The Rebellious Officials and Traitors of the Late Han Dynasty

Chapter 393 Sima Yi's famous skill
After hearing this, Cai Mao and Kuai Liang felt relieved.

"Chief Secretary, now Kuai Qi is leading an army of 30,000 to defend Dangyang. Although Dangyang is located in a strategic location, the city is small and may not be able to withstand Guan Yu's attack." Cai Mao was a little worried.

"Don't worry, although Liu Bei has occupied Nanjun, he will never attack us. Their purpose of seizing Nanjun is to obtain Nanjun's money, food and population, and then want to drag us in Jingzhou and use the terrain of Jingzhou to delay our troops." Sima Yi chuckled.

He looked relaxed, and didn't take Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang seriously at all. The other party's plan was also the plan of the Cavalry Army. Who is Qin Shou? He is a very sober person. If it weren't for the matter of Jingzhou, he wouldn't even take the initiative to go south.

Although the Cavalry Army was invincible and victorious in every battle, Qin Shou was still not prepared to march south. The army had been fighting for years and the morale was exhausted. It was the best time to rest and regroup.

"What the Chief Secretary means is that we should allow the other party to seize Nanjun?" Kuai Liang understood the implication and the court seemed to have other plans.

Sima Yi chuckled and said, "The Prime Minister has occupied most of the world, and victory is already in our grasp. As long as we take one step at a time, we will be the winner in the end. What we need is time, and what Liu Bei and his men fear most is time. How can a Jingnan and a Jiangdong be compared with the Central Plains?"

After hearing this, Cai Mao and the other man nodded and felt relieved.

"If we send troops to attack Nanjun at this time, Cao Cao's troops will rush out from Jiangxia and occupy Xiangyang. Liu Bei can defend the Han River and the situation will change." Sima Yi said solemnly, "It is better to be still than to move. If the enemy does not move, I will not move. If the enemy moves, I will not move either. I will wear them out."

This is Sima Yi's ultimate method. Whether in history or now, Sima Yi is ready to use this method, using the powerful strength of the Cavalry Army to wear down his opponents.

Whether it is Jingnan or Jiangdong, they are inferior to the Cavalry Army in terms of population, financial resources, food and so on. In this case, why not use the safest method to deal with them!
Cai Mao and Kuai Liang were disappointed after hearing this. In their eyes, the Cavalry Army was very powerful. Facing Liu Bei and Cao Cao, they would surely defeat the enemy with a crushing force and quickly win.

Unexpectedly, Sima Yi in front of him obviously had no such plan. He actually wanted to stalemate with Cao and Liu, using Jingzhou as the battlefield and engaging in a long-term confrontation and fighting. This was unacceptable.

Everything in Jingzhou belongs to these aristocratic families. What do these aristocratic families fear the most? It is the battlefield. A war is enough to turn Jingzhou into ruins, a large number of people will flee, the fields will be barren, and the trade routes will be cut off. The aristocratic families will suffer heavy losses.

After all, the people in the Cavalry Army are still very nice, and those fleeing people can still be comforted, but the situation will become very bad for those aristocratic families.

"Chief Secretary, when will the Prime Minister arrive in Jingzhou? We are also ready to welcome him." Kuai Liang asked hurriedly. He believed that Qin Shou and Sima Yi's battle strategies must be different.

"The Prime Minister will come to Jingzhou after the New Year. However, I believe that the Prime Minister's strategy for dealing with the enemy will not change. The Cavalry suddenly came to Jingzhou and they are not used to the climate and water there. They need to rest for half a year to a year before they can fight the enemy."

Sima Yi saw what the two were thinking and immediately explained.

But I don't agree with it in my heart.

He knew in his heart why Qin Shou adopted such a strategy. On the one hand, it was due to his own reasons, and on the other hand, it was because of the Jingzhou family.

In the three hundred years after the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were numerous aristocratic families, like carp crossing the river. Hebei, Central Plains, Jiangnan, Guanzhong, Bingzhou, Bashu, etc. were all places where aristocratic families gathered.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, a large number of aristocratic families moved south, and Jingzhou and Jiangdong became relatively stable. Especially when Liu Biao was in charge of Jingzhou, the population of Jingzhou grew rapidly, and many aristocratic families appeared in Jingzhou, occupying a large amount of land.

For example, if Zhuge Liang did not have a lot of land, how could he hide in Longzhong to study, how could he visit relatives and friends? The same is true for other aristocratic families. These people have an inexplicable obsession with land, and they buy land when they have money. Unfortunately, the court can do nothing about these people. If they seize land, they can find a crime to confiscate it, but what about normal purchases? Are you taking it by force?
Sima Yi believed that the simplest and most appropriate way to change the current situation was to start a war. In war, the sufferings endured by both the aristocratic families and the ordinary people were actually similar.

If the Cavalry Army and Liu Bei fought in Jingzhou for a year, most of the Jingzhou noble families would be wiped out. On the contrary, those people who lost their land would be easier to resettle because of exile.

It’s just that these words cannot be said out loud, and are just Sima Yi’s guesses.

"Don't worry, Cao and Liu are just clowns. There is no need to worry at all. Just be at ease." Sima Yi comforted them.

Cai Mao and Kuai Liang smiled bitterly in their hearts after hearing this. After a long period of fighting, it was Jingzhou that suffered in the end. The longer the time dragged on, the greater the losses would be for the Jingzhou families.

If there is fighting in Jingzhou all year round, it means that the two families will have no income for a year, and the food in the house will be exhausted. As for the post-war recovery, it depends on God's will.

Especially the Cai family, after losing Nanjun, the loss was even greater.

The two men retreated and gave the General Zhennan Mansion to Sima Yi. From today on, Sima Yi was the lord of Jingzhou.

Sima Yi quickly issued an order to transfer Wen Pin to Dangyang and Zhang Yun to Xiangyang to guard against Cao Cao. The entire Jingzhou was like a turtle, shrinking tightly in its own defense line, waiting for the arrival of spring.

Liu Bei of Nanjun also began to transport the population, money and food of Nanjun to Jingnan during the winter, preparing to make Nanjun the main battlefield and use the water network of Jingzhou to delay the actions of the cavalry.

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In Chaisang City.

Guo Jia was sitting by the stove, wearing a cloak.

Xiahou Yuan strode in, bringing a hint of coldness with him. Guo Jia glanced at him and tightened his cloak.

"Fengxiao, there is no movement in Xiangyang. Cai Mao and Kuai Liang only let Wen Pin defend Dangyang to the death, and did not mobilize troops to fight for Nanjun." Xiahou Yuan seemed very annoyed.

"Now that Sima Yi has gone to Xiangyang, the possibility of him plotting against Xiangyang again is relatively small." Guo Jia said indifferently. He did not take this matter to heart.

"What about us?" Xiahou Yuan was a little dissatisfied.

"Just wait. This is a war that will decide who will rule the world. How can the result come out so quickly?" Guo Jia shook his head.

"Oh!" Xiahou Yuan let out a long sigh.

(End of this chapter)