There are two problems that cannot be avoided when raiding Jinyang, which is the first issue of supply. When the army operates, logistics supply of food and supplies is the most important. People should not have food for a day, and horses should not have grass for a day. With such a large army, the daily consumption of food and grass for military supplies is already the most concerned factor.

Zhong Hui's plan is relatively long, and his explanations in all aspects are relatively detailed. However, Sima Yi obviously is not concerned about all his plans, but is more interested in two points.

The first point is of course the issue of logistics supply. Any military operation cannot be avoided by the prerequisite problem, which is the issue of food and grass supply. If this problem cannot be solved well, everything else will be free of discussion.

The second is the issue of division of troops. If you want to raid Jinyang, it is naturally impossible for a hundred thousand troops to go in a swarm. You must divide the troops. Once the troops are divided, Cao Liang will give each chance to defeat each other. The two previous failures of Chen Tai and Hu Zun have already sounded the alarm for Sima Yi. For Cao Liang, who is best at defeating each other, the Sima army must use the method of concentrating troops to avoid being divided by the Bingzhou army.

This is obviously the core issue that Sima Yi is most concerned about. If he cannot solve this problem, this plan is a useless and has no value to implement.

Obviously, Zhong Hui had also thought about this, so the army that raided Jinyang would never have fewer troops. Zhong Hui used the method of splitting into two parts to divide the remaining 90,000 troops of the Sima Army into two parts, 50,000 people went to Jinyang, and the remaining 45,000 people were responsible for the logistics support.

Given the current situation of the Bingzhou Army, it is not a big problem to eat 20,000 to 30,000 people in one go. Chen Tai and Hu Zun are the lessons learned from the past. Therefore, when it comes to division of troops, Zhong Hui did not dare to divide the troops too much. 50,000 people is the lowest configuration, and Cao Liang wanted to swallow 50,000 people in one go, but he did not have that big appetite.

Half of the army was responsible for the raid mission, while the other half of the army was responsible for the logistics support mission, so that two of Sima Yi's most concerned problems could be solved at the same time.

At present, the main forces of the Bingzhou Army are all concentrated on Shangdang. The defense forces in Jinyang are relatively weak. Zhong Hui used 50,000 people to raid Jinyang, which is enough in terms of force.

As for nearly 50,000 people as logistics support, it is estimated that only Zhong Hui dares to think so. However, this obviously has great benefits. It invisibly strengthens the strength of the logistics force and avoids the interception of food and grass. If the Bingzhou army really wants to grab food and grass from a team of 45,000 people, it is like tying the teeth of the tiger's mouth.

Sima Yi nodded gently. Obviously he agreed with Zhong Hui's plan. Sima Shi immediately stepped forward and said, "Father, the child is willing to lead this army to attack Jinyang."

Sima Yi looked at Sima Shi, then looked at Zhong Hui. It was obvious that Zhong Hui's plan had been discussed with Sima Shi in advance. Zhong Hui proposed the plan, and Sima Shi requested to implement it. The two of them complemented each other.

However, Sima Yi did not nod easily. After all, such a large military operation had to be considered at least. There was no turning back when the bow was drawn. Even if it was not perfect, it must be perfected.

Although Sima Yi also felt that Zhong Hui's plan was not a big omission, how Cao Liang responded was a mystery. If the Sima army rushed to Jinyang for a long distance, it would be an empty city like Gaoduhuhuguan, how could the Sima army deal with it?

As the prefecture of Bingzhou, although Sima Yi did not think Cao Liang would give up easily, he did not rule out this possibility. After all, Cao Liang often had unexpected moves in wars, which forced Sima Yi to be wary.

If Jinyang is really an empty city, it means that Sima Jun is empty again. In this case, it will not make much sense to take down Jinyang. Instead, it will lengthen the Sima Jun's defense line and make Sima Jun's situation worse.

Therefore, Sima Yi felt that this plan still needs to be discussed. Of course, Sima Yi thought that Zhong Hui's plan was done well, at least from Sima Jun's own perspective, it was perfect, but the only thing that was lacking was the prediction of the enemy. Cao Liang had always been tricky and did not play according to common sense and did not take these factors into consideration, the possibility of the plan failure was quite high.

Therefore, Sima Yi did not immediately agree to Sima Shi's active request for battle, but asked them to supplement and improve the plan and then make a decision.

Sima Shi and Zhong Hui looked at each other with a very helpless expression. Judging from their ideas, this plan is already impeccable and it is just around the corner to take down Jinyang, but Sima Yi did not nod and agreed, so they could not implement it.

At this moment, a document that was urgently issued with six hundred miles of speed was sent, but all documents that were urgently needed were urgent, so Sima Yi opened it as soon as he received the document. After just a few glances, Sima Yi's expression became serious.

When Sima Shi and others saw Sima Yi's expression was very different, something major must have happened. Otherwise, with Sima Yi's personality, Mount Tai could be calm even if it collapsed.

If there is really something that can move him, it must be even bigger than the collapse of Mount Tai.

After seeing the letter, Sima Yi said in a deep voice: "The prefect of Chenliu, Xue Zheng, reported that the governor of Chongzhou, Linghu Yu, and the governor of Yangzhou, Wang Ling, colluded with each other to plot against each other, and had Linghu Yu's handwritten letters as a basis. What I have always been most worried about is Huainan. Unexpectedly, something happened."

For Sima Yi, the Huainan rebellion was equivalent to a fire in the backyard. Especially at the critical moment of the northern expedition to Bingzhou, Wang Ling and Linghu Yu conspired to rebel, which obviously caught Sima Yi off guard.

In order to make this northern expedition to Bingzhou, Sima Yi deliberately appeased Wang Ling as much as possible, and even gave Wang Ling the position of Taiwei who had been vacant after Jiang Ji's death, hoping to stabilize Wang Ling.

The biggest purpose of Sima Yi's move is naturally not to be attacked from both sides. Although Wang Ling and Sima Yi have been both determined and separated for many years, they have not reached the level of breaking with Cao Liang after all. Therefore, although Sima Yi listed Wang Ling and Cao Liang as the number one political enemy, they still treated him differently.

Cao Liang was the first target to be conquered, while Wang Ling was the next target of Sima Yi's attack. Although he was in a hostile force, Wang Ling obviously did not have the emergency of Cao Liang. Sima Yi tried his best to stabilize Wang Ling, but he did not want to be embarrassed to be attacked from both sides.
Chapter completed!