With such a large-scale military movement of the Sima Army, it was naturally impossible to hide the eyes of the Bingzhou Army, and the news quickly spread to Jinyang, and all the generals of the Bingzhou Army were shocked.

Here it comes! It's finally here!

This is a battle that has been waiting for a long time, well, that's right, waiting for this battle, and the state army has indeed been waiting for a long time, of course, it can only be waiting, not expecting, and no one wants the war to be imposed on their heads.

But war is never transferred by human will, whether you want it or not, war will come, then for all the people in the state army, anyway, sooner or later there will be a decisive battle, then they would rather the war come sooner and faster, after all, the torment of waiting, no one wants to bear.

Faced with the news that Sima Jun was about to invade, Cao Liang showed unusual calmness, indeed, Cao Liang, who had experienced countless wars, had already developed the habit of not being alarmed, not to mention, everything was in Cao Liang's calculations, surprised!

From the beginning of Sima Yi's expansion of cavalry, Cao Liang estimated that it would take him at least a year to launch a general attack, and now the time is just right, no more, no less, it is exactly one year, it seems that Sima Yi is also pinching this time to attack, compared to Cao Liang, Sima Yi is even more impatient.

Sima Yi crossed the river to the north and arrived in Hanoi, and it seems that he was still preparing to attack Shangdang County first, and after taking Shangdang, he would plot to attack Jinyang.

But at this moment, only Wang Jun's Changshui battalion was stationed in Shangdang, and with the strength of one battalion alone, it could not stop Sima Yi's 170,000 army in any case, so Pei Xiu, Fu Xuan, Lu Zhi and other strategists were a little panicked, and they came to see Cao Liang one after another, suggesting that Cao Liang quickly transfer troops to Shangdang to strengthen the defense to ensure that Shangdang was safe.

Cao Liang smiled faintly and said to Huan Fan: "What do you think of Mr. Yuan Ze?" ”

Huan Fan didn't raise his eyelids, and said slowly: "Didn't the lord have already made arrangements, why don't you say more?" ”

Cao Liang said: "Maybe Sima Yi has changed his mind again, and we have to guard against it." ”

Huan Fan snorted lightly and said: "Sima Yi is old and treacherous, and he is the best at playing this kind of trick, if he really intends to attack the party from Hanoi, why do he need to make such a big fanfare and make a big noise, looking like he is afraid that we don't know." ”

Pei Xiu listened and said suspiciously: "Master Huan thinks that Sima Yi's main attack this time is not Shangdang?" ”

Huan Fan smiled and said, "You have to ask the lord about this, the lord has a plan." ”

Pei Xiu turned his head to look at Cao Liang, and seemed to be a little puzzled, Huan Fan said that Cao Liang had a plan, wouldn't that mean that Cao Liang had already known the direction of Sima Yi's attack, but how could this be possible, Sima Yi has always used soldiers and ghosts to be unpredictable, how could Cao Liang expect it.

Although Cao Liang is not a roundworm in Sima Yi's stomach, but the way of using troops on the battlefield is traceable, Shangdang is mountainous, the terrain is complex, and it is not conducive to the large-scale operation of the cavalry.

But if the cavalry is really the main attacking force, Shangdang seems to be not very suitable for the use of troops, the last time Sima Yi marched into Shangdang, he did not achieve the desired results, but was controlled everywhere, the battle situation was quite passive, this second attack, Sima Yi was definitely unwilling to repeat the mistakes of the past, so Cao Liang discussed with Huan Fan in advance, thinking that Sima Yi was likely to change the target of the attack and no longer list Shangdang as the first choice.

In large-scale cavalry operations, the most ideal battlefield is the plain area, so a horse and a flat river can just give full play to the characteristics of cavalry galloping vertically and horizontally.

And compared to the party, Hedong seems to be more suitable.

The topography of Bingzhou is mainly mountainous, the east is the Taihang Mountain, the west is the Luliang Mountain, but between the two mountains, a river runs through the north and south, alluvial a long and narrow plain in the south, this river is Fenshui.

Hedong County is located in the lower reaches of Fenshui, while Jinyang is in the middle of Fenshui, except for a few areas of dangerous terrain, most of the areas are mainly plains, such a terrain is undoubtedly the most suitable for cavalry combat.

Therefore, Cao Liang and Huan Fan both thought that Sima Yi would probably choose to march from Hedong County and take Jinyang directly in this attack.

Moreover, from a strategic point of view, the distance from Pingyang to Jinyang, which is controlled by Sima Jun, is much closer than the distance from Hanoi to Jinyang.

Especially last year, Sima Yi sent troops to frequently use troops in the two directions of Yanbei and Weize Pass, which revealed Sima Yisheng's attempt to attack the east and west, which made Cao Liang even more careless.

In view of the possibility of Sima Yi marching from Hedong, Cao Liang also carried out the adjustment of the troops, Yanbei had the army of Youzhou to attack, Cao Liang arranged for Du Pre to lead the shooting battalion to block, Wei Ze Pass, suffered from the attack of the Jizhou army, Cao Liang arranged for the left guard battalion of Lian Hong to defend, in view of the importance of Wei Ze Pass, and Lu Zhao was like a mad dog to constantly harass, so Cao Liang sent Liu Jing to lead the right guard battalion to assist in the defense of Leping, to ensure that Wei Ze Pass is foolproof.

The Changshui Battalion, on the other hand, remained in Shangdang to prevent Sima Jun from launching a sneak attack on Shangdang from Hanoi.

In this way, four of the six major infantry battalions of the Bingzhou Army served as the defense task in the north, southeast, and southeast, and now the remaining mobility capacity is only the three major cavalry battalions, Yanghu's infantry battalion, and Ma Long's first battalion.

If Sima Jun really has to go north from Hedong County, it is really difficult to say whether the 50,000 troops deployed in the Jinzhong area can stop the army of more than 100,000.

For this speculation, Cao Liang has always been a relatively firm attitude, otherwise he would not have arranged only the Changshui battalion to guard in Shangdang, especially the three cavalry battalions, basically all deployed around Jinyang, initially it may have been due to the need to equip new harness, but later, their garrison location has never changed, obviously, Cao Liang firmly believes that Sima Yi will definitely be killed from Hedong County.

However, judging from the current situation, it seems that the situation is not too optimistic, Sima Yi's army crossed the Yellow River and almost all gathered in Hanoi County, and there is no sign of moving to Hedong County.