Cao Rui was indeed dissatisfied with Sima Yi's behavior of fooling him, but no matter what, his uncle's side was even more ineffective.
Now Cao Zhen can only guard Shaanxian County, and the Guanzhong reinforcements that have restrained the Shu thieves cannot reinforce Luoyang. There is nothing else he can do.
In other words, the real attack on Luoyang would have to fall on the 80,000 soldiers led by Sima Yi.
In addition, Chen Qun, Liu Ye, Man Chong and other veterans of the three dynasties endorsed Sima Yi in the court and forcibly quelled the political disputes in the court. Therefore, although Cao Rui was extremely unhappy, he still could not shake Sima Yi's command. He could only tolerate it temporarily and continue Sima Yi led his army to attack Chang'an.
In this way, Sima Yi survived a small disaster.
But the problem is, Sima Yi actually knows it very well in his heart - if he succeeds in the counterattack on Luoyang, he will naturally forget the blame and reward according to his merits. But if he cannot capture Luoyang, I am afraid that he will face multiple crimes and punishments. Dilemma.
Now, the most realistic problem before Sima Yi is how to capture Luoyang.
There's no other way. Apart from using ants to attack the city, Sima Yi couldn't think of any other better idea.
Luoyang is actually more troublesome than Jiangling.
On the Jiangling side, Zhou Yu gave up the method of water attack only because the geographical conditions were not advantageous, not because the conditions for water attack were immature.
But the Luoyang that Sima Yi faced could never be attacked with water.
There are many aristocratic families in the Heluo area, and most of the Heluo aristocratic families have interests in Luoyang. If you cut off the Yellow River and flood Luoyang, you would be artificially creating a large number of yellow flood areas.
The water of the Yellow River is easy to release but not easy to harvest, and when it floods the city, the counties around Luoyang will be affected. Not only the casualties of the people, but also the most important cultivated land for the aristocratic families will be destroyed. .
In this case, even if Luoyang is finally captured, Sima Yi's end will not be much better.
Not only will he be impeached in court, but even if he returns to his hometown in Hanoi, he will probably be ostracized and disliked by the wealthy families in Hanoi. The Sima family may not have a foothold in Hanoi.
The same problem exists with fire attack, and to put it bluntly, the conditions for realizing fire attack are more stringent than water attack, and the Wei court and the aristocratic family do not want to harvest Luoyang City that has been reduced to ruins.
When Dong Zhuo burned down Luoyang and Emperor Taizu Wu rebuilt it, everyone who lived through that era knows how much money and effort was spent on it.
The aristocratic families do not want to be forced to pay such a large amount of blood in this era like they did during the period of Emperor Taizu Wu.
As for other methods of digging earth, collapsing walls, and attacking through tunnels, let’s not talk about whether they can be hidden from Zhuge Liang. Even if it is really possible, the time required is not calculated in terms of ten days and a half. It must be calculated in terms of at least three months or even three months. Calculated in half a year.
Sima Yi was not sure whether he would have that long to carry out these siege methods.
It has been almost half a year since Sima Yi took the initiative to counterattack Luoyang in April.
Although the besieged city of Luoyang has been reached, there is still little real progress. The army has consumed a lot of food and grass for another six months, and I don't know if the court can bear it.
Therefore, Sima Yi, who really had no choice but to give orders, used siege equipment and the stupid method of attacking the city with ants to put enough pressure on Zhuge Liang.
At the same time, Sima Yi also sent an order to Wang Ling, who was besieging the south gate of Luoyang, asking him to pay attention to the direction of Yingchuan County behind him at all times.
At this time, Sima Yi had already received the news that Zhao Yun had led his troops into Hongnong County to fight with Cao Zhen. Since the Shu thieves could enter Hongnong County from Tongguan to support Luoyang, it was also possible to enter Nanyang County through Wuguan and go to Ying Sichuan County route, come to support.
It must be guarded against.
On the one hand, Wang Ling was asked to be careful behind him at all times to avoid falling into the same fate as Cao Zhen of Hongnong County. On the other hand, Sima Yi sent an order to Chen Tai of Yingchuan County, asking him to launch a campaign to regain Xiangcheng as soon as possible.
As long as Xiangcheng is recaptured and the passage from Kunyang to Luyang is secured, Wang Ling's rear safety can be guaranteed, allowing Wang Ling to devote all his energy to attacking Luoyang. At the same time, there is no need to worry about Shu thieves passing through Kunyang. and Luyang, and sent reinforcements from Nanyang County to Luoyang.
At this time, whether considering the interests of the Wei Dynasty or Sima Yi's personal future, Sima Yi could no longer tolerate Chen Tai's continued stay in Yingchuan County.
As for the lack of troops that Chen Tai had been complaining about, Sima Yi gave Chen Tai the right to control Guo Huai's troops in Runan in the name of the general who conquered the west.
The troops have been found for you, and the battle orders have been issued to you. If you still can't complete it, then don't blame me, Sima Yi, for being rude.
When Sima Yi's order reached Xuchang, Chen Tai knew that he had to send troops this time no matter what.
Before that, Chen Tai really didn't have much motivation to take the initiative to send troops. He only wanted to ensure the interests of the Yingchuan family. This was not only the actual needs of the Yingchuan family, but also what Chen Qun secretly instructed Chen Tai.
After all, for the Yingchuan family headed by Chen and his son, as long as Yingchuan does not suffer too much damage, what does the gain or loss of Luoyang matter to me? !
