To some extent, Zhuge Liang made a mistake.

His strategy did deceive Xiahou Shang, the guard general of Tongguan, and also caused Liu Ye and Chen Qun to have a difference of opinion, but in the end, Cao Ei's decision still did not go as Zhuge Liang expected.

Cao Ei really deserves to be a monarch with Cao Cao's legacy, at least in the area of decision, Cao Ei does reflect his own decisiveness, and also has an adventurous spirit similar to Cao Cao.

Leaving Tongguan close at hand, he ordered Cao Zhen to immediately raise troops to save Wancheng, which directly bankrupted Zhuge Liang's strategy to lure the enemy.

And in this case, Cao Zhen did not disobey Cao Ei's will again. The account of sending troops without authorization has not been calculated, if this disobedience is disobeyed again, then Cao Zhen really doesn't want to live.

Therefore, even though Cao Zhen knew very well that the soldiers under his command had not finished recuperating and the morale of the army was still low, he still set off to support Wancheng.

Of course, it was not just to send the demoralized soldiers to death, Cao Zhen's plan was to move a little slower on the way to Wancheng, stop and stop along the way, and slowly restore the morale of the army.

In this way, when you arrive in Wancheng, you will not only be able to serve as cannon fodder for the number of people.

As for whether this will cause Wancheng to be tight or even lost, Cao Zhen feels unlikely.

Sima Yi still has at least 20,000 soldiers in his hands, and with Sima Yi's leading ability, he has been able to defend it for a month, which is really not bad for ten days and half a month.

In Cao Zhen's opinion, this can prove that Sima Yi still has the strength to hold Wancheng for three days.

If one day Sima Yi's sparse performance changes from a fixed performance every three days to an irregular request for reinforcements to Luoyang, that is a real danger signal, indicating that Sima Yi is already under pressure and has no time to think about these things.

So, Cao Zhen still has some confidence to do this.

But Cao Zhen was confident, and Sima Yi was uncomfortable.

To tell the truth, Sima Yi sent a letter asking for help every three days, and it was indeed not to the extent that he couldn't hold it in the end, and he also told the important ministers and the Son of Heaven in the court that although he urgently needed reinforcements, the battle in Wancheng was still under control.

But so be it. You Cao Zhen can't stop all the way, saying that you are here to support Wancheng, but you have been walking for four or five days, and you haven't even come out of the Henan territory, right?!

Again, the current situation is no longer the same as seven or eight days ago, when Sima Yi sent the last letter asking for help.

Seven or eight days ago, what Sima Yi needed to deal with was the frontal Jingzhou army's way of fighting through siege equipment and fighting hard for casualties, but now, Sima Yi found that his flank, I didn't know what was going on, and drilled out 5,000 Shu thieves.

What's even worse is that some of these 5,000 Shu thieves launched a night attack without their knowledge.

If it weren't for the strict discipline requirements for the vigil of the defenders, he and his second son Sima Zhao often went out to inspect at night. Maybe it really will be able to let this group of Shu thieves succeed in the sneak attack.

Let's go back a little bit to four days ago.

Just after Sima Yi finished writing the routine call for help and letting the fast horse be sent out of the city, Sima Yi began his routine city patrol work.

Patrolling the city, on the one hand, is to inquire about the garrison of the city defense, and on the other hand, the commander often appears more often in front of the defenders when he has nothing to do, which also helps to improve the morale of the defenders.

Sima Yi has always insisted on doing this, and after touring the city, Sima Yi returned to his mansion for dinner, and went to sleep directly after dinner.

If nothing else, just to get up early the next day and raid the city garrison in the early hours of the morning.

There is no way, in the face of the siege of 90,000 people, Sima Yi had to think about things in more detail, for example, what should the Shu thieves do if they hit the time difference and launch an attack from dawn in the early morning.

If you are taken by surprise, although you may not necessarily lose the city, it is inevitable that the casualties will increase.

The current Sima Yi can't afford this kind of unnecessary casualties caused by negligence.

In this way, early the next morning, before the sky was completely bright, Sima Yi took his guards and his second son Sima Zhao to appear on the south gate tower together.

Sima Yi investigated everything one by one, but Sima Zhao, who was unlucky enough to get up early with him, couldn't help but yawn and complained, "Father is too worried, attacking in the early hours of the morning, the line of sight is blocked, and the siege is quite inconvenient, which is not in line with the art of war. How could a thief do such an unwise thing. ”

When Sima Yi heard this, he was immediately annoyed.

"You claim to be familiar with military books on weekdays, don't you hear that soldiers don't get tired of cheating?!" Sima Yi unceremoniously reprimanded his son directly in front of the soldiers guarding the city, and said, "Since ancient times, there has been no way to use soldiers. ”

While Sima Yi reprimanded, he looked at Sima Zhao with a sleepy look, and he was even more angry.

