Chapter 562: A True Stratagem
Zhao Yun knew that although Liu Feng's strategy was executed perfectly, because he went deep into the rear of the enemy army, he would be known by Cao Zhi and Sima Yi sooner or later, but they were passively learned through the fleeing soldiers, and he was informed by Liu Feng through the fast horse of the shadow guard at the first time, so he would definitely know Liu Feng's progress before Sima Yi.
At this time, he was far from completing his task, and even his task had just begun when Liu Feng penetrated deep into the rear of Wei.
In the letter passed to Zhao Yun, Liu Feng informed Zhao Yun of his current situation, and finally informed Zhao Yun of his ultimate goal of attacking Wei this time.
It was only at this time that Zhao Yun knew how Liu Feng was going to take Wei down, and Zhao Yun had always thought that Liu Feng wanted to lead the army to attack Huanglong alone, and it was precisely because the uncertainty of doing so was too great, so he wanted to advise Liu Feng when he was by his side.
But this time after receiving Liu Feng's letter, a big stone in Zhao Yun's heart finally fell to the ground.
It turned out that Liu Feng didn't want to go deep alone, if it was the first way to attract Sima Yi to kill Liu Feng in Weixing County, Liu Feng's passing through Tongguan alone could be said to be Liu Feng's second trick.
It turned out that the second order given by Liu Feng to Zhao Yun in the letter was that once Sima Yi learned that Liu Feng had crossed Tongguan and the soldiers were pointing directly at Luoyang, he would almost definitely think that he had been deceived by Liu Feng, and in such a situation, Wei would never be able to afford to lose Luoyang, so Sima Yi would definitely lead his army to support Xu Chu.
At this time, Zhao Yun and Zhang Bao and the defenders in Shangyong City were correct, Meng Da and others no longer had to care about defending Shangyong, Liu Feng ordered them to raise at least 50,000 troops after Sima Yi moved, and chased Sima Yi all the way, if Sima Yi fought with them, they would try their best to consume the army under Sima Yi's command, if Sima Yi made up his mind to support Luoyang, they would at least occupy the county of Weixing, and then echo with Liu Feng to pose a threat to Luoyang.
I have to say that this will make Sima Yi fall into a dilemma step by step, and Zhao Yun knows that Liu Feng still has a third move, that is, Nanyang County, which is already ten years away from Luoyang, Liu Feng has mentioned to Zhao Yun in the letter, he is not the only force to support Liu Feng, once Liu Feng's troops come to Luoyang, Nanyang County will also send troops to put pressure on Luoyang from the southeast, and then it will definitely cause the fact that Luoyang is besieged on three sides, and in this case, Liu Feng will naturally be determined to take Luoyang.
Luoyang and Yecheng are like the two hearts of Wei, once Luoyang is taken, the vitality of Wei is at least half injured, and under the pursuit of the situation, it may not be impossible to take Yecheng at the same time in one fell swoop, so that the situation of Liu Feng's unification of the Central Plains can almost be achieved.
Zhao Yun was full of passion for such a plan, he knew that only Liu Feng dared to take risks in person, set such a plan, and only Liu Feng had enough people under his command to complete such a plan perfectly, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, he might really be able to see the reunification of the Central Plains in his lifetime, of course, the premise is that he must show a good enough performance in the battle against Sima Yi at this time and later.
The only thing that Zhao Yun can't understand is that there is almost only one Deng Ai in Nanyang County today, although Deng Ai won the hearts of the people in Nanyang, and also proved his ability to Liu Feng in the previous battle, but if such a big battle allows Deng Ai to lead a part of the people alone, it is a little inappropriate in Zhao Yun's heart after all, and once Deng Ai leaves Nanyang, the entire Nanyang County will fall into an unguarded situation, which is a bit desperate, but Zhao Yun knows, Since Liu Feng didn't even inform himself of this complete plan before, then he may not have no other backhand, what he should pay attention to at present is just the menacing Sima Yi in front of him.
And Deng Ai, who was in Wancheng, had also received the news of the shadow guard at this time, but unlike Zhao Yun's expectation, Deng Ai did not take any action after receiving the news, but just told the defenders in the city to strengthen the inspection in the direction of Luoyang, but he himself was still sitting firmly in Wancheng.
Liu Feng's three lines have almost all been arranged, and the people who have known this arrangement from beginning to end are only Zhou Yu and Pang Tong, who spent several months combining their own advantages and a series of problems faced by Wei at this time to formulate such a set of strategies.
Although at this time, it seemed that Liu Feng had just risen and his foundation was unstable, and Wei had not suffered from a broken bone, but Liu Feng knew that dragging it out would only be more and more difficult for him, so he decisively seized such an opportunity and wanted to win with one blow.
At this time, every general, including Liu Feng himself, is a very important chess piece in their plan, only if they all complete the things they have arranged step by step, this strategy will have a probability of success, otherwise, once their strategy fails, Wei State is not captured by himself, then within a few years, there will be no more such a situation, he can only confront Cao Zhi north and south for a long time.
When Liu Feng had already arrived at Tongguan, behind him were the large siege equipment that was successively transported to Wei after following his pace, and these equipment had been kept about twenty miles away from Liu Feng, so few defenders of Wei could see it.
Cao Zhi scattered most of the Wei army to a place very close to Liu Feng's forces, although he was able to find out Liu Feng's movements and engage with him at the first time, but the weakness was also obvious, that is, like Yongzhou, once defeated, Liu Feng's army drove straight in, and the defenders encountered on the way barely exceeded the size of 20,000 people, so that although Liu Feng was fighting all the way forward, he did not lose much troops and did not waste much time.
Finally, almost seven days after the destruction of Yongzhou, Yecheng received the bad news that it was brought back by a lieutenant under Zhang He, who fled into the mountains with great difficulty, and although he was very loyal to Cao Zhi, a lot of time was still wasted.