Sima Yi's Three Kingdoms Collection Collection

Chapter 285 The Controversy Between Shu and Wei (4)
This news was like a thunderbolt on the ground, shaking Sima Yi's body!It seems that Zhuge Liang really did as he expected, after all, he still resorted to these two tricks to divert the tiger away from the mountain and escape the golden cicada from its shell!He really went to Shangguyuan, which is known as "the first granary in Guanzhong"!Sima Yi held his breath and concentrated, thinking extremely nervously and quickly.Just as he was about to speak, another soldier broke into the camp and said, "I will report to the general, Your Majesty ordered Du Zhi Shangshu Sima Fu to dispatch 5000 Chang'an guards, led by Chang'an prefect General Niu Jin, to come quickly Support, we have already reached the 'Lion's Mouth' five hundred miles away!"

The latter news immediately aroused a fierce fighting spirit in the hearts of the generals in the tent.When General Guo Huai heard this, he rushed out and said anxiously: "General, since the reinforcements have arrived, please issue an order to take advantage of Zhuge Liang's main force to go out, and launch a sniper attack on the Shu army staying at the foot of Qishan with all the elite of our army! This battle is finally over. The general is confident that he will surely win!" Before he finished speaking, the generals beside him also agreed one after another, and there was another call for battle in the tent.

Sima Yi's face was serious, he stroked his long beard with his hand, thought for a long time quietly, and then waved his hand violently, saying: "Stop making trouble, Master Sima obeys orders!"

The field fell silent.Sima Shi took a step forward under the surprised and uncertain gazes of the generals, and stood in a row to listen quietly.Sima Yi took out a kit from the writing box on the desk and handed it to him, saying: "Go to the 'Shizikou' to meet Niu Jin, hand over the kit to him personally, and let him follow the plan in the bag." , implement it immediately, without any mistakes!"

"Yes!" Sima Shi listened to the order, took the bag and left.

Sima Yi looked sternly, looked around at the generals under the tent, and then said in a deep voice: "Send me two military orders, one is to send [-] li to ride quickly... no, I will use my commander's thousand-mile horse Baoju sent the news of the sneak attack by the Shu bandits to Deng Ai and Wei Ping as soon as possible, so that they could prepare for the enemy in time!
"The second is to pull out the stronghold immediately. After the whole army has eaten their dinner, they bring their own dry food for two days and rush to Shangguiyuan for rescue!"

The night in Shangyuyuan is neither quiet nor cool, and the sound of frogs in the rice fields adds to the confusion.Although it was still raining here more than half a month ago, after all, it was the season of June and July, and the violent heat of summer came like boiling water.If the Guanzhong garrison hadn't adapted to this climate of alternating cold and summer with ups and downs due to living here for many years, I am afraid that many soldiers could not bear the ghost weather and fell ill.

At this moment, in the wheat fields on the hillsides around Shangyuyuan, one could vaguely see Chuochuo figures swaying in the moonlight.Looking closer, it is clear that a group of Wei soldiers are bending over and burying their heads in the field, cutting the ears of wheat neatly and quickly, and the sound of "rustling" can be heard endlessly.

On the edge of the ridge, a young general in silver armor and plain armor was directing the soldiers to cut, harvest, and transport wheat in an orderly manner. His expression seemed a little impatient, and he urged the soldiers from time to time.

When he was busy, he didn't notice that a middle-aged general in a red robe came up from the foot of the hill, followed by two soldiers.Gradually approaching, the red-robed general greeted: "Brother Deng, what are you still busy! Take a break!"

The young general with the silver helmet was Lang Ai, the secretary of Sima Yi, the commander of the Wei army, and Deng Ai, the deputy who stayed behind at Shangyu.Needless to say, the red-robed general was Wei Ping, the guard of Shangyu.Hearing Wei Ping's words, Deng Ai quickly turned around, came up to meet him, and said slowly: "Wei... General Wei, Xiao... The fortifications on Xiaolong Mountain... are poor... ...almost?"

