Chapter 1665 tunnel entrance
At the third update, Sima Liang ordered the city gate of Tongguan to be opened and personally led 20,000 people out in person.
Originally, the generals under his command did not have to take risks in person. They could just send them to fight, but Sima Liang believed that this battle was extremely sure. How could he be willing to use other people's hands for such a good opportunity to make achievements? So Sima Liang ignored the dissuasion of the generals and personally led his troops to fight.
Although Sima Liang had led troops before, he had never really fought a war. He was not even as good as Sima Yi. After all, Sima Yi served as the governor of Jizhou. Although he was defeated, he had experienced the battle formation, let alone Sima Lun, who made many achievements.
It was precisely because of the rebellion of Zhuge Dan in Huainan that Sima Lun was appreciated by Sima Shi and became the successor of Sima Shi.
However, the conflict between Sima Lun and Sima Zhao led to the embarrassment of Sima Lun's position after Sima Zhao became emperor. Although Sima Zhao named him King Zhao, judging by the fact that Sima Liang and Sima Yiqian were transferred to Tongguan and Wuguan, Sima Zhao had already begun to try to seize Sima Lun's military power.
There is no doubt that as long as Sima Zhao becomes emperor, Sima Lun will not have a day to make a comeback. After Sima Lun, who will be the real leader of the Jin army?
Guo Huai is old, Zhong Hui, Hu Fen, and Zhou Tai are unlikely to be valued by Sima Zhao because they have a special relationship with Sima Lun. Therefore, those who can truly take charge of the military power must be born from their own brothers.
This time, Sima Zhao deliberately asked Sima Liang and Sima Yiqiang to Tongguan and Wuguan respectively, which probably meant to examine the two's leadership ability. Who can seize the opportunity to win in the battle with the Wei army, and will undoubtedly become the leader of the new generation of Jin army and take charge of the military power.
So this time, Sima Liang had a chance to prove himself. Even if Sima Yichang was his brother of his father and mother, Sima Liang would take it as his own.
The night was already very deep. After a day of carnival, the Wei Army Camp had become quiet at this moment. No noise or noise could be heard anymore. Instead, some snoring sounds could be heard one after another. Obviously, a happy relaxation would help sleep.
Sima Liang was in a good mood at the moment, and the Wei army was negligent in preventing it, so the chance of his success in stealing camps increased exponentially. It seemed that God had helped him today, and it would be difficult for him to fail.
After the Jin army left the city, they stopped the flag and drums according to Sima Liang's orders, and horses picked bells and stopped the sound of people. Every soldier held a wooden stick in his mouth. Anyone who had dropped the wooden stick would be severely punished. This measure can ensure that the Jin army would not make noise or whisper to the greatest extent. Apart from the rustling footsteps and the clattering horse hooves, the entire army quietly made no sound.
From Tongguan to the Wei Army Camp, it was only a few miles away. Such a short distance was really a moment's notice. Moreover, they did not encounter any sentry along the way. The originally heavily guarded Wei Army Camp became so relaxed, which made Sima Liang even more overjoyed. It must have been the result of the Wei army's wanton carnival, which also made the Jin army's sneak attack much easier.
Sima Liang quickly arrived at the Wei army's central army camp. According to the reports from those observation posts, Deng Ai and the main generals of the Wei army have been staying in the central army tent since the afternoon and never left. For Sima Liang, this was very good news, and it was just enough to capture all the senior leaders of the Wei army in one go.
Sima Liang decided to lead the cavalry troops to surround Deng Ai's central tent, because once they entered the camp, they would be discovered by the Wei army. If they resisted desperately, Deng Ai would probably escape in the chaos. Therefore, when Sima Liang launched an attack, he had to surround the central tent at a speed that was lightning-proof and did not give Deng Ai a chance to escape.
The other troops launched fan-shaped offensives at the same time and launched a comprehensive attack on the Wei army camp. Of course, there were many enemies killed and within Sima Liang's consideration. His purpose was to capture Deng Ai first, and to capture the king first. As long as Deng Ai was captured and killed, the entire Wei army would be without a leader and vulnerable.
With a command, the Jin army launched an attack on the Wei army camp at the same time. The Wei army was still sleeping, but suddenly heard shouts from outside the camp. Only then did they realize that something was wrong. The Jin army came to steal the camp and rob the village. So the Wei soldiers rushed out of the camp one after another and fought a desperate battle with the Jin army.
All of this is in Sima Liang's budget. If the Wei army's camp has not resisted at this time, it means that there is a real problem. So a large number of Wei soldiers have poured out at this moment, which is a normal thing.
However, the Wei army's hasty response could not resist the organized and premeditated attacks of the Jin army, especially the cavalry unit led by Sima Liang, which was the most elite unit in the Jin army. They broke out a passage in the Wei army formation and rushed towards the central army tent regardless of everything.
However, the central army tent was as quiet as death. No one went in or out. Logically, if Deng Ai was in the tent, he might have heard the shouts of fighting at this moment. How could there be no movement?
A trace of suspicion flashed across Sima Liang's face, but at this moment he had already led his troops to the central army's tent and killed the Wei soldiers outside the tent. Sima Liang didn't care much about it and ordered the Jin army to rush into the tent, no matter who was in the tent, he would kill them.
The soldiers of the Jin army rushed forward, but they did not walk through the tent at all. Instead, they stabbed countless caves with swords and guns, and rushed in from all directions.
So many Jin troops rushed forward and instantly tore the cowhide tent to pieces, leaving only an empty shelf.
But after the Jin army rushed in, they found that there was no one in the tent. Sima Liang's head suddenly buzzed. How could there be no one? He had sent someone to stare at him before, and he had never left his sight for a moment. Just before they set off, the people in the tent had not left yet. How could it have disappeared out of thin air in this blink of an eye?
Sima Liang didn't believe that evil, so he came forward to see what happened, but at this moment, there were only countless Jin soldiers standing in the empty tent, and there was no figure of Deng Ai and Wei generals.
"There are authentic tunnels here!" Someone found an authentic tunnel entrance and shouted loudly.
Sima Liang and the soldiers all looked over there, and sure enough, in an inconspicuous corner of the tent, they found a dark and dark tunnel entrance.
Chapter completed!