Luyang County, here, is only 300 miles away from Wancheng.

The 40,000 army had been stationed here for ten days, and Cao Ying was only waiting for the news that Liu Bei had led his army deep into the hinterland of Nanyang, so he was ready to lead several armies to encircle and gather Liu Bei under Wancheng.

However, ten days have passed, and there is no good news from Cai Mao in Wancheng, and the information received is only "Xiangyang Guan Yu's army has advanced 15 miles north", "Shangyong's Wei Yan's army has advanced 20 miles north", and "Liu Bei's army has just entered Shangyong...... The information in the past month has been almost the same, it's just a few numbers.

"Liu Bei, what are you waiting for, Lone has already cast a big net, what are you still rubbing!"

Cao Ying threw another piece of disappointing information on the case, and his expression was already anxious.

Several civil and military officers in the tent were shocked in their hearts, they all knew that in recent years, the temper of Duke Wei has become worse and worse, and every time they are angry, these subordinates will involuntarily sweat.

"The prime minister doesn't have to be anxious, then Liu Bei is also a cunning person, I think he is also afraid of tricks, so he has been repeatedly tempted, as long as we can calm down, it is expected that Liu Bei will enter the net in the past few days."

Cheng Yu's persuasion did not make Cao Ying's restless mood, at this time, because of this similar information, Cao Ying vaguely had a bad premonition, as for what it was, he couldn't say clearly, maybe it was just a sensitive instinct that he had developed over the years of fighting in the south and the north.

Cao Ying sat down, trying to calm his mood, and inadvertently swept past the ministers, but saw Sima Yi holding a piece of information, and his face was full of suspicion.

"Zhongda, what are you suspicious of?" Cao Ying pierced Sima Yi's mind at a glance.

Sima Yi was stunned for a moment, came back from his thoughts, and hurriedly said: "Yi just thinks that there seem to be many doubts in this information. ”

Cao Ying then waved his hand and said, "Zhongda, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

Sima Yi listed the information he felt suspicious in front of Cao Ying one by one, "Prime Minister, please see, first of all, this Guan Yu army, the intelligence said that Guan Yu did the 70,000 troops of Jingxiang to the north, Yi was thinking, when the battle of Xiangfan, although Guan Yu's army won, but the loss of money and grain must be great, less than a few months after the end of the war, a larger army can be assembled to march north, with the current situation of Jingzhou, whether it can provide enough food and grass supply, Yi Shang is suspicious. ”

Cao Ying just nodded slightly, and did not interrupt Sima Yi's words.

"There is also this information, saying that it is Liu Bei's Hanzhong army, which is divided into three armies in the front, middle and rear and eastward along the river, and the generals of its former army are just some unknown people, but they are the commanders of the rear army, Ma Chao, Huang Zhong and other good generals, isn't this also strange?"

Cao Ying already had a bad premonition, but after Sima Yi's analysis, his suspicions couldn't help but become a little heavier.

"Recently, in Liu Bei's letter to General Cai, he repeatedly said that he would send troops into Nanyang as soon as possible, but in fact, the enemy troops from all walks of life marched quite slowly, which obviously did not match Liu Bei's promise to General Cai."

"Zhongda, how ...... you are"

Cheng Yu was about to say something, but was stopped by Cao Ying's cross-hand, and the Duke of Wei frowned and said, "Let Zhongda continue." Chungda, what the hell are you suspicious? ”

Sima Yi pondered for a long time, and said eight words plainly: "Ming Xiu plank road, secretly cross Chen Cang." ”

Do one thing as a front for another!

The people present were all shocked, when Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, took the first move in the world, of course, these "chaotic ministers and thieves" would not have heard of it, which is why they were shocked.

"Yi is guessing, Liu Bei is likely to have guessed our plan to lure the enemy, so he will make a plan and make a posture of preparing to take the bait, inducing us to gather the main force in the Central Plains, but Liu Bei took the opportunity to go out of Qishan and quickly seize the counties of Longxi. At this time, the headquarters of General Guanlong Xiahou were all dragged by Zhang Fei on the front line of Chencang, if Liu Bei used Ma Chao's prestige to go out of Longxi, he was afraid that Longxi would be non-state in the middle of the day. ”

After listening to Sima Yi's statement, Cheng Yu couldn't help laughing, "Zhongda, you are too suspicious, Liu Bei's army has now entered the three eastern counties, where did he get the extra men and horses to go out of Longxi, not to mention, even if he has some changes, how can he hide it from our ears and eyes." ”

Sima Yi said lightly: "Zhong De's words are reasonable, so, I guess that Liu Bei deliberately divided the army into three divisions because he was thinking that we would find out his intentions, and put the most elite Ma Chao and Huang Zhong at the end. If Liu Bei changes his strategy, Ma Chao's department can take advantage of the Han River to quickly return to Hanzhong and leave Qishan, and when our side sends information, it will be delayed for at least more than ten days. ”

Sima Yi's words only made everyone present tremble, and even Cao Ying's face was uncertain.

At this moment, the guards rushed in and reported that the 800-mile express of Xiahou Yuan in Guanzhong had arrived.

Cao Ying's brows condensed slightly, and he couldn't wait to open the urgent report and take a closer look, and his entire old face condensed into iron blue in an instant.

"Ma Chao's tens of thousands of people suddenly came out of Qishan and rushed to attack the counties of Longxi, Yuan Dang led the army to the west to help, and hoped that Wei Gong would quickly make a determination."

