Sima Yi, the governor of Yongliang in Wei Dynasty, who had just returned from an inspection of the wheat fields, sent away his retinue and subordinates, and sat alone in front of the desk, squinting at the military report that had just been sent from the Luoyang Temple and Emperor Cao Rui's advice.
Because the thief Wu sent troops.
This is to be expected. Since the alliance between Ni Shu and the bandit Wu, whenever there is a war in the northwest, Jiangdong will also raise troops to invade, and the strategy has hardly changed.
On the Jingxiang front, Lu Xun and Zhuge Jin, who were stationed in Wuchang, entered the Han River with about 10,000 troops and set out from Xiakou to encircle Jiangxia. Zhu Ran, who was guarding Jiangling, also led 5,000 troops northward to enter the Han River, intending to contain the reinforcements from Xiangyang and Fancheng. Jiangxia.
On the Huaiyou side, Wang Ling, the governor of Yangzhou, once again received a letter asking for surrender.
The person who wrote the letter asking for surrender was actually Xu Kai, the son of Jiangdong hero Xu Sheng!
The letter stated that since his father's death, he, as a Langya native, had been ostracized by the powerful Jiangdong families. He also saw that Sun Quan had always treated the descendants of meritorious officials who were not native to Wu, such as Zhou Yu, Gan Ning, etc., who were all exiled, so he was heartbroken. He was uneasy, fearing that one day he would be framed by traitors and fall into the same trap. He decided to imitate Han Dang's son, Han Zong, who abandoned the secrets and turned to the bright side. He sent his troops to surrender, but he asked Wang Ling to send troops to support him.
When Sima Yi saw this, he immediately sneered.
First there was Zhou Li, then Sun Bu, and now there is Xu Kai. Does Sun Quan really know how to cheat to surrender food marrow?
Naturally, Wang Ling did not fall into the trap again this time.
And it is rare to ignore the previous bad relationship with Man Chong and make plans together.
This time, Man Chong didn't even bother to reply falsely or give in.
He directly ordered all ministries to tighten defense and wait for Sun Quan's army to invade. He also hung the heads of those who came to surrender with Xu Sheng's letter of surrender on the city of Hefei to show his disdain for Jiangdong's plot.
What happened after that was just as it should be.
Sun Quan personally supervised an army of more than 60,000 people, claiming that an army of 100,000 people entered Chaohu Lake and headed for Hefei New City. However, seeing Man Chong and Wang Ling clearing the country, they never got off the ship to attack on land.
As for Sun Shao, the prefect of Wu Guangling, and Zhang Cheng, the deputy general, about eight thousand troops entered the Huaihe River Basin.
The military report ends here.
The letter written by Cao Rui was based on the fact that Sima Yi had previously supervised the battle in Jingzhou and asked whether to increase the number of troops in Jingxiang. The reason was that the ministers of the court, such as Jiang Ji, Sun Zi and others, believed that it was necessary to prevent the rebels from Shu and the thief Wu from attacking Jingzhou together.
Such a reason may seem a bit bizarre.
Sun Wu clearly sent a large army out of Huaiyou, and Jingxiang was just attacking with more than ten thousand troops. How could he put the cart before the horse and not rush to aid Shouchun, but instead asked whether to increase troops in Jingxiang? Moreover, he had been waging war against Shu for several years, and now he has just Having completely occupied Liangzhou, when it was urgent to recuperate and restore people's livelihood, how could they raise troops and attack with the bandit Wu?
But Sima Yi thought it was very reasonable.
Without him, if Ni Shu can send out troops, if he can attract the army stationed in Guanzhong into Jingxiang and neutralize Wei's upcoming offensive on Hexi, it will be the success of "encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao". It is also inevitable to fight war, so why should Ni Wei Why not move the battlefield from Hexi to Jingxiang so that the people's livelihood under the rule will not be disturbed?
Furthermore, the thief Wu went up against the Han River to attack Xiangyang and Fancheng, and against Shu sent troops from Hanzhong County to attack Shangyong County. They advanced in two directions. With the strength of the Wei State garrisoned in Jingxiang now, it is really impossible to deal with it calmly.
