Chapter 99 déjà vu

"As mentioned before, the reason why Cao Pi was so generous was to enumcify Sima Yi as the king of the Han Dynasty, so that we and Sima Yi could move, so that he could profit from it. In this case, why don't we cheat Cao Pi's main force, and then take advantage of the emptiness of Hebei to eliminate Cao's foundation in one fell swoop, so that we can fight the world! As for Sima Yi, it's up to Prince Zhao to destroy him!" Zhuge Liang talked linger.

"Although Kong Ming's words are reasonable, how can he deceive Cao Pi's main force to go south?" Fa Zheng frowned and asked. Zhuge Liang did not sell anything. He directly pointed to the sand table and said, "Your Majesty, please see, now Cao Pi is south of the Yellow River, only Hongnong and the two counties of Henan. If Cao Pi's main force is to fight across the Yellow River, we only need to use the Jingxiang Water Division to enter the Yellow River, cut off its return route, trap Cao Pi's army in Henan, and annihilate all of them. At the same time, we order the carriage to ride from Bingzhou, and the wind king to march from the east of the river. While Hebei is empty, we can go down to Hebei in one fell swoop. Why worry that Cao Pi will not break at that time?

"Kong Ming, although your plan is clever, don't forget that Jingxiang sailors can no longer enter the Yellow River!" There is something to remind you in the words of the law. Since Liu Bei was trapped in Xingyang the year before last, in order to intercept the Jingxiang sailor, Cao Qian had to pull dozens of chains every dozens of miles on the section of Henan County of the Yellow River to intercept the sailor. In addition, many cone reefs have been placed in the waterway of the Yellow River. In this case, unless the warship of Jingxiang Marine Division incarnates as the Changjiong of the Yellow River, there is no way to go again. Through this means, Cao Pi finally ensured the safety of a certain section of the river. In this way, even if the war in Henan is not good, there is still a way to return.

Zhuge Liang was not surprised to hear the words, but smiled confidently, "There are pros and cons to everything. Cao Pi thinks that he can trap my Jingxiang sailor by relying on a few chains. It's really too self-righteous. Although Liang is not talented, he also thought of a few strategies to break these blockades!"

"Oh? What strategy does Kong Ming have to break this Hengjiang chain? It was Liu Bei who asked, and his voice was more urgent. In the first Northern Expedition, the reason why Liu Bei was able to defeat the strong with the weak was, of course, because of Cao Yan's strategic mistakes. However, the Jingxiang sailors blocked the Yellow River for several months, so that Hebei's assistance could not reach Yanzhou, which resulted in a partial fight. Otherwise, I'm afraid it won't be so easy. The second defeat of the Northern Expedition was certainly due to Pang Tong's constraints, but it was also because the sailors could not move freely that they watched Cao Hong escape back to Hebei. It can be said that whether the sailors can move freely in the Yellow River almost determines Liu Bei's success or failure. It is precisely because of this that Liu Bei is so interested in cracking Cao Pi's chain.

"Your Majesty, when I lived in seclusion in the middle, I made something called an oil tank car. This product is made of ordinary heavy vehicles, which is extremely flammable. Although Cao Jun's iron chain is sharp, if our army carries a cabinet car with a small boat raft and goes down the river from the upper reaches of the Yellow River, even if it is blocked by the chain, it will ignite the cabinet car, which is enough to burn the chain!" Zhuge Liang said in detail.

"Is that all right?" Liu Bei said in disbelief, but he heard Zhuge Liang say with great certainty: "I have experimented in the Weihe River, and it is indeed feasible!"

"Well, the chain can be removed like this, so what about the iron cone in the river?" Fa Zheng frowned and continued to ask. Even without chains, it is difficult for the sailors to come and go freely with those thick iron cones and reefs.

"I have a plan for this!" Zhuge Liang was already confident, and then explained in detail: "The reason why the reef is harmful is that we don't know where it is. Now we can take the raft first before the fleet. When it is blocked by the reef and find out the iron cone of the reef, we can sweep it out to protect the waterway!"

"It's so good!" Liu Bei nodded when he heard the words. He knew that Zhuge Liang was cautious and must have actually done it before he dared to put forward this plan. The most critical step now is to see how to lure Cao Pi's main force to annihilate it in the south, and then take advantage of it.

"As for how to lure Cao Pi to the south, I have also made a conclusion about this plan!" Zhuge Liang smiled and then told Liu Bei all his strategies. After listening to it, the latter also nodded repeatedly, saying that it was a wonderful plan.

After a few days, Liu Bei ordered the transfer of troops from Jingzhou, Yuzhou and Yanzhou to Nanyang to prepare for the new city to attack Sima Yi in Hanzhong. It is said that Liu Bei was originally going to use Xichuan's people, but Zhao Feng, the king of Guanghan, said that when he entered the customs, the Sichuan army was seriously killed and injured, so it was difficult to shoulder this heavy responsibility for the time being, so Liu Bei transferred troops from the Central Plains and Jing Xiang.

And just as Liu Bei was in full swing to prepare to clean up Sima Yi, a letter appeared in front of Cao Pi, the emperor of the State of Wei. Looking at the signature and signature, Cao Pi was also extremely surprised.

" Sima Lang?" Cao Zhen also exclaimed after reading it, and was even more surprised when he saw the content. Not to mention him, even Jia Xu, such a resourceful man, was extremely surprised by this letter. Sima Lang is the eldest son of the Sima family. Now Sima Yi is trapped in Hanzhong. Because the Sima family opposed Cao Wei before, after capturing Hedong County, all the men over the age of 13 were executed by Ling Chi, and those under the age of 13 were enslaved. Even the Wen Cao, Cao, Sima Fu, who was recruited before Cao Qian, although Xun You and others pleaded for mercy, he was finally demoted to a commoner. Although Sima Lang was trapped in Yanzhou and his official position was just a prime minister of Shanyang County, he was still able to save his surname and enjoy wealth.

