After hearing this, Yu Yi smiled helplessly and told what happened in Nanman. Only then did everyone realize that they had wronged a good person and quickly expressed their apologies. Yu Yi said: "Now that Kong Ming is on the expedition again, I have to come over to discuss the attack. This time we must capture the Central Plains."
After hearing this, everyone rubbed shoulders and eagerly waited for Yuyi to arrive in Xiangyang and lead a massacre.
In the spring and February of the ninth year of Jianxing, Yu Yi issued an edict, giving Kong Ming greater discretion and requiring him to send troops to the Northern Expedition. At the same time, after he briefly explained some things, Huang Zhuri still handled the government affairs. He rode a skeleton war horse. Went to Xiangyang.
It was the fifth year of Wei Taihe's reign. Cao Rui, the leader of Wei, heard that Kong Ming had sent troops to attack the Central Plains again, so he quickly summoned Sima Yi to discuss countermeasures.
Sima Yi said: "Now that General Cao Zhen has passed away, I hope to get help from someone to eliminate the bandits and repay Your Majesty."
Cao Rui was very happy and agreed without saying a word. At the same time, he set up a sumptuous banquet to entertain him. On the second day, the Wei army came from the front line to report that the Shu army was coming very quickly and the military situation was urgent. Cao Rui ordered Sima Yi He sent troops to resist the enemy and personally sent them outside the city.
Sima Yi bid farewell to the Lord of Wei and came to Chang'an, where he gathered all the troops to discuss strategies to resist the Shu army.
Zhang He stepped out and said: "I am willing to lead a team of troops to guard Yong and Xi to resist the attack of the Shu army."
Sima Yi said: "Our front army cannot resist the troops brought by Kong Ming on its own, and now that part of it is given to the rear army, there is really no chance of winning. It is better to leave the troops and horses to guard Shanggui, and the other troops will go to Qishan. You will be the vanguard." , I wonder if you are willing?"
Zhang He was very happy and said: "I have always been loyal and ready to serve the country with all my heart. Unfortunately, I have not met a wise confidant. Now the governor is willing to entrust me with an important task. Even if I die, I will not refuse."
So Sima Yi sent Zhang He as the vanguard and governor of the army, and Guo Huai to guard various counties in Longxi, while the other generals marched separately.
The former army scout came and reported: "Kong Ming is leading the army towards Qishan. The vanguard at the front is Wang Ping and Zhang Ni. They have left Chencang, passed Jiange, and are heading towards Xiegu from Sanguan."
Sima Yi said to Zhang He: "Now that Kong Ming is advancing, he must cut the wheat in Longxi. As military rations, you can set up camp in Qishan Mountain. Guo Huai and I will inspect some counties in Tianshui to prevent the Shu army from cutting the wheat."
Zhang He was ordered to guard Qishan with 40,000 soldiers and horses, while Sima Yi led the army to Longxi.
Kong Ming's army arrived at Qishan and set up camp. They saw the Wei army in Weibin preparing and said to everyone: "This must be because Sima Yi arrived early. We are now short of food and grass in the camp. We have repeatedly sent people to ask Li Yan to transport food, but it was too late." Since there has been no response, I guess the wheat in Longshan is ripe and I can secretly bring troops and horses to cut it."
So Wang Ping, Zhang Yi, Wu Ban, and Wu Yi were left to guard the camp in Qishan. Kong Ming himself took Jiang Wei, Wei Yan and other generals to Lucheng. The prefect of Lucheng had heard about Kong Ming's reputation for a long time, so he hurriedly The city gate opened and surrendered. After Kong Ming appeased him, he asked: "Where can I cut the wheat in this place?"
He replied: "Now the wheat in Longshang is ripe."
After Kongming learned of the situation, he left Zhang Yi and Ma Zhong to guard Lucheng, and drove to Longshang with the generals and the three armies. The former army came back and reported: "Sima Yi has come with troops and horses to guard in advance. "
Kong Mingming was very surprised and said: "It seems that this person knows the situation in our army very well and knows that we are coming to cut the wheat!" So he took a bath and changed clothes, and pushed three four-wheeled carts over, all dressed in the same way. These cars were built in advance by Kong Ming's people in Shuzhong. As for the copyright owner of the designs, Lei Chunze was naturally the owner.
