Chapter 505: Zhongda's Scheme
Luoyang, General's Mansion.
When Sima Yi's army arrived, Cao Xiu had already fought with Guan Yu at Yique Pass, in fact, Cao Xiu did not fight Yique Pass first, but Hangu Pass, after all, this was about the rescue of the Wei army in Guanzhong.
However, Liu Yi was too stable, not to mention the frontal encounter with the Wei army, and also arranged a lot of advanced organs outside the city, even if he wanted to detour to Guanzhong, he might be harassed and sneak attacked by Liu Yi's soldiers and horses ambushed in the mountains, and the beacon tower hidden in the mountains, as long as the Wei army appeared, I am afraid that it would be harassed by Liu Yi's troops immediately.
In comparison, Guan Yu is much simpler, as long as you come, I will dare to fight, but the problem is ...... I can't beat it!
In a battle, Guan Yu did not rush into battle again, but even so, the strength of the Han army's armor was so strong that Cao Jun was breathless, and he didn't even touch Yique Pass, so he was beaten by Guan Yu and fled, Cao Xiu saw that neither of these two sides could be captured.
Sima Yi brought as many as 80,000 reinforcements this time, and the imperial court obviously attached great importance to the battle of Guanzhong this time, but Hangu Pass was sealed, and no matter how many soldiers and horses there were, it was difficult to gallop to help Guanzhong for a while, so they could only stare at it here.
"Does Zhongda have a plan to break through?" When Cao Xiu greeted Sima Yi, he was a little tired, Guan Yu and Liu Yi took the Guancheng southwest of Luoyang, and now Cao Xiu was worried about the war in Guanzhong, but he had no choice but to ask Sima Yi.
"Liu Yi and Guan Yu are both famous generals, so Liu Yi is famous for his good guards, if he wants to take Hangu Pass in his hands, it is not easy." Sima Yi also frowned, Guan Yu's words, he can still think of a way, although Guan Yu is strong, but his character shortcomings are too obvious, and it is easy to be mastered, but Liu Yi is different, Sima Yi has carefully studied all the battles of Liu Yi since he came out, this person's personality is too stable, and he is also the kind of person who is not easy to deceive, it is not easy to deceive him with tricks, and he wants to recapture Hangu Pass...... It's not easy.
Sima Yi participated in the Battle of Nanyang back then, Liu Yi defended the city and defended people to the extent of vomiting blood, Cao Cao was helpless when he saw it, Sima Yi didn't think he could surpass Cao Cao militarily, at least not yet.
And Sima Yi had already asked about Hangu Pass before Cao Xiu came back, Liu Yi's style was still as stable as before, Hangu Pass was occupied by him, there was no better way than to take people's lives, the price was too great, and it took too long, and there was definitely no way to defeat the opponent in a short time.
"It's not easy, but you have to fight!" Cao Xiu sighed, everyone knows the truth, but that's the way it is, the price of the fall of Guanzhong is too great, and the pattern of the entire world has to be changed because of this, and no one can bear this price.
Sima Yi smiled bitterly when he heard this, frowned and thought: "Although Liu Yi can't, Guan Yu's place can be managed." ”
"Although Yique Pass is heavy, it is not beneficial to the overall situation at this time." Cao Xiu frowned and said, if Yique Pass is taken, at most, Guan Yu will be driven back to Nanyang, but the most important thing now is to rush to help Guanzhong as soon as possible, even if Yique Pass is taken, it will only make Luoyang temporarily safe, and it is impossible to rescue Guanzhong from Yique Pass.
"But if Guan Yu is in a Jedi, will Liu Yi sit idly by?" Sima Yi asked with a smile.
"This ......" Cao Xiu was stunned when he heard this, and then suddenly looked at Sima Yi and said, "Clever plan!" ”
Guan Yu is not only the only general under Liu Bei's command to defend one side, more importantly, Guan Yu is Liu Bei's brother, even if it is Liu Yi, I am afraid he will not dare to sit back and watch Guan Yu have an accident.
