Mi Han

Chapter 540

After hearing the news that Zhang Fei was going to lead an army of [-] to the Northern Expedition, the first thing Sima Yi did was to increase the number of times he sent scouts to the surrounding area.

Although Sima Yi has been an official, he has never truly commanded soldiers to fight alone.

But Sima Yi is a person who is good at learning.

What's more valuable is that Sima Yi has been Cao Cao's close adviser for a long time.

During that time, even though Cao Cao never specifically taught Sima Yi anything, Sima Yi, who was good at learning, still learned a lot of valuable art of war from Cao Cao.

Perhaps in the past, Sima Yi's strategic strategy was only in the theoretical category.

But in the past three years of being stationed in Wancheng, Sima Yi had the opportunity to practice his strategy through fighting against Li Yan.

Sima Yi cannot be called a famous general who is a genius, but what he is best at is using the existence of enemies to make progress step by step.

Sima Yi suddenly increased the number of scouts sent out, in order to find out as much as possible the next movements of the Han army.

The deep-minded Sima Yi understood a truth.

What the enemy lets you see is not necessarily the truth.

And if you want to really find out the truth, or let yourself go one step closer to the truth, the existence of scouts is very important.

After waves of scouts were dispatched and returned, Sima Yi quickly learned the following news:

"Report: Zhang Fei has arrived in Xinye!"

"Report: The Han army stationed in Xinye has changed!"

Not long after learning the above two news, Sima Yi got another news that disturbed the soldiers and civilians of Wancheng.

"Zhang Bao leads an army of three thousand, and is heading towards Thorny Sun!"

After hearing the news, Sima Yi narrowed his eyes.

He did not follow the advice of his subordinates, and immediately sent reinforcements to Jiyang.

The reason why his subordinates are so anxious is that all the officials in Wancheng agreed that Zhang Fei would wait until the [-] Han army was assembled before leading the army to the Northern Expedition.

Even Sima Yi thought so at first.

Therefore, he only sent scouts to further investigate the movement of the Han army a few days ago, but did not send reinforcements to Jiyang in time.

But Zhang Fei's action was so fast that it exceeded the expectations of Sima Yi and the generals in Wancheng.

Three days ago, they had just received the news that Zhang Fei was going to lead an army of [-] to the Northern Expedition.

But three days later, the vanguard of the Han army had already appeared outside Jiyang City.

Zhang Fei's unexpected move caught Sima Yi and the Wancheng generals off guard.

But Sima Yi was not as flustered as his subordinates.

Although he did not send reinforcements to Jiyang in time before, because Jiyang was the main route for the Han army to advance northward, Sima Yi had spared no effort in repairing the city defense of Jiyang in the past three years.

Moreover, Jiyang is currently facing the problem that the reinforcements cannot arrive in time, but this does not mean that there are not a certain number of soldiers in Jiyang City.

Even if Zhang Fei brought all the [-] Han troops in Xinye City, it would not be a big problem for Jiyang City to hold on for a while.

Compared with the safety of Jiyang, Sima Yi is more concerned about what Zhang Fei's intention is for using troops like this.

First release the news openly, let yourself think that he will wait until the [-] Han army is assembled before going out.

Under such circumstances, he led his army to surprise Jiyang with lightning speed, thinking of catching himself by surprise.

On the surface, Zhang Fei's purpose is to capture Jiyang, so as to completely open the passage to the north.

This purpose, judging from the information collected so far, seems to be very clear.

The current Wancheng generals also think so.

But Sima Yi, who has always been cautious, felt that things would not be that simple.

Sima Yi seemed to feel that there was a layer of mist lingering in his heart, making him always feel uneasy.

But now he couldn't get through the fog.

Just as Sima Yi was thinking hard, the urging of the subordinates on the side became more urgent.

"General, you can't lose the thorn sun!"

Sima Yi was awakened by this reminder from his subordinates.

Yes, no matter what Zhang Fei's true purpose is, Ji Yang is an existence that cannot be given up.

Once Jiyang is captured by the Han army, there will be no danger to defend the southern part of Wancheng.

After realizing this, Sima Yi quickly began to dispatch troops.

He looked at the general who reminded him - Niu Jin.

"Immediately lead five thousand troops and set off for Jiyang, if the bandit army has already begun to besiege the city when you arrive, you don't need to rush to break through the city.

There is a gathering place in the north and south of Jiyang City, and your generals can gather there. "

After hearing Sima Yi's general order, Niu Jin immediately took the order in a solemn voice and left.

Seeing Niu Jin's leaving back, Sima Yi said to the remaining generals:

"You guys can go back and pack your luggage. In a few days, I will lead the rear army to go to Jiyang."

Sima Yi's command made the generals puzzled, but they didn't disobey Sima Yi's command on the face of it, and they left the hall one after another after saluting.

Sima Yi could naturally see the puzzlement on the faces of the generals.

Sima Yi also knew why the generals were puzzled.

As the saying goes, saving a city is like putting out a fire, and Jiyang City is an important city. With the Han army approaching the city, under normal circumstances Sima Yi should send all the troops to support it.

But Sima Yi sent only five thousand soldiers at the beginning.

