Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 498

On June [-], the first year of Han Jianxing, Cao Jun was finally repelled after a day of hard work in Huting, Henan.

It is a pity that Cao Rui, the emperor of Cao Wei, escaped.

According to Shen Chen's order, Jiang Wei lay down at the Wude County Ferry on the other side of the Hu Pavilion. He originally wanted to capture Cao Rui alive and present Cao Wei Emperor before His Majesty.

Unexpectedly, the boat that was about to dock suddenly changed its course, and did not intend to dock, but was going to leave along the river.

Under such circumstances, Jiang Wei could only order to release arrows, and the ambushes were all out. Under the baptism of countless arrows, Cao Jun suffered heavy casualties, and the ship galloped away, disappearing into the vast mist.

Then Jiang Wei chose to pursue, but it was a pity that it happened to be rainy last night, and the river was covered with fog. They were delayed for some time when they boarded the boat and set sail. When they chased again, Cao Rui's boat had disappeared and could not be pursued.

In the end, Jiang Wei had no choice but to come back.

Although it was a pity, there was no other way. After Jiang Wei couldn't catch up with Cao Rui, he chose to go back to Shen Chen to return to his life.Using the boats at Wude County Ferry, they took thousands of troops to Huting Ferry to participate in the ongoing battle on the other side of the river.

With the addition of this new force, Xia Houshang could no longer hold on. The exhausted Wei army was defeated, at least thousands of people were killed and injured, and most of the rest were scattered and became routs.

Xia Houshang himself chose to flee in embarrassment on horseback, all the way south, towards the camp of Sima Yi, the commander of Yangzhai County, Yingchuan.

In this battle, the Han army returned home victorious.

And at this time Deng Ai also broke through Jiguan and joined forces with Pang De.

Pang De sent people to seize Hanoi County and controlled Taihang Xing, the passageway from Taihang Mountain to Bingzhou. Now he just waited for Shen Chen's order to choose whether to go north to break Wuqiu Jian, or go south to take Sima Yi.

The next day, at dusk on June 21, Xia Houshang's remaining troops fled back to Yangdi.

At this moment in Yangdi City, Sima Yi was looking at the document in his hand.

This is Zhuge Liang's gauntlet.

Since the Han army marched northward on a large scale in April, Zhuge Liang has been provoking Sima Yi every day. From time to time, he has lined up outside the Wei army camp, trying to lure the Wei army out.

Sima Yi also dealt with it calmly, raised his exemption card, and resolutely left the camp to fight Zhuge Liang.

Although there were constant small-scale conflicts between the scouts of the two sides, no large-scale battles occurred between the two sides because of Sima Yi's intentional avoidance of the battle.

In order to force Sima Yi out, Zhuge Liang also racked his brains, such as letters of persuasion, letters of war, shouting and fighting, etc. In order to break the morale of the Wei army, Zhuge Liang even sent people to write tens of thousands of letters of persuasion and shoot them into the Wei camp.

The effect is there. Some Wei soldiers did escape in the middle of the night, but most of the persuading letters never reached the soldiers, and almost none of the generals took them away, not to mention the soldiers were illiterate.

This time Zhuge Liang came down to fight again, and Sima Yi watched it carefully.

Below, Guo Huai, Jia Kui, Wang Ling, Wang Chang and other generals, large and small, sat on the left and right, watching Sima Yi read the war book with great interest.

Wang Ling couldn't help but asked, "Governor, Zhuge Liang comes down to fight every day. We don't go out to fight anyway, so why bother to take a closer look? It's not as good as waste paper."

In history, Zhuge Liang had few soldiers and Sima Yi had many soldiers. As a result, when Zhuge Liang came down to fight, Sima Yi was not afraid. He was ridiculed by many Wei generals, saying that he was as afraid of Shu as a tiger.But now no one is ridiculed, because now Sima Yi has fewer soldiers and Zhuge Liang has more soldiers.

Everyone put their mentality in a weak position, thinking that even if they took the initiative to attack, they would not be able to defeat them, so they believed that Sima Yi's choice was correct, so naturally no one chose to ridicule him.

But everyone saw that Sima Yi seemed to have nothing to do every day. Apart from arranging defense, even writing letters to each other with Zhuge Liang was also worrying.

Sima Yi put down the letter of war in his hand and said with a smile: "Zhuge Liang is eager to fight, and I will not confront him for the time being. But you can see his mood from the writing of the letter he wrote. If you are too anxious, it will be easier to reveal your flaws." , as long as I find a flaw, I might as well have a chance to defeat the enemy."

"Has the governor found his flaw?"

Jia Kui asked curiously.

"No."

