Although several boats sank in the process of crossing the river, which also caused some soldiers to die at the bottom of the river, this did not shake Sima Yi's determination to cross the river, and in his opinion, such a small casualty cost and the morale of the entire team were simply not enough to compare.

With a big war imminent, boosting the morale of the army is the most important thing.

If even a raging Yellow River cannot be defeated, then how can this army take on the task?

Sima Yi personally took the ferry and crossed the Yellow River in the stormy seas.

The old commander can still be brave and fearless, but how can the whole army cower, so when crossing the river, the original daunting Yellow River has become a crowd of people rushing to cross at this moment, and the momentum of the whole team seems to be higher than the Yellow River.

Sima Yi wants this effect, he has led the army to fight for many years, and he still has his own methods in motivating morale, in fact, the method of motivating morale is also very simple, that is, to take the lead, dare to be the first, when a master general is not afraid of hardships and dangers to stand up, it is more effective than the verbal encouragement of any agitator.

The composition of this army is relatively complex, including the descendants of the Sima family, the Chinese army that has just been annexed, and the army that has been temporarily transferred from the surrounding states and counties.

There is no time to integrate, and there is no time to practice, after a short assembly, he hurriedly embarked on the journey, but Sima Yi is confident, many years of experience in leading the army made him calm, in terms of inspiring the morale of the army and improving combat effectiveness, Sima Yi has his own unique method.

On this expedition, Sima Yi took Sima Shi with him, and left Sima Zhao in Beijing to guard the town, after all, staying in Luoyang is also an extremely important errand, and Sima Yi must make arrangements.

Although the inexperienced Sima Zhao is not the best candidate, now Sima Yi is also relatively helpless, and among the descendants of the lineage, I am afraid that only Sima Zhao can be used.

This makes Sima Yi especially miss the third brother Sima Fu who has just passed away, if he is still alive, then the heavy responsibility of staying in Luoyang only needs to be handed over to him, and Sima Yi does not need to worry about the rear at all.

Now letting Sima Zhao serve as the Luoyang guard will inevitably make Sima Yi a little worried, but he arranged for Situ Gaorou and Guanglu doctor Wang Su to assist Sima Zhao, one of these two people is a close friend that Sima Yi can trust, and the other is Sima Zhao's father-in-law, with the two of them to assist, I believe that Sima Zhao can stabilize the overall situation in Luoyang.

After crossing the Yellow River, Sima Yi joined forces with the army that had been stationed in Hanoi, and he came to Wen County, where he saw the almost empty city, and could not help but feel a lot of emotion.

Sima Yi was born in Wen County, grew up in Wen County, and pretended to be sick in order to refuse Cao Cao's expedition when he was young, and he lay down in his hometown in Wen County for seven years, so to speak, Wen County carried his best memories.

And now, Cao Liang forcibly relocated the people in Hanoi to annex the state, causing Wen County to almost become an empty city, with dilapidated houses, broken walls, and only a piece of scorched earth remained, which shows how tyrannical Cao Liang's methods are, and it has obviously become Sima Yi's responsibility to move the people of the Sima family and the people of Hanoi back.

Sima Yi planned to attack Shangdang in three ways, and the west route led by Hu Zun and Wang Jing led 30,000 horses and horses into Hedong County, from Anyi to the east, crossed Wangwu Mountain, and took Yang'a directly. The eastern route led by Chen Tai and Hu Fen led 20,000 horses from Jizhou, passed through Yangguban, and went straight to Huguan.

In the middle road, Sima Yi personally led an army of 100,000 people, went north through Shimen Pass, and went straight to Gaodu.

Among the three routes, there is no doubt that Sima Yi's middle route army is the main force of the northern expedition and annexation of the state, while the east and west roads are more of a leading role.

Sima Yi believed that although the Bingzhou Army had been operating the Shangdang defense line for many years, under the siege of such a three-way army, it would be possible to easily destroy the defense line of the Bingzhou Army and go straight to Jinyang.

The reason why he mobilized 150,000 troops at one time was to strive to solve the problem of merging states in the shortest possible time, so that it could not only solve the problem of merging states, but also deter other separatist forces, so that they would not dare to act rashly and recklessly.

And if the war drags on for a long time, the situation will become extremely unfavorable, let alone return home.

This is destined to be a battle that can only be won and not defeated, and there is not even a chance of a draw, Sima Yi has fought for so many years, and this time he really feels a lot of pressure.

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Also under the pressure of the mountain is Cao Liang, when Sima Yi personally led an army of 150,000 to attack, the entire party was in an uproar.

Cao Liang's Shangdang defense line is not much of a problem to resist the attack of an army of less than 100,000, but if there is an army of more than 100,000, the pressure of the entire defense line is naturally conceivable.

Sima Yi is so heavy on the border, it is obvious that he is determined to win the state, Cao Liang is also unable to retreat this time, he must rise up and fight, although the disparity between the strength of the enemy and us is quite huge, but Cao Liang is also confident to fight this battle.

Cao Liang's biggest reliance is the right time, place and people, these three elements are all in the hands of the Bingzhou army, even if Sima Yi is menacing, Cao Liang may not be afraid of him.

Although Cao Liang has been away from Bingzhou for more than a year, the defense of Bingzhou has never been relaxed, and under the auspices of Deng Ai Shibao Yanghu, the entire defense system of the Shangdang can be called impregnable.

This big war will be the moment to truly test the party's defense line, and this battle will also change the pattern of the world.

Huan Fan returned from Yanzhou and did an excellent job of convincing Ling Hu Yu, but Cao Liang knew that Wang Ling, an old fox, would never act rashly until he got the benefits, so the battle of annexing the state would also be crucial, and only by defeating or severely injuring Sima Yi would Wang Ling make a move.

As long as the north and the south act at the same time, I believe that Sima Yi will be overwhelmed and will not be able to respond.

The war was imminent, Cao Liang was not worried about his mother, wife and children, so he decided to move them to Jinyang, Jinyang is far away from the front line, it will be safe for the time being, and only if the party is lost, Jinyang will be endangered.

After arriving in Jinyang, Wang Ji, the assassin of Bingzhou, will also take care of them, and Cao Liang, who is not restrained, can also better devote himself to the battle.