The news of the loss of Yecheng quickly spread to the front line of Jingxing Pass, and Sima Shi's face suddenly became gloomy. The result was undoubtedly a sharp stab at Sima Shi's weakness, completely destroying Sima Shi's strategic plan.

In Sima Shi's strategic plan, Yecheng plays a strategic support point, which is not only a logistics hub that leads to the past and opens the future, but also an important part of controlling Jizhou.

It is precisely because of the existence of Yecheng that Sima's army was able to advance to the northern Hebei region without restraint, to conquer Jingxing Pass, and to find an opportunity to fight the main legion of Bingzhou.

Once Yecheng is lost, Sima Shi's entire strategic plan will face the risk of premature death. After all, there is no smooth logistics supply channel, and the front-line army will be difficult to maintain.

"What's going on with Sima Yichang? Such a small thing can't be done well, what's the use for him?" Sima Shi is much more calm now than when he was young, and he is not as happy as he was. However, the fall of Yecheng this time still made him extremely angry and he was extremely disappointed with Sima Yichang.

In a rage, Sima Shi pulled out his sword and cut off a corner of the cases in front of him with one sword.

Although Sima Shi and Sima Yiqiang are not close relatives of the same mother, they are half-brothers. After Sima Shi took office, he made heavy use of the people of the Sima family, and gradually formed a direct force, which will also become an important force to control the power of Cao Wei.

This is undoubtedly the experience Sima learned from the lessons of the failure of the Cao clan. After Cao Pi became emperor, in order to prevent his brothers from seizing his power, he criticized Cao Zhi, Cao Zhang and other brothers, and there was even an anecdote about Cao Zhi's seven-step poem.

Later, Cao Pi and Cao Rui valued the Cao clan, only people from the sidelines, such as Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu, and Cao Shuang, also invisibly led to the decline of the Cao clan, and no one was available in the later period. If the Cao family emerged in many talents, the Sima family would have usurped power and seized the throne, it would be like to ascend to heaven.

Sima Shi obviously would not repeat the mistakes of the Cao family. As the saying goes, brothers fighting tigers and fathers and sons are fighting. At the critical moment, his own people are far more reliable than outsiders, so he will heavily value his own brothers and the people of the Sima clan, and will hand over such an important place as Yecheng to Sima Yichang to guard.

But Sima Yichang's performance disappointed Sima Shi. After all, Yecheng is also a big city, and its defense ability is no less than that of the capital Luoyang. Sima Yichang was lost overnight. What is it that is not wasteful?

Zhong Hui also frowned secretly. He made Yecheng's defense system. Although after he left, Yecheng's defensive forces continued to decrease, the lean camel was larger than the horse. It was too inappropriate for Sima Yi to lose Yecheng so easily.

Facing Sima Shi's furiousness, the messenger sent by Sima Yi was so scared that he was afraid that Sima Shi would be angry and would be executed. Yecheng was lost by Sima Shi, and he was just ordered to send a letter to Sima Shi. He knew that this was a chore, but if the head fell to the ground, then he would die very unfairly.

The messenger was so scared that he knelt on the ground and said tremblingly: "God General, please spare me."

After venting his anger, Sima Shi felt a little relieved. He looked up at the messenger and said, "Get up and talk about the whole story in detail."

The messenger stood up in fear and trepidated the sweat on his forehead. Then he told Sima Shi all the way to the fall of Yecheng and the destruction of supplies halfway through the road. He did not dare to exaggerate or report it falsely, for fear that a false element would be discovered by Sima Shi, and that even the gods would not be able to save him.

After listening to the messenger's narration, Sima Shi fell into silence. It was not that Sima Yichang was too incompetent, but that the enemy was too cunning. It was really difficult for a rookie like Sima Yichang to face such a linked trick of the enemy.

The culprit of all this was He Yan. It was he who led the wolf into the house that eventually led to the loss of Yecheng. However, now He Yan must have fled to the Bingzhou Army. It is impossible to capture him and punish him again. Therefore, Sima Yichang suggested that Sima Shi punish the He family. He Zeng was the third minister and enjoyed the glory and wealth given to them by the Sima family. However, a black sheep like He Yan was born, and the He family must pay the price.

But Sima Shi did not blindly believe Sima Yi's words. He Zeng was a veteran of the court and was also the direct descendant of the Sima family. During the Gaopingling Incident, he had already firmly stood on Sima Yi's side, so Sima Shi had extremely trusted He Zeng.

Of course, the He family is so big that there are countless branches of the other side, so it is not impossible to produce half of the black sheep.

But the key point is that no one knows He Yan, and the escort soldiers he led were all faked by the Bingzhou Army. It is very likely that He Yan was not really He Yan, but was pretended by the Bingzhou Army.

There is no reason for Sima Shi to infer this. First of all, He Yan, as a spy, lurked in Yecheng, responded calmly and acted thoroughly, and fooled Sima Yi. Not only did he draw away the main force of Yecheng, but he could also set fire to burn all the supplies under the nose of the main force. This alone is far from what ordinary people can do.

If the He family really had such talents, they would have been reused long ago. How could they be a small lieutenant to rely on He Zeng's relationship?

Therefore, Sima Shi boldly speculated that He Yan, who was escorting supplies, was ambushed by the Bingzhou Army halfway. He Yan and more than a thousand men under him became prisoners of the Bingzhou Army. Then the Bingzhou Army had a plan to disguise, and more than a thousand people disguised themselves and sneaked into Yecheng.

The captain He Yan, the leader of the army, was also taken over by the most experienced person in the Bingzhou Army. It was because no one knew He Yan that he could get away with it. As for some things about the He family, I believe this person was asked from He Yan, so he would not worry about Sima Yiqiang's investigation.

Since this batch of supplies is intact, no one doubts the identity of these transporters. This is also the most clever thing about the Bingzhou Army. They did not have the idea of ​​making this batch of supplies, but sent them into Yecheng as it was.

When Sima Yiqiong received this batch of supplies without any defense, he had fallen into the trap of the Bingzhou Army. The subsequent tricks of the Bingzhou Army were linked together, and the fall of Yecheng was no surprise.
Chapter completed!