In other words, judging from the terrain of Hanzhong County and Dongsan County, if Ni Shu were to march out along the Mian River and through the Golden Gorge, he would have violated the military taboo of "it is easy to advance but difficult to retreat", and it would be equivalent to a desperate move.
Failure to win means defeat!
But Sima Yi thought otherwise.
He is still puzzled by the fact that when he attacked Mengda in the past, the entire Zhoutai army was wiped out!
In fact, with the frequent wars between Han and Wei in recent years, he also knew that Zhou Tai was now serving against Shu.
Moreover, after coming to Guanzhong, the governor of Yongliang Army, he personally wrote a letter and sent it to the Shu army garrison, asking them to forward it to Zhoutai on his behalf.
Zhou Tai replied.
But if you just blindly claim that you have been unworthy of his esteemed favor, you will definitely be repaid with a grass ring in the next life.
Not even a word was mentioned about the past battles, how he was captured, why he rebelled against Wei and surrendered to Shu, etc.
It also made Sima Yi pick out one or two strange things from Zhongpin.
If it had not been for military secrets, Zhou Tai would have spoken in detail to preserve old feelings. Zhuge Liang, the Prime Minister of Shu, was not a narrow-minded person and would definitely not blame him for this.
Perhaps, even if Ni Shu sends his troops out of the three eastern counties, he will have a comprehensive strategy to return them all.
With such an assertion, Sima Yi dismissed the memorial for the time being and continued to read carefully one by one. From Luoyang, there were scattered actions related to Jiangdong this year.
For example, the rebellions in various places in Jiangdong were generally quelled.
For example, Lu Xun, who was stationed in Wuchang, returned to Jianye for more than half a month in early summer and April.
When he saw that Ni Shu had sent Zheng Pu as an envoy to Jiangdong, his eyes couldn't help but narrow up.
Although he had never interacted with Zheng Pu, regardless of whether he was the governor of Jingxiang or Yongliang, the name "Scar Pu" was now known to everyone in the Wei State.
Moreover, when he returned to Luoyang and was ordered to supervise Yongliang, he also made a special trip to visit Cao Zhen, who had already failed to take any medicine.
At that time, Cao Zhen was still sane. When he asked the commander-in-chief of Yongliang for military advice, Cao Zhen didn't say much.
say:
"Zhongda has the opportunity to learn from the forefathers and has the ability to adapt to changes. He is the best in the world! How can I have any words to teach you? But to tell you in one word, the scars of going against Shu are the biggest trouble for our Wei! Zhongda is absolutely right.
Don’t take it lightly.”
Is Wei's serious problem?
Just like in the past, the Chu sword was sharp but Qin Zhao was afraid, and Meng Ming used it but the Jin people were worried?
Sima Yi was also cautious about Cao Zhen's last words and his deep fear.
After he came to supervise Yongliang, he carefully studied the information about Zheng Pu. He also felt deeply about Zheng Pu's ruthless tactics and secretly made an assertion: "If this son is not eliminated, we, the State of Wei, will not be able to get rid of him."
It can be safe!"
Now that I saw that Zheng Pu had sent an envoy to Jiangdong before Sun Wu's troops came out, I couldn't help but have thoughts: Could it be that Ni Shu and the thief Wu really intended to raise troops in Jingxiang together?
It is extremely hot in midsummer, and there is no ice storage here like Luoyang to cool down the heat. Therefore, Sima Yi, who was stroking his hands in front of the desk and meditating, was sweating profusely after a while. He picked up the cup on the side and drank, but found that there was even water.
They were all warmed by the heat.
For no reason, I felt a wave of irritation in my heart.
It is really difficult for him to reply to Cao Rui in Luoyang whether to increase his troops in Jingxiang to prepare for emergencies.
If we increase the number of troops, it will increase the loss of Wei's military expenditure.
The two tribes of the Southern Xiongnu and the Tuoba tribe, the Xianbei, were sent to fight in the west of Hexi. The Wei State not only threatened them with troops, but also showed their kindness by rewarding them with a lot of wealth and funding a lot of weapons and supplies.
