Sima Yi's Three Kingdoms Collection Collection

Chapter 238
"Everyone should know that Xiakou City is the most important vassal screen to the west of the Wu thieves. It is only three hundred miles away from their puppet capital Wuchang City! If Xiakou City was attacked by our army, Wuchang must have Worrying about dying lips and cold teeth! In order to prevent Cao Xiu, the great Sima, from Hefei on the east wing to launch a sniper attack on his back, it is impossible to go to Fankou City, which echoes Xiakou across the river, to defend against it. Therefore, we only need to step up against Xiakou City If we attack fiercely, Sun Quan will definitely order Lu Xun and Zhuge Jin to rush back to help. In this way, the siege of Jiangling and the danger of Mianyang in the Wei Dynasty can be solved without fighting. After that, our army will take advantage of the situation. Go west, teach Zhuge Jin's Eastern Wu infantry division a lesson! By the time Lu Xun's navy rushes to Xiakou City, my tens of thousands of strong troops will be safely stationed in Mianyang, enough to wait for work!"

Although the words were spoken so smoothly at the moment, they had actually been rethought in Sima Yi's mind countless times!After Pei Qian listened to it, he was stunned: Sima Yi's tricks of "avoiding the truth and pretending to be false", "surrounding Wei and saving Zhao", and "waiting for work with ease" are really extraordinary moves!He really deserves to be the "Tsuka Tiger" who was praised by his master, Mr. Shui Jing!Maybe the current dangerous situation in Jingzhou of "clamping attack from east to west, being attacked from both sides" can really be resolved by him in one fell swoop!
At this time, Cao Zhao let out a "chuck" laugh: "The governor speaks clearly and logically—but, according to the opinion of my subordinates, is it possible that facing our own soldiers and horses, 'the east is empty and the west is solid', and the east is weak and the west is strong? In such a situation, would Sun Quan make such a low-level mistake?"

Sima Yi heard the faint sarcasm in his words, and said calmly as if nothing had happened: "Sun Quan's mistake this time is not a low-level mistake, but a high-level mistake: he wants to attack both sides, and each has its own merits. Yang, he took Jiangling again, and he was dreaming of the dream of "getting both the bear's paw and the fish"! However, his move was also a wild gamble: he bet that there would be no one else in Jingzhou since the death of the governor of Xiahou. He was able to see through his poisonous trick of "hands-on both ways"! It's a pity that he still lost the bet - he probably wouldn't have guessed that Ben Du would "do the opposite" and take Mianyang as his own. 'Bait', ignore Jiangling, and go straight to Xiakou City, his western throat fortress! In this way, he will panic and call Lu Xun back in a hurry!"

"Well... what if Lu Xun insisted on disobedience and refused to attack Jiangling to the death? If Jiangling is lost, our Xiangyang City is also in jeopardy! If he continues to march northward from the front line of Dangyang, we still have great worries in Xiakou Ah!" Xia Houru said worriedly.

Sima Yi listened carefully, his eyes flashing like lightning, and he waited until Xia Houru had finished speaking, before he said slowly: "That's right, the governor's strategy of 'avoiding the truth and then pretending', 'attacking in a roundabout way' and 'surrounding Wei and saving Zhao' should be concealed." But Lu Xun. After all, Lu Xun is a generation of Confucian generals who are loyal to the emperor and uphold integrity. If he has not been authorized by his lord, Sun Quan, he may not dare to do extraordinary things. If our army can cause a crisis in Xiakou and a shock in Wuchang, then Sun Quan He will definitely be called to withdraw his troops and rush back to help the Savior! With Sun Quan's majesty and majesty, and laws like mountains, Lu Xun, who has always been strict and strict, should be irresistible..."

Hearing this moment, all the generals under his account were convinced and had nothing to say.

