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Chapter 336 Sima Yi: Will Zhuge Liang die or not?

While Sima Yi urged Guo Huai, he did not forget to tell Sima Zhao to be careful.

That stupid Li Jian is running the map in the Central Plains. Follow him closely, but don't think about dividing your troops and encircling him.

Easily defeated by each one.

Gao Rou was opposed to this. He believed that Sima Zhao should send a cavalry to snipe Li Heng and hold him back.

Instead of using the current method to hold back Li Heng.

This view was rejected by Sima Yi.

From this point, we can also see the military gap between Gao Rou and Sima Yi.

In other words, it can be seen that Gao Rou has never been on the battlefield.

A real army emphasizes the combination of foot and cavalry.

Even Li Heng lamented: If Sima Zhao had a little bit of the arrogance of a young man and divided his troops to surround me, or let the cavalry come to snipe me, I would defeat them one by one and turn the Central Plains upside down.

Sima Zhao obeyed Sima Yi's instructions very obediently. In this regard, Sima Zhao never messed up.

The probability of escape will further decrease.

The final result was to send a batch of war horses and armor to Li Heng.

He listens to his father and his brothers.

He knew that Li Heng was bluffing.

Sima Yi would rather watch Li Heng running around on the map than divide his troops, which shows that he can stay calm.

Pure cavalry can also fight, but it is almost difficult to truly defeat the enemy, and if you are not careful and fall into the enemy's infantry formation, your entire army will be wiped out.

Moreover, this is the hinterland of Cao Wei. If he were to fight Sima Zhao's main infantry and cavalry army head-on and win, he would surely suffer heavy losses.

Mere infantry can fight a war, but it is difficult to fight a war of annihilation because their mobility is not high.

In fact, Li Heng traveled around the map and never had too much to do. He only had 10,000 troops while Sima Zhao had 20,000.

Even if Li Heng traveled all over the Central Plains, he would still have to go back obediently in the end.

Think about it, you have 200 people with you, and the other party only has 100 people, and they are still in your territory. If the other party escapes, what will you do?
Chase?
Chasing is definitely chasing!
But your first tactical reaction must be to contain!
Encirclement leads to division.

If you don't divide your forces to contain them, the other party will steal your girls and money on your territory!
But this move doesn't seem to have that obvious effect on someone of Sima Yi's level.

The role of the cavalry is to harass and attack the two wings. The real main force confrontation has to be left to the infantry corps.

During this process, the probability that the enemy will divide their forces is very high.

How could the experienced Sima Yi make such a mistake?
Don't forget, Li Heng also has cavalry. As long as Sima Zhao dares to let the cavalry go to block the attack, Li Heng has a lot of room for maneuver and can use the combination of infantry and cavalry to keep Sima Zhao's cavalry there.

Therefore, whether it is Li Shimin who is good at cavalry, Wanyan Aguda, or Wanyan Wushu, their main legions are actually infantry.

From Li Heng's marching trajectory, Sima Yi deduced Li Heng's true purpose.

The so-called mobile warfare is to lead the enemy by the nose, and in the process, disperse the enemy's forces.

For example, in the famous Battle of Yancheng, Jin Wushu had 15,000 elite cavalry, but at the same time, he deployed 100,000 infantry.

Most people cannot remain calm when facing this kind of situation.

But being calm doesn't mean you have peace of mind.

After living for so many years, Sima Yi felt the torment of time for the first time.

On May 20th, he received a letter from Guo Huai: Zhuge Liang is still alive.

On May 21, he received another letter from Guo Huai: Zhuge Liang was still alive.

On May 22nd, he continued to receive a letter from Guo Huai: The Shu army was defeated by several armies by our army, but Zhuge Liang was still alive. On May 23, he still received a letter from Guo Huai: Beiyuan City was captured by our army, Xincheng was captured by our army, our army confronted Chencang Shu Army, and Zhuge Liang's reinforcements. Zhuge Liang is still alive.

On May 24, he received a letter from Guo Huai: Zhuge Liang! Stay alive!

On May 25th, it was still Guo Huai’s letter: Zhuge Liang! Stay alive! Stay alive!

Sima Yi seemed to see Zhuge Liang's haggard face from Guo Huai's letter. It took a lot of effort to speak, as if he only had his last breath left.

But this last breath, it just goes on!

If this continues, Zhuge Liang will not die before, and Sima Yi will die first!
In the blink of an eye, it was already the end of May, and Li Heng and his people were in the Central Plains cheating people with food and drinks to gain popularity.

His soldiers also deceived a lot of girls.

At this time, Lu Xun finally took action. On May 27, 50,000 Wu troops set out from Wuchang and went up the river. It only took more than half a day to reach the Yangtze River section of Jiangling City.

At this time, it was Du Yu who was guarding Jiangling.

Du Yu had already expected that Lu Xun would come. As early as last month, Du Yu started hoarding supplies in Jiangling City. The supplies in Jiangling City were enough to feed 10,000 Han troops and 50,000 people for half a year.

If Li Heng hasn't come back in half a year, he basically won't be able to come back.

Also on May 27th, Dong Yun, the servant, arrived in Jiangling.

Dong Yun arrived in the morning and Wu Jun arrived at noon.

Standing at the top of the city, Dong Yun broke into a cold sweat and was glad that he had arrived half a day early.

"The Wei army in Guanzhong is equipped with a large number of heavy artillery. Dong Yun asked Du Yu, "Does the Wu army have heavy artillery? "

"It should be there."

"How easy is it to build a heavy artillery?" Dong Yun asked doubtfully.

"It is indeed not difficult. Many people saw it when our army attacked Jiangling. The heavy artillery was just a little improvement on the trebuchet. The craftsmen of Cao Wei and Sun Wu only needed to try more, and it was easy to make it."

On a technical level, going from zero to one is the hardest.

Because you can't be sure whether this thing exists or not, it is blank.

However, when you take the first step, you know that something must exist. As long as you know this, you can reduce countless internal frictions.

And you know it's more powerful, then you know where to start.

What's more, you heard others mention the appearance.

You know it turned out to be just an improvement.

Dong Yun now realized that the new weapon was a double-edged sword, and he also understood why Li Heng didn't take it out earlier, but waited until the battle against Jingzhou.

War must be a confrontation of comprehensive strength.

"What should we do next?" Dong Yun asked, "Your Majesty is very concerned about this Northern Expedition, and all the princes in the court are also concerned."

Having said this, Dong Yun sighed again: "Besides, the situation in Guanzhong is not optimistic either."

"Heavy artillery can only destroy the city wall, but it does not mean that it can determine the outcome. Our army has not been blinded by the collapse of the city wall. All streets, trenches, and mounds of earth in the city have been built."

"Can you go out and fight Wu Jun?"

"I'm afraid not. The soldiers left behind are not elite!"

Dong Yun wanted to say: Can you let me go first?
But he couldn't say that.

Not long after, Lu Xun's envoy arrived.

"I am the envoy of Governor Wu. Now that Wu's heavenly troops have arrived, if you surrender to Kaicheng, your prosperity will be preserved."

(End of this chapter)