Chapter 38 Plotting to Attack Yecheng

For more than a year, I have stayed in Luoyang for nearly ten months, which is longer than staying in the capital Chang'an, not that I plan to move the capital from Chang'an to Luoyang, which is designated as the capital of Ji Han. This is entirely out of consideration for the situation of war and the state of the country. During the war, everything had to be given way to the battlefield. I like the feeling of commanding from the front, even if I am not on the front line, I can learn more information when I am close to the front line, the front line is the most important place, if I am too far away from the front line, I am afraid that the decisions I make will deviate too much from the reality, and some urgent matters cannot be handled. This kind of behavior is characteristic of the kings of the Three Kingdoms period, except for a Taiping emperor like Cao Rui, there is no one who is not in command in the battle.

In the past two years, Ji Han fought against Xiqiang, Pingnanman, conquered Mobei, Dingliao, passed through the Western Regions, and Eastern Wu, and was pacified by Siyi. It also vigorously developed agriculture, implemented new planting techniques, redivided land, and promoted tuntian, which greatly mobilized the people's enthusiasm for labor, so that all industries flourished and the national strength surged. At present, I control the six states of Si, Yong, Liang, Yi, and You, and have become the most powerful country in the world, and they have also formed a situation of encirclement of Cao Wei's Jizhou.

However, although Cao Wei has been defeated by our army several times, his strength is still there, not to mention that the battle array is changing rapidly, and no one is sure of victory, and no one can say that he can easily defeat Cao Wei and take Jizhou. Jizhou has been operating for Cao Wei for many years, with strong strength, abundant land and a large population.

The ability to drag and the war potential are far greater than those of the two states, not to mention that Cao Wei's Chinese army is by no means under the main forces of Ji Han. With the current military strength of our army in the state, it is difficult to defeat them. So Kong Ming and I plan to force Cao Wei to move the capital, otherwise, as long as Cao Rui is in Yecheng, then Jizhou will be the center of Cao Wei. Whether it is Sima Yi or Cao Xiu or Jia Kui Zangba, they may be transferred to Jizhou to come to King Qin, at that time I and Cao Wei were inextricably fought, and the battle was cheaper for my uncle Sun Quan, who was newly appointed as the emperor.

Therefore, on the one hand, we used the name of Yuan's descendants to spread rumors, and on the other hand, we used Cao Zhi's name to carry out splits, all in order to put pressure from within and make them feel that Yecheng was unstable. The name of Yuan's descendants played a certain effect. And we really helped Yuguo to find a descendant of the Yuan family who was herding cattle, but he never had a dream of regaining the glory of his ancestors, his biggest dream was not to meet wolves when herding cattle, and not to be beaten by the owner when he returned home. However, Li Sheng launched an operation in his name, constantly contacted the ministers of Cao Wei, and with the help of the Zhiwen Institute, he made things that shocked Cao Rui in various places. As for Cao Zhi, he organized a group of people behind his back. In his name, he attacked Bohai County and set off an operation to return to the Great Han. Under his inspiration, many people really came to him.

On the other hand, we asked Zhang Fei and Wei Yan to make a posture of attacking Yecheng several times, and several times we made it appear that we were going to attack the ground. Yecheng is only about 200 miles away from the front line of Tianjing Pass, and the cavalry arrives at night, hoping to let Cao Rui move the capital. And Li Yu took Youzhou and attacked Zhongshan for this purpose. But for now, it seems. Cao Rui was reluctant to give up the Tongquetai in Yecheng, and would rather fight a decisive battle in Jizhou than leave. Then we have to adopt the second set of combat plans.

As a result, Li Yu, who was invincible all the way, was "defeated" in Zhongshan, and under the attack of the Wei army, he retreated all the way to Juyong and returned most of Youzhou to the Wei army. In this way, the Wei army went too far from advancing. It's far away from Yecheng. But Zhang Feidi pretended to be sick and returned to Luoyang, which paralyzed Cao Wei to a certain extent, making them think that the situation was under control. With Cao Zhen's army, it is enough to protect Yecheng. They did not expect that our army was already ready for the offensive.

After more than a year of recuperation and governance, Luoyang has basically been settled, and the officials from the local Jianban and the officials transferred from Ji Han have completely controlled the local area, and the government mechanism is operating effectively. The people were rested. The corrupt officials and bully families and the evil forces that are interested in Cao Wei have been dealt a certain blow. In addition, after all, Cao Wei has only been in the country for eight years, and there are not a few people who miss the Han family. For Ji Han, they still support it. The habits formed over the past four hundred years made them consider themselves Han rather than Wei, which made Ji Han more cohesive than Cao Wei.