For the Chen family and his son, there was also a love affair with the Shu Han people - Chen Qun came to Xuchang to meet Cao Cao in order to intercede for Liu Bei who was still in Xuzhou, and in the end Chen Qun did indeed Talked about the relationship between Liu Bei and Cao Cao.
So, for Chen and his son, as long as they do not overly stimulate the Shu Han, then even if Yingchuan is ruled by the Shu Han in the future, their family will still have high-ranking officials and generous salaries.
This is one of the reasons why Chen Tai has stayed in Xuchang and stood still.
But now, Sima Yi did not allow the Chen family and his son to go down like this, and gave Chen Tai a death order to attack Xiangcheng.
For this reason, Chen Tai had to send an order to Guo Huai of Runan, asking him to lead the soldiers of Runan County to join him and attack Xiangcheng together.
However, it would take a certain amount of time for Guo Huai to go north, not to mention that Chen Tai deliberately told Guo Huai that this request to transfer him to fight north was Sima Yi's order.
Chen Tai knew that there was a lot of conflict between Guo Huai and Sima Yi. Guo Huai changed from the governor of Liangzhou to the prefect of Runan, and Sima Yi's problems were involved.
Although Sima Yi thought he didn't mean it, how Guo Huai understood it was Guo Huai's own business.
Chen Tai did this deliberately. In fact, he hoped to take advantage of the conflict between Guo Huai and Sima Yi to make Guo Huai reluctant to go north. If he was really held accountable in the future, Chen Tai had nothing to do with him.
It was Guo Huai who was slow to send troops, it was not Chen Tai who had selfish motives and did not want to attack Xiangcheng.
But Chen Tai somewhat underestimated Guo Huai's character and mind.
It is true that there was a conflict between Guo Huai and Sima Yi. After receiving Chen Tai's order to mobilize troops and learning that Sima Yi had forced him to do so, Guo Huai was indeed extremely dissatisfied.
Before, Guo Huai, considering that he was also a minister of the Wei Dynasty and was serving the country, he carried out several orders fairly well and did not cause any problems.
But this time, the main force of the Soochow Army in the south has been almost mobilized. The Soochow Army in Runan County, under the command of Zhu Ju, has shrunk its forces and huddled in Ruyin County and did not dare to move.
The threat from the south has basically been eliminated.
As for the war in Luoyang in the north, given the distance between Runan and Luoyang, no matter how much Sima Yi mobilized his troops, he would not be able to allocate them to Guo Huai. Therefore, what Guo Huai is doing now is to recruit and expand the army in Runan. When the time is right in the future, After that, he directly sent troops to sweep across the Soochow Army in the south and retake Runan.
Now that things are going well, Chen Tai suddenly sent an order for Guo Huai to lead the soldiers from Runan County to the north, join the soldiers from Yingchuan County, and attack Xiangcheng together. This order was given by the unscrupulous Sima Yi.
Guo Huai didn't know how to describe his mood at that time.
Damn Sima Yi, you don’t think I’m any good at all, right? !
But then again, Sima Yi officially issued the military order in the name of the general who conquered the west, and Guo Huai had to obey it. Moreover, he was not dispatching Guo Huai to attack Xiangcheng, but he was not dispatching Guo Huai to support Luoyang. From a military point of view, , it was reasonable and reasonable. Apart from the fact that Guo Huai was uncomfortable with being controlled by Chen Tai, Guo Huai couldn't find any reason to refuse.
In addition, Guo Huai himself has a relatively deep affection for the Wei Dynasty, and with Guo Huai's strategic vision, he can indeed understand what Sima Yi's purpose is. To stop the Shu thieves who support Luoyang from Nanyang, then Xiang The city must indeed be taken.
Therefore, despite being full of resentment, Guo Huai ordered the army to prepare for war as soon as possible, prepared enough food, grass and weapons, and rushed from Runan to Xuchang within half a month.
It took seven days to prepare ordnance and food and eight days to march. Chen Tai was surprised how Guo Huai could arrive so quickly.
Didn’t this old general say he didn’t get along with Sima Yi? !
Are you really so loyal to the country that you just led troops to help without any complaints? !
Well, no matter what Guo Huai is thinking, now that he has arrived with his troops, Chen Tai has no reason to continue to linger in Xuchang.
Send out troops and march towards Xiangcheng.
At the same time, Zhang Yi, who was guarding Xiangcheng, also received a military report from the scouts and learned that Chen Tai, the governor of Yingchuan County, had led a total of 20,000 troops to Xiangcheng.
But Zhang Yi was not in a hurry at all.
Yes, there are only 5,000 defenders in Xiangcheng now. In terms of military strength, Xiangcheng is at an absolute disadvantage.
But the problem is that Zhang Yi has received a military report from Nanyang - 30,000 Shu soldiers led by Wu Yi will arrive in Xiangcheng within ten days.
Once Wu Yi's Hanzhong troops arrived at Xiangcheng, it was not a question of whether Zhang Yi could hold Xiangcheng, but whether Chen Tai's Yingchuan troops could hold Yingchuan.
Ten days, not to mention that this time also excludes the time for Chen Tai to lead the army to Xiangcheng. Even if Chen Tai's magic soldiers descend from the sky and appear immediately at the gate of Xiangcheng, Zhang Yi is confident enough to hold on for these ten days.
(End of chapter)
