Chapter 986: Rivals
It was not someone else who came, it was Sima Shi.
Although Sima Shi was ordered to lead the army to besiege Jiexiu, he had been closely monitoring the movements of Sima Yi's army, and he sent people back and forth between Jiexiu and Qi County, and had to deliver news once a day in the morning and evening, and in case of emergency, he had to notify him as soon as possible.
The main reason why Sima Shi has been paying close attention to the movements of the cavalry army is that he has never been at ease, thinking that Sima Yi's actions this time are a bit aggressive, and if Sima Jun takes Jiexiu, the army can advance normally.
And this time Sima Yi seemed to be a little anxious, and before Sima Shi took Jiexiu, he led the cavalry to bypass Jiexiu and go deep behind the enemy alone. This move is very different from Sima Yi's usual stable personality, which will inevitably make Sima Shi a little worried.
Sima Yi's restraint and forbearance are absolutely unique in the world, and in this regard, no one can match, but this time Sima Yi's performance is really a little too strange, and he acted extremely sloppily, and he didn't wait for Jiexiu to take it down at all.
It stands to reason that a person like Sima Yi should not make such a mistake, but Sima Yi took such an action, and he stuck to his own opinions and did not listen to the advice of others.
In fact, Sima Yi also has a hard time, after all, this kind of combat method is definitely not his style, but time does not wait for me, I can only seize the day.
Even Sima Shi, who has always been obedient to Sima Yi's words, was deeply worried this time, so after Sima Yi sent out the troops, Sima Shi has been restless, always paying attention to the battle situation on the front line, and he does not dare to slack off at all.
On the contrary, it was the battle to attack Jiexiu, Sima Shi was not very concerned, Jiexiu's city defense was so strong, it had already been beyond the expectations of Sima Jun, after a period of continuous attack, almost all people were pessimistic that with the current siege ability of Sima Jun, there was no hope of conquering Jiexiu City in a short period of time, and it was precisely because of this that Sima Yi was forced to take risks.
However, the attack on Jiexiu still had to be carried out, and it could not be said that it was given up because it was difficult to fight, and after Sima Yi set out on the expedition, the army besieging Jiexiu still attacked Jiexiu City every day as a routine.
However, the intensity of the siege is naturally far worse than before, Sima Shi handed over all the siege tasks to Chen Qian, and asked him to command the battle, and Sima Shi basically nested in the big tent every day, and checking the news of the front line almost became Sima Shi's daily homework.
Moreover, in addition to carefully checking the news from the front, Sima Shi also ordered all the troops except the besieging troops to remain on alert and ready to fight at any time.
This kind of battle was not a part of the siege, and Sima Shi asked the troops who were on guard to prepare food, grass and ordnance, ready to go at any time.
This is also an emergency plan formulated by Sima Shi, if Sima Yi's cavalry army suffers a defeat, Sima Shi's infantry army must rush to the rescue as soon as possible.
Although Sima Yi did not have such a request for Sima Shi, and many Sima army generals also thought that Sima Shi's actions were too much of a move, Sima Shi always insisted on his ideas and did not change in the slightest.
Perhaps in Sima Shi's subconscious, he had already sensed the danger coming.
Cao Liang can be called Sima Shi's lifelong enemy, Sima Shi feels that since he knew Cao Liang, it is the beginning of bad luck in life, his fiancée was robbed by him, Sima family's business was also robbed by him, he also squatted in the prison for half a year, and even the blindness of the left eye has an indelible relationship with Cao Liang, all in all, dealing with Cao Liang, Sima Shi has not had a day of good luck, always haunted by bad luck, none of them are victorious, and failure is about to become commonplace.
Although Sima Shi's most urgent thing was to defeat Cao Liang, and even kill him personally, as Cao Liang's power became stronger and stronger, Sima Shi felt that his hope was getting slimmer and slimmer.
Although Sima Yi raised an army of 170,000 and waved the Northern Expedition this time, Sima Shi always had a lingering haze in his heart, and he obviously lacked confidence in the Northern Expedition.
Of course, Sima Shi will not reveal this kind of emotion, at the beginning of the expedition, Sima Jun is concentric, very angry, no one thinks that there will be any problems in this Northern Expedition, under the leadership of Sima Yi, the Northern Expedition army will definitely be able to go straight to Jinyang, capture Cao Liang, and quell the rebellion.
Of course, Sima Shi hopes that the Northern Expedition can be successful, and in the entire Sima Army, it is estimated that he and Cao Liang are the only ones who have a gritty hatred, and he can't wait to break Cao Liang's body into thousands of pieces to relieve the hatred in his heart.
But Sima Shi did not lose his mind because of impulsiveness, so many years of grinding, has made Sima Shi become a lot more mature, reason told him that if you want to defeat Cao Liang, it is by no means a simple and easy thing, although Sima Yi's cavalry army is violent, but think that a war can solve the problem of merging states once and for all, Sima Shi thinks that most people think too simply.
Just after Sima Shi received the news that Sima Jun was pursuing the Xiao cavalry camp, he couldn't sleep all night, and wrote a letter to Sima Yi with candles, asking Sima Yi not to advance lightly, and beware of Cao Liang's plan to lure the enemy into depth.
In the early hours of the morning, Sima Shi had just delivered the letter, and soon after received the news that Sima Jun had been attacked at Dongguan.
In fact, at this time, the battle had just started, and the outcome was unknown, Chen Qian thought that even if it was an ambush by the Bingzhou army, Sima Taifu had a way to deal with it, and whether to send troops or not, he still needed to wait and see.
But Sima Shi thought that there could be no delay, since Cao Liang dared to set up an ambush in Dongguan, it proved that Cao Liang was at least seventy percent sure that Sima Cavalry was in danger! Therefore, Sima Shi did not hesitate for a moment, and ordered the army, which had already been prepared to stop, to set off immediately, wave his army north, and rush to Qi County.
Of course, Sima Shi did not pour out of the nest, but divided half of the soldiers and horses to be left by Chen Qian to guard the Jiexiu camp, and he led the other half of the army to the battle, and at the same time he also asked Chen Qian to suspend the attack on Jiexiu and be ready to respond at any time.
If Sima Yi's cavalry army is defeated, then it may be difficult for them to gain a foothold in Bingzhou, so they can only temporarily withdraw to the Pingyang area in Hedong and regroup their troops and horses, so that they can make a comeback.
But now Sima Shi can't think about it so long-term, since what he is worried about has become a reality, then he must rush to the front line as soon as possible, and saving the soldiers is like fighting a fire, and he can't delay for a moment.
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