But, to be honest, it's really tiring to do this in more than a year!

I looked up from the clutter of the case and felt a burst of Venus in front of me. Although the prime minister helped me with most of my affairs, I was accustomed to thinking independently in light of the opinions of the ministers, rather than relying solely on others. Although Kong Ming did a better job than me, I can take reading Kong Ming's handling opinions as an opportunity to train myself, and learn not only in books, but more importantly in politics. Kong Ming and I have been honed over the years, and we are familiar with each other's styles, and when something comes, we know how the other party will deal with it without discussion. In many cases, even in many cases, our style has gradually become homogeneous. Many times, others can't tell from the way they deal with it, whether I said it or what Kong Ming said. It is also in this kind of daily learning that I can gain more knowledge than others, so that I can improve myself even more. In fact, I have always underestimated myself, thinking that as Adou, I can't be better than others. This situation was not clarified until I defeated Sima Yi in Northern Xinjiang, and I realized that I was not incompetent. And over the past year, I have been more and more recognized by Kong Ming, and I can see from his eyes that his trust and recognition of me is as unwavering and unbreakable as my trust and trust in him.

I stretched my arms to the left and right, stretched comfortably, shook my head, and walked on the path outside the temple with my hands behind my back. When Hesse saw me come out, he did not say anything, but followed me silently. Last year, I wanted to meet Cao Rui and talk to him directly, but he didn't respond to me at all. But I don't care, whether he responds or not, he's only a loser for my men. In this moment, I firmly believe in it and do not deny it.

This year, it is indeed very tiring, but the value of tiredness, through this year, I have completed the accumulation strategically with the method of killing chickens and eggs, and Ling Su is also the captain of the Qiang Guard. Zhang Ji concurrently served as the captain of Wuji in the Western Regions, and stabilized Xiliang under the leadership of Huang Quan, but transferred back the brave generals Guan Ping and Ma Dai from the Western Front, and their troops hid in the middle of the Yellow River, and quietly sent them to the front line of Bingzhou as goods, outside the Tianjing Pass. At present, on the Tianjing Pass front, Ji Han's troops have surpassed Cao Wei and reached a terrifying 150,000. And for Kou Feng in Chang'an City. I finally decided to use him and send him to the state. In the past, Guan Ping and Liu Feng, two young generals who were not left on the battlefield and were clothed in everything, joined forces again after more than ten years. Guan Ping's skills are far beyond his peers, in fact, during the Jingzhou War, his skills have already caught up with the second uncle, not under Pang De and Xu Huang. And Kou Feng, although he is a little worse than Guan Ping, is brave and decisive on the battlefield. Make him a brave man who can face any crisis.

Think about it, a team with Kong Ming in the center and command, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun flying together, Pang De, Wei Yan, Guan Ping, Kou Feng, Ma Dai, Zhang Bao, Guan Xing, Pang Hui, Deng Ai (who studied at the military academy after surrendering, and now Zhao Yun is serving as the tooth general), Sima Zhao (the poor man finally left the death squad. But still in the forward battalion for which he is not suitable, the star-studded troops of the generals, what kind of attack power will be had.

At this time, I said to Kong Ming: "I want to go back to Chang'an and see my children." Then he asked the gentleman if he wanted to go back.

Kong Ming smiled: "I won't go." ”

Both of us understood that my return at this time was also one of the measures to paralyze Cao Wei. They learned that I had returned to Chang'an. I definitely don't think I'm going to attack. This kind of thinking can cost them dearly.

It is worth mentioning that when Kou Feng came by order, I symbolically comforted him a few words, and he actually knelt on the ground and made a loud voice. To be honest, I was really sad at that moment. Maybe I was too strict with him in the past, but I don't regret it. Proper honing is good for him. And I don't want me to be in command at the front, and there is a brotherhood in the back to make trouble for me. In this regard, although I look down on Cao Pi, my approach is almost no different from his. Perhaps, this is the sorrow of the royal family.

