Really, sometimes, Sima Yi really wants to go back to Yecheng to see how the current ministers of the DPRK and China persuade the Son of Heaven.

When Cao Ei's edict was conveyed to Yanzhou, Sima Yi's feeling was extremely strong.

With such an obvious wrong decision, didn't anyone stand up and remind the Son of Heaven?!

Attack ahead of time?!

Is this that easy to do?!

Didn't the Son of Heaven consider what kind of blow and impact it would have on the morale of the army if the attack failed in advance without adequate preparations?!

And if the Shu thieves take advantage of the situation to enter Yanzhou at this time, what do they have to rely on to stop the counterattack of the Shu army? !

Therefore, Sima Yi, who received the edict, was actually very helpless and unhappy, but he had no way to refuse to carry out the edict.

Not to mention the place where he lives, he can't immediately rush back to Yecheng to meet the Son of Heaven and tell the benefits. Even if he could do this, he would leave Yanzhou on the front foot, and it was estimated that the Wei army in Yanzhou and Heluo on the back foot would launch an attack in advance under the command of Cao Shuang.

He has no objection, this battle of Luoyang will definitely be fought, in this case, it is better to command it by himself than to be commanded by Cao Shuang, a straw bag.

Therefore, Sima Yi still accepted his fate and began to arrange troops, and in the middle of February in the beginning of spring, he personally led 50,000 soldiers from Yanzhou to enter the Tiger Prison Pass, and planned to be stationed in Gongxian County to guard Wang Ling.

Even so, Cao Shuang was still very dissatisfied with Sima Yi.

The reason is that the edict of the Son of Heaven arrived in Yanzhou in mid-January, but Sima Yi dragged on for a month before sending troops, which was a bit too slow in Cao Shuang's opinion.

In the land of Yanzhou and Heluo, they have been preparing for the dispatch of troops to Luoyang for more than half a year, and if they want to send troops, ten days of preparation time is enough, but Sima Yi spent a full month. This is disrespectful to the edict of the Son of Heaven and delays the fighter.

Moreover, Cao Shuang couldn't understand why Yanzhou had a full 100,000 soldiers and horses, and Sima Yi only led 60,000 soldiers to fight Chenliu County, what did the 40,000 people stay there for? !

Watching a play?!

For this reason, Cao Shuang raised strong doubts about Sima Yi.

But at this time, Sima Yi had already ignored him.

When he didn't go on the expedition, if the guards had any suggestions and opinions, Sima Yi, the general of the town guard, still had to give explanations and communicate.

But once the army goes out, Sima Yi, as the commander-in-chief, can completely ignore any doubts from the guards, he only needs to deploy and command the army according to his own ideas.

If you Cao Shuang think that this is wrong, you want to strongly oppose it, you can also ask you to join the Son of Heaven Day battle, and the old man will hand over the military power now.

If not, then shut up!!!

Seriously, Cao Shuang really wanted to invite the Son of Heaven to fight, after all, this was a good opportunity to seize Sima Yi's military power.

But. The current Cao Shuang is not the Cao Shuang in history who was completely carried away by power, he is still a little self-aware, knowing that he can't command so many soldiers now, let alone defeat Zhuge Liang and break Luoyang.

So, this anger, Cao Shuang endured it.

Here, Sima Yi finally got rid of the flies buzzing in his ears, and he could concentrate and take this active attack seriously.

On the Luoyang side, Zhuge Liang was also frowning, thinking hard about how to retreat from the enemy.

Almost, really, just a little bit of time. If Zhuge Liang is given another month, then it will not be Sima Yi who will lead the troops to enter the Tiger Prison Pass, but he Zhuge Liang will send troops to attack Gong County.

But unfortunately, time is a little more favorable to Cao Wei after all.

But it doesn't matter, in fact, when he made the Northern Expedition plan, Zhuge Liang had already considered the possibility of Wei Thief preparing earlier than himself and taking the initiative to attack.

What I have to do now is to guard Luoyang and wait for my main force to come and assemble.

And now, Zhang Xi and Xu Shu have arrived in Nanyang, and are waiting for the follow-up troops to assemble, as long as the main forces of the three eastern counties and Guanzhong are assembled, they will immediately go north for the fifth northern expedition.

Therefore, for Zhuge Liang, the most difficult thing was the first month.

Moreover, Zhuge Liang now has 70,000 soldiers in his hands. 50,000 in Luoyang and 20,000 in Hongnong County.

Of the 20,000 people in Hongnong County, Zhuge Liang did not transfer them, but only ordered Wang Chang to let him guard Hongnong County and prevent the Wei army from crossing the river from Hedong County like the last battle.

On the Luoyang side, Zhuge Liang sent Zhang Yi and Huang Quan to lead 10,000 troops to defend in Mengjindu, and on the other hand, he sent Wei Yan to lead 30,000 northern troops and take the initiative to attack Gongxian.

What's the matter with you Sima Yi procrastinating in the Tiger Prison, if you have the ability, you will come to Luoyang!!

Zhuge Liang wanted to force Sima Yi to lead the troops to rescue Wang Ling by attacking Gongxian, and then take the opportunity to extend the distance of the Yanzhou county soldiers to prepare for the next Northern Expedition.

But with this little means, it is still a little difficult to get Sima Yi to take the bait.

On the one hand, in Sima Yi's view, the place in Gongxian County is too close to Luoyang and has no strategic value.