Seeing the expressions of conviction on their faces, Sima Yi raised the scepter in his hand and ordered decisively: "Now, the governor orders: Niu Jin, you lead [-] tigers and leopards to ride from the north bank of the Han River to the east. Attack down and take Xiakou City; Pei Qian and Xia Houru, you two ride [-] paces and ride south through Dangyang County to support Jiangling City; Cao Zhao, you ride [-] paces from Hanshui River The south bank galloped down to defend Mianyang City; the governor personally led [-] boat troops from the Han River downstream to attack Xiakou City!"

"No!" All the civil servants and generals clasped their fists together and responded loudly.

At this moment, the soldiers outside the hall raised their voices and said: "Liang Ji, who joined the army, and Niu Heng, who was in charge of Bingcao, have finished their condolences to Xincheng County. I am here to return!"

Sima Yi heard it clearly, his eyebrows twitched immediately, his eyes brightened, he pondered for a while, raised his right hand, and said in response: "Okay! Then I will thank you all for going down quickly and obeying the order! Soldier, Chuan Liangji and Niu Heng come in! Also, Pei Qian and Niu Jin, you two stay here for now!"

"Liang Ji, have you asked Meng Dake if he intends to send troops to the east to help?"

Sima Yi sat back on the leopard-skin mat, took off the heavy purple gold helmet with a tiger's head, and put it next to the desk.While gently rubbing his "temples" on both sides with his fingers, he squinted at Liang Ji slightly, and asked slowly.

Liang Ji was the only son of Sima Yi's colleague Liang Guang when he was an official in Hanoi County in his early years.Later, Liang Guang was seriously injured in the fierce battle with Yuan Shaoyu's party and unfortunately died. When he was dying, he entrusted his only son to Sima Yi as his adopted son.Sima Yi regarded him as his own, and had always trusted him. He kept him by his side and started as a personal bodyguard.At this time, Liang Ji heard Sima Yi's question, so he held his breath and replied respectfully: "This...Meng Da claimed that he suffered from headaches and waist and leg diseases, and it was difficult for him to go into battle for a while, so he couldn't lead the army this time. He came to help. His subordinates asked him to send troops to the east for support, but he told his subordinates that he would leave a large group of troops in Xincheng County to prevent the Shu bandits from taking advantage of the fire and looting and attacking Shennong Mountain."

"Do you think what he said is the truth or lies?" Sima Yi asked Liang Ji, but his eyes turned to Niu Heng who was standing on the right side of Liang Ji.The two brothers Niu Heng and Niu Jin were the two "wedges" that he broke into the Xiangyang Mufu when the former general Cao Ren was in charge of Jingzhou.For so many years, he has used the Niu brothers as his eyes, ears and siblings to influence and manipulate the political situation in Jingxiang. Even his in-law Xia Houshang, who is so shrewd and powerful, has never been out of his invisible remote control!This is also the fundamental reason why Sima Yi was able to easily adapt to the internal and external situation as soon as he entered the Jingxiang camp, and quickly entered the role of "Great Governor".

"The 'insider' lurking in Meng's mansion said that his 'headache' and 'waist and leg disease' were all faked." Niu Heng's words were always so concise.

"Then, have there been any changes in the tens of thousands of soldiers under Meng Da's command recently?" Sima Yi asked again.

Niu Heng and Liang Ji looked at each other, and answered with clasped fists, "According to a report from Niu's 'insider' stationed in Meng Da's army, Meng Da has not acted abnormally for the time being.

Liang Ji on the side also nodded repeatedly in agreement.

"Oh? So he wants to 'step on two boats'? Hehehe... As long as he still has such wandering thoughts at the moment, it will be fine!" Sima Yi's eyes shone coldly, and he nodded slightly, suddenly as if He glanced at Pei Qian meaningfully, then looked at Liang Ji, and said leisurely, "Liang Ji, have you released the 'Smoke Array' carefully prepared by Ben Du for Meng Da? How did he react?" ?”

"Report to Chief Governor, following your secret instructions, this subordinate skillfully cast the 'Smoke Array' on Meng Da. He should have fallen for the trick."