In this letter, Sima Lang told Cao Pi that he had added the trust of Song Xian, the governor of Shanyang County. Now Liu Bei has sent troops to attack Hanzhong, and the troops in the Central Plains are empty. He is willing to respond to Cao Pi's army to Yanzhou and seize the Central Plains. After it's done, I just hope that Cao Pi can open up to the Sima family. The arrival of this letter immediately caused an uproar among Cao Wei.

There are many reasons for the uproar, but the first reason is that this matter is too similar to Cao Yan's design of Liu Bei in those years. Whether it is the identity of Sima Lang or Mi Fang, or the excuses and reasons for writing letters, they are too similar. In those years, Cao Wei was an excuse to attack Yuan Tan, but now Liu Bei is going to attack Hanzhong. This reason doesn't seem to have a foothold.

Sure enough, Cheng Yu first said, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid this matter is a fraud. Liu Bei has strong strength, and Sima Yi is not more than tens of thousands of people in Hanzhong. If you want to conquer, just send a general. How can you empty all the soldiers and horses in the Central Plains? In my opinion, this matter must be fraudulent! It must be Liu Bei who intends to lure us into the Central Plains and then surround and annihilate us!"

"I also feel the same!" Liu Ye and Man Chong also nodded and agreed. Cao Pi saw that everyone thought that there was fraud in it. At present, he also said, "Since you all think that there is fraud in it, can you trick and teach Liu Bei a lesson?"

The counselors, look at me, I look at you, and finally Cheng Yu pointed to the map and said, "Your Majesty, please see, Liu Bei intends to use Sima Lang as bait to deceive us into the Central Plains. At this time, Liu Bei's army must be gathered in the Central Plains. Why don't we do the opposite and pretend to promise Sima Lang to wave his army to the south. After crossing the Yellow River, he suddenly turned around and did not attack the Central Plains, but instead to attack the land of Nanyang. You only need to capture the strong city of Wancheng, and you can insert a nail in Liu Bei's hinterland. After that, you can attack Jing Xiang, or enter the customs, or even enter the Central Plains. It's all easy to change!"

"It makes sense!" Cao Pi nodded and said that Nanyang is a rare county in the world, with no less than 500,000 people, which is almost half a state. If Nanyang can be connected with Henan and Hongnong counties, then Cao Pi will gain a foothold in the south of the Yellow River. Hundreds of thousands of troops went south to attack Wancheng. Unless Wancheng gathered more than 100,000 troops, it would soon be broken down.

"In addition, the Huqi camp has been well trained. This march can make these 40,000 Huqi go south and fight in the field in Nanyang, which is enough to shovel Liu Bei back and forth!" It was Cao Hong who said this. Cao Wei's early death unexpectedly benefited Cao Hong. Historically, he offended the emperor because he refused to lend money to Cao Pi. As a result, after Cao Pi ascended the throne, the first thing he did was to be imprisoned. Now that there is no matter of borrowing money, Cao Hong is still the king of Fan Yang.

"What the emperor said is very true. In this case, I will write a book to reply to Sima Lang and prepare to act according to the plan. In addition, Hu Qiying, who led Shao, went south and handed over the defense of northern Xinjiang to Tian Yu, who was temporarily in charge of Zhenbei Zhonglang. Cao Pi nodded and said, but after saying that, he found that Jia Xu had not spoken.

"Captain, do you feel something wrong?" Cao Piqi said that Jia Xu seemed to be a little stunned when he heard the words, but in the end he was rarely uncertain and said, "Zhong De's plan is very good, but I feel that Liu Bei's account is mostly resourceful, and he will not expect this. If we easily raise our troops to the south, wouldn't it be dangerous once the waterway of the Yellow River is cut off by Liu Bei again, and our army's return road will be cut off and stranded in Henan?

"Wen He is too worried. There are chains and reefs on the Yellow River. Jingxiang sailors have long been difficult to walk!" Cheng Yu didn't think so. As the founder of Tiesuo Hengjiang, Cheng Yu is very proud of his clumsy method. But he didn't think about it. It was too unrealistic to trap Liu Bei with a few chains. After listening to it, Cao Pi also thought for a moment, and finally made a final thought.

"Zhongde's words are not bad, but the captain's worries are not unfounded. It's better to be cautious in everything. Well, this time I will send troops to Henan, and I will not fight in person. The order went down, with Xiahou Ba as the front, Cao Hong as the middle road, and Cao Zhang as the back road. Cheng Yu followed the army to participate in military affairs, waiting for me to write a letter to reply to Sima Lang, and stabilize Liu Bei and others. After sending more details to explore Liu Bei's reality, he immediately sent 300,000 troops south to the Yellow River. After crossing the river, attack the land of Nanyang and Jingxiang!" Cao Pi arranged it in detail.

300,000 troops, which is also the biggest capital Cao Pi can get after removing the garrisons from all over the country. Although it is a little risky, everyone knows that their own strength is not as good as Liu Bei's. If it continues to be consumed, it will definitely be more bad in the end, and it still needs to be dangerous if necessary. If you can win this battle, you can capture part of Jingxiang and the land of the Central Plains. After that, you can continue to fight with Liu Bei, and you can also increase some more capital.

After counting, Cao Pi personally replied to Sima Lang's imperial book and appeared in Chang'an City, in front of Liu Bei, the emperor of Zhaolie. Looking at Cao Pi's handsome and chic font, Liu Bei smiled.

(to be continued)