"Our army has an advantage at the moment, there are many soldiers, the defenders of Luoyang plus the soldiers and horses brought by the subordinates, more than 100,000 people, can divide the troops to fight, as long as they can threaten Guan Yu, then Liu Yi has to take the initiative to send troops!" Sima Yi guessed that Liu Yi was only good at defense, and if he was attacking, he might not be Liu Yi's forte, so as long as Liu Yi could be lured out of Hangu Pass, then the next thing would be easy to do.
Cao Xiu frowned when he heard this: "It's just that Guan Yu is a famous general in the world, and his soldiers are strong and strong, and the three thousand defenders of Yique Pass were broken by Guan Yu in just three days, Niu Jin led the army to rescue, and was even beheaded by Guan Yu in front of the battle, how easy is it to defeat Guan Yu?" ”
"Then please ask the general to defeat again!" Sima Yi said with a smile.
"Huh?" Cao Xiu didn't understand a little, and he was defeated for a while?
"The general led the army to attract Guan Yu out of the pass to fight, and he could lead troops out of Xuanyuan Pass, go around the enemy's rear, cut off his grain route, and then set up a camp to block his way back, and he couldn't defend it, so Guan Yu lost his grain and grass, and he couldn't last!" Sima Yi said with a smile: "At that time, if Liu Yi sends troops to rescue, the general can see the opportunity to act, Liu Yi since he came out, every time he encounters a big enemy, he is mainly defensive, and he guesses that this person will not be good at attacking, if he takes the initiative to send troops, he will definitely not be the general's opponent!" ”
Although there was also a record of sweeping the four counties of Jingnan in the early years, in the eyes of the discerning people, the enemies of the four counties of Jingnan at that time were all Han Xuan, Jin Xuan, Liu Du, and Zhao Fan, how many of them could be brought to the table? Such a record sounds magnificent, but in fact, Liu Yi is just bullying the mentally handicapped.
"Okay, then there will be Lao Zhongda!" Cao Xiu was overjoyed when he heard this.
At the moment, Cao Xiu and Sima Yi agreed on a time, Sima Yi led the army from Xuanyuan Pass first, three days later, Cao Xiu took the initiative to lead the army to fight Guan Yu again, as long as Guan Yu sent troops, he would take the beacon as the number, Sima Yi will take the opportunity to wave his troops westward, cut off Guan Yu's grain route, as for Sima Yi's logistics problem, after all, this is the territory of Wei, as long as Guan Yu's back road is broken, Yingchuan and Runan can provide food and grass funding for Sima Yi, and even if the army allows, you can also take advantage of Guan Yu to be trapped in Yique Pass and attack Nanyang!
Of course, the current situation is still based on Hangu Pass first, and the matter of Nanyang will be talked about when conditions permit.
On the same day, Sima Yi led an army of 30,000 to Xuanyuan Pass, preparing to go out of Xuanyuan Pass to cut off Guan Yu's grain road, and Cao Xiu sent a large number of scouts to explore the movements of Yique Pass, also to confuse Guan Yu to shoot the sight of the scouts outside Yique Pass.
In the course of three days, there was no big battle between the two sides, but small-scale clashes between scouts occurred from time to time, and early on the morning of the third day, Cao Xiu ordered 50,000 troops and went straight to Yique Pass with great momentum, apparently preparing for a snow before shame.
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"Junhou, this time Cao Xiu doesn't care about Hangu Pass, but he went straight to Yique Pass, I'm afraid there will be fraud!" Yi Que closed, and the Yi who got the news found Guan Yu and bowed down.
Guan Yu was already preparing to go on the expedition at this moment, giving Cao Xiu a head-on blow, and frowned when he heard the words: "What can you deceive?" ”
"Cao Wei's reinforcements have arrived, and at this time, Cao Xiu is the first to think about how to break through Hangu Pass, but at this time, he is moving people to Yique Pass, which is contrary to common sense!" Yi said in a deep voice.
