Chapter 900 A Puppet Army
Zhuguanxing is the first of the famous Taihang Eight Passes and the only throat road leading to Hedong from Hanoi. Sima Yi's army gathered in Hanoi must walk Zhuguan Road to reach Anyi.
Zhuguan Xing is located at the tail end of the Taihang Mountains. Compared with other Xingdao, Zhuguan Xing is relatively wide and flat. This is due to Chong'er, one of the five hegemons in the Spring and Autumn Period. In order to dominate the Central Plains, he deliberately widened and strengthened this road, making it convenient for the army of Jin State to enter and exit, so this road was also become the "road of kings and dominance".
During the Warring States Period, Bai Qi led the Qin army to slam the road, break the intuition, and surrender the wild kings of South Korea. He then cut off the "Taihang Road" and isolated the traffic from the capital of South Korea, Xinzheng, to Shangdang. Shangdang guard Feng Ting was unwilling to surrender, and instead surrendered to Zhao, triggering the famous Battle of Changping. With the defeat of Zhao, Qin cleared the biggest obstacle in its unification process.
Sima Yi was in Hanoi and wanted to go to Hedong County, so he naturally had to walk the Guan Road. Of course, before that, Sima Yi had sent someone to survey it, not to mention that this dangerous road has always been under the control of Sima's army. Sima Yi went from Hanoi to Hedong, so he didn't have to worry about the road being blocked.
Before the reinforcements of the Bingzhou Army arrived, Sima Yi decisively issued an order to withdraw the troops. The army that was still attacking Shimen Pass was as tide as the tide was falling, and in the blink of an eye, Wang Jun was still inexplicably surprised. He thought Sima Yi was going to do something tricky, so after the Sima army retreated, Changshui Camp still maintained a high level of vigilance to prevent the Sima army from making a comeback.
However, after waiting for a long time, Wang Jun still did not notice any conspiracy in Sima's army. This is abnormal. The Sima's army has always had a tide of offensives. Changshui Camp has done all its strength to defend Shimen Pass, but it is still at an absolute disadvantage. If nothing unexpected happens, Changshui Camp will be able to last for a few more days at most.
The Sima Army, who was about to succeed, suddenly withdrew its troops at this time. Sima Yi's move made Wang Jun feel incredible. When he was sure that the Sima Army had indeed retreated and had no intention of counterattack, Wang Jun could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
At this time, Wang Jun received the news that reinforcements arrived in Gaodu. Wang Jun was always concerned about the defense of Shimen Pass and was not aware of the defense. Moreover, since the reinforcements were just composed of a group of mobs and were not capable of fighting at all, their role was to confuse Sima Yi at most, so Cao Liang did not inform Wang Jun of the reinforcements. It was not until the team arrived in Gaodu that Wang Jun knew that the army had been sent to Jinyang.
However, Gaodu is their end point, so Cao Liang could not send such a temporary army with weak combat power to the battlefield, otherwise he would be exposed after a battle.
But Wang Jun was still very strange. Logically speaking, even if Jinyang sent reinforcements, it shouldn't be scared Sima Yi. With 20,000 reinforcements in Changshui Camp, only 30,000 people were killed, and the number of casualties that had been injured or killed was not included. The total number of Sima's army in Hanoi reached 200,000. The power balance between the two sides was so disparate, and I don't know what Sima Yi was afraid of?
Wang Jun couldn't figure out what Sima Yi was playing, so he sent a scout to reconnaise the Sima army's movements, but found that the Sima army had moved and was heading to Hedong through the Zangguan Road.
Wang Jun suddenly burst into a cold sweat. It seemed that Sima Yi was using the tactic of attacking the east and the west. The entire attack on Shimen Pass was just a feint. His purpose was to lure the tiger away from the mountain and attract the main force of the Bingzhou Army to Shimen Pass. In this way, he would fight to Hedong again, and the Bingzhou Army could no longer block him.
After obtaining this latest information, Wang Jun did not dare to delay any delay and immediately sent someone to quickly pass the news back to Jinyang and report it to Cao Liang.
This is already a strategic matter. Wang Jun, who is stationed in Shimen Pass, is out of reach. He can only report the news as soon as possible and Cao Liang decides.
Since Wang Jun listed this official document as a special emergency, he did not dare to take it lightly at all the post stations along the way. He arranged the fastest post horse and the best rider to deliver the official document. The usual delivery can reach 600 miles per day. After the speed is increased, the time can be shortened by at least another hour. So the official document was transmitted to Jinyang at an unprecedented speed.
The urgent documents used red envelopes, and the eye-catching and bright red ones, no matter who takes over the middle, they will immediately be energetic and hand them over as quickly as possible, as if the official document is like a hot potato, and no one dares to stay in his hands for a while.
After Pei Xiu and others learned the news, they admired Cao Liang with great excitement. It turned out that Sima Yi's attack on Shimen Pass was indeed a feint. His real intention was on the side of Hedong County, and Cao Liang's prediction was extremely accurate.
Fortunately, Cao Liang had always insisted on his own opinion at the critical moment, so there was no omission in the defense line of the Bingzhou Army. If Pei Xiu and his friends followed the reinforcement plan, the Sima Army suddenly moved at this time, which would definitely disrupt the original strategic deployment of the Bingzhou Army. Even if the troops were called back at this time, they would probably be left behind and the situation would be extremely passive.
When everyone praised the lord's wiseness, Cao Liang smiled slightly and said, "It's thanks to Military Advisor Huan's clever plan. Otherwise, how could Sima Yi, who was treacherous and sloppy, get caught? This is naturally the result of Military Advisor Huan."
Huan Fan's bag-dropping strategy was used very successfully. Such a useless army really confused Sima Yi, making him mistakenly think that it was the main force of the Bingzhou Army going south to reinforce, so he was relieved and boldly abandoned Henoi and walked to Hedong to open up another front.
Huan Fan, a "pseudo" army, packed like a decent, unified military uniform, standard weapons, and even the tent vehicles they used were just like regular troops. With a distinctive flag, it is difficult to see the flaws no matter how you look at it.
What's more, it is difficult for Sima Jun's spies to get into the military camp. At most, they can only peek from afar. How could such long-distance observation tell the truth of this army?
So it is reasonable that Sima Yi was deceived. Now Sima Yi turned around and ran to Hedong, and the Bingzhou army was already on guard. However, it is hard to say who will win the result of this battle.
Cao Liang could only give orders from the general to all troops, asking them to cheer up and prepare for a decisive battle.
Chapter completed!