Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 510 Soldiers in one place, hot potato
"Brother, I haven't seen you in a year, but I've lost a lot of weight."

Shen Chen looked at Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang is still wearing a royal blue silk robe, holding a goose feather fan in his hand, and is handsome. Although he is 47 years old, he can vaguely see the demeanor of his youth.

It's just that I don't know whether it's because I'm busy with state affairs and military affairs, or if I'm tired from running around in the army. The whole person does feel a little thinner. The height of 1.8 meters [-] is like a pine and cypress in historical records, but now it is like a willow.

"The prime minister is working day and night in the military, with little food and little rest. I often persuade the prime minister not to work so hard, but we can't persuade the prime minister."

Before Zhuge Liang could speak, Ma Liang shook his head and said.

Shen Chen suddenly felt distressed, and complained: "I often tell my elder brother that you can't do everything yourself, you should feel free to let your subordinates do it boldly, eat more and sleep more in daily life, you must rest less and eat less, why brother doesn't listen to advice? "

Zhuge Liang rolled his eyes at the talkative Ma Liang, then shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Then Sima Yi is not a kind person, I want to attack him, if I don't think twice, how can I win?"

Although Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang just confronted each other in Yingchuan, the real contest had already begun when the two sides set up camp.

Since Zhuge Liang's soldiers and horses were stronger than Sima Yi's, Zhuge Liang planned to take an offensive, analyzing the Wei army's camp layout, garrison strength, each battalion commander, and the situation of the army one by one, looking for weak points and finding ways to break through.

It is very important to know whether a camp in ancient times is stable and whether it can block the enemy's attack. If the enemy finds a flaw in it, it is very likely to be able to attack the opponent just like the battle of Dingjun Mountain.

If Zhuge Liang wanted to attack, he had to look for Sima Yi's weaknesses everywhere, and at the same time send troops to continue to harass him, to see if he could be restrained by a small number of troops, so that Sima Yi's defense would be flawed.

If Sima Yi wants to defend, he also has to guard against all sides to prevent any omissions. He also has to analyze Zhuge Liang's psychology to see if the soldiers and horses sent by the Han army to attack are suspicious soldiers, or whether the direction of their attack is in the right direction. where.

The two sides are entangled back and forth between the zero-sum game. Even if there is no large-scale battle, the number of times such as tentative attacks, scouts, suspects, ambushes, food cutoffs, rangers, etc. has been more than a hundred?
This kind of battle actually tests the psychological endurance of both parties and their grasp of the current situation.

It's just that Sima Yi is the defensive side after all. He can run the camp as solid as gold, and then make judgments based on the actions of the Han army.

And Zhuge Liang is the one who takes the initiative to attack. If he really can't find Sima Yi's flaws, he even uses women's clothes to humiliate Sima Yi and force the opponent to come out to fight. Zhuge Liang also found it very tricky and difficult to break.

"Ugh."

After saying this, Zhuge Liang sighed again and said: "Sima Yi is indeed a genius in this world. Even if I used countless tricks and frequent strategies, I could only kill and wound two or three thousand of his troops. I really can't break him. The camp, let alone victory. It is Xiaoqing who is even better, opening the situation from Guanzhong!"

Shen Chen said with a smile: "Sima Yi is actually very good at fighting. At least among the current Cao Wei, it is probably right to rank first, but when he meets his elder brother, he can only hide in the camp and dare not go out. It can be seen that his elder brother can go far. Better than Sima Yi. As for me being able to open up the situation in Guanzhong, I depended on my elder brother. If there is no elder brother to contain the main force of Cao Jun in Yingchuan, I can't do much."

"Xiaoqing is humble, come, go for a walk over there."

Zhuge Liang smiled, and then took him for a walk along the river.

The two walked slowly, followed by everyone behind them.

Shen Chen looked to the south, and the soldiers of the Han army were still crossing the river in an orderly manner, and those who had already crossed the Yellow River were gathering on the bank.

It was still early, and they were going to Wen County to rest and recuperate, which was Sima Yi's hometown.

They planned to take the Sima family in Hanoi first, and then even if they couldn't kill the Sima family, they still wanted to distribute the Sima family's land to local tyrants. This was Shen Chen's intention.

"It's a pity, Sima Yi belongs to the tortoise when they fight head-on, and can't get out of the turtle shell. When they fight, they belong to the rabbit. They run really fast."

Shen Chen walked by the river, shook his head and said: "I originally wanted to control the Tianjing Pass first, and then let General Ma detour to Jiguan to cooperate with my brother to kill Sima Yi in Hanoi County. I didn't expect him to see that the situation was not good, and immediately opened the door." slipped away."

"This person's high strategy is rare in my life."

Zhuge Liang sighed in admiration.

There is a good saying that to belittle your opponent is to belittle yourself.

In history, Sima Yi also praised Zhuge Liang for using soldiers like a god, and he was a comment of a genius in the world.

