Chapter 1097: Growing Wings
Sima Shi felt that he was really declining, and all the things he was worried about would eventually become a reality.
He was worried that Cao Liang would attack Youzhou, but in fact, Cao Liang did go to Youzhou; He was worried that Wei Qian and Wang Qi would not stick to the city, but would take the initiative to attack, and his worries were fulfilled again.
When he heard the news that Wang Qi took the initiative to lead the Youzhou cavalry to attack, his heart suddenly cooled, and he lamented: "It's over! ”
Sure enough, the next battle report was the news of the defeat of the Youzhou cavalry.
It's not that Sima Shi is like a god, but he knows very well how terrifying the combat power of the Bingzhou cavalry is, and it is not something that the Youzhou cavalry can compete with at all.
Although Wang Ji has been in Liaodong for a long time and has made great achievements, he is only fought by the cavalry of Goguryeo and Wuhuan Xianbei, and the combat power of these armies cannot be compared with the Bingzhou army at all. In particular, after the Bingzhou army was equipped with new horse harnesses, the overall combat effectiveness has been significantly improved, and during the battle of Jinzhong, the 70,000 cavalry of the Sima army were defeated and lost, such a defeat is by no means accidental, and the combat strength of the two sides is not on the same level at present.
Even the 70,000 cavalry of the Sima Army are not opponents, but it is conceivable that the 30,000 cavalry of the Youzhou Army will basically send people to the head as long as they go to battle.
If Wei Qian and Wang Qi can defend to the death, there may be a glimmer of hope, of course, there is only a glimmer of hope, after all, the infantry of the Bingzhou army is not vegetarian, and the new catapult is quite terrifying, and it is a nightmare for the army defending the city.
But even so, there is always some hope for sticking to the city, but when they go out to fight, Sima Shi knows that Youzhou is completely finished.
Wang Ji suffered a heavy blow in Liangxiang, Gong Zun and Liu Mao died in battle, and more than half of the 30,000 horses and horses who went out of the battle were lost. Wei Qian and Wang Qi saw the opportunity quickly, and in order to preserve their strength, they decisively gave up Jixian County and led their troops to retreat to Linyu Pass.
Now in Youzhou, the Youzhou army and the Bingzhou army have entered a stalemate situation, and the Bingzhou army occupies the seven counties of Liaoxi in Youzhou, while Wei Qian and Wang Qi keep Liaodong and are temporarily peaceful.
But the loss of the seven counties of Liaoxi in Youzhou, still made Sima Shi feel the pain of the skin, when Cao Liang divided the state, no one thought so, thinking that the state was just a remote and desolate place, even if Cao Liang could toss again, it would not become much of a climate.
But only a few years later, Cao Liang not only gained a firm foothold in Bingzhou, but also gradually showed his fangs, from the hands of Sima's family, took away the two counties of Pingyang in Hedong, and this time swallowed the seven counties of Youzhou in one breath.
Sima Shi's head ached slightly, when his father Sima Yi was in charge of the overall situation, he always handled affairs in an orderly manner, but now he took over this stall, but he found that it was a mess.
Dongwu in the south has never stopped, constantly stirring up trouble in Huainan and Jingzhou, creating friction, I heard that Sun Quan is seriously ill, I am afraid it will not take much time, it stands to reason that Dongwu should be a truce at this time, and think about the successor.
But perhaps Sun Quan was always obsessed with the Northern Expedition, and he was so sick that he was dying, and he still sent troops to provoke wars everywhere, making it difficult for Huainan and Jingzhou to live in peace.
However, Jingzhou has Zhennan General Wang Chang in the town, and Huainan has the Zhengdong General Zhuge Dan in the town, Sima Shi doesn't have to worry too much about how much the Eastern Wu can do, it is estimated that the leading generals of the Eastern Wu are also doing superficial articles to Sun Quan, knowing that Sun Quan is dying, and the new monarch will succeed to the throne, if they can have the military exploits that they can handle, they may be able to win the position of auxiliary minister, so whether it is Zhuge Ke or Sun Jun and Ding Feng, they are all trying their best to win the battle merits. However, they are also extremely cautious, because if they lose a battle at this time, they are likely to be abandoned by Sun Quan, but the gains outweigh the losses.
Therefore, although the war on the southern front seems to be booming, it is actually thunder and rain, and the generals of Eastern Wu all know that this war is just to please Sun Quan and find a good position for himself after the establishment of a new monarch, so no one is doing their best.
And it seems that the auxiliary political team of Eastern Wu has also been decided, when Sun Quan was seriously ill, he recalled Zhuge Ke who was stationed in Wuchang and appointed him as a general, and concurrently led the crown prince and concubine, assisting the young prince Sun Liang.
A generation of male lord Sun Quan is already dying, which also makes Sima Shi a little relieved, after all, Sun Quan is also an extremely powerful figure, in the Three Kingdoms era, he reigned for the longest time, divided Jiangdong for decades, Cao Wei went out several times, but he couldn't help him, now Sun Quan is about to die, maybe there will be an opportunity to attack Wu in the future, this, Sima Shi is still looking forward to it.
Since the death of Zhuge Liang, Shu has stopped large-scale military operations, Jiang Wan and Fei Yi, who have been in charge, are relatively moderate and pragmatic figures, and the border between Wei and Shu has a rare peaceful situation.
The only discordant factor is probably Jiang Wei, after Jiang Wei, who was once an official of Wei State, defected to Shu State, he became Zhuge Liang's most loyal eagle dog, and other generals of Shu State were negligent in attacking, but Jiang Wei, who sent troops to Longyou again and again, was like a kraft candy, sticky, and hurt him several times, but he was still a thief and repeatedly violated the border.
However, Jiang Wei's dispatch of troops can't affect the overall situation, Fei Yi, who is in charge, gives Jiang Wei an upper limit of 10,000 people every time, with such a little people, even if Jiang Wei can toss again, it is just a clever woman who can't cook without rice, and he can't make much movement, with a veteran like Guo Huai guarding Yongliang, Jiang Wei can't set off much wind and waves.
Although there is a constant war on both sides of Shu and Wu, it is insignificant, Sima Shi only needs to read the report and review it, so he doesn't need to worry about it anymore, and the generals who guard the place will naturally handle it very well.
The only thing that makes Sima Shi worry is only Cao Liang of the state, this is his real confidant, now Cao Liang is already fledgling, with the momentum of last year's merger and state, and now he is expanding everywhere, annexing Hedong and occupying Youzhou, with such a rapid development momentum, I am afraid that within a few years, in the general trend of the world, it will really change hands.
ps: I'm sorry, there is something at home in the past two days, and the update may be late, please forgive me.