Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 835
At dusk, under the command of the generals and schools of various ministries, tens of thousands of Wei army soldiers camped on the spot, lit fires and cooked food, and prepared for tomorrow's march.

Suddenly, there was a sound of horseshoes coming from far and near, and a waiting horse from Hanoi came galloping, and shouted on the horse: "Hanoi urgent report!"

After checking their identities, the cavalry of the Wei army who were cruising outside sent people to escort the waiting cavalry through the barracks.

"General Wei, Hanoi's military situation is urgent!"

The waiting riders carrying the command flag held up the slips and documents, trotted all the way, and shouted.

Sima Division, who was arranging the camping of various ministries, put down the trivial matters in his hands decisively, took the urgent documents from Hanoi, checked the seal of the mud seal, and then tore open the mud seal to check the military situation carefully.

Master Sima, who had always been calm, couldn't help being shocked when he saw the military situation above, and hurriedly took the military report to look for Sima Yi.

In the tent of the Chinese army, Sima Yi sat on the couch, looking at Hanoi's military documents, with a serious expression on his face.

Since he received the news that the great Han sent troops, he led the troops from Yecheng to the south in an emergency to support Hanoi.As time went by, in the past few days, he has continuously received military reports from Bingzhou and Yuzhou, saying that the Han people are coming menacingly, and there are main forces haunting them.

After Sima Yi compiled military reports from various places, he gradually realized that the big man seemed to have dispatched a lot of troops in this battle.But now when he saw this military report from Hanoi, Sima Yi was completely sure that the big man in this battle would be sending soldiers from all over the country.

"Father, Xingyang has fallen, Jiang Weibei has invaded Taiyuan, Deng Ai has sent troops into Yuzhou, the Han people's attack this time should not be underestimated." Master Sima said, "Just say you don't know, what is the intention?"

Sima Yi did not answer Sima Shi's words, but spread out the map and carefully studied the route of the Han army.There are many divisions of troops, and it is impossible for all of them to be the main force. The strength of the troops should be divided into real and virtual. First of all, it is clear where the main force of the Han army is, in order to defeat the enemy and win.

After a while, Sima Yi fixed his eyes on Luoyang, and said in a deep voice: "Although the Han army sent troops three ways, according to my father's opinion, their intention is in Hebei, and the main force should be in Luoyang. They want to cross the great river in the north and send troops to claim Hanoi. "

"Oh?"

Seeing Master Sima's doubts, Sima Yi explained: "Huo Yi and Xia Houba raised troops in Mangshan to pretend to cross the river, but actually sent Yuan Hong to attack Xingyang. Deng Ai sent troops to Yuzhou again. It seemed that Wang Ping's intention of using troops was in Henan, but it was not So. If I am a Han general, if I want to take Henan, I should send troops from Jingzhou to take Henan and Yangzhou, and divide my troops to garrison Hulao, so as to prevent our army from going south.

"But the current Han army is not like this. Instead, they sent Jiang Wei's troops to Taiyuan, and then divided their troops to take Xingyang, so the intention should be in Hebei. As for the soldiers and horses in Jingxiang, the intention is to contain our troops in Henan and Yangzhou, so that the army can Go north to Hanoi with peace of mind."

In fact, as Sima Yi said.After the Battle of Wuyin, Henan, Yan, and Yang lost a great deal of supplies, plus the loss of soldiers caused by the defeat. If the big man really wants to attack Henan, he will attack from Nanyang in multiple ways, and how can he go alone? Yingchuan attacked.Moreover, the capture of Yingchuan was not a hard nut to crack. The occupation of Yingchuan seemed to be more to connect Luoyang and Jingzhou.

Master Sima nodded thoughtfully, and said: "Father, the Han took Xingyang to protect the flanks. They will cross the river to the north, and if they go to Hanoi now, they will all fall into the hands of the Han army from the west of Huai County. Our army Perhaps we can order Wang Ji and his second brother to retreat to Huai County and join our army to stop the advance of the Han army, and then send Yanzhou troops to help our army."

"From……"

Sima Yi responded subconsciously, but suddenly remembered something, and said: "Now the Han army is attacking Xingyang, and the army is about to cross the river. However, there is a Taihang Xing between Shangdang and Hanoi. If the Han army is allowed to cross the river, its soldiers will never be able to cross the river." Dao joined the Shangdang, and Bingzhou has Jiang Wei's subordinates, if we move our troops from west to east, I am afraid that Shangdang will lose."

As he spoke, Sima Yi frowned even more solemnly. He seemed to think of the Battle of Changping where Qin and Zhao confronted each other.Compared with Zhao State, Qin State had long been prepared for the plan to launch the Changping War.Before launching the Battle of Changping, Qin State worried that sending troops only from Hedong would be blocked by Lianpo's defense line. To be on the safe side, he decided to open up a second way to join the Shangdang, that is, Taihangxing.

