In fact, there was also a debate about who would command the campaign.

As the emperor, Zhang Chao wanted to go directly, he also wanted to see how powerful this Cao Pi was, and he also wanted to see what kind of resourcefulness and means Sima Yi had.

It's just that when Zhang Chao said that he wanted to go to the expedition in person, he was jointly opposed by Guo Jia and Lu Su.

Today's Celestial Empire is not a time when anyone who wants to bully can be bullied, at that time, because of the continuous wars, in order to protect himself, it is normal for Zhang Chao to lead the army to fight. But now that the Celestial Empire is already the largest country, Zhang Chao, as a monarch, can go out casually, if there is any mistake, the impact will be huge, and even all the previous achievements may disappear. Here, one of Cao Cao's sons is his own, and he also uses the emperor to take action personally.

Zhang Chao's idea of going to the expedition was blocked, and in the face of the two important ministers who did not back down at all, he had to make concessions, but he also put forward his own requirements, that is, when he wanted to make the last battle against Cao Cao and Liu Bei in the future, he had to go, and he had to be a witness.

In this regard, Guo Jia and Lu Su agreed. That is to say, Zhang Chao can't go, and after some discussion, Guo Jia is entrusted with this important task.

Zhang Chao actually has another advantage of not going, that is, it can't play the role of startling the snake. After all, since he was born, Zhang Chaoxian has rarely had any failures, if he takes action in person, I am afraid that Cao Pi will be scared away, but it is Guo Jia, he can pay a lot less attention when he goes out.

Guo Jia went to Jizhou, and when he left, he took the Sixth Army Corps, which had just returned to Beijing to report on his work, and the corps commander Dian Wei was naturally excited that he could catch up with the big battle when he returned.

In Qingzhou, after the battle of Gaoyuan, it has been a month, and I originally thought that the Fourth Army would come to seek revenge, but after waiting for a long time, I didn't see any action from them, but just stubbornly guarded the county, which made many of Sima Yi's backhands unable to deploy.

And in one month, the expenditure of nearly 500,000 troops also gave Cao Pi a sense of powerlessness.

The army hid in the mountains every day, and the cost of eating and drinking was very high, and the food brought from Gaoyuan City had long been used up, and now they had to kill horses to satisfy their hunger, which also made Cao Pi know how difficult it was to feed a huge army.

Fortunately, it is summer, and some wild fruits can be found in the mountains to satisfy hunger, but there are many mosquitoes of the same kind, and even some soldiers have been bitten and seriously injured. Could it be that the Celestial Empire didn't come to Qingzhou for trouble because it lost 50,000 soldiers?

The thought only flashed through Cao Pi's mind and disappeared. How could a country that even Rus's dared to call its enemy afraid of the loss of 50,000 men? There must be other reasons why they don't show up.

Sima Yi was also solemn. He is very scheming, but in the absence of more sources, he can't analyze what his opponent is going to do. It's just that he has a faint feeling that the longer the current period of peace, the more unfavorable the situation will be for them, and he has even thought about whether to withdraw from the mountains and forests. After all, it has been September, and the weather will turn cold in more than a month, not to mention that the wild fruit or anything can't be found at that time, but can the cold weather army be able to withstand it?

Originally, it was the enemy who was clear and he was secret, but now that he was made by the problem of eating and drinking, Sima Yi couldn't hold it up, just by virtue of this, he couldn't help but sigh and say, "It's really not who is smarter in the war, and strength is the real royal road." The so-called conspiracy is not worth mentioning at all in the face of absolute strength. ”

Just when Sima Yi was thinking about whether he really wanted to withdraw from the mountains and forests, doing so would naturally expose them to the world, but at least now Qingzhou is still from the Wei State, and what he has suffered is nothing more than some verbal criticism and writing for himself, it is better than waiting here.

Just when he was still hesitating whether to discuss with the second son, when he walked out of the mountains and forests, a personal soldier of Cao Pi suddenly found him and said that the second son was invited.

Knowing that something must have happened to him at this time, Sima Yi didn't dare to follow him without any hesitation. Sure enough, in Cao Pi's account, I saw Cao Zhen, Sun Li and other generals.

As soon as Sima Yi arrived, Cao Pi first nodded to him, and then said: "The latest battle report passed down from the mountain, the four legions have finally started, they have already left the county and are coming towards Anyuan City, a total of 150,000 troops have all been dispatched. ”

"Haha, they're finally going to do it, they're suffocating me these days." Hearing the news, Cao Zhen said with laughter.