If you want to make them the vanguard soldiers, how can you not do it first?
In addition, the Wei Kingdom has suffered a lot of casualties in battles in recent years. Thousands of the Chinese troops guarding Luoyang have been sent to Jiuyuan County in Bingzhou with Xiahou Ru. The rest need to be prepared to rush to Huaiyou. If they want to increase their troops, Jing Xiang has no choice but to go from there.
Transferring troops from Guanzhong. This is also the reason why Emperor Cao Rui wrote a letter asking for advice: If several troops from Guanzhong were transferred to Jingxiang and behind the plan of "disturbing Hexi and advancing to Longyou", would it still be effective?
Sima Yi’s answer is no!
Because once troops and horses are sent from Guanzhong to Jingxiang, Ni Shu will no longer send troops, and can rest in peace.
Cao Zhen's several previous attacks on Shu proved that sending troops from Guanzhong to Longyou or Hanzhong County would be limited by the terrain and achieve twice the result with half the effort. Without the power of a large army to crush Shu, it would not be enough to deploy heavy troops against Shu. Not to mention, now known as Ten Half of the more than ten thousand troops in Guanzhong are field soldiers and newly recruited soldiers, and their combat strength is really not enough to frighten Ni Shu.
But Sima Yi did not dare to claim that there was no need to increase troops.
After all, what if something happens?
The Jingxiang front is related to Wanluo's safety, who dares to assert it so easily!
well.
Fighting on two fronts, although supported by strong national power, will inevitably lead to helplessness that affects the whole body.
He sighed quietly.
Sima Yi stacked all the military reports on the side of the case one by one, took a blank piece of cloth and spread it on the case, studied the ink carefully and prepared to write back to the emperor Cao Rui.
He didn't have much time to think.
The military situation was at a fever pitch, and the Luoyang Central Army was ready to go, and was about to rush to support Huaiyou. Coupled with the time it took to travel back and forth, he did not dare to delay in order to prevent long-term changes.
Yes, he still suggested adding more troops after all.
Without him, he would have been criticized by all the generals in Guanzhong for fearing war. If he made another mistake in Jingxiang, I am afraid that all the Gongun princes in the DPRK would criticize him.
It's better to be more cautious.
However, just when he was studying the ink and was about to write, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door.
Who dares to trespass into the important place of the military governor!
And the soldiers on duty did not stop him?
Sima Yi, who was already agitated, suddenly felt a hint of anger in his eyes.
But when he saw the person clearly, his eyes quickly softened.
The person who came was his eldest son, Master Sima.
Although Master Sima was already over 20 years old, he became famous at a young age. He was once as famous as Xia Houxuan and He Yan, and had more contacts with famous people.
Therefore, when the emperor Cao Rui issued an edict to reprimand Xiahou Xuan, and Zhuge Dan and others were dismissed from office for their pompous and ungrateful behavior, he was also implicated and has not served as an official until now. Now he is also in Guanzhong Youfufeng, because at the end of last year his wife Xia Houhui "passed away due to illness", so he traveled around various states and counties to relax, and when he entered Chang'an, he also came here to visit Sima Yi.
I saw him walking in slowly with a smile on his face and a jar in his hand held up by a hemp rope.
The jar was wet, as if it had been soaked in water.
"Master, have you disturbed my father?"
After bowing and saluting, Master Sima said with a smile, "Master saw that the weather has been unbearably hot recently, and my father's military affairs are complicated, so he asked people to soak the wine in a deep well in the early morning. It was just in time to get it to relieve my father's heat."
Not only because of his filial piety and caring, but also because Master Sima was a man of deep plans and decisive actions, so he might be able to outperform him in the future.
Therefore, when he put his pen down on the case and got some water and wine to drink from the heat, he did not stop Master Sima from opening the military newspapers stacked on the side of the case without his permission.
The eldest son will definitely become an official in the future to inherit the family name.
There was no one else in the room, and it didn't hurt to let him take a look. Quan should make up for the absence of the military governor in these years by his words and deeds.
After a while.
