Chapter 291 Sima Yi: There are always people who want to harm the Governor
Chapter 291 Sima Yi: There are always unscrupulous people who want to harm this governor
The Wei army suffered a disastrous defeat. The casualties all came from the 20,000 men who went to pursue them and the army that came to relieve them. The men and horses who stayed on the north bank of the Wei River did not suffer any losses.
After gathering the remaining troops, the Wei army still had nearly 50,000 troops and was still capable of fighting.
Zhuge Liang also knew that it was impossible to directly wipe out all the Wei army this time, so the soldiers and horses used to surround and kill the Wei army seemed to be one after another. In fact, the total number was only about 70,000, which was equivalent to the number of soldiers from Wei who came to pursue. However, each time
The Shu army had a statue in front of them, which frightened the soldiers of the Wei army who had suffered many hardships. They just wanted to flee instead of resisting.
So the victory came extremely easily.
As for the other 50,000 to 60,000 Shu army, Zhuge Liang divided them into eight teams, with one army each led by the four generals Zhang, Huang, Li, Yang and other generals. They took the opportunity to capture the eight surrounding counties of Wuzhangyuan at the same time, geographically isolating and surrounding them.
It defeated the Wei army and also cut off the Wei army's land food route.
At this point, it was impossible for the Wei army's grain transport troops to transport grain through both sides of the Wei River.
Fortunately, there is still the Wei River for water transportation, otherwise when the news that the Shu army occupied the eight surrounding counties reached the Wei army camp, the Wei army would immediately collapse.
Since ancient times, the food route has been the lifeblood of the army. Once this route is cut off, even if you have millions of soldiers, your nest will explode in an instant.
While Sima Yi ordered his soldiers to dig deep ditches and high forts, and close the camp without fighting, he secretly sighed that Zhuge Liang was really powerful, and frowned as he thought about good strategies to maintain stability.
In this battle, Zhuge Liang successfully caught his mentality of "greeding for success and rushing forward" and taught him a good lesson.
This disastrous defeat was also the most painful defeat in the more than four years since Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang fought. It once shaken Sima Yi's firm belief in victory.
Fortunately, his fifty-four-year-old life experience quickly restored his wisdom, set his sights on a higher macro perspective, and objectively and calmly analyzed the consequences of this fiasco.
In the past, Sima Yi had the confidence to withstand the combined offensive of Shu and Wu, especially the offensive from Zhuge Liang.
Now, Zhuge Liang "resurrected from the dead" and started a series of strange schemes, which suddenly made Sima Yi a little unsure.
If Zhuge Liang had used this style of play from the beginning, Sima Yi would have found it difficult to defend.
The Art of War says: All warfighters rely on righteousness and miraculousness to win. Therefore, those who are good at miraculous surprises are as endless as the heaven and the earth, and as endless as the rivers and seas. The changes of miraculous and righteousness are invincible and invincible...
The general idea of this passage is that when fighting with troops, you always face the enemy with regular troops and win with surprise troops. Therefore, those who are good at winning by surprise will have as endless changes in their tactics as all things in the world, and as unimpeded as the water of a river.
exhaust.
Sima Yi was able to defend Zhuge Liang until he was exhausted and helpless. There was only one reason - after taking on the heavy responsibility of the country, Zhuge Liang gave up on surprise and put stability and justice first in everything.
How could Zhuge Liang win if a commander who only used the right way to lead the army did not have an absolute advantage in his troops and met a well-matched opponent like him, Sima Yi?
The reason why Sun Bin is called the Soldier Sage and the reason why Han Xin is called the Soldier Immortal is for no other reason than that they are good at winning by surprise on the basis of integrity.
Soon, after reviewing the battle many times, Sima Yi found a huge flaw - although there were many Shu troops coming to encircle and suppress the Wei army this time, a single army did not have an absolute advantage, and even in some areas
On the battlefield, the Shu army is still at a huge disadvantage. If he can firmly resolve to fight with it, the outcome is still uncertain.
Unfortunately, after seeing the first statue of Zhuge Liang, he lost his sense of proportion; after seeing the second, third, fourth, and Nth statues of Zhuge Liang, he was already a little confused. He thought it was
The demon method only took the lead in escaping and had no idea of turning around and fighting to the death.
