Jingzhou South County, Dangyang County, Wei Army Camp.

Previously, Sima Yi was ordered by Cao Cao, the king of Wei, to gather more than 10,000 Tuntian soldiers in Nanyang and Runan two counties, and then rushed to Xiangyang, and Xu Huang, who was then the general of Pingkou, combined with 30,000 elite soldiers, known as 50,000, in the name of attacking Guan Yu, went south to invade the city that originally belonged to Shu Han and Eastern Wu had not yet had time to digest.

In the past few days, the army has been like a bamboo, all the way south, successively conquering the five counties of Zhonglu, Linfu, Yexian, Bianxian, and Yicheng, and the troops have reached Yidao and Dangyang County.

Considering that the water army had not arrived, Lv Meng of Eastern Wu would inevitably lose the field battle, and after moving the local people, he had to give up these county towns.

But Xu Huang and Sima Yi also knew that the Wei State had gone through the Hanzhong War, the Xiangfan War, and various rebellions in the territory.

Therefore, after many days of exploration, Wei and Wu took the Dangyang area as the boundary and divided the county towns of Jingzhou Nanjun equally.

In the end, Sun Quan's request for attachment was not yet cool, and although the situation between the two armies was tense, there was no large-scale conflict.

In the past few days, Sima Yi has been very busy and annoyed at the same time.

The main general, Xu Huang, relied on his qualifications and military merits, and he didn't look down on him, a general from a civilian background, and never gave him a good look; In addition, the combat strength of the Tuntian soldiers was not strong, so he only had to open roads in the mountains, build bridges in the water, set up camps, patrol and guard and other work, and the credit of attacking the city and conquering the land, and there was almost nothing to do with the Tuntian army under his command.

Despite this, Sima Yi cherished this opportunity very much, just because this was the first time he participated in the war as the chief general of the Tuntian army, rather than the role he had always played as a strategist, so even if it was a small matter, he would not do it himself.

After these days of tempering, his eyes are no longer only focused on the neat and majestic cavalry and those warriors armed with shields, swords, bows, arrows and spears, or the strategy and tactics of war that advance and retreat behind the enemy and the enemy, and hide the edge; He began to care more about the food and drink consumption of tens of thousands of people during the war of the army.

Originally, when he was acting as a strategist by Cao Cao's side, he also had tens of thousands of grains, grasses, and armor, but for him, these were just a string of numbers recorded in the military account book at that time.

But when he really arrived in the army, he found that he wanted to put these numbers into practice, and the knowledge contained in them was huge, and with his extremely smart IQ, he was also dizzy at first.

As a last resort, he could only lick his face and ask Xu Huang for advice.

In fact, he had long seen that General Xu didn't think very highly of himself, but he didn't care, the so-called gentleman can't bear it, as long as it is useful to himself, what does it matter if he endures some cold words?

It was as if he had entered a new world, hungry for knowledge that he had never been exposed to before.

After more than ten days, he already knew that each man could carry six buckets of rice, and the soldiers themselves could carry five days' dry food; A man can supply a soldier for eighteen days at a time. If the return journey were to be counted, the soldiers would have to travel only nine days.

He also learned that after an army arrived at a place, it first had to set up a mobile market near the barracks, and relied on the nearby merchants and people to trade and convert, so as to obtain various local materials, which was called "food for the enemy".

In general, the efficiency of grain transportation is extremely low, and the consumption of the transportation process is far beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

Therefore, the main general must be carefully arranged, reasonably scheduled, and prepared for any accidents.

Sima Yi is a man who can draw inferences from others, and while he realizes that it is difficult for his own side to transport grain, this difficulty may be even more difficult for the enemy.

Therefore, if the frontal battlefield is not victorious, if you can start from this aspect, it may not be an idea to break the enemy.

In the past few days, he has finally become handy in dealing with these things.

Just the day before yesterday, an edict came from the King of Wei, with only a short line of words on it:

"When I heard that Liu Beidong came to conquer Wu, I should leave a place for him to be an arrow away. From now on, Gongming (Xu Huangzi) took the three counties of Shangyong in the west, and Zhongda returned to Xiangyang, so it was advisable to do it quickly. ”

As soon as Sima Yi received the order, he had already guessed the mind of Cao Cao, the king of Wei.

