Cao Pi decided to let people release the news, saying that they would divide into several ways, taking advantage of the emptiness of Hanzhong and Yizhou, and took Liu Bei's lair, and relieved the difficulties of Jingzhou and Liangzhou in one fell swoop. Vertex updates are the fastest

At the same time, he secretly sent people to the counties of Liangzhou, so that they could continue to hold on, wait for the arrival of the imperial court reinforcements, and recover the counties of Longshang together.

He allocated another 20,000 from the remaining 30,000 Chinese troops, let Sima Yi lead him to Chang'an, and then transferred 10,000 horses from the 20,000 defenders of Chang'an, a total of 30,000, to attack from the direction of Luoyang, and attack with Cao Zhen in two directions.

In addition, let Zhang lead 10,000 horses and horses to attack and harass Wudu County on Chencang Road to cooperate.

Sima Yi felt that he was only given 30,000 horses, which was too little, didn't Cao Xiu lose 50,000 quickly?

Cao Pi also had no choice: "This Chinese soldier and horse, two years ago, was flooded by Guan Yu and flooded nearly 40,000, of which 30,000 have now become Liu Bei's people." This time, Cao Wenlie lost more than 30,000 more, and the remaining more than 10,000 is still in Linwei, and there are only 30,000 left, and I will give you 20,000. I'll have to send men from elsewhere to defend the Jingshi. Don't worry, I'll send you more men as soon as the other armies arrive. But now, Longyou is in a hurry, if you don't send troops for a long time, west of Longshan, I'm afraid that all the counties have already surrendered to the thieves. ”

Sima Yi was very dissatisfied, in this way, when he got there, it would not be of much use, to put it bluntly, it was just to cooperate with Cao Zhen all the way.

But forget it, after all, Cao Zhen is Cao Pi's henchman, if he brings more people, won't he surpass Cao Zhen's people?

He didn't object on his lips, but in his heart, he was disdainful of Cao Pi's arrangement.

Based on what he heard, Zhuge Liang's combat history, he judged that this person was definitely an unfathomable existence.

Of course, the previous battles were all fought with Zhang Lu and Sun Quan, and everything that was passed on may have been infinitely exaggerated, but this time, it was really fought with his own army, and he had to ask clearly.

What kind of general's answer in the court, he believed that in order to shirk responsibility, there must be something exaggerated.

And Cao Xiu heard that he was now in deep self-blame, and he was a member of the Cao family, and he really cared about the fate of the Wei State, and only by asking him could he figure things out.

Knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can survive a hundred battles, and he doesn't want to make the same mistake as Cao Xiu again.

If it fails again this time, not only will Liangzhou no longer be owned by Wei, but even Guanzhong may be lost.

Cao Xiu was arranged by Cao Pi to recuperate at home, and he has come to see him several times these days, but the more Cao Xiu thinks about it, the more sorry Cao Cao is, sorry Cao Pi, his condition is getting worse day by day, and now he is lying in bed and can't afford to be sick.

Originally, he didn't want to see anyone, but when he heard that Sima Yi was the one who was going to lead the army to help Cao Zhen recapture Longyou, he immediately ordered him to come in and wanted to remind him a few words.

Sima Yi walked in very humbly, sent condolences, and when he raised his eyes, he saw Cao Xiu barely supporting himself on the bed, the whole person was already skinny, and he was shocked, no wonder Cao Pi didn't let him go out to accept everyone's inquiries, and blamed himself for being like this, where could he still hold the eyes of others.

"The general is the pillar of the country, and he still has to cheer up in order to serve the country again, why bother to blame himself for this." He didn't even know how to speak.

Where can Cao Xiu still afford this "pillar of the country", and immediately left tears again: "I lost Longyou, I'm sorry for the first emperor, I'm sorry for Your Majesty, I'm sorry for Zhang Tingshi." ”

In front of his eyes, Zhang Ji's sad gaze before death appeared.

