Chapter 58 Everyone has their own plans for the empty city (please vote for me!)
On the other side, after Sima Yi defeated Zhuge Liang, he easily regained Chencang and was summoned by Cao Rui, the leader of Wei, who rewarded him greatly.
At that time, the Battle of Xiabian was over. Cao Rui saw that Zhuge Liang's army had exhausted its supplies and thought that it would take at least half a year or more for the latter to raise supplies. He expected that he would not return to the north within this period, so he ordered Sima Yi to rest for a while and then return. They were stationed in Nanyang to prevent Soochow from taking advantage of the opportunity to attack.
More than half a month passed in a flash.
On this day, Sima Yi was waiting for the unified army to march to Nanyang. Suddenly he heard that there was a change in Longyou. Zhuge Liang's army was stationed in Xiabian and sent troops to Xi County with the intention of Yinping and Wudu counties.
Cao Rui urgently ordered Sima Yi, together with Xin Pi, Sun Li, Wang Shuang and other generals, to lead an army of 50,000 to Longyou to help Zhang He.
After Sima Yi received the order, he immediately led Sima Shi and Sima Zhao's two sons to accompany the army. They left Guanzhong and headed west, went straight to Shanggui, and set up camp. He called his two sons to the tent to discuss matters.
At that time, Sima Shi was already twenty-one years old, and Sima Zhao was only eighteen years old. Both of them were young children in Qingyishui.
Sima Yi wanted to train his second son, so he told the recent situation in Longnan to test the two sons.
"Xixian County is an important area for our army to store grain, with tens of thousands of stones of grain and grass in it."
"Zhuge Liang is a cautious man in his life and will never go out unprepared. He retreated last time because of running out of food. It has only been more than half a month so far. Even if he can raise food and grass, it will not be much."
"Since there is not much food and grass, I don't expect that the number of soldiers and horses he will command this time will not exceed 30,000."
"He is sending troops to Xiabian now. He will first come to capture Xi County, seize my food and grass for the army, and block the way for my army to come to help. If he captures Xi County, he will divide his troops into three groups. One army will capture Jianwei, and he will lure Zhang He to split his troops. Rescue; one army ambushes them on the way, and the other army takes Xi County lightly."
"This plan is Zhuge Liang's attempt to deceive Zhang He, who is unprepared."
"My father had previously sent an order to Zhang He to guard the West County. If he heard that Jianwei was in trouble, not to come to the rescue. He also ordered Sun Li and Xinbi to lead their troops to rescue Jianwei. If they encountered Shu soldiers, they would attack them head-on. But what happened? The messenger was a step too late, Zhang He had already fallen into the trap and was defeated, and retreated into Jianwei City."
"Xixian County may have fallen into Zhuge Liang's hands at this moment."
After saying that, Sima Yi looked around his two sons with a look of consideration in his eyes: "Now that our army is here, where do you two think we should attack from?"
Sima Shi thought for a while and said: "Father, why not attack Xi County directly? If Xi County is lost, we can take advantage of the Shu army's unstable foothold to recapture the city."
Sima Yi nodded and looked at his second son.
Sima Zhao said: "Father, what my brother said is absolutely true."
"If our army captures Xi County, we can cut off the retreat of the Shu army that besieged Jianwei to the west; we can directly cut off the retreat to the south and cut off the Shu army's food route. If this happens in less than a month, the Shu army will be in chaos without food. Then Zhuge Liang You will also be trapped by me in the land of Longyou, and you will be captured without any help."
Sima Yi was greatly relieved when he heard this, and he nodded repeatedly: "Although the plan is complete, Zhuge Liang is very unpredictable. The number of 30,000 soldiers and horses is only an inference for his father's family, and it cannot be determined accurately. Now my army is rushing to the west. The county should be divided into two teams, the front team is the front team, and the two of you lead the troops as the rear team. The two sides take care of each other. Follow the road and look out from a distance. If there is no ambush on the way, you can go straight in. If so, If you are careless, you will fall into Zhuge Liang's plan."
The second son accepted the plan and divided his troops and horses and left.
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On the west county town.
The big flags of "Zhuge" and "Han" were fluttering in the wind and making a hunting sound.
All the civil servants of the Shu army were beaming with joy and praised Zhuge Liang for being a god with his troops, defeating Zhang He with a snap of his fingers, and taking the city easily.
Jianwei is also under siege by three armies and is about to fall.
In addition, after the Shu army captured Xi County, they also seized more than 60,000 stones of military rations in the city, enough to feed an army of 30,000 people for two months.
How could they not be happy with the three blessings?
Zhuge Liang also looked happy and was about to play a piece of music to express his happiness.
So there was a scene of everyone going upstairs.
The prime minister is a great musician.
That piano playing... sounds great!
They want to hear it!
Everyone was in high spirits, but Ma Su was the only one holding his hands and falling behind the civil servants with a worried look on his face. He hesitated to speak several times.
In Xixian County, all his subordinates were civil servants and there were only two thousand soldiers... All this information gathered together made his heart beat wildly for no reason, making him feel uneasy.
I wanted to simulate the process and take precautions in advance, but I was limited by the fact that I was not the commander and could not simulate the process accurately. Every time I simulated the scene, I would have nothing to do in the next ten days.
After wasting 5 stability points and gaining nothing, Ma Su looked at the remaining 8 stability points and gave up the struggle with a look of pain on his face.
It was only then that he realized that the simulator could only accurately simulate the process when he was the leader.
In system terms: [Can a follower civil servant decide the direction of the battle? So what is there to simulate? 】
【Just follow the big troops.】
[If a large army survives, you will live; if a large army dies, you will die.]
