Let's say that Zhang He was laughed at and scolded by Li Xian before the last battle. When he returned to the camp, he was furious and broke four or five tables one after another. If Le Lin hadn't dissuaded him in time, Zhang He would have smashed the tent and laughed and scolded him instead. After finishing Zhang He's attack, Li Xian calmly walked back to Chencang City from the front of the two armies' formations.
Inside Chencang City.
"Cao Rui has changed his commander." Li Xian gently brushed off the snow on his armor and said to the generals in the city.
All the generals immediately looked at each other. Tian Dali couldn't bear his temper at first and asked: "General, why do you see this?"
Li Xian shook his head and said, "Zhang He won't use such tricks. There are only two people who can drive Zhang He now."
Tian Dali didn't understand even more, so he raised his hand and asked, "General, who is that?"
"Sima Yi and Cao Rui." Li Xian said calmly, then turned to look at the generals and said, "I have already told him the news of General Zilong's death. As for whether he believes it or not, it is up to him."
Suddenly, all the soldiers were shocked and were in an uproar. Liao Hua even raised his hand and said, "General, is it too much to tell the other party the truth about our army like this?"
Li Xian just smiled and said: "General Liao's confusion should be one of the focuses of the generals. Why did I say this? Actually, I just wanted to say this."
Everyone was still puzzled. In the confusion, Li Xian coughed again and said slowly: "There is no way. Some people think they are smart. If you tell them it is true, they will think it is false. If you tell them it is false, , but he will think it is true, so I can only say this."
It was Zhang Ning who reacted first and suddenly realized: "Could it be that the general deliberately told them the true news so that they would think of the falsehood?"
Li Xian just smiled and said nothing. He thought to himself that he was indeed the last leader of the Wudang Feijun. It was already a good guess. He continued to say to the generals in the blink of an eye, "Everyone, Sima Yi has come to Chencang City in person. Well, since he has stationed troops here, I think the Prime Minister is not far away. It is estimated that the decisive battle will take place on this Wuzhang Plain in about January. Generals, please be patient a little longer. When the river thaws in the spring, our army will be able to win a decisive battle. If we lose, let’s stop here today, or go back to our posts and take turns guarding.”
All the soldiers raised their hands and said, "I have the order." Then they retreated one after another.
Li Xian was the only one left in the huge prefect's mansion. He looked at the huge map hanging on the wall again, but this time his eyes suddenly wandered to an extremely hidden place, which was connected to the Wuzhang Plain and the huge Wei River Plain. On the top, an extremely narrow valley mouth protrudes from the south, the shape of which is almost the same as a gourd. Looking carefully, this terrain can hardly be marked on the map. If you don't look at the map day and night, it would be difficult to find it. here.
Li Xian murmured to himself: "Could this be Shangfang Valley?"
Suddenly, Li Xian seemed to have thought of something, and immediately shouted: "Prepare your horses on the left and right, follow me to the plain to have a look!"
Immediately left the camp gate, got on the Feihongju, took a few people with him, and walked towards the plain. Along the long and winding road on the plain, he finally reached the south. Winter is the death of all things, and this valley is in If you look closely, you will see that it really looks like the mouth of a gourd. Two circle-shaped terrains naturally form in the valley, surrounding it. It is only at this point that it is the narrowest point. It is only five feet wide, hence the name. In the snow, several flying deer came out of the snow.
Li Xian suddenly closed his eyes, and began to frantically simulate a series of scenes in his mind. With such a hidden valley entrance, no wonder even Sima Yi fell into the trap. It wasn't until a long while that Li Xian opened his eyes, revealing an unprecedented ferocity. He looked at it, then raised his riding crop and said: "Go back to the city!"
No one knew what Li Xian was thinking, and even these personal followers didn't know why Li Xian would risk a trip out of the city and come to the mouth of this small valley to take a look...