The cold wine passed down his throat and entered his stomach, which made Sima Yi feel that the summer heat was gone and he felt comfortable all over. He took up his pen again to write a note for Emperor Cao Rui, and even distractedly asked in an exam-oriented tone, "What does Zi Yuan think?" , how can a father remonstrate against the emperor’s evil deeds?”
"Going back to my father, I think the troops in Guanzhong cannot be dispatched."
After hearing this, Master Sima answered without thinking.
"Um?!"
As soon as these words were spoken, Sima Yi's writing hand paused again. When he turned his head to look, he saw Master Sima's calm expression and his eyes burning. He couldn't help but become more interested. He simply put the pen down on the case again and leaned on his elbow to sit opposite him. After finishing his time, he stroked his head and said, "Tell me, why can't the soldiers leave the pass?"
"promise."
Master Sima responded respectfully and carefully poured a glass of wine for his father. Then Fang Zuo said, "If you use troops from Guanzhong to increase the defense of Jingxiang and Xiangxiang, I must have had all the pros and cons of it, so I won't go into details. Master." What I mean is that there is no need to send an army to Jingxiang, and even those who are against Shu dare not send troops to disturb the three eastern counties!"
Uh~~
How could my son be so capable of subduing the enemy's army without fighting?
For a moment, Sima Yi's eyes flashed with strange color, and he praised secretly in his heart before urging, "Speak quickly!"
"promise."
After answering loudly again, Master Sima spoke out his thoughts in detail.
It turned out that he suggested that when Sima Yi went to Luoyang Temple, he should let the emperor Cao Rui choose between the upper and lower strategies.
Needless to say, the next strategy was to mobilize troops from Guanzhong into Jingxiang.
The best strategy is to hide the truth from the sky and cross the sea.
On the grounds that the Chinese army in Luoyang was about to rush to the Huaiyou battlefield, Emperor Cao Rui was asked to send his troops out of Luoyang and detach a detachment of about 5,000 soldiers and horses to come to Jingxiang with great fanfare. However, when they reached Ye County, Nanyang County, Jingzhou, they Yi surrendered and took the straight road opened by Jia Kui of Yuzhou in the past and continued to Huaiyou to join forces with the emperor to fight Sun Quan's army together.
The clothes they changed were used to dress up the governor of Nanyang County when he sent out troops to the fields in Luyang, Yexian and Wuyin, so that they could pretend to be the central army of Luoyang and continue westward to garrison Shangyong County, making Nishu think that Wei was attacking them. The three counties in the east are already on guard.
There is no need to worry that Ni Shu or the thief Wu will see through this conspiracy.
Wherever the army passed, there were scouts covering a radius of ten miles.
No matter how carefully the two countries of Shu and Wu tried to spy on them, how could they tell the difference between the soldiers and the farmers without being able to get close enough to see the military appearance?
After roughly talking about his plan, Master Sima took a wine cup to calm his mouth and tongue, and then he spoke proudly again.
"Father, I believe that the country's strength has been depleted by the continuous military and military conquests against Shu! I also heard that Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of Shu, is cautious in nature and does not do anything to mobilize troops. If he sees that our country has superior military strength, he will not attack again. "There are five thousand soldiers at Chang'an Town near the pass. If Jing and Xiang are in urgent need, they can take the Wuguan Road from Chang'an to Nanyang County and arrive in a hurry. If Ni Shu insists on sending out troops, my father does not need to worry about Wan Luo disturbing him!"
"Great kindness!"
After hearing this, Sima Yi held up his palms and praised him. It was rare to show his intimacy. He stretched out his hand to take Sima Shi's arm and said in a very pleased tone, "My son is so good!"
Because Sima Yi was satisfied with him, and there was a tacit reason between father and son.
Because of the above-mentioned memorial to Emperor Cao Rui, Gai did not make a direct assertion, but once again advised him on the strategy to choose. The planner should first consider his body and ears - let the emperor and the princes of the government make decisions, regardless of what the Jingxiang front line will be in the future. The change is that no one will blame him.
How could he not feel so relieved to have a son like this!
