Chapter 488: Finally Fruitful
Cao Zhang's words made Sima Yi not say anything more about this miscalculation, he knew in his heart that although Cao Zhang did not object to his strategy, but in the face of Wu Huan's direct barbarism for a long time, Cao Zhang's battle was full of ruthlessness and decisiveness, especially in the case of superior troops, for the strategy, it was a little troublesome in his heart.
Sima Yi except for the last time Cao Pi also sent troops under Cao Cao to attack Yangping Pass, and Liu Feng indirectly had a confrontation, there has never been any other confrontation, for Liu Feng, Sima Yi still has a deep sense of jealousy in his heart, which also directly led to his first layer of miscalculation, as if the original self-confidence in his heart was shaken a little, Sima Yi knew that such emotions should never appear in his mind, so he made it clear to Cao Zhang, Zhang Liao, and that everything was carried out according to the previously agreed plan.
There are two flowers, one on each branch. After Liu Feng received Zhou Yu's secret report, he was not in a hurry to make any moves, and sure enough, after a few hours, the news from Jiangxia came again, saying that the Wei troops who came to attack the city only stormed for a while at night, and returned to their camp after the sky became brighter, and looked at the appearance of the camp, which was enough to accommodate hundreds of thousands of people.
At this point, Liu Feng naturally knew that it was just Sima Yi's trick, although the plan was secret, but because Deng Ai had already discovered a trace of a very small trace, it could no longer cause a little psychological fluctuation to Liu Feng, this time it was just a false trick, and it had become a foregone conclusion in Liu Feng's heart. Therefore, Sima Yi's worries are not unreasonable, the turning point of this battle has actually appeared in the broken branches that Deng Ai found.
On the second night of Jiangxia's attack, Liu Feng, who was still sitting firmly in the Diaoyutai in Xiangyang City, received a Pegasus report from Zhao Yun again, and the content of the report was very close to what Zhou Yu said before, but this time, Zhao Yun couldn't estimate how many people were attacking Wancheng in the night for a while.
After getting this news, Liu Feng fell into deep thought, Wancheng is not as good as Jiangxia, you can quickly inform Liu Feng of the news by waterway, from Wancheng to Xiangyang, this back and forth, it will be delayed for most of the day, and for most of the day, the enemy's attack will obviously not be easily stopped.
Jiangxia's enemy army, Liu Feng is already sure that it is a feint, but whether it is a feint this time depends on Liu Feng's analysis, although Liu Feng said it so easily when educating Deng Ai, but when it really came to this critical moment, he had to take all the circumstances into account, and then make the most likely judgment.
Staring at Wancheng and Shangyong on the map, Liu Feng had two thoughts flashing in his heart, whether it was a suspicious soldier this time, if it was a suspicious soldier, what would happen if he didn't move, if it wasn't a suspicious soldier, what would happen after learning the truth?
Undoubtedly, Liu Feng's judgment and decision will become the winner of this first battle with Sima Yi, the defenders of Jingzhou are already small, if they can't win this first battle, the situation after that can only be more difficult.
But hesitation only lingered in Liu Feng's heart for a moment, and then, he made his own decision, without Zhou Yu and Pang Tong and others by his side, he did not have any hesitation, but directly summoned Li Chuang and Deng Ai to his front, and assigned the task he gave them, and after that, he also put on the armor that had not been touched for a few months, holding a helmet that glittered in the sunlight in his hand, and walked out of the north gate of Xiangyang City.
"Is there any news from General Zhongkang and General Wen Ze?" In the middle of nowhere, in the Wei military camp, Sima Yi asked a scout who had just returned to the camp.
"There has been no news since last night, but according to our investigation, General Xu Chu has launched an offensive against Wancheng and personally commanded it under the city, which will cause a great shock to the defenders of Wancheng."
After hearing this, Sima Yi waved his hand and sent the scout away, and then said to Cao Zhang and Zhang Liao, who were still sitting on both sides of him: "Regardless of whether there is news from Wancheng or not, after two hours, we must send troops, otherwise once my strategy is discovered by Liu Feng, it will delay the best time to send troops. ”
Cao Zhang laughed when he heard Sima Yi's words: "When I lead the army to the city, Zhong Da will know that the feints you sent before are nothing more than a single move, this Jingzhou soldier is compared to those barbarians in Wuhuan, we have such a force but can't strike with all our strength, once something happens, wouldn't it be the same as the previous Yang Xiu?" ”
Obviously, Cao Zhang's idea was not to use tactics when he had such a heavy army, but Sima Yi's strategy was indeed to use tens of thousands of troops to contain all the defenders of Jiangxia and Wancheng, so Cao Chang did not raise any greater objections until this time, what he wanted in his heart was to wait until the whole army attacked, and let Sima Yi see his demeanor in leading the troops in front of the battle.
Sima Yi did not refute Cao Zhang's questioning, he just ordered the remaining 200,000 troops under his command to be ready to go, and two hours later, they were about to rush directly to the real first destination of his army, Shangyong.
Just like Liu Feng guessed, for Sima Yi, Wancheng is a little difficult to achieve overnight, even if Jiangxia can be captured, it is not very meaningful to Wei without a naval army, not to mention that doing so is likely to introduce Zhuge Liang into this war, which is at least the result that Sima Yi and Cao Zhi do not want to see at this stage.
Time passed slowly, and when the soldiers who were preparing to go out were making final preparations and eating dry food to replenish their strength, a news that shocked Sima Yi's heart finally came.
According to the sergeant report sent by Xu Chu and Yu Ban, when they had just carried out the second onslaught on Wancheng, a large group of reinforcements came out from the side of Wancheng, and the banner was Liu Feng!
"Liu Feng has really been tricked! General Xu Chu and General Yu Ban can probably only support this onslaught, I don't have to wait for another two hours, I will lead the troops out at this moment and go all out to capture Shangyong! As soon as he heard the news, Sima Yi immediately made a decision and made a change.
"Zhongda should have done this a long time ago!" After Cao Zhang left such a sentence, he strode back to his camp and put on his armor, 200,000 troops captured Shangyong, facing less than 50,000 defenders in Shangyong City, Cao Zhang had already itched in his heart for this battle.