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Liyang is an important town on the north bank of the Yellow River, and the south bank opposite is the important ferry port Baimajin, which is a traffic fortress connecting the north and south of the Yellow River. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In the battle of Guandu that year, Yuan Shaojun crossed the river from Liyang, captured the white horse, and then marched to Guandu. Later, Cao Ying destroyed Yuan and swept away the war in Hebei, but he also went to Liyang first, taking it as a foothold in Hebei, and then attacking Yecheng.

Liyang and Yecheng both belong to Wei County, the two places are one south and one north, the distance between them is only hundreds of miles, if the cavalry runs for a long distance, it can reach the city of Liyang in less than two days.

Now although Cao Ying led the army south to the Central Plains, if he heard the news that the Han army would return and attack Yedu again, he could calmly lead his division back to help, so that the two sides would fall into a stalemate in the first battle of Yecheng, which was obviously not what Fang Shao was willing to see.

Therefore, Deng Ai's strategy was to seize Liyang first, cut off the connection between the north and south of the Yellow River, and then Fang Shao led the army to attack Yecheng. In this way, Cao Ying has no way to aid Ye, Yecheng has no hope of asking for help, and the situation will be very different from the first battle of Yecheng.

Deng Ai's strategy can be said to be similar to Wei Yanqi's attack on Tongguan back then.

After Fang Shao heard it, he decided to adopt it as soon as possible, but although this plan was wonderful, there were still some concerns in it, but after Liu Bei woke up not long ago, he solved those concerns for him.

Jiang Wei and the others were all smart people, when Fang Shao revealed his plan to surprise attack Liyang, they were a little surprised at first, but then they suddenly realized that Fang Shao understood Fang Shao's true intentions.

"Da Sima, you want to repeat the clever strategy of the surprise attack on Tongguan back then!" Jiang Wei exclaimed in surprise.

Fang Shao smiled slightly, and turned his gaze to Deng Ai: "No, this time's clever plan is not from my handiwork, it was conceived by Shi Zai." ”

Everyone was surprised again, and couldn't help but look at Deng Ai with admiration.

As soon as Jiang Wei heard that this plan was conceived by his brother, he was also very impressed on the surface, but he said: "Shizai's plan is exquisite, but Yecheng is still guarded by Xiahoudun, the general of the Wei State, and this person has a lot of talent, I think even if we cut off Cao Ying's way back, we may not be able to capture Yecheng in a short time." ”

What Jiang Wei said was exactly what Fang Shao had worried about before, so he smiled secretly, and said confidently: "You just need to act according to the plan, as for how to capture Yecheng, I have another plan." ”

Fang Shao's bamboo was in his chest, giving everyone confidence, Jiang Wei didn't say more, so he patted his chest and said: "Don't worry, Da Sima, Jiang Wei will take Liyang within three days!" ”

Jiang Wei led 5,000 cavalry to set off, bypassed the cities along the way, and rushed south at a speed of 300 miles.

A day later, five thousand elite horsemen arrived in Yecheng.

Xiahou Xin, who was ordered by Cao Ying to guard the Yedu, did not dare to be sloppy, and after Cao Ying left, he continued to strengthen the reconnaissance of the northern part of Yecheng, and more than a dozen teams of scouts expanded the reconnaissance range to fifty miles north of the city. Therefore, when Jiang Wei's cavalry was still far away from the city, Xiahou Xi got the news in advance.

In Xiahou Xin's view, the appearance of the Han army was as expected by the Son of Heaven, and it was to take advantage of Cao Ying's absence to raid Yecheng.

At noon on the same day, Xiahou Xin came to the north city in person, and Sima Yi watched the enemy situation together, and looked far away, only to see the dust covering the sky in the north, like a huge sandstorm, swallowing everything he passed in a piece of yellow.

"With such a formation, it seems that it should be cavalry, hmph, it turned out that I wanted to use cavalry to play the trick of suddenly attacking the city, Liu Bei, Liu Bei, do you think my Xiahou is a rice bucket." Facing the rolling dust, Xiahou Xi showed disdain.

Sima Yi stared at the approaching sandstorm, but his expression was not as confident and optimistic as Xiahou Xin, and said silently: "I heard that Liu Bei was seriously ill and had led the main force to return north, but now he suddenly attacked my Yedu with cavalry, it seems that as we expected before, Liu Bei did make a false shot, and wanted to take advantage of our paralysis to kill us by surprise, but it was just ......"

"Yecheng is indestructible, it was immovable when it was attacked like that last time, even if Your Majesty is not here this time, what are we afraid of, Zhongda, but I don't know what you are worried about." Xiahou said disdainfully.

Sima Yi pondered for a long time, and expressed his jealousy: "Liu Bei is seriously ill and expected, even if the Han army comes again this time, the commander must be that Fang Shao, this person has always been scheming and far-reaching, but this time's strategy is quite crude, it is really not like this person's style, so I will be worried." ”

Xiahou laughed: "Even though the surname Fang's tricks are many, no matter how strong the tricks are, facing the iron walls of my Yecheng is just child's play, what a foot to say, Zhongda, I think you are repeatedly planning that Fang Shao's schemes, and you are scared by him." ”

In the incident of supporting Cao Pi as emperor at the beginning, Xiahou Xi had to choose to support Cao Pi under the joint oppression of Sima Yi and others.

