Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 624
September [-]th, Yiyang City.

Since Sima Yi led the army into Yiyang, apart from scouting cavalry duels around Luoshui, the Han and Wei armies fell into silence.

However, the army was quiet, but Sima Yi, the commander in chief, did not settle down. Instead, he searched for information everywhere, so that he could use it to defeat the enemy.

Ascending to Lingshan in the east of the city, Sima Yi looked at the camp of the Han army on the opposite side of the mountain and asked, "Is there a small way up the mountain to attack the Shu camp?"

The people of Yiyang Mountain were respectful and said: "General, there is a flat mountain road on the southwest side of Laolong Mountain to go up the mountain."

Sima Yi stroked his beard, and said in a deep thought: "I have seen that Yiyang City is often filled with thick fog when it is dawn. I don't know how the fog is tonight, can it cover people's shadows?"

Yiyang lies between Xiaoshan Mountain in the north and Xionger Mountain in the south, and is located among the mountains.In the alternating seasons of autumn and winter, there is often heavy fog.However, the fog in the Yiyang River Valley often dissipates naturally shortly after sunrise or when the wind speed increases.

The mountain people living in Yiyang area answered truthfully: "A few days before and after September [-]th, there will be heavy fog in Yiyang. The fog is weak this morning, and there may be heavy fog tomorrow."

"The general wants to attack the Han camp?" Chen Gui asked.

"Exactly."

As Wang Ping said, the successive wars of the Wei State not only involved the Central Plains, but also involved Hebei.This year, Nanyang, the granary, was also occupied by the Shu army. After increasing and decreasing, the military supplies of the Shu Han were not in short supply, but the livelihood of the people of Cao Wei was already withered, and they could not supply the army for a long time.

In addition, Sima Yi went deep into Yiyang and gave up the grain road to Liu Chan.That's why the two armies are struggling to consume. Sima Yi's food and grass are obviously not as good as Liu Chan's, but his military strength is more than that of Shu Han.Under such circumstances, Sima Yi could only find a way to take the lead in fighting and seek a strategy to defeat the enemy.

Sima Yi stroked his beard and looked at Lao Longshan with many thoughts.After a long time, Sima Yi ordered: "Order the generals to assemble the central army and defeat the enemy tomorrow."

"promise!"

In the camp of the Chinese army, after all the generals had assembled, Sima Yi put his hands on the map of Yiyang and said: "The Shu army is now camping on Laolong Mountain. They want to wait for our army to show its flaws and defeat us, but it is also our army that breaks through." Opportunity of the enemy."

As he spoke, Sima Yi pointed to the southwest corner of Laolong Mountain, and said, "There is a road in the southwest of Laolong Mountain, which can lead to the camp of Shuhan. Tomorrow there will be heavy fog, so we can send the army to take advantage of the darkness of night to find the way up the mountain. Our army should approach the main camp of the Shu army. Battalion, after the fog clears. Our army is caught by surprise and attacked unprepared, if we can attack quickly, there will be opportunities."

Xia Houba stared at the map with his head, and asked, "What is the strength of this army?" "

Sima Yi looked at Xia Houba and said, "The strength of the Shu army is no more than [-]. Our army should send [-] elite soldiers to detour and attack Laolong Mountain. If our army can hide in the mist and approach the Shu camp, It is not impossible to break the stronghold."

After a pause, Sima Yi asked: "Zhong Quan is brave and brave, and he is the champion of the three armies. I wonder if Zhong Quan (Xia Houba's word) is willing to take on this important task?"

Hearing this, Xia Houba's spirit lifted, he cupped his hands and said: "Ba will live up to the general's expectations, I wonder if the general will accompany the army to supervise the battle?"

Sima Yi smiled, then pointed to Luoshui Beiyuan, and said: "Zhongquan led a large army to attack the Shu army by surprise. Our two armies attacked back and forth, completely wiped out the Shu army, and captured the false emperor Liu Chan."