Just a few words are enough to shake Cao Ying speechless.

Cheng Yu seemed to see a bit of a bad omen from Cao Ying's reaction, and his heart couldn't help but feel cold, and he asked urgently: "Prime Minister, I don't know what kind of urgent report General Xiahou has?" ”

"See for yourself." Cao Ying's tone seemed to be indifferent to Cheng Yu, and he threw the silk book to him with a flick of his hand.

Cheng Yu took it and looked at it, his expression couldn't help but change sharply, and he muttered: "How is this possible, Liu Bei's main force is obviously still in the upper ranks, how can he divide the troops and horses to attack the counties of Longxi, this is not ...... Maybe it's a feint. ”

At this time, Sima Yi said: "If Ma Chao's road is just a feint, at most it will disturb the counties of Longxi, and General Xiahou will not personally lead the army to rush to the west. ”

Cheng Yu hurriedly said: "If Ma Chao's soldiers, is it really just a feint?" If we transfer the army away at this time, then this painstakingly laid trap will not be in vain. ”

The two of them insisted on their own words, but Cao Ying waved his hand, stopped the argument between the strategists, and said in a deep voice: "There are wonderful talents in the west who preside over the overall situation, even if Liu Bei has a plan, it will not be a big problem for a while." As for whether the army will come to the west to help, let's wait for the detailed return of the three eastern counties. ”

After another three days, the fine work to the three eastern counties finally arrived, but it brought Cao Ying even more shocking news.

About seven days ago, Liu Bei's 40,000 soldiers and horses of the Chinese army had left Shangyong by boat and returned to Hanzhong in the west, and their whereabouts are still unknown. At the same time, new information came from all over the country, saying that both the Guan Yu Army and the Wei Yan Army had stopped continuing their march, and seemed to be gradually preparing to retreat.

After receiving the news of this system, everyone, including Cao Ying, was shocked, and the big tent was as quiet as stagnant water, and everyone had an expression of disbelief on their faces.

Cao Ying's face was even more angry and disappointed, and after a long time, he flipped the information on the case to the ground and shouted: "Zhongde misunderstands me, Zhongde misunderstands me!" ”

The failure of the strategy and Cao Ying's reproach only made Cheng Yu feel the blood and qi in his brain surge, and he was dizzy for a while. He couldn't figure out how such a well-designed plan of his own could be broken by mistake for Liu Bei, not only did he see through it, but people also came up with a plan. He has been plotting for more than ten years, and he has no last resort, but now he has made such a big mistake, which only makes him lose face in front of everyone, and he can't wait to find a crack to drill down.

At this time, Sima Yi was extremely calm, and he patiently persuaded: "Prime Minister, it's no wonder that Zhongde is doing this, this plan is seamless, and it can only be said that Liu Bei is too insidious and cunning." The only way to do this is to ask the prime minister to send a large army west to aid Guanlong, so that he can make up for it. ”

Cao Ying took a deep breath, tried his best to calm the mania in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Quickly pass the order of Lone, let all the soldiers and horses immediately withdraw to Luoyang to assemble, within seven days, Lone Yao personally led the army to Guanlong to fight the weaving mat sellers!" ”

………… On the hillside, Fang Shao poured a sip of cool spring water, his hoarse throat felt a burst of comfort, he raised the water bladder and poured a bag of spring water into a drop of water.

This is already the eighth day of the siege, within eight days, Xiahou Yuan attacked Fang Shao's partial camp no less than six times, the most recent one has just ended, after leaving nearly 2,000 corpses, Xiahou Yuan had to choose to retreat again.

In the past eight days, Fang Shao commanded the soldiers to resist Xiahou Yuan's lifeless impact again and again, and his voice was almost hoarse. As soon as a mouthful of water was poured here, the soldiers were ordered to hurry up and build the fortifications, and a few small detachments were sent out to pick up the undamaged crossbow arrows among the layers of corpses outside the valley.

Fang Shao didn't expect Xiahou Yuan's attack to be so strong, even if he brought enough crossbow arrows, after these rounds of continuous attacks, there were not many crossbow arrows left, so he had to make up for the deficiency through recycling on the battlefield.

However, what really worried Fang Shao was not that there were not enough crossbow arrows, but that they had not much food left, at that time, in order to quickly seize the street pavilion lightly, Fang Shao only ordered to bring more than half a month of dry food, at this time, seeing that time passed day by day, water was not a problem, but seeing that the food was going to be insufficient.

It's just that Fang Shao is not too worried, because according to his estimates, the reinforcements of the King of Hanzhong should arrive in the next few days.

At dusk that day, the Cao army outside the valley began to pull out the camp, under the cover of the cavalry, nearly 20,000 Cao troops retreated to the east in an orderly manner, and Wang Ping on the top of the mountain also sent a message, and the enemy's main camp around the mountain also began to take the initiative to retreat to the Longshan crossing.

Xiahou Yuan has withdrawn from the siege, could it be that the reinforcements of the king of Hanzhong have arrived?

However, Fang Shao was only afraid that Xiahou Yuan had a plan, and although he saw his withdrawal of troops, he did not dare to relax, and ordered the whole army to still stick to the mountain and not go down the mountain easily.

Fang Shao's worries soon proved to be unnecessary, and the next morning, Fang Shao looked west on the hillside and saw the banner covering the sky coming in the direction of the street pavilion.

Fang Shao's heart had just settled, and he knew that Liu Bei's reinforcements had finally arrived.

(To be continued)