Sima Yi really doesn't understand Deng Ai now.
Did he really overestimate this young man? !
Early this morning, this young man personally led five thousand soldiers and launched an attack on the camp outside the city, killing more than a thousand people. Faced with such fortifications, could this young man not see how powerful they were? !
As long as you stand still, I will give you a high look. How can you be so stupid that you know it is a tough nut to crack and still push forward? !
Sima Yi didn't quite understand, but at this time, Master Sima was full of joy.
Without him, the one who led the troops out of the city today, cooperated with the defenders in the camp to attack from front to back, and repelled Deng Ai's attack was Sima Division.
All this time, Deng Ai was someone else's child, always used by Sima Yi to educate his two sons. Don't be too ambitious. Comparing you two with Deng Ai, after all, they are too far apart. Sima Yi has been holding back his anger for a long time.
Now that it's better, it's time for father to see clearly who is the real talent and who is in vain, right? !
Unfortunately, Sima Yi didn't feel that way.
Sima Yi really couldn't understand why Deng Ai hit him even though he knew it was difficult to hit him. However, Sima Yi still believed that Deng Ai might have just made a mistake or did it deliberately. What he was going to do next would probably be the real one. The essential.
Sima Yi didn't mean to underestimate Deng Ai because of this reckless attack, but he still organized Wancheng's defense at his own pace.
Deng Ai, who suffered a defeat in the attack, returned to the camp and discussed solutions with Guan Ping and Guan Xing, who were also looking sad.
Sima Yi made almost perfect arrangements from setting up the defense line, assigning responsibilities, and commanding on the battlefield. He completely connected the entire Wancheng defense system, and there were no flaws or loopholes at all.
In this case, one can either use superior force and attack casually regardless of casualties. But this requires at least 100,000 troops. Currently, Guan Ping's headquarters does not have such a luxury option.
Either
"We need to think of another strategy to lure the enemy out of the city to fight!" Deng Ai said.
This is the only feasible option at present.
In fact, both Guan Ping and Guan Xing could have imagined this plan. There were only so many conventional routines for marching and formation, and there was nothing surprising about it.
But the problem is that Sima Yi, that old turtle, how can he go out of the city to fight so easily.
"Tomorrow, I will send an envoy into the city to arrange a battle with Sima Zhongda!" Guan Ping said.
Guan Ping's idea was to follow the normal process and send people into the city to deliver the message and formally challenge Sima Yi.
As long as Sima Yi is willing to accept the battle, it will be easy.
Generally speaking, when the coaches of both sides make an appointment to fight, for the sake of military morale, neither side will refuse, even if it's just a pretense, and they will agree to a fight.
But, there is no precedent for rejection.
Sima Yi refused, not only did he refuse simply and neatly, but he also gave his own reasons.
First, he was ordered by the Emperor of Wei to guard Wancheng, and he had the responsibility to guard the city. Lieutenant generals in the army are entrusted by the emperor and are not tools used to exchange for personal reputation.
Second, he only had more than 30,000 men on hand, while Guan Ping had more than 40,000 men. The strength of the two sides was not equal. As the weaker side, it was reasonable for him to refuse to fight.
Anyway, these two reasons were why Sima Yi refused to fight, and to the greatest extent, he avoided the decline in morale in the army.
An appointment for a fight is something that cannot be done in two ways. A dogfight with a dogged opponent will be ridiculed by everyone in the world.
Therefore, when Sima Yi formally refused the war, Guan Ping could no longer force Sima Yi to fight.
If a fight doesn't work, then let's fight.
The next day, Guan Ping personally went out to the battle, asking Guan Xing and Deng Ai to hold down the two wings, and sent people to the gates of Wancheng to curse and challenge.
After scolding Sima Yi until he couldn't hold back his anger, he chose to go out of the city to fight. Naturally, he would be able to win a decisive victory in the field battle.
But to be honest, the scolding wars these days are a bit too "gentle".
Over and over again, he cursed Sima Yi for being "cowardly like a mouse" and "a general without courage". Sima Yi got used to it and was not moved at all.
There's nothing I can do. In these days, even if the two sides are hostile, they won't really break up on the battlefield. Things like greeting each other's parents can't be said even if it's a scolding battle. Everyone still has to show their face.
So the scoldings came and went, and it was nothing more than the same things. Calling Zhang He a "mountain-climbing general" and Cao Ren a "slipping prefect" like Zhang Xi did, were considered the limit of this era.
Even so, in the private meeting between Cao Cao and Guan Yu, Cao Cao specifically condemned Zhang Xi for this matter, avenging Cao Ren's injustice, thinking that Zhang Xi's scolding was too much.
Therefore, after three days of scolding, Sima Yi was not moved at all and refused to come out of Wancheng where he was.
It was such a commotion that Guan Ping and Guan Xing had no idea.
After all, that's all the conventional challenge routines, and since Sima Yi was so determined not to come out, they didn't have any good ideas.
And Deng Ai. In fact, Deng Ai still has a trick, but to be honest, he himself feels that this trick is a bit too much, and he has been hesitating and wondering whether to use it or not.
