Chapter 893: Sima Yi's Strategy
After Sima Yi defeated Liu Bei with less, the 20,000 tiger and leopard cavalry trimmed slightly, and then went south with great fanfare.
On the way to the march, the sound of high-pitched talk continued, and the sound of laughter continued to come out of the ranks, and the morale of the soldiers was unprecedentedly high, and Sima Yi, who was unwilling to ride a horse, but was willing to sit in the carriage Sima Yi held a book in his hand, and looked at the soldiers rolling by him so chic and calmly, and his heart was quite satisfied.
After the rain, the sky is clear, the air is fresh, reading a book, in the rickety carriage, being hypnotized by the book, this is the most comfortable thing for him, about to face Zhuge Liang, who has long been known as the world's Sleeping Dragon, Sima Yi does not have a little psychological burden, because in his mind, I am lucky to have beaten you, and it is not ashamed to be defeated by you, and I will pick it up even if I have a tie with you, it is precisely because of this mentality that Sima Yi is more relaxed, and he can also roast a rabbit in the car and prepare for a drink.
This rabbit was sent by Cao Chun, he was on the way to the march, slipped out to hunt, although a little suspected of violating military discipline, when he took the rabbit, his elbow was on the carriage window, Sima Yi said: "The general reconnoitred the enemy's situation and made some gains, and he should write down this military merit." ”
The army is a serious place, but it is too dull and nervous, it will put a burden on the hearts of the soldiers, and it is quite necessary to adjust it appropriately, especially all the soldiers know that everyone is about to face the world-famous Wolong, and the pressure in their hearts is even better, so Sima Yi wants to announce to everyone through this method that he, the commander of the first army, is confident.
This time, instead of being 30 miles a day, as before, the army advanced at a rate of 100 miles a day. At such a speed, the logistical burden could not keep up, but the invention of using merchants to provide grain and grass for the army along the way fully demonstrated its superiority here, as long as the outpost was sent in advance and the amount of grain and grass was booked to the merchants of the towns and cities it passed, it could be completely solved.
Now Sima Yi is very rich in his hands, because he completely defeated Liu Bei and captured the money that Liu Bei was going to give military salaries and rewards to the soldiers.
When the army arrived in Anyang, the county commander of Yiyang and his subordinates greeted him from afar outside the city. Sima Yi got out of the car, briefly explained some things, and then asked about the status of Yiyang's preparations, he was going to tie his headquarters in Yiyang, so that he and Xincai Nanbei were horns and attacked? Forget it, not to mention the ability gap between the two commanders, that is, in the comparison of the army, even if you are a hard wound, it is not advisable to use the precious cavalry to attack the battalion infantry, so as long as you drag Liu Bei's army, you will complete the mission, and now Sima Yi's mind is not to seek merit, but to seek no fault, anyway, with my 20,000 cavalry in hand, you Zhuge Liang dare not act rashly.
The news of Sima Yi's victory over Liu Bei reached Cao Cao, who was fighting with Sun Quan, and Cao Cao couldn't help but applaud: "I didn't expect Zhongda to have such talent, after I lost Jia Xu, Zhongda can stand out and will definitely be able to replace him in the future." ”
According to history, Guo Jia should have died a long time ago, but there is a premise here, that is, Guo Jia followed Cao Cao to conquer the grassland, in that bitter cold and frosty land, Guo Jia died young, and now the situation is different, the grassland has no relationship with Cao Cao, so Guo Jia has no such hardship, although his body is still seriously ill, but he is still tenaciously alive.
But for Cao Cao, Jia Xu is dead, it is a major loss in the staff officer, Guo Jia is seriously ill, and he doesn't want to make Guo Jia tired in trivial matters, only in major matters, he only asks Guo Jia's opinion, so under his own hands, although the ministers are all together, but the real outstanding is not, this time Sima Yi's appearance just fills his shortcomings.
Some young generals, while rejoicing that Sima Yi was able to achieve such a brilliant record, heard that Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang played a trick of shrinking the turtle, and everyone immediately pointed at him, because this victory made everyone feel that their strength far exceeded Liu Bei, and Sima Yi was too conservative.
One of the things was conveyed, Zhuge Liang sent someone to send him a set of women's clothes in order to quickly solve the battle and provoke Sima Yi to fight a decisive battle with himself, but Sima Yi saw this gorgeous costume, and actually put it on, and then beat the gong and drum, and personally performed a good show of women.
As a result, Cao Cao poured a basin of cold water on these swollen soldiers: "Although Zhong Da defeated Liu Bei, he did not fundamentally eliminate many of his soldiers, as long as Liu Bei was given a certain amount of time, let him gather enough grain and grass again, he would make a comeback, Liu Bei I know best, that is, a small strong man who can't be killed, give him a little sunshine, it will be brilliant to the earth, so, now Zhong Da is doing the most right, as long as I solve the Sun Quan in front of me, the whole situation will be beneficial to me." ”
Cao Cao's war against Sun Quan, there is no suspense about the outcome of the war, and it is simply a violent beating of Sun Quan.
The reason is that Sun Quan's subordinates are also full of talents, especially Zhou Yu and Lu Su are rare in the world, but unfortunately, they are all famous generals in water warfare, and on land, they are lame generals.
And this time Sun Quan sent troops, divided into two roads, Sun Quan sent Zhou Yu as the governor of 30,000 water army, down the river, turned to the sea, and then from Huaishui up, went straight to Huaiyin, took Huaiyin, divided Xuzhou into two, Lu Su led the infantry army of 150,000, out of Guangling, killed Gaoyou, after solving the southern Huaiyin, the infantry army continued to the north, and the sailors returned to the sea and killed to the central part of Qingzhou.
However, Zhou Yu's navy attacked Huaiyin, but was met with huge resistance, the first is that there are few horses, in the face of the heavy fortified city, his troops are seriously insufficient, and the second reason is that he originally thought that Huaiyin was in the heart of Cao Cao, and there would not be many men and horses to defend, but he underestimated the strength of the family.
Originally, Cao Cao's foundation was the support of the family, although in the later period, the family also showed disappointment with Cao Cao, and the support was relatively less, but it does not mean that there is none.
There is also a very critical issue, that is, the perception of people in the north and south.
In the history of China, across the land of the Central Plains, there are two huge rivers, that is, the well-known Yellow River and the Yangtze River.
The northerners take the Yellow River as the mother river, and the southerners take the Yangtze River as the root, so under this natural isolation, in the difference in climate and geographical environment, the Central Plains is naturally divided into two mentalities, the southerners are resistant to the northerners, and the northerners are also resistant to the southerners.