Under Sima Yi's stern questioning, the frightened messenger stuttered out everything he knew about the situation.
It turns out that when the Han army besieged the city, Ji Yang's military morale was already turbulent.
But this turmoil did not last long. After Niu Jin led the reinforcements to Nanjiu Ju, it gradually calmed down.
Defending a city is most afraid of being isolated and helpless. If there are reinforcements from outside, the morale of the army will naturally be calmed.
Later, as Sima Yi continued to arrive with reinforcements, the military morale in Jiyang City was not only calmed down, but even increased.
At that time, every sergeant in the city thought that with the reinforcements outside the city, even if they could not repel the Han army, they could at least keep Ji Yang Wuyou safe.
Originally, things had developed to this point, and everything was moving towards a good situation.
But what I never expected was that on the same day that Sima Yi led his army to Nanjiuju, he withdrew in a hurry.
Sima Yi not only withdrew the troops he brought with him, but even asked Niu Jin's troops to return with him.
Sima Yi did this because he was worried about Wancheng's safety, but because it happened so hastily, the Jiyang defenders didn't know about it.
In their view, the truth of the matter is that the reinforcements that originally represented hope, after a symbolic appearance, were hastily withdrawn as if they were losing a battle.
This scene fell into the eyes of the Jiyang defenders. What would they think?
It just felt like the reinforcements had abandoned them.
When this idea gradually emerged in the minds of the Jiyang defenders, a more turbulent commotion than before appeared in Jiyang City.
It is already a terrible thing for people to have no hope.
What's even more frightening is that hope suddenly disappears after it appears.
In this period of gain and loss, even the most top psychologists of later generations may not be able to stabilize the morale of the army, let alone the fragile Jiyang defenders.
Of course, there are some calm people in Jiyang City, such as the messenger who escaped from Jiyang City.
But among the thousands of defenders, people like messengers are always rare.
And just as a violent panic gradually spread in Jiyang City, tens of thousands of Han troops suddenly appeared outside Jiyang City.
The defenders of Jiyang City were all elite soldiers left behind by Sima Yi. Naturally, they could tell that the tens of thousands of Han troops who suddenly appeared outside the city were regular soldiers who were no less elite than them.
When tens of thousands of Han troops appeared outside Jiyang City, they undoubtedly became sparks, directly detonating the long-backlogged situation in Jiyang City.
The direct consequence of this was that civil strife broke out in Jiyang City.
After the Wei army was defeated in the Battle of Xiangfan, Sima Yi recruited many Jingzhou warriors in order to quickly replenish his troops.
This move was forced by the current situation, but compared to the Wei troops who moved south from the north, the Wei troops recruited locally in Jingzhou did not have a strong sense of belonging to the Wei Dynasty, and they would not be constrained by the "law of the death of scholars".
Due to this internal reason, the local Jingzhou soldiers in Jiyang City directly fought with other Wei troops in the city.
When Li Yan, the leader of the Han army outside the city, saw the internal strife taking place in Jiyang City, he immediately led his army to attack Jiyang City.
Amid internal and external troubles, how could Jiyang City not be lost?
After listening to the messenger tell the whole story about the loss of Jiyang City, all that appeared on Sima Yi's face was a stunned look.
It wasn't until this moment that he understood that Zhang Fei's real goal from the beginning was Jiyang City.
Zhang Fei knew that attacking Wancheng through Niyang would face the danger of unstable logistics, and Wancheng was so fortified that it would be almost impossible to capture it without stable food routes.
So he came up with a trick to lure the enemy that was hard to distinguish between true and false.
First, he told himself that his goal was Jiyang City through a big fanfare.
However, he did not immediately lead his army to attack Jiyang City because he knew that he would definitely lead a large number of reinforcements to help Jiyang City.
So at first he only sent tens of thousands of Han troops as a bluff to lure himself out of Wancheng.
