Li Qi didn't dare to slack off, and immediately received the gold and silver bow to thank him, and after getting up, he turned back and wanted to leave, Sima Zhao squinted at this time, Li Qi couldn't walk two steps, but he turned back with a wry smile, and bowed to the ground again: "General!" I don't want gold and silver, and I ask the general to give me a grace, since I have come, how can I have a way now? Although this gold and silver are good, I must have a life to enjoy them, right? ”

At this point, Sima Yan laughed and said, "Okay! You keep the gold and silver, and first receive an errand in the back camp, and when this happens, you will enjoy some wealth! ”

Li Yi was in a cold sweat at this time, and after thanking him in a hurry, he hurriedly retreated; Walking out of the camp, but I was afraid for a while, just like that, I just left, but it is likely to arouse suspicion, and I have remedied it, and now I see that it is passed.

As soon as Li Qi left, Sima Yan did not let the subordinate Wu discuss the matter, nor did he let the two Sima characters here, that is, his uncle Sima Ling and his brother Sima Ji, come to see him, but calmly let people prepare the meal.

It wasn't until more than half of the meal was consumed, and there was a sentry rider who entered the account directly according to the system, explaining that the other side had begun to smoke since the early hours of the morning, that he put down the bowl and drove away the idlers in the tent, and then only called his brother Sima Ji to see him.

Sima Yan told him about Li Qi and the matter of the reconnaissance horse, obviously, he felt that Sima Ling was in the way, but he simply threw it away and ignored it, just made his own decision.

Since he didn't sell himself, Sima Ji had no intention of worrying about Sima Ling, so he asked at this time:

"Does my brother have a decision?"

Sima Yan got up at this time, took two steps in the tent, and then said, "I think so!" This should be true, and Li Qi doesn't seem to be lying......"

"Nature is true." Sima Ji thought for a moment at this time, nodded again and again and echoed and said: "The military information and the number of roads are correct, the key is that the things this person is talking about are not extremely confidential military information, and our sentry can also distinguish it clearly, but it will be a little later, so it is really a meticulous work, and it will not be sold with these simple military information." ”

Sima Yan nodded when he heard this: "I also think so, so don't worry too much about the authenticity of this person, just say how to deal with it now." ”

"Brother, I have three strategies here." Sima Ji immediately responded.

"Come on."

"The best policy, regardless of the Han army crossing the river in the north, and regardless of the back road grain road, after the Han army divides the troops, my brother will do the whole army here and go straight to Shangyong City!

If the city is captured, it will not only be a big victory, but also these three counties will be easily obtained, and the rest of the Han army can be slowly cleaned up, and the elder brother can also make a great contribution to the country! ”

After hearing this, Sima Yan shook his head again and again, and said: "I won't say that you are too careful in this strategy, whether you can defeat the mediocre for a while, and not to mention the current Han army, Guan Yi and Jiang Bin are not ordinary characters, they don't die for a moment, they can't relax for a moment, I just ask you, what military merits do you say I need at this time?" ”

Sima Ji was a little stunned at this time, and then bowed his head slightly, and echoed: "Brother is right, I am still young and ignorant; So let me talk about the middle strategy? ”

"What do you say?"

"Naturally, I will follow the steps, call the rear soldiers and horses to go south immediately, protect the grain road, and then inform my uncle to get ready, and I will now bring my own elite battalion guards to cross the Han River to the south bank, calculate the right time, and directly run up with elite iron cavalry, and crush the main force of the Han army that dares to fight the most!

And after this battle, although the Han army still has a scale, it will inevitably lose courage, and can only sit back and watch us consume the territory of the Quartet, and things will be easy to do. ”

When Sima Yan heard this, he was noncommittal, this is too ideal, not to mention whether he can beat the Han army, this is not necessarily!

After hesitating for a moment, Sima Yan continued to ask again: "What about the next policy?" ”

"The strategy is actually simpler, no matter what else, I will now take the soldiers and horses to the upper reaches to wait, wait for the enemy to move, and directly rely on the advantages of the cavalry to run to the ambush, and then meet the Han army that set off first in the north."

"What is this?" Sima Yan was puzzled for a while. "What's the point?"