A few days ago, the news that Liu Bei personally led the army to the east had spread in Jingzhou. The Shu army is now gathering near Wuxian and Zigui to rest, and when the three armies gather, they will definitely go east to crusade against the Eastern Wu who betrayed the alliance and seized the city.

At this time, the king of Wei ordered the withdrawal of the army, which was to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight!

He sent Xu Huang to the west to recover the three counties of Shangyong that had fallen during the Battle of Hanzhong, just to create the illusion that the Wei army would withdraw from the southern counties, so that Shu and Wu could fight with confidence and boldness.

This is really a plan to kill two birds with one stone!

After Sima Yi figured out the joints, he couldn't help but sigh that the heroic man who was dominating the wind and playing with the heroes in the palm of his hand was back.

Xu Huang went west as soon as he received the order.

Sima Yi expected that he had been on the battlefield for a long time, and there were local wealthy families Shen Tan and Shen Yi brothers as internal responses, Liu Feng Mengda of Shu State would not be an opponent, and the three counties of Shangyong would be captured on this trip.

His side has been busy for two days in a row, and the preparations for the opening of the Tuntian army are almost done, and they can retreat into the sphere of influence at any time.

But he still has a matter on his mind.

He knew that when Liu Bei and Sun Quan were fighting each other, King Wei would definitely make a decisive move to strive for the greatest benefits. But before the king of Wei went south, he would definitely come to ask him for advice.

As the mastermind, the more information you have, the more accurate your judgment of the battle situation will be.

Thinking that the army would only be withdrawn early tomorrow morning, Sima Yi decided to take advantage of the last half day to go to the Yangtze River to survey the terrain lightly, knowing that the dispute between Shu and Wu would definitely occur here.

"It's best to sneak into nature, if the Wu army is heavily garrisoned, it's just a trip in vain."

The idea was set, and Sima Yi immediately led more than 100 light horsemen, set off from the camp, and galloped south.

Along the way, there is a flat river, and the residents along the way have long been relocated by Soochow, and there is not half a figure on the road.

The group retraced the road for thirty or fifty miles, and suddenly saw that the terrain in front of them had changed, and countless mountains and hills had risen from the ground, covering the Yangtze River not far away.

A lieutenant general came forward to report:

"Report to Sima, this place is called Yishan, and fifty miles to the west is Zigui; Fifty miles to the east is Yiling, which is a good place to climb high and look far away. A group of scouts of our army are ambushing here, and the news of Liu Beidong's arrival is the first they found out. ”

"Oh?" Sima Yi immediately became interested, and said, "Since you are here, let's go and have a look." ”

The next group of people walked up the winding mountain road under the guidance of the lieutenant general.

The steep terrain of the mountain is not conducive to walking.

While paying attention to the slippery underfoot, Sima Yi looked around at the continuous mountains, and secretly said, "This is a good place to hide soldiers. ”

After walking several miles of mountain road, the scenery in front of me suddenly changed.

But see the front is the Yangtze River that the river surface is not too wide, the peaks and peaks on both sides of the river are towering, the river wall stands, the steep mountains and cliffs cross the sky, the strange stones are craggy, the flying spring is punishing, the vines and ancient trees are clear, and the sky covers the sun.

The river is quite turbulent, and only the sound of rushing water can be heard.

After a short time, everyone climbed to the top of the mountain, only to see two inconspicuous gray tents set up a hundred paces away, and three or five people outside the tent were talking around a tall and thin man in his twenties.

Looking at the clothes, they are all Tuntian soldiers of the Wei State.

Sima Yi looked intently, and saw that several people in the outer circle had contempt and ridicule on their faces, as if they were making fun of the young man in the middle.

But the tall and thin young man had a calm face, as if the person being laughed at was not himself, and he didn't care at all.

Maybe it was the loud sound of the river, covering the footsteps when they came, these people didn't notice the arrival of Sima Yi and his party, and they were arguing loudly.

Sima Yi became interested, and immediately sent his lieutenant to summon them to him.

After a while, the Tuntian soldiers followed the deputy general back, and just now they had learned the identity of the person in front of them, and they knelt on the ground and hugged their fists:

"The villain has seen Jun Sima."

