Sima Yi's Three Kingdoms Collection Collection

Chapter 317 Breaking through the fire attack strategy, attacking Zhuge's heart (5)
Four days passed, and almost all the eyeliners of the Wei State in the Shu Army sent back reports, and they found almost nothing about Zhuge Liang's plan in the upper valley.

This made Sima Yi even more shocked. Could it be that Zhuge Liang wanted to use his always rigorous, prudent and thoughtful character to really play an "empty trick" under his nose?He was sure that the commander-in-chief would not dare to take risks easily, so instead he generously exposed the upper grain main warehouse to his eyes, allowing his Shu soldiers to transport grain from it to come and go freely?
Simultaneously, Sima Shi, Hu Zun, Huang Hua, and Wei Ping called for an opportunity to take the initiative to rob Shangfanggu, which seriously disrupted his overall decision-whether or not to seize the opportunity to rob Shangfanggu became his decision. At this moment, a core problem that cannot be avoided or overcome, almost all the soldiers are urging him to make a final decision as soon as possible.The pressure Sima Yi faced this time was so great that it almost surpassed all his previous decisions.This made him in a dilemma—go for robbery, I'm afraid there will be an ambush; if you don't go for robbery, it's useless to watch the enemy swagger in front of his eyes in vain, how can he hold his face?If someone else took advantage of the issue again and attacked himself for blatantly "raising the bandits for self-respect", what would Cao Rui think?I can't even justify myself!

Of course, Sima Yi also considered sending a partial general to rob the upper grain warehouse.But he himself is also very clear that none of the generals under his command is Zhuge Liang's opponent in the art of using troops - if they go forward, they may be thrown into a "fascinated array" by Zhuge Liang again, and they will get deeper and deeper; Occasionally, I will also be saved, not abandoned!However, what if Zhuge Liang sent someone from behind to attack Weinan Camp by himself, what should he do?This also made him feel like a mouse-hunter.

After hesitating like this for a few days, Sima Yi finally made a secret decision in his heart, and sent Niu Jin and Wei Ping to lead [-] horses to raid the grain warehouse above, while he himself sat in the Weinan camp to respond in the rear.No matter what, you have to go all out and give it a try!

Heart attack
At the second watch, Zhou Xuan suddenly opened the curtain and broke into Sima Yi's sleeping tent, pulled him sleepily from the bed, and stuffed a bundle of short silk books into his hand: "Report to the general, Zhou Xuan Someone just received a letter from Feige..."

"Written by your old friend from the same town?" Sima Yi only asked one sentence, then unfolded the scroll and buried his head in reading it - as he watched, his face gradually changed, and ecstasy welled up on his brows: " Good! Good! Good! Brother Zhou—you and your old friend have really done a great job for my great Wei! It turns out that Zhuge Liang set up such a poisonous plan in the upper valley... Great! Great! No wonder he filled buckets all over the grain silo above, and he's afraid of playing with fire and setting himself on fire!"

After finishing speaking, he calmed down, and immediately returned to a stern expression like a bronze statue, both as if facing Zhou Xuan, and as if talking to himself: "Alright! He wants to rack his brains to attract Ben As soon as Shuai enters Shangfang Valley, this commander will give him a trick - let his fighting spirit completely disintegrate from now on! Let him understand that all of this is God's blessing, destiny will change, irreversible!"

Then, his tone paused for a moment, and he said again: "Senior brother Zhou, in the past few days, please take a good look at the astronomy and climate for me. It's best to be able to predict when there will be rain in the future."

Zhou Xuan grinned: "Zhongda, didn't my foster brother mention it in this Feige biography? Ten days later, that is, on the third day of August, there may be a sudden rainstorm."

As soon as Sima Yi grasped his right hand, he looked straight at him, and said in a gentle but firm tone, "He did clearly point out this point in this silk script. But this matter has a lot to do with it. The success or failure of Shi's psychological attack is closely related to the outcome, and there is no room for sloppiness. This commander, please, Brother Zhou, you must carefully observe the astronomy and climate from today, and the divination must be accurate, there will be no mistakes."

Zhou Xuan had never seen Sima Yi so serious before, so he couldn't help but tighten his face, and replied solemnly: "Don't worry about Zhongda, after a while Zhou will go to Houying Observatory to carefully observe and capture the changes in the sky and climate." Sign. If there is any change, I will come to report to you at any time."

In the next six or seven days, Sima Yi seemed to have completely forgotten about going to the upper grain warehouse to rob grain, but he sent troops to harass the Shu army's field area by the Weihe River many times. go south.

Finally, on the afternoon of the second day of August, Sima Yi called the generals into his account, and the deployment tasks were as follows: dispatch generals Hu Zun, Huang Hua, and Wei Ping to lead [-] soldiers and horses to encircle Wuzhangyuan and block Shu At the same time, he personally led Sima Shi and Sima Zhao, commanded [-] cavalry, with Niu Heng and Niu Jin as the vanguard generals, and rushed with the titles to surprise the upper grain warehouse overnight.

When it was late at night and at the beginning of the Yin hour, the Wei army had already killed halfway, but Sima Yi suddenly asked Niu Heng brothers to retreat to the ranks of the Chinese army.He called them to a hidden place under the shade of a tree by the road and stopped, saying that he had some important orders.

"What is the general's order?" Niu Jin asked in a loud voice, "Brother Niu can only drive."