Sima Yi shook his head: "Zhuge Liang is worthy of being a genius in this world. His camp is well-arranged, and his writing is calm and composed. The pen and ink are calm and powerful, giving people a sense of no urgency. Such an opponent is terrifying."

"Is Zhuge Liang really that powerful?"

Guo Huai frowned and said, "If this goes on like this, we probably won't be able to defeat him at all."

Sima Yi smiled and said, "That's not necessarily the case."

"Oh?"

Everyone hurriedly said: "The governor has a plan?"

Sima Yi said: "In the past, Zhuge Liang was really calm and unhurried, but today I see that some of his strokes are different from the past, a little rough. This was almost impossible before, which shows that Zhuge Liang's mentality seems to have changed a little."

Forehead..

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and each of them looks at each other, not understanding what Sima Yi means.

What does this represent?
Leaving aside the fact that the strokes of writing are relatively casual, maybe people are too lazy to write these gauntlets that are impossible to get a response so seriously, so they are a little perfunctory.

Just say that even if there is a slight change in people's mentality, Zhuge Liang's eagerness to fight has affected Zhuge Liang, so what can it explain?
Is this slight change in mentality enough to make you beat others?

It's not realistic.

Seeing everyone's puzzled looks, Sima Yi smiled and said: "I know everyone thinks this is nothing, but if there is a little change, it is a good start for us. It's like a thousand miles of dikes. Being destroyed by an ant nest and changing his mentality means that Zhuge Liang is starting to get anxious, as long as he continues to wait, one day he will make a mistake."

"But with just a few rough strokes, can you tell that Zhuge Liang is already in a hurry?"

Jia Kui wondered, "Maybe it's because of his suspicion?"

"Then it's right for him to cast doubt."

Sima Yi waved his hand: "Even if there are suspicions, I have to watch to find out if he is really using tricks."

"That's true."

Jia Kui thought it made sense.

Guo Huai said: "Grand Governor, His Majesty is in Henan now, so I don't know what's going on now."

"Your Majesty has more cavalry, so it's easy to leave."

Sima Yi said softly: "The most important thing now is the situation in Bingzhou. Shen Chen is full of tricks, and I'm afraid Wuqiu Jian will not be his opponent."

"Report!"

At this time, the guard outside the door came in and said: "Zhuge Liang sent someone to bring a box."

"Oh?"

Sitting on the main seat, Sima Yi stroked his beard and said, "Bring it up."

"Yes."

As soon as the guard beckoned, two attendants came up carrying a wooden box.

"Open."

Sima Yi said.

The attendant put the box on the ground in the center of the hall, and then opened the wooden box.

Everyone stretched their necks to look, and saw that there were many clothes neatly placed in the box, and they were made of Shu brocade, which was very expensive.

However, everyone's faces were not good-looking.

Although they are Shu brocade clothes, just by looking at the styles of the clothes, you can tell that these are not straight trains or crown clothes, but Ru skirts or even Liuxian skirts, which are commonly known as women's clothes.

Zhuge Liang gave Sima Yi a box of women's clothes?Even an idiot could guess the meaning of this, mocking Sima Yi as a sissy and not manly enough to dare to come out to fight with him.

Therefore, everyone looked at each other with embarrassment on their faces. Some general stood up angrily, clasped his hands and saluted: "General Governor, Zhuge Liang humiliated us like this. Is it tolerable or unbearable? In the end, the general is willing to go out to fight Zhuge Liang!"

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha."

Just when everyone was looking at each other or getting angry, Sima Yi laughed out loud instead, got up and left the table, walked down to pick up a skirt, looked him up and down, and said, "The style, color, and material of this skirt are pretty good." Really good, Shu Brocade is famous all over the world, and its reputation is well-deserved."

"Captain."

Guo Huai said: "Zhuge Liang humiliated us so much, isn't the governor annoyed at all?"

"Why are you angry?"

Sima Yi actually put the Ru skirt on his chest to measure the size, and said while fiddling with it: "Think about it, Zhuge Liang sent women's clothes to humiliate me at this time, doesn't it mean that Zhuge Liang is eager to fight? So they are the ones who are anxious. If it's not us, what are you worried about?"

"Forehead"

When everyone thinks about it carefully, it seems to make some sense.

only.

It's just that after they saw Sima Yi gesturing for the size, they began to put the under skirt on their heads, and all of them turned pale in shock.

"Commander, what are you doing?"

"Commander, these are women's clothes, you must not wear them."

"Great Governor!"

Everyone rushed over and hurriedly snatched away Sima Yi's half-dressed skirt.

Seeing the excitement of the crowd, Sima Yi said helplessly, "What are you doing?"

Guo Huai said angrily: "We still want to ask what the governor is doing. Your Majesty is in the north. Although General Xiahou rushed to help, the situation there is still unknown. Zhuge Liang's army in the south is pressing the border again, constantly provoking us. The governor here wants to wear women's clothes."

