Three Kingdoms: copy Lu Bu's force at the beginning

After Wei Yan captured Chenliu County, he followed Sima Yi's advice and did not rush to march.

While appeasing the people in Chenliu County, they sent out scouts to inquire about the news of Puyang City.

When the news of Cao Cao's closure came, Wei Yan couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and then he was overjoyed, and immediately sent someone to invite Sima Yi over.

Wei Yan is a man who is both civil and military, and can be described as a rare good general.

Historically, Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition to Cao Wei, Wei Yan once mentioned Ziwu Valley's conspiracy.

Probably, Wei Yan raised [-] troops, and Zhuge Liang marched in two ways, and then joined forces at Tongguan.

Back then, Liu Bang and Han Xin operated in this way.

However, Zhuge Liang did not agree.

Xia Houmao, the guard general of Chang'an, is a dude who doesn't know how to fight at all.

Once Wei Yan's army entered Chang'an from Ziwu Valley, Xia Houmao might surrender the city like Liu Zhang.

In fact, this Ziwu Valley conspiracy is even more clever than Deng Ai's Yinping smuggling later.

If Zhuge Liang really adopted this strategy, the land of Sanfu would belong to the Kingdom of Shu, and there would be no failure of Jieting or anything.

Zhuge has been cautious all his life. He thinks Wei Yan's plan is too precarious. It is better to fight steadily and march from a flat road, first to attack and capture the right, and then step by step.

Therefore, Hua Yu, who is very familiar with the history of the Three Kingdoms, naturally attaches great importance to Wei Yan.

This time, although Wei Yan served as a general under Zhou Yu, the Central Plains Military and Political Secretary, Hua Yu specially arranged for Zhou Yu to give Wei Yan the opportunity to lead the army alone.

Of course, Wei Yan had an adventurous spirit, so Hua Yu sent him Sima Yi as a military adviser.

Historically, Wei Yan and Sima Yi were rivals.

But this time, the two became partners.

Moreover, because Sima Yi is too young, and Wei Yan has an arrogant personality, he naturally looks down on Sima Yi.

Sima Yi's personality is exactly the opposite of Wei Yan's. He is super tolerant and doesn't care about Wei Yan's attitude at all.

This time, Cao Cao closed the door, and Wei Yan invited Sima Yi, in fact, to test his ability.

Sima Yi arrived soon.

Wei Yan told Sima Yi about Cao Cao's closure of the family, and then asked directly: "Zhongda, Cao Cao made such a desperate plan to make Puyang City indestructible. I wonder what good strategy you have?"

As soon as Sima Yi heard it, he guessed that Wei Yan was examining his ability.

After a little thought, Sima Yi had a countermeasure.

"General Wei, I personally think that Cao Cao's move is undoubtedly digging his own grave."

"On the surface, Cao Cao sealed the four gates, and the inside and outside are blocked, so he can sit back and relax."

"Soldiers with two hearts cannot surrender, and our army's secret operations are inconvenient to send out information. The difficulty of our army's siege has increased several times."

"But in fact, Cao Cao buried himself in Puyang City, and buried the entire Yanzhou in Puyang City."

Hearing Sima Yi's alarmist words, Wei Yan couldn't help becoming curious, and asked, "What does Zhongda mean by that?"

Sima Yi smiled slightly: "My lord's military strategy, the most important thing is to minimize casualties."

"My lord pays attention to population. This is a long-term strategy. Therefore, my lord's military strategy has always been to minimize casualties in exchange for the greatest victory."

"That's why the lord has used the estrangement strategy many times, and resorted to the strategy of combining the inside and the outside."

"But this time, Cao Cao sealed the door, which undoubtedly cut off the possibility of estrangement and internal cooperation."

"Cao Cao decided that our army has no other choice but to storm Puyang City."

"Actually, no."

"If we attack Puyang City by force, the casualties will be very heavy, and there will be countless casualties."

"Even if you can conquer the city, it runs counter to the Lord's thoughts, and it is nothing but merit."

"So, our army must not attack the city."

"The best way is to surround Puyang City with an army, but not attack, and spread the news."

Wei Yan couldn't help secretly admiring him.

In fact, Wei Yan also thought of the strategy of encircling the spot to fight for aid.

It's just that Wei Yan came up with this strategy of encircling the spot for reinforcements after he learned the information and thought hard for half an hour.

But Sima Yi is different.

Sima Yi had just arrived, and as soon as he got the news, he thought about it.

It can be seen that Sima Yi's resourcefulness is far superior to that of Wei Yan.

Wei Yan nodded: "That's right, Zhongda's plan to besiege the city and fight for aid coincides with me."

"Just act according to this plan. This time, Cao Jun will definitely wipe out all of them."

Sima Yi smiled slightly: "General Wei, the spread of this news is also very knowledgeable."

The dissemination of news?
Wei Yan was stunned for a moment, a little confused, how could there be university students asking about the spread of the news?

"Please Zhongda explain in detail." Wei Yan let go of his arrogance, and bowed to Sima Yi.

Sima Yi smiled slightly: "Not long ago, my lord besieged Yanzhou but did not attack, and spread all kinds of news everywhere, with the intention of disintegrating the fighting spirit of Cao Jun and the people of Yanzhou."

"After several months of operation, it has been very effective."

"Not only did rebellions continue in various parts of Yanzhou, but the morale of Cao's army basically fell to the bottom, and the soldiers had no fighting spirit."

"If General Wei can send someone to spread the news that Puyang City is about to be breached, why would Cao Jun have the intention to fight our army to the death?"

When Wei Yan was reminded by Sima Yi, he suddenly realized: "Our army is besieging Puyang City, and the surrounding Cao troops don't know the truth about Puyang City."

"But our army only needs to send people to shout under the city every day, giving people the illusion that it is urgent to attack Puyang City."

"In this way, Xiahoudun and others will definitely think that Puyang City is about to be breached."

"Cao Cao is in the city. If Puyang City is destroyed and Cao Cao is killed, Yanzhou will naturally be over."

"Therefore, Xiahoudun and others will inevitably send troops to rescue Puyang."

"We just need to set up ambushes one by one on their way back to the army, then Yanzhou can easily go down."

There was also a look of approval in Sima Yi's eyes, and he said with a smile: "What the general said is true."

After such a conversation.

Wei Yan had a heart of respect for Sima Yi, and Sima Yi also praised Wei Yan a little bit, and the relationship between the two has become much closer invisibly.

Sima Yi said again: "If my prediction is correct, I'm afraid the lord will be here soon."

The lord is coming soon?

Wei Yan thought for a moment, and suddenly realized: "Five thousand cavalry?"

Sima Yi smiled and said, "Exactly."

"With my lord's temper and ability, how can I miss such a good opportunity to ambush Cao Jun."

Hua Yu leads 5000 cavalry, which can make these [-] horses display terrible combat effectiveness.

It was no secret among the Qin army. Everyone believed that Hua Yu was blessed by heaven.

Wei Yan nodded, agreeing with Sima Yi's statement.

At this moment, a soldier hurried in from the outside: "General Qi, military advisor, my lord sent someone to summon him, and he personally brought five thousand soldiers and horses to help the battle."

"Hahaha..." Wei Yan laughed loudly, thinking to himself, the master's ability to recognize people is really unparalleled in the world, and Sima Zhongda is really amazing.