After Ma Qiu and Pang Hui were sure that the Wei army had retreated, they did not continue the pursuit, but quickly retreated to the camp to prevent Sima Yi from taking the opportunity to steal the camp.

For Sima Yi, Liu Yi's attitude has always been to not win, but to lose first, and consider the worst outcome, for example, this time Wei Yan decided to use Sima Yi to dig a tunnel and induce an ambush, Liu Yi started planning from the worst outcome.

Facts have proved that Liu Yi's approach is right, in the face of Sima Yi, at least in Liu Yi's place, never think that you can calculate others, and it will be no problem to prepare for the worst.

"Governor!" After Wei Yan handed over the matter of cleaning up the battlefield to Deng Ai, he found Liu Yi with a dejected face, bowed down and said, "The last general is guilty, please punish him." ”

"Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers." Liu Yi shook his head and said: "Sima Yi is an old fox, it is normal to be calculated by him, if you are blamed for this, then I am afraid that there will be no one available under my command soon, and even I will have to be dealt with by military law!" You get up, remember, against Sima Yi, you must be cautious, before you win, you must lose first, and you can't have the slightest luck. ”

In the past, Wei Yan felt that Liu Yi was so afraid of Sima Yi, which was a bit excessive, but today, Wei Yan can be regarded as having seen that what kind of authentic and stealing camp is simply Sima Yi's bait, and he silently saluted Liu Yi and said, "The last general understands." ”

"Chief." Liu Yi helped Wei Yan up and said with a smile: "If you talk about leading troops to fight, I am not as good as you." ”

"The governor is too humble, the governor has always been invincible, and the end will be far inferior." Wei Yan hurriedly bowed and said.

"I have self-knowledge and can be invincible, and it has never been how good I am at leading troops." Liu Yi shook his head and smiled: "But there is one thing, you are indeed inferior to me." ”

"Please advise the Governor." Wei Yan bowed.

"You've read a lot of military books, what is the core of the art of war?" Liu Yi looked at Wei Yan and asked.

"This ......" Wei Yan felt that this thing was very simple when he heard this, and he was about to speak, but he was suddenly stunned, yes, what is the core of the art of war?

Troop arrangement, this should be regarded as a basic course, maybe the level is high or low, but most generals can do a good job in arranging troops, and if they don't even know this, they are not a general at all.

At a deeper level, it is the change of the enemy's plane, which can hardly be said to be the core.

"Emotions." Liu Yi patted Wei Yan on the shoulder and said, "Wen Chang, have you ever lost a battle?" ”

"Naturally, I did." Wei Yan was not embarrassed when he heard this, he had been fighting horses all his life, just since he voted for Liu Bei, it has been more than 20 years since he joined Liu Bei, and in this world, there is basically no person like Liu Yi who will win every battle.

"Putting aside the strength or weakness of the enemy or the enemy, I will tell you a few situations, you must be familiar with them." Liu Yi looked at Wei Yan and said, "When you are angry, most of the battles are lost. ”

Wei Yan nodded when he heard this, but did not speak.

Liu Yi continued: "In addition, when you are happy, such as when you have just won the enemy, or you feel that the opponent is far inferior to you, and you feel that it is easy to defeat the opponent, at this time, I don't say everything, but most of the battles that are defeated in the case of dominance originate from this. ”

Hearing this, Wei Yan looked at Liu Yi, opened his mouth, then sighed, and nodded silently, even in the face of an opponent like Cao Cao, Wei Yan had never been defeated, but the few defeats he had suffered were all from enemies who were far inferior to him.

In fact, there are also summaries of these in the art of war, but it is one thing to understand it, but it is another thing to really be able to do it.

"So, if I can keep your emotions under my control, it will be easy to defeat you?" Liu Yi looked at Wei Yan and asked with a smile.

"This ......" Wei Yan looked at Liu Yi and said, "Impossible, right?" ”

"Think about how you felt when you decided to keep the time." Patting Wei Yan on the shoulder, Liu Yi shook his head and said, "Remember, in the face of an enemy like Sima Yi, you should be upright, don't be lucky, as for what you have no courage to say...... That is to say to others, we are the commander, we want to win, as for whether the win is glorious or not, it doesn't matter. ”

Is Xiahou Yuan aggrieved? Is Cao Hong aggrieved? There are also Zhang He, Cao Ren, Cao Xiu, and Cao Zhen, who are not aggrieved, they are heroes, but to this day, how many people still remember them?

"The last will be taught!" Wei Yan bowed.

"I'm just telling you, there's a reason why I don't move, as for whether I'm teachable or not, that's your business, if it was twenty years ago, you were young and hot-blooded, I can understand it, but at this age, you have to be more open-minded, you have to be able to calm down, or if you can live to the age of the old man Hansheng, I will never say much." Liu Yi patted Wei Yan's shoulder and smiled.

Huang Zhong can be regarded as the mascot of the Han Dynasty now, an old man who is almost 100 years old, but he has a 20-year-old son, this progress bar of life is really long enough.

After thinking about it, Huang Zhong hadn't seen him for several years, Wei Yan couldn't help but smile and said, "I heard that General Hansheng's temper has grown over the years. ”

"It's normal, the old general has been fighting all his life, and in his later years, the court fights, but he doesn't need him, it's strange that he has a good temper." Liu Yi understands this better, after all, Huang Zhong has fought all his life, and I heard that now his family has been specially asked for Cen Yuanliang to build a military camp, and he must be uncomfortable in his heart.

"Before the expedition, the old general wrote to me, hoping that I could help him plead with His Majesty to fight." Wei Yan sighed and said.

I can't answer this, after all, at the old man's current age, if he really goes to the battlefield, and he is provoked by others before the battle, and one of them burps before the battle, it will affect the three armies, this is not a joke.

"I received it too." Liu Yi sighed, Huang Zhong is his old subordinate, and Liu Yi personally recruited him to surrender, so there are naturally feelings, Huang Zhong asked Liu Yi to help him discipline Huang Rong, Liu Yi agreed without saying a word, these years, Huang Rong is a gentleman, and he was disciplined by Liu Yi to become a famous general in the Western Regions, but Huang Zhong himself wants to go, and Liu Yi can't take it.

It's not just because of Wei Yan's worries, it's mainly because the older generation of generals has to make way for the younger ones, the big Han has been enthusiastic about talents over the years, and the older generation of generals has now begun to gradually take a back seat.

Even if Zhao Yun hadn't been guarding the Western Regions all these years, and his prestige could not be replaced for a while, I am afraid that he would gradually be recalled to the imperial court.

The two talked about the art of war, but unconsciously they were involved in Huang Zhong, and then began to recall the past years, when Liu Yi first showed his edge, swept Jingnan, Wei Yan and Huang Zhong were sent to Liu Bei together, and they were also the first batch of talents recommended by Liu Yi, and in the next twenty or thirty years, there were not many opportunities to meet, and letters were often exchanged.

Now Huang Zhong is over ninety years old, Liu Yi and Wei Yan are no longer young, and now they are together, and they can't help but start recalling the past, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were still alive at that time, although Liu Bei's power is not big, but they can often meet, very happy, now that the territory is bigger, the former friends are rarely able to get together again, and now they have passed away one after another, and I don't know when it will be my turn.

This was said for a morning, and it was not until Deng Ai came to report that the topic was pulled back.

"That's it, you and I are not young, there are some things that we have to understand, to fight, as long as we can calm down and do a good job in the rear, then half of the victory will be won." Liu Yi sighed while looking through the records sent by Deng Ai: "We have to train a soldier of the Han Dynasty, and we have to go through three years of training, not that we can't fight, but a battle like today's can still be avoided and avoided, you look at this casualty." ”

Strictly speaking, this battle is not a loss, the casualties of the Wei army on both sides are even more than the Han army, but in most cases, not to mention the casualties on both sides, on the frontal battlefield, the Han army and the Wei army are fighting, and the enemy's casualties are not more than twice as much as their own, then they are all lost, and under normal circumstances, the bows and arrows of the Han army will not let the Wei army run to their own melee battle completely, so last night's battle, although the Wei army was not successful, but in Liu Yi's eyes, this is a defeat!

Otherwise, why is the weapon created by the Tiangongfang every year?

"The governor is taught." Wei Yan nodded, his mind was a little calmer at the moment.

"Don't take the victory or defeat too seriously, be more stable, especially when you meet someone stronger than yourself, no one in this world dares to say that you are invincible." Liu Yi returned the documents sent by Deng Ai to Deng Ai and said, "Continue to camp and guard, and see what other means this Sima Yi has!" ”

If you continue to fight according to this battle loss ratio, it will be the Han army that will lose in the end, Liu Yi does not dare to take this risk, so the next strategy is to defend, defend to the death, do not leak, and then advance step by step, the arrow tower will be built outside the city of Yanjin, and with the advantage of range, Sima Yi has to withdraw from Yanjin!

Liu Yi felt that this method was the best way to defeat the enemy.

"Whoa!" Wei Yan and Deng Ai nodded in agreement.

"Don't think about how to break the enemy, think about how to break our army if you are Sima Yi, and then make corresponding deployments!" Liu Yi looked at the two of them and said with a smile: "Now that we have the advantage, we must not have the idea of underestimating the enemy at this time." ”

"What the Governor has said is very true, and the end will know." Wei Yan and Deng Ai hurriedly bowed and said.

On the other side, as a result of a night battle, the number of casualties in the army made the generals under Sima Yi's command unable to help but be staggered.

Obviously, the calculation succeeded, but in the end, so many people were still lost.

Sima Shi looked at Sima Yi with a wry smile: "Father, are we winning?" ”

"Of course!" Sima Yi sighed: "You know that the confrontation between Cao Shuang and Na Pang Tong in the Central Plains is three times that of the Han army, and it is not easy for us to force a draw." ”

"Captain!" Guo Huai smiled bitterly: "Last night, it was all due to the Taiwei's clever calculations, which made it difficult for the Han army's bows and arrows to play a role, but if it really fought, I am afraid that there is not much mistake between our army and the general's troops and horses." ”

"So you can't attack rashly now." Sima Yi sighed and said, "Liu Yi is not easy to deal with!" ”