Five thousand sergeants sounds like a lot, but in the face of [-] Han troops, self-protection is still risky, not to mention cooperating with the defenders inside and outside the city to defeat the Han army?

And if what Sima Yi reported was not to rescue Jiyang, he didn't need to let Niu Jin lead [-] soldiers to Jiyang, and there was no need to say that he would lead the army to Jiyang next time.

Sima Yi's arrangement sounds very contradictory, which is why the generals in Wancheng are puzzled.

Save it or not, it's better to hurry up!

What the generals didn't know was that the reason why Sima Yi made such an arrangement was that he suspected that the Han army wanted to encircle and fight for reinforcements.

The tactic of encircling the spot to aid was used by Guan Yu during the Battle of Xiangfan.

Under this tactic back then, the world knows how miserable the Wei army ended up fighting the Han army in field battles.

Although it is difficult for the current Han army to assemble a luxurious lineup of Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Ma Chao with tens of thousands of enemies, even if Zhang Fei is the only one in the Han army, the field combat capabilities of the Han army must not be underestimated.

"When a chariot rider, the horse and the horse will be torn apart", this sentence is a true portrayal of Zhang Fei's bravery during the Xiangfan Battle.

Under this kind of true portrayal, Sima Yi couldn't help feeling jealous.

The reason why he let Niu Jin lead the [-] Wei army first was to inform the defenders in Jiyang City that the reinforcements had arrived so that they could continue to stand firm.

On the other hand, Niu Jinnai is a rare hero in Wancheng.

In addition, the terrain of Nanjiju is steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, so that the real purpose of the Han army can be further explored while ensuring the safety of the army.

From the perspective of preventing being surrounded and calling for reinforcements, Sima Yi's arrangement was very appropriate.

But Sima Yi always had a bad premonition in his heart, as if he had overlooked something crucial.

what is it?

Niu Jin led five thousand Wei troops, and soon came to Nanjiuju, not far from Jiyang City.

Niu Jinchu was Cao Ren's general, and after Cao Ren died in battle, Niu Jin stayed in Wancheng.

Later, after Sima Yi took charge of Wancheng, Niu Jin took advantage of the opportunity to become Sima Yi's general.

As early as Cao Ren's subordinates, Niu Jin was often entrusted by Cao Ren to attack fortified positions because of his bravery.

After being attached to Sima Yi, Niu Jin's bravery was further appreciated by Sima Yi.

Although Niu Jin is brave in battle, he is not a reckless person.

Just after he led his army to the south, he heard the report from the scouts, saying that the Han army outside the city of Jiyang had already set up a camp.

And looking at the attitude of the Han army, they are in a state of encircling Jiyang.

After hearing this military situation, the lieutenant general asked Niu Jin if he wanted to lead his army into the city and join the defenders in the city before the encirclement situation of the Han army was formed.

Without Sima Yi's entrustment, Niu Jin would probably have adopted the lieutenant's suggestion.

However, in order not to disobey Sima Yi's general order, Niu Jin finally chose to gather and set up camp in the south, forming a corner with Jiyang City.

After arranging the camping matters, Niu Jin personally wrote a military report and sent it back to Wancheng.

In the military newspaper, Niu Jin reported to Sima Yi all the military information he had detected.

In the military situation reported by Niu Jin, he mentioned two very important points.

The first point is that there are indeed a large number of Han troops gathered outside Jiyang City.

The second point is that the leader who attacked Jiyang City was undoubtedly Zhang Fei from the general flag.

This military newspaper was quickly sent back to Sima Yi in Wancheng within two days.

Sima Yi looked at the military report sent back by Niu Jin, and after thinking for a long time, he finally made a decision.

On the second day, Sima Yi led [-] troops to the south to rescue Jiyang.

As a strategic location to defend Luoyang, Wancheng has always been heavily stationed.

If adding Zhang He's [-] sergeants before, there would be [-] Wei troops inside and outside Wan City alone.

However, as Zhang Yun led the army to leave, Niu Jin brought another [-] soldiers to the south. At present, there are only [-] Wei troops inside and outside Wancheng.

It is impossible for Sima Yi to take all the fifteen thousand Wei troops out of Wancheng, thus leaving Wancheng in an extremely empty state.

Before Sima Yi led his army to leave Wancheng, he specifically said to the remaining Wancheng guards:

"After I lead the army to leave, you must send scouts to patrol the surroundings day and night, and you must not relax.

I will lead the troops south to gather together. If there is an emergency military situation, you should report it to me in time. "

It was Cao Wei veteran Dai Ling who was left by Sima Yi to guard the city.

Although Dai Ling is not a well-known general, he has been in the army for many years, and he has always been loved by previous commanders for his calm military style.

It is precisely because of this characteristic of Dai Ling that Sima Yi left him to garrison Wancheng.

But despite this, Sima Yi continued to instruct Dai Ling several times.

Faced with Sima Yi's repeated instructions, Dai Ling did not dare to neglect, he repeatedly promised Sima Yi that he would not take it lightly.

After receiving repeated assurances from Dai Ling, Sima Yi led his troops away with confidence.

But what Sima Yi didn't know was that on the day he led the army to leave Wancheng, a Han army scout hiding outside Wancheng immediately returned to the south after noticing the movement of his army leaving.

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