The daily march of nearly 100 miles was a heavy burden for the infantry, and the armor and ordnance alone were already heavy, and the Metropolitan Governor Sima Yi stipulated that each soldier must also carry seven days' rations, such a burden was simply a nightmare for the Wei infantry.

And during the march, the rations carried are not for eating, they are spare military rations, which can only be eaten during the battle or when the logistics support is interrupted.

Such a high-intensity march is to ensure that the army can be put into the Huainan front line in the shortest possible time, because the troops from Luoyang, all the way to Huainan, the areas passed through are in the hinterland of Wei, there is no need to worry about encountering the enemy's ambush.

Therefore, Sima Yi did not care about the military strength, and doubled the way, and it only took more than ten days to rush from Luoyang to Runan, which was already a stone's throw away from the front line of the Huai River.

This is not Sima Yi's first trick to play the double way, when Meng Da rebelled in the new city, after Sima Yi heard the news, he quickly marched and doubled the way, originally Meng Da thought that Sima Zhongda could come in a month, it only took eight days, it was already a soldier in the city, caught off guard, Meng Da was captured, and the whole army was destroyed.

Sima Yi is experienced in this area, and he has mastered the fire of the stove with great priority, and this time Huainan is urgent, Sima Yi naturally did not dare to delay, and went all out to rush to the rescue.

However, after arriving in Runan, Sima Yi immediately lowered the speed of the march, which was not far from the front line, in order to prevent a possible sneak attack by the Wu army, Sima Yi naturally did not dare to disregard the military strength, and consumed the physical strength and energy of the soldiers on the march, in case of a night attack by the enemy, the Wei soldiers who were extremely overdrawn in physical strength may not even have the strength to fight.

Sima Yi will not create any chance for the enemy.

However, for Cao Liang, there is no burden, even if it is a hundred miles of march a day and there are war horses under it, it is not a big deal, and he does not feel tired at all.

This is Cao Liang's first expedition in his life, he has seen and learned a lot of things, as a member of the army, his main responsibility is to help the general Xiahou Xuan deal with all kinds of official documents and letters, but because Xiahou Xuan's status has changed from the main general to the deputy general, relatively speaking, he needs to deal with much less official documents, Cao Liang has traveled all the way, but it is a lot more relaxed.

However, although the position is leisurely, but Cao Liang does not let himself be idle, every day when marching, he has to observe the army's marching array and the details of the camping and garrisoning, these are the places that need him to learn, in all fairness, Sima Yi is impeccable in these aspects, whether it is marching or camping, it is well organized and quite orderly.

A good fighter has no outstanding achievements, a successful general, not to say what feats and honors he has achieved in his life, but in every bit, he can achieve perfection and perfection.

In this regard, Cao Liang still has a lot to learn, and there is still a long way to go, although he regards Sima Yi as his lifelong enemy, but in some aspects, he also has to regard Sima Yi as a teacher, because from Sima Yi, he can learn a lot of things.

Teaching the enemy's long skills to control the enemy, Cao Liang greedily learns everything, all the things that are beneficial, and the things that are helpful to his own growth, Cao Liang does not let go.

On this expedition, before he came into contact with the enemy, Cao Liang had already learned a lot, and it was really worth the trip.

After arriving in Runan, he was about to be put into the battlefield, and Cao Liang had more expectations in his heart, the real battle was about to start, and this would be the first war he had experienced.

Before Sima Yi arrived at the Huainan front, the scouts he sent out were already active and constantly passing back the news from the front.

The scout is a pair of eyes of the army, can see everything that is happening in front of the army, the general leader, the role of the scout is limited to reconnaissance, the range of reconnaissance is ten to twenty miles around, to determine whether the other side has set up an ambush in this area, to provide safe information for the march of the army.

But as Sima Yi's scouts, it was much harder, the range of their reconnaissance was not only increased tenfold, Sima Yi had not yet arrived at the Huai River, and he could already see everything in Huainan and know everything well.

The army was encamped in Runan, and Sima Yi quickly got the latest information brought by the scouts, and the Wu army's previous siege of Shouchun, Lu'an, and Yiyang troops suddenly withdrew and disappeared.

Changshi Chen Guihe said: "Taifu Wei is famous, Wu Shun fled without a fight, I am afraid that at this moment it is already a rat fleeing south, Taifu soldiers are bloodless, and they have relieved the siege of the three counties of Huainan, which is gratifying." ”

Xiahou Xuan sneered and said, "The enemy situation is unknown, how do you know that the Wu army fled without a fight?" Maybe this is a conspiracy of the Wu people? ”

Chen Gui said unconvinced: "I'm afraid General Xiahou is coming to Huainan for the first time, the Wu people are snobbish in wars, the three cities are attacked but not overcome, and the reinforcements of our army are coming, and the belly and back are under the enemy, how can you not escape?" ”

Xiahou Xuan said leisurely: "What does this have to do with a certain first time coming to Huainan?" On the battlefield, the information is ever-changing, the Wu people could flee without a fight last time, but this time it may not be, on the battlefield, is it possible to fight a war based on guesswork? Where is Wu Jun going, at least the scouts have to find out, right? ”

Niu Jindao, the general of the Protector Army, said: "The scout is not a god, if the enemy intends to hide or set up a suspicious formation, it is difficult for the scout to find out its whereabouts, even if it finds some clues, whether it is true or false, it has to be screened." ”

What Niu Jin said is the truth, no matter how extensive the scout's magic is, the information he hears is also limited, if the other party deliberately conceals the line or sets up a suspicious array to confuse the opponent, it will be difficult for the scout to get the information or the information obtained is seriously mixed with water, and it will even mislead the judgment of the leader.

At this time, it depends on the sharp eyes of the leader, how to separate the false from the true, and in a large pile of useful and useless information, peel off the cocoon, and get valuable information, that is the time to really see the foundation.

Sima Yi half-squinted his eyes and said slowly: "What General Xiahou and Niu Hujun said is extremely true, until we get the exact news of the Wu people, everything is inconclusive. ”

At this time, the overseer Hu Zun hurriedly entered the account, stepped forward and said: "Qiyu Dadu Governor, get the exact news, the Wu people withdrew the troops of Lu'an, and attacked Anfeng City instead, the battle was fierce, Anfeng Taishou Wang Ji asked the Dadu Governor to send reinforcements immediately. ”