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"As mentioned earlier, the reason why Cao Pi is so generous and announced to the world to canonize Sima Yi as the king of Hanzhong is to let us and Sima Yi move, so that he can profit from it. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info In this case, why don't I plan it, deceive Cao Pi's main force, and then take advantage of the emptiness of Hebei to eliminate the foundation of the Cao family in one fell swoop, so that the world can be decided in one battle! As for Sima Yi, it is up to Zhao Wangye to exterminate him! Zhuge Liang said eloquently.

"Although Kong Ming's words are reasonable, how can he deceive Cao Pi's main force to go south?" Fa Zheng frowned and asked. Zhuge Liang didn't sell Guanzi either, and directly pointed to the sand table and said: "Your Majesty, please see, now Cao Pi is south of the Yellow River, and there are only Hongnong and Henan two counties." If Cao Pi's main force crosses the Yellow River to fight, we only need to use the Jingxiang Water Division to enter the Yellow River, cut off its way back, trap Cao Pi's army in Henan, and annihilate all of them. ”

"Kong Ming, although your plan is ingenious, don't forget, Jingxiang Shui Shi can't enter the Yellow River anymore!" Fa Zheng reminded him with words. Since Liu Bei was trapped in Xingyang the year before last, in order to intercept the Jingxiang Water Division, Cao Ying had to pull dozens of iron chains every dozens of miles on the section of Henan County of the Yellow River to intercept the Water Division. In addition, many iron cone reefs have been placed in the waterways of the Yellow River. In this case, unless the warship of the Jingxiang Naval Division is transformed into the Yellow River Changjiao, it is no longer possible to come and go freely. Through this means, Cao Pi finally ensured the safety of a certain section of the river. In this way, even if the war in Henan is not good, there is still a way back.

Zhuge Liang was not surprised when he heard this, but smiled confidently: "There are pros and cons to everything, Cao Pi thinks that he can trap my Jingxiang Shui Master by relying on a few iron chains, which is too self-righteous." Although Liang is not talented, he also thinks of a few strategies to break these blockades! ”

"Oh? What strategy does Kong Ming have to crack this Hengjiang iron chain? It was Liu Bei who asked, and his voice was still more eager. In the first Northern Expedition, the reason why Liu Bei was able to defeat the strong with the weak was of course due to Cao Ying's strategic mistakes, but the Jingxiang Naval Division blocked the Yellow River for several months, so that Hebei's aid could not reach Yanzhou, which caused a local situation of fighting more and fighting less. Otherwise, I'm afraid it won't be so easy. The fiasco of the Second Northern Expedition was of course due to Pang Tong's constraints, but it was also because the sailors could not move freely that they sat back and watched Cao Hong flee back to Hebei. It can be said that whether the sailor can move freely in the Yellow River almost determines Liu Bei's success or failure. It is precisely because of this that Liu Bei is so interested in breaking Cao Pi's chains.

"Your Majesty, when the minister lived in seclusion in Longzhong, he made a thing, called the oil tank truck. It is made of ordinary wagons and is extremely flammable. Although Cao's iron chain is sharp, if our army uses small boats and rafts to carry container trucks down the upper reaches of the Yellow River, even if they are blocked by iron chains, they will ignite the container cars, which is enough to burn the iron chains! Zhuge Liang said carefully.

"Is that enough?" Liu Bei was a little incredulous, but he heard Zhuge Liang say with great certainty: "The minister has experimented in the Wei River, and it is indeed feasible!" ”

"Well, the chains can be removed like this, but what about the cones in the river?" Fa Zheng frowned and continued to ask. Even without the chains, it would be difficult for the sailors to come and go freely with those clumps of iron cones and reefs.