After all, he was beaten by Zhuge Liang to the point of throwing away his helmet and armor. He lost Zhang Yun first, and then was beaten badly. Finally, he shrank back in Wuzhangyuan and dared not come out.

If you belittle Zhuge Liang, then what the hell is he who is defeated by the person he belittled?

Therefore, it is still necessary to admit that the opponent is strong.

However, Shen Chen praised Sima Yi for his strength, but this did not prevent him from contemptuous of Sima Yi's character and strategy.

He smiled and said: "Sima Yi is capable, but it's a pity that Cao Wei is already a paper tiger. He can be broken at the first poke, and no matter how great his skills are, he can't use it. I think he will either continue to be a tortoise or continue to be a rabbit. Wherever you go, how can you stop Sima Yi and his like?"

Zhuge Liang thought for a while and said: "Now that we have taken all the land of Bingzhou in Henan, we indeed have a huge advantage. What is Xiaoqing's next plan? Is it going to take Yecheng from Fukou Xingdong, or join our army together?" , attack from Hanoi?"

"I plan to divide the troops into two groups, one from Yangquan to Jingxing, and enter the south of Zhao State to take Wei County. At this time, the Wei army will definitely focus on Fukouxing. When they find that Zhao State is coming, they will panic and return to Zhao State."

Shen Chen put forward his whimsical idea and said: "When Fukouxing's soldiers and horses leave, I will lead a group of people to take Yecheng directly. Once the army arrives, I am afraid that it will be the day when Cao Wei will be destroyed."

This is actually a bit like Deng Ai sneaking into Yinping to take Chengdu, but the difficulty is countless times lower than Deng Ai.

Now that Cao Wei has lost Bingzhou, Hebei has become a sieve that leaks wind.It's hard to say whether the moat of the Yellow River can stop the Han army in the south, but Taihang Mountain certainly can't. Just the Taihang Eight Xings can easily cross the mountains and come to Cao Wei's side.

So if it is said that in Cao Cao's late period, Cao Wei just lost the battle and lost a lot of troops.Then in the period of Cao Pi and Cao Rui, the successive loss of Guanzhong, Huainan, Hedong, Henan, Bingzhou and other places was already a huge strategic deficiency, which laid the root of the disaster for the demise of Cao Wei today.

"Ah."

Zhuge Liang nodded slightly, and then said: "This method is also fine."

"Is there any other clever plan, brother?"

Shen Chen asked.

Zhuge Liang said, "I wanted to join your army, to coerce Sima Yi head-on, and force him to surrender."

"Soldiers in one place?"

Shen Chen rested his chin and began to think.

His elder brother was planning to confront Sima Yi head-on.

No wonder Zhuge was upright all his life, this is to drop ten meetings with one force, and directly flatten Cao Wei's main force.

At that time, when the army reaches the outside of Yecheng, it is estimated that Cao Rui will probably have to surrender.

As for Sima Yi, now that Cao Wei has lost the strategic initiative, Guan Yu's army is also in Henan, and they can cross the river in less than half a month.

In addition, Wu Yi's troops sent by Liu Chan are already in the rear.

In this way, the total number of the Han army exceeded 35, and if the Huns cavalry were counted, it was close to 40 troops.

The whole army attacked, surrounded Sima Yi and Yecheng three layers inside and three layers outside, cut off Sima Yi's food and grass, and forced him to surrender. It might not be difficult.

The issue is.

Sima Yi is not happy to let him surrender.

Poor character, used to pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, the entire Sima family didn't produce anything good.

So the dead Sima Yi is the best Sima Yi!
"How does Xiaoqing feel?"

Zhuge Liang asked back.

"Okay, okay, but there's a problem."

Shen Chen raised a question.

"what is the problem?"

"There is one person who cannot stay."

"Who?"

"Sima Yi!"

"Sima Yi?"

Zhuge Liang wondered, "Does Xiaoqing have any grudges against him?"

Han Dynasty still paid attention to being a man and staying on the front line.

Although Cao Cao had the experience of massacring cities, basically he would not kill any generals who were willing to surrender to him.

Including Zhang Xiu once killed Cao Ang, Dian Wei, Cao Anmin, Cao Cao accepted him.

So if the Han army surrounded Sima Yi's army, and Sima Yi couldn't resist and finally chose to surrender, Zhuge Liang would probably do the same.

It's just that Zhuge Liang didn't know that Luoshui made an oath later, and that the Sima family killed the emperor in the street, and the Eight Kings' Rebellion caused the five chaos.

If he had known, he probably wouldn't have asked such a question.

Shen Chen couldn't talk to him about these things, so he said vaguely: "This person acts fiercely and decisively, just like Cao Cao, he is not a good person. Moreover, he is a representative of the northern aristocratic family, and killing him can also deter the northern aristocratic family and persecute him." They obediently handed over their population and land."

"Oh? Is that so?"

Zhuge Liang glanced at him, obviously this reason could not convince him.

"That's it."