"What do you know?"

Sima Yi shook his head helplessly: "Your Majesty in the north has nothing to worry about. Shen Chen just sent troops to pretend to attack, and there are not many people. Xiahou Shang can repel or annihilate them. The most important thing is Zhuge Liang's army. I so Just do it to beat him."

"Can wearing women's clothes defeat Zhuge Liang?"

Everyone's eyes widened.

Sima Yi smiled and said, "I'm going to write a reply letter to Zhuge Liang, thanking him for giving me the clothes. If I don't try them on myself, how can I write clearly about the good and bad of the clothes?"

"But what's the use of it?"

Jia Kui was puzzled.

Sima Yi said: "Think about it, if you are Zhuge Liang, you are eager to fight, and you send women's clothes to humiliate me. If I write a letter back, praising the clothes and pointing out the bad things in it, you After reading this letter, do you only feel that I am calm and unhurried instead of annoyed?"

"Forehead"

Everyone looked at each other, Guo Huai said, "That's right, but what does it have to do with whether you can defeat Zhuge Liang?"

Sima Yi rolled his eyes at him and said: "Zhuge Liang is in a hurry, but I am slow. I can accept even his gift of women's clothes calmly. If Zhuge Liang knew, wouldn't he be even more angry? If you get angry and make mistakes in a hurry, we will defeat him." Opportunity."

Both Lu Xun and Sima Yi have used this trick in history.

In the Battle of Yiling, faced with Liu Bei's constant provocations, Lu Xun could not hold on. Finally, when Liu Bei made a mistake in his impatience, the morale of the soldiers who wanted to avenge Guan Yu at the beginning was wiped out, and then he suddenly sent troops. Camp seven hundred miles, established the basic pattern of three parts of the world.

In the battle of Wuzhangyuan, Sima Yi was humiliated by Zhuge Liang's gift of women's clothes. Not only did he not get angry, but he also generously took the women's clothes away. After Zhuge Liang learned about it, he knew that Sima Yi would not fight him. I eventually died of illness.

Therefore, when the two armies confront each other, among the masters, it is necessary to see who can hold their breath more.Only when you are not in a hurry, if you don't show your flaws, and actively look for the flaws of others, can you defeat the enemy in one fell swoop and win the final victory.

Sima Yi knew that the burden on him was not light. Facing the Han army, which was said to be 40, and they estimated 20, he could only choose to be cautious and not give the enemy any opportunity to take advantage of it.

Therefore, even if you are wearing women's clothing, you can only wear it.

After hearing Sima Yi's words, everyone understood why he wore women's clothes.

Jia Kui said: "I understand what the governor's intention is, but it's just that it's better not to wear the woman's clothes."

"It's okay."

Sima Yi took another fairy dress out of the box, gestured and said: "Only if I wear it myself, can I write a reply letter that convinces Zhuge Liang that I have worn this dress, and I will be more able to annoy him and make him anxious." What's more, if the soldiers heard that I was humiliated, wouldn't they be filled with righteous indignation, and their morale would be much stronger."

"The governor really has a heart for the country. If His Majesty knows about this, he will be very moved."

Everyone was amazed.

In order to defeat the enemy, he actually put on women's clothes. Isn't this kind of person the most loyal courtier of Wei Dynasty?

While speaking, Sima Yi had already put on women's clothes and tried them on in the hall.

He is skinny and 50 years old. It's really eye-catching for a bad old man to wear beautiful women's clothes.

But Sima Yi was very satisfied, touched the material of the skirt on his body, took it off after a while, and said to everyone: "Let me write a reply letter and show Zhuge Liang the feeling of wearing this dress."

"Then the general will wait and return to the camp first."

Everyone knew that Sima Yi was going to write a letter, so they didn't stay any longer, and they all prepared to leave.

Sima Yi nodded, returned to his seat, took out a pen and paper, dipped ink into the inkstone, and was about to write a letter to Zhuge Liang.

But his pen was still in the air and did not fall. Someone hurried in outside the door and shouted: "Great Governor, Shen Chen is at Huting! Zhuge Liang sent Gan Ning and Huangmen soldiers to rush to help. Your Majesty took a boat from Huting Ferry." I left, but not long after, a Han army came from Wude Ferry on the other side, and I don’t know if your Majesty is alive or dead!"

Hey!
A drop of ink fell on the paper.

Many generals who hadn't left stopped and looked at each other.

Sima Yi sat on the stage, his face froze for a moment, and then he showed a dejected look.

The whole person, as if without bones, was limp on the mat.

This time.

His mentality, on the contrary, changed a little.

(End of this chapter)