Sima Yi also snorted secretly in his heart, but on the surface, he only didn't know, but he laughed and said: "The general is reasonable, maybe it's really me who is too worried." ”

While the two of them were talking with guns and arrows, the sandstorm in the north was approaching in a blink of an eye, and in the sandstorm, the Han army's iron cavalry was surging, and the momentum was very huge.

Although Xiahou Xi was disdainful, he was cautious in his heart, and immediately ordered the whole army to prepare for battle to meet the enemy.

However, the Han army's actions were a bit unexpected, and the thousands of soldiers and horses did not kill towards the north as expected, but passed by the northeast of Yecheng.

"What's the matter, don't the thieves dare to attack the north gate, and they can't bypass the other gates?"

Xiahou Xi reacted quickly and hurriedly ordered more troops to the east gate, and when he and Sima Yi hurried to the east gate, the Han army outside the city still did not attack the city, but wiped in front of the east gate and looked straight to the south. So, Xiahou Xin was led by the nose and ran to the south gate, and to his surprise, the Han army did not attack the south gate, but simply bypassed Yecheng as transparent.

Xiahou Xi was depressed at this time, his face was full of suspicion, and he muttered to himself: "What kind of trick is the thief army playing, what are you going to do if you don't attack the city and look south?" ”

Xiahou Xi was a martial artist, until this time still did not know the true meaning of the enemy, and Sima Yi beside him was a scheming person, when he saw the Han army attacking, he was already suspicious, and then saw the Han army bypassing Yecheng south, and all the knots in his heart were untied in an instant.

Sima Yi's face turned pale in an instant, and he exclaimed: "It's a shame, we have fallen for the annihilation plan of the surnamed Fang, the thief army is not trying to attack Yecheng, they want to attack Liyang in a hurry, and cut off the connection between Yecheng and the Central Plains!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Xiahou Yan finally woke up, and an old face was suddenly surprised, "I didn't expect the thief army to be so cunning!" Now that Liyang is stationed in less than hundreds, and there is no vigilance, these thousands of cavalry are suddenly killed, how can it be at their fingertips. Chung Tat how should we respond? ”

After knowing the plan, Xiahou Xi only remembered Sima Yi's good coming at this time.

Sima Yi pondered for a moment, and said unconfidently: "The thief army attacked Liyang with cavalry, presumably there will be a large army to attack Yecheng later, we must not send troops to save Liyang here, for today's plan, only one side to seize the time to strengthen the city, in order to welcome the Han army to attack, on the other hand, send people to Liyang at night, hoping to inform the defenders to defend the city for a while, at least until His Majesty returns to the division." ”

"Well, that's all we have to do now." Xiahou said helplessly.

………… Three days later, Changyi County Wharf.

On the wharf, more than 30,000 Wei troops were boarding the ship in a nervous and orderly manner. According to Cao Ying's plan, he would lead his army south along Surabaya, passing through Pengcheng Road to Xiapicheng.

Half a month ago, the 200,000 troops of the Wu army could not capture Xiapi City, Sun Quan heard that Cao Ying had woken up, and was worried that he would lead the army to save Xiapi, so he divided his troops into 50,000 troops, led by Lü Meng to besiege Pengcheng, hoping to capture the city before Cao Ying arrived, so as to block the road to his rescue Xiapi.

At this time, Pengcheng had been besieged for more than ten days, and Cao Ying had to speed up his march, hoping to reach it before the city was broken.

The first 10,000 men and horses had set sail first, and the rest of the troops had also boarded the ship one after another, and there were only four or five battalions of soldiers and horses left on the shore, and Cao Ying was also ready to board the ship.

At this moment, a horse came to the dust, and after the review of Sergeant Yulin, he fell to the front of the emperor with a panicked face, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, the Han army has made a comeback, Liyang has fallen, Yecheng is besieged, and the general asks Your Majesty to send troops back to rescue you quickly." ”

Hearing the whistle horse's report, Cao Ying's expression changed greatly, but he had been used to being shocked by the Han army's whimsical plans for so many years, although the news of the fall of Liyang made him feel very surprised, but he still tried his best to suppress the shock in his heart, and inquired about the enemy situation in detail.

"I never thought that Liu Bei would make such a strange move, and I fell for him again, Wen He, how should I respond now?" Cao Ying hurriedly asked Jia Xu for a strategy, after all, when many strategists passed away one after another, Jia Xu had now become the mastermind he relied on the most.

Jia Xu was still calm and indifferent, "Xiapi is in danger, if Your Majesty leads the army to aid Ye at this time, I am afraid that when you free your hand, Xiapi City has already fallen into the hands of the Wu people." But Liyang has fallen, Yecheng has been besieged, the situation in Hebei is also extremely critical, if you don't return to help, if Yecheng is lost, then Hebei will not recover all the country, so these two places can not be ignored. ”

After listening to this analysis, Cao Ying became more aware of the current dilemma, and hurriedly said: "What is the best of both worlds for Wenhe, so that I can protect Yecheng and Xuzhou?" ”

Jia Xu pondered for a long time, and said lightly: "So far, there is only a dangerous move for the soldiers, and the minister has a plan, if he can succeed, he may not only be able to solve the crisis between the two places, but also reverse the disadvantage of my country in one fell swoop." ”

(To be continued)