Sima Yi hurriedly said: "I can't blame the general, I just blame that the thief is too cunning." Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, and generals don't have to blame themselves too much. ”

Cao Xiu sighed and said, "I heard that Your Majesty has ordered you to lead the army to relieve the predicament of Longyou?" If you go, please don't make the same mistake as me and despise the thief, otherwise, the counties in the northwest will really not belong to the state. ”

Sima Yi immediately looked worried, and sighed repeatedly: "Alas, it is because of this that I specially came to ask the general for advice. I, Sima Yi, asked myself if I was as talented as the general, and I went this time to ask the general for some advice, so as to find out the enemy's weaknesses, so that I could use my own strengths and attack his weaknesses to save the northwest from danger. ”

"The enemy's weakness?" Cao Xiu smiled bitterly, "These days, I'm also thinking hard about this battle, when the enemy can be used by me." However, in the end, I realized that all of this was deliberately shown by the enemy to lure me into being fooled. ”

"Huh? It can't be, it's human, and there will be weaknesses, unless it's a god. Sima Yi thought that Cao Xiu was afraid of the thief too much.

"No," Cao Xiu shook his head slightly, "I also don't believe that they don't have weaknesses, maybe I'm stupid, and I really haven't figured it out." In this battle, every time we thought that the weakness was carefully designed by the enemy. I think that we have not found the enemy's weakness, and our weakness is completely exposed before the enemy's eyes. ”

Sima Yi's expression was solemn, and he said humbly: "I would like to hear the details." ”

Cao Xiu coughed a few times and said slowly: "...... It was calculated that General Zhengxi would take the initiative to attack the suspicious soldiers...... It was calculated that we were more concerned about the safety of Guanzhong, and they advanced and retreated from the suspicious troops in Chencang, which contained the support of the defenders of Chencang to Longyou...... The enemy on the Fu Luo Road came to a standstill halfway, allowing us to relax our vigilance on the Eastern Front...... The soldiers rushed out of Longyou to grab wheat and retreat to Qishan, just to make us despise him and rush forward, but set the battlefield in the place they had chosen in advance...... Taking advantage of the initial defeat of our army to close the defense, we rushed to the upper ...... did not follow up Linwei, but the army rushed to Jicheng, and it was also calculated that the city would be attacked by the newly defeated army......"

The more Sima Yi listened, the more gloomy his face became.

Cao Xiu hasn't finished speaking: "And the enemy is well-planned, do you know?" They spread true and false news, and they can spread the movement of their army on the Chencang Road from Longyou when they are isolated by our army and thousands of mountains, and it is precisely this that really disturbs our military morale, and we are worried that Chang'an has been attacked by the enemy's army and cut off the back road. ”

Sima Yi couldn't help but exclaim: "This ......"

Can this battle still be fought?

Cao Xiu said again: "What's more, once the enemy acts, it will be a storm and rain, and it will not stop for a moment, and I don't have time to calm down and judge it well." ”

"Then according to this, isn't this enemy invincible, Longyou has no hope of recovering it, and the Great Wei Imperial Power has just been established, and a state has been lost?" Sima Yi couldn't control it and blurted out.

"Wow!" Cao Xiu immediately spat out a mouthful of blood.

Sima Yi found that he had lost his words again, so he hurriedly personally supported Cao Xiu and stroked his chest.

Cao Xiu took a breath and took Sima Yi's hand: "I just think that the enemy has calculated that General Zhengxi and I are too anxious, so they set these traps." If I had attached importance to the enemy at the beginning, and when I arrived in Longyou, I first held Jicheng and Shang with heavy troops, so that the enemy could not advance lightly, maybe after a long time, they would have difficulty in transporting food, and they would have been in a hurry, and they would naturally have exposed their flaws, and then we would attack again, maybe it would be much better. The art of war is well-said, if you want to win, you must first seek undefeated. How could I have forgotten this, so that the northwestern counties fell into the hands of the enemy. I feel that I have no face to see the first emperor, and I have no face to see Your Majesty. ”

Sima Yi hurriedly said: "Eat a trench, grow a wisdom, the general takes care of his body, and he will have a bloody revenge in the future." ”

Cao Xiu shook his head: "I'm just afraid that the country is easy to change, and the nature is difficult to change, and when it comes to the battlefield, the changes are too fast, and I forget any art of war." But you have always been steady and calm, and now that you are on the march to recover Longyou, there may be hope. (To be continued.) )