With Du Pre's 5,000 soldiers and horses and the danger of Shimen Pass, holding three days is Cao Liang's most conservative estimate, if necessary, Du Pre will have no problem guarding for three more days and five days, but Cao Liang is not ready to let him defend to the death, and a stubborn defense will only increase the casualties of the state army.

And three days is enough for Cao Liang to make a move on the East Road or the West Road.

Sima Yi relied on his large number of men and strong troops, and the soldiers marched in three ways, and he did have the intention of wrapping dumplings in one fell swoop, but how could this dumpling with thin skin and big filling be so easy to wrap?

If, according to the normal strategy of responding to the enemy, the enemy army attacks in three ways, then we must also send three ways of men and horses to resist,-for-tat, and every inch of land will be contested.

But in this way, it is in the hands of Sima Yi, because the strength of the Bingzhou army is limited, if the troops are divided into three ways to resist the attack of the Sima army, the strength will be even thinner, any defensive battle is to fight for consumption, and the soldiers of Bingzhou are weak and weak, and the consumption of fighting is not able to fight Sima Jun at all, the result can only be that the more people are beaten, the fewer people will be, and the position with fewer people will not be able to defend, and Cao Liang will inevitably fail in the end.

Of course, Cao Liang would not use such tactics, and was led by Sima Yi by the nose, what is the biggest in the war, is it the territory? Although war is about turf, it is meaningless to cling to the gains and losses of one city and one place, and only by destroying the enemy's living force and constantly annihilating the enemy can we finally control more territory.

Cao Liang set his sights on Sima Jun's East Route Army, the 20,000 horses led by Chen Tai and Hu Fen, in terms of troops, this is obviously the weakest of Sima Jun's three route armies, and with the combat power of the Zhou Army, it will not be too difficult to eat this army in the shortest possible time.

Although the elimination of the Eastern Route Army could not make Sima Yi break his muscles and bones, it had an obvious role in destroying Sima Yi's strategic intentions, at least it could break Sima Yi's three-way encirclement and suppression, and win a broader battlefield environment for the Bingzhou Army.

You must know that this is the home of the Bingzhou army, and they are very familiar with the geographical conditions here, as long as the Bingzhou army is not confined to the gains and losses of one city and one place, then they can gallop across this land with ease.

Cao Liang's plan was approved by Huan Fan and others, and then Cao Liang began to dispatch troops, and laid a big bag in the area of the exit bowl city of Yangjiban, and waited for Hu Fen and Chen Tai to lead the army to drill into it.

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Sheep intestine is one of the most famous "Taihang Eight Mountains", and in this "Taihang Eight Mountains", Sheep Intestine Saka is known for its steep and rugged, because of its rugged and winding, twisting and turning, similar to sheep intestines, so it is named Sheep Intestine Mountain.

This road is also an important passage in and out of the state and Heluo, has always been a place for the soldiers to fight, when Cao Cao marched north to Gao Gan, he had marched from the sheep intestine saka, killed the high cadre by surprise, so as to successfully occupy the state, when Cao Cao passed through the sheep intestine saka, the sky fell heavy snow, the road was difficult to travel, he had a feeling, wrote a poem "bitter cold line", but also made the sheep intestine saka famous all over the world.

Sima Yi led the main force to march from Shimen Pass, and in order to outflank the state army, he sent Chen Tai, the captain of Sili, and Hu Fen, the Taishou of Hanoi, to lead 20,000 troops to march from Yangjiban.

After Hu Fen suffered a defeat in Heyang, he fled from Hanoi and fled to Jizhou, but after Sima Shi's army arrived in Hanoi, he returned to Hanoi with the remnants of the defeated army.

Hanoi has become such a mess now, it can be said that Hu Fen is a major dereliction of duty, but Sima Yi did not pursue his intentions, in the operation of the northern expedition and annexation of the state, Sima Yi appointed Hu Fen as a deputy general, to assist the commander of the division Chen Tai to march from Yangjisaka, and attack the flank of the state army in a roundabout way.

Hu Fen was originally nervous and worried that he would be punished, but he didn't expect Sima Yi to be so magnanimous that he had to be held accountable for losing Hanoi, but this time he was still entrusted with a heavy responsibility.

When Sima Shi marched to Shimen Pass, Chen Tai and Hu Fen also led their troops on a journey, starting from Yewang and heading all the way north to Yangjiban.

The steepness of the sheep intestine is really famous in the world, the whole mountain road is completely in the Taihang Mountain in the big canyon through the cross, twisting and turning, going around, if it is not for the sun hanging in the sky, Sima Jun will definitely be confused, can not distinguish the southeast and northwest.

The road is not only steep, but also known for its narrowness, in many places it is so narrow that it can only accommodate a single car and a rider, and even a wider vehicle cannot pass, and it is stuck in the cracks of the stones, unable to move forward or backward.

It stands to reason that from Hanoi to Shangdang, Yangguban, is a shortcut, but the road is too steep and difficult, Sima Yi had to give up the plan to lead the main force from here, and take the wider Yiguan, that is, the road of Shimen Pass, although it is a bit of a detour compared to Yangjiban, but relatively speaking, it is conducive to the action of large troops.

However, for Chen Tai and Hu Fen's partial division, there is still no problem in walking the sheep intestines, the team of 20,000 people marches in a single row, stretches for several miles, and travels in a winding way, and it is good to say during the day, because of the obstruction of the mountain, it is difficult to take care of the head and tail, and at night, the torches all the way are illuminated, like a fire dragon marching in the mountains.

It's not that Chen Tai and Hu Fen don't want to rest at night, the main thing is that this road is so wide, and the widest place is only difficult to accommodate two or three cars in parallel, such terrain, there is no place to camp at all, and the army is tired, so they can only rest in place, eat some dry food, and continue to move forward.

There was no way, Chen Tai and Hu Fen discussed it and decided to get out of the sheep intestine and rest when they rushed to Bowl City.

However, when they arrived at Wanzi City, they entered the territory of Bingzhou, and it is unknown whether there are Bingzhou troops stationed there.

Chen Tai said confidently: "The eldest prince has already led his troops to attack Shimen Pass, and the main force of the Bingzhou army will inevitably be concentrated in Shimen Pass, and on the side of Wanzi City, even if there is a Bingzhou army stationed, there will not be many people, with our troops, there will be no problem in taking Wanzi City!" ”

This is not Chen Taituo, the main reason is that the main direction of attack of the Sima army is Shimen Pass, and there is no doubt that the main force of the Bingzhou army must also go there to defend, otherwise it will be driven straight into by the commander of Sima Dajun, and this battle will not have to be fought again.

In this way, the number of Bingzhou troops guarding Wanzi City will definitely not be too much, as long as their 20,000 horses and horses cover all the way to the past, take Wanzi City, and first grasp a foothold in Shangdang territory, it is the most important.

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