three kings

Chapter 256 Entering the Central Plains Sima Zhongda
"Killing" was appointed by Cao Cao, and Yu Jin commanded [-] "Qingzhou soldiers" to kill Yanjin Fortress at a swift pace, intending to die with blood.

"My lord, there is no doubt about General Yu Jin's commanding ability, but if he meets Guan Yu on the battlefield, he may not be his opponent." Xi Zhicai reminded with some worry.

"Mr. reminded me!" Cao Cao nodded in approval, turned to the sharpest sword under his command and said, "Ziman, you immediately lead a thousand tiger guards to support General Yu Jin."

"Yes!" Dian Wei, known as the number one master of short weapons, immediately took up two iron halberds, and led a thousand "Tiger Guards" who were also known as "Tiger and Leopard Cavalry" to the battlefield.

"The lord is very capable. It is said that there are no monsters of beasts in the world, but there are clothes of beasts. It is because people take the essence of hundreds of kinds of animal skins and craft them with precision. In the same way, people must have wisdom and dullness. Even if the strength of one person can reach the sky, it will not help."

A counselor in green shirts talked eloquently: "Relying on one's own strength and one general's ability, it is tantamount to dreaming to be powerful in the world." In Can's hands, he lost again and again, and in the end not only lost his territory, but also brought him a bad reputation.

One person's power will always be exhausted.The way to use people is to make the most of their talents, and all the wise and foolish can be used by me.Seek its strengths and give full play to its strengths, and deliberately avoid its weaknesses according to its weaknesses.Only in this way can people make the best use of their talents, so that they can learn from each other's strengths and make up for their weaknesses, and use them handily, so that the talents under their command can exert their greatest effectiveness.

General Yu Jin is good at commanding troops, commanding thousands of troops to fight, and he is always at a disadvantage.However, General Dian Wei is good at attacking by force, leading more than a thousand brave men, charging into the formation, destroying the enemy and beheading the general, is his specialty.

The two take care of each other, and they will surely achieve miraculous results.Guan Yu is indeed a rare general, but in the face of the strong attack of these two people, I am afraid that there will be more dangers than luck. "

Cao Cao grinned, and said, "Zhongda is amazing. I don't know what trick Zhongda has to defeat Yuan Shao's 50 army?"

The person who spoke was Sima Yi, Sima Zhongda, a native of Xiaojingli, Wen County, Hanoi.Under the light of the fire, he showed his true face. He looked at the wolf and the eagle with a fierce look on his face. He didn't have the temperament that a scribe should have. Like a sword.

Half a year ago, Cao Cao heard that Sima Yi was a great talent, so he sent someone to summon him to the mansion to work for him.Sima Yi saw that the fortunes of the Han Dynasty had declined, and he didn't want to be an official under Cao Cao, so he used the excuse that he had an arthralgia and couldn't live normally.

Cao Cao expected it to be false, but at this moment he was in urgent need of talents, so he asked Dian Wei to invite him, and said bluntly: "Cao appointed you as the literary chief to use your wisdom to help me pacify the world, and you are not allowed to lead the army to fight. What's the problem even if you have wind arthralgia?"

Sima Yi didn't have an excuse to evade, the so-called "a scholar meets a soldier, there is no reason to explain it." Dian Wei was a stunned person, he only knew that Cao Cao asked him to take Sima Yi back.

Sima Yi originally wanted to talk to Dian Wei about the truth and asked him to let him go.As a result, Dian Wei said, "I, Dian Wei, am an idiot, and I don't understand any major principles. Please speak slowly, sir. Dian Wei sleeps for a while, and when you finish talking, it's okay, say it." That's enough, wake me up again and follow me to see the lord." As soon as the words fell, she leaned aside and fell asleep.

At that time, Sima Yi was so angry that the first Buddha was soaring to the sky, and the second Buddha was born, and he almost lost his anger.

In the end, Sima Yi resigned to his fate, and there were only two roads before him, one to follow Dian Wei obediently to see Cao Cao, and the other to be tied up by Dian Wei to see Cao Cao.

Sima Yi is undoubtedly a smart man who knows how to choose. After bidding farewell to his wife and children, he went to Xuchang to meet Cao Cao.

Cao Cao likes to read and never puts down the book.When Sima Yi came to visit, he happened to be reading "Taigong Art of War".Seeing Sima Yi's arrival, he couldn't help asking a few questions.Sima Yi had no intention of becoming an official of Cao Cao, but the art of war was also one of his hobbies, so he responded with a few words casually, every sentence was insightful, and every word was perfect.

Cao Cao, who was well versed in the art of war, was shocked and asked him for advice on the art of war.

The two stayed up all night and hit it off very well.

Sima Yi also felt that Cao Cao was a very good person and worthy of serving, so he worshiped Cao Cao as the main force and worked under his command.

Sima Yi's strategy is excellent, even Cao Cao and Xi Zhicai are inferior to him in some places.As soon as he entered Cao Ying, he came up with a strategy for Cao Cao to lure the enemy.

He said to Cao Cao: "Now that Guan Yu has captured the Yanjin Fortress, the White Horse Fortress must not be lost."

At that time, Cao Cao had already planned to abandon the White Horse and retreat to Guandu, so he said: "If the fortress is lost, the White Horse will be useless. It is better to strictly guard Guandu, extend the front of Yuan Shao's army, and use Guandu to resist Cao Cao's offensive."

After hearing this, Sima Yi immediately vetoed it: "My lord, you can't, if you do this, you will miss an opportunity to destroy Yuan Liang."