Deng Ai has always stuttered, but since he became the secretary of Guanzhong Dashuai, he began to consciously pay attention to correcting his stuttering disadvantage at any time.So when he speaks now, he would rather speak slowly and try to stop stuttering.But this is a congenital disease, so his stuttering cannot be completely eradicated, but now he no longer has as many "stutters" as before.

After hearing what he said, Wei Ping nodded, wiped the sweat from his face, and said: "Wei sent most of the brothers on Xiaolong Mountain down to carry rocks and mud, and the rest of them built fortifications on the mountain. They are still busy now! Moreover, Wei asked his brothers to take all the rolling stones and giant logs that can be moved and lifted down the mountain to the camp on the mountain and store them! If the Shu bandits really dare to come If it's a sneak attack, it's harder to guarantee them to take Xiaolong Mountain from me than to climb to the sky!"

Deng Ai listened carefully to every word he said, looked across the hillside at the precipitous throat of Shangguyuan——Xiaolong Mountain, nodded his head in deep thought, and said slowly: "General Wei is taking this ...The fortifications of this camp are so... so solid, I also believe that Xiaolong Mountain must... be impenetrable and indestructible at this time! My... my brother is rushing to drive these brothers to ... cut down more as soon as possible A lot of wheat... transported to Xiaolongshan camp to accumulate... store it up!"

Wei Ping looked at the soldiers who were cutting wheat on the slope with their heads buried, stretched out his hand and pulled Deng Ai's sleeve corner, winked, and said in a low voice: "Brother Deng, to be honest, do you think we brothers Are you taking it too seriously? You see, since General Sima led a large team to leave Shangbi to rescue Qishan more than half a month ago, we have been busy harvesting wheat and building fortifications in Xiaolongshan. Every day, I have to work until late at night before going to rest-the Shu bandits are still far away in Qishan, and they won't grow wings and fly over to attack us! Maybe we will have worked so hard for nothing, Make people laugh!" After hearing this, Deng Ai stretched out his hand and said in a low voice, "Wei...Brother Wei, let us take a...take a step to talk!" After speaking, he led Wei Ping to a quiet place on the slope where to go.

After staying far away from the range of the soldiers' eyes and ears, Deng Ai said to Wei Ping: "Brother Wei, don't hesitate. This... this Shangbei... is the 'Gate of Guanzhong' and the 'granary' of our army. It is a battleground for military strategists. Moreover, the Shu...Shu bandits have now used the strategy of diverting the tiger away from the mountain...to take away...the main force of the Guanzhong army commanded by General Sima...will definitely take the opportunity to steal...a sneak attack. Therefore , we can only seize the time to accumulate more food and grass, build camps, prepare equipment, and do our best to prepare for the full-scale battle as soon as possible, so that we can be invincible. Otherwise, the Shu bandits will suddenly attack , everyone will regret it by then!"

Hearing these words, Wei Ping nodded silently, and said: "Before General Sima left, he repeatedly stated that he should listen to Brother Deng's opinion on everything, and Wei will definitely follow through. I think there will be no mistakes." Deng Ai Hearing this, he was very moved, bowed his head and saluted and said: "It's hard...it's rare that Brother Wei trusts Deng so much, Deng is very grateful!"

Wei Ping smiled shyly, waved his hands, and said, "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be! Brother Deng killed Wei!" The two gave way, and Fang stood up again. There is a lot of emotion in my heart.After a long while, Wei Ping said: "Brother Deng, Wei is a brave man who only knows how to treat people sincerely and do things with sincerity, but he can't distinguish the general situation, but I have a question for you! Everyone said that General Sima Since I took charge of Guanzhong, I have been extremely cowardly and fearful of Shu like a tiger, but Wei always believes that there must be something clever in his old man's way of doing this—it's just that Wei is stupid, so I ask brother Deng to give me some pointers!"

