After a night of autumn rain, the entire Central Plains began to cool down, and the coolness in the air was not too heavy, but it made people feel refreshed.

Runan, Yang'an, with Xu Huang's fanfare in Xingyang, mobilized troops and horses, and secretly gathered a full 70,000 troops here, in addition, there were 60,000 troops on the way.

This time, Cao Rui in order to be able to follow Sima Yi's strategy, captured Nanyang in a battle, but spent a lot of money, not only mobilized 70,000 Jizhou troops, as Sun Quan began to launch an offensive against Jingzhou, the soldiers and horses stationed in the Shouchun area were also transferred back, but there were a lot of equipment obtained from Sun Quan.

In Sima Yi's tent, looking at the news from all sides, Sima Yi sighed.

"Why does my father sigh?" Two young men came in, it was Sima Yi's two sons, the eldest son Sima Yi, and the second son Sima Zhao.

"I'm afraid this strategy has failed." Sima Yi sighed.

Sima Zhao calculated carefully, it is true, Jiaozhou Shijia just hit over, was driven back by Meng Yu, there is no sound, the mountains in the south are not the climate, the Qiang people in the west not only did not make contributions, but achieved Zhao Yun's reputation, as for the Southern Xiongnu side, it has not yet started the war, but Liu Yi ran there to build the Great Wall, and to promote the farm, and the construction was in full swing, this road is the most incomprehensible, but with Liu Yi there, it is basically impossible for the Huns to cause any trouble to the puppet Han.

"Father, I didn't expect them to be of any use before, at most to contain the puppet Han forces." Sima Shi said with a smile.

"That's not what I'm talking about." Sima Yi shook his head, handed a few battle reports to Sima Shi and said, "This is the latest battle report, you can take a look." ”

The latest battle report, there is Luoyang side, Xu Huang surprise attack on the revolving gate pass, the two sides fought under the Xuanmen Pass for three days, and finally Guan Ping led the army to appear near Xingyang, Xu Huang was worried that Xingyang would lose, had to withdraw the troops, but Guan Ping brought just a partial division, after a circle outside Xingyang, it quickly retreated to the tiger prison pass.

If it weren't for Guan Ping's appearance in Xingyang, Xu Huang had to retreat, I'm afraid that this revolving gate pass would be able to break through, and Xu Huang's army could directly bypass the Tiger Prison Pass and directly enter the hinterland of Heluo, which is good news.

In addition, Sun Quan's three-way army attacked Jingzhou and also occupied several cities, Sima Shi and Sima Zhao looked at Sima Yi with some puzzlement: "Father, isn't this good news?" ”

At least on the current battlefield, the Wei army and Eastern Wu have gained a certain advantage.

"Good news?" Sima Yi raised his head, looked at his two sons, and asked with a frown.

"Uh......" Sima Shi and Sima Zhao were a little puzzled, looking at the bamboo slips carefully, it was indeed good news, Sima Shi frowned and said, "Could it be that there is still a mystery?" ”

Sima Yi shook his head and said, "What is recorded in this battle report is indeed good news, but you two can't see what is behind this battle report. ”

"Father, please." Sima Shi and Sima Zhao hurriedly bowed and said.

"Reinforcements from the puppet Han never appeared!" Sima Yi sighed, clicked on the map and said: "Luoyang is only 50,000 defenders, and they have to be guarded everywhere, Xu Huang led 70,000 troops to be stationed in Xingyang, and there are enemies that may appear in Hedong and Hanoi, but the puppet Han turns a blind eye and does not have any support actions." ”

You must know that the offense and defense are different, it sounds that there are 50,000 troops in the land of Heluo, but Xu Huang only has 70,000, the two sides are about the same, plus the puppet Han has the advantage of armor, it is easier to defend the city.

But the war is not counted like this, the puppet Han is good for the location and the advantage of the armor, but as the defender, they are not guarding a city, but the entire land of Heluo, now Cao Wei wants to send troops to attack this area, there are many places that can send troops, in addition to the first line of Hangu Pass, other checkpoints can be used as the offensive direction of the Wei army, Sima Yi has studied the fortifications of the puppet Han, and it can be said that it is leaky, but it is precisely because of this that in the case of dividing troops everywhere, fortification everywhere means that troops need to be stationed everywhere, It seems that there is no leakage, but in fact, if the troops are insufficient, it is easy for the opponent to force a breakthrough and cause the entire front to collapse.

There are many pseudo-Han talents, and it is impossible not to see this, but it has been several months since Xu Huang appeared in Xingyang, but the pseudo-Han has not moved, which is not right.

"Let's talk about the Jingxiang War!" Sima Yi pointed to the Jingxiang area again: "Sun Quan sent troops on three routes, and this time he mobilized more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and the Jingxiang defenders should be between 50,000 and 80,000 according to the exploration over the years, not to mention the benefits of the Jiangdong Naval Army, which crowned the Three Kingdoms, even so, I have never seen the puppet Han have reinforcements to rescue!" ”

"Father is saying that the hypocrite has seen through our army's strategy?" Sima Zhao said with a grim look when he heard this.

"Zhuge Kongming, Pang Shiyuan are all wise men in the world!" Sima Yi nodded and said, "It's not surprising that it will be seen through." ”

For this point, Sima Yi is very open, and he has no special emotions, sometimes there is no need to compare with others, in his life, most of his life is depressed, he has already honed a tenacious heart, and it is difficult for him to have too many waves in anything.

Now it's just a sigh of Liu Bei's good luck, there are so many talents to help.

"But now I'm gathering an army of 200,000 and withdrawing from it?" Sima Zhao was puzzled.

