Sima Yi's slightly closed eyes suddenly opened, his eyes were scorching, and he said in a deep voice: "Is this news accurate?" ”

Hu Zundao: "This news was sent by Anfeng Taishou Wangji to break through and deliver it on a special trip, which is very reliable. ”

Sima Yi bowed slightly, since it was a message sent by An Feng Taishou to ask for help, it would not be fake, after all, An Feng City was there, Sima Yi only needed to send someone to verify it, and he could know the authenticity of this news.

Scout probing has certain limitations, that is, it can listen to fixed targets in more detail, and for those that are moving or hidden, it is often difficult to grasp.

Anfeng City is there, whether it is attacked or not is actually very simple, just send a few scouts to cross the Huai River to reconnoitre, it is clear.

But the Wu army went out this time, but there were 200,000 horses, except for the 20,000 people who disturbed Jingzhou, the Wu army was in Huainan, but it was a whole army of 180,000, and with an army of 180,000, to attack a city with only 8,000 defenders, no matter how you look at it, it is a joke.

Of course, Sima Yi didn't believe that all the main forces of the Wu army would attack an Anfeng city, but as for the Wu army that withdrew from Shouchun and Yiyang, the scouts of the Wei army did not find any trace of them, as if the more than 100,000 troops had evaporated from the world out of thin air.

Sima Yi said in a deep voice: "Doesn't Wu have three lines of soldiers and horses, except for the one that attacked An Feng, where are the remaining two roads of men and horses now?" ”

Hu Zun's face was embarrassed, and he said: "It was the Zhuge Ke Department of the Wu Army that attacked An Feng, and the other two Zhuge Jin Department and Quan Cong Department are not known for the time being. ”

Sima Yi didn't move, and said indifferently: "Since the other party intends to hide his whereabouts, how can he easily let you find out, it seems that Sun Quan's appetite is quite big this time, and what he wants is far more than the three counties of Huainan, he wants to swallow my 100,000 army in one bite." ”

All the generals were stunned, although Wu sent an army of 200,000, but Wei also stationed at least more than 100,000 troops on the southern front, plus the 100,000 troops from this reinforcement, the strength of the two sides was basically equal.

In a war, it is normal for each other to win and lose, but in the case of equal forces, it is almost a whimsical thing to want to completely annihilate the other side, unless the leader is mentally retarded and makes an unforgivable mistake, it is difficult to annihilate the whole army.

The Battle of Chibi was almost the worst defeat of Cao Cao, but Cao's army lost Jingzhou, but it was a year later, and since then, Wei and Wu have fought each other many times, and even several times are major battles in which both sides have invested hundreds of thousands of horses, but there has never been a situation where the entire army was almost wiped out.

Among them, the battle of Shiting that Wei lost the worst, but only lost more than 10,000 horses, Sima Yi said that Sun Quan's plan this time was very big, and he wanted to annihilate the Wei army.

Hu Zundao: "Dadu Governor, Anfeng is surrounded by heavy enemy troops, and he is in danger, please ask Dadu Governor to send troops immediately to rescue Anfeng, I am afraid that the city will fall later." ”

Sima Yi still said quietly: "The art of war is cloudy, ten are to surround it, five to attack it, and multiple is to divide it, the Wu army has only 50,000 siegers, and An Feng has 8,000 defenders, and there are not ten times the number, and An Feng has a strong fortress, and it will not be difficult to hold on for a while." The top priority at the moment is to find out where the main force of the Wu army is and their real plans! ”

Sima Yi has always had authority in the army, and this authority was not imposed, but the result of Sima Yi's years of fighting, and he had no last resort, and the generals were convinced.

In Sima Yi's view, the sudden withdrawal of the Wu army from the troops besieging Shouchun, Lu'an and Yiyang, but only besieging Anfeng City, does not seem to be a very normal thing in itself, there must be a huge conspiracy hidden behind it, and Sima Yi will definitely not act rashly without understanding the opponent's plan.

"Bring me the map!" Sima Yi commanded.

Sima Yi stared at the map, looked at it for a long time, waved his hand to summon the generals to approach, pointed to the map and said, "You can take a look, which way can you go to Anfeng?" ”

All the generals immediately came over and looked at the map, the generals present were either veterans who had been on the battlefield for a long time, or they were well-educated people who were familiar with the art of war, and they were no strangers to military maps.

Reading the map is a basic skill for the general, the most inseparable thing from the march and fighting is the map, mountains and rivers, terrain and landforms, only familiar with the geography, in order to be invincible, and a person's eyesight is limited, can not see the farther place at all, so to understand the map, familiar with the map, is for the general must master.

Under normal circumstances, Sima Yi asked, there must be several roads to choose from, these roads are far and near, flat and bumpy, and to choose the most suitable road from them, it is a test of the vision of the viewer.

But now in this map, there seems to be only one way to go from Runan to Anfeng, and there is no second road to choose.

Niu Jin was the most straightforward, and first said: "The Metropolitan Governor, according to the last general's opinion, there is no other way to go to Anfeng, only to cross the Huai River from Anfengjin to the south to Anfeng City." ”

Sima Yi smiled slightly and said to the generals: "Then do you think there are other shortcuts to be found?" ”

All the generals shook their heads, indicating that there was no other way to go.

Sima Yi said: "Since you all think that there is only one way to go to Anfeng, then Sun Quan will also think so, and unexpectedly, this road was originally arranged for us by Eastern Wu, and they rushed to attack Anfeng, just to let us go south from this road to rescue Anfeng." ”

Niu Jin suddenly realized and said, "What does the Metropolitan Governor mean that the Wu people will set up an ambush on this road and prepare to ambush us?" ”

As soon as they heard Niu Jin say this, the generals also understood that there was a mystery in daring Sima Yi's questioning.

Sima Yi said indifferently: "Since the Wu people have such a plan, then you can take a look again, where is it more likely that they will set up an ambush?" ”

This time, Sima Yi's problem has some depth, from Runan to Anfeng, there are nearly two hundred miles away, if the Wu army wants to ambush the Wei army halfway, it will inevitably choose the most suitable location.

The most ideal place for ambush warfare is canyons, passes, mountains, forests, rivers and other dangerous areas, and from Runan to Anfeng, the terrain is complex, it seems that many places are suitable for ambushes, but which one is the most suitable, this is a little difficult to stop the generals.