Cao Cao's eyes lit up, and he said, "Destroy Yuan Liangji? What is the master's magic trick to destroy the enemy?"

Sima Yi shook his head and said: "The time is not yet ripe, talking about it will only cause trouble. But the magic method of defeating the enemy needs to be created and seized by oneself. Like the master, if you blindly retreat and avoid it, unless the world drops the opportunity, otherwise the master wants to destroy Yuan Shao. It is undoubtedly a fool's dream."

Cao Cao was angry after hearing this, but he still said calmly: "Then what are you going to do?"

Sima Yi said word by word: "Stick to the white horse and take back Yanjin!"

Cao Cao was puzzled: "Guan Yu is a talented general. If he guards Yanjin, it may be difficult to capture it. Even if he captures it, he will lose troops and generals. Such casualties are meaningless."

"Of course!" Sima Yi said proudly, "As long as our army retakes Yanjin, Yi will have a clever plan to destroy Yuan when the time is right."

Cao Cao looked at Sima Yi, was silent for a long time, and finally sighed: "Just act according to Zhong Da's intention, if there is any difference, Cao will ask for you."

After a pause, he said, "Zi Xiao is Cao's younger brother. Cao knows his talent well. He is good at persevering. With him on the white horse, nothing will go wrong. Zhong Da can rest assured."

Sima Yi smiled freely: "The best defense is to attack. General Cao Ren is good at defending, and it is true that he will be safe when he strictly guards the white horse. However, the initiative on the battlefield is in the hands of the enemy general Zhang He. This is not good for our army. The general can let us General Cao Ren gradually showed that he was invincible, and he asked General Xiahouyuan to stand by. One month later, General Cao Ren pretended to be defeated. Although Zhang He was a famous general, he found that General Cao Ren was not supported in January, so he would not suspect him of deliberate defeat. At that time, Xia Houyuan can suddenly join the battle, combine the forces of the two armies, defeat Zhang Xi, and only hold the initiative on the front line of the white horse."

In the end, Cao Cao followed Sima Yi's strategy and defeated Zhang Yun, and now he is attacking Yanjin with all his strength.

When Sima Yi heard Cao Cao asked about his strategy again, he said mysteriously and solemnly: "It's only one step away. Only when this step is in place. Yi's strategy will be considered to be formed. Yuan Shao's army will also be wiped out by our army in the strategy. I hope the lord will wait patiently." moment."

At this moment, the opposite side cheered loudly, Cao Cao stood up and looked around, and saw that the Yanjin Fortress was full of flames, and the sound of killing gradually died down.

Cao Cao heaved a sigh of relief. The poisonous thorn in his chest was finally pulled out, but he didn't know whether Guan Yu was alive or dead.

Suddenly, there was chaos at the entrance of the Yanjin Fortress, and it seemed that another fierce melee had broken out.

When a burly man straddled his horse and jumped onto the pontoon bridge, his hand wheel and sword were unstoppable, blood burst out from his hand, and his head flew across, no one of his own soldiers was his one-sided enemy!
"Guan Yu!" Cao Cao's pupils constricted, and he immediately understood Guan Yu's intentions.He intends to break out, to break out in his direction!

The Yanjin Fortress has been besieged by his own heavy troops. It is whimsical for Guan Yu to break out of the siege, but if Guan Yu can shake his main Chinese army, then he can use the chaos of the Chinese army to break out of the encirclement.

What a Guan Yu, it really is extraordinary.

"My lord, Guan Yu is the enemy of ten thousand people. General Dianwei is not here. I am afraid that there is no one in the army who is my opponent. Retreat, retreat." Xi Zhicai and Liu Ye turned pale with fright, and hurriedly persuaded Cao Cao to retreat.

Cao Cao knew that if he retreated like this, it was in line with Guan Yu's wishes, so he immediately stood up and shouted, "If I leave, who is willing to move forward? I will pass on my general's order that all troops are only allowed to move forward and not to retreat. Anyone who disobeys the order will be executed. Li Dian, Liu Jun, Yan Ming, Ma Han and you four immediately lead your troops to intercept, General Le Jin, you lead three thousand tiger guards behind the four generals, and you must intercept Guan Yu's attack."

The generals led the way.

Guan Yu's unexpected blow had now turned into a soul-hunting soldier, piercing directly into the heart of Cao Cao's army.

Liu Jun led the army to resist, Guan Yu Qinglong Yanyue knife casually flicked, the light of the knife was like a white rainbow piercing the sky, and it fell with the momentum of Wanjun.Hearing the sound of "Dang", Liu Jun was cut in half by Guan Yu, including his men, horses and weapons.

"Kill!" A powerful voice roared out from Guan Yu's mouth.

The whole army rushed over like a tide, and Liu Jun's army was immediately defeated.

Yan Ming and Ma Han also swung their troops to kill them, but how could the mere two of them resist Guan Yu's sword? , the heads of Yan Ming and Ma Han soared into the sky.

Guan Yu didn't stop and charged towards Li Dian, as clever as clumsy, he used the simplest and most powerful move, a direct attack, to kill Li Dian.

"Swoosh..." There was a strong wind, and seeing that Li Dian was about to receive the first sword, Le Jin's arrow had already shot towards him.The cold arrows in the rebellious army were fatal, and the long arrows directly pierced Guan Yu's right shoulder.Guan Yu's offensive was blocked, but the saber still slashed down.

Li Dian suddenly felt his heart tremble, a mouthful of blood spewed out wildly, and his whole body flew upside down a foot away, his life and death were unknown.It is not difficult to imagine what would have happened to Li Dian if Guan Yu hadn't been shot by the cold arrow?

(End of this chapter)