Actually, Kong Ming is also doing the same thing as me. Any sprout that might affect my status will be eliminated by him before it is unearthed. It is precisely for this reason that in history he killed Liu Feng because of Guan Yu's incident. Even for Liu Ming and Liu Yong, Liu Li. He also has varying degrees of concern. Thereinto. even includes a testimony that Liu Yong once colluded with Sima Yi's informant. From the perspective of time, it is likely that Sima Yi and Cao Ci were reused at the beginning because of the wrong actions of Liu Yong, a little fool. Although I don't know how Sima Yi exaggerated the connection with Liu Yong to the fact that he succeeded in causing chaos within Ji Han and a wall between brothers, all indications show that he did operate this matter to some extent. However, forget it, it has already been said that this is just a little fool, with his ability, he can't make waves at all, not to mention that a year ago, Xingcai took care of him.

The attack on Yecheng is in intense deployment.

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Wancheng.

Sima Yi stationed. Sima Yi spent a year building Wancheng into a fortress that could be attacked and defended. He will never provoke Ji Han or Dongwu, and pretend to be harmless to people and animals. However, internally, he vigorously trained the troops, reorganized the army, and wooed Xu Huangwenpin and others several times, although he did not pull them over, he successfully signed several offensive and defensive alliances and coordinated combat plans with them in private. In this way, no one wants to defeat him easily, whether it is Ji Han or Dongwu. In fact, Sima Yi also knew that at the moment, Ji Han and Dongwu were not unable to defeat themselves, but they didn't want to defeat themselves, and with his strength, they couldn't resist either side of Han and Wu alone, but their existence was a buffer between Han and Wu, and the last fig leaf before they tore their faces. So in a short period of time, neither Ji Han nor Dongwu will attack themselves. But what about the long time?

This time, Cao Rui ordered him to attack Ji Han, he acted according to the order, but he was not active, he knew that he was just playing a diversion role, probably just Cao Rui in order to attract Ji Han's troops for himself. When he had an army of 100,000 in his hands, he couldn't defeat Zhuge Liang, and now it was too difficult to walk hundreds of miles to attack Yuyang City, which was guarded by Kong Ming's proud disciple Jiang Wei and the general Wang Ping. He had fought with Jiang Wei several times, and knew that this young man was well known as Kong Ming's true biography, and he used his troops delicately and clearly, but once he attacked, he was eclectic, and if he fought on the ground, Sima Yi was confident that he could defeat him with the same force. But coupled with this embarrassing terrain, unless Jiang Wei is asleep. But since Jiang Wei came to Luyang, he has strengthened Luyang's defense every day, covered the road with outposts, and used carrier pigeons and fireworks to transmit military information, and the defense was impenetrable. It's better to attack him than to run around Wancheng to train his troops, at least running here won't drop the soldiers into the mountain stream because of the road.

"Father." Sima Shi hurriedly came in, "Luoyang news." ”

"What's the matter?"

"Han lord Liu Chan drove back to Chang'an."

"Hmm." Sima Yi nodded indifferently.

"Father, is it that the attack of the Eastern Front is too sharp, so he leaves to avoid it? In that case, are we stepping up our offense? Sima Shi reminded.

"Intensify the offense?" Sima Yiying's eyes were full of sneer, "No, we don't. A full favor, can't become a momentum, what we have to do now is to preserve our strength and wait for the day when Cao Rui welcomes me back to the dynasty. Almost, Ji Han is about to attack Jizhou. ”

Although Sima Shi was accustomed to his father's high intelligence, he couldn't help but be surprised, and looked at his father with an inquiring gaze.

"It's simple, but it's a practical strategy. And Ji Han did a tight job, the news blockade is very tight, you can't see it and it's not surprising - Ji Han deliberately showed the enemy weakness, in fact, he was preparing to attack Yecheng, they Youzhou was defeated, leading the new five battalions to the north, Zhang Fei fell ill, so that Cao Zhen was relieved, the Han lord returned to the capital, showing the world with no contention, and now there is no Chen Qun in the court, I don't know who can see this strategy. Sima Yi's voice seemed to sigh and sarcasm.

Sima Shi was shocked: "Father, if this is the case, Yecheng is in danger." Shall we play? ”

Sima Yi said: "Of course, I want to play, but not now. Well, let me think about it, and send a messenger in five days. Hmph, Cao Zhen is undefeated, how can I show my ability. He sat in front of the case, picked up the pen, and wrote neatly: "Sima Yi, the general of the Fu army, the Marquis of Wuyang, and the military minister of Jingzhou, heard it carefully: Ji Han with the heart of a snake and scorpion, doing the things of tigers and wolves, Zhuge Liang is cunning and treacherous, treacherous like a demon, and now Ji Han is retreating from Youzhou, stopping in Bingzhou, pretending to be a state of collecting troops, but his heart is unpredictable, and he must ......not be prevented."

As he wrote, a smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth.