Chapter 80 Sima Yi's reaction

Guo Huai, the governor of Hanzhong, heard that Lu Xun had led the army to invade. While leading the army to arrive, he quickly ordered someone to report to Chang'an Sima Yi. Yin Shang, the governor of Longxi, and Cao Liangxu, heard that Ma Chao had invaded. Under the persuasion of Jiang Jiong, the governor of Jiuquan, all of them surrendered. Ma Chaoyue crossed Longxi and besieged Jicheng. At the same time, he sent Ma Dai to lead the army to contact the people of Wudu and Yinping, so that they should not go to the dark with Sima Yi. Ma Chao is famous in Xiliangwei, and these people are all afraid of him. Under the coercion and lure of Ma Chao, these people did not dare to be strong with Ma Chao. Under the double blow of Ma Chao and Lu Xun, Hanzhong was attacked on several sides, and the situation was immediately precarious. When Sima Yi heard the news, he quickly led troops to Hanzhong to block Lu Xun. In addition, he asked Meng Jian to guard Jicheng to block Ma Chao.

"Lord, Lu Xun led 100,000 troops and came to attack Hanzhong from Jinniu Road. What can he do?" In Nanzheng City, Guo Huai was also a little calm after seeing the arrival of Sima Yi. In his opinion, in a difficult situation, as long as Sima Yi comes out in person, he will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.

"Don't panic. I think Lu Xun must be bluffing this time; no, it should be said that it is not Lu Xun who bluffs, but Zhao Botao!" Sima Yi sneered.

"Lord, what do you say?" Guo Huai asked strangely.

"Lu Xun marched into Hanzhong from Jinniu Road. Although he can avoid the danger of the Yangping Pass, the road on Jinniu Road is rugged and it is inconvenient to transport food. As long as we guard the road, it will be more than 40 days, or less than a month. Lu Xun will inevitably lead the army to withdraw because of the shortage of food. We just need to stick to the passage, and he is helpless!" Sima Yi smiled and paused. Sima Yi said again, "Although Lu Xun is good at using troops, Zhao Botao is a veteran and has been in the battlefield for a long time. Once there is a war, he has always been a pioneer. How can Lu Xun be sent to lead 100,000 troops to take Hanzhong? This is almost all of his family. And not only Zhao Feng, Zhang Ren, Yan Yan and other generals in Sichuan did not come this time. In my opinion, this person must lead the generals to ambush in the dark and prepare to act at the sight of the opportunity!"

"The lord's words are true, so what should we do now?" To understand this, Guo Huai asked about the present again. Sima Yi pondered for a moment, and finally said cautiously, "Meng Gongwei is stationed in Jicheng, and Ma Chao is brave and resourceful. At present, Lu Xun's attack is fierce, and I led 50,000 troops to Jinniu to defend. Boji, you lead 20,000 troops to garrison the city to prevent the mediocre enemy from attacking.

"I will understand at the end!" Guo Huai nodded and prepared not to mention it. Since two years ago, Zhang Xiu, the governor of Shangyong, has begun to recruit troops and train soldiers. In the past two years, the two sides have been in constant friction. Guo Huai knew that if everyone was concentrated here on Jinniu Road at this time, once Zhang Xiu led the army to attack, he might not be able to stop it. At present, Guo Huai led the army to the city to strengthen the defense. Sima Yi sat in the town in person to prevent people from all walks of life. At the same time, he sent fine works to find out the whereabouts of Zhao Feng and other important generals in Xichuan.

What Sima Yi didn't expect was that on the Taurus Road opposite him, in the camp of the Sichuan army, there were only 40,000 people who were bluffing. With Lu Xun's ability, this bluff is also a decent bluff. Of course, Sima Yi is so shrewd that it is indeed a little difficult to hide his pervasive details. But it is impossible to get accurate information without a time of five or six days. Sima Yisheng's surname is cautious. Without definite news, he will not act rashly. With these days, it is enough for Zhao Feng to hide from the sky.

On the day of Lu Xun's departure, Zhao Feng, Zhang Ren and Yan Yan gathered 50,000 Sichuan troops and quietly rushed to Deyang on the edge of the Dianjiang River. Then they took a building boat and entered the Yangtze River waterway from the Dianjiang River, and then all went down the river until they returned to the city on the third day. Along the way, the buildings and ships were full of flags, and the soldiers were all stuffed in the cabin and did not show up. At the same time, under the arrangement of Huang Quan and others, all parts of Xichuan also carried out the cleaning of Hanzhong, trying to delay the time for Sima Yi to get the exact news.

After Zhao Feng arrived in Yidu, Wang Fu had already led 5,000 people in Yidu to wait for a long time. After the two sides met, they went north to the new city through Jingshan Road, and continued to meet Zhang Xiu there. Only then did they go out of the mediocre to enter the Han Dynasty.

"See you, General!" In the new city, Zhang Xiu saluted Zhao Feng. Uncle, why don't you need to be polite? I'll act according to my plan as soon as possible!" Zhao Feng said with a smile. Looking at Zhang Xiu in front of him, I haven't seen him for five or six years. This boy has grown a lot. In terms of ability, he is indeed much better than when he was a county magistrate in Bachu.

"It's good for the general to know that Guo Huai said that he would lead 20,000 troops into the city to prevent our army!" Zhang Xiu quickly informed Zhao Feng of the latest military situation.

"So that's it. It seems that Sima Yi is really cautious and is indeed preventing me from waiting. In this case, General Yan and Yuan Xiong, let you lead the army first. Righteousness, you lead the army. Zijun, Boqi, you lead the army and sit in the middle army with me, and we will act according to the plan. Zhao Feng thought for a while and said that this kind of matter should not be done sooner or later. It's better to prepare early when Sima Yi didn't react.