Sima Yi hesitated to speak, looked at Sima Shi and Sima Zhao brothers beside him, waved to them and said, "Shi'er, Zhao'er, you two, go around here and make good news for me. Except Zhou The doctor stays outside this place, and no one is allowed to approach without reason!"

Niu Heng looked at Sima Yi's mysterious appearance, and was surprised when he saw Sima Yi sitting cross-legged on a rock, staring at him.For a moment, Niu Heng felt his two gazes were as heavy as a mountain, and his breathing couldn't help being tight!
"Niu Hengjun, how is the relationship between my Sima family and your Niu family over the years?" Sima Yi spoke slowly, speaking very slowly, but with an irresistible force.

In an instant, Niu Heng seemed to understand something.He straightened his back immediately, and said without hesitation: "General! You have treated my brothers with great kindness! Both brothers will always remember it—both brothers were originally slaves in Wen County, Hanoi, and their ancestors have given them to you for generations. If other people do their best, if they hadn’t met you and the old man, they would never have been able to stand out! It’s you, General Sima, who is eclectic and talented, and abandons Cao An, Xia Houru, first-class nobles and dignitaries. You have raised my two brothers from their humble origins as slaves and handmaids, all the way to the general status of two thousand shi in the official rank and the title of Marquis of Guannei! Everything about my two brothers is bestowed by you alone! My brother Even if the two of you are smashed to pieces, it will be hard to repay you! If you have any orders, just say it, if my two brothers frown, they will be struck by lightning!"

After hearing this, Sima Yi stared at Niu Heng with tears in his tiger eyes, and said, "Good! Good! Niu Hengjun is truly a unparalleled national scholar! It's a lifetime for me to meet a tough guy like you. Fortunately! I won’t say much else——Dr. Zhou, please tell Niu Hengjun and Niu Jinjun about our strategy to deal with Zhuge Liang!”

Zhou Xuan, who had been hiding under the shade of the tree like a shadow, came forward at this moment, brushed his beard, squinted his eyes slightly, and said calmly: "Niu Hengjun, Niu Jinjun, let's go to surprise the Shu army tomorrow morning." The upper valley above is a middle-of-the-road strategy, which on the surface does not seem to be a great strategy. But in this middle-of-the-road strategy, we also contain another extremely subtle strategy. Niu Hengjun, Niu Jinjun, You two must be prepared. This time, Zhuge Liang has already dug a deep moat in the granary above, and buried thousands of barrels of dry firewood, smoke, kerosene, explosives, etc., just waiting for us Once they enter the valley, they will fire arrows at once, and they will "burn the turtle in the urn" and kill us all."

"What a vicious strategy!" Niu Jin's complexion suddenly changed when he heard that, "Since that's the case, why are we going to surprise Shangfang Valley? Isn't this going to die? Why don't we retreat quickly?"

Zhou Xuan ignored him, and still looked at them with cold eyes, and said: "However, according to the great general's opinion, we should not retreat but advance at this time, and we will follow the plan and push the boat along the way, one step at a time." One step counterattacks himself with Zhuge Liang's strategy of attacking with fire. Didn't he exhaust all his heart and energy in this strategy of "attacking the upper valley with fire"? Didn't he use up the strategy of "burning the upper valley with fire"? Didn't he put all his expectations in the plan? Didn't he decide to use the plan of "burning the upper valley" as the last blow against our Great Wei Wangshi? General Sima just wanted him to watch This last blow was in vain and there was nothing to do! Therefore, General Sima decided to personally lead his troops into the upper valley, and finally escaped from under Zhuge Liang's eyes in a very clever way, surrounded by walls of fire..."

"Doctor Zhou, as the saying goes, 'Water and fire are the most ruthless things.' Zhuge Liang is a master at using fire to attack. If General Sima is surrounded in a valley, he will be a fish in the bottom of the pot. How can he escape safely? Yeah?" Niu Heng shook his head, "Your plan is too risky."

"This... Niu Hengjun, you don't know something. I have already calculated for nine days and nine nights, and I have predicted that there will be a heavy rain in the upper valley at noon tomorrow. In this way, Zhuge Liang's raging fire will never be able to burn! Therefore, These [-] great Wei king masters will be able to escape safely from the upper valley!"

Niu Heng looked at Zhou Xuan suspiciously: "Really? Did you really predict that there will be a heavy rain at noon tomorrow?"

"This matter is related to the life and death of tens of thousands of Wei Jun'erlang, how dare I be negligent?" Zhou Xuan stretched out his finger and pointed to his face, "Look at the pair of eye circles of this seat, it's coming early in eight or nine days. It will be as black as coke.”

"Since Doctor Zhou said so, I can only try my best to take the risk." Niu Heng turned his head and glanced at his younger brother Niu Jin, and said resolutely.

At this moment, Zhou Xuan's gaze suddenly sharpened: "Niu Hengjun, Niu Jinjun, you two can go to Shangfang Valley to take a risk, but General Sima is the head of the three armies and the pillar of the country, but it is absolutely not suitable to go to the dangerous situation in person. "

Niu Heng straightened his face, and took his words calmly: "Naturally. Niu and General Sima are about the same age, similar height, and roughly similar in appearance...Later, Niu will change his appearance a little bit. After putting on your armor, the general, you pretended to be you and led your troops into the upper valley, and used a trick of "crossing the sky, Li Daitao is stiff" to confuse Zhuge Liang's eyes and ears, and finally gave him a backhand blow The strategy of attacking the heart..."

(End of this chapter)