"Thou art young, but you are so sleepy, don't you hear that "slaughter is given day and night, and rotten wood cannot be carved"?! Those who march with soldiers are worried and dare not slack off. How can you become a great tool like you?! ”

Sima Yi really couldn't get used to the virtue of his second son, and Sima Zhao didn't dare to have any obvious dissatisfaction with his father's reprimand. Lao Tzu trained his son, which is justified.

But, Sima Zhao, a half-body anti-bone person, is somewhat unimpressed by his own Lao Tzu's teachings.

Zai Yu sleeps during the day, I don't sleep during the day, now I am a father, you don't let people sleep well, and it is okay to come out in the early morning to raid the city defense.

What does this have to do with "rotten wood cannot be carved".

Besides, it's not like I haven't read a book, but Zai Yu became a doctor in Linzi, so this can also be regarded as rotten wood?!

As for the marching battle, if the commander is worried, does not eat well, and does not sleep well, how can his subordinates believe that the commander is in his chest. Hawkers, Sima Zhao is in his early twenties, although people at this age are precocious, but at this age, it is normal for half of the body to be reflexive.

After all, he is a child of a family, and he has both parents, so he has no chance to be alone.

But then, Sima Zhao was dumbfounded.

When Sima Yi was about to go to the West Gate after inspecting the defense of the South Gate, Sima Zhao was actually not happy.

Outside the south city gate, there is the Jingzhou military camp where the Shu thieves are stationed, and it is also said that the focus is on patrolling the defense here, but what is the point of checking the west gate that leads directly to Wuguan? !

But what, since Lao Tzu has spoken like this, what can he say as a son?!

Just keep following, go back early after the inspection, maybe you can catch up on sleep. In this way, Sima Zhao followed Sima Yi and set off towards the West Gate Tower.

As a result, Sima Zhao was surprised to find that a lot of torches were suddenly added to the tower of the West Gate City, and under the care of the torches, he faintly saw that there seemed to be a lot of people climbing the city wall.

Sima Zhao is stupid, what is the situation?!

How could there be Shu thieves attacking in the direction of the West Gate?!

Although the West Gate and the South Gate look like they only need to cross a corner, in fact, the terrain outside Wancheng City is very complicated, and it is necessary to cross three hills to detour from the South Gate to the West Gate.

In that place, Sima Yi had already sent someone to set up a guard post, as long as there was movement, it was impossible for Sima Yi not to know.

In this way, Shu thieves can appear, which means that the Shu thieves are not from the south gate, but should come from the direction of Wuguan.

Could it be said. Guo Huai and his brother in Wuguan have been broken by Shu thieves?!

Sima Zhao is making a mistake, and Sima Yi doesn't have this idle time.

"Quickly mobilize troops and horses to rescue Simon !!"

After Sima Yi put down such a sentence, without hesitation, he took the only dozen or so guards around him and rushed to the South Gate Tower.

It's really not to send him to death, Sima Yi is not so stupid.

Now the battle situation at the West Gate is that the defenders and the Shu thieves who climbed the city tower are fighting each other, and they urgently need someone to go over to command, so Sima Yi will only bring a dozen personal guards over.

It's not that dangerous, as long as Sima Yi arrives at the city tower in time and directs the defenders to fight in an orderly manner, it is possible to block the siege of the Shu thieves.

At the same time, Sima Yi was also wondering, how did the Shu thieves get to the city tower from the west gate, is it really the Wuguan that was lost?!

But no matter what the actual situation is, we have to repel this sneak attack of the Shu thieves first.

And with Sima Yi's quick arrival, Wang Ping, who had just climbed the city tower, was suddenly under great pressure.

After Wang Ping captured the county behind Wuguan and obtained enough food and grass supplies, Wang Ping made a choice between counterattacking Wuguan and attacking Wancheng - a sneak attack on Wancheng.

Wuguan is Xiongguan in the end, although Wang Ping climbed the mountain and detoured behind Wuguan, but there are only more than 4,200 people left in the 5,000 soldiers, and there are not enough siege equipment.

Secondly, although with Wang Ping's occupation of Xixian, Wuguan fell into the dilemma of being flanked before and after, but in the same way, there is a Lixian County behind Xixian, once Lixian finds that Xixian is lost, then Wang Ping will also fall into a state of being flanked by the front and back.

And the most important thing is that once Lixian discovers Wang Ping's department, he will definitely report to Wancheng, and at that time, Wang Ping will not have any possibility of sneaking up on Wancheng.

Therefore, in order to maximize the results of the battle and to better hide his whereabouts, Wang Ping decided to lead his troops around Lixian and go straight to Wancheng.

Then the old trick was repeated, and before dawn in the early morning, a thousand people with night vision were selected to launch a night attack on Wancheng.

(End of chapter)