After a short break for half a day, the army began to go out to the mediocre according to the predetermined plan, along the paths on both sides of the Han River, and go to the city. Such a big movement is close at hand. Naturally, it can't hide the detailed work of Sima Yi's men. Unlike in Xichuan, Zhang Xiusuo's surname did not send anyone to clean up the detailed work this time. Therefore, the news that 80,000 troops killed the new city soon spread to Guo Huai, who was solid in the city.

"Okay, you, Zhao Botao, you actually played the trick of attacking east and west. Pretending to attack Jinniu Road is actually to mobilge a large army to attack Chenggu through the three eastern counties!" Guo Huai read the latest military newspaper sent by Xizuo and suddenly realized it, but it was difficult to understand where these 80,000 troops came from. After thinking about it carefully, probably the troops were transferred from Jingzhou.

These problems are not considered by Guo Huai. Now his task is very clear, which is to stick to the city. At the same time, he also sent someone to inform Sima Yi in Jinniu Road as soon as possible. At this time, Zhao Feng's 80,000 troops were lined up and marched west along the bank of the Han River.

Although they have carefully explored Zhao Feng's traces, there are some things that they can't find out. At this time, Zhao Feng's 80,000 horses were moving along the Han River according to the pattern of copper-headed iron-tailed tofu waist. From the new city to the west, it is the new city, Shangyong, Ziwu Valley, Luoying Valley, and Chenggu. If someone overlooks this army at this time, it must feel a little strange, because Yan Yan and Wu Ban of the former army have arrived at the mouth of Luo Yu Valley, while Zhao Feng, Zhang Ni and Wang Ping of the middle army have just arrived at the entrance of Ziwu Valley, and Zhang Ren of the rear army has just come out of the Han River. From the front to the back of the whole army, it pulled a long dragon for hundreds of miles.

Of course, the mountain road is rugged, and it is normal for such a march, not to be detailed, to find out where the front and rear armies are now. The army that can be heard clearly is almost 80,000, and the level of this detailed work is quite good.

"What, 80,000 troops marched into the three eastern counties?" When Guo Huai sent people to inform Sima Yi of the news, he was also shocked by the news. He has more than 100,000 horses on hand. Now the confrontation between Jinniu Road and Lu Xun has involved 50,000. Meng Jian led 30,000 troops to deal with Ma Chao, and 20,000 people are stationed in the city to block Zhao Feng under the leadership of Guo Huai. In addition, the people are already a little unstable, so Sima Yi has to send Han De to lead the headquarters to deter Wudu and Yin Ping. Except for the defenders everywhere, the rest can only mobilize two or thirty thousand horses. Now unless it is himself or Meng Jian who can defeat Lu Xun or Ma Chao and withdraw, otherwise, he can only rely on Guo Huai to carry it in Chenggu.

"Tell Bo Ji to stick to the pass and don't go to war. When Lu Xun retreats, I will help him to retreat Zhao Botao!" Sima Yi thought about it again and again. In the end, due to his lack of strength, he could only make such a decision. At this moment, he also ignored it. In Guanzhong, he had only 70,000 to 80,000 horses left, of whom 30,000 were involved in the front line of Longxi by Ma Chao, and 20,000 people were stationed in Sanguan to support Hanzhong and Longxi. From Chang'an to Tongguan, the defense force was extremely weak.

But the reason why Sima Yi dared to do this is that he also knew that Cao Jian had no strength to attack now. In addition to Tongguan, the green mud pass is a dangerous place, and the Hedong County connected to Pubanjin is also its own territory. Therefore, as long as you stay for about 20 days and wait for Lu Xun to retreat, you can calmly arrange to repel Zhao Feng's army to Chenggu. It was in these more than 20 days that Sima Yi never expected that his political career would be completely destroyed.

The current situation is that Zhao Feng, Lu Xun and Ma Chao attacked Sima Yi. When Sima Yi designed to attack others, it was called a head. But now it's his turn to deal with this matter, and he is also a little in a hurry. The irony of life is sometimes really sharp!

At this time, Zhao Feng's 5,000 flying troops and 5,000 Danyang elite soldiers have arrived at the entrance of Ziwu Valley. The details have already been clear. Zhong Yao also has a small village at the mouth of Ziwu Valley, but the defenders are less than a thousand. At the Qingni Pass and Tongguan, there are only thousands of defenders. It seems that as long as I walk through the Meridian Valley Road, I should be able to enter the customs.

"You Chang, you follow General Yan to the city, participate in military affairs for the old general all the way, and give advice, you know!" Before the division of troops, Zhao Feng told Ma Yan. The latter hesitated for a long time, and finally took the initiative to ask, "General, I'd better go with you to the Ziwu Valley Road. Last time I walked the Yinping Pass, I was also with the general!"

"It doesn't matter. Everyone in Guanzhong is brave and resourceful. It's enough for Zijun, Bo Qi and Yifeng to go with me this time. You should be careful. Guo Huai is resourceful, good at using troops, and needs to deal with it carefully!" Zhao Feng finally told him. Ma Jian knew that he had made up his mind, and it was difficult to persuade him again. At present, he didn't say anything more. He could only hope that Zhao Feng would lead the army on a safe journey.

"Let's go!" Looking up at the gap between the two mountains on the top of the valley, there was only a blue line left in the sky. Zhao Feng didn't say anything, but ordered the 10,000 troops to enter the Ziwu Valley Road. In the rear of this army, there are nearly a thousand Xiliang horses. All the horses are carried with heavy dry food bags, enough for 10,000 horses for half a month.

(to be continued)