So in the year before the Battle of Changping, Bai Qi led his army to capture the wild king in Hanoi.When attacking Shangdang later, all the way from Hanoi, passing Taihangxing, soldiers joined Shangdang; all the way from Hedong, passing Duanshi, and entering Shangdang.Under the onslaught of Qin's two-way attack, the early Lian Po was really overwhelmed.

And will the current pirates follow suit?
Jiang Wei's attack on Taiyuan was false, but he wanted to attack Shangdang with his army eastward after the Han army captured Taihang Xing.Today's Shangdang has less than [-] troops, and can only defend the Duan family in the west. If the Han army enters Shangdang from Taihangxing, it will be difficult to deal with it....

Sima Yi stroked his beard, thinking about the map.

After a long while, Sima Yi stopped supporting his beard and said: "Shangdang is the throat of the capital of the Great Wei Kingdom. You must be prepared. You must command Zishang to lead an army of more than [-] people from Hanoi to Taihang Xing to guard the Tianjing Pass strictly to prevent the western thieves from going north to Shangdang. Let Wang Ji lead his army to withdraw from Pinggao to Huai County, and our army will rush to Huai County to join him."

"promise!"

"Wait, Ziyuan!" Sima Yi called Master Sima to stop again, and said, "The western thieves clearly intend to take over Hebei. This battle is about the survival of the country. Go back to Ye City and dispatch Hebei, You, Soldiers from Qing and Xu provinces rushed to Hanoi, and dispatched food and grass to the front line. At the same time, pay attention to Shangdang, if Tianyu and Zi are in a hurry, please send troops to support quickly."

In ancient times, it was called Taihang Eight Xings, and there were three routes to enter Shangdang: Taihang Xing, Baixing, and Fukou Xing.Taihang Xing is in the west of Hanoi, Baixing is in the east of Hanoi, and Fukou Xing reaches Yecheng.Sima Yi not only had to guard against the big Han soldiers going north from Hanoi, but also beware of the big Han soldiers entering Shangdang and attacking Yecheng from Shangdang east.

It can only be said that the fall of Luoyang has completely exposed the hinterland of the Central Plains to the weapons of the big Han. There are many roads and traffic. If you are not careful, you may be directly pierced by the Han army.

Master Sima bowed his hands to Sima Yi, and said, "I hope father will take care of himself and return home victorious as soon as possible."

"You too!" Sima Yi patted his son on the shoulder, and said in admonishment, "Yecheng has a lot to do with the overall situation. You need to go back to the town right now, and keep an eye on Cao Shuang to prevent him from rebelling."

"promise!"

Master Sima turned around and went out of the tent, preparing to gather all the soldiers and horses in his headquarters and lead the army back to Yecheng.

Looking at Master Sima's back, Sima Yi squinted his eyes and whispered to himself: "If the battle is not going well, we need to use Viper!"

Sima Yi has always regarded Viper, who has sneaked into the Han Dynasty for more than ten years, as his trump card. Except for Sun Zi and Liu Fang who knew the identity of Viper, no one else knew it at all, including Cao Shuang, Li Sheng, and Xiahou who were in power at the time. Xuan et al.If the battle is unfavorable, Sima Yi can only use it to see if he can change the situation of the battle.

In fact, when Xia Houxuan returned to Han, the big man also knew from his mouth that there were Cao Wei spies in the country, and their official positions were not low.After some investigation, it was found that there were too many Cao Wei generals and civil servants who had returned to the Han Dynasty in the past ten years, and it was difficult to determine who was the spy, but there were also targets, and they were Lu Zhi, the governor of Jingzhou, and Pu Zhong, the former governor of Xiangyang.

But after careful inspection, it was found that in the Battle of Wuyin, Lu Zhi made great contributions. He not only dispatched food and grass well, but also recruited recruits to the front line to help defend the city.If he was a spy, he would have offered the city and surrendered a long time ago, so why did he end up here.

However, in order to prove his innocence, Lu Zhi, who was under investigation, took the initiative to ask for an investigation.As for Pu Zhong, in panic, he donated all his property and asked Deng Ai to help him.

Seeing that the situation has developed to such a point, Liu Chan stopped the activities of tracking down spies in order not to cause large-scale panic, and instead strengthened the preservation of military secrets.That's why, during the expedition against Wei this time, except for a few confidants, many people only knew about the expedition on the day when Liu Chan bestowed the tiger talisman to Wang Ping.

(Diarrhea today, not in good condition. I forgot to write the content of the spy investigation before, so I will add it here!)
PS: Don't worry, Jiang Wei's story has not yet unfolded

(End of this chapter)