"Order, let Le Jin and Yu Ban come to see me immediately." Sima Yi said in a deep voice.

Soon, Le Jin, who was dressed in armor, and Yu Ban strode forward. The two generals had beads of sweat on their faces, and their hot air was flushed, and it was obvious that they were working hard to train the soldiers just now. When they saw Sima Yi, their eyes lit up at the same time, and they saluted respectfully.

In fact, when Cao Yinggang sent Sima Yi to preside over the Hanoi affairs bureau, Le Jin and Yu Ban were not convinced. They are also the generals of each town under Cao Ying, how can they be willingly commanded by Sima Yi, who has never been on the big stage? But what happened next made them slowly change from contempt to surprise to admiration. The scheming and scheming shown by Sima Yi are far from being comparable to himself.

Sima Yi looked at these two generals, smiled faintly, and then said without hurrying: "Since Zhang Lang has sent people to test the truth, there will definitely be a large-scale military operation next. The real confrontation between us and the Jiangdong Army has only now officially begun. ”

Le Jin's eyes sparkled, and there was a trace of murderous aura in the armor wrapped around his body: "Please also ask your lord to give an order." ”

Sima Yi gently stroked his slender white nails, as if playing with a good baby. After half a sound, he said indifferently: "You and Yu Ban immediately got up and went to Zhangshui and Qinshui, and acted according to the original plan." ”

Le Jin's face couldn't help but glow with joy and said, "My subordinates will do it." Zhang Lang must be captured alive this time. ”

Yu Ban's unsmiling face also showed a hint of joy and said: "The adult's plan is indeed clever, and the subordinates will do it." ”

In history, Shu has five tiger generals, Wei has five good generals, Yu Ban is the most resolute, Lejin is famous for Xiaoguo, both of them are arrogant, but they can praise Sima Yi's strategy at the same time, it can be seen that he must be unexpected.

Sima Yi looked at it for a while, and then ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops and come to fight again.

He spent a few days in a murderous atmosphere. On the surface, there was no big move on either side, but secretly it was very fierce.

Every time Zhang Lang sent Gao Ran to scold the battle, they also won and lost each other.

News had come from Ling Tong that his 30,000 troops had arrived in Zhangshui and had begun to prepare for inward cutting along the riverbank.

The men and horses led by Lu Meng also set off the day before yesterday and headed in the direction of Lingtong.

This night, Zhang Lang was reading at night in front of the case, discussing the issue of grain and grass with Guo Jia and Cheng Yu, when suddenly the news came that Ling Tong had crossed the Zhangjiang River, Zhang Lang couldn't help but get up from the banquet, and said excitedly: "Okay, has Ling Tong defeated the enemy army and crossed the Zhangshui?" Haha, it's good, the Zhangshui defense line is really a wax-headed silver spear with a strong outside. The order was immediately sent to Lü Meng to speed up his march and rush to join Ling Tong. ”

After the spies left, Zhang Lang had not calmed down the excitement in his heart, and said happily to Guo Jia: "The Lingtong army has crossed Zhangshui, and it will soon be able to storm Tianjing Pass from the side, and when the time comes, cooperate with the army's actions, and Taihang Road will fall into my hands sooner or later." ”

Guo Jia didn't have Zhang Lang's excited mood, but said with a worried expression: "Lord, my subordinates have always felt a little wrong recently, but I can't think of any problems for a while. So you have to be careful in everything. ”

Cheng Yu also felt that Zhangshui came too easily, and said worriedly: "Lord, is this Cao Jun's plan to lure the enemy?" ”

Zhang Lang is not such an empty-eyed, arrogant person, he muttered for a while: "It shouldn't be." Zhangshui is where their eastern portal is located, no matter how arrogant Sima Yi is, he should not abandon the portal to lure our army, and finally come to a ...... Hehe. ”

Zhang Lang originally wanted to say that he was going to close the door and beat the dog, but he felt that this word was a little inappropriate to use in his body, so he could only laugh twice and continued: "And if they want to surround the Ling Tong army, they still need the last gate." It's just a pity that this gate has been restrained by the 50,000 horses led by Quan Cong, and it is impossible to do anything big. ”

Cheng Yu thought for a while and said: "That's right, Quan Cong's 50,000 horses are now attacking Muye with all their might, and Chaoge Taishou and Qia are already busy, where is the ability to deploy troops to cooperate with Sima Yi's army?" ”

Zhang Lang nodded frequently: "That's right." ”

Cheng Yu was a little relieved, and said casually: "By the way, what is the situation of the defensive stronghold over there in Qinshui?" ”

Zhang Lang snorted absently and said, "There has been no news for several days." ”

Guo Jia smacked a spirit, Qinshui? Guo Jia suddenly picked up the map like crazy, and his hands trembled a little.