"Even if I want to retreat, General Cao can't retreat, 200,000 troops have worked hard to gather here, how can they retreat easily?" Sima Yi shook his head, now that the preliminary preparations are ready, 200,000 troops are gathered here, it is the time when the arrow has to be fired, how can he retreat easily?

Don't say that Cao Shuang is unwilling, I am afraid that Sun Quan, who has already started fighting, will also be difficult, if the army withdraws at this time, it is equivalent to selling Sun Quan, this time Sun Quan sent troops but was infamous for betraying the covenant, if Cao Wei retreated at this time, I am afraid that Sun Quan will immediately soften to the pseudo-Han and turn his face with this side.

No matter from which point of view, this dispatch of troops is a must.

"It's not necessarily without advantages." Sima Shi pondered: "Even if the puppet Han sees the intentions of our army, he may not be able to calculate where our army will send troops from. ”

Sima Yi nodded, this is similar to his own thoughts, no matter how powerful Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong are, they are not immortals, and this is the territory of the Great Wei, at the beginning of the plan, the main roads to the Han land have been blocked, and at the same time a comprehensive investigation has been carried out in the territory of the Great Wei, and in order to ensure the secrecy of the operation, this transfer of troops is also sent by dozens of routes, almost all the cities from Yecheng to Runan, before the soldiers and horses are gathered here, unless there is a traitor, I want to know the accurate direction of the troops here, Even Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang can't do it.

"Three generals, the marshal asked the three to go and discuss the military situation." A lieutenant came to the tent and bowed.

"General, go, I'll be there later." Sima Yi nodded and said to the captain.

"Whoa!" The lieutenant bowed and retired, he had other generals to be notified.

"Remember, don't mention what we said before in front of everyone, the current situation is good for the morale of our Great Wei, and if you say it, it will shake the morale of the army, we just know it in our hearts!" After the captain left, Sima Yi looked at his two sons and said in a deep voice.

"Father, rest assured." Sima Shi and Sima Zhao nodded, indicating that they understood, at this time, whether it was the direction of Xingyang or the Jiangdong side, it was good news, if they said what they guessed, the battle would still be fought, and it would not change anything, but it would also hit morale, this time is not the time to show that you are smart, smart people should know when to tell the truth, and when to hide the truth.

The father and son simply cleaned up and went to the handsome tent.

Cao Shuang had already gathered all the generals, and when he saw Sima Yi's father and son coming, he got up with a smile and greeted him: "General, the Tanma has already found out the information, and the craftsmen have also made a map of this area, and the Han army's defense sand table in the Nanyang area has been done, please take a look." ”

In the center of the big tent, a huge sand table was placed in the center, Cao Zhen took Sima Yi over and said with a smile: "After the battle of Nanyang, Liu Boyuan built a great wall of twenty miles in the area of the rolling city, in order to resist our army, I have personally gone to see, the city wall is as high as more than three zhang, there is an enemy tower every hundred steps, there is an arrow tower on it, there are beacon towers all around, if our army arrives, the Han army must know the news in advance." ”

Sima Yi nodded, the original road was Liu Yi a Great Wall, and Nanyang County was divided, over the years, the population of Nanyang in Ye County and the Father City has all been moved into the west of the city, and the original avenue has become a curse, but the Great Wall of more than 20 miles is actually not difficult to attack, according to Sima Yi's plan, although the Great Wall of more than 20 miles is strong, but the other party also needs a large number of soldiers and horses to defend this, and the army can also be deployed here, and it is a dignified attack on the past, which is the consumption of troops. In this regard, Dawei has an advantage.

"But if you want to enter Nanyang, it doesn't stop there." Cao Shuang continued to smile and said: "We can go straight to Baidu Mountain, we can directly attack Wuyin, or we can go to Langling to attack Shicheng, and then go down to Biyang, so that the land of Nanyang can be galloped by our army, and we will be able to recapture Nanyang in a battle." ”

Sima Yi looked at the two routes pointed out by Cao Shuang, obviously Cao Shuang made great efforts this time, and may even go to explore the terrain in person and made a lot of preparations, but the defense of Nanyang left by Liu Yi back then was not only the Great Wall of the twenty miles, but also the defense buildings in these places, and the terrain was more dangerous than the Great Wall, if the defenders were strong, they were likely to be blocked there.

But Cao Shuang's plan can't be wrong, if the Han army is relatively lax on these two roads, it may not be impossible to fight down, but it is a bit risky after all.

After thinking about it, Sima Yi pointed in the direction of the Great Wall, looked at Cao Shuang and said: "The general's plan is very good, but can the general divide a group of men and horses to appear in the area of the Great Wall to attract the attention of the Han army and lead the main force of the Han army here, then our army can take advantage of the weakness and make it easier to attack." ”

Cao Shuang's plan was based on the fact that the puppet Han did not have any defense, but this probability was not high, for the sake of insurance, Sima Yi still decided to divide a group of men and horses to attack the Great Wall, so that no matter how the Han army coped, they could make changes according to the adjustment of the Han army's strength, and turn the virtual into real at any time, or turn the real into the virtual.

Cao Shuang thought for a while when he heard this: "What Zhong Da said is also quite reasonable, in this case, Wang Shuang!" ”

"The last general!" A burly general strode out and saluted Cao Shuang.

"Order you to lead 10,000 cavalry to the Great Wall to fight, if the thief is strong, you must not touch it, if the garrison is weak, take advantage of the weakness to attack." Cao Shuang said to Wang Shuang.

"The last general commands!"

Ten thousand?

Sima Yi looked at Cao Shuang, but finally couldn't help but persuade again.