"Brother, think about it, what is the key to this battle? What is Yun County or other small towns? No, for us, the most important thing is to be mediocre, or to kill the three counties, or to destroy the enemy. ”

"That's a very good one." Sima Yan understood, so he said: "I understand what you mean, the back road is the place where it must be saved; And the gains and losses of one city and one place are not in the way, the key is that the road is still long, and the river has to be crossed, and the Han army is still late, so if we can quickly defeat the enemy army under the guise of it, then the Han army may not dare to fight again? ”

"Brother speaks thoroughly." Sima Ji said again at this time. "So, brother, just make a decision, and then just sit down here, and I'll go and destroy the enemy!"

Sima Yan hesitated for a moment, but slowly related: "I think, it's best to make a decision!" ”

Sima Ji immediately bowed his head, he didn't think that what he said was good, it would be good to have some attention, it was best to give him a soldier, and then lead the army to look outside, if it was smooth for his side, then he would bring someone to help him fight, if not, he would withdraw.

However, Sima Yan himself couldn't help but explain a few more sentences: "Actually, my mind should be safe and the best, but I have also used soldiers with my grandfather and uncle, and I also have some thoughts on the art of war in my heart, and I know military things, the simpler the better!"

The more you think about and what you do, the easier it is to have an accident! And don't delay! ”

"Brother is absolutely right!" Sima Ji immediately sat up straight and responded: "Then I will now order my troops and horses to go upstream to wait, just wait for the military situation from the front to report, and then directly ambush the camera?" ”

"Go ahead!" Sima Yan simply nodded.

"Whoa!" Sima Ji didn't hesitate at this time, and got up directly and left.

Watching Sima Ji lead the soldiers and horses away quickly, Sima Yan felt a little uncomfortable, but he didn't care, he always had to let his brothers lead the troops, and he couldn't let outsiders be generals, but his own family looked at it strictly.

Just like the Cao family, if the Cao family had a few people leading troops outside, they would not have been stripped of their positions so quickly.

After Sima Yan comforted himself, he continued to bow his head and use the rice, but when he took a bite of porridge, he found that it was already cold, but it was a few shots, and he scolded him, so that the soldiers and attendants outside the tent entered one after another, and quickly changed to hot food.

After the meal was finished, Sima Yanfu gathered the rest of the army up and down, and sat quietly in the military tent, at this time Sima Ling also came, he didn't know what he was thinking, at this time, countless Wei army sentry horses, also like a marquee, kept sending messages to the Han army.

Excellent war horses gallop at any cost, and in a short period of time, they can reach tens of hundreds of miles in an hour, so the movement of the Han army is basically only half an hour behind the big tent of the Wei army.

Sure enough, not long after, there was a gallop, until the front of the tent, but it turned over and dismounted, directly bringing a key military situation, that is, in the early morning, the Han army suddenly had a one, hanging the "Luo" flag, set off along the Han River to the upstream......

This is the first sudden action of the Han army after the two sides 'lived in peace' for dozens of days, the word "Luo", who is this, the people in the account guessed and guessed, but now the generals of the Han army have changed a batch, and the new entrants, the reputation has not spread, and they can't guess, Sima Yan didn't care, and sent out a military order, so that his brothers who had already been in the upper reaches of the queue were not impatient, and waited.

And then, the news was transmitted, but after that one, several more went upstream together, and in the Han army, there were almost 10,000 people out of the camp, which was similar to the information brought by Li Yi.

Sima Yan did not hesitate at this time, there were still many Han troops on the other side of the Han River, but according to the current intelligence, he could already guess the next move of the Han army, so he immediately issued an order, while letting the sentry cavalry do his best to hunt down the Han army's sentry cavalry with the advantage of numbers, to ensure that the Han army's vision was insufficient; On the other hand, he simply sent another group of people to lead out 7,000 horsemen to set off, under the command of Sima Ji, looking for an opportunity to set up an ambush.

waited until after noon, and there was no major movement in the Han army, and Sima Yan also waited quietly.

Originally, his idea was to withdraw the army, but now that he has the opportunity to swallow the Han army and win a big victory, Sima Yan will no longer withdraw the army, and he decided to fight here, and then withdraw after gaining military merits.

With such martial arts, you will definitely be able to suppress Zhonghui, and next year you can lead the army to Xiliang, subdue the lost land, and wait a few more years, you can lead the army to destroy Shu and destroy the Han!

Another hour passed, it was already afternoon, and at this time, it was estimated that Sima Ji had already gone away, and the sentry cavalry came to report again, saying that the Han army in the upper reaches was already crossing the river, and they could only disturb it because of the ambush.