In early spring, although the grass is not growing or the orioles are flying, it is indeed the time when the grass is gradually emerging on the plains, and the Wei River is gradually thawing. Sima Yi ordered people to build nine pontoon bridges on both sides of the Wei River to connect the Southern Plains and the Northern Plains, and moved his personal expedition here for more than a month. Cao Rui, who was born in Yue, also received many memorials from Luoyang courtiers requesting to return to Luan. However, Cao Rui's determination did not seem to waver. He said that Long Huang had stayed in Chang'an, giving everyone the illusion that the emperor was still in Chang'an. He secretly arrived at Cao Zhen's military formation, seized Cao Zhen's military power, and drove him back to Chang'an.
"Hasn't the Prime Minister arrived yet?" Li Xian calculated the date. If this situation continues, it is possible that once the Wei River completely thaws, Sima Yi will lead a large army to attack Chencang. By then, he will have an absolute crushing force advantage, but he doesn't know why. Zhuge Liang has not arrived yet.
Not long after, a burst of thunder suddenly appeared in the sky. The huge spring thunder suddenly fell suddenly along with the continuous spring rain, but the chill of winter had not receded yet. This kind of spring rain really made the skin as cold as a knife.
Tian Dali and Xu Zhi entered the prefect's house at this time, holding a wine jar in one hand and chewing a leg of lamb in the other. They were the same. Tian Dali wiped the oil from his mouth first and said: "General, we are here How long will the stalemate last? When will the Prime Minister come? Everyone has been holding back for more than a month, why can't we go out to kill the enemy?"
Looking at Xu Zhi in a blink of an eye, Xu Zhi also nodded: "That's right... ah ah ah, I wanted to go out to meet Zhang He for a while."
Li Xian looked at Xu Zhi who was chewing, and felt that the two of them were a bit cute, so he just said lightly: "It's okay, you two, this rain is quite disturbing, maybe it was delayed on the road on a rainy day. .”
Tian Dali nodded and said: "What the general said is that the snow has not melted yet, and the road is probably muddy. It is normal for the Prime Minister to come slower, but the rain is really uncomfortable. I think Sima Yi is also We won’t attack a city in the rain.”
Li Xian nodded when he heard this. It was not only difficult to set up the ladder on this rainy day, but also it was extremely easy to get sick in the spring rain. What's more, he was a sergeant. By then, the cold would spread from ten to ten, and it would be even more out of control. In fact, Li Xian More than Sima Yi, he hoped that the rain would stop soon.
This spring rain lasted for three days in a row, and the Weihe River, which had begun to thaw, also stopped flowing. It was not until three days later that the sky suddenly cleared up, and the original appearance of the Weihe River was revealed. Sima Yi was already in the Chinese army tent, with people beside him. It was Cao Rui who quietly watched Sima Yi dispatch his troops.
"Lelin obeys the order!"
"The general is here!"
"I order you to lead the leading force with 10,000 infantry troops, set up ladders and siege vehicles, and storm the west gate of Chencang. Remember, you must contain the troops in Chencang City!"
"Got the order!"
"Zhang Hu obeys the order!"
"The general is here!"
"General Le Lin has already tied up the main force of Li Xian's army at the west gate. You can send your troops and horses to feign an attack at the north gate and beat drums and shout outside the city gate."
"Got the order!"
"Deputy Governor Zhang He obeys the order!"
"The general is here!"
"Now that Zhang Hu and Le Lin have involved Li Xian's troops on both sides, the general can send his elite troops around the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains and seize the southeastern city wall so that the head and tail cannot see each other. I will personally supervise your army!"
"Got the order!"
After Sima Yi mobilized his troops, he immediately stood up, raised his hands and said to Cao Rui: "Your Majesty, please sit still in the middle of the army and see how our army can attack this city!"
Cao Rui's face was like a flat lake and he said: "Okay! Then I will wait for your success here."
The head of Chencang City.
"General! Oh no, the Wei army has begun to attack the city!"
Li Xian nodded and looked towards the north gate city wall in a blink of an eye. As expected, the equipment was fully equipped, including a chariot, a ladder and other things. Then he looked towards the west city wall. Zhang Hu's men were beating drums and shouting under the city wall, but they still couldn't. Instead of attacking, Lelin had to be on guard.