Pei Qian was a little puzzled when he heard it from the side, so he interjected and asked, "Governor Sima, please forgive Pei for taking the liberty, what kind of 'smoke formation' did you cast on Meng Da? It's really not easy."

Sima Yi stared at Pei Qian's serious expression, remained silent for a while, then suddenly gave him a "puchi" smile, and replied to him: "Hehehe... Mr. Pei! Speaking of this 'smoke screen array', it's a little bit like you. Relationship...Liang Ji, tell Mr. Pei the details."

"No." Liang Ji responded, then turned to Pei Qian and said in detail, "This 'Smoke Array', Liang cast it like this: During the conversation with Meng Da that day, Liang pretended to mention inadvertently— —Because the senior ministers of the imperial court think that Pei Mujun has been ineffective in fighting against Sun Quan and Lu Xun and was passively beaten, they have a motion to resign you. Then, Liang also cleverly hinted to him that the position of Mujun in Jingzhou is about to be suspended And he, Mr. Meng, is probably the best candidate to take over Jingzhou because of his high skill and seniority... According to Liang's secret observation, Meng Da was delighted to hear Liang's words, and he rewarded him Liang's ten ingots of gold cakes..."

"Meng Da is a greedy and capricious villain! He is really shameless!" Pei Qian couldn't help cursing bitterly as he listened.

Sima Yi stared at him with a smile, and explained gracefully: "Mr. Pei, you are not too careful when Bendu fabricates rumors about you like this, right? This 'contradictory plan' was thought up by Bendu on a whim! You I don't know, this Meng Da is definitely not a kind person, he likes to harm others and benefit himself the most. A few months ago, he secretly bribed Xiahou Zhennan with a lot of money, hoping that Xiahou Zhennan would speak well for him in front of the late emperor. To replace you, the shepherd of Jingzhou... But he didn't know that Xiahou Zhennan actually told Ben Du all these things before he died. So Ben Du came a few days ago to "Borrow Flowers to Offer Buddha" to spread the news temporarily The rumors he likes to listen to confuse him as a 'smoke screen'...Pei Jun, you don't mind?"

The expression on Pei Qian's face relaxed, and he cupped his hands to Sima Yi and said, "Where did the commander-in-chief say this? You are setting up a smoke screen for the sake of military and national affairs. How dare Pei Mou dare to be paranoid?" Pei Mou thinks: this Meng Da is really a wild dog that can't get enough to eat, you have to be more vigilant!"

Sima Yi nodded slowly, thoughtfully.In fact, he had secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart just now: no matter what, he tried his best to stabilize Meng Da temporarily!Based on this alone, I should congratulate myself!Right now, I am facing Lu Xun and Zhuge Jin "attacking from east to west, and being attacked from both sides", which is already under great pressure-if Mengda in the northwest is not stabilized, if he temporarily raises troops to make trouble, he will immediately fall into " The nightmare of three-sided attack, three-sided enemy"!That would really make me feel in a hurry and lose sight of another!

However, these secretly happy emotions just flitted through the bottom of his heart: Meng Da is a capricious and mercenary person. At this moment, it seems that he has temporarily stabilized him, but if he personally leads the army to attack Xiakou City in the east , he saw that the defense of Xiangyang City was empty, and then took the opportunity to make trouble behind himself, how should he deal with it?Pinning the hope of stability and safety on such an unreliable villain like him is really hanging...

However, Sima Yi is worthy of being Sima Yi. Although he is secretly anxious deep in his heart, he is calm and calm on the surface.He turned his face, cast his Youyou eyes deeply on Pei Qian, and said, "Mr. Pei, you are going to defend Jiangling City this time, and the pressure on your shoulders is really not small!"

"Yes!" Pei Qian's eyebrows were frowned, his face full of worry, "Lu Xun is a soldier like a god, and even Liu Bei, the false emperor of Western Shu, was defeated by him back then... Pei Mou fought against him, I'm afraid More bad luck than good..."

(End of this chapter)