Deng Ai never expected Wei Ping to be so sincere and honest, so he glanced at him in surprise, and couldn't help admiring General Sima's skillful use of people: General Sima knew that he had always been arrogant and conceited It is not easy to work with others, so I specially found a simple and honest Wei Ping to cooperate with me.Thinking of this, he couldn't help being deeply moved by General Sima's hard work.After pondering for a while, he spoke slowly in Wei Ping's eyes that were almost asking for advice: "Brother Wei really thinks that General Sima can't hold on, is it... timid? The ancients said, 'If you don't fly for three years, you will fly to the sky once; After three years of silence, he became a blockbuster.'According to... In my opinion, General Sima is also good if he doesn't fight.

"Fan Li, a famous general of the State of Yue in the Spring and Autumn Period, said well, 'Those who were good at using soldiers in ancient times, because of the permanence of the heaven and the earth, went with it. Later, they used yin, first...first, they used yang; if they were close, they used softness, and if they were far away, they used rigidity. ...He...He comes from me, stick to it and don't give it to me; use up its yang festival, fill my yin festival and seize it.' Tai... It is also said in "Taigong Art of War", "A good fighter will stay indomitable and win when he sees victory Then start, win and stop." General Sima's strategy for dealing with the Shu bandits is also "not...do not fight but subdue the enemy's soldiers." See...it seems that there is no outstanding effect of annihilation at the beginning, and the enemy will eventually be defeated in the palm of the hand. Above. It...it is amazingly adaptable, dying like a god, although Sun Wu and Wu Qi are not as good as it, even Han Xin and Bai Qi are not its enemies!"

When Wei Ping heard Deng Ai quote the scriptures and said so miraculously, he was really a little horrified and moved, and hurriedly listened carefully.I saw Deng Ai pause for a moment, and then said: "As far as I know, there are a total of 110...25 million peasants in the puppet Shu, including 15 women, and 30...50 men under the age of 20. There are 15...50 people over the age of 35, and 5...6 people between the ages of 30 and 35 are specialized in farming. However, there are 46 officials in the Puppet Shu and [-] assistants , a total of [-] sergeants. To feed [-] officials and soldiers with the food obtained from the cultivation of [-] farmers, it is really...it can be said that "the few who live are few, and the people who eat are many". Can it last? Therefore, I conclude that Zhu...Zhuge Liang's great army, and the invasion of our Great Wei, is completely exhausting the troops and exhausting the people. After all, it is not a long-term solution. In the future, once the puppet Shu's army is hungry and the people are exhausted, people's hearts will definitely be scattered. Sima Da ...The general will take advantage of the vacancy and attack, and he will surely win!"

Wei Ping didn't expect Deng Ai to see the general situation of Wei and Shu so thoroughly with a mere bureaucrat. He couldn't help but deeply admired, and said, "Brother Deng really knows a lot! Your words are meticulous and solid, and the water is tight. Wei Humbled!"

While the two were talking, a man and a horse galloped up the hillside like lightning.They followed the reputation, but saw a soldier on the horse flying off the horse, panting heavily, running in front of them, sweating profusely, and hurriedly said: "General Wei, General Deng, General Sima!" Giving his thousand-mile steed to his subordinates to gallop forward to report the news——Zhuge Liang raised [-] troops to attack Shangyu, and the vanguard may arrive at noon tomorrow! General Sima asked the two generals to Hold Shangbi with all your strength, and at the same time, he has personally led the army to gallop thousands of miles back to help Shangyu, please feel free to fight, the two generals!"

"Oh! The Shu bandits are really here?" Wei Ping was shocked, and turned to look at Deng Ai, "Brother Deng is really good at predicting things!" Deng Ai looked up to the sky and laughed, and then his face straightened again, saying: "We have already Be prepared, no... not afraid that he will come from thousands of miles away to sneak attack!" Then, he turned his head and told the soldier: "I will give you three orders: first, all the elite soldiers will return to the Xiaolongshan camp, and rest and adjust in batches , always ready to fight.

(End of this chapter)