Sima Yi waved his hand, motioned for everyone to get up, and asked directly, "Why are you arguing?" ”

One of them looked at the rather clever man and bowed down and said: "Returning to the army Sima, because the army has issued an order, the whole army will retreat tomorrow, so the villain and the others are hurrying to pack their luggage." ”

As he spoke, he suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed at the tall and thin man, and said, "But he said that the chief general who ordered the retreat had no plan, and the villain was angry, so he argued with him, disturbing the military Sima, and he really deserved to die." ”

The adjutant general was shocked when he heard this, and shouted angrily: "Where did you come from, do you dare to slander the main general, don't you want to die?" ”

The young man stood in eight figures, not moving at all, and he had no intention of refutating.

Sima Yi glanced at him and asked indifferently: "I am the main general in your mouth, what do you have to say?" ”

The man shook his head, pointed to his mouth again, and said slowly, "Please... Please write about it. ”

"Can you write?" Sima Yi's eyes were even more surprised, and he immediately nodded in agreement.

When the man saw this, he simply sat on the ground, picked up a dead branch, and used the ground as paper and the branch as a pen to write on the ground.

"The Shu army is coming east, and there will be a battle with Eastern Wu."

"Who doesn't know about this?" Sima Yi couldn't help laughing when he saw it.

The man kept writing and continued to write:

"Here is a distant mountain, swallowing the Yangtze River, and those who climb the highest peak, the scenery within a radius of 100 miles can be seen in full view. One day I will be based on this, and the victory or defeat of Shu and Wu will be known in an instant. ”

This benefit, Sima Yi had already received the lesson on the way when he came, and immediately said: "Not bad." ”

The man continued:

"Liu Bei's expedition to the east will send a subdued to Jiangbei for the purpose of monitoring our army."

Sima Yi's face was expressionless, but he was a little moved in his heart, thinking that this kid could actually have this insight, so he waved his hand and said, "You continue to write." There was already a hint of encouragement in his tone.

"The first part of the Jiangbei part of the Shu army, in order to get the news quickly, must be based on the Jiangjin crossing. And the mountains and forests here are dense, enough for the Tibetan army of 1,000 people, and on the side of the Shu army, they will not be defended. can find an opportunity to pull it out, then Liu Bei is completely blind to Jiangbei. ”

"A certain view of the King of Wei's map is big, and it must not be between the square inches of Nanjun. This place can be attacked and defended, and it is little known, and it is the place where strange soldiers come in. ”

The withered branch pen in his hand walked without a moment's pause:

"And the Lord will order the whole army to return, is it not unintentional?"

After writing this sentence, the man threw away the withered branch in his hand and stood with his head held high again.

Sima Yi stared at these lines, and his heart turned over and over, and he couldn't calm down for a long time.

The current posture of King Wei is to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, so what about after the tiger fight?

We all know that King Wei wants to appeal for the greatest benefit, but what is the biggest benefit, I'm afraid no one can tell clearly.

At present, what can be seen is nothing more than either expanding the land for thousands of miles, or returning to Yu Ban and 30,000 soldiers who were trapped in Jiangling.

But Sima Yi knew that in fact, what King Wei wanted more was to capture Liu and destroy his grandson!

Sun Quan is okay, Liu Bei is shrinking in Shu, it is difficult to destroy suddenly, if he takes advantage of the time he comes to the east this time, is it possible to think of a way to do this?

But he thought about it, at this moment, Liu Beiguan was on his side, and he was mourning again, and it was inevitably difficult to be his authority on the front.

So where is Liu Bei's weakness?

Sima Yi's heart flashed with lightning, and at this time, his face sank like water, and the idea of scrutiny had already shifted to the sky over the entire Jingzhou.

Unconsciously, the image of "Eagle Vision" was revealed.

The Tuntian soldier, who was the first to speak, saw that he was full of murderous anger and thought that he was angry and wanted to kill.

After all, it was a fellow villager, although there were some disputes, but there was still some nostalgia, and I saw that the Tuntian soldier "plopped" and fell to the ground, begging for mercy:

"Jun Sima, although this kid is talking wildly, he has planted a good land, and I implore Jun Sima to raise his noble hand and spare his life!"

Sima Yi was interrupted by him and returned to reality. He stared at the resolute and graceful young man in front of him, and asked:

"What's your name?"

The man raised his head and clenched his fists, and said awe-inspiringly: "Some... Nanyang... Deng Ai. ”