"This is the first time for us to lead an army. If we encounter such a powerful enemy and delay for a long time, our efforts will be in vain, and we will bring my father to lead the army. How can we explain to my father?!"
Guan Ping complained rather anxiously.
When Deng Ai heard these words, he immediately felt the same.
This time, leading the vanguard army to attack Wancheng, it was the first time that San Xiao led the army alone and took charge of his own role.
To be honest, Guan Yu didn't expect to conquer Wancheng with just 40,000 of them, and Guan Ping, Deng Ai and others didn't have such extravagant hopes either.
However, they must at least launch a massive offensive in Wancheng to attract some of Cao Wei's attention, so as to coordinate the war in Guanzhong.
If Sima Yi was blocked at the gate of Wancheng without making any noise, how could he help Guanzhong relieve Cao Wei's offensive pressure.
Therefore, what Guan Ping and others faced was either to forcefully attack Wancheng regardless of casualties and pose a substantial threat to Wancheng, or to find a way to force Sima Yi out of the city to fight in the field. No matter whether the field battle was successful or not, as long as he could kill the Wei army and force Sima Yi Request reinforcements from Luoyang, and your goal will be achieved.
If even this goal cannot be achieved, then there will basically be no chance for Sanxiao to lead troops in combat again.
Thinking of this, Deng Ai hesitated for a moment and then said to Guan Ping, "I have a plan, but it will damage your reputation."
Guan Ping was at his wits' end, but when he heard that Deng Ai had a solution, he didn't pay attention to the second half of the sentence and asked quickly, "Shi Zai might as well speak frankly, how can we defeat the enemy?!"
Deng Ai paused for a moment, then looked around, lowered his voice, and said to Guan Ping, "If the young general is brave enough, he can order someone to give Sima Yi a set of women's clothes."
Well, as soon as he said this, the way Guan Ping and Guan Xing looked at Deng Ai changed.
You are truly worthy of being Zhang Yuanchang’s disciple. You are the true inheritance of your master.
The news that Zhang Xi used women's clothing to force Guo Huai to fight has already spread all over the world.
Guo Huai's skills are inferior to others, and he certainly does not deserve the sympathy of the world, but Zhang Xi's use of women's clothing to humiliate his opponents is not a good reputation among the world's aristocratic families and celebrities.
Giving away women's clothes is essentially a scolding war. Since it is a war of words, there must be some bottom line. What is the bottom line for giving away women's clothes? !
Therefore, although this incident gave Guo Huai a bad reputation, everyone generally sympathized with Guo Huai. Although Zhang Xi was also recognized as a famous general in the world, because of this strategy, everyone had doubts about his character. There were quite a few criticisms, and there were many people who looked down upon him.
Not to mention the hostile camp, even within the Han Dynasty, Guan Yu himself also criticized Zhang Xi's approach.
In Guan Yu's view, if both sides make it clear that when fighting with horses and horses, they must abide by certain rules. This rule may only be tacitly understood by everyone, but they should not be broken easily.
You can use tactics in war, but you can't have a bottom line. Otherwise, what's the difference between you and Jia Xu? !
Therefore, in Guan Yu's view, Zhang Xi's strategy was thoughtless and inappropriate, and he was taking his own reputation seriously. This was the evaluation given by his own people, which was relatively mild.
As the son of Guan Yu, Guan Ping knows very well what his father thinks about this matter. If he uses this strategy, he will probably be beaten when he returns home, right? !
Even though Deng Ai proposed the strategy, as a disciple of Zhang Xi, Deng Ai would definitely not say how inappropriate it was for Zhang Xi to use this strategy. It was natural for him to offer this strategy and it belonged to the inheritance of his master.
But as the head coach, if Guan Ping adopts this strategy, it will not sound good if it spreads.
Therefore, when Deng Ai said this, Guan Ping changed his expression and subconsciously refused.
But Deng Ai said something immediately.
"Apart from this plan, does the young general have a good plan to lure that Sima Zhongda into battle?!"
Apart from this somewhat disreputable strategy, do you have any other options? !
Guan Ping was stunned at that time. If he had a way, would he just sit here and worry? !
If you continue to call people to scold him, the effect will be just like that. Sima Yi pretends not to hear, what can he do.
If the stalemate continues like this, and Sima Yi is blocked on the south side of Wancheng, unable to advance even an inch, and when his father arrives with his rear army, and sees that he has made no progress at all, isn't that a failure of his father's expectations? !
What lies before Guan Ping are just two simple paths.
Or, continue to work like this and wait until his father leads the army, and his efforts will be in vain.
Or, risk losing your reputation by giving Sima Yi women's clothes.
Guan Ping struggled for about two days, but seeing that the scolding had no effect, he gritted his teeth and chose to adopt Deng Ai's suggestion.
Of course, Guan Ping still wanted to show some respect, and ordered his men to find a Shu brocade women's dress, put it in a nanmu box, and then send someone to deliver it to Sima Yi.
More or less formal.
But the question is, you have given me women's clothes, is it made of linen or Shu brocade, is it packed in a nanmu box or wrapped in linen, is there any difference? !
After Sima Yi saw this women's clothing, his eyes almost burst with anger.
You young man, you've gone too far! ! !
(End of chapter)
