.
This made Zhang Fei feel a little wary of Sima Yi.
It seems that the little thief Sima is indeed not to be underestimated.
If he hadn't been on the offensive side and naturally had the initiative in the war, he wouldn't have been able to deceive Sima Yi so easily in the beginning.
But no matter what, Sima Yi was finally lured out of Wancheng.
And just as Sima Yi expected, as long as Zhang Fei personally leads the troops, it is impossible for him to live peacefully.
So when Sima Yi ordered the entire army to set up camp, Zhang Fei directly led tens of thousands of Han troops to the camp outside the camp created by Sima Yi to call for formation.
Faced with Zhang Fei's insults and calls, Sima Yi always insisted on the strategy of not giving up.
Although the camp has just been built, many defensive facilities are not yet in place.
However, with the 15,000-strong Wei army arrayed and their crude fortifications, no matter how brave Zhang Fei was, it was impossible for him to break through in a short time.
Sima Yi's prediction was not wrong.
Zhang Fei ordered his men to insult the Wei army outside the camp for a long time. After seeing that no one came out to challenge the Wei army, he led tens of thousands of Han troops to camp directly opposite the Wei army's camp.
Zhang Fei's purpose was very simple, that is to prevent Sima Yi's Wei army from entering Wancheng.
When the Han army began to set up camp opposite, the Wei generals began to become impatient.
Zhang Fei's purpose is so simple that anyone can see it.
Wancheng is close at hand but cannot be entered, and Wancheng is so important. How can this not make the Wei generals impatient?
But facing the impatience of the generals, Sima Yi patiently explained:
"Although Zhang Fei took risks and led his troops to attack Wancheng in a surprise attack, dangers are still dangers.
The terrain outside Jiyang City is difficult and difficult to navigate. Zhang Fei may be able to use his personal prestige to lead his elite troops across it. Most of the civilian auxiliary soldiers who can transport food are old and weak, so how can he do this?
According to my expectation, if the rebel army's food supply line is less than half a month away, they will be in big trouble.
With the food route unstable, no matter how brave and cunning Zhang Fei was, he had no choice but to retreat in the end."
Sima Yi expressed his thoughts to the generals.
The reason why Sima Yi wanted to take charge of the camp was not only to avoid Zhang Fei's sharp attack, but also because he anticipated that Zhang Fei's strategy of bypassing Niyang to surprise Wancheng would only achieve temporary results but not long-term results.
After all, the terrain conditions of Nirvana were created by heaven and could not be changed, otherwise he would not have neglected to take precautions against Nirvana before.
Since it can be inferred that there will be problems with Zhang Fei's grain transportation, why should he be in a hurry?
Moreover, when he led his army to withdraw to Wancheng, he had already sent a messenger to contact Jia Kui, the governor of Yuzhou.
I think Jia Kui will lead the state soldiers to support him soon.
By then the situation between the two armies will have changed.
Even though I missed one move, it doesn't mean that I won't be able to fight anymore.
As long as the two important cities of Wancheng and Jiyang are not lost, the situation in Nanyang County is still under his control.
Sima Yi is very confident about this.
After listening to Sima Yi's explanation, the generals all felt that what Sima Yi said was reasonable, and they gradually calmed down their impatience.
After arranging everything, Sima Yi looked at the Han army camp under construction with a calm mood.
At the beginning of the war, he originally had the intention of cutting off one of the big man's arms.
But what Sima Yi didn't expect was that the big man's arms could be stretched so long!
Emperor Wu once commented on Zhang Fei when he was still alive, saying that although Zhang Fei had an impatient personality, if he performed normally, he might be one of the most difficult enemies to deal with.
Now it seems that Emperor Wu's assessment is indeed correct.
But fortunately, everything is not too bad.
After giving the order to set up camp, Zhang Fei looked at the Wei army camp not far away, with a smile on his rough face.
Sima Xiaothief cannot be underestimated. He is a good opponent just like Zhang He.
But unfortunately, who said that his purpose was to attack Wancheng?
Soon after, Zhang Fei summoned a messenger.
He handed a letter he had written long ago into the hands of the courier and asked him to return to Xinye City as quickly as possible.
Sima Yi seems to have forgotten that he still has 20,000 Han troops that have not yet been mobilized.
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A few days later, while Sima Yi was waiting for Zhang Fei to retreat, a surprising piece of news reached him.
Jiyang was lost!
When he just learned the news, Sima Yi had an incredible look on his face.
How can it be?!
Sima Yi immediately grabbed the messenger's sleeve and asked him sternly: "There are thousands of elite troops stationed in Jiyang, how could it possibly fall?"
Although Sima Yi withdrew all the reinforcements to rescue Wancheng, there were always thousands of elite soldiers in Jiyang's city.
As for the Han army outside Jiyang City, as a suspected army, their strength will definitely not be too large, and they will not take the initiative to attack Jiyang.
In this case, how could Jiyang fall?
Zhang Fei is still coming to scold the formation every day outside Wancheng. Who led the army to capture Jiyang?
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