Sima Yi received a report from Xiahou Ba, saying that there was no enemy army guarding Jieting at all, and he was puzzled in his heart, urging the army to continue to speed up, and constantly sending people to the front to verify. Vertex updates are the fastest

It wasn't until he himself rushed to the street pavilion that he saw with his own eyes that there was no shadow of the Shu army around him at all, and he still couldn't believe it, it had been four whole days, and the enemy had not reacted yet.

"It's not right, it's so abnormal." He was always shaking his head and saying to himself, the enemy attacked Longyou, but did not send troops to defend the main road, this is really not in line with the common sense of soldiers, are they really so confident, they are not afraid of my Wei army coming at all?

Xiahou Ba had been waiting impatiently for a long time, and muttered: "In my opinion, their last victory was purely good luck, they didn't have many people, and they didn't think about occupying Longyou for a long time, maybe they really came to grab something and were ready to return to Hanzhong at any time." ”

Sima Yi continued to shake his head: "Impossible, that impossible." Isn't Liu Bei's ambition to revive the Han Dynasty, how can he let his army run away like thieves. Zhongquan, I've told you several times, don't underestimate the enemy. ”

Xiahou said domineeringly: "However, adults should not look too highly at the enemy. They seized Jicheng, just because there were spies in Jicheng. If they are really that powerful, why haven't they beaten down Linwei for so long? Since they didn't lay down Linwei, and they didn't even completely seal the Chencang Weishui Narrow Road, where is there any kung fu, regardless of this avenue that is far away in Luoyang. ”

As if waking up the person in the dream with a word, Sima Yi suddenly felt embarrassed.

Xiahou Ba is right, since the Shu army has not even been able to seal the Weishui narrow road, Cao Zhen is still occupying Linwei, and it is not far from Shang.

In this case, why are you in a hurry to send troops to the street pavilion to defend, the road to enter Longyou in this pass is originally open.

What is grabbing land and taking advantage of the key points, it doesn't exist at all in other people's places now, and it turns out that I think too much.

Xiahou Ba hasn't finished speaking: "I think they can't distinguish so many people to guard the street pavilion because they have too few people, and it is good to rely on the terrain to block General Cao Zhen's people in Linwei." ”

Sima Yi hurriedly diverted the topic: "They ...... Didn't they say that they had already captured a lot of places in Longyou? It's been four days since you've been here, how is the situation in Luoyang County? ”

Xiahou Ba replied: "Tanma just came back, saying that in Luoyang City, there were still Ma Chao's men and horses stationed three days ago, but they have all been withdrawn, I guess, they just heard that we have arrived at the street pavilion, so they fled when they heard the news." ”

Sima Yi is not as optimistic as Xiahouba, Cao Xiu's advice is still echoing in his ears, and the enemy's behavior is really incomprehensible to him.

This Luoyang County is also very close to Jicheng, if the light army is fast, you can soon reach Jicheng or go up, how can there be no enemy defense here? Could it really be as Xiahou Ba said, the enemy has too few troops, and they all have to deal with Cao Zhen's army?

But even if you really go all out to deal with the Weishui side, for the north, at least some troops must be sent to take on the task of vigilance and observation.

Xiahou Ba was thinking there: "If there is no enemy blocking along the way, then in a few days, we can reach the vicinity of Linyu and join the army of General Cao Zhen. ”

Despite his suspicions, Sima Yi led his army to hurry to occupy Lüyang City, and at the same time sent a sentry to Linwei to inquire about Cao Zhen's progress along the way.

Maybe it's really what Xiahou Ba said, the enemy has placed all his forces on Cao Zhen's side, then Cao Zhen's current situation must be difficult, and he has to hurry up to deal with them.

The vanguard officer Xiahou Ba was still marching ahead. Sima Yi still couldn't help but tell him that this time he didn't have to be too far away from the army, and he should pay attention to the enemy's situation on the road, but don't fall into the enemy's ambush. That Luoyang City, but your father's base for attacking Han Sui back then, the enemy just gave up without fighting, and it is difficult to guarantee that there is no big conspiracy.

As soon as Xiahou Yuan was mentioned, Xiahou Ba was much more honest, sighed, and honestly followed Sima Yi's instructions, and went out no more than ten miles away from the army, looking left and right along the way, and also finding local people to inquire from time to time.

Fortunately, the road was safe and sound, and two days later, Luoyang County appeared in the eyes of Xiahouba.

The gates were wide open, but there was not even a single sergeant guarding the gates, and the people went in and out of them, and then raised their eyes and looked in astonishment at the great army that came from afar.

Xiahou Ba still remembered Sima Yi's words, first sent a small team of men and horses to take a rough tour of the city, and carefully inquired about the local people, before ordering to enter the city, guard the city gate and tower, and wait for the arrival of Sima Yi's rear army.

Of course, they couldn't find that on the hill in the distance, Ma Chaozheng was leading the cavalry of ten famous cronies, dressed as a local citizen, dismounted and sat on the ground, watching the Wei army from a distance as it continued to move forward.

Ma Chao estimated that the enemy's front and rear armies combined, about 30,000 horses, which was exactly the same as the news he had received before.

Alas, the current Cao Wei, in the end, is still a large number of people, this just knocked out Cao Xiu nearly 50,000, and another 30,000 were sent here, plus the 50,000 on Cao Zhen's side, it was 80,000 at once, nearly three times his own.

Thinking that before him, he could besiege Jicheng for eight months with only the nearly 10,000 Qianghu men and horses gathered, and the battle in this Longyou land was really getting bigger and bigger.

After a long sigh, he watched the enemy enter the city from afar, and also went down outside the city, and it was already dusk, so he slowly stood up and said to his entourage: "Let's go, tonight, it's up to us." ”

The attendants asked, "General, are we really going to rob the camp tonight?" With our 3,000 men and horses, we were afraid that we would rush in and drown. ”

Ma Chao replied: "The eldest husband should be one as ten, and now there are 30,000 enemy troops, and we are 3,000, isn't it just equal?" Are you afraid? ”

Everyone hurriedly replied: "Don't be afraid, you're worried that you won't be able to cause any losses to the enemy, do you want to send more people and horses?" ”

Ma Chao shook his head and said: "Now is not the time, although those Qianghu cavalry are willing to help us fight against the Wei army, but they can't be involved yet." When the time comes, we will leave Longyou and go to Guanzhong, and there will be more enemies here than us. We can't protect them for the time being, so let's not give them trouble. Tonight, we're just going to harass them. ”

Then he reminded: "Da Sima's meaning is to show that we really want to rob the camp and hit them hard, but as a result, their Sima Yi saw through it and commanded it well, and our army returned defeated, and since then we have been hiding far away in Jicheng or showing our relatives." (To be continued.) )