Thinking about it now, if he could overcome the fear in his heart, muster up enough courage, and urge the army to fight to the death, he might be able to capture Zhuge Liang.
"Alas, if there is Yi, how can there be light..." Sima Yifang sighed, and suddenly an idea flashed in his heart.
"Huh? No, Kong Ming has always been steady and doesn't like to take risks. The empty city plan is the only time he takes risks. With his character, he will definitely not take risks in front of me for the second time. Could it be that this plan was made by Ma Su?"
"Ma Di didn't show up earlier or later. But he appeared on Longshan Avenue just when I was hesitant. This prompted me to make up my mind to pursue Xiegu. Hiss... Ma Di wanted the life of this governor!
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Sima Yi stuffed his chest in anger.
"Shuzi, how dare you do this!"
When he thought of Ma Di, that guy who made people hate him so much, all the unpleasant memories from the past appeared in front of Sima Yi one after another.
More than two years ago, he and Zhuge Liang had their first stalemate at Wuzhangyuan. Ma Di led his troops to secretly capture Liangzhou, which was thousands of miles away.
More than a year ago, he and Zhuge Liang had a stalemate at Longyou. However, Ma Su led his troops to sneak attack Guanzhong. In an instant, he attacked more than 20 cities in Guanzhong, swept through Guanzhong, and forced his troops to Chang'an, forcing him to abandon Longyou and lead his army to rescue.
This year, he and Zhuge Liang faced off at Wuzhangyuan for the second time. However, Ma Di quietly went to the grassland and arranged six opponents for Wei.
Now, Ma Su has devised this desperate plan to beat him to death.
Old and new hatreds surged together, and Sima Yi couldn't let go for a long time. He wished he could catch Ma Su and chop him into pieces.
It's a pity that I can only think about it.
This disastrous defeat broke the balance of Wei and Shu forces in the Guanzhong area, making the situation of the Wei army in Guanzhong extremely critical. Moreover, the imperial court could no longer send more troops and horses to support the Guanzhong battlefield.
After experiencing the defeat of Shicheng, the total military strength of the Wei Dynasty was less than 400,000. Nearly 400,000 troops were sent to the northern border to resist the six foreign enemies. A total of 100,000 troops were sent to the northern border; 150,000 troops were deployed in the Guanzhong area, and several troops were deployed from Xiangyang to Hefei.
An important town with a thousand-mile defense line and only one hundred thousand troops.
At this moment, there may not even be 30,000 troops in Luoyang City, and the entire Wei Dynasty is facing the dilemma of "although the country is large, there are no soldiers available".
Facing Shu's aggressive offensive, Sima Yi was helpless.
The trend of strength and weakness has been reversed, and now Wei is very passive.
"Position" is unclear and difficult to define accurately, but everyone can feel it. When one party has "Position", even if its military strength is at a disadvantage, it will be difficult to lose a war.
In the same way, when the "power" is not on our side, even if we have more troops than our opponents, it will be difficult to win a war.
What's next? Fight to the death with the Shu army and eliminate every last soldier, or retreat to Chang'an and defend the fortified city?
Sima Yi fell into deep thought.
On the other side, the Shu army camp.
All the generals gathered together.
Zhuge Liang stood on the commander's position with his hands behind his back, his head raised and his eyes closed, with a look of hatred that iron cannot be transformed into steel.
Wei Yan half-knelt in the handsome tent with his head lowered, his heart sinking.
Before that, he took a shortcut and intercepted Yang Yi at the entrance of Xiegu Zhange Road. Just as he was secretly feeling proud, he suddenly saw flames rising to the sky from the north and shouts shaking the ground. Yang Yi urged the army to turn back and attack the Wei army.
Wei Yan was shocked and sent people to find out what was going on. It was found that Zhuge Liang was not dead and was leading his army to surround Sima Yi.
After hearing the news, Wei Yan's head thundered and the sky fell.
At the moment, I didn't dare to have any more unnecessary thoughts, so I obediently led my troops to see Zhuge Liang and apologized.
Wei Yan had no second option at all.
After learning that Zhuge Liang was not dead, most of his soldiers fled on the spot and defected to Yang Yi's command.
