Chapter 3 Luoyang Attack and Defense

Seeing that I never replied positively to his words, Sun Zi said: "Your Majesty must know that you have hurt a thousand people, eight hundred self-inflicted injuries, and injuries come and go, all of them are the people of the Central Plains. ”

I smiled and said, "If you don't want to fight, let the people live in peace, that's easy to do." However, your emperor, Ji Han, the people are still tired of providing for it, so let's do it, I built a mansion for Cao Rui in Chang'an, let Cao Rui come to live, and return you people, come together, let's suffer a little loss. ”

Sun Zi was finally aroused by me, he cheered up, and said angrily: "Your Majesty, I am an envoy of the Great Wei, who is here on behalf of the Son of Heaven of the Great Wei, you see me in the grass and wilderness, and play me in the words, it is bearable, which is unbearable, farewell!" ”

I smiled and stopped him: "Stay here, don't be angry, the anger is too big, it's easy to hurt your body, you're so old, it's not good." What you said about compensating us for Jingzhou was Cao Rui? ”

"My Majesty, of course."

"Does he really have this heart?"

"My Majesty is sincere and cares for the people, how can he be there?"

I said in my heart, if he cares for the people, then he is a ghost, don't think I don't know that he demolished Chang'an's Chenglu plate in history to build a palace. said in his mouth: "Well, although Cao Rui is two or three years older than me, he has only become the emperor, and I can't bully him too much." In this way, let him give me Luoyang and Bingzhou, and we will turn over this article. ”

Sun Zi sneered: "Your Majesty, my Great Wei is the number one power in the world. Although my Majesty has just ascended to the great treasure, he has the posture of a dragon and a tiger, wise and powerful, and there are hundreds of officials working together, and all the people work together, if Your Majesty does not want the people to live in peace, use swords and soldiers in vain. Then come on. ”

I saw that he was really anxious, so I hurriedly smiled and turned back a few words, and asked him to send him down to rest, preparing to meet formally tomorrow, but I discussed it with Liao Li. What was the purpose of his trip?

Could it be that Cao Rui was frightened by our strength? Planning to beg for mercy? No, although Cao Wei has been defeated repeatedly in recent years, his strength is still there, if it weren't for the war on all sides. It's a bit difficult for Ji Han to deal with him alone. But what is the purpose of doing this?

Liao Li thought about it and thought that this was a delaying tactic. We attacked suddenly, they were caught off guard, and they needed to move men and horses and transport weapons. Prepare materials, and then organize a counteroffensive, Cao Wei Guoda, and a powerful country that determines the world by war. Its war potential is still very large. Therefore, in any case, the war cannot be stopped, and the territory that has been beaten down is the real thing, and if he doesn't hand over Jingzhou for a day, we will fight him for a day. Even if you hand over Jingzhou, you can't easily give up this good opportunity.

However, since he said that he would deliver Jingzhou. Then let him sign it tomorrow, and if he doesn't implement it, even if he scolds them with something in his hand.

Liao Li and I looked at each other and smiled, and Eastern Wu, attacking Cao Wei is the theme, how can we stand by because of a Jingzhou.

However, Sun Zi refused to sign, saying that it was too embarrassing for this kind of thing to fall on paper. But he said. Cao Wei could retreat first. Hand over Jingzhou. It's strange, with the power of Cao Wei. Even if we attack with all our strength, we can't destroy the country, we can only weaken his strength step by step, how can he show such weakness? If this is the case, then why should we attack him desperately, and if we can benefit from the negotiating table, then why use the sword? I'm not crazy.

However, this is definitely not so simple, I watched Liao Li and the others speak on the surface, and my heart turned my mind like crazy. Although I may not be better than them in small things, but I will never be inferior in decision-making and grasping the overall situation, and even I think that even if it is Kong Ming, he is not necessarily better than me. In this world, people who are too shrewd will not suffer a little loss, so they will be calculating with relish and ignoring the overall situation. On the contrary, I am a fool who takes the loss as a meal, but I can easily see the problem.

I stroked it in my mind, Jingzhou, Wuhui in the east, Bashu in the west, Huxiang in the south, and Guanluo in the north. Since ancient times, it has been a treasure land for the world. Back then, for the sake of a southern county, Dongwu and we turned their faces, and now Cao Wei actually wants to take the initiative to give up a state, what does he mean?

Could it be that he wants to make it impossible to arouse our old feud with Soochow?

I thought about the possibility.

I remember that when the second uncle Guan Yu attacked Xiangyang, Cao Wei wanted to give up several times, and then the second uncle was defeated, Lü Meng occupied Jingzhou, Cao Ren even burned Xiangyang with a fire, and fled back to Fancheng. It was not until later that it was discovered that Lü Meng had not advanced northward that he reoccupied Xiangyang. Although Cao Wei ran Jingzhou for many years, except for Nanyang, the rest of the place was still an alternate control area for several countries, and Ji Han sometimes attacked it, and Eastern Wu sometimes fought it. Although Cao Wei had to make great determination to give up this place, the damage to him was not that great. On the contrary, his military strength was recovered, his strength increased, and he left the water and land, how could Dongwu defend Cao Wei's iron cavalry on land?

Is there any other explanation?

But what would happen if they did? Do we give up our interests in Jingzhou for the sake of reconciliation with Soochow? Let Soochow get this cheaper? But if not, how do we counsel with them? And where is the bottom line of Ji Handi, and what will Dongwu do?

