I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 338 Crossing the Yellow River for the Second Time
On the first day of June, Li Heng, who had already crossed the Yellow River, received the latest report from his scouts and discovered a large number of Wei cavalry on the south bank of the Yellow River.

Li Heng keenly judged that Sima Zhao could not bear it any longer.

At first Guan Tong suggested that reinforcements from other departments of the Wei army might have arrived.

But this proposal was rejected by Li Heng. The Wei army had reinforcements, but Sima Zhao had no reinforcements for the time being.

In other words, none of the current military and defense bosses would immediately assist Sima Yi.

This is not a military issue, this is a political issue.

Cao Wei's military system was divided into Chinese army, foreign army, and state and county soldiers.

It is easy to understand that the Chinese army only belongs to Sizhou, and they are all elites. When necessary, they can be sent from Sizhou to Chang'an or Yangzhou at any time to assist foreign troops in operations.

The foreign army only belongs to Sizhou and is controlled by the Cao Wei court. The reason why it is called the foreign army is that they are stationed at the border all year round.

For example, the garrisons in Yangzhou, Jingzhou, Guanzhong, Bingzhou, Youzhou and other places are all foreign troops.

Wei County is already the boundary of Jizhou. It has been prosperous all year round and has never seen war.

At this time, Sima Zhao's order to Wei Jun's state and county soldiers was also sent to Yecheng.

Even if Li Heng was kicked out, Sima Yi would never be able to remain in power.

These are local warriors trained in the local area. Not to mention that they don't have armor, and sometimes their weapons cannot be unified, and they have never been on the battlefield.

If Yecheng was captured by Li Heng, it would not only be a major blow to the people's livelihood in Hebei, but also trigger a political tsunami.

Yecheng is the largest city east of Wulao Pass in Cao Wei. It is a commercial center and the place where Cao Cao set up his tyrant.

At the same time, Sima Zhao became more aware that the opportunity to eliminate Li Heng had come.

Li Heng's move undoubtedly further stimulated Sima Zhao's nerves.

They are soldiers and horses that maintain law and order in various states.

The two sides will enter a completely unknown situation.

After the state and county soldiers of Yingchuan County and Chenliu State were defeated by Li Heng, the soldiers and horses of Runan County, Chen County, Liang State, and Jiyin County have already taken action.

However, under Sima Yi's forced order, the troops from various counties still took action.

On the basis of the Chinese army and the foreign army, Cao Wei also added state and county troops, which were established in Cao Cao's era.

It's just that Li Heng didn't take them seriously.

By the second day of June, Sima Zhao's main force began to prepare to cross the river.

However, the strength of the state and county soldiers is far inferior to that of the Chinese army and the foreign army.

At noon on the first day of June, Li Heng began to leave the north bank of the Yellow River and set off for Dangyin County (Tangyin).

At this time, the counties of Yanzhou and Yuzhou had received Sima Yi's transfer orders.

In the evening, Sima Zhao, who had arrived at Baimajin Ferry, received the news and said to Chen Qian: "Is Li Jian going north to attack Yecheng?"

However, due to the limited treasury of Cao Wei, there were not many state and county soldiers.

Once you cross the Yellow River, you enter the Jizhou area.

When the news of the arrival of the Shu army reached Yecheng, it caused a sensation in all directions.

No one expected that the Shu army that was still running in Yuzhou last month would now come to Wei County.

Wu Guan, the prefect of Wei Commandery, thought that an opportunity for promotion and fortune had come. He led 5,000 soldiers and horses temporarily recruited in Wei Commandery and quickly went south to fight in the Yin region that day.

Dangyin is located more than a hundred miles south of Yecheng, a two-day journey.

Wu Guan said to his left and right: "The Shu Dogs are extremely powerful and we are no match. But the reason why I brought you here is because I think we can hold off the Shu Dogs for one day. In just one day, General Zhennan's troops will be defeated." Come here, our mission will be completed, and we will definitely achieve great success. From then on, our family will be glorious and our descendants will be prosperous." On the third day of June, Sima Zhao, who commanded an army of 17,000, crossed the Yellow River and rushed towards Dangyin.

"General, there is a Wei army coming from the north, about thousands of people. Sima Zhao's troops have also crossed the Yellow River today and are less than a hundred miles away from us." Guan Tong said, "Our army is currently facing the risk of being flanked. "

"Then let's go to Wei County in the northeast!" Li Heng stood up from the ground, "Let's set off now!"

"The boys are very tired."

"We are very tired, and the enemy is even more tired, let's go!"

At noon, Sima Zhao had a simple meal and continued to move forward with his troops. He said to Chen Qian: "The reason why I let Wu Guan go south from Yecheng is to let Li Jian and Wu Guan fight."

"Li Jian knows that Wu Guan's troops are only state and county soldiers, so he will definitely relax his vigilance and fight with them immediately. In this way, he can delay Li Jian's progress for even one day."

Although Sima Zhao was very tired, he was already very excited when he said this.

At this time, the messenger came.

"Report, general, the military order from Taifu orders you to return to the south of the Yellow River immediately."

Sima Zhao, whose eyes were bloodshot, turned a blind eye and said: "And I have already sent an order to Yangping County. As long as Yangping County has thousands more people, I can catch up with Li Jian even if it takes half a day."

"General, Taifu's military order..." Chen Qian reminded.

"The general is outside!" Sima Zhao didn't even look at it.

But at this time, another message came from the scouts in front: "Report! The Shu army immediately moved to Yin and headed towards Wei County!"

"Weixian?" Sima Zhao was stunned for a moment.

Chen Qian said: "The march of the Shu army is a bit strange."

"It doesn't matter, Li Jian has already arrived in Jizhou, he can still turn the world upside down! Tomorrow, Yangping County soldiers and horses will march westward to surround him."

On the fourth day of June, after a brief replenishment in Changle County, the Han army set off for Wei County.

At this time, Sima Zhao arrived at Dangyin and joined forces with Wu Guan's Yecheng troops.

The Wei army took a brief rest, and then Sima Zhao received news from Pingyang County. Pingyang County dispatched three thousand troops and horses to march westward.

After Sima Zhao rested that day, he got up and went to Wei County. He ordered Wu Guan's troops to go to Changle on the north line, and he went to Fanyang on the south line to pursue the Han army in two lines.

But on the fifth day of June, Li Heng suddenly changed his route. He quickly went south between Changle and Wei County and arrived at Fanyang County.

After resting for half a day in Fanyang, we continued south to Dunqiu County.

In the afternoon, Sima Zhao received the news and realized that he was only fifty miles away from Li Heng and due east.

At this time, there were Wu Guan's Yecheng troops to the north, Pingyang County's troops to the east, and Sima Zhao's troops to the west.

No matter how you look at it, Li Heng seems to be surrounded.

This encirclement cannot be solved by a strong army.

Because an army cannot fight on three sides at the same time, since it cannot fight on three sides, it can easily be attacked by one or two of them, resulting in the entire army being annihilated.

If you have to face three armies, it will be easy to spread the force thinly and be defeated by Sima Zhao's main force.

This made Sima Zhao excited.

But not long after Sima Zhao was excited, in the evening, he received news that the Han army had arrived on the north bank of the Yellow River!

At this time, Sima Zhao suddenly realized that Li Heng wanted to cross the Yellow River and go south.

(End of this chapter)