"General, there's no one in the city!" At dawn the next day, Li Yan waved his troops to attack again, but Yanjin City was taken without the slightest resistance, which surprised Li Yan a little, and the entire Yanjin City was cleaned up overnight.

"Do you want to chase it?" Wei Yan rode his horse to Li Yan's side and asked.

"No, you don't." Li Yan looked at the empty city, shook his head and said: "If you go so clean, you must have been prepared, if we pursue, I am afraid that we will be ambushed, send scouts to monitor the movements of the Wei army, and send people to Chaoge and Yan County to investigate, the main force retreated, but I don't know if this partial division is still there!" ”

Although he looked down on Liu Yi, Li Yan didn't dare to be careless, but instinctively chose a steady and steady way for a character who could make Liu Yi suffer some losses in such a cautious and cautious situation.

"Whoa!" Wei Yan nodded, his views were similar to Li Yan's, in terms of concepts, in fact, Wei Yan and Li Yan's military concepts were the same.

In the afternoon, the Tanma in front had already returned, and reported to Li Yan: "General, the thieves in Yan County are empty, Chaoge is still holding on, and the Wei army has retreated to the direction of Liyang and started to build a defensive line near Baimajin!" ”

"Hakumasin?" Li Yan returned to the tent, looked at the model on the sand table, found the direction of Liyang, and frowned.

"The waterways in this area are vertical and horizontal, and although the terrain is flat, it is not easy to attack." Deng Ai looked at the terrain and frowned.

"If it's not easy to attack, you have to attack." Li Yan sneered, the general direction of this battle is to break through Yecheng, capture or avoid the Wei Dynasty court, in order to gain general momentum, this time he can see that the Son of Heaven is not as plain as it seems on the surface, he has enough ambition, for this ambition, he can put an end to all slander, instead of engaging in intrigues and tricks in the court, it is better to go to the battlefield to prove that he is really stronger than Liu Yi, here, is where he can really suppress Liu Yi.

Li Yan is very smart, so he understands very well what he needs most for an ambitious emperor, why does Liu Yi have a weak foundation, but he can be trusted and reused by the emperors of the two dynasties?

can expand the territory, and is not greedy for power, and always does things from the perspective of the royal family or the world, Li Yan feels that he can do it, even better than Liu Yi, it is ridiculous that Liu Yi gave himself such a good opportunity!

Attacking the Wei Dynasty is the best opportunity, and Li Yan also has his own plan, Pang Tong's way, although the manpower is about the same, but it is only a partial division, as long as this side wins, the victory or defeat of the battlefield in the Central Plains will become insignificant, after all, the court is gone, and it is a fart.

And the most critical thing here is Sima Yi's soldiers and horses, as long as Sima Yi is defeated, the entire Cao Wei court will no longer have any barriers, and at that time, not to mention that Cao Shuang is still being restrained by Pang Tong, even if there is no such concern, it will be difficult for Cao Shuang to return to help in a short time.

Defeating Sima Yi doesn't seem to be too difficult.

Although Li Yan was cautious, judging from the battle of Yanjin, Sima Yi did not show any extraordinary strategy, or in other words, it was difficult for the weapons and armor of the Han Dynasty to make up for it with strategy.

Seeing that the weather was getting colder and colder, Li Yan made sure that Sima Yi did not have any ambush soldiers left, so he waved his army to the north, pointing directly at Baimajin, Guan Yu was in Baima to kill Wen Chou, and now, he Li Yan is going to defeat Sima Yi in Baima, which has become a good story for the ages!

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"Captain!" Guo Huai came to Sima Yi's side, bowed down and said, "Li Yan waved his troops and marched again, is it an ambush?" ”

"Not necessarily!" Sima Yi shook his head: "As long as you keep it for ten days, you can give up Baimajin, and have the right to defend Liyang, here in Liyang, contain them for another three days, and we will retreat to Neihuang!" ”

"Our army is far superior to the enemy, why don't you set up an ambush?" Guo Huai was a little puzzled.

"If you fight hard, I'm afraid that the loss will be quite large, and we will have to rush to the Central Plains, if there is too much damage here, how can we still support the Central Plains?" Sima Yi asked rhetorically.

The elite of the Han army, this battle, Sima Yi has a personal feeling.

"Whoa!" When Guo Huai heard this, he smiled bitterly, and only hoped that he would not be like last time, and he had prepared a plan for eight years, but he was used by the other party and destroyed himself in one fell swoop.

"Don't worry, Li Yan is not Liu Yi, Ma Jun has secretly observed, that kind of organ, in the whole world, I'm afraid only that Liu Yi can make it." Sima Yi seemed to see through Guo Huai's thoughts, and explained with a smile.

Guo Huai nodded, and was about to say goodbye and leave, but was stopped by Sima Yi.

"Wait, it's better to ambush it, so as not to make that Li Yan suspicious." Sima Yi looked at Guo Huai and said: "Give you 8,000 people to ambush, as for how far you can fight, you can decide, but Boji must retreat with his whole body." ”

"Whoa!" Guo Huai bowed and turned to leave.

There are not many generals in the Great Wei Dynasty now, and they can't afford to lose.

Looking at Guo Huai's departing back, Sima Yi sighed.

