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Chapter 446: Cao Wei was beaten into a sieve?

Lu Kang returned to the ship and said to Li Heng: "Chen Xiuyuan is unwilling to surrender."

"As expected."

Zhu Judao: "What should we do now?"

"Wait."

"When will this wait?"

Du Yu said: "Wait until the food and grass in Ruxuwu are exhausted."

"Chen Xiuyuan said that Ruxuwu has enough food and grass for a year."

"He didn't even believe what he said." Du Yu said, "The Wei army began to take action in April. Sima Division mobilized the army to Hefei, and then assembled troops to Ruxuwu. In three months, he could mobilize How much food is coming?”

You know, this food is not static.

At the end of July, Luoyang announced the news of Sima Yi's death, which plunged Luoyang into panic.

If Wang Ling is completely defeated in July, he can mobilize some troops to return to Yangzhou in early August to attack Zhuge Ke and restore the river channels in Hefei.

Sima Division launched several large-scale attacks on the Han army in Lu County for many days in a row.

June ended with many days of heavy rain.

But Guanqiu Jian felt that Sima Shi was stronger. As Sima Yi's eldest son, he had a noble status and was pampered, but he was able to penetrate so deeply into the grassroots on the battlefield.

Time is passing quickly.

Especially the Han army, whose strength was less than half that of the Wei army. When Sima Division arrived in Xuzhou, the big families in Xuzhou's counties and counties turned against each other one after another, so that the Han army had a big problem with its logistical supplies.

In Xuzhou in July of the sixth year of Yanxi, the battlefield became more intense and even tragic.

Many children from aristocratic families complained bitterly when they were asked to walk for half an hour on their feet, not to mention staying on a battlefield with constant killings for more than a month, dealing with large and small affairs every day, and forcibly maintaining their morale.

In this round, Li Heng lost.

Even Guanqiu Jian was shocked. Guanqiu Jian felt that the Han army was very powerful. After experiencing six consecutive large-scale attacks by 100,000 Wei troops, it could still have strong combat power.

Rumors have begun to circulate in Luoyang that Zhuge Kongming is about to launch a large-scale military attack on Tongguan.

The more people you mobilize, the more it takes.

Now that we know that Sima Yi is dead, this means that a pillar of the Western Front battlefield has collapsed.

With a clear goal, Sima Division is like a tireless machine. They personally inspect the military camp every day and eat with the soldiers.

In fact, Master Sima was not only worried about the southeastern battlefield, he also received letters from Sima Zhao many times.

Luoyang was originally in turmoil because Zhuge Liang cut off the salt ponds in Jie County, causing salt prices to skyrocket.

You know, the conditions for fighting are very difficult.

The high-intensity fighting that lasted for a month made both sides exhausted to the extreme.

Moreover, the opponent, Master Sima, also had a clear understanding of the battle situation. He knew that Wang Ling was holding on for dear life.

Now you have mobilized another group of soldiers and horses from Hefei to go north. How much food and grass did these soldiers and horses bring to Xuzhou?
"Master Sima estimates that he can solve the problem in Xuzhou in three months. Ruxuwu can only have three months of food and grass, which is the limit." Li Heng said, "Next, we only need to publicize in this area that Hefei Ferry has been cut off by our army. By then, If Chen Qian is unwilling to surrender, his soldiers will tie him up. "

Some people even said that Zhuge Kongming had assembled an army of 300,000 and attacked in multiple directions.

Many people have begun to run away overnight, and the checkpoints capture a large number of escaped people every day.

Sima Zhao expressed his concerns about the future in his letter.

Master Sima replied to Sima Zhao on some methods to maintain the overall situation:
1. Let the officials and the people believe that they will have nothing if Zhuge Liang calls.

For example, Zhuge Liang and Li Jian are implementing the system of equalizing land. When they invade Luoyang and Hebei, they will definitely implement the system of equalizing land, and the land of the ministers will be gone.

For another example, tell the people that Zhuge Liang and Li Jian are implementing the Shu-style land equalization system and the government army system, which will destroy the current centralized agricultural production method. Once agriculture is decentralized, food production will be reduced.

This is the Shu thief's malicious plan to destroy our country, the Wei Dynasty. We must not fall into the Shu thief's conspiracy!

The Wei Dynasty must adhere to the Wei-style military system and farmland system unswervingly.

2. Tell the people that Zhuge Kongming and Li Jian fought in Guanzhong, Jingzhou, Yizhou, and Yangzhou. Now the people are in dire straits. The Wei Dynasty is sincerely serving the people from top to bottom.

It doesn't matter whether you are sincerely serving the people or not.

The important thing is to make the people believe that Wei is sincerely doing it for them.

There must be many people among them who know that the imperial court is lying. It doesn't matter. Anyone who dares to say that the imperial court is lying will be labeled as a traitor to Shu.

It is known that with the first article, both the officials and the people know that the Shu thieves will destroy their interests.

Now whoever consorts with Shu thieves will damage the interests of everyone.

If you kill those who stand up and tell the truth, not only will the ministers and the people not object, but they will also applaud, and they will even step on their corpses and take some pieces of meat back to eat if necessary.

In this way, many people who know that the court is lying will choose to remain silent.

Those who do not know that the court is lying will support the court vigorously.

In this way, the situation will not be chaotic.

3. Continuously strengthen the concept that the Shu thieves are poisoning the world, making most people believe that the Shu thieves are the worst. The suffering they are suffering now is all caused by Zhuge Kongming and Li Jian.

Only by eliminating the Shu thieves can the world be at peace.

After talking about these three points, Master Sima also asked Sima Zhao in the letter to read "Shang Jun Shu" several times.

Tell him that the reason why the grass people are grass people is because the grass people only look similar to these public ministers in appearance, but inside they are the same as the humble grass.

Can grass think?

Grass cannot think, grass does not know anything, and it is destined to be eaten by cattle and sheep when it grows.

Finally, Master Sima emphasized that we should continue to use the saying that the king is more valuable than the people to give spiritual comfort to the people.

The weaker a person is, the more he likes to hear nice words instead of the truth.

The letter Sima Shi took the time to write to Sima Zhao after reviewing the army undoubtedly laid the foundation for Cao Wei's subsequent governance philosophy.

By August, Master Sima began to send people to see Wang Ling, constantly putting pressure on Wang Ling and promising benefits.

At this time, Zhuge Liang, who was still in Hedong County, received Li Heng's complete report on the battle situation in the southeast.

"This battle in Ji'an is no different from what I expected. As long as Wang Ling persists through August, Ruxuwu will be ours."

Huo Yi said: "Prime Minister, Sima Yi is dead. Should we take the opportunity to attack Tongguan?"

"To attack Tongguan by force, it is better to take the Eight Routes of Taihang. The Eight Routes of Taihang are impassable, so it is better to go through the clouds and go to Youzhou from the clouds."

Tongguan, even though it's close to Luoyang, is really hard to hit!

At this time, Yang Yi hurried in: "Prime Minister, good news, Taiyuan City Kaicheng has surrendered."

"Taiyuan was captured?"

"Took it!"

"Okay! Okay! Shaoxian!"

"The subordinate is here!"

"Hurry up and prepare more tea. I want to sell tea from Jingxing to Jizhou!"

(End of this chapter)