Chapter 791: Withdrawal
Sima Yi often fights with a plan and then acts, often giving people the illusion of dragging mud and water, holding his feet behind, thinking that Sima Yi is the kind of person who is indecisive and hesitant.
In fact, this is completely an illusion, the real Sima Yi acted decisively and resolutely, vigorously and resolutely, as quiet as a virgin, and moved like a rabbit.
Since entering the Shangdang, the Battle of Huyukou is the first time that the main force of the Sima Army has confronted the Bingzhou Army in several months, and most of the rest of the time is spent in endless garrison waiting.
But the decision to withdraw was just a thought in Sima Yi's mind, and then it was put into practice.
When Sima Yi announced the withdrawal of the army, all the generals were obviously stunned, it stands to reason that now Sima Jun and the Bingzhou Army have entered the stage of stalemate, this stage, compared to the patience of both sides, if Sima Jun has maintained the current way of playing, I believe that in the near future, Sima Jun can take and merge the state.
Sima Shi stepped forward and said: "There is something wrong in Huainan, why doesn't my father send a general to lead the troops to pacify it, and why should he go there in person?" ”
To tell the truth, Bingzhou and Huainan are thousands of miles apart, Sima Yi was originally very hard to fight in Bingzhou, this time he fought thousands of miles, and he also asked to advance quickly, Sima Shi was very worried that Sima Yi's body could not bear it?
Sima Yi's eyes were as calm and firm as steel, he nodded slowly, and said: "The matter of Huainan is a big matter, and there are no mistakes or omissions in the water, so my father must go in person, and I dare not fake the hands of others." ”
Sima Shi knew that his father would easily not make a decision, and once he made up his mind, the eight cows would not be able to pull it back, and since he had already decided on this matter, no one could persuade him.
Once Sima Yi decides to withdraw his troops, he will make a move in a very short period of time, but even if he has to leave, Sima Yi must arrange the affairs of the north to achieve the goal of containing Cao Liang.
It is necessary to withdraw from the party, otherwise once Sima Jun's army withdraws, the remnants of the army will almost be crushed by Cao Liang's army, and Sima Yi will definitely not adopt this practice of delivering meals to others.
But giving up Gaodu, that means that the northern expedition and the state have completely failed, emotionally speaking, this is difficult for the soldiers of the Sima army to accept, after all, for such a little territory, now the Sima army almost paid the price of fifty or sixty thousand people, but in the end it is still nothing, so that the soldiers of the Sima army are generally depressed.
But Sima Yi's attitude was very resolute, he decided not to leave a single soldier in the territory of Bingzhou, then it would definitely be done, and the time of withdrawal was the most dangerous time, Cao Liang squatted like a wolf, watching Sima Jun's every move, as long as there was a suitable opportunity, he would bite hard.
Therefore, for Sima Yi to evacuate the party, he must also be cautious, and he must not leave Cao Liang with a chance to take a bite.
When retreating, Sima Yi did not choose to return the same way, but turned southeast from Huyukou, pretending to search for the hidden troops of the state army, and after arriving at Baicheng, he quickly crossed this canyon and retreated to Linshu in Hanoi.
The retreat of the Sima army was quite sudden, without any warning in advance, so as to catch Cao Liang off guard, even if Cao Liang wanted to intercept and pursue, it was completely too late to mobilize men.
What's more, Sima Jun walked in Baicheng that he hadn't walked before, so before Sima Jun arrived in Baicheng, Cao Liang would never have thought that Sima Jun would retreat bravely at this time, and when he found out, Sima Jun had already gone away and returned to Hanoi.
The reason why Sima Yi chose to withdraw his troops from Baicheng was to confuse Cao Liang on the one hand, and on the other hand, it was out of the need to quell the rebellion in Yanzhou.
From Shangdang to Yanzhou, the nearest way is to take Baicheng to Linxi, and then from Linshu to the east to Baima, from Baima to cross the Yellow River, you can go straight to Yanzhou, compared to Shangdang to return to Luoyang and then from Luoyang to Yanzhou, to nearly half the distance.
Sima Yi is best at playing this kind of long-distance raid tricks, when he was stationed in Wancheng, Meng Da rebelled in the new city, Sima Yi first cut and then played, it only took eight days to kill the city of Shangyong, killed Meng Da by surprise, and finally broke through the city and captured Meng Da.
Now that Sima Yi heard that Ling Huyu was trying to rebel in Yanzhou, he had already planned a route in his mind, which was naturally the shortest and fastest, Sima Yi either didn't make a move, once he made a move, it would be a surprise, and he would never give the opponent any respite.
The main reason why Sima Yi chose to do it to Ling Huyu first is that Yanzhou is only an inner state, and there are not many soldiers and horses stationed, and although Ling Huyu is a state assassin, he is only a bicycle assassin and has no authority to lead troops, so the army he can mobilize is extremely limited, probably his own family soldiers and part of the county soldiers.
As for Cao Biao, the king of Chu, he is just a prince king, according to the laws of the imperial court, the family soldiers under the princes and kings are also strictly controlled, and there is no problem in looking at the family and protecting the courtyard, but if you really want to participate in the usurpation of the dynasty, I am afraid that this point is not enough to even plug the gaps.
For the Yanzhou forces, Sima Yi didn't pay attention to it at all, as long as he led the troops over, he was basically captured, the only thing that worried him was that he was afraid of revealing the news, so that Ling Huyu would be alert, if Ling Huyu felt that it was dangerous and went south to Wang Ling, then it would not be so easy to clean him up.
Sima Yi can't let Ling Huyu and Cao Biao run away, especially Cao Biao, who Wang Ling and Ling Huyu are going to be promoted as the new king, and they plan to hold an enthronement ceremony for Cao Biao in Xudu to get more people's support.
However, if Xu Du's side fails to do so, he will flee to Shouchun, and he can also usurp the throne, even if his influence is not as good as that of Xu Du's side, but at least he can still get the support of some dissident forces.
Therefore, their plan to set up a new monarch must be smashed first, and Cao Biao must not be allowed to ascend to the throne of God, even if he is a puppet emperor, he will not allow it.
Now there are great doubts about Cao Fang's qualifications as the emperor inside and outside the court, first of all, Cao Fang is not Cao Rong's own birth, but inherited from the clan, as for the clan, it has been vague, it should be Cao Rong deliberately concealed it before his death, but now there are many voices, thinking that Cao Fang is not a Cao clan, is not qualified to inherit the unification, if it were not for Sima Yi's strong support, Cao Fang's throne would have been lost long ago. Take a hundred plating to read the latest chapter of "The Last Three Kingdoms 2: Xingwei Claw Book House" for free for the first time.