At this moment, not only Cao Zhen, but also other generals, including Cao Pi himself, were also relieved, obviously they were really suffocated, but fortunately, it seems that these waits were not in vain.

Sima Yi was also very happy when he heard the news, he hugged his fists and said to Cao Pi: "Congratulations to the second son." ”

"Hehe, it's all a credit to everyone. In this way, even if the enemy is going to enter the pocket, then we still have to think about how to surround them, this time we will strive to completely annihilate the four legions, and increase the morale of our Wei army. When Cao Pi said this, he was naturally excited. It's been so long, and he has lost once against the Celestial Empire, and now that he finally has a chance to regain face, it's no wonder that he is so excited.

With Sima Yi here, the plan was naturally planned quickly, and it didn't take long for all the generals to receive the task, and now they just waited for the four legions to enter the urn.

The Fourth Army Corps did move and came out of the county, but although they went out of the city, the speed of the march was indeed very slow, as if they were afraid of something, and the reason why this happened was because they received an order from Lord Guo Jia, and coming out of the city was one of the orders.

Even if it was one of the orders, there was naturally a second order, which was to ask them to advance steadily and steadily, step by step, and wait for the arrival of the Sixth Army behind them.

Guo Jia received the task from Zhang Chao, first from Jinyang City to Luoyang, and after seeing Lu Bu, he borrowed the Seventh Army from there, and then added the Sixth Army that followed in Jinyang City plus the Fourth Army that originally entered Qingzhou, which is a whole three legions, 600,000 people. With these strengths, Guo Jia believes that even if the other party has any ideas, it will be difficult to work.

Of course, Guo Jia's shot will not only be superficial, he also has a back hand to prepare for Cao Pi, after seeing Zhang Chao's jealousy and killing heart for this army, he has already made up his mind that these Wei troops can only be killed, not stayed.

Compared with the Sixth and Seventh Army Corps, the Fourth Army Corps became the vanguard and first appeared in Cao Pi's sight.

I'm afraid that even Sima Yi doesn't know, Guo Jia is also playing the strategy of the enemy in the open and in the dark, to say that the wise man is the wise man, and the ideological ideas are almost the same.

If Cao Pi had been in the main city of Qingzhou, maybe he could have gotten more news, but he had entered the mountains, and he was afraid that someone would leak their news, so he had already ordered the mountain to be sealed.

The Fourth Army Corps advanced step by step, and it took nearly half a month to come to the outside of Gaoyuan City, but after coming here, they stopped advancing, but suddenly stopped, and found a very large area of high ground and began to set up camp. It was originally a high mountain, but for some reason it didn't grow tall trees, but after a little tidying, it could be used as a camp for hundreds of thousands of soldiers.

Regarding the movements of the Fourth Legion, it has never been out of the sight of the scouts sent by Cao Pi, waiting for them to camp on the high ground, and the news spread to the mountains.

"What's going on? Why didn't they go into the city? After hearing the scout's report, Cao Pi frowned, things didn't go the way he had planned, and he felt that something seemed to be wrong.

Sima Yi, who had the same idea as him, looked at the high ground shown on the map and was speechless for a long time, as if he was pondering something.

"What's this, people say that they will grow wise, they were defeated in Gaoyuan a month ago, and even their deputy commander was killed, and now when they come here, it is normal to wait and see." General Cao Zhen saw that Cao Pi stopped talking, so he said his thoughts.

"That's right." Sun Li, Han Meng, and Zhang Hu also nodded in agreement.

"That's not right." At this moment, Sima Yi really shouted, and then shook his head and said: "If they are afraid, then they will not find this high ground to set up camp, but will choose a place where they can attack and retreat, and I think they should want to lure us out." ”

Sima Yi deserves to be Sima Yi, and it only took a while to gain insight into the intentions of the Fourth Army Corps.

Indeed, the reason for choosing this high ground is precisely the intention of the division of the Fourth Army Corps. He chose this place after learning that his legion's mission was to lure the enemy. The advantage of being on high ground is that it can be condescending and strengthen the strength of the guard to the greatest extent. Of course, there are also disadvantages, that is, once it has been surrounded for a long time and the water source is cut off, the army is likely to be self-defeating. It's just that he is really not very worried about this, as long as he lures the main force of the Wei army, he will shake himself with the Sixth and Seventh Army Corps, and then all the problems will be solved.

It is not wrong to say that he is frustrated, after all, he is the military advisor of the Fourth Legion, and the first thing he thinks about is the safety of his legion when it encounters difficulties. However, he did not take into account that such a practice had a very good meaning of three hundred taels of silver here, and it was easy to see his thoughts in the face of a true wise man.