After pacifying Wang Ling in Huainan, it can be said that he eliminated Sima Yi's great trouble and completely consolidated the Sima family's position in the court. In addition to Bingzhou, the alien forces that were originally ready to move have now become much more peaceful.

The most distinctive example is Wuqiu Jian from Youzhou. Since the Gaopingling Incident, Wuqiu Jian has made frequent moves. Although he did not raise a rebellion with a clear stand like Huainan in Bingzhou, Sima Yi knew that Wuqiu Jian, who had never dealt with him, was just waiting for an opportunity. If he was defeated in Huainan or suffered a defeat with Wang Ling, then Wuqiu Jian would likely take advantage of the situation to raise an army and rebel in Youzhou.

However, with Wang Ling's defeat, Wu Qiu Jian naturally became much more honest and contented. He was probably considering his own weight. Wang Ling's troops who owned important towns in Huainan were still defeated. He was in the desolate and remote Youzhou, so how could he be Sima Yi's opponent?

After Wuqiu Jian admitted defeat, Sima Yi no longer had to worry about fighting on both sides. He can now think about how to deal with Cao Liang in Bingzhou.

To be honest, although the battle against Wang Ling took a long time, and it took about two years to add up, Sima Yi was actually very relaxed and skilled in fighting this kind of battle. It was easy to use the raising of troops, and it was not difficult at all.

But Sima Yi felt that it was much more difficult to deal with Cao Liang. The last battle between Shangdang made Sima Yi a little worried. Now he still has a headache when he thinks about it.

Therefore, Sima Yi, who fought again in Bingzhou, was not as urgent as before. He was preparing to let the army rest for a while and formulated a corresponding combat plan. If he fought again in Bingzhou, he could not act as he had done so hasty as last time. He either did not fight. If he wanted to fight, he had to completely solve the Bingzhou problem and could not give Cao Liang any chance.

After Sima Yi returned to Luoyang, he also carefully studied Cao Liang's tactics. Indeed, Cao Liang's tactics were not the inherent routines in the previous military books and strategies, but they were basically consistent with the theory of concentrating superior forces and defeating them in the art of war. The way of military tactics is also inseparable from it.

However, Cao Liang's tactics pay more attention to the military's mobility. During the Battle of Shangdang, Cao Liang first concentrated his troops to defeat Chen Taijun, who came from Yangchanban, and then moved to Baishuichuan and annihilated Hu Zun's troops. From Wanzi City to Baishuichuan, it was more than 300 miles apart. At such a long distance, Cao Liang completed the rotation and maneuvering in just one night. His flexible mobility is amazing.

Only by knowing yourself and your enemy can you be defeated in a hundred battles. Sima Yi is a diligent person and a good person who is good at thinking. He often uses different means to deal with different people. He can go over the way to deal with the brave and unscheming Meng Da, and catch Meng Da off guard; when dealing with the deceitful Zhuge Liang, he responds to all changes with the same stability, keeps steady and resists the battle, and keeps the eight winds still, and uses a drag to death, and uses his own way to exhaust Zhuge Liang to Wuzhangyuan; when fighting the stubborn Gongsun Yuan, Sima Yi attacks and takes the lead and crushes with his strength; when dealing with Wang Ling, Sima Yi demonstrates his patience and perseverance, and traps Wang Ling to death.

Sima Yi's many opponents in his life have surrendered to his feet one by one, but Cao Liang is the character Sima Yi thinks is the most difficult to deal with.

Fortunately, Cao Liang occupied Bingzhou, which is vast and sparsely populated, and has no great development potential. Otherwise, the past two years would have been enough for Cao Liang to grow up.

If you want to restrain the enemy's strengths, you must have more powerful mobility than the Bingzhou Army. If you want to improve the mobility of the army, you must strengthen the cavalry construction of the army.

Cavalry has always been the advantage of the Wei army, but this advantage is compared with Shu and Wu. In fact, compared with the cavalry of the Xiongnu Xianbei people, the proportion of Wei cavalry in the army is much smaller, and the combat effectiveness is much worse than these Hu people.

Cao Liang's cavalry had had a long battle with the Xiongnu Xianbei cavalry and was able to win it in battle, which proves that the strength of the Bingzhou cavalry is better than these Hu cavalry, and it does have considerable advantages compared with the Sima cavalry.

In the last Battle of Shangdang, the Bingzhou Army's maneuverability and flexibility were beyond the reach of Sima Army. The rhythm on the entire battlefield was in the hands of Cao Liang, which made Sima Yi very passive.

If you want to reverse this unfavorable situation, you must work hard on cavalry construction. Sima Yi doesn’t have to worry about this. After all, he currently has the manpower and material resources of most of the world. If you want to develop and strengthen the cavalry team, it is just a matter of one sentence.

However, it will take a long time to truly cultivate cavalry with strong combat power. Therefore, Sima Yi could not suddenly launch a blitzkrieg like he was in the south. Attacking Bingzhou, he still needed to make a long-term plan.

First, Sima Yi ordered Guo Huai to transfer tens of thousands of good horses from Longxi to Luoyang. Longxi is the horse-raising base of Wei State. The war horses produced here accounted for more than 70% of the war horses needed by Wei State.

Secondly, Sima Yi recruited a large number of riders, whether in the military or civilian terms. As long as he was good at riding and could shoot, he would be recruited first. Sima Yi began to do his best to build a huge cavalry force.

However, others disagreed with Sima Yi's steady tactics, and believed that the Sima army should take advantage of the victory and advance directly to Bingzhou. With the current strength of the Sima army, it is enough to crush the Bingzhou army, so why should we train cavalry in a long and steady manner?

Those who hold this view include Sima Shi and Sima Zhao brothers.

Needless to say, Sima Zhao was the most urgent in his campaign against Cao Liang, and he wanted to send troops to Bingzhou immediately to take Cao Liang's head.

When Sima Yi went to Huainan, Sima Zhao stayed in Luoyang and also experienced the war between Cao Liang's troops invading Henoi. Generally speaking, Sima Yi was quite satisfied with Sima Zhao's performance.

After all, there is not much time left for Sima Yi. What he most urgently hopes is to see his sons grow up and take over the big task, so he can rest in peace even if he dies.
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