After dealing with Wu Qiu Jian's confidant trouble, Sima Shi was very happy. His most worried before was that if Wu Qiu colluded with Cao Liang, it would cause endless disasters.

Now that Wei Guan and Wang Qi helped him deal with this trouble, Sima Shi really let out a long sigh. Of course, Sima Shi will not be stingy when rewarding merits. After all, Wei Guan and Wang Qi are both their own people, and he also relied on the two to guard Youzhou. The minimum is to be promoted to the title. Even if others work hard for you, they will do their best.

What's more, an official title like the governor of Youzhou, Youzhou, is just a silk book covered with the emperor's seal. How much does it cost? For Sima Shi, it is a completely cost-effective thing.

However, Cao Liang's movements still made Sima Shi more worried. The news that Wu Qiu Jian tried to collude with Cao Liang and sent his younger brother Wu Qiu Xiu to Bingzhou. It was obvious that the two sides reached some consensus, and then Wu Qiu Jian intended to rebel.

Fortunately, the chess piece that Sima Yi had laid in Youzhou earlier assassinated Wu Qiujian at the critical moment to avoid the out of control of the situation in Youzhou. If Wu Qiujian's rebellion was really successful, Sima's army would add another strong enemy in the north, and the already serious situation would become worse.

However, after Cao Liang failed to collude with Wu Qiu Jian, will he be angry and send troops in a blatant way? This has become a problem that Sima Shi has to consider.

Sure enough, half a month after the Youzhou incident, Sima Shi suddenly received an urgent report from Lu Zhao, saying that the main army of Bingzhou Army went east to Weize Pass and attack Jingxing Pass. The situation in Jizhou was critical. Lu Zhao asked Sima Shi to send troops to reinforce Jizhou to solve the urgent problem.

Is this Cao Liang's revenge? Perhaps it is, Cao Liang conspires to collude with Wuqiu Jian, but in the end he fails, and he will inevitably be anxious to jump over the wall. This time, he sent troops to Jizhou, seemed to be venting his anger.

But what made Sima Shi a little strange was that if Cao Liang wanted to avenge Wuqiu Jian, he should have attacked Youzhou, but why did he suddenly send troops to Jizhou? This seemed to have made a directional mistake.

Perhaps Cao Liang was just taking this as a guise, and he had no intention of avenging Wu Qiu Jian. Instead, he took the opportunity to attack Jizhou and wanted to annex Jizhou in one fell swoop?

Judging from the urgent reports sent back by Lu Zhao, Bingzhou Army's troops at Jingxing Pass did mean to take Jizhou east, but is the fact that it is really that simple?

Sima Shi vaguely felt that there was a hidden article here. With his understanding of Cao Liang, this boy was cunning and tricked, and most people could not guess his true intentions.

Sima Shi wrote to Lu Zhao, asking him to pay close attention to Cao Liang's movements while strictly guarding Jingxing Pass and beware of his plan to attack the east and west.

But before Sima Shi's letter was delivered to the front line of Jingxing Pass, the Bingzhou army sneaked into Feihu Xing to capture Guangchang. After receiving Sima Shi's letter, Lu Zhao lamented that everything was unfortunately hit by Sima Shi's words. Cao Liang really used the trick of beating the east and attacking Jingxing Pass was a void move, and the purpose was to attract the attention of the Jizhou army.

Sima Shi was quite imaginative, but unfortunately, this letter came a little late, and it felt like a hindrance. If Sima Shi's letter had arrived earlier, perhaps Lu Zhao would consider strengthening the defense in Guangchang and sending troops to reinforce Guangchang when Guangchang was attacked by the Bingzhou army. Perhaps the situation would not be so unbearable.

Fortunately, after conquering Guangchang, Cao Liang did not lead his troops south to attack Jizhou, but instead led his troops north to attack Youzhou. This made Lu Zhao feel relieved. As long as Jizhou is fine, Cao Liang's love to attack there has nothing to do with him. Youzhou people will solve the problem, and Lu Zhao will not have to bear the responsibility.

However, Lu Zhao reported to Sima Shi truthfully about the whereabouts of the Bingzhou Army. He still dared not hide anything about this. As for how Sima Shi made a decision, it was Sima Shi's business.

After receiving the report, Sima Shi was not happy because he guessed Cao Liang's intention. On the contrary, he frowned and was deeply worried about the situation in Youzhou.

Youzhou has been the world of Wuqiu Jian for more than ten years. His power has a deep root and lush branches and leaves. Wang Qi relied on sneak attacks to assassinate Wuqiu Jian. If he had used his sword and gun, even ten Wang Qi would not be able to deal with Wuqiu Jian.

Wei Guan and Wang Qi became the throne by assassinating Wu Qiu Jian. Although they replaced Wu Qiu Jian and became the new governor of Youzhou and the governor of Youzhou, Sima Shi understood that it was too early for them to truly replace Wu Qiu Jian's influence in Youzhou, and their prestige was not enough to gain a foothold in Youzhou.

If Cao Liang really led his troops to attack Jizhou, Sima Shi didn't have to worry too much. After all, the Sima family has a deep foundation in Jizhou, and Cao Liang would not be able to conquer Jizhou in a short period of time.

Moreover, Jizhou and Luoyang are close to each other, so there is really an emergency situation. Sima's army is more convenient to send troops to rescue him. However, Youzhou is thousands of miles apart, and once something happens, it will be beyond the reach!

In fact, Sima Shi would rather make a mistake in his own judgment. Cao Liang really only came to attack Jizhou, rather than attacking Youzhou in the east and west. In that case, Sima Jun would be more calm in dealing with it.

Unfortunately, things went against my wishes. Cao Liang locked the target of the attack to Youzhou from the beginning, and attacking Jingxing Pass was just a smoke bomb, which confused both Lu Zhao and Wei Guan and Wang Qi. It is estimated that Wei Guan and Wang Qi were not prepared enough for this.

Sima Shi was very worried about the defense of Youzhou. How long did Wei Guan and Wang Qi take charge of the overall situation of Youzhou? It took time to eliminate Wuqiu Jian's remaining followers and integrate the Youzhou army and forces, but Cao Liang did not give them any time at all. It took less than a month from the death of Wuqiu Jian to the death of Bingzhou army to the city of Youzhou. In such a short period of time, no matter how capable Wei Guan and Wang Qi were, they would not be able to make Youzhou's defense system clear.

Sima Shi could only hope that Wei Guan and Wang Qi could recognize the situation, hold on to the city, and not advance easily, so that they might be able to persevere until the arrival of reinforcements. If they acted voluntarily and attacked hasty, the situation in Youzhou would probably collapse completely.

Because Sima's army had experienced the strength of the Bingzhou cavalry on the battlefield, no cavalry in the world could compete with it, and of course the Youzhou cavalry was not good. Only with the current plan, relying on the city to defend is the best strategy. Apart from this, any attack is a failure.
Chapter completed!