Shen Chen nodded without blushing.

Zhuge Liang laughed and said: "Okay, then find a way to get rid of him."

Shen Chen then said: "In this case, let's join forces first. I will let Generals Ma Chao, General Zhao Yun, and various tribes of the Huns attack Yecheng from Jingxing and Fukouxing respectively, and my brother and I will go straight to Dangyin."

Before Shen Chen had about 7 people, Ma Chao brought about 10 cavalry, and there were 3 horses in a few books, plus more than 13 Huns from various ministries, his total in Bingzhou was [-].

If we divide the troops, let Ma Chao, Zhao Yun and the Huns each bring tens of thousands of people there, and bring 25 to [-] troops from the headquarters, and Wu Yi is also on the way from the rear, then Sima Yi will face [-] troops. There are about [-] Han troops.

Sima Yi's total strength is only 12, the Han army is twice as large as the opponent's, and the morale of the Wei army is now declining like a bereaved dog. With the famous generals Shen Chen and Zhuge Liang in the world, it is useless for Sima Yi to revive Han Xin in vain.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang believed that the best way to defeat the Wei army was to unite the soldiers in one place and press the ground upright.

At that moment, Shen Chen and Zhuge Liang talked about many details. The Han army crossed the river one after another. Two days later, Shen Chen went north and returned to Tianjing Pass. Let's run away together.

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And just when Zhuge Liang and Shen Chen were preparing to attack Sima Yi, the capital of Cao Wei was Yecheng.

A few days ago, Wei Tianzi Cao Rui learned that Bingzhou fell and Guanqiu Jian was killed. Agitated, he vomited blood and fainted on the spot. He fell into a coma for several days, almost on the verge of death.

His health was not very good, his grandfather Cao Cao was a perverted evil spirit, and his father Cao Pi was even worse.

According to historical records, Cao Pi not only occupied Yuan's wives and concubines and Liu Xie's daughter, but even his father Cao Cao's concubines were not spared, and they were all kept as personal concubines.

In historical materials, there are sixteen concubines recorded by Cao Piguang, and there are countless others that are not recorded.

As the first son and grandson of the Cao family, Cao Rui naturally has the demeanor of his father and grandfather.

"Three Kingdoms · Wei Shu · Han Cui Gaosun King Biography" records that when the minister advised Cao Rui, he said that Cao Rui had more than hundreds of concubines.

"Wei Lue" and "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" recorded that there were more than a thousand people in Cao Rui's harem, which shows his licentiousness.

So in fact, Cao Rui's body is weaker than his father Cao Pi, and his body was hollowed out by wine and sex at a young age.In history, Cao Pi lived at least 39 years old, while Cao Rui only lived 33 years old, so you know how weak this guy is.

Now that his body is weak, coupled with the arrow injury and the mental damage caused by many defeats, Cao Rui is only 22 years old, and he is already unable to hold on, and obviously he will not live long.

At this moment, in the Emperor's bedroom in the back garden of Yecheng Imperial Palace, many ministers, clans and Empress Mao were all anxiously in the palace.

After a while, the imperial physician came out, shaking his head with an ugly expression.

Empress Mao suddenly wailed.

The ministers looked at each other, and each of them was gloomy.

It was Chen Qun who calmed down a little and asked, "How is your Majesty?"

The Imperial Physician Order replied: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid I won't last long."

"Can I wake up now?"

Chen Qun asked again.

The Imperial Physician Order said: "Acupuncture and moxibustion can be used to wake up His Majesty, but if this is the case, His Majesty may have survived for a few days, but he will not be able to survive today."

"Then that's it."

Chen Qun shook his head: "A country cannot be without a king for a day. Even if His Majesty dies in a dragon funeral, he must leave a will."

"Yes."

The doctor's order had no choice but to go in again.

Chen Qun also invited Empress Mao, Cao Zhi and several important ministers into the hall.

When they went in, the Imperial Physician Ling was already doing acupuncture.

After a while Cao Rui woke up and turned around, and opened his eyes blankly.

He still had a fever, and now he was groggy, and even his eyes became extremely cloudy.

"His Majesty."

Chen Qun approached and bowed to him.

Cao Rui turned his head with difficulty. His face was extremely pale, and he said softly, "What's wrong with Changwen?"

"I don't know the situation yet, General Cheqi has reported that Zhuge Liang has already crossed the river."

Chen Qun replied, "Guan Yu has also arrived in Yanzhou."

"Ugh."

Cao Rui sighed: "Heaven is going to destroy Wei, can I still live?"

People looked at each other.

Empress Mao was still holding a three or four-year-old child in her hands, crying constantly.

Seeing this scene, Cao Rui smiled bitterly, and then said: "At least, I am not a king of subjugation. An edict, the seat of Zen is given to King Zhao!"

Cao Zhi's expression on the side changed drastically, and he knew that Chen Qun had no good intentions in pulling him here, because he wanted him to be the king of subjugation.

(End of this chapter)