So Jiang Wei was sent with a thousand soldiers to protect the chariot, and five hundred soldiers beating drums to ambush behind Shanggui. Ma Dai was on the left, and Wei Yan was on the right, both with a thousand soldiers to protect the chariots, and five hundred soldiers beating drums. There were twenty-four people in one cart, all wearing the same clothes, holding swords, and holding flags in their hands. They asked the left and right to push the cart. The three of them were ordered to move forward and left with the soldiers pushing the cart. Kong Ming then Send 30,000 soldiers with sickles and carrying ropes, ready to go to the fields to cut the wheat at any time, and then select 24 strong men, all wearing soap clothes and disheveled hair, holding swords and surrounding the four-wheeled cart, as the messengers of the cart , when the mission to Guanxing was over, he made a canopy look, holding a seven-star soap flag in his hand, and walked in front of the car. Kong Mingduan sat in the car and walked towards the Wei army camp. The sentry looked very surprised when he saw such a situation. , unable to tell whether it was a human or a ghost, he quickly reported it to Sima Yi.
After Sima Yi heard this, he came out to check in person. He only saw Kong Ming wearing a hairpin and a crane, shaking a feather fan, sitting upright on a four-wheeled vehicle. There were twenty-four people on the left and right, wearing hair and holding swords; one person in front held a sword in his hand. Zaoban is like a god.
Sima Yi said: "This must be Kong Ming making a show again!" Then he allocated two thousand troops and ordered: "You guys come forward quickly and arrest both the cars and the people!"
The Wei army took the order and came out to chase with their troops and horses. When Kong Ming saw the Wei army coming, he asked him to go back and slowly went back to the Shu army camp. The Wei army chased very fast on horseback. He only felt the cold wind coming out and a cold mist blowing. However, they tried their best to catch up, but they couldn't catch up. Everyone was very surprised, stopped their horses, and said: "This is also strange. We have been chasing them for thirty miles, and even if we see them in front of us, we still can't catch up. what to do?"
Kongming saw that the Wei army suddenly stopped and refused to pursue him, so he sent people to push the cart back and rested near the Wei army. The Wei army hesitated for a long time and continued to chase. Kongming sent soldiers to push the cart back, and the Wei army continued to chase. After more than 20 miles, he could still only see things in front of him, but he couldn't catch up, and he was already going crazy. Seeing that Wei Jun didn't pursue him, Kong Ming still had people stop the car, rest in front of Wei Jun, and lure Wei Jun to continue chasing.
At this moment, Sima Yi arrived with a group of troops and sent an order: "Kong Ming will use Qimen Dunjia to drive away the gods of Liuding and Liujia. This is the Earth-shrinking Technique in the Dunjia Heavenly Book. Please stop chasing!"
In addition to receiving the guidance of Nanhua Immortal in the later period, Sima Yi, like Kong Ming, also had some adventures in the early stage, learned a lot of wisdom in governing the country, and also recognized some basic strange spells. Therefore, the two were evenly matched, and their intelligence was between them. .
Unfortunately, it was too late when they recognized the Qimen formation. When everyone was about to return, suddenly there was a loud drumbeat on the left, and a group of people came to kill them. Sima Yi quickly sent troops to resist, and only saw twenty soldiers from the Shu army. Four people, wearing hair and swords, wearing soap clothes and barefoot, were approaching in a four-wheeled vehicle. On the vehicle were sitting people wearing Kong Ming hairpins, crowns and crane cloaks, and hand-waving feather fans.
When Sima Yi saw this, he looked very surprised and said: "Kong Ming was sitting in the car just now. I chased him for fifty miles and couldn't catch up. Why is there Kong Ming here? It's really strange!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the war drums on the right rang again, and a group of people came out. There was also a Kong Ming sitting on the four-wheeled vehicle. There were also twenty-four people on the left and right, wearing soap clothes and barefoot, wearing hair and holding swords, surrounding the four-wheeled vehicle. Get out.