But Zhang Fei deliberately left a loophole, allowing himself to infer that the Han army outside Jiyang City was a suspected army, and his worries about Wancheng were suddenly raised to the highest level.
At the same time, Zhang Fei used himself as a new suspected army and led his army from Niyang to surprise Wancheng, so that he could return to Wancheng at all costs.
In this case, even if he could not tell that the Han army outside Jiyang City was a suspicious army, once he learned that Zhang Fei and his army appeared outside Wancheng, he would definitely lead his army back to support.
Zhang Fei deliberately led his army to block his own passage back to Wancheng, so that he would not dare to lead his soldiers to take a single step. This was also part of his plan.
After all the above strategies were completed, Zhang Fei finally realized what he was doing and sent Xinye General Li Yan to lead his army to storm Jiyang City.
The strategies Zhang Fei used above can be said to be interlocking with each other, with mixed truth and falsehood. People can only follow his steps.
Because Zhang Fei firmly grasped the key success point of the above strategy - Wancheng's safety is greater than anything else!
After fully understanding Zhang Fei's overall plan, Sima Yi couldn't help but staggered, and he burst into wry smiles.
No wonder Zhang Fei was able to defeat Zhang He, a famous general who had been famous for many years, and almost wiped out his entire army in the battle in Brazil.
If Mi Yang came up with the above serial plan here, Sima Yi would not be shocked.
Sima Yi would never be so negligent.
But the one fighting him now is Zhang Fei!
It's Zhang Fei who always looks rough and likes to be the first to kill generals!
Is it appropriate for a person who is the enemy of ten thousand people to have so many evil intentions?
It is said that Mi Yang studied under Liu Bei, but this is probably a misinformation.
Mi Yang should have studied under Zhang Fei!
All the generals in the tent were shocked by Ji Yang's news, and after seeing Sima Yi's deeply hit appearance, their mentality became even worse.
Niu Jin, who reacted the fastest, stepped forward to support Sima Yi's body, and then asked anxiously:
"Ji Yang has been lost, where should our army go?"
Niu Jin's words revealed the thoughts of the generals present.
Jiyang fell to the enemy, and the biggest threat to them at the moment was that the tens of thousands of Han troops outside Jiyang City could continue to move northward without any hindrance.
And once those tens of thousands of Han troops did this, wouldn't they just be made dumplings by the Han troops?
Zhang Fei's army is blocking the way in front, and tens of thousands of Han troops are about to outflank us behind. There is simply no way to the sky and no way to the earth!
In an instant, all the generals in the tent looked at Sima Yi.
There was worry, fear, and confusion in their eyes.
How about they also follow the example of Cao Hong and Cao Zhen and flee from the mountains and forests beside the official road?
In recent years, due to Mi Yang's attack, the life-saving trick of escaping into the mountains and forests has almost become the innate skill of many Wei generals.
But Sima Yi is Sima Yi after all.
Although he allowed Zhang Fei's plan to succeed due to his carelessness and inexperience, his wisdom still allowed him to find a way out.
Sima Yi immediately said categorically to the generals in the tent:
"At this time, our army must not retreat!
Once our army retreats, can Wancheng still be able to defend itself when the two bandit armies join forces?
And if the prince learns that Wancheng is lost, even if we can escape from the mountains and forests, will the prince let us go?"
Sima Yi's two consecutive rhetorical questions immediately stabilized the morale of the army.
Because there is obviously only one answer to those two rhetorical questions.
When escape is no longer the way to survive, the only thing left is to fight to the death.
Seeing that the generals were re-motivated by his words, Sima Yi went on to explain his response strategy.
"A few days ago, I sent an envoy to contact Yuzhou Governor Jia Gong. Yuzhou and Wancheng are very close to each other. After receiving the news, Jia Gong will definitely lead his troops to help us.
Although our army is currently facing the risk of being surrounded by enemy troops, as long as our army can hold the key road, Zhang Fei's food route will not be smooth.