Now Zhuge Liang has sent people to attack Gong County, and there is no practical point in holding on, what are you doing with it? !

On the other hand, Sima Yi sent troops to attack Luoyang this time, although it dragged on for a month, but this month's time was not casually delayed, Sima Yi was coordinating the Wei army in Hedong County and Hanoi County to carry out coordinated operations.

There is no way, across the Yellow River, communication is inconvenient, and being able to coordinate such a large-scale operation in a month can be regarded as a manifestation of Sima Yi's extremely high coordination ability.

Therefore, now that Sima Yi is staying in the Tiger Pass, it is not that he does not dare to go to Luoyang, but he is waiting for Hedong County and Hanoi County to make a move to disperse the forces of the Shu thieves.

So. You Zhuge Liang wants to attack Gongxian, then Sima Yi directly ordered Wang Ling to withdraw to the tiger prison and pass it down.

Can. At this time, Cao Shuang came again.

After learning that Sima Yi asked Cao Shuang to abandon Shougong County, Cao Shuang expressed his disagreement.

Since Sima Yi's purpose is to divide the troops, why can't Wang Ling be allowed to hold on to Gong County and contain the forces of the Shu thieves, so that the county soldiers from Hedong County and Hanoi County can make a breakthrough in Mengjindu?!

Cao Shuang's idea of opposing for the sake of opposition, Sima Yi did not hesitate to take care of his strategic deployment, this kind of thing is not a joke, how can he say that he can change it? !

At the beginning, it took a month to straighten out the strategic deployment, and it was said that Hanoi County sent troops to Mengjindu to feint and disperse the defenders of Luoyang, but now it is temporarily changed to let them attack the main attack, and you will fly over to inform them?!

But, don't say anything about letting Wang Ling stick to this matter in Gong County, Sima Yi really has some ideas.

In fact, if Wang Ling can hold on to it in Gong County, it will not be a bad thing.

On the one hand, Wang Ling insisted on sticking to Gongxian County, and his delay in sending reinforcements over would inevitably mislead Zhuge Liang's judgment, making him think that Gongxian was just a pretense here, and the main direction of the Wei army's attack was in Mengjindu, if Zhuge Liang could be lured to divide troops from Gongxian County to support Mengjindu, it would naturally be a good thing.

On the other hand, Wang Ling still has 10,000 people in his hands, no matter how Gong County is, it is also a county seat, protected by city walls, and he has an advantage in defending the city.

With a force of 10,000 people, holding on to a county town, facing a siege of no more than 40,000 enemy troops, if you can't hold it for even a month, isn't it a bit unreasonable?!

Thinking of this, Sima Yi also changed his mind and ordered someone to send an order to Wang Ling in Gong County, asking him to stick to Gong County.

However, Sima Yi also took into account Wang Ling's practical difficulties, and did not want Wang Ling to be sent to death in Gong County, so Sima Yi gave Wang Ling the right to retreat on the spot. If you can keep it, it's best to keep it for a month, of course, if you really can't keep it, it doesn't matter if you return to the tiger prison.

Wang Ling received such an order, what can he say?

Wei Yan is also an old opponent, Wang Ling fought with Wei Yan in the last Luoyang offensive and defensive battle, knowing this person's style of using troops, highlighting a fierce is, Lao Tzu can't do you in the field, but this is a city defense war, no matter how fierce you are, if you have the ability, you will fly up the city wall!!

In this way, Wang Ling held Gong County and did not retreat, and Wei Yan besieged the city and stormed it. After a few days of fighting, Wei Yan sensed that something was wrong.

According to the pre-war prime minister's prediction and his own judgment, this Gongxian County has no value of sticking, and the Wei army may hold on for a while, but in the end it will take the initiative to retreat to the Tiger Pass and save its troops.

Available now. With Wang Ling's defensive posture, it doesn't look like he wants to withdraw his troops.

For this reason, Wei Yan continued to command the soldiers to besiege the city and attack on the one hand, and on the other hand, he hurriedly transmitted the news back to Luoyang and informed the prime minister that he knew.

And after receiving Wei Yan's military report, Zhuge Liang also began to think.

Could it be that I was wrong?!

Sima Yi's real focus of attack is in Mengjindu?!

Zhuge Liang thought about it seriously for a long time, but still felt that it was unlikely.

After all, Sima Yi was in Yanzhou, and he was separated from Hedong County and Hanoi County by a Yellow River, so it was not convenient to communicate back and forth. How could he command the Wei army on the north bank of the Yellow River to attack Mengjindu?!

Or, is he, Sima Yi, so confident in the abilities of Sima Shi, Qin Lang, and Xiahou Ba?!

Anyway, Zhuge Liang thinks that Sima Yi should not be the kind of person who pins his hopes on others, and his main direction of attack should still be on the front line of the Tiger Prison.

But. A few days later, Zhang Yi from Meng Jindu sent an urgent report.

The Wei army forcibly crossed the Yellow River and attacked Mengjindu.

The strength of the army is about 70,000 or 80,000.

At this time, Zhuge Liang really hesitated.

Go home for the Mid-Autumn Festival.,There's only two chapters today.,There shouldn't be an update tomorrow.,But there will be no rest during the National Day.,Will continue to code words.,At that time, it should be back to the point of four chapters a day.。

Another: I wish you all a happy Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day.

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