"I've got a plan for that!" Zhuge Liang was already full of confidence, and then explained in detail: "The reason why the reef is harmful is only because we don't know where it is. Now we can take a raft ahead of the fleet, and when it is blocked by the reef, we can peek out where the reef cone is, and then sweep it away to protect the shipping lane! ”

"That's great!" Liu Bei nodded when he heard this, he knew that Zhuge Liang's surname was cautious, and he must have actually done it before he dared to propose this plan. The most critical step now is to see how to lure Cao Pi's main force south and annihilate it in one fell swoop, and then take advantage of the void to enter.

"As for how to lure Cao Pi south, this strategy has been decided!" Zhuge Liang smiled, and then told Liu Bei all his plans, and after the latter heard it, he also nodded again and again, saying that it was a clever plan.

A few days later, Liu Bei ordered the transfer of troops from Jingzhou, Yuzhou and Yanzhou to Nanyang, preparing to attack Sima Yi in Hanzhong through Xincheng. It is said that Liu Bei was going to use Xichuan's men and horses, but Zhao Feng, the king of Guanghan, played a game, saying that when he entered Guanzhong before, the Sichuan army suffered heavy casualties, so it was difficult to shoulder this heavy task for the time being, so Liu Bei transferred troops from the Central Plains and Jingxiang.

And just when Liu Bei was in full swing to mobilize troops and prepare to pack up Sima Yi, a letter appeared in front of Cao Pi, the emperor of Wei. Looking at the signature and payment, Cao Pi was also extremely surprised.

"Sima Lang?" Cao Zhen also exclaimed after reading it, and was even more surprised when he looked at the content again. Not to mention him, even a person as resourceful as Jia Xu was extremely surprised by this letter. Sima Lang is the eldest son of the Sima family, and now Sima Yi is trapped in Hanzhong, because the Sima family was against Cao Ying, after capturing Hedong County, all men over the age of thirteen were executed by Ling Chi, and those under the age of thirteen were enslaved. Even Cao Peng, Sima Fu, who was conquered by Cao Ying, although Xun You and others interceded for him, was finally demoted to a commoner. However, although Sima Lang was trapped in Yanzhou and his official position was only a Shanyang County, he was still able to save his surname and enjoy wealth and prosperity.

In this letter, Sima Lang told Cao Pi that he had gained the trust of Shanyang Taishou Song Xian by adding him as Shanyang Juncheng. Now that Liu Bei has transferred troops to attack Hanzhong, the Central Plains is empty, and he is willing to respond to Cao Pi's army to enter Yanzhou and seize the Central Plains. After the matter is completed, I only hope that Cao Pi can open up to the Sima family. The arrival of this letter immediately caused an uproar in Cao Wei.

There are many reasons for the uproar, but the first reason is that this incident is too similar to Cao Ying's design of Liu Bei back then, whether it is the identity of Sima Lang or Mi Fang, or the excuses and reasons for writing letters, they are too similar. Back then, Cao Ying was an excuse to attack Yuan Tan, and now Liu Bei is going to attack Hanzhong, this reason doesn't seem to be tenable no matter how you look at it.

Sure enough, Cheng Yu spoke first: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid this matter is fraudulent." Liu Bei is strong, and Sima Yi is only tens of thousands of horses entrenched in Hanzhong. If you want to requisition, you can send a general, how can you empty all the soldiers and horses in the Central Plains? In the opinion of the minister, this matter must be deceitful! It must be this Liu Bei who intends to lure us into the Central Plains, and then surround and annihilate it! ”

"The minister also feels like this!" Liu Ye and Man Chong also nodded in agreement, Cao Pi saw that everyone thought that there was fraud in this, and immediately said: "Since all the gentlemen think that there is fraud in it, can you plan it and teach Liu Bei a lesson?" ”