Zhuge Liang, who was extremely insightful, noticed something was wrong with Ma Su, and was about to ask him something. Suddenly, a scout rushed up to the tower and gasped:
"Prime Minister, Sima Yi's army has arrived eighty miles away from the north of the county. It is coming very fast. The dust on the road covers the sky and the sun. I don't know how many people there are."
Hearing this, Zhuge Liang's expression did not change, he was shocked and said to himself: "Sima Yi came so fast!"
"Now he is heading straight to the West County. He will surely come for food and grass in the city."
"Xixian County is now an empty city. There are only civil servants and more than 2,000 soldiers in the city. These more than 2,000 soldiers are still transporting food downstairs. For a time, fighting and retreat were impossible."
"What should I do?"
Zhuge Liang frowned and thought about it over and over. Suddenly he saw Yao Qin not far away, and he immediately became concerned.
As soon as Ma Su saw Zhuge Liang's eyes, he knew something was going to happen, so he quickly pushed to the front and advised:
"Prime Minister, you can't stay here for long, abandon the city and leave!"
Zhuge Liang glanced to the north, where he could vaguely see the dust coming from the sky, then shook his head and said in a voice that only two people could hear: "It's too late, we can't leave."
"All the generals are gone, and there are only civil servants and more than a thousand soldiers in the city. If you abandon the city and leave, you will be captured by Sima Yi within a short distance."
Ma Di hurriedly patted his chest and said, "I know how to use force to protect the Prime Minister. Let's go quickly!"
"you?"
Why are you, a civil servant, causing trouble here?... Zhuge Liang glanced at Ma Di and shook his head: "No, please get the piano quickly."
Empty city plan?
No way!
Die, die!
Ma Di's heart dropped for a moment. He thought that after the previous two Northern Expeditions were merged into one, the course of the war had been changed and the empty city strategy would not happen again.
Unexpectedly, what was supposed to come finally came.
Can't hide!
Snapped!
Ma Su gave himself a big mouth gently, reached into his arms, tightly grasped the Dou Zhuan Xing Shifting Order, and secretly made up his mind, as long as he saw any sign of Sima Yi's army attacking the city, he would immediately chant the spell and return to the three
Hours before, and then ran away with Zhuge Liang on his back.
So scary!
In the empty city plan he knew, Sima Yi came with an army of 150,000.
As for Xi County, there are only one or two thousand soldiers at the moment.
This number of soldiers is almost zero.
As we all know, the nature of the game changes when only a bare crystal is left in the Highlands.
In the same way, when there is only one polished coach left in the city, the nature of the war will be different.
The way to die depends only on the other person's thoughts.
No matter how cautious Sima Yi was, he could still afford the loss of sending a small group of troops into the city to explore.
When he thought of the consequences of the empty city plan being discovered... Ma Di's scalp went numb and he shuddered.
Since coming to this era, he has never been as panicked as he is today.
But he is not the commander-in-chief, and things will not change according to his will.
Zhuge Liang quickly set up the Yaoqin and said to everyone: "Hide all the banners and flags; all soldiers are guarding the city. They are not allowed to enter or leave rashly, and they are not allowed to speak loudly. If there is any violation, they will be killed without mercy!"
"Immediately open the city gates and have twenty soldiers pretending to be civilians to clean the streets. If the Wei soldiers arrive, don't panic. I have a clever plan to repel the enemy."
Seeing that Zhuge Liang looked calm from beginning to end, although everyone knew that Sima Yi's army was coming, they did not panic and each took orders to make arrangements.
Zhuge Liang also selected two handsome-looking soldiers to dress up as piano boys and wait on his left and right. He straightened his clothes and solemnized his face, and sat leaning on the railing in front of the building in the city to play the piano, waiting quietly for the arrival of Sima Yi's army.
In a short while, when the dust was flying, 20,000 Wei soldiers rushed to the city gate and saw the city gate wide open. On the flagpoles on the left and right sides of the city, two large flags were hung, with the two characters "Zhuge" written on them, fluttering in the wind.
A person's name, a tree's shadow.
Who Zhuge Liang is and whether he is ruthless or not is known to every Wei soldier who has ever fought against him.
Such a strange scene in the city made all the Wei soldiers dare not enter, so they hurriedly stopped their advance and reported to Sima Yi.
Sima Yi stood out from the crowd and looked into the city from the distance. He saw a man sitting on the tower with a smile, burning incense and playing the piano. The faint sound flowed out like a trickle, which was refreshing to the heart and lungs.
Looking downstairs at the city gate, there were more than 20 people who saw the army approaching and did not panic. They were sweeping the streets with their heads down as if there was no one around.
There was even a group of herding people driving their sheep out.
He didn't take the tens of thousands of troops seriously at all.
Very brave.
This situation made Sima Yi very suspicious and hesitant for a moment.
At this time, Sima Division and Sima Zhao arrived with 30,000 rear troops.
Sima Shi rode forward, looked at the city tower and said to Sima Yi: "Father, Zhuge Liang must have no soldiers, and he is pretending to be like this. I think it is better to attack the city!"
"Yes, father, fight in!" Sima Zhao echoed in a tight voice.
"Don't act rashly!" Sima Yi shook his head to stop his two sons, and said in a deep voice: "Don't you know the art of war: when you are weak, you will be weak, and when you are strong and soft, the strange will be strange again."
"Listen to this clanging sound, it's like the waves crashing on the shore, the wind blowing the clouds, and there seems to be millions of heroes at your fingertips!"
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