After some time, it was already evening, and the sentry cavalry came again to report that there was a unit in the Han army camp on the opposite side with the banner of Guanzi, and it began to set out, but it was coming directly towards Hanshui.

Then the sentry also said that although this unit deliberately died down, its quantity and quality were by no means ordinary.

Sima Yan became more and more sure that his information was correct, so he naturally still didn't care.

And when night fell, the sentry cavalry reported that the Han army Guan Yi had arrived at the bank of the Han River, paused for a while, it should be trying to rest, and then cross the river, and at this time, needless to say, I also knew that Sima Ji should have been ambushed, just waiting for the Han army upstream to enter the ambush circle.

Sima Yan was bored, just waiting for Guan Yi to cross the river to fight, then he was ready to disband the military council, and he went to rest, he rested in the city, what were he afraid of.

The next moment, a horse galloped to the front of the military tent, sweating profusely, but he went straight into the big tent of the Chinese army and told him: "Governor! Guan Yi has already crossed the river, leading 20,000 people to rush here! ”

The tent was silent at this time, Sima Yan didn't react at the first time, he lowered his head and took a sip of tea, and when he looked up again, he saw that countless people below the camp were staring at him, and he was stunned again, and then he seemed to suddenly wake up and said:

"Guan Yi, this is Chongwu?"

Sima Yan smiled indifferently, and then seemed completely unimpressed, this was not pretending to stabilize the army's heart, but a reaction from the heart.

Even Sima Ling, who had always looked down on Sima Yan at this time, felt that this nephew had a bit of bearing.

Since all the information is true, then this time Guan Yi also brought so many people to fight, fifteen thousand or twenty thousand, the difference is not big.

And Sima Yan here, the 100,000 army is actually 80,000, Xiangcheng left a few thousand, Nanxiang left a few thousand, the back stronghold left a few thousand, there are also 70,000 people, almost 10,000 scattered out, there are still 60,000 people, even if Sima Ji took 10,000 people before, and later sent out 7,000, there are still 50,000 people, how can you be afraid of this 20,000 Han army?

In addition, although Guan Yi's move is considered a surprise attack, it is only a time difference, calculate the time, as long as Guan Yi can't completely break through this place tonight, then after dawn, it must be a siege on all sides, however, in one night, the Han army can really defeat the 50,000 army that he Sima Yan personally sits?

But then again, Guan Yi also understands this, after Yang Yi's suggestion, he completely understands Sima Yan's psychology, and what he pursues is never a trick!

Besides, the art of war has always been extremely simple, and the more self-righteous and clever the strategy, the easier it is to go wrong.

For example, in this battle, Li Qi came to deceive and surrender, never to push Sima Yan to make a specific choice, he was simply here to deliver the news, and the fundamental purpose was to make Sima Yan make a decision as soon as possible, and even Li Qi himself was recognized, because Li Qi himself didn't know what the final strategy was.

So what was Guan Yi's idea?

It's very simple, Guan Yi's real so-called 'magic strategy' is to fight a direct decisive battle, and then lure the enemy or something, that is, let you divide your troops, I am going to fight your weak rear camp, do you divide troops to deal with it?

You are a cavalryman, you run fast, you know it early, so do you want to go to the ambush in advance? And as long as Sima Yan decides to divide the troops, no matter where he goes, he will be in the plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, and it will give the Han army the opportunity to concentrate its forces under the city of Yunxian to attack more and less.

What's more, Sima Yan has been leading the army south for more than a month, and now Sima Yan and the generals in his army must have also received the Liangzhou battle report, and they must want to withdraw the army.

However, such a withdrawal, the Wei people will definitely come to fight again in the coming year, the Han army is small, and it is very difficult to support the two-front battle, not to mention the three counties are new, even the production is not rich, and the grain and grass still need support, and the Liangzhou battle needs more grain and grass.

Therefore, this battle is no longer to seek the total annihilation of the enemy army, and there is no such strength, it is to beat the Wei people hard, strive for a period of one to two years, and wait for the digestion of the three counties and Liangzhou, then you can find an opportunity to fight with the Wei army.

At this time, it was already cold, and it was said to the Wei army that they were afraid of the cold, even if the Han army was prepared, but under the cold, the non-combat attrition would not be much less than that of the Wei army.