As soon as dawn came, Sima Jun launched an attack, and the damn drum beat made them sleepless at all, and many Sima soldiers were eager to rush up at this moment and smash those broken drums to pieces.

However, the strange thing is that the Sima army has already entered the range of the bow and arrow of the Bingzhou army, but it has not shot half an arrow as before, you must know that in the past few days, as long as the Sima army approaches this distance, it will be attacked by random arrows like locusts, without exception.

But today, the stone wall was always quiet, and not even a single figure could be seen, except for the messy drumbeat, and no sound could be heard.

Chen Qian, who was in charge of commanding the battle, couldn't help but be confused, if something was abnormal, he would be a demon, could it be that this was a conspiracy of the state army? Chen Qian ordered the army to suspend the attack and stand by, and first sent a death squad to find out the situation.

The death squad immediately rushed forward, and when they climbed over the stone wall, they did not meet any resistance, and when they crossed the stone wall, they found a strange scene: dozens of prisoners of war of the Sima army lined up, their eyes covered with black cloths, were beating the war drums vigorously, and around them, there was no one to see the state soldiers.

After Sima Shi got the news, he rushed to the Shimen Pass in a hurry, and the dozens of prisoners of war stood in front of the war drums with their heads drooping, looking a little at a loss.

The golden cicada is out of its shell! Damn, I actually fell into the plan of the golden cicada of the Bingzhou Army, no wonder the war drums at night kept beating, and the original Bingzhou Army stationed at Shimen Pass bewildered Sima Jun and fled.

Sima Shi couldn't help but be hateful, the reason why the Bingzhou army fled, it must be the end of the strong crossbow, and the strength could not be supported, if he didn't relax last night and kept attacking, he would definitely be able to break through the defense line of the Bingzhou army, in that case, how could he allow the Bingzhou army to easily escape?

Although Sima Shi's soldiers took Shimen Pass bloodlessly, they were played by Du Pre, which made Sima Shi very unhappy and angry, and killed all the dozens of prisoners of war who served as drummers, of course, on the charge of collaborating with the enemy.

When those prisoners of war saw Sima Jun's arrival, they thought they had finally found a savior, but they didn't expect that they would face the disaster of beheading, and they wept bitterly one by one, kneeling on the ground and begging.

Chen Qian also interceded for them, and said to Sima Shi: "The eldest prince, they are forced by the enemy, and they can't help themselves, although they are at fault, but the crime does not lead to death, why don't the eldest prince forgive them and allow them to make meritorious contributions." ”

Sima Shi said in a deep voice: "These people are greedy for life and afraid of death, and they are acting for the tiger, so what's the use of keeping them?" Slash it! ”

Sima Shi did not listen to Chen Qian's advice and insisted on executing these prisoners of war.

After killing dozens of people in a row, Sima Shi's mood was a little better, he immediately sent someone to report to Sima Yi, when he attacked Shimen Pass, Sima Yi gave him a deadline of three days, and now the time is just right, no matter how to take Shimen Pass, now Shimen Pass is indeed in the hands of Sima Shi, and it can be regarded as a blessing.

Although it is said that Shimen Pass was given up by Bingzhou on its own initiative, if it were not for Sima Shi's continuous attack and continuous high pressure, how could the Bingzhou army abandon the pass and flee, in short, Sima Shi was quite complacent about taking Shimen Pass, and reported to Sima Yi, and naturally felt that he could get Sima Yi's praise.

However, after Sima Yi got the news that Sima Shi had taken Shimen Pass, there was no joy on his face, because there were two battle reports he had just received on the several cases in front of him.

Unlike the victory at Shimen Pass, the soldiers and horses of the other two ways attacking Shangdang were hit hard, and although Chen Tai and Hu Fen on the east road escaped by luck, their men and horses stopped nine out of ten, and almost the entire army was wiped out.

However, Hu Zun and Wang Jingbu on the West Road really suffered the annihilation of the whole army, 30,000 horses, all of whom were annihilated or captured, and none of them survived, and even the leading troops Hu Zun and Wang Jing were missing, and their lives and deaths were uncertain.

In these two battles, Sima Jun almost lost nearly 50,000 horses, it can be said that since Sima Yi led the troops to fight in his life, he has never suffered such losses, and the two armies are almost all exhausted, which can be called the biggest defeat in Sima Yi's life.

In comparison, Sima Shi's victory over Shimen Pass seemed a little insignificant.

If purely from a military point of view, Sima Shi took three days to win the Shimen Pass, which is a dangerous pass, in terms of efficiency, it is still very good, but compared with Cao Liang's two consecutive annihilation battles in three days, it is really different.

Three days, the same three days, this seems to be a coincidence, but it is more like it has been arranged, it is precisely because Cao Liang has solved the east and west of Sima Jun in Shangdang, so Du Yu took the initiative to evacuate from Shimen Pass.

From this point of view, Sima Shi's victory was not obtained by his own ability, but more like a charity from others.

In this way, in the first round of the contest between Sima Yi and Cao Liang, Sima Yi lost a lot.

Originally, Sima Yi was confident in this attack and state, and this time he sacrificed a three-way army to besiege Shangdang at the same time, and attacked together, as long as the people and horses from all walks of life cooperated properly, Cao Liang's men and horses would be able to encircle and annihilate Shangdang.

But unexpectedly, Cao Liang relied on the geographical convenience to break through the east and west of Sima Jun.

It stands to reason that Sima Yi's selection of all the main generals this time is a person he trusts very much, Chen Tai of the East Road, the son of Chen Qun, not only has a close relationship with the Sima family, but also has outstanding ability, has always served as a guerrilla general, and is a member of the Chinese army.

And Hu Zun on the West Road is Sima Yi's confidant, who has followed Sima Yi to fight many times, has made great achievements, and is cautious and serious, and uses troops steadily, which is the most reassuring thing for Sima Yi.

With these two generals leading the army, supplemented by Hu Fen and Wang Jing, two rising stars, Sima Yi certainly has reason to believe that they will perform well.

It's a pity that these four people who made Sima Yi have high hopes did not bring him any surprises, but the bad news continued, Chen Tai Hu Fen still picked up a life and came back, but Hu Zun and Wang Jing were lost in the chaos, and their lives and deaths were uncertain.

This Cao Liang, is it really that terrible?

Before this attack, Sima Yi was already fully prepared, he had never despised Cao Liang, it was precisely because he attached great importance to this opponent that Sima Yi waited for two months, made the most adequate preparations, and gathered an army of 150,000 troops, and then embarked on the journey, pointing at the annexation of the state.