On the other side, Guo Huai got the order, ordered 8,000 people, set up an ambush on the riverbank, saw the Han army crossing the river, and led the army to kill out, the river of Baimajin is not as wide as the Yellow River, the widest is only about ten zhang, this sudden kill, it is indeed a big Han army caught off guard, but Li Yan, who reacted, immediately ordered the archers to line up on the opposite side of the riverbank, and cover the soldiers in front of the river with an arrow array to cross the river, and at the same time Wei Yan led the army to forcibly cross the river, and Guo Huai fought on the bank of the river, and the eight thousand Wei troops were killed and defeated, and they could only flee back to Baima in embarrassment.

Li Yan took the opportunity to order people to build pontoon bridges on the river, Deng Ai and Liu Yi also learned construction, and they were accomplished in wooden construction.

After calculating the range of the opponent's arrow cluster, Li Yan directly drove the arrow array to a hundred and twenty steps away from the city this time and released the arrows, and half of Bai Majin was shrouded in the rain of arrows, so that the Wei army did not dare to take the lead.

Guo Huai ordered people to set up catapults and continuously drop stone bullets outside the city, only to force Li Yan's position back, even so, the Wei army still lost a lot of people, and many shields were scrapped by the arrows of the Han army.

On the first day, Guo Huai suddenly had a deep worry about whether he could hold the tenth, when Liu Yi led the troops before, he didn't have such a terrifying feeling, but when he was replaced by Li Yan, he really understood that over the years, the Han army had been far away from the Great Wei as the manufacturer of bows and arrows.

On the second day, the Han army attacked more fiercely, and even began to try to attack the city wall, even if Sima Yi ordered the craftsmen to build 300 catapults overnight, it was still difficult to suppress the Han army's arrow array, as a last resort, Sima Yi ordered people to demolish the houses in the city, and built a roof around the city wall to block the Han army's arrow rain, while the thunderbolt was in the open air, constantly throwing stone bullets at the Han army, which was barely held.

In this way, until the eighth day, the catapults in the rear of the Han army were transported up, and the attack was more fierce, the city wall was constantly shaking under the bombardment of the catapults, the outer earthen wall had begun to peel off, and the roof built by Sima Yi was also smashed by the opponent's catapults.

After holding out like this for another two days, Sima Yi's troops retreated and retreated into Liyang.

And he kept it for three more days, and then he abandoned the city and departed.

"Father, if we go down like this, we will retreat into Yecheng, and I'm afraid we won't be able to hold too much time!" Sima Shi looked at the crumbling city wall and looked at Sima Yi with a wry smile.

The soldiers and horses of the Han army have not suffered much damage so far, but the Wei army has retreated all the way, although it is Sima Yi who took the initiative to retreat, but the siege intensity of the Han army is also trembling, I am afraid that the city defense of Yecheng will not be able to support it for too long under such an attack.

"In war, weapons are important, but what is more terrifying is habit!" Sima Yi didn't have the slightest frustration, looked at his son and said, "Ziyuan has ever found that Li Yan has successively set up formations in Yanjin, Baima, and Liyang, and there will be some changes at the beginning, but now, it is basically fixed?" ”

"Indeed!" Sima Shi recalled carefully, and now Li Yan's siege routine has become simple and brutal, when he arrives at the city, he calculates the distance, and then arranges an arrow array to release arrows into the city.

"Habit is a terrible thing." Sima Yi fumbled with his beard, although he was a little embarrassed, but the smile on his face was very happy: "The most terrifying thing is that even you won't notice it." ”

"But even so, our army is an ambush, and it is difficult to win!" Sima Shi smiled bitterly.

In terms of the equipment of the Han army and the speed of reaction on the battlefield, in the case of an ambush, it can be on par with the Wei army.

"Liu Yi has no effective strategy, but if you change someone, it may not be impossible!" Sima Yi said with a smile: "When we arrive in Neihuang, as long as he still arranges like this, we will win this battle!" ”

"Father is saying, then Li Yan has a heart of contempt for the enemy?" Sima Shi asked with a smile.

"Sort of." Sima Yi nodded noncommittally, in fact, how can it be so simple, Li Yan is not a mediocre talent, such a person, even if he is a light enemy, it is not easy for you to let him fall into the scheme, you have to cut the meat.

And from Yanjin to Baima, and from Baima to Liyang, this is the meat cut by Sima Yi, and the entire Wei County has been cleared by the wall, which is not a small damage to the people's livelihood, but to defeat the Han army, this is the best way Sima Yi can think of, and this method is not effective on Liu Yi.

Other generals pounced when they saw the benefits, but Liu Yi's first reaction when he saw the benefits was fraud, for such a person, Sima Yi was really tired, so he didn't dare to use this plan against Liu Yi, but made an off-the-board move, moved Liu Yi away, and replaced it with another person, even if he was above Liu Yi, Sima Yi was not afraid.

The most important thing is that Li Yan is indeed a little anxious for quick success, which has not been exposed at first, but with the fall of the White Horse, Sima Yi has been able to feel Li Yan's eagerness to achieve success, which is difficult for you to find in Liu Yi, fortunately, not everyone in the Han Dynasty is as stable as Liu Yi, which also gives Sima Yi an opportunity to take advantage of.