All the advisers, you look at me, I look at you, and finally Cheng Yu pointed to the map and said: "Your Majesty, please see, Liu Bei intends to use Sima Lang as a bait to trick us into the Central Plains." At this time, Liu Bei's army will inevitably be assembled in the Central Plains, why don't we go the other way, pretend to promise Sima Lang to wave the army south, and after crossing the Yellow River, he suddenly turns, not attacking the Central Plains, but to capture the land of Nanyang. As long as you capture Wancheng Jiancheng, you can insert a nail in Liu Bei's hinterland, and then capture Jingxiang, or enter Guanzhong, or even march into the Central Plains, all of which are adaptable! ”

"Makes sense!" Cao Pi nodded and said, Nanyang is a rare big county in the world, with no less than 500,000 people, which is almost half a state. If Nanyang can be connected with Henan and Hongnong counties, then Cao Pi will have a firm foothold south of the Yellow River. His hundreds of thousands of troops went south to attack Wancheng, unless Wancheng gathered more than 100,000 troops, otherwise it would soon be broken.

"Moreover, the Hu cavalry battalion has been well trained, and this march can make these 40,000 Hu cavalry go south and fight in the field in the land of Nanyang, which is enough to shovel Liu Bei back and forth!" It was Cao Hong who said this. Cao Ying's early death gave Cao Hong an unexpected benefit. Historically, he offended the emperor by refusing to lend money to Cao Pi, and the first thing Cao Pi did after he ascended the throne was to put him in prison. Now that there is no such thing as borrowing money, Cao Hong is still his King of Fanyang.

"What Uncle Huang said is very true, since this is the case, then I will write a reply to Sima Lang and prepare to act according to the plan. In addition, the Hu cavalry battalion that transferred Shao Shao went south and handed over the defense of northern Xinjiang to Tian Yu, the general of Zhenbei Zhonglang, for the time being. Cao Pi nodded, but after finishing speaking, he found that Jia Xu had not spoken.

"Captain, do you feel that something is wrong?" Cao Piqi said, Jia Xu seemed to be slightly stunned when he heard this, and finally said with a rare and uncertain feeling: "Zhongde's plan is very clever, but the minister thinks that Liu Bei's account is mostly a resourceful person, and he will not expect this." If we can easily raise a large army to the south, then once the waterway of the Yellow River is cut off by Liu Bei again, and the return route of our army is cut off and stranded in Henan, wouldn't it be dangerous? ”

"Wen He can't help but worry too much, the iron chains on the Yellow River are vertical and horizontal, and the reefs are thick, and it is already difficult for Jingxiang Sailor to move an inch!" Cheng Yu said disapprerovingly. As the founder of the Iron Rope Hengjiang, Cheng Yu is very proud of his clumsy method. But he didn't want to think about it, relying on a few chains to trap Liu Bei, which was too unrealistic. After Cao Pi listened, he also thought about it for a while, and finally made a decision.

"What Zhongde said is not bad, but what Taiwei is worried about is not groundless, and it is better to be cautious in everything. In this way, this time I will send troops to the land of Henan, and I will not drive the expedition in person. The order went down, with Xiahou Ba as the front, Cao Hong as the middle road, Cao Zhang as the back road, Cheng Yu with the army to participate in military affairs, wait for me to write a reply to Sima Lang, and press Liu Bei and others. After sending more detailed work to find out Liu Bei's reality and reality, he immediately raised 300,000 troops to the south of the Yellow River. After crossing the river, attack the land of Nanyang and Jingxiang! Cao Pi laid out in detail.

300,000 troops, this is also the largest capital that Cao Pi can get after removing the garrisons in various places. Although there are some risks, everyone knows that their own strength is not as good as Liu Bei, if they continue to consume, in the end, they will definitely be more than lucky, and they still need to take risks if necessary. If this battle can be won, it will be possible to capture part of Jingxiang and the Central Plains, and continue to fight with Liu Bei in the future, which can also increase some more capital.

A few days later, Cao Pi personally replied to Sima Lang's imperial letter and appeared in Chang'an City, in front of Zhaolie Emperor Liu Bei. Looking at Cao Pi's handsome and chic font, Liu Bei smiled.

(To be continued)