Zhang Lang said strangely: "What's wrong with Fengxiao?" ”

Guo Jia stared at the map for only half a minute, his pupils became larger, and the light became more and more concentrated, but his face turned pale for a while.

Zhang Lang noticed the change in Guo Jia's expression at the same time, his heart sank, and he said a little badly: "What did Fengxiao find?" ”

Zhang Lang had just finished asking, Guo Jia was a little out of control and shouted anxiously: "Lord, how many people did you send to garrison at that time?" ”

Although Zhang Lang didn't know what was going on, he intuitively felt that something was wrong, and he didn't care about Guo Jia's questioning tone but asked: "I have 3,000 people stationed in Shimen, just to choke the Qinshui water and sewerage, this shouldn't be a problem." ”

Guo Jia shook the map in his hand, and said in a hurried voice: "It's not in Shimen, I mean the area of the wild king." ”

Zhang Lang's face changed and said: "There are about 1,000 people and horses, but the terrain here is quite steep, surrounded by mountains and forests, easy to defend and difficult to attack." ”

Guo Jia said angrily: "Bad thing, bad thing, Yewang is surrounded by mountains on three sides, one side is by water, and there is only a basin in the middle, there is no problem with such a location, but the bad thing is that the Taihang Mountains lie next to him." Look at what you see......" Guo Jia spread out the map in his hand, and said in an unconsciously higher octave: "If Sima Yi sends people to Qinshui, but halfway through Taihang Mountain, not only can they bypass Qinshui, but they can also penetrate into Yewang, then a thousand soldiers will definitely not be able to withstand the attack of Cao's army." After taking the wild king, the army detoured to our right side, if the enemy army is cunning enough, you can also go around to our direction, cut off my grain road, and Taihang Road as soon as the army is clamped, our army will be defeated. ”

Cheng Yu's expression changed greatly, he slapped his forehead, and shouted: "Thousands of calculations, but this point is missed." We always wanted to step on the Taihang Road like this, but we didn't expect to be a general, a good Sima Yi. ”

Zhang Lang pointed to several directions on the map along Guo Jia's finger, and a strange soldier's route jumped on the paper. Zhang Lang's face was pale and cold sweat, he couldn't believe it: "According to the news from the spies, except for one official road and a few small roads, there is no other shortcut. And these roads, we have set up checkpoints, if there is an enemy army coming, you can find it immediately, wolf smoke warning. ”

Guo Jia was already anxious at this time, like ants on the hot nest, and said anxiously: "The soldiers of Hanoi have lived in Taihang Road for many years, and they are extremely familiar with the terrain here, and it is not difficult to find an unknown secret passage, plus there has been no news from Qinshui for a few days, if I am not mistaken, I am afraid that these two places have been lost for several days." ”

After the initial panic, Zhang Lang immediately calmed down and said: "Then according to Fengxiao's meaning, it is very likely that a large number of people will sneak into the rear of our army now, ready to act?" ”

Guo Jia said in an affirmative tone: "Yes, in the past few days, I have not been able to figure out why Sima Yi's two sides of the gate are deployed with conventional troops. Now I finally understand that in fact, Sima Yi's deployment of troops in Zhangshui and Qinshui is comparable, and the defense capabilities of the two places are almost the same, and the reason why there is such a big difference in our army's temptation is that he wants to lure us into being deceived. They walked all the way to the attacked men and horses and retreated to Taihang Road, so that Ling Tong's troops became a situation where they could not succeed in high and low in rank. Because no matter which line we march from, Sima Yi's goal has already been achieved. ”

Zhang Lang's eyelids jumped, and he forcibly suppressed the feeling of shock in his heart and said, "What purpose?" ”

Guo Jia gritted his teeth and said, "Tune the tiger away from the mountain." ”

"Yes, exactly. We did everything, but we didn't expect that as soon as the army came out, it gave Sima Yi a great opportunity. If there is no flank surprise soldier, even if Sima Yi doubles our strength, he will have to pay a great price if he wants to attack, but at this time, our army has a dark sword in the back, but it may have turned the situation upside down. Cheng Yu said with fire in his eyes.

"Ahh Zhang Lang exclaimed, his brain was running rapidly, he suddenly remembered Ling Tong's centaur, and couldn't help but exclaim: "It's not good, Lu Meng has already waded through Zhangshui and joined forces with Ling Tong, but I'm afraid that I won't be able to come back in a short time." ”

Guo Jiachang sighed and said: "Sima Yi is really powerful, taking advantage of our rapid psychology, playing a small trick, he can easily transfer most of our army's troops, if he is not mistaken, within these two days, Sima Yi will definitely have a conspiracy in full swing." ”

Zhang Lang had completely calmed down at this time, and he said in a deep voice: "Then with Fengxiao's thoughts, what should we do now?" ”

Guo Jia just wanted to say what he thought in his heart, when suddenly a scout reported urgently.