Immediately ordered: "Gong Jie listens to the order and brings the divine arm archers to block the enemy in Beicheng to prevent them from getting close."
Li Xian was hesitant. Zhang He's troops never showed up. Logically speaking, in such a fortified battlefield, famous generals like Zhang He are the soul of the army. If there is a lack of such generals, the morale of the siege will inevitably be greatly reduced. Then what will he do? However, Li Xian had no time to think about these things at this time, so he arranged for two generals, Liao Hua and Zhang Ning, to guard the southeast wall separately in order to complete the defense.
Li Xian sighed inwardly, after all, it was Sima Yi who used the troops. Now the most powerful enemy general has never appeared. Once he appears, it will probably be at the weakest point of the city defense. He can only order four generals to defend each city, except for Tian who has no experience in defending the city. Except for the powerful west city wall, which he personally commanded, the rest was well arranged.
Northern foothills of Qinling Mountains.
Sima Yi climbed up and looked up, only to see that Le Lin's tribe was delayed by arrows, and Zhang Hu's military formation was still silent. On the contrary, there were many sergeants on the southern city wall that he thought he had succeeded, and he felt like it in his heart. I admired that Zhang He was defeated at the hands of this man. He was really not unjust, but he had no time to think about it. He quickly arrived in front of Zhang He's army and ordered to turn back.
Zhang He cupped his hands and said, "General, orders are changed in the morning and evening. What does this mean?"
Sima Yi said displeasedly: "General Zhang, you are adapting to the general's adaptability. Now the strategy of attacking the east and attacking the west is no longer effective. Why bother to go on and change at the right time?"
Zhang He had no choice but to cup his hands and say: "As ordered." Then he led his troops back to the camp.
When Cao Rui saw the two generals returning in despair, he was also puzzled: "Why did Aiqing withdraw without surrendering a single soldier?"
Zhang He didn't want to say anything and just waited for Sima Yi to speak. Sima Yi cupped his hand and said, "Your Majesty, I wanted to use a trick to attack the east and attack the west to get past Li Xian, but he was not fooled. If our army continues to go deep into the south, once Zhuge Liang of Liangzhou generals To return reinforcements, our army will be unable to retreat, so we have no choice but to turn back.”
"Where's General Zhang? What do you think?" Cao Rui asked.
Zhang He quickly raised his hands and said, "Your Majesty, what Commander Sima... said is absolutely true. I... I also think so."
Cao Rui nodded, half-smiling but not smiling: "It's rare that the two of you share the same hatred, I'm very relieved."
Zhang He glanced at Sima Yi again, but saw that the guy was breaking out in a cold sweat, but he had no idea what Sima Yi was afraid of.
"Two governors, it's okay. It's hard to capture Chencangjian City in a short time. Why don't our army lure them to a decisive battle on the Wei River Plain, so that the power of our cavalry can be used to show its power?" Cao Rui asked.
Zhang He immediately raised his hands and said: "Your Majesty, it's not that I don't want to fight with Li Xian on the plains, but this man is really the best general in the world. I was helpless in Longcheng that day. This man just refused to fight. That’s why we lost the main road of Jieting.”
Cao Rui frowned: "Commander Sima, do you have any ideas?"
Sima Yi cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I feel that your Majesty does not need to worry. Once the spring warms, our army will be able to press forward. There is no need to be afraid of this strong city. No matter how strong this Chencang is, our army's strength is almost ten times that of Li Xian, and What are you afraid of?"
Hearing this, Cao Rui nodded and said, "Do you mean, Commander Sima, that we can just attack by force?"
Sima Yi cupped his hands and said, "That's right, Your Majesty."
"That's all, you people who have been leading troops all year round know better about this military matter. I won't command you. You just need to recover the lost territory for me."
"I must live up to His Majesty's grace."
The head of Chencang City.
"General, the prime minister has arrived. This is the vanguard. Wei Yan, Ma Dai, and the five thousand horses promised to the general have also arrived."...