As long as Jia Gong and his army arrive and send state cavalry to continuously attack and harass Zhang Fei's Han army's food and grass, then Zhang Fei will definitely lead his army to retreat before long."
In this situation, Sima Yi was able to react quickly and find a way out, which is indeed a rare thing.
After listening to Sima Yi's words, the uneasiness in the hearts of the generals gradually stabilized.
They don't know if this strategy will work, but it is a solution.
After explaining his strategy, Sima Yi issued many military orders in succession, asking the generals to go down and act according to the orders.
After the generals left, Sima Yi couldn't help but look to the east - Mr. Jia, you must lead your army as soon as possible!
The tree wanted to be quiet but the wind was not stopping, and what's more, Sima Yi met Zhang Fei, a man who couldn't rest.
On the third day after Sima Yi received the news of Jiyang's fall, Zhang Fei also received the news.
In fact, Zhang Fei was a little surprised that Jiyang could be captured by the Han army so quickly.
The civil strife in Jiyang was something Zhang Fei had not expected before.
It can only be said that in the dark, every drink and every peck has its own destiny.
He originally planned to fool Sima Yi for a while longer.
But it was a great joy after all that Ji Yang could win it as he imagined.
Zhang Fei, who was happy in his heart, also knew that there was no need for him to hide it anymore.
On the day he learned the news, Zhang Fei ordered his men to blow the war drums.
Not long after the majestic war drums sounded, Zhang Fei took the lead and led tens of thousands of Han troops to press towards the Wei army camp.
Zhang Fei wanted to take advantage of the fact that he still had some food left to see if he could capture the Wei army's camp in one go.
When Sima Yi, who was in the Wei army's camp, learned that Zhang Fei led his army to attack the camp, he was so shocked that he put on his armor and went to the gate of the camp to observe the Han army's offensive situation.
In order to save their lives, more than 10,000 Wei troops spent most of these days building forts and forgetting to eat and sleep.
Thanks to the unremitting efforts of more than ten thousand Wei troops, the defense facilities of the Wei army camp have been basically perfected.
For example, the ground in front of the Wei army's camp was covered with antlers of horseback deer.
In Sima Yi's sight, he saw that Zhang Fei, who was riding first, was already close to the front row of horses.
Just when Sima Yi thought Zhang Fei would stop, Zhang Fei made a move that made Sima Yi's eyes widen.
I saw Zhang Fei riding his black horse into the air. Just as the black horse's hooves were about to hit the ground, Zhang Fei drew out his spear in time and swept away the horses on the ground in front of him.
The hard horse was as fragile as a child's toy under Zhang Fei's cleaning.
And with the help of his superb martial arts, Zhang Fei had already broken into the enemy's formation single-handedly.
Sima Yi was shocked when he saw this scene. He quickly ordered the archers in the Wei army camp to shoot arrows at Zhang Fei.
A moment later, a hail of arrows shot towards Zhang Fei.
When Zhang Fei saw the rain of arrows coming towards him, he didn't panic at all. While protecting his whole body with his spear, he flexibly drove the black horse under his crotch in and out of the horse-rejecting formation.
After going in and out many times, some of the horses continued to collapse under Zhang Fei's sweep.
Zhang Fei's brave performance made all the Wei soldiers stunned.
However, as the arrow rain became more rapid, Zhang Fei finally drove his horse and jumped out of the horse-rejecting formation.
Before riding his horse back to the formation of his own army, Zhang Fei ordered the Han troops behind him to shout in unison:
"What's wrong with chariots and riders!"
Don’t you think there’s nothing I can do against you?
Don’t you think I can’t take down Ji Yang?
Isn’t that what it is?
Wanton, flying, and humiliated, these three emotions were mixed together with the help of this sentence, exploding like thunder in the hearts of tens of thousands of Wei soldiers, making them terrified.
Who is Zhang Fei?
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