Zhang Lang's heart was cold, and a bad feeling surged all over his body.

The scout came in and reported: "My lord, I just got the news, about fifty miles to the northwest, about 10,000 Cao soldiers are rapidly approaching the rear position of our army, please make a decision." ”

Cheng Yu stood up violently, and his eyes sparkled and said: "Sure enough, as Feng Xiao expected, for today's plan, the only way to do this is to destroy this group of enemy troops before Sima Yi's army is dispatched." ”

Who knows that Guo Jia said categorically: "No, since Cao Bing has begun to pounce on us, Sima Yi will inevitably receive news, if we transfer the already small number of troops to besiege that man, I am afraid that Dazhai will not be protected." ”

Cheng Yu said in a deep voice: "Most of our army's materials, grain and grass are stored in Pinggao, if we don't intercept them, all the materials, grain and grass will be destroyed in one fell swoop." ”

Zhang Lang didn't want to shoot the case and said angrily: "The village can be established if it is lost, but as soon as the grain and grass are destroyed, our army's heart is turbulent, and there is no backhand." Zhang Lang yelled outside the tent: "Guards, go and find Han Dang and Cheng Pu for me." ”

When it was young, the two generals came in a hurry.

Zhang Lang waved his hand, ordered the flag to land, and said in a deep voice: "The two of you each lead 5,000 men and horses to Pinggao in the middle of the night, don't need to protect the integrity of our army's materials." Regardless of whether you can repel Cao's soldiers or not, you don't have to rush back, immediately transport the grain and grass and retreat to Chenggao. It can be guarded there, and at the same time it is extremely close to Zhou Yu's army, so there must be no problem. When the deed is done, you will be counted as the first merit. ”

Cheng Pu and Han Dang had never seen Zhang Lang so deterrent and angry, and they knew that the situation had reached a place where there was no delay, so they didn't think much about it, and said sonorously: "Don't worry, the lord will fight to protect the grain and grass, and if there is a loss, I am willing to take the head." ”

Watching the two of them leave, Guo Jia's impatient mood just now has also eased, after the initial shock, his brain began to run at high speed: "Lord, Ling Tong has crossed Zhangshui, and the army wants to come back to help, and it will take at least seven days at the earliest, but our army is only about 30,000 horses now, and I am afraid that it will not be able to withstand Sima Yi's strong attack......"

Zhang Lang said coldly: "I naturally know about this, someone is coming." ”

A guard entered.

Zhang Lang said: "You hurry up and rush to Luoyang in the starry night, and ask Zhao Yun to take people out of Mengjin immediately and move closer to my Huaixian." At the same time, Jiang Qin led the troops to quickly advance into the Yewang area, preparing to steal through Qinshui. ”

Guo Jia said in a deep voice: "The far water can't get into the fire, how can the lord deal with the aftermath now?" ”

Zhang Lang took a deep breath, his face returned to calm, and slowly exhaled: "Order, let Qiao Rui mobilize 10,000 archers, and after the ambush is interrupted, protect my army and scatter it." Inform the other soldiers, travel lightly, discard the auxiliary weight, and start evacuating immediately,"

Guo Jia sighed helplessly, he also knew that there was no way out. Hopefully, Sima Yi won't kill so soon.

At this time, Cheng Yu suddenly asked, "What about Ling Tong's centaur?" ”

Zhang Lang frowned, and said helplessly: "Let him go back." ”

Who knows that Guo Jia said categorically: "No, since Sima Yi is so difficult, and the Tianjing Pass of Taihang Road is urgently difficult to capture, our army can only transfer the target and use the kettle mouth as a breakthrough, and my subordinates don't believe that Cao Yi still has a few ghost materials like Sima Yi and Jia Xu." ”

Cheng Yu nodded frequently and said: "Yes, the passage from Changzhi East to Taihang into Hebei is mainly the valley lowland cut by rivers such as Zhangshui, and the most important pass is Fukou. No matter how powerful Sima Yi was, it was impossible for him to expect our army to make such a move. ”

Zhang Lang's eyes also lit up, he really deserved to be a ghost, under such a sinister situation, he could still come up with a strange move and counterattack.

Zhang Lang shouted: "Someone is coming." ”

Another guard who was waiting outside the tent for Hou to give an order came in, Zhang Lang said: "You immediately go and inform Ling Tong, let him withdraw from Zhangshui, and the army will move towards Chaoge and Muye, cooperate with Quan Cong, and recapture Chaoge at all costs, control the Zhangshui Valley, and at the same time take the Kekou as the goal, open the Taihang barrier, go north to Changzhi, and then threaten Taihang Road and besiege Tianjing Pass." ”

Zhang Lang had just ordered a retreat for only an hour, and a scout hurriedly came to report: "Lord, Sima Yi poured out of the nest and killed Dazhai. ”

(To be continued)