It has to be said that Sima Yi was submissive in the face of the strong enemy Zhuge Liang, and merciless in the face of the weak opponent.The strategy is decisive and ruthless, leaving no room for the enemy to survive.

Listening to Sima Yi's strategy, Xia Houba and Sun Li looked at each other, feeling a little joy.If Sima Yi's strategy is successful, then the defeat of the Shu Han is a foregone conclusion, and it may even severely damage the national strength of the Shu Han.

Sima Yi clicked on the map and said, "Xia Houba, Sun Li, and Wang Ji listen to the order."

"A certain general is here." The three of them clasped their hands together.

"Xiahouba is the main general, and Sun Li and Wang Ji are the second-in-commands. They lead 00 elite troops. At the time of Zishi (00:2), they set out from Yiyang and marched southward. On the way, they went east and crossed the hills to attack Shu. The left wing of the army." Sima Yi said: "And a certain person led the remaining ten thousand troops from Yiyang City to the north at the time of noon (00:[-]) to meet the Shu army in the northern plains of Luoshui."

"No!" The three responded.

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The night is shrouded in the Yiyang River Valley, the moon and stars are thin, and the mist is gradually rising, like a veil swaying with the wind.

Guo Xiu, who was in charge of inspecting the night garrison, yawned after patrolling around, feeling hungry, and led several guards.I found a secluded place, lit a fire to cook, and turned on a small stove.

Faint black smoke rose up, and the mountains and forests outside the city were clearly visible.

"Housekeeper, don't sleep. Look, there is smoke from the stove in the city."

Outside Yiyang City, the woman lying in the grass pushed the sleeping man and shouted.

The man blinked and muttered, "Where is it?"

"There!"

Following the woman's pointing, I saw a faint black smoke floating in the dark night that was hard to spot. If you don't observe carefully, you won't be able to find it at all.

"Maybe it's normal to start a fire to cook tonight. But you can report to the Han army to make money." The man said casually.

In order to attract eyes and ears, the big man spared no expense to reward the Yiyang mountain people. He said that any vision can be reported to the camp, regardless of whether it is useful or not, there will be rewards.The mountain people near Yiyang found a way to reap benefits, and almost all became the scouts of the big man, and any movement of the Wei army would be sent to Liu Chan.

Inside the city, the personal guard advised and said: "General, the general has an order that no smoking is allowed tonight. If the general finds out what we have done, we shall be dealt with by military law."

In order to prevent the Han army from investigating tonight's actions, Sima Yi asked the army to eat normally, cook food and eat supper at the hour of Haishi (22:00), and was not allowed to light a fire to eat hot food at night.But Guo Xiu couldn't bear to light the stove and violated Sima Yi's military order.

Guo Xiu stared at the rising black smoke for a while, and sighed. Compared to eating cold food, Sima Yi's military tactics are still daunting.So he asked his soldiers to bury the stove and give up the idea of ​​eating hot food.

The black smoke floating in the air quickly dissipated, and the women outside the city called to the man who was about to go to the Han army camp to earn money and food, and said, "The head of the house, the cooking smoke has dispersed again."

The man who lit the torch heard the reputation and saw that the smoke had dissipated.Not long after the cooking smoke was lit and extinguished, it was in the dark again. If it wasn't for the bright moonlight and their careful observation, they wouldn't have noticed it at all.

"Boss, the smoke from the Wei people's cooking is gone too fast tonight. If you want to cook, it will be too late!"

The woman followed behind the man, groping forward with the torch in her hand.

The man licked his lips, limped and walked vigorously, and said, "If my guess is correct, someone should have lit the fire, fearing that someone would find out and then extinguished it. Something should happen tonight, report the news to the Han people , should be rewarded a lot. Whether you can have a good year depends on this matter."

After walking the difficult road, the man, with the support of the woman, went to the Han army camp.

(End of this chapter)