At present, the situation in the world is unprecedentedly good, Cao Wei is attacked from all sides, Ji Han and Dongwu join forces to attack, and it is not impossible to capture Wanluo in one go, no, it is a great hope. If at this critical time, Soochow suddenly changes the hexagram, it will be too harmful to us. No, the rats of Dongwu, the rats are light-eyed, since Sun Ce's death, the heart of attack has been extremely weak, and Jingzhou, Dingzhongyuan, is a policy put forward by Lu Su when he was still alive, Dongwu has a very special feeling for Jingzhou, I can't ignore it.

At the moment, I kept Sun Zi with good words, did not let him go back, and did not let him send the news back to Cao Wei, confusing Cao Wei not knowing my intentions for Jingzhou, and did not dare to leave easily; On the one hand, he wrote to Kong Ming in a hurry, asking him to pay close attention to the changes in the direction of Jingzhou to prevent friction; On the one hand, he sent his henchmen to send gifts to Sun Quan and Sun Deng in the names of Sun Shangxiang and me respectively, and inquired about the tone.

Before long, the gentleman replied that if this was the case, he would try to urge the two families to reconcile and not cause trouble. And Sun Quan also replied that Ji Han Dongwu was an in-law, how could there be any misunderstanding for a mere Jingzhou? As for how the battle situation will develop, no one can imagine it, and when the time comes, each will work hard, each will secure its destiny, and avoid attacking each other.

When I received these two letters, I was reassured. With carrier pigeons, it is much easier to pass books without interception. This allows me to easily understand the affairs of the former enemy even though I am in northern Xinjiang.

At present, there are several attacks and defenses on the battlefield in Luoyang, and the fight is very lively. Mr. and Sima Yi clashed again, the two were similar in strength, Mr. was better than the soldiers, and Sima Yi was better than the location and many people.

I had nothing to do, so I put Deng Ai and Xiahouba into a room, and then found someone to persuade them to surrender. As I expected, these two are still die-hards, and neither of them will surrender. It doesn't matter, what I have is time, take your time, although the possibility of Xiahouba surrendering is a bit small, but Deng Ai is still possible. I asked Li Yan to tell them about the current military situation, saying that Cao Wei was about to be defeated. These two men fought back angrily, and I hid behind the scenes to watch the excitement, corroborating the reality of the battlefield with what they said, and digging out useful information about Cao Weidi, and then transmitting it to the camp of Mr. Frontline in time. As a result, after a few days, Deng Ai became alert, and he stopped talking. I didn't give up, I kept trying, and I had someone find out what happened to his mother.

I can't help but say that Deng Ai's analysis of this little stuttering is quite good, at least in the beginning, Cao Wei's reaction fell into his calculations. Of course, in the later stages, his intelligence cannot be reached. After all, this is a chess game played by two of the smartest people in the world.

In the face of Cao Wei, Mr. is surrounded by the whole army, and then focuses on breaking through, with the fourth uncle and Pang De as the west road men, the main attack in the direction of Hangu Pass, containing Guo Huai's department, with the third uncle and Guan Xing, Zhang Bao, and Pang Hui as the northern route army, attacking Tianjing Pass, cutting off the state, threatening Hanoi, and containing Cao Zhen's troops who came to reinforce, with Zhuge Qiao as the southern army, attacking Wancheng, containing Xiahou Wei, and at the same time blocking the connection between Jingzhou and Luoyang, Mr. personally ordered Jiang Wei's department to attack Luoyang.

Sima Yi is extremely steady in the use of troops, and there is an extremely sharp feeling during it, he can often grasp the fleeting opportunity on the battlefield, give the opponent a heavy blow, and kill the opponent, and in one place, he can often not be limited to a small circle, his eyes are always looking at the overall situation, which is rare among generals. And Mr. used soldiers, it was to the situation of Dahua without traces, he was very good at quietly setting one trap after another, interlocking, big traps and small circles, until people's eyes were spent. Fighting with him, it is also wrong for you to enter and retreat, and it is not easy to think that you have caught his exposed hole, and you only know that it is a trap when you step on it. These two people fought each other, and it was obvious that Mr. had the upper hand, but although Sima Yi was weak, he was defeated but not chaotic, he defended at all levels, and guarded strictly everywhere, consuming Ji Han's strength, and planning to consume the powerful potential energy of Ji Han's attack, so that Ji Han himself knew the difficulty and retreated. However, how could Mr. let him get his wish, Mr. set up layers of traps outside Luoyang City, advancing and retreating, and even eliminating and beating, so that Sima Yi could not be guarded.

At the end of August, Mr. used the technique of six dings and six armors to make Sima Yi stunned, standing on the field, there were several Kong Ming at the same time, Sima Yi misjudged, and was hit by Mr. in the rear army, Jiang Wei commanded the men and horses to rush and beat violently, and chased after the tail, Sima Yi fled into the desert and went straight into Luoyang City.

After suffering a few defeats in a row, Sima Yi and Guo Huai became frightened, and they all thought that he was attacking himself, defending the city, and refused to fight. Mr. tried several times to lure the enemy, and even used clever schemes, but finally failed. He is good at field warfare, but there is really no good way to siege the city, so he can only take turns with all kinds of siege weapons, fight and consume, and see who can't withstand the pull down in the end. When the battle comes to this point, in fact, it still depends on strength to speak. Fight manpower, fight materials, fight will, fight determination, fight endurance.

In early September, I set off from northern Xinjiang and returned to Chang'an.