What Sima Yi is best at is fighting in adversity. It can even be said that Sima Yi was in adversity throughout his life. The reason why he was able to counterattack successfully was because Sima Yi had a strong and tenacious heart. Even if he was in a desperate situation, he never easily admitted losing. He was able to deal with the enemy cleverly and achieve the final victory.

The fire this time was actually just an accident. No one had expected that Zhang Tong, who was the chief lieutenant of the grain, would suddenly defect and set fire to burn almost all Sima's army's supplies before leaving.

Even Sima Yi has heard of Zhang Tong, because he is the grandson of Zhang Liao, the famous general of Wei State. Zhang Hu, the father of Zhang Tong, was also a general under Sima Yi. He followed Sima Yi to fight in Liaodong, Guanlong, and was close to the Sima family. He was once considered the direct power of the Sima family.

It is precisely because of this that Sima Yi promoted Zhang Tong from the Tiger Guards and allowed him to serve as the governor of grain in charge of logistics affairs, and served under Sima Zhao's command.

A descendant of a direct general who was loyal to the Sima family would do something to betray the Sima family. This made Sima Yi puzzled. Could it be that his means of winning over others were not good?

"Why did this Zhang Tong suddenly defect? ​​Hasn't he been working under your command all the time? How could such a thing happen?" Sima Yi said in wonder.

Sima Zhao suddenly blushed. Thinking about the whip that Zhang Tong had received a few hours before his defection, it seemed to have become the reason for Zhang Tong's defection. Sima Zhao could not have imagined that such a great disaster would have caused by his temporary anger. Even if Zhang Tong was caught and cut into pieces, he could not recover the losses.

Sima Zhao didn't even have the courage to mention this matter to Sima Yi, for fear of being scolded by Sima Yi. However, Sima Yi did not seem to have contacted this aspect, because it should be a long-planned plan and it would never be possible to do it with a temporary idea.

In fact, Sima Yi's guess was nothing wrong. Zhang Tong planned to defect for a day or two, but burning food and supplies was a temporary idea. Although Sima Zhao's whip did not play a decisive role, it was at least a catalyst.

After Sima Yi's military order was issued, although it briefly caused a lot of discussion in the army, it quickly calmed down. After all, these soldiers knew Sima Yi's iron-blooded methods. He said that if he was killed without mercy, it would be a mercy. As long as anyone was unlucky to touch these military rules, it would be useless for anyone to plead. He could only stretch his neck and wait for slaughter.

In this case, I'm afraid no one will have the courage to spread rumors anymore. Even those big mouths that usually speak silently shut their mouths at this moment. Even if they don't speak, it's better than being cut off by the law enforcement officers.

As for neglecting the morale of the army and shrinking from the usual requirements, there is no difference from the usual requirements. The only difference may be that there may be no scruples in daily wars, but now all the food and supplies are destroyed. Although the dry food they carry can barely fill their stomachs and avoid being hungry.

But these dry foods can only last for three days at most. Can this battle end in three days? Isn’t this just nonsense? They won’t dare to think so in their dreams when they fight to Jinyang in three days.

Then three days later, if the food and grass mobilized from Jiexiu cannot be sent to the battlefield in Qixian County, then such a huge team of 70,000 cavalry will completely collapse due to shortage of food.

At that time, dry food was allocated to each cavalry to ensure the need for timely needs. Many people disliked it at that time, which was clearly an extra burden.

But now these people want to prepare more dry food. Three days are obviously not enough. If they can bring ten or half a month of dry food, it is the best.

However, it is meaningless to worry about this at this time. The team's assembly order has been issued, the tents in the camp are being demolished one after another, and the troops from each battalion and division are already gathering.

The vanguard cavalry led by Hu Fen took the lead in completing the assembly and ready to go.

The camp that was burned by fire was in chaos, and there was still a burning smell in the air. This scorched earth has become an indelible shadow in the hearts of Sima's cavalry.

Ten thousand horses were silenced, and the Sima army's cavalry all looked gloomy. When they came here, they were full of confidence and full of confidence, but before the battle started, the enemy had not yet seen it, they had suffered such a severe blow. Now everyone may not be optimistic anymore. Maybe this will really be a life-and-death battle. Who will die or die? Who will be unpredictable!

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"Master, good news!" Huan Fanxin stepped into the account and reported to Cao Liang the news he had just received.

"What kind of good news?" Cao Liang put down his pen and listened to Huan Fan's words with great interest.

Huan Fan said: "According to the scouts who monitored the movements of Sima Jun, a fire broke out in Sima Jun's camp around 3 o'clock last night, and the fire surged into the sky, which was clearly visible dozens of miles away. After Sima Jun left the camp today, the scouts went to the fire to check and found that the fire was Sima Jun's food and supplies. Judging from the remaining ashes on the scene, Sima Jun's losses were quite heavy this time, and almost all the food and supplies were destroyed. However, Sima Yi's movements were very puzzling. He did not want to raise food and supplies again, but instead led his troops to accelerate towards Qi County, intending to fight us in a decisive battle."

Cao Liang smiled slightly and said, "The old thief of Sima wants to learn from Xiang Yu, and fight to the death. However, this fire is strange. Even if there is an accidental fire, it is impossible to burn all the food and supplies. Obviously, someone is deliberately setting fire. Can you tell me whether we have sent someone to sneak into the Sima camp to set fire?"

Huan Fan shook his head and said, "Never. Sima Yi is cautious and has extremely strict prevention. When he was camping, there were four cavalry around the camp and there were many sent posts. Even if we send people to sneak in, we would try to climb the sky and it would be even more impossible to set fire to the fire. Judging from the current situation, there must be someone within the Sima army, and this person is close to the water, so that it is easy to succeed. No matter what, this matter will completely disrupt Sima Yi's strategic deployment, which is very beneficial to us. I just don't know who set the fire?"

Cao Liang smiled and said, "No matter who can do such a thing, it must be a friend but a enemy. Please pay more attention to this matter. If this person comes to join us, he will be a great achievement."
Chapter completed!