Guan Yu thought about it, it was indeed a little abnormal, but he couldn't think of what tricks Cao Jun could come up with at this time.
"Mi Fang! Liaohua! After thinking about it, Guan Yu looked at the generals under the tent and said.
"The last general!" Mi Fang and Liao Hua took a step forward and bowed.
"The two of you are responsible for guarding the city and taking care of the safety of the grain road." Guan Yu thought about it, if the Wei army wants to attack, there is only a grain road.
"Whoa!" The two of them were ordered to stay, Guan Yu felt that he had no worries, and immediately ordered troops to fight Cao Xiu, he was conceited that he was a famous general in the world, and the Han army was well-equipped, even if Cao Xiu led an army of 50,000 to come, Guan Yu only led 20,000 soldiers and horses to meet the enemy, and he was confident that he could defeat Cao Xiu with 20,000 troops.
Yi still felt that something was wrong, but since Guan Yu had made arrangements, he couldn't say more, so he could only stay with Mi Fang and Liao Hua to guard the city pass, and at the same time take care of the grain road.
The two armies are fighting, there is not much to say, on the empty plain, the two teams of men and horses are fighting together, Cao Xiu did not deliberately let it, it is not the first time that the two sides have fought each other, they know each other, if they lose too obviously, they will be detected by Guan Yu.
But Rao is so, after the war between the two sides, even if there is a real fire, Cao Xiu's 50,000 army is still pressed and beaten by Guan Yu, since this war to now, there have been several battles with the Han army, the biggest emotion is that the equipment of the Han army is really fucking bullying, even if he dispatched 50,000 troops this time, he was still pressed and beaten by Guan Yu, this feeling is very aggrieved, not so much to lose on purpose, but to drag Guan Yu, so that Sima Yi has the opportunity to copy Guan Yu's back road.
On the battlefield of Xiao Killing, Cao Xiu had already withdrawn his troops, watching Zhou Cang show off his might in front of the two armies, Cao Xiu hated it but was helpless.
Although Guan Yu won for a while, his strength was inferior to the other party after all, and it was not good to attack directly, otherwise 20,000 people would rush to the 50,000-strong army formation, and even if he had an advantage in equipment, he might not be able to win.
"Prince!" Just when Guan Yu frowned and thought about how to defeat this Cao army, he saw someone flying horses running from behind.
"What?" Guan Yu asked.
"Wei County suddenly came out from the direction of Xuanyuan Pass, captured the Yangrenju, cut off our army's grain road, General Mi Fang has led the army to rob, but there are many thieves, the military division is afraid that General Mi Fang will be invincible, and he came to inform the prince that he should retreat quickly!" Someone rode a horse to Guan Yu's side, and his voice was very low, this kind of thing is easy to shake the morale of the army when it is spread.
Yang people gather in the middle section of Rushui, it is the only way from Nanyang to Yique Pass, by the mountains and rivers, although it is not big, but it is an important grain and grass transportation base of Guan Yu, once it is captured here, it is equivalent to cutting off the connection between Guan Yu and Nanyang.
Guan Yu's face sank when he heard this, and he was really said by Yi, Cao Xiu ignored Hangu Pass this time but picked Yique Pass to attack, it was really deceitful.
Glancing coldly in Cao Xiu's direction, Guan Yu nodded silently, and ordered to recall Zhou Cangdao: "The rear team will change to the front team and withdraw to Yique Pass!" ”
"Whoa!"
At the moment, the Han army slowly retreated, Cao Xiu observed for a long time, and did not find obvious flaws, so he could only set up a camp in front of Yique Pass, and at the same time ordered people who are good at climbing to climb to the top of the mountain to observe the movement of Yique Pass, if Yique Pass is empty, he